The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-12-06
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.


ih .seri-"tys and lonely.
sense Of song Is near.
Though grief the heart wrlneing.
JOY somewhere lies impaired
And song is worth singing.
since there's "a listening world
Miss kotie Gil is visiting in Amelia
smooth side walks and banana skins
are sure 10 get The unwary walker.
Mrs. Hugh O'Gara, who has been
very III, is reported better.
The sun Of football went down with
The sun Of Thanksgiving day.
Dr. Potts viii speak to the Young
men at the 4 O'Clock Y. NJ. c. 4. meet.
Ing Sunday.
Famvilie is rich enough to pave
High street from end to end. There is
no use saying she i-n't.
We have had the sunshine and the
rain, and now if the snow comes We
Won't gumble
Mr. J. b. Russell, Of Columbus, Ohio.
spent several days Of this week visiting
old friends in Farmvile.
Who can say how long ii will be be.
fore the oil excitement breaks out
among us? lie; her come. 1t j. long
time between booms.
Mrs. :. p. Vander-lce and children
returned home Tuesday from Suffolk,
where they have been visiting some
weeks
Rev ;. II. Thompson, after several
weeks Of sickness, was able 10 occupy
his pulpit last Sunday morning aud
evening.
The Town Council will meet next
Tuesday evening and it is the hope Of
all that the depot question will be re-
viyed.
The roadway on both sides Of Cum.
beraud bridge is hard TO beat, and
everybody is 10 be congratulated for
having SO excellent piece OF highway.
Get ready for Christmas. This is
good thought TO carry with you while
engaged ia the work of preparation
1T is more blessed To give than TO re-
ceive."
Santa Claus is filling his sleigh. Wise
merchants Of FaImyille will tell him
through the columns Of the HERALD
where the best bargains are to be had.
Miss Maude Sutherland, who has
been visiting her sister. Mrs. II. III.
Hunt, returned to her home in Abe
marie last Monday.
II hasn't been long since last Christ
mas, ;hat is 10 folks beyond forty-five.
The little one who has been looking for
Santa Claus may have gotten restless
at the delay Of ms coming
The Daughters of the Confederacy
wish TO thank all who So kindly aided
in the entertainment given by them
on Thursday aud Friday last. Espe-
cial thanks 10 Mrs Wexford, for the
beautiful music rendered.
We never understood the good Of
Fall blowing Would it not be better
to have the land covered with some
thing until the working season was on
than To turn it oyer and have il expos
ed all winter? But II would be easy
to tell what We know about farming,
and hard To tell what we don't know.
Misses Resale Pettis and Mendoza
Mitchell, of Richmond, spent last
Sunday With Mrs. Robert Freear, who
is Miss Petus' sister. AT the night SER
vices in the Methodist church, Miss
Mitchell, who isan accomplished MEM
Der of Park Place church, Richmond,
delighted the congregation with "a solo.
That Philadelphia girl who chape-
roned the old maids, is a bread winner
from sway back" We are not so
sure that she does not make tour TO five
hundred dollars a month. Some choice
young man ought to be smart enough
to form AN alliance aud hen manage
the funds. OF course, she Won d not
care 10 be a man even if the machine"
could grind her into the latest and best
type. 1--WE see where she Is right"
The Famville Guard will turn out
Sunday with the remains Of Mr. o. F.
East The line Of procession will form
in front of The Randolph Hotel at 3
O'Clock J. VI and proceed 70 the ceme.
terry. Mr.. East was gallant COnfed-
crate soldier, whose last days were
spent in the county poorhouse, where
his body was buried. Everybody is
earnestly requested 10 attend his funer-
al next Sunday afternoon.
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