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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-01-05

dERiiIsnra1s.-yes. Christmas hps come
and zone. Saturday Va. generally Obser.
I'd. aud was naked With ths general jol-
lity Of our people. The Old fashioned, yet
n,ysr stale, festivities. which makes Christi
io,, the merriest day Of all the year, sig.
r,li.ed the recurrence Of the festiyal-ths
mi. ones had their Christmas trees and
ivsyl.alIed stockings, aud the children Of
older growth their social reunions aud
GOOD cheer. The i'Old folks had their
dinners and their suppers. to which their
friends were invited; aud all feel happier
for the pleasant memories the day has left
behind. q ..' 49,, L. ...... e
o. Thursday evening, ga Dec, a
,uuue, va. prepared at Sheriff shrewsbur-
rvs residence, for the members Of the
Presbyterian Sabbath School. The utten-
dance was large, and all enjoyed tho FEAST
Saturday evening. the doors Of the NJ.
4. Church we're thrown open to thepublic,
look upon the beautifully adorned and
brilliantly illuminated Christmas tree. Ia
dened with all manner of presents for the
members Of the Methodist Episcopal Sun
day School. After prayer and singing.
prof. d. p. Guthrie delivered short ad.
dress to the children, after which the pres.
euts we're distributed. Everybody was
we'll pleased, particularly the little ones.
Monday evening, Dec. 26.h, arslssgs
number Of citizens assembled at Beale's
Hall, To witnessthe distribution Of pres.
ents to the members Of Christ Church
Episcopal Sunday School. Akthis place
alstgs and tastefully arranged Christmas
tree was prepared, loaded with all manner
Of good things for the scholars, andfor ev-
cry child that wasa member Of the con-
rregation, but not ofthc Sunday school
The address delivered by the Rector. Rev.
Mr.. Hayden, was full Of wisdom and good
sdvice to ths-chillren. which we trust they
will always remember.
Same nigh.a beautiful Christmas Tree.
loaded with presents for the members Of
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-01-05

10 ,ho.a suEshnE trpm diseases Of DE KID
nsys and bladder. and the consequent iraln
q distressing allMents, this remedy Il conh-
IDENTIFY reconimendsd Is relief and needs but
trial 10 prove IL great value IN the cure o.
the above mentioned diseases. A. an AlieSa-
tive, this. Elixir will be found much more
beneficial than the preparations Of sarSapa-
rllla, 90 popular, land We might nay Of quss-
ilonsd medicinal valusl, ndwheFs = Blood
rarlaer Is needed, there is no question hut
that the y + z
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-01-05
DlHretlc and AItsratIv0 EIixIri

WIN accomplish all that /, desired. Those
living in malarious districts, West and south,
asa general thing need, on the approach Of
warm weather, aueha remedy one that viii
remove languor, ana restore tone and yigorts
the system. No preparation will more elect
ualIy accomplish this than tho
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-01-05

Nav CoUSrY vrvlosss Col. Charles
j. Waggener. Clerk of the Circuit Court;
II. Kinbsrling, Esq, Recorder @. sehan,
Esl Sheriff; Maj VIM. H. Tomlinson,
States Attorney, and George PulIius. ESD,
Surveyor, all entered upon the discharge
oftheir duties. They are all gnod men
and will make efficient officers. We trust
thA. their administration. may be pleasant
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-01-05

EXAMINATIONS The regular examiua-
tons Of the county Superintendent Of Pab-
lie Schools will be held at Point Pleasant
on the first Saturday in each month at !
o'clock 2. NJ.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

raft, whilst in breathless silence we all
watched her as she dipped at the various
falls, and each time recovered herself |
shuddered as she was launched,for began
to see that the man could not be saved by
a boat ; boat could never return against
a rapid, however well able to float down 1t.
No sooner would her bow come in contact
with a fall than it would dip, fill, and
spin round, as did the first skiff which was
lost.
The poor fellow himself was getting i'm
patient, visibly So lie. united his lash
ings, stood upright upon the raft, eagerly
waiting to seize the boat, and jump into
her She had but one more fall to pass,
and that was situltcd just above where he
stood She paused at the brink, it swung
down it like lightning, and, as he leaned
forward to seize her, she rose on the re,
turning wave. struck him in the chest, and
he struggled in the overwhelming torrent.
The exclamation Of horror. for it was
not u cry, which burst from the thousands
who by this time were assembled | shall
never forget, nor the breathless silence
with which we watched him, fighting with
the waters as they hurried him along
upright, waving both arms above his head.
We lost sight Of him at intervals, yet
again and again he reappeared, and [
thought hours must have passed in lieu Of
one brief half minute. But the end came
at last, once more saw his arm wildly
wave above his head, and, in an instant,
the crowd turned from the spot in dead
silence. The man was lost
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30
! Nrestlc Win Nlagara

