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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-04-13

DON'T GO WHERE Your LOVE LIES DREAM
ING but go to any cigar store restaurant and ask
for WH1rLocK MODEL CIGARS, and dream the
happy hours away by yourself 1t will pay better IN
ha long rln
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-04-13

To ONE AND ALL.-Are you suffering from
cough, cold, asthma, bronchitis, or any of the va
rous pulmonary troubles that so often terminate In
consumption? If so, use W1LBoK'S PURE COD
LIVER OIL AND LIME "A safe and ctiicacious
remedy. This is qiack preparation, but Is regu-
larly prescribed by the medical faculty. Manufac-
,ured only by A. 8. WILBOR, Chemist, Boston.
Sold By all druggists.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-04-13

Weaso do all kinds Of BINDING and RULING.
Orders from the country promptly filed and de
ivered by express or mail.
We will chccrfuy furnish estiQases and se.d
samrles when required mh 12-h.Sw.&w
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06
INC Value ofaNose.

American girls will learn with i'm
terest the value Of a French girls
nose has just been judicially placed
at one thousand dollars. Some time
ago a Paris omnibus horse became
risky, there was collision, a wind
ow was smashed, and passenger, "a
young medoiselle, received some of
the broken glass in her face. 1t was
at first thought the hurts were tri-
fling, and her parents declined the
profered service of the omnibus conf
pany's doctor. But the scratches did
not heal as they were expected TO-,
and the girls father brought suit
against the company, alleging that
her nose had been permanently mar
red, and this seriously diminished
her prospect Of establishment in life
lin other words Of getting a hus-
band. He Obtained two hundred
dollars on the first trial and one
thousand OH the second.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06
The Philosophy Of Strikes.

"Whoro are you going with the
puppies, my little mani" asked a
gentleman of small boy yesterday
whom he met with three pups in
basket.
Coin to drown them," was there,
ply.
II want a pup for my little boy to
play with; what do you say to let
me take one of themp
"I'll sell You one" spoke up The
. boy in true American enterprise,
"I'll sell you this yellow one fol
half dollar, the black one for rs cents
and the spotted one for dollar"
81 like the spotted one best, but
You ask too much for it. You in
tended drowning all Of them, but III
give you twenty FIVE cents and saw
you the trouble of drowning the spot
ted one."
Twenty five cents for that spotted
pup" exclaimed the boy; 81 can
stand it; taxes is high, rent is high
groceries is high; oil is down and go
ing lower-oh, no; 1 can't afford t.
take less than q dollar"
"But you intend to drown"
take the black one for seventy
five cents"
"My little boy wouldn't like tn
black one"
"Take the yellow one at a half.do'
lar, and he's dog cheap"
az don't like his color"
"Well, then you'd better tell you
little boy to play with his. toes" an
he continued on his way to the rive
"No party can dead beat his way o
me these hard times"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06
Poultry Hints.

Iron nails thrown into tho drink.
ing water will make good tonic for
the fowls,
A London editor says that the hens
don't do near the damage in gar,
den that women do throwing sticks
at them.
In onion is strength for fowls, ac-
coraing to the Poultry World. Chop
fine and feed three times a week, us
many as will be eaten clean.
Where waste fish can readily be OBJ.
tanned they make a valuable food,
when boiled and fed, but do not feed
too literally, or yon may cause your
birds to "scour" badly,
While all breeders like to have and
to breed "heuvy weights" and custo'
mers buying breeding turkeys all call
for large birds, it is a fact that, for
market purposes, moderate sized, and
even small turkeys command n moro
ready sale than do large ones,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06
His wife Did Go .In.r

