The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-02-07
ESSEN.

two, and a handlOOm that Will do Tor a
pattern y mail for nearly week, no
steamer 90 Fredericksburg, aid but one
occasionally aud irregularly 10 Baltl-
more With no paper, no letter, no
freight or passenger transportation,
the roads blocked with snow Urllts, we
had as well be in the klondy ke and be
done with IT, A gentleman ia Dunns-
willie declares il took a letter week TO
20 six miles from our village a short
time ago. Our mail comes across the
MattAponi river at Frszier's Ferry, and
the river being frozen, the boat cannot
cross, and the ferry man is afraid TO test
the Ice with his syoirdupOise, and conse'
auently we do not even know whether
the hungry st. Petersburg strikers have
eaten up the Gar or the CIar has eaten
up the strikers with his body guard and
Cossacks. lie too bad 10 live 30 near
and yet so far from every where. But
now. with the charter granted Tor the
Gould proposition aud the faithful
promise from the { d. Burns C. mpany
we can hope with a kindling and buoy ant
nope To hear the rattle Of wheels over
rails ere 70 very many moons wal and
wane. But things are happening here
right along, mails or no malls.
Mr. 4. Ransone owns q tine thorough.
bred pig. This pig loves milk, II is EVIL
dent. lie was found nursing his finest
milch COW "a few morning ago iu,t bs
calf would DO Was the like ever heard :
And not far ir ON US a negro named
Silas Byrd was shot while pay ing some
particular attention 70 a mans poultry
roost at night, without due notice to the
owner of the fowls Silas died from the
rffect OF his wound and WAS brought to
nls old home for burial. tlis kith and
Sin and former ueighbOrs generally
olaced him away but refused To preach,
oray or be other wise devotional over bis
remains. This should be deep and
pointed warning 20 all inclined towards
surreptiliously snatching the Iesthered
tribe domesticus from anothers roost
Steal chicken, no funeral.
The steamers can not reach even lap
pahsnnock, though they have made the
effort several tim,s this week. Ihere
WAS a steamer from Wares To Balumore
Monday aud another Tuesday These
steamers touched at very few OF the
gharves on account Uf the Ice. NelliOro
wharf. jIst opp),iJe Wares, aud on the
Rlchm o0d county side, Ia very much IN
lured b. the ice. OIe OF the ware houses
- leaning over from losing some Ui tht
p,lrs unu,r il and may fall at any time.
The Fee Lance has not come TO this
flee flr some days here Ia NO end 1"
ne C. mplaint about the irregulArity tl
,ur mail srrv e, bet ween this Uliice nuu
K chmund y r lr d,lay ihe must oi tb'
.umplA'nia. About 20 packages have
j. en- loot aud | csu not Tell how mon!
-ttrrs. The poe master here doing ali
hat lie eau To he p trace The lOst pacA'
,gee. tut ia thrr than this he can uu
Ching. The people are rDluplainiDg
very much. Som tunes a wrapper A"o
the str.Ig Whlcu had hesn tl'd tr un
ue pacl a .es e, me, but The contents are
All gone. ) me Que ID at fauit and the
locoh yenieIcrs and losses are great.
When the railroad Genes all OF theee
binss will he corrected, too. 81 the
g4,. there il u m ,yemen' on loot 10 IN
yltr Mr. q .uld 10 come and meet our
,.up.r some court day IN the near future.
it IL earnestly hup-1 bic plan will be
,rriei out. not on by Essex, but by
La the cuuntI,s through which the pro
s.d road VIII pass. Interest stimu'
1.ter Interest. Let the promoters tie
Dad gre that the people are IN earde
nd greatly desie the road, aud 1t n.
~ tnr m ans OF expedting th enter
rise II Mr. Gould wants to uild ths
.nsd there is no question whate' or about
MIA ability To do 80. IL 10 simpy mat
tsr of disposition on his part, aud tht
dsnosi ion will be the result OF laV,sti
,aiion as to cost OF construction ano
return In the way OF freight and travel
Railrosds are not built for accom- nodA
fion IL must be evident that tue 10
yestm,nt will pay. Just how m Ich !
will cost to build a road from Asnlzu D.
sav 10 the Bay via rappahannock, AIT
thence through ths couUties oi keh
mond. Lancaster aud Northumberland
do not know txactlJ, Oi coLr =, ou
considering the bdilIn X Of the ChIcanOm
inv PAmunky, MattapOni aud establish
! inc eteam car trADsiei ring | rrg al
T,,nn ahAnnuck. tnink | can ste s., 900,
000 or even 100000 needed l,r con
uruction and "a npmenf. This ls pI
# money. and il will take many n man
moth crop of green peae, iruit, tomatoe'
,nd fab and oyster catrhee To u II 4
moderate interest even 10 ireights 10
multi o them to Richmond and 10 10
rArkets # the West Fora year or tw
he road would not pay; but with raj
mad 9iyiog the truck growers, ifUitrai'
"a and feb aud oyster cate ers HANDY
md nuick transportation, permitting
hem 70 take advantage of the markets
nd to be able to ship where and whei
'hev zee b st, look for such an I'm
,royement as thiscounty has notknowl
n a hundred years, and in proportion t
the progress would grow the ifelk ht
and travel. Aud, furthermore, from
m to the prop )sed Jamestown celeora
ion and during the exhibition more pee
,le will see Virginia and think OF VirgioiI
md immigrate to Virginia than Tor tw'
hundred years. -,
This portion OF the State will get 1t
.hare of new corners. There is good an
productive land, and to spare. lt is col
dyaton. means for Improvement, and
new and more thrifty element we want
Nv Jersey has them, Eastern Shore
ys., and Eastern shore, Md, has them
and there are msny who woulo come
and gladly, II they knew our countr
And we could cfisr Them railroad iacil
les. Now, then, let Il 0 county build D
and the population increase, and the roa
would pay, and pay handsomely, In
few years.
Diselaiming spy gift Of pr iphecy,
may reasonably say, howerer, HAT II th
road does come to Tsppahannock, tha
town, In l > years, will have q popuii
ton OF 10000 people. On the othe
hand, il road is built to Uroanna an
not TO Tsppahsnnock, Urbanna VIII b
come q city, and the bulk OF the steam