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Letter Tell* of County** ’■=
First Coal-Oil Lamp
In a letter to her cousin in Rappahannock county, Mrs. Sara Taylor Yates of Moseley, Virginia, •ends the following information:
** Thank you so much for the > Rappahannock News. I found it very interesting.
(Mrs. Yates was mailed a copy of Jthe Apple Issue, January 18.)
“I enjoyed the article that Uncle Aubrey had in the paper about Grandfather and Sunny Side. , “I was a small girl but 9, and was with Grandfather when he eet up his first sprayer. Grandfather sent my mother one soon after he got his.
“Grandfather was the first per- _ son to bring a kerosene oil lamp into Rappahannock county. He sent the oil home by the hoy who went in to get the mail and the groceries, and sent word that he would bring the lamps when he came.
“Grandmother. • not knowing what it was, had it put down by the cabin. She .could not'-stand the odor and she never could as long as she lived, and Mother bore the same prejudice.”
County News Notes
Joe Henry Aylor, who spent the week end with Mrs. Aylor and family at the Lee Highway hotel, returned to his position in Arlington on Monday. ' G. M. Scroggins, who has been * patient in Front Royal hospital for the past week, has returned to his home. His condition is favorable. -v . .
Rev. R. H. Scroggins, who has been listed among the sick, is now reported improved.
Mrs. James W. Fletcher and Mr. and Mrs. Philip, Lee Thornton were in Washington, D.C., Wednesday to meet James W. Fletcher ' on his return from New Orleans.
Justwed—“My wife likes coffee for breakfast, while I like tea.”
Longwed—“You’ll soon get used to coffee.”
BAKING SODA CLEANS TEAPOT
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