Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-23
s.ettcr lEem Falls Church.

letter lrem Falls Church.
Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gsz.tte
FALLS CHURCH. Va, Aug. -, lS79.-We
have Often been told ly the elders that "tbs
proof OF tho pudding is ia the eating Of it."
We appreciate the souudDcss Of that theory,
and We have had al Illustration Gift. The low
has been The object Of ccnsurc for long time
because ct the obvious ioeompctcpcy of its
officials, and some considerable change was made
at tue last town election. But, alas the chapps
did not prove much Of al Improvement. Bark,
with all his pIctcntious noise, has again proven
| unable 10 compete With IIcldfsst.
H. 5. Abbott, tho Evening Stars Falls
Church correspondent, who has been promi.
| nent tos years 10 bis eudeavOrs to direct public
sentiment, and his assurances Of what would
DC dono 1t tho people wcud join hards With
| him 10 his schemes 70! the Improvement ct the
| town, was elected hlayor aud qualified six weeks
age; his growing hoO0rS clustered 90 him too
| thlcS; the judicial business Of the town, which,
during bis telm bed Swced 10 tho extent OF
| COW trcspass aud the arrest Of q reero fol sell.
| log whisky at camp meeting, oVer-burdered
his ability, and at tho les. meeting Of the coun.
| Gil his resignation was rendered and promptly
| accepted. Exit Abbott. George b. Ives wa,
elected Mayor pro tenn, tut he CIV and the
| negro 10 the meantime rcganed their liberty,
and the new Mayor starts in with clean docket
When you get through with your new Mayor,
whose impartatY and strict sanso of tue re-
spODsbilities of his position. is winning him The
admiration OF all layers Of peace, good order,
| aud justice, send him up 10 us and we'll make
him Mayor, aud furnish hic au opportunity of
setting our paopIe Sample of good hard sense
and backbone.
Oar adjourned school meeting met at Jeffsr
son destitute, aCd in ;h2 absence ct Mr. Shreve,
Mr.. Patterson VA called 10 the chair. George
Nj. ThoG?p:on. from The Columbia Baptist
Church. reported lha' Verbal eercnmeot had
been made With the D..;r!cs Trustees 10 lease
| them the two basement rooms Tor school puf'
poses Tor 500 per anuun. Tho question oi
the right CT tho school trustees to rent build
l0g and then let tho people uso it fer seize:
or subscription school wa warmly debated by
some who could see great difference between
loanlog buildings, the property OF tho trustees
| paid tor by the peoples money for that pur-
pose, and loaEing 2 building Phioh thay rent,
but they seem TO overlook the fsc. that the
| ro0ms rented are Gttcl with sehoc! furniturn,
stationary black boards, sos! all tho para phernsG.
OF the school which must BE- protected and
cared fer, ard which word moi suif:s my more
by careful Use than By storage, aud would r.
quire as much alnca: ioT storage AID care dur
iug the year az IT,: rest asked for tie present
rooGs. The clcc;inn Of u local Board OF Flu.
cation was urge. ~ d.. Moran, but vas nc!
by the suggestion that such action was second
airy, because ii We had . private school su,h
board would be iuuG:u3 Ctlcio, IL was bss. 20 de,
clde II VIC should have q school which would
require tho caro- Ct board 81 education, and
motion to that eject drew 30 sim a respoLs,
that upon GlVIa!0a the chair cJuned noes and
declared the mai!o1 cdopted by n vote Of ) to"
nearly every Cue present re!ra!Liog from qotiu.
a motioa 10 elect q committee O: three 10 carry
into eec. the sense o. tho meeting and report :.
plan Of sC:lon TO the mex. meeting ID avail then.
selves at the facilities offered by tho distric.
trustees, was adopted, sEd Messrs. }. G. DePu-
tron, 4. u: Harrington and Jas. ). Riley elected
SAID committee, and the meeting adjourned I,
meet ST the SANG place Wednesday. 9th inst.
Inc peach crop y grand success SIS to qusnt.
ty. but financially 1t is a failure. Why can't we
get rid OF tho disti!lation taz and pu. tho nous
aEds OF bushels OF waste peaches of these oil
years into good pcsc brandy without snakes in
II? Thousands o! dollars could have been saved
this scasoD, even il our tide water region aIorp
by this E1eans, Without taking into consideration
tho amount thRt could be thus ssved in the large
peach growing districts Of Delaware, Maryland,
and tobacco ara taxed 20 pay a5ou. one half the
expenses OF the government and he not permit
ted to make O little apple-jack or pcsch brandy
without the gers dc armo is after him, is ono OF
the questions solne pcopio cal' get Through their
hair z,