lie had returned with his wife
from a summer vacation at the sea-
side, and he stood in front Of the
house giving a friend a graphic &C.
count Of the seasons pleasures.
event in bathing every day." he
exclaimed, enthusiastically.
"Ahl" responded the friend. "Wife
go in, too2o
ooh, yes, every day" said the re-
turned vacationist.
"can heswim2" queried the friend
with some interest.
mo, she can't" was the reply
"she tried and tried TO learn, but
somehow, she didn't get the hang Of
it. She said she couldn't get the
right kick, and let her think that
was the reason, but the fact was"-
and here he looked up at the house,
and sunk his voice to a hoarse aspi-
ration-"the fact was, she couldn't
keep her mouth shut long enough to
take four strokes before she'd have
some silly remark to make, when
kerswash-she'd swallow a whole
wave, and go plumb to the bottom"
and the husband winked rapidly as
the scene was recalled to mind, and
went into the house chuckling with
pleasure.
But he hadn't noticed a woman's
face peering out of the curtains of q
raised window. The acquaintance
saw the front door open quickly, saw
hand reach out and grab the sea-
side boarder by the collar, saw the
heels of that individual crack his
back as he shot through the door,
which slammed behind his vanish
ishing form, heard a wild and stitied
noise, as of human body being
hauled over hot rack and banged
against a wall, and heard a mufiled
voice like unto that of an enraged
woman say:
"Take that back and I'll let you
up, you wall-eyed yahoo!"
And the acquaintance, with a
countenance of wonder and alarm,
passed on; rubbing his head in a
bewildered manner.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06

FALL PIoueHINe,-This subject
has often been treated, with various
opinions to the effect of moving the
soil in the fall, subjecting it to the
action Of the frost before seeding with
a spring crop, But the difference of
opinion has arisen from difference of
conditions. The great advantage of
fall ploughing arises from the pull
-yerizing effect Of frost; but if the soil
is high and sandy, it needs compac-
ting rather than pulyerizing, and is
thus better ploughed in spring. In
discussing the different modes of cul-
tiyating land, farmers should always
take into consideration all the cir
cumstances, and the writers on agri'
cultural practice should state all the
points likely to effect the result.
This is SO often neglected as to lead
TO disappointment when the plac.ice
is adopted under new conditions
The reasons for fall plowing have
often been misunderstood, and the
practice misapplied. Bearing in
mind that it is intended to assist in
the pulverization ofstiff soils by the
action OF frost, itfollows that the soil
should not be wet or saturated with
water through winter, for this would
prevent the expected action of the
frost. If the land is heavy and lies
nearly level, it should be plowed into
burrows by turning two burrows to-
gether, which leaves quite a dead
furrow between each two ridges to re-
ceive the water, and these ridges will
be penetrated by the frost, and so
pulverized that when the ridge is
split by a large double mouldboard
pillow in the spring, laying it over
each way into the furrow; the land
will be level and work up mellow for
a seed bed.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06

RAISING CALVES BY HAND.-In
reply to a question as to the best
way to bring up calves by hand, the
editor of an exchange gives his own
experience and practice. He allowed
the calf to suck for four or five days,
until the meconium had passed off
after which nothing but SKINNED
milk was given, on which the call
grew well and maintained good con,
dition; while many of his neighbors
who thought skinned milk too poor,
and gave their calves milk direct from
the COWS, often suffered its conse.
quence, losing more or less from stag,
gers, the stomach, after death, reveal
ing its engagement with caked
milk. Doubtless the result was
partly due to the rapid swallowing;
had the animal drawn the milk from
the tcats, it would not as often have
been fatal. Possibly in some cases
skinned milk does not contain a
sufficient quantity Of nourishment
tosupport the animal; wethen should
add u little oatmeal or linseed, but
care should DO taken not to give too
much stimulating food
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06
He Understood.

