The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-15

Mounlalns OF new River.
F.A. Guthrie and wife are visit
ing relatives at Cheshire, Ohio.
Our Office was gladdened Wednes.
day by the smiling face Of Major
Hotchkiss. He was in town on bus
iness connected with the C. & o.
Railroad. He reports the road as
doing a good business in freight and
passengers. He has our thanks for
late papers. Call again Major, you
are always welcome.
Rankin Wiley, jr., has returned
from his Indiana trip.
Hon. H, R. Howard, left Sunday
on the Andes for Martinsburg, to at
tend the Grand Lodge Of Masons.
Msssers. Ad. Taylor and John Hop
kins, of Graham Station are loading
produce boat for the South. They
will go with it. Hope they may get
a good price for their produce.
We acknowledge call Tuesday,
from our old friend, D. W. Parsons
Esq, Of Red House.
OUR FUTURE The future Of Point
Pleasant depends on her citizens.
We have considerable amount Of
enterprise without capital among
our people, and We have consider
able amount Of capital without en-
terprise, each working at cross pur-
poses, and the future prosperity Of
the town cannot be assured until
the two join hands and work for its
common prosperity. The enterpris'
ing part Of our people cannot push
ahead for want Of means, and the
men of means are not willing to risk
any of their money for mutual ad-
vancement unless fully secured and
at high rate Of interest. Thus the
stagnation in every branch of bust
ness continues and will continue.
1t is useless to talk and hope for the
introduction of foreign capital to de.
velop and build up the trade and
business of the town unless We lead
the van. Foreign capitalists are
not going to venture their capital
among a people who get all and hold
fast to it without giving anything
in return. What would be thought
of u man who would purchase alarm
aud then wait for some one to ferti'
lie it and raise his crop for him
muking no effort to improve it him
self, nor to grow his crop, and yet
lexpect to get that crop. So it il
with our people. We have the ia
cilities for great improvement. We
have the means to make that i'm
prorement, and yet we wait for some
one else to cxpend his money, while
we stand hack and hold fast to ours
neither contributing Of our means
nor counteuancing by our good will
land kindly wishes the effort; yet
hoping to reap the benefit of what
lolhers have built up, knowing il
theec is benefit we must get it, while
if loss others must lose.
This certainly is not enterprise
neither is it encouragement to stran'
gers to conc among us.
Mason COUNTY srock.-one day
last week, Mr.. James Capehart
shipped to Baltimore44 head of three
aud four year old cattle, which aver
aged 1910 pounds.
On Saturday last, Mr.. P. S. Lewis
shipped to Baltimore SO head of cat
tie, which averaged 1904 pounds.
On Sunday, Hon, P. c. Eastman
delivered in this place, to c. T
Beale, Esq, so head of three year ole
cattle, which averaged something
over 1900 pounds, On the same day
Mr.. Ed. S. Neale, delivered to Mr.
Beale, So head of cattle of same age
and of same average. They went tt
the Baltimore market.
On Tuesday, Mr.. P. $. Lewis, ship
ped to Baltimore 40 head of hogs
which averaged $50 pounds. On thu
same day, Mr.. James capehart, ship
ped to the Baltimore market, SS heat
Of hogs, the average weight being
$40 pounds. Mr.. John W. steenber
gen, also shipped lot of hogs to thu
same place, but we did not get thu
number. or weight.
Mason county cannot be beat fol
fnn cattle. sheen and hogs.