Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-02-03
JUDGE ISAAC CHRISTIAN.
a Fine Letter on The Peninsula And
its Advantages.

The following interesting letter. brist-
ling with facts relative 20 the Virginia
Peninsula is from the pen of Hon. Isaac
II. Christian. Judge Of Charles City
county Judge Christian is well-known
throughout the Eastern part OF the
State. and enjoys the love and esteem,
both as a gentleman aud jurist, ct host
OF people.
Wilcox Wharf Charles City Co. Va.
January L.. 1900.
/ Editor Of The Virginia Gazette:
General William +. Gordon, Of Orange.
said in the General Assembly Of Virginia.
seventy years ago. Not many years Will
pass. Mr Speaker, befor- the iron horse.
shifting the ocean breeze at early morn.
wiu bathc at eventide his heavy limbs IN
the pallucid waters of the Ohio
This huc sentence OF the great Virgin
.au struck nae when was a boy as more
prophets than poetic. and SO when the
/ great Chesapeake x ONO railway came
90 build IN Virginia another City by the
Sea and 10 open up a country with
possibilities hardly yet dreamed OF. Il
same this route in accordance with the
eternal fitness OF things"
Nurvcy. the interchangeable Scotch tray
clcr. who visited this country in the early
part of the century, said OF the section
lying along the valley OF the James 70
the occan. that combination of climate
and soil and access TO the markets Of the
world gave il advantages lar greater
than those possessed 10y any other por-
tiou of the country.
30 wonder then. that when following
the sturdy old ways of Virginia, the
: spirit cog enterprise came quickcng and
/ auimating the puisation of the great
heart 90 the Commonwealth that this
-ccti.u 50 favored 10y nature should
-puue to liic anew.
. Everyone knows of the steady ano
+ wonderful growth OF Newport News anc
Us vicinity. bat persons who do not stoI
d 30 the way from Richmond 10 that point
r. cannot conceive OF the growth anC
improvement. and thrift going on alons
the route.
The markets OF the world are opene'
+ up for the produce OF the section witt
: rapid transit Small towns and village
.. and ccutres OF local t~alc all along tn
lice. ii ia embryo, point TO what they vii
, be I'D the near future.
u Il SIC considcr rs almost entire exemp
: zion from typhoid fever. consumption
and pneumonia IL is easily shown 10 b
u the heaithiest section OF the State
[ was a student al William and Mar
: coIlege oncc ~ hen there were a hundre,
and twenty students. During the entir
session Of ten months no doctor MA
4 called in 20 see a sick student but once
Y and that was case Of TITS from drink
= ing bad whiskcy We cured him how
: ever. with another druk before III
J. doctor got 70 him.
}. a Virginia senator from the lowe
n valley said 70 me one day, Your peopl
on the Eastern side OF the State are sma
Z and sickly. mostly, aren't thsy:" enc
a much said /. and subsequently, intr,
A. ducel him 10 Brooks and Morecock,
, Williamsburg, Causey and Callahan,
vi +rA-f 49, ~~|fN-oe~AAf ~
VI saying they are some Of our sma
h men." lie said are all as big as these
IA 90 50 said !. " sometimes you meet VA
q little man Of NY size. $50 lbs. only. b
III ,ve don't count"
Seriously, SIR. Ed;tor, the section
~ country between Richmond and Newpo
/, News along tie line o; the (. * o. "a
-. way and on the rivers on either side
q. very inviting and promises far more
Do | people from outside, seeking homes
this State than does any other An,
am led TO make this observation az
reading the prospectus Of the Peninss
Land * immigration Company in I
I'm Gazette this week
al AZ the head 81 this company are ~
Oh who know 70 be 81 the highest cap
ity and integrity. and their connect
20 with any enterprise is an assurance
lat fair and honorable dealing, and an ca
IT. est Of success.
so One viii be particularly struck W
the location and surroundings at "B
levard," half way between Richr,c
Ia and Williamsburg, and midway bstw'