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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-20
AnBusted to Death.

About nineo'clock yesterday morn
ing a boy ran up to policeman
standingon Monroe avenue, and call
ed out in an excited voice:
"Come on-come down here-hur-
ry up!"
"What's the row, boyl" calmly in
quired the officer.
"NIan busted all to death down
herel"
"Shoo!"
"Yes'rl He drank two glasses of
Soda water, and busted up like bill
erl Istood right there and saw the
whole 'splosion.'
"Now, boy, you go back and see
if you were not Mistaken" said the
officer. "If there is adead man there
I'll go down. See if the coroner is
there, and if any officers are around"
The boy ran back, and after being
absent about fifteen minutes he re-
turned at a slouchy gait and explain.
ed:
81 got the facts little mixed
The fellow called for two glasses of
soda, put 'em away as fast as he could
and then didn't have any money to
pay. thought it was the soda bnst-
ed him up, but it was the soda man
who did it. He hauled off, and he
drew back, and he shut his jaws, and
he busted that stranger in the mem
ory of'76. He just came to hissenses
us / got there and he's rolling his
eyes around and sticking out his
tongue and pretending tnat he's made
at least nine cents ofthe performance.
You'd better go down and draw him
in for forgery.
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He Thoughth the'd Zen Her.

Among o. crowd of sxcursiopists
wandering around tie city hall
grounds recently, wasa woman about
sixty years q age, who had some re-
mark to make about everything she
saws and she cleaned a good deal Of
information from, q bootblack who
was takihga haltdayls vacation.
..Where;a aFsithe water worksGn She
asked, as they sat downton the stone
steps. Mil
s0h, up here a mile or So ,'ahe ans-
wereds ,but i wanttc tell you that
the water dosen'E work IT'S the Big
engine which works while thewater
.loaIs around AL the timo;
She reflected Tor a while and Then
remarked
.qHow grandly those fountains
squirtlp q de
"Wrong again, grandma he res
piled in his blandest voice, "Itisn'S
theiountains which squirt, but the
water. Those fountains wouldn't be
any better than posts, ifitwasn't for
the waterlp-ES. al
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.

FIRsT PREsBYTESIAN--S Services on the 2d
and 4th Sabbaths OF each month, morning
and evening Rev. DR.. Lane, Pastor. Sab
bath School every Sunday morning ut 8 o.
clock. b. Gilmore, Superintendent.
l'oINT PLEASANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
w. Il. Hill, Pastor. Preaching LIST and
Sd Sabbaths, morning and. night. Bible
Glass at the Parsonage on Wednesday ev-
cning. Sabbath School, Sunday morning.
M II. Hale, Superintendent.
PROTESTANT EPlscOrAL ClluRCIr- Rev. 7.
n. Lacy, Rector. Services as follows At
Christ Church, Point Pleasant, every Sum
day morning ut l0l o'clock, except the I'd
Sunday in each month, and every Sunday
evening, at % o'clock, except the Sd Sun
day in each month. Sunday School ut 0
o'clock. Y. Stribling, Sup't, Ncstry meet
ing OH the evening of the ID Monday i'll cv.
ery Month. Services ut Brucc's Chapel OH
the "a Sunday ut 10! a. NJ. Mason City
on the 3D. sunday ut - p. NJ. West Col
umbia the Sd Sunday at % 2. NJ.
NJ. i. CmuRclt-Scryices on the LIST and
Sd Sabbatlls Of each month, ut 10! A. NJ,
and .! p. NJ, during Summer. Prayer
meeting every Wednesday evening. F. A..
Trippctt, Pastor. Sabbath Schoolevery Sum
day morning at 0 o'clock, d. s Snyder,
Superintendent.
VI. Il. CHURCH, SouTH-services on the
4th Sabbath OF each month. Rev. -
Robinson Pastor. Sabbath School every
Sabbath morning at o'clock. Robert y.
Bickel, Superintendent.
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Boys and Home.

