The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-02-20

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did not always have the required
''feep." On one occasion he appear
ed at Mrs. Clauses with two jugs,
one of which he had taken the pre-
caution to fill with water The
other he ordered filled with whisky
The jug was filled and, contrary to
Mrs. Classes usual custom, was
handed over in advance of payment.
Jolliffe then made known the fact
that he was short of funds and could
not pay. He was told that either
the money must be paid or the
whisky handed back at once. Jol-
life adroitly shifted the jugs and
with feigned sorrow handed her the
jug of water which she emptied into
her whisky barrel and Jolliffe went
ON his way rejoicing with his jug of
whisky. Jollife afterwards justified
his action by declaring that while
he got the whisky Mrs. Clause was
none the poorer for the quantity of
liquor in her barrel was in no wise
reduced
1t is related of this same blackwell
Jolliffe that owing to his excessive
indulgence in drink his friends had
warned him that some day he would
awake from drunken sleep to find
himself in another world. One day
while lying asleep from the effects of
drink some misehievious boys
thought they would play prank on
the old man, so they piled straw
around him and set fire to it. The
flames burned entirely around him
before he awoke. When he saw it
he looked calmly about and then re-
marked, Dead, and in hell, sure
enough"
THE LATE WAR AND THE REBEL RAID.
Owing to the location of Morgan
town with reference to the seat of
war, the citizens of the town were
frequently excited over the news
during the late "unpleasantness."
They generally watched anxiously
for the coming of the mails, and ca
gerly opened and scanned the news
papers as soon as they were received
As there were always quite a large
number of persons who did not take
papers. but still wanted to hear the
news, it was customary for one of
those who took paper to read, or to
have some one read his paper aloud,
to a group of listeners. 1t is not to
be expected that everyone can pro-
nounce all the words he meets with
correctly. and it is not surprising if
the pronunciation was in some in
stances original. 1t is said that on
one occasion citizen was reading
of such and such battalions being
engaged in a fight, and it was noticed
that he pronounced the word battal-
ion 'sbattle-loon. A bystander
smiled as he enquired what those
battle looms" were, and the reader
was somewhat nonplussed at first,
but after stopping to wipe his spec
tacles with the newspaper he very
gravely explained, "Why, they are
soldiers that go on foot and are
armed with great big battle axes
and fight like hi and damnation.
The explanation was satisfactory
and the reader proceeded.
In April of 1868 Confederate sol
diers made raid into Monongalia
county, and on the 9th of that
month took possession of Morgan
town. The people of the town were
wild with excitement and fear.
Some few fool hardy persons favored
resistance, but with most of them
discretion was thought to be the
better part of valor. And many
acting upon the theory that,
HE who fights and runs away.
May live to fight another day."
beat a precipitate retreat to Penn
sylvania. Many things occurred on
that day that in the light of subse-
quent events are very amusing,
though too serious to be enjoyed at
the time. Those who recollect Steven
G.. s. and his better half, Mary
Ann, can now take in the humor of
the situation as they recall old I'm
Gle Steven, with his ponderous aver
dupois, hustling about with the agil-
ity of a suple-jack superinduced by
excitement and fear Had the angel
Gabriel stood before him, trumpet
in hand, Uncle Steven would not
have felt more sensibly the urgency
of hasty marshalling of his offsets
for the final account. His words
used on that occasion have become
memorable. AS he waddled into the
presence of his wife he exclaimed:
"Mary Ann, so help me God, the
rebels are coming! Get down the
bible and have a word of prayer
quick, for they are coming and they
are coming in power Mary Ann"
They came sin power, Mary Ann"
and as they were approaching the
south side of the town prominent
citizen on horseback, armed and
equipped for battle, rode up the
Main street of the town exhorting
his fellow citizens in these words:
Flight 'em, boys, fight 'em to the
bitter endr He stopped not, how
ever, to see how well his commands
were obeyed, and ere the rebel troops
had entered the town the prominent
citizen had fair start in the direc-
ton of Pennsylvania.
ITO be continued