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Canning L0bsters.

THE process of canning Holsters is thus
described by the Boston Traveller:
'*The factory at Southwest Harbor,
Mount Desert, when running at full Ca
pacity, puts up $4,000 cans day, en-
ploying about fifty hands. Until within
short time plenty of Holsters have been
taken about the harbor, but now smacks
arc used, which cruise round and pur-
chase of various parties. The price paid
at this time is about 81 per 100 pounds.
The smacks bring in 10000 or $4,000
pounds at time The vessels are built
with two decks, with perforated bottoms,
so that the fish are preserved alive and
fresh in their native element. Upon the
arrival of the smacks the Holsters are
dumped upon the wharf in big piles.
They present curious appearance,
biting and clawing at each other, until
they are shovclcd into great kettles of
boiling water. They are then dipped
out, broken up and the meat taken out
for canning. The big claws and tails are
the only parts used. The cans contain
one pound. A liquor is made of the con-
tents of the body of the lobster, strained
and prepared with salt and cayenne pep.
per, and small portion put in each can.
After soldering, the cans are boiled two
hours and half, when they are taken
out, little hole made in the top to let
the steam out, then tightly sealed and
boiled again. The cans are then var
nished, labeled and boxed for market.
Lobsters are not now very plenty and are
rather small The parties who set the
nets Gull out the large ones for Boston
and other markets."
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NUMBER so.

named. Hence it is as unjust to cal, this
portion of Iowa the 'grasshonncr conn
try as it would be to any of the other
! States mentioned.
Nor while one human heart beats will
the tales of woman's devotion to the Oh
jects of her affection cease to be told
In the absence of our poet we will at
tempt to note in sober prose, though with
profound emotion an instance of this
| devotion in the Chicago fire. A woman
| with hcart-strings torn with agony
watched the roof of her house glowing
| with prodigious flames Those dear to her
still remained in the building; was it
any wonder that her eye lighted with an
almost maniac glare, and her frantic
| movements showed all the torture she
was enduring? 1t was too much-too
much. Before the alarmed bystanders
could stop her she had rushed desperate
~ into the flaming house, animated by an
! heroic sclfsacriticc. Let US rejoice that
1t was reWarded; she emerged unharmcd,
/ carrying in her noble arms the innocent
creatures she had savcd-four cats howl
! ing and clawing like mad.-Ney York
| Tribune
ABOUT one-half of mile over noun
tain from Bartlett Springs there is what
IS called the Gas Spring. This is proba-
bly the greatest curiosity of the noun
talns. The water is icc-cold, but bub
bling and foaming as if boiled, and tho
greatest wonder is the inevitable de-
struction of life produced by inhaling
| the gas. No live thing is to be found
within circuit of 100 yards near this
| spring. The very birds if they happen
to t1y over it drop dead. We expert
mentcd with a lizard on its destructive
properties by holding it a few feet above
the water; it stretched dead in two
minutes. 1t will kill a human being in
twenty minutes. We stood over it about
five minutes, when Il dull, heavy, aching
sensation crcpt over us, and our eyes
began to SWIM The gas which escapes
here is the rankcst kind of carbonic,
| hence its sure destruction of life; also
qucnching of flame instantancously.-
Co!us" (Ca1.) Independent.
TIE Christian InteUtgencer tells this
story: We know of case in which Il
mother and her sister, her daughter, and
her son-in-laW were furnished with /.
good suit Of rooms, handsomely fitted
up, with more than simply decent cloth
ing, and with a wcll-ordcrcd table, by
the pitiful supplications of the aged sis
ter, who made frequent and regular visits
to certain set of Offices down town.
This was spoken of in the family as
going down to the bank to draw little
deposit This source of income not being
deemed sufficient to meet the wants of
the son-in-law, a retired lawyer who
was little fastidous in the matter of
dressing-gowns, slippers and cigars, a
strike was made on a new set of givcrs.
The matter was referred by one of the
latter to faithful city visitor of the
poor, who called, reported, and the result
was not only no new gifts, but even & the
bank before mentioned suspended pay
ment, and the young man was actually
driven to the cruel alternative Of going
to work or going hungry"
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Selected eMlisrella,ty.
BEN S1DTS QUEST.

