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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-06-24
An Ingenlors.Gispbin.
Acurious sight was.aHofaed by

Acurious sight was.a Afforded by
robin, yesterday. in a 'yasa on the
west side Of the city. The Little fel-,
low Rssshpsilxorrpao altering.
mat eot the= onsesacloh Of 6.
nest. In flying around he discoyss5y
ed an CID nest, fastened to atree, and
intertwined in this nest was long
string, justt what he wanted. One
end of the string ioated loosely,
while the other was fastened in the
nest. Robin seized the string and
endearored to pull it out. 1t was too
tightly fastened for an ordinary pull,
and he accordingly took short hold
and violently threw his head back
Still it wouldn't come. Afterappar-
emily thinking moment he tried o
new plan. Selling the end of the
string firmly in his bill he tumbled
heavily from the limb, and allowed
his full weight to pull upon the
coveted article. This he tried over
and over again, but without avail
At last he entered tho nest and dill
gently tugged at the fastened end of
the string, until he succeeded IN
loosening it. Then he drew it
through, and sped away to make use
Of it in his new home.-Mlacakec Nis-
conS;n
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!. W. HoGE. J. E. T1MMs. E. sEHoS
Hoge, Tirnnas & Sehon,
Attorneys and COunsellOrS at Law,

POINT PLEASANT, WEST VA,
(Ofice in the Court House, first door on the
right-Main Entrancc.)
WILL practice in the Counties OF Jack
w son, Mason and Putnam, in the Su.
preme Court oiAppeals; and the United
States District Court at Charleston. Col
lections solicited.
John E. Timms having procured an off,
cial seal is prepared to do any business
Of q. Notary Public.
Address, Jas. W. Hoge, Winfield, West
Virginia, or John f. Timms and E. Sehon,
Point Pleasant, Vets Va. [feb. lS-1y.
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The Fortunes ofPresllents.

Washington left an estate worth
nearly $4,000.
the elder Adams left . moderate
fortune at his death.
Jefferson died comparatively poor.
# Congress had not purchased his.
library at far above its value-s9o,-
600 he Moald with difficulty kept
out of bankruptcy at the close of his
life.
Madison saved his money,and was
e6niparatively rich. The fortune of
his widow was. increased by the pur-
chase This manuscript papers by
Congress for sSoooQ9. -,
James Monroe, thesixth President
died ;'i;SS EI;:.;ci' e
cemetery, between secos ThiSdS
streets near the Bowery, ins New
York City. I.
John Quincy Adams left $4,000
as the result of his industry, pru-
&ence, and a small inheritance. BE
was methodical and economical.
Andrew Jackson left valuable
estate, known as the Hermitage,
about twelve miles from Nashville,
Tennessee.
Martin Van Buren died rich. His
estate was estimated at sS00,0o0.
James K. Polk left $4,000.
John Tyler was a bankrupt when
he became President. He husband
ed his means while in office, married
a rich wife, and died wealthy in
worldly fortune.
zschary Taylor left about $780,
900.
aIillad Fillmore died a wealthy
man.
/ Ulysses S. Grant never did die, or
refuse a gift, or to take a drink, or
missed an opportunity to steal, or
put relative in office: His fortune
at his death will probably amount to
more than that ofall the Presidents
who have gone before him, combin-
ed. Young man, go West. Get a
negro and'a yoke of oxen, and haul.
cord wood to st, Louis.
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HIDING IN 4 COFFIN.

