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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23
Corn Cribs.

Farmers must be prepared to have
crib room for their corn. A good
corn house costs but little, and every
farmer should have one disconnected
with other buildings to keep out
rats, There is probably no better
way to build one than upon durable
posts, about two feet above the ground
placing pieces of zinc on the tops Of
the posts, projecting all around about
eight inches. Movable steps should
be mace for the door, to be removed
n few feet after coming out, 1t is
quite as well to build u courthouse
with PERPENDICULAR sides as it is to
build in the old style of Slanting at
the bottom, to protect the corn from
storms. Let the roof project over
three or four feet, and the corn will
be protected enough, A temporary
crib may be made Of rails laid upon
cross pieces at the ends, six or eight
feet high and five or six wide, with
boards laid upon the top so as to
shed rain. The corn should be rails.
ed about a foot from the ground by a
loose open flooring.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23
FiIial Respect.

The other day one of the clerks in
Kearny street store found the por.
ter amono the boxes down in the eel.
lar, with pen, ink and paper on a box
before him.
"Writing Il letter. ch?' qucrricd
the clerk.
eyes; writing to the old man in
Buffalo"
He handed up the half written let
ter for inspection, and presently the
clerk remarked:
II see you spell jug 'g-u,g;j that
isn't right"
"Of course not" replied the porter
"but you see | am writing to the old
man, and he always spells that way
If l put the other g to it he would
think l was putting on style over
him and forgetting that l was his
son. He's good-hearted, and | don't
want to hurt his feelings"
The letter went off with only one
g at the end of "gug,"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23
Natural Ferocity of the Pheas'
ant.

had noticed two pheasants pick
ing at one another most persistently,
and took care not to lose sight Of
them, while noticing other matters
of interest. At the end of half an
hour, several missing feathers on each
side, and their bills stained with
blood, showed increasing earnostness
in the combatants, which. were now
fighting in the paths and thickets,-
The keeper, finding that l was pay
ing very little attention to the infor-
nation he was trying to give me,
and seeing me watching these two
birds, told me that | might follow
them for a long time without seeing
the end oftho combat, for these fights
would often be kept up for an hour,
andeven then his Intervention would
be necessary to prevent the antag-
onists from killing each other.
81 think, he said, chat our golden
pheasants would be more interest
ing"
"Lct US go and see them, them" l
replied.
But | could not resist looking
round again after the warlike couple,
who were now, however, out of our
sight.
Before entering the building where
the finest specimens are reared and
kept, l said to my guide;
"Do you think we shall be able to
find these two again when we come
out?"
"You are interested in that couple,
sir" replied the man; certainly, We
can find them again, unles8-but we
will see"
He looked toward the spot where
I had last seen the combatants, and
l was astonished is see him jump
quickly over hedge.
'Let usrun, sill" he said; perhaps
it is too late"
followed him eagerly, hoping to
find an explanation Of hisunfnishcd
remark.
We soon discovered one of the duel,
lists, just expiring, while six of his
companions were picking at him
yiciously, each apparently trying to
excel the others in cruelty.
The keeper then told me that he
had been drawn to the spot by seeing
other pheasants collecting, as nthosc
cases, unless he interlered, the fight
might probably become general, the
duel turning into what our Irish
friends term "shaloo," only with
far more serious consequences, as in
such 4 case the rank would be terri
bly, thinncd.-Oace a Week.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23
A Bcy's Way of Stating Things

A boys way of stating things
though often inelegant, is generally
nervous. Example: A lad at Eeas-
ton, Pennsylvania, entered a drug.
store, bottle in hand, and said he
wanted ten cents worth of "armaky.
mony." The druggist asked him to
repeat the word, and said, Don't you
mean arnica, or ammonia?'
~ Dunno was the reply.
"What is it for?" asks the druggist.
Cant tell said the boy, starting
slowly out When near the door a
bright idea illumiuod him, and he
turned and asked the druggist; "Ii
your wife hit you on the head with
a chair leg, which of them medicines
would you git to take the swcllin'
down"
"Arnica.'
"Thon fill her in ten conts' worth,"
replied the boy; and he gaacd loving
vat a big stick oflicoricc as thcarni-
ca was being bottled,-H ajprs Naga-
zinc,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23

CABBAGE JELLY.-Cut u cabbage
into small quarters and soak in salt
water two hours. Then boil. When
done squeeze in a colandcr till per-
fcctly dry, Then chop very fine,
season with butter, pepper and salt
to suit the taste. Press all oft close
ly into an earthon bowl or pan, and
bake in a moderate oven one hour
When done turn it ont and send to
table hot, leaving each to dress with
pepper and vinegar, or cat plain
This is said to be more healthy than
the common way.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23

White rose blankets can be wash
ed well by first making a good warm
suds with common brown soap, and
after rubbing and working the blank
cts well in quito hot water Rub no
soap on the blankets, If loft to soak
some hours in the warm suds, then
adding moro hot water when ready
to wash or rub them they will wash
bot.cr and easier for H.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23

MAcARoNT SoUP.--A small shin of
beef is put in three quarts of water,
boiled four hours, then strained
through a colandcr, The following
day skim the fat of, Boil toacup.
full of canned tomatoes Cor four whole
ones,) three chopped onions, a little
minced parsoly, salt and pepper in
one pint of water, let it boil for half
an hour, then add it to the stock.
Half an hourbolorc serving a hand.
full of macaroni.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23
FARM ARD HOUsEnOLD.
How to Manage Cuttings.

