The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-03-24
STAFFORD
mssRhs's hlsh srlgade-IsstinR Impressions
Made on Boy in the Sh,Iss-o,her Interest,
Ing Items.

Stan 'rd e.. n Va Narcb 2o,b
Well the sun has not Vet crossed n .
"ue' OUT must be Vrrl near Ia it. as hi-
up o'ch nAs cau-ed "A sudden fail in
Uu p''Atur~, making Overcoat-
occupations very coWflrtabis AT th,s
writing u"
Your correspondent notes a lerter %,
Oapt John DWNer.of the G3rt Nv Yort
regiment. Meagher- lrish Brigade ON
the part taken 10y his regiment in the
oal'ie Oh fredrrir k~burg. iu which no
says ne "a rs from thehr-t diyi,ion
"ho buried thu drai under d,g of trnce
found thr d. al aud woun.,e ,et we.,,ing
Tue lockwood in their cAps rho n,lS
troops close Up against the fatal stone
wall Meagher having directed III. mn
previous TO tie advauc., t. pl ,c. a mo q
ol green boNwOOd in their cans embsm-
atic oi he nationality of the soldiers =,
hls fearless br gale" The wr,t,r .fthls
'heh hoy oi IL Years. living at 'Ingl..
sut, Just above Falmouth assisted The
Federal soldiers 70 gather this ho xwood
reacaiug from the front door Of Ingl, 10
70 the Aate at the road. that leads from
aiihnuth 70 the dam. Two Culnnels Of
IN Irish Brigade, Burns and Kelley.
.piu .he writer Oi the part they took in
tue hight, aud how their men yver.
slaughtered, Col. Kelley weetino, In ths
recital. Re was slightly wonnded po,b
oi them We're afterwards killed I'm the
6ioC dy light at Cold Harbnr. NJ more
mighty Intelligent Irish gentlemen or
AlnolA beArts ever lived than these two
as their treatment of the writer. altho'
Out boy at The time, shows.
Mes-rs- Jos. h Brl an, Jr. and / q
uallahan lett for Alexandfia this week
10 euHage IN business there.
Mr- harry Woodland Il erecting a resi-.
uence on the road leading from Stano-d
Z n To trooke, Mr. ". BARLOW CON.
a,tur.
v. T. ". .rver is considerably b.
hludhnud un his salary and con'.r.nc..
cole uOns, aud it h-huoves the m.mher.
oi ms churches 10 te.tir Themselves a.
coLien ,e il nearly here.
" heiher this IL old orvoune tits worth
r-cording again. II The Fr,e Lance don'r
cut II oui. The Lord made the earth and
rested. lie then made man and rested
ne 'heu made woman, aud neither the
L1rd nor man has had any rest since.
1our correspondent notes that a small
vessel rom Aquia Greek has been quar-.
antlned IN Alexandria uu account ui hAv.
- = y a NhiRNA llr crew Oi CulOreC
men The boat belongs to Cant. rrisI
Knight. of Stafford.
NJ John Stevens. oi Brooke. paid
the Court House pleasant visit yester.
day. AZ hast he looked pleasant when he
inuud he would not have 10 walk 10
Brooke, having engaged passage there
With a team Of oxen
MI. Jno. i Fritter passed here yester-
uAy with the prOVarbial drnmuar NJ
ltt"r speaks very disparagingly Of the
roads hs has travrr-ed recently, claimiuu
.he !, vi was OF such quantity aud quail
lty that he did know whether he
was at The tlp or on the bottom.
Easter i about as late this wear as 4,
can possibly he. Had the SUI crossed the
line "a little earlier. and the full moon oc
Cured shortly thereafter. and a SUNDAY
come right after that, that Sunday would
pave been h aster. What IA chapter OF hads
IL Is we'll for US We cannot regulate tbs
machinery OF old mother earth.
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