Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1823-08-30

ABOUT ia.i nile Gistan,
turnpiic road leading from WI TIC
TO Baltimore; three miles from ing
erick Town. forty from GeorgctoM
and FORTY two from Baltimore.
The merchant mill is &c feet Nv 81.
Tour stories nigh. the basement story
oil stone and three upper stories OF
brick. 1t has SIX floors. three watc;.
Wheels. about 10 feet in height and &
| icct III diameter. with > regular head
%! feet water over TIE wheels. The
PIT gears are all OF cast iron with the
exception Of the counter wheels ALI
the other gears, throughout. are of
cast iron. 1t contains all tic patent
machinery and improvements Of Oil
yer Evans, with four pair Of five feet
stones, t"rcc Of which arc the best
Kind OF French burrs-the other pair
arc Cologne burrs Cor country work.
On the three pair of French burrs 6J
barrels Hour may be manufactured
per day, at an average through the
year and the country work is Consid-
cradle. The reputation of the flour
stands high III Baltimore, and within
five days after wheat is delivered nj
the mill, it can be manufactured. sent
10 market and the cash rcturncd-Iu
fnc. 1T is considered as the best. and
possesses greater advantages than any
other water mill in the state of Mary
land.
The plaster mill is built of stone, g.
can grind ono ton plaster per hour
The Saw Mill is III complete order, e
surrounded by fine timber country.
which gives it constant employ near
~ the whole year.
The LinSanorc is stream not-sur-
passed by any other in the state, and
has never been known to fail even in
The drIest seasons. as was fully tested
the last year, admitted by the Oldest
inhabitants to be one of more extreme
drought than ever was known before;
yet at thai time. when nearly ali the
mills Ill the country ceased their opc.
rations for the want Of water, the Lin
Sanore mills were we'll supplied. The
mill dam, which is about a quarter of
mile from the mill, is constructed in
such manner as to induce the belief
that it will withstand the effects of the
greatest .reshct.
lhc MonoCaCy enters the Potomac
river IS miles from the Linganoro
mills, and IS nayisable part Of the wear
TO Washington. 1t is believed to be
both practicable and probable, that
the contemplated canal from Potomac
to Baltimore will pass through Fred
elrck. III which case, y Cheap &, short
passage will I've opened Tor boats from
the mills to either Baltimore or Wash
Ington. The country around it is,
perhaps, one OF the finest in the At
lantic states for the production of
wheat. rye and corn and when it is
considered that there is an abundant
and never failing supply OF water,
no spot III. this state, certainly none
in the county, affords so good site
Tor the erection of a manufacturing
establishment, or water works of any
kind.
There is attached 10 these mills, &C.
Will be sold with them, about % Acres
OF Land. the greater part cleared. 4
large proportion is fine meadow, all
under good fence. The other i'm
provcmcntS are, two comfortable
dwellings,, one Of stone, rough CASTE
the other of brick; two log dwellings,,
new frame barn IS feet by 25. witl'
a Shed 2 feet wide ; ice house, barrel
house, and other out houses.
A!sO at the same time ard mace,
TRACT OF LAND, part of "Bca4
tvs Delight" "The rc-survcv or
beatty's Range" and s. Hills and
Dalcs,"
Containing l1S IL Acres,
more or less. being the land sold BY
VIM. Cookery and William NJ. Bealj.
,Ir. to James Robertson, deceased, and
situated on Linganorr creek about ?
miles above the mills; about so acres
are cleared, the residue in timber.
Also, at the same time and p!ace,
All the right. title and interest of Jas.
Robertson, deceased. to a Tract Of
Land called "ColIodcn Wall" and
middle Plantation" containing in
the whole
About $50 Acres,
being one halrorsaid land, as Jointly