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

= i.iI .
Up to.three evenings ago such q
thing as a checker board was not
knownii Mr.. Grattan's house. He.
and his aged partner had managed.
topass the long evenings very pleas,
antly, and he supposed they were
happy enough until a friend from
the East paid them a flying visit
and asserted oyerandoveragain that
the game Of checkerstwas not only
the ragethere, bukthat itIseryed ia
theVperceptive faculties, EN-
large the mind and make the. brain
more active. After giving the sub.
jeet,due thought, Mr.. Gsattan y2alk.
% down soanapd purcha 4 check.
e. bnard ind, WlSp tSeaif fEaihS. he
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In every walk of life the present
mania and its attendant ills have
taken 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 thousandquarte hours.
His mouther showed him no quarter,
and he got no sympathy from his sis
tiers and his cousins and his aunts.
ID
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A MODERN
The Plan or tlse 'age Pulpit

The following exhi1 Is themethod
upon which the avssf q parsol con,
structs his delectable isepurscs:
Brethren, tli Nofdso ! texture
Old Mother tlubhard, sh Vent to the cup.
board,
To get her poor dog lone; ~
But when she9ot there cupboard was
Andsothe Poordog aone.
These beautiful words, dear
friends, carry With fhtm d solemn
lesson propose TIL gEening to an
Ialyze their meaning, nEIto applyits
lofty as it may be, z 5br everyday
life. a. sss,,s
Old Mother FTnibifd 3 ~ ~ S
81 he1, z
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ATurl.ish Parable.

every man." said the dervish,
"has two angels, one on his right
shoulder, and one on his left. When
he does anything good, the angel on
the right shoulder writes it down
and seals it, because what has been
well done is done forever. When he
does evil, the angel on the left writes
it down, and he waits till midnight.
II before that time the man bows his
head, and exclaims-" Gracious Allah!
/ have sinned; forgive mel the angel
rubs out the record; but if not, at
midnight he sealsit, and the beloved
angel on the right shoulder weeps."
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mitted 70 attempt 70 read the future.

