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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-05-09
WEST VIRGINIA
INSURANCE. COMPANY!
WHEELING, WEST VA.

Takes Risks at the lowest rates. Oh Building.
Of all kinds, Furniture. Household Goods,
Merchandise, and Goods in transit.
Directors:
Jacob Hornbrook, WIN. E Stevenson.
Henry Hartman, Jacob NJ. Bickel,
Jonathan Rowley, DR.. ]. O. Hupp,
R ] Smyth, Edmund Docking,
] n. Bristor, T.J. Campbell,
VIM B Odbert, s. Prayer,
D d. T Farnsworlh, Thomas Boggess,
David Billmycr, WIN. B Crane,
WIN. r White, Joseph Shields,
!. H. Duval, N. Cob, u,
DIX Dix.
pThis Company is owned and MANAGED
by many Of our most wealthy and iniuentla
Merchants and Citizens throughout The Stale
! Their Office has been orened IN No. 22H Mon
roe street. over Religious Book House. and ia
fully organized and prepared to take risks on
Frame and Brick Buildings, Manufacturing
Establishments, Stocks Of Merchandise, House
hold Furniture, and Cargoes upon the Western
Rivers. Dc
JACt)B hUhN btuVh TItSb
JACOB NJ BICKEL. Vice Pres't,
j. H. WILLIAMS. Secretary.
s.B McCOLLOJH. ASST Sec'y.
Office over Religious Book House, South side
Monroe street.
SIssoN 4 SHREWSBURY. Agents. Point
Pleasant. WA Once in the Court House.
LEMUEL HAROLD, Agent West Colum'
bia, West Virginia. ljdneS-iy'
Valuable River Bottom Farm for Sale.
THE Heirs Of Louis B. Menag.-, deceased,
offer for sale their farm situated in Mason
county. West Virginia, lower end Of Clenden'
10 township. OH the Ohio river. 10 miles BE-
low Gallipolis, Ohio. and Is miles below Point
Pleasant. West Virginia, containing
3O2 ACRES OF BOTTOM LAND
in HIGH state Of cultivation. One hundred
acres Of well ,imbered hill land Two orch.
ards with trees Of superior quality Two
dwelling houses and all necessary out build
in1s Title perscs and clear Of all ineumb
RANGES
1TAnyoue wishing to purchase farm OF
thu aforesaid description, would do well TO
call on or address the undersigned Tor terms
Of sale and particulars
JAMES B MENAGER.
Point Pleasant! Mason County, WA
mch l5-lf.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-05-09

AccIDEyr.-Saturday last @. E Frank
lin, at work in the Ohio Barrel Factory,
fell from a temporary platform while oiI'ng
machinery, and received some ugly Oruls'
Is 90 bis right arm aud shoulder.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-05-09

Dolly Warden Jewelry sets; beautiful
Earrings and Sleeve buttons. at $. G. Sis
sons.
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To the Voters Of Mason County.

Ftliop citizens: Several Of both parties
and also some Of other parties have been
talking to me about the Presidency Of the
County Court. | have never yet succeed
ed in being elected to any Office, and would
not think Of Offering now but there seems
to be no one willing to accep. the position,
Therefore, deem it my duty to become a
candidate. | shall not now say whether |
am Liberal Republican, Radical or Dem
ocrat, from the fact that the Court does not
at this time "kuow herself" have new
or been much Of partihu, or anything
else, bu. would say to those who are anx.
ious upon this point. that I. shall act with
the Dolly Yardeus, il elected, but wear a
"Greley hat" on Court days If this is
not satisfactory, aud there is to be any
trouble between Dolly and GREELEY, "you
will please draw me out Of that crowd
and let them fight it out.
Modestly,
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
At q meeting Of the Democratic and
Conservative party Of Lewis Township,
held at be Court House, Monday evening
May 9th, 1872. the meeting was called
to order by the Chairu6u Ofshe Township
Committee.
On motion. DR.. G. T. B, Moore, was
called to the Chair, and james b. Mena-
ger, was appointed Secretary.
The Chair stated the object Of the meet.
Ing, and announced that nominations for
District officers would be 10 order:
For the office Of Justice Of the Peace.
Spicer II. Patrick, Esq. and Dr. G. i.
B. Moore were PVT in nomination; and
there being no further nominations, they
were elected by exclamation.
For the Office Of Constable. John q.
Le,naster, j. Jewett and y W. j. Rails.
ton, were placed in nomination. Ballot
taken which resulted as follows: Ralston
II; Jowett 81; Lemaster,7 So Messrs.
Ralston and Jewett we're declared nomin'
ated for Constables.
The appointment Of delegates to repre-.
sent this township in the County Conven-
ton being next 10 order, the following
gentlemen we're selected as delegates:
P. G. Eastman, William Mcdaniel,
James Capehart, Thomas A Lemaster. j.
D MoCulloch, A NJ. Wilson. Geo. W.
Tippett. 7. S,ribling, John R. Selbo,
Christian Storts
On motion, the President and Secretary
were added to the list Of Delegates
Administrations s. Miller. G. G. Mil.
Ter, Reuben Mcdaniel, Il s. Bright, W.
B. Wctzol.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-05-09

