Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-16
NIecklenburs Oounty. va.

NEeckienbMrg County, Va.
Correspondence OF the Alexandria GAgETrz.l
Six miles from Five Forks, railroad sta.
ton, is situated the pretty little village OF
Boydton. There genuine old Virginia hos
pitality has lost none of its characteristic
charms. Handsome women, with mental
accomplishments added to their beauty OF
face and figure, and courtly gentlemen, old
and young, are every where to be seen.
| Fine horses, some celebrated imported stock,
and the we'll fed hunting dogs are objects
of interest to the lover of horse flesh and
| the sportsman. 1.-THE chase" is often in-
duIged in and this town boast of one Of the
most celebrated and successful fox hunters
in the State. find that il man wants to
have royal time 10 good old fashioned way,
1t is best. generally speaking, to get away
Into the interior, some distance from the
railroad; there the people take life more
lelcurely, have plenty of time for occasional
festivities, jolly, full of good nature, fond Of
field sports, and spiritually" gladden. the
lnnerman of their guests. In ABOUT year
| or TWO this will be railroad town, as the
road from Norfolk to Danville which is now
uuder construction will locate depot here,
bonds, with that proviso. One of Alexan-
dria's most brilliant ard vivacous ladies',
| Mrs Lucy Brent Thorpe, is q resident of this
| place. Her husband is the popular and
accom- pllshed Commonwealth Attorney.
The Rev. MI Duncan, the pastor OF the
Methodist church, is son Of the late Rev.
Jas. A. Duncan, who was go we'll known
and dearly loved by the people Of yonr city.
! Young Duncan inherts the genius and bril-
iauev OF his father, and it is particularly
agreeable to both pastor and people that he
should have been sent here by the last con-
| ference.
The old buildings vacated when the Ran.
dolph Macon College removed from here to
Ashland, are now occupied es high school
for colored youths of both sexes, and are
owned End conducted by Northern 80.
cicty.
Gainesville is o fourishiDg little town
about twelve miles south of Boydton. II
has population of about one thousand and
for several years has been the terminus Of
the Richmond and Mecklenburg Railroad,
but now the road has just been completed to
Oxford, n. c., (25 miles, and the trains will
be put on in few days. 1t is located in the
8 uthwesiern part Of the county, Just where
the Dan and Stanton rivers flow together
and form The beau iful Roauoke river, and
the situation is attractive and romantic. 1t
has abuut twenty stores and several large
tobacco warehouses where the "leaf and
ugsn ars brought in daily from the sur
| rounding country aud sold at auction.
There is boom in the tobacco market and
! he prices on lower grades arc from three to
cur hCudred per cent. greater than this
I TINE last year. So the farmer has good
aansa to feel happy. Corn oats and, indeed,
everything the farmer has to sell, is high,
and every article lie has to purchase is low.
! So this is the farmers good time.
IL is said that Ciarksvile some years be-
| fcse the war vas the third largest tobacco
! market in the State, and that Moss & Bro.
/ lad the largest tobacco factory in the United
SslfSi 9ian North caroaia, but during the war the
Confederate government took up the rails
and with the equipage transferred them to
! Greensboro, n c.. and used them ID
! Constructing the "linkn between that place
,.ud Danyiie; thus Clarksville was left out
in the cold and slum oered quietly until the
railroad Vas built from Keysvilie, on the
| Richmond aud Danvile, to that place, when
! u took arother start When the Norfol
and Dauvilie iotersects her North Carolina
lire aud the Blue Wing railroad is built 1t
will doubtless improve rapidly and become
q railroad centre of some importance. The
celebrated Buffalo Lithia Springs are stu
ated miles from there.
Chase City is another hourishing town in
this county, on the railroad II miles north Of
Boydtcn. Itiss new town, having been built
sincs the war; Messrs. G.. A. Endley and
Jno. E. Boyd, two wealthy and euterprising
gentlemen from Onio bought the property
aud located the town. It now has fifteen
stores-seven large ones-also three large
tobacco warehouses, many beautiful resi-.
dences, two good hotels, several nice
churches, bank, &c, &c. The Mr.. Boyd
l meution ia an old Alexandrian, having
been born Oh King street seventy i've years
ago. He left Alexandria when boy. He
says the Alexandria boys called him Frog
Boyd. Pronably some of your old FOLKS re.
member him. His father conducted the
saddle aud harness business on King street
Chase City is thorough little busines;
city" The tobacco is brought in wagons
from all the neiRhooring country, SOME from
distance of 40 miles, and all the ware
HOUSES have sales every day.
MeckieDburg isquite large county, bor-
deripg on North Carolina. The Roanoke
river extends through nearly the entire
southern part of the county, running from
west to east. The country is we'll watered
and tho farmers are turning their attention
10 the "flue cured" tobacco which bring!
"big money" Everybody is clamorous fol
the removal of the tax on tobacco, and if i
is not done By this Congress there will b,
great dissatisfaction by all parties. Thi
county contains $4,000 Inhabitants. and il
in ths Black B BsIt, politically speaking.
c. W. G.
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