West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-03-15
WHETSELL WRITINGS.
A. Mountain Ranger interviews Some
or the tltizens Over There.
DEAR ARGUS ;

Jim Sionebreaker from the Whetsell Settle
meni, which gives quite a lot of news. The
inference draw from 1t is that the Colonel
las exaggerated a little In reading up
some of his past epislles heretofore no one
was doing any business but the Colonel,
Blink Wilson and Sheridan Chides,er. But
this lime the whelsells are coming to the
front devislng plans for a banking business.
Always having warm feeling for them, |
though, would 60 on in to the whe,selI
Settlement aud see aud lind out what /
could and II there was snyth,ng m il would
assist the Wbe'sells in their enterprise. So
/ started out aud dnecll, came to Chca,
River nj the Trowbddge Ferry and there |
me, Shafe rroWbiidge. says. hello,
Shaie, what are you doing here ?" Shafe
says 81 have a job of watching here for Mr..
Weaver, the bridge contractor that Is putting
up these abutmenIs across the river for the
M. & X. X. r."
"Wcll, Shate, what about this cave,
found up at The "Bear wallow p
"Well," says Shafe, al know nothing
only wha, tead in The Argus, but YOU car
cross ON the trolley cable, then you can Sc,
Sam Jackson aud LATE Wheisell-they car
give you some pointers. Itnoi. Ike wheisel
Is hauling coal for M,ssrs. McGougan &
MeCabe. lie is loaded down with new,
as to cross ties lie has lot of news as I,
the cave found by John .. Wheisell"
first met Sam Jackson and LATE Whct
SELL says, "hello, boys, what are yot
doing here ? Sam says. "me aud LATE =
waiting for Al Brown to come and take u,
our cross-ries we made for the NJ. & X
railroad company"
says "WhY didn't Colonel Jim Stone
breaker take them up ?"
"Well," says Sam and LATE, 9Th,
Colonel is too busy to do business for us
lie is looking after the business of ia,
NJ. s. X. II. and the Merry-go.round
Rowlesburg"
"Well." says l, al didn't know that IN,
Colonel was taxed with so much business. >
Just then old Ike Whetsell and his son
Ernest, came up. Ike says, "as soon a
the Colonels son, Morley, gets back from
college down at IIuuon's Switch IN,
Colonel can dispatch business much NOR,
bnskly. But think the trouble is tina
he has been little too free with the pet
here to feel we'll"
"Can you give me some information abou
the cave that John D. found ?"
"Yes, can go with you to the cave an,
go in with you" So we started and wher
we got to the place We went in There i
lots of scenery in there To- attract the atten
ton of explorers. First We came to
saloon, but the Jugs aud hotiles were al
empty. They all wsre labeled at Salem
N. C., from Casper Co. to Colonel lin
Stoncutroker, and there were lots o
blankets and bedding 1t looked like IN,
Colouel had occupied it for several years
lie disappeared about The lime the Judg,
John Brannou discharged him from IA,
jury list. James 4. Brown fixed up .
declaration and the Z, lpurl signed it. +
made Tie Judge ,iltlr hot, so he ordrre,
him dischar. ed from the jury lit. Tn,
truth of The matter is the Colonel fnuuc
this cave aud he has used il ever since th,
difficulty between himself, Judge Brannor
and James a. Brown. So Ike, Ernest an,
mys IF went on liI,le further and fuunc
tho gun barrel as the Colonel I'm repre-
sented. picked it up with the rrmar II
that II was of no use b-ni the way il was
Ern says, "let me have IT, saws. ,.wha
do you want with it ?" Ern says Il want 4,
give Il to Colonel Jim Stouehreaker to shoe
owls around the cliffs. II has no stock or
it and will take it out to George Buckalew
the gun smith, and get stock aud !ocI
on ii, that will answer the purpose. So w
went on Though and came out Just below
Mannheim, we went up over The .oad tina
the Colonel helped The Manheim eompan,
TO annul. The Colonel was road surveyor
three or four years ago and there we're abou
$50 men eligible to work on the count,
roads, but he released them by their paying
s. 50, which made s375 Ike says "nc
wonder he recommends a Board of Public
Works"
As il took so much Of my time to interview
Ike and Ern, bid them goodbye and TOOK
the road to Trowbidge's Ferry, where
found 10, Of WAetsells and they all seemed
to be energetic farmers. How would hav,
liked to have had the Rambler with me
We could have filled quite a book. Their,
Is S II John o., d. J., George II. and
Isaac c. Whetsell. The latter gentleman is
engaged in merchandising and doing quite a
business called on Felix letters and he
said that he diunt want Colonel lin
Stonebreaker TO use his name. thai
he splits cut his vim on the whetseIls; thai
his wife was a sister to J o, G.. n, d. J..
S. and Isaac J Whelsell."
I then started for Trowbridge's Ferry
where I found old Shaf- on duty. lie Oh
served as, hooked on 90 the trolley. SEN
over The basket and let IL down. go, IT.
and landed safe on ths other side, thanke,
shafe and bade him good bye, and started
ON my way 90 see Governor Dawson. %,
Rambler and Frank Gale 10 make nm,
report.
can only give a short sketch This time
On my next tup ~i'i interview all Of tb.
Wdese.is and mike a more sausfac,or.
report. CRY.
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wDmanl for ih.s county and adjoining terri
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expense money advanced. Work pleasant
position permanent. $50 investment or er
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