Make home pleasant place for
your boys. Do not be SO afraid of
your best parlor that they may not
use it. Let them have plenty Of
warmth and light, and entertaining
books to read, and musical instru-
ments, and any parlor games they
like. Girlswill stay at home if home
be the dullest place under the moon,
but boys will not. If their young
companions are banished, ifthey are
checked when they laugh, or sing,
or make a noise, if they may not
have the innocent freedom that they
need, under their parents roof then
they will have freedom Of some sort
elsewhere. And there are always
enough ready tobeckon them to places
where the bloom is brushed from
youths round cheeks. A young man
will squeeze a little "fun" out of his
life, and, you want him to be a cred
it to you and to himself, make it pos
sible for him to enjoy himself in
his home. Let the home be q place
to live and breathe in, not merely u
roof under which he may eat and
sleep. a95 q rtm
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Here cut this outquickl It's from
the Richmond Wig, and the fellow
who wrote it has evidently been
there, vigorously: "The fiirt is the
painted hyona of society, the lamb
fleeing, disguised, ravening wolf Of
the affectional fold. Her fangs drip
with the gore of the foolishly both
fond and true, Like the hideous
specter bat of the Orinoco, she drains
the last purple drop from the veins
Of the spell-bound victim, while her
soft Establishments lull him to rest
and FIJI his dreams with dazzling
scenes of beauty and felicity. More
cruel than the great war god of the
Aztccs, she feasts upon the torn and
bleeding hearts of her most forvont
worshippors, With savage ferocity
she crunches the tenderest feelings
and emotions Of the human SOUL"
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The work Of Our Hands.

There is a peculiar pleasure and
enjoyment to that house wife who
can look ever her well spread table
and say, "This is the result Of my
own skill and labor. No bread so
sweet and nice; no pastry or meat so.
sweet and savory as that" and in
going through the house, there is a
peculiar happiness felt in being able
to say, my own hands have made
and arranged them" Yea, it is the
happiness that makes the home Of
the household most attractive and
lovely, because il isreaG. 1tisa hap
piness, unemployment, that that which
has been bought with gold, without
labor and toll, cannot produce. Gold
andsilver may purchase fine houses,
beautiful grounds, fruitful fields; may
furnish men,servants and maid-ser4
wants, and everything nature Graves;
natural wants may be supplied ut
hand, by the ring Of a bell, or word
Of command; but that pleasure which
is peculiar to the labor of producing
these, must ever be wanting; the
mind and heart cannot feel or possess,
for the price thereof has not been
paid-a price far more precious than
gold or silver
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Life

If we die to-day, the sun will shine
as brightly, the birds will sing as
sweetly tomorrow. Business will
not be suspended a moment, and the
great mass will not bestow a thought
upon our memories ''1s he deadH"
will bo the solemn inquiry Of a few;
as they pass to their work. But no
one will miss us excepting our Inn
mediate connections, and in a short
time they will forget and laugh as
merrily as when we sat beside them.
Thus shall we all, now active in life,
pass away. Our children crowded
behind us, and they will soon pass
away. In a few years not 0 living
being can say | remember him
We lived in another age, and did bus
iness with those who slumber in the
tomb. Thus is lifcl How rapidly 1t
passes,
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charm, his power my passions for
him OF my invalid mother who
prayed me not to leave her of the
choice / needs must make of his de-
etlre his subsequent desertion,
dtboE pI mother died blessing me
how my yconscience approved, yet.
my elonging fofwhat had
lost. The hot tears rained down my
face ! concluded, sodeeply had my
natpre'kown this experience.
Ora listened withwide eyes, quick
enedlbreath; her work dropped Upon
,herlap. Ehen, / had done, She said;
What was his name, constance2
You hasen6t spoken it,
Y tgan. Grey,
.Haye you picture ot htmY she
asked, in a sharp, suppressed voice.
! unlocked the cabinet, found the
photograph, placed it in her hand.
sheglanced dropped itas fit had
stung her
ut is my husband, Constaucelp
Icould only stare at her.
"It surely is, Constance" she said,
winding her arms about me-. "When
you first spoke Of your girlhood's love
in Blue Mountains, / remembered to
have seen some sketches my husband
made there bearing date 1865. Ten
years ago. Oh, Conny, what an es-
cape you made that you did not mar
ry him! To be the wife ofIvan Grey
was reserved for my fate,' she added,
mournfully.
"Was Mr.. Grey's name Iyan," l
stammered.
"Yes," she answered.
/ was forced to accept the truth.
Irose, by.and-by, and put the let
ters and the photograph in the fire.
And that night | talked alone with
my husband. Through all eternity
he'will never doubt now that / love
him.
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A man demanded a free glass Of
rum in q Nevada saloon, and did not
got II. Then said he had never tried
IL, but 1t had been the ambition Of
his life to kill o barkeepey but when
the barkeepor took out twosix shoot
crs and aclub, thoman saidhc didnot
mean polite, gontlomanly barkocp.
or, but one Of those fellows who wore
paste diamonds and parted his hair
In tho middle,
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COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Judge Circuit Court-HoN. JOS SMITH.
Residence Rlvenswood, Jackson County.
Clerk Circuit Court-C. B. WAGGgNER
Deputy AMs H. HoLIOwAY.
Clerk County Court-E. KrMBERLING.
President County Court-D. S. VAN Ma
TRF.
Prosecuting Attorncy-G. p. SIMPSON.
ShcrifF-DAvID $. STEVENSON.
Deputics-J. r. Il. B, SMITH, ]. JEwErr,
S. ". SoMERvn.LE, j. II. CoUcIl, Henry FRY.
Jaior-J. JEwErT.
Surveyor Of Lands-Tnos. ]. RosERTs.
Assessor Dist. No.1-,TAs. w. WINDoN.
Assessor Dist. No. 2-E. 4. BAKER.
sup't Public Schools-CnAs. Il. lloGG.
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RENEvo1ENr SOCIETIES.

