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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-11-26

"a dfsdock physician going i1
totake.a drink.
~, How'd Epltdisylss PM
less'than you earn.
A mince-pie at bed time is the
shortest route TO the menagerie.
This is the season for buckwheat
cakes.
Watch for the stars, tomorrow
night.
The Marietta wharf-boat is here to
be docked.
Will our business houses be closed
tomorrow.
Lucky is the man who has a we'll
filled coal house.
Merchants are preparing for their
Christmas goods.
We now have a fair sample of old
fashioned winter.
Who owns the biggest porker? is
nov the question.
Young people should not use slang,
particularly the girls.
Henry McDermitt has our thanks
for an Is! pound turkey.
Ladies, remember that lamp oil
will ruin sewing machines.
Some valuable property is adver.
tised for sale, in this paper.
Pork packing will not be carried
on in this place this season.
County Court still goes or, but will
probably adjourn this week.
Hunters complain Of the scarcity
Of game, particularly rabbits.
This town was visited by heavy
snow storm, Wednesday night. 49,.
The man in business who neglects
to advertise, is away behind the age.
Some one tried to burglarize Mr..
WI. Aliens store, Wednesday night.
The price Of coal oil advanced last
week in Pittsburgh about 20 per cent.
We defy competition in the job
printing line. Try us,
Patronize home institutions if they
can do your work.
1t is thought that at least one. third
more wheat has been sown this year
than last.
Any man pays too much for his
whistle, when he has to wet it ff-
teen or twenty times a day.
The coal boom, at this place, "bus-
ted" last week We now get that
article at more reasonable figures.
Some thief stole y shirt and pair
ofpants from Mr.. S. P. Nutter, Sat.
urday night.
Some five or six miners will be put
to work in the coal bunk just opened
near this place.
Mr.. Jim Polslcy is erecting some
out buildings on his lot, in the up
per end Of town.
We have a key, picked up on the
street, which the owner can have by
calling at this office.
Twenty-four SHOWS are predicted
'oF this winter. Won't the boys and
girls have a good time?
The steamers Mt. Glare and Mo
COCK have made arrangements to 60
0" dock in few days.
You can get a No 1 Overcoat at
elIverman e. Sons for a very little
money Call and see them.
1t is truly refreshing TO hear the
whistle of the larger Steamboats, as
'ncy pass up and down the river.
Every man in the county should
take his county paper. The price Of
"'nrn of corn, or ham of meat, will
pay for it year.
The dance at the Kline House last
friday night, passed off pleasantly.
ASoodly number were in attendance.
Head Cables advertisement offer
ing special Inducements to purcha-
SGrs
oOF correspondents are reminded
wa. we reserve the right to cut from
'"eiF communications, all objection
able matter.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-11-26

A fine assortment of Cloaks and
Dolmans can be found at Miss Mat
tie jones'; also q fine assortment of
stylish and fancy millinery goods.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-11-26
The Weekly Register
CA Z A'1'17EI2S.
iTlienkssiving tomorrow
Hog killing time is atshand.

= & q. y. . 6 6
Hog killing time Is atghand.
Scarlet fever reported IN town.
The rivers still remain ragigable,
Accusing address TING to get up.
Cruelty 70 animals Pounding
,irogs.
Squeezed waists are now thought
vulgar.
1t is moi. enough 70 remember the
poor. 50
Well executed counterfeit. half
dollar pieces are in circulation.
The narrower the g. woman, the wi;
der the belt.
courtship is i,otrun BY Che rtile Of
three.
Blue fishing when you don't
catch anything
,sl}A df$dock Al physicidn going iti
totske,a drink.
q. < Z - J.. Y.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-11-26

Gov. Mathews has issued Ills proc
lamation joining in the general call
for day of thanksgiving and pray.
or on the 9th inst.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-11-26

Mr.. II. ]. Darst has rented the old
and well known Winkley boat land
ing, just above the mouth Of Crooked
creek, where he will hold all the
boats left to his care in future.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-11-26

The two government boats, the
light house tender, Lilly, and the
snag boat, e, A. Woodruff passed up
The river together one day last week.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-11-26

