The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-05-28
A GLIMPSE OF HYG0NE.
An Hour Of Pleasant that on The
Bench.

front Of the Westover with Mr.. w.
H. Richardson on our left and Mr. p.
H. c. Rice on our right, and the free
End pleasant chat took a backward
turn during which we discussed con-
ditions in Farmville as they existed in
the dead but ever dear past We
talked Of the old homes and were re-
minded that the late Col John T.
Thornton lived in the house now oc-
cupied by Mrs. c. Bugg that Mr.. C.
c. Lockett in that of Mrs. Wade, Mr..
Geo w. Daniel in that of Mrs. Berke-
ley, Mr. p H. Jackson in that Of DR..
White. The late S. r. Murkland
built the three houses now occupied
by Mrs. c. r. Morton, Mrs II. c.
Pauett and DR.. Anderson. Mr.. C. C.
Iead lived in the one now occupied
by Mr.. Howell Richardson, while that
of Capt. Drumeller was moved to
Farmyille from Jamestown. DR.. Ben
Wilson lived in that now the property
and home of Mr. Warren Walker;
Mrs. W. p. Gillian in the one which
was built by Col. T. B. Rice, that Of
Mrs. E. T. Rice by Mr.. Sam Elam,
and the same is true of that of Mrs.
T. p. Robertson and Mr.. II. E. Bar
row.
Mr.. S D. Walton lives in the old
Womack home, but we neglected to
tell what we knew of the Wiltse
home, the Hurt, the Booker jackson
and others. We did recall the fact
that the Baptist Church white stood
where that Of the colored peoples
row stands, and one of the trio re-
membered that he heard Marmaduke
Johnson speak there, another that he
heard Extra Billy Smith, and still
the other that it was in that building
erected TO the service Of the God Of
tAe church, that he got the first
glimpse Of the girl who since then has
oeen walking life's way with him,
and the remark he made when his
eyes first rested on her. That's my
girl of all the girls here" His best
cir" then and his best friend ever
since.
Then we repeated the best jokes
we could recall, talked Of the girls Of
those days, how they dressed and
how they looked; of the crops that
were grown on our farms, of the law
yers who practiced in our courts. Of
the doctors who attended our sick of
the preachers who preached from our
pulpits, Of the politicians who stirred
orr young blood, of the merchants
who stood behind our counters, of the
auctioneers VINO sold the tobacco, #
the old-time negro, Of the never fail
ing peach crop of the early May
cherry, Of our luck at fishing, Of
dancing all night and going home
with the girls in the morning. -
As we sat and talked new Farm
vile passed in review before US, the
smiling Normalite, the sturdy farmer
Just from the open country, bronzed
and brawny, the baby in her 1903
chariot, the autos, the ice wagon,
Simon and the mule, the coachman
clad in brown linen, the wagons with
crates Of lettuce, the hotel buss
speeding the parting and welcoming
the coming guests, the lawyer no long
er carrying the green bag the doc
tor on wheels and no longer on horse
back, the professors pale and thought
full, and the housewife care worn now
that flour is out of sight and chickens
too high for mortal reach, and the
laundryman who has driven the wash
erwoman from the field, the tub
from the spring and the basket from
her head
The "tallow dip" has been super
ceded by the electric light the dip
in the AppomattoX by the porcelain
bath tub, the telephone has taken the
place of the little niger" who ran
with the note, ice is made by fire,
churning done by an engine, we walk
on the granolithic rather than the
mud. the mails come and 90 all day
and far into the night instead Of once
a day, merry widows are bought
and not wooed, we teach in marble
halls rather than in log huts, electric
fans keep US cool and drive away the
flies. we walk in noontide splendor at
the midnight hour, and we drink our
water from a bottle and no longer
from well or spring.
Did the trio agree that all these
changes meant advancement Ask
them Individually get their answers.
Lived Isl Years
VIM. England 5 oldest man
married the third time at 10, worked
i'm the fields ill l32 and lived 20 years
louger people should be Youthful al