mitted to attempt 70 read the future.
Suffice it forus to CLEAN from this
beautiful story its many lessons; sui.
fee for usto apply them, to study
them as far asin US lies, and bearing
lin mind the natural frailty of our
nature, to avoid being widows; to
lshun the patfonymic Of Hubbard; to
have, if our means afford IL, more
than one cupboard in the house; and
TO keep stores in them all. And OF
dearsfriends, keeping in recollection
what we. have learned this day, let
Ins avoid keeping dogs that are fond
of bones. But brethren, if we do, if
Fate has ordained that should Do
any:of; these thiilgss then IS is
Meth did stysigbt Sitiis
~ ~ ~ ~ ~. ~ r. ~ lI,.t ~ Z X. i.Il
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A valuable hint comes from Eng
land as to how young ladies may cast
their bread upon the waters. A
bachelor died theresecently, and left
his property to the thirty women
whehad tetasedhis matrimonial offers
He said in his will that to their re.
fusal he owed the peace he had enjoy
ed during life
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Mamma: swell, Freddy, what
hymn did you have at church this
morning2" Miss Russell (prompting;)
"sun Of my Soul, Freddy (promptly9
"sun Of Miss Russell's SOUL
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large the mind and make the. brain
more active. After giving the sub
.jeetI due thought Mr.. Gsattan Nalk.
I'D down Command purchased 4 check.
eE baard Rzd Wild = EaiaS he
IT In from the woodshed, saying.
"Well, Martha, well havea game
or two before we go overto the So
cial. ! expect to beat you all to
flinders, but you won't care.a
"of course not, and i'll beat you
why you don't care" she replied.
"They sat down, and he claimed
the first move. Sheat 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.
81 don't see anything to grin at"
he sneered, as he moved man back
ward.
"Here, you can't move that way
she called out.
II. can't, eh? Perhaps 1 never
played checkers before you were
born"
She saw chance to jump two more
men and gave in the point, but as
she moved, he cried out:
"Put them right back there! l
have concluded not to move back
wards even if Hoyle does permit it,
She gave in again, but when he
jumped man her nose grew red,
and she cried out
81 didn't mean to move there, l
was thinking Of the social"
Cant help the social, Martha; We
must play according to Hoyle."
In abouttwo minutes she jumped
two men and went into the king
row, shouting:
"Crown him! crown himl I've got a
kingl"
) zone would think by your child
ishsactions that you never played a
game before" he growled out
q know enough to beat you," she
retorted.
aDo' you, eha Some people are
awful smart"
"And some folks are awful FOOLS"
she snapped, as the king captured
another man.
"What in thunder are you jump
ing that way for?'
"a king can jump any way?o
mo he can't
eyes, he can"
Don't talk back, to me, Martha
Grattan! | was playing checkers
when you were in the cradlep
81 don't care, I can jump two; men,
whichever way you move" J.
He looked down on the. board and
saw that such was the case and roar
ed out:
"You have moved twice to my
once"
~ havn't.n
"I'll take my oath you have. |
can't play against such blackleg
practices"
"Who's a blackleg2 You not only
cheated, but you tried to lie about it
also"
Board and checkers fell between
them. lie 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 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.
"Well, 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"
In every walk of life the present
mania and its attendant ills have
taken deep-a dangerously deep
root. Some ladies on the south side
have undertaken to make two thous-
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: Mayor Henry j. FiSher, Jr.
Recorder-M.'H Hale. 80 80
!, coanclinen- 4. strbling, c. Shrewsbury, John w.
English, L. +. Campbell, Andrew X. Darst.
Sargeant-S. ]. Blake Assesor--Wm. ]. Kenny
Street ommissioncr-Andrew r. Darst. Overseers Of
the Poor-Drs. Shaw and Campbell.
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ON " vIIVtlgIi Y D0T-IVt "a,
like her, accept the inevitable with
steadfastness; and should we, like
her, ever be left with a hungry dog
and an empty cupboard, may future
chroniclers be able to write also Of
US in the beautiful words of curt text,
sand SO the poor dog had none.'n
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FISHER a. HOGG.

A ttorneys and Counselors ut Law, Point Plea.
a SAINT, West Virginia, Practice in the Circui, and
County Courts Of Mason, Putnam and Jackson coun
United States District Court for the District Of West
Virginia. it1-ofice with Henry Fisher ST., tretired
jan 8, iS7o-Iy
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W. P. NEALE. M. d.

OFFICE Main street, between ad and 3d. residepce,
" Main street, between 9th and 9TH Attends prompt.
ly to all calls, whether day or night, When not pro.
fessionay engaged always be found at his Office,
jan 8, Is79-Iy
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County directory.

Judge Circuit court-Joseph Smith, Ravcaswood.
Clerk Circuit Court-c. b. Waggener.
President County Csurt-D. s. Van Matre.
County Clerk--J. p. X. b. Smith.
Prosecuting Attorney-Geo. p. Simpson.
Sherf-Dayid S. Stevenson. Depudes-J. Jewett
Tailor, Samuel w. Someryille, Henry Fry, Joseph N
Daigh and W, d, Somerville.
Surveyor Of Lands-Thomas j. Roberts
ASsessors-James W. Windon, District No. l.; L. E.
Baker, District No. a.
Superintendent, of Free schools-charles E. Hogg
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ANDREw.R. RARBEE, 3D. II. FRAvEL.
DRs. BARBEE s. FRAvEL,
Northwest cor 9th and Main Streets Point Pleasant
to iop.m. ljune IL '70-ry
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JAMES W. HooE. JAMES B. MESAGER.
HoGE & NIENAGER,
A ttorneys and Counselors at Law, practice in
a the Circuit and County Courts Of Mason county
West Virginia. Address James W. Hoge, Winfield
Putnam county, West Virginia, or James D. MGnager
Point Pleasant, Mason county, West Virginia.
Jan 8, iS7o-Iy
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Secret Societies.
ATTORNEYS.

