Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-07-06
Letter from LOudOun Go.

thence by Mofrisoovilie to L,7ettsvl!le, ADD
thence to Las,turg, by way cl Waterford, was
two weeks ago most charUing region. Hills
borough is an old town. nearly, if not quite,
sky years old. aud is situated directly 10 the
gap of the Shost Hi. through which the north
braoch of the Krtoclin creek & W. ltcontains
several hundred Inhabitants, aud is Incorporate
| ed ADD improving. Il contains several stores,
| very 6oe merchant mill, ADD perhaps two tao
neres Southern Methodist Church, aud a
parsonage occupied by the VI. + {. S., but
| 10 litigasion between II aud be vi. h. &. Here
| is also CAVES WOODEN factory, which has been
| 10 operation for perhaps twenty five years. and
is well established. There are a!so the abut
meDs aud pieces Of bridge son 20 be erected
| over katoctin Creek, which will decidedly lm
| prove The appruacn q tne town trom the south.
| The houses are mainly built On one long street.
| and eXicod from q little above high water OF
| he creek upon the slope OF the Short Hill
Mouutain. 1t has bad water brought to ii 10
| iron pipes, aud some OF the houses are very eX-
celiently built Of stone, which is very abuCd nut
and OF foe quality for A.gging aod bulldog. \
| Dew stone tTo story school house has recently
been built 90 the eastern edge Of the iowa,
which. with its beiry, Is very attractive Oh
| i4ct in approaching tee town from the east.
| This must be very pleasant summer reside nee,
| as the cool bre, u drawn through the gap must
be very refreshing; 1t Is i've miles over we'll
graded couuiy mud road TO Purcevle, about
seven from Hamilton aad cine from Clark 5
| Gap, and teo from Harper's Ferry.
A delightful ride TO L2vettsyl:le, in which
the waving fields Of grain were great attrac
ton, was very refreshing to person, who,
| bo1 ,br,a
DAYS ride, intent only 90 Ell lying himself as
across big oak, the shade OF which covered
the entire width of the rad, and nanv feet
along The road, aud under the anne be Ell oyed
hiulself for three hours a. July and as .az:y
as ever Iityrus did from uaIer his spreading
beech. cannOt lmagus more pleasant thing
than TO be able to do a: you peas durl1g the
heated term, and With good horse aod good
book or TWO, and travelling as you viii aad stop
ping as you please, to pass yyur time. \ it'll lie
mistake as 10 the road brought me 10 little BIZ
Of saw miil with pile Ut sab- below IL uc ariy
az large as the m Itself Upon asking al
L1vettsvie whose II was, Was cred a. pleas.
aoty Tor never havlng heard ui Roach 5 ) n
Mil, which Is the synonym Ut slow mOtlnGcd
fellow, whv is SAID to be like it. up 10 day aud
down to-uorrow. Bus TREAD David H'yson
when | mentioned it to bu, had tale to tell
about lower Virginia whip saws, and the nao
DER 10 which an old fellow improved the rapid
ity of the stroke ut the t~o sawyers. lie found
that the pie OF lumber did not grow very fast
and he stcrvled himself uaar the saw mill &C
watch their operations. To his surprise b.
found that the stroke was steady and continuous
but very slow, and his ear caught distinctly
the sound, fish aud bread, fish and bread, h:h
and bread that being the diet. he qul:tly
stepped from his hiding place, and wen! t. the
house aud told his wife she must have better
food, aud soc added pudding TO the fish and
bread, and 10 the evening be went out to his
hiding place and heard the yous, rapid cu
of the saw as it clearly spoke gu. FISH and
bread aau pudding too 6>h and brad ADD pud
dug too" aud the pile .! ium.er grew limos!
as fast as Jacks beau stalk. Moral: Feed
we'll if you want good work.
Loye,tsviIle has two Or more stores, two un-
deraker's shops, furniture shops consider
abe wood and iron machine shop, aud perhaps
twenty-five or thirty houses. |; has recently been
Incorporated, but its corporate limits have Dot
been defined There are churches, German
Reformed, Presbyterian and Lu heran ilo the
immediate nelg hUprhood, but uone, l believe
10 the town.
Bougtou is post town, having store and
few small houses, and Is about two aud halt
miles from Lovettsve. This region, the Ger
man settlement, trades to B :rlln gu the lsnd
and B. l. O. r R, aud the northeast par
Of it to the Point OF Rocks. Ihe weStero part
between the Shor' Hill sod Blu Ridge, srsde.
to Harper's Ferry.
Waterford has quite a large population (say
400 aud has two ml!ls, tao yard, PresFy'
teriau, Mebodi>t, and very large Friends
meeting house, at which regular meetings have
been held. with probably Wo or three rIcep'
tons since liza. | b@liev, It IS called tie Ear
fax Monthly Meeting. There are some of the
leas, beautiful aud some Of the very nices'
! houses to be tound IN the county heGc-0d
town ADD Dew towu. The Mutual Ere Iusur-
ance Company of Loudoun couoty is located
here, which has we'll invested su! plus OF over
$50 QUO. Whenever Fi TAX risk it Is use
less Tor any other company TO Interfere; the
policy holders give premium notes ranging trom
6 TO 20 per CT of the insurance on the property
and pay FIVE per cent Interest.
The nearly ripe what fields have, since my
visit, been tn ned in:o golden sheaveS, AMI cow
they are being stack d or hauled into bsrhs.
The grass is very ABUNDANT aud covers the en-
tire land that is not in co:n, which booked cleaoy
and thrifty, though very young.
! Saturday large plumbers VI people. win
great mauy little ones came w the " & y Il.
r. and passed on t. Hamilton, Purc,iIvlie,
Round Hill ADD the ut!ylng villages namcd
cary 10 this letter.
There is a more decided tone 10 politics this
year thau there was four Years ago. aud tl.,
old fashioned festival is already freely cauva>scd,
aud every man seems ju5laut Hays aud
Wheeler will poll ;he iuji Republican vote, but
TiIden and Hendricks will bring cut perhaps
900 more votes than Gree'y did. Some you'd
have preferred Hendricks or Baya1i, or Thur
mao, or Hancock tor TIE first place, bu. all
went for the strongest man. Oar people now
| have heart and hope, aud Loudou1 Will give AZ
old fashioned msj ,rl,y, such as will nske some
ears Jingle. Good olght. ALlQClS.
Eastern View Home School
The following Is a list OF the nawes OF pupils