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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-06
Let us be Joyful.

A little mirth mixes well and prof
itably with both business and phil.
anthropy. How stupid life would be
both in labor and in leisure, without
that gaiety within US which responds
to the cheerfulness and beauty around
US. Nay, its main currents run all
the deeper, as well as fresher and
purer, for the light triiIs of joyous
ness that, laughing and flashing, flow
into them. The rivers would stag
nate into pools if the rivulets ceased
to play. Philosophers and men Of
business save their souls alive, and
keep their intellects fresh and heal
thy, by mingling their mirthfulness
of youth with the soberness of age;
and even fun an philanthropy are
often found in the same character.
"Dear me, how huidly he does
talk!" said Mrs. Partington, recently,
at a temperance lecture. 81 am al.
ways rejoiced when he mounts the
nostril, for his eloquence warns me
in every nerve and cartridge Of my
Acknowledgements itself couldn't be
more smooth than his blessed tongue
ISL and she wiped her spectacles
with her cotton bandana, and never
took eyes from the speaker during
the whole hour he was on the stand.
We are reminded of one of the
most pungent and witty things ever
penned on the subject of bad sermons.
1t is given in the work of an old
German, on retributive punishments,
in which he says that in the next
world all unworthy and prosy clergy
men will be condemned to pass the
whole Of their time in reading the
bad sermons they have composed in
this. A most horrible punishment.
A wealthy but misery old man
dining down town one day with his
son at a restaurant, whispered in his
ear-"Tom you must eat for to-day
and tomorrow" "Oh, yes" retorted
the half starved lad, "but l hain't
eaten for yesterday and the day be.
fore yet, father"
Wife of an Episcopalian clergy.
man to her washerwoman: "Well,
Bridget, how did you like the SER
mon, Sunday" Bridget: ut was
beautiful. like togo to that church
It's so nice to see your husband cur.
tesying around in his shroud."
"You old vulture, you'll" she ex.
claimed, when he limited that FIVE
bonnets a year were enough for any
ordinary woman. Next day, when
he relented and told her to order a
sixth, it would have made an angel
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-06

SRR week IN your own town. Terms
QUUand s. outfit free. Address II
HALLErT & Co., Portland, Maine.
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The Weekly Register has the largest and
best assortment OF job matcrialin the State,
and fast presses, paper and card stock, and
is prepared to do al kinds OF job printing
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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS.

Those who hare books or pamphlets to
print, can have such work done in good
style at this Office.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-06

People never plot mischief when
they are merry. Laughter is an enc.
my to malice, n foe to scandal, and a
friend to every virtue. 1t promotes
good temper, enlivens the heart, and
brightens the intellect.
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Poster Printing.

We prepared to do hand-bill printing
from double-sheet poster down to the
smallest dodger, Programmes printed in
the best styles known.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-06
Rules for the Journey Of Life.

The following rules from the pa
pers of DR.. West were, according to
his memorandum, put together as
general waymarks in the journey OF
life:
Never ridicule sacred things or
what others may esteem such, how.
ever absurd they may appear to me.
Never show levity when people
are professedly engaged in worship.
Never resent supposed injury
till know the views and motives Of
the author of it, nor on any occasion
to retaliate.
Never judge a PERSONS character
by external appearance.
Never think the worse of another
on account of his differing from me
in political or religious opinions.
Never dispute if can fairly avoid
It.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-08
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Garfield speaks French and German,
and is the first Presidents wife able 10 speak
any but her own language
Rev A. Heath of Pittsford, who was in
jured last week by careless gunner, is re-
covering rs rapidly as the nature of his
wounds will admit
The anniversary of Shakspere'5 birth,
which occurs ON the a3d inst, will be elaho-
rately celebrated in New York, and move
mrnt To celebrate the Tooth anniversary of
the birth of George Stephenson, (June 9TH
the father nf railroads, is being talked up.
Mr.. Thomas Roche, who has been the
New England manager of the American
Union Telegraph Company, has assumed the
position of superintendent of the 81 district
of the Western Union TELEGRAPH Company
which includes the States of Massachusetts
and Maine Mr.. Roche was at one time an
operator of the Western Union Company, at
St. Adams and Ogdensburs. \. \.
The three brown stone houses which vii
liam H. anderbilt is erecting on Fifth ave
nue. for himself and his two daughters will
cost over II, jO0,O 900. The three buildings
make brown stone wall over 200 feet long
and 80 feet in height. \ number of costly
ceilings :nr s,me of the rooms in Mr.. Van
derbit's own house have been purchased in
Paris, AMI will be put M by French artists,
who VIII cr.,Ss the Atlantic with them. His
front G"ors are copies Of the famous Chi
berti : lies :or which he paid SEQ 600 Mr..
William X. Vanderbilt is also putting Up 4
house To cost 800, 600, and Ogden and Rob
crt Goelct are erecting others to cost 300,
900 apiece
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-08
STATE NEWS

