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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02

the unnatural barriers will give way,
and those who build them be swept
down with them. We commend to onr
Cotempomries what the New York Trio
Hge so we'll expressed in the following:
1T is not possible, in o republic, to
DENY the right Of suFrnge tc a large aud
intelligent portion OF the community bc.
cause Of their past political trOnsgrcsn
ions, You can. shoot them or hang
them in the flush of victory, il you will,
though at your own heavy cost; pOssi-
bly, you might OOufscate their property
and drive their leaders into exile; but
you must do either with oolerity, apd
before the popular passion has had timo
to cool Thereafter the inevitable
drift is toward Universal Amnesty. and
it cannot long bo successfully resisted -
Aud we rejoice thar such is tho case.
We also commend to their study the
result Of the Alabama election where u
Republican majority of 10 600 was Och-
ieYod by lbe policy of the Republican
party who in time have removed all po.
lilical disabilities and, as the able cor,
respondent of the Cincinnati Chronicle
justly remarks, by that course the Re-
publican leaders of Alabama cut in twain
the backbone of the Democracy
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02
A STORY or A sNAKE.

A STORY or A SNAKE.
Prepare to have your young blood
frozen, and each particular hair TO stand
on end, like The brisIles on porky swine!
Do YOU know what a snOke s3''
Of course we did-Ihe question was
very silly.
And have you heard that somo kind
are dig as walout lrees?'
We had; and We were getting interest.
ed,
Very good, said our hero solcmn'y.
But did You ever hear ofany Of that
kind in the mounluirs Of Virginia?'
Certainly not thoush enc has been
killed 10 Tennessee; but that was sup
posed to have escaped from some mon-
ageric.
well, listen: Ono evening myself
and three other heroes were sent down
TO relieve picket which was posted on
little side path, under the umbrogeous
shade Of the bouulless forest. Our guard
was soon thrown out 10 advance and
ihen my rhoughtless companions seated
themselves by the blazing camp FIRE, to
indulge an iHnocen! passion for Seven.
up
Lisht-hearIed lads! They had nono
Of the cares and responsibilities Of Office
lo.weigi.t down their spirits! But was
qoiRy sagstiiy had they
sheen. entrusted, and a sense Of aR rul du-
ties that devolved upon me, prevented
me from sharing their revels.
Il seated myself away from the FIRE.
1t was lovely evening. The bright
and fair young moon was peeping qui-
etly down through the Ieary canopy-'
We dipensed with the moon part un.
OnimouSy 10 pretty emphatic language.
We inquired about the serpent.
To be sure. said our hero. well,
i he'd seated myself upon what I sup
posed TO be log or branch OF trcC,
some four or five inches in diameter and
fifteen or twenty feet in length. What
made this presumption the more natural.
was that large tree had fallen near by,
and its ahattered limbs were strewn
tbickly about
But did il not move when you took
your seal?' we cnquirel, getting interest.
cd.
well, racolect that il did give down
nightly, because a branch might have
done the same under like circumstances
To be sure / fell a kind of clammy
dampnoss in the neighborhood Oh
Yes! Yes' We were very quick TO
understand.
But then you know that might have
been the result of age 10 tree or the
evening dew. So l suspected nothing
uncommon, ADD after sitting for an hour
or SO l lay down near by and went to
sleep
Here much TO our surprise the dccrep-
ii stopped as though he had finished.
!How. long did you sleep?' we inquir.
ed, after momuHSF pause.
Except thotI took nay turn on watch,
until morning.
and it stayed right there all tho
tme?'
yes. It never moved at all
We'll, what nextl' we inquired,
Next said our hero; next lot me
600 Why, we oto our breakfast.
And then2 The crisis must now be
OF hand.
We'll, we staid there till sundown,
when a relierguard Oamc on from camp
But what became Of the snake!' wC
inquired impaiiently.
what snOke?'
why the snake you sat down on,
mistOking it for log,
'ohI' cried the decrcpit, with intense
Innocence, that was logP
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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02

