The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-08-08
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Many Notes of Interest Personals, Etc.
Correspondence Of TIM Fnrr LAvcrJ

| II correspondence ol llli J. ltEf LAMi.J
Orange County, Va. Aug. q, 1901.
Farmers living upon the rich and fertile
banks of the Rapidan are yet talking OF
the great damage done 10y the recent
ircshct They say in many large aras
the soil is literally washed away. and
such men ~ Charles &. Powell. James ;
Willis aud Others say the damage cannot
be- estimated
Some OF our farmers are hauling wheat
to Gillum some to Orange and Others TO
/ nionville
It is generally thought that the corn is
better here than in the last decade
though chinch-bug is prevalent.
In spite Of the heat some OF our people
attended the Gordonsville Tabernacle
meeting. Among the preachers was DIR.
Powell. of Louisville Ky once heard
mighty impulse impels you to listen To
him a. often a. you can.
Mcssrs. G.. W Voolfolk aud Morton
Daniel. after few weeks Of recreation at
the hospitabe home Of DR. Voolfolk,
have gone To their fields OF enterprise -
the former to North Carolina. the latter
To Kentucky.
Mr. John l. Henderson left Tuesday for
West Virginia, where he is successfully
,,,,o,,.J ip tbn IumLer trade
Miss Ruby Cook. a popular Naynes
boro belle. who has been on an enjoyable
visit To her aunt. Mrs +. r. Brockman.
near Pine Top, left n few days ago to
visit friends in Culpeper. Miss Cook is n
daughter Of Editor Cook of the Waynes-
boro Sentinel, and is said toinspire many |
OF the racy writer's pungent paragraphs.
Mrs. Dr. Robert Frazer of Farmville, I
and Mrs. ollie Coons. Of Culpeper. are |
welcome guests at Mr. o. T. Terrell's. /
where Dr Frazer who is now in Bir
mingham, Ala. is expected in few days.
Miss Dora Baron, of Charlotte, NC,
who has been visiting friends in Balti- |
more, is now popular guest OF her sis
ter Mrs. W. C.. Graves near Nasons.
Mrs. W J. Decker has returned home |
from pleasant visit to relatives in Mid /
desex
We are growing less hopeful for any /
material good to our yeomanry from the /
Constitutional Convention. II is To be /
regretted that the patriots now laboring |
for the good OF the oppressed farmer can
not crystalize some of their burning de
sires for our betterment We saw ray /
of light in Mr. Merediths judiciary re-
form. but when Chairman Hunton came /
along with his reputation all reacted |
and we settled back with firm convic- |
ton that little material good would ever /
come to the taxpayer and bread-pro-
Queer of Virginia until it was reached
through the manhood and intelligence OF
their own rank.
Pat. the famous riding horse OF Mr..
Frank Jordon. former owner of Victoria
Furnace. died at the old home, July u,
1901, in hisfortieth year, and was buried
in fine casket six feet deep. In youth
Pat" was adark bay in old age he be-
came iron gray.
Mrs. II. c. Burruss has been on pleas
ant visit to the mountains this month
and greatly enjoyed n apleasantrecreation.
All of our sick are recovering and we
hope will soon he well.
Miss Lucy Burruss, OF Daniels, died
Tuesday and the funeral was attended by
n large concourse of friends. lnterment
in the family cemetery Wednesday eve.
She was n consistent member OF Mace
donia church and has gone to herreward.
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Baker are visiting
relatives in Louisa this week.
Mr.. Wesley Hume, the original "Arkan-
sas Traveller, is in Lahore districtenliv-
ening his friends with memoirs OF earlier
days. Wesley is not onlya good conver-
sationalist and a tip.top fiddler, but a
first-class fruit-tree man. representing
with brain and muscle an old reliable
Virginia nursery.