The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-09-06

Observed Oyster Season Opening Sales OF
Farms The Crops Roads and Schools Still
The vexed Questions.
NcHl. Va. Sept 3d. 1906.
With the G., ,~e of month of August We
hau ~uup sunshine preceding ~urh u
dowupuur from Thursday noon untli
lat. that night a~ your correspondent
never remembers 90 haNe seen or known
a., h,. .rNr. cd,d a lrpr water bucket
sitting iu the yard at The Cpttap' Farm
bring hI rd tine next morning. Friday
WAS bright aud driving. and Saturday
bidding lair Wr cs-aycd "a tup % tuio-
NAL Beach. in company with ncghhor.
driving "a buggy. We found tir flats
.tlll we'll covered with water In many
pla,,.S aud the hil ~ We assembled there
loom WAS Just wide enough 10 carry oil
thr immense volume that had poured
down unn-traiucd lor ~ long distance.
~o quilted II was difficult ior our morse to
rrt Ms up. ~ Wr passed uu tu g trnrtt IS
Mil the damage was Increased hN Tie"
weakening uf the bridge there. which
VAS being repaired 80 We could get over
Al Eozi,r'- Greek the bridge haI nllcn
into the stream. .ucccs~itatmg - Grtuur ui
-om. distance further below the cid ford,
which was washed out and our return
that evening was delayed ia order to
strike low tide. Even then "a sh-ht dip
In the buggy was made. Beyond
Wusor-on Wharf for a distance 0l 100
tn $50 wards several wa-houts lad en-
iirtly destroyed the road bed. nerrs~l-
atiug our taking to the shore oi the
Potomac.
A. the Beach We found conditions even
worse. for the expense 10 Boz incurred m
making repairs. the whole water front
being torn out iu great gaps. Nposing
BROKEN and twisted iron aud terra Gotta
piping and iu -omr places only "a track
'ora sing vehicle % pass We met sev-
rail pleasant acqualutanccs.a aud business
over. Obliged 10 wait the tide. were re-
sal,i with a sumptuou- rpa-t $40 one OF
Che leading hotels oi the place The re-
turn was without any special Incident oi
note. We found on our return quite "a
number of oyster craft IN harhor n the
Nachad e.. aid they arr >til. on hD WAY
several having stopped in the vicinity oi
Blaketou'~ Island % try their shafts,
catching over 30 bushels hy two men in
onr-hali day. for which - cents per
bushel was paid.
oar efforts will now Doe conontrated
1n the hay crop and fodder tie latter
already much damaged bN excessive rain
fail. considerable quantities oi lower
blades being entirely wasted. tuttlng
-f.....I
sizes will be- the most expeditions and
certain way 10 save now, espciaHy
should showers intervene Peas are
making good growth, although very
lew lerSou- have been able 10 plOw them
any. and there Will be- a good yield oi
hav ii weather condition favor the say
ing later on. and ground shall dry sulii-
GENTLY 10 get mowers ON 10 cut them.
The Washington Mil sustained "a serious
loss i'm the breaking Of the mill race, ana
much time will be required % repair.
The tomato cauuery at Dido has been
operating parts of days only. the supply
,i tomatoes being limited and prospects
are decidedly uniavorahe for large Yields,
ln account of the failure to set and con
tinuc ripening a. is the nature oi the
plant under normal conditions.
Mrs. II. \. Holmes and Mis- Mabel
| Hall. who spent Jew days at J he Cot
tage. returned to Washington, tie former
extending her visit 10 relatives in Lou
douu county. the latter returning to her
home in Alabama They had previously
spent one month at Eimira. y l.' ana
| at Niagara Fails
Can't. Jas. Fenwick and Mr. Claude
! Perkins. who were so badly hurt IN runa-
wavs some weeks ago. are now conya-
! le.cing. the main suffering being from the
fracture. 10y each, of an arm and some
apparently ly internal injury IN connection
at the shoulder. ,
Mr. Goldie Spilman has rented the
Brick House farm for the ensuing year.
Capt. Fenwick has rented a farm near
Little Ferry and will remove tmther at
the close OF year. Mr. Chas. Spilman,
who sold one farm ON which he resides
tD his brother. Mr. VIM. Spilman. viii
remove to his other farm on the MachO-
doe. now occupied 10y Capt. Fenwick.
During the storm OF Thursday light
ming struck cedar tree in front OF the
store OF Messrs Davis 4 Son, very neai
| one 10 Mlllru l.. y. li'E'' " t'f "'~' ''N'''
ed his team after unloading tomatoes
causing them 10 break away, but ht
rushed out and secured them without
damage. On his way home he had seri-
ous difficulty and ran great risk III
crossing swollen stream.
Several fields OF very fine corn were no
ticed on our way to the Beach, proving
even under uniavOrable conditions, pains
taking farmers have a degree OF success
The old adage, the least said the soon
est mended, will we hope be applied to
our roads. and these trough drains
throughout this county should now be
used only for that purpose and new
roads laid out ON good grades a meas
ure that Will indicate good business ludg
ment in saving the amounts oi money
we are annually paying out, literally
throwing it in the big road, getting
10 lrer, a. evidenced by Il heavier tax
per 500 valuation, and neither road
nor schoCl system to encourage peopl'
to stay here or Oth,Is tOcOme among Us
Several parties were here yesterday iron
MARYLAND in yacht boxing for farms
They ask. first question, How are YOU
roads and school? And say; Well
vour lands have q low valuation anC