The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-07-01

grown; consequently, wood ashes is one
Of the most valuable msnures for thu
cror,
a lady, feeling that she was about lc
die, determined to ask her husband, por
don for the commission Of a galicateTe
Far from entertaining any feelings Of
resentment the husband readily frgavC
her, and in Turn, asked pardon for what
he had done. He then explained to
her that, baving discovered her intrigue,
he had Only poisoned her.
Tue following intoxicating toast was
offered by a Mr. Seorns. OF a festival
given to the National Division of the
Sons of Temperance OF Washington; -
'Wom7n--morO beautiful than flowers
more delicious than strawberries and
cream: the prcsfu, spirit Of the ege--
she is far mere intoxicating than wine;
we love her aud she can not help her.
self
There is lady living in Richmond
Va who has rot eaten anything but Two
crackers in the last nine months. She
was in the habit Of Amounting herself
with sweet oil for some nervous or rheu
matte attliction, which seams TO hsve
destroyed all appetite and necessity 70.
food,
- -
VAST ACoUAlNrEp.-'Wby is IL?
said one Of our schoolmarms 10 a young
scSpegrOce who he'd caused her much
trouble by his bad conduct, why is it
you behaved so we'll when you FIRST came
TO school, aud are 80 disobedient Dow?'
'BecOuse,' said young hopeful looking
up into the teachers face. wasn't much
acquainted then
Common swearing argues in a man q
perpetual distrust of his own reputa,
ton, and is an acknowledgment that he
thinks bis bare word not to be worthy
Of credit.
An cmineul Swiss naturalist says that
without birds successful agriculture is
impossible.
The New Workers are curious TO know
whether Henry Ward Beec6cr will take
part 10 the Gettysburg monumental ded
icatrOn % July +Ih, that being Sunday.
When John C, Brookiuridge won't in
to the rebellion he sold much ofhs land
in St. Paul, MINI, One piece Of forty
acres, adjoining the city, which he sold
for 81 900 cash, cannot now be bought
FOR $40 ,O00
An old bachelor seeing the words,
families supplied over tho door of q
shop, stepped in and said he would take
a wife and two children,
Il is predicted that month hence che
lime between New York and San Fra1-
cisco, by tho Pacific Railroad, will be
made in six days.
lfyou want gu ignotamus 10 respec
you dress TO death" and wear watch
seals about the size ola brick bat.
An experienced old gentleman says
that all that is necessary for thu enjoy
msnt Of love or sausage, is onfdence,
A novelist describes bis hero as max.
ing love like two bonded warehouses in
flames on windy night, aud the FIRE
alarm out Of repair.
Josh Billings says: Zone of tho fus.
sic't scenes ever listened to was two
old maids waiting on one sick bachelor,
There is no end to the uses to which
velocipodes are put. In a Spanish bull
fight, tho pieadors appeared tho other
day mounted on vclocipedes, instead of
horses, aud displayed such skill 10 the
management Of their iron sleods that the
asIonlShed bull was unable to dsmounl
a single one Of them
Connecticut has new secret society
called the Oder Of tho Eagle
The Islands OIL ST. Thomas had anoth.
or earthquake,
] ---a 60
Tho present year ia the centenary OIL
the steam engine, A patent was grant,