Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-06-27
FRESCATI. STILL FOR SALE.


DEiNG anxious 10 eqnalze the property OF
ID INV children, AMI 10 disencnn6er myself
from the weight Of care and trouble consequent
on such an estate again otter this desirable
Farm for sale. II combines, perhaps, more ad-
vantages than anv ever offered for sale, being fer
tile in soil salubrious in climate, (no epidemic
having occurred within the recollection Of the
undersigned for 40 years,) and The society in its
vicinity being equal, perhaps, 10 any in Virginia.
There are in this Estate about 300 acres OF
Land Of which one-third is covered with timber
OF the best kinds, viz locust, chestnut, hickory,
oak and pine. Nearly all the fencing on the
farm is on OF locust and chestnut. Clover and
plaster have been used on this Estate for 20 years
with decided advantage, and all OF The fields, with
the exception OF what has been ploushcd Tor corn
and lo5acco are now in clover. II is we'll adapt
ed 10 the growth Of corn, wheat and tobacco
have a memorandum which shows that from
this estate. and small farm cultivated in con-
junction with it, there was sold, in the year ISIS,
81 $40 worth of tobacco. lies amidst The South
west Mountains whose soil has acquired deserv-
Ell celebrity; is beautifully undulating, without
being steep, and is within five and hall miles
81 the Railroad Depot near Gordonsrille, Orange,
eight miles IRON Orange courthouse, and about
FIVE miles from Barboursville. One may break
last al Frescati al The usual hour, and, taking pas
sage by the cars reach the city oil Richmond be-
tween | and . o'clock, p. NJ.
Ii is very well wa,ered there being AT least
thirty pure springs on il. There are Two never
failing streams otwa,er, running nearly parallel,
through the whole width of the Farm, between
which is situated the Dwelling House, on an
eininence. On one oil these streams isa meadow,
along its whole lensih-on the other is most
valuable Grist MILL with wheel Of seventeen
fee, diameter The Dwelling House is Of brick,
large, commodous and elegant 1t has passage
twelve feet in width, with an arch in the centre,
and handsome cornice. There are two rooms
on each side OF the passage, twenty-one leet
square. The partition walls, which are OF brick
run from the basement 10 The top, and divide the
house into twelve rooms. The plasering is done
with Plaster OF Paris. The ceiling and cornice
Of the drawing room are highly ornameEtcd, and
the root is Of lin. Ii was erected by the Foreign
workmen. who assisted in erecting the buildings
at The University of Virginia. All Of the build
inss have been erected within the last twenty
two years, look WE'LL and The interior Of the dwell
ling honse has been reprinted, within few
years BY skillul painter. II has pedineni por-
:ico in iront. with large and lofty columns, and
piazza in The rear the whole length Of the house,
with six succeed columns. In the yard is well
OF delightful water, with patent pump inserted.
The other buildings area large brick kilch-
en-, with Two rooms below, and two above-a
mea, house-a store house-an ice house, cube
OF twenty feet-a carriage house. large enough 10
contain three carriages-houses for servants, and
barns, stables, tobacco houses, overSeeI's house,
&c, C good order. "A brick wall encloses near
IL Two acres OF the bes, soil, in which grow the
finest fruits, such as The several kinds OF Plnms,
the Fig, the Grape, Of which there are several
hundred vines Of The best kinds; also, three kinds
OF the best Strawberries, and seven beds OF Aspa-
ragus. The Orchard contains several kinds OF
the best Apples. Peaches, and Pears. The Cher
~ grows spontaneously on The mountain.
The terms will be made very accommodating /;
s or Sc, 900 will be required as a first payment /;
the remainder in ], > and 3years, wilhou, inter
est the payment OF which is 10 be secured by
bond with approved personal security, and deed
Of trust on The property; and al hongh the deferred
payments will be payable in !, 9 and 3years, The
purchaser by paying the interes, punctualy once
q year, may, if he wishes il, receive liberal in
diligence on the largest part of the purchase mo-
ney. as that vii! he retained nv me for my OWE
use during life. Possession will he given at any
time, provided satisfactory allowance be made
tor The growing crop. An undisputed tile can be
conveyed. My Post Office is Gordousville,
Orange county, Virginia
April 25 cts FRANCES T. BARBOUR.
IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Rules held
i in The Clerks Office OF the Circuit Superior
! Court OF Law and Chancery for Buckingham
county, on Monday, The 9TH day Of May, 1915:
Peter G. Davis, Plaintiff;
against
Sarah E. Davis his wife Defendant
The defendant, Sarah T. Davis, not having
entered her appearance and given security &C
cording 10 the ACT of Assembly and the rules Of
this Court, and il appearing by satisfactory evil
dence that she is not an inhahlant OF this coun-
try: II is ordered, that the said absent defendant,
do appear at the rules 10 be holden for The said
Cour, on the first Monday in August next, and
answerhe bill of the plaintiff; and that copy Of
this order be forthwith inserted in some newspa
per published in the City Of Richmond for two
months successfully, and posted at the front door
Of the Court House OF this country.
A Copy. Teste,