Cuttings of grape vines, currants,
gooseberries, ounces, &c, should be
cut in the fall, in November or late
in October. II left till spring, they
are less liable to grow because the
butts of the. cutting require some
months of time to callous over pre-
paratory to sending out roots. All
cuttings should be twelve inches or
more long, to be cut off an inch or
two above the upper bud, and square
off close to the lower one, two buds at
least to cutting. In taking grape
cuttings, wait till November, when
the vines should be pruned, and
have two buds only to each, when
the joints are long enough to set
them as much as six inches deep in
the ground, leaving the upper bud
about even with the surface of the
soil. But when the joints are very
short cut them with three eyes,
They may be preserved in different
ways. You may pack them in box
es mixed with sand, and put in your
cellar, to be kept moderately moist,
or they may be kept in sand in box
out of doors all winter, In a climate
where snow usually covers the
ground all winter, with but little
rain till spring, cuttings may be laid
upon the ground in a dry place in
layers, and covered with any soil
about foot thick over all, packing
the earth firmly between each layer
but in climate where little or no
snow falls, this system is liable to
fail to preserve them, being kept too
wet from frequent rains. In such
localities the cuttings may be set out
in November where they are to grow,
covering the upper buds with hay
or straw to protect them, The wet
ness of the soil may kill the lower
buds, but that will not prevent their
taking root the following season.
The rules for managing grape cut.
tings, as regards their preservation
apply to all others. l think, how
ever, the safest way would be to set
the cuttings in November very thick
as close as they can be set, in trench
os temporarily till spring, and then
set them where they are to grow, or
the frosts of winter might hcaye
them up some if set permanently
The upper buds in both cases are TO
be above ground, and covered with
hay or straw.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23

PorATo BALL.-Takc half a dozen
potatoes, boil them, pass them through
a sieve, and work into them in a
bowl one gill of cream and the yolks
of three eggs; add pepper, salt, and
nutmeg to taste, and some parsely
finely chopped. When they are well
mixed and smooth, take them up by
tablespoonsfuls, roll each in a ball,
natton it, and flour it slightly. Lay
them all in a pan with plenty Of
butter melted, and cook them slowly.
Turn them over when one side is
DONE and serve hot as soon as both
sides are colored.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23

"I'or man." says Talmagc, "mar-
riago is the only estate that's right. "
And if he marrics a society woman,
he is lucky at the end Of u year if he
finds that he has any estate that is
Lurt
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23

1t is a common opinion, supposed
to be founded on observation and ox-
perience, that shrunk wheat is just
as good for sowing as that which is
plump and well filed a series of
experiments lately made by Doctor
Gustav Marck, of Germany, shows
results which go far to disproye the
correctness of the common belief
The experiments in question were
made on beans and peas, 'only, and
show pretty conclusively that, so
far at least as these two plants are
concerned, large seed produces more
and better peas, stronger and health
Ter plantsi@ in, general superior to
those grown from small seed. 1t
would he an interesting experiment
to try the slime mode of comparison
with wheat and corn. The expert,
ment of planting small potatoes for
comparison with large ones, has oft,
en- been tried with varying and con,
tlictiqg results; the general conclu'
sion from all these seems to be that
while planting potatoes makes nc
dimunition in the first crop, if the
the plan be followed for several years
deterioration is certain.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23

Copy was out. The devil picked
up paper and said: Here's some
thing about woman-must [ cut it
out! Mol Numbered the editor; the
first disturbance ever created in the
world was occasioned by the devil
fooling about a woman.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23
Presence Of Mind.