VIM. A. DENNIS,
ttorncy ut Law, Point Pleasant, West Virginia,
a will practice in the Courts Of Mason and adjoining
countless June It-Iy.
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PHYSICIANS.

l.. i. CAMPDELL. Az ). Hoy.
CAMPBELL Is HOY,
physicians, Surgeons and Derma tOlegists, 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 Volers
house, where one Of US will be found at all times.
june T. Is79-ty.
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Terms Of Court.


Circuit court-First Monday in April and October.
County /. Third Monday in january, March
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CHAs. w. PHELPS,

A ttorney Mt Law and Notary Public, Point
Il Pleasant, West Virginia. Special attention given
to collections and rem,tances promptly made.
Imarch s-ty.
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JOHN w. ENGLISH,

A ttorney Mt Law, will practice in the Courts of Ma
a son, Putnam and Jackson and in the Court Of APP
peals Of West Virginia Address Point Pleasant Mason
county, West Virginia. liam 8, iS7o-iy
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G. =. SIMPSON. IL. r. HOWARD.
SIMPSON & HOWARD.

A ttorncys at Law, Point Pleasant, West Virginia,
a Practice in the United States District Court Su.
preme Court Of Appeals and circuit Of the 9TH
Judicial District. Office in court house. liam 8, 7o
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DIR. S. G. SHAW.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, tenders his pro.
L fesSional services the public Calls promptly at.
tended to. Office, cor. Main and Cd streets, opposite
the old Presbyterian church. tnpFil 5, Ie79-Iy
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A pretty girl won musket at a
lottery. When they gave it to her
she asked, "Don'tthey give a soldier
with it?p ~
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where the Wood Goes.

To make shoe pegs enough for
American use consumes annually
100000 cords Of timber, and to make
our lucifer matches 100000 cubic feet
of the best pine are required every
year. Lasts and boot trees take 500,-
900 cords of birch, beech and maple,
and the handles of tools 100000 more.
The baking Of our bricks consumes
100000 cords of wood or what would
cover forest about 50,000acres ofland.
Telegraph poles already up represent
100000 trees, and their annual re-
pairs consume 100000 more. The
ties Of our railroads consume annual
ly thirty years growth of $4,000
acres and to fence all our railroads
would cost s45,00o,ooo, with a yearly
expenditure of $15,000,000 for re-
pairs. These are some of the ways
in which American forests are going.
There are others, our packing boxes
for instance, cost in 1874, s15, 100000,
while the timber used each year in
making wagons and agricultural i'm.
plements is valued at more than
COCOON EsHome8tead.
Parents are often puzzled to help
their children when they get beans,
button, ETC., in their noses. The
Medical Record says, elbow the pa.
tents nose for him, closing the
empty nostril with your finger and
blowing suddenly and strongly into
the mouth-an efficient method
which has often succeeded when in
struments have failed. The CLOTHS
closes systematically and the whole
force of your breath goes toexpel the
button or bean, which commonly
flies out at the first effort"
The farrior may be slow, but lie is
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KNIGHT Il COUCH,

ttornoys ut Law, will practice in the counties of
a Mason and Putnam. Address f. b. Knight, at
Charleston West Virginia, James II. Couch, j., at
Point Pleasant, West Virginia. HG-Ar. Couch IS No
tary Public for Mason county. Ljan 8, is7o-iy
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The farfior may be slow, but he is
sheer,
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-04
Reform of Criminals.
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, August 25th. 1S79-

