Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-30
Ectter from ChasSeur.


FARMvlLLE. VA Aug. 29.-I fud myself
resting il ibis detachable village, and like Faust,
chewing The cud cf sweet aud bitter media
tion il the cid town of Rotterdam. | wonder
| Why people vii; live here, and how they can
gain conteu.mert and happiness in such place.
add, iha. IS the whites as for the blacks, if
there Is place where good niggers 60, that
p!aco luSs DEEDS be this, for they sre the
blacklist, joest, dirtest, roggedest, LATEST set
Ct daTkies [ ever saw. Sitting here 10 the
PORCH Of tbs little tobacco town of Farm 7c,
| tho Surroundings arc strange to visitor eyes,
la tho hE5t place lis main tboroughiare is a
study 10 Itself. 1t looks like Leadville, or
sonie rev iowa in the mining regions, thrown
up amid the su|ches of the camp brick stores
and wooden shops shantcs and booths, all
are c2pmluGlct in higglety piggelly style, and
all dO'ng rearing business; tho streets are
Jsmmed With the black popuIaliou-here are a
dcz!n able bodied sous Of Africa engaged 10 q
game OF marbles, their bolserous shouts at a
lucky bit or successful long shot at taw, rising
high above the din and busle OF rafting ye.
hlc!cs aud the hun of trade there uuder the
Shade Ut the trees Ito sc.re of them asleep,
ockldg oil the world like tho sleep that knows
no waking, Ter the hurIying footsteps, the
shouts Ut The transfers, the iolliug Of heavy
wagons over the rough streets, don't disturb
them IN tine leAst. Across the way is Farm
vile lrdte?UtlltON festival. Around curbstoue
Is group ct grlnping negroes eating their ia
Vorlte iruit thelr black iacas shining, and their
mouths filled with the luscious food, while
their eyes fairly roll 10 cslscy, aud they arc ts
happy as fllck oil ducks around mud pud
die. or cote,iO Of cid topcrs surrounding o
Jug OF liquor.
| like Memphis in Tho midst Of lis deadly
, plague, Farmvillo has its carts going through
the streets, tho drivers pausiug before every
house ultcriug doleful cries that rcsound
through the city. but Instead tf the awful
walllrg summons CT Memphis "Iere's your
cart, btlug out the deed tho voices are heard
here cryioS, "Waterlnions, greco rinc red
mcsl good to eat AID cant be beat Water
millions. five cents apiece" and the SQUAD
echoes through the streets. pierces through
the closed windows. shoots into the passages
aol cthcas, and like the summons OF the good
Sultan Al tachid 10 Bagdad, it briggs 10y and
clmior; to the hearts and Gtomacts OF the
tarmVlans old mon rush cur, girls tly
across tho streets bearheaded, little children,
hardly able TO walk, 20 to the cart, and then
my Is cechoWcd here now, and The inhabitau,s
i've on melons. Indeed this choice ftuis is
currency here; the Oakley bugs his groceries
with M llEs that he has pifercd from his white
| ncl.hbor'a patch. gud 10 return the SHOP
keeper sells :hem es change to his customers
Even Ga The l:on money Of the Spartaus. and
| 'h? sea sln'i currency Ut the Sandwich Island
cis. the m"tcn - as good as sold 10 tho Farm
Williams
Aad then the teams; such co1veyauces
uever saw bctnfe 10 Virginia there is more
pc!amtGA!irg beet to the square acre in Farm
vilic l!au anywhere elSo 10 the world. The great
e@a&n OF power everywhere else is horse power;
here Ii Is oy power. Every second team is 40
oy team, ana every other cart, wagon or coo.
seyancc is drawn by-Rcll, in defcrcpos aud re
srcct tc NY lady readers, will refine the
truth AID say that The tavorto pair of animals
generally hlteicd together here is gentleman
eos" and J9hnta!l.
Ia careful reading cf The Scripture must
| confess to have learned to cherish the highest
respect Ter that admirabl, character job"
us rsileccl uid4r difficulties. his endurance
10 al bis tils!s, hs silent, mute protest against
me ordeal he was per force pulled through.
Al tics. !na5 combined renders him an es.
rccal OH ct Gt admiration to rewspaper men,
lgnG sUttef!5G patience must have gwen out,
and he could have out cursed the army 10
taSdErs, which, according to tradition, must
:h'e dOrC some tall sTearlog 10 its time. Time
here Is noihlaE, connection is ni and Tie tIav,
citr has ample time to tb1k Of the evil deeds
O. mlspent youth. Well. TO be explicit, |
reached harmvllIo about noon invited to so
TO Eampi2u SydaGy College, and thcra arc two
f:va! teams that travel that road, each hating
the o her Ike poison. Oae said
Eentl;mer, L am an honest man cannot
tel lie. | cm father Of family, and spruog
!;om good old Presbyterian stock, and have o
came to keep W, add what tell you is SD. LIS
!a!t past tw@vc o'clock DOW. and my carriage
does cot isaVo Tor the College before four
GEEK lGla evening, aad you will have to
wait"
The ether raid "GcDtcmcn | was born
g0or, but honest. l. amt pretty if | am proud.
an member OF the Church, and 40 elder,
loo. l never told q lie in my life; I may be
m'staE2n sometimes, but SO very rarely that l
nave forgotten The circumstance; ask for jus.
tics that sits enthroned on high, and don't ask
Anybody Ter anything except what's right. |
am moral man, aud dou't either curse, drink
or smoke. too, gentlemen, am the father of
family OF three pairs OF twins, or rather two
laGilles, tor L married a widow with whole
Kit OF children, cod a mother 10 law to boot,
WHO always watches mo close. Judge then
gentlemen If L en- likely to tell lie for the
sake OF patrv fifty cent fare. No reason
| honor honor gentlemen, that beats 10 every
| Virg'nIan's breast, frhids it. You can Jus.
swear 10 NY words, my ncishbors all do, and
believe ne when tell you that will start 10
| fifteen minutes"
There urc ,4o other passengers beside nv.
| scii-oce drummer, or 10 speak politely.
a commercial traveller: the other youog shcp
nerd, or 10 speak more plainly, divinity stu.
dent, WHO were going my way. Aud so We put
our heads together to decide which team VIC
should pa'ronizl. We all voted for the second
,,9,cake'; his CHA music, alas, fooled US all.
We climbed icto his old ambulance, that had
evidently tassa2d through tho Yankee army,
aud was Siter the war sold for old iron. We
took our seats and waited. The d. s. opened
hl7 Bible and commenced to read, tho g. L.
was socn deep 10 his book of accounts. while
tfiSd to be intensely Interested 10 ten cent
IT,