The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-05-01

What proof'oao yoa give that the b.
bic was written by good m'n''7 A little
girl four years old replied, "gd men
would NOT have written 50 much against
themselves"
Vslue the friendship Of him who stands
By you in the storm; sWarmS Of insects
will surround you 10 tie sunshine.
An inqairiOg man thrust bis finger into
horses mouth to sec how many teeth he
had. The horse closed bis mouth to see
how many fingers the man bad The cur
iosity Of each was fully satisfied.
ItiStoll ola Connecticut field officer
better acquainted with farming than SOL
dioring, that when circumstances placed
him 10 command Of this regiment at Hat.
ternS, ho wished to ObIique bis column iu
marching aDl gave the order, "IInw
around that mud puddle"
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The NMtord TINES tells Of gentle
man 10 that city who, on getting a glass
Of coda, WAS retiring from the store with.
gu; The usual little ceremony which f6k
lows that operation. "I'ecollcct sir, " said
the polite proprietor, III you lose your
Pockot.book, you didn't pull il out hero
A lady visitor at Belfast, Me-, who had
learned to appreciate the great variety and
excellence Of the Gsh caught 10 the Pouob.
scot Bay, inquired at The table, 81 want
to know il you catch tripc in this FiVer?"
Dr.. Livingstone tells Of grass in Africa
which 10 over half an inch in diameter in
the stalk, aud from ten to twelve feet high.
Only an clophan! cnu walk through it,
The difference % Datures was well illus.
trNtod the other day at a depot Two
sisters met. 20, my sister" said ono,
e1haustedly, as they embraced, you've
been eating onions, said the other, calm.
" aud fearle'sly.
A man hundred years old went to have
pair Of shoes made, The Shopkeeper
suggested that he might not live to wear
them out, when the old man retortCd that
he commenced this one hundred years u
good deal stronger than be did the last
one.
The Charlotte On Co. Observer says
during the recent cold spell "a little girl was
walking along the street half blubbering,
and complaining thOt,she had 1.-THE head
ache 10 her toes
A muddy stream, flowing into once clear
and sparkling, for time rolls along by
itself. A little further down unite, and
The whole is impure, So youth, uotouch.
eddy by sin, may for a timc keep its PuT-
ity in foul company, but little later and
they miugs.
A French farmer has discovered simple
and effective preventive against potatoo
disease. He introduces a small quantity Of
crushed tau.bsrk into each hole on plan
ling the crop, and by this method has,
for the last three years, been completely
successful in preserving his hcIds from the
disease.
CONSOLATION, "A lady visited her hus-
baud confined mail in neighboring town.
After tears were shed and sympathy ex.
pressed on both sides, tho lady said;
There's but one consolation left me il
my affection, Edward, | now know where
you spend your evenings"
A fashionable young lady, seeing huge
Thomas cat curve bis spine, exclaimed,
80, what lovely hustle he would make!"
A lady 10 Indiana thinks she has good
cause for complaint, Her husband hung
himself with her best table cloth, when
there was an old clothes line IN the cellar
that would have done just as we'll.
4 Radical, but handsome, member Of
Parliament was observed, the other night,
talking vollubIy to on exceedingly obese