Whom the black clouds gathered in
the North and betokened the com
ing of n thunder storm, a citizen Of
Detroit who was coming down on a
Jefferson avenue car, remarked to an
elderly man beside him:
"a storm is pretending"
"HeyH" inquired the other.
~ say there are tokens of storm, y
continued the first.
"HeyP" was the brisk inquiry
again.
appearances indicate storml
exclaimed the citizen, triao en-
barrassed,
"IIey2" What did you say about
n storm indicator" queried the other
"There's going to be a thunder
STORM" shouted the citizen, dropping
his big words all of sudden.
"Ahl Now | understand" said the
old mao; "going to be a thunder
storm, Well, what do you want me
to do about ilH"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06

WoKR1NG CoLTs,-A great many
horses are spoiled while young; that
is, they sustain injuries in various
ways;which.in after life, render them
more or less useless. These injuries
are-(requently caused by carelessness,
but more frequently by ignorance on
the part of the person who has the
care of them. One great cause Of in
jury originates in working them
when too young. Many think that
as soon as q colt has attained sufi-
cient size, it is in condition to go
to work, and is accordingly put to
the test. In some cases this will an.
swer, but not often, for it is not the
size of the horses altogether that
shows it is in fit condition to work,
but other things must be taken into
consideration as well. The frame of
a colt when young is in the same
condition as that Of child. The
bones are, to a more or less extent,
cartilaginous, consequently any con-
slant strain, unnatural position or
other improper movement, will tend
to distort or derange the framework;
AMI when this framework is deran-
ged, the colt is damaged to a great
extent.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06

A New York farmer has invented
II felt horse shoe, The invention is
not new. Years and years ago a
man discovered a felt horse shoe by
fcclingaround the animals hind fcct
lie felt II TOO much.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06

"Ma," said a little four.year.old,
al saw something run across tho
kitchen floor this morning without
legs. What do you think it WASP"
The mother guessed various lcgless
worms and things, and then gave IT
up; when the little fellow said; "Why,
Ma, IL was water"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06

A clergyman who had just per-
formed a wedding ceremony and was
filing out blank description of the
parties, asked the husband what'his
business was 81 am a wine mer-
chant and a shoemaker" was the re-
ply. eyes," chimed in the bride,
$50 you can just set him down as a
sherry cobbler"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06

1t is an open question, we believe,
whether Josoph's coat was spelled
and striped like q wagon.painter's
overallS, or SOwod in squares and dia.
monds like prize bed quilt,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06
Learn 10 Save.

The first thing to be learned in the
art Of getting along in the world, is
to save.
A boy who is earning fifty cents,
seventy.fve cents, or dollar day,
should managoto save a portion OF
it if possible. Ifhecan lay by only %
cents a week, lot him save that
1t does not amount to much it is,
true; it is only thirteen dollars year.
but it is worth saving. 1t is better
saved than wasted; better saved than
fooled away for tobacco or beer, or any
other worthless or useless article or
object.
But the best thing about it is that
the boy who saves thirteen dollars a
year on very small salary acquires
a habit of taking care of money
which will be Of the utmost value to
him.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06

Go slow, young man, in everything
you do, unless you have a chance to
mash fly,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06

Every married man thinks he has
secured the woman with an iron jaw.
Now, why is this9
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06

A woman does more hard work in
putting up clothes line than man
would in building a telegraph line
four miles long, and when we come
to consider that she has to toll with
out profanity, a new lustre gathers
about the name of woman, that
three hours lecture after eleven pm
can never eface.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06

That of which proud people are
often the prOudOst is their pride,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06

This is the last rose of summer, as
the man said when he got out of bed
on the morning of August 3lst.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06

We have seen considerable mud
died English in our time, but the fol-
lowingwhich We tindin an exchange
seems to us entitled to the PALM
"Ifthe gentleman who keeps the
shoe.shop with the red head will re-
turn the umbrella of the young lady
with whalebone ribs and an iron
handle to the slate.roofed grocer's
shop, he will hear of something to
his advantage; as the same is the
gift of a deceased mother now no
more with the name engraved upon
IL
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06

