The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-02-02
STAFFORD.
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phone Line To Be Extsnded-P
pairing for Fishing at Marlboro
Other interesting Items.

phone Line To Be Extended DIRE
pairing for Fishing at Marlboro
Other Interesting Items.
Stafford e. II Va, Jan. 3Oth, 1908.
Nearly all OF those here who have Ice
houses have filled them with lee, ranging
from TO q inches Ia thickness.
Zero weather reigned here TWO days oi
lnst week COmical remarks were madt
by some as TO the cold One gentleman,
who sports a quantity OI hair ON his
y y siog, WAS asAed II ne WAS going To
get ice. Answered by sayiug aIl be
would get that day would be out OF his
whiskers Another rem ,rked he had
moved his chimney into the house ths
night before, for fear it would frtrz AN
other that the words from his telephone
irUzs es soon as they reached tie OuteI
air; aud last, but not least, one strictly
trulhlu gentle man slated hs started IA
lire la his stove with coat oil Wednesday
murning; that the flames burst out OF
the top Uf the stove; they irCz anu fel
over on the stove, which scared him 80
badly be left the hOuee and had not been
back siLce.
The rolura aud fredericksburg tele
phone line is a great SUCCESS, with -
subscribers on its line Of - miles. Prop
ositiong have been made ~ extend the
line to Stafford store and NIdewater,
which will be done 10 the early spring
This will neeessitate the establishment Ol
u switch board, ,ither at GarrisOnyille
or stafford T. Ii. Complaint has been
4. fl Il IN
nent remarks made from some Ui the
phones II the perpetrator can be dis
covered, the phone from which these re
MARKS emanAted will be promptly re
moved from the premises by the business
manager of the company. The mex,
meeting Of tbs board OF directors will be
held February 10Th.
Mrs J. l.. Berfey was quite = ck, but
is improving under the medical atten
ton of DR.. K J. Payne.
Messrs BerIey ana Morton ART making
extensive preparations for their winter
and spring fishing at Marlboro. They
propose this week to dig sn ice house On
the bank OF the river, and store lee, with
which no pack their fish during shipment
when the weather turns warmer.
NJ .ssrs Jno Reb Waller, master OF the
hounds; j. l. B'rrey, /. j. Moore and
j. o callahan despairing OF finding
Reynard, had a drag hunt here Saturday
with 6ne pack OF dogs. The only mis-
hap was caused by the master OF the
hounds, who In attempting To tlOw a
large horn, strained his jaws. but has en-
tirely recovered under the treatment pre-
.cribed-Jf certain edibles, applied 10 the
center Of the jaws Aforesaid, three times
a day.
Aauia Creek Is iroysn from bank to
bank, with ice 3 to inches thirk. This
has caused a complete estoprl OF the
work on Aqua Creek railroad bridge.
Moet OF the piles and other timber being
ahoAt, they are now enGased in solid
block OF ice
Mr.. James Minor, with acorpso oi work
men, has been engaged here for the last
week in repairing he line OF the Postal
Telegraph Company. They have two
wall tents and camp 10 true army style
which, strange to say, withstOod the
severe blasts OF old Boreas last week.
Mr.. ". A. Morton. Of Washir gton, Of
the firm OF Berrey K Morton at Marlboro,
has been laid up at hi- home for two
days with grip He is now improving,
and hopes to bs at MsrlbJro within thr
next week or ten day
Big Jim Shelton, who is cook for the
Postal Telegraph Co. Quilt, left plate
OF sliced meat in the tent one day last
week, aud whilst engaged with other
duties, q hound crept In and bplted the
pile. He was discovered by Jim just a.
the last end was disappearing down his
throat, and was kicked so hard he
couldn't hOller.
The cold weather has rendered MIR.
f West "speechless
Mr. Powerful Callahan has taken up
his residence at the Court House during
the winter Incidentally be will attend
school,
There IL al infectious disesse raging on
the telephone line from Toluca to Fred
erIcksburg, which has been diagnnsed a.
"Telephonitis. IL bids fair to become
as popular az appendicitis, Of which
nothing was heard % years ago.
Srribb'er.