The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-01-25
Don'trup down the place YOU live in.

Dontrun down the place you 1--we 10.
Local items Of general inierest-every-
thing, anything wanted
SURE OF HEAVEN. The editor Of a
country newspaper
Some Of our merchants complain Of dull
times Let them advertise, and keep trade
thriving at home,
A physician has discovered that the
nightmare. in nine cases out OF len was
produced from owing q bill to the printer,
The Ohio River is again full Of ice, aud
navigation is about suspended. The
Kanawha is free from ice,
| Mr.. a. P. Deem is now in command Of
the steamer Active lIe makes an ex-
cellent officer
Mr.. Editor: s
Why is il that 10 the town Of Point Plea
SAINT, embracing one thousand Of a popula.
ton there is not an active literary society
1t is certainly not because the male por-
/ 4. tn =
ton are too much absorbed in business en-
to.prises; it is certainly not because there
is a lack Of intelligence among our lawyers,
ministers, doctors, merchants and mechan-
les, neither can il be because it is not the
duty Of the leading ones OF these honcra-
Bile callIngs, to make first move to the
institution of some such society We ore
all alike interested in the well being Of our
local community, and are proportionably
responsible for its noralor immoral tone
Intellectual culture is the fertilizer of the
moral soil. and the day has long since
passed when we address the most vital
truths to mans crcdulity, so let the Min
lister assist in fruc,ifying the moral soil,
while he sows the spiritual seed in eSpec-
tation Of an hundred fold; and while the
lawyer dcpreca'es the ignorance Of Juries
dishonesty of clients and neishbors, let
him spare some Of bis time from profess
ional duties aud devote il to local reform,
by assisting in the diffusion Of general
knowledge and intelligence, and look to
the bright future for intelligent verdicts,
and uniform honesty ip the administration
Of Justice
In our town there are not less than one
hundred youths and comparatively young
men, who spend their evenings they know
not how themselves, having nothing to oc-
cupy their minds; and says the old adage,
"They who do nothing nre in a fair way
to do that which is worse than nothing. y
Many Of these young men spend their ev-
coings at the drinking saloons which are
the grand stepping-stones to all the other
vices. Now, these men who frequent
| these places. are not all vicious but mere
| " 20 there because there is no other con-
veniens place to Co. While this is going
forward, the pulpit, the press, the bar, all
coil themselves into their pharisaical shell
and say Il am not my brothers. keeper,
yet if he will come to my church next
Sabbath. I will point him out the way, or,
fine will come to my Office | will advise
him to do better, or, if be will read the
Register his mind will be better occupied !"
say, Mr. Editor, after We have said and
done all this, we have fell far short Of our
whole duty The great Teacher taught
differently The great cnd in viov; the
lettering ofthe condition Of mankind, is
worthy Of all Legitimate ways and means.
We use to have live Literary Society
here, when the long winter evenings we're
we'll spent Can we not resuscltate the
defunct corpus? Let us try.
a POINT PLEASANT.