Show A WHITE NEGRO ma of cc the most meat It coma off of tho the ase ago an AW aff african who gradually rm a daei HL pok to A whua A to um fab for many years one of the most far fa and well known figures on tho the streets of westminster md haa been abraham ireland familiarly known to both old and young na as uncle abram a hardworking hard working industrious colored nan kind and genial in disposition and unobtrusive in manner cays a special from westminster to the baltimore sun until ll 11 recently he enjoyed excellent health after a chert illness of pneumonia monia following an attack of the grip he be died th alie e other morning at 7 in the eighty third year of his age to tile the younger grene generation ration of westminster he was probably not so great a curiosity aa to the older ones who remember him in his younger young cr days daya as having a shiny jot jet black iskin akin with every indic indication aaion of ills bis pure aan african i can lineage and his hia gradual change to a pure white has beena been a constant source of speculation and curiosity the change was not a sudden one but very gradual and no change in his feelings or health was the least noticeable ti lie ile was waa born at soldiers delight baltimore county md bid on palm sunday 1809 of slave parents parenti ind was the property of nichola nicholas i lowe who sold him to amos lowe with whom hp moved to na finksburg Finks i burg carroll county han afif fifteen teen years old his master sold mm to mr andrew powder of westminster 1 with whom choin he learned the tanners jig Is trade and lived until he was forty five years old lie ile worked at his trade until 1870 but did not think the tan had any effect on his color as other colored men worked in the same yard without wy hange change of complexion koth his parents parent were full blooded africans very black blac ac ius as are all of his th children ildren his son david one of the most prominent colored men in the town having a rich mahogany complexion ahe first change noticeable in abraham was a white whit spot which appeared oa B vis his heck about thirty years year ago then on ais forehead and one wrist the white spots pt appearing on dif different parts of his body and gaining for him the title of leopard I 1 the spots pota then increased acidly ap idly finally comin coming 0 together until lis entire body was of a sickly white aptly described by finn iu in 1 mark flags famous book as fish belly chite tho the change was complete and ana er manent no fading from black to chite nor shading of color but pure white his head Ls li pertly ottly bald and of the same deadly hite as the rest of his body A few tots of color have appeared in recent bears eara upon his face and these lie he nt at rib utes to sunburn as his life lina lias been pent ent principally out of doors his body as whiter than his face or hands there has never appeared to im be any un disease or unpleasant itching sen san aaion and the old man at last suc abed to tho the hand of death as so lany others have lone done in the last year torn om rold cold and the prevailing grip his hia raily health in every way being acin still while puzzling the medial ial fraternity abraham attra attracted acted tho the hention of the public and received bev 61 1 offers to place himself on exhibition a a dime museums and also received a try y flattering otter from the veteran ow maii P T barnum but these lie iio ke aligned lined preferring a quiet life with his b yn 13 never caring for notoriety A fe few tara ra ago mrs mm jacob eldridge dridge Kl of jowell mich alich a similar freak died in ht t baat and attracted considerable attention Atea tion she was also of full african bood 1001 her grandfather having come coma rom a guinea and her experience of tho the hange afe from a colored to a white per rl was similar to that of uncle Ib rain rura suffering no inconvenience nor flowing tiny kigns of a skin shin disease ys e was ivas the only other case care known to le e public up to the present time |