was standing about thirty or forty
ards Iu advance of the Clifton, that is,
thlrty or forty yards neare~ to the Horse
Saoe q a.ong the bank of thc rocks and op-
u9-itc the American fall The ground
must have been about the same height AZ
the opposite fall but, owing to the i'm
mense hin down which the rapids rush. 1T
was pointed out to me. | saw, in the mid
die of the rapid, a huge log Of wood, the
trunk Of tree. which had lodged there
some years before and upon 1t a black
.peck. This, after some observation, !
perceiyed to move Il was man. O. ;
he and his two companions had, on the pre-
vious night been rowing about some dis
tance above the fall BY some means or
other they had yentured too near the rap
ids had lost all command Of their boat,
and had been hurried away TO destruction.
1t was supposed tat about halt mile
above the fall the boat had upset, and
with the two wretched men still clingng
to j.. went over the fall at about nine or
ten O'Clock al night, while the third man
was driven against this log ol wood,
climbed upon it, and sat astride OF 1t
through the darkness Of the night, amid
the roar. the turmoil, and the dashng
spray Of the rapids.
crossed the river, ascendcd the rock
bv the railway, and hurried to the spot
where I found him 50 near that l could al
most distinguish his couutenance. lie was
then lying along the log, grasp'ng 1t with
both arms, appeared exhausted to the last
degree. He was evidently as wet from
the spray. as though he had been standing
under water. BY this time people were
assembling, and different plans for his re-
cue we're proposed and discussed on all
sides already, indeed one effort had been
made. \ small boat bad been firmly
Iashed to a strong cable, and dropped
down TO him from the bridge which
crossed the rapid between the mainland
and Goat Island, about sixty yards above
the log.
This boat had proceeded few yards IN
safety, was upset, spun round like piece
of cork at the end of thread by the 1oret
of the water, which finally snapped the
cable in two, and the boat disaPPearo'
over the fall
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

A WOMAN on THE fashions. Lydia
Mara Child thus crticises the proneness
of her sex to follow the changing fashions
of the day:
Sensible women must resist, as far as
they can, the expensive despOtism Of that
invisible tyrant called Fashion. What
enormous taxes it imposes upon US taxes
to 1.-THE of which we would not submit
for a moment from any other ruler. What
a mysterious and omnipotent power it Is
Suddenly there goes forth an edict, nobody
knows from whom, that everybody must
wear trailing garments, aud straightway the
filthy streets are swept with silk aud satin.
Some French mantua maker, whose fortune
depends upon stimulating the rivalry Of
wealthy idlers invents some new cut OF a
sieeve,or some new adjustment of trimming
which Vanity Immediately adopts, as a
public advert isemeut that she is rich
enough to change her dress with every
passing whim. Then the mystic saying
goes round the world, " They dress 30,
this season" Who they are nobody knows,
but the voice must be obeyed, without
regard to climate or convenience, or be
comingness t. individual faces and figures
\ miliner of the Empress Eugene places
a grape leaf on the head of her imperial
mistress, and calls it a bonnet it forms 8
pretty ornament for her tresses, and, as
utility Is no object to her who rolls along
through life in a chariot, such dolls mead
gear answers well enough for her. But
because she wears it.straightway every far
mer's wife in New Eng and feels compelled
to walk through wind and dust, heat IN
cold, with a grape leaf on her head
Seven or eight years ago boanets were
hung on the back of the head and slipped
down on the shoulders. instead of being
perched on the forehead and tipping over
the nose. as they now are. A. that time
a bride in the vicinity of Boston left her
fathers house soon after the marriage cere-
mony, and rode seven or eight miles in
winter evening to the dwelling OF her
husband She became 50 silent during
the latter part Of the ride that the bride
groom was alarmed and there being no
house in sight, ne drove as rapidly as pos
siblc Arrived at his own door, he lifted
a corpse from the sleigh. Her bridal
bonnet had fforded no protection from the
severe cold and her brain was frozen.
We laugh at Chinese women for def0rm-
ing their feet and rendering tbem useless
by the fashion Of casing them in baby
shoes yet in this enlightened country girls
are straiuinc the muscles OF their fee1 be
yond repair, and losing the power of walk
ing with firm, elastic tread because it Is
the fashion to topp!e about on high heeied
shoes. In this country it Is peculiarly re-
markabIe that we submit so tamely 10 such
perpetual aud vexatious interference with
our free will and our daily convenience.
We zcorn the idea of having our affairs
regulated by any other monarch, and would
resist any other involuntary taxation to
the death But we empty our purses
and waste our time and our faculties, and
tumble over eriuoGne traps, AMI stjtie our
lungs, and weaken our feet. ana freeze our
brains, because Fashion, IN the person Of
some Partisan modiste. proclaimS, They
90 So this season
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

