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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-06-18

or TWO before we go over to the So
cial. Iexpect to beat you all to
flinders, but you won't care"
"of course not, and ifI beat you
why you don't care" she replied.
"They sat down, and he claimed
the first move. She at once objected,
but when he began to get red in the
face she yielded and he led off. AT
the fourth move she took.a man and
chuckled as she raked him in.
IL don't see anything to grin at"
he sneered, as he moved Imam back.
ward.
"Here, you can't move that way"
she called out.
II. can't, eh? Perhaps / never
played checkers before you were
born"
shesaw chance to jump two more
men and gave in the point, but as
she moved, he cried out:
"Put them right back there! /
have concluded not to move back
wards even if Hoyle does permit it,"
She gave in again, but when he
jumped a man her nose grew red,
and she cried out:
81 didn't mean to move there, /
was thinking Of the social"
Cant help the social, Martha; VIC
must play according to Hoyle."
In about two minutes she jumped
two men and went into the king
row, shouting;
Grown himl crown himl I've got q
kinglp
!, Zone would think by your child
ishsactions that you never played a
game before" he growled out.
II know enough to beat you," she
retorted.
HDo' you, Ell? Some people are
awful smart"
"And some folks are awful FOOLS"
she snapped, as the king captured
another man.
"Nhat in thunder are you jump.
ing that way for?'
ga king can jump any way?'
"No he can't"
eyes, he can"
"Don't talk back, to me, Martha
Grattan! I was playing checkers
when you were in the cradle~
81 don't care, I can jump two. men,
whichever way you move" ).
He looked down on the. board and
saw that such was the case and roar
ed out:
"You have moved twice to my
once"
81 havn't."
"I'll take my oath you have. |
can't play against such blackleg
practices"
"Who's a blackleg? You not only
cheated, but you tried to lie about it
also"
Board and checkers fell between
them. He could get on his hat
quicker than she could find her bon.
net, and that was the only reason
why he got out of the house first. A
Woodward avenue grocer found him
sitting on a basket of cranberries at
tie door as he was closing up for the
night, and asked him if he was not
waiting for his wife to come along.
SWELL, not exactly; / stopped here
to feel in my pocket for the key Of
the barn. / shall sleep on the hay
tonight, and see if it won't cure the
cold in my head"
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In every walk Of life the present
mania and its attendant ills have
taken a deep-a dangerously deep
root. Some ladies on the south side
have undertaken to make two thous,
and calls in two thousand quarter
hours. A boy on the west side was
rescued from the pantry wher he was
trying to eat three thousand quarter
pies in three thousand quarter hours.
His mouther showed him no quarter,
and he got no sympathy from his sis
ters and his cousins and his aunts.
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DIR. S. G. SHAW.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, tenders his pro.
fesSional services the public Calls promptly at
tended To- Office, cor Main and ID streets, opposite
the old Presbyterian church. tapril 5, is7o-iy
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FISHER a. HOGG.

A ttorneys and Counselors ut Law, Pon, Plea.
a SAINT, West Virginia, Practice in the Circuit and
County Courts Of Mason, Putnam and jackson coun.
ies in the State Supreme Court Of Appeals and in the
Virginia. na-otce with Henry J, Fisher Sr, ,rctired
jan 8, IS7o-iy
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JOHN w. ENGLISH.

ttorney ut Law, will practice in the Courts of Ma.
n son, Putnam and Jackson and in the Court Of Ap-
peas Of West Virginia Address Point Pleasant Mason
county, West Virginia. Lian 8, Is70-Iy
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A valuable hint comes from Eng
land as tohow young ladies may cast
their bread upon the waters. A
bachelor died theresecently, and left
his property to the thirty women
whshad tetusedhis matrimonialofers
He said in his will that to their re.
fusal he owed the peace he had enjoy
ed during life. sa
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JAMES w. HoGE. JAMES B. MESAGER.
HOGE & MENAGER.

a the Circuit and County Courts Of Mason county,
West Virginia. Address James W. Hoge, Winfield,
Putnam county, West Virginia, or James b. Menager,
Point Pleasant, Mason county, West Virginia.
jan 8, is7o-Iy
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yEIat Cahaed FanlIy IEouble.

