The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-09
ScRIBBlER'S LETTER
An April Stern Of Twenty Years Aso-Soms To-
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Stafford e. H., Va March 9Th. 1909.
DIR. J. Green. 81 the pension ofics.
who with bis family has been spending
the winter in Washington. returned here
the hest OF the week To look aitsr his
55-.ng gardening. To ana his family ex-
pect TO return about April lat.
Well. the ground hog got IN his WORK
the Ord and 4th, rain, snow. cold wave
and blizzard, altho twas not 40 bad
here rs Il was farther north. Washing
ton having . inch snow Just twenty
years ago, the 9th Of next April, = bliE.
Eard reached here. In comparison with
this one, twas oUly agentle zephyr o.
That date We had similas weather 20 last
Thursday and Friday, accompanied by
thunder and lightning, and the ground
was covered with slush of hail and snow
To depth OF - foot. Judge Barton old
not reach here and there WAS no term Of
the Circuit court. There were Ouly two
lawyers Ia attendance they having
reached here the night before. Judge
NicO! and thu lamented W. 5 White
inls Storm only seesued to be a precursor
Of the JOhnstown flood, which occurred
on Nay 3lst, 1889. and Il Is 70 bs hoped
nothing OF that kiud will happen during
the vernsl period OF 1909
Aessrs. Chss ID. Green aud NIX. Lowry
took In ths Inauguration Thursday,
leaving Brooke on the morning OF that
day and returned that night.
Messrs. Steve Massey and Joseph
Parker, cOlored, gentlemen OF this neigh
borhoOd, visited Washington on the 4th;
both OF them possessing horseIess
carriages would have taien The overland
route, but FOR the fact the garage accom-
modations OF the city were limited.
Mr.. J. West had a dance at his house
last night TO ratiiy the Inauguration OF
President Taft. Those attending pay
they had a good time.
Several years ago one of our county
officials was requested by one OF our cit
liens female. of the colOred persuasion,
To see how much il would cost 30 get "a
divorce for her from her husband. whom
she accused OF divers sins. OF omission
and commission Being informed that
the cOst would be anywhere from $50
20 $50, she departed weeping. Six
months thereafter the same official re-
ceived letter from u prominent gentle
man OF the county, informing him
that he had hired this female as a cook,
that her husband had left her and gone
to Washington, that paradise Of We
gentlemen OF color, and that he had
y
man as mean and had left his wife. .
&c, TO please see some lawyer and get
him, out OF charity, to undertake the di-
vOrce proceedings This was done, a di-
vOrce gotten from the court, a COPY OF
the decree mailed to the distressed female
who took II, went promptly to Wash
ington "and remarked she old niger
the next day
Misses Mamie Bryan and Lillian Berry
left here Wednesday night in severe
storm for the Inauguration. and up to
this writing have not returned
Mrs. DR.. II. J Payne passed here We'd
ne-day eve on her way to the Burg,
where she proposed to join her husband
and take in the Inauguration, but your
scribe has been informed she was preven-
ted from doing SO by the illness OF Mr..
Robert, her oldest child
DR.. Il T. Buck passed here Wednesday
en- route To his home in Fauquier.
Mr.. Thos. J. Waller with quite an
| aggr' CATION OF tue fair sex. left on the
midday train Wednesday for inaugution
Messfs. Wesley and C. n Knight took
the early train Thursday, for the city of
magnificent distances, and crowds. this
historic 4th OF March. 1909. Mr.. Geo. It.
Dent also left for Washington on the
same day To view the crowds and parade
along Pennsylvania Avenue
This gives about all that attended from
here. who evidently as an old dArkey
used 10 express IL "dlsenjoyed the atmos.
pheric pressure last Thursday" But thers
were many stsii ald dis ,reet citizens oil
the county who enjoyed the 4th 81
March with more comfort under "theiI
own vine and fig tree" Scribbler.