Blanche and Hattie Meeks, Of Hart
ford City, and Miss Lille Dale, Of
this place. f-f
Judge Hoge and Frank Barrett.
Esqs represent The legalfraternityyof
Putnam county at our County Court.
Miss Ella Bowyer, Of Winfield, is
visiting her relatives .herabouts at
this time.
We notice she genial .conntenance
ofsour former townsman, Mr.. James
Doyle, on onr streets this week. Mr..
Doyle is erecting a foundry in Hun
tington, where he proposesito follow
his vocation in the future.
Mr.. Robert Nptter, Of Nicholas
county, has been visiting his broth
er, s. P. Nutter, in this place.
Prof John Q. Brown, Of the Buffalo
Academy, spent Saturday and Sun
Gay In our town. ~
A .Mr. Burrell, Of RocRport, Ohio,
was NI, !, IN ). t lg week. Ills object,
We learn, was to boy property we
ao1 no Wnetaer he purchased 2 I
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o'',s.e o,i y WISH 70 shelf par
9nrs ~ ',,is piace'
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p'eae,cu ~ ehe NJ y. 1hurch,.soath,
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c.upnrr ). 1.nrx A.. IA, u
wost 80 p.oaa.:e,. nt
land bo. boan T. ~. $50 e ~
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so,l;nr - ~. ~, ~. l.'o "
comnba,l,s p,nn,.s Ct. "90
ino roun,v paoards W. 80 .n'oA
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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-11-26

We suppose, taking the length
and breadth of this country, water
was never known to be SO scarce
From every direction we hear that
wells are dry, springs, brooks and
even rivers are dry. People are haul
ing water, in many places for miles,
for stock and ordinary purposes
about the house.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-11-26

Rev. W: Z. Hill, will preach at
Beale's Chapel, nextSabbath, at 1880
o'clock, ~. NJ.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-11-26

The store house of Mr.. VIM. Smith,
took fire on the roof, on last Monday
about 2 o'clock, but Il bucket of wa
ter and Mr.. James Holloway stopped
the fire fend before it had done much
damage.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-11-26

The authorities continue to arrest
supposed inccndiaries, in the neigh
borhood of Bethany College. 1t is to
be hoped they will get the guilty
parties.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-11-26

1t is proposed to make some alter
ations and additions to the State
House at Charleston. For that pur-
pose the Board of Public Works has
asked for sealed proposals from con
tractors and builders until the 18th
of next March.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-11-26

A local preacher said, "The little
good any of US can do must be done
with our hearts humping against
our fellow men," And every young
woman in church looked at every
other young woman and smiled ap-
provingly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-11-26

The people of Charleston have
been RECALLED, the past week, by the
lectures of Gen. Sam, Cary, the dis
tinguishcd leader of the Greenback
party that died in Ohio the 14th of
last October.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-11-26

On Thanksgiving night the swarm
of flying meteors will again come fly.
ing out of the northern heavens, and
Prof Proctor predicts that then there
will be brilliant display in the sky.
1t may not happen, he said, because
perhaps the meteoric cluster may
have been dissipated, but he felt
pretty certain that there will be a
display.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-11-26

Half the ills of human life proceed
from torpid and disordered liver
Submit to them no longer while
Sellers Liver Pills" will cure you
quickly. 25c. per box.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-11-26

More produce has been brought to
Point Pleasant this season, than for
q long time. We have. some wide.a.
wake merchants, with an eye to
trade, and they get it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-11-26

The first regular instalment Of
winter was precipitated upon us
rather unceremoniously, last week,
but we are becoming adjusted to the
situation.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-04-15
IN HIS STOCKING,

They showed along on window-sill in
the postoftice to give Wicked Jack room
to sit down, and then resumed their con-
vcrsation about Santa Claus gifts. One
boy got a knife, another pair of skates,
and a third stammered a little as he stated
that he received diamond pin.
And you traded it for dog inquired
one.
"Well, no; gave it to the baby tc
play with and he swallowed it.
Diamonds is good 'nuf for common
buteblacks," observed Jack as he cleaned
his nails with a toOth-pick, but YOU ortel
seen the gold watch | got! tell YOU
the fourteen diamonds and twenty-onc
pearls in the cases made me scream right
out when hauled it from the stocking
| was so weak in the knees | could hardly
git down town.
And is it up home:" inquired 4 boy
with frost-bitten ear.
up home. DO you think I'm 'lasse.
candy" scornfully replied Jack as he got
down. ''Not much | rented it to q
member of the Legislature at two dollar
per day
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-04-15
4 GOOD FATHER.