The first day little boy went TO school.
the teacher asked him f he could spell,
Il guess can, Well how do you spell
'boy% why just as other folks do
THIS vas the only smart boy this family
had, But in another one, was 6ve-
yoRr-old, who was up to him. When a
visitor one doy questioned his brothers
q, 10 their lessons, one Of them said, 4
get grammar, arithmetic. and geography
Another said. i get reading, spelling,
aud definitions, Il was now Jack 5 turn,
Oad be gravely replied. | gets roadin'
aud spollin', aud ,paukir', and sometimes
| gets up before bteakiaIt is resdy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02

Hearts are not trumps in great game
Of lifo. AS sentiment the hosrl 10 COM
monty recorded Us pretty, bal . fact Of
little account. R;is quite llb6 lining 10
splurge about the litde beator, but the
@c.ld really holdO il in no more eatima'
lion Than did Shylock, Money is the
trump card and 10 which oil others in
the pack pay homage. If any dispute
this. let him opon his eyos aud look
about him.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02

An ilIiteraIo preacher said to his con-
gregatiou: my brodren, when dc lu9t
man Adam was made, he was OBJ wet
clay, aud set up agin dc pnlings to dry
DO you say said one of the oonsrega.
ton, dat Adam was OBJ wet clay, an
set up ogin de palings to dry?' yes,
sar, | do Who made dc pOliogsl-
Sit down sar. said tho preacher, stems
ly; such questions as dat would upset
aLy system of theology
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02

Forbes. The committee heretofore ap-
pointed upon the petition of citizens OF
Cologne Township, this day rendered
their report, which. upon motion Of deI
PENDANTS counsel, Is rc'commilted to a
committee consisting of Jonas Q, Swiulz!
cl, Thomas A johnson aud William N,
Miller. with instructions to reduce all
the evidence akOn before them to writ
ing, aud report to the next meeting ot
the.Board "
Upon moiop, It was ordered that
Younthless pulhn, work and pay taxes
10 Sarvcyor RoberI Sebroll's District.
Upon motion. Thomas Somewille, Asa
Masgraye aud Henry Fisher, we're ap!
pointed Commissioners Of the "poot
Farm Spid Commissioners shall
.IiOyetI,e general care aud eurIrol Of the
Poor Farm and all their buildings and
appurtennnces thereto, and shall meet "a
often as four tunes year. OF least, and
0O muot oflener as they may deem nec-
essay, for The purpose Of examining the
sgme. aud report from time to time 10
this Boatd the condition of said Poor
Farm II is further ordered that said
Commissioners elTect on insurance upon
the buiidngs to tho amount, at least, Of
s., 1000, said Commissioners shall also
make such Improvements upon said farm
as they may drepf necessary, . a."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02

A celebrated quack dOcor in the city.
who boasts that he attends the poor foF
nothing. but manages to romanerate him
self by charging the more wealthy fifty
dollars for a prescription, asked Wo-
man who entered hs Office, What are
your circumstances, my good vomoni'-7
Please Doctor was tho reply. Il m
widow. and bov'nt got any circumstnns
COS at nll--l'm too poor
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02

One of the bost presentation speeches
ever made is said TO bo the following
address in railroad shop in IIionis, on
presenting a watch TO the time keeper.
BIZ dad boss we trust tho watch will keep
as good time for ycCs nS yeeS has kept
for US this many year.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02

AlOdy 10 Evansville was playing with
her child, some days since, and ran into
closet, when the child pushed the door
shut, and, il having sprng.lock, she
was made close prisoner for nearly an
hour, (the child being loo small to push
back tho spring. until her husband came
home to his dinner, She was so nenrly
surocated, It is said, that she could not
have lived long, he'd she not been re,
leased.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02
NOTICE.

