The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-08-25
A TRIP TO WESTMORELAND
POTOMAC TRAVEL AND dAFFIC
The Thriving Village of hinsalo
Fleet Of Warships Small Attend =
ance at Court Mr.. Walkers Aetiv-
Politics Democrats Reor9an-
LA TruekIna Country, Etc.

there. Over the X. +. n +. Il. Il. To
! Alexandria, there boarded the pAlatial
new steamer Anne Arundel of the Weemr
Liue. commanded toy that most genial
and polite officer, Capt W. E.GeOghegan
On board were more than one hundred
and fifty passengers, mostly Washing
TOME ns, some for pleasure resorts on the
river otbersiOr the popular round trip %
| baltimore and return. Among the mum
| Der WAS fishing club from Washington
who have u club house at Nunuy's Point
| they seemed 20 realize they were going
to dry" country, Tor they were armed
with everything that refreshes the inner
man. The splendid supper was under
| The supervision of that prince of stew.
ards. Henry Williams, 0t the cafe in Fred
ericksburg. which consisted OF all the
deli-acics the water aiiords.
/ The Weems Line runs three large
steamers week. The passenger travel
Is enormous, aud for Saturdays state
rooms have to be engaged "a week ahead.
The freight carried tx also very heavy,
and il taxes the three boats 10 keep the
WhaTves clean.
KnsRle was our stopping point next
day, and we arrived there at IL "a. m.
| On the wharf WAS ex.Mayor Atwell no
gave Us cordial greeting and extended
To us the freedom OF the city. by his
side was ex-TreAsurer s b. Hard wick =,
who extended 70 us the hospitality OF n :
home hinsale is IA typical Virginia
village Of about two hundred people, 10.
Gated on hill on an arm OF the Potomac.
At the waters edge are its maGuiactur
ing enterprises, which are idle In the win
ter, but from July to september vie IN
activity win those in large cities,
In space Of four hundred yards ore
four tomato factories, one corn inctOr!
and one pickle factory. They give EN-
ployment To over three hundred people.
The labor comes from the surrounding
country. Some Of the employees walk
three and four miles 10 their work. The
notification whistle blows at 800, when
the start from home il commenced. W ork
begins at I. IL il an interesting sight
when they are at work Side by side work
che grandmother, with her pipe in her
mouth, and grandchild, and in some in
stances the great grandchid Nearly all
are bareiooted, and the majority bare
headed. The utmost good humOr pre-
Wi =, IA often the time is shortened ~
the OLD Virginia song, which carries the
older ones back to before the war.
Piece work ID the prevailing system,
and good wages are made. Five centsis
paid for cleaning tub of corn weighing
10 pounds and 3 cents for "A box Of to.
matOes. we were pointed out one
corn cleaner, who was not Hs large "a the
cub, who cleans thirty tubs II day. Mr.
). b. Hard wick has one oil the four 20
mato factories, and the only corn factory
az kinsale. He has the latest improve
machinery for putting up corn AND
rri.es on his farm nearby nearly all hr
cans He has 81 superintendent one OF
the finest eX perts in the business, aud the
quality Of his goods will equal the best
brands IN the market.
Sunday night we spent at the hospita
bic home OF Mr.. HsrGwiCk and our re-
c-ption was of that old time style that
can only be found in Virginia
Mohd8y morning we were greeted with
two surprises fleet If eight L. :.
warships, monitors aud destroyers head.
I'd by the battIeship Texas, lying of the
shore Of the Potomac: the second. the
rising of two suns. one from the horizon
and the other a perfect reflection in the
water The reflection WAS a. perfect "a
old Sol itself aid Mr. II. sRid in all hH
! life on the Potomac he had lever seen
anything like it.
AT seven O'Clock, behind Twilight,
one of Mr.. Hardwicks good steeds, we
started for Montr0ss 10 was 20 miles
L L.. laN
Hague we passed the home OF Capt W.,
;. Brown, superintendent Of schools. and
Also the handsome new home of Hon. T
B. Murphy, a prominent citizen OF the
county now, but who years ago repre-
sentao the city of Richmond in the Nir
ginia legislature Farther on loomsd
up the elegant home OF Judge K, II, Beale,
lat sly erect ! on the site Of hls burned
residence. When we drove down the hill
10 NOmi1i Ferry il recalled the trip Of
two years ago with the Washington
Guards, OF fredericksburg, who had IN
charge the negro brute who was otter
wards hung Al MOntrOss. The route
| from there on WAS filed with recOllectione
OF that day. We could almost see Capt
! Rowe gs ne ordered his men from the
wagons, as they formed with the brute
in the center and marched him to the
Jail, of the trial which only took two
hours TO reach verdict and Of our
march back the same day.
We soon drew up at Jach son Hotel.
and ia traveller il near MUntross and
wants a good meal, it will pay him to
70 out of his way 20 see JACKSON. The
smiling face OF "Dick" Richer-On was
)ne OF the first we saw He is OH a bust
ness trip of four We eks through the Neck,
and says he longs for a sight OF old Fred
ericksburg. There WAS not over hun
bred gOye. eigns present, and the number
| Of lawyers numbered a. one to ten OF
those. A prominent figure among the
legal fraternity was Hon. W. W. Wake,
! His pOrtly form and white locks willat
tract attention in any gathering He is
nearly eighty yeas Old, practices biz
profession, gets up at 400 ever morn
ing, &c after his horses and c. ws, ana
starts his hands to work and is as &C.
tive as the average man at sixty. Hi-
son, Senator Walker, OF Northumberland /;
Joseph Chlnn, OF Richmond county, anc
Thomas j. Downing, OF Lancaster, were
also present.
We heard the tirst politics oil the cam
paign discussed. That veteran In poll
tics, Hon. Vim. Mayo, who at one time
was among the leading Republicans 81
the county, left tho party, became free
silver man and YVES one of Bryan's most
devoted followers, is still as full OF FIRE
silver ideas as crab is OF meat OF
course be will vote for Parker, but pr
Ters Bryan. Tie general sentiment was
that Parker has good chance. One
gentleman, however, called attention u
the fact that Fairbanks was a Methodist
and also to the fact that no Methodist
had been defeated on the national ticket
Tor President since the war. He said it
was. ominous for the Democrats.
There was a meeting Of the Democratic
County Committee held, and Chairman
Walter R. Crabbe resigned lt was call
| al RI .,rdar nv Mr. CrahhA Cant Tina