The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-23
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.
In marYestT Time.

lhis Is tho beauieous harvest time;
See an the reapers gay
bringing their sheaves of golden wheat
Home, at the close OF day.
Bright islifc's sky with the sunset glow.
Calm is its evening air;
liics day rs drawing toa close
Free is the soul from care.
This is the great grand harvest time
Lo the long course has run,
God Grant the rcapers' Golden sheavcs
MAY ho garnered az set OF sun.
Mr. w. \. Rice, Of Powhatan, spent
several days Of this week in town.
Messrs. A. A. Cox aud Joseph Man
noni are attending the Roanoke Fair
and races.
Mr.. Watt Angela has a good gold
box story to tell you. Ask him about
II.
The frost bite has been felt in the
air, but II quickens the step and gives
new thrill to all things
"You Kin git dizzy lookin up whar
heaven at" says Brother Dickey, zen
sit, it amt mo- higher dan de Love in
yo' hearth
The teachers Of the Normal are pre-
pairing for an active lawn tennis season.
The courts will soon he in good order
and the game will be in fun swing.
We were mistaken in saying that the
last term Of the county court would be
in December. The January session
will close its career.
Prince Edward is to he congratul lted
that an Its political bitterness is in
the past May its frightful form never
again see the light Of day on its soil.
Farmville must have a horse show
and fair combined next season. Put a
pin sight there and don't pull it up I'M
% The gates are thrown wide open.
Al apple lueiu fuIl bloom at this
.eas'u Of tiir year is unusual, bat such
s,n nIN Doe seen at the orchard of Mr..
r.. T.. Huudiey, aud 'he sight is IA very
Jeautilu one.
The Herald at two cents week is
cheap enough We want 1900 sub
scnbe,s aud ought to have them. To
cash subscribers we will send tine paper
from now TO Jan ], 1905, for one dollar.
When election day comes don't fail
to 90 to the polls and deposit your
ballot like man, yea, rather as free
man, and better still as a fearless man.
The people make our laws, hence all
elections are important
a preacher has recently charged that
teachers IN our public schools don't even
attend church services, but it wasn't
a Prince Edward teacher, for teachers
in our schools do attend church with
out exception we believe.
We want to know just how much
corn Mr. Barber made on that field of
which mention was so often made in
the Herald and how much was made
on that of Mr.. Huntington. Some
one will kindly report.
Mr.. Theodorick b. McRobert, a
Prince Edward boy now living in New
York, was in town Wednesday. He is
en- route to San Francisco, Cal, for re-
spite from arduous duty. He paid the
Herald a visit and we were glad to shake
his hand.
Invitations have been issued for the
marriage on the 9th inst, Of Mr.. Jas.
Augustus Davidson and Miss Birdie
Weddell Cox. The ceremony Will take
place in the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Paul, Manchester, Va, at 8
O'Clock p. m.
We saw farmer leave town on last
Monday with an alright stove for use
in the family sitting room, and as he
left he said: mo more cheerful open
fire places Of which the Herald loves so
to write" Alas, alas, these sad, sad
changes. But times change and men
change with them.
Mr.. +. + Hundley, who bought the
old court house building at Worsham,
has torn it down preparatory to mov-
ing the bricks to the site Of the new
home he proposes building. lie was
surprised not to find a corner stone.
On one Of the bricks he noticed this in
scription, "ls3l-O-S-12." Where were
the masons at that time?
The most dictatorial thing of the age
is the physicians thermometer. Its
mandates are to be rigidly obeyed no
matter how the patient protests. 81
feel all right and only want to
eat and exercise, says the victim, but
the thermometer responds, "you are
mistaken, you have fever and must not
eat nor move from your bed, nor see
company" Nero was no more Of
despot