The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-12
MP. COvINGToN'S LETTER

''i-A'"' * ' NJ sept. n. lFNN.
50 D.. the b.-; gums roll a. thy uin.
Wei he gav aud happy stil
iity end h"pgy. gnN aud happy.
Nr'ii hr gay WLe happy skill.
rh.-r are a few word. We us.d u sing
when tOiling Tor our country. aud th.v
,ch" back 90 me again aud again. aud
no" glad ! Was il the army. having
spent three yenr- there, lined thu 9th Of
April. 1852 and 'vns at the surrender
The 9Th of ApTii 1868 How We'll re-
member thr day / ioiu,d. when the com
psny known ~ the Essex Troopers Nas
stationed IA Ufhauna and Capt Wilson
said IL " as the he~t days work | ever
did. ! wonder where he Is now? He
vas indet "a good man. These few lines
are enungh on the war
The shiloh Baptist Association con
vened az Mount salem church. IA Rnppa-
hammock county. Tuesday. Sept. mher /
and occupied three days The oD,n ming
sermon wac preached by Rev r. p.
8rOwn. who married Miss Moff.tt. sis
ter Of tn Rev. Mr. McffTtt. who was
murdered in Danville many years ago ON
account oi - temperance sermon deliver
ed there What tremendous stride
temperance has taken since then. Rev.
Drs. Hatcher. Pitcher, Garland, Porter
and others from distance. besides the
regular members. We're present Ravs.
Sanford, Of Little Washlngro. ::
Wiulrey. of Culpeper. and the moderator.
Hev ). ". Cole. seem To be the leaders.
The leading questions were ably discus
sei. such a. Foreign and Domestic Mis-
-ions. Education, Temperance. Orphan
age, etc | was sorry the question of
sending whiskey from a wet section to "a
dry one was not embodied IN the resolu-
tiOn on temp rance askif z the I.eQisla-
ture To FORBID il. The moderator said
he had no use Tor a gavel except on one
occasion when DR.. Pitcher. II Peters
burg, got into a spat with DR.. Garland
IN regard to the integrity Of colporter
10 the Shenandoah Valley. | talk and
write IA good deal and was glad To hear
the words open thy mouth wide and
will tll IL. DR.. Payne took politics In
the pulpit advising all to vote for Bry-
an, which was entirely out of plece. Vet
he approved of Mr.. Roosevelt's course
spent my first night with MIR. BDoton
ilill. who married Miss Agnes Grlmsl v.
She is indeed "a brilliant woman and
theirs is happy home. They have
two little boys. Mr.. Hill came near be-
Ing killed by vicious bull in June and
has Just recovered. He was in bed four
weeks. Some cattle are extrem mely dan
gerOus when irritated, consequently |
never keep any.
Ny next night | spent with Mr.. Ash
Wood. He is quite feeble on account Of
his age and large size. was telling him
how ! pitched into the Yankees when I'm
South Dakota, and he said be would
liked to have had me with him when he
was In Iowa, as he was afraid To open
his mouth there.
A L., ill -. .l.s -.
ever attended, and was asked to a
seat amongst the delegates and invited
to participate, which did How profit
able and interesting TO attend such
splendid bodies. | had hoped to attend
the Goshen Association. which meets ia
Spotsylvania today. but | cannot
lt was my pleasure on yesterday to
meet Mrs Stratton, from across the
Atlantic, England, who is a splendid
looking woman, and brilliant In the ex-
treme Ia song. art, elocution aud con-
versation. She has only been here for 3
years and was g Miss Draper. Her
works of art IN leather are indeed won
derfnl. She has two OF them for sale.
which she asks $25 each for. and they
are richly worth double. | have never
seen anything equal to them at St Louis,
jamestown or any fair ever attended.
She only lives three miles from here.
Protracted meetings with both coIored
and white are being held everywhere.
The crop of cora In Fauquler, Culpeper
and Rappahannock is enormous.
Our farmers are well advanced 10 all
their work. All stock doing well and
but little sickness.
Mr.. B. W. StriDgiellow died last satur-
day. He was about 20 years old and a
member OF the same regiment in which /
served, the 9th Va. Cavalry. He was a
venerable gentleman. universally beloved
by all. He joins his wife in heaven.
leaving behind six splendid children. two
sons and four daughters, all grown.
Truly it may be said of him, "Pve
fought a good fight, I've finished my
course"
Rev. Mr.. GLASGOW, from Lexington. a
student there, preached at Batna Sun
day. T. Z. Covingtoa.