MAsoNIc-NIinturn Lodge No, 10, meets
on the first and third Tuesdays OF each
month.
ODD FELlows.-Point Pleasant Lodge No.
81 !. O. o. f., meets every Thursday
night. Hall in Stortz's block.
Court Point Pleasant, No. 5, /. 0. f.,
meets every Friday evening "A O'Clock, at
Iapchart's Hall.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-09-20

In carving q turkey in tho presence
of strangers, IL is a breach ofotiquctte
TO stop more than twice TO spit on
your hands and take new hold.
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A person always meets with q
warm reception at q hotel. Tho min.
ute he arrives ho is placed on the
register,
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taken especial pains to crafty me.
After our boy was born, and every
body pronounced him a most healthy
and beautiful child. Roscoe said to
me:
Constance, are you happy now2'
l looked straight into his honest
brown eyes as l truly answered.
eyes, Roc"
He bent and kissed me with a de-
light l had never seen him show be-
fore.
Dearest you are minel" he MUIR
INJURED.
That was all he said.
1t was just two years after our
marriage.
A few days later he received let
ter. l asked whom it was from.
"My sister, he answered"
n never knew that you had sis
ter" ! said, in surprise.
"No. 1 have never spoken to you
of Ora. When my parents died in
my boyhood, Ora was ababy, and was
taken by an aunt down to New Or
leans, where she was raised with her
children. l have only seen her once
since. She is very pretty. This
letter tells me she is to be married"
He gave me the letter to read. 1t
was written on delicate, fragant pa
per, the penmanship is easy and
graceful, but rather too fine. Rather
a brief communication, prettily ex-
pressed, asking US to come to the
wedding.
"To New Orleans in Julyl 1 am
afraid to take baby, and l could not
leave him."
81 see that We cannot go. 1t is
impracticable, / will write and tell
Ora"
"And give her my love. Say that
1 hope she will be very happy"
had been at but one wedding in
my life, and that was my own. |
was six-and-twenty. 1t was very
different from what l thought it
would be when l was eighteen. At
eighteen l had been betrothed to w.
an Grey, at twenty-six / married
Boscoe Arnold.
The suggestion of another wedding
brought back the past tome. When
/ was alone, and baby asleep in his
basket, l went to a drawer in a pri-
vate cabinet, and took out u packet
ofletters and photograph.
The latter was a vignette-a face
handsome as a Greek gods with a
perfection of contour that must ever
be fascinating. AS / looked at it the
peace of my heart fed away. The
breath of the past, fragant, new,
spring-like, swept overme; the warm
imperious impulse of youth started
to life in my blood.
I looked at the letters, but did not
open them, There was no need, l
had learned each one by heart years
ago. The packet was small, and l
sat with it held between my palms
for nearly half an hour. But l put
away letters and picture at last, and
sat down by the open window, swing
ing the baby's basket to and fro.-
Just then | heard Roscoe whistling
lightly as he ran up stairs, and in a
moment he entered the room, his
hands full Of pond lilies.
"See here, Conuie--here's a treat
for you'll Aren't they beauties?"
My favorite floworl l took the
splendid things from him and put
them in a crystal globe of cool wa
ter
"see herel" said Roscoe.
He had pulled off his straw hat,
and the curling hair about his white
forehead was literally dripping with
pcrspiration.
"see how wiltod 1 am, hurrying
home through the heat to save your
lilics," he laughed
brought him some cool water TO
bathc his face, got him somo dry
clothing, and went away to SEQ if
dinner was ready. Thus | took up,
again, the present,
Another yoarwent by. was sur
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TERMS OF COURT.