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, l- August 25th, 1879.
 Ed EnQ.-In the first place the reform of criminals should commence with the clergy. They should be taught that it is not decorous, to say the least, to use as f1ippantly as they do the language of condemnation. It only exas- perates the crude masses to swear back at them, doing a deal of harm and no good. We speak specially of theologians, since they have heretofore been regarded as leaders in inter- preting moral philosophy. Happily for the good of science and the world, they are con- ing to be considered as having been made of the same clay as others, and needing the advan- tages of progressive development like the rest of us. The word punishment should be banished from all human language. Next. all jails, prisons and penitensiaries should be banished from off the face of the earth Eve " phase and degree of crime is as much the result of abnormal moral conditions and is therefore disease, as is bilious fever the re- suit of abnormal physical conditions, and is consequently Q disease. Therefore criminals should no more be treated disgracefully than the inmates of fever hospitals and insane asylums
 Various degrees of reform institutions should be substituted for prisons All persons that are dangerous to go at large should be placed in some one of these reform institutions, adapted to his or her particular character, and kept there at the discretion of the faculty in charge. This faculty should be composed of the most competent persons, of both sexes, that it would be possible to find. No court should be allowed to pronounce sentence of any given time, but the inmates should remain in these institutions until such we'll qualified and competent faculties could justify and clearly declare them sound and safe citizens for general society. The expense would be but normal compared with existing systems. We now often have single trial that will cost the state or county almost enough to build one such institution. Our prisons do not re- form. The convicts come out only to make new bills of expense and to continue to be dangerous. When they have been fairly cured and straightforward morally, they will come out and keep straight, and will command re- spect as they would deserve. The word arrest, also, should not be used in these cases. When persons, out of their minds, are taken in charge, we do not say they have been arrested, thus adding disgrace to misfortune.
 : When William Lloyd Garrison was once advertised to speak in Rochester, N. r., he came to the hall, where some front seats had been reserved for the clergymen. The room was packed, but not a minister was present. lie commenced by pouring hot shot into the
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-04

clergy and the churches. Soon one of the au- dience arose, and asked whether if the cloth would become anti-slavery, he would cease his warfare on them. He made no reply, but kept on with the same shot and shell. Again the same party arose and repeated hisquestion. Garrison stood moment, and said, ''No, for they would not do it till it had become popu- lar, and then he wouldn't thank them" We are all mortal and finite and must be charita- ble Prison reform will go on, with prominent help if it can, without it, if it must.
 : ---- E w R
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-04

With Talbot retired by the republicans and Robinson by the democrats, the people will be oblige to realize that reform" has gone into winter quarters till after the next presidential election and that an era of torchlight and brass. band politics. of paramount national issues and saving the country is at hand.
 It IS too bad that state reform only fourishes Tn or years but the people will do well to hang on to it, as long as they can. Spring field
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-04
DEFERRED LETTERS.
ROXBURY.

Rev. Sidney Bryant. of South Britain, read a sermon in the Congregational church on Sun- day last There was no service in the after noon. We noticed in the congregation, MT, George Benedict and wife, guests of H. B. Eastman, Esq; Engineer Chatterton, wife and two daughters, Jessie and Emmie, also Mir. Adriance, all of New Haven, and guests of Doctor Fenn. Our minister, now visiting across the sea, is expected home about the mid dle of September.
 We hope to report progress regarding our town house. NEFF.
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-04
KNOXVILLE.

The old tin-shop on Water St. is going to be be made over into a tenement house. <. .a
 A Picnic and Festival were enjoyed by the Catholics at Riverside Park, last Saturday afternoon and evening. .4'. ..'
 Quite number are attending the Camp meeting at Plainville, this week.
 There is good supply of water in the Pennington at present.
 -Quite an extensive case of shoplifting has been discovered. Mrs. Pat Scanlin has made quite bushes at it. w.
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-04
HARWINTON.

