The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-04-07

when il was too wet will spend the
rest Of the season regretting it.
haven't seen voter, not one, who
has warmed up on the subject Of poll
tics. The spell binders must get the
hustle on or the canvass will be spirit
less, (of course it will be that lifeless,
uninteresting 1t is too early in the
season for a Brunswick stew, and If
we go Fishing" we will forget the
politicians. How about a gander-
pulling? But that is also absorbing.
Something must be done or the condi-
ton will become serious.
A young mother with four-year-
old girl child on the train Disguised
car load of passengers by her emotion
al, cratic and altogether silly efforts
at controlling her child The last we
heard from her was to this effect ~
will whip you severely when / get
you home" The child should be au-
thorized to switch that mother, that
is somebody with reasonable amount
Of good sense should have charge Of
that mother or that mother should no
longer be permitted TO have charge Of
that child. Threatening a child is
essential foolishness, especially such
threatening as dies out on the wind.
That mother looked as though she
caught and carried with her our adj
miration when we promptly and per-
manently put her in the class Of silly
folks.
spent last Friday night in room
l27, Powhatan hotel, Richmond, 2nd
floor, Southwest corner, overlooking the
Capital Square, the best room in my
opinion of any hotel Of that city. In
the early morning | threw up the
blinds Of the South window and there |
in full view stood the immortal |
"Stonewall" in bronze and to the left |
Of him sat his chief medical officer, |
also in bronze, the late Hunter Holmes
Mcclure, NJ. ID. As | gazed on the
memorials memory got to be busy |
with the past. But out Of that past,
all radiant with deeds Of glory, jOt
down but an item from the life-work
of the great physician and for the rea-
son that then and there II made deep
est impression upon me. l met with
him soon after the surrender when he
had located in Richmond to begin the
labors of life anew, and | found him
occupying an office in this same build
ing, on the basement floor and imme-
diately under the position in which
was then standing. II was poorly
and not well supplied with
the instruments to he used in his great
calling. He owned neither horse nor
buggy, and walked from house to
house on his daily rounds among the
few sick folks he had on his list.
Forty years have come and gone,
the noble man sleeps in Hollywood
and is seated in his arm chair within
20 steps Of that humble workshop,
having encircled the world with his
fame and having secured safe place
among earth's immortas.
Nothing, Mr.. Editor, is 20 interest
ing to me as human life. Fiction is
tame in contrast, the latest and best
story in books is insipid.
On the same evening | attended
business service In the lecture room
Of the First Baptist church, heard an
excellent sermon from its new and
gifted pastor and listened to Frank"
sing The "Prodigal'
was the theme of the song and no SER
mon ever delivered was more impress
we. l have been told that Capt. Cum
bingham is not reckoned with the ar
lists in the musical world, and this
nav be true or not true but this one
hing ! know to be true and that is
hat he sings his way into human
hearts as no other who it has been my
privilege to hear does. And | never
Knew HIM sing to a listless audience.
rhe people Of Richmond have heard
him for a quarter Of century and
hey still hear him gladly.
The last day of my week Of wander
ng was the most perfect day in
March. ] remember an improvement
IN the 2sth of all the three-score and
hree / have lived on earth. May
loes not often shine more resplen-
lently. On THE Go.