An Iowa ToBNADo-A tornado which
caused a good deal Of havoc in Marshall
county, Iowa on the 7th INST, Is described
as resembling, when first seen, a bundle OF
white. feecy clouds but as it approached
became immensely black. At one point II
divided, and forawhile pursued two tracks,
but came together again with renewed vi
olence. In some places the storm cloud
could be seen by the observer to rise entire
ly from the ground, leaving objects beneath
it uudisturbed in some places the point OF
the cloud touched the earth, and light
things were drawn up into it, and the cloud
went spinning on like top doing little
damage in some places it sank still lower
and occupied strip of considerable width
along which itplrsued its work Of destruc-
ton The cloud had distinct and vel
defined boundary, outside of which the at.
mosphere seemed comparatively quiet, but
inside Of which great whirlwind ragged
beinga complete chaosof corn leaves, trees
branches of trees, etc 1t IS said that thC
sheaves of wheat in a field Of fifteen acre.
were all caught up and subjected to such ;
tumbling together and active friction tina
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

Why said his Honor, have my
salt water ba'h every morning
Tell me how you do it.
Have the mate call you at / O'Clock
to- morrow morning, replied the Justice
Come on deck in your night shirt ano
slippers, and the sailors will pump sail
water all over you
Thanks my dear Judge
Forthwith Justice Dowling sought thC
mate and put up a job ou the English
man. lie sent dozen bottles of cham
pagne TO the watch, and extracted promise
from each and every man that when the
EngIishman appeared in the morning he
should be deIuged with wat II from both
the fore and aft force pump-. TO each
Of these pumps was attached one hundred
feet of leather hose and a three inch brass
nozzle.
At precisely I o'clock on the next morn
ing the English traveller was called to take
his salt water bath. He made his appear.
ance dressed in a long ruiHed linen night
shirt, and on his feet were a pair of Gnel y
worked pump-soIed slippers. BE stationed
b ;mseIf near the torecastle, and dtvested
himself Of his light apparel. Then he
shouted.
Go ahead, Mr. Mate
Go ahead, echoed the mate, and th,
sailors played upon the bather.
At breakfast a seat was vacant. At
lunch also a seat was vacant but at din.
ncr the Engishmau reaPpeared, and found
chair as far as possible from Justice
Dowling.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

LErRosY CURE.-A cure fer oprosy has,
itseems, been discovered in India. Accord
ing to The Ploaeer. medical science has at
last triumphed over this terrible disease.
The civil surgeon of khundwa, reports the
case OF wretched old jew who came to
him from Bombay IN great grief, saying
that his frieDds had excluded him from
their society and obliged him to live in =
hut by himself He was at this time pleas
ingly mottled with rose color. The doctor
had him at once washed with soapand warm
water, and the old jew showed signs of i'm
provement. lie was then anointed with
carbolic acid and oil, with such good effects
that the next day he wrote to his wife TO
expect him home ina week In short, what
with washing with soap aud water, and
with carbolic acid aud oil, the old jew was
soon completely cured. The experiment
had moreover an interest apart from the
fact that an ancient scourge was being con-
quered in the chameleon variations of the
corpus rtle under experiment. The jew
came to Khundwa rose-colOred and brown
in week or two be was glossy black and
brown a little later he became speckled
gray then his skin-possibly uneasy at
what might happen next-lost all patience
with its owner, and peeled away from him,
/ leaving him Just the color jew ought to
be He lives IN the hut no longer, and has
been received into the society of his fami-
ly and friends.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

