Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-03-16
s,cffcr srona T4outioln County.
Of the Alexandria GsZatte.


It,o1rcsrouisace Of the Alexandria Gszette.
LEEsBURG, March Is.
Ga ,Myutsj gentleman golDg towards
Eill.bo.uush, saw u water spout burst 10 the
muuotalus west tf the gap ia the Shor! ll'll
ia which the lowu is located 10 oLe hour III"
polth Iolk Of C4toctin Creek rose SIX leet.
The Storm vas very heavy 10 the northern
part Of the county aud considerable damage was
do0e TO tho wheat fields aud lctciGg between
Goresvile and Poiot CT Rjcks.
Sireams ian where streams lad never before
been seen, and logs two feet across the butt and
sixteen feet loog were borne oil ty then. 10
son,e instances posts OF fences were split AID
the rails washed away.
There was some hail, which was large enough
to knock down chimneys and scatter the ashes
on the heath, but 20 special damage was done
by it.
Cu!rcrts On tie road were washed out, aud
little stream running lnto the river had Its
banks 80 much worn away as TO be twice as
large as it was before the storm.
1t is said that the grass and wheat are at
least one month 10 advance oflast year s growth,
and farmers arc fairly we'll advanced IN their
farm work.
Farm produce is very low except butter,
| which is scarce; eggs arc rctalcd at ten cents
dozen.
Col. j. ii. Benton has sold his farm il $40
per acre to Mr. George Skinner; he gave Tor II
SIS about ten years ago, and has improved the
| land great deal; this tract lies about TWO
miles from MiddIeburg on the road 10 Lees
| burg, and on the turnpike IRON Aide TO
| Sockersville.
MIR. Hugh i. Thompson has recently pur
chased Stony Point, the residence Of MIR. }. i.
White, one mile west OF llilIsborough, for
about $40 per acre; this was formerly The resi-
depcc of MIR. John White, and 10 his young
! days was almost model farm, but owing q
great deal to his excellent farming; be told my
father, not long before bis death. that he was
convinced that The most profitable way OF
raising and feeding cattle was not to Craze them
On the cntirc field, but to pen them around the
springs, so as to give them fresh water and
room TO exercise, and to serve them with the
mown grass he being convinced that he could
| thus feed more cattle to the acre OF grass and
with more profit than by allowing them to roam
over ADD tread down tho grass.
Capt j. w. Foster purchased firm ut Mr.
j, y. Mead at $292O at public sale; this farm
contains $50 acres and lies within one mile OF
the court house yard. and on Tuscarola creek;
| IL Is larry guOu lalin auu was WV 'oi W onS
of the largest land owners aud also money lend
ers in the county Of Loudoun. Mr.. I. NJ. o.,
born purchased lG3! acres near SnckcrsvlIle,
for 81 IS per acre. Mr. }. II. Purcell pur-
chased q few weeks ago The farm Of Thompson
Osborn between Ilillsborough and Rourd Hill
(some 27O acres) at $40 per acre.
You will perceive that all these arc Loudoun
men Of substance, and that their purchases To-
dictate the drift of money into land AS The best
investment to be made.
The taxes in the portions of the c0uo!y 10
which these purchases have been made no not
exceed S. cents in 500 all told, or where land
is assessed at $40 per acre the tax is IT cents
per acre; the assessed value Of these lauds is
about their scIIiuc value; their leuabe va'u
would be from s. to So per acre, averaging
s. So 90 that the tax is about one seventh 0t the
reutablc value. MIR. Thomas II. Burch has re-
Gently sold his lC3 acres near Leehturg Tor
l$5 900 cash down, to Mr. Reed, 40 lIngli 5hmaD.
Remember that these arc not local sales or
confined to oue ncighborhood, but extend over
a SEMI circle. one point on which Is ) miles
southeast OF Loesburg. then to witho two miles
Of Mddcscy; thence to SnckcrsVll'c, and end
log at uillsborough, aud 70 ooe farm Except
Fosters purchase) nCarcr 10 railroad than
two miles, and all Of them outside OF thr rlngc
of the Washington T. Ohio Railroad. Rather
they are not 10 that sectioo CT the county
which has the competition Of tue caua, and
the Bat;morc Il Ohio Eailroad their market
is Alexandria. Therefore this Is good news.