Up tothree evenings ago such q
thing as a checker board was not
known in Mr.. Grattan's house He
and hisageds partner had managed
topass the long evenings very pleas,
lantly, and he supposed they were
happy enough until friend from
the East paid them a flying visit
and,asserted Overland overagain that
the game of checkers was not only
theragethere, bntthat itseryed to
quicken theVperceptive faculties, en-.
large the mind and make The, brain
more active. After giving the sub.
.jest' due thought, Mr.. Grattan walk.
ID down soRnapd pdpurchased 4 check
ef besrd ana Ehaa 5iiEaHs hA
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PHYSICIANS.
C, oAnrrnELL s hoy.

Dhysicians, Surgeons aud Dermat to legists, ten.
l der their professional services to the people Of
Point Pleasant and vicinity Calls promptly responded
to at all hours, day or night, Office in Mrs. VolertS
house, where one Of US will be found at all times.
june 4, IS79-iy
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G. 7. SIMPSON. II. r.. HOWARD.
SIMPSON 6 HOWARD.

A ttorneys at Law, Point Pleasant, West Virginia,
u Practice in the United States District Court, Su.
preme Court Of Appeals and circuit courts Of the 9TH
Judicial District, Olhce in court house. jan 8, 70
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Secret societies.
ATTORNEYS.
VIM. A, DENNIS,

VIM. A. DENNIS,
ttorney at Law, Point Pleasant, Wes, Virginia,
a will practice in the Courts Of Mason and adjoining
counties June tt-Iy.
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CHAs. w. phelps.

CHAs. W. PHELPS,
ttorney Mt Law and Notary Public, Point
a Pleasant, West Virginia Special attention given
to collections and remstances promptly made.
Imarch S-Iy.
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KNIGHT l. COUCH,

A ttorneys ut Law, will practice in the counties Of
a Mason and Putnam. Address L. b. Knight, at
Point Pleasant, West Virginia DG-Alr. Couch Is No.
tary Public for Mason county. Ijan 8, IS7o-Iy
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A pretty girl won a musket at a
lottery, When they gave it to her
sheasked, "Dontthey give a soldier
with i2p .<t
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The farriertmay be slow, but he j.
sliuer,
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The Weekly Register,
Published Ever, Wednesday Morning, Sy
GEORGE w. TIPPETT,
Terms efsnbscriptlon.
EDITOR AND PRoPRIEroR.

Iiee t.liiI. steIt.'s lloel En.ranes on AIaIa s..
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Just the Settlers We Want.

We give below an extract from a
letter " ritten by a Kentucky lady to
us, which, we hope, will be carefully
read and treasured by those who sit
down and NOPE and dishearten their
husbands, making their homes uncom.
Portable. Good for old Kentucky.
Send us some more such women, we
will take all you cav spare. She
says; gln4s - eE - & @GiH
I have engaged in gardening this
fall and. if I am successful, will write
several pieces for your paper, which
might at least prove of benefit to
some of the ladies here who are dis
contented and suffering from e,aaaati,
simply because they will not interest
themselves in anything of that kind.
am a Kentuckian, from Lexing-
ton, and my husband brought me
here two years ago, as the last hope
OF regaining my health, having sui.
fered from asthma for twenty-five
years, and going rapidly in decline.
I have not had a sick day since we
came here ana my health is simply
perfect which l attribute entirely to
living mostly out of doors. I have
the entire charge of our grove and
have out quite large vegetable gar
den onehalf acre of. English pease
(now in bloom) one. and zone: halt
acres of onions, same OF strawber.
ries and ot,,,,er things in proportion,
besides a large number OF chickens
and turkeys. Of course 4 am quite
enthusiastic over Florida anu ~ az
determined to have one OF the hand
soonest places in the States "N
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Nap OF Orange COrl..L.

Thanks to the kindness of Messrs.
Way 6 Osborne, OF Sanford, we have
map of Orange county hanging up
in our Office, and which we find very
useful. This map is the work of Mr..
e. r. Trafford, OF Orange county, and
gives the townships, roads, lakes, and
rivers, creeks and the location of the
towns and villages. Every person
in the county should have one hang
ing up in his house. Messrs. Way
& Osborn have them for sale.
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or two in cassava or arrowroot, which
they make by the use of such mills.
Cassareepe and CaSsava.

