Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-05-11
Letter From Nelson County. Virginia.
LIVINGSTON, May 4th 1875.

LVVINGSTON, may 4th 1915.
Messrs. Editors:-
At this season; Of the
year Nelson County presents beautiful
appearance. being very billy country
you can only see the green fields all
around as. you raise Your eyes, which
seem to give fine tokens of good harvest,
the crops all look we'll. ana for once in onl
lives we see the farmers in good spirits.
There was some apprehension felt here
lest the heavy frost which fell on last
Sunday night should destroy the fruit,
but upon examination it was found that
the fruit had received no injury at ALL
Making garden. (as our Valley friends
tyleit) is receivingsa great dea; of atten-
ZION, and from the extensive preparations
which we see being made, we have not
the slightest apprehension lest we should
not have an abundance of everything
good In the way ofvegetables this sum
mer. We can find no GROUND of COM
plant on this score however, for every
body seems to fare well in this country.
The whole people seem to bs'fnll Of that
warm enthusiastic cordiality and hospi-
tality which is Characteristic of eastern
Virginia people," not tina. the Valley is
less hospitable but that Eastern Virginia
is the more 80.
Lovingston the County Seat of Nelson
Is rather q small town; considerably
smaller than Woodstock. On first sight it
is not a very attractive place, but an
acquaintance with the people will soon
cause one to do away with all such I'M
favorable impressions. Here we must
regret thatswe have not a"mofe extensive
acquaintance with these good lpeople.
Here as well az in W. we have taUo pro-
fessienal church beggars, consisting Of
two of Lovingston's fair daughters. These
we ale sorry to say are the only young
ladies whom it has been our pleasure to
meet. In order to tell you under what
circumstances we met these, we have only
Meeting" held here on next Sunday when
some minister from abroad will be present,
and of course the church must be fixed up
before that time. On this occasion we
understand Rev. Mr.. Bennett Editor OF
Christian Advocate, and Rev. Mr.. Rosser
of Richmond will be present.
Woodstock is ahead OF LOvingstOn in
churches. L having but ole church, in
order to make up however L is ahead of
W in bar-rooms, L boasting four.
A new store is to be opened here next
week by a gentleman from Charlottesville,
This had created some little excited talk i,
and the proprietor is looked upon as rather
a kind of curious specirnan of humanity
to make his appearance for the grati6ca-
ton cf the curiosity of LIS people al
though we cannot say that we were any
more of a curiosity when we arrived in L.
than we were the first day we made our
appearance in w.
There are rather more criminals here
than in Shenandoah, this is due however
to the fact that there are more negroes
here thsn there, tor the whole country
seems to be full of them, some the black
est we have ever seen especially one of
whom it has been said 1.-Two like him
would cause total darkness in the broad
day time.'
Some little excitement seems to pervade
the co immunity here as to who will be the
Democratic nominee for President. We
have heard ne very decided opinion ex-
pressed but think the people OF this Sec
ton are willing to endorse most heartily
any one whom the Democrats may see fit
to put on the track.
With these few exceptions, so far as
We know, Nelson is in its usual state of
peace and tranquility.
Respectfully