The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-12-06


6 1917.
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tlSo am i, if you'llilst me, rejom.
cd Jim, whoepow Sppearcd at the
door eTve got done with my old
ways, mother, and / amt going to
call on the town for something to eat,
8whileI boat ther bush for birds#
There's berries and there's trout ]
always thought, if l was in your
place, Kiah, Ishonld be expecting a.
pile of money from thatOld uncle. Z
"And if Idid | should be- Iikslytp
get disappointed. ANY way I0Ha not.
going to starye till uncle Kiah eets.
ready to feedme, I'll take thcsbird;
in hand, and-work the best | can.
$50 will Il, responded Jim, bring.
ing hishand down. yilyppop thei
table l,yo been thinking itallossr.
to-day, and | don't see Nhysdfsa . boy
let's liquor and tobaccoalone, hecar't
get a good living, He can earn.
something, or save save something
every day."
"Yes he can, if it isn't any more
than a basket of kindlings, and
they're conyinient things to have a
cold winter morning. l you don't
believe it, try it, AS for the liquor
and tobacco-I don't see how any boy
who wants to be clean and decent
can think OF them without scowling
Jim, let's take a pledge against
|ths.V,"
4 agreed" was answered heartily,
aud years after, when the.two friends
met in active business life, James
Harris, Esq., referred to tllatsummel
day as the turning point in life
that proved eminently successful.
If tempted to forget the presentin
extravagant anticipations of the fu.
turo, an illuminated motto reminded
him that "a bird in the hand is
worth two in the bush. Young
Comrade.
Happiness between husband and
wife Can only be secured by that
constant tenderness and care of the
parties for each other which are bas.
ed upon warm and demonstrative
love. The heart demands that the
man shall not sit reticent, selfab-
sorbed, and silent in the midst Of his
family. The woman who forgets to
provide for her husbands tastes and
wishes, renders Her home undesira-
'plsfsrbsdsfsk israsord, ,tKeevef.p present
and eyer-demonstratiye gentleness
reign, or else the heart starves.
In struggling to make dull-brain,
ed boy understand what conscience
is, teacher finally asked: "What
makes you feel uncomfortable after
you have done wrong2o "My papa's
big leather strap" feelingly replied
the boy.
"Did you steal the complainant's
coat?" asked the magistrate ofa seedy
individual who was arraigned before
him. "I decline to crafty the NOR
bid curiosity of the public by answer
ing that question:" responded the
seedy individual with a scornfnl
glance at the reporter.
Always put of till tomorrow what
you can do today, for by that means
you will have time to think how to
do it best, and with the least incon-
yenience to yourself
A poor young man once fell in love
with an heiress, and his passion be-
ing returned, it only wanted the pa
rents consent to make them happy.
At length, meeting tho father, he
asked for the daughters hand. "How
much money can you commando "I
cannot command much" was tho re-
ply. "What are your expectations"
"Well, expect to run away with
your daughter and marry her If you
don't give your consent"
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A Hackensack man was last mid
night creeping softly along the bed
room floor on his hands and knees,
and was feeling tendorly under the
bureau for something he had hidden
there the evening before, but his
wife awoke and said; "Peter, what
vrJor bo,vone oro von doinc, there?m