Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-10-26

MANASSAS. "A correspondent of the Fred
ericksburg Star, writes The farmers aloDy
the Orange and Manassas road have led Off in
very creditable enterprise. Between ,Ia
freights and the middlemen their produce w..
eaten up before 1t got to the consumer. Thay
united, under the name Of the Piedmont ,iII
and Produce Association, and sent one r.
their number-Mr Canfed-:o Washingon
to act as their agent. Their united strclytI
enabled them to secure reduction in the ra,.
OF freight, and to have special train pun IN
for their accommodation, so that milk, vcgcIaEa,
aud fruits can be run right into the market asi
sold without loss Of time. The same Gnghro
be done by the farmers in Loudouu and Fan.
fax, on the W. and O. railroad.
''rhe scars of war are still to be seen around
Manassas, and are looked upon with interest fv
the curious visitors; but the triumphS Of pcar
are not wanting to remove the sadlenin,
thoughts they suggest. The fruit garden q
Christian Mathis, fine old German gcntIcnYr
will we'll repay visit. He has travelled in IT,.
sunny lands of France and Germany, but nrr
fers our dryer climate; nor have Italy frui,
clad hills tempted him from the more barren,
but naturally better favored soil Of our Old y,
minion He cultivates the finest foreign AMI
native varieties ofthe pear, peachh ncc,arirle
apricot, and vine, in pyramid, espalicr, alps
other style Of training. He assures me that h,s
has peaches this season superior to any he ha!
ever seen in the most favored localities q.
Europe. He loves his trees and his plants al..
they generally respond TO his care.
II learned that new enterprise is to be IT,
dcrtaken here. The veteran nurScrym!,
Chalkley Dillingham;, of Mount Vernon, is g..
ing to start nursery near the town. S,nn
thing of this kind has long been needed her
We want to buy our trees Of reliable hon
nursery, and of an intelligent, experienced mn
We do not want to lose any more money ~.
trees from distant nurseries. Mr. Giilinglaa
has all the qualifications that long expcrrtc.
Quaker integrity. and a truo love for his Ju.
ness could give him. +"
IMPORTANT To JUDGES AND CLERKS -
ELECTIoN.-It is in the last degree imporar
that Judges and Clerks of Election on the i.
of November should see when their poll boo..
poll book is filed and signed by the party ic
fore whom they are sworn. The Judges al
Clerks must also fll out the last certtcatr r.
quired aud not fail to sign it at the top and bt
tom Of the page. They often, in former Gle
IlOuS, have Uulltleu W Ill tllcsc EctulIcucu,.
aud the precincts where the omission occurs a,
thrown out. Watch all the blanks, and sc
that they are filed and signed. - .Saou,
EWclicator.
FINE PlGs. Thomas Head, near Daymn
killed four pigs day or two ago, months u! !
which weighed 500 l5s., averaging liyi h.
the smallest weighing l42 and the larg,.s, IL
lbs These pips cost MIR Head exactly -
and realized from the sale Of the pork at g.
cts, SIS. is cent? The pigs We're Of continual
stock, but had been we'll taken care Of Il, III,
result shows. Buckingham Registcr
Adam ricketts,, about 6fty-seven years Of az.
Was arrested as his home, near JohnsyiI.r
Frederick county, Md, on Thursday mosnia
last, the 2s2d instant, on the charge Of shoot
ing his wife, and is now in Jail.