The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-06-17
GRowL NO, e.
Mr.. Ealor;

As you were so cOnsiderate as 10 pub.
lish Growl /. l will venture 10 growl
again; and will first growl gently at
you for allowing any person no matter
who, to infer either by your answers to
their questions or your manner in 40
sWering, who i. is thAt is growing It
will DO time enough to give the name OF
the author when demanded in a per.
omptOry manner by some one who is
hurt by growI. And while upon this
subject allow me to suggest that Ygu put
seal upon the lips of your devils"
had the pleasure Of attending q
Strawberry Festival in the Town last
week gotten up by the Methodist Church
for the benefit Of said Church. Now
while have nothing to say against
Strawberry Festivals, or any other Fes.
tivul'. Os Festivals, yet il! does seem
strange and inconsistent for Ministers of
the Gospel to preach Sabbath after Sab.
bath, year in and year out, against tho
sinfulness aud wickeduess there is in the
possession Of riches; they even tell us
that it is wicked to have q desire for
this worlds goods. that it is "casicr for
camel 10 pass through the eye Of q
needle than for a rich man to enter the
Kingdom OF Heaven" and at the same
time allow their congregations, or rather
members, to have festival or fair with
the avowed object of raising money
in other words riches--for the church,
the heather, the missioLcry fund, or any
other of the numerous wants of that
kind that have rever been known to bs
satisfied. 0ne Of the worst features
about The matter is the means they use
TO extort money from those who are SO
iucouIious Os 10 venture within the ball
where The festival 10 held. First, there
is an entrance or admitlance fee, ranging
from. Ten cents TO dollar, which mnst
be paid upon entering the hall. After
entering you naturally start around the
the room on tour Of inspection 10
look al the general arrangement. the
disposition of the tables, their decoru-
tons, &c. You come to table No l,
and before you have time to see any,
thing but row of bright eyes behind
the table, two or three charming Misses
cluster around you, and each one insists
upon you buying some particular thing
for her. One wants that beautiful boz
quet, another that cute pin cushion, a
third that duck of doll for her little
sister; and the price Of each article is
about three OF four times as much as il
is worth. Well, il you have been 40 I'm.
wary Os TO take your pocket book with
you, woe unto il, for they will never
cease their attacks while cent remains
within it. They have a systematic
mode OF extracting all the money !you
take with you. When those who make
the first attack have exhausted their list
Of pleas and en'reatipa, they turn you
over 10 the tender mercies Of another
bevy, who seem TO have been held in
reserve, and they Immediately rush up
10 table No. Q, with you in their midst,
and then the soms performance is gone
through with again. Perhaps upon this
table there will be Strawberries, ice
cream. lemonade, &c. How hungry
and thirsty the dear creatures become at
sight Of the tempting dclicacies SO Gun.
uiogly spread out before their enrapiu.
red view. Why it is enough 10 make
one think that they have tasted for two
or three days in order the better TO ap-
preciate tho feast You are then trans.
ferrcd TO third party who serve you in
the same manner, and so on from one
party 10 another until your purse is
empty. Then you are at liberty to de-
part, and it will probably be reported
next day that you were drunk at the
festival, Serves you right for being
there. 1t is simply robbery. wholesale
robbery, and worst ofall, it is done 10
the name Of the Church. God save the
Church. ASH.