The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-06
STAFFORD.
Severe Electrical storm Teachers Elected
Base BAH Personals. Etc.
Correspondence of Tho Free Lance. }

Stafford o. H. Va, Sept. lst.
A. w. Evans, Esq, deputy treasurer
paid the Oourt.house q visit last Mon
day. on business.
Ono Of the most severe electrical
storms that has ever been known in
this locality visited us last Monday.
For nearly three hours there was almCst
an incessant glare Of lightning, follow
ed by psal after peal Of thunder, and
from the number Of places where the
lightning struck, it was almost mira
ole that there was no loss Of lifo. A
tree was struck in the yard OF the resi-.
deuce Of Mr JOS. X Bryan, one at John
Olarks. one at Samuel Gallahan's, one
at John ". Gallahan's, and several at
various other places.
DR.. Jas. II. Boil. Of lower Stafford,
paid us visit last Wednesday.
Mr.. May Jones, Of the Brooke neigh
borhood, raised a go pound watermelon
This year Mr.. J. Is famous for his sue
cess In trucking
On the road 70 Stafford Store, iust
above Aqua Run. lies little
hamlet called Onvi'le. Among the
patria1chs # the village, is one who has
great conversational powers, and being
on the shady side Of sixty, his wordsof
wisdom have great weight with the
soyereigns Of that locality. Recently,
however. he has been missed from his
accustomed haunts. Enquiry was made
as O. his whereabouts. when II was dis
covered that a molar, with whom he
had had an intimate acquaintance for
period Of about 30 years, had turned on
him. and ached 10 such en- extent as to
cause him 20 HE away TO the Burg to
have il extracted IL was afterwards
learned that after being placed In the
dentists chair, such was the resistance
on the plTt Of the tooth from being torn
from o jaw where It had In days gone
by witnessed the passage Of so many
cock tails and other messages Of good
cheer on their way to the internal de-
partment Of our friends anatomy. that
he tainted away three times and it was
some time before he again took any in
terest whatever in things material upon
this mundane sphere.
The Rev. James Coleman, colored
one Of our Afro American ministers,
was on his way 20 his home last Mon
day. The storm Of that date catching
him far from his domicile, he took
refuge in pickle house on the premises
Of Mr Samuel Callahan Whilst 60
sheltered from the storm, bolt OF
electricity, not having any respect for
the cloth, or person Of the reverend,
struck poplar tree near his place OF
refuge, scattering splinters In every d.
rection, amidst which storm OF spin
ters the Rev. Coleman departed on his
way home, neither did he stand on the
order Of his going but simply went
One OF our'merchants here has had
huge sign painted in the following
words Here is the place to get your
money back " Since that time suudry
persons who have spent money with
him, have been demanding ''their
money back" but at this writing, none
Of the money has been paid. The per-
sons aforesaid are nov very uncertain
what the sign means.
The Aqua School Board met at Eb-
enezsr school house to-day and elected
the following teachers: White schools
Andrews Chapel, Miss Hortense An.
drews; Stafford o. II. school, Miss
Molly Truslow; Brooke. r. r. Grogan (;
Union, Thomas Gill; Musselman, Jas.
Ashby; Chspawamsio. 60 be filed
hereafter); Slab Hill. Mrs. Annie
Mountjoy; Clifton. ]. Moncure Ashby {;
Garrisonville, R. E Gill; Greens,
Miss Bessie Weldon Oolored-Oak
Grove, VIM. Alexander; Brooke, Mary
Coleman; Camp. Ella Nelson All
schools TO commence lst October.
The Garrisonville base. bali team de-
feated the Dumfries yesterday at Gsrri'
sonville by a score Of 81 to IL.
Mrs. Ohas. T. Norman, Of Richmond,
who has been visiting friends at Gar
risonville, expects to leave for her home
next Wednesday.
Miss Lena Callahan left for Wash
ington to day, where she expects to
spend the winter. Scribbler.