Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-18
Future Of Alexandria.

ton about this section of the State, especially
to those who contemplate settling in this por-
ton Of this State
Not a great while we think will capitalists
suffer our great natural advantages to remain
undeveloped. With coal iron and other use
full minerals in such close proximity, and
with such great facilities for transportation
by numerous railways, and by one of the most
navigable streams in the world, Alexandria
must, in the natural order of things, become
ere long great manufacturing centre. Then
the influence Of her new industries will cx-
tend for miles beyond its limits, greater de-
mands will be created for country products,
and all our available lands, and especially
those SO conveniently situated on the river,
will be much enhanced in value. The COM
ing of a vast portion Of the great army of
European migration to occupy our Southern
Atlantic seaboard in the near future, seems
to us to be inevitable. They will be lured
thither by genial climate, productive lands,
a never-tailing fruitage fine fish and oyster
surprising any to be found in the far West.
Already the malignant stories OF Southern
animoslties and the unhealthiness Of our eli
mate, so industriously circulated among
strangers looking for new homes, have well
nigh ceased to trighteu the sensible and en-
lightened The reports Of the success of
colonists who came into our borders years ago,
and who have been steadily working on for
the attainment of their praiseworthy objects;
have gone far and wide, and are having their
sure and beneficial effects, and we think very
many others with like habits of industry, and
like yearnirgs for success, will follow in their
southwark paths.
The CulIiugwood settlement located 90 the
upper portion Of General Washington estate
Is composed of:
Y. Baker, n Y, 70 acres +. II. Doty,
n. Y, 81 a.; w. H. Snowden, n. j., 26 a.,
d. p. Smith, n. Y, 80 a; S. Fl. Snowden,
y. j., 44O a.; C. F. Wilkins, $50 a.; W.
Hunter, Pa, 442 "a; J. Linton, n. j., 100
a.; T. Linton, 100 a.; d. Clair, n. j., los
a.; Mrs. j. Thompson, n Y, 300 a.; C. Bal
lnger, \. j., 300 Il; G. Boughton, o.
a; |. G. o Neal, Nd, 100 a.; w. Richard
son, O.,-a.
i The settlers of this ncighborhood are about
FIVE miles from Alexandria and Washington.
They border on the Potomac; are convenient
to two steamboat landings, numerous shad
fisheries aud passing oyster boats from the
lower Potomac No healthier locality can
be found The waters are excellent. There
is Il post office and daily mail--they keep up
a school and are about to erect meeting
house free for all religious denominations.
No Intoxicating drinks sold. They have
planted extensive orchards Of every kind
of fruits. are improving their lands and
gradually attaining to all the comforts OF
rural life.
\ BYwAY TO HEALTH Nobody ever re-
pented Of eating TOO little" was the sage re-
mark of an old gentleman on the verge OF
ntuety, next to WHOM the writer hai the plsas-
urc oil sitting at dinner the other night. The
host was pressing him to take more, aod urg-
Ing him in the usual phrase why, you
have eaten scarcely anythinr Now, it is to
be assumed that the old gentleman 5 words TO-
dlcatcd one Of The byways to good health, along
which he lad travelled through bis long life,
and TO which he owed his present remarkably
healthy conditioo So it vas suggested to him
lnterrogative'y that be had always been small
feeder. Yes" he answered, ''ever since |
was two or three and twenty; up to that time
| was weakly fellow enough and | used to
make the great mistake of trying to eat ard
drink as much as could, 10 the hope Of be-
@ ming stroug. All my friends and the doctors
backed me up 10 my error; but inrtunst.ly L
found 1t out 10 tune. aod Knocked oil as
your ,dern slang has it-more than half my
usual amount OF food and stuulapts.
| gave up the idea of making uyseIf strong
and merely strove tn make myself well, ADD 81
| was conteuted with eating just as much as |
could digest aud no more. o curse it took
little time and experience to discover he pre-
of always leaving off with al appetite, because
| never began with one, but by rersist.n'ly or
ring on the right side got bold OF one of the
tgreat secrets of litc-thc secret of knowing
when one has had enough, and after year or
two | became so much better that | used to
fad myself keenly ready to eat at meal time,
aud by degrees actually acquired an appetite.
Then, once found, | never destroyed it, Jut al
Ways deternluatcly rose with feeling that |
should like tn eat more. Naturally the tempt
alton for while grew greater a. my digestion
grew stronger; bu | was firm; | did not be
have ungrarctuly to my stomach, and lmme
diateIy presume upon its increased powers by
overlooking it; | did not live to eat, but only
ate to live, and behold me ! | have 90 need
10 be very particular as to what | eat, even at
my time of llc-I have only to be careful not
to eat too much" Here in Iced is the secret
of great deal that is amiss with many Of US.
| We are 10 the habit of eating too much-mors
than our digest We powers caH tackle. aud that
which is not ass'miated more or less poisons.
The system becomes ov,rcharge1 and gives
any latent tendency to disease within US every
facility t,r Developing itself. The question is
no, so much what to eat, as what quautlty to
eat; and oothing but sharp lookout kept by
ourselves urnn Ourselves can We us the an
swer.-Tmstys Magazine
EscHEATEp. Ga Thursday last he Court
of Appeals of the State rendered its d, ci.ion
in the case Of Sands v. Page, cscheator, g.,
better knawn a. the Haunstein case. Solomon