The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18
early acquaintance were in the full
tide OF life, but now hardly one OF them
"'Our life asa dream
orr time rs n stream
Glidcs swiftly away

"our life asa dream
orr time MS n stream
Glldc5 swiftly away
"At St Matthews church" said Mr.
Campbell, las the pail bearers sat in
the basement awaiting the arrival Of
Mrs. Norion's funeral cortege, Mr.
George Il. Taylor, George Adams and
John II. Hobbs spoke OF their recollec'
tons of Colonel Norton and the Bel.
mont and LabelIe mills colony OF people
who came here from Pittsburgh back in
1850, among whom he was conspicuous
in fact, Pioneer.
"'They were remarkable set oil peo-
pie, said Mr.. Taylor; peculiar in their
political and religious notions, but
good reliable citizens, just TO their en-
ployes and charitable to the poor.
linen We al got to counting mp the
survivors Of that colony" said Mr.
Campbell, land there seemed only to
remain William Bailey. now over ninety
years old; Calvin b. Doty, OF Steuben'
vile, John Wright, L. ID. Norton, vi
Ironton, and perhaps one or two others.
They made marked impression on
this community III their day, and con.
stituted the nucleus Of the Republican
party OF the Pan Handle. The late ).
II. Woodward was bright particular
star among them, who had one OF tie
best intelIects ever came in contact
with"
SOLITARY PORTRAIT.
Speaking OF these people" said Mr..
Campbell, reminds me of an evening
lately out at Major Loring's, when We
were discussing old times and old pco-
Pile. Looking up at portrait Of Henry
Chaplne, his wfe's father, remarked
to the Major that had never seen him,
SO far as I could recall. NO, OF course
not, said he, he lived long before your
coming to Wheeling | doubtit there
is contemporary of his in Wheeling
at this time, unless it be Capt. Richard
Crawford or John X. Botsforl. Poss-
IDLY they may remember him. | re-
marked to the Major that tho soliIari-
ness OF that portrait in the old house OF
Moses Shepherd aud Lydia Cruger
Twhere | sat and talked with the old
lady in her l04'h year. reminded me
OF some OF the old manor houses in Eng
land that changed hands occasionally
and where the sale carried with 1t all
the heirlooms, portraits and all, mas
much as all attachment to the same had
expired with the blood. Our Conversa-
ton drifted on from ona incident to an-
other of this kind, and told him OF
conversation many years ago with
an "0ld Mortality" man in Wheeling, n
tomb stone cutter, who in response to
my inquiry as to now long marble in
scriptions would remain legible replied
quite soIemnlyto me, "as long as there IS
person who really cares to read them"
This "Reminiscences of the stone cutter
reminded the Major of a question ad-
dressed recently by Rev. TalmaGe TO
his congregation, in which he begged to
know just how many Of them knew
anything or cared anything about their
grandiathers. and still less about their
great-grandfathcrs; n question, as he
well observed, that carries with it its
own sad commentary as to the transient
character OF families, and shows that
beyond the perpetuation Of the human
race families had no permanent part in
the original designs OF Providence
Tho condition OF the East Wheeling
graveyard when its vacation was or
dered few years ago fully confirms all
that tho old tombstone cutter meant by
his remark, said Mr.. c., rs he concluded
these "reminiscences OF old time Wheel
ing people.