DLAIN and Fancy Job Work, executed with
neatness aud despatch at
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Fellow Citizens of Mason County;
| have been solicited BY many personal
friends to become a candidate for the office
Of Presiding Justice Of our county. /,
never, thus far, have been candidate for
Office, my appointment as a Justice Of the
Peace was each time made without my SO.
licitation. l hope then, that you will not
consider me very much Of 40 ofice'seeker
il | now say to you, that Il it should %
your pleasure to elect me to the OF.
fee of Presiding Justice on such
terms IS | can conscientiously accept, |
will thankfully receive it, and serve you
to the best Of my ability. My nelghbors
know that | have never been much OF a
par,izan, and Won ID here observe, that al.
though my election as Presiding Justice
Of the county, would be a compliment
that | should feel proud Of, yet | would
not accept it, under such party ties and
obligations as would subject me to the
slightest suspicion Of party bearing upon
the bench. And il the two parties Of the
county wish party candidates for the office
and make party nominations, then | will
stand aside and give them fair field, 9th.
erwise, | will be candidate.
Very Respectfully,
B. j. REDMOND
Assessor.
M. Editor
There is perhaps, no Office in the coun.
ty, that is more highly important should
be filed by good man, or in which the
community at large, and especially the tax.
payers are more dir ctly interested than
that Of Assessor; and among the different
names mentioned for that position 10 the
FRS. District. | know Of no one better
qualified than D. S. VanMaire Of Robin
son township, whose name will before the
Democratic County Convention which
meets on the Goth inst. Mr.. VanMatre
assisted Capt Mason during bis term of
Office, aud was also engaged last year with
W. II. Machir, the present incumbent
and I understand that he is making oil the
Luud Books for him this year. There arc
few young men 10 the county better &C.
0uainted with tho different tracts Of land
in the upper end Of the county than he is,
and with his business qualifications, and
experience in the duties Of the Office | am
satisfied that il the people Of the First Dis.
trict consult their interest they can make
no better selection.
A VOICE From WAoaESER
Sc
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-05-09

lEERCHA ATS AND OTHERS WILL FIND
lW il greatly to their advantage To send their
orders for job work to THIS OFFICE.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-05-09

Our postmaster is a Granite!
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-05-09

Wood county wants to vote on an indie
pendent plan Of county organization and a
separate County Court. Tho Supervisors
have not yet determined when tho election
shall be held
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-05-09

A young lady passed down street yes.
terlay dressed in Dolly Warden Hat,
Dolly Warden Earrings, Dolly Warden
Collar. Dolly Warden Neck'ic, Dolly Var.
den Breastpin, Dolly Warden Dress and
other 6xins Dolly Warden Shoes, together
with Dolly Warden Thing a.mabob be.
hind, and q Dolly Warden Parasol.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-05-09

MARRlEp-At New Haven, April Goth,
1872. by Rev Joseph B Feather, Chas.
i. persiuger, to Miss Virginia S. Siup'
kins.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-27
TAKE

VHE V. 4 T. r. p co. ARE ANXIOUS TO
take due precaution against accidents and
loss Of life resulting from the running of their
trains; and they Jake this method of warning pa
rents and guar,iians against tie dangers attending
the too common practice OF children playing about
.,.tr cars and locomotives. Those having in charge
The business of the Company find ii impossible to
PERSUADE BOYS. v no frequent the ternlnl and stop"
piLg places Of the read from climbing upon the
cars and engines; and they will feel themselves
obliged TO resort TO more decided measures II these
.npoyanees are continued. Recent accidents,
which are wholly aScribable to the carelessness OF
persons ia jumping on and of the cars when in
motion. should lie warning enough in themselves
= II. ". TEHiTGTON, superintendent.
l~nyuHi s. lsfe. III
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-27
notice to Creditors.

II, PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST
A the E.tate If JOHN TUCKE, deceased. are
required to present the same, with tie necessary
youcher, 10 me, at my residence, in Carson Val
lev. Nevada, or at the office If Geo. T. Harding,
ESQ. at Genoa, Nevadn, within ten months, at
fer he date Of tie trst publication of this no.
,ie HENRY TUCKE,
iv99..w Administrator.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-27

The English correspondent at the
Geneva Conference, named Walker,
has come to a sudden ahd violent
death, which is enveloped in mys-
terry. 1t is believed that he was
murdered, and fifteen persous are
under arrest on suspicion of COM
plicity in the affair.
\ little Danbury girl accounted to
her mother for various suspicious
little bites in some choice apples by
saying, Perhaps, mamma, they
have been fro>t-bitten; it was so cold
lastnight."
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-27
GOLDEN GATE ACADEMY,
OAKLAND, CAL.

A f-stclass Boarding School for Boys
TUE NEXT TERM VIII COMMENCE
AUGUST 18th. For particulars and circulars
address D. p SACKETT, A. NJ, Principal; Rev.
A L. STONE. D D., President of the Board Of
Trustees; Rev. VIC. POND, Sec'y. jyl6-lm
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-04-25
Life's Brightest Hour.

Not long since met q gentleman who
is assessed for more than "a million. Sill
yer was i'll his hair, care upon his brow
and he stopped beneath his burden OF
wealth. We were speaking of that
period of life when we had realized the
most perfect enjoyment, or, rather, when
we had found the happiness nearest to
be unalloyed. "Tll tell you," said the
millionaire, "when was the happiest
hour of my life. At the age of one-and-
twenty 1 had saved up $500. 1 was
earning $500 year, and my father did
not take it from me, only requiring that
1 should pay for my board. At the age
of twenty-one 1 had secured a pretty
cottage, just outside of the city. was
able to pay two-thirds of the value
down, and also to furnish it respectfully
l was married on Sunday Sunday in
June-at my fathers house. Ny wife
had come to me poor in purse, but rich
in the wealth of her womanhood The
Sabbath and the Sabbath night we pass
ed beneath my fathers root, and on Mon
day morning 1 went to my work, leav-
ing my mother and sister to help in pre-
pairing my home. On Monday evening,
when the labors of the day were done, /
went not to the paternal shelter, as in
the past. but to my own house-my own
heuse. The holy atmosphere of that
hour seems to surround me even now in
the memory. opened the door of my
cottage and entered. laid my hat up
on the little stand in the hall, and pass
ed on to the kitchen-our kitchen and
dining-room were all one then. l push
ed open the kitchen door and was-in
heaven! The table was set against the
wall-the evening meal was ready-pre-
pared by the hand of her who had come
to be my helpmeet in deed as well as in
name-and by the table, with a throb-
bing, expectant look upon her lovely and
loving face, stood my wife. 1 tried to
speak, and could not. could only clasp
the waiting angel to my bosom, thus
showing to her the ecstatic burden of my
heart. The years have passed-long,
long years--and worldly wealth has
flowed in upon me, and 1 am honored
and envied T; but-as true as heaven-I
would give it all-every dollar-for the
Joy of the hour of that June evening,
in the long, long ago !'-Neto Yorl
Ledger.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-04-25
SOnOgraphy.

A hopeful philosopher thinks the time
may come when mans words will be
made to write themselves down autom-
atically as fast as they come from his
lips-when speech will yield a sound
picture, or a sonogram, that we may
gaze upon, as we do now light picture,
and translate as we do now the notes
of music. Light, he says, is wave mo-
ton, and the chemist has found sub
stance which the waves, as they dash
against it, can transform or transmute,
and so we have got photography. Sound
is wave motion its waves are as break
ers-lights are asripples; the former large
and slow, the latter small and rapid.
Since we have got the substance that is
impossible by the little weak waves,
why should we despair in finding a sub
stance that will alter under the infiu-
ence of the great strong ones We can
make lamp-glass ring with the voice
pitched to a certain note; soon we may
cause the same sound to vibrate body
that will make mark on paper while it
swings, and then we make another work
ing body vibrate to another sound, and
80 on up the gamut Thus we shall get
an apparatus which will mark the notes
of melody each as it is sung and af-
ter this it is not difficult to conceive a
series of vibrations, each attuned to
one of the few separate and distinct
sounds the human voice can utter. Here
will be an analogue to the Photographic
camera. Placed before speaker, such
an apparatus will sonograph all he has
to say.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-04-25
THE STORY-TELLER.
A PERILOUS POSITION.

