The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-05-02
ESSEX
The Late B. T. TayIOr-Rsy. Alex Fleets Loss
By Fire Forest Fre-The Railroad, Etc.
NunnviIlc. Vn.. April p, lNO5.

puunvlllc. Va. April p, 1900.
Mr. B. +. Taylor. the clerk of the Coun
g., and Circuit court al King and Queen
county fora hall % century past. died
Tuesday night at Economy, the home ol
his >on.iu-law. Mr.. e.. B. Ncwbill. deputy
Treasurer of EssrN county. lie will h
buried today at King aud Queen Court
HOUSE. when. ior 80 many years he ialth
mllN and efficiently lhhon'd ~ AN officer
of the court \ lady who knew him
we'll said To- Nuur correspondent in an in
t,l,ic,y Yesterday. "Oh, can not talk
about hm. lt i~ o,rrpoWcring to me tu
think of such "a man az he was being
taken away Good and her eyes iilled
with tears. Thrn Snucumincnt mrtlei
tu be- made All was said in the tender
outpouring oi that lAdy'S feelings iOI
she had known hlmasa daughter knows
hrr father And to me there II mon
trust and more solid. heartfelt praise M
ID lew words from one who knew the
,lrad u is home life than there il IN n
thou~aud -tllted funeral orations. To
his only surviving child. Mrs. e. b. New
bin. your correspondent voices the ~enti-
iITIl ilI llllN community lil tAi ~
of tcudcn'~t sympathy.
The Residence oi Rev Alexander Fl',t,
of King and Queen. was destroyed 10y
fn. Monday night. Their was "A small
insurance carried. perhaps $500. Mr.
Fleet iS we'll known minister in the
Baptist church. aud for some years lived
BOO Tappahauuock His many lriendSan
distressed tu hear ui his loss.
County Treasurer ". II. Str-t has
boru iu bad health for several months
hut i~ now ont again. much tu the graft
hDutiou oi his friends.
4 colonel man built "a brush iir' ON the
farm of Mr. Emma Marng last week.
Tine day Na- windy. the surrounding
grass WAS dry Tu the woods 1t Went
uud ior several days it n.vrlrd amid the
umip.r and destroyed other tre-,
-umr gigantic criar~ lrit thrn Tor years.
Ihr work is progressing ou War;
Wharf ami soon substantial new road
wa, will hr hd The ior last winter ln
mrrd thr wharf very much aud u0essl
tatcd reminding ~
Ncarly al OF the pouches ON the bills
Ncn. killed hy the recent cold weather
Tho~c ou the Hats. on account oi the M
ilururr of thr river. may have escalrd.
Many of the upple- arr dead, and this Il
true ui npric0t- and pears.
The engineers Oi the prospective Gould
railroad an' still rucamlrd near Iuppa.
hammock They surveyed the town and
calculated the distance across the Rap
pahauuu,k from the foot of the wharf to
9 found a H.
mil. and 10 wards. Most people thought
that DO was miles But compass and
two angles and ONE side do not lie. SOa
httlroyer 20 mile it iS The engineers an
silent ~ 90 where they ar' going. The
truth of the matter it, ! doubt II they do
know. Like the division of an army.
they wait for orders and then move.
Na,b. their orders have run out and
they are fra-tiug ON the hats Oi the Old
Burg and it- surroundings until they arr
ordered 10 move.
Speaking of waiting for orders ~
minds mc of the story OF the negro and
the goat They stood waiting for a
train to arrive No shipping Arrange
mrut~ had bcrn made. Here came No. Il,
-oathh0und ~norting and hummng
down the irack. Boy. said the ex-
press agent. what are you going 10 do
with that goatY ship him SAID the
nrgrO In long drawn tone. Well. mr
~ np you III. you, don't you se the
train coming Where is hr going to}
II don't know, aud he don't know. cause
he's done cheWed up all his directions.
This is not for engineers, but does seem
appr3priate 90 bei0gged politicians,