The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-19
Communicated
NEWsY LETTER FROM a KING
GEORGE CONTRIBUTOR,
Politics Trucking and Fruit Prospects and
other Subjects Discussed


70 The Free Lance
Your regular correspondent AT g m rn
CLEANS our field Of news $50 closely nom
week to week there b. LITTLE left for ann
ateurs Except the feeble rally. some
DAYS ego. OF a few surviving R'puhii-
cans Of the county, there has been "a
dead calm In politics for many months
This calm, however, may be- omihous
# a coming storm The Dem Gratis adj
yertise a free for.all entertainment 10
be given at the cOurt-house next Shtnf-
day and something interesting may
then happen. An elaborate menu VIII
be served and u good time may Ice tx
peCted.
In spite Of bad weather ana worse
roads. there has been unusual activity
for some weeks past Ia the cutting ana
hauling Of railroad ties Mr.. Onastlhe
Payne's teams are busy along the Do
ders u the Rappahannock, whlle Mr.
Okle Billingsley Is opening White YAK
swamp 20 the sunlight aud stre~iug the
Potomac shore at WilkeTs0n = wharf
with huge piles If whites and reds.
The backward season, while disoonr'
aging 10 farmers aud truckers as To ear
ly plants gives promise ot safe ana
abundant crop OF fruit We hear rom
Stafford that the porsimmon crop Is
thought u be safe. and II there Is nt
untimely frost in May there VIII be an
abundant yield of this staple commodi-
~ I'm that section.
Mr.. W. T. Hudson, one Of our most
enterprising citizens has recently gone
into the business Of fish culture Mr. III
is the fortunate possessor Of a small
lake Of water covering several acres on
the northern edge Of his farm near OF
fee Hall A few months ego he pro.
cured from the Fish Commission at
Washington q hundred black bass. which
he turned into his pond and which hc
has carefully fed during the winter
They have grown rapidly and are now
AS fat and fr0llc-Ome as kittens Mr. ii.
has other varieties I'm his pond such 49,
silver perch. german carp. and leather
backs
4 press dispatch some few weeks
ogo. announced the sudden illness OF
Prof Samuel - Davies, 4 Richmond
college Many Of the oic"r readers Of
The Free Lance will remember Mr.. Dh-
vles AZ "a gallant Confederate soldier, q
lieutenant in Company O i'th Va
Regiment. aud afterwards AdJutant OF
that command AT the opening Of the
war he WAS Law student and teacher
I'm the family II MIR II Chandler near
N0ntross in Westm0reland lie there
enlisted in Capt l. l. Wharton s com
panv and was identified with that com
mand I'LL the surrender Information
through letter % your sp1ndent
received afew days sgO from Richmond.
reports Prof ID still very sick AZ the
residence f his brother at Noitoway
@ II
DR.. John W Ayler. q native IT your
city and for some years after the war o
prominent citizen Of this county, Is now
a resident Of Newport News, where he
has established himself IN the practice
# his profession. and, We learn. Is do
ing well We give this information Tor
Che benefit II those q the many friends
NJ the Doctor and If his interesting
family, who like the writer. have had
40 tlding- n them fr some years Our
bachelor friend, Professor Mitchell. Is
also a resident n that magic cry near
the sea Ii was ne who. few years
sgo. aroused the ancient town Of Port
Conway from ITS Rip Van Wrinkle sleep
and started u on is present boom The
Old town Will report 20 the census
taker In June next population Of six
teen, whereas. few years before the
record showed only one. and that one
absconded on Sundays. leaving a
Shanghai rooster % guard the port
Few towns sill show greater percent
age Of increase than this Of II 10 1t
is needless 10 say the town Is solid for
Bryan. aud will send its delegates %
the convention so instructed
King George Co. Va. April H. 1900