The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-07-30

duce the highest degree Of human
happiness atthe lowest market price,
its pretty certain that the unfortu-
nate property owner ought not to be
required to pay anything in the
shape Of taxes for State purposes but
he does. Theincome from licenses
should pay all general expenses.
But then towns are different from
States, ndtheym tax things gen.
orally (since they have refused the
income from license) consequently
the municipal citizen has to come
down with the rhino to keep the
town going. Point Pleasant is one
of those towns read about in the pro
gressiye history of the age. She. is
wide awake and full of fieas; at least
she is full of dogs, and generally
speaking the dogs are full of fieas.
She has about everything that is go
ing, except the yellow fever and good
sewerage. Now, having everything,
she ofcourse must pay for it. To
make bpthends meet, her lawmakers,
lin amonnent Of inspiration, imposed
a tax on dogs. Weare glad Of it; we
own dog; and if there is anything
in the world that ought to be taxed,
it's that dog. He was sent US by a
friend who desired to be remembered
by us. We shall never forget him
the friend we mean-of course we
will never forget the dog; we dream
Of the dog every night, and we arerc-
minded Of him the first thing in the
morning. He is only pup now;
but he promises well; he is a full
blooded setter-so called; but he new
er sets, that we know Of. He is a
valuable animal, and very playful
and full of fun. The first morning
we had him, he wandered into the
pantry, and ate seven-pound roast
of beef, then he washed it down
with a gallon and a half of milk; the
the cook was mad, but the dog look
ed at her with eyes full of innocence
and qualification. About 10 a. M,
he discovered some FIVE pounds Of
lard in the store room, and feeling q
little stiff in the joints he ate it, to
timber himself up; then he became
quite frisky. About noon the Clerk
of the County Court visited us, (on
his usual GRAND for exchanges and
politely left his hat perched on his
umbrella at the door, Eve have no
hat rack). The dog recognized the
hat, which nodded to him in friend.
ly way, and Immediately he played
with it. In three minutes there. on.
| ly remained an inch and a half of
oiled silk, ribbon knot, and seven
yards If straw braid, wrapped around
a cherry tree. Then he went forag-
and borrowed two pounds Of but
ter, u chicken and jug of cream from
a distinguished citizen, who lives
opposite our house, aud is known as
the jailor. About p. M, our gro
Gerry man left four dozen eggs, a dol
lars worth of sugar and two papers of
corn starch; our dog mixed them up
into an omelette, and ate it for des-
ert. He was then twice his natural
size, but seemed to be hungry. A
council of war was held, and after
much discussion it was resolved to
muzzle him. Meantime the dog had
disappeared, and the shrek of a ie-
male called US around the house.
There we found nurse, n baby car
riage and baby. The dog had up.
set the carriage, swallowed a feather
pillow, green veil, and a lap rug,
and had just commenced on the ba.
by. We rescued the baby, in some
what mutilated condition, and the
dog walked off with deeply injured
air. Before night he devoured gilt
edged copy of Bunyan's Pilgrims
Progress, twenty feet of garden hose,
two umbrellas and II miscellaneous
lot of loose articles on the clothes line.
Then we declared war-organized a
company Of men an boys, lassoed the
dog, and fastened him to an apple
tree with log chain and fifty
pound weight to each foot. We in
tend to feed him Towards COW to-
morrow, if she comes into our lot,
(Which she is sure to do) and then if
! he doesn't improve, we shall 90 to