A Danburryman related to a hor-
ror-stricken crowd, in a grocery store,
the particulars of a narrow escape he
had from terrible death. He was
going across long railroad bridge
on foot, when he was surprised to see
a locomotive coming around a curve,
and tearing toward him at a terrific
speed.
The bridge was too narrow to allow
of escape at either side, and he did
not dare to jump into the yawning
abyss below. In a flash he took in
the situation and formed his plan Of
action. He started on a swift run
toward the on-coming locomotive,
and when within a few feet Of it con-
centrated all his nerve and muscle
into one effort, and leaped into the
air. The fearful monster shot under
him, and he came down on the bridge,
saved from death, but seriously shak-
en- up by the descent. There was a
moment of deep silence upon the
close of this narration. Then one of
the company sighed, and shut up his
knife, and unexpectedly said
"What's the use ofmind when a man
can lie like that?"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23

A tall man having rallied friend
on the shortness of his legs, the friend
replied: "My legs reach the ground
what more can yours do?"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23

The Massachusetts, Ploughman
says: Every farmer has the material
on his own farm to enrich it. How
shall he apply them? How make his
compost heaps? We say, with his
yard manure and his soil mixed with
it, and in the room of ashes or lime
to make it decompose, give us hogs
nose. Writers may talk about their
chemical or mineral agents, but give
us the hogs. Yes keep hogs, keep
them in your manure cellars, and
throw in the coarse materials, their
noses will sooner decomposo sod
than all the nostrums Of the chem
list.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23

is at the time Of gathering the crop
to select a few OF the best specimens
Of the different kinds, from which to
raise seed the following SPRING
With the exception Of parsnip seed,
these are good for terms of from two
to ten years, if properly kept. By
following plan of growing two or
three kinds of seed each year, n sup
ply can be kept up at small outlay.
In this way the constant annoyance
and loss resulting from sowing seeds
not true to name can easily be
avoided.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23

AGIycED-MEAT WITH ToMAToEs.--
Take cold roast or boiled meat and
chop it fine with about an equal
quantity of ripe tomatoes, season
with an even tcaspoonful of pepper,
a heaping tcaspoonful of salt; spread
a layer of bread or cracker crumbs in
a pudding dish, put in the minced
meat and tomatoes, spread thick
layer of bread crumbson the top with
n little butter, and pour over tea
cupful of water. Bake it one hour
and you will have a delicious DISH
Cold gravy mixed with warm water,
or cup of stock, are nicer for moist
ening than water Butter enough
should be used to make the top brown,
like cscalloped oysters.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23

Onions sown in the fall require to
be covered with bog hay or litter, OF
some kind, to keep them from being
thrown out by frost.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23

1T is calculated that potatoes plan
ted five inches deep will produce 30
per cent. more than those planted
two inches.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23

John," said a doting parent to her
gormondizing son, edo you really
think you can eat the whole Of
that pudding with impunity?' a
don't know, ma, rcplied young hope
full, "but | guess | can withu spoon"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23
GOOD
ADVE R 'T'ISING!

$3,25O,lO worth Of space N various news.
papers distributed through thirty States,
viii ho sold Tor 500 cash Accurate inscr-
tons guaranteed. A lst OF the papers
giving daily and weekly circulation and
printed schedule OF rates, sent free on ap-
plicuton TO GEO +, ROWELL & CO..
Newspaper Advertising Agents No. II parl,
Row, New York,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23

For what reason does Il fisherman
blow his horn? For selfish reasons.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23

The wife makes the home, and the
home makes the man.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23

Deception one cannot see through
A glass eye,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23

Accumulation lock-The marriage
ceremony.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-11-23

An endless source of amusement; a
hoop.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-31
IMPORTANT TO MEMBERS ELECT,

Hon. P. G. Deslonde, Secretary Of
State, gives notice in another column that
members elect to the General Assembly
can get their certificates by calling at his
Office to-day between ten to one o'clock.
It is important that every member pro-
vide himself with q certificate, as it is un-
derstood nobody will be admitted with
out one. The adoption Of some plan to
protect the members from being crowded
out of their seats by mob of idle, curl
GUS people, has been found absolutely me-
cessary. As soon as the two Houses are
organized, they can of course admit
whomsoever in their judgment they think
proper. Contestants, whom Nessrs.
Eustis, the Democratic papers and politi-
clans alone intimate are part of the mob,
can wait day or two. Their cases will
be duly examined. But it is much better
to organize the court before beginning
the trial. As their names will not be on
the roll furnished the Clerk of the House
by the Secretary of State, they could
take no part in the preliminary business
of organization if they were present, and
they would only be in the way Of men,
bers. We think the plan of arrangement
is q wise one, and expect it will be ap-
proved by all who sincerely wish the pro-
ceedings to be conducted according to
law.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-31
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, SUNDAY DECEMBER 81, 1875

success We certainly owe MI. Dranguet
an apology for having overrated his abili-
ties to get into place which has besn "
Gated two or three weeks by his putative
predecessor, and which that gentleman in
fact never filed.
1t thus appears that at the time Of the
Texan invasion there was no mayor in
NatchitocheA The former incumbent of
the Office had been as good as amoted long
ago, and the successor was not installed.
But as tho object of the REPUBLICAN, in
referring to the matter at first was to de-
fend Republican officials from charge of
dereliction, We can see nothing to amend
upon review, except that the Democratic
officials had not been officially installed.
It was fair presumption, however, that
they were, as it is nearly three weeks since
all opposition was removed.
In this connection we may add that no
officials, however we'll disposed they may
be, or which ever party they may belong
to, can execute the police laws of city
when the dominant element is hostile to
their enforcement. But when the "hue
and cry" is popular. it requires very little
exercise of legal authority to catch
rogue. Horton found this out to his sor-
row.
We hope the Democrat will let its wrath
subside now, as its bad opinion is some
thing which We do not wish to incur.
But we have much greater fear of being
wrong than We have of the bluster and
threats of anybody.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-31
REPUBLICAN, CAUCUS.

