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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-23

Coal is plenty and high.

The roads in the county are getting
;yerybad.
We will probably have some good
sugar weather now.
Our wharfboats are doing alarge
re-sbipping business.
Horses and mules are now bringing
a good price in market.
The hens have come to terms, and
eggs are getting plenty.
The Scotia carries an electric light
and several electric lads.
The first robins Of the season COM
nenced chirping this week.
1t is