The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-07-21

HARrFunp Crrr.-This is a thriving town on
the West bank Of tho Ohio river IN Mason
county. West Virginia. II was laid oui some
time in the year 1859 or 1853, by company
Of capitalists from Connecticut, Whose object
was TO miuc coal and manufacture salt, in
which Il nder the management, first OF Dir. w.
a. Healey aud then SIR. Geo, ". Moredock,
laoth thorough and energetic business mOn, has
been cminently successful The towu is nov
incorporated, makes lis own laws, and runs its
own machinery. Its Legislative authority is
vested in a council Of i've free.holders elected
once a year; and the executive consists Of a
mayor and clerk anl town scrsccEt: but not
withdrawing the array OF Legislative ability
anil executive power, we have never yet been
able 10 enforce the hog Law, and the conse'-
qurncc is the peoples early potatoes aud bean
patches have had tosufIer from the ntrusions
OF these uurnly gruuters.
fireplace numbers about 500 or 800 in
habitanis. We have three saitfGrnaccs within
the limits OF the corporation, ono of which is
now laying on its oars. The three when IN
operation aud well supplied with water will
turn out daily about 500 barrsls Of salt worth
nbuutEs0O. There aye four churches in The
place, viz: NJ, E., Baptist, U. B., and Welsh
Baptist. There are also four Sabbath Schools
in prosperous condition. The public school
faud amounts to about $500 which runs the
schools FIVE months in the year. The increase
Of our population in the good old way, so far
a; your correspondent knows, for he t1akes
no prctensions 10 as thorough information in
this department ms your New Haven cores
pendent, is,net yery rppid, bat we surmise
from the new brood of Aedglings that appear
on our streets once in a while, that even we
are moving iu that direction. We have very
aourishtng Lodge Of the l. o. o. in the place,
that we doubt not is cxcttiug very great in
Aucscc for good. This Lodge paid out for the
benefit oflts members du,ing the last term,
nearly $lOc, which indicates to some extent
at least spirit of bcnevolcnce. Tho outside
world may call it selfish because it was cSpen.
ded among ourselves;but il was oar own mo-
neT, and was expended for the good Of the
family.
AS to the morality oT our little town we THINK
We area little ahead Of any olherp place on ehe
river, and the reason is because there is not u
tipling Stop in the town. For whilst our hon.
cradle Board Of Supervisors in their kindness
or Blindness have seen fit TO open the food /.
gates Of rum and pour its blighring whitening
streams all around US, we have the control ov-
CT this monster ourselves and have shut IL out
from our midst; and our people would run al
most as far to see drunken man Keeling on
the street as to see one of Barnums monkey
shows. As to profanity, the people have al.
most forgotten to swear. Drunkenness aud
Profanity go together. But we dont mean to
@y we have no wrongs here. The Shiny trail
VI Madame SANDER is seen once in while
winding its vicious muddy way through The
community and stirring up things generally.
The select school uEder the control Of MS.
f. Harper and Miss Wakefield. closed few
Jays since with an exhibition in which the
SsaOIars' which were all small, showed good
torcss.
Preparations are now being made for repair.
Jug our school house, which needs something
0f'he kind very much. h.