The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-05

LETTER FROM MP. COvIHG TON
S.evensburg. Nj S.nt.1.1oos.

Stevensburg, Va S-pt I, 1905
Lots of folks are still i'm our midst
from different parts " the country.
hat Joyous times these are seeing aud
enloylng the love, beauty, elegance and
wealth Of your land and neighbo-s
Rev Mr. Elliott, OF this circuit. went to
Orange 20 help the pastor there TO hold
a meeting at Palmyra, but the rains %
last week brOke IT up. No dauiage TO
crops aDyw here we hove heard uf
Mr.. &. +. Striugieilow still mas his
house full of company from various see.
lions, and a new lot ceme 10 Mr.. t.
stringtellow today. A. come 20 out
Others come in. Mr. Walllco Jones'
crowd has left for New York
trip to Remington e, the Sunday
school Convention ~ a. Indeed pleasant.
good many delegates were present
The presiding officer. NJ. CHARTERS. WAS
from your section. Ha j. ird.ed "A pleas
ant and efiable fellow Th,y kindly ex-
tended TO mo "a seat in th-ir mic-t and |
participated with Tl-a-u Remington
II at last awakenii = from her le.hargy.
Excellent sidewalks now ad IN her
streets. / love To 70 there
The next day attended the Conied-
crate r, union at Bethel Academ .in Fau-
quier county. Some three or four thous-
aud people ATTENDED The morning ad.
dress was delivered ~ Rev ". D.
Powell. of Michigan H. was originally
from Virginia. With the p.ion 0f
Robt L Lee. Jr.. AZ Richmond 1t the
lsst reunion there. he was the finest |
ever heard. Alter much music a kumptu-
Ous lunch wa served by the ladies to the
old soldiers, then 20 the balance Of the
folks. a'ter v hlch Eppa Huntou. Jr.. de
liver a iorceiul and splendid address:
then music and baseball games were in
dulHed IL. and We cisp"rs.5. never to
forget thu good time We had
On my return through Wa-rrnton /
met Mr Floyd DHvideop. a pult-iri mud
excellent gentleman. the son of Rev. NJ
A. Davidson. f Nelson county. His
daughter, Mrs Lucy Stout. has been on
the sick list Tor along time also called
upon my old j. nd and c,mrsds. Gen.
kppa Hunton, Sr., who Is totally blind
aud can hear but little could but
shed tears 10 think that be. To-, must
soon pass over the river aud rr.t under
the shade OF the trees great aud
good man he has been now for - years
MAY hi- last days be peaceful and happy
must go back u the unveiling OF the
Ohio monument at Culpeper. Several
most excellent addresses were delivered
One of these Northern gentlemen eulo.
gized the women more than had ever
heard man. Then he turned upon them
saying, they were mans greatest bless.
irg or mans greatest curse; heaven or
hell TO man; that nearly all the pro.
family aud drink We're caused by the
women, and II women treated man a.
man treated women. never would there
be any more drinking or swearing" An
excellent dinner WAS served at Culpeper.
Then we attended the unveiling of the
Col c. T. Crlttenden monument erected
by his comrades. he was born in 1895
and died OF his wounds in 1907. Judg.
ID. A. Grimsley delivered "a eplendid ad.
dress on Col. Cfittenden's career as a
soldier, saying he was as fair and as gen
Tie as a woman,as straight as an arrow
aud as polite as Lord Chesterfield
Ay daughter, Mrs. A. c. Hart Is with
me-one OF the finest specimens u Chris
tian women II has ever been my pleasure
to be with.
Mr.. Ex.Chewning. from Richmond, has
also visited us with his friend Mr.. Roach.
Few boys can be found superior to Ex.
DE was raised right here within half
mile OF me. and when a small boy re.
peated Eight O'clock" SO nice aud sweet.
DE Is industrious, apt and full of lie.
never taking a chew, smoke or drink and
would make any girl a good companion.
Miss Lizzie Burton, one OF our best
girls, left today for Monroe, In Amherst
Co, TO teach school. She too is IA high
toned Christian woman.
pamphlet published In Gettysburg
gives out the following. | wish / knew
Whether or not II was true. That Vir-
ginia furnished q OF the cavalry of the
InnfadaFafa A 4 - 81. t-g A
nearly y OF the artillery, and that Vir-
ginia North Carolina and Georgia fnr-
nishtd half of all the soldiers of the Con
iederate Army. This pamphlet is pub.
lished by Luther w. Munigh, OF Gettvs-
burg, and called the Historian Guide
Gen. Hunton says there is no greater
honor than TO Oe a son OF "A gallant Con-
tederate soldier, and he who does nor
honor such father is not entitled to n
heritage here az a citizen.
The Baptist Association convenes ia
Rsppshannock Co. today. wish those
splendid people were organized as Metho-
dists are, then they would not have $50
vacant churches ia Virginia
Mr.. Nj. ". Pulliam and DR.. Nalle are
recovering from a spell Of typhoid lever.
Our prohibition county is doing beau
titully, and business is on the II ease.
do hope all the Sunday aud day
schools OF the land Will teach their chill
dren the ten commandments, as find
not one person in ten knows them, and
all the laws OF this land are based upon
them, and child or person who knows
them is really acquainted with all the
laws OF the statute books. Mothers and
iathers, l beseech you to teach your chill
dren the ten commandments. instil It in
them and they are bound to better men
and women.
Our venerable Rev. James F. Brannin.
who entered our Virginia Annual Con
iarence in 1853, Is still hall and hearty.
aud can preach a. well if not better than
ever. Just think. In the ministry for 50
years.
thank the people 80 much for COM
pliments on nav letters