Clncrlr CouRr-First Monday in April,
and first Monday in October.
C0rNrY CorKr-Third Monday III Janu-
airy; Third Monday in March; Third Mon
day in May; Third Monday in July; Third
Monday in November; Third Monday in
December.
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EETTIUTIg ITI IIEFII VIIVI FJViEIIN7 IFEFNIVFo ~
cents line for each insertion; but no no.
tice inserted for less than one dollar.
Alladvertising for shorterper than
three months is considered transienk
All yearly advertisements payable half
yearly in advance,
Transient advertisements must be paid
for in. advance,
Legal publications must be paid for, in
all cases, before the delivery ofthe certif-
cate Of publication.
Personal communications, and those rec!
Ommending persons for Office, will be charg-
ed at regular advertising rates.
Marriage and Death notices, not over
five lines, published gratis; all over that
amount ut half advertising rates
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Love is bettor than q pair of spec
tacles to make everything seem
firoater which is seen through IL.
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DR.. 8. q. SHAW,
DR.. L. f. Campbell,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,

Point Pleasant, West Va.
OFFERS his professional services to the
" citizens OF Point Pleasant and vicinity.
He hopes by strict attention to business, to
merit Il continuance Of the liberal patron.
he has already He may be found
at all times at his office, when not profess
ionally engaged. [nov, 8, 76-ly.
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ConIs.taacel,s story.

= ~ /. ~ -
When my husband, Roscoe Arnold,
asked me TO marry him, / felt ii ne
cessary to tell him that ! didnot love
him: IS he loved me-that | under
stood his devotion, because 4 had felt
it for another -that other, Ivan Grey
:7that to my husband | had to give
only a grateful affection. Would
that sufiiceg
He said that it would. He told
me afterward that, through my weep
Ing, he did not catch the name that
.helthought also that my lover had
died.
- n
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]. Name the the thirteen original States
Of tho American Union. ao
2. In what year was the battle Of New
Orleans foughtp
3. Mention the principal causes Of the
Revolutionary War.
4. Who was tho first Minister 10 Eng
land Oftor Washington was elected Presi-
dentp
g. Mention the most prominent event OIL
President Folks Administration.
9, When and whore did BacOn's REBEL
ion occur, and was II iuStihablep
Z. What was the'Whiskoy Insurection2'
s, Mention two important events ol
President Iincoln's Administration.
o, In what year was Gen'l Grant re.elec.
ted President OF tho United StNtosp
10. Give short biographical sketch Of
Horace Greeley
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POENT PLEASANT, MASON C0UNI'YY. WEST VAR

