The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-06-03
Sneppards shots.
sHErrARDs. VA, May 81, 'O4.

tbey alone are in the front Of the pro
cession when there il "A sensation. Yea
verify. They believe that all the
country" people do is TO follow the
placid mule through the long sunny
day. aud rest under the shade Of the
trees occasionally, and rumlnate on
the affinity Of pumpkins and water
melons. or else discuss with old Ben
Simkins, the thread bare subject OF
whether wheat does turn to cheat OF
not"
Now. my beloved city friend, If you
have been hugging the fond delusion
that life in the country is zone grand,
sweet song" just please "come oil your
perch" for Old Buckingham can Kick
up more sensations to the square mile
than most any old place you can think
Of.
Well: The Forbes burning is the big
gest Item just now, add it Is a big one.
The people are aroused, and it is hard
~ probable that they will rest satisfied
until the guilty parties are caught, con-
yicted and punished. Rumors ofevery
sort ny thick and fast, but still, the
truth will yet prevail and justice be
meted out to the guilty.
All Of our sensations" are not OF the
gloomy, awful. sort however De-
easionally we have another variety, for
instance, Miss Emma Melville Hooper
has been teaching school in West Vir-
GINA for some time, and she came home
to visit her father last week, not a.
Miss Emma, but a. Mrs. Claud n.
Rucker. Just a pleasant little surprise
she gave her people. DR.. Rucker Is a
handsome young fellow; and has the
best wishes of our people for a long and
happy life. Aud Miss Emma is n OF
the prettiest and most popular young
ladies Of our neighborhood. SO you
see we Buckingham folks are romantic
as well as heroic.
They say, "Mann Sagt,' somebody
say that there will be Dor 4 other mar
riages in the vicinity Of SheppaRs be-
fore-well say before Thanksgiving
day. How'll that do2 would tell all
about it, but I'm afraid Of the girls.
don't care what the boys say about me,
but never mind, the Herald will get
the write up of the affairs before long.
/ lust wish / was q preacher for a
while I'd pocket more marriage fees
than a few
Quite a number Of our Oldest and best
people are in feeble health. Messrs.
| Geo. NJ. Gillispie, Daniel +. Pollard
and VIM. T. Gannaway have been sick
| for some time, and / learn that Mrs.
| James II. Forbes is in a very serious
/ condition. And there are others who
are sick in our community.
The Rural Delivery Of mails is spreau.
ing over u county quite fast and
pretty soon "our boys will put the
mails at every mans door, at the ex.
pense of Uncle sam. It's a good
scheme. The Government likes it
the people like it, and the carriers lik'
il. especially the $50 "A month featur'
oft. some few people oppose the sys
tenn. but they will change their mind.
before long, when they see the grea
benefit derived City folks have FREE
delivery Of mails, and who are the cit
folks but our sons aud daughters, sis
ters. brothers. cousins and aunts? w
ought not, just because we prefer L
live out IN the woods, be cut of from
the privileges aud comforts u broth
ers have in town. Certainly not Ant
We won't be. Another thing, yOl
town folks brag about the convenience
Of town life. Well, we've got the tele
phone system now most everywhere
and can talk to folks all over Bucking
ham. Cumberland, Prince Edward, ant
lots of other places. It's true we hav
not completed lines even at Sheppard
vet. but the four lines Of white pole
leading North, South, East and WesI
point the way to progress and improve
ment.
ANY more Improvements He:
Once upon a tune we thought II "
had preaching once a month at
church five miles of, we were enJoyln
fine religious advantages. Now "
A, have services twice a month at tn
: Methodist and Baptist churches, onC
/ and think twice. at the Presbyteria
, and regularly 1t stated periods at tn
A.. Episcopsl church. So we are climoln
inward too. Why we're actually gel
ting so good that occasionally we al
systematically feel on our shoulde.
blades to see if our argelic wings ain
beginning TO grow.
The Children's Day Praise Service
{ were held at the Presbyterian churc
. Sunday morning. And at the Metho'
e ist church Sunday afternoon.
Miss Mary Watkins, Of Chariot
county. visited Mr.. Cleans family ] a
week.
IS Mrs. T. r. n. Cocks, Of Prospec
spentlast week With her mother, Mr.
q. NJ. Pollard.
Mrs. Chas. Glenn is visiting her 81
ter, Mrs. w. f. Bailey.
U Prospect Pickings.
n Prospect, Va, June /, 1901.
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