Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-09-15
JorTINGs FROM RICHMOND co

JOTTINGS FROM RICHMOND co
Our magnificent army, ready for war.
Scents the battle smoke from afar.
together we march at sound of drum
TO meet the enemy when they come.
NO doubt at all pervadesa breast
Leaders lead, we will do the rest.
NO issues at all but what we make;
AT this "cake-walk" Wen take the cake.
1t is singular If not quite curious
TO hope for winning with L. L. Lewis
We-with all our bright armour on,
Under leadership of glorious Swanson.
And all the others of our noble band
called by the people to rule the land
we must not forget to put Curlett i'm.
"a vote lost for Martin is a SIM
Besides, Curlett is fine young man
10 Join our forces in Legislature band,
And IL he wishes TO go up higher
He starts at bottom for a flyer.
And loftier flights he is sure to reach
"hen you know him well, he'll be your
Peach
A luscious fruit and handsome too.
So help him all that you can do.
Miss Douglas Northup and Miss Elsie
Coleman go this week to enter Freder.
icksburg College and will throw a beam
OF light on the ''old Burg.
MIR. and Mrs. Robb leave for BOSTON
after pleasant visit to the home of the
adopted father and mother of Mrs. Robb
X. s. Belfeld and wife, and Mr.. and
Mrs. White have been pleasantly received
by the members of st. Johns church nj
Warsaw and have made many friends
even in the short period of their coming
In giving the charge of the school to A.
D. Warner, the school trustees have much
pleased the patrons of the school,
DIR. Bowie, of Newland, appears blithe
and gay as if being on the right side OF
the fence in medicine was not all he has
to be happy about. A man of his skill
and Judgment is apt to be right in most
all walks OF life.
Mrs. X. ID. Bartlett, suffering from can
Ger, was taken to Richmond last week
by her physician, DR.. Segar.
Schools in the county have some vaean.
cies for teachers. In most cases the paw
is not enough for the work and discom-
forts.
Mrs. Forrest is back from her pleasure
trap and hasreceived much benefit from
her vacation.
Tomato crop is failure. In one case
a good farmer, who sowed one dollars
worth oil seed, only sold four boxes of
tomatoes to the factory.
Roosevelt is receiving great praise from
some quarters in his work for peace. /
ventured the prediction that before long
Russia, Germany and Japan will give
the United States chance to regret that
both powers were not allowed to further
exhaust their military resources. Eng
land and France will be with us, but we
VIII have the tussle of our lives.
Corn has had too much rain TO he all
that we wish, but we have no real cause
to complain.
So Say we all in FARNHAM
Prof.. &. G. Pearson left Tuesday night
Tor Richmond to assume his position in
the High School.
Among those who have left recently to
attend school are: Marion Fisher ON
Friday night last for Randolph Macon
Academy, Bedford City; Geo. Allison ir..
for Locust Dale Academy, Monday; Miss
Isebelia Chinn for Episcopal Female In
stitute on Wednesday; Miss Margret
Headley for Blackstone Female Institute
Tuesday night; Miss Essie Lemoine for
Virginia Female Institute, Winchester.
on Wednesday, and Miss Ruth Allison on
Tuesday for the same school; j. S
Lemoine on Tuesday for Hampden-Sidney
College; and Bruce Barber on Monday for
Chesapeake Academy. Irvington.
Miss Helen Barber left for Smithfield
Nd. Tuesday night.
Ran Clark has been appointed road
vice X. B. Middleton. re-
signed.
Sharp's defeated the Rappahannock
team OF Tidewater on Saturday last o TO 6
Miss Belle Barber left Sunday last for
Maryland, where she is going
TO visit friends.
Miss Lilly Barber left for Baltimore
Thursday last on a visit.
Mrs. A. b. Middleton, of Emmertop
will open high grade boarding and dav
school. A 6 n