Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-09-29
THE NORTHERN NECK COUNTIES.
NorthDrn har1ond nnuDfu oontaipo nopula-

Northumberland county contains popula-
ton of 1851. Its improved farms include 81,
459 acres; unim proved, So, 800 acres; cash
value of, $1'701, ,047; farming implements and
machinery, value Of $5S,624; horses, S33
asses and mules, 1856; mich COWS, 1850
working oxen, 1867; other cattle, 1899; sheep,
3,l2O; swine, $685. live stock, value of $l99,
S33; wheat, bushels Of. 92,44l; Indian corn,
bushels of, 245, ,96S: oats, bushels of, 5000 !;
wool, pounds Of, s, ,449; Irish potatoes, bushels
of, S,725 sweet potatoes, bushels of, %, l36 ;
orchard products, 1,019; butter, pounds Of.
29,24S; honey, pounds of, 2,034.
farms, 81, e25 acres; unimproved, 3S, 742 acres;
cash value of farms, 81, l,S07, AL farming i'm
plements and machinery, value of, $50, l45
horses, GAL; asses and mules, 260; milch cows,
SO2; working oxen, SIS; other cattle, 1897
sheep, 1873; swine, 5,S73; live stock. value
of, $l3l, AIS; wheat, bushels of, S0,S62; IL
dian corn, bushels of, 1885, oats. bushels
of, II ,G23; wool, 3.757; peas aud beans,
bushels of, 1872; Irish potatoes, bushels of,
1850; sweet potatoes, bushels of, l2,4O5
orchard products, value Of $l,233; butter,
pounds Of, 81, 342; honey, pounds of, 1925.
Richmond County.-Population, $3.50; i'm
proved farms, SO, ,094 acres: unimproved, 43,
63O acres; cash value Of farms, $l,27O,037 ;
farming implements and machinery, $32, $50;
horses, ITO; asses and mules, 233; milch COWS,
LIS, working oxen, 1889; other cattle l,S2O;
sheep. 2,l49; swine, S,O64 live stock, value
of, $l4S,26l; wheat, bushels Of, Sc. .l67; Indian
CORP, bushels of, 5,265 oats, bushels Of,
7,133; wool, pounds of, 4,O65; peas and beans,
I,2O7; Irish potatoes, bushels OF, 7,703; sweet
potatoes. bushels of, 10,S S34; butter, pounds Of,
2G,439; hay, tons of, 2,lll; honey, pounds Of,
1892.
Westmoreland- d-Population, $3.50; i'm.
proved in FARMS 7G,l00 acres; unimproved'
55,4l5 acres; cash value of farms, 81, ,93l $50;
farming implements and machinery, value OF,
$47, ,03O; horses, 97G; asses and mules, 45l ;
mich COWS, l,54G; working oxen, 1851; other
cattle, 2,033; sheep, 3,5GS; swine, 7,0Gl; live
stock, value of, $2l9, ,3G4; wheat, bushels Of,
l25,S90; corn, bushels of, 342,3l5; oats, bush
els of, l9,09l wool, pounds OF, 1915; Irish
potatoes, bushels off, 7,0O6; sweet potatoes,
bushels of, 1888; butter, pounds Of 1868 !;
hay, tons of, 26G0.
King Georee-Population G,571 improved
in farms, 10, 753 acres unimproved, ~, 743
acres cash value of farms, 81, ,933, 469 farm
ing implements and machinery, value Of.
$50, ,53l horses, 92l asses and mules, GIG !;
mich COWS, 1868; working oxen, l,O35 ;
other cattle, 702 Sheep CTS swioe, 1881 !;
live stock, value of, $203 69l wheat, bushels
of, l16,609; rye, bushels of, G,723 Indian
corn, bushels of, 307, ,660 oats, bushels or,
27,G75 wool, lO,l5S Irish potatoes, bushels
of, 5,293 sweet potatoes, bushels Off, 1886 i;
butter pounds of, 81, 1886 hay, tons OF, 5,O96;
honey, pounds Of l,7Sl.
These are the five counties of the Northern
Neck. We have given their principal products
The climate and soil are adapted to variety
of other crops. No portion of Virginia, per-
haps, is better suited to truck farming, irult
raising and gardening. g.-Richmond Wing.
The trade Of this fne section OF country
ought to be secured to AIexandria-by means
OF the Potomac river. No railroads or canals
are wanted to bring it here,
THE BAND OF ORIoN.-"Canst thou loose
the bands of Orion ?-JoB.
The three bright stars which constitute the
cirdle or band of Orion never change their
form; they preserve the Same relative position
to each other and to the rest OF the conStclla
tions from year to year and from age to age.
They present precisely the same appearance to
US which they did to Job. No sooner does the
constellation arise above the horizon, however
long may have been the interval since we last
bcheld it, than these three stars appear in the
old familiar position. They afford US one of
the highest types of immatabiity in the midst
of ceaseless changes. When heartsick and
weary of the continual alterations We observe
in this world, on whose most enduring objects
and affections is written the melancholy DOOM,
Passing away" it is comforting to look up to
that bright beacon in the heavens, that re-
mains unmoved amid all the restless surgers OF
times great ocean. And yet, in the profound
rest of these stars there is ceaSelcsS motion !;
in their apparent stability and everlasting en-
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courses, with inconceivable velocity, they are
whirling round invisible centres, and even pass.
ing into new collations. They appear to us
motionless and chanQeless, because of our cscat
distance from them, just as the foaming torrent
that rushes down the hillside with the speed OF
an arrow, and in the wild and most vagrant
courses, filling all tho air with its ccaseless
shouts, appears from an opposite hill frozen by
the distance into silence and rest-a motlonless,
changelcss glszier on.the mountain side.
A CLERGYMAN S JoKE.-A clergyman rather
addicted to practical joking was o1ce dining. at
country inn. 1t was his custom to carry with
him on his journeys small phial OF pungent
cayenne; and at the dinner one Of the party
asked him for "a pinch or two of his red salt. y
1t was impaired without word OF CAUTION
The potent pepper was not long in making the
poor fellow S acquaintance. His face SION be
came scarlet; the tonsils of his throat began to
swell; his eyes began to fill with tears and he
rose in an agony OF distress and ''roarcd like
the great briudlc bull in his own cattle yard at
home" He caught at the parsons suggestion,
water" and almost drained stone jug which
stood upon side table, just repenished with
cold spring water. AS soon as be coui speak,
he said to his rural peighber:
.'Jedediah. for the lords sake, does my
mouth bsze?"
mo, Hiram, it don't, but it smokes, l tel
YOU"
The fiery victim Of the clerical joke strobe ir
front of the parson, with "indlsnatlou in hl'
aspect" and said
parson p -,
II am, indeed. an humble member OF TIT
cloth" was the reply. ~