The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-10-18
CULPEPER
Coaa.,'s Zine Sc; of O.dcirlS-Ihs late Ms.
ChsIf-M. c. J. Riyey S Busy Day-Lag
Amputatet -Ap oaIhlng Weddng-Ftc.

Steyensburg, Va, Oct. 10th, 1906.
DO ne, reckon there is "a county in
Virginia as healthy n ours or one with
any higher toned Christian gentlemr1
for co lnty officials. have never known
ar heard of any OF them doing anything
ont Of place. There il our Judge d. A..
Grimsley, where is there a iirer man?
Then our Commonweel Attorney
Charlie Waite, what n noble specimen
of humanity and G. IT Clerk Warren T..
Coons ready aud " llipg at ." times To
serve his people witho 1t II murmer, and
our She ii 4. ". Puliam, we boas oi
him a. tip top fellow. our TREASURE
: Russell Smith, has occupied III place
20 wears. and Is more popular today
.au when he was first elected. asser I
that YOU may search this sta over ana
Won WI not find a better set OF men, an
members OF the church. 1t takes c"ur9 e.
marliuess. faithiulucss. p, ence anu Ell
dn,once To accomplish these tllhB-.
Then too. lust think OF what u man ol
endurance Mr. &. Jones iaNey IL. just
let mo rrlat, one day : work oil l's thht
I know oi without his telling me aword.
lie went To his bank IN Wash 1gton, at
tended to busincss-then q another
hank i'm Alexandria, then at ll:l1 a. III.
went to ChArlottesyi e, IL miles, TO an
other. then hired livery am, went 3
miles To look nt a bunch 81 cattle ana
taking another train came back 10 W.
nensr 10 Us banks there, later boarded
another trr IN and WAS i'll Washington
Inv II u. m. a" in ore day. Who can
beat that?
Mrs. e.. +. Chelf died Sunday. She was
"A fine woman. Two years ago neis %.
Dor of mine told me- 10 L." my III nded
~ " tie q letter to each OF my 81 ldI1n
saving that she could not take the place
of a mother. but she would do all she
could for them, bat she refused. year
afterwards Mrs. G. Jones RNey was tell
INC me of how much opposed Mr.. Cheli
children were to his marriage a. d
lid 81 they could TO prevent u.
Mrs CheN did not say n word, but thl
g. st opportunity she showed her Wom'u-
.ood bv doug "A little act OF kindness
and then another and another aud II
was not long before she won e'i OF thein
.nd b, lore iot al II out my vile hau
Ion, the same ami won all OF mine, ana
now otter two years of my second mar
ried lie, must say that ! am sure thal
there Is not n mother in this section who
rets along ANY better With her own ci .
iron than nv " e. does " 9TH mine, aud
how proud am to writ th's Il t.
Much building Is being done at t. d
peper and especially ON Blue Ridge a'
nue. one of the most beautlir' sites 10
Culpeper.
Cd. Crittenden, who was a member oi
the gallant 18Th Va Vol, and who ha'
b n D the Soldiers Home for some u
y,qr,. has had his foot amputat 'd on az
.ount of wounds received during the wal
OF the sixties
About a month ago the cOahng STA
ZION of the Southern Ia road, between
OranL &. IL. and Som rset, was dis
cove q T. be Oh fire, and day 9'ter day
II Was neglect ID. when ter a lapse oI
some three wees. 500 tous of coal wert
lost and it cos over $1,000 to e-tln
.r'sh the tire. How uIe u Is that
"a stitch IA time saves nine. Hal
this T. 70 atto I'D 10 in time woi d
have been saved, but ''proc-as' nation il
the thief of tire
Cards are out for the marriage oil my
son, 4. la. COvington aud N'-s Cara
aan~hrough. az Batna chu, n. Tuesday
Oct. 30th. at I IN. - are wi d toa'
tend. How proud am OF 1t. iorsneis sucl
afne R,t woman and Ashby, my son. j.
such "A splendid boy. May beaven schoic,
blessings rest upon them. How proud
my first We wore be OF ii she Wa
| living.
Dogs damaged my flock OF sheep TO The
amount OF $50 or so Sunday night
1 Il. Go. nEtOn.