The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-10-21
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her home in Sutherlin.
Misses Snow and Harrison, Of the
Normal faculty, went to Richmond on
the early morning train Of Saturday.
The circus is coming again. Save
your dimes and begin in time to secure
half-day's session at school.
The main entrance to the Normal
is receiving finishing touches and will
be Of beauty when done.
Ifyou say that the tree world is not
radiantly beautiful just now, you CON
Tess that you have no eye for the beau.
tiful.
Miss Rubie Nenable, who has been
ON an extended visit to Roanoke, Bed
ford, Nelson and Amherst, returned
Friday
be Judging by the numrof seats al
ready taken for the children's enter
tainment tonight at the Opera House,
the house will be packed.
Water has gotten to be scarce in
many Of our sister towns OF the State.
Neither the Farmville dispensary nor
the Farmville lithia eyer runs dry.
There are four and seven-tenths per-
SONS per family in the United States
So the census tells US; presumably the
seven-tenths represents the head Of
the family.
Mr.. VIM and wife are spending a
few days IN Richmond. Rev. Mr..
Litt'eton conducted prayer service at
the Methodist church on Wednesday.
There was good attendance.
Get yourself, your store, your factory,
your home, your horse and your turn.
out in order and so he ready for the
next Trades Edition which is leading
this way.
Drs. Anderson, ellis and Kearney
are attending the Virginia Medical
Society i'm session this week at Rich
mond. incidentally they will all see
the Horse Show.
Grapes at this season are excellent,
and why is it that our fathers and mas
tiers didn't learu to pack them IN bas-
kets and keep them until long after the
coming of the frost? Ii looks like
simple matter nowadays.
That Will be a proud day for Prince
Edward when she comes out Of the
present political struggle with every
Democrat having been true TO his
colors, and that too without sugges-
ton from a spell binder.
With the introduction Of the air
tight stove, wood as fuel has grown in
popular favor. We know at least one
lady friend who wonders that anybody |
ever burned any other, and she used to
be welded to the open CRATE and the
sight Of the fire.
Sunday was well nigh a perfect day,
and our church goers were out in full |
forces. The regular pastors occupied |
the pulpits Of the Methodist, Episcopal
and Baptist churches, and the Rev. Mr..
Munroe that Of Presbyterian church.
He also addressed the Y. NJ. G. A.
meeting at $50 O'Clock.
DR.. and Mrs. White went to Abing-
don on last Friday night to attend the
funeral Of DR.. VIM. White, a brother
who died at Johns Hopkins in Balti-
more. lie was one of the leading |
physicians Of Southwest Virginia,
and actively engaged in the practice
until his health failed.
The first killing frost of the season
came on the night Of the 18th, or in
the early morning Of the 10th. We do
not know just what time it gets in its
work. The outdoor vines all suffered /
and some Of our ladies lost their
flowers. We will yet have the Indian
summer and many days Of sunshine.
The normal girl who doesn't now
feel at home in Farmville will never
be quite satisfied out Of sight Of the
old home, the old shade trees, the old
spring, the old rose bush, the old hedge
row, the old church. And, we are free
to confess, that they needn't look for
their duplicates in the "wide, wide
wCrdn
The automobile on our streets is
still the object Of unusual interest.
Next TO the circus its drawing qualities
are best. Well, it is a thing Of wonder,
and still the wonder grows as we con-
the work Of men. That
would I've a daring prophet who would
undertake to foretell the outcome of
the next ten years.
Our housekeepers are the best OF
but do make one mis-
take and that is in cooking chickens
the day they are killed. We know
what they LAY on the general subject,
bat they are wrong just one time and
In one thing. Hang them up for at
east p hours and send in your ex-
Deuence, A tough chicken isn't any
Improvement on tough beef. Not a
biz Of it,.
We have thought from the beginning
hat the parties accused Of burning
he Forbes homestead should not be
RED in Buckingham, not that the peo-
pie Of Buckingham, are not as fair
minded and just as those Of other coun-
ries in this or any other Of the States
If the Union, but that there are times
n the history Of some criminal trials
rI,o., ain, Mo onvironmpnts are too no. !