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THE FARMVILLE HERALD.
HONOR FOR THE PAST, HELP FOR THE PRESENT, HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.
VOL. IV FARMVILLE. VA.. FRIDAY, JUNK 23, L899. NO. LO.
CITY DIRECTORY.
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I Edward Dikectory.
W.
C FRANKLIN.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
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ATTORNJ N A'l LAW,
I Bay, Prince Edward County, Va.
( ? H. BLISS,
KERAL AUCTION]
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J R. SPENCER, M. D.,
VhuHtrian mill Surgeon*
Wi
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s
robaci
s
^1 M. MARTIN,
ATI \l' LAW.
Richmond, fa., Farmville, Va.
White a. co.,
?> mn
DRUGS, Di;
Medicines and
Druggists' Sundries, (
Good Judgment
my
JEWELRY,
WATCHES,
SILVER WARE
E. WILTSE,
VA.
PLANTERS' BANK,
FARMVILLE, VA.
-
kpltal paid up, $50,000. Surplus $30,1
mi.
ii . u
H. \
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I Atlanta. Oj >
Wt
(.,,/.
If ty
tari
IT IS RIDRROrS
in t<> make mou?
lt i- simple t<>
sud Him pie i . it. it
lill fol
ed he u
dollar
he bought them,
use.
We Most Live
'tn profits, hm we
don't prey ou the public. Our .
ACTUALLY LOWER
aiiin tin i up belo*
Hifi GOODS
?ONT HAVETO HE HOLD UELOW
COS! i<> I i Kl' Ititi ni- 1 il KM.
Our Goods are Good.
? in :tn.| v.m to
We '1 >n't Oe mir buy?
-
We don't
m.v mic tu buy. If one Will
- ira to
buy them.
temember the Place,
Mr. VERSER'SOLDSTAND,
ii ! w.iir- Hardware
eaders of Fashion and Low
Prices.
Our Mtock consist* of
i I'. >y? Ready-Made
Clot:
SHOES
... Woman and Child. Ladies
uk-.
- iiml
- !' > i- ?:- and Mu
1 spa and
Not
WE MAKE SPECIALTIES
Lad - Made (J.I-, such
?I-, skirt-, Waists,
lerskirts and
ci descriptions.
M, S. FELDMAN,
kai; d vi kkk, VA.
II K Wall's IKtrd
pring is Here
is our stock <?1
pring and
Summer
Goods.
Mi;iih pretty selection of
Y (.?>( ins. NOTIONS
?anil?
ientlemeti's Furnishings.
FLEMING k CLARK,
V
i ?
No
il!
II.
Sid
in:
no
oat
-..
haj
Mil
Oil
?If
1,1 .
tu.
dall
V. 11 (
hi :i
que
We
a hi
be
<i dj.
Mil
it U
Witl
ju Ct
timi
Kow
chat
littl
FARMVILLE, VA.
ii ;iI
)i;uJ
ut ic,
cum
we 1
turn
mon
Ixuli
Mi *
lion
?
Tl,cr
(?ur
looki
i Have Completed
and now occupy
it
\ A..
ml lull lin ni nu i ? .
Siis/i. Ill uni* nml I hims. We I
,*// nml Carriage Material, a,,(1 J
Studebaker ll minns.
thc |
< Ult ll lill llll/i/i nu nts. FtOWM,
? ii'/*. .1 i .
.Trew
Lime
Duval!, Robertson & Co,
How
rush.
bear!
1 yoi ll PRIN1 iMi
,i i ii I HERALD
JOB Ol in l. I ARM VILLE j '??
rind \
aecor
juill i
med li
paolo
doubl
witta
the f
"|.icti
tiatici
THE SEED.
"Only a I lt tl** ?Md," wa say?
A '
Floating along Its airy way
On .liken I
And yet that little tufted ball
ill to see
III los safely fr.m the sight of all
A mystery?
A mystery of life and I
-
An univ.i n beauty and perfumo
To be revealed.
Within that germ no small and brown
Waa Ilk* iain, drip, down
fer each glad day.
A hundred tn auties yet unborn
Are In Its sheath
irm the skies of morn
With perfumed breath.
Within a se.d that airily
? and fro
Ferhaps may be a giant tree
iiiryo.
onward by tba reeUeaa wind
shall And
in
Some day, ah. what a nj
s-ht?
A tall ami graceful forest tree
ld in Its might.
Can lt be that SO small a thing
; Its wing
'lill ?.r field.
The humblest things In nature's land
< ifttlmes contain
'.ina*
Hut all tn vain.
The florets of one meadow flower
The power may hold
To sow a Held In Idle I
With summer- .
