Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-06-27


and 0aher Matters An General and
Particular.
SsaF Correspondence Of the Register.
CIARxsBURs, June 26.--"Clarksburg is no
slouch of place" remarked one of the
passengers in the omnibus which rolled
and ratified US through its streets from the
depot to the hotel.
And when / had glanced at its cosy,
homelike, and, in many cases, elegant, res
licences, surrounded with beautiful and
well-shapen shrubbery, with the little
family groups which sat upon the door
steps or upon the green sward in the cool
OF the evening, giving the place an air Of
peaceful, calm and contented homelife,
mentally responded to the criticisms of my
fellow passenger;
s.Them's NY Sentimental"
There Is not enough of the noise and
hustle Of business, nor dust and smoke from
the furnace fires. TO take from the face OF
the town that freshness of complexion and
that bright and restful expression which
make life in a town attractive and add
length OF days 10 its population.
Yet Clarksburg Is not without its busy
industries, its thriving resources OF trade,
and even some hustle of business, as We
shall presently see. But first glance at its
Local Celebrities
In every town there is family or fami-
lies whose life's fortune of wealth or of
wears have made them prominent, II not
the most interesting part Of the history OF
the town. need not tell you who in this
ancient and hOnored town enjoy such dis
tinction. What woald the history of
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with it some part Of the life and labors Of
"UneIe'' Nathan Con.
For over fifty years he has walked these
streets, the chief figure in its population,
in its business, in its social and religious
life.
He came to Clarksburg in the year 1918,
when il was but a little country village
with but handful OF inhabitants, without
a railroad or any pretentiOns other than
pleasant site for home, surrounded as 1t
IS, by the richest and most productive lands
Of the State.
After two years in Clarksburg he went
to MorgantOwn, and spending ten years re-
turned again in the year 1881, where he has
bad his residence ever since.
Strollipg along Pike street, saw the old
patriarch sitting in his arm chair on the
piazza of his residence, the outlines OF his
not much more signs Of age than many
years ago.
had hardly put my hand on the latch
of the gate when he sang out in his CHEEKY
way, How do YOU do" "how are your
"COme inn but continuing an inquiring
look into my face, as l took q seat, l re-
marked, you do not remember me, Mr..
Golf, il has been some years since we met.
"Yes, / do" he persisted, 81 know your
face" and when / had aided his recollec-
ton with the name. he at once began to
recount, with remarkable particularly, the
incidents Of visit twelve years previous,
when, as he remarked To your correspond
ent, ''ysu were young wag of a boy, and
which visit had almost faded from my
memory.
Mr.. Golf is now IS years old, an al
though his nervous system is some what
shattered, and recent slight attacks of par
slySis have benumbed the eNtremities of
his limbs and dimmed his vision, his ap
pearance is that of a man much younger.
His brown wig covers the badness and
NhiteneSS Of age about his head, and the
absence of wrinkles about his face, with a
comfortable condition OF flesh, give him the
appearance of n remarkably preserved man,
as he really is.
Lam getting to be alittledecrepit, said he
but | do not complain. j never did be-
lieve in putting on a long face. like to
Joke little yet aud | take what comes,
whether 1t De good or ill, as my portion,
aud am content with it," And the old man
talked of old times pleasantly, cheerfully,
and at times with his accustomed joke and
his every ready anecdOte.
al am settling up my business" he said,
and getting il OFF my Notwithstanding
il all to Gen. Golf / am not taking any
new business. The people with whom
have been doing business for 50 many years
still expect il OFT me, and complain little
that l will not go into new matters, but the
fact is l can't. have about done my
work"
The old gentleman, although having out.
lived all associates of his generation, is
fortunately surrounded with kind friends,
many relatives AID a CHEEKY wife, who do
everything in their power to make the
Journey down the decline of life as peace
full ana pleasant rs possible.
Col. Luther Raymond
is one of the old landmarks of Clarksburg.
He is still cash er of the national bank; still
the same yiyacious and pleasant compan-
ion; sill active on his feet, although the
burrows of age have been ploughed quite
deeply over his face; and he still wears
that same old silk hat without which Col.
Raymond would not look himselfany more,
any at all.
Although the old men of Clarksburg live
a long time, there are not many OF them
remaining. younger generation is now
running the machinery of the town.
dropped into the office Of
John J. Davis,
who begins to regard himself as one of the
older inhabitants of the place, although
age has done nothing more for him than to
silver his hair little and add something to
the dignity of his manly form and intel
lectual features.
You are becoming somewhat OF recluse.
| remarked; we seldom get sight of you
nowadays outside of Clarksburg.
YES" he replied, II have work enough