(AFTER GIrTEEMANN.)
From youth to age, in search of IIaDpincss
In the Kings house dwclt Pride, and Show, and
Fear,
And in the poor mans hovcl gaunt Distress
And, turning from the howell and the throne
Where should he wander: In what distant zone
The secret Goddess find? The bitter pain
~ ulsuppolnt lncnt sourcd Ben Sadi's mind,
Flllcd him with sulcn temper and disdain,
And unbccf in what he could not find
1t CHANGED, one day, he wandered through Il
wood,
Dark and iorbiddinS, like his own ill-mood,
When suddenly, between the tangled boug,s,
!ir saw honry temple, ages old,
" here earth first children went to pay their
vOWK.
Thick ivy cung in many somhcr fold,
Around its columns, and its silent door,
Through which the winds had passed for cen.
turtles.
Ben Sadi trod it's damp uncchoing floor,
And fearing wizard work was i'll at case;
bu1 looking round, little door he spied
Standing half-Opcn. at the farther sidc
Ana Just above the door these words were writ:
Iln'eJuU no ieUrs;; here oil are Llesl:
EHfc| tU XHUDlHeSS mt FeSt
With joy he wcpt, though scarce believing it,
80 blessed hour!' he cried, that ends my
pain!
ir weary, wandering years. not spent in yain!,
lie pushed the door: it opened with all case,
,And' rccrlng i'll, and seeing by degrees,
The temple still it's secret keeps,
Ana 1h"rr, III perfect peace, Ben Sadi sleeps.
=. - Co"a"f, IN X0rper's Muga=ine for Au-
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AN affecting sight-Barrels in tiers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-03-05
COMMISSIONERS SALE!

ny virtue Of a decree Of the Circuit Court
d for the County Of Putnam, 10 the State Of
West Virginia. rendered in the suit Of Z. H,
Chambers against Mordecai Q. Chambers and
sanrnvl, Chambers, st.ihe September Tenn,
IgGG, and Oh au ameidaloy decree lhereunto
rsnd.red in the same causSOB We. 22d day. OF
April, 1873, at The April Term Of said Court,
/ will sell a! public auction, on the premises,
On the 18Th day Of april, 1874,
a lot or parcel Of land lying aud being about
opr.ball mile below the Town Of Winfield in
said county. upon which is situated a dwell.
inc bous., out buildings, and stable, garden
and orchard, and is known as The "Dick Cham
bers property"
money cash in hand, and for the residue Of the
purchase money atredit Of six, Twelve and
eighteen months, will be given, The purchaser
issuing bonds therefor, bearing interest from
date, with good security, and the title to the
said property will be retained as f. rther secu.
rity JAP 1" hOuE,
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tended for good, and for miscon-
strung and pcrverting the intention
of their actions.
The Democratic party is liable to
error, and has erred often, but 1t IS
the peoples party, aud when the
passions engendered by the late war
have passed away, when the insanl-
ty that las bound as in chain the
minds of the multitude for so many
wears has been cured, thatparty vii!
resume its proper place at the head "a,
ofthis great government, which will,
by, it, be conducted toa prosperity
beyond what is hoped for by its
most sanguine lovers Harrington
Independent.
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Party.

Before we get into the wild con
fusion of a political campaign,
where cpithcts and careless asser-
tons are madly' hurled from one
party to the other, let us inquire
what a party is, and what justly
constitutes one politically;-eIse
when the contest comes we may be
foundspending our strength upon a
myth, wrestling witha scare-crow
and trying toovcrcomc a thingwith
name, but without a body, either
enjoy avictory, or to suffer a defeat.
These reflections have been written
and caused by a paragraph floating
through the papers, in which it is
stated that Governor Jacob is now
in Washington for the purpose of
uniting with Senator Foreman and
John J. Davis in forming a ncN
party. A Senator, a Congressman,
and q Governor! Gentlemen, you
cannot do it. Greater men have
attempted this aud have lived to
see the burden of a mistake You
may possibly succeed in slipping
into office yourselves, more proba-
bly, in defeating many good men
and olecting many bad ones, but
yomncr pa4gwilI still be the same
myth and will gather no more
constant adhercnts than the rolling
stone that brushes themoss but binds
none to itself. No gentlemen, a
party is broughtinto being bymore
than two Democrats and one Re
publican, and when so brought into
being it lives upon prilciPle and is
not sustained by individual desire
for office,
Parties are formed by the people
voluntarily uniting in support of
their opinions in regard to the adj
ministration Of the government
And if parties are moulded or or
ganized at all by individuals, it is
by those who are battling for the
grievances of others, with forgctful-
ness for Themselves, they ask for
anotAing and hope for nothing, but
for.the people, and for principle
Thus are parties formed,
How, then, can these gentlemen
form a new party, whose principles
struggle no higher tAan perhaps
securing a seat in the United States
Congress for themselges'
No, there are two great parties in
this State, and between them the
contest must be waged; it cannot
be that either one will allow itself
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-03-05
New TOlume,