A sweet Wild ? ? ? earn
As great, perhaps, aa brightly gleam
Upon those worlds we look with awe.
As g' -. as stellar law
I
In nature, things both high and low,
Must In a m, ,k obeisance bow
Unto the seed?
Irous mystery'the cause
To human mind,
Producing by unchanging laws
Its own In kind.
riant roses and to stems will dina'
riant lilies and to lift will spring
A gleam like snow.
Nature'- -.t agency
Is latent life that waits to be
Aroused from tl<
That waits the kindly touch of sun
And drip of rain,
And lo! the miracle begun
,ks not In vain.
In nature, things both high and low?
The oak
Must In a meek obeisance bow
Unto the -
-Alice Jean Cleator, In Ohio Farmer.
An Incognito. I
<*~~*r*
VE w ho live in the mph Bon awoke
One illuming,' tO lind that the hills
taken out of the windowed
W. The house, whOSC fu?
rs tenancj bad forsome time been the
bjeel of our hopes and fears, was let
last, and our fate, in the mutter of
?ors, decided for good or ill.
['he Kow was an old-fashioned eor
-, lying at the hack of s largs sea
e town, out of th.- reach of tlc
lui of noise and trippers. v>
little ci for our
and would have blushed to
it any tillie diseoi ? i ? d among
crowd parading the sea front. Per?
ta, indeed, it was the desire to Ignore
aapecl Of the town u a pleasure re
t that formed the basia of bj mpathy
which our little society waa founded.
ictv it was old Mis. Deland
Vu. .', who was called on by at least
) county families, mid who took
y airings in a carriage with yellow
??ls, whom we looked np to as our
d, and to a hom were ri ferred all
0 Of I .. and social ethics,
certainly were, take OJ all in all,
gb ly respectable corner, and might
forgiven in the absence of worthy
ni mistaking our
es for the salt of t he earth. Nor IS
, be wondered at that we were filled
i alarm whenever there waaa proa
of s house changing bani
igh hitherto the character of the
had not suffered from any such
old corni r mad.! ,
i- appi ul to the average house hunt
ceptibility to the charm un
ring th" Igh to make
rpear u desirable place of residence,
in most instances proved symptom
and In tbs general run of new?
era we had found new friend
mew that the luck must one day
, and the present occasion filled
? th.in one of us with vague fore
i. 10 had hecn "To let, furnished,"
e could not hope for an introduc
to the i through the cus
n vanguard of household |
c waa nothing for it but to p
souls in patience, and to keep a
nit for their arrival in tlc
iking tea at Mr-, liliane's,
ling somewhat dolefully the
abilities of the nen ti nancy, when
oiind Of a vehicle driving into the
sent us all to the window with a
I fly,
Dg ;i small quantity of luggage,
np heforc the door of No.
| man in a tourist suit jumped out,
.wed up the steps by a pirl
ed ra'! tl ly to l>c in
tl
!'.'
P
t.
il
in
ty
ll,
h.
Hi
CO
WI
lil,
tl,
aa
la'
tin
fm
Cl
at
sh
mi
tin
ph
dif
en.
mo
for
bai
ma
as
cbs
can
'Jiu
itel
fad
nun
the
chit
The
han
cent
and
ope
in t
hmi
the
dun
grei
itv,
not
a pu
bees
who
even
fend
tin?
to h.
I v
to ct
as a
Inp.
and
keep
tbs I
Om
that
at Kl
main
dance With High Kow notions of That
nice. Thc mun pave a
it the hell, and no H
itely forthcoming, bs and his emu
?ta lifted ti f ,I|f*
. knocker and roused the echoes
mus rat-tat. The effort on
lumsy
of hair gathered beneath the
d a prent plait, inar
ick with hairpins, uncoiled
to the length of ht r waist. We
see the little atamp of exaspera?
ting.
I jinn
thc ir
hat f
cia tte
stone:
motei
ment"
?un,
The r
Hon that aaeoTnpanii Irillful
attempt t,t readjuatment, and 'he
amnaed smile of the mao watt
Then the door waa opened, and both
disappeared Into
in her Ups and shaking lu r bea
id in the combined action what
would lid of tbs Row.
The result of farther obsei
served univ to deepen Ors! b
The manlier and extent ol
divergence from Higl
llie favori:
jed for disenialon at all tin ?
