Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-07
Letters from Culpcper.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette!
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Correspondence OF lne AleSanuEla ua"et'S'l
MITCHELL's, Va, July 4, '93.
The congregation of historic Cedar
Run Baptist Church contemplate build
ing new and comfortable edifice to
supersede the very old and unsightly
building in which they have worshipped
these many years, and to that end they
held a picnic and festival on the
grounds to-day. Rev. Mr. McGhee, OF
Culpeper, in quite an eloquent manner
delivered very chaste and entertain
ing address to very large and atten-
tive audience. A charge of 80 cents Sc
cured admission to the lecture and OBJ
tanned such n dinner as can only be
spread in delightful grove by faith
full aud Jealous women of the whole
community, without regard to religious
sect. The day was charming, order ex-
cellent. the crowd very large and the
eating simply superb. Barbacued beef,
mutton and lamb, old ham and fried
chicken, ice-cream and cake, sherbert
and lemonade, all in abundance, and
served by dainty hands to an apprecla,
tive and good-natured crowd caused
the day to pass not only pleasantly but
to end profitably to the church fund.
Wheat harvest over, hay and oats are
next in order. The yield of wheat and
oats is fully up to expectations, but the
hay crop is q failure, sure.
DR.. John S. Fitzhugh and d. NJ. Pat
tie, of Rapidan, are both very sick men
and there must be change for the bet
ter within short time or the worst IS
inevitable.
Davis. formerly of your city, who
shot and killed Harlow, his son-in-law,
in Madison county, one day last week,
is still in Jail at Madison Courthouse,
although there has been some very
strong talk of lynching.
On the battlefield of Cedar Noun
tain. the home of your humble servant.
can be seen genuine geological Gu
riosity, for with radius Of 80 feet
CT De foind one tree bearing clusters
IF cherries and grapes, another pears
and grapes and still another peaches
md grapes-all in abundance.
CULPEPER, July 6.
At p. m. to-day the cornerstone OF
,he Baptist church is to be laid with
Masonic ceremonies. The site is 1t
Of the building that was destroy
ed by fire on the Sth of October, 1S92.
The address is To be delivered by the
Rev. DIR. Landrum, of Richmond, and
when the building is completed it will
be one of the most chaste and impos-
nc structures of the kind in all this
section of Virginia. The estimated
cost is from $4,000 to $4,000, exclu.
;ive of a large amount of second hand
material saved from the burned build
ing. -,
The town is pretty well filled with
city boarders and the health OF the
town is excellent.
We understand that Mr.. Hugh Ham
lton (merchant, at Winstons, is quite
sick with fever.
The merchants here are almost total
" Indifferent about buying wheat at
The present low prices-they say there
is no margin in it for them.
Notwithstanding the low prices of
all kinds of produce there is consider
able building going on throughout the
county, and here in town quite num-
Der of neat and handsome dwellings
and stores are under construction.
THISTLE.
P. 81 feel sure the fault is not in
the office, but my GAZETTE (Which is
equivalent to my bread and meat) ar
rives at my postoffice very irregularIIy,
week old, frequently,
none at all.