DR.. Graham having passed very cred
liable examination before the Army Med
ical Board, was commissioned an assistant
surgeon in the United States army in
IS. and ordered to report for duty to
the commanding officer at Fort VI kayett,
Texas. There were no railroads in the
western country at that time, and the
usual way of getting to Texas was by the
Mississippi river to New Orleans, and
then crossing the Gulf, to stage it up
through the State DR.. Graham was
very desirous of examining the Western
country mineralogically, so applied and
received permission from the War depart
ment to 90 by way Of Arkansas and the
Indian Territory to his post.
On his arrival at st. Louis he shipped
the greater part of his baggage by way
of the river, and taking only what he
could carry on horseback, started on his
journey. While in st. Louis, at the
Planters Hotel, he formed the acquaint-
ance of a gentleman, who, learning where
he was going, gave him letter of intro
duction to his brother, who was a farmer
living on his roate il Arkansas. 1t is
not necessary for us to follow him on his
road, or tell what discoveries he made in
the interest of science; sufficient it is that
one day, toward dusk, he reached the
house of the gentleman to whom he had
the letter, and dismounting, knocked at
the door and presented his letter to the
Judge (even in those days every one was
Judge in Arkansas. who would not
have needed it to have accorded him an
open-handed welcome: for travellers were
a god-send, and news was as much sought
after then as now. After a short visit,
he proposed to so on to the next town,
about four miles off, where he intended to
put up for the night. The judge would
not listen to his leaving, and was so cor
dial in his desire for him to stay that he
would have been rude not to have done
so. The judge, after directing one of the
servants to attend to his horse, invited
him into the dining room, where he was
introduced to the wife and daughter OF
his host, and also to a substantial West
ern supper, to which he did ample justice.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-04-15
Prom the Portland Transcript.
IN MEMORY
Of Mss Sarah :. PrsHsiss, 'rho died at Bangor,
Ocfober p, ls!1.

Dear friend, the days OF mellow tone and tint,
The ripe, rare DAYS that thou so well didst love
Have laid once more their glorious imprint
On field aud wood, and even the blue above
That never bends with its son mantlng h'zc-
In these charmed hours, oh friend, or so dream,
The veil 'tWixt me and thee doth thinner seem;
feel thy presence in thus tender calm,
And in these airs, stiu riie with summer balm,
The touch that smOOthed my hair in other days.
Al were mine eyes not holden might sec,
Perhaps, thy radiant face lean close 90 me;
And looking IN thy deep, true eyes. should know
Death had not touched with frost, the love Of long
ago.
Twas Citing thou shouldst gain tie Masters feet
When the ripe year It's crown Of glory wore;
Wen might he smile at thy full sheayes OF wheat,
The gathered gold Of years, precious store;
The faith that 10 fathers hand could cling,
Though darkness veiSd his face; the zeal that
burned
To bless tbs brother man love that discsrned
Christ IN the lowly and The suffering,
And when the wlr.eloGd dArkened all the land,
Drew thee with eager haste 10 Join the band
Who, where the battle tempest spent itssTraIh,
And len its wreck Of anguish and OF death,
lowered with sweet and gentle ministries.
As Gods own messengers sent ia a human guise.
The Poets soul shOne clear upon thy brow;
Thine too, the Artists loving touch, the skill
To bid The canvas blossom al thy wil'
For, prlcssess n; the shrine Of Beauty. thou,
Oh. friend beloved. TO duller tars and eyes,
Interpreted her choicest mysteries.
Ycs twas not given thee to win and wear
The crown PANE held aloft. A cJronet
Of brighter iu-;er On thy brow Mas set:
TIC glory OF a womsuhood most rare,
Ard rich and rounded .nto fun completeness,
10 whose calm strength was iniei bicnt al sweet
less,
a on thy native hills, the rcck's Scared face
Is beautiful with mosscs and nc b. Io belis grace
Perfect through 81 G,uus.' Oh heart sors tried
Through I'll ihc ivog, long anguish. by ny side,
The Nuge! Patience walked with calm. sad eyes
White "n Thy brow, tae saints NhWv survoie
Crew lArge, iill a. a stAr in dswn'- red sIics
Fades fsom tu- si-lt. s' p~s>,S ;hy -lAs.cncd
soul
Into code ret .ncGsblc. Aud row,
Alter one golden wear of ParAtlc,
one year o: -cclrg .jb uuclouded eyes.
Companion oi pare ..s, l1st 20; soou
Behold even ,hy -o-rovs si'ti,d,
A. oae Who 90 - l1lty n5u1L...'- side.
sees .hr cold a.i-ts iA.t J4,uoh .hc va.es below.
4 oaLA Of pearl as.. opal iu ,le .uu. 80. gov
ROSE SANHOKS.
F.,assataa. U..i, us. Is.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-04-15