Each .un: nf us "? ri bute
' i-\ idence. 11
iii)*, when thc littlt; maid of all work
had gone out "f the boase In gai
tire of a da* '? bolidaj. om ..f us
high-flown name they gai.it as their
own ) ? elf up in the servant's
cap and apron snddababoul the i
with a broom and .luster. f..r ail tbe
world like a Ber bus
band had stum! bj. laughii :/
lonsly, and the whole had
with an affectionate aklrmiah, in which
Um It....ni bad played an importanl
part. The pair made daily . i
ii her ann
a preposterous market basket, it
insult to the dignity of tbe Bow.
On hu* summer nights, wbeu ???
and stewed respectivelj in mir front
parlors, these people would bring deck
?hairs <m to their doorstep and h
there till bedtime in shameli
lille of teagOWn and sun.ki. |
Hitherto the respectab ?
ligb Kow ha.) been appreciati d by
'makers and at reel minstrels, ami ihey
? l.lmii tmulili d ns with their I ls*
Bul now tin- charm waa broken.
instinct seemed to Ulu'e them
laity In our direction, an Instinct justi
led by the bebai ior of the i
? shrimps and water i i ?
ml threw halfpence to tbe man with
be cornet. Indeed, tbe dark suspicion
upon tli.-m of having inflicted
he squeaking vulgarity of a Punch and
how upon the peace of IIii_-11 Kow
v deliberate imitation. They bad
linly sat at their window throughout
he performance, exhibiting marked
gua of appreciation.
Calling on them had fruin tin
een out of the question. Now w Inn wi?
nne across them in the row, or al
ur countenances were wont to put on
ie most unapproachable look, wi
hoped they would gather ti -
?nt of their offense, and lu- Induced,
?rhaps, to mend their w
Vet I am glad to say, for the eharar
r of the row, that we were all I
loeked at Mrs. H.lane, who, winn lit
-. de Villiers stopped one inorn
g in front of her veranda to sa j. pret
words to the parrot sunning itaelf
larti d out red ami wrathful and
>re Hie cage back with her through
- or w indow, as though sh.- feared
ntaminatioii for the hird. Hut while
? watching grew red and white in Hu?
rl's behalf, she resumed
[* walk with a little smiling twist (,f r..
e mouth t! ? more of
t than of annoj
\Vc lia^l become aware, and the fact
* perhaps at the root of our hostility,
it we, the original Inhabitants,
Important an element in the
f the pair aa the pump
the collier of the rusty chimp of
ml*- that did duty for garden in the
dd]" of the Row. And so they (-..li?
ned to stand on their head-.
orleally speaking, exasperatingly in
ferent to tl,. of an audi
?e trying to frown them down into a
re conventional attitude.
,'?-t it w;us strange that they should
ni content to 'ne let severely alone,
uk far as .aller, went they might
e lived on a deseii island; tl
d rare! * brought them a letter. And
Bummer merged into autumn, a
Aga like that affecting till?
ie aver the offending household.
? girl's smart toilettes, of a I
a waa cut renewed, began t<
ed and shabby. She drew the light
ik, designed for summer weather,
? ly about her shouldi i
wind blew cold through tbe ls<
1 iiid miserably,
little face under the big hat, w bose
dsome feather had long been Inno
: of curl, grew white and pinched,
the i_m> ii.ni a frightened, wide?
ll look. Th.- aami look ???
he face of the man, BS he stood for
ther drumming aimlessly on
w indow |..inc. Men w ho looked like
h were Been to frequent the door*
. Tbe girl's appearance in thi
i- au occurrence of Increasing rer*
altogethl r, mid had it
been for a glimpse ii"W and ihi D of
flitting past an upper win
i we might I
i spirited away. It was I
went to market now, mostly of an
intf. and armed always with the of
i melancholy relic of
lime w hen life had seemed a .
i played with appropriate ti
lould have given somethingtodnre
? row and open my a.
i' poor, forlorn things. Bul
ne kept lynx-eyed watch. The row
row had shown no sign of relent*
Who was I. to fl* in Hu- fare of the
ral verdict? So I just did no''
was miserable, trying in vain to
my eyes and my thoughts from
the way.
t day ii
e. my maid, had just informed me
she had seen thc doctor call twice
). 10 on the previous day, and re
a lonp time on each occasion,
girl was seriously III?dying, per
I could keep away no longer, and
ped ap quickly from my seat with
of running at once f |
ind doak. At that moment the
-.vcr the cobble*
9 directed my attention to the
What 1 saw there kepi
i to t! if yellow
with large, heraldic emblazon*
i. driven hy a white*wigged coHrh
had drawn up in front of So. 10.
lowdered man holding on behind j
?I
II
bu
of
th.
tui
tot
lt,
w ||
I ).
am
fae
jus
tl:.?
b it
lovi
i in
V
in :
opp
him
wbl
larc
(led
pat!
Al
the.