HARWlNTON.
 MT. Chester Leonard died, last Saturday. He was resident of South Harwinton and lived to the good old age of S3.
 A six-year-old son of Samuel Lewis who lives on the New Hartford line died, last Sun. day. | r.'
 Mir. Lewis Wilson, of Navastolo, Texas, Mir. Frank Crossman and family, of Brooklyn and several other strangers are visiting in town. s. gs.
 The Plainville Camp meeting has brought us rain again.
 Our selectmen have paid to MT. Stephen Lowe, of Wolcottville, the sum of $3O for damages which his turnout received in break ing through bridge in the south part of the town, east of Mir. Coy's. -i5
 Arthur Hart was tried before Justice N. A. Wilson, last Saturday, for assault and bat tery the person of Arthur Preston. He pleaded guilty, and was fined $3 and cost, amounting to $18.33. His mother gave sure ty for the payment. After the trial, Hart turned to the plaintiff with an ugly look, and shaking his fist at him, said, "If had known that l should have got eff so cheap, I would have blacked your other eye" tne Y
 Mir. Willard Eddy, Hartford lawyer with his family, are sojourning at David Birge's. a.5 .... LITTLE GHoNN1E.
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-04
JOB PRINTINC.

aH Ezzsss sE ssssE and geA Frlnting neatly and Fr-ssaEEaz dsEass-
 Bluss --~ gsa-ss. EZ Heads. Lz5els- Ball Tickets. Ezzsflsizl<. Fzzs sAasas- ke- ke, done in the best -sras zsfE a ra1szzs 1zy 0zs-@ is the State.
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VOL LIV. NO. B.
SIt Clttbhet0 Guauirrr,
 IlTsHFiEi9, c0aE. G.A H A0X. >EIitor k Proprietor.
TERMS

SUBSCRIPTION. ger annum.
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-04

&aE sEass ra'aE sa=s Els .szs@r st~P.,Ad with the sER@raa4 ~e Als s-l- S-EsA notify at the sts1E e E4-zEahg Esrga- skse paid for FI---- AzT sEa===r- desiring to stop his pzsss- Rz=E z1 z-Eez--.
New-York tribune., 1879-11-11
HYDROGR3PHTC REPORT.
HYDRooRAPHIc OFFICE. CHART DRPAKT,i

uYDRoGRAPHIc OFFICE. CHART DRPAKTNEyr.l
WAsHISGIOS. Nov. 10. 1879. )
The following the report OF the United states Hydro
rraDhic or ending November 3. 1873
no OF Chart lS9 Title HarbOr OF Uak0dad 1esso ISLAND,
Japan Hakodad nghshD Japan fesso, south
coast
No of Chart Title Straits Of Tsugar japan Same cor
rectlOn.
80 OF Chart 5il. Title Channels Between Sisma NADIA
and Japan Correction. disappear
beacon ia strait 81 MeKa Nipon sout west coast
Ma. OF Chart, go Title south Pacific New Caledonia.
NOrthwest part Correction, theast coastbeacOns and
buoys Bay Charpentier shoa red beacon
Channel Ereycient Channels southeast
kalo Reef. - -.
No Chart, Tiue New.C edonia Southeast Part,
South Prony Pay-beacon Aiquile
Rocks Noumea beacon and buoy
Orthern beac0ns Ndu
Island and Curieux SnOaL
GIL. Title, Puerto Plata Northern Coast st
Domingo fash Hight PuntO Plata; change
Sano Domingo light, West indies, Hay1
No Of Chart 81 Title. Gulf Of Mexico. etc, sheet W.
Same correction
Chart. a. Title North Atlanuc Ocean. Sheet l..
Same correction
Caribbean Same correction
No Of Title Atlantic Ocean. Sheet l..
Correction lights Utia Island and Bonnaoa Islanu
Caribbean sea.
No. OF Chart 1884, Title Western Shore Caribbean Sea
correction
Chart 3g6. Title Islands and shoals on West Coast
Caribbean ~o3. sheet IL. same correction.
OF Chart 80. Title, Gulf oi Mexico, etc. Sheet v
correction.