Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-01
s.citep from Leesburs

s.citer from LeesburS.
correspondence Of the Aloxsndria Gszette.l
LEEsEURG, VA, April 80, 1S17.-OGr Cir
cuit Court presided o7cr By Judge R.H, Turn
or, OF Frederick: Circuit, was coacd last Saiur
day about five clock, and during the term y
go3l deal oG plain buSles5 was done which let
loose :; good dcu! ol II 1ucy in the hands o! com
mi3sioa;rs OF sales. There were but fa" jury
trials, IS tic so"s3n waa 81 favorable for work,
10 the putting in CT spr!ng crops, thai such
matters we're not pressed.
The farmers Of the equity are il iine spirits
abyu. the rise in wheat and corn. especially
these 81 them who have those articles for sale.
| have heard O! one lucky man who had 100
bushels o. wheat for which he got 50. 0Dc
mao near Laesburg has Goo bushels Of corn co
hand, aDG another one, whose farm Is below
town, CO the river, has two crops OF probably
1900 bushels each. 1t is amusing to hear some
of those WHO sold before the rise counting their
losses at from 81, 900 to 50. coo. When We look
ut the whole wheat crop If Loudouu rise Of
IS cents on the tushcl would make difference
in value Of mere tLan 100000, and 20 cents
rise in earn applied othe whole crop, $l5O,000,
more tban hall million dollars. | was amused
at the remark OF one man, who had a bundle
in his hands, aod said to ncighbor, Lord
aiot it too bad, just as get some dishes to eat
wheat bread from, wheat has gone up so that
viii hacn to stick 20 corn bread, and sell Dy
wheat" Oar farmers always have abundant
living of the best their farms afford, and ride
about the couatry 10 their spring wagons. or
carriages, or on horseback, and never consider
that W. town tackles have to pay tor every
enjoyment CT this sort that We get al heavy
rates. and for al our food. One mau, not lar
from Locsburg, has 4 farm "hlch he values At
s. 600; he was complaining that farmers made
hlIlc Or uothiug asked him whether he, his
wife and five childrcr did derive their callre
tloi from the farm. even Including groceries,
TOR the surplus butter and eggs buy ,hcn;)
he acknowledged that they DID, and agreed with
NE that $40 per arnum, or S49O Tor ali, Was
. very fair aud reasonable allowance. AMI this
WAS PER cL 60 hl: investment and IN this We
did not take in.o consideration rent and fire
wood. which town people have 10 pay irr, but
which his land supplied to him. lu addition 10
all this MS money Was laws I'd where dlSnon
est officials could rot rob hIuG oft, nor uniortu
nate borrowers cause 1t to disappear, and where
fire would do it but little dam,ge; aud then his
luSCSlDSUl DPlDS CiOSc ~ WIS I'LL odH hbh ou
the c,icc of the great L1udoun Valley, that
land fl wing with uIilk and booey, which is
the glory OF all lauds, Will probably, in al
dtluu 10 the per ct. On hl1 Investment, gallo
= to per CT. per anoum on the rapid Increase
in vaiu@ cons qnent upon our railroad being
made Il ihoroug h!aTe by a conaec!lon with WIN
Chester, AID not mere country railroad. ihen
lgt our farmers take heart; keep down cxirav
arai,e. 10 dressing, borrow ~ money {; ii their
farms are larger thaD they have capital to work
sell porti0a, and not act the part Of The dog
10 the maagcr
hear OF tut few sales ol Ia1d; one tract Of
lOj acres, with OBJ acres OF wood land, about
thrae-quartors OF uila distant, and abou; half
way between FarmvlIc and Gui!tOrd, suld Tor
$40 per acre; no buildings. The land Of }. 7.
DcBults, near H'lIsborough, was sold by rus
tees sale at So. IS per acre, for 426 acres, II.
Grafton Dulany purchaser. There is a conln-
gent right OF dover On this land, bu! it went
cheap.
Judge Turncr met good many old friends
OF thc 18th Virginia here, who were very glad
to sec him. l. understand that canvass Of the
bar attendant Oh this court, (abGut 80 IN aIl)
showed, by majority, preference for titz.
Lee for Governor AIQCIs.