The religious papers of England
are discussing the momentous ques,
ton, "0ught clergyman to wear
mustaches?" We think as cold
weather comes on, they should, and
on days of extreme severity they
might add pair of trousers and a
thick vest.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06

Nothing keeps man from being
rich like thinking he has enough;
nothing from knowledge and wisdom
like thinking he has both.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06
MISCELLANEOUS.
BARBER.
Ed. Huskins,

d ESPECTFULLY DESIRES TO CALL
IN the attention Of the citizens Of Point
Pleasant and vicinity, 10 the fact that no
has opened q NEAT, CLEAN and TASTY
BARRIER SHOP, IN Shrcwsbury's Build.
ing, Main street, whore ho Ia prepared TO
do shaving, hair cutting, shampooing, In
the highest style Of the art, have been
with you ten years, and In the future M
in the past, will spare no pains to please
my customers. feb, 21-ti.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06

A Tennessee weather prophet
bucks up tho others in predicting a
hard winter The pcrsimmon crop
is heavy and wild geese are flying
both ways.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06

An old lady, remarkable for her
confused ideas of the meaning of
words, describes a clear summer eve.
ming thus; ut was a beautiful bright
night, and the moon made every
thing as light as a cork"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06

The difference between an execu'
toner and a pugilist is simply this:
The former dcvotes himself to taking
heads off men and the latter to put
ting heads on them.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06

The man who can hum hymn
while joining stove pipe, is good
enough to walk right into full mem.
bcrship of any church without pro-
baton.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-11-06

A Texas man got mad because Il
waiter handed him a napkin the
other day. He said he "reckoned he
know'd when to use a han'kercher
without having no hints thrown out. .
Connecticut western news., 1878-09-19
The Fruit Crop.

The August returns of the Agricultu- ral Department show 8 general decline in the condition of the various fruit crops. The extreme heat prevailing in all sections dnring July, together with excessive moisture in some portions of the country, injured both the quality and the quantity of yield, while heavy storms of wind, rain and hail greatly reduced the stock of fruit left upon the trees, and still further injured it's quality. The low condition of the region around Chesa- peake Bay is still a marked feature in the returns. Very few insect injuries are noted.
 AppIes.-The highest promise of this crop still remains in New England, where all the States are above the average, and all except Maine show an improved con- dition. All of the Middle States except Delaware, all of the South Atlantic and Gulf States except Texas, and all the States of the Mississippi Valley except Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri show Q condition below that of July, as also does California.
 Peaches.- crop shows falling off in condition from the July reports in nearly all the States. The only States that are up to the average are Texas, 105; Tennessee, 1O9; Illinois, 102 i; Kansas, 105, and Nebraska, 121.
 Grapes. hot weather of July was injurious to this crop, as is shown in the depressed averages of all the States. Even the vigorous scuppernong of the South succumbed in many places to an unfavorable season. The only States showing full average are Flori- da, 1O5; Texas, 112; Tennessee, 102, and Kansas, 100,
Connecticut western news., 1878-09-19
HoW to Can Tomatoes.

To can tomatoes, they are just sufi- ciently steamed, not cooked, to scald or loosen the skiny and are then poured on tables and the skin removed, care being taken to preserve the tomato in as solid a state as possible. After being peeled, they are placed in large pans, with false bottoms perforated with holes, so as to strain off the liquid that emanates from them. From these pans they are care fully placed by hand into the cans, which are filled as solidly as possible other words, all are put in that the can will hold. They are then put through the usual process, and dramatically sealed. You can seal up tomatoes, only for win ter use, in one-gallon stone jars that are small at the top, prepared just the same as for glass. Leave off the covers, seal with melted rosin, adding little tallow. Try it on piece of cloth if too brittle, add more tallow, and vice versa. Gut 8 paper also for the top of the jar, just so it will come over the edge, and dip a piece of thick cloth into the rosin, only upon one side, spread over the jar and tie down; now with a spoon dip and spread on the hot rosin until entirely covered, pressing down the sides with the hands dipped in cold water.
Connecticut western news., 1878-09-19
The Connecticut COrn-Bug.