A Ii persons. desiring TO obtain authority
Acarffcate t1tearh school in &aSoe county,
will hereby.tik" notieethat my public exam
ination of Teachers. will from this date: he
!lrd At Mason Uity, on the rHIRJ SATUR-
DAY ofeach month. Nopriyaie examinations
will be given, e-cGpt.iu cases of emergency
JACOB BIRD.
Snpt Pub. Schools Mason County
o,i Oh n
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02

A Philadelphia paper comments ou
the weather thu'ly: The showers OF
tho last three DAYS viii Cause every stalk
Of corn to carry ears like jackass.
while every watermelon, will IancY IT.
self lager beer kcg dressed in Paris
gTeen.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02

Jim has a prccocious nephew; lad
just three years old. Playing with bis.
kitten ycslemay, Miss Kitten got her
back up, about something (kItens as
we'll as folk, ofIen get their bsoks up)
and scampered over the floor LiltlO
nephew was delighted, and sang out
Look, ms, Kittens cote GrrciSn beDd!'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02

A lady having discharged her cook.
said, Ghunk heaven there are no cooks
ia the other world Ilor little girl said:
well, mamma who cooks wash-day? Ior
you know they must have big wash Us
their garments ore always white
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02
nj ASOSIC.

vi iAsoSio'
Tho regular communication CT Ninlurn
Lodge No 10 A. +. ana A. NJ, are held
m5nihly, on the night Of the full moon, iha
same bcing Tuesday, or the Tuesday night
,lately preceding
snnt 10 lSfs-lY.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02

On the east side Of the MuskiOgum
River. about Two miles above Zlne'YillS,
there is high pilo Of slack coal near
the line Of tho railroad. that has been
burning, after tho fashion of A.slow vol
Gano. for Gearly year past.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02

Paul De C,ssagnac isa Paris editor,
who has been called liar 500 times, has
been spit 90 ia the street times, has
had his nose pulled 4 times Osd been !
times horsc.whipped.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02

Mrs, Pnrling'on sOys she did not
marry her hubbard because she loved tho
sex but Just because hO was the siza Of
bor FIRST husband, aud could wear his
old clothes '''
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02

My son, said man of doubtful
morals, putting his hand on the head Of
young urohin, Il heieve Satan has
got hold Of you.' Il believe SO too, 70.
piled the urchin
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02
:VdaBP yyQIgK,

We nre prepared to do job Work Of every
ds-crplion, in as good style as any onlce III
this part of tEe State, and Ut lower prices
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02

Il bavo the best wirs in the world,
said a long suffering husband she al
ways strikes me with the sOfs end of the
broom,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02
DIR. L.F. CBMPT8ELh,
~ ~
Physician and Surgeon,

THYSIClah HNU SHTSUVH'
Point Pleasant Vest Ia,
HAVING located permanently at Point
Ill Pleasant offers his professional services
to the citizens of the town and vicinity. He
hopcs BY strict attention to business, to merit
n contnuapce Of the liberal patronage he has
already received.
He may be found at all times at his Office
when not professionally engaged.
Nov SLY,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02
. ! lIsHER, ar. W W. BROW
FISHER & BROWN.

ArToR EHS AT IA w /,
MJJL practice in the county of Putnam.--
W Strct attention given to all bpsiuess.-
Proceeds of collections promptly paid. Ad-
dess II, j. Fisher, Jr., Point Pleasant, West
Va, or ". ~ Brown, Winfield, West Va.
II. j. Fisher .jr., will practice in the coun-
ties ofGason aud jackson and in the District
Court Of the United States.
W. W Brown will attend regularly the
UnitedStates Courts held in this State.
They also beg leave TO inform the Wblic
that in the preparation of any cases of import
ance in the State Courts for trial and in the tr.
al Of cases in the Federal Courts, they will
haye the advice, aid ana assistance of an old
and experierced Lawyer. Iiune 24-6m
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-09-02
On. S, G.. SHA w