Theophilus Grout is r,i-ing a military com
pany in Newport.
John Nyc, who died the other day al
Browninston, had been town charge for
over fifty yeats. >
Mrs. :. Il, George of Albany died recent
ly in the insane asylum, where she had been
confined for sixteen years.
BY the redistribution of the United States
Deposit Fund under the new census Rutland
obtains "A very substantial increase in its
share. namely, Si,556.3s.
st Johnsbury village spent SO, 200 for
schools last year and has elected two women
on the prudential committee.
Woodstock is excited over the prosecution
of q. q. kimball a druggist, ior violation
OF the liquor Inv.
Joseph Evarts, one oi the wealthest resi-
dents of Georgia. died ut home Saturday of
pneumonia. age 20 years. His inther was
one of the earliest settlers in town ard both
owned large quantities of real estate lie
leaves wife and six daughters. lie was
diSlantly related to VIM. VI. Evaris.
James Wallace Of Bethel has lately died
nj the great age Of - years and 10 days.
About - wears ago he bought and has ever
since lived IN the house in the recess of
whose high, old fashioned chimney, with
its avenue of escape leading up through the
chimney and out of the roof. is secret
room contrived AMI finished by the motor
inus Stephen Burroughs, and in which he
manufactured his counterfeit money and
cnncucted his other schemes OF villainy
The statement going the rounds Of the
papers that Fred Douglass some years since
went To Nergennes to deliver AN anti-slavery
lecture, and was refused the hail I" lecture
in is said To he false, The facts are that the
Congregational house was thrown Open and
dcnscly packed by people who were eager to
listen In the young colorcd man. lie also
went to dinner at the hotel with several
prnmincnt citizens. and all was serene.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-08
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

1t is understood To he arranged that ten
Devens will resume his former position on
the Supreme bench Of Massachusetts, and
that Chief Justice Gray of Massachusetts,
will be appointed by President Garfield IA
Justice Of the Supreme Court, to succeed
Justice Clifford, whenever the vacancy may
occur
Such is fame, especially when it is filtered
by telegraph through cables to the other side
of the world A Greek newspaper, publish
cd in Athens, gave the composition of Presi-
dent Garfield's Cabinet thus, hitting it cor
rectly in the case of Secretary Lincoln only,
probably because that Is the only American
name in the list thoroughly well known in
Europe: Secretary Of State, blame /;
Treasury, Mn; Navy, KENT Interior, Yer
kovod Postmaster General, Reancs At
torney General, llacvragh e; War Secretary.
Lincoln
II is believed at the Interior Department
that the court will sustain the issue of the
Sls. 900. 900 of stock of the Northern Pacific
Company, which Mr. Willard of the Oregon
Navigation Company il fighting, AMI that
the plan To make the road II feeder I" the
Navigation Company will fail.
Hiram Price of Iowa who has accepted
tho cnmmissinnership of Indian affairs, has
been in the House the past four years, and
he had been .or six years before 1869, hut
declined re- election lie is II rich man, who
has made his money hy careful management,
and, il is said, has always been disposed to
apply the same methods t. the public ii
nances, the embodiment oi honesty and with
II pretty keen scent for fraud.
Among the callers at the White House Sat
ur,lay was kcnward Philip, known TO the
country through the association of his name
with the forged Morcy letter lie did not
see the President
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-08

