The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-03-30
NORTHUMBERLAND
Many Varities Of Birds Have Disappearsd-Cer.
tain Kinds Of Fish Now Scarce-Dr. Booker
HAS Entirely Recoverable Have Memorial
Meeting Other Notes.

IIeathsyillc, Va. Manh -. 1908
The usual activity at this scaS0n here
both un landnnd WalerisnOw noticeable
increased in each cnSs perhaps 10y the
hard winter, which prevented anything
being done. In a ride of forty miles two
days ago ! was struck with the extent
tu which the "ploWmau drove his team
aiirld. and also how busily the less pO-
ctic gruhbing hoe was doing itS work.
Whether the much reported statement
that the robins arc Scarr this season Is
true ! cannot affirm or deny. They
wrr. much in evidence. however. during
this ride
The mention OF the md-bpast leads ne
TO remark, where arr the blue lays?
Mhcn. the white and black, rd-headed
wood peckers' Whore an. the wood
cocks Nhew are the orioles? Where
ar. many other varities OF birds that
used To abound in this part OF Virginia.
aud now arr never or rarely seem Oi
many OF the ieathered tribe that Were
formerly familiar To my eye, have not
seen 50 much a. a single specimen for the
past ten years.
\ like Disappearance. il true of the
ouo-ahmdani denizrns ni The salt water.
Not 10 dwell on the vanished shcepshead
and hunitas. We sigh to think that the
tine grey aud black perch. which former
lv ~Warnsd in the inlrts of the lower PO.
tomac aud Wrn. the certain reward Oi
the auglcr's skill. have now sought
other streams. And the grnSs-thr long
grass that grow IN such lensr maS~es
and seemed ON low Tides like islands rum
ming PARALLEL with the shup~-what has
become of it, II was in aud around
thc~, masses of long dense gtasr TINT
fhc pef-h were fond Of feeding Maybe
the disappearance Oi the grass explains
fh,. withdrawal Oi the iish
Dr. Robert Booker who underwent an
operation for appendicitis IN Baltimore
during the winter and was afterwards
confined ior several weeks. j. now halr
aud active in his work. We have now
seven practicing physicians in the r",in-
ty-more than have eyer known before
This il the more remarkable since we
have three new meeting-hOu~-s of the
faithrure brethren. and great activity
among their supporters, who's work Is
to dispense with doctors and drugs.
The cOlond people of thisvicinlty have
ON loot "a project 10 erect monument
over the grave Of Mn Charlie Crabbe,
who lost her lile in heroic effort 10 res-
cue voungcolorrd man who had broken
through the ice ON Wicomico river
Coan Baptist church viii hold u me.
mortal service commemorative Of VII
liam K. ClaughtOn. Whose death has n
moved one OF il oldest, most useful and
beloved members he was the originator
of the kirkland Grove camp meeting
The prospective mmpYal Oi the ley,
Richard Edwards from Farnham to Ac-
comac county l. generally deplond here.
lc has greatly commended himself To
the est,.-m and appreciation OF his own
denomination and others, Npd he viii
carry with him the warm wishes of many,
many hearts,
Miss Bessie Adams. residing near COan
wharf. bright and popularyoung lady,
Whose illness alarmed erif1endsa month
ago. is ont again, but has suffered the
loss oi sight entirely IN oneol her eyes ~
u result Of her attack. =
The young people Oi our village attend
ed an oyster roast at ROwe's Landing two
evenings siiice and became "high minded
enough 10 mount one OF the huge piles
of lumber with which the place abOunds.
I'm the midst OF their hiarity the lumber
pile topped over and pre1pltated lts oc-
rupants 10 the ground. Fortunately no
bones were broken or serious injuries ~.
ceived. but would not be- understood
as intimating-most distantly-that no
frst-cass hallooingwas there to be heard.
G. W. II.