Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-12-06
DIR. QUITS TRAVELS.
In a Second Letter DR.. QUITS
Gives Much History. Also
Graphic Description of
Washington.

Editor Advertiser In continua-
ton of our last weeks letter and by
way of introduction to this we may
say that after crossing the James
river near Lynchburg our train
winds It's way through mountains
to Charlottesville, distance of
about sixty miles. The scenery is
grand and the route is extremely
picturesque, and you are delightful
ly entertained by nature. There are
lS stations, or one every 81 miles
on an average, between those two
points, though our train made but
one or two stops. The people through
this section must have corner on
the railroad or there must be some
thing doing back off from the
railroad" which can't be seen
through the scrub forest of the
mountains from car window.
A Millionaire's Estate
Attracted our attention as we
passed Oakridge some 80 miles this
side of Charlottesville. We were told
this was owned and operated by q
I northern millionaire who had come
down there to while away some of
his idle moments and to blow out
some of his surplus cash. In the dis
tance it looked somewhat like
Strom's mountain house with lit
tie sky scrsper on,top. The fellow
lis farming 5000 acres of land and
is raising race horses and thorough
bred stock of all kind. Success in
bis undertaking awaits him-he
Eilf have q whole lot of fun, and
lis funds viii escape automatically.
The Best Section Of Virginia
Of the 245 miles We went over is
he FIRST 75 or 100 out of Washing
n through Orange, Culpepper,
elyerton and Manassas. Much. of
is territory is hilly, quilted, thin.
a poor. r.ss.,.4 !. y I
The Stock
All looks poor and inferior,
lrses are small, and most cattle are
Fubs or grades. There are no 'Jer-
Bs, as these people breed for beef.
nt few hogs are seen; only one
hnch that had any resemblance of
Antelou's or Lyons. The chickens
E all thoroughbred, though of q,
ferent type from the thorough
ed those of us down here in Edge.
ld are acquainted with. They Or
mated from the survival of the
4 |est-from the comparatively few
It survived the desolation of war
the sixties. Should the mothers
<. the 4o's and SOS when that splen-
aristocracy held sway in Vir
ia, arouse from their slumbers
would recognize, amidst all
changes time has wrought, the
blue hen, the old streak neck
< the old speckled hen, the friz-
the duck. legs, the shanghai, the
domineck rooster, etc. All the
} as in their youthful days.
Manassas
: b! what vivid recollections does
assas and Bull Run bring to the
old soldiers of to-day. What
lied memories are enkindled
& bg the smoldering embers of
ecollections of that terrible Or
they went through in the
" battle of Bull Run where
armies received their first les
in practical military tactics.
ssas is just "a miles south west
ashington. Leaving Manassas
Tee or four miles we cross an
hifcant stream. This is Bull
name never to be forgotten
+ ill ever and anon appear in
b as long as time shall last.
stream nears the Potomac
becomes Occoquan creek.
on the north side of Bull
bout four miles from where
lroad crosses the river that
veil in his "On to Richmond"
4. with $4,000 infantry, nine
nts of cavalry and forty-nine
Of artillery met Gen. Beaure
with only 1883 muskets,
pmpanies of cavalry and nine
of artillery, though John
me to his aid with 5000 men
lore the real crisis came,
was on Sunday morning,
1851. Our forces fought
against two as they did
! out the war and often one
u, Eve. so sura of victory even