The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-05-04
THO Hunt and the Quarry.

~" y ~ Plteinvly tut1 unte OF INK OF
ser.liko quality "A lhe most coveted OBJ.
scssol human pursuit, that constitutes
re-enin9nt item 10 their worth The
ams caca run down, one is perpciuAIly
Fortified and distressed that 50 little abb
Jag satisfaction is to DO got out Of it,
q 6e dead bare is soon eatcnand digesied
AE,smpt 10 keep it, aud i. speedily rots -
Mahna is not the ouly thing that spOils II
not daily fresh gathered. Everything rois
aud becomes offensive TO tho miol-house.
land, wealth. truth. wife, friend. no mat !.
ter whut-7if suffered to siagnats into mere
possession as fnal fact, aud not quickly
turned into means and prophecy Of some
thing new and still afoot
Yes. this hme.like quality Of things.
their long and agile legs and springy
launches. their power Of wbirliug on
pivot, doubling and throwing US Of the
scent. the amount Of skill and lconcen,ra-
ton and rivalry they brisg out in US, this
bowers them with one Of their chicfest
values. Men lslk of the nimblc shilling;
this ninbleness is; after all. moro Of n
vight-rosal quality in the shining coin.
than the kings image stamped upon il =,
Shilling or dollar, how it bowls away be,.
lore the sight glunciug buck now and ths6
TO throw It's silver sheen into the eyes. and
calling to us, "cutch me il you cau,"-
Mesmmphoses AIlthe wit aud iueehu-
ity Of Ovid never bcgdn to devise for his
thard. hunted nymphs aud dryads the tiIhC
ofthe shifts aud disguiscs it is at home in
Now it speeds away into the State Of
Maine, and transforms itself into yast
tbelts of pine and hackuatack forest, and
cries, would you find me. you mus, hew
me dowu and drag me over the SHOWS,
and freshet mo through the brooks, and
raft me down tho rivers, and rip me toto
boards and split me into shingles Now
1t dives deep down into the earth. aud
calls up in faint. half smoihOred voice.
through strata of clay and slase aud lime
stone, here am il you want ma; 'I'u
coal and iron, and copper now; bring on
your drills and sledges aud blasting pow
= j .
DER Nov It is of for California. and
penetrating as golden mist the hardest
and most ihtructable quartz rock hiding
itself as infinitely comminuted particles IN
the u.inutest pores therein. and laughing
Z In its sleeve at the rre hiac.sud seek
game it is playing AT the shifts man will
DO put to, with bis ponierous crushers,
stamping the rock to powder and his little
ferret, quicksilver, tracking through mil.
lion passages each scattered atom Of gnld.
And anon. it is diving in the otter, and
blowing in the whale. ciear north in the
Arctic circle. or it is waving in the sugar
cane and towering in the coffee tree, under
tho tropical skies. Eger the nimble shill.
lsipg!-0ld proteus couo to lifo again. Is
ibis all pure fun and tricksy wantonness;
or does the sly coqiette sometimes pause
TO reflect how she is leading man in the
track Of empire, making him inventor.
discoverer, ship builder, thinker, hero?-
From lie Adine for Nay.
An Adventure With Black Snake.
Soon aftesI was sen. to Logan, was
.seluruiug one afternoon late to my caap,
which was very difficult to fiud even by
daylight. but next to impossible in dark
ness. / was pushing my horse rapidly
as the thick timber would allow, when
saw an enormous black snake little tn tho
left of my track. The light wasfast fall
ing, and although I make it matter of
conscience to kill every snake l can. I de-
termiued to pass him, To my astonish-
'meut, however. q bad never seen the like
before.) thcreptile made right toward me
with wicked hiss. This was more than
L could bear, SO / got of my horse. deter.
mined to wipe him out. 4 don't think
ever had such difficulty in killing snake,
and was never 10 such danger. selected
piece Of wood. aud made furious Whacks
at the reptile, which were unsuccessful =
The stick broke, but my bloodwas up; so,
fearing that the snake would escape, L
went very close to it to- give it a Gni.hcr.