The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-03-22

AND RICHMOND
An Interesting Letter From the North.
ern Neck.
Hague. Va. March 10. 1910.

Hague. Va. March 10. 1910.
The good roads movement has prom
Use OF an early practical application or
much used highway between Montross
and Nomini Ferry in Westmoreland
No undertaking for the public GOOD
has been hailed here in a long time with
more popular interest than this. From
the days of the Indian paths and the
nrst surveyed highways. the routes of
travel have been drawback and vex-
alton in this part of Virginia. If the
day OF Improvement has come. il is one
that has been long and eagerly looked
| for.
Passengers on the new steamer. Three
Rivers, of the Md, Delaware and Va
Company, plying between Baltimore
and Washington, are loud in praise of
ITS convenience, comfort and general
adaptedness TO the needs of the ronte
They are hoping that - style NAV
prove a mlsnomer, and that II will be
confined to one river, and that the
/ Potomac.
An unusual degree Of activity is
noticeable here in the matter of cutting
and hauling railroad ties. Besides the
oaks. TO which the Industry has been
hitherto confined, other trees are used
this winter, and loads of walnut. chest
nut, maple, sycamore and beech make
their way to the landings. 1t would
seem that much railroad building is vet
IN its initial stage from the quantity of
timber in demand.
A good deal of ship timber is being
cut on Nomini creek. The trees gen
orally come from the deep valleys and
precipitous hillsides, where, ivy matted
and rugged, they seemed 70 defy human
invasion, and the trees promised to rear
their stalwart forms for many a year.
safe from storms and the axe. Mr.. T.
NJ Arrest, however. has taken a differ
ent view, and his ten heavy oxen draw
the huge logs forth with ease.
An extraordinary scarcity. and con-
sequent cutlery. as to pigs are prevail
ing here. The reason for this is not
apparent. especially when hog meat
was never so dear"
The advanced cost of living has not.
as far as ] can discover, affected the
matrimonial market adversely, since
marriages have been of late quite num-
erous. Possibly, there is something in
the old saying that love takes away
ones appetite.
Mr. Allen Chandler and his assistant
are letting no grass grow under their
| teet IN the business of assessing our
real estate. In Machodoc Neck. a
small tract owned by a widow. which
IS much submerged after a heavy rain.
offered puzzle in the matter of valu-
ing II, and the assessor was further
embarrassed by the widows statement
that her land-tax was forty cents. One
OF her neighbors. ~on hearing what her
tax was. wondered how in the world
she could ever raise it on her place
| The Laurels, lately owned by DR..
4 Hurry Taylnr h.. 49,, 4
Mr.. Ed. HUT. IL is located between
Nomini and the Hague, and as the home
for many. many years of the late John
1. Rice. was one of the most productive
and highly improved farms in Eastern
/ Virginia.
| The sudden and serious illness of DR.
Nj. Nj. Walker, of Montross, has been
cause Of deep and widespread regret
and sorrow here. His professional loss
makes a serious Inconvenience TO his
patients. He has returned from the
Johns Hopkins hospital in state of
helplessness, and is tenderly nursed at
the home of his late brother, Rev. w.
w. Walker. Many friends look anxious
ly to see him recovered.
Miss Ella Sanford, at Templeman's,
and Mrs James jenkins. near Mon.
tross, have been III for weeks, and their
restoration is matter of much deep con-
Germ.
Mrs. Augustine Belfeld. at Farmers
Fork, has suffered from a severe at.
tack of pneumonia. and is not yet well.
Mrs. Charles Hall, of Washington
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Warren
HUT, OF Montross, has been confined
TO her bed for two weeks or more anc
has been a great sufferer She is now
comfortable and nearly well.
An inconvenient and nocturnal SEIZED
ule has been irregularly kept by the
Potomac and Chesapeake line for some
months, much 10 the annoyance of oul
shippers. A return to the old schedule
with tri-weekly boats next week il
hailed with pleasure.
Mr. Howard Hall, of Washington. has
made recent visit TO his old home near
Piney Grove.
| Mr.. Ed. Peyton. of Ethel, saw a flock
a geese light on his wheat recently and
set out TO crawl behind ditch-bank
with view to getting a shot. A young
son of Mr.. Ed. Forrest accompanied
him. One carried a rifle and the other
gun. At the distance of a hundred
yards each fired and each killed his
| goose.
G. w. B.