Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-05-10
ORARLEsT0WN AND sHEP-
HERDSTOWN.
(Dr. pAgby to tho Richmond state }

Virginia. March .2S.-No, l will ,uos call il
West VirgiHia: Bad eaeugh fortho old St,te
to be torn apart, bat to be robbed eff two sseh
counties as Jefferson nsd Berkeley against
the earnest protest Of their inhabitants. is
more than esn stand. Maps may ssy what
shoy please, but l say this is Vireipia,
They get up sn article of man here thst fiji.
the Virginia biil-Witness Andrew Hunter,
Esq, and DR.. George Tsrrilt, brother of Ter,
riIl of Bath, and tho halss. man Of o;obtT.
two that yeu will find anywhere At Mr.. W.
L.. Wilson's tho other evening the Doctor
told Us a good one about negro man who
derived great benefit fren a bog of gun cans,
'De best pile, msstcr, for rheumatic dat |
uver tuk-monsus active, meueus" As for
the ladies, look at Mrs D. There's bhon,
Tor you. And if you want rosea, here's Es>
sis, daughter of DR.. W. Leigh Burton. with
dead loads Of 'em My friend, Mr.. Andrew
Kennedy, says there grew up at 'The Bow.
or, Few miles ont OF town, ''tho hapdsom>
est woman that walks the earth'' She is
married now to a certain lawyer named B.
tell him that if ehe is hnndsemer than Mrs.
Dr. g., don't want to see her "Why not?"
says Dag (bis aicknsne.) because human
endurance is limited, and that of Neokjps ia
lmiteder"
Howe gives much space and many illus.
trations to Jefferson county, HeteIis about
Harpers Ferry, WsShingtou's Mssunic cave.
the ruloa OF Trinity church, SbauDeudaIe
Springs, Con. Wm. Darkej and, above all.
James Rumsey, who deserves book to him.
self, And, I am glad to say, he is going to
get it, Jefferson is grest, couuty. formed
ia 1861 from Berkeley; mean length 22
tn'es; width, IL; surface rolling, soil almost
unequal!ed in fertility by any other county
In Virginia; population in 1910. IA, ,OS2. Of
whom oOz were free negroes aud 4,l57
slaves; settled principally by old Virginia
families, says Howe, in auots,ion marks and
their descendants still retain that HIGH chiv-
airoHs spirit nad generous hospitality for
which their fathers were distiu euished
Chafiesto%n, the county seat, derives its
name from Col. Charles Washington, a
brother of the Father of His Country. who
lived hare. Population uf the county in
1880, l5,005, of whom 4, O43 ere blacks.
ChorestowH, which in 1910 had osa7t
| 400 inhabitants, has now 2.O26. I had
hoard that tho population had doubled since
I WAS here in 1866 and for thc first and
only time in my life drank ale With red ner>
psr spr;nk'c6 ON top. Andrew Kennedy md
JoAu Eercn lined" no Nc walked
out from Avis's to ''Cassiiis," !" v7hcrn Eerre>
d. resided.
will not allow r?7soIf to saw that have
80 much as seen Charlestnwn, VcoDcr and
between us got up furious snow storm
the Gay after | arrived, and tho weather
during my whole say here bus been enouch
to disgust even tho stomach of a lecturer
Hud rain tctchar. I am inclined 70 think
there is along street with houses on each
side OF it, some few Of them being neat storos
built of Baltimore pressed brick. There ara
also what took to be private residences
Tue mayor Of tho town, Ezrom Sii(ar. has
more health in one Of his cheeks than have
IN my entire body, aad is tho best mavor
tho town ever had. c. j. Faulkner, Jr., IS
circuit judge. Circuit clerk Is e, p lynch
Thomas A. Moore has been county clerk for
upwards Of 6ity years. Superintendent of
Schools, John Moore Ministers. Press
bJtoriao, y. 9. Hopkins, (friend of V Dab.
ney's slept under the Same blanket in the
army, "osc of the few preschers," says ",
'Whe kept his religion after tha war vas
over. y Episcopal, w. II. Meade, grandson
of the Bishop; church the weafthiest outside
OF WheelIng-two hundred and odd oomuu-
nicants. Methodist, DR.. Whisner. or Wis
'ner, recently from Baltimore; Bsptigs. T B
Shepherd; celored Baptist, - Vain
wright; ee!ored Methodist, Robert Warner
who has accepted a cell to Richmond aud
goes there Immediately. A remarkable man
"a No. l, splendid negro" said gontle.
| man to me, sis sn educated French cook
and was head waiter at tue Sherman. House
in Chicago and Fort McHeDry Hotel at
Saratoga-gaye up fine salary to preach
the GosPel-a good man every way."
Lawyers .(hftsen of them here in all thev
| say,) Andrew Hunter, Daniel B. Lucas AT.
drew r. Kennedy, W. II, Traver=, George
Baylor, ". i. Wilson, James NJ. Mason,
JT,, Frank Beckwith, Cleon Moore. J Fl.
| Grove and Forrest Brown. Doctors: G. r.
! Oh 7
! ". Castemsn. Dentists J. ". Doyper.
Jr., (formerlY of Richmood) and Dr.. Tom.
liasou. Newspapers, Free Press. Fl. N. g.
". W 3. GalIaher; Spirit of Jefferson.
| Geo. W. Haines Can sble>boGied man and
good fellow, go is Gallaher) Hotels Carr
! ter House, Gideon Leiseuring; Owings
| House, --; Mrs. G. Fl. Flsgg and Mrs.
| Susan Maxwell have boarding houses. Mer>
chants (some forty o6d:) Butler L Aisqnith.
! G. T. Light, n. F. Henderson il Co. MeY-
chant & Mitchell, Il. Beali & Bro, Duke &
Gaiiaber, D. Howell, &c. ''Phreuologieal
and Deiectable Barber" Csee sign on lis
door) Samuel Brown; (p!ain barber ard
good) Jamas Brady. W II. Cable has
large ahd -houEishiug academy, and there are
! two good schools for girls kept 1espectivelz
| by Miss Minnie Henderson and Miss Sarab
Brown. Factories: Weirick & Weller. iron
| work, farm implements, steam saw>mTlI. 20
LiPpitt 4 Co. have made fortune on fer
tiiizeEs. Postmaster, B. T. Lesenriug; Ad-
ans Express agent, Q. 81. GaIIaher; Balti>
more & Ohio Express agent, A. D. Barr;
! telegraph operator D. A. Fisher. Banks
I Bank of CharlestowB : Col. John ". Gran
than president, Col. George A. Porter6eld
cashier, John Porterfeld teller; First Ma.
sional Bank of Jefferson: Edward Tesraev.
president, Samuel Howell cashier, G. 1.
Tearney teller.
Butter sells hero at this time at from 20
to 25 cents: eggs. 123 cents; beef, 12 cents
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