The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-01-11
The Man About Town.

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K scribe. The chat takes a wide rang
h and embraces we'll nigh every suhje
e Of local interest. Horses receive fl
= share Of attention and it il simply VOL
e derful how many 1.-TWO fortyn stopper
e when talked about around store STOW
4 and not moving around track, a
' actually live in Farmville. Their nam
] Is legion. Dogs have their champion,
and the qualities Of "Rover," Dash,
"Ponto" and Juno are thoroughly
= ventilated.
Some mention Is always made Of tn
dear girls, and here again do taste
differ as widely as do color OF eyes an,
shape Of heads.
The last Sundays sermons come in
for full share of attention, and som,
one is sure to ask about the stranger.
in town.
Criticisms passed are at times exact.
ing, but, am glad to say, there is a
gratifying absence Of that feature which
makes the sting and stain Of gossip.
attended the afternoon services at
the rooms Of the Y. NJ. G. A. last Sun.
day, and though the rooms were de-
lightfully comfortable and the pro-
gramme pleasant and profitable one
the attendance was lamentably small
There ought to have been fifty or more
young men at that meeting. There
were not more than one fifth Of that
number. The secretary told me that a
number of regular attendants were kept
away by reason Of services, at the same
hour, at their respective churches and
this is good and sufficient reason. A
mans first duty is to the church Of his
choice, but the general rule is that the
most active church member is the most
active Of the Y. NJ. &. AS. The insti-
tuition is doing a good work in Farm
vile as well as the world over, and
deserves the active sympathy and sup
port of the young men and the older
men TOO Of the town and of the COM
munity.
While the labor unions of this and
other countries, are clammoring for a
day of eight hours, shoe maker in
Farmville goes on at the steady lick Of
sixteen hours a day and says nothing
about it.
One Of the most interesting hours of /
the day, In which to pass the Normal |
is what was known by the /
old people as "early candle light" hour.
True no candles are being lighted, and
We doubt if the girls ever saw a pair of
"snufiers," but the electric lights are
beginning to flame out from the tips
as | have some times seen fire flies flash
out from the meadows at eventide, and
the air is resonant with the cheerful
voices Of youth let loose from school.
disturbs the pleasant concert
until supper bell breaks in with its
tiscOrdant notes, when the clatter Of
plates reigns supreme, to be followed
BY the unbroken quiet Of study hour
Lights out, and then sweet sleep, and
who would not love to catch the echoes
from that dreamland?
The nucleus, about which the knit
ing mill tenements are TO gather, is
IN attractive one. / hope to see the
lay when there are squares Of them
illed with contented, happy workers.
Inspectors, during the holiday sea-
on, were strikingly careless Of the
attic Of wheels over our pavements,
'ut now that the tobacco season is on
gain, they can catch the first notes Of
he coming cart at a distance greater
han Emmett Ligon's best dog can
trike the trail.
So far as | know no new year resolu-
ion, made in Farmvile, has been
roken, but candor compels me to say
hat as to these | have not been in the
business.
A good Mason, remarked i'm my {
resence the other day, that neither :
he old OF the new building had been a s
Ak on the brotherhood. Saving Of
snts and collecting rents had solved q
ne problem.
/ heard Mr.. Woodson Venable, the {
ew clerk of our circuit court, say that d
e arose at a. m, looked after the {
ock on the farm and was in town at C
,rly office hours, and yet some people p
,mplain OF having to take the four Il
clock train for Richmond. {
The thin coating Of cinders given to a
he side walk leading from Main street a
the direction of the Normal school 81
eped some, but that walk way ought Il
be paved. y
A week of no lithia was rather lone I
me.
/ can recall the day when there was a
1t one dray in Farmvlle and old "
Uncle XIII handled the reins; now n
ere name is legion and all seem to be n
lsy.
A watering trough on Main street
Ould be convenience.
A farmer was complaining in pres p
zee of a Farmville merchant, Of hard +