Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-04-01
LETTERS FROM FAUaUIER.

N1ARSdALL, w., N1oiCu ", Aooo'Ah he
robins and blue birds have now returned
and with them the warm and gentle breezes
of spring. Farm and garden work has been
begun in earnest and those who suffered
during the late cold winter season will soon
forget their ills, and once more be happy
Our merchants expect soon to have Oh hand
spring supP.hiie-, haviars; :a;ssa completed
inventories and begun collections. The far
mers appear somewhat despondent rs to
the prospect for the usually abundant wheat
crop, but as in past years they forget that
the Bestower of all our blessings may grant
a better return than they expect, and that
the profit on their fat cattle, sheep and hogs
will help to make up any deficiency, Capt.
Drayton G. Meade, it may be added,
usually makes early sale of his lambs and
fat cattle in the New York market, and
reaps, of course, the reward of his good
management. The dearth Of domestics, es-
pecialIy of cooks, in this community in
creaes yearly and unless some substitute
for the colored woman be found, our ladies
will be compelled to practice "high life be-
low stairs" on an extensive scale. To save
them deal of worry, not greatly lessened
by the introduction of the oil cook stove,
their loving husbands might, at least, en-
deavor to introduce either Irish or German
operatives.
The late resignation of Rev. ]. Calvin Stew
art, of the Presbyterian Church of Marshall
and Delaplane, is deeply deplored by all
acquainted with this excellent young min
lister. AS pastor he was eminently sue
cessful, and will carry with him to his new
field of labor the good wishes and prayers
of Christians of all denominations. In con-
nection with the transactions Of the late
Baltimore Conference, held at Salem, Ro
anoke county, the appointment was made
to hold the second annual Sunday school
convention, for Fauquier county, at War
renton, during the approaching month of
June. This convention, it may be remem-
bered, met at Marshall in 1883, and proved
q grand success. Its revival this year will
encourage friends of the Sabbath school
cause. The officers are: Rev. ]. E. Lake,
D. D., president; Maj or r. L. Scott and
Others, vice presidents; Major b. W. New
by, Alexandria, secretary. The delegates
present at Marshall were 124, representing
four denominations and "a Sabbath schools
of the county.
1t may be added that, since !he inaugu-
ration of President Cleveland, everybody
in our neighborhood has settled down 10
the conviction that the good time, at last,
has come to old Virginia. J.
PLAINS STATION, March 30.-Thc present
outlook is most gloomy 10 the agriculturIsts
of this section OF Virginia. Owing to the
severity of the past winter, there has been
an unusual amount of feed consumed, many
farmers having already exhausted their
winter supply, and as there is no prospect OF
grass for several months to come, it Till, it
is said prove quite disastrous to the many
graziers around here. The wheat crop is
we'll nigh failure and in consequence of
the late spring no one has begun to prepare
land for corn, which will make the planting
of that crop very late, and late crop is
usually bad one.
The recent change of schedule on the
Manassas division of the " NJ Railway did
not meet the expectations of our citizens,
who rather hoped for an early than late
mail. AS the schedule now is the mail does
not arrive here until nearly p. M, whereas
it formerly arrived about 10 a. m This is
very inconvenient to those taking daily pa.
pers, and it is the wish of many that the
railroad company may give US an earlier
mail.
There has been considerable talk in the
newspapers about Virginians going West,
especially from the southwest portion of the
State. If the papers would only compare
the number that return with those that GO, we
think that they would soon see that there
is no danger of the.State being ,depopulated,
az of avery ten that 90 nine oftha number
invariably return. We are quite sure no
more will 60 West from here. of the one
or two who did 60 out as far as Kansas, af-
ter giving up good positions here, have
already returned and may daily be heard
singing "Home Sweet Home, there is no
place like home" BUFFALO BILL.