A Connecticut paper says that MT. Ii. F. Bassett, of Waterbury, whom it re- gards as an authority on chronological subjects, has examined specimens of the corn-bug, and finds that it is not new insect, by any means. It IS a beetle known as Euryon1i0 I1ad0. He says |: "Of one thing the farmer may rest as- sured-the beetle in question will not eat his corn after it gets hard. It is not a new insect, and even If its ravages are as great as represented there is very lit- tie reason to fear that it will be trouble some in the future, as it's habits as de- structive insect have till now, failed to attract much attention. Every ento- mologist knows that occasionally 8 rare and obscure insect will appear in pro- digious numbers for one season, and then almost or quite disappear for many years. When such swarms appear, they are often forced by hunger to feed upon what ln ordinary cases they would not touch. If the new food plant happens to be a cultivated one, the agriculturist naturally looks upon the insect as new and destructive pest. The poor insect has in such cases to bear the sins of the whole insect world and even more. All the smut, mildew, rot, blight, or what ever may touch the farmers crops, are the work of the one 'blarsted bug The injury to the grass land is probably done by the larvae of some one of our many species of click or spring beetles, or by the grub or worm which in its per feet state is known as tipula-a long, legged, slender, two-winged fly, which is often called daddy long-legs.' Of the tipula there are many species, and they otten do great damage to grass lands
Connecticut western news., 1878-09-19
THE SOUTHERN PESTILENCE.
A PICTURE OF NEW ORLEANS.

Canal street, the Broadway of New Orleans, is the only thoroughfare that presents anything like an appearance of life. Even here the showing at it's best is sombre enough. It is much as though shadowed with a veritable pail. The large and fashionable stores are almost wholly bereft of their customers. The few remaining clerks are lounging list lessly about, gloomy and dejected, and sadly in want of something to do. There is no fashionable crowd, nobody in want Of fashionable goods. The throngs of well-dressed ladies have all disappeared. They have given place to women singly or in couples. The women are sober and thoughtful; they are almost invaria bly, in plain attire, and far too frequent, alas they are seen in mourning. They are upon the street evidently because of a necessity rather than from choice they may want few articles of need, possi- ply something in black. The men are not in crowds nor in hurry There are no longer any groups of idlers at the street corner. Every one that is able, seemingly, carries an umbrella. It is not that the air is hot it is, on the con- trary, decidedly cool. There is none the less a scorching sun. Its ray just now are considered as peculiarly dan gerous. There are also frequent and dashing showers. One has dread of ;o of every crossing. There is no jostling, no loud talking, no show of any hustle.
 The people-they are but few and scattered, at most-pass along soberly and quietly. The street is the general centre for all of the various lines of street cars. Everybody, from no matter what part of the city, is put out here. No one thinks just now of walking who can pay for ride. The cars withal have but few passengers. They come and go with their accustomed regularity, but they come and go comparatively empty. The people, as is evident, save of stern necessity, remain at home. They are not to be seen most certainly even upon O%htsA oo4CCO 11O4O U11C bfChuO of all others, too, for the fashionable drives. There are none of the usual fancy turnouts to be met. There can be no driving for pleasure under the sba- dows of pestilence. The one thing which casts the final gloom is the appearance of the long and well-nigh continuous lines of funeral processions. Canal street is the thoroughfare leading to the prin- cipal city cemeteries. From the turn ings at the various cross streets the dread cavalcades of death are almost constantly filing in. They turn the col ners from every quarter; they wind their long and sinuous way-the silent march of the dead-so many shadowy spectres, beckoning all in their train. Every one looks instinctively, with bated breath every one sees and recognizes the token every one asks of himself, who's turn next?
 There is no mistaking the fact that the times are dark and gloomy. The people are under the shadow of the angel of death"