In tl
In tl
He I
Of tl
for .
Tl
whii
th.- I
'
II.
"Hov
your
"ff
"\\
you l
Th.
sair] r
di na
pi vu
cha rf:
ai
d
bbl ir
hy.-:
I down at h th- .
?
lor v
p| car
?.?way. W bat could it
beard of thi lcd to
rt of Linly Bountiful? Then
- ettie
could be obtained a capital view of the
i fri
I .nd arrived
at tl.- dow at the moment
when
the threshold ol
d the Invalid lay. From where I
little white figure
i her cmich, c>es wide, pale
beheld a
. then fall hack un thc instant
i pillows, hiding h -r face in
'her moment, and tue
?idinp
tiver her, .ind what followed came to
m. in which the men stand i
'* the heil v.
I I turned away, startled
suddenly inti, propriety by the con
:? 'low ii my
?
? ;it yellow cur
lip for the Inst time
?- daily sp
Interval bad pone far
e Kow for w hat it had
t tl f thc new
?1 iii in her
i tc, and returned sup
lindle of shawls, nut of
I a familiar, pathetic little
ind followed behind,
nd tl. 'ie like snn
! the
oacfa iiii'l cl,itt, red out of llii.-li Row.
nf the pair gave us so much ss
look, hut the little liiiiid-ul
ll-work, bu perin ti
?iih portmanteaus belonging to
the
ind we of
"idedly out of conceit
it li i- 'her.
: h:id been a variation on the theme of
Ifled d diS
t he part of the
i fe. w hen a little nun ,
?ht hine placed db iii per?
il with th.- British arii
icy. For, although we were oeverable
???. hole of the story, the fact
iicctioii of the couple
it li ti
:i doubt, Hut by tacit consent
y niiidc of them in
i ly talk. They had been
elling our illuaioi
of our ill?
umined it painful ?
'lie pirl again, hut only for
moment l I ly with a
end iii London, and we had wa
ii to thc park t i watch
returning from the drawing
in one of them.
? ? t, in nodding fi
I ry inch
her! How could we lune misread
1 -.a look of
?opnition crept into hers, then Bbc
?ned away with a flush and a little
I J had understood
nd our attitude of hostility,
1 had resented it inn! been pained hy
while appearing to Ignore it! I
could hilve known how near
nen to holding out my hand, |
1 my eyes filled with tears, which
of 'heir bitterness to the
t that it whs a noble lady who had
t gives For ai
nt I could think of nothing
thc lost opportunity of human
?OLLOWING A PRECEDENT.
- Cl*vet W w? In \\ hieh ii Tn* en
K?es>ef <?<'? Bil en nllhsn Of
fel.?l\e .Indue.
,'e can hardly blame, perh.
i which a nonsuited litigant
;i court once gained fi ?
ortunit] ? ave him. A
? mi cir< cit, had before
mall country town a i
eh a tavern keeper was held for the
:nent on a land I lion of a
mt of money whieh i
definitely to pay. The court
iired that, although his agreement
not on record, it was involved hy
itruction, or implied, in his particl
on in . eas proceeding
ed with it.
: t had been rendered
?oiirt adjourned for dinner, and the
1 that thc only eating house
kepi bj thc defendant
I di cided.
:id that the defendant per*
I the preparation
d thc food p
m the "European plan."
lied for two boiled epps,
h. with the other food he oi
'it to him done to a turn,
offhe meal
lill wa I to him. Hi
1 on lt the following
<: "Tv
I the proprietor and said:
id do chickens;
-
tractive chickens,
- | thi
hat?"
v are Implied in thc ?
." the man per
I.
1 judce began to understand, and
! ,.???? be liand
a five-dollar hill to pay for the
T he found that the innkeeper had
him his full change, without
?inp for the "constructive"chick
Bis Sh h..,,!.
:n get
??? ay ?
t ?Kv imposing a tax on credul
S. Y. World.
WILY INTERPRETER.
Raw Ile Managed tn Help HU ( nhl*
( oiiipiitrliil* lu IIS] aa Dirt)- aa
Thai l.iU,-u.
Tea been on sanitary detail in Ha
I an urmy otb.'er w ho
through the city the other day
?a Orleans TfuiesrDemocrat a sn,
"and had ai "ant a verj ener
i ung volunteer from
Virginia, is to give
rders aa to BC
drain cleaning and so on, and, not
speaking Spanish, he was provided
With a Cuban interpreter. I knew
the man's worth, ko I was greatly sur
ON THE TOE OF THE BR'XI.vN
[irised to note that he got very poor
results. Somehow or otner he sr -med
unable to enforce his order, and hi
trict was the dirtiest in town. .'-.
