The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-09
OUR COLUMN.
cONDrcrED IY DON cARL0s.

and wore his hair pasted low down
on his forehead, and as We passed
along he leaned over the gate, and
smilingas none but loye-sick swain
in the presence of his hearts idol, can
smile, and placing his mustached
lips close to her ear whispered that
is "Don Carlos" the new attachc of
the Register office. She started slight
ly and exclaimed, claw sakes! what if
he has overheard what you were say
ing to me and should put it in the
paper, wouldn't people talk?' Well,
perhaps we did hear, but then we are
not going to say anything about it,
, and there is no use trying to quiz us,
for when a young lady thinks enough
; of "fcller" to stand for an hour
/ holding the front gate on its hinges,
with the thermometer at 200, while
he for the one hundred and forty.scc-
ond time pours forth that stereotypcd
story of unceasing love, every word
of which she has hong since learned
by heart, we want it distinctly UNI
derstood that should we by chance
hear anything not intended for our
. ear, that their secrets will be safe in
= our keeping, and rather than give
publicity to them we will quit for
=, ever the newspaper business, even
: though we were conscious of the fact
that starvation or Il seat in Congress
would lie the inevitable result Of
such course. A crusty old bachcl-
! or, in whose heart has never been
lindlcd the fire of love, and who con-
scquently is a stranger to all those
fine emotions which are calculated to
/ render earth a paradise, might be
I guilty of such thing, but as re-
CARDS oursclf we can say, that too
green in our memory is the rccollcct-
; ion of the many happy hours that
We. But please excuse us, we are
: not on the witness stand just now,
and even if we were, we would re-
) main silent upon u subject that We
c should ever regard as too sacred for
l the theme Of 4 newspaper article. If
: you are in earnest so ahead with your
r counting, and if you prefer the front
! gate to coy seat by the parlor fire,
we are not going to find fault, but if
$ YOU don't mean business, then in the
: name of humanity we would ask
t you to desist from having the young
lady expose herself in the cold in
}, such Il manner, and please remember
c as illustrated in the parable of the
n boys and the frogs, Chat while it
a may be fun to you, that it is death
i to her"
i Our friend of the Bookstore was
t called up street yesterday on bust
+ ness, and during his tcmporary alb
t sccncc, the Store was left in charge
of a young gent, who prides himself
upon his literary attainmcnts. 1t
n wasn't long before Il young lady step
+ ped in, and addressing the new clerk
# cnquircd, "IIayc you Hogs Tales"
e He blushcd deeply and managed to
stammcr out, "No madam, but you
o will likely find them at Mr.. SCISSORS,
:, as that is the only house in town
# that does anything in the pork bust
d ness" She gave him one whitening
/ glance, and as she passed out of the
a store, she was heard to muttcr "idiot.
IS He says its strange that some pco-
u pie can't tell a bookstore froma pork
e house.
;. He was an elderly man, says the
If Louisville t6UriG-J0np@', but his
h wcll-prescrycd countenanco expand
r ed in u genial smile that made him
It look ten years younger, as he said:--
h a never allow myself to borrow trou-
Il BILE. Some people are trying to effect
y that loan, but am not of their sort,
= And again he smiled. dillusing light
l. and checrfulncss over the group with
r whom ne converscd. Some five hun
bred miles away, the poor, ovcrwork.
G ed sister of the happy man was board
It ing, and striving to bring under con-
T. troll his six worthless and Troublesome
e children, and at the same time seek
|. ing to teach her own i'll clad, lifted
h and numerous progeny to walk in the
Q way Of righteousness, This was why
Il the eldcrlyman with the genial smile
g spoke so choorfully, and when his