ROOM He had forced open the drawer
taken out the money and was looking
gloatingly at the crisp green bills, when
stole in behind him. had just raised
the poker TO strike him when he glanced
around.
Ny God, it was Clarence Devarges
Hang it Now suppose I'll have to
kill this pretty He seized me by the
throat and, uttering faint cry, sank
down. Just then Jack, my own Jack,
rushed in. | heard oaths, blows, fierce
ggling-then all was dark.
For the first time in my life | tainted.
When recovered Jack face was bend
ing over me, and Jack voice uttered low
ing words. put my arms about his
neck and cried like a weak baby.
Aren't YOU hurt, Jack:
Not bit, dearest. Devarges is dis
abled though, with pistol wound in the
leg. 'Tisn't very severe, but will prevent
his escape.
But how came YOU here:
why, YOU see, when we parted this
morning, Nell, thought I'd never see
YOU again; but tonight, after came
home, made up my mind to come around
and try to make up. 1t was pretty late,
between 9 and 10, when came. and who
should see but Devargcs. Thinks l.,
What does he want: If he's come a
courting, why don't he 20 in instead Of
pccping in at the window:
| rather thought he was a scamp, be-
cause when | was in the city Yesterday
the Chief of Police told me that they had
reason to think that a noted gambler and
'blackleg' had come up in these parts
He gave 4 description, and it suited De
yargcs perfectly, all except mustachc.
And, by the way, Nell, that silky mus
tachc YOU so admired was false, and fell
off in our scufFic.
Well, as said, saw Doyargcs prowl-
ing about. and | thought Id see what he
was up to. He looked in at the window
at YOU, and heard him muttcr: The
deuce take it, She is at home, after all.
What the deuce made her say She was 90
Ing to her grandmothers: Now, | sup
pose I'll have to wait till my pretty bird 5
asleep"
SO he sat down under one tree and /
sat down under the other We both saw
you when YOU opened the door and looked
out. After YOU had been in bed about an
hour. Devarges forced open the sitting
room window and crawled in. While he
was in the office lighting the lamp, | also
got in at the window and concealed my
self in the closet, and-well, YOU know
all the rest
Jack, said |, tcarfully, you'll forgive
me for being naughty and wayward, and
you'll believe me when say that loved
YOU all the time, won't YOU:
Well, Jack said he would, and We have
been happy ever since. And this Is my
story, ma am-my only romance
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-04-15
THE TICKET AGENT.

Western train gone, ma'am. said
Farmer Brown, coming into the waiting
room Of the little depot
The train l Wa, to take" said,
gasping.
'Yes. ma am. Too bad, bu; can; be
helped Harness viii give out some
times, YOU know, said he sympathiz-
ingIy.
"Wben Is the next Western train due
No, until t O'Clock; you've five
hours to wait. BE dreadful tiresome,
ma am. Theirs a nice family tina, lives
in tother part Of the house. Spose l
tote YOU in there. know Mrs Holly'n
give YOU bite o suthin' to eat, and
she'll be proud 10 le, YOU rest on her
spare bed. Fine woman, Mrs. Holly is;
know her. Won't YOU 20 in and see
her, ma am;
No, thank YOU, sir; dare say that
III be quite comfortable here.
WAL, jes' 4s YOU please But now
must be goin' Hope you'll git to your
journeys end safe ma'am. Good-by"
And Farmer Brown left the room,
mounted his wagon, and soon disappeared
down the dusty road.
had been visiting a friend who lived
in q country settlement, some five or SIN
miles from the solitary building dignifed
by the name of depot; and when the
time came for me to return home, she
placed me in care of a neighboring farm
er who was going to distant village,
and would pass the station. During our
ride we met with an accident Part OF
the harness gave way, and We were de-
tanned such a length Of time that, as the
reader knows, l was too late for the
train.
After farmer Brown left me I amused
myself by reading newspaper which
some one had left lying on the seat. Fin
ishing this, studied the design Of the
wallpaper, counted the panes Of glass in
the little window. and wondered at the
tidiucss of the whole apartment.
Country depots are generally such
vile, dirty places; wonder why this Is an
exceptions" I said to myself Then a
thought struck ne. "Oh, probably the
place IS kept clean by Mrs. Holly, over
whose virtues Farmer Brown was so en-
thusiastic. Wonder if this same worthy
female would give me a glass Of water
And I tapped on the door cOmmuni-
eating with the other apartments.
Come in, said a CHEEKY voice, and
entering, l found myself in one of the
prettiest, coziest rooms l had ever seen
The most delicious tint of buff was on the
walls; cool mating covered the floor
muslin curtains, festooned with ivy, hung
at the windows; pictures and flowers and
all the dainty belongings that make a
room look so honey and pleasant. And
most charming of all, there lay il
a white-draped cradle rosy baby
fast asleep, with rings of golden han
falling over his white brow, and q
great, red, velvet rose elasped in hi.
dimpled hand. Over him bent a woman
of 22 or 23 years--a little mite of a
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-04-15

