The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-01-27
LANCASTER.
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Correspondence Of The Free Lance )
Lancaster, Va, Jan. %. 1900

Correspondence Of The Free Lance )
Lancaster, Va, Jan. -, 1900
As the years roll on and tim,
stamps his subduing influence unor
us we are more than ever impressed
win the frt rtquency of the deaths OF
those We have once known.
Mrs. Mary Mann Page Newton,
whose death was out a short time spr
chrooicled ia The Free Lance. IS well
remembered as she graced with
qaoeuly dignity her beautiful home
al Summer Hill, IN Hanover county.
But tho rigorous spite of the lament.
able civil war seems 10 nave selected
Der as r fitting target for its venom
a fierce sklrmish IN tho proximity of
her home brought her face TO face
with all It's terrors, for her lovely
home was made a temporary hospital
for the wounded and dead, and with
lis environments was shorn of much
Of It's beauty. Then, when her hus.
baud, the gallsnt Cspt. Wm Brock
enbrough Newton, fell at the head Of
his troop, the brighs smile left her
face, and her poor heart was lefc all
scared.
In the picture entitled "Tbe Burial
of Lieut.. Latsne,n which the skill Of
the artist las depicted so forcibly, she
- one Of tho sorroVing in the tile
group that surrounds the grave. Her
aunt, MRS DR.. VIM. Brockenbrough.
the matron in this picture and the
mistress of " Westwood "-another
lovely home, near hers-is reading
the tender burial service for the
dead, for they could not secure
tue services of chaplain, nor
help from any man in this time of
torture, save that OF the old colored
gardener, who is shown with spade in
hand, ready for the termination OF
bis sacred task.
The lovely maidens in the group
are relatives of the twain, and several
are related to the dead hero, while
little Judith White Brockenbrough
stands read to strew sweet flowers
upon the soldiers grave. Nor was il
long ere the little hands were as icy
cold as those OF the dead warrior, and
tlce TO face the soldier and child met
II the glory Of peace, instead of the
glamour Of wars discord.
John r. Thompson, Virginia.
poet son, in a tenderly touching
ode, described this burial scene, the
pathos Of which must have lent an
inspiration to the artistic soul who
conceived this graphic picture.
Bdt We are warned that neither
publishers nor readers like to indulge
q this reminiscent talk, and one must
descend reluctantly to sterrer stuff
The parties are still in vogue
throughout the country; need We
mention them sll2 The youths in
the neighbOrhood of Lancaster village
are planning for one to be given in
the Courthouse. We should have a
hall for such purposes in the village
lt is said that such one will be erect
ed shortly at the Hague, in West
moreland county.
The friends of Mr.. Wat Mayo aud
bis sister, Miss Emily, were glad to
welcome them last court day; but
their trip was hurried one. as they
returned to their home in Westmore.
land the following day.
Mr.. Carroll Gresham has reached
his home after a weeks visit to
friends in Essex.
Our people are anxious that the
Jim Crow hilP should be passed, for
many have expressed themselves re-
garding the really uncomfortable
positions they have experienced in
trvelling.
A gentleman, who travels much |
throughout the county, says that !
the colored loafers throng all the |
public places. Without visible |
means of support, how do they man.
a ge to live7 Cleaner.