Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-11-16
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Aaihesat County


Tnr ALEXANDRIA, AND LYNenmRs Road
II will be seen from their advertisement that the
friend. If this improvement in Amherst propose
meeting at New Glasgow the l9th inst,for the
purpose Of uniting ina movement 10 promote IFS
construction. Their invitation - general "s
their hospitality, we raro,Wil lie !iheral' and
we trust that the zeal aud discretion displayed
when they shall have come together, vii he com
mensurate with the interest they n1iS have Mt
stake. We know no county that may hope Tor
greater benefits. from availiug Itself ii the inn
provements which are renewing the life OF our
old commonwealth, than Amherst. An agneultn-
raj county and originally one al the most fertile oi
the Piedmont range. bad system Of cultivation
has impoverished the solalld thus paralyzed and
weakened the main support gifts iuhabtantsand
reduced The valuation Of its lands IN the market
to prices greatly below their reoi worth. But the
count has this remarkable advantage that,
owing 10 the texture tenaeity aud original
strength of its soil it, most exhausted fields are
capable of an eallier reclamation. and suseepti-
bic of higher and more enduring improvement
than, perhaps. any other uPiaHds in Virginia.
The advantages 10 Amherst of railroad viii he:
the reader access to market aud the stimulus 10
greater exertion thereby given 10 ia, farmer aud
panter-impso,e ed means Of obtaining fertilizers.
and the increased productiyeness thereby nnPort-
ed Ia tho sol-the attraction Of farmers from
other rrgiuns, bringing with them the implements
experience and Information. OF better system oi
farming, aud 4. pitai he exchanged for surplp=
aud non productive lands. w 90 not design
anv reelection apoh .he farmers 81 Amherst which
would moi be applicable IL any Of the neighbefiug
counties We have the pleasure of personal
acquaintance with very many Of them, and know
them to be intelligent gentlemen, and industrious,
prudent and frugal eitizens. Ncknow too, that
within Il few Near- past very eyidont signs oi
improvement have become visible But We know
also that for .antss reason tho fault whereoimuy
belong more 10 the pnstthon the present time
the lands at Amherst are morc uuderratcd-wil
bring less IN the market IN proportion 10 their
real aud intrinsic value, thnn any other ia upper
Virginia. Construct "A Railroad through the
county, and it will not AT all surprise az, if it,
arabic lands are, II ten years, enhanced one hun
dred PER ctHi III value. The reaction, already
commenced, viii h. quickcned and strengthen
ed, and will not sop hort of that goul. We
throw out these reflections, "A, inducements to the
citizen. Of the county to attend aud unite in the
meeting Of neu Saturday, aud Ia give their cor
dial and liberal support 10 every movement de
signed iopromete the eonstrucfonuf the Grunge
aid Alexandria .and. W. hope that lanehborr
may lie represented on ,be.oeeusi.# aud promise
in behalf Of onr friends, the munger, an Old
Virginia clcomc to all wto my e r,scnt.
a Snake 5tu,y with a Molal
The New Ao.k Lteuine Post Ere Seih ,sn,e
the following ~tor, as ilustratiy, Of tho condition
of ,he Dickinson port, # thai statc. That WIS
before the recent election. We thuh H. .tor,
admirable nj present ior the aptitude Of lis APP
plcaton 10 the " hA in which ccrtae Mr..
Guthrie must be writing since the election. II
was told by correspondent; iroui Texas. who
pledge his sacred homer for the truth Of II. The
story runs a. follows;
= One night my wife and myself were awaken
ed by noise from the shelf which contained
our store of creckerY, followed hy a crash, show
ing that great portion IF unr cups aud plntcs
had been thrown TO the floor. Springing up Ia
discover the author of this attack upon Ghinn.'
found large snake in a somewhat unpleasant
hx He had cmWlcd upon the shelf attracted
by number of egg which were scattered about.
One of these he had swallowed, and in order to
get at the next la had to put#hs head aud IA
portion of his body through the handle of Jug
which happened 10 stand between him aud the
coveted deheuces. The handle was large enough
TO let his body in it, natural STATE. ,lp cltyerh
through, but not sufficiently large 10 let il pu,s
through WHEN rliied out hy The egg. Ia thu pc
siton h. had swallowed tn second egg. liz
snakeshp thus found himself unable to advance
or retreat and IN Laundering about 10 escape
from this novel stock,had CAUSED the accident
which had aroused Us. 3"
Now Alr. Guthrie and some other foiks are
just in pretty much the same fix that this snake
found hmselfaiter sucking the second egg They
have broken some cr1ekery, but their uechs rc
fast IN the mti-Coalition iug-handle and will
stay there until Dickinson and Bronson get
forked stick for them. We trust they will lac
duly mercful.
MEETING on TuE SrQgRuoiuEEs.-Iast Fri-
day the Stockholders If the "A. Central p,;lr,,3