The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-10-14

indication was the one that most i'm
pressed me-'human"-and that's "a.
true Of preachers as of the rest of o..
and we do well to remember IL When
we begin to judge them.
| have long been advised that tht
cherry stone oyster wa the king %.
bivalves and / drove down 10 the
"creek" a few days ago to see the king
on his throne, bat when ! reached the
place | found the mosquitoes so thick
that | was kept so busy fighting that
seeing was out Of the question. ] ask
ed a gentleman whose home wa on
the margin Of the stream how ne lived
under such conditions, and he simply
said, 81 am busy all day and at night
| bar them out" But how "A man can
be busy about any other thing than
Of protecting against the common en-
envy is mystery 10 me. The lands
bordering on this water are among the
most productive ! ever saw too, and
this season are grooming under a veri-
table burden Of crops. potatoes, corn
aud grass. What would such land not
be worth in old Prince Edward where
the air and water are so pure, and
health conditions so excellent? They
are as level as any floor in Farmville.
and a easily worked as a bank of ashes
But the "skeeters" are there, aud the
brakish water and the chill and the
fever. Again from the bottom Of my
heart l say, give me old Southside
Virginia with all her faults / love her
still, and have lived long enough TO
know that even her "vices lean to viz
tues side"
have been told that no one can eat
a bird for 80 consecutive days, and a.
to this am not practically advised
but this | do know, and that is for
more than 30 days | have enjoyed fish,
fresh from bay or sea, three times "a
day and for more than 80 days. ! read
in your editorial columns Of recent date
that the editor Of a Republican paper
published in Virginia, said that all the
negroes Of the South asked for was "a
diving chance" | wish he could have
been with me recently a. / sat in the
porch Of a Northampton hotel watch.
ing a string Of wagons pass by all load.
ed with barrels Of potatoes which were
being hurried to the depot and ready
for the Northern market. There were
so many wagons that / concluded they
had been driven out from more than
one farm, but on inquiry | was told
that they belonged TO one man, and
that one a negro who a few years ago
was working for another at $3.50 q
month. He Is now recognized as the
leading farmer Of his nelghborhood
and is likely to become quite a rich
man. And this is IN Virginia where
some people say all the negroes ask for
is a chance.
have beeh surprised at the amount
Of heart timber which is still being cut
the county Of Northampton.
thought the heart had been well nigh
cut out Of Virginia. timber supply.
but not so in this county. Monsters
are being daily hauled to the mill, and
a. they are they have big
How Mr., Robson, Of your
own, would enjoy cutting into them.
There are more retired farmers lp
his section than | have met with else
where in the State. The farms are
rented for one-third Of the
rop, and that mean big returns on
God potato years. And they are not |
unusual. | was on a farm Of some 300 |
ores the other day, and was told that
he rent from it for the past year
mounted to : l,4O0, and as the owner '
a number Of other farms equally
good, he wasn't much concerned for n
comfort Of his household. / wish ir
ne farmers Of the Southside could raise
)mething besides tobacco and make a.
honey at it. And yet what would te
tokes and Richardson and Hazlegrove no
nd Stuart and their co-workers do W'
ithout tobacco to strip in the win
r time? They would get real lone ~
me or wear themselves out fox hunt GJol
u. wi
The oysters are not "fat and fnen a. 10
II, but we are all looking forward to "
lder days when they will be. The De-
onder to me is, that mother-loye =
'esn't some time become actually ex- oIl
1t was on last Saturday az re.
rnoon when the mother Of a certain
'usehold, thoroughly broken down nI'
I'm getting ready for Sunday; retired me
r a short nap, when a little tot Of five ri,
miners began to besiege her with az.
e%stions, al want to swing" 81 want Of,
apple" want to dess." The poor. vii
ed mother responded to each de- ''E
and almost pleasantly, and between pet
nes sighed for relief-God bless the I'M
,ther. nal
And the wives are ~fearfully tried too. mo
was only yesterday that | witnessed irv
s vexing process. Breakfast was TTqi,
,dy, the husband had been notified OFFS
n and oyer again Of the fact, and DAT
t o%bstinately remained in the porch, g iTa'
feet on a level with bis head as they zee,
ted on the railing Of the porch and Ior,
busy with a "chaw of tobacco. The l
lie ought to have gone without sat.
akfast and dinner too. But the sub.
ID wife kept her temper and actually SSo9nn
It the coffee hot. The angelic is her
altogether confined to the spirit nte
Some pQopip thouph tba,. Jo,- ru I'd