REy. Dr.. PHILLIP ScHAFF is authority for
the statement that there was difference of
opinion between the English and American
companies of rcviscrs of the New Testament
rs 10 the use Of modern words for the archaic
words which charactcrizc the old version, the
English reviscrs being anxious 10 retain them
ms far as possible, rs a help to the success of
the work. The Englisl, did not wish to ad-
nit the American Suggestions, and the Amer
leans were unwilling that They should he
omitted. The matter was finally cpmpro-
missed by Incorporating the American re
visions in "A dozen pages of appendix. Dr,
SchalT expects To see the revised New Tesla
mcnt accepted 10y all but the most narrow
minded persons in the course Of five years.
aud the history ul the present translation
certainly giv's grounds for the belief. The
acceptance will probably be greatly helped
by work now in Preparation ia England,
giving an account Of the debates af the com
miticcs and the arguments put forth in favor
Of or against the changes adopted, rs well as
information as Ia the reasons why other
changes were moi received Dr ScimT ad-
mi5 that the work has been done between
two fires, the radicals being in favor Of
hardly daring to change y comma
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-08
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

ftIErNTIa~ CANT: or tt. Rins. E)l,a4ftial Il
California. \ SreTti ~ 'nIuSs. Il, T is.-
duTc = Van DYKE. l2nn 50 10. -I5p FO-,is-
Howard 4 Hubert, New lo-S, Publishers,
This misunderstanding Volume is veiy
successful ATTEMPT t. combine the interest Of
novel with the liore practical features Of
work on the hunting and fishing Of country
celebrated amons spor,smen. The author
has made his romance subordinate To- the
main purpose of his work, sort Of
skctChy back ground to his more practical
subject But 1t is none the less attractive
for that The party consists ot a Young
Bostonian in delicate health, his sister, and
her friend his iancee, with Fascinating
young San Francisco physician, who, Is
crack shot, sportsman, medical expert, and
Jolly good fellow, is the guide, philosophel
and friend of tho group and especially Of
the fair sen among them. TIcrc is pleas
ant flavor of humor pervading ;he whole tale
and the reader is alternately amused. inter
estcd in the zeal al The chase and instructed
in the wUltii;rmt:s habits of game AMI arts Of
the sportsman. 1t will be enjoyed by th,
lovers of outdoor life and adventure
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-08

Ga Tacs,lay, was notable as being on a high
cr plane than for some days previous. lhe
leading speakers were Senators Bayard,
SHERMAN Burnside, lIawley (who made his
frs, long speech, and Morgan and McPhcr
son. Senator Sherman said that the Amer
lean people would look upon contest which
involved nothing but few offices with
rood deal Of indifference. BIT back of this
was principle which was recognized in
every d,lil.crativc body in the world -that
was that Tie majority If any body must de
eide every question that came before il. Here
a majority WAS in favor of change of oiii
GERS. ltWas 90 shown by many votes, and
il wrs more Than constitutional majority
it Was II majority of Senators without respect
body question the right Of the majority to
elect officers The minority said ''No; you
shall not do that" Perhaps the minority was
wise and right, that was matter OF indliier-
ence The question was, who should deter
mine the order Of business. Any majority
was II majority. 1t was because the South
ern Republics had dlsrcgardcd this law that
they had never been able TO establish stable
governments He made "A strong argument
in opposition to the right of minorlties to
filibustcr by Withholding their votes, and
criticised the action of his own party asso-
ciates in having at various times resorted to
that method lie was glad to cooperate
with the senator from Virginia Mr. Ma
hone, and hc believed that the movement
originated by that gentleman would be the
dawnng of new day for the South The
solid South would be broken and American
politics cease to be sectional and become
National. lie welcomed the Senator as an
avant courier of the men who would follow,
and break down sectionalism and secure
equal rights and privileges 10 all men.
Senator Bnyard replied to Senator Sher-
man, his points bcng that IT was II question
of sound public discretion whether the inter
position Of dilaiory motion was or was not
within the spirit of the law and that Mr..
Sherman was in error when lac stated that
there was a numerical MINORITY IN opposition
TO the transaction Of the only business for
which the Senate had been convened
senator IIawlcy closed the debate for the
day. lie deprecated the principle that the
minority should govern the majority but
said there WINS a higher principle involved IN
| this question than the right Of the majority
To rule The Dtmocra,ic party in the South
had practically declared Tint universal sui
| frnse was failure, aud had determined that
"A minority should tuke upon itself
the absolute control of that section.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-08

