The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-03-27
Would.Be Resurrection Of the WoOdall
Pine.


Editor Hcrdid.-My old and much
esteemed friend, l.. ID. Jones, il still
adding 10 his valuable collection Of an
cient relics. Among them ] notice a
bride bit mounted with gold and the
name Of Hannibal inscribed on both
cheeks. 1t is no doubt the one with
which that great warrior guided his
fiery steed when he crossed the Alps.
Another is a large hemp rope tied at
each end and doubled in the middle,
the one with which Haman was hung
at Shushan palace. Another the low
er jaw bone Of Zaben, lately resurrected
from the debris Of Herculaneum, aud
still another, a rams horn, highly pol
ished and inscribed with numerous
devices byerogliphics, certainly demo-
ting the Pharioh age.
Mr.. l.. ID. Jones IS now in quest Of
a WOodall pipe for a sample. The
WoodaIl's came to Buckingham about
1910 from Fairfax county on the Po-
tomac river. George Washington,
when he was surveying Lord Fairlax's
grant, boarded with the Woodall fam
lily and formed a strong attachment to
the three brothers, Isaac, Obadiah aud
Nathan, engaging with .hem in ath-
letic sports, especially wrestling, dur
ing his leisure hours. While wrestling
with Isaac one day he accidentally
threw him across a rail pile dislocating
his hip aud thereby Gripping him for
life.
When Washington was appointed
generalissimo Of the continental army,
Nathan Woodall followed him to the
war and acted on his staff as one Of his
aids. He was killed in the battle of
Brandywine. The other two brothers,
Isaac and Obadiah, came to Bucking'
ham as aforesaid and settled in a bend
Of the Appomattox river called DeviFs
Elbow. II is west Of FOOLS Corner and
is romantic spot. They commenced
farming and married, Obadiah leading
to the Hymenial altar Miss Mollie Ca
son. the female AmisOn Of Woods
mountain, who could throw any Of the
boys who dared to wrestle with her
and could carry fifteen gallons Of water
on her head in a tub up a steep hill
and was the terror Of all would be ag-
gressors. On one occasion, after her
husbands death, Sheriff w. w. Forbes
engaged with her in a scuflle over a
negro girl he had levied, and was re-
luctantly compelled to draw his pistol
in order to rid himself Of the difficulty.
Isaac derived his inspiration Of the
pipe from his thigh which remained
ever after at a right angle to his body
after the above named accident His
mould, which still remains in the fam
! ily, consists Of a square block Of wood
sx6x4 with hole bored in the middle
Of the top part Of the block with an
inch augur halfway down for the bowl
and another in the middle Of the side
to meet the bowl, with a inch augur,
both holes lined with pewter, then the
block was sawed in two across the mid
die with a very fine hand saw and
clasped together with wooden clasps.
The old man told me it was very ex-
pensive making pipes as it cost him a
bottle Of sweet oil every year to grease
his moulds with.
Isaac Woodall sold all his pipes to
Mr.. W. d. Jones as long as he lived
and after his death his son Bob con-
tinued the contract with Mr.. l.. ID.
Jones until his death, and then his
son Dick followed the trade for "A while
but has now abandoned it for some
unknown cause
The pipe had attained great celebri-
ty and it is pity that the manufac-
ture of them has been suppressed, and
we'll may my old friend l.. d. Jones'
exclaim: "Oh, for a Woodall pipe T"
| believe also, that if Col. Dick Gordon,
who has lately married the charming
Miss Annie Saunders, and moved to
Mr.. w. G. Trent's to work his farm on
shares, had a Woodall pipe, by smok-
ing Of which he could solace his
leisure hours, it would bring back to
memory some useful ideas Of farming
which he has probably lost by his lCug
soiourn in Richmond, aud that he and
Col. n. Brooke would make Billy one
Of the finest crops in the neighborhood,
excelling even Bill Davis the crack
farmer ROBERT HALEs. NJ. ID.