Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-10-31
Westnore. d Co.
C0PLE DIS II.

"wILLwATCH" AGsl DECK
PERSONALS, AM FRIENDLY
CRITICISM OF THy j. PAPER.
Farmers are cat. up with
their work finely IN shea. seeding,
thanks to this Seau0iul October
weather. Crops of al Ainds have
been good, good to 81 those who
forgot to plant.
Mrs. William HUI her boun-
cling baby boy, j. W. HUT, Jr..
of Tucker Hill, !, -,asale per
Weems line for a trip 0l 5nsiness and
pleasure to BaltimO 1 Washing
ton. She was acc, d by her
sister-in-law, Miss Conuie Hutt, of
Montross.
Mrs. W. B. Allen, of Lower Ma
cbodoc View, and Mrs. +. NJ. Thrift,
OF Kinsale, sisters, have returned
from Baltimore and Washington,
whence they went on a pleasure trip.
Commodore John r. Dos Passos
has made his second trip to Sandy
Point since his recent return from
Europe. 1t is almost needless to say
that under the management of agent
Vansant and foreman Muire he
found everything blooming as gay as
the proverbial rose. During part of
Commodore Dos Passos' holiday trip,
which was in the north of Scotland,
he was invited to do honor to the
King at large assemblage of Wis.,
itors at the dinner table in the Gal
edonian Hotel, Inverness, on coro-
nation day. 1t is said he responded
happily and In terms that are inter-
esting in this chapter of the British
nations history. 1t it we'll to have
men of such prominence snd ability
so interested in our real estate it
helps us.
j. @. Thrift is having his house
repaired and the roof of the house
aud that of the veranda painted.
Miss Julia L. Moss, formerly of
this place, is now assisting Mrs.
Dunaway in her millinery business
at White Stone.
w. Derby Moss is all right; he is
employed to do writing in the rail
road office at Paramount, w. Va.
All the public schools are running
at an average blast, save the colored
school at Frog Hall, taught by Mar
vim Murphy. He tells US himself
that he has daily average attend
ance of "one- half" that is to say he
has one young lady scholar who puts
10 an attendance every other day.
The Potomac PROGRESS has made
it's appearance. All seem pleased at
its neat dress, its mechanical and ty-
biographical get-up. 1t is free from
''scare heads" as yet, In its news COL
umns-those double-leaded kind af-
fected by some country papers at
their first issue; aud the editorials
are brief and pointed. The Prog
reSs has taken the pains to inform
Its readers that it is independent in
politics, which is saying in effect
that they are only waiting to see
how the political straws blow before
they flop; and flop they will, sooner
or later, to one or the. other prin-
cipal political parties, which way de-
ponds principally on the assistance
the darling public lends at the
crank of the grind stone; for it, like
others, we suspect, has axes and
other edge tools to grind, political
or other kinds. 1t is a nice little
paper, we wish it much success.
Our name is on its subscription list
and we are glad it is.
Just now it seems to be much the
fashion with some to point signif-
icantly to the full persimmon tree
and in know-it-all way predict a
hard winter. To them the full per-
slmmon tree is an infallible sign of a
rigorous winter, but the writer will
venture to say that neither the full
persimmon tree nor a full crop of
wild fruit or nuts presage a hard
winter; there is no sign in it. We
have come to this conclusion after
several years of close observation of
such things. We may or we may
not have a hard winter after a sea-
son of heavy "mast." 1t is best to
prepare for winter as best one can,
and take no chances, however.
Every effect has cause, so the
philosophers say. Good seasons the
cause-good crops the effect. We
have had fine seasons for all the pro-
ductions of the soil, and in conse-
quence we have the produce" The
seasons affect the crops but the
crops do not affect the seasons. This
is "little learning" we have picked
up, but we hope it will not prove
dangerous"
Welt Bros. are doing nice little
business at fuckers Hill. j. Gar
land Unruh, youth of fifteen, is in
his eleventh month of service with
them Wrrr~,ro,,