The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-08-02
ESSEN.
Baptist Ministers and Christian
Churches Essex Farms Being I'm =
proved A Musical Community
Other interesting Subjects.

proved A Musical Community
Other interesting Subjects.
puune,i le, Va, July *. 1904
Rev KOht : Garnett, Of the Baptist
church, preached at Rappahannock
Christian church Sunday night. The fact
Of Is Baptist minister occupy ing the pull
pit uf Christian church indicates d
breaking down II that once strong feel
ing OF opposition existing between these
two ftcis, and, il maybe hcrnldH The
down Of church unity, 50 greatly desired
We have seen Baptist minisies IN The
Christian pulpit before, and Christian
ministers In the Baptist pulpit Thi'
spirit OF friendship and cooperation i'
greatly 20 be admired.
Rev Mr. Wood ward, u lecturer OF repn
tatiun, will deliver one Of his attrnr
tive addresses at RappahannOek church
Wednesday next. Tne Christian parsOn-
age fund will be increased by the pro-
cceds
Every county has what those who DC
MT live in that portit n o it call IL poor
s,ctiun Prince William has it," Juniper
Forest. ana King and Queen lts "Buz-
zards KOOst, and Essex, always ahead
has three of the hard-tO locate sections,
for no one is willing 10 admit that he
lives in any of them. The line always
begins a little further than his place runs,
or you have just left il behind you, " "eli,
these once leltOut spots are denOmI-
mated Boston. Texas and Ito spell 10
phOneticall, Chink spin. The last NAMED
Is not a thousand miles from where We
write. Your correspondent can we'll re-
member W hen log cabins. hen grass, long
nused pigs, pine trees, chinkapin bushes,
and people whose dialect was strictly
sui geneus. were the sum total OF thht
part Of our country. excepting the gullies
and peculiar breed of brindle dogs.
but n0w there il the greatest improve
meut In fact no portion Of our county
has 90 greatly improved, not even the
river flats. Nicely painted dwellings. ex-
cellrnt corn crops, good stock, orchards
and every thing 20 indicate work and
good farming judgment. 10 is our Opin-
ion that field peas and fertilizer are the
chief cause OF the Improvement in the soil
They used to tell il that the old man
would 60 out with his boys 20 gather
the crop OF corn in IA bag The boys
would run ahead and look for the enrs
Now aud then they would call back to
the old man and say, Come on. Daddy,
here is nudder nubbin. But not 70
now. There is farm after farm, ali small
and in good order. that will bring from
five 20 eight barrels Of corn 10 the acre,
The other sections, we ARE informed have
improved in proportion. So it il coming
about that the last is fast becoming
first.
ProT. Goodwin Smith, Of Toronto, has
concluded that our republic ia rapidly
apprOsrhing break dOwr. He thinks
that party ism il the chief factor in
sapping the life out Of our body polite.
why, each party tells " that it will sare
the country. Oh course each party Is
honest in its political economic tenets.
Are we 20 be ieye Prof Smith as he views
Us from Canadian atmosphere, or believe
one oi the parties? If the latter. which
one2
Washington abhOrred parties and did
hi4 endeavor to break down eectiOnalism.
But how can it he prevented We can
not legislate citizens OF republic into
one political belief so they must think
for themselves, and, this being true, par
ties will be formed as IA natural sequence.
Let us devoutly hope that it may alway s
be "a survival of the fittest. and that
to the end of making us the greatest ma
tion the sun ever shone upon.
This section has had an excellent sea.
son. The scarcity of labor il still q
mournful cry, but the crops are growing
all the same
The young people, under the direction
Of Miss May kriete, are preparing Tor q
concert. The proceeds will he dir cted 20
the parsonage fund The Dunnsville boys
and girls are mucical by nature rs well
as by training. There il something very
peculiar about this. Your correspondent
has lived in cities of even 1000 or 1I,-
900 persons, where good voices we're
rare. especially for part singing. We
know whereof we speak, for over And
over again we have Ohiciated as mana
ger OF concerts aud assisted in operas,
But here they all sing. As soon as a
boy has the "gOslngs" he is really for
the bass, unless there ia q eqHeRking at
tAchment to the Aforesaid state OF change
from the boyhood voice to that of man
hood, and then he sings tenor How it
comes about we do not know, but at
any rate there is no trouble TO form
onartettes or double quartette or even a
well balanced chorus out OF the average
crowd Ct young people you meet. We
predict splendid concert under Miss
Kriete's direction.
Some have already sowei their Ger
man clover and have a good stand. This
and peas are doing great work for our
hill land. The people have at last learned
that you must feed your land to produce
plant soil 8s you must feed your hogs to
hsye good meat.