The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-03-14
ESSEN.
Steamers Rssumins Schedules The
Early Crops Entsrtainns - a
Thrifty colorsd School Politics
Etc, Etc

Early Crops Entsrtainmsn - q
Thrifty Colorsd School Politics
Etc, Etc
Dunnsyille, Va, Marrh 10, 1905
At last there is All open river aud tb,
steamers are gradually getting bark t.
old schedule The "MiIdlrrrN ui ia,
" eeIns line it iu said, brought the lar
gest load Oi freight one day iHst week
ever brought by any steamer up tht
RappahAnnocE EyerJ thing loukr
brighter now.
The ground is too wet for plnughng
fear that all Of the earliest pea crop
and potato crops will he late.
There was an apron party at lnwOOd
the home Of Deputy Sheriff Musr0e Gar
nett, on Friday night. The young meI
of Dunnsyille reallE- that in the days II
the new woman they must learn TO sew
SO sew they did sU So it II said. can
imagine brother H. NJ W, Jr, Tat AND
big. with cambric needle, hem stitching
his better halls Sunday handkerchief
while she mauled wood ~ a business
and his head for u pastime when the
Aforesaid stitching was not according tu
directions. Good, jolly /. W. eniOye'i II,
and thought it al excellent ideH. He IL
perfectly willing 10 90 the sewing II she
will feed 10 cows, curry ten horses, bed
30 hogs, cut a cord OF fire wood a day
Tx up iences. and run the rest OF the ont
door "shebabg' when the snow Is foot
! deep aud the thermometer at zro. But
patience knows what II tit hir making
would be The young FOLKS ei 'yed the
evening Immensely, but read between
lines far enough 10 see that the refresh
menis we're more to the liking Oi th,
young men than needles.
The academy fjr normal and maauaI
teaching TT the cOlofed youth uf thi'
section, situated near Dunnsyi,ir. l. at
tracting notice, and an intrrest is lelt in
it's welfare by both white aud cOlOred
/ ia 1900 the Southsidr Colored Baptist
Association bought the dwelling hOurI
and the adj lining loo acres IT land
which had been the property oi the lat,
/ Maj Il. = CAuthOrn, for the pIrpOse O
establishing this school. TGey paid
/ $500 for the property, and have put
about $500 in improvements upon IL
At present there are 80 student- - O
whom are bOaEders. Prof W Edward
| Robinson. a graduate Of Howard Uni
yersity, Washington, Is principal, and Ii
supported by trained assistants. They
contemplate more improvements, aud
from al that have learned the outlook
ia favorable. All success To them. Any
.truggle for learning appeals to me
honor any man, be he a. black az per
ditiOn and the SCOT bags thereof, II ht
honestly and truly struggles aud strives
TO learn. This thirst for knowledge ID a
most legitimate thirst, and mO-t honor
able thirs' none higher save tae thirst
! for righteousness.
Mr.. T. L Kriete has Just returned irom
Baltimore. Hon Wm. Campbell bias
also been TO the Qriole city 20 whit his
daughter. Mrs Dr Alfred hAghy.
Miss f. + Garnett left hy steamer iur
Baltimore aud Phila ielphia Monda,.
Mr.. K l.. Ware Ia purchasing timber
to repair his wharf, which Was iured
by the ice.
Mr. Robert Lewis Pendieton OF Paups
y Roads, was In huntsville Tuesday.
Capt Edward X Baird, county euper.
intendent schools, visited the Ddnnsyile
High School Monday, and was the guest
IL Mr.. W. d Hoskins Monday night.
The honors are even so far, as it ap
pears to the lsity in politics, between
Montague and Martin. They say Mon
tague is an orator and statesman, but
Martin is a worker And there are Mann
ties and Willsrdites, &c, a. there are
.lsewhere in the Sta'e B,tYeeG Qleeting
! Senator and GoVsrloF and building n
railroad and getting ready for 1907, and
-aislng green peas, our people will be
lusy for some time to come.
Messrs + NJ Ware Jr., \ Co. shipped
90 dozen eggs and 3 bushels of peas in
ne barrel to BALTIMORE Monday. They
will try to pack 100 Dc gen with The same
quantity of oats next Shipping day.
The sick are improving, the bnisswell
ng, the horses shedding, the COW eating
wild onions, the hens la, log, and lasi,
but OF least, the snow IL all melted.