The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-05-08
Tom's BrooIs-NHOunt Olive.

From our Travelling Correspondent
TOMS BROOK, May 5.
From Woodstock came to this lively
station, on the Manassas railroad, in She
nandoah county.
Here VIM. Borden & Sons keep store
and depot; they are very fair business
men, and carry on pretty thriving opera
tions, with the thrifty farmers of this sec
ton. The lands are good and pretty well
cultivated. a.t
The location is named from fine creek,
named as above, which cuts handsome
valley, from the Shenandoah across the
"Sand Ridge" in the North Mountain, and
each side abounds with timber and good
lime rock. The apple orchards are numer-
Gus and in very full bloom; the wheat
looks promising and here | must make
the remark, before repeatedly made, that,
in nearly all instances, the wheat put in
with drills looks much better and is far less
injured by the winter, than that sowed
broadcast, q fact which wise farmers will
notice. I'd. .-... .a...
AT Borden's Store we saw many ladies
come to trade, nearly all of them coming
on horseback, the most common custom OF
riding hereabouts most of them wearing
broad sun-bonnets with flowing capes over
their shoulders, provokingly hiding from
view their healthy, rosy faces and handsome
shoulders; but when we saw them in the
parloTs and churches, it was evident the
had caught the fashion, as easily as measles,
for they displayed the camel humps, the
big back hair, and high, sky-raking hats,
epidemically raging further east.
Many fine horses are seen, and good
barns and stables to house them, and i'm
proved implements prevail.
Through the kindness of Mr.. Borden
we took look through the country, and
to his fine farm. He pointed out the SUI
perior luXuriance of the fields of wheat
where phosphates or guanos--
had been literally applied. He and some
Of his neighbors are readers and friends Of
THE JOURNAL aa..,I...aar.
After pleasant entertainment and rest
Saturday night, we went, on Sunday, tc
Mount Olive, pleasant little hamlet al
the foot of North Mountain, where resides
Mr.. Pittman and family, another intelli
gent friend of The JOURNAL here we had {
nice dinner, and attended church in the neat
new Methodist house, and heard rousins
sermon. AS in the surrounding country
the farms here are fertile and well cult
waited, where grain drills and fertilizers az,
freely used, and orchards in rich bloom art
everywhere seen no tree, in full bloom
is more regal looking and brilliant than {
healthy apple tree. The farm Of Mr.
Harmon is one of the finest il
this section. He, like Mr.. Borden
was Union man during the lat
struggle, and they are both blessed with in
telligent and prosperous families ; and nov
union is to be made still more effective an,
perpetual, by an interesting alliance whicl
is to take place the latter part of this week
which will result in proclamation some
thing like this which / give you in conf
dence and advance Of the telegraph-Mal
ried, May 8, 1873, near Mt. Olive, at tn
residence of the BRIDES father, Mr.. VIM
A. Borden and Miss Virginia Harmon, b
Rev. G. w. Martin; and only regret tina
| cannot stay to participate in the luxuriar
infare, next Friday but may the oliv
branches be numerous and never withel
Continued industry and constantly readin
THE JOURNAL will carry them prosper
ously forward. ID. S. G.