The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-10-25
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Other Interesting Items.

Other Interesting Items.
Stafford c. H., Va, October 2lst.
IL has been reported 10 your
correspondent that one OF "our
boys" who resides near Stafford
store. has repented OF his wildness
and Is trying TO mend his ways.
lie was heard recently exhOrting an
aged compatriot TO forsake the broad
path that leads 10 destruction and
follow with him the narrow way
that leads to all good here and
| hereafter.
Mr.. Howard Shacklett. with
Misses Mamie Bryan and Lillian
Berrcy. went to Aqua Creek Wed
nesday on a fishing trip.
The tropical storm heraled this
week reached here Wednesday, ac-
companied with rain and wind.
Messrs. Huffman & McKenna, Of
HARDWOOD, paid the clerks Of
office a visit Tuesday. They were
accompanied by Miss Meta p. Bur
dis
Some vandal broke the tops from
all the sugar maple trees which
| have been set out In the court
house lot Tuesday night A re-
ward of $3.50 will be paid by the
clerk OF courts for the arrest and
conviction OF the vandal who thus
destroys public property.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Green left
yesterday for their home in Wash
ington for the winter.
Here is a new version of mod
ern prayer. Make not my faith
er's house a house OF merchandise.
ST. Mark l1:16.
Oh. Lord. come to thee in prayer
once more.
But pardon II ! do not kneel be-
fore
Thy gracious presence. for my knees
are sore
With so much walking In my
chair instead
I'll set at ease and humbly bow my
head.
I've labored in Thy vineyard. Thou
dost know;
I've sold ten tickets to the minstrel
| show;
I've called on fifteen strangers in
| our town,
Their contributions to our church
| put down;
I've baked a pot OF beans for Sat
days spree,
An old time supper It is going to be
be:
I've dressed three dolls. too. for
| our annual fair
And made a cake which we must
rattle there
Now with Thy boundless wisdom
so sublime.
Thou knowest that these duties all
take time;
have no time to fight my spirits
foes:
have no time to mend my hus-
bands clothes;
My children roam the streets from
morn to night;
have no time to teach them TO do
| right;
But Thou, o Lord. considering all
my cares.
Wilt count them righteous, also
/ heed my prayers.
] Bless the bean supper and the min
I~>strel show.
| lAnd\Put it in the hearts Of all to
| Induce the-yisitors to patronize.
The men in our program ADVERTISED
Because I've chased these mer
chants till they hid->>>
Wiener they saw me conRhgi ye'
they did
Increase the contributions to on
fair,
And bless the people who assem-
, BILE there;
Bless Thou the grab-bag and thu
gypsy tent,
The flower table and the cake that
sent;
May our whist club be to our ser
vice blest,
The dancing party gayer than tn
rest;
. And when Thou hast bestowed thes
blessings, then
We pray that Thou will bless ou
souls. Amen.
Mr.. John II. Gray is erecting
barn on the highest point OF Mt
Pisgah." His old barn now stand
on the edge of the road jus
above the Court House. His ex
perience has made him wise. Tn
nearness OF the barn to the roa'
led to the loss OF his buggy b
!, theft, to say nothing of the effec
Z OF passing automobiles on his fin
y driving horse, BILLY William" s
t he has moved his barn to the mos
: remote place from the road on hi
z, territory.
l. Supt. Jas. Ashby passed here tC
e day on a trip to the new schoo
e house near Brooke.
Mrs Fanny Ashby, whose seriou
illness has been chronciled, is sti
very weak. Her nieces, Mrs. AT
nes Miller, of Brooklyn, N. Y, an
Mrs Fanny Lyon. OF Maryland ,hay
IS arrived to be at her bedside.
10 The protracted meeting still col
IS tinues at REGISTER Chapel, but tn
rain has interferred with It. n
L mourners yet.
10 Unless the school board obtaiT
teacher with the usual certifica'
to teach the school here. Mr.. e.
Moore will be appointed as a
emergency teacher.
oNiAA of.NC
i tropical storms or those Of 9TH
IL variety.
b. Jas. Morton, colored, an aged
S. pensloner, is i'll at his home neI
here. Jim is of the old regime al
highly respected by the communit
Mr.. j. william (Bilious) Jon
paid the Court House a visit th
week from his home near Muss'
mans.
81 The next term of the Circu
u Court, the 14th of November, 191
" bids fair to be a lively one. o.
case of felony. Annie Hill. char
ed with burning the barn OF T.
Waller, has been set for trii
There are several common law ca
es to be tried, and 1t is also a re
ular grand jury term, so the ou
III look is lively.
There is gentleman who liv
near here so thin that where
al- rotunda ought to be there Is
u alcove. The spot is just below }
OF breastbone.
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