SAVING oHf His FINeFEs Ignorance
should never myadlc with edged tools-nor
f0of5ed ones. either. The habit of pointing
at. or touching everything We talk of or
feel curiou, about. Is sometimes attended
with serious consequences.
\ German. in Iowa. last week went for
The first time into "a s3w-mlll Among
o:hcr things that he saw was Il small CIR
cular saw. saving faster than anything he
ever saw. is rapid motion fascinated
MIN be reached out his right index finger
towards It's IIl-deincd periphery for the
circumference Of a saw in swift motion,
looks TO be at the base of the teeth. and
not at their points, when. to his surprise,
the end OF his finger disappeared in an iu-
stant, and rolled away TO the other side Of
the saw.
The man tied up the stump in his hand
keryhict, whercupon Mr.. Andrews, noticing
him, came up and inquired what was the
matter The victim Of misplaced conf
dence replied ,Mis,her Andrews, never
comes to see your mills before seed dis
ting going round 50 fast, | takes mein vim
gcr to him, ike dis, and-r In explain
iug his first mishap, the German touched
the saw with his left foreiuser and that
flew off Turning to Andrews. in almost
breathlcss astouishmcnt, the man cXclaim-
cd 'Mjsther Andrews, | never comes 10
see your mills before seed him; never
comes agajnr And wrapping that finger
in his handkerchief he started for doc
tors office.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

MECHANICAL CURIosITY-Two Germans
IN neighboring State, have made a
machine containing FIVE thousand figures,
most Of them movable All the principal
scenes of the O!d and New Testament will
be represented in it-such as Noah and
the Ark, the building of the tower Of Ba-
bel, Abraham Offering sacrifice, Noses
bringing Israel out of Egypt, Israel pass
ing through the Red Sea, the drowning of
Pharoah, Samson's death, Elijah fed by
ravens, the birth of Christ, raising the dead
to life, Jesus walking on the sea, washing
the deciples' feet, the crucifxion, resurrec-
ton, ascension, and many others. In re-
speet to the Bible, it will be almost a
reproduction of the scenes there described,
and as an adjunct Of Sunday school work,
almost invaluable. All the great battles.
naval engagements. sieges and assaults of
protane history are to be represented, and
many other curious scenes depicted. SIX
teen mills Of various kinds are to be in
operation.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT CHULERA.-
Some few years ago DR. Guy, professor Of
hygiene 1T Kings college, London, drew
attention to the fact that an outbreaks OF
cholera was often preceded by a miider
cpldemc-iufucuza. The prevalence Of
the latter malaiy during the past winter
and spring may seem TO have been amp y
accounted Ior by the cXecpti0na. severity
of those seasons, but nevertheless. il has
its significance and its warning. Both
ep.jcmics have this iu commou-tlat they
progress ia fatality to a certain point, aud
then gradually -ubsjde. They are not sub
joct 10 the same fluctuations a7 bronchitis
and Observation-Disclosures due TO changes
of temperature or other evident cause
but are to "a very considerable extent indie
and cold. There Is certainly no re-om-
blauce between the present year and the
year l~lI. when the last cholera epIdem-
t. prevailed ia 1851 the drought was
general. and although duru1 the month G..
July there was much rain. yer the yes.
altogether was very dry one. and from
the commencement of March eN-raorii-
uariIy warm. Tae progress Of the malady
when once ii reached our shores .tar there
can be lo aalh- thlt it was Imported I-wa-
rere ramtr,aa.e. FL the li.e Of July
llrIIra -4-e was known, but before the
end ottb4r month tho deaths had risen
from fr. % lsa the t.-eaS. went ou
increasing eyees hr week tn. iu tbc eighth
week, ID reaea.. ITS maximum mortality 3.
2nau. it tos> l. weeks y fall aga.u -
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

GUNS VERSUS TARGETs.-Sailors NAV well
feel uncomfortable. The IL inch muzzle
loading rided gun of > tons at a range of
200 yards, has sent a PaIliser shell straight
through the side of target considerably
stronger than the broadsIde of any iron
clad owafoae 0nthis occasion, moreover,
the gun used a reduced charge Of 10 lbs,
its full charge being s. lbs. 1t may fair
Iy be expected, therefore, that the employ
ment of the full charge would ensure the
same result at q range Of over 1000 yards
The target ii quest on consists of a solid
wrought iron plate of eight inches in thick
ness, backed by double layer of 6-inch
balks of teak timber, solid wrought-iron
plate of five inches in thickness, being
worked between the layers of timber
There is also au inner skin Of l ID inch
iron, and the usualiron ribs. This amounts
to 4 total Of 13 inches of arm0r aud l.
inches Of backing exclusive Of the skin.
The confusion caused between decks by the
bursting Of a530lb she'll in addition to the
shower Of fragments from the glping hole
in the vessels side may well be imagined
-EngIisb Paper.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

