The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-02-27


you been successful To this the
Colonel replied, "We would have
treated him very kindly, Miss, and
given him free pass to Richmond,
the Capital of the Confederacy." To
this the lady sharply replied, you
did not get him, did you? He was
too smart for you. Why he has
more sense than the whole rebel dy
nasty" The young officer again lift
ed his hat and asked if he might in
quire her name She replied that
she was Julia Wiley, the daughter
of United States Senator Waitman L.
Wiley. And so the bloody war went
on, and the young lady is now the
wife of State Senator VIM. c. Nc
Grew and the young rebel officer is
the Hon. Mr.. O'Ferrel, a member of
Congress from the Winchester Dis
trict, in the old cavalier Common
wealth"
At the date of Jones Raid, John
G. Gay was the Mayor of Morgan
town. Having no force for defense
of course the town was surrendered
On such terms as could be had.
Safety for the lives of the people was
promised, some property was de-
stroyed and some was taken by the
soldiers. A tenement house on the
lands of the late William Lazier, a
short distance from town, was burn
ed to the ground. Fire was kindled
on the suspension bridge, but fortu
nately for Morgantown the Confed
crates went away and the citizens
succeeded in extinguishing the fire be-
fore much damage was dene.
John G. Gay, who was then Mayor
of Morgantown, was a son of the late
Matthew Gay, and was born and
reared in the town. Having pre-
pared himself by study for the prac-
tice of law, he determined to make
his home in Oregon. He was mar
ried June II, 1865 to Miss Mary w.
Simonson, of Connellsville, Penna.,
and ON the following day set out for
the Pacific Coast uia New York.
Arriving at San Francisco they took
passage for Oregon on the Steamer
Brother Jonathan" AT noon on
July 30th, when off st. Georges
Point, near Crescent City, California,
the vessel struck hidden rock, and
in 45 minutes went to the bottom.
The seas were heavy and though
about two hundred souls were on
board, only one life boat, with six
teen persons in it reached the shore.
1t is related that Mr. and Mrs. Gay
ran to life-boat but it was so full
that no more men were allowed to
get in it. The devoted young wife
threw her arms about the neck of
her husband and nobly refused to
leave him. Survivors say that when
last seen they were standing in each
others embrace and went down to-
gether
And now if any person shall have
had the patience and perseverance
requisite to reading this paper
through, he will be interested to
such an extent that he will want to
know to the road to Morgantown.
The following directions in refer
ence to finding the road are said to
have been given to a stranger by a
citizen of Monongalia county, who
resided somewhere on the Virginia
Fork of Dunkard more than half a
century ago:
1t is scene of actual occurrence
and has been in print several times
and is therefore more than thrice
told tale. "Blink eyed Baldwin
has roasted his last pillow share and
Dan Cake, the dog shooter" has
ceased to terrorize the canine tribe
The "Dowd niggers' have gone to a
country where SANDER suits are not
brought and Ben. Shuman's pups
have all been long since disposed Of
The Tenants, however, still ''hold
the fort on Straddler's and Jake's
Runs, and now as then, Its Tenants
here and Tenants there, and it's
Tenants in everybody's mouth"
But "by the grace of Cod, here il
Robin Darrah, and the stranger
enquiries:
"My friend can you tell Inc the
road to Morgantown!"
Robin Darrah. Throwing dowr
an armful of chips which he was car
rying from the yard.) By the grace
of God l can, as well as any man il
the county, for I've been there myself
You came past old Joel Tuttle's
didn't you? with his lip sticken' ou'
like your foot-the amber rnnnin
off his lip sufficient to swim ducks
He chaws tobacco, sir.
Stranger-I care nothing about
him. I've ''come past" there, l wisf
to get to Morgantown.
Darrah.-Well, you'll take up thu
hill past could blink eyed Baldwin s,
all the blacksmith we have in thi!
Countrywide cusscdest iron roaste
you ever saw in the days of your life
He will burn up forty plow- shares {
year if you'lktake 'em to him. A few
days ago Jake-dang his name-ant
Bets-ding her-(I can't think o
either of their names was runnin
off to get married over in Pennsyl
vania, and stopt at old "blink-eyed'
Baldwin's to git their horses shod
blow'd, and the devil shoe he made
and whether they got married or no
I'm not able to tell you. He's got
little old stewed up woman fur
wife about as big as your fist-abou
so Highland she keeps all the Who'll
country in an uproar with her lies
{ running from house to house tattline
and she's got her name up, so tina
it's Matte Baldwin here, and Matti
I Baldwin in everybody's mouth, an
I there's not law suit in the count
but what she's summoned as wit
ness fur somebody, and whether sh
swears lies or not IM not able to tel
We, but | believe she swears lies
You'll take down the hill from ther
t to Dave Chew's that married oil
. Aaron Fosters widder At frs
e sight you'll think he's niger, bu
he's white man, sir, You'll tur
round his farm to the right; tina