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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-08-02
ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK.

Italy's art treasures apart from
buildings are valued at es.2OO,OOO.
George Hitchcock, the artist. though
now living handsomely on the pro-
ceeds of his art in Holland. once made
a living by running a small bric-a-brac
shop in Chicago.
Princess Louise has just completed
the statue of Queen Victoria which
she undertook some time ago 10 exc
cute for the Manchester cathedral.
The result is said to be most satisiac-
tory.
Gustav Korn. a New York brush
maker. has made a life-size portrait
of George Washington in bristles of
various colors. taking Stuart's cele-
brated painting for model. The
bristle picture is said 70 be quite a
work of art. 1t is on exhibition in the
window OF a Pearl street store.
Miss Ellen Terry the other day OBJ
jected to the number of her photo
graphs in various characters scat
tered throughout the house of a
friend. why it's embarrassing, she
said. Here | am weeping in your
bedroom. mad in your dining-room
and dying three different ways in
your drawing-room."
NJ. Daumet. of the French institute.
and number of other French archi-
tects have petitioned the senate
against any interference with re-
ligious orders, on the ground that
many of their buildings are the glory
of France, and that they are likely TO
continue furnishing employment to
a.. l.,.sI.l.,..-
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-08-02

over his horses neck while he reflected.
Would he say to her the few words
that would make such a mighty change
in their joint existence? Did she real
ly love him? Had he read the secret
in her eyes arightY
81 don't guess there are any secrets
in my eyes worth mentioning" muir
INJURED the young woman, as she brack-
eted the quotation with her pencil, but
if he thinks so, all right
Gertrude, while she loved her
quiet home life, yet found some of the
unnecessary restraints placed upon
her by her narrow-minded old aunt
very irksome," the young woman
went on reading. "'She fell uncon-
sciously into the habit of peering visit
fully into the future and wondering If
she should ever have a home Of her
own.
"And that's no fanciful creation of
a disordered imagination whispered
the young woman to herself, coming
down on her gum good and hard. Il
wouldn't say IT out loud, but homes
Just as dull as ditch water, and that's
all there is about it."
"During all Of these months, she
resumed reading, Reginald de
Whoopville remained, so to speak, up
on the brink of hesitancy He would
and he would not. Long ago his heart
had told him that he loved Gertrude
devotedly, absorbingly-yet he lacked
the courage to sever, with word, the
ties that bound him TO his bachelor
existence. He reflected upon how com
Portable he was in London. His lodg-
ings suited him. His man was a model
of industry and discretion. And, while
Reginald was by no means dissipated
man. he was fond Of roaming about,
dining here and there at out-of-the-
way places. and when the notion seized
him he enjoyed hasty jaunts over the
continent. There was no small
amount Of latent selfshness in his
nature. He fully appreciated the re-
sponsibilities of matrimony, and 1t
was for this very reason that he
feared he might not prove equal TO
them. And yet-the thought came
upon him like the rushing Of many
waters-how he loved herl'"
81 hope he reads this through about
four times" said the young woman TO
herself. Il don't suppose there's a
city in the world where the young men
are so fond of spending all their pay
on themselves as they are in Washing
ton"
Thus she spent her afternoon.
She was radiant when he arrived
that evening, and just before his de-
parture she handed him the book,
with a few little appropriate re-
marks as to how she had enjoyed it.
He arrived al the noon luncheon
hour the next day. and he had the
ring along with him.
"Wel. just maybe that wasn't hot
scheme. that's all" murmured the
beautiful young creature TO herself
when he had gone and it was all ar
ranged for next October.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-08-02
THE ROAD TO FAILURE.
Farmers Who Don't Get Ont OF the
Rut and stick TO Antiquated
Ideas surely Are on Ia.

