The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-17

u. does not forget the old mother. Hi
III Inv estments on College Hill hay
been wisely and well made but hav,
Is not ended there. ''Slate Hip tw,
IL miles south Of the College was tn,
re nome Of his childhood and there hi.
+, brother the late j. NJ. Venable wa.
living at the time Of his death. 1t was
T. one of the noted homesteads of this
e section Of Virginia in days gone. and /
Il was glad to find that 1t is being pre-
d served from decay.
= The entire farm has been well fenced.
e the fields all well cleared, bitches have
been doing good work, and now Mr..
D Hancock is directing the farm forces
which means that "things is hum.
ming"
lie tells me he will cultivate at least
sixty acres Of land this season. divided
between the crops usual to this section
and to do this has four work horses. a
splendid team by the way, and three
regular hands. This means more than
ten thousand to the hand, - and that
was the old style. Mr.. Hancock thinks
1t mistake to be adopting new STYLE
especially now that farm laborers work |
when they feel like it, and quit when
they don't. When / rode into the
field where they were at work, they
were planting corn, and in the old
style One man applying the guano,
another dropping corn and three run
ming plows / expected of course to
ma the corn planter at work, and on
inquiry learned that the Major pre-
ferred not to use it. Two men and two
horses could have been saved by the use
OF the planter, but confess that as the
owner could afford the luxury | was
glad to see the men and mules at work ;
May 1t not be true that the man who |
employs two men where with machin.
cry one could be made to do the work.
Is as much Of public benefactor as
that man who makes two blades of
grass grow where only one grew before? I
Slate Hill is in good hands, and when a
this can be said Of all our old home /
steads, SOuthside Virginia will be |
known 10y others as it is now recognized =
by your correspondent as the garden &
spot Of earth. G.
Mr.. II f. Wall is another city far P
mer who knows how to farm, not "for (
the fun Of it" but for the profit there is a.
IN 1t. Under the tireless and thought Y
ful direction Of Mr.. Priddy, Dover is =
lining up with its competitors and will d
give good account of itself. ~
BIRTHDAY DINNER.
/ halted for midday rest, on the Al
'th inst. at the hospitable home of Mr..
Ino. Archer Brightwell and soon
earned that he was celebrating his list on
and was made to know that ye
hough unlimited | was expected to ~ ~
'njoy the birth. day dinner with the On
amily and few neighbors and friends. tic
'ersuasion was not necessary. The a
typical Southside Virginia dinner, old el'
lam, fried chicken, Brunswick stew. on
vegetables and 'pies and things" ev
This occasion is never neglected at II
he Brightwell home, and should be a S.l
D none. The hurry of life should not ~
e so great that we cannot recognize S3s
be mile stones as we pass. rei
Mr. Brightwell spent % years of his ~
usy life in the service Of the Norfolk ms
Western, and the wonder Is that i'm cot
lch service he should have learned so The
luch about farming, for while he will i 1o
OF confess it he is one of the best far of
iers | know Of
| did not know until this visit that out
e was in the bloody fight at Franklin, vWe5II
enn., in my opinion the bloodiest Agr
lttle Of the war. He belonged to Put
exas regiment, and at this fight was
IDLY wounded. Having been left on VIII
e field he managed to crawl be bal
nd the dead bodies of two fallen for
mrades and so protected himself IN
-ainst the storm of shot and shell Con
hich swept over that field Of carnage. Nil
remember walking over the ground Pro-
e morning after the fight, and / do ruo
II eXagerate when | say that the dead
ere touching each other. How any wnl
e escaped will ever be mystery to to- TO-
e. 7,
BIRTHDAY SUPPER. SON
1t was no ones birthday at the home plat
Mr.. T. Henry Glenn, of Prospect, on VIII
is same Sth day of May. but the sup , T@a
r was birthday in all its features diff
lst the same" But the habit of this thai
me is to have birthday meals each Oh !
y of the year. Here | saw the finest 80
rden | believe | ever saw. All the it in
yetabes, known to this section, up, Nov
N worked and lOurishing. There is Nlrs
ID living in that garden for all the ann I@n'
nily, and all the travelling men and Car,
ew tramps thrown In. The wonder mel
hat any one ever neglect the garden. the
one can afford to. Far better cut e or,,
, tobacco crop short one acre than The
elect this acre. serv
ptrNcu or coon EApupps take
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