The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-01-25
Another Week.

EuNOT Htrufds-l spent adrl Iiluhl
on historic ground, in the shadow Of
Monticello, and Oh the very spot where
that immortal Democrat, Thomas JEFF
ferson, first saw the light Of day. The
old homestead, Shadwell was its name,
has long since been destroyed, and
nothing remains to mark the place but
two superb sycamore trees, the largest
ever saw. From the boyhood hour
jefferson mounted the mountain and
there built the home Of his older days.
/ have not been to that home for years,
but hope to visit 1t in the near future,
and give the Herald a sketch Of it, or
Of the present day.
The copper mines near Mineral,
Louisa county, are conducted on a
very much more expensive scale than
| had thought. And so with its com
paniOn sulphur mine. Attractive vii
lagos have been built about each Of
these industrial centres and hundreds
Of men are finding pleasant and profit
able work. Mineral on the {. x o.
is the shipping point for the products
Of these mines, and am told that the
annual freight receipts amount TO more
than Sl5OOO0. And these industrial
centres ] find are springing up the
State over, and the results are that the
railroads are burdened with freights
and farm products are all high. We
are forced to use the big p IN spelling
out present-day Prosperity.
was riding on the smoking car Of
a G. & 0. train on yesterday, my COM
panions being two veterans who were
paying devoted aud oft-repeated at
tention to a suspicious looking bottle.
One Of them passed it over to the
writer, and when he refused a sip, re-
marked, "Look here, brother, this Is
pure brandy and none Of your doctored
LIQUOR When I still declined, he
began n ferocious TRADE on the man
who would "sell mean whiskey," and
added, 81 drink whenever / feel like
1t, and never get drunk, though have
been drunk five hundred thousand
times.n II an honest confession is
good for the soul, his must be perma-
nently cured
The most disguised mC rial met
with during the week 1 found in the
person Of q little boy Of only three
summers. His face was as handsome
as that Of Bryan, II not as pretty as
that Of any girl l ever saw, so girl like
in fact that one Of the admirers who
sat next to me at his mothers table,
the child in a tall chair next 10 the
mother, who could not resist kissing
the darling even during the meal, call
ed him sarah and there was an
outburst Of genuine indignation. 81
am no girl, is motherW "Of course
not, for you are mama's little man."
This was panacea, though that drum
mer retired in disfavor and will never
be forgiven.
In this connection ! am reminded
that some one told me Judge Crute
congratulated himself that his first
grand child was a girl rather than q
boy, and gave a most excellent reason
for his preference. know some peo-
pie who would be grateful for either.
met with sour tempered fellow on
a recent rainy day who was complain
ing bitterly that we hadn't had a
bright day since last May, forgetting
the November and December sunshine
the first two weeks Of the new year
This man had no employment but
loafs through the days and turns rest
lessly on his bed through the night
watches.
It's subject Of genuine satisfaction
and just pride when we remember
that Prince Edward gave to Virginia
one Of the most useful Governors in
the history Of the Commonwealth, and
that she has now furnished a Superln-
tendent Of Public instruction who has
given a new life-thrill to the entire
system Of the State. Wherever l 20
Mr.. Fggleston is being commended for
his good work.
l was travelling recently on one OF
our railway trains when it came to a
sudden stop. Curious to know the
why went IN search Of an answer
and found that large tap had been
lost from an important part OF the
machinery, and to my surprise the
engineer was substituting wire IN It's
place. have seen farmers tie w
breakages with wire but didn't know
before that our great railroad systems
had been reduced to that extremity
No wonder that shocking accidents
are constantly occurring. l don
know that the government would
improve on the job as now managed
but it does seem to me that even
politician would have suggested the
propriety Of carrying an extra tap
When this complication arose one o
the train officials exclaimed that "rail
reading had gone to HI, and no u.s.
; denying it,"
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