The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-12-29
NORTHUMBtRLA
The Late Lloyd T Smith The Fu'
neral Smallpox Other Notes.

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ID. spite fn- rc.prrntr ratur~ 81 The
roso~. ic.tr,qt tr.c. ui e.ow and Ice,
cur s,Ncr,l U.au corfi.r- H'tNe been get
ting in Ql.te iegg.eTIs with the mails
Onrc only -. trc Ncamond mei 'lied
,n ar,iV, ,u nmc The Isolation Oh the
N,rth,rt, N,ca la letct sO much realized
anu rr,s-,tt,n as wh'n .re suspcnds na'l
,ntio AM impaseebie roads Keep back
tAe maIs
Thee ming oi Santa ltus 10 our VII
le,rs viii not b.. to lind the usual spirit
II n,irth and merfiment, but shade OF
4adu,.s I'm ever, hrur. iu con" quence OF
thp death of thr H,u. LLOYD 1 smith,
our f.y,mOst c.tz n.
Tee burial of Mr smith occurred on
the afternoon oi yesterday at l o'clock
and notwithstanding tbr bad travelling
and u1comforta6 able weather, large con
..,,,i.e ui fricoos anl admirers tiom TINS
.nd other cnuu,i,s Wee present 10 pay
lnyiu0 trih .te o. ri- memory. lis ~
.ocintes of the bar Wee most prominent,
landing by tnelr prrteucf eud manner q
marked impres lytueo- 60 thr profound
sorrow of The occasion. Among them
were Messis e.. !lasling Walker, A. ;.
Rice. Clarence r0wles, hos j Downing,
Jos. ". Cninn, ia g /. Il Is. wright
and the Hon W. A Jones. l1e attend
tnce Wa repseseutcd 10y macy II tht
leading citiz rs from nearly eV'rs q larter
of the county Mr. Jones, who was ID
the life time II ile deceased his m"st IL
t.mate iieud. superinienaed bis obse
du es. RBd gave hlr personal Htt'hll'h 10
Ill the details oi hi- burial
The service werr void u all formal
ceremony AMI consisted simply a a
nrover. when th- cn-Aet hal been d.
posted in the grave, ord brl'i commit
nent # the body 10 he earth. AZ low
ink hands h.ld the crave quart ttr
ssng sof,ly the hymn beginning, u VIII
Sing You a Song of Ihat Beautiful
Land Though AL Unknown at tn
,inie THE hum wa- learned afterwards
ro have been q iav rite with the de
.ea-ed. who hAd been often heard hum
ninl il DR. Brale heyirg ieA1 the pre-
.ession 10 the e-avr. conducted the sef :
zee there. Tnr iutsrm' was made just
1eyond the suco-urr of IN front :! ard oi
the late re,idcncr of Mr. smith, on ih,
right -ide Il IN approach 60 tie house
4no not "a stones throw distant from 1t
4 noble tree beside ths railing eXteno'
its shade 10 SUNNI os thr p L
Two Of his daughters. Elsie aud Gen
We've, having .ci, Washington l2f Tn
,hristmas holidays. al yOus aud happ!
expectation ui their lsihers meeting
hem when the boat arrived al COaI
Wharf. received i!am Mr.. Jones, VII
fortunately WAS travelling with them
the aunouucrme Ol hi- death teiore
reaching their des,ilat.oa. M Smith'
lnly son. Hggh, q student a. the Uni
versity Of Virginia. ha7tening homewarC
TO the funeral. was involves 20 the wrec,
Il the train near Char. ,tteryille, 10 Nblcb
several persubs were kllr1 lie coaci
ia which be rode wa- upret, hut he hap
ply ESCAPED iij ry and reached nome Ii
lue time.
The community NJ the Village has beei
disturbed aud excited Of late over cas
Il smallpox. The public school taught
by Miss Jamie Burgess has IN consequence
suspended until February
MIR. Arthur Richardson, e Bai imore.
is visiting his tormer home, near the VI
lage.
Mr.. S. Carrcl Chancellor, Of Leesburg,
was among the attendants atthe fuheta
of Mr.. Smith, who was his uncle.
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