Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-02-13
wEsTMORELAND DOTS.


Many people are sick. Among
those seriously so is Miss IIettie, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Elliot
Belfield. Her life has been despaired
of. She is under the care of Drs.
Fairfax and Chinn. The disease is
typhoid-pneumonis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Snead, of
Heathsville, recently paid Mrs. Ii. X.
Moss a visit. Lloyd was driving a
spanking team.
j. @. Thrift celebrated his S2nd
birthday recently. In his young days
he was of trough, roll and tumhlle'
habits, and many were the Northum-
berland and Richmond county DULLES
he could mop the earth with.
Jones Atwell and Mr.. Blackwell
were on a visit to VIM. Hutt's few
days ago.
Manuel Dos Passos has been a
frequent visitor at our Office recently.
During this fine weather can be
seen passing many young lady riders,
among them being Miss Mamie
Pennington on her spirited little
black "Gipsy" and Miss Lula Garner
on "Sprightly". There are many
others to be seen passing and repass-
ing, all superb horsewomen.
Miss Ethel Vansant, Mrs. Cammis
Courtney and Mrs. Geo. Vansant
spent some time visiting Mrs. II. r.
Moss.
There was an opportunity for some
fine sleighing on the Sandy Point
boulevard, and advantage was taken
of it by the young folks to have a
ride. Mrs. Moss, Mrs. Nina Unruh
and Misses Julia and Homoselle Moss
and Master Charles Francis were
among the party.
The Weems Line will double mp
their boats early in March
Oysters have jumped up again.
They brought 70 cents at Coles Point
on the 9TH inst, and the stock was
only ordinary.
Mrs. S. L. ID. Cox is quite indis-
posed at this writing.
Mrs. w. r. Bransou, of Coles
Point, spent Several days at Mrs.
Thrills, Kinsale.
a new portico has been erected
over the LADIES' entrance of the Hotel
Hardwick on Steamboat street, Kin
sale.
S. B. Hardwick was after the
birds a few days ago. He proved
himself to be crack shot, and re-
turned with agood bag, most of them
being single shots. Plug Hardwick
has also been making the fur and
feathers fly.
Will Tayloe and Master Walter
Randolph Griffith were here some
time ago to have the motive power
of fine Columbia graphophone
repaired. Mr.. Tayloe placed some
records on the machine and enter
tanned us with fine music. The per-
Torrance was revelation to us, as
we could distinguish the words of
songs at the distance of fifty feet,
which is pretty good, considering we
are totally deaf in one ear aud par
italy so in the other. We mention
this because it proves to us that all
advertisers are not liars.
1t is hard matter to be different
from the other writer's and abstain
from saying something about the
roads. Now the roads are all right,
it is the people that are wrong. They
will persist in placing a greater bur
den on the roads than they can per-
form, and abuse the road-menders
when they have only themselves to
blame. If keeping road level and
we'll drained were all that is needed
in order to have good road at all
times, would thousands of dollars be
spent to make pixies and macadam
roads! No; the macadam constitutes
a floor to circumvent Jack Frost,
consequently this character of roads
is good at all times and under all
conditions of weather. Now it is i'm
practicable TO macadamize all countr,
roads. So do the next best thing
keep them as we'll drained as possibl,
and stop heavy traffic until the road
becomes settled after winter ha,
loosened its grip. WILLwATcH.