OIFnuAEGiRISE lEGAIIY DESC EIEIn.
Last week an indictment was found hy "A
Buffalo jury against the proprietor OF an
olcomargarinc factory and this ia the way
the stuiT was dcscribcdin legal paIlincc-
The said Henry We'll did create and mann
tam IL certain and common public nuisance
bv keeping and accommodating the tat, bones,
flesh, tissues, ontruils and substances oi
divers dead animals and divers chemical
acids, To the jurors unknown, beef, iall"w,
ufful, carbon and other foul, nnNiuuS filthy
nnd putrid matter aud substances, both s"lld
and liquid, which the said We'll has cooked,
steamed, soaked, mixed, puddlcd, tcrmcnt
ed, stirred, brcwcd, converted aud rendered,
together and separately, by which he has
wrongfully and unlawiully caused and per
mittcd 10 arise, evolve. cmanatc, disseminate
and spread divers noXious, noisumc, "ilrn
sivc, delcterious, unwhncsomc and un-
healthy gases vupors eyhal.ations, cilluvia
miasnIs Smells stenchcs which contamlnntr,
poison and infect the air, 10 the hazard OF
the lives, heath, comfort and happiness "i
many thousands of the good citizens Of the
city, and the common and public nuisance
OF said citizens.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-08

Nh. BoYcoTT of Lough Mask, Ulster
county, ireland, whose treatment by the Land
Leaguers gave rise to the term 'Bnycntting, ~
arrived in New YORK. Tuesday, accompanied
by his brother, the Rev Edmund Boycott.
and his wife In an interview, Mr.. Goycoil
expressed the opinion that the troubles in
Ireland had decreased the value of property
30 per cent-and that the Land-Leagucrs had
paid more money 10 their leaders than their
rent would cost. The average abatement Of
rents, he said, had been IL per cent at least.
Some landlords have abated as much % per
cent, and the average profit of the landlords
has been four per cent on the value of the
land. Capt. Boycott said he had come to this
country on visit only, and still holds the
lease of his farm for thirty years. How the
land troubles will he settled by Parliament
he cannot predict the tenants demands lac
thinks, amount 10 coniiscation almost. Two
Irish Protestant girls are left in charge
Of his property, and, in spite Of the Boycott
tiers, have refused TO leave it.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-08

Winter, which has manifested in almost
unprecedented fashion its unlovely character
at the West, is now bcstowing upon that I'M
happy country the last lingering tokens of It's
affection. In the upper Missouri the ice is
broken in places from one to three hundred
miles apart, causing gorges, which have
flooded the country in many places, anu
gorge five miles below caused an overflow
into Mandan, opposite Bismarck, where the
river is four miles wide. 1t is believed that
all the people reached the bluffs safely, but as
the thermometer was Il above zero their
sufrerings must have been indcscribablc
There was four feet of water and masses oil
floating ice in the streets of the unfortunate
city. Bismarck, however, is twenty-five
feet above the present rise, and is therefore
sale, as the river would have 10 he over
twenty miles wide before the city level could
bc reached. An incident of the flood was
the rescue of five men in the woods IN The
bn;tom in the south of Bismarck. Major
George Peoples and! one man IN sma'
sLin rode, n mile. 10 this timber and ice, and
when there. Major Peoples got ont of the
boat nnd went in search of the men believed
10 be in the wood, which WAS nothing lEorc
than Il mighty gorge of ice. From block TO
block he stepped until he found four men III
two skilIs, safe and sound. They had pro-
visions and could have held ont several days,
y fifth man was found on a cake oil ICE
greatly exhausted. lie had been floating on
4 cake of ice until he brought up. IN trees
When he started he was on the root OF
house, from which he WAS pushed INTO The
current 10y tie ice. The Major TOOK Inc h'e
men safely 1" Bismarck, travelling aoou'
four mlles over blocks "t zee lie also Vis'teu
collection oil people opposite Fort Lincoln
who We're hHddieu In Single hou7e 'iia'
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-08
NOTES AND NOTES.

