The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-03-07


brought from 80 cents to dollar less
than D. would have sold nf iu Farm.
vile, aud ihe cost Of selling 300 tie city
amounted Co., 800 iO, while 800 the home
market DC would have cost him less
than two dollars hei--ick and won't
+ do 80 "n0 m0l.n
called alta country homo recently
When the family of fur were ail 100 the
field grubbing for another corn crop.
listened 90 % tale Of w0e having refer
ence io experience at farming 200 dis
tani State, and then looked on pic
ture of sweet content and supreme COM
iideucc a. the venture Wa- b,ing fc-
peated in Soulh-ide Virginia. Here it
was that saw more hens aud atter
one, than "e,er did -ee' before. and
] am quite assured that the unnmg
EXPENSES of that family viii bee fully
met by that yaid 0.ii of well fed and
red combed layers And if was here,
too, IN the mid.Wmter chat saw a
huge pile of well ,Oa-ou,i uoOd. ready
FOR stove and fire pare and one man
busy ON fire wood fHr another year.
lam sull gaugIng the farmer. OF hi,
section by the -,ls of their wood piles.
| know Of no more accurate test The
man who hasn't time to accumulate an
abundance Of good wood iu thc country
will be too busy 90 make crop Stick
a peg right there
was sitting DOB widow home not
long since, when an on q son entered
with gun on his shoulder Ills moth
er asked him: "What did you ki,l?"
lie replied: Nothing bat time" lie
didn't say just where he struck his
victim, but am quite sure that If that
only son lives be will yet learn that
"Father Time will bee strong enough
to dim his eye, wiite wrinkle, on his
face aud at last stand by BOO, olcn
grave.
meta farmer recently Who went into
the world Of speculation aud came out
winner to the tune of sl3,0OO, and he
doesn't consider 10 an unlucky number
either do not write this to eucour-
age other farmers 10 Try the stock pit.
Oneuer than otherwise they Will come
out "dshgured, disabled DO not aciu-
ally dead Sunshine, shower ami
strong arms are the farmer, best and
most reliable friends They rarely "go
back" on them.
am not SO sure that anybody in
greater New York, is quite 80 COM
Portable a. a family visited recently
whose home j, in a retired nelghbor-
hood Of Prince Edward The house j.
large and roomy, the yard no doubt
beautiful iu the summer time, the gar
den more than an acre in -ile aud dot
ted AN over with little mounds under
which tine vegetables are safe from frost,
the wood is abundant and good, horses
fat and sleek. cows well sheltered, and
well fed, AN old time Ok and a faith
ml man servant OF course there were
big fires, well cooked food, -crupulou--
ly clean beds, Weii ca peted floors and
an air Of supreme comfort reigning
from garnet % cellar The people liv-
ing here could live in thc large city
aud ENJOY Ii- luNurIe-, but they prefer
the peace. and purity, and quiet ~ the
Ofcour-e they have the pa
pers aud magazines and choice books,
but they 30 mot have the roar aud rat
tie of the streets. ine mad rush of the
crowd. nor the false glare of tine city.
know something OF the one hurried,
excited, hear,les- eXiHenoc, and ]
have Just seen something of the mn
disturbed calm Of the other, and with
all the enthusiasm OF my nature sing
The praises Of the latter rather than Of
the former
Wa two hours driving five miles
ItitNiil itlRN-H NilN NiN'tf W Nft' '''
the Macadam, know of a young lady D..
who drove seven m.'e-.m 800 minutes.
lfume j. money can't $40 alloid 10
buy other macadam-?
bought pheasant DO Mehelrin one
lay last week and did have a break
fast "Gt for The gods. Light rolls,
brown wanle-, pheasant. II that
wasn't approNimating perfection ]
lust don't know what was needed.
am under promise 20 stop writing
about somthing good to eat, but the
pheasant was.rare mot raw, however
and you will excuse me this time.
ON THE Go.
For sale.