The more a wagon runs in a rut
the deeper the rut grows and the
more difficult IL becomes for the driv-
er 10 get out of il. There are hnn-
dreds of farmers in ruts, so 10 speak,
and each year seems 10 weaken their
power or thwart their desire TO get
out. The farmer who for IS or %
years has been growing corn and oats
alternately on what he mistakenly
thinks inexhaustible soil is in a deep,
well-worn rut that slopes toward
hard times for that farmer. He
ought TO get out and travel on
smooth surface. He ought 10 grow
more crops and live stock. He should
grow cowpeas and soy beans. rape
and sorghum, clover and vetch. What
will he do with them? Feed them|
right on the farm.
Oats and corn have their place irI
a rotation of farm crops. but a grea
many farms in the middle west woul. !
be much improved If given a rest
from these fertility teaches. Legumin-
Gus and forage crops must supplant
cereal crops 10 a large extent in the
corn belt. The land demands the
change. Good farming approves it.
Farmers must get out of the rut or
be mired. The latter will be their
lot If they continue the two-crop
system which they so long have been
practicing. To avoid it is quite as
easy as 10 encounter il.
Without suggesting a complete pro-
gramme, let us urge that you SOW
some cowpeas and soy beans this
year Double disk some of your oat
land as soon as the crop is harvest
ed, harrow it well and drill in the
peas or beans. At last cultivation OF
corn sow about ten pounds of clover
seed per acre broadcast amongst the
stalks. Try ten acres this way. Sow
some rape. Try some vetch. Get
more live stock on your farm. Feed
them on those good things herein
mentioned. Keep some good cows.
Raise poultry. Grow fruit. Have sew
eral hives of bees. BE real farmer
and get out of the ruts.-Farmers'
Voice.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-08-02

The man who wants TO spray sue
cessfully must make a study OF il.
There is one thing he must learn that
can be learned only by experience
and that is the strength of different
sprayings. The effect of several sue
cessive sprayings is good or bad ac-
cording 10 the conditions under which
they have been applied. For instance,
il the first spraying has been with
full strength material and If there
has been no rain between that and
the second and third sprayiDgs il
might be a mistake TO make the fol-
lowing spraying solutions as strong
as was the first. Frequently the
foliage IS injured by such cumulative
applications. But when rains are
frequent the amount of chemicals
washed off the trees is so great that
the full strength solutions will not
do damage.-Farmers Review.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-08-02

Those who raise fruits and veg
ables for the market find il TO their
.s, - advantage 10 de-
lop varieties
which will be t
stand shipment. This does not neces-
rarily mean those which are best in fla
Vor, says an authority. 4 tomato. no
matter how delicious, that becomes
"mushy" under a few hours shaking
ln a freight car, is improbable. eX-
cept for local markets. The railroads
have made the range of supplies for
every region so wide that the first
requisite of any perishable article is
that it shall be good shipper" Sci
entific agricuturists are now bending
their energies toward securing, by
cross-breeding, a combination OF deli
cacy of favor and of good travelling
quality. They have already accom-
plished much. Every year some new
ITult OF vegetable enters the general
markets, and better varieties of the
old are introduced. In these times
not only the palate but the eye must
be satisfied. Celery must be white,
strawberries must be red. and an APP
pie attractive in color. Any new va
riety, however excellent, that does
not come up to these standards cannot
expect wide market. Then nature
puts trademarks" upon certain va
rieties, and so greatly aids their com
mrcial success. The "navel" is one
of several kinds of seedless oranges.
but it is so distinctly marked as to
have acquired almost monopoly of
the field.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-08-02
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE.
Farmyille, Va, July 18th, 1901
John Morton Administrator
against
John MOrtou'S heirs

John MOrton's heirs.
To the unknown heirs of Charles Nor
ton, the unknown heirs of Elizabeth Wood
son, the unknown heirs of W = Morton, the
unknown heirs of Nancy Rice; the unknown
children ofMrs. G.. n. Hin, John Anderson,
Leonard Anderson, Mary Anderson. and
Robert Anderson; the unknown Morton
children of Polly Morton. Ann Hughes. Eli
zabeth Hughes. Jane Richardson. and --
Richardson, her husband. Morton Hughes
Benz. Morton, William Morton. and the
children of ". N. Morton. Benz. Morton,
Henry Morton, Susan Morton. snd tine chill
dren of Mrs Betsy Darlington. and the un-
known heirs OF Jacob Morton
And that James VIII rry. James Curric, the
heirs of George Morton, the children of de
laide tewari, the unknown heirs of Mary
Morton, the unknown heirs of Nancy Nor
ton. the unknown heirs of Sallie Morton,
Alfred Horton, Washington Morton, Cora
Morton, Virginia Morton, Palmyra Morton,
LaVinia Sheets Cora Tate and the unknown
heirs of Josiah Norton
You are hereby notified that have fixed
upon the 18th day OF August. next, If fair, If
not, on the next fair day thereafter. 10 take
at my office i'm the town of Farmvillc, Va,
an account.
list. OF the money i'm the hands of T.. H.
Dickinson. Sheriff and Administrator OF
John Morton, deceased, how the same Is
invested.
2nd. said Commissioner shall inquire and
ascertain who are the heirs of the said John
Morton, deceased, now living and entitled
to the distribution of the estate OF the said
John Morton, deceased, in the hands of the
said +. II. Dickinson, sheriff and Admins
traitor aforesaid. And the said Commission
er shall further inquire and ascertain which
of the said heirs, II any, who have resided i'm
this State and have gone therefrOm and have
not returned to this state for seven years
succesSively or have not been heard from
or known 10 be living within the past seven
years, and make report To the next term Of
this court at which place you are required TO
be present.
Given under my hand this 18th day of July,
1901. as Commissioner i'm Chancery of the
said Court.
S.P. NANDERSLiCE,
jy lit. Commissioner in thancery.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-08-02
CITY DIRECTORY.

