Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-30
SPICY AND SPARKLING
Correspondence from the Centre of
the State.
A READABLE LETTER FROM LEWIS.
Cleaning the County for Political Points,
Short Stories, Brief Biogra-
phies and Pertinent
Personals.

: Snort Stories, Brief Biogra-
phes and Pertinent
/ Personals.
Special Correspondence of the Register.
IRELAND, LEWIS County, W. Va, July o.
Il had intended to write you sooner, bat
. lack of leisure, as we'll as lack OF items
has interfered. find that you can't get as
much news here as in Weston, but wan.
dered over 10 Walkersville the other day
and had q pleasant conversation with q
number of gentlemen, most Of whom were
Republicans, and who were all denoancing
the attack Of the Wheeling Intelligenoer
4 upon '. '-
General Nathan GoH,
In belittling his chances for the Vice Presi.
dental nomination upon the Republican
ticket The new management ofthat paper
does not seem to have learned that General
Golf is the idol of West Virginia Republi.
cans, wherever you find them, and for him
they would shed their blood, if need be.
The Next Governor.
] was surprised to see in one OF the
Wheeling papers, the other day, an ex.
tended puff from Weston for f. w. vii.
son, OF Charleston, for the next Demo.
cratic gubernatorial nomination. Windy"
may be a good man-doubtless he Is, or
the correspondent should not have said
so-but 1t seems to me that i'll ex.Judge
John Brannon or Hon. J. NJ. Bennett the
vastly superior TO the windy, weeping
willow of kanawha. So long as We have
| such material at home, ii seems worse than
folly to advocate the claims OF gentle
man who resides near the bohdehs OF
| kaintucky, sah,'
| "Ihe Spread Of Increase"
1t may safely be said that from Roanoke
10 the county line the wives OF our farm
ers are as prolific as they are good, virtuous
| and leautiful. | never saw the
| like of babies that be and those that
are 10 lie The doctors wink pocket Their
| fee, and, in the language Of one physician
heard speak, ''go hunt for another one.
| The increase Of population in Collins SGT
tlement District in the last few years has
been most remarkable, and in a few years
size will not only hold the balance Of power,
but will be the most thickly populate d
section in the county.
The Bottom Rail on Top.
We had a great deal OF fun here about
the appointment Of Bud Dawson, OF
Weston, as the guardian of colored girl.
and his giving bond with oolored man as
his surety. Haven't times changed? Sup.
pose you bad suggested such a thing TO
Bud" when he was wearing his suit Of
gray and following McCausland and limbo.
den! There would have been war then,
sure enough: but times change, and men
change with them" and the "burly sa.
loon-keeper," as the lntslligencer CORE
spondent called him, is no exception 10
the rule. It's all right, Bud,
"The old home is not what 1t used 10 was,
But the change ,donD make you sad and
forlorn."
admire your good sense in'submitting to
the inevitable, and in doing favor when
ever You can TO either white or black.
Country Stores"
II is On evidence Of the rapid growth OF
Lewis county. that ghst are known as
GOOD or better than many IN to"h "cb
-iiTis :.IiTiss fL over the cpum,3i mil neces.
pay. Right here, in radius OF few miles
is large and we'll stocked store OF Captain
Davisson, at Jacksonville as good as any
in Weston; then the active business house
OF the Law Brothers, at Walkersyllle; the
get I'D. andget establishment Of Morrison
4 Potts, Miliyille. and the cheerful
and enterprising store Of Mr.. Roger at Ire
land. And they are stores too carrying
sio, ks of goods which one would hardly eI-
pect to find at the head OF the river Ali
these institution are the foundations oil
villages which are OF vast benefit 10 the
people and a great improvement TO The
county.
1he Late william Bennctt. Esq.
Walkersviile seems lonely to me without
the genial presence OF my old friend, tue
late William Ber"..t. He used TO he the
life OF the plsv full of life as Young
msn-but with fund OF aneGdote ana
story which never exhausted. HJspitable
ana kind to all with whom he came in
cOuiaCl one could not be a stranger there
wiiIlc H. Hved O!tpn | nave sat under
the beautiful shade IN front OF his hOue
and heard tne old gentleman tel! of his
tarlv life aud its incidents; and | regretted
alRay > when We had Ia part. heard
ESaF StoFy.
the other day, concerning william and his
E1o'her Jn-athbn, twhO ~ 81 we'll known
fr hoth the YirgiuIssl 10 not ssy II is
Iru-, hur give it To you for what It IS
worih In the old timer, when both oil
III. m were boys. they dressed III buCksktn.
which was seldom changed Meeting
h,;ry q rare event in those days, aud, IN
accordance with the custom, both carried
their rifles along. During ih" services
they spied a huge bear scamprrng along
the side OF the mountain. II. 'e'npta-
lin was TOO great for the boys and, seiZ'n
their guns, forgetting preacher and con-
gre cation. they dashed for the woods.
Both were feet Of foot, and by flank
me. ement they managed to XII the bear
and bring bis bod y back in triumph to the
meeting house." much TO the horror OF
the preacher and the brethren. Services
were then over, but one OF the boys re-
ALn
los, The sermon, entirely, but didn't We
get OTIS Of sport and fine bear Let's
Offset one against the other
Three as = shot.
! Speskipp of shooting, reminds, Iae OF an
! incident which know 10 be true. 1t was
related to me by Hon. George J. Arnold.
| and ne showed NE the very spoil where he
| killed three at n shot with a rifle. IL
was in the early days and the place was in
| a rayine pear Vbere Jacksonville now
stands. There WIS drove of turkeys run
| pirg Indian file up the rayine, aud hr.
| Araold, taking am at the bead VI the rear
| on.rds fred. and shot of the heads OF
three OF taem. RelosdiDg bis rife quickly
be uccesded in bsgging fenrth one on
| thc wing" Not such bad shooting Tor
| .hrte minutes task
| Garry ing Kan.~
| Tbers is a stream in this district caIlsd
| Carving Ran" and tits frequently co1-
/ founded oy strangers with Carton L Al,
I another triSatary of tAe West Fork rissr.
Carrying han obtsinedits nsms from the
fsct that in the Indian days, the red men
would carry their canoes from near the
meath OF Oil Greek, 4 atrihutary OF tie IA.
nsEhs, to the stream have named, it be.
ing the shortest distance on the divide
hstxeez the two riyers--Auddy Creek aud
kenaxbs, as they were then called Many
relics ei the noble red man are yet found
along the banks. Of Carrying Run; and
| could they but speak, what tales thoy
| might tell of tbA massscres a. Beverley,
askhaupon AID Cisrksourg, and what
stories Of horror they might relate aA3ut
tie suffering and death Of maaY q hardy
| piopeer OF Western Virginia.