| Show A GLANCE AT THE SOUTH having passed through the picture esque piedmont country to the shenandoah valley recently I 1 thought a few lines might be interesting to your readers for a distance of fifty miles from greensville Gr G densville to the blue ridge the piedmont country is most delightful it consists of lovely valleys aunut several miles in width and narrowing till the hills seem almost ready to touch couch each other it is one of the most interesting and picturesque portions of the south charlottesville the county seat of albemarle county is a pretty place situated 8 upon rising ground at the base of the southwest mountain containing several thousand inhabitants there are several in active operation such as woolen fertilizing and floering flouring flou tiou ring mills cigar and tobacco manufactories manu factories a manufactory of a agricultural ri otter implements and various other minor branches of industry be besides I 1 des banks stores hotels an aej other places found in such a city about a mile east of the B R B R depot is the university of virginia which is attended by students and is a large handsome building with magnificent grounds Kr it contains a library of volumes the largest in the south monticello the home borne of jefferson is plainly visible from the C 0 rail road it is a grimly but old virginia mansion it faces the west and to is our aur rounded by a thick grove of trees it was here the author of the Declaration of independence sought bought repose from the cares of exciting public life it ft was here amid the beautiful in nature that the political principles of thomis thomas jefferson were fostered and matured the man istead is dead but the products of his pen en and the impress of his statesmanship will live on as long as the world stands and republics endure near the gateway at the entrance of the grounds is a modest tomb and on it an age scarred inscription to the memory of the sage age of monticello cello monticello was confiscated during the war by the federal authorities but was subsequently released according to jeffersons will a large portion of the property was to revert to the commonwealth mon wealth of virginia for educational purposes about six miles from cozet we drove through the grounds and inspected the miller manual labor school an extensive institution for the education of the orphans of the country the buildings are of brick and stone and ore sent an imposing appearance here elere ore educated boys and 90 girls until they become eighteen years of age free of charge the students are furnished with board and clothes in fact the institution is their home until they become to the stipulated age when they are am qualified to battle in life for themselves they spend from eight to twelve noon reciting g in the schoolroom and the afternoon is spent in the work shops learning mechanical arts from 7 to p in they are in the study room preparing their lessons for the next day so they are kept busy and have no time to spare in idleness between afton and basir we run through a tunnel i of a mile long right under the blue ridge ride range and soon flad find ourselves at a new boom town basic city is less than two beare old it is here that the chesapeake ohio and norfolk western railways two of the largest systems in the south cross each other so she possesses Poss essee excellent railroad advantages a good mall mail and passenger service she has now in process of construction a mill which will give employment to 1000 skilled laborers further on we come to lo Waynes wro one of the oldest towns in virginia named in honor of general wayne 0 of revolutionary fame it is situated in the heart of the shenandoah valley meaning the beautiful valley of the stars this valley is undoubtedly the finest country of the south it was from this section that the confederate army drew most of their stores and though the people were not overrun with battles yet they felt the heavy drain made upon them by their own army the site of nf waynesboro is an undulating cloteau at the heidet of 1400 feet above sea level south river a branch of the shenandoah flows by the town and offers its power for any use man may see fit to make of it within its bosom are bass base and other kinds of fish and the mountain forests adjacent offer sport to the huntsman the place has two furniture factories a sash mob door and blind factory hydraulic engine works a flouring floering flou ring mill with a capacity of barrels barrel a day and an ornamental woodworking establishment waynesboro has two schools of high rank fishburner Fiah Fish burnes military school has 90 young men in attendance tho the military department is used for discipline and exercise and the valley seminary with young ladies in attendance there are also graded schools for white and colored children the streets are narrow and pa paved ved with bricks and altogether it is a quaint little town of the old days which is taking on a little boom at the present and with the advantages it possesses posse sea ought to make a city in the near future E J EARDLEY waynesboro WAYNES BOBO VR va sept 15 1891 |