HELIOTYPE.-Ane new process called HeLlo-
type, by which photographs can be printed
independently OF light, and in a permanent
style, is attracting attention. 1t may be
thus briefly described. The photograph is
taken on a sheet OF geIatine; this sheet is
fastened down upon plate of metal, and
after a little preparation, in which sponge
and water play part, can be printed from
as If it were an engraved block Ordinary
pruting-nk laid on with a roller is used j;
and the sheet is printed in an ordinary
printing press, and with a remarkable pre-
servation Of the lights and hali-tones. Oil
paintings, encravIngs, chalk-drawings, aud
anything living OF dead, that can be pho
tographed, may, by this process, be repro
duced, and multiplied IN permanent form 4;
and when a sufficient number ofImpresslons
have been taken, the sheet Of gelatine can
be lifted from the plate, and laid aside tor
future use. This Is obviously very I'M
portaut addition to the resources of art /;
from three hundred to four hundred I'M
prcssions can be taken in day, quite
independently of weather; and If required,
the picture can be printed along with type
IN the pages Of a book. Specimens we're
exhibited at a recent c9uversazone given
by the President Of the Royal Society at
Burlington House, including chalk-draw-
rugs by the Old Italian masters; landscapes,
luIldugS. eu.raviugs. sea-pioces, maps, and
a number of shattered aud woundet bones
from the recent bat,le-ields in France,
intended to Illustrate a worN on surgery.
All these specimens were reproduced with
such skiil that, In many cases, 1t would
have been difficult to distinguish them from
the originals
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

REMEDY FOR SrINGs.-The other day
while cleaning a few remaining Bradshaws
as [ took ho'd OF a plum it sent spark
fire into my finger. At any rate tn at wo
the impression of the moment, till a whit ;
headed hornet darted of. found it con
venient to come down from the tree.
But let me tell your million readers tina
we have discovered one good use for tot
bacco.
1t is one of the best remedies for the
stin5s Of all insects Wet it so that the
juice shall start, aud place it on the part
stung, and in one momentyou are all right
again.
Last season a little grandchild, walking
in the grass near a bank. fell upon a nest
Of hornets, am the hornets speedily fell
upon her. Sac was badly stung in several
places. Her screams brought the nurse
She too, screamed. Everybody ran out of
the house.
WHAT'S the matter? And " what's the
matter sounded from half a score of
frightened mouths
Tobacco was at hand. Little wads Of it
were wettei, bound on the parts stung,and
n ten minutes the little girl was playing
again, nimb as a cricket. And chiefly to
set forth this remedy have we introduced
this article Wexejoice at length to learn
that tobacco has some reason for existing.
1t IS the nasty plague of neat men, but it
Is the good antidote for yeuomous insect
stings--H ~ Beecher.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-30

\ HURRICANE OF SToNEs.-In Zarate,
a city Of the Argentine Republic, there
happened on the Sth Of June last fright
fu hurricane with stones. The Cordova
Presna describes it as follows 1t was
about t l-2 4. NJ. the atmosphere with
out the slightest breeze and suffocating.
The clouds went on slowly accumulating
in great masses in the west FIVE a. NJ
struck, when dull yet frightful sound
was heard far off to the westward \
minute afterward the storm broke in an
awful form. 1t began with a sound like
the discharge of heavy artillery, with
lightning. The Pampero wind swept
over with unusual violence and fury bring
ING with it cloud of stones, such as new
er had been seen before. These stones.
as big as goose eggs, fell everywhere,
very few being as small as that Of pigeon.
Houses, huts and roofs of all sorts suffered
terribly some were knocked over, others
unroofed. and all injured. Not pane of
glass or a public lamp survived unbroken.
and many were carried to n great distance
by the force OF the wind Buildings ex-
pesed to the fury of the blast looked as
if a rifle corps had been doing their best
against them. Many animals were re-
ported killed, and one woman and child.