[ smelled a rat and privately insir
? Spanish-speaking American soldier
0 loiter along behind the Inspector
ind see what really happened on the
rounds.
"At the first house visited the stench
OUgb to kill a polecat, and the
Irain evidently hadn't been cleaned
ince the year 1. The Virginian was
urious, and sent for the owner. 'Tell
his Infernal ginger-colored beast,1 he
oared to the interpreter, 'that i
lisgrace to bj>-nas.' I've told him
bree times to clean out tho^e pipes,
nd if he don't do it to-day I'm going
> rain him into the calaboose and lose
he key!1 ,v. r, captain,'
?plied the interpreetr, bowing grave
;. 'Juan,' he continued, addressing the
stive in Spanish, 'thia young man, aa
communicate to you before, is a little
inched in the head. Ne is crazy, like
II American pigs, on the sanitation,
nd lie pretends to offense find in \ our
tension so beautiful. Well, \>
timor him. So bow merely, i
ui will do as he demands, and to me
ave the balance.'
"The housekeeper listened to the in
- and burst imme
ately into voluble protests flint he
ould obey the law. 'T tell 'em what
? nor,'retorted the interpreter,
ire Mm pretty mooch. I guess
1 be all ri' now.' At this state of the
me my emissary chipped in with a
w remarks in Spanish, and the Cuban
rued pale green. Ile also turned sev
nl somersaults on the toe of the in
brogan as soon ns the latter
aaped the facts. \ft.-r thatdistrld
was a sanitary model for the city."
TIED BY HIS HAIR.
me>- Flahertnen Have a I.llllf In?
nocent Kan Milli the I'ii.Iiti-h ?ltl
nf Their Party.
i the smoking-car of a
in that was returning from ona of
South ta a few
ri ago were highly entertained by a
> of disciples of Izaak Walton, who
re feeling only as those men who
s had a good day's piscatorial sport
I arc bringing home a I
feel, says the Philadelphia B
e of the three was tired out, and, in
.!, HA' K WITH A HOWL.
? of the taunts of his companions,
eUberately leaned back in his seat
went to sleep. Then the tWO pru
? der and dt ermin ed
i u pinn for fun. Tba sleeper waa
?roiisly eu.I..wei by nature with a
> of hair, one tuft of which,
hs back of his head, was partlcu
prominent. Sis compani n
i piece of fishing line and silently
firmly tied ons end of lt to the
linen! tuft and the other end to
it back "f ?
I peacefully until the
m.len. Then bli
,o had their tackle n:
ind, shook him and yelled: "lam
Hurry up. or we'll miss the boat."
. at, but fell back
? bing between a howl and a
? when the cord had gone its limit.
If at the end of a rope would
? I iiiition as com
1 with the fangled fisherman.
? Dmpaniona hurriedly made
f the laugh
iniookera cut him loose with a
. It has taken the Jokers two days
mince their victim 'hat they only
lim up for a little Innocent fun.
Whats
YOUR
r \\ lu.lever it ls, then ?> I pair of
J. B. LEWIS CO'S
"Wear-Resisters"
? v rancell st le sue and
:
:
?
?eery shoe-men's, WOUM
children's Made by
j. h. i.Kwis* ??>., itotiun, Kaaa,
JUmis"Wcar BaaSSMi
A. E. ORALLE.
r
V
toithdeal Practical Business College,
Richmond, Ya.
The Oldest Business College
.tarting with tba 0M
Of. Kirai io
n 11 11- building in ?? . th.*
>utii.
?
?
lu students ? men
; h. iii-iitu
.iii.
8 nf
re 1 ii- students. < inly two ol 1 -
i Ailed. Neither of the two ha.1 11
writing lessons. No
luis. Call or write for particulars,
G. M. SMITHDEAL.
I're-lllillt.
* nih of the
itoniuc river."?FhilaiMp - ipker.
Itbdeal OM*
muk and the "I" I ;
-.-I iii,- instructors take In ll
dimond IHspateh.
?Prof Siniiii : Hy eic hiv of all
iicatlonal -ham- and ?u| nods
teaching."?/' Moline, lil.
<EEP
COOL
?frige ra tors,
[ce ('lenin Freezers,
Fly Pans.
ae Flame
< lil Stoves?
No Smoke.
At
]RUTE & BUGGS,
r AKMVII.I.K, VA.
hey Have
Dundthe
aby,
Marian ('lark and the
place to find
CLOTHING
suitable fry
lot Weather,
-urli aa
ol Serges,
Alpacas or
Sicilian
ats and Vests,
is
I. B. WALL'S.