..,p-W. 4. BlantOh.
NAY, ,.oVNciI. -By committees.
Io"S ". r.. Davidson, W. l.. Gilliam
snd i;-.da,,ce"H. + l., Iii r.. Wall. j. n. Farrar aud
II Eram6ert ..,...,, l. cra,,o
sqnitary-W. r. N' "
.odJ. farrM; oni,.m AE cralle and
T. L. E'1l"I 4. Morris, ". f. Davidson and
J, b - X. Martin, f.. L. Morris and w.
b anew T.. Gillian, f. l.. Erambert
I'D A. r. Cralle. ~ 1 l,ro,nleyt and Az
?. 0illl'a1I 'a1Ionse-E. l.. Erambert, A. +. Cralle
VfW r. Anderson. o., ,,....,, a, 4,
ana inssnartment- ". T.. Davidson, W. r..
fne fs1.,on and K. Martin.
Ano..s l. Framhert, a. +. Cralle ana D..
,. afss,aer"A. r. Cralle, f. l.. Erambert and
D. lkslsyHi X Msl'ii"B il. Farrar. l.. Morris and W. p.
6iliia,. clerk-E. j. Whitehead.
i.',e io~ Hrreasurer-S. W. Paulett, Jr.
Nlas,,nissiOner Of Rev Nenue-HerDert klce.
,',s .sergeant-R. ID. Miller.
ooUiice- leslie FOCUS ana j y. lalsOh.
rol,tt electric Plant--O. L. Wicker.
thief Fire Department q. NJ. NoDeSon'
street. COmmisSiOner-J. :. hart
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-08-02
have to raise our

this call. We must have them imme-
diately. Who will be the first man
to eniist?"
Rand stepped forward on the spur
of the moment and said: 81 will"
His name was put down in his own
handwriting on the muster roll. and
the Twelfth New York volunteers had
their first soldier, while New York
state had the distinction Of enlisting
the first volunteer for the civil war.
Very soon afterward Rand per-
formed the daring act which won him
the first medal of honor ever pre-
sented by congress for distinguished
gallantry on the battlefield. At
Blackburn's Ford, Va, on July IS his
battalion of 500 men was swept in
disorder from the field, but Rand, ap-
parently not noticing the slaughter
all about him. held his ground and
finally joined the command of Capt.
Oater GEM A. III. Barnum. and
fought with it to the end of the en-
gagement. The congressional medal
of honor was not instituted until
July -, 1862, one year later, and the
first one struck was sent to Rand.
At Gaines Mill a musket ball
crushed through Sergt. Rand's left
shoulder, MASKING it to a jelly. He
was captured and sent to Libby pris-
on and later was sent home. When
his wound was partly healed he want
ed TO enlist again, but was rejected
by the surgeons. He appealed TO
President Lincoln.
For some time President Lincoln
kept the young man answering ques-
tions, then he placed his hand on his
shoulder and remarked;
"My young friend, the surgeons did
their duty. They could not do other
wise. You are not able to do any
more work in the field"
This last remark took away Rand's
power of speech He had hoped from
the presidents manner that his re-
quest would be granted. Now the
only words that fell from his lips
were:
"My God, Mr.. President"
He rose and started for the door.
He could not even say good-by. In
an instant the president was beside
him. and, throwing one arm affec-
tionately around him, he said, in a
voice filled with emotion:
Lieut.. Rand, we need you here in
Washington a great deal more than
they do at the front. If you will go
over to the war department in the
morning | think Mr.. Stanton will fix
You out"
At ten o'clock the next morning a
commission had been made out, and
before noon it was signed by the
president.
After leaving the army in 1870
Lieut.. Rand entered Georgetown uni
versity. received the degree of NJ. d..
and practiced his profession up to
four years ago, when he was obliged
TO give IL up. owing to incessant
pains arising from his old wounds.
Two governors of the state of New
York and two presidents of the
United States have recognized DR..
Rand's patriotism and gallantry. lie
holds four commissions, all preserved
i'm the Holland Purchase Historical So
cietv's archives at Batavia. \. Y; one
signed by Gov. +. d. Morgan, one by
GOV. Horatio Seymour, one by Presi-
dent Lincoln and one by President
Andrew Johnson. New York has re-
mcmbercd him with n medal.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-08-02
FIRST CIVIL WAR VOLUNTEER.
Has That EnViable Distinction
Ills War Record.