ATToRNNEYs.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-02-08

ENGLAND's New CLIMATE.-The issue
of the New York Herald of Sunday last
contained pretended cable dispatch
from London, which, if true, conveys in.
formation of the most startling descrip-
ton. 1t states that the winter has been
one of unexampled severity, so that all
the papers are discussing the extraordi-
nary manifestations of nature, and grave.
ly disputing whether it has not been
caused by a DETECTION of the gulf stream
from the coast of England. If the de-
Election has taken place, the change of
climate will probably be so extreme, tho
dispatch says, that the English nation
will be compelled to emigrate en- massc,
possibly to America, possibly to some
other favored country. The publication
of this news, it is almost unnecessary to
say, is an exclusive enterprise of the
Herald. The nation will not embark for
our shores until the delicate negotiations
now pending on the subject between the
State Department at Washington and
her Majesty's government are satisfacto.
rily concluded. Inducements of Wild
lands will have to be offered to the
Queen and Lord Derby, as was done in the
case of the MennoniteS recently.
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The FENCE SToRY.-A man who
prided himself on his morality, and ex-
pected to be saved by it, was constantly
saying: II am doing pretty we'll on the
whole; l sometimes get mad and swear,
but then l am perfectly honest. l work
on Sunday when am particularly busy,
but I give good deal to the poor, and L
never was drunk in my life" This man
hired canny Scotchman to build fence
around his pasture lot. He gave him
very particular directions. In the even
ing, when the scotchman came in from
work, the man said: "Well, Jock, is the
fence built, and is it tight and strong?"
IT Gamma say it is all tight and strong,"
Jock replied, "but it is good average
fence, anyhow. Ifsome parts are little
week, other parts are extra strong. l
don't know but 1 may have left gap
here and there, yard or so wide; but
then 1 made up for it by doubling the
number of rails on each side of the gap.
dare say that tie cattle will find it Il
good fence on the whole, and will like it,,
though l Gamma just say that it is perfect
in every part" "Whatw cried the man,
not seeing the point, "do you tell me that
you built fence around my lot with
weak places and gaps in it? Why, you
might as we'll have built no fence at all.
If there is one opening or place where
an opening can be made, the cattle will
be sure to find it, and will all go through.
Don't you know man, that fence must
be perfect, or it is worthless ?" 81 used
to think so," said the dry Scotchman,
"but I hear you talk so much about
averaging matters with the Lord. it
seemed to me that we might try it with
the cattle. If an average fence will not
do for them, | am afraid an average
character will not do in the day ofjudg-
nlrnt"
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old flag. The spirit of rebellion is dead
and buried at the South; all they ask
now is breathing space, that they may
"get the hang" of the new order of things.
Not far from where l was living were to
be found the little headboards indicating
where thirty or forty Union soldiers were
laid aside to sleep the sleep that knows
no waking; and when Decoration Day
came round Southern maidens laid flow
ers upon these deserted graves-a sweet
womanly tribute, very touching in my
eyes.
The Two races do not affiliate socially,
nor is it desired by either The negro
does not enter white school or church.
He does not wish it. He prefers his own
way amid his own people. He accepts
help in the way of books and papers, and
if white speaker goes among them he
is listened to with respectful attention.
Mr.. Appleton Oaksmith has lectured for
them in aid of their school, and others
have done the same, which they we'll ap-
preciate, but they as rule keep to them
selves. The women are inclined to re-
gret the old times when Christmas brought
wholesome supply of new garments, and
the festival lasted twelve days instead of
one. and the "nurses" saw to the chill
dren, they having little care for them !;
but the colorcd man is proud of his citi-
zenship, and anxious to give his children
the benefits of more learning. Like the
whites, the colored people are mostly
Baptists and Methodists. They join the
churches very young, at twelve and four
teen, and are very rigid observers OF reli-
gion.
The people 6f the South are by no
means the fire eaters and madmen which
they figure in Northern papers. They
are restive under the fear of being de-
fraudcd of their votes, and it would be q
shame to them were it otherwise. am
not sure but we shall have to look to the
South for the preservation of the Consti-
tuition. They arc perfectly willing to
give the negro all his constituted rights,
but they do not like to have an inferior,
ignorant race put over them by Northern
bayonets, and it would be shame to
them if they were. Let them alone, and
they will adjust their own affairs in the
best way. They are simple-mlnded,
teachable, religious people. Their former
status has left them in the rear of pro-
grcss, but they arc advancing in the right
path, and they only need to be let alone,
or what is better, that the thousands of
unemployed workmen of our Northern
cities should go South and carry their in.
dustries with them, where they will find
mild winters, easy sustenance from land
and sea, and farms to be bought for a
mere song. Capital is wanted at the
South, but the white man is doing his
best. He works hard, even the women
going into the felds-the prejudice
against labor is much stronger at the
North than it is at the South. To me it
has often been quite touching to see per.
sons of both sexes meet the inevitable OF
toll with cheerful patience quite differ
ent from the sour noroseness and foolish
pride by which they are supposed TO meet
it.
Very respectfully,
elizabeth OAKS SMITH.
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- An educated young man went to
Mississippia few yearssinc His friends
were proud of him, and said be would be
heard in the world before many years.
They we're right; the young man beats o
gong at a railroad station.
A curious incident took place in
Paris. A drunken man, Philippe Bo-
chen, was staggering to his home in the
Rue St. jacques. AS he swung along,
taking the entire pavement, he ran afoul
of passenger. who, with an oath, dealt
him such a blow that he fell prostrate,
bathed in blood. Whilst the brutal as
sailant fed others ran to the aid
of the poor devil and took him to an
apothecarv's, whee, 10 and behold, they
discovered that a magnificent diamond,
evidently detached from the setting of 4
ring worn by tho assailant. had lodged
in tht cut pr0dutet by tile blow.