This issue of the Register is the
beginning of the thirteenth year Of
its existence. Duringthat time the
paper has had many ups and downs,
and with the exception of about
eighteen months, has been under
the control of the present manage
mcnt. Experience has taught us
that the only a correct principle on
which to conduct apaper is to adopt
and strictly enforce the cash IN nd
rance system without regard to per-
sons, and stop all papers atthe eXpl-
ration of the time paid for. This
rule we now propose to adopt, com
mcncing with this number We
have been in the habit of contlnu-
ing subscriptions from ycarto year,
and taking the chances for collect
ing our money, by which means
we have lost hundreds of dollars
TO correct this evil, we shall not
enter any more names upon our
subscription books until thc.money
is paid, and viii stop all papers
promptly at the expiration of their
time, unless we receive orders to
the contrary. A large number of
subscriptions expired with the last
issue, all of whom we ask to re-
new by promptly. rcmltting the
casl, for another year.
I'VE ask our friends throughout
tic county to lend their influence
in helping to increase our list of
subscribers. By a little energy on
tic part of our Democratic friends
the subscription. to our paper might
easily be bronghtup 50 as to en-
brace over one thousand names.
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Gen, McCnMsland.

In the last Mason County DO nm
Awe notice Almost indecent article,
rejecting upon this gentleman
What induced the editor to make
this attack upon him at this early
day, in advance of a nomination, is
more than we can understand
The. article is unworthy of a more
dignifcd notice; it is to say the least
of it mean, ill-timed, and worst of
all, lacking in truth.
The editor who thus wantonIy
assails a citizen, to vent lis spleen
at apoIitical party, is unworthy his
calling.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-03-05

STATE CoYvENTIOY.-We concur
with our contemporary of the
Greenbricr Independent in the call
for an early State Convention OF
the Democratic Conservative party
of West Virginia. We cannot too to-
soon organize for the coming poIitt-
icaI campaign, the results depend pend.
ing on it bcingof the grayest char
actcrboth tothcpeople and the State
We suggest in this connection that
the Convention be held atMartlns-
burg, as a point easily accessible to
all sections of the Statc.-NHt'HS-
J,uy Statesman.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-03-05

Ed Sehon and John A. McCuIIOch has
been suggested by some slnck-twistcd cor
resdoudcnt 10 tho Point Pleasant Register
for the Legislature next Fall, Why don't
some one get up a meeting in some CEN
trail place, say The Register Office, and en-
dorse them -liason County Journal
We respectfully suggest that the
above is a most "slack.twistcd' ar
ticle, indeed; We are so impressed
with that idea, it is with deep re-
gret that we see the names of such
prominent gentlemen so roughly
handled. We very much fear it
will have the effect of Killing them
off IN the start, but we hope our
correspondent will not become Sc
riously alarmed, for "as long as
there is life, there is hope"
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ErpMnntorM.

We published an article a short
time since, submitting certain ques.
tons in reference to Maj. Bradford's
Bank as a State depository, having
heard some doubt expressed as to
the sufliciency of his securities
This carried with it aretection up
on our State officers, and as we are
now in possession of reliable infor-
nation that the impression was al
together erroneous, it affords us
great pleasure to make the ameade
honorable,
The bond given by Maj. Brad
ford was for only fifty thousand
dollars, aud yet lis Surcties, who
are highly respectable gentlemen,
made oath that they were worth
over one hundred thousand dollars.
The amount deposited in this bank
has never exceeded $4,000, and at
present it has on deposit but little
over $4,000.
The management Of these depos-
its is an oncrous and responsible
duty, .onc too, which we are proud
to say has been faithfully perform
cd, so much so, that even the enc,
mics Of the Democratic party have
never attempted to show the loss OF
one cent to the Slate since theparty
has been in powcr-bcsides, we are
informed by the Treasurer in his
report, "that the Board of Public
Works has contracted with seven
teen Banks of the State for interest
on deposits, and that since thcpres,
cnt administration came into office
tboro hos hnnn received into the
Treasury from this source, Zone
hitherto unknown9 upwards Of
$2l,OOO." The Legislature too, III
order to advance still farther the
good work, passed an Act requiring
that all repositories should pay q
percent, interest,
We believe our State officers have
managed the finances of the STATE
skillfulIy and well, challenging com
parison with any previous admins
tration, which affords thcbes guar
antee that in the future public con.
fdence will not be abused
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Site MATTERS.

THE STATE PENITENTIARY.-Thc
Iicnitentiary, under the superinten-
dencc of Capt. W, L. Bridges, has
undergone changes that are worthy
of note. The warden'S building
has been completed three stories
throughout, the walls plastercd
neatly, with fancy scrolls on the
ceiling, the doors c1quisitely grain
ed, etc. The lower story is to be
used for offices, the upper stories
mostly as a residence for the super
intcndent. The room formerly
used asan office andreception room,
is now a salesroom for boots and
shoes, made by convict labor. The
establishment employs one dozen
shocmakers, and the work they
turn out is very good for convicts.
A number of wheeIrlghts and wag-
on makers arc confined in the con-
Germ, and have now on hand from
fifteen to twenty heavy and spring
wagons made in their shops. The
entrance to the building is now at
the front of this department, The
inside of the structure is much
more handsomely finished than the
exterior although it is expected
that that will be fixed as soon as
time and circumstances will permit.
We believe that the institution is
run as economically and advantage
ously now us it ever was since the
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to be disrupted or fused into moth
ingncss bylncn whose greed for Of
flee would remove from between us
the old landmarks.
The State JouNd in comment
ing upon the homestead law pass
ed by the last Legislature, has the
following;
aAny one can see by reference to
the 8tl and 10th sections, portions
Of which we italicisc, that some
knowing ones in suggesting or in
assisting to pass this law had an AK
to grind-somebody was to be cheat
cd.
The 9Th section cuts off from the
advantages of the law all persons
who contracted debts previous to
the adoption of the Lawyers Con-
stitution. This was a trap to catch
one batch of mfortunates. The
10th section will scoop up every
debtor from the advantages of the
law for all debts contracted preyl-
GUS TO the 1st of March next, un-
less the debtor makes and records
his declaration before that time
Now thi. Sth section which has
been made subject of criticism Is
in almost the exact language of the
Constitution, and the most charlta-
Bile construction we can place upon
the article is, that the Journal was
ignorant Of the fact that this cqult-
able provision was to be found III,
that instrument. Thisyicw Of the
subject too, would place the editor
in a most pitiable position, as 1t
should be the special aim of every
journalist to aid in the dis8cmina-
ton of knowledge, and not to mis-
Lead OF deceive inc e puO''' l'o"' NJ y
noE""''.ol "'' o'nv 1.. .4,,' tal,os
paper under consideration '"NeS
particular pleasure III 'r!"'s ~ '"''
r'Prooch upon inc l"s' AtS'''"'"'' ,
and 1t must indeed DC o' F" sLV"'
loss for material to go upon wl'c"
undertakes to hola thaL !. oo"y e re-
SponslbIe Tor inc ac!lol Oh , u, Tol-
ycntlon' Again. 1t "o'' i, nave i,
given much longer tllne I u, !, inc
first OF March forpartlcs ono /. 'll J !,
declarations, 1t would nave al i a..
the DEBTOR clas' o'e'y i"'D Ivy
for detrqQdlps thelr creul'oFs' pa'
the Legislature n l,a" a i'oIO l',i, ',,,,
ant ana responsible u",S ~ ' 20 th y,
than SIMPLY 10 pay '''' i''' u wv
de M, !. ,.n -, 4..oa
Inc g cn''l o'l.'u''s s"'o ,a.,,,;, :,
by inc Dc'noSra,'' "I'S ~ c 'ou.t '''s
tneaooP'Ion 81 'e u 5 P:v'o or, o' %on,o
'lon grew ou' VI IT, 1,'' 1.a S"' nIIoaod Nv
' - do5;nrol
''iN
| IN hpnOtlt that llllS exemption
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"Uhat Vest T'Agi,,iG OweS to the
ReDubIiCGn PARTY"

The State Journal ofthe 18th inst.
makes a labored effort toglorify the
Republican party, and to hold up
its past record as u model of truth,
noblcncss, progress; and liberality.
Alas! for its cause; truth comes up,
and lifting the stern, rcprovlng
finger, points to act after act Of vim
dictiveness, malice and treachery
pepetrated under its domination,
which brings to mindthe dark days
of prescription and terror which
broke down the prosperity of the
State, which plunged men itopov-
crtyand ruin, which made good and
law-abiding citizens afraid to ex-
press their opinions for fear of spies
and informers; the day of registra-
ton and test oaths, when the most
sacred rights Of frecmen were be-
slowed upon the negroes and crlml-
nails Of the State, and denied to men
whose ancestorshad she'd their blood
for their country, and who, them
selves, had been in the ranks Of the
Union army; of the days when, con,
trary to all law, trompling on all
constitutional rights, lawswerc pass
ed impairing and multiplying private
contracts i = = = $ q 3 x
As for the Democratic party, its
principles are immutable as those OF
truth. We know that all men and
,all parties are liable to error, but
when the foundations ola party are
laid in the very principles of a!gov-
ernment, founded on the best inter
csts of the governed; when truth
and justice aud purity are its corn,
cr stones, when the rights of all
men are thereby protected, and
the government administered solely
in the interests of the people, then
that party we know will survive
the shocks of revolutions, the as
saults of tricksters and demagogucs,
the wickedness ana corruption of
some who profess its principles, and
be acknowledged for what it is,
the peoples party.
What progress, we ask, was made
by West Virginia during the reign
Of the Republican party? None; its
prosperity commenced with the adj
vent to power of Democratic Prin-
ciplcs, and it still continues, and we
have no idea that the people will
be so blind to their own interests
as ever again to permit the State
to pass under thepower of the party
of imbeciIity, corruption and fana-
ticiSm.
1t is very easy for the political
critics to standby and watch the acts
of the party in power, not with the
view to discover any good in them,
nor treat them according to their
merits, but for the sole purpose of
striving to make evil of what is in
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-03-05

A I RULES Eeld IN the Clerks Otlce oil Tue
n Circuit Court OF Mason county, on Mon.
day, March 81, 1874.
Philip Yaugcr in his own rightand as Admin.
i,trator oil the estate Of William Yauger, de-
ceased, Plaintiff
Cornelius German, and Rachel German. Tor
merly Ynugery his wife, Henry Yaugcr,
Jackson Yauger, Jeremiah Yauger, Wash.
ington Yanger, BaIylee Yaugcr. children
and heirs at law of William Yauger decd,
Henry Yauser, IT,, Ruth IaugPr: Sarah
Yansrr, Silas Yauge., An minta .iaugrr
MARY Yaugpr, ALBERT G. Yauger only chill
dien and heirs at law Of Joshua Yauger,
decd and grandchildren Of William Yam.
rrr. decd, and Minerva Lytle, formerly
HYATT and Geor !e LytIe, her husband, JO'
Hph HYATT. IT,, Rtbecca j Barnett form.
eriy Hyaly and Fisher Barnett, her hus'
band, and Joshua Hyatt, children and heirs
1t law Of Jane Hyatt, deceased, formerly
Yaugpr,) aud grand children Of William
Yaugpr, deceased, Defendants.
The object of this suit is for partition and
division Of the real estate that William Yau.
ger deceased, owned up 10 the time oil his in
Sanity, and to set aside all Of the deeds made
by him while laboting under mental derange.
msnt to any and all Of the defendants. And
if said land is not susceptible Of partition am.
ong the heirs of said William Yauger, decd,
10 have the said lands sold, and the proceeds
divided between the heirs ut law Of said VIII
liam Yaugrr, deed. Aud also to set aside
decd 10 the defendants 3, jeremiah and Bazel.
rel Yauger, from Charles L Jones and wife inr
the home farm Of siid William Yaugpr, decd,
and TO have the same pariiiOned aud divideh
rs aforesaid, or sold and the proceeds divided
rs aforesaid. Also 10 require the heirs oil said
William Yanger, who received Announcements
from him during bis life time, aud before his
insanity, TO put the same mo holchpot with
the Others before receiving any portion Of said
lanus, or the proceeds OF any sale that may be
made thereof. And also 10 ascertain what
amount Of money the said William Yaugrr
had in his poses ion OF under his control at
the tim; NJ the commencement Of his insanity,
and what became Of it.
And il appearing BY affidavit filed with The
papers Of the cause, that the defendants, Zen.
ny Yaugcr, IT,, Ruth Yaugrr Sarah Yauger,
Araminta Yuusrr, Minerva Lyle and George
Lyle, htrhusbaud, and Joseph Hyatt, Jr., ave
non residents Of this State it is ordered that
they do appear here within one month alter
the FIRST publication ofthis order and do what
is necr8s. ny 10 protect their interest in this
cause. TESrE:
CHAS. B. WAGGENER, Clerk.
Tomlinson 4 PoIsley, Soils.
March ), lSI4-iw.