The Yale Freshmen are developing their
muscles by course in Latin conversation.
The New York Sun has an inquislivc
correspondent who wants 10 know when the
new Bible goes into effect
A young man of twenty Six years in MadI-
son, Wis, has just married the divorced
second wife of his grandfather.
In a hitherto unpublished letter, Thackeray
said: a dandy is all individual who would
be lady if he could, hut as he can't, does
all he can to show the world he's not a man
That is my idea, at any rate
\ fashion writer says the bonnets are to be
worn very large and as all the milllners
say no strings, the structure is to hold itself
on by force Of brain power.
The ma general in the Pirates OF Fen
zance," who bought miscellaneous set oil
ancestors is matched by an ambitious Cali
fornia man, who purchased lot Of old ror-
traits in Europe, had the noses rubbed out
and his own family nose painted in, and now
passes off the pictures for lkenesses of his
progcnitors.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-08

THE decision of the United States Supreme
Court in a Mormon bigamy case, briefly al
luded to in our Washington dispatches yes
ter,!ay, illustrated once more the extreme
difficulty in securing final convictions OF
Mormons for h;gamy or polygamy under the
existing laws of the territory. The defend
ant in the case, one Miles, was tired for biGa-
nv in the Third District Court of Utah and
found guilty. He thcreupon appealed to the
Supreme Court of the Territory, where The
Judgment of the district court was aiiirmed. lie
then appealed 10 the United States Supreme
Court, on the ground, among others, that his
second wife's evidence YVES admitted in the
previous trial 10 prove his marriage TO the
first. in contravcntIon Of the law Of Utah,
which declares that wife shall not be wit
ness for or against her husband. The United
States Supreme Court holds that till the mar
rage with the first wife was proved, his mar
riagc with the second being admitted, the
wife No was prima facie his wife, and
could not be used as witness against him.
In reversing the decision Of the Supreme
Court of Utah, and remanding the case for
n new trial, ihc United States Supreme Court
says.
Il is made clear by the record that polyg
amous marriages are SO celebrated in Utah as
TO make the proof of polygamy very difficult.
They are conducted in secret, and the per-
sons by whom they are solemnized are under
such obligations of secrecy that il is almost
impossible to extract the facts from them
when placed upon the witness stand. II
both wives are excluded from testifying to
the first marriage, rs in the opinion OF this
court they should be-, under the existing
rules of evidence. testimony sufficient to
convict for polysamy in Utah is hardly at
iaimablc This is not, however, considera-
tiun which ought 10 Influence this court. 1t
must administer the law as 1t finds it. The
remedy is with Congress by enac,ing such
a change in the law OF evidence in Utah as To
mrkc both wives witnesses on indictments
for bigamy.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-08

IL the Pennsylvania House Of Representa-
tives the bill proposing an amendment to the
constitution prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquors in the State
was passed by vote of 1909 to SO, after
an amendment prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of liquors for mechanical, medicinal
and scientific purposes mad been voted down
by vote Of III nays 10 10 yeas. There is
no doubt, it is said, that the Senate will
ratify the action of the House.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-08

The island of Chic. famous as Scio, in an
tiquity, has just suffered from a terrible
earthquake The shock destroyed many
houses in the town of Chic, and seriously
damaged nearly all those left standing.
Many inhabitants were killed and the re-
mainder are encamped in the fields. Many
of the neighboring villages were also de
stroyed A government despatch received
ut Athens says that the persons killed and in
iured are estimated at 5000
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-08

A SAN Francisco letter says that the
widow and daughter of John Brown are
now living in ohscurity and poverty on a
small farm near San jose, 40 miles from that
city. The widow is about 20 years of age,
and the burden Of her support falls entirely
upon the daughter, worthy and cultured
lady, who is lily fitted for rough farm work,
which she is obliged 10 perform to exc out
scanty maintenance. Their place is mort
gagged for $1,000, and payment of interest on
this debt seriously embarasses them. A
local paper calls on residents of that place,
as well as admirers Of John Brown else
where in the State and country, 10 raise a
fund to pay this debt and assure these de-
serving women of competency for the re-
mainder of their days.