The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-28
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famous when alive, and that Will keep
his name famous when time has whlrl.
ed Off many cycles OF centuries. thu
Rev. Stuart Robinson. His early lite
was one OF hnrdships which falls to the
lot OF many moneyless orphans, but his
talents were OF such pure and shining
gold, his character so firm, consistent
and upright that the Rev. James Brown
became his sponsor and the world be-
came his field. and he conquered the
world, the flesh and the devil And
when Azreal claimed him, he left q
name as spotlcss as ermine and a fama
as lasting as time.
Dunlap's creek, which runs hers.
emptics Its waters Into Jackson's river
at u point less than a score OF miles by
crooked roads. tits one OF the head
waters Of the main fork of the James
river. Six miles north on Dunlup's
creek, n few miles from the waters OF
the Grcenbrier river. which sends Its
pellucid waters on to the great tide OF
the Mississippi, Is an old majestic Inn
standing at the corner OF 4 road which
turns at right angles. This is the noted
waysIde inn known yet as Crows Inn,
and kept in ante-bellum days by a roll
licking, fox-hunting. bear-hunting and
hunting Irshman. Colonel Crow.
He was consenial spirit and his Inn
was famous all over the south us head
quarters for sportsmen. They ilocked
in scores to his famous place, with Its
double pIazzas and Its larder always
stocked with venison saddles and bear
stcaks, to say .naught OF small game.
On Crows run and Potts mountains
were famous deer stands, and the deep
mouthed baying of the imported
hounds was the sweetest OF music to the
sportsmen OF old. Many a rich, rare
and spicy anecdote and tale OF adven-
lures was told around that festal board,
laden with Its smoking yenison steaks
and hot toddies. and many political
scheme was Matched out on the Seran-
das In the cool OF the evening over long
stemmed pipes and the fragrant fumes
Of the weed that soothes, while the
pauses were filled In by recourse to that
popular and fragrant compound OF fee,
sugar, mint and bourbon, mixed In one
glass and absorbed through rye straw.
The old inn still stands as q monument
to the careless and easy days of the
past and the signless board at the road,
side only awaits 4 new board to con-
1ure more than the pleasant memories
Of the unforgotte1 days OF yore. The
mountains, then thick with game, are
Just us they wero before the war, except
that game is not so abundant. But
there's good hunting yet. and 1t will oc
still better after the needed prohibition
against killing deer In this state has ex-
pired. But the julep-drinkIng, fun
loving, hard-ridlng rollicNng men. OF
the past have COMO with Colonel Grow
to that returniess bourne, and the mod
ern hunter, with his duck legglngs. cor
duroys, reporters and gun cases, has
moved up and occupied the old hunting
grounds. So. $.t6.<.:. tEi
Besides being model host, Col. Crow
was noted Us being famous rife shot
and q famous mixer OF that famous
and farorte Kentucky beverage, the
miri julep. 1t is evea said that he
could concoc: the aforesaid drink In
such a subtle and delicate manner that
It would make jolly GOOD fellow out
OF churl. However this may have
been. 1t was luxury within the reach
Of ALL Calico was forty and nifty and
seventy-five cents yard, and. hats
from IS to $40, and sugar forty cents 4
pound, yet ice was to be had for the
asking. mint grew wild. and In profu-
sion. while brandy and whisky retailed
at twelve and one-half cents bit. per
gallon. and pure stuff. at that. There
were no Prohibitionists in those days OF
AUD Lang Syne. and but few among
the posterity OF the old pioneers. espe-
cially In the dark and bloody ground"
Whisky was untnxed, hence unadulter-
ated, and mixed well with the strong.
pure religion OF early days. The pres
ent religion. made up OF dogmas and
forms. and the whisky made I'D OF corn
and chemicals. do not seem to be ut aII
kindred spirits. AS a rife shot, Col
Crow was equally noted with Daniel
Boone, who. by the way, was one OF
the early pioneers OF this section. He
owned an equally famous old mountain
rifle OF exceptional length, to which he
had given the euphon!ous name OF
Long Tom" The numerous tales OF
skillful shots made by the doughty COLO,
mel with. his rifle, US handed down to
posterlty are but little short OF the mi
raculous. One OF the best ones was in
connection with the killing OF four
pronged buck. In front OF, the old Crow
Inn. on Snake River Mountain, with the
foot at the inn. About half n mile up
the side of the mountain fs q bluff OF
rocks. In the mellow evening, and un-
der the influence OF that mellowing
drink OF national repute Col. Crow US
ualy RECALLED his new guests with the
description OF how he had taken Long
Tom" md, standing on the veranda.
Killed buck which stood upon the top
OF the blum. If any one expressed. or
rather Implied doubt, as 1t was not
sale 10 make an open expression OF the
truth OF the statement, Col Crow
brought forth deer skin with n rife
bullet hole through Its left hind foot
and head. made by the same ball. This
would call forth doubts and an explain
alton. The colonel then called UP nm
old eelored servant as witness, who
triumphnntly explained that the buck
was scratching his ear with his foot
when shot. This satisfied all but the
old servant. who quietly aside one day
remarked: "Massa. YOU musscnt put
dem balls in SO fab anaht. or dis here
old nisgah mout make stake"
The Old Switch Springs, from which
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