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10 ~ E3iis,s sftss Fns Pssss
.xXslI--Ednard 7iSes.- This gentle.
nsa vas preacher of the Gospel in The
Methodist cosusetion Among tho privats
heuaes, where hs preached ssI hell ei..s
nsst'sgs, was thai Of Mr. BegScs, .boui
bali . mile above Hslltowa, . short distance
North Of shere the turnpike road nov passes
NO vesfige OF The house nov remains He
vas . physisian, add fpractised excessively
thus, - the Apostles Of old, uniting the
eonsolatioas Of religion with the .healine
art Of good physician tie resided ia
land believe ovnsd) the mansion, n. ar the
Market, nov in the possesslsu Of Lawson
Belts About CITY years $50, he removed
70 Ohio, snd vas not long afterwards elect.
cd Governor ofthat State Une Of the conn.
ties Ct that vigorous young commonwealth
bears bis name. Whether be was q native
Of Jefferson, I know cot; bat his wife vas.
aud 90 vas her father Her maiden name
vas Nary Wertbiogtoa, dsugbier of Robert.
junior. His father, who was called. prsyi
oas 10 the rsvolutiou, II W. senior. came
from England with Wm Penn, aud broueh,
oat settlers for tho infant eolony Of Pean,,
Woods, lthe English Of sI'enassInaH Hts y
Afterwards, be came TO the woods Of Viz,
giois, here-Abou, l725-'30 For some ia.
teresling particulars about these anciep,
progenitors Of MIRA Tiaao, I am indebted
90 George lsles, whose mother In her child.
hood, often saw the widow Ct tha, ola na,r,.
arch. The aboriginal indian, thea Using
10 This region. used 10 come 20 that old vid-
ow's house, 20 beai their hoeiny 10 her NOR
tar A viii, made in 1879, dsvising ell ,he
estate inherited from the patriarch by the
500, u w. jr, namins particularly the heirs
10 the third degree, vis: MrS Tiffsn, her
sister Aargsrot sud her four brothers, vas
shown 70 mo by Mr. fsler, since these
sks.eAss began 70 appear in priat See
xxvIfI-SnaA Slaughter, xxx
Joseph MiagAini.-o ooneefaIng these gen.
tle1en, the knoulsdgs have e 90 nsaerc,
that asys slmest nothing to relate. The
former i remember, distinetly, ss . mao Of
venerable sppearasee, With long grey locks,
Standing By the side Of Major bfaztoo DA
vsHPcgt, lkls yOzsg eslisAe que, ,j--slandips
\ say, % The hustiags, ahd bowling tbetr
thanks 70 The sot p, for, in that eourt hoass,
IN those Old times, every voter, from every
extreme Of the eounty, had 70 travel 10 the
soansy site 70 record bis vote. That, per.
haps, was the last time thss ever che old
lsislstes appeared before the people ofJsf.
larsen. He and Mai. ID. we're both success
fal over jos. MeMurran aud Rieh'a Duf
esid Wn- b Psgs, over Maskey fee the
Senate; aud Msj stsphenson, Too eompeti.
tsf against himl Zoe Congress. James L.
RsnsOa. tDeputy EhsriEl In the aash of
yoaag manhood, sto0d erect aud with Ella
rioa voice, psoelsinsd vote after vote, che
livslsog day-ao as 70 be heard through the
dense crown IN end afouud thc court Lou
Whss there Eas rsis, oaasiog hiah vatsrs,
the polls we're kept epsn three days. Two
niseos Of Capt Slasghtsr--eDe Miss s. a
maiden lady--tbe other Mira. EichslbsFecr
--reesrtiy from DsrkssSilis, s,-are az pres-
oAt residents Of GharIestoun.
or Ar. Minghini, lXXlXl all kno~ is,
that be vas pFoPEieter. of the Old SsIphuE
Spring IN Berkeley, near the 0pequoo. by
the Way, tbAt cid water IL Car superior 20
muoh % ths neg. I know this-kayiug
sithis Gsv dAys Past, stepped 10 drink
there aof the brooS IN the Hsy"-litersliy
30, IL the highssy foF h is desolsts ruiz.
xaers is'net the sou1d Il . dog within hear.
ing-- boF Me growing Il coeS stripped
- | passsd al0ag 10 tns starlight; fog ths
paFiibg stfeam, snd che whole air, we're IRE.
grent With sulphur As Tapped the va.
isfs, afssF tbs masper Of Gfdeos's 500 7
ssv the isesustatioas Of blue. on she slate
n thai iiltls valley -sveF1 tAias. ~ > fosoi
bic ooe,FAs,, s'srtlpg sp, sfrFsh, life like re.
eollse.loas Of the thgong Of gay visitors
whoa ! used 70 sec. annually rssyrling tLith
e., 10 she daJs of ny ehildeOod
XXX. - BfIflais Dsrfe. = Tiis name be
lsngs 70 abs Biography of Amssissu lie
Foesi bor . u Wpke0wn IN ste sasIy states.
Danship Of Yirgihia. Gen Dsrke vas IN
the State oonvsntion of iTsS, aud voted for
tbs FEDERAL CoastitasiSn. lie wss nadly
4oaaded a. Sc Glars defeat; ADD bic 500,
Capt Joseph Daske, uas slain. HsSsfved
pvsvionsly IN The ssvolation. ana saHsrsd
leag - . pTisossF. ThsFs Is trAdliioa
tbst, % bis return iron coL6aeBeat, hs
stepped 81 = tavern where bisi sas en-
eaesd lie beasbt u ffom ths laadla3y lor
oss dollar, aud ismediatsiy tkFea d an,
telling a ~ ee free. 20 hs kaes "a BE- 81
psissR Isuas oss efihe Rsase efII65.
ttbsa - years ED sssy.pg sad " ssAioE
tsa, II Bssddesk's ill-msnsgsd harok 70
Eards #sft Da Qasssa Hs sss bsss r.
Rsassylssaia hni eams e tkis ssiwkbos.
bed sAea q yssFs eia, n lTtf, With his
sihss The splsadid esisis sbsss ks ese
FeaFsa, eaa whess hs Fssrrd his fsniiy, sss
% klh hgsssA, DpEslds Dspot bsise -
siadsd ia Il Amsss BIZ grand eildfth.
EFe-Jsha w DsGsid Ne Bsfsb lifi-
sos sad tsg haifsser, Nrs May Wssgb,
sad half fbFothsr ar y W maaeiag -all
e fhis nsisbhostooa, eAespiibs ths Gfss, >
~ DoAsia
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aotbisg lsffssf sesesfhiag tbis Ksh.lshsp
thsu ihst he sss pfoIssiJ ths ftlhef ~ its
ftutlsasa n8a hyiuF " he ssase asae. sas
lssilfat "a AaiisshfE tha8 So 49, ~ f,itsr
aiso a Aiss Joe R Coofs. Nrs paadfiiss
Hss naaisf ~ MNlnsbafa. sn3 Me Jssn
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kaSH6 - So 1ssfsisfyof of 80 Nasf ~ "a .
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aitef sat fse eIss3see tans bnsafed ia
ita eablast 81 i'f814taa Rinatfs. haS ls8e
pfssisas,y trss kr0aa q ihs ssss eatisei
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Beg elsf n #N'ise Wan. a. st1k
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