Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-23


but not often, because our good
pspas won't let their daughters go
down there. At the river It is fine;
we have enjoyed it immensely; that
Is, all of US except IL. Q. Rowe, who
cant get his vessels loaded. How
sporty we arel
A "Weary Willie" flushed with
cash, came into town on Monday
night. lie smoked five cent cigars
aud broke dollar bills to pay for
them, besides giving a colored boy a
nickel to go buy them for him.
willie" had been dSedger, and,
getting tired or longing to look into
the faces of his thousand friends
with no homes, is journeying to Fred
ericksburg, after spending the night
with us. Poor "Willie", no home,
no real friend; how forlorn thy
wandering life must be. l trust
there are better days ahead; for,
Willie, thou still art young. Yes,
this is winter and there's every indi-
cation of snow. At our homes all
is snug aud warm. We are in better
plight than we ever we're. But
where is homeless Willie!
Our wood owners are having a
great deal of cord wood sawed with
a hope of doing better in the busi-
ness than they ESQ we'll pleased over
doing) did last year. The sawyers
are receiving ten cents more per cord
than they have ever gotten here, and
this inducement is filling the woods
with hands that keep busy all the
day. The getting out of trap poles
is also an important business around
us just at this time. o. Z. Belts has
contracts to fill that call for over a
thousand stakes and most of these
are being gotten hereabouts. They
are being hauled to the river at this
place by oxen that have on shoes. l
am not talking about walking canes
either, cause some of those poles al e
seventy and eighty feet long.
Some very amazing figures have been
discovered by the Potomac Progress,
which show that the FIVE counties of
the Northern Neck last year "turned
out" half as many cases of tomatoes
as the rest of Virginia and the whole
of West Virginia put together. Out
of this county's eleven factories only
two were mentioned in the Progress.
This year, this county is going to
have some more factories. There'll
be one at Lodge run by NJ. T. Daw-
son and one at Callao conducted by
the Thrift Bros. Heatbsville also has
bright promise for one. 1t is not
certain as yet, but it is fact II. @.
Rowe 4 Son are contemplating open
ing one at the river this summer. In
a few years this section may take the
contract to supply the world.
1t is known now that las. M.
Booth is partner in the ownership
of the Hill Valley farm bid in by
II. @. Rowe on court day last.
Repairs have recently been put on
the Office of Hon. G. ii. Walker.
Some improvements are being made
about the home of DR.. w. III. Boyd.
Eddie Luttrell caught fifteen bar
rels of perch at one haul lately and
received a handsome cheque for them
in Baltimore market.
Miss jamie Straughau, of Washing
ton, ID. O., is on a visit to her brother,
Howard A. Straughan.
Hon. l.. L. Smith is attending a
meeting of The Board of Visitors of
the V. Nj. l. at Lexington.
Leonard Orem and Fitzhugh An
derson spent one day recently in
Urbanna.
Miss Lizzie Snow, on returning to
her duties at Mrs. Broken brough rs
school near Warsaw, was again taken
sick and has returned to her home at
this place, and her sister, Miss Linder,
has taken her place at the institute.
Capt. Frank Orem spent short
time Oh visit to his brother, John
Orem, who has moved from the Hill
Valley farm to VIM. s. Cradles place
beyond the fair grounds.
Mrs. G.. w. Shaw died of pneumo.
MIA at her home at Lewisetta Satur-
day morning, aged fifty years. She
is survived by a husband. Her re-
mains were inferred in the Henderson
church cemetery Sunday afternoon.
Claude, the only son of Henry
Blundon, died on Tuesday night in
his 10th year at his home near Bur
CESS Store after weeks illness from
typhoid fever. Claude was a bright
and promising boy,and his early death
was unspeakably sad. He was buried
on Thursday morning, Rev. G. w
Beale conducting the services.
DESMOND.