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
NNENDERS his professional services to the
L public, Calls from the country promptly
attended to- Office, corner Main an4 Third
Streets, in his new building opposite PTosbyte'
rian Church ap 5-ly.
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New-York tribune., 1869-06-15
NFW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, TUESDAY. JUNE l5 1869.

the pretense of short supply. That pretense
is often false it need not in any case have
been true. Coal is not a fancy artlclej IL
never gets out of fashion; and he who has
it on hand is certain that he can sell 1t,
though not always at q profit IT, then,
the dealers have an inadequate stock at
the closing in of Winter, the fault is often
their own, and should not rebound to their
profit. 1t is not now as in the infancy OF the
traffic, when hard frost in December QS3D
sent up the price to $16 per tun (gold). Then
we had no railroad to the mines, and but two
canals at most: now we have half dozen
lines of transportation which Winter does not
close; and, while it is fair to charge to 10 per
cent more in Winter than in Summer because
of the cost of storage and the higher freights
which then prevail, the frequent if not usual
enhancement is exOrbitant, and, falling mainly
on the needy or imprOvident, is very odious;
and this is the work, not of the miners, but Of
the dealers alone. Yet, if the price is to be
enhanced, it seems to us naked equity that the
miners should share in the gain; and we still
hope for an arrangement by which this will be
secured.
Of course, we shall be told that this will be
found difficult to realize-that it will lead to
endless disputes and complications We do not
doubt it. Despotism is the simplest form of
government; Slavery the least puzzling system
of Labor. 81 command-you obey:" no bother
about constitutional limitations, no higgling as
to reserved rights "Go to work this instant,
"you black rascal or / ii shoot you dead ~
what can be simpler or more conclusive than
that And yet the civilized world is discard
ing it, as the snake sheds its old skin and feels
better when fairly rid of it.
| 1t would be easy to stipulate that the miner
should be paid for his COAL delivered at the
pits mouth or elsewhere, such a per cent. OF
the price at which just such coal sells that
week in New-York or Philadelphia (Which
ever might be its natural maket) and have an
arbiter or judge agreed on who should report
| by telegraph exactly what that price was
| This plan would obviate future strikes; il
would establish community Of interest be-
tween employer and employed; and it would
| bo some consolation to us consumers, when
gouged by a combination of dealers to advance
prices, that the hard working fellows up in
the hills must pocket a share of the plunder
| We hope to hear that the miners, who seem
to be well organized and not devoid of brains
will keep this idea in mind, and, if obliged tc
! forego its instant realization, study and plan
to secure its ultimate triumph. 1t ought tC
succeed, and in time we judge that it must.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-15
THE coal MINERS.
steps.

While we insist OH the right of all workers
to tx a price for their labor and refuse 10 sell
it for less, we do not encourage Strikes. A
strike is declaration of industrial War and
War of any kind should ever be avoided il
possible and accepted with profound reluctance.
Still, war is sometimes inevitable and we can
not deny to laborers a right accorded to every
| other class Let the farmer understand that
he will not be able to sell a certain crop
for so much as it must cost him, and
he will decline to produce it; 50 the
merchant, under like conditions, will re-
fuse to buy; the mechanic to construct,
and so on. We do not see why coal,mners
should not as blamelessly refuse to disembowel
the earth when they deem their recompense
inadequate. True, they may misjudge, OF be
too rapacious, and so may injure themselves as
well as others by striking; but even then,
they are no more culpabe than the farmer
who refused to sell his wheat for 81 per bushel,
and must now take Sit for it or keep It over,
OF the coal dealer who cOnspired to put up the
price Of his commodity last Fall, and now has
most Of his Winter stock left over to be sold
at Summer prices Let all men keep the peace
and obey the laws those who do so are not to
be severely reprOved for holding their COM
modify at their own price rather than at rates
fixed by those who want to buy it.
We do not fully understand the coal miners
case, and do not presume them more unseliish
than other men. If they would like to get
more pay for less work, that is very human
prOclivity; il they miscalcuate their power, and
impoverish by step designed to enrich them
selves, they only repeat the blunder of men
wiser and better informed than they are pre-
sumed to be. But if they have-as we hear
proposed q readjustment of their wages on the
basis of Proportion-the price to be paid them
for each tun of coal mined to be such per cent.
Of the price at which said coal sells simulta-
neOusly in Philadelphia or New York-then
they have proposed the true basis of settle.
ment, and we shall deeply regret failure of
the mine-ow ners to close with their offer.
We believe this City has. for the last ten
or fifteen years, obtained its fuel as cheaply,
all things considered rs any other emporium
of equal magnitude on earth. Considering the
distance of our sources Of supply, and the
rugged character Of the intervening country,
we hold that NewYork has been well served
in the matter of Coal. Yet one imposition
has been pretty uniformly practiced, for
which the delivers in the Pennsylvania mines
are nOwise accountable. We allude to the
very general advance of prices from % to 80
Der cent. on the approach Of Winter, under
New-York tribune., 1869-06-15

