Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-10-31
Letter from Fauquier.

Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
WARnENTON, Oct 30.-The county Of Eau
quier claimed by her own worthy citizens, at
least to be one Of the fairest in the State Of
Virginia, feels sighted that more notice is not
taken of her in the columns of the Gazette.
She reads your accounts Of the fine crops, big
springs and poisoning cases in Loudoun; of
the criminal cases in Prince William of the
political meetings and Agricultural fairs in Cul
pepper, but never once does she see anything
about her own interesting soif Now she
opincs that this will never do; Fauquicr an
swered lad sum to the roll call in the ''ate
unpeasantness and answered "hadsome' at
the last Gubernatorla election, when they asked
her if she would like some carpct-bag rulers.
The tax gatherers have always treated her with
polite attention, so you must let her have
place in your file and columns. She would like
you to mention that she has fine crops some.
times too, as well as Louiouu. The corn crop
in Fauquier this year, in spite of the terrible
drought, is remarkably good. especially in the
upper part of the county. There is Il very
large acreage 10 cultivation, and it is estimated
that there is an average yield for tie whole
county. 4 large wheat crop has been sown, and
farmers, but for the low price of grain, would
be doing finely 1t is true VIC have not had any
poisoning or other criminal cases of much n5te
recently, though occasionally one of our citizens
kills another in a modest, genteel way. But OF
politics and political meetings, Conventions,
etc., etc., we have an extra share Fauquier is
a long, irregularly shaped county, running from
the Blue Ridge mountains away down into the
low country and so is divided into two distinct
nationaities, as it were, Upper Fauquier and
Lower Fauquer, each section having its own
peculiar characteristics, and each being, more
or less jealous of the other. Warrenton holds Il
sort of central position, is neither one thing nor
the other, but both and neither. Lower Eau.
quier and Upper Fauquer both dislike it and are
Jealous of it, admire it and are proud of it.
Warrenton loves both ends and stretches out
her motherly wings to both, and tells them to
come in and cote for her to'caS psoplc. We
have been speaking Of politics-in addition to
the regular State and National elections which
are interesting the people at large, we have an
election for county clerk in November too: to
fill the vacancy left by the late incumbent Mr..
VIM. NJ Hume. The candidates, Mr.. T. n.
Fletcher, the regular Conservative nominee,
and Col. Chapman, independent, are making
vigorous efforts Now taste for politics is
characteristic of Lower Fauquicr while agri-
culture is that of Upper Fauquier. One can
easily observe in passing through the county,
length ways, that the corn gets lower aud poll
tics higher, as he goes down. In the lower part
a large audience can be collected on twenty four
hour notice to hear political speech, while in
the upper part half ream of hand bills will
scarcely call together fifty farmers in fortnight
to hear an orator of State repute.
EGERlUs, ESQ.