The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-01
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George Harrison and John Summers, from
THE Right Tton'l Thomas, Lord Fairfax,
Baron OF Comorn. In that part Of Great
Britain called Scotland, proprietor VI the
Northern Neck OF Virginia." This bears
the date Of 1.-THE sixth day Of December.
III the fourteenth year Of the teisii Of
bur Sovereign, Lord George. the Second,
BY tho grace OF Cod Of Great Rr1taif'.
the Faith. &c. a. DIN ono tfousandssev
en- hundred and forty"
Is It not probable that the narnc Of
Comorn was given 10 tho town In memory
Of Lord Fairfax. who was tho early
owner Of ali those lands?
Charleston, W. Va. Ii
Grocer and His Weights.
Editor OF The Times Dispas,,l:
(a) A grocer sold goods to customer
amounting to 1852. by weights averaging
151-4 ounces to the pound. He after
wards sold to the same customer goods
amounting to $780, by weights Averaging
1914 ounces to the pound. How much
did the grocer make or lose by the false
weights2
(b} a father invested sufficient sum
Of money IN Massachusetts SIS at 971-A.
brokerage Ia per cent, 10 give his son
an annual income Of $1,000. What was
the sum invested? z. H. p.
Hudgins, Va.
n : 1e = q, s1 x ssSa . a3s5.5o.
"a = ie- q. 81 * $50 .- $50.
He received 1852 + $500 /. &e7e.
He should have received 1855. so + es9o {.
e665.5o.
He gained ae7s : seeS. 30 or $3.50.
Nat ematcal.
Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
sir,-1f not too rn.on trouble, Will you
please solve this problsnl:
How maty oubia szet are there In q
piece Of timber feet : inches long and
10 inches In diamater7
2. A picture dealer sells two pictures.
which cost $3.50 each. IN the one he
sained l2M per cent. and on the other
tire loss7 W. 2. D.
az Area Of circle IL 100 square inches X
1854 = 70 n square inches, 9. feet 9 inches
= 1o4 inones. 1854 square inches ), 1o4
inches = sleSlo cubic inches
e.. ESQ X II : tg6s.9s.
$3.50 x u sSsl.so.
Both sold for sl,4s7.bo.
Both cost 81, 7o).oo.
Loss = s2l2.t0. T
legend of.h Fairy Stone.
Editor Of Inc Times Dispatch:
s.r.-In last sundays issue saw .
request for the legend of the FAry
Stones. send you one - related TO ms,
hoping that 1t will suit your purpose
Respectfully,
Danvile.
THE FAIRY STONES.
Once there were fairies, long, long ago
From that heArtrending scene OF woe.
Whose site IL still on that 6rsen hill.
| Where heartless treachsrv worked its
Outside the gates Of that city's vail:
lleir little heads and hearts appalled,.
They In the + horror. trembling fled.
| In helpless wondering, shuddering dread.
| They fled as far as they could go.
Somewhere TO forget that day o. woe.
/; They hid away In forests dark.
! Where human eye might never mark.
j Away In the depths OF wildness grim.
| Meath shades OF ferns and shadows dim.
But In their hearts. too deeply graved.
| That sign by which the world 10 savsA.
Too fral to grasp the mystery shown.
! Their love and their terror but turned
| them to stone.
They persisted from greet too deep te
The cross Of their hearts these Fair,
stones take.
Some formed that sign that AL mas
1 see,
Tho triangle great Of the Trinity.
Then on another in wondrous detail.
/ The image ls wrought OF tho Holy Grail
!, One again has a flower, whose name none
Unless it resemble the lost Asphodel,
Some bear GROSS az outlined on tnl
! or some poor little heart forever at rest.
Some olung together, pathetic EN-
And two crosses join In the very same
AS seeking for comfort from each other,
Il eyes,
And naught but the answer of sorrow 70,
plies.
IT'S curious to search at this distant tim.
For these fairy FOSSILS that tell OF earth I
crime,
Like the falrle. Of old, you bend and 20,
sock
For these lAAEls stones on lone mountain
y, peu..,
Sometimes they are there, sometimes the,
are not.
Again as you gaze on the very sans
spot,
At once to your vision fairy ston'
near.
(You knoel on your knees or they neve
appear)
One moment they're here, next momen
they're gone,
And nothing but hlllocks OF sand al
II alone
One instant in place. in plainest OF sight
Next moment no trace however 81