Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-10-09
MIDDLEsEX NOTES.

Miss Blanche ShscSleford, of
6 !oreester, is spending the week with
AIRS. Hart while Mr.. Hart is away.
Baumiilsr & Bro. have about
finished canning tomatoes and viii
now take up the oyster business for
the rest OF the winter.
A. !. Didlake left foe Baltimore
last wees oR business trip.
Miss Lucilia Bristow left for Bal
timore few days ago, where she
accepted position with Armstrong,
Gator q Co.
Rev. Richard Ferguson, of Saluda,
WAS the grest of Mr.. and Mrs. B. L.
bart last week.
Fears and Jarvis, who are engaged
IN the oyster business for BaumiIler
y Bro. at Burhans, are doing we'll
and are receiving some large orders
for this season of the year.
1t was a merry party of young
folks that started from the lower
part of the county for Urbanna on
the 10Th of September, which kept
Increasing in number until it reached
Locust Hill, and there was one round
OF ever increasing merrimeut from
the beginning to the.end. 1t was an
ideal night for such an occasion.
The moon floated gracefully in the
pale blue shy as she seemed to pillow
silently through each successive bank
of white, pillowy cloud. The stars
sParkled in their places, aud they
seemed to vie with each other in |
making the night a memorable one.
"A soft, warm south-westerly breeze |
blew across the hills that brought
sweet music Of twitteriug birds re-
turning with the approach of dark
ness. Such was the scene from
which the curtain of night was
raised to greet our party as we started |
on our Journey just below Lot. Our
mode or travel was by a soft spring
wagon In which there was a good |
supply of old Niddlesex wheat straw,
which made rs forgot that there was
ever such thing as bad road. The
wagon was drawn 10y two beautiful
horses owned 10y E. II. Hurley. AS
we bad plenty of time we stopped |
aud Inspected many places of in
terest. As cur wagon rolled gently
10y the old Christ church, our laugh
ter died away on the soft evening
breeze aud our attention for the |
time was drawn to that old histor-
lcal building with its tall gray tomb
stones standing like sentinsls guard.
ing the sacred spot. We went
through Rose Gill aud stopped at
the patent roller. mill and watched |
there the ripples on the water in the
mill pond, which were made beauti.
full by the golden light of the moon
and stars, aud we shifted the sweet
breeze that waited across the pond.
After we had ''dope" Rose Gill our
next stop was in Urbanna, the beau
tiful metropolis OF Middlesex. We
found the fences all down i'm that
beautiful town and the watchmep
all asleep, so We proceeded on with
The same ever increasing merriment
and music that characterized our up
the-county ride. We went through
the ice plant, The tomato, shirt and
pickle factories. and the excelsior
mill. We stopped at the new post
oilice where we rested while some
were purchasing chocolate for the
girls. We peeped in through the
closed door of the bank, surveyed the
busy Sentinel olice, and tore down
by the Ross House where many smil-
ing faces returned greeting TO those
IN the wagon. AS the moon passed
over the eastern 10 the western sky
we turned towards the east, back |
ward TO our homes. Leisurely our
wagon rolled on while we sang and
laughed and talked. AS the writer got |
oUtat his station he looked longingly |
after the merry crowd still speeding |
onward until the dying echo of their |
sweet music faded out of hearing. |
Further ON the gay party aroused DR.. |
Is. from his peaceful slumber and |
carried him on for two miles and |
brought him back to his resting
place. Among those that made M
our gay party were Misses Cora Miller,
Annie Smith, Pearle Hudgins, Hill
dred birmingham, Ethel Kinning-
ham, Barb, ur Hudgins, Nelson Muse,
Eddie birmingham, Robert Newcomb
and Yates ID. Clark. We feel very
grateful to Messrs. Barbour Hudpins
and Robt. Newcomb for this delight
ful Ccc0siOn N.uD,se,,c