Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-04-08
OCWEINGS,

The nice showers of Sunday made
every thing look green. Wheat ard
German clover are. growing rapidly.
Farm work is being rushed at this time;
plows going and land being prepared
for corn. More corn will be planted
In this section this year than has been
Tor years, and many realize that they
have made a mistake by neglecting
their farms. II, III
Lambs and fowls keep high on :he
market. Old hens from Is to 10 cents
a pound, and great many have been
shipped from this section.
The bottom has dropped out of the
egg market.
Corn has reached four dollars a barrel
and it can hardly be bought at that price.
Some growers have right much on hand
yet seem to be in no hurry to sell.
Hay is thirty dollars ton and every
body in this neighborhood has to buv.
We should pay more attention to rails
ing grass and grain.
Mrs. c. w. Barrack is very sick at
this writing, andh condition is thought
to be serious.
John Blackwell, of Tairfields, was
here recently on business. He seems to
be as cheerful and lively as ever.
The weather has been unusually drv
for this season of the year. and it is
dangerous to set fire to debris and brush
IL, cleaning up.
M .. Delano, of Oldhams, was in our
community recently on business. Mr..
Delano is always welcomed here by his
many friends.
Not many white potatoes have been
planted for market by our people.
l.. w. Serimger is daily improving
and we hope to see him going about
and attending to his daily affairs soon.
Several of the merchants in this sec
ton are in Baltimore this week buvinp
their spring and summer stocks.
Ii. ii. Hale, I. Jerome Downing. E.
d. Clopton, Charles Williams and t. l..
M. Lumpkin have been through this
community of late on their regular
rounds.
Herring are still high and scarce with
us. Ds7d viA~ ,.-' -
Graham, Pearson has secured a posi-
ton IN Richmond. We wish him sue
cess in his new calling.
Hon. John NJ. Lyell has returned
from trip to Richmond and Baltimore
and brought with him new automobile.
The Baptist people of Farnham are
making arrangements to erect chapel
at Sion House school and no doubt will
soon start to work on it.
Rev. S. Z. Jett visited his parental
home at Lillian last week.
Several wells in this 1eighborbood
are reported going dry on account of
the prolonged drought.
X A. Dunaway remains feeble and
his condition about the same.
Rev. 5. p. DeVault was in Freder-
icksburg week before last on business.
X. r. Cralle is in feeble health. He
mas been great worker at Farnham
church for about fifty years and is
greatly missed when unable to be out.
The public schools in this district will
close this week. Liberty Hill school
held an entertainment April 5th.
+. w. Carsin and family have moved
to the place recently purchased from
w. G. Garland. We welcome them in
our community. Mr.. Carsin will not be
with us much as his duties as engineer
on fishing steamer will keep him on
the water most of the time.
ii. 5. Diggs. of Philadelphia, has
been in this section looking for tie
timber. Good ties are always in de-
mand, but this section has been stripped
of them.
Rev. r. o. Williamson, one of our
Oldest citizens is suffering right much
at this writing and is gradually growing
weaker. This brother is only waiting
the Lords time to take him home.
We learnedrecently that j. L. Motley
expects to return home although his
! health is not improved much.
Very few tomato seed have been
sowed here for the canning factories
and the prospects are small acreage.
J. z. Lewis has things on his truck
farm promising for early shipments
which bring in the money. Mr.. Lewis
is progressive,
The entertainment at the Hall last
week was quite a success. The collec-
ton was eighty dollars, and is to 90
towards new organ in the church.
We learn, with pleasure, that G. w.
Bayliss, who was with US a number of
years as blacksmith, but now of Wash
lngton, is improving in health and feels
like new man.
Mrs. Mills, of Fredericksburg, visited
her sister, Mrs. w. E. Sandy, some few
weeks ago.
John Oakley is improving, after a
weeks indisposition.
The baby chickens keep the women
quite busy caring for them and trying
to keep the hawks off.
REPORTER.