Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-09-06
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A VISIT TO OUR COUNTRY Mel GlIBoRs =
", had the pleasure, yesterday, Of riding
through the greater portion of "Cooncy, aud
w.. were delighted to See that our old friends
10 there are enjoying high degree of prosper
Nv. The trees are loaded with fruit, and the
weighty punches of grapes hanging in the vine.
wards with which the country is covered, re.
mind Que of the old Bible picture of Caleb and
Joshua returning with sp ,clmen OF those IN
thc promised land At MIR. Geo. OFT Wun-
der's we had the pleasure OF tasting great
many of them, and we found them as delicious
to the palate as they are pleasing to the eye.
o. our return to the city, we called at the
residence of our hoSptable old friend Mr..
Henry w. Febrey He opened our eycs-and
our mouths by the production OF some OF the
biggest catalogues ever seen- they we're as
large as moderate-siZ4d watermelOnS, and as
sweet as they were large. Not satisfied with
RECALLING us with them then and there, he load
ed us down with the finest specimens we ever
saw
Altogether, we think 'Cooney' most de-
sirable place of residence, and We really don t
wonder now that The Board OF Public
Works., The Board Of Health, ct id onene
genus, are casting loving and covetous glances
in that direction. We can only advise our
the spider and the fly, and to cooperate with
Us in keeping out of the little parlor' Of the
new territory. They have plentiful spois for
the rings aud would soon be improved in
t,eorgetowu style Old Virginia does not seem
t, have taxed them out of good living as yet,
though 10 their laudabie zeal for the education
of their children, they have made themselves
the most heavily taxed country people in the
Commonwealth.
RAILROAD RECEIPTS. The following are the
receipts by the w. c., v NJ. & G. S. Railroad
lor,ais week: Corn2 40S bushels, wheat 6, 9SS,
re -, oats |, 795, potatoes 2S5, timothy seed
81 ouious IS, corn meal ~, -four $40 bbls,
ground sumac 20, l6O lbs, dried fruit 81 0bls
and boxes, apples ~ bblS, butter IA 6rklnS,
eggs II bbls and boxes, sumac 5000 sacks,
leather % rolls, talow box, tobacco IS boxes,
crackers IL bbls hides IS bundles, lime 5OO
bushels, daIusons bbls, fowls % coops stone
ware liz pieces, tin ware bbs, oil 10 bbls,
calves aud COWS So head, grain drills s, wool
sack. whiskey bbls, sheep skins Is bales,
ounces bbls, glass ware box, snuff 10 box
cs sewing machines 5, seneca root bales, elm
bark IS bales gensiug | bb, books boxes,
empty casks ST. vegetables bbIs, sundrles 81
ibis and boxes, bacon 229 lbs, crockery crates,
iron pipe 10 bundles. furniture 6U packages,
G>h 6 bbIs, lead 50 lbs, iron 7,4S4 lbs, rags
@,l..;5 lbs, Tails kegs, grapes ! crate bark y
cords, car wheels A. feathers sacks, spokes )
bundles lard biol, lumber 1853 feet, oak
lumber l6 1000 feet, ash lumber 500 feet, cedar
posts Is, sitting machines |, calf skins ,, cattle
and sheep - cars
During the week the following were the re-
ccips by the w. Il D. r. R:-Wheat ,Sl4
bushels, corn 3,4lS, meal ~, oats 40, po'a-
nd - p.,,,I - Il
butter is bblS and hrkins, eggs SO bbls aud
boxes vinegar bbs, calves Is head horses 5
head, fowls 50 coops, Sumac 9,754 lbs, rags
bales, old iron and bones s. 900 lbs, wood cars,
Nay car.
FINE FRCIT.-The counties of Alexandria
aod Fairfax may now be ranked among the
l'rrmost IN the State, 10 the production Of
'Iult, nor have we seen finer specimens from
any part OF the country This season grapes,
peaches, pears, apples, Nc, in almost endless
variety, and OF quality unsurpassed, are album
H'h while the melons have reached the per-
lection Of righteousness.
We have heretofore acknowledged the re.
ceIpt' FROM many Of our kind friends Of speci
"cuS oi the products of their archords, vine
yards aud gardens, and now we return our
thalkS or the peaches received this morning
from Mr.. s. *. Riston, of Mt. Camel, Fairfax
county, exceeding in size and flavor any we
nave before seen this year; the pears from MIR.
ocltr blouse, taken from the dwarf trees grow
'us 10 such luSuricut protuson in his garden,
al ,hr upper end of King street. and sight
" behold, so pleasing to the eye aud delicious
:" the taste; the grapes from the vineyard OF
!F u. y. Wuuder, iu the county, where the
iII'cS bend beneath the great purple, luscious
GGuEi"hcS; the cantelopes-thc biggest and most
uc'eouSly Favored that can be conceived
iI'"h under the skilliul management OF Mr..
neny W. Febrey also Of our county, whose
NaeNes, pears and apples are proverbial, aud
@%@uy other remembrances of the same kind,
.oM friends in the city aud county-all very
s'a'iyIug and fully appreciated.
New WAY TO COLLECT OLD DEBTS. Con
Stable }. Owen Kerby, of Fairfax county, while
,o%iectlng taxes at Accotiok, day or two ago,
-Atu man named Thomas Dainty if he was
IYl ready 10 pay his. Dainty replied that he
, rau money enough but he wanted it for other
opposes The officer told him that would not
H.. n: ne had waited long enough for him, and
rI 4s II he did not pay he should be forced to
,o % Ills horse-which was hitched to post
C or'. 'le store Dainty Said that if he took his
1 MY he would have to take his dead body
%n It, The officer then went into the store
sb; s.! piece Of rope to make halter, and
Who bO' 10 there he was approached by Dainty,
,b hin cursed Sc and abused him, among other
~" usI calling him id thief. Hardly, how
eiS', ' uaa these words escaped his lips ere the
t~,, ' l: sprang at him, knocked him down, and
.. ,sr nim until he promised to pay every cent
Vas sis ne owed, which he did as soon as he
allowed to rise.
mo-. "nI hAcE.-The yacht race from Wash
Nav 'u 70 Fort Foot came off to-day per agree
Cd hr ~ va the way down the Blue Wing, sail
by her oip George Laycock of this city passed
b. tHo as III Tue lead: but on the return at 3 p.
Gertru'Idp passed s IN the following order; Spray,
The Srs, Fanny Bell, Blue Wing aud Echo,
learv , "u being close together but the Echo