A gentleman of this county In
formed us that he made an attempt
to make cassareepe, according to our
receipt, from the cassava juice, but
that after boiling some time it turned
to syrup, and it was SO nice that he
and his children.set to work and eat
it up on bread. He had made cassa-
recipe without knowing it, that syrup
was the cassareepe sauce and had he
put a few tablespoonfuls in stewed
meat with plenty OF red pepper ne
would have had the famed pepper
pot of the tropics. 1t'E
We saw it mentioned, some time
back, in one of our exchanges that
starch could be made all the year
round from cassava and arrowroot'
This is erroneous. They should be
planted in March, April and even
May, and do not begin to make starch
bulbs until August and are not ripe
enough to manufacture before No
vember. It is easy enough to tell
when the bulb is fit to manufactures
by grating a small quantity and sqeez-
ing out the juice, if it is Of q blue
color there is very little starch, and
must be allowed to remain a
little longer, but if the juice is red
dish the bulb is then at full maturity
and should be manufactured at once.
If kept too long the starch will turn
to sugar, as in the case Of sweet pc
tatoes which get sweeter by being
kept. r
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Work for January.

AS the time is approaching for the
planting Of early vegetables for the
northern market, it is necessary that
those who intend to enter on this in.
dustry should have their lands prop
erly prepared, for without good cult
walton no profit can be expected.
Where the materials exist on the
farm for making manure great saw
ing may be effected, but if CONNER.
cial fertilizers have to be purchased
the precaution should be taken in
writing for them to state what crops
they are intended for, as the fer
tilizer that will be beneficial to one
plant, may show no good results
when applied to another.
The vegetables that prove most re-
munerative to ship, are English pease,
snap-beans, cucumbers and tomatoes,
these are the standard crops, although.
if you have a good agent to sell them
for you, small lots OF radishes, egg
plants, etc., will bring good prices at
times. 1t is not every variety of
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The South illustrated.

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of the kind ever issued. Contains
III pages, so engravings and letters
from we'll known gentlemen, north
and South, showing how northern
settlers are received. The South for
invalids. The South for farmers.
Every northern man should read it
carefully. Descriptions of planta-
tions for sale. Fifty views of south
ern scenery. Every southern man
should have it. Mailed, postpaid, for
four three cent stamps. Address,
Geo. H. Chapill, publisher, 257
Washington Street, Boston, Mass
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Homestead Final Proof.

To save time and expense to home
steaders, who wish to make final
proof, and who must first publish no.
tice of their intention thereof, we
would state, that we are authorized
by the proper officials Of the United
States Land Office at Gainesville, to
receive on deposit, the amount re-
CURED, four dollars, go to cover the
expense of such publication; and we
will be pleased to give all the aid
and information in our power, to ex-
pedit e the business.
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Agricultural Implements and Ma
chinery.

We advise those interested in farm.
ing to send to A. B. Cohu's, see ad-
vertisement, for his catalogue. We
see many things in it that would be
of great advantage if introduced into
the State. Among them, a yucca
(cassava) crater, we'll adapted to the
manufacture ofarrowroot and cassava,
on a small scale. With one of these ma.
chimes every family could manufac-
ture few hundred dollars worth of
starch, sufficient to keep them going
while the orange grove was growing.
Many families in the West Indies de-
rive their sole support from an acre
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Agricultural Societies.

Florida Fruit Growers Associations DIR.
J. C. Kenworthy, pres, Jacksonville; D.
Ii. Elliot sec Live Oak; D. s, Place, cor.
sec., Waldo. .t i.
New Smyrna Agricultural and Fruit
Growers SOciety.-Dr. j. M. Hawks. pres;
NJ. B. Rolf and NJ. Lewis, vice-pres'ts.; w.
S. Hart, sec. and treas.
Orange Ridge Agricultural and Immi-
grafton Society.-Dr. B. 3. Bennett, pres.;.
John Cannon, Sec; j. Y. Parce, cor. sec.
DeLand. Volusia Co. Weekly neetangs
Lake George Fruit Growers Associa-
Island |: Judge A. B. Bartlett, vice-pres.,
Georgetown; w. P. Wright, Esq, vice
V yiee.ures.. Seville; K. II. Manviile, ESD,
sec, Lake George; Rev. I. Hind, cor. sec..
Georgetown; S. U. Hammond. ESQ.,, treas;
Fort Gates.
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The Southern Planter and Farmer

