Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-03-27
LOCAL MIsCEILAEY:

LOOKING Up.-Whatever may be said or
written in regard to other portions of Vir>
GINA, Jefferson county is certainly rallying
from the rude shocks of war, and putting on
the indications d her wonted beauty and
thriftiness: In whatever direction the eye is
cast, new rail fences appear to greet the
vision, aud with few weeks of favorable
weather, we may expect to see the fields Of
! our loved old county clothed in a dress of
living green" Not even the odious test
oaths and registration laws of West Virginia
can prevent the grass and grain from grow
ing luxuriantly in the soil of Jefferson
In the immediate neighborhood Of Charles
town, where the devastation was greatest,
and where for miles the country was an open
commOns-roving grounds for the stock of
the town-the spirit of energy and improve
ment is at work, and hundreds of acres of
land which have been thrown out of cultiva-
ton for several years, will be brought under
the judiciOus tillage of the husbandman du-
ring the approaching summer.
Mr.. john BURNS, one Of the most enter
prlslng farmers of the county, is bending his
energies in putting the ''model farm" in
complete trim, and his fields already begin to
show with what success his lubors are likely
to be rewarded. Along the Leetown road.
the entire length of his farm, he is having
constructed a stone-wall which looks as though
it might stand the storms Of fifty generations
The work is being executed by two expe-
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kavanaugh and Jimmy O'Sullivan. The
cross fences on this farm arc nearly all of new
rails, niaulcd and hauled, and placed in posi-
ton during the past winter and present month.
Burns is emphatically reconstructionist
Oh the same side Of the town, we notice
that neat and substantial fences are going up
on the farms of Messrs. james NJ Ransom
james Wysong, and the laie james d. Glib
son. On all these lands, ploughs are busIy
engaged in breaking the long gathering sod,
and preparing the soil for u clop of corn du-
ring the ensuing season.
East OF the town, the Ian Is of Messrs. An
drew Hunter, George w. Briscoe aud S
Howell Brown, are being rapidly enclosed
and made ready for the generous production
of which they are capable.
On the south and West, the furms of
Messrs. +. w. Drew and James l.. Runson-
rich and productve-unde the julicious
management OF industrious tenants, are being
fitted up for future use and where weeds and
grass have had luxurious sway for the past
few years, we may expect soon to see the
"wavlng green corn" Mr.. Henry T. Daven
port is also setting his farm in order. and
preparing to exact tribute from his broad.
immortal acres.
These arc only few of the FARMS that we
might mention, which are rapidly undergoing
the process decentralization Taking CHARLES
town as the centre, and measuring out five
stiles in each direction, from it's corporate
limits, we will have, by moderate calcua
ton, at least fee Mt0u%tad acres of land nut
in cultivation this season, which for the past
three years have been producing little or
nothing. Aud these are no Worn out and eff
tete soils either, but the very best and most
productive lands CT the rich Shenandoah
Valley. Thus it will be scen that the 2co-
pie of Jefferson at least, are practical recon-
structionists.