The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-02
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SNAP .9LLWEEs In CHISEL-
1OM.
a Story ofgrore Fact tlran Fancy!
by EriIELRlE roPrlIDIE.

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BY ErrELRiE rorr1pTE.
rlfpublish, right or wrong;
Fools are my theme, letsatire Be my song.
:Alisht cane oyer my brain,
Dinly, theKto brightness gain;
Ircsolyed to watch vitircaTe,
Aftmy honest passions 10 foreswear.
TIfere isa small town in West.Viir.
ginia, winch is peculiarly wonderful
andspotorious, why it is so will be
made plain hereafter This town is
situated on the banks Of the beauti-
9sas .tss isess q ssfF s.
mantle looking stream flowing into
the Ohio river; one 6 which is local
ly known as Seminary Creek; the
other Lovers stream, suppose from
the frequent visitations of lovers to
its picturesque banks, and especially
TO the bridge that crosses it. Often l
have seen the low-hung head and
blushing cheeks Of a fair damscl (of
whom Chiseldom can boast many
when her lover had just whispered
something sweet" or she anticipa-
ted his approach to the momentous
question.
But my description would be in
complete were to fail to call the
readers attention to the lofty hill
Just below town. 1t is the highest
hill in all the surrounding country,
afIording from its summit one of the
grandcst landscape scenes Of our pic
turesque little State. Bustling little
villages are seen scattered along the
great Ohio Valley, on both sides of
the river.
Chiseldom is fraught with many
romantic legends, which will, per-
haps, be given the public at no dis
tant day.
But to my story. One beautiful
day in the fall Snap Allweys vas
passing through this interesting yil-
lage, and being tired he stopped at a
large dry-goods establishment to rest.
While there he found he could pro
cure situation, probably. Hemade
application and was engaged for the
winter. Snap liked the appearance
of the @femilliness5 he;sSaw'circulating
about, very much, and thought to
himself, 'l'll have jolly time this
winter" And it verify came to pass
but in a varied way; having some
ups and some downs, as will be seen
as we follow his history.
Snap was not long in forming the
acquaintance of all the young ladies
of the place, and some few in the
country. and he was much pleased
with them.
As the weeks passed by Snap got
more and more partial to one, whom
| shall call Edna Green, but unfortu-
nately for Snap, he had talked lit
tie too plainly to the young lady's
mother. will say a few words more
just here, explanatory. The oldlady
q say old lady with respect) preach
ed some sort oe Il nonscnsical relig-
ious () doctrine, nobody knew exact
ly what. Even Snap Allweys said
he did not know what she did be-
lieve, but that it was anti-christian,
and something about Tom. Paine,
mixed up with 4 lot Of stale infdeli-
ty which he contented himself with
calling "Tom-Painism." Wishing to
do all concerned, justice, I will be
obliged to be little explicit here,
but hope not tedious. Snap had been
told on good authority that Mrs.
Green had been in the habit of i'm
posing her peculiar anti-christian
doctrine upon all that visited her
house; and especially upon young
men who went there to see her daugh-
ters, and discuss more important and
agreeable subjects. Snap saw a
young man who had frcqucnted the
house of Mrs. Green and asked if it
were a fact that he never got the old
lady and children out Of the way?-
The young mans face was sad to see
Just then. He gazcd away at dim
space and said: "It's a fact. No man
has ever accomplished that thing
yet. have known many men to go
there, and come away with acloud of
exasperation-a look of undeservcd
wrong-on their brow. 'Tis strange
f.;nnI hut nlns too fr,,nW Tins