Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-01-07
Seftcr from Augusta.

Correspondence OF tho hieySndrip GsG1tte
FIsHERsvILLE. AUGUSTA Co., Jan. 6.-Tri
vicinity, VIC Gre glad 20 say, has al las, re5umed
its daily teutioc, after cnj,yiog 10 the !u;I cx-
tent. the Christmas holidays. We bgvo had d
little too Z. uoI! Christn@s at least 50 much can
be said II the oooreG EarS Of The Dopnieiios.
christmas With the Il maaaS cJalinu ,Us !rniic
i,om the beginning Of Chr s:Daa week uatil
long affer inc New YcGl's sun has
sunk i,stsstho G.s'crn hpEizDn, to reulic 4
" that another year is swiftly il lag by, aud
If VIC should wish to epiUy its plcasur and
profits We Eust De up aud doing. We were
particularly struck With the sight. AL tbs 10,
dus rlons tillers OF the soil we're busily pursuing
their various industries, while the ooore6
"semmcn" were stru;ting arouad, uounad ia
their Sunday best, with apparently nothing in
the ~o,ll to do. Such Is life and the effects of
OF tho Fourteenth Amendment, 81,
The Ladies Missionary Aid Society of Bar
!e!trook heli a festival ct IiukIlng Suring
Church Oh NeH Yeats day. The day wss
rather VEIN tat tho oysters aud coffee werc
served in splendid style, and highly crjoycd By
all who we're present, The receipts did not
amour. to as much as was expected, owing 70
tbs smsli number of persons pressot. Abou $50
vas tBk, n 10, which will be devocd 10 the mis
sion Cause. Such comueudabie efforts on tho
part Of the ladies aud for such o notls cause
should net 60 uurewardcd. The Presbyterian
congregation Of this cdursh, OF which the Rev.
L. 3. Stricken is pastor, is perhaps the largest
and strongest OF that denomination in the VAL
ley. Tits has been q Presbyterian stronghold
for more than a ocn,ury. there having boeD
throc different buildings erected upon tho same
sitA. Tue present s. Uctufc ls c0mmodioua
aid subs antlsl brick building, with Session
house sGd all epr rtenanoe5 c2mplcte. The
old cemetery on the west side OF The church
being filled iuvA!ved the Gcceasity of laying CUT
G nav ono Oh the east side. The old one con-
talts the lemaioa Of some Of :he first settlers Of
this stc'op; among them the prastons anu
other promiucnt families CONNECTED with tho
early history ct the State. Tho church took
liz uegUe from he peculiar ;iekiiug souoda pro-
dueed BY the water AJHiSg from large apd
beautiful spring 10 the immediate ylui1ity
This vas o.c5 point on tam us Iadiaa trail
in pincvaI days
Mr. S4mu Arnall, who, i, !s supposed, took
an overdose OF lgutGnun for severe cold OF
last Friday night, has been unconscious ever
siooc, rot being able to give any rxplaua-
ton of his sudden and dangerous Sickness.
Much sympathy is expressed 10 the comnuci-
~ fer htin, as he is quite popuiaryouug man.
SUCH dangerous drugs should be carefully pre-
scrbcd by competent physicians.
There is much excitement aud comment il GU.
sister iowa, Weyocsboro, over tho prviactod
Shenandoah Vs!lcy issiroad, which mary sui
pose will be tult to thar point, aud upon the
recently teRuo uiniog operations by ooIn-
psuy, of which Il. N..Pcoe is president. We with
them all the success imaginable, and trust tie
grand schemas may not collapse aG suddonly As
soUe others OF Ike fame have in This vicinity.
This is certainly most propi'ious time to
commence such operations, as the supply Of
iron is not sufficient to meet tho extraordinary
demand all over TIE world. There ia vaIua
bio Iron bauk in this vicinity, which il w;ali
be vel! Ter capitalists to lock after, within one
and q halt miles Of III, d pot, AID said TO be- Of
the brown homatite order. SCg1pToR