The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-01-17

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feel sorry for il, he is in bad way.
The vloleis are already in evidence
and never were fairer or more fragrant.
The county mules look well. They
can do full work each day and still look
well.
Mrs. DR.. W. f.. Anderson is listing
her sister, Mrs. Dr. q. T. Vaughan, of
Washington, ID. G.
There are marriages aud rumors Of
marriages May the parties all live
long and prosper.
Another ice spell and surely there are
no empty houses now. Juleps "to
burn" next summer.
Chop at 81 40 hundred is tout Of
sight" Why not buy wheat and be
done with it2
The days are little longer but that
doesn't mean that you must sleep long
er in the mornings.
Miss Maggie Spratley, Of Richmond,
is visiting in the home Of Col. {. NJ.
Walker.
Mr.. Il. J. Whitehead, our county aud
circuit court clerk, vino has been quite
sick for some days, il Commissioning.
Some one says the money question is
dead. 1t will never die until all men,
women and children Of earth are dead
Corn will soon reach the dollar mark,
but the trouble about it is that our
farmers haven't much to sell.
The law Offices Of Mr. 5. p Wander
slice are the most attractive we ever
saw outside a large city.
Did you ever look upon anything
more beautiful Than the moon in
clear sky ard on cold winters night.
Eggs are not quite SO high aud yet
they are high enough To pay those who
have them for bringing them TO
market
Wood choppers in Farmville are so
scarce nowadays that it would be well
that our country friends would chop it
before Offering it for sale.
Exceedingly smart straw hats" are
already being advertised, but no real
smart girl will be caught with one on
just now.
The trees without leaves are not as
good to look at as trees with leaves, and
vet many Of the unleaved branches are
very graceful.
II everybody in Farmville went to
church at the same hour there wouldn't
be room, but our churches are rarely
crowded.
We want photograph Of the pref
test girl and the handsomest horse
I'm FarmvilIe for the trades edition Of
the HERALD.
George" Morris attended last Buck
ingham court and says that "oceans Of
tobacco are coming from the old county
to Farmvlle." There is room for it all
and good prices.
Judge FlOurnoy has written a cheer
ful and hopeful letter to a friend in
of the outlook in the oil
fields Of Texas in which he is interest
ed.
A paper without eyes, and without
mouth to tell what it sees, isn't worth
printing, and yet some people stop
taking paper because it sees things,
and tells about them.
After the trades edition we will be-
gin work on the next Fair. There is
no use talking of rest until death
comes, except the sweet rest Of sleep.
Happy the man who can sleep.
A citizen Of Cumberland brought
some delightful apples to town the 9TH
er day, and Of course got good money
for them. The wonder is that the APP
pie crop is so neglected.
There is room IN Farmville not only
for an ice factory, but a shoe factory,
cotton factory, wooden factory, carriage
factory, furniture factory and most
every kind Of factory except a ship
factory.
A dear old lady friend passed the
Seth mile post recently, and remarked
that she thought ii was about time
to quit joking and become more sedate
and serious. Never. Heaven is hap
py home, and everybody there must
be cheerful a. well as holy.
We heard recently Of a certain min
ster of the Gospel who was forced to
leave certain charge because he paid
too much attention to the poor Of the
That man is not only
ready for transfer from one church to
another, but from earth To heaven.
The great Standard OIL Co. has re-
Gently received at least one shock
a wagon of the giant broke down on
our Main street the other day. So far
as we have been advised, however,
there was no material decline in its
stock bv reason Of the break down.