It will bs seen by q notice in another
column that meeting of the Republican
members of the House of Representatives
will be held to-day in the State House.
We hope the attendance will be full, and
that harmony may prevail in their coun-
sells. This is a time for careful action.
Our enemies are active and vigilant, ready
to take advantage of every error, every
opening in our ranks, to defeat the organ
ization of the House with Republican Of
6cers. Every member should deem him.
self bound by the most sacred ties of
honor to act with the majority and be
bound by its decision. Let US on this
occasion, as in the past, show a solid front
to the enemy, and victory, peace and bet
tor days to come will be assured.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-31
TIE MAYOR OF NATCHITOCHES.

In order that the Democrat may no. be
compelled to put its terrific threat into
execution nor incur tho hazard of burst
ing with wrath, We hasten to inform the
public. upon the authority OF dispatch
from J. II. Cosgrove. Of Natchitoches,
that the Democratic mayor elect Of that
recently raided village has not yet quail
fed and entered upon the discharge of
his duties. He was not, therefore, in Off
cial command Of the police on the occa-
sion when the outlaw Horton visited the
town. But Mr.. Cosgrove is mistaken
when he says Mr.. Simmons was the
mayor. It is true he was appointed in
1874, but as he was never able to obtain
possession Of the books or exercise
the authority and duties of his
Office, he has been considered ever
since the decree Of the Supreme Court in
his favos simply mayor de bonis non. Mr..
Simmons has not claimed to be mayor
since about the ninth Of December, when
he vas declared elected parish judge, and
has, as We are informed, qualified and en-
tered upon the discharge of the duties of
his new position, thus gacating the old
one. Gentlemen more familiar with
Natchitoches affairs than we are inform
US that in consequence of hostile public
sentiment Mr.. Simmons was prevented
from collecting licenses of any kind from
shows or therwise. He may have been
at one time de jure mayor, but not one in
fact, and was neither at the time Of the
Horton raid.
As we never heard that the election of
Mr.. Dranguet wss disputed by anybody,
and as it is nearly two months since he
was chosen, We took it for granted that
being Democrat, he would have found
some means to get into Office by this time,
and Mr.. Cosgrove's dispatch is the first
hint that We have received Of his want Of
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-31
HOGS VS.. HUMANITY.

The Democrats have at last discovered
one small benefit which has resulted from
the frightful excuses against humanity
practiced in the Felicianas. Whole fam
lilies have been broken up; their houses
and property burned; men have been
hung at their own gates; others lassoed to
q running horse and dragged to death; .
greater number has been cruelty whipped
and maltreated in various ways. The ex-
pected political results did not follow.
The party which incurred all the expense.
went to all the trouble to create such .
state of affairs, and covered itself with
odium forever, failed to carry the election.
But after ginning out every possible adj
vantage which has been secured, it il
found that the net gair is the ability 10
raise hogs in the Felicianasl
We consider pork very dear on such
terms. There is not enough of it for q
shilling. Too many valuable lives; too
much suppression of free thought; too
much uncertainty Of life, liberty and pro-
perty were given for the small benefits to
be derived from any given increase in the
porcine population. Even if the Felici-
anas shall ultimately become the porkopo-
lis of the continent the losses will be
found to outweigh the gains.
We remember during the war that the
Spanish government dispatched two ships
in ballast to this port during the yellow
fever season to load with tobacco. They
we're guaranteed, and this brought up q
vigorous discussion in which every seces-
sionist in the city took sides with the for
eigners, as though they really desired to see
the yellow fever introduced. Ofcourse, the
Spanish consul sent note to General
Butler, in which he complained that if
the ships we're delayed in taking in the
expected cargoes of tobacco, both the
merchants and the Spanish government
would suffer pecuniary loss. The Gen
eral refused the request. with the curt
remark that he valued the health
and lives of the young men of New Eng
land whom fond fathers and mothers had
intrusted to his care above any given
quantity of tobacco. Like General But
Ter, We value human life and liberty and
the honor of this State far above all the
hogs that may be raised as subordinate
result of the policy which has been pur-
sued in the bulldozed parishes. If it is
difficult to raise hogs without destroying
human life, it will be better to follow the
good old custom of the Southern planters
and import ourpork.