divestedR We are reputed white, yet hava
lost no rights that we know of. Has "Ioway yu
Some men have forfeited certain franchises bv
rebellion, and we are in favor of restoring
them directly. Yet we do not feel that their
case is one of serious hardship.
o. Iowa" wants the Republicans swept out
of power and honest men put in their places
These honest men" he would have do what
he says "Ought to be done now-Repudiate
the whole Bonded Debt" That Debt was a
part of the cost of putting down the
Rebellion, and all the notes of our
National Banks are based on it, all the depos
its in our Savings Banks invested in it. To
repudiate that Debt would break every one of
these Banks, and whelm the whole country in
bankruptcy and ruin. 1t would rob hundreds
of thousands of widows and orphans of their
little all, which, relying on the good faith of
their country, they have deposited in savings
banks for use in time of need. If such is
"Iowas conception of honest men" We thank
God that they are not likely to rule this country
for many years to come. led.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-15

Ante-natal murder, now so sadly common,
gets a mild Iebuke in the decision of the
Coroner in the case of Mrs Brush of Eldridge-
st. The immediate agent, or so-called midwife,
is held to bail in $1,000 to answer for con-
structive murder. But we doubt if trial,
much less a conviction. will follow. These
professional midwives know too much, have
too many personal resources, to feel any anxiety
about an ordinary case. In this instance, the
victim sought the relief that resulted in her
DEATH and is in so far party to her fate.
But whatever the result may be, the publica-
tion of the facts is another protest against the
crime The press has printed, the pulpit has
spoken, and legislators have enacted against
this crying sin; yet it flourishes more than
ever; its victims fatten the cemeteries; its
promoters faunt in almost royal equipages in
the parks, and dwell in palatal mansions.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-15

They are at it again in the Ring Some
months ago private parties put up, at the juno
ton of Broadway and Seyenthave, respect
able and commodious market building, one
which, in the matter of convenience and de-
cency quite shamed any of the old rookeries
under control of the City Government. 1t seems
that this effort to sell meat and vegetables
in cleanly and wholesome place has reused
the wrath of the Ring Master, and he has
caused his serfs in the Board of Aldermen to
direct that cheerfully expensive luxury, the
Counsel to the Corporation, to enjoin these
audacious market-men, and shut up their
incendiary building. 1t is quite natural that
the Aldermen should object to cleanliness; but
how will the people around the Central Park
enjoy the necessity of sending to the muck
heap known as Washington Market for their
food
New-York tribune., 1869-06-15

The National Convention of the Sons of TEN
perance lately in session in Washington, can
hardly expect a favorable answer to the memo
rial which they decided to send in to Congress.
They can get Congress 10 legislate against other
peoples sins,-On due representation, and by the
aid of sufficient arguments,--but they surely
cannot expect it to legislate against its own.
Congressman may be brought to the point of
favOring a prOhibitOry liquor law in New York
or in San Francisco but we should like to see
them facing the yeas and nays on the question
of its enforcement in Washington.