The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-17
Letter :rois Henry County.


.t5.;a,,,. L rae 81 the Richmond Dispatch ]
ii: ".>TGE- CD:piTloS OF TIE RoADs-EAILY
ta:gAGA:Io>s E.;:.G MADE FOR THE FORTH
l...rT ,E"T-ruE PASIC-MoNEY MATTERS
...y.. .EA>T IEY HAVE BEEN SINCE IT FIRST
-. T.. APPEARANCE - So ME- FARMERS
:.:.-a - >rlI. TuglE TOBACCO AT \ >ACEI-
>. tbs GauELE DELIGHTED TO HAVE COLO
81. Wi.u-r. ~ EFPRESEST THEN ~ tbs
E>Iir >-i:aS sE>ATE--AS EFFORT To BUILD
q IL ~ WORSHIP AT HENRY COURT
H.y,i.-A W"ED AaOrT The sIAMESE TWINS.
!ihS:.Y ,'cv>rY. February lC, 1874.
/. ~ Irr,:.r'"l last tail perhal that this
"al|.I T." tie hardest waiter for Scrcuty-siX
YEAR. " I" his time il has been Gn'te the
;ry'l.r. III" weather is now very pleasant,
ana i." roads. I'M, are generally impossible
Al I'll, >",>Ir 81 tbc year. are rather good
'1l Tie >"a>on. There has been so aiuch mild
weather 9nri1- ~" last several months that
he 'ar'n,rs %fe probably farther advanced
IN their work lAau they have been in several
years.
Money matters are very hard indeed :,
they are III lit 80 how than 1t tie beginning
I'll Tie" panic. SOu4e Of our farmers car
re" oil heir tobacco at an untime'y season,
many al "h"iG sold * = great sacrifice.
tn" announcer ent Of The election Of Col
Oh" Robert l.. WitAers 10 the United States
>"aAlc gave Ne!y general satisfaction not a
>n@!r nIGrmuIipg word has Your cores
p3hdrnt heard s0hlc are perfectly de-
AS0,cd, and Ill are pleased.
i"r Bap.:>:s Of this county are mixing
IL lh.> Time au effort 10 build and lit them
'rN"> UP z neat and commodous house Of
WORSHIP Il, NaItinsville, the county seat.
!h"i >r.in 70 lake hold of the matter with q
determination 20 succeed. They will, | un-
l"i>and. i; 'hc proper time make an appeal
%. lelp abroad.
l"nr readers huve MI beard of the demise
81 IN" >laac>e twins, Shang and Eng; but
- our correspondent happened TO be raised
al '.,r same n!!c" where they for many years
''"'' 1hd L;cj y will not be entirely uuin-
,"ic>i'nS 20 some who did Got enjoy such an
'I!"!hue acquaintance with them 10 con-
DI"4e 'hi> letter With Il few things about
'"r't iir At hoi2c. They lived about oae
M'!, 'p!'i; owned large. productive farms,
W'"lrd by crrch. On both of these places
ne! Aah hu!t large and coInmodotls dwell
,"1, Macy pccp:c have wondered, after
h'N.us travelled and seen so much of the
""' - they bad, why they should have
''I':r' M':rr" they did. The Mrs. Bunkers
.''i III, ~. their nance were The mum
'"H'' u 'Acl" location at Mount Airy, \. c.,
'''u'"Sh tacl were much pleased with thai
~e'I'". "i country themselves. Chang
u" E."S VIE wealthy prior TO the
var ana were SO at The time OF
'orl' death, comparatively speaking. The
WINS were Chr is,ians seuti;nentalv, but, i,
: % be feared, rot practically. Several
members Of their families were members OF
'te h'ldlst Church, aud this is the church
,.,e! attended regularly. One of them,
'Hhs, seemed 10 te much more concerned
IN religious matters than the other. A few
year, ago II was thought by many he would
make apphcation fer membership iii The
CHURCH, but be did not. The twins them
selves never rode IN anything but carryai
wagon. Ii they ever owned vehicle
'usgy or calriage) your correspondent,
never heard OF il. Hp.py