The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-11
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Correspondence OF the Il. 'chmond Dispatch.l
B~orFTouRr COUNTY, Sep,> mberS 5 1913.
Botctourt county (uamcd, Of course, ate
old Governor Botetourt) was 70, 'hca iron
Augusta in 1863. when that princeIy oofnall
was being divided. Much of its lalNd J.
mountainous. but il IS n Of the most tes.
tile and productive counties in the State.
The town of FincaStle Ohc county-scat) Is
so shut in by hills. and apparently of such
difficult access. that one rather wonders at
The selection Of the site until he learns that
it was established by law in1172 on forty
acres given for the purpose by Israel Chris
tan, and nanfcd after the seat of Lord Botc-
tourt in England" The origins! founders
did not consider whether they We're locating
their own where the Valley railroad could
pass without too heavy 4 grade. But that is
the al!-ahsorbinw topic with the people here
tahout> just now. The original subscrip tion,
il is claimed, OF the county to the railroad
was made with the distinct understanding
that the road should be located through the
| centre of the county, and this cannot be
! ibtit " Il lOill GfN~itl- ttt.ti i ''' >iS
question is TO be determined soon, and strong
| hopes are entertained that the central route
will be adopted :"but iniunctions' and all
sorts OF legal proceedings are threatened In
| case the engineers cannot flnd, or Will not
| make. a path that leads by the metropolis.
| had not been to FiucaStle since the great
! fire until Saturday. and was surprised to find
| that nearly all of the burnt district had been
rebuilt, and with much better buildings than
| before.
| attended. on Saturday, a grand Sunday
| school picnic near fincastle, which was a
most enjoyable affair. As | saw on the
ground Your excellent correspondent "Bo-
| tctourt | will not invade his domain by
| giving a detailed account Of the proceed
ingS. but will only say that there was an i'm.
mcn>c crowd composed of the Finca>tle and
several other Sunday schools and their
| friends: that the speakers invited on the
occasion had the good sense to see that it
was no time for Spccch-naking, and con.
tented themselves with short talks; that
there was excellent music ly the Fincastle
corurt band. and very sweet singing 10y tho
schools: that the children enjoyed hugely
their rompS 4: that the dinner reflected the
highest credit on all concerned in its prepa'
ration {: and that everybody seemed to have
4 good time and to vote a Sunday-Schoo
picnic Il tine institution.
learn that the Suaday-School work Is III
good condition in this county.
There i, to lie held 1T Mill Creek church
beginning Thursday night before the ScconC
SUNDAY in October, Il session of the Sunday
school Convention Of the Valley Baptist As
>ociatiou.
found very wild runorS alloat i'll refer
cncc 10 the fatal disease among the ncSroc:
TO which yo'r correspondent rom Bon
i. sacks alIudcS, and it may be well for me L
yivc a statement of il which | have gottel
direct from the attending physicians, int!
, l;rcnt Gentlemen in the neighborhood, ant
some OF the negroes themselves. In III
l county Of Botctourt Gust across the Roanoke
: liucl there is Il nero village or >ettlcncn
called Nccdmorc, which contains about tvs
hundred people. There being no good wa
e ter convenient, they have been drinkin!
from little sinks at the foot Of the bill, wlicr
a milky. impure. Stagnant wafer collects
To make the matter worse. the rccen
rains washed into these holes the nc
cumulatei nth of the settlement. I'll
: result was Just what the physicians, VIII
had warned them against the water
: predicted. \ little more than 4 week ago
malignant cholera-morbuS broke out amont
them. and there have been c!eccn deaths
l But they have ceased to drink the waite
lcyerv single death is traccabic directly t
This cause, there have no recent cases ot
cured, the disease has not spread i'll III
neithborhood at all. and there is every cor
tidence that ii will speedily abate. Ina wore
:, it is only a case of the famous National nc
l tel .. Endcmic" Il believe that Is the medica
: tcrml. aud a most striking illustration OF th
: admirable articles on impure water WincI
: appeared i'll the Ui$pdtch some time ago.
The political Glldron seems TO he boiiln
vigorously in this county, and Il convention
: is to meet lit Finca>,le to-day 10 nomlnat
: candidates. and rule of, if possible. the
dependents" |lAToR.