Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-03
Letter from Charlottesville.

Correspondence, of the Alexandria Gszotte.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Fob. Fad. $751;
B7 visit to this portion of the country. your
| correspondent is enabled 10 give some descrp-
lion Of The famous Miller Manual Labor School
which was founded BY tho late Samuel Miller,
native of AIbcmsr!e, and is situated about lG
miles southwest fon this poins. The main
froat building is beautiful structure. 227 feet
loag by 10 feet wide and S. high, with bsck
structure OF same height and $50 long to end of
| chapel, (co6er which il a spacious dining room,)
tdo wto!o Containing sc rooms. including II
do1nltcrlas. some ct which are very large, So
| comnodatiog Gs May 90 twenty boys. The
| wbclo Is heated by an immense steam engine,
| Superintendent By competent officer. tho heat
generated warming this largo building most
| coll0rtsGly. The gas 10 light the building is
maGusc!Ur:d By patent prccass. which fully
| supplies tits important dcsderatun. A large
| fountain situated ID tho mcualan thres miles
distOrt, furnishes the reservoir wi:h delightful.
water iGr tho whole premises. sod there ore
| also complete arrangements 10 protoc. against
| fire. This main building with reservoir, &o., is
said 10 hsya ocss about $4,000. A largo
building $50 feet BE- SO feet, three s,orits high,
| With C Wing, and intended for work chop, is
| 10 prCce,s CT construction, which, whcr cJm-
| Elelcd, will mako ample roo@ for tho nracice
OF Tho vatious manual professors. This will
etso hs7o large eugino for operating tho ma,
! ohluery. The entire cost OF this will 30 about
SIC 900.
The stables and GU buildings ara aluoat
complete, tnd thes, alone will repay visit to
aDy pclson cesIcus Of improving his farm or
ranecnca;s.
This school was crcled 10 O,tobcr 1878. with
| twenty b2ys; i. COW contairs 100, who seem do
lighted with their accommodations, spd keep
good ordsr. They arc com posed of orphan
Hslo children Of tho county of Albemsrlc. who
are suppled With c!othipg uad food from tho
lund lett By he doaoI.
The Whnio Institution is under Tho control Of
Piof. =. D. VaTter, who is most emncntly CO
dowcd ty rnlure end BY thorough txpelianoe
aud udy Of the Vaots to dircctits operations.
llo is pidCd By Prof. J. Roy Baylor, w. D.
WhiesoI;sr and a. O. Taslor, ss.iiauts;
tho whole work with all lis compartments cen
| s!i.C,iug sa5iI3g monument TO tho bcue6cerco
Of TIC ,esta:tr. 1t may DO luther mentioned
that divine services arc held alternately By the
pastors ct tho various churches every Sabbath.
This iaS'l:ut'on is situated about six miles from
the y. y. railroad, With most excellent
graded road leading to 1t.
10 my list letter it VAS Inadvertently stated
that tie cattl, sales Ct the atjoirirg counties
WCro held en- too 2O!h of czech month. 1t
shcu'd have been tho Sd Thursday ia each
mouth. tho sale referred 10 10 January. hap.
peDlng Oh tic oO:h hioh vas the 3 Thursday.
They arc blooming 40 object Of much interest
With ca;'lJ dealers
The Catholic denomination is completing
unltc handsome church 10 this town. 1t is
50 feet long ty 80 feet wide. wih steeplo
ABOUT 50 feet high from the foundation. 1t has
al auto room l2xl2; tho whole building capa-
bio CT seating 800 people. There arc only few
prominent members 10 this community. A
very large building is 10 PROCESS of construction
By tho cjlcrsd Baptist denomination, near tho
Mid!a0d depot, which is about 5Ox7O feet, With
a largo vesti5rlo and high stecple, being when
completed, the cost eoEmcdious church cd;Goo
10 toTl.
10 tho .ocial world, tho Misses Hill, dsugt-
tiers of tho late Gen. A. p. Hill, VITO arc now
re!ldiag ct Lexington, Ky. have proven spe.
cialiy attractive to the numerous beeux of cur
towo, and University. They left few days
| ago for thtic kentucky home with mspy sigh
to follow them.
Tho co0tluarce Of cod weather still bluDts
tho mercantile TRADE here, vhilo tho travelling
| agents visit around lo2kiDg Tor its Improvement
l. is o noticeable feature among Tho solicitors
that few Philadelphia houses obtain much nat.
roucgc here. "EULALIA"