Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-31
TazEwELL COURTHOUSE.
A Pushing ToWn-IospitabIe Poo
pie, &c.

TCorrcspondouce Of the Richmond Dispatchl
july -, 1855.
find the County Court IN session this
week. presided over by Hon. sidney Baxter
Couning, formerly a resident OF Richmond.
and grandson Of Hon. Sidney Baxter, who
VIII he remembered a. AttDfney-General OF
the State. Judge COullins appears TO be de-
lighted vita h. adopted county, regards II
es one Of the richest in the state, and speaks
in glowing terms Of It's future.
one l. impressed with the character OF this
country and ITS people on first arrival, but
YOU form htlle IDEA OF the get'up OF THIS
population until thevisit has been prolonged
for several days. Those who were iamliisr
with Lewisburg, ". Va, IN ante bcllum
times need but recall It's social activity IN
order 10 have 4 good description Oh this VII
LACE: aud the surrounding country here
hears 4 striking resemblance, both in its to-
geography and fertility, 10 the country ABOUT
LewIsburg.
Here of course YOU are not ONLY invited
out to dinner, but to dinners, and the old
time Virginia hospitality is made manifest
in the oller Of a julep OF approved pattern
rendered 10 all the guests, the preachers 81
course declining. The dinner that follows
j. good. substantial, well prepared. and
given without an attempt nj display, and
when II is finished you feel that your
presence has put no one 10 trouble ana you
leave with an ardent wish TO rereat tbe
same adventure at an early day. Ana, by
the way, have yOu ever paused IN the rush
of business Co consider the relative merits
OF becfsteak here aud In Richmond. or
do Won delight 10 dwell on the Joys OF lie?
Think Of II. A welliatted bullock, eating
blue grass under the dense shade OF the sugar
trees which dot the pasture-lands here and
there, Is shot down In the cool OF the eve
ming, neatly dressed, and receives the night
femperatuTe at an altitude Of 1000 feet.
Don't draw on your Imagination for sweet
and healthy STEAK the next morning. just
shce Il aud II Is there as an actual fact III all
the matured glory OF bullockhOod. How -
Il in the city The shipment on the crowded
cars without food and water for twenty'ionr
hours gives YOU bruised cattle win ievered
blood. and they are too frequently butchered
before this condition Is overcome. Wnen
YOU pass this place rest few days ana cal
for STEAK. After YOU have eaten the steak
take chair aud listen 10 the muSic-here,
there. everywhere. The town has two rtgu-
lar organized brass bands, and With their
bright uniforms aud caplamps produce
fine Impression, and render music which
would surprise those who are Enacquainted
with The general advancement IA Southwest
Virginia.
1 iind here female college in prosperous
condition and headed 10y lady at that. The
people here believe that lady OF push, ener-
~, and disciplinary powers might as well be
I,Tesideni Of such an institution as man,
and in Mrs. Or. Gillespie they have found
these qualities.
Arrangements have Just been made 10 place
the Tazewell High School on sound and
prosperous basis. the Board OF Directors
having determined TO use every effort to re-
store IL TO it, woDted prosperity.
The Cliuch-Valley railroad is completed TO
within six miles Of this place and You can
hear the whistle daily. ii.