The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-03-08

50 many requests from Taylor count
friends 10 let them know about thI
state, that il is hardly possible To writ
each one separately, and by publishin
thls you may enlighten many Of you
readers. So far We are very we'll please,
with The change The weather ha
been exceptionally mild, few days tina
you could not pillow, and we are wish
Ing ii would turn cold 80 we might get
Ice , to inches thick to mn our lie,
house. Farmyille il town of 1000 OF
more inhabitants Of which large DOR
ton are colored. 1t is a very busy
place, being a great tobacco center the
weed being brought from several
counties around. There are many fine
buildings, tobacco warehouses, knitting
aud Hour mills, foundry, public school,
also colored chidren's schools, as there
Is a distinct line drawn here. The
state normal school for females Is i'm
Farmville with over 400 students. also
Hampden Sidney college for young
men few miles out from town. There
are also famed lithia springs, some IA
or more on one fourth acre Of ground,
all said to cure different troubles. Not
having tested them | cannot speak
from personal experience. This Is said
TO be one Of the healthiest counties in
the state, and as far as we are concerned
we have had no occasion TO think
otherwise. The water is all soft. so
clsierns are not needed. Springs
abound everywhere, so stock can get
water without the owner wearing him
self out pumping. The country looks
different from Iowa, the soil is red with
clay subsoil, and one used to black
Ioam notices the change. Then the /
great amount of pines strikes one for I
chilly, but when piece Of land is to be /
rested they just let it lie idle and in
ew years there is crop Of young pines
which are easily cleared. Northern
armers and a few Nirginians raise
grasses, COW peas, sorghum, etc, in
act according to the state agricultural
eport you can raise almost anything if
'ou give it proper cultivation. The
rouOle has been the want Of capital.
nd the negro with his OK or mule aud
title pillow has been scratching on top
u these years, when right below lay
llne of wealth waiting to be turned up.
he main crop here is tobacco, and
lany people raise it solely and buy
heir hay and corn. These farmers are
enerally hard up, while those who fol-
Nv mixed farming make money and
ever do any work themselves, only
oss the negro. We have about 90 acres
riginal timber which is said to be very
aluable, and we are told nearly worth ,
hat we paid for the farm, 80 acres.
lac hogs run in il aud get their living
uring the fall and winter months re- ,
liring very little corn to finish them {
/. The cattle are very inferior here, !
Iostly scrub Jerseys or Hostein. y
here is big field for anyone with g
'pial and management in the cattle u
dustry here We are raising sheep L
I'd the lambs are arriving, and so far :,
e have had no trouble with dogs s
though few have departed this life i
rough the agency Of Lindsay's rifle :
I'd gone to enrich the soil. DIR. Stand +
y and bis goats would find plenty of e
nd here to work on pretty cheap q
Labor is also very cheap, and as far =
our knowledge goes, very satisfac- ,
~. We employ a colored man at SOC
lay and his rations, which consist Of
It. corn meal and one-haf pound Of
con, which means fat, from your
stern hogs, some Of ii not very
npting but the negro has strong
mach. You furnish your negro a
Din on the place, where he lives, aud
works from daylight till dark, but
yer on Saturday afternoon. then he
rs to town.
He is very respectful, and yo1 don't
1t him if you ask him to carry
od or water Help indoors is also
zap. if you get trusty one. Cooks
50 90 month and their board, and
old NANNY" is invaluable to one
III family of children. / only en-
" help for extra occasions, and yet H.
2 washing, scrubbing, or anything
It | ask done, and for a day ! pay
rty cents, and less would bring her.
low the colored people live is mys-
y to me. We have not had any
ckens stolen. Can Taylor county
mers say the same? OF course the Sc
e is TO lock all your buildings, then
re is no temptation to the darkey. su
Sow the mothers may want to know a.
this is good place to raise their In
ldren. There aie many churches,
the Sabbath is strictly observed. :"
ont think there are any open stores
Farmville on Sabbath During the
tx there are open saloons but they n
no worse than Iowa drug stores III
] we have also the brave W. CT. L.. 4
you can train your children for
Ter side The town schools are said
le very gnld and EarmNille h. vnru