The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-31

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The vine sim clings TO the moldering wall
Butat every gust the dead leaves fail,
And ihe day is dark and dreary.
wv ME is cold, and dark, and dreary;
urains. and the wind is never weary;
Ms thoughts sull cling to the molderinl
pa,L
Bat the hopes Of youth fan thick IN the
blast
And the days are dark ana dreary.
Re siii. sad heart and cease repining;
Rehind the clouds is the sun still shining,
Thy fate is the common fate ofan;
Into each life some rain must fall,
some days must be dark and dreary.
Henry WadswOrth LOngfellow.
Pamplin is in talking touch with her
neighbors. Farmville isn't in it.
Capt. r. NJ. Burton has been con.
fined to his bed this week.
Miss Susie Scott returned Monday
from a delightful visit to friends in
Lynchburg.
DR.. and Mrs Doughty, Of Lambert's
Point, Va, visited Mr.. and Mrs. r. b.
Cralle this week.
Mrs. Hunter Steger and baby are
visiting in the home Of Mr.. Steger's
father in Buckingham county.
Brotherman, if you haven't been en-
loving the October weather, you must
have been a sick man or bad man.
Remember next Tuesday will be
election day Go early to the polls and
vote for r. G. Southall for Congress.
Miss Lillian Phillips has returned to
her home in Norfolk, after a very
pleasant visit to relatives in Farmville.
Mr.. Mettauer Worsham, a Prince
Edward boy. has recently gone from
Atlanta, Ga, to Denver, Colo, to re-
side
Mr.. W. H. Hubbard has bought the
property Of Mr.. John Sears, formerly
depot agent at Rice, paying $500 for
same.
The Herald one year for twelve birds.
You can kill them in an afternoon and
then have a whole year Of entertain
ment
A letter from Mr.. E. J. Whitehead
received this week, conveys the good
news Of his continued improvement in
health
Get your turkey for thanksgiving,
aud begin to think of presents and
Christmas. The best way to get them
is to make them
Mr.. Robert L. Freear has purchased !
the Chernault property on Baptist Hill,
now occupied by w. b. Cridlin. The
price paid was ZOO.
simmons" not yet so toothsome,
but they are going to be, The fox
hunters will tell you so and likewise
the opossum hunters.
Some new tobacco is being brought
to market, but generally through the
country the crop was late and we need
not look for much before November
18th.
Marrying, buying, selling, eating,
sleeping, walking, dying, and so life
fits away and eternity is right at hand.
These things being so, what is the
chief end Of man?
The Farmville Guard will have
competitive drill on Friday night,
November 18th. The public is invited
to encourage the soldiers with theiI
presence on this occasion.
The new market on Third street has
been finished and opened. May they
not only sell meats but vegetables,
fruits, &c. We have been hoping for
just such an establishment. 1t is a con-
venience all our housekeepers have
been asking for.
The strike has ended, bat that doesn't
mean that Farmville can hope to get
coal enough to warm all her people
this winter. Wood must play a con-
spleuOus part in all our important
transactions, and our country friends
must let US have it at living prices.
The windows Of our stores never pre-
sented more attractive appearance.
We repeat, Farmville has most every
thing you may need to buy. Dry
goods, clothing, shoes, hats, millinery,
grain, drugs, vehicles, sporting goods,
watches, jewelry, aud if we haven't
named what you want, ask for it.
We respectfully call the attention of /
The Board Of Supervisors to the maca'
lam. Holes are forming, ruts are APP |
bearing, bad places becoming perma- l
lent A stitch in time. The wise
mother dons the stockings and socks y
'eiore the holes get to be too big. I
We donot find fault with the pro- I
eciors Of the Normal scheme in Farm
nile that they failed to grasp the mag u
lliude Of the work before them, but s
We do sincerely thank them for the C
BEGINNING, and our hearts go out in b
'@titude to the master builders, who {
nave been prosecuting so wisely and so o
veil since then.
Farmers to the Rescue. =