Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-07
On the FIT.1.
OH Tie
| Brief Notes from Il Catcher.

Brief Notes from Catcher.
This being Sunday, and having some leisure
moments, will write few 'brlela" Tor The
Gazette:
During this month and the early part OF No
vnmbrr, there ale to be sevcrai FAIRS hrid 10
North Carolina. That Of the Carolnas North
aud South at Charlotte, from present lnIica-
lions, will be grand one, as will be the State
Fair, to be held at Raleigh. O1e vii be hcIG
a, Salisbury also. With all Of the FAIRS and
old john Robinson > show. this viii certainly,
be a gala season IN the cid North State, ana
the lads aod IaSses are in great gcc, making
sxtensiyc nreparaions TO ''cut a swell al the
aforesaid Fairs.
TAKE 4 DIP.
Your correspondent was more than am zrd
TO note the extcAt OF dipping IN North Chrn-
lima. Just immaglUre seeing lar anu hand
some female, with IA stick in her mouth with a
wad of snuff on it. Oh, horrors OF horrors. l
was OF the opinion that II was co'tlacd to the
lower class of whites and coinred people, but
such is not the case; il is done nn The sly by
ladies of education aud high social standing.
EMIGRATION.
Many Of the young uen Of North Car"!lpa
are emigrating to 1cyaS aud the West and
| Snuthges;: indeed whpe families are leaving
the State. Many who LETT h.re two and thrce
wears ago aud settled in Texts have rcturucd
| this wear and induced others 10 20 back WIN
them. They report the crops as bclpg large,
| and money plentiful. lu a CONVERSATION with a
North CaruIiba man, who has purchased laud
| in r. xas, and lived there for the past three
wears, he told me that Il man who was wiling
to work and attend TO his business, could not
fail to make money in Texas. j" rH'nc on thu
season to accompany some ii i''r Il ndS -
will cmigrate in week or two 10 tnelr at"
home III Dallas, Texas.
TRAVEL TO FLORIDA.
As your many readers are aware, many oil
| the Northern people spend their fall aud win
ter in Florida 81 as 10 avoid the hercc and colo
winters peculiar to the Northern c,untry. Thi:
travel has commenced, and IN q few weeks II
will tax the Southern railroads to their utDos
CAPACITY to furnish them transportation. The
most dircc, aud popular route to Florida is via
Weldon, Wilmington, Columbia, Augusta anc
| Savannah
ALGXANDRlANS.
Very few Aex4ndrians are to be Found II
| North Carolina, but il some OF them would
gather up courage and energy enough TO uave
this Way aud locate in some Of the new and
thriving villages, they would, 40 doubt, do we'll
| For instance,
| STATESEn.LE
Is a thriving little village Of l 800 or 2,0OL
Inhabitants, the most healthy location in The
State, TWO railroads running to it, rents OK
ceedingIy cheap, business good. it being The
county seat OF lrcdeli county; the lands In and
around the village are COED aud said to be very
productive. There are three churches in the
village. Episcopal, Methodist aud Presbyterian
male college, female seminary both largely
attended, and two newspapers-the Landmark
published by Hussey Il Co., is Democratic
and the American, published BY Drake u Son
| is Republican. The water is excellent, society
as good here as in any place in tue State, and
to sum up the whole, ii is an Eden to live IN.
COTTON, sc.
The farmers arc sending their ucw crop OF
cotton into the market very rapidly. Last
Saturday it was quoted at II cents aud up
wards, according TO quality.
| Many of the "Grangers" are complaining o!
the scarcity Of corn. As far as can learn all
of the other farm products are plentiful.
With many wishes for the future prosperity
Of Alexandria, my dear old home, where |
have spent many happy days, land none more
| pleasantly than while attending Old st. John
Academy, and by the way, | was very well ac-
quauted with "Mr. Mahogany Ruler" Mr..
| Carne's best friend J aud tho people thereof
am, as | ever will be,
AN ALEXANDRIAN