BURIED ALIVE Two A>D HAL
HorR>.-On Saturday evening. as the
laborcr, of Joseph Fcnstcmachcr S mine.
about a mile from Topton where Isaac
Eek was killed bv bank-sHdc last July
were about to leave their work for the
week. one Of them, named Jacob Barrol,
entered drift in the side of AN omlank-
ment thirty feet high. and the bottom o.
the open cut. where hc had been at work
during the day, to bring out soiac tools
he had forgotten. a, he entered he ,av
the bank Immediately over the entrance
give way and come hmblmg down into
the cut. Instead of tetrcaiing and there
BY probably being caught and crushed by
the falling earth, with great presence Of
mind he rushed quickly into the DRIFT in
the hillside. the entrance Of which va,
Immediately closed by the rushing mas,
of many tons of earth and stone from
above. So quickly did he disappear that
his fellow-workmen thought he had been
caught by the landslide and crushed to
death. They at once set TO work to dig up
his supposed dead body The news
spread rapidly, and crowd quickly as
sembled from the surrounding neighbor-
hood. including his gricf-stnckcn wife,
who hurried to the spot to learn The fate
of her husband. The men threw out the
dirt rapidlv. and when near the mouth OF
the drift, one of the men, hoping Baro.
had escaped death, pushed his shovel
handle through the loose dirt into the hole
and called TO Barrol. TO their delight he
answered from his living grave, Il am all
right: only hurry up and get me out for
the air is becoming heavy. With re-
newed energy and hard work for another
half hour. the men removed sufficient
earth and rubbish TO effect an opening
large enough to allow Banol to crawloUt
which he speedily did, safe and mhuri,
amid the wild cheers Of his comrades and
the crowd around the cut. He had been
confined in the drift about two hours and
a half. After thanking his comrades and
friends for their arduous efforts IN rcscu-
inc him from his living tomb, he accom-
panied his oyerjoyed wife to his home IN
the little village of Ringtown, near Top
tm.-Readinq (Po) Eogie.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-04-15
NUMBER IA.
pATRoNIzE HOME ENTERPRISE.


! PATRONIIE HOME ENTERPRISE.
Every man who is dcsirous Of making
the community in which he lives pros
porous, should patronizc home industries
and enterprises If he fails to do so. he
should not be surprised if population de-
clincs, if men are idle. and cntcrpriNing
traders and skillful mechanics seek the
larger places. If the leading men in a
town send to Boston or some other city
for their goods, it is but a natural conse-
qucncc that the home trader viii not
keep the best quality Of goods. II they
purchase their carriages, harnesses, c;c..
out Of town, they should not be surprised
to learn that the home carriage maker
and saddler, after years of effort, have
left or failed. If they 90 to the large
cities to have their clothing made, it is
not a matter of surprise that the best
tailors, after years OF struggle, leave
town or conclude to do sccond-class work
It will be said that the home mechanic
does not turn out a quality Of work that
is required by the best purchasers. This
is not exactly true. II there Is de-
mand lor the best work, there viii be
somebody with skill to do it, ID there
is demand in this or any similar town
for dozen good carriages. somebody
will make them nearly as cheap and OF
as good quality as can b. purchased else
where. Should this policy be pursued.
there would be double the trade and the
employment there is now IN thar lmc
If the men who send their order, 70 the
cities for their suit, Of clothes. should
take some pain, to instruct aiior- Us o.
their needs or recruitment, ia short
time they viii find that their work viii
be done as Wei as elsewhere. and
if such men take deep inter-
est in home welfare. they will have Che
satisfaction Of knowing that they have
been instrumental in building up q re-
spectacle establishment at home, even II