Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-11
LETTER FROM FAUQUIER.
Of tho Alexandria Gazette

CORRESPONDENCE of tho Alexandria Gazette.
The PLAINS, May Son Thursday last,
VIZ were visited BY on" Of the heaviest ball
storms nat has passed through this section
for wears. although not SO destructive as
some we have e1rerian"ed. 1t was without
doubt The deepest fail Of hail we ever wit
messed. a few hours preceding the storm
the heat was intense, the thermometer
standing about 80 degrees. Notwithstand-
inp the injury done to vegetation was very
SLIGHT. it ;r thought by some that the cher
ries and grapes have suffered much, espec-
ially the latter crop, which was just begin
hing o bloom,
The .ccasi.,n WA promptly taken aivan.
tar. Of i, those TEu were ~, unfortunate
IS not to procure their usual supply OF ice
!.-t season.. ami frtezers were brought into
r.oui-ition. and the parched Threats of many
were sa,ialed with ice cream I'D lihitum.
lil.!e terrier dog belonging to lady a
few miles from here was completely stripped
OF hi. hide BY The hail s.oncs, and has since
died from inflammation 81 The cuilcte. This
is the only fatality attendant upon the
storm 80 far IA heard from
Although the wheat Is looking exceediug-
" well. ard Indications point 10 large
Weld. the farmers are still respondent,
| MANY havin:; part IF lust years guano bill
to pay this fall out If The coming crop. and
| at the present price If wheat it i thought
that but few Viii be u!Ie to lquihaIe their
| Indebtedness unItS they have an nnprece-
denied yieit!
At the Aprii term nf our county court.
Judgment was uhaliiri by the various fer
li!iZer agents ay3;ii $ nI:" hundred Fhnqnirr
| farmers, in suns .anpiug from, 500 to 81 900.
This, az we al kEru was caused by the
failure Of the crop ast -easun.
The cUutlnnUnS rails that have ftlt n for
the past few days have seriously interfered
with culn planting, but will, We hope, he
beneficial TO the grass which has been very
short, many uf lir,. cattle men even now,
feeling their lock ~ the fields on account
Of the scarcity %! .r;,Ss.
The present subject III conversation at
| this place is the PROPOSED division of this
parish r communication has already been
| addressed TO the clergy and la!ty Of The
| Episcopa; church OF Virginia, IL further
this end, as the readers OF the Southern
Gurchmun may have seen. The commnui.
cation i. signed by Messrs VIM. Beverly,
THO. Henderson, Beverly Turner and
nincry-two other prominent citizens. The
secession Of tie above named gentlemen is
said To ia bitterly opposed by The pastor of
the church at this place and his numerous
| friends. II is !. we'll known fact that tine
gentlemen who favor the division and pro-
| pose TO withdraw, are the bone and marrow
Of the congregation, being exceedingly
wealthy as well as Influential, and conse-
quently it is thought by outsiders that their
withdrawal will undoubtedly create u linan-
cial panic. A gentleman well Informed in
such matters told your correspondent that
he thought, under the circumstances, Il d.
vision was decidedly the best thing that
could be done, it being the only means by
| which TO restore harmony, peace and BROTH
erly love.
We recently noticed by tho newspapers
that the farm hands in certain portions Of
the State had ipbibed the labor move and
were striking for shorter hours. This is not
surprise to Ia, ~ it stems but a!ural that
if mechanic cau't stand hut eight hours
per day, farm hands who DO twice or
three times the amount Of work, should wish
an amelioratiou of their hardshps
BUFFALO BILL.