Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-31
A WORD OR Sc FROM HANOVER
what the E1mont People Are saying,


! Doing, and Thinking.
ELMONT, VA. October 30.-(Special.)-
The Cleveland Orphan Asylum. of Cleve-
land, O., several years ago found homes
for four Of its inmates in this section
-Four little boys. then about the age of
8. We're taken by a like number. Of our
kind neighbors and reared as their own
children. Now they are ell about grown
and are q fine and manly set Their
adopted parents have taken the same
pains and care as they would have with
their own children, and the youths to-day
love their adopted parents with @ love as
great as could be bestowed upon their
own fathers and mothers. In a conversa-
ton few days ago, one OF the young
men said he was a :. three years old
! when he was comm. !" | to the asylum.
and he only has a vague remembrance of
his father and mother. as both died be
fore he was three years old. After their
death he was taken by an old aunt of his,
but being very poor she was compelled
to place him in the institution. He spoke
in the highest terms OF the orphanage and
the good work which it WIS doing.
After raining continuously for thirty
six hours, the heavy clouds seem to have
crlptied themselves and "Old Sof' has
made his temperance, but with him
comes g. sudden change in the telnpera-
.trre. Overccuts and wraps do not feel
disagreeable, and sitting by a hot fire one
is very comfortable.
Hunters are r.aking due preparations
for the opening of the season. which is
the LIST of November All kinds of game
are reported as plentiful and on the lands
which are not posted Bob White and
MOLLY Cot will fare badly. Large num-
bers OF squirrels have been killed in the
last, week. and nightly the grinning pos
sum has been the victim of the hound
A CONSTRUCTING
A few nights ago an oid-fashioned corn
s'.uclling took place at the home of Miss
Ida Davis.
About two dozen neighbors constituted
the party, and before the wee hours Miss
Davis crop was shucked out. After the
snucIing was over the guests were given
a general cha nd-around." consisting OF
mary delicious eatables.
Your correspondent has just been in
formed that the Chesa peake and Ohio
Railway Company has opened about ten
night telegraph Offices on the James River
Division, which were closed several
months ago owing to the slackness of
business caused By the miners strike.
It is expected that several more OF such
offices will be opened in a few weeks
giving employment to many who have
been out of work for months.
One of our young neishbors met with
luck sometime ago, in a prize contest.
he won a very profitable prize in the
shape Of a house and lot in the State OF
New Jersey.
The property, he says. is valued at
81, 500 He now has in his possession a
Deed for 1t.
Wood seems to be very much in de-
mand Large shipments have been made
to Richmond in the past few days, and
those who have it to sell are rushing 1t
to load for shipment
Mr. Thackery, day operator at Boulton
on the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac railway, is off on his vacation
of ten days. He is being relieved by Mr..
e. c. Cock.
Mr.. Z. @. Hunter, Of Glen Allen is Wis
iting his parents IN Louisa.
Mr. Joe Peasants, county surveyor OF
Hanover. was here to-day.
Mrs. M. a. Palmore, who was recently
taken suddenly i'll, is still confined to her
bed but is much better.
The condition of Mrs. Martha Jenkins,
who was paralyzed few days ago, re-
mains unchange..
Mr.. Brannon, Of Richmond, is relieving
/ Operator Hunter, at Glen Allen, who is
off on his vacation.
The heaviest frost of the season fell
here last night, covering the ground like
a small snow.
AS all crops are housed, nothing
throughout this section will be killed.