For December is on our table, ana
we findtita good number The. The llssaa--
ing article on "Green Fallow Crops,
Animal Manures and Commercial
Fertilizers" by Dr. Ellzey, the editor
of the Stock Department, is OF vital
interest to all farmers. The Doctor
has also valuable articles on "Sheep
Husbandry" and many other interest
ing subjects. Reports of farmers
clubs, and other articles by prominent,
practical farmers, make The Planter
most valuable farmers paper. We
commend it to the attention of our
farmers. Published at Richmond,
Va. Price, $500 a year.
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THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.

pease or beans that can be planted
for a profitable return; you must con-
suit others, and find which are best.
Mr.. ]. e. Hart, seedman of Jackson.
vile, has been supplying the vege-
table growers ofC Columbia andAIachua
county for some years, and as exper-
fence has taught them, in those
counties, which are the most remun-
erative, the demand for those varieties
enables Mr.. Hart to know just what
is wanted, and we feel assured that if
others will just place themselves in
his hands and say what they require
he will be able to give good advice,
and fill the order to the best advan-
tage. We give this advice ourselves,
as we have SO often seen people write
for seed that were perfectly unsuited
to the climate, for what will thrive
best in certain parts of the north may
not be the best here. The round
pod Valentine, for snap-beans, and
Mohawk are considered the most
profitable; plant in rows two feet
apart, and put your seed three inches
deep and six inches apart. Snap
beans bring handsome prices when
sent to market early. Growers lose
money by continuing to ship after
the prices have ceased to be renum-
erative, better keep the beans and
pease and save them for seed. We
will give further advice as the crop
progresses, about picking, packing
and shipping. In this part of the
State we do not think that there is
any risk in planting in January; after
the cold snap of Christmas passes
over we seldom have any more cold
weather to do injury.
Irish potatoes do we'll if planted in
the early part of the month, they Of
ten bring a good price in the State in
April, but it is too early to ship them
north, as they come IN contact with
Bermuda potatoes, unless you car
grow them superior to the Bermudas
All sorts of vegetables for the house
and home market can be planted this
month. tse5 rs
Prune grape vines, and set out al
kind of fruit trees. Sow pepper
tomato, and eggplant seeds in hot
frames or in boxes. We have egg
plants now bearing heavily =.
This is good time to plant fig cut
tings; take them long and put in the
whole length except about two inches
above ground. Sow Guinea grass
seed. House Stops, thrown arount
Japan plums, is the best fertilizer VIZ
have tried. We have not lost one
planted in common, sandy soil, no
even mulched during the summer
They remained, just living and show
ing no signs of growing, but immed
lately we applied the slop they starte'
off on vigorous growth.
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A Convention Of those interested
in the improvements Of the st. Johns
bar will be held in Jacksonville on
the 7th inst. All interested are m
vited to attend. sfj '{stt
One hundred and ninety hands are
employed about the mills in Ocala
and about fifty on the orange groves
in the vicinity of The town. This
tells the story of Ocala's. growth p
Banner. ~
DIR. z. II. Mason has found in his
grove twin orange. The dividing
line between the two is distinct, yet
they are completely joined having an
oblong form.-ApopEa Citizen.
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A Happy New Year
TO ALL.
important Notice.

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continued. Is b.
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To Correspondents.

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scope of this paper are solicited.
We cannot promise to return rejected
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ALI Recommendations intended publica-
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information Wanted. i

Editor of The Florida Agriculturist:
/ saw, some time since, in some
paper, and / think in The FLoRI DA
AGRICULTURIs a communication
from some gentleman on Indian river
saying that certain parties had 'aetted
from $40 to S26.50 from their lime
trees. Now will they please tell hosc
they managed it, whether from fruit
or lime juice, and where they mar
keted? Your article on '"Carp" for,
stocking our lakes hits the nail on the
heal. We want just that fish If it
will thrive in this latitude. How
can we ,.cqrt, by spawn or try? Let
us agitate tn; thing until we settle
it one way or al other. 100 ,.
zsoin Lakes, De- 20, 1879.
Editosof The Florida Aerfet1s2tA IT. Z -
We would like SOME on. VINO
knows something about the Tam Eer'
Inc Inc orange to give us some inform, =
tlon about the planting, bearing,
and how it compares with
Inc Florida Seeding, HAZARD.
Lake Easfis, Dec. 1871, 1879. |
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DECEMBER 81

Fort was sung as a wind up. Miss
Mollie Terry entertained the assemblage
with a well delivered recitation and
Master Sammy Jordan favored them
with an excellent song.
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LOCAL INTELLIGENC E.

The following verses were written by
an Orange county editor to young lady
of DeLand
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