The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-13

the Fair this year, as the daily at
tendance, was prima tleia evidence.
We squeezed Standing place in
the forenoon, and sitting place in
the afternoon, in the capacious and
handsomely arranged Ampitheatre,
the seating capacity Of which is $500
people. Heretofore this Ampitheatre
has been considered ample, but
now it is thought best to enlarge
it, which we sincerely hope they
will do, and an especial apartment
fitted for the newspaper reporter"
The only drawback that we obsew-
ed, was the reporter was 'left out in
the cold" unless he had "brass" or
"self-confdcnce" enough to elbow
himself where other people belong
ed,-and who ever accused news
paper man of having "brass2" For
the sake of the "bashful" fraternity,
VIC earnestly request the Honorable
Board to make provision, if only in
some one Of the tree tops, so that we
may be unmolested upon our own
grounds or seats.
We didn't have the STAMPS" to
take US in the side-shows, but were
invited in by the gentlemanly pro-
priotor, Mr.. John DeLillo, and wit
messed the performances, which we
pronounce good.
A friend paid our way on the ely
ing dutchman" and when we "stop.
ped" we felt like some people do when
having imbibcd too much of the
"bust hoad"-thatthe earth and trees
were coming right up in our face.
One of the most diverting sights
was the
PLATFORM DANCES.
1t was a question of sage delibera-
ton with us which enjoyed this per-
Torrance the most, the actual dan
GERS, or Charley and his "Aid,de-
camp" the Prompter.
Owing to rain on the third day, the
Fair lasted until Saturday.
On Friday night
A HOP
was given at the Kline House, where
the beauty and chivalry, both ma
tive and visiting, were assembled
From the talk of the young folks, a
more pleasant affair has not transpi-
red in our town for years; and judg-
ing from the time spent in "trip
ping the light fantastic toe" their
pleasure was supreme. Daybreak
found some of them going home with
their "Noyias."
SATURDAY
was devoted to the exhibition of dri-
wing and matched horses, and the
general exhibition of all the stock
in the ring; trial of speed, both trot-
ting and running; winding up with
a grand Indian war dance at o'clock
| P. NJ. When the President of the
Association returned thanks to the
immense throng for their patronage
and encouragement, and then dis
missed them.
President Hayes may in a meas
ure atone for the criminal methods
by which his official title was acquir-
ed, by carrying into effect in the
policy of his administration the will
of the people as manifested on the
7th of November last by a popular
Democratic majority ola quarter Of
u million votes and an electoral ma
iority of twenty-three votes, but re.
suits are proving in his case, what
has often been demonstrated before,
that so fur as his betrayal of the
authors of the crime which made
him President, and the the adopt
ion of the Democratic policy, were
intended to divide the Democracy
and strengthen the Republicans, or
to build up Hayes party with re.
cruits from each Of the existing par
ties, he has based his expectations
upon an entirely false estimate Of
the intelligence and patriotism Of
the people, as ovinced in the uniform
condemnation, by Democratic con-
ventions of the conspiracy against
their rights by which their voice was
overthrown by fraud through the
machinery of Southern Returning
Boards, backed up by the military
power, and the sullen refusal Of Re.
nublican conventions in many ofthc