The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-08-29
RICHMOND AND
WESTMORELAND
Northern Neck ps-msny Converts Sheen
Raising and Dogs Confederate Veterans
Personals

Hague. Va. Aug. 23. 1907
The season for canning tonatn,- h,.
set m m good earnest here. aud there i
an cutlery in many places for hands Il.
DO the necessary picking Many cron-
appear 70 To- very late, too late il D.
thought To make them profitable
More crimson clover Sod are roi,g
INTO the ground In this vicinity than Was
ever the case before Two causes bnv,
probably led To this. The extreme scnr.i.
" of prOvender last spring. and tho "a.
cellent prices obtained for the sod bv
those who Were fortunate in having
them Tor sale.
The melon yirlt among our trurk.rs
l. disappointing. the late spring and th..
insects having 80 delayed the growth ID,
the vines as To make this product behind
time IN being ready for market
HE lew here Whose peaches ESCAPED
,ne 'rosts arr obtaining unprecedentedlv
h'gil priees Tor all good fruit OF this -or;
Inc protracted meetings OF late hnv.
been largely attended aud of great inter.
est. six Baptist churches within D.,
radius of twelve miles from Warsaw.
have had over 100 additions a. the r..
suit OF such meetings during the ia [
mouth
pn TWO farms near by Mount PhaS.
ant ami NiltOnl over twenty-five sheer.
nave been lately killed by dogs. In nh-
tanning pay from the county in ~ IA
'a7's sad confirmation IL generally given
oil THE laws vexatious DELAY II
womb Ice well To double the compensu
ton Tor sheep killed by dog mot h.
longing To the owner OF the shretl and
To enforce more rigidly the assessment
on the CANNES. Sheep-rAising il an H..
dustry that needs our eucouragener,t
and protection. IL means money i'm our
purses, warm clothing for the hacA
gloves Tor the hands and good meat for
the table
The tide OF travel to tie exposition Is
NOT rising last IN this locality. Ms.
lsaac Jefries and Miss Myrtle Hall from
Warsaw and Ethel: Mrs. Hnlis UoT,
and son, OF llinnom. the Misses Carter
OF l.yells, and Mr.. and Mr.. Geo. +
Brown, of the Hague. are among the r,-
cent visitors from this vicinity.
Judge j. I. Pendleton. of Atlanta l.
with his vile, spending some weeks MT
the home of MIR. Edwin Bowie I'll.
Judge when student at the Washing.
ton and Lee University in thu later
slA Ties met IN Lexington one of the fair
girls OF this nelghborhOod. and sh. soon
Afterwards became his bride. The prn--
ent writer has probably neyersolemiiz =
happier union than this one. Mr. pm
dleton is descended from an old ANA
worthy Spotsyivania family of tbis
name, as was the late DR.. j. NJ Pandle-
ton, his kin~msn, Of Chester. Pa
Mrs. Eva Vaughn aud interesting little
daughter, OF Washington CITY. AR. visit
ing near Templeman's. She was former
" Miss Bragg and in coming To- the
county Is revslting the scenes of her
childhood
The Mestmoreland Camp l. e. Y. will
meet IN the near future in their animal
reunion. Definite arrangements will he
made on Monday next tcourt-dnvD Tho
presentation OF the portraits of several
/ distinguished Confederate officers will
| profanity he one feature of the occasion
An address from AN invited orator from
ulstauce Il also IN contemplation.
several religious assemblage- among
the colored people here have called them
out on the roads Of late in yer, lnrua
numbers. To one who knew them tbirfy
years or more ago and remembers their
horses aud oxen and poor .uuinae,.s 81
those days, their present di~plny of
horses and vehicles seems ia most Strit
ing contrast, and indicates very plaiplv
their improved financial and material
condition.
had thought the fox To be "A back
number here. Not -. however. for ono
passed me the other day near "A thick
settlement oi houses, and close upnn "A
lady tock of turkeys IL did not larry
hut from the glimpse had of il il seemed
10 nave Thanksgiving Day in view. and
It's appropriate observance.