The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-27

May be straw hats will be very
cheap as the season for selling them
has beeen so abridged.
The desire to go to the seashore
and take a dip hasn't as yet seized
upon US, but it may come later.
How in the world do the sky gaz-
ers determine that the tail of the
comet is twenty million miles long?
A citizen in Scottsville has an edu-
Gated rooster. Those of Farmville
know when day light breaks.
Turn to the Herald of last week
and read over the advertisements.
They fairly bristle with bargains.
Our roses may fade before the
School girl graduate" stands be
fore the footlights.
When you see those waste bas-
kets on the streets remember they
were not put there for ornaments.
Paying taxes is one thing and
drawing fat salaries is vastly dill
ferent thing.
The impudence of bird has been
emphasized since one of the feathery
tribe has built its nest in the pocket
of a scare crow.
Be it understood that no job is
turned down at the Herald office for
want of time. Busy is the word
but not too busy to serve you and
not keep you waiting.
There are people in Farmville who
never fail TO visit the city of our
dead on each return of the Sabbath
day, and they never go without flow
ers for the graves of loved ones. We
honor ourselves an honoring our
dead.
Some one has remarked that hair
pulling between girls now a days
is rough on rats" II it had been
mice they would have never gotten
the snug birth.
Our wood house is about 20 the
bottom and if it doesn't warm up In
the near future We are going TO Wis
IT over in Cumberland where the
supply of wood seems to be- mex
haustible.
The best" weekly paper publish
ed in the Stale of Virginia ought
to be cheap enough at two cents a
week. and if you don't agree to that
try and run it for just one week and
let us have report.
All Farmville sincerely regrets the
loss from an educational, social and
religious circles of DIR. and Mrs
Kerlin. And we are going 10 miss
the baby" too We say goodbye
With a blessing and sigh
In the condemnation proceedings
of the State Normal School VS.. Mrs
w II. Burger, which was called al
the recent term of the Circuit Court
the suit was dismissed by the plain
tiff, the order Of publication mol
having matured.
Mrs. ]. Taylor Thompson enter
tanned at bridge" on Wednesday
and had as her guests Mesdames
Walton, Gill. ellis. Venable, Scout
Martin. Paulett and Culbert, and
Misses Huntington. Mckinney. Over
all. Digger and Cook.
Mr.. Thos. Edmunds, now of Salem
n. c.. has been with us of late. lie
brings good news from the new field
of labor. and is confident that Salem
is the coming city of the South all
it needed was a little Virginia push
behind it. 1t has that now and pro
gress is the watch word.
When Chief FOCUS wants a swell
afternoon ride he orders the team
hitched to the red chariot, and
mounted by the side of the driver
looks like a conquering Caesar re-
turning from the wars, crowned
with laurels and moving beneath tri-
umphal arches.
Country merchants in need OF let
ter or bill heads, statements, enVei
opes or any other kind Of job work
will take notice thatthe Herald jot
office is headquarters for all sucf
work. Send or bring in your orders
and get prompt and satisfactory re
turns