The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-06-13
ESSEX
Death From Lockiaw Church Going NeighbOr-
hoOd-0iher Notes.
huntsville. Va. June :.

The first death that ! have heard ol
from lockjaw in this section occurred
near Ozcana "a lew day, ago. Wilbur
Wheeler. "a colorrd lad. jumped from Il
cherry tree and stuck splinter ln his
foot. The boy suffered some, bat II WAS
not serious until the doctor pronounced
II locklaW.
haNe heard that Mr. Al Lumpkln' :
child Is ina dangerous condition rom
caiing concentrated lye The child is
supposed 10 have found the lyc aud not
knowing what it was. al course. ate
some OF 1t.
Willie Robinson. colorcd. was r-
ported as drowned. and there was grat
distress among his "kith and kn. but
Millie's vessel sailed into port sunday
evening with all hands well and not ON,
missing. ~ lic looks lat and happy wand
ther. il no trace oi the bottom ol the SEA
about him So it was all an error May
ha some other fellow was drowned. And
To think oi what the boy ~poordeai mute
mother suffered while the report was III
circulation. and what her JOY was when
hc came back sound and we'll,
Cottage Park. the home oi Mrs. l..
VI. Garuett. was the scene oi "a very en-
invahle lee. cream feast Monday night.
MIR f.. VI. Ware. .lr.. Mr. tate,bv Ware.
Mr.. John Ware, Mr. L. B. Eubanh ami
Nr Seiden Warner were among iir gen
ticmrn present
Last sunday was Childpu's Day at
Rappahauuock church The collection
for missions was good. the singing a.
might have been rNIHrt'd irom tins we'll
known choir. and the crowd very mrg'.
There j.. perhaps. no country cinrh li'
all the land where 50 large gather
ng may bee expected Un special
OCCASION There were pcopir from zap
pahanmoch. people nom t'ntr OroNs'
people from BuWlcr>. peoplcirom MllleIs,
people from King and Queen. AMI people
rom other places miles away. nave
lived where the churches had the strong
est pulpij~. excellent choir~. lars" aih
,y,aithy memberships and buildings a.
beautiful a, the hand oi art could lnah'
them. but iur "a congregation. ram "i
shine. cold or warm. this old nrishhor-
hood leads them all a. lar az my cNp-
rience goes. They Iu-t love To come Ia
church. Chunhgoing i~inhcnnt. Wen.
IL j. splendid To see the Oldand the Young
repairing To the sanctuary oi the Loid
ON the Lords holy day. They should l"
good folks This church going l. ~ur'ly
a >ieu visible that they arcg goodor want
to he.
The rain pOur~ and tine grass grows OH
with neither hoe nor harrow 10 stop H.
Rut We must not complain. The terrible
storms that have visited our sistci
counties. have thus lar spared H.. That
Caroline storm must have been Ike th'
terrible one which passed through thl'
section i'm '9S. There are Signs ui thai
tornado still apparent
Mrs. VI. &. Fauntleroy, and her lttl'
daughter leit for Richmond today.
Mr.. Winter Bray WAS a most welcome
caller at Hill and Dale sunday last.
Tappanannock is developing some oid
time industry. There is "a gentleman
there who walks miles 'induring oi Dc
week" 10 his plough and stays 10y 1t tno'
I'm the shndel all day and walks back al
night. lie was used To IT years ago hu'
he is little out OF practice now. Stlll
he is showing the folks what he can d'
when the worst comes let lew NOR
follow suit and then the labor question
will be solved. glory in this walking
towards plough. For have never ye'
been able To get my predictions 10 leai
i'm that direction. Speed the plough Il
am excellent motto. But the other fellow
must do the speeding To make the tru'
beauty come out.