Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-06-17
FRESCATI. STILL FOR SALE.

DElNG anxious TO equalize the property Of
ID my children, and to diSencumber myself
from the weight Of care and trouble consequent
on such an estate, | again offer this desirable
Farm for sale. II combines, perhaps, more adj
vantages than any ever offered for sal 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, TO 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 out OF locust and chestnut. Clover and
plaster have been used on this Estate for 20 yeats
with decided advantage and all Of the fields, with
the exception OF what has been ploushed Tor corn
and tobacco are now in clover II is we'll adapt
ed TO the growth of corn wheat and tobacco
have memorandum which shows, that from
this estate, and a small farm cultivated in con-
junction with it. there was sold, in the year 1923,
81, $40 worth of tobacco IL lies amidst the South
west Mountains, whose soil has acquired deserv-
ed celebrity; is beautifully unduatng without
being steep, and is within five and a half miles
OF the Railroad Depot near GordonsVille, Orange,
eight miles from Orange courthouse. and about
FIVE miles from Barboarsville One may break
last at Fresca,i at The usual hour and, taking pas
sage By the cars, reach the city OF Richmond be-
tween and 2 O'clock, P. NJ.
II is very we'll watered, there being al least
thirty pure springs on ii. There are Two never
failing streams OF water, running nearly parallel,
through the whole width Of the Farm, between
which is situated the Dwelling House, on an
eminence. On one OF these streams IS a meadow,
along is whole length-on the other Is 4 most
valuable Girls, Mill, with wheel OF seventeen
feet diameter. The Dwelling House is OF brick,
/ nj oil In haS \
twelve feet in width, with an arch in the centre,
and handsome cornicc. There are two rooms
on each side of the passage twenty-one icel
square The partition walls, which are OF brick
run from the basement 10 The top and divide Inc
house into twelve rooms. Tn, plaslering is done
with Plaster OF Paris. Tie ceiling and cornice
Of The drawing room arc highly ornamenied, ami
/ the roof is OF lin. Ii was erected by the Foreign
/ workmen who assisted in erecting the buildings
al the University OF Virginia All OF The build
I ings have been erected within The last twenty
two years look we'll, and the interior OF the dwell
ling house has been rc.painied, within lew
/ years BY 4 skillul painter. IL has pedment por,
tico in front. with large and lofty columns, and
a piazza in The rear, the whole length tIhe house
with six succeed columns. In the yard IS vel
Of eishful water, with patent pump insefietl
The other buildings area large brick kitch
en- with two rooms below, and Two aooVe-s
meat house-a store house-an ice house, cube
Of twenty teet-a carriage house, large enough it
contain three carriages-houses for servants, anc
barns, stables, tobacco houses, overseers house
&C., in good order. A brick wall encloses near
" two acres of the beS, soil, in which grow the
finest fruits such as the several kinds OF Piums
the Fig, the Grape, OF which there are severa
hundred vines OF the best kinds; also, three kinds
OF the best Strawberries, and seven beds OF Aspa
rasus. The Orchard contains several kinds O
the best Apples. Peaches, and Pears. The Cher
~ grows spontaneously Oh The mountain.
The terms will be made very accommodating
5 or $4,000 will be required as first payment
the remainder in l, = and 3years, without inter
est; the payment OF which is 10 be secured h'
bond with approved personal security, and a deet
of trust on the property; and al hough the deferred
payments will be payable in |, : and 3years, the
purchaser BY paying the interest punclnaliy once
a year, may, if he wishes it, receive liberal IN
diligence on the largest part OF The purchase mo-
ney, as that will he retained by me for my owr
use during life Possession will be given al any
time, provided satisfactory allowance he made
Tor the growing crop. An undisputed title can bt
conveyed NV Post Office is Gorionsyille
Orange county, Virginia
! April % cts FRANCES T. BARBOUR.