The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-21


that hardly knew the meaning OF dis
play In our sense OF the word. They
are. even now. q,tnfortlng TO those who
believe that an@tleal can never really
lose Its hold upon mems minds, howev-
er much 1t may appear to be among the
things departed. vi
The most admirable relic of all Is the
Fairfax Inn. which faces thelpark con-
tRining the springs and the baths. and
is at present the only hotel In the place.
This cheerful old house Of white stucco
and square white wooden pillars. with
little green window balconies Under It's
projecting roof, was formerly known rs
o'Ferrell's Coffee House. Its earliest
name could not discover. but one OF
its first landlords was the famous Ball
ey. prince nf Gamblers" the only
forelgncr-so runs the story-ever in
PRODUCED at the CrOckford Club In Lon
don. polished man OF the world
this Bailey-albeit a gambler and an
innkeeper; one who drove In his own
carriage. and who In manners, IL not
morals. was the peer o. his most distln-
guished guests.
1t needs surely but an Indifferent i'm
aglnatIon TO picture this antique hos
telry alive with the formal life OF those
early times. My own Imagination was
fortunately aided by the actual recoi-
lections OF my guide about this fascl-
mating place; man IN whose memory
the happenings OF seventy or seventy
five years ago are clearer than are
those OF last year. His people have
lived at Berkeley-or Bath, as 1t was
then called-from the days OF Washing
ton. and he has himself spent Il consid-
cradle portion of his many decades
here. When a little child. he saw many
fine ladies from far-away states draw
tip in coach and six before the inn,
come there to taste the waters.
The home of the old gentlemans fore
fathers, In an almost tragic condition Of
decay, stands Just where path once led
down from the Washington cottage d.
rect to the Springs; FOR George WASH
inSton was yearly visitor TO Berkeley
and had his place next 10 that ,1f Lord
Fairfax. who. royallSt though he was,
possessed Il generous heart and lib
eral mind, and must have enjoyed see
ing his former protege. the obscure boy
surveyor, rise 10 such high estate. Sad
to relate, both OF these cottages have
vanished. uHu III tHelr stead are Two
new : fashioned dwellings. Interesting
onlf because of-their respective sites.
In the possession o. my old friends
family IS many Washington relic. and
one. pair of sleeve-links. bearing the
device of two towers ard the motto,
"Utroque Unum," picked up out of the
ruins Of the Fairfax cottage It may
represent ver!table coat-of-arrns.
though not found In the book OF English
herald"y; whose. It would be interesting
TO t;Eow.
A; the bacl; gate OF one Of the hill
cottages lies what at first sigh: appears
a shapeless mass OF rock; II is In reality
4 very worn and broken milestone,
taken from the mill OF one Rumsey.
man deserving OF more rGtice than he
generally gets. Anticipating Fitch's
and FuitJn's experiments with steam.
Rumsey. In 1854. In the presence OF
Washington. Fairfax. Gates and many
other distinguished folk. launched
small steamboat on the Potomac about
two miles from Berkeley Springs. 1t
would seem that. in default OF monu-
ment this battered remnant CT mill