The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-03-17
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BowLEsviLLE, VA, March ~, 1854.
I EDron SENTINEL ;--H4ving littir
zine 90 spare this afternoon | thought
! could not put IL 70 better use than writ
,ng YOU description oil this part OF Nir-
4 g,nia.
This (Abormarle) county Is situated
4 aoout the central p0yto 0, the state and is
tgayersed by tue Southwest Range noun
laIn,, The rue Riase bounds itun north
\ aaG west, protecting the cold D,asts
! o! winter lae heat IL summer /, tempei-
! ed 6y the mountain Ureezes so that it is
neyersgXces>ive tor any lcngth Of ,ime.
! Ninely-tour degree was the hotties; at any
! time last spmmec, and III winter the tenn
1 peyature rarely falls below 10 degrees
aoUve zero. Sixteen above zero was the
! lowest the Thermometer Indicated this
winter. aud that was for only an hour or
! two. That was on Feb. "a and the people
around here thought it was fearful cold.
This cold snap was accompanied bYa snow
storm, the first we had this winter TO
amount to anything. don't think there
wds oycc 8 inches OF snow on ;ha levei.
| We had three little tiurrieS of snow be-
! lore, but Il would be gone in atew hours.
| NJ one has been able to putup any ice
this year but some people have filled
! their ice houses with snow from the drifts
made during the stortn of February 24th.
The soil is mostly dark red and will
grow anything with u littIe encourage
ment THIS IS a great fruit cUuutry-au
| iuuds grow 10 perfection The A!be.-
marie pipin is the finest apple in the
world. farmer Scut Queen Victoria u
| barrel and she was 80 delighted with
them that she had the tariff on pip!ns re-
moved. The grape Industry IS carried
on very extensively. There are thous.
ands of acres of Vineyards The prilci-
pal vartes raised are the Concord, Joy,
Norton aud Delaware. There are two
large wine cellars in Charlottesville.
Elmo horses aud cattle pay well and
sheep easily pay iG0 per cent. l attend
ed II sale on the 2and of February at
Which sheep with lambs sold from $3.50
To $3.50. They are protected by good
dog law. and in case sheep are killed by
dogs the county has to pay for them.
Charlottesville, with q population OF
5000. Is the county seat OF this county. |
1t Is a good market for farmers. Rich |
mond, Washington aud Baltimore are
distant olly three or four hours ride |
by railroad. There are great many !
:, h,ols In and around Charlottesville. |
The principal ones are Miss Carrie Ran
dolph's school for advanced young LADIES', |
Pentop's academy for boys, the Baptist
academy for girls, and In addition to sew
eral other private schools, there Is a
very large public schoo! for whites and |
one under contract for coiored children |
The University OF Virginia, founded by |
Thomas Jefferson, Is also located here. |
1t has about 500 students and Is credit |
to It's founder as well as the state.
There are quite number of Jciferson's |
descendants living here. Monticello, his |
old home is owned by one OF them. |
There are also some OF John Raudolph's |
decendents living in the county. have |
one. for a nei2hbor, Frank Randolph, a |
grandson. Gel. Rives, father Of the |
famous author, Amelia Rves-Chanler, |
lives but a mile and half east of my |
place
The farmers are all seeding, the trees |
are budding and the bees are at work.
The days of the large plantation are /,
numbered in this part of the country. |
The people are cutting them up into !
small farms of from 40 to 200 acres. /
Some good bargains are to be had. and a |
great number Of poole from the north and |
west are coming To settle in this county.
/ have met quite number from Mich-
gan. They are delighted with the eli
mate. doing we'll, and would hot go back
to make home in the north.
close by wishing you success IN your
new building and hoping you will never.
have another experience like the ono
that visited you this winter.
Yours Truly.