DR.. Charles +. Rand, of Washing
ton, has the distinction of having
been the first volunteer to enlist for
the civil war in response TO Lincoln's
call for $4,000 men. He also possesses
the first medal Of honor ever made.
On April -, 1861, Rand, then an IS.
year-Old clerk, attended a meeting in
the old Eagle tavern at Batavia, y.
y. There had been a heated discus
sion over the probabilities of war,
when a man came rushing in waving
a telegram above his head.
THE president has called for $4,000
men to go forward and fight" be
shouted.
Henry /. Glowach, presiding at the
meeting, took the telegram, read il
and said:
"The war is already upon us. We
have to raise our quota of men to fill
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-08-02
FARMVLE FAIR FOR NEW CENTURY, OCTOBER 23, a. 1901

N THE CLERKS OFFICE OF THE CIR
Il CUT COURT of the county Of Prince Ed
ward on the 18th day Of iuly, 1901:
Ida +. ThackstOn.......... Plaintiff
against
Charles VI. TbackstOn ......... L Defendant.
Is (HANCERY.
The object OF this suit is TO sell the real es-
tate OF the late W. II ThackstOn. and dis
Tribute the proceeds 10 the parties entitled
thereto. And an affidavit having been made
ana nled that the defendant Charles VI
lhackston, is not resident of the state OF
Virginia, 10 is ordered that he do appear
mere within fifteen days after due publica-
tlon hereOf, and do what may be necessary
70 protect his interest In this suit. And IL is
further ordered that a COPY hereof be pub
ltshed once week for four weeks in the
rarmNille Herald, and that copy bee posted
al the 'front.' door of the court house of this
county on the first day OF the next term Of
the County Court.
cOpy-tcste;
r. J. WHITEHEAD. Clerk.
j. NJ. Cruie p. q. jy lit.
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<,sI

the bed and bolt it on the axle. Bolts
are shown at b, b. This cart can
be constructed very cheaply, as a
very good old buggy axle can be OBJ
tanned for 80 cents or cheaper and an
old pair of wheels that are not quite
good enough 10 be safe on the buggy
can be repaired and made 10 last a
long time on the cart. by having
the axle bent as in the above illus
tration, the cart will not upset nearly
as easily nor will it be so hard on
the wheels, as the load Is much low
er. As a rest, a swing drop-stick can
be attached to the front board.-F. T..
Webster, in Farm and Home.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-08-02
xvo1s limiting in Nebraska.

Wolf hunting is fast becoming a
necessity as well as a pastime TO the
farmers living a few miles north Of
Creighton, Neb. Not only the com
mon coyote. but also the larger
species known as the gray wolf, is
the cause Of their trouble, several
farmers having lost hogs and young
calves. The marauders are very bold.
coming within a few feet Of the door.
even in daylight, and then seizing a
fowl. soon disappear over neighbor-
inc HILTON.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-08-02

To the ordinary observer there
does not seem any relationship be-
tween old maids and canary BIRDS
But the Philadelphia Record shows
that there is: "The demand for
canary birds is regulated by the sup
ply of old maids" said a Ninth
street bird dealer recently. when
the old maid market is strong we sell
lots of canaries. Men hate 'em. l
don't know why they should, but
they do. Consequently married wom-
en- seldom indulge in canaries. OF
course there are exceptions, but most
of the women who buy birds are old
maids. They now seem to fancy the
canary even above the cat and the
parrot. 1t used to be that every old
maid had either a cat or parrot,
perhaps both, but now the little yell
low fellow has the call. The more
old maids there are, the better 1t Is
for the canary market"
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-08-02
AhuIterntion Legally Defined.