In the winter of 1858 was mining,
or rather soiourning, and waiting for a
chance to mine in the spring, in the
town of Omega, Nevada county, Cali
fornia Snow fell in the town that win
ter to the depth of eight feet. Three of
us were living in cabin about half a
mile out of town near the head of Sour
Krout Ravine. We were in the habit
of spending our evenings in town or at
the cabins of our brother miners, gener-
ally remaining from home till ten,
eleven, or even as late as twelve o'clock.
1 happened to be in town the very
evening that the first big fall of snow
began. 1 saw that the snow was coming
down very fast, and knew before start
ing home that the trail would be hidden /;
but this gave me no uneasiness. as l
knew the course well, and could keep
within few fods of the trail the whole
distance, if not in it. When l finally
started home it was about ten o'clock,
and there were six or eight inches of
snow on the ground, and flakes coming
down as big as saucers. Knowing my
course, ! rushed along, paying but little
attention to the trail, and was within
two hundred yards of the cabin, when
there was q sudden crash of breaking
twigs and brush under my feet, and l
felt myself sinking into an open space.
Instinctively stretched out both arms
to their fullest extent and clutched the
snow with both hands.
Instantly, in fact before l had fully
settled into this posision, I knew where
l was, and fully comprehended the dan
of cif I lyrauy fhat I
hanging over the old Brookshire shaft
"a shaft dug some years before to pros
pect the hill, and at least one hundred
feet in depth. 1t was but two or three
rods below the trail, and was covered by
few pine and spruce boughs that were
thrown across its mouth when it was
abandoned. 1 knew that there were
huge powders and sharp, jagged rocks
projecting everywhere along the sides
of the shaft, and that in the bottom was
at least twenty feet of water, for, in
passing, l had once or twice pushed the
brush covering aside and dropped into
it pebbles and pieces of lighted paper.
l felt my body and legs dangling in
space, and without thinking of the con-
sequences, made an effort to reach out
with one of my feet to see if l could
touch the wall of the shaft, 1 had ex-
tended my leg some distance without
touching the wall, when, to my horror,
the dry and rotten covering of the shaft
began cracking under my arm on the
side upon which my weight was thrown
in the attempt 1 had made to learn
something of my situation.
Carefully swung back till 1 hung
perpendicularly over the fearful chasm,
the brush still cracking as did so. AS
each little twig snapped l felt that there
was that much less between myself and
death-each little rotten stick that held
was worth millions to me, and for a
stout beam under my feet I would have
given tens of millions. The snow beat
down incessantly upon my head in i'm
mense damp flakes, and could feel it
gradually piling about my neck. Oc-
casionally there were wild blasts OF wind
that roared among the tall pines and
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-04-25
A Pathetic Scene,

The first sense of sorrow ever knew
was upon the death of my father, at
which time l was not quite five years of
.-.~a; but was rather amazed at what all
the hv-lse meant, than possessed with a
real understanding why nobody was
willing to play with me. remember /
went into the room where his body lay,
and my mother sat weeping alone by it.
l had my battledoor in my hand, and
fell a beating the coffin and calling
papa; fer, know not how, had some
slight idea that he was locked up there.
My mother catched me in her arms,
and, transported beyond all patience OF
the silent grief she was before in, she al
most smothered me in her embrace, and
told me, in flood of tears, "papa could
not hear me, and would play with me
no more, for they were going to put him
under ground, whence he could never
come to see us again" She was very
beautiful woman, of a noble spirit, and
there was a dignity in her grief amid
all the wildness of her transport which,
methought, struck me with an instinct
of sorrow, which, before was sensible
of what it was to grieve, seized my very
soul, and has made pity the weakness OF
my heart ever since. The mind in in
fancy is methinks, like the body in
embryo; and receives impressions SC
forcible, that they are as hard to be re-
moved by reason, as any mark, with
which a child is born, is to be taken
away by any future application. Hence
it is, that good-nature in me is no merit
hut having haen so franuantlv ovar-
whelmed with her tears before l knew
the cause Of any afflietion, or could draw
defenses from my own Judgment, 1 i'm
bibed conmiseration, remorse, and al
unmanly gentleness of mind, which has
since ensnared me into ten thousand
calamities; and from whence can reaI
no advantage, except it be, that, in sucf
humor as 1 am now in, can the bet.
ter indulge myself in the softness o.
humanity, and enjoy that sweet anxiety
which arises from the memory of pas
affiictions.-iSir Richard Steele.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-04-25
Poor Frenchmen,s Passion for Land.

