Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-06-09
JoTrINes FROM RICHMOND co.

Did you ever hear OF Chauncey Depew
AS an orator equslled by very few,
But when you want any of the fat
Do you go to him, or Thomas Platt?
Depew lives in a house very fine.
spends his time in assisting to dine
Where wit flows In plenty with wine;
BUT Tom Platt is for work; not shine.
Depew Is the orator. Simon Pure:
Tom Platt Department Messenger-sure.
Depew makes speeches. nothing won;
Platt keeps silence, but the work is done.
Depew is the ornament, for a fact;
fiatt does the business, it's in the "'pact''
Do tney want anything, do they 20 TO Depewi
~ they do they are apt to feel "blue-
To Depew they go when they are sparkling.
but Tor marriage Platt is their Tom. Martin.
The State has her claims
ABOVE all individual personal aims
We are entitled to those who win work.
FOR results II even speeches they shirk.
so rally your forces. work with will
department messenger is best forms still
he can stay at home, work for the State,
And we can send the idle ones to orate.
ana when you want work given for your votes.
10 TO Tom Martin-he'n return the oats.
Hon. j. NJ. Lyell is back and ready for
business, and willing and able to help
elect his successor.
1t is recognized by Richmond county
that it is Lancaster's turn at the bat and
we are ready to support Lancaster's
choice. Havingno preference for anyean-
dldate, etthereis slight feeling of hope
amongst many of the fishermen and ovs-
termen that Judge Ewell will be named as
standard bearer. The reasoning being on
the lines that he has all necessary ability.
leisure and means and would represent
the district with credit.
Several large oyster packers went to
Alabama with their force and found they
could shiplarger, fatter and finer favored
oysters than from this vicinity with
greater profit to themselves and more
satisfaction to their patrons. Next sea
son these firms will increase their business
there. There are more firms who will
follow theirexample. Tongers here would
be benefited by conditions that would
give them steady employment at fair
wages.
Stonewall district is being agitated
over the no-fence law. 1t is the only
district in the county that clings to the
fence, and thereis great effort being made
to have the district conform to the pro-
gressive standard of the rest of the Neck.
Flossie and Ruth Northup are in Fred.
ericksburg, and while they are quite small
specimens OF young ladyhood yet they
shed light where they are and leave a
gloom in their place here.
Ben Griffith, since getting to be "a mill
man, has grown strong and fat and ap-
pears to better advantage out in the open
airthan behind the counter in a store that
cramped his powers.
Mrs. Henry Harrington expects to leave
the county this fall and will soon have
some prominent citizens of Delaware for
a long visit at her hospitable home.
Bro. Harrison has his bugeye repaired
and is waiting for another cyclone to
come along.
Sydnor Constable is still at Warsaw
His health remains about the same.
Wheat shows up poorly in most eases
and very few crops are up to a fail
average.
Come and see us at our Educational
Rally and you shall be made happy
"For your voice lives on the breeze
And your spirit comes at will
At midnight on land or seas
Thy bright smile haunts us stilI.w
| So say we all in FARNHAAf.