The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-07-27

TIC auVdHCeu aye Vi ~ years anu 10
days. Father Roush was q consist
ent member Of the Evangelical
Luthern Church for over 65 years
He leaves good record Of life we'll
spent in the service of the church.
lie was a good, quiet citizen, never
doing anything that would detract
the minds of any of his neighbors or
friends. He was one of the defend.
ers Of his country in the war of 1912.
The funeral services were held in
the Evangelical Lutheran Church,
in the Upper Flats, by the Pastor,
Rev. Geo. A. Lea, NJ. D., text: Job v.
chap. IA, yer. IA. X.
NEWSPAPER DUNs.-Here is how n
brother journalist puts il. We pre-
sumo that some people think that
newspaper men are persistent duns;
let farmer place himself in a SINH
hr business position and see if he
would not do the same. Suppose
that he raised one thousand bushels
Of wheat, and his neighbour should
come and buy a bushel, and the price
was only a small sum of two dollars
or less, and the neighbor says, 81
will pay you the amount in u few
days" AS the farmer did not want
to be small about the matter, he says
all right. Another comes in the
same way, until all the one thousand
bushels Of wheat are trusted out to
one thousand different persons, and
not one Of them concerns himself
about it because it is u small amount
that he owes the farmer, andef'cours
that would not help him any. He
does not realize that the farmer has
frittered away his large cropof wheat
and that its value is due him in a
thousand little driblets and that he
is seriously embarrassed in his bus
mess because his debtors treat it as a
little matter. But if all would pay
him promptly, which they could do
as well as not, it would be n very
large amount TO the farmer, and ena-
BILE him 10 carry on business without
difficulty. The above comparison is
too true of the difficulties that the
newspaper man has to contend with.
READ THIS, BoYs.-A man who is
very rich now, was very poor when
u boy, when asked how he got his
riches, he replied:
"My father taught me never to
play till my work was finished, and
never to spend money till Ihad earn.
ed it. If l had but q half.hour's
work to do in day | must do that
the first thing, and in half an hour.
After this l was allowed to play, and
could then play with much more
pleasure than if | had thought of an
unfinished task before my mind.
early formed the habit OF doing
everything in its time, and it soon
became perfectly easy to do SO. 1t is
to this habit owe my prosperity"
Many strange events are prophesi.
ed to occur during this year, and we
think some of them have come to
pass viz: The attempted assassina.
ton Of the President, which pierced
the heart Of our nation; the June
floods, causing great destruction, and
the comet-a wandering traveller in
the skies, attracting much attention
What is this werld coming to any.
how?
The Board of Public Works was
out Saturday, and inspected several
brides and the two.mile toll house.
Wheeling Register.
That's queer business for the
Board of Public Works of West Vir,
ginia to be engaged in-inspccting
bridesl What next?-Gpenbrier IN
DEPENDENT
We would like to know whethe,
this was a dress parade inspection
or only an inspection of the arms
and accouterments.
DRowNED.-On the 10Th inst.
Henry Lemaster, aged IL years, sor
Of j. D. Lemaster, of Arbuckle Dis
trict, was drowned in the Kanawha
at James Longs landing, while il
bathing. The body was recovered
after having been in the water fol
several hours.