The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-19

DrOOke County Notes.
There is an old gentleman named vii.
liam T. Hinkson, who lives on the Wells
burg and Washington pike, n couple Of
miles east Of the river, who is quite char.
acter in that part Of Brooke county, lie
has apparently mania for buying all the
live stock and all the grain Of that region,
and he is peculiar in the fact that he pays
full prices-prices that generally preclude
profits and that sometimes even endanger
his solvenCy, lie is over seventy years old,
and Is little bit OF fellow, but active and
energetic us n t5IE He rides the country
and drums all theseles Of hogs and grain,
and has warehouse near the depot in
Wellsburg, wherehe receives his purchases
Of corn md wheat lie seems to engage
in the business largely for amusement,
handles very little money, closing his pur.
Chases generally through the banks by bills
OF sale and bills Of lading. The farmers
up that why look on Uncle Billy us Il valu.
BILE citizen, and the other day, when he
suddenly took i'll, they were really alarmed
ut the prospect OF losing him.
The venerable L. NJ. Hudson still lives, ut
fur advanced old age, in the Franklin
Church neighborhood, lie is one Of the
men OF whom the Country Parson wrote
when he penned his famous article, "Con-
corning people Of whom more might hive
bec1i made" lie is older than this century,
having been born in 1900. Ills native
strength OF character was very unusual, and
his powers OF mind, almost wholly unde-
yeloped by early education, quite remarka.
bic. lie has been Il power in the Metho.
dist church in his day, and Il few years
ago his memoirs were thought worthy OF
preservation, and were written out by G.
a, Holmes. fle used to make the old
Castleman Run Camp ground reVcrberatc
wlthhis oratory, for he was M orator, and
through study and disciUline was also an
accomplished lOgiCian. lIO has lived u
strong life in an humble way, and has ex-
ercised the decided influence that sur.
rounds man Of discretion and good pur.
poses. Old James Palmer used to say in
his day that Mr. Hudson WIS one Of the
wisest men to counsel with in business
he ever knew. The Hudson House in
Wellsburg was namGd in his honor.
Near the brow OF Painter hill-the hill
tliat is sud to have defeated the National
r0ad-liyes the venerable Samuel Jacob,
father Of the editor Of the HrdH, who was
cashier OF the old Northwestern bank Mt
Wellsburg, time whereof the memory of
nun runneth not TO the contrary. Summer
and winter he made the trip to town, lax.
ing his lunch with him, and at dinner time
closed the front door of the bank TO 90 back
and eat his lunch This was the old fash.
Toned way OF running bank, and Mr..
Jacob was an Old.fashioncd, straight.for.
ward cashier who knew the value OF every
piece Of paper for twenty miles around on
both sides OF he river. He always hid
model country home-a big house well kept,
where he raised one OF the best families In
the county.
On the other side OF the road--a little
further VESTS the home of Dr. Joshua
Gist--o one OF the Baltimore Gists-a Quaker
sort OF people in their instincts for peaceful
ways and in their appreciation Of good land
and fine farm stock. lie is brother OF
Uncle Joe, the Legislator, and brother also
oil the genial old Colonel who used TO come
out twice u year from the East to shoot
birds on the wing. The father OF these
Gists was baronial old gentleman-onc OF
the. lew old pioneers who kept carriage
anu trained slave cook, and loved m NJ.
ternoon nap. AS he pioneered through
tile country in 1872 he saw that matchless
spring on the grounds now included in
Uncle Joe's farm, and he concluded 10
pitch his tent there This accounts for the
existence OF Col. @. II. 1}eall, whose mother
was Gist and whose father was Basil
Beall, the earliest model farmer and sheep
grower in Brooke county.
Reference WIS made yesterday to n cali
on Lewis Apologize, at his home-a large
stone house close to the south side OF tie
pike-the place where the old gentleman
was born. There were two brothers OF
them-Joseph aud Lowis-as opposite and
yet as alike in some OF their traits MS broth.
ers could well be- They both had tho same
excessive will power, the same tendency
TO extreme tenaCity Of opinion, and vet
one was Republican and the Other
Democrat Of the stratest sect. How lhey
ahtagoniGed each other is circumstances
we'll known III Brooke county, Their mo.
culiaritles recall M old poem entitled iir
"Chemistry Of Character" ono verse ri
which ran OH this wise
gJohn and retCr, and Robert and pau,
God IL his wisdom created them ali;
Uut 81 eatlh's elements mingled with flame
owning like blood, and wearing like name
Yet fashioned AMI shaped, each 10 tllIlGFeniiv
were wont 10 oppose more OF less frequently
Joseph Applegatc deserves TO be long re-.
membeted for the sturdy aid that he gave
70 tile Union cause In liz darkest DAYS here.
Abouts He WIS one Of those who went 10
Washington and procured arms for West
Virginia. Lewis Applegate deserves 10 bc
remembered for the spirit and enthusiasm
with which lle embarked in the building Of
the T, w. 4 Ky, road. II was not a sic.
cess u his hands, and proved the bane Of
his old days, but he nevertheless gave Il
his best energies aud helped to keen il
alive at a critical period.
at this season Of the year the ride along
the ridge from Independence 10 Wells.
burg Is veryattraCtive. The hills arc greet,
the new sown wheat Is coming ut,-the
woods are turning-the sun shines bright
the. aif Is baliny--the corn il being htisk.
ed-tlIe apples are being gatheted-the
song Of the husbandman and the blowing
oil the dinner horn arc heard in the land,
70 thrice, thrice happy he who shnns the care,