The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-04-06

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her task becomes happiness as she
fulflls faithfully one of the highest
missions God has appointed to his
creatures
How Johnny Wilcox Got n Wife.
Some years ago, when the writer of
this was boy, there lived in South
crn Maryland anold man by the name
of Davis, who was passionately fond
of raccoon hunting, and for this pur-
pose kept several vicious dogs; one
especially so which he called Flora.
Now it happened that he had a
daughter who was a special fayorite
of Johnny Wilcox, a young man who
lived in the neighborhood, but for
some cause, not known to everybody,
Johnny met with serious opposition
from the old gentleman until on a
certain night Johnny, with several
other young men, joined the old gen
tleman in a raeGoon hunt, when a
circumstance transpired which en-
tirely changed the current of the old
mans feelings.
Soon after leaving home the dogs
struck the trail of a raccoon, and in a
few minutes forced him to seek shell
ter by goingup into a large tree
The sportsmen on reaching the tree,
(being directed by the baying of the
dogs saw the raccoon on a large
limb about fifteen feet above the
ground.
Now it happened that the old man
was the only one in the party that
could climb up the tree; so up he
went, and reached the limb all safe,
but on going out upon the limb in
order to shake the raccoon off, he ac-
cidentally slipped and got on the I'M
der side of the limb, clinging to it
with his hands and feet. He strug-
gled manfully to get on the limb, but
failed, and finding he must newt
ably fall, and seeing no relieffor him
he essayed to pray; now it was not
the fall he dreaded, but his dogs,
which were accustomed to attack and
kill whatever animal they saw fall,
and the thought being torn to pieces
by his own dogs, caused the perspir-
alton to oozo from every pore of the
old mans skin, and though not of a
pious turn generally, yet he com
menced to pray thus;
"Our Father who art in Heaven;
hallowed be Thy-Johnny Wilcox,
hold Flora"
He made another desperate effort
to regain the top side of the limb, but
failed, almost exhausted, his feet slip
ped and he hung on by his hands,
He commenced again to pray.
sour father who art in Heaven
Johnny Wilcox, hold Flora"
He made the third effort, and find
ing it impossible either toregain the
position which he so much desired,
or to avoid 4 fearful fall, together
with n simultaneous attack from his
dogs, in his extremity he commenced
for the third time to pray.
"0ur Father-Johnny Wilcox, for
Gods sake hold Flora"
His handsrefused to grasp thclimb
any longer, and he tumbled among
brush and brims; but Johnny, trueto
his trust, held on to Flora, notwith-
standing she tumblcd him about in
the brush and briers, greatly damag-
ing his personal appearance, until
the old gentleman recovered his feet
and made Flora understand that the
raccoon was still up the tree.
The old man would never acknow-
ledge the prayer, but he did aclnow-
ledge the services rendered by John
ny in holding Flora, and so waived
all further opposition to him as a
son-in-law,-Baitjmorcdn
Grant, the President of the United
States, is to make a speech at the
opening of the Centennial Exhibi-
ton in Philadelphia on the 10th of
May. He will speak from u lofty,