The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-08


| among the short creek Mus ana mar
| rIed the good woman who was faith
| ful wife to him Tor so many years; nc
loves TO tell OF those days, Whch mere
! were representatives yet llNlhS OF the
| old Virginia and Maryland thhttles
| that Ind settled ehrIS III tnht FeslOH'
| and who, like their ancestors WeTG
much given to riding 10 the nouhus anu anu
! racing fast horses at Beech BOttom anu
| EdglnStons Lane.
They'd smoke, they'd drink, they'd tip
the wink. .,..
nJ my Oo' ; ySu ' ,nSrn tbc'J oin the horn,
and tniIy.ho tic hounds, sfr'
That's the kind OF fellows they were
In those halcyon days Of copper still
ed snlrits , on S SnoLs ~ ~ MosSs Sh"n.
nerd tho nure article could be had Tor
n "Ievy'' a gallon, There were slaves
| and slave owners hGreabouts in those
dnys. and a good many OF them. too.
| Tho Zancs. the Woods. the Pauiis. the
| Cnidweils. the PaXtons. were among
those here IN the city who owned
slaves. and out in the country there
,yc,a tho Forsmnns the BlEgs the
| pIJrcIvs tbe NCCoIiochs. the M,Sin-
inys rho EcIIlIcs the NItchellS, and
,,,1rv more IPerbaps the late James
~ 1oWtnn ,yos tho only slave owner in
| -, 1frt,cG states WIN voted for Abra
ham Lincoln In 1900. Old Mrs. Crugcr
,,,os n JosrInT country woman in those
J.vs wbIIc vct she was the wife OF
Noses sbcnbsrJ she also had a num-
hcr ~ "btarks" far she came OF the
Roprs' and riding about over her
arrnS sitting in nor side-saddle. would
NAV ovcrseeT. In the field when she was
| 50 distressed, She was fond Of money and
| ~ mower and chung to life and her pos
sessions even al hundred and two
49,, " o,,,,
a.. cr"..r,ud old Man Edwards.
| '' 60.
| Some people dispute that Mrs' SFuReF
rycr lived 10 that rCputed age, or that
o., -, 1,1,ords NJ Noupdsvillc. lived
VI" ma" ~ -, .,,,, M
to he hundred anu eisH'; ~, ~ ,bnrc
! BOtsford Is fully ptrsuuueu s" ',,, o,[
Is no essential mlStahr w H ST r,c%nic
| Ogy Of either, Ihey We're olu'Stj pS ,,I"5
whea he came To MheSIlnsii ,,,ot,b-
| To sec Mr. EDWARDS NJ sHuVttHh !" -
eS when he was SeEeHt$ Set' ,,J you'd
He was TenaIkauis st'o ''.,,I, LIs co,n-
often indulge IN inc SPStI w. W yVIocIInr.
| pauions nnusT thc ",, " ,,o,"1 THT
wharf. MT. EuMnru' q, York Pa. in
| IS s5 "a a. -. ,',,S,n NJ aCc MS he was
i'eV; WIN 'li,I ~ M AZ ntrety-fiyc years
had walked to wheeling from Mounds
vile in less than three hours. IheIe
was a good JOKE on S,S't T., connection
VI ,,.t, "a, ~ NAV edwards shortly after
,I,c ,vo, Inc bishop presided at the West
| Virginia conference, and was n guest
| '. II. C.cnrrc Edwards, OF Mounds
/ VI t'hA' n f,,t
',,,.oI,I, y,thnr ~ his host, and, like
On,1orSnrs questioned him rs to tho
-. ~ ,,is M "Of course YOU have
So $50 49,, ~ ycr,, regular habits" re.
.so'.l,a1 Tho bjsbon intorroEatIvcly. II
~. ~ !, ,.n', nav, bcr1 a man who has
! shHS :, ..s,n,,,inms q, Tho matter OF spir-
~, - ro ,yhIrh Mr. Edwards replied.
!Eo bJshoD can't say that have
80, ~ 90, ,,nr,, rcpn[n,. and. AS for spirits.
gov ai,,,o,,s i,knJ nv dram" "WeIl, !
,,'.',',1," continueG The bishop, some
,,,hnt 1isroura god ''you have made up
80 ,bat 5cFncf nv being nm abstaincr
~, 81" natter NJ tobacco" well. no,
hisSon Vol, arc wrong there again." re-
Sled Tho old man; II always smoked.
p .J ni,voys 'rbawCd'" Whcrcupon
~. ~, hisi,ny, turned the conversation In q
- ~, ,,orsn,,aI direction
- - 80 e., II.ur,.-vn, 4, West
INC '''U"''"" w. 80.
| "Ih''eNe"t" '''
| Speaking Of disputed ages ana ttaul-
tIons the late dispute in regard to the
-, - 1,or, IInn,.v wns brought 10
..,.t ,I 4, ,.o.,
MI Boisiora H'Len. ,,. 90. y. DO. ,,o
| found that the oiu Ecn''c!nn,' .Hns' ~ ~
stock In the new comtenIlom L"Ht ~
lori was lngutri ~, az aTIo tpor DunIon "
creek. lie says tnHL rntny' ~ '''' ~, =,
| CmeanIng MS Iathcr-nl-"Wl, viz va ~
II boy at the time OF 'Hs IaSt 'un,.o' ,o ~
an expected nttack On I'll In: ia ~
ioWIInS t.r "' ',.I,h so,rc other bovs from
~ wrst liberty To- the ton Of Wheeling
Hill. whence they could look down and
rcconnoltre the fort. FROM that emu
nSnCc tney u'SG,'' I,ridr"nor, 49, and not nj
Gd h'uIgh M"' r. M cnn,onttoD ~ Mr.
FOIt L,S,aI,i,, 10 ,,,ot ibc n,o,,th NJ rho
1h'llcS ~ I,.'not,raI iocniIon for
v .isS W 40 80 nn,,,,, ~ 90 close nr0x
tnG l",s ~ 49, bnt IN tbis Mr..
#h'E :" ~ ,hnt tLn ,vntn,. lilo
no'sio.u ivp'Ir' los s,,,nIied from
lhe guhpoMuc'' w, W. Urine, ibnt
nant y PIti'.'S ", o,i,,i,'n no ,ctSI
therc was W nIS "PI'''"',' ~ Ia :, -
siege Dut SIMPLY an 1 ~, ,aJ 80, ~
pulsc; ana tilht ~, tIie ,,,os,o,, MoopI" MN
inc OlockhousS nv ~, ~ 10 I'm" ~ n
10 lheIF Lo'!HuV 49, 49, NJ po,s-
storm 70 tnls SeS ~, %1,, vi oGJ,
ioTu' MFs' boyu' nus u"us' H., SSo
that nor EFhhulntnel III, Hu'""p, ,ns,i,,,,J
WIS II very SouME S"'iu' v'l'S uni,,,,
out to her inc hno% nous" in", , as ~ ', thS