The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-05
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1t must beapparcnt toeysy citizen
Of Point Pleasant that the future
prosperity of the town is of vital
Importance to him, and that it is
only by the determination Of our
own wills, and'the exercise oGour own
energies that we can expect to make
tia growing, progressive and attract
i've town. The community which =
onlya consumer cannot thrive. The
community which produces more
than it consumes must inevitably
become wealthy, prosperous and
powerful Point Pleasant must be
amanuf turing town, or there is no
hope for US. For years our people
have lived upon the mere accidents
of nature, and the business ,shrewd-
ness Of the Sold 'inhabitant.s VS.
should awake from olrisapilrsa. 3
sEcp, and BY our own e4Iorts ebuifd
up II business which .will.pSt us be-
yond the accidents of nature. The
first thing we should do is to put what
manufactures We have upon Il sJlid
and prosperous foundation, by cx-
tending to them substantial aid, and
if necessary, take stock; the next is
to establish the much talked of Dry
Docks or Marine Ways, andafter this
is done, engage in any of the various
manufactures. With abundant nat
ural advantages, cheap fuel, and
cheap transportation, andclose prox-
Unity to good markets, there is eve
nv inducclncnt for the investment Of
capital in manufacturing enterpri-
scs. The result Of energetic action
in this direction will be tbs increase
Of population, appreciation of prop.
crty, rapid development Of cur re-
sources, the elevation Of the condi-
ton of the laboring classes, and the
enrichment Of investors II is tine
that our business mru and capital
lists should give these matters their
earnest attention, aud each one re-
solve to do his part.
SAD AXD FATAL AccIoENr.-0n
Monday afternoon. about 4 o'clock,
very sad and fatal accident occur
red in our town, which east i gloom
over our people, and by which Mrs.
Perkins, II ycry cslimahi. lady, and
wife of j. Addison Perkins, lost her
life. 1t seems that She had just kin
Glrd fire in the cook stove preparl-
tory to getting supper and to make
j ignite more freely undertook To-
upur carbon oil from the ran upon it,
when the oil in the can took ire and
exploded, scattering the lluidall over
her and setting her clothes on fire,
burning them all from her body c&-
capt her corset, and when assistance
reached her she was burned almost
to II criSp from head to foot. She
fingered in great agony until about
II o'clock Monday night, when death
ended her suffering. a sister to
the deceased, was ycly badly burned
about the hands and arms in trying
tocxtingui,hthciirc. The husband,
mother, brothers and sisters, have
the sympathy Of the entire commit,
nifty.
AGRICULTURAL SoclErY.-rhere is
not farmer, mechanic, merchant,
artiHan, manufacturer or laborcr, in
the county, but what is interested,
or ought to be interested in the sue
cess of our County Fair. OF course
all our people want to see it solfsus'
tanning. One way to make it so is
for our people to take stock in the
Association until a sufficient amount
has been taken to put the Fair Com
pamy out of debt. There are none
50 poor but what they can subscribe