Evening star., 1918-11-03

{nelr !en0 et GOOD ngure ana navy
HSs the .5ss ensy ;s.x out saxa on 1sn
farm mortgage security. Some ar<
people whose children have grown I'd
ana moved away and. finding the old
farm too lonesome. have moves into
town. In this little village along tho
living which many person in th9
city might envy The Rambler Is not
trying to idealize life In q country
village. The people there have their
perplexities Just as other people have.
same village does not look the same
on Sunday as 1t does on Saturday.
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When Ashburn came into existence
by the side of the railroad track and
got Its name printed on a railroad
time table 1t was called Farmwell. 1t
was so called because that was the
name OF the farm out of which the
land that Ashburn settled on was
carved. 1t had been Lee farm. but
was then owned by Thomas Burch.
He was representative from Lou
doun county in the Virginia conven-
tion which passed the ordinance of
secession on April II. 1861, follow
Ing South Carolina, Mississippi, Flori-
da, Alabama. Georgia, Louisiana and
Texas and being followed by Arksn-
sas, North Carolina and Tennessee. Be-
Iore the action taken by Virginia in
convention Mr. Janney was q Union
man; Many men. in Virginia and IN
Loudoun county in particular were
posed secession on the ground Of
unconstitutionality, but quite a num-
per were against 1t on the ground
OF expediency. Mr.. Janney was a
member mem Of the delegation OF Virgin
with the idea Of efrectIng some COM
promise whereby secession might be
avoided. Another of his historic acts
was TO administer the oath to Robert
-. Lee as commander-in-c chief Of the
forces of Virginia.
Mr. Janney rests in Union ceme-
!ery. Iy. Loesburg, and many of the
Janney family still live In the courl-
~. One Of the prominent members
Is Charles p. Janney Of Leesburg.
:, Az Ashpurn faTm passed from the Jan
re and his wife lived on 1t. but he
went away. Complete title had NOT
passed to pr. Henry. The farm was
eold at public auction and was bought
~; ny Senator Stewart Of Nevada. Farm
Mail for Farmville away down in the
Appomattox country was confusing.
while Senator Stewart was the own
CT OF Ashpurn farm the name Of the
was changed from Farlnweil to Ash
Durn. and It Is Ashburn today.
senator Stewart sold Ashburn farm
70 Judge Yoeinan. or Yoemans Of
NNv. Mew YORK. ana his widow sold to the
Rambler has spelled the name prop
erly. Ashburn House is still stand
Ing, but has been added to. A sec
ton OF Ashburn on the north side
M up one on the fa'lrVad %ei farm tracks has grown
three brothers. Alfred. William and
Thomas. Alfred Is dead and his
daughter. Sallie. now Mrs. Reynolds.
lives In Ashburn. William has a son
living IN GEORGETOWN. and a daughter
married son of James Turner Darne.
Thomas has a son, young Tom. and
daughter living in Washington,
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The postmaster at Ashburn-and he
has been postmaster for twenty-five
years-is c. A. Arundel, O son Of To-
seph Arundel Of Loudoun. There are
TWO churches. the Presbyterian, the
pulpit Of which was vacant when the
Rambler was there. and the Baptist.
which Is supplied by the Rev. George
w. Popkins, who holds an offlce in
the capitol. The station agent is b.
Sanell, who as a youth worked for
the Associated Press. In The Star
building. He has been two Years at
Ashburn and before that served flie
railroad company three years at Ham
llton ana one year at Leesburg. The
merchants are j. i. Flaherty. who
Keeps the store built and long kent nv
M; M. Eadely. now living in Lakeland.
fia.: Il. ". Bodmer. who has 'mer.
chandized" at Chantilly, Aldie ana
Daysville and succeeded w. w. Orri-
son, who now lives In Washington,
and M. L. Lyons. There is the Norman
q Harding Agricultural Implement,
Grain and Fertilizer Company. found.
ed by H. c. Harding, deceased There
is public hall called Hanes' Hail.
named after tho late w. G.. Hanes.
who kept store in that building. There
is also the w. $. Jenkins Grain Conn
pany. Ashburn has a high school. OF
which Miss Blanch Ankers is princi.
pal, and her assistants are Miss John.
son OF Palmyra, Va, and Miss Ruth
Best of Round Hill.
The village blacksmith and wheel.
wright is Joe Mofiltt, and the village
livery stable Is kept by the Rambler,s
old friend. j. l.. Moran. The doctors
are George A. holland and ]. T. Jones.
There are many interesting people in
Ashburn and the neighborhOod, with
all OF whom the Rambler is on friend
" terms and he will tell about them,
but not on them, in the course of the
Goose Creek stories. One old friend
with whom he sat in tho sun on a
pile of railroad ties and talked for