The supreme court Of Iowa has re-
Gently decided that any substance
added TO milk is an adulteration. Ac-
cording TO this decision II makes no
difference whether the buyer knows
what he is buying or not, or whether
he knows that the substances added
70 the milk are wholesome or un-
wholesome, such addition constitutes
adulteration. This is most whole
some decision and ought to be the rule
of law in all the states in the union'-
Hoard's' Dairyman.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-08-02

There was a novel combat the other
day at an Illinois high school. The
,o.,.,c,r, lady soPhomores
nv desired to wear
on Her Museie' the school colors,
and the lady juniors said they
sbouldn't-so therel Nhereupon
they came to blows-or rather
to the scratch-and strings ana
buttons flew, and hair came down.
and tender faces were sadly marred'
and even delicate shins were fiercely
kicked. They chased one another all
over the campus, and only gave up the
struggle when exhausted. And the
lady sophomores, as they pinned them
selves up, hotly declared that the vie
tory was theirs, and the lady juniors
as they vaselined their sears, were
equally certain that the sophomores
had been ingloriously routed. No
wonder. observes the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, that timid college professor
advised the young men of his classes
to beware of the educated girl
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-08-02

/ IN THE CLERKS OFFICE or THE CIR
CUT COURT of the county of Prince Ed
ward, on the 10th day of July, 1901:
Charles Baskheld ....... - laihiiI
against
Mcrtie f.. Baskfield................. .. Defendant.
lN CHANCERY.
The object of this suit is TO obtain di-
vOrce u rnIcutO mdfrimOHu for the cause of
adultery. And nm affidavit having been
made and filed that the defendant, Mertc r..
Baskheld. is nOta resident Of the State Of
Virginia. il is ordered that she do appear
here within fifteen days after due publica-
tiOn hereof. and do what may be necessary
to protect her interest i'm this suit And IL rs
further ordered that a copy hereof he pub
lished once "a week for four weeks I'm the
Farmville Herald, and that a copy be posted
at the front door of the courthouse OF TINS
county on the first day OF the next term OF
the County Court.
cOpy-teSte:
+ j. WHITEHEAD, Clerk.
Watkins a. Watkins, pa. iy l9-it.
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Ease with Which

In recent article by DR.. Andrews.
of Philadelphia, who has seen 1000
Ease with which deaths, that ply
sician saws: II
have found that
persons of clean life, of honorable,
upright, religious character, not only
do not display an indifference to the
approach of death as those of grosser
life do, but welcome it as relief
from care and toll. There is some
thing about the approach Of death
that reconciles men to it. The senses
are dulled, the perceptiye faculties
are blunted and the end comes quiz
etly. painlessly, like a gentle sleep.
In this condition. mean on the APP
proach of death-those who retain
their faculties to any degree become
more or less philosophers. They
know that death is inevitable, that it
Is only a question of hours, and they
accept the verdict without any dem
onstration and in a philosophical
way. In all my experience l have
never found case in which a dy-
ing man or woman complained
against the inevitable, attempted TO
fight its approach or even feared it.
1t is only in good health that we fear
death. When we have become i'll,
when we have sustained some injury
of a very serious nature, the fear Of
death seems to disappear"
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-08-02
A HANDY PUSH CART.
Great Convenience In Garden and
General Field Work ut All Sea-
sons of the Year.

A cart is a great convenience in
garden and general field work, espe-
cially in spring and fall. During sum
mer it is handy for harvesting gar
den produce. For the axle, take one
from an old buggy and bend, as
shown in Fig. 2. The blacksmith can
shape it nicely. Anyone can make
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-08-02

The following unique letter has
been received by the Philadelphia
Record: IF my wife writ eny stuf
70 YOU in regard to young Ladie in
vuer city do not writ her up in yuer
naner as the ladie will bring SANDER
and damages against the Reckerd il
vop do as there no need of my wife
heinc ilous of that Ladie as that
Young Ladie is all right and a perfect
Ladie."
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-08-02
Pensioners In Texas.

Texas, which enlisted only 1865 sol
diers in the union army during the
war. is now. more than 35 years after
its close. the place Of residence OF
s1OO pensioners. and the pension pay
ments there are nearly Si.OOO,OOO.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-08-02

detectives in Richmond, Va. accord
ing to a newspaper, recently found two
cold watches which had been stolen
under a hen engaged apparently in
the ambition Of Matching spring chick
ems. 1t is believed that the thieves put
lhe watches there TO set hem.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-08-02
On Aiming High.

Some men aim high, but lack the
necessary sort of ammunition.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-08-02

In a recent article by DR.. Andrews.
of Philadelphia, who has seen 1000