The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-07-25

such a thing Never mlnd ABOUT your
thoughts" replied the lawyer, Just SO
you did not SAY it 10 anyone
The average goth century constant
man regards nothing a. mean. un-
less he is caught in the act,
and the catching hurts him iinan-
cialy. socially or otherwise. The
meanness. he thinks, all belongs To the
man that caught him. or, in other words,
he is n mean man because he did catch
him.
Where is this scribhlcr going? lie did
not start ont to make lecture, but
simply tochronicle some Of the happenings
Of this narrow strip Of land between the
Rappahannock and Piankatank rivers,
80 we will set about our task at once.
J. Boyd Sears. of Mathews, J. \.
Stubbs, OF Gloucester, and Thomas +.
Blakey. (the present incumbent OF Es-
sex, are earnestly seeking the Democratic
nomination for the 39th Senatorial dis
trict II the Constitutional Convention
creates many new offices, hope they
will cut this district into fourequal slices
thereby giving each one of these worthy
gentlemen a piece. The slice remaining,
after this distributing. can, with much
charity BE- given to me. | tell you. peO-
pie. if something il not done for me soon,
my last good pair of breeches will be
gone.
While Booker T. Washington and other
able negroes are trying by speech and
action To convince their race that they
are to some extent dependent upon the
white people and that spirit Ofgood-will
should I've encouraged, some white scala
wags seem to be trying toengender strife
by telling them that they will be turned
back to the days oi Patrols and Judge
Lynch. il they, the scalawags, are not
kept in Office To look after them. the ne
groes interests. TO be Republican be-
cause You believe in Republican doctrines
is all right. but to he a Republican simply
for office is detestabe The good white
men. who once had black mammies will
do the negro no harm because OF the fact
that he has black face.
Barn Elms farm, owned by Capt. j.
r. Marchant, and the Oldest Colonial
homestead in Eastern Virginia, is in real
estate hands for sale. The farm contains
,19l acres, has upon it many Colonial
features. is in a high state of fertility, has
several hundred acres Of fine timber, and
has l-mie waterfront, splendid oyster
shore. on Piankatank river.
The will of the late and lamented j. X.
Segar, Jr. has not been put on record.
Mr.. Segar was not only popular man,
but a very useful manin his county. Had
he lived and desired the nomination from
his party. Democratic for the legisla-
ture. he without doubt would have been
the nominee this fall.
Wheat is turning out very poorly
in this county One farmer sowed l2h
bushels yielding 80 bushels. which is the
average yield so far.
How about the Independent river boat!
4 boat between fredericksburg and Girls
field, Md, would pay the owners, besides
would supply river desideratum.
Rev. Nuggs, colored, lectured on the
subject; Adam was not the first man
and beause of the fact that he was not
the first man, the heretofore Bible myste
ries OF i"Predestination' and the "Forbid
den Fruit, " are made clear.
Rich city folks seem to have amania to
own Middesex Farm. Middlesex is the
"Garden of Eden, of Virginia.
Mitchell Washington, the horse thief
who made his escape from jail by throw
ing carbolic acid in the sheriffs face, ha'
not been captured.
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