The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-16

3 OF Hn rflSons County
him a brass jug and ordered him
to take drink Just as Uncle Eu2e
Hf1ec il TO rs lips. the devil. jug
and all vanished ma sheet OF ure.
leaving old Rube senseless on the
ground He did not recover con
sciousness until daylight and salc ne
then COLD detect strong ooor.oi
birthstone in rhe air, and srnat MS
head ached for two days after;
Uncle Rube" always regretted that ne
lost that drink OF liquor
It was strongly suspected that the
old men had freely inbibed at the
corn shuckfng before he thought ne
met the devil
Dash for Liberty
Uncle Ben Dempsy. who belonged
to The Williams. family was-famouS
and popular among the youngsters
and always had something amusing
TO tell.
o!d Uncle Ben took It into his
head to make dash for liberty and
one night he headed for the OHIO
river. After hiding in the woods
for TWO or three niihts. he made ms
way TO the vicinity OF Salem. and
meeting some one in the road who
called him by name he exclaimed.
Lord. bless my soul. who knows me
way out here in Canada? ?" He was
perfectly willing 10 return home ana
never made another effort for tree
dom.
Aunt Mnly Chaplin, who lived to-
an advanced age. had the early his
tory of the Clarksburg people at her
tongues end, and was always inter
esting to talk to- Size was a. famous
cook and had :ne respect of all VINO
knew her-
She was at one time the siave.of
the famous and eccentric lawyer,
James.Pindall. and had many anus
iag anecdotes to tell OF his doings.
uncle Watt colston' who was
brought TO Ciarksburg by Judge Les
and who died about 1900, claimed TO
be over a hundred years OF age
He had been employed at the
White House when John Tyler was
president His master at one time
hired him as cook OF ship bound on
a voyage from Alexandra to China
He was thoroughly imbued with
the old time Virginia manners ana
no living man could excel him in def
erential politeness and courtesy- IN
Gle Watt" when he came to lowe
would have his hat in his hand near
~ all the time greeting his acoualn-
lances and Lord Chesterfield himself
could not bow more gracefully
He was the last OF the old regime
in Clarksburg.
banks of the river near the fair
ground
Great conjurer.
Aunt Easte1. his wife had the
reputation of being conjurer. and
was held in great awe By the coiored
people and young whites
Aunt Molly. who was a slave in
the Moore family, would often boast
that she ld>given General Washing
ton a drink. of water atSthe gate OF
her masters residence in New Jer-
sey. She was little girl at the time.
during the war OF the Revolution or
afterwards in. one of Wash1ngton's
tours of the New England states is
not definitely known
Aunt Rose was famous eS-
horrer and would deliver addresses
from the court house steps church
steps or wherever she happened to
be when the spirit called her
She was gifted with wonderful
flow OF language and her elcQuence
always attracted attention She has
long since gone to her reward.
..Esau'' an Intelligent mulatto was
the slave of Daniel Wilson who had
Inherited him from his. father. Soioael
BENJAMIN Wilson. He had been
taught TO read and write and was
employed by his master as gen
eral clerk in his numerous business
affairs
About the year 1855 Esau was
sold South and finally fell into the
hands Of General Samuel Houston of
Texas. who employed him as his body
t.
It is4sssid that General Houston
some years afterwards came TO
sC1arksburg and purchased Esau's
wife
Becoming anxious for his liberty
Esau ran away to Mexico and upon
his arrival there became a free man
and enlisted in the army
During Ike war with Mexico in
1916, one fthe colonel:s of a Mexican
cavalry regiment. who wasSan Eng
lish speaking mulatto was supposed
to have been Esau by the Wilson
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