The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-05-24
SCRlBBLER'S STAFFORD SIFTINeS
Interesting Notes and Pointed Com.
ments.

Stafford G. H.. Va. May 18th. 1910
Mrs. Susan WOodard Is convalescinq
aiter a severe attack Of illness under
the medical care Of DR.. +. NJ. Sneed
Rev, Ivan NJ. Green spent the dav
mere Tuesday visiting his mother from
ms charge at Clifton Forge.
Mr.. \. NJ. MacGregor has accented
a position at Fargo. North Dakots.
Dr. r NJ Sneed has Just returned
from the medical commencement Of
Richmond College
Mr.. Arthur NJ. Burton. Of South Da-
AOta' spent some time here recently
visiting his mother, Mrs. NJ W Pr
ton. and returned home Wednesday
Mr.. Jas. H. Rhome paid the CISrk -
office visit today ON legal business
Mr.. Rhome has disposed of all his nos
sessions here and proposes to return To
ms Old home in Pennsylvania.
Supt OF Schools Jas. Ashbv and
Messrs. r. ). Moncure and K. a. Cloe
passed here today for Andrews Chapel
Where a meeting of the trustees is In
De held with a view of consolidating
the two public schools at that point.
wen, old mother earth in curtailing
the comet has not at this writing cans.
ed much disturbance to herself bnt
what she did To the annex Of the comet
Is yet To be ascertained.
Mr.. K. l.. Fritter has sent his pre-
ci0us stone to Richmond. Without any
Johe II Is curiosity. Imagine a mass
weighing 90 pounds of the most deeply
colored hint (brown). polished until Il
y as smooth as glass. with an orilice
ABOUT three inches deep. at the bottom
OF which Is an oval shaped piece of
crystal. white and smooth. This was
aug from the ground. with no ADJACENT
ledge OF rock near. The BOYS saw Mr.
trtter started to exhibit it, chargino
~ cents look, children and one-eved
men half price.
iour correspondent was informed
yesterday there were two farmers near
oiu Aqua trying to outdo the other in
farming, but alasi one Of them had run
OIL ms corn rows from - TO Is feet
apart
Miss Hetty Evans, Of Onville: Mrs
Susan Honey and Mrs. c. II. Cox. of
berea, paid the Court House a visit
today on legal business.
Whooping cough seems TO be i'm evi
dence around here. Some of the bows
bring cough about four yards long ana
then stand off and look at it.
Al this memorial season, when the
people gather TO do honor to the heroic
dead who sleep their last sleep under
the green sod, and at a time when ma
lure God has clothed the earth with
bloom and blossom. il seems as II
Joaquin Miller has struck (particularly
at this time in his Song of the Centen-
Mail chord which is touching and an
plicable. this being an extract:
(By Joaquin Miller. from The Song Of
the Centennial
The grass is green on Bunker Hill.
The waters sweet in Brandywine.
Ihe sword sleeps i'm the .scabbard still.
The farmer keeps his flock and vine:
Then who would mar the scene TODAY
With vaunt of battlefield or fray?
The brave corn lifts in regiments
Ten thousand sabers in the sun:
The ricks replace the battle tents.
The hammered tassels toss and run.
The neighing steed, the bugle's blast.
These be but stories of the past.
The earth has healed her wounded
breast.
The cannons plow the field no more:
The heroes resti Oh, let them rest
In peace along the peaceful shorei
Ihey fought FOR peace, for peace they
ltls
They sleep in peace, and all is well.
The fields forget the battles fought.
The trenches wave in golden grain:
shall we neglect the lessons taught.
AND tear the wounds agape again?
oNees Mother Nature, nurse the land
And heal her wounds with gentle hand.
Lol peace on earthi Loi flock and foldi
Lo! rich abundance fat increase
And valleys clad in sheen of gold!
Oh, rise and sing a song of peacel
FOR Iheseus roams the land no more,
And Janus rests with rusted door.
Scrihbfar