A peasant, who hears of fields in the
market, will give as much as elO0 an
acre for the freehold of sterile soil out
of which it takes the toll of Her.
cules to make living. He will work
persistently, stubbornly, almost savage
ly, to wiring every sack of potatoes and
fields and stony vineyard. To get more
out of the land he sacrifices others be-
side himself. His willing wife slaves
and drudges like a London cabhorse,
and changes with hideous rapidity from
a young to an old woman, over the daily
task in all weathers. His children toll
more than is good for the Strengthening
of young backs and the shapeliness of
tender limbs, in the service of that
Moloch of 3 farm. Up at earliest dawn,
busy till dark night, scraping and hag-
Cling, pinching and saving, the whole
family struggle on, spending as little
as they can, making the most possible to
them. But, "Sic COS non gobis," might
be the motto of the French peasantry.
These poor folks practice the severest
self-denial, and display an almost heroic
courage as workers, for the emolument,
less of themselves, than of the notary
Of the notary. or of "his friend in the
city," who found the exorbitant pur-
chase money for the meadows beside the
brook, who lent wherewith to buy the
COWS, and the horse to replace old
Quatreblanes when he fell lame, and
who advanced the portion of the mar
ried daughter, established in the nearest
town as a petty shop-keeper. The in
terest is high but then NJ. Deslunettes
gently deplores that his invisible client
exacts large return for the cash lent
and money, as the peasant very well
knows, is scarce. So Jacques goes home
and works furiously, and lives as hard
as he works, under the spur of his fierce
land-hunger, and loves the barren sol
which he could sell, and well, tomorrow
only that he prefers to toll ON, and Sc
much the better for canny, comfortable
NJ. Deslunettes.-AH the Year Round.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-04-25
A Japanese Inn.

The evening was far advanced when l
reached Fujisawa and rode up to the Su-
zukiya, once q porcelain-shop, now a
really excellent hostelry, where, to my
astonishment and delight, 1 found the
luxury of table and very hard,
straightforward chair, such as our great
grandmothers sat in and were content
ed, such as we, more effeminate, vote to
be an instrument of torture. The room
was SO natty and tidy as to deserve a
few words of description. The sliding
panels were covered with a smart new
paper, decorated with pattern of fans
sprinkled over it with marvellous effect /;
the tOkOnOma, the raised recess, which is
the place of honor, was supported on
one side by wooden pillar, composed
of single tree stripped of its bark so
as to be perfectly smooth, and contained
one OF those quaint zigzag sets of
shelves which have their origin in a
piece of obsolete etiquette. When per-
sons of rank used to meet together in
old days to drink and be merry, they
would lay aside their caps and dirks, the
man of highest rank placing his traps
upon the highest shelf, those of lower
rank not presuming even to allow their
caps to take precedence which did not
belong to them. This is said to have oc-
casioned the invention of those shelves
which in lacquer cabinets must have
puzzled collectors at Christie and Man
sons. The mats and woodwork, which
are the pride of the japanese household
er, were white and new, the beams de-
corated with carving of no mean taste.
One solitary picture, executed with won
derful freedom of touch and grotesque-
ness, represented, in few bold strokes
of the brush, group of husbandmen
sowing rice in the field, and on one side
of the drawing was distich running
thus
"Useless even for drugs,
How happy are the frogs !"
The literal translation must plead my
excuse for the badness of the rhyme. 1
was not little puzzled by the meaning
of the couplet until Shiraki came to the
rescue and solved the riddle.
"Sir," said he pompously, "here is a
lesson of humility and content conveyed
in parable. 1t is a fact Which will
meet with the imperial assent, that frogs
are of no use in the world either as food
or even as medicine"
Every good food" I objected, " either
in a curry as eaten at Hong Hong, or
with white sauce as at Paris"
Shiraki smiled smile that was in
credulous. Some insects feed upon
smartweed. However that may be, we
say that the frogs being useless, no man
interferes with them, and they are al
lowed to live out their lives in undis-
turbed peace. So it is with the farmers
their position is lowly, but they have
none of the cares which haunt great
ness therefore they should be content
ed, and the poet praises their modest
lot."-7He COrnhM Magazine.