1, udu 44tsASu 4A.IIuN 'tiAV 4''9"' ''AA''
was astonished to fndmysclf coming
into struggling sttlement. On the
course which l should have taken
there was nothing Of the sort. Some
where I had crossed the right trail
and taken the wrong one. Almost
any traveller on the border sections
would have been glad to thus stum-
.h!e opsa=plaee for f9ed apdsEefresh-
ssIessss 81. Not 50 with myself In the
breast-pocket Of my coat | carried five
thousand four hundred and ninety
oad dollars, United States money. !
had received this amount from Ma
ior General T. N. Lacy, and it was
to be carried through to Fort L,
and placed in the hands of Colonel
Asa F. Southard, to dcfray necessary
army expenses.
There were only two men in the
bar-room of the tavern which l en-
tered-the landlord and the hostlcr.
strolling carclessly about the room
l glanced out of the window. My
heart leaped into my throat-for in
the man outside l recognized from
the description ofhim, Bill Wolf, one
of the most desperate characters that
ever figured in the annals of border
rufianism. There was the huge red
mustache, the thick, hairy throat,
and the shoulders hunched up around
his head suggesting the shape of a
mammoth clam; and the voice with
a deep-down intonation like the plop,
plop, plop of water hurricdly leaving
a Jug. If the description of the no
torious renegade is inclegant,it has 4
merit of truthfulncss, and must there
fore be excused.
I went through with my supper in
form; but whatever appetite | might
have felt on my entrance into the
the inn had vanished with my dis.
covery. After 4 time the other fel-
low came in-having been out, he
said, to look after the animals-and
ordered supper. Now was my time
to leave, which 1 did in a careless
manner.
1t was quite dark outside. The
hostler was fitting about the stable
with his lantern, which emitted but
little more light than q white bean
would have done; but he graciously
brought out my steed at the order.
and, mounting, l thankfully trottcd
away. After riding mile or two ]
heard faint sound, and drew up my
mare to listen. No chance travellers
ever rode like that. 1t meant pur-
suit. I gave my steed a calling lash
She broke into q convulsive gait
hove her;body up with one or two
plunges, stumbled, going down from
her knees to her nose, and pitched
me literally heels over head! Fol
an instant / was paralyzed with as
tonishment. The next moment
seized the bit to ofctch up the fallen
animal, and discovered that in the
meantime she had undergone {
strange metamorphosis! She hat
lost her white face on or in the grass
Passing my hand between her eyes
I found the hair wet. In an instant
| I was examining the white lees and
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COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Judge Circuit Court-Hos. Jos. SMITH
sesidence Rayenswood, Jackson County.
clark Circuit Court-C. B. WAGGESER.
Clerk County Court-E. KlMBERLISG.
President County Court-B. J. REDMOND
Prosecuting Attorney-D. W. PoLsLEf.
,Sherif-CoLUMBUs SEuoS.
Jailor-J. JEwErT.
]: Surveyor OF Lands-GEo. W. PrLIN.
Assessor Dist. No. 1-JAcoB RoUsu.
Deputy Assessor-D. S. EASMATRE.
Assessor Dist. No. a-JoHS G. BUCKLEY
sup't Public Schools-D. P. GUTHRIE.
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". II. roNLISsoN. D. W. PoLsLE'
Tomlinson & Folsley,
AttOHeys and G0unSellOrS at Law,

POINT PLEASANT, WEST Va,
WILL practice in the county Of Mason,
w the United States District Court Tor
West Virginia; and in The Supreme Court
Of Appeals Of West Virginia. Prompt at
tention given to the collection OF all claims
entrusted to them. Address, Point Pleas
ant, West Va. oct. l6, lS7S-ly.
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The Dog and Turtle-A Fable.

The Peoria Rerie'9 says: Ifanybody
has seen a black-and-tan dog, answer
ing to the name Of @Judge," going
down the street with a hard-shell
turtle that won't 'tanswcrto anything,
and certainly won't answer to tackle
as the dog will tell you, if you can
only get him to stop long enough
please to halt the cloping pair, as
they are the property Of the editor
of this paper. We are fondly attach
ed to the dog on account of his vag-
abondish, Bohenlianish habits. He
knows every dog in Peoria by name,
and is on speaking terms with nine
tenths of the dogs that come in un-
der the wagons, and he knows more
of the inhabitants of the city than
the tax collector does. The turtle is
more recent acquisition. 1t was
placed in the back yard yesterday,
and the dog spent an hour and half
trying to induce it to come out CT its
shell and be comfortable. The old
iron-clad maintained his reserve,
however; till the dog ornamcnted his
nose against the forward part and
commenced to sniff The pair SEEM
ed to come to some understanding ct
once, for the dog made an impetuous
remark on a very high key, and then
they both started on trip together.
The dog was last seen sauntering
along like a whirlwind, the turtle
staying right by him. We should
be very sorry to lose the dog now, as
he has acquired another important
and valuable quality. He knows
more about turtles than any other
! dog in this part of the country.
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F.. CITY DIRECTORY.

!. Mayor-JMEs II. CoUcu, JR.
Recorder-M. II. HALE.
.Counc;llnen-John W. English, DR.. ";
3. Seale: Robert Young, T.-Stribiins; and
Jol. G.. B. Thomas.
Street COMMISSIONER. L. GIBBS.
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BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.

MAsoSIc-Minturn Lodge No 70, meets
on the first and third Tuesdays OF each
month. C. SHREWSBURY, Secretary.
Odd Fellows-Point Pleasant Lodge No.
S3, !. 0. O. F., meets every Thursday
night, in Fishers Hall. JouS G. SToRrz,
Secretary.
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Times of holding the Courts.

q IIMcS q HUIUtty He OV"''''
sc,Rcrrp CouRr-First Monday in April,
|. ID first Monday in October.
EorNrY CorKT-Third Monday in Janu,
IL: Third Monday in March; Third Mon
IN in MAY; Third Monday in July; Third
londay in November; Third Monday in
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GP. SIMPSON.
A ttorney at Law,

LAUUOI NY GU
PoNT PLEASANT, WEST VA.
uAvING PROCURED THE USE OF II.
6J. Fishers Law Library, I will ot all
times be iound 1T his office ready to attend
to anv and all business entrusted to my
care; and will practice hereafter In the
counties OF Mason, Putnam, Jackson and
Roane. aprlS-ly.
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Joaw ". zMe1zsa,

"A ttorney at Law,
JTTt.L practice in the Courts Of Mason,
wv Putnam end Jackson counties, and in
The Eoart Of appeals. of West Virginia.
Address, Point Pleasant, Mason county,
WeseVa.. Office in the Court House.
dec. 70, lSl2.ly. :. So. -
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=. ". sIssoN,
Attorney at Law and NoAryPuliic.
POINT PLEASANT, W. va, :,

POINT PLEASANT, W. va, >.
eS~ofice in Shrewsbury's Block ~ESG
WILL plact;ce in the Courts OF Mason
w and adjoining counties, West Virgin
in, and in Gallia county, Ohio. Special al:
tention given to the collection OF claims and
remittances promptly made. -
june |, lS74-ly.
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The Old Red Cent.

As the old "red cent" has now pass
ed out of use, and except rarely, out
of sight, like the old "oaken bucket"
its history is a matter Of sufficient
interest for preservation. The cent
was first proposed by Robert Morris
the great fnancier of the Revolution,
and was named by Jefferson two
years after. 1t began to make its
appearance from the mint in 1892.
1t bore the head of Washington on
one side and links on theother. The
French Revolution soon created q
rage for French ideas in America,
which put on the cent, instead Of the
head of Washington, the head Of the
Goddess Of Liberty-a French liberty,
with neck thrust forward and flow
ing locks. The chain on the reverse
side vas displayed by the olive
wreath of peace; but the French lib
erty was short-lived, and so was her
portrait on our cent. The next head
or figure that succeeded this-the
staid, classic dame with a tillet around
her hair-camc into fashion about
thirty or forty years ago, and her
finely chiseled Grecian features have
been but slightly altered by the lapse
Of ti!ne.-Pailadelpiia Ledger.
Mrs. Rhom, the 'fat woman" of
Barnum's exhibition, died May 2Sth,
in Baltimore, aged %. She was born
in Licking county, Ohio, and her
maiden name was Hanah Jane Duck.
She weighed 5SS pounds, was 6 feet
4 inches high, and measured p inches
around the waist.
49,
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Gum & Armstrong,
Aft0llle2fS at Lar.

WILL PRACTICE IN THE COURTS
. w. OF Mason and ADJACENT counties
Prompt attention given to all legal business
entrusted to their care. Address, W. K.
Gum, Mercer's Bottom, Mason county, W..
Va, orJ. w. C. Armstrong, Point Pleasant,
Mason. county, W. Va Gune 2, ,7+-ly.
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Is advertisements must be pad
announcements Il a@Hs,s for County Officers, $;
'or State Senate, and State officers, siV; Tor
Congress, $50. r.. ;.
9 Legal publications must be paid tor, y II
ali cases, before the delivery OF the certit-
cate Of publication. 49,.
Personal communications, and those rec
srinending persons for Office, will be charg-
At regular advertising rates.
Marriage and Death notices, not over
Ave lines, published gratis; all over that
mount at half advertising rates.
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Another small steal Of about s4o,-
900 and odd has been discovered in
the United States Treasury. Small
robbeyics however Ike this, are not
counted by the honest party now
controlling the government.
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TITseiOLD BARN.

~ gBsss: 41rlor. 3
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08
Useful Information.

Castor oil is an excellent thing to soft
en- leather.
Cream of tartar rubbed upon soiled
white kid gloves cleans"s them well.
Asolution of cyanide Of potassium is
the best poison to kill insects OF any
kind
A pint of mustard seed put3nto a bar
rel of cider will preserve it sweet Tor
several months.
A simple remedy for removing freck-
les is pint of sour milk and a small
quantity of horse-hadish. Let the mix
ture stand over night, and use it as
wash three times day until the freckles
disappear.
The leaves of geranium are an ex-
cellent application for cuts, when the
skin is rubbed off, and other wounds o.
the same kind; one or two leaves must
be bruised and applied on linen to the
part, and the wound will become cica
tried in very short time.
All sorts of vessels and utensils may
be purified from long-retained smells o
every kind in the easiest and ~nIost per
feet manner, by rensing them out wei
with charcoal powder, after the crosse
impurities have been secured of wit
sand and potash.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08

The Wisconsin Grange states that the
monopolists have raised fund OF 81
OOO. 600 to break down the business OPP
erations Of the Patrons. The Granger
thinks they will be one million short
when they get through. We are IN
clined to agree with our contemporary
and think the money might be better
employed in building lunatlc asylum
for the projectors and if by any chance.
after providing the spacious accomcda-
ton necessary for them, there be any
Of the one million left it should form the
nucleus Of fund to benefit their dis-
tressed wives and families.
In Etowah county, Alabama, preml.
ums are offered to Patrons by Csl0nea
KYLE, special Deputy for the county. ana
by some of the leading merchants Of
Gadsden. Col. Kyle offers go in gold
to the Patron who fattens and kills the
largest pork hog in the county tor 1875.
The firm of. Herzberg, Simpson E Co.,
offer a similar premium to the Patron
who raises the most corn on one acre OF
land in 1875, and four other firms have
combined to offer $50 to the farmer whe
raises the best acre OF cotton, and $50 to
the grower of the best average cotton
crop of not less than five acres.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08
LET US TRY TO BE HAPPY.

Let us try to be happy! We may, il we VIII,
Find some pleasures in the life to oeroaiance
the ILL;
There never was an evil, if we'll understood,
But what, rightly managed, would turn to a
good. n,.kt
If we were but as ready to look to the !'ght
AS we are to sit moping because 1t Is night,
We should own it truth, both IN woro ana
in deed,
That who tries to be happy is sure to succeed
Let us try to be happy! Some shades OF regret
Are sure to harg around, which we cannot
There are times when the lightest OF spirits
must bow,
And the sunniest face weara cloud on it's brow;
We must never bid feelings, the purest and
best,
lie hlnnted and cold in our bosom at rest;
But the deeper our own griefs, the greater our
need
To try to be happy lest other hearts bleed.
Let us try to be happy 1t is not for long
We shall cheer on each other with counsel VI
IF we ma Ike the best of our time that we may,
There is much we can do to enliven the way
Lot ms only in earnestness each do our best,
Refore God and our conscience, and trust 1or
the rest. ,d j.,
Still taking this truth, both i'll word ana III
deed, s,,c.ood
That who tries to be happy is sure to succeed
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The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
An important Decision for the Farmers.

The thanks of the farmers Of Minneso-
ia are due to Hon. P. H. Rahilly for hav-
ing, at greatexpense to himself, procured
decision which will protect many OF
them from imposition hereafter. We
quote from the Lake City Sentinel:
The final decision of the case Of Rahilly
against the assignee Of Atkinson & Kellogg, in
which many farmers in the towns back OF TINS
city are interested, was given in the United
States District Court, at st. Paul, last week.
Mr.. Rahilly had stored with the company at
the time of its failure about six thousand BUSH
els of wheat, on which he had drawn advances,
claimed Ly them to be 81, 925. The assignee
in declaring dividends to the creditors OF the
firm, allowed Mr.. Rahilly 81 1900. The assignee
of Atkinson & Kellogg then sued Mr. Rahllly
for the 81, 1926 advanced on the wheat IN store,
claiming that the money was not given him as
advances, but was special loan from them 10 70
Rahilly, and garnisheed the dividend OF $l,3Oo
declared to him to secure its payment
The jury found verdict in favor OF
Mr.. Rahilly. This settles the principle
that where farmer deposits grain in a
warehouse it amounts to sale to the
warehouseman, and any money received
by the farmer is so much paid on account
OF the sale. In the Lake City case the
warehouseman wanted to keep the whea
and make the farmer pay the money ad
vanced besides. He thought anything
was good enough for farmer.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08
Patent Laws.

The Scientific American objects to any
change in the patent laws whereby the mono
poly extortion rates charged in so many in
stances are maintained The protection and
encouragement OF the inventive genius OF the
country is all we'll enough, but surely the pe0-
nile have some rights that ought to be protected.
Exchange.
The Scientific american is in the pat
ept bust ness, hence its course.
We think the inventive faculty ought
to be encouraged; it is of the utmost
importance to all classes, without it the
farmer would yet be cutting his wheat
with the sickle. But that encourage
ment ought to have reasonable bounds.
An inventor should be protected until
he has realized handsome fortune, say
800 900, clear Of ali expenses, from the
fruits of his ingenuity and then his in
vention should be thrown open to the
world. As it is, the successful inventor
transfers millions of dollars from the
peoples pockets to his own, and estab-
fishes practical monopoly OF the worst
kind. Think of the thousands OF farm
ers who have been reduced to penury by
the excessive prices charged for farm
machinery-reapers, headers, threshers.
| Nc. anu SO Win Ht;til AAI OtuOA ILL
elements. The other day sewing
machine man gave his daughter one
million dollars as a bridal present. This
is all wrong. Free institutions have
nothing to gain by the creation OF mil
lionairs under the force Of unjust laws
To give that million Of dollars to one
girl, thousands Of poor sewing girls il
lalleys and garrets, in our eastern cities
were forced to pay $500 each for ma
chimes worth 5000; and to toll nigh
and day amid penury and suffering t
raise the money. Aud probably any
one Of these poor, halt starved toiler
was intrinsically just as talented, a
beautiful and as admirable as the gil
that pocketed the million dollars. Is
: right that thousands Of women shout
be denied the common comforts OF hf
in order that one woman should swlr
: in sea OF gold? And is it right thu
Q such an injustice should be perpetuate
r under the laws of free country who's
maxim is 1.-The greatest good to tn
greatest number"