Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-22
THROUGH THE STATE.
A RICHMOND MANS OBSERVATIONS
IN xorrowAy COUNTY
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Lawn Party.

,cor,spordencc OF the Richmond plsps,ehl
NorrowAy COUNTY, July 20, sc.
Having f,oaied out from town on the
usual wave thas rolls conntryward with
tidsl regularity about the LIST Of July,
my unpretentious skiff landed me al
most BY chance on the No.toway shore;
and as noticed that this part Of the
country seemed passed over By "our
regular correspondents" | venture 10
beg that small portion Of yoar much.
valued columns be devoted TO tho
"doirgs" OF the good folks OF Motto
way. The Dispatch visits large ma
ioii,y Of tho hospitsblc homes o! this
section, and is q universal fayorite, and
We all sgIee that it Is undeniably plea.
san. TO be interesting as we'll "a inter
es,sd. Though I scarcely think
"They take the rustic murmur OF their
For fbe great wave that echoes round the
world"
still it pleases us to think our actions
have some interest to tho "men
beyond tho mountains" The last few
sunny, bright days have shortened 10 a
small degree the woiully-lOng faces Of
our farmer friends. The tobacco is i'm
proving rapidly since the cessation Of
hostiliiies on the part of the rain. \
good many Of our farmers are trying
the fancy" tobacco this year, and are
getting the flues ready for the fall. Some
OF them have hired experts from the
Tsr.Heel State to initiate them 10 the
mysteries. Mr.. Keys, quite a success
full farmer near Jenoings's Ordinary, has
followed tbs plan, and his tobacco is
as far advanced as the 4" fanciest" lots
of PtrsCu county, n. g.. The neigh
borhood Of the Ordinary seems
10 be on 3 boom. Colonel W. c.
Jefress, an extensive dealer IN leaf
tobacco has moved within mile or two
of the Ordinary during the last year.
lie has bought the well-known " Moun-
tain. Hall +" estate, and is fast restoring
it 10 its pristine elegance. lie has just
completed q large tobacco-wsrehouse,
and is pushing along generally with his
usual grit" The Colonel and his in
teres,ipg family are great additions to
the n,ighborhood. His son. Howard
Jeffiess, a young man of great pro-
mise, claims Richmond College as his
alma mater and his only daughter,
Miss Fannie, just graduated with high
honors from Norfolk College, is the
belle par erctlience Of this part OF the
country. The country from Burkville
down the Richmond and Danville rail-
road is being thickly settled with enter
prisiDg northerners-good farmers, who
arc rapidly improving the land, and
seem well pleased with their new
homes. The county should GER
tainly tender q vote Of thanks to
its Judge for persuading Miss Donnan
to leave her Petersburg home aud grace
county society as Mrs. Mann. She
seems to have made many friends since
her "sdyent " last fall. The Court
house has improved good deal Of late
years. All Of the new buildings are
quite imposing in appearance. The
next station after the Courthouse on the
Norfolk and Western railroad now re-
joices in a less suggestive name, much
to the relief of its much" panEed "-at
and loDg-sufTering citizens. Several Of
the most prominent farmers Of Motto
way are speaking seriously OF following
the lead OF their enterprising Lunenburg
friends in their late " fruit growing and
wine. pressing departure. ], seems to
meet with general appreciation, and |
bope will have an equal amount Of sue
cess. The young folks Of the county
spent quite a pleasant time last Friday
evening at lawn party given by the
DebatiI z Club OF the Ordinary, as nice
q set OF boys as you'll meet outside
ofRicbmond. The grove was tancifdlly
lighted, pretty promenades abounded'
rustic seats were placed in precisely
the places you were most likely to feel
tired, q good floor for dancing, the
greatest abundance Of elegant refresh
ments, bewitching music, aud lot of
ms pretty girls as ever "tripped the
Ugnt lQntaSUC. NVlopiSuouS uuVl6
the ladies for their beauty and grace
were Misses Fannie Jeilress, Mamie
Watson, Matte and Bertha Jones, Miss
Moncure. Of your city; Misses McLaln
and Burks, from Burkeville, and the
Misses Stone, from the neighborhood.
Altogether it was most delightful eve
ming.
The shrill screams Of the threshiDg-
machines are waking the echoes all
through the county, and the pic
turesque harvest-fields are fast giving
place 10 straw-ricks and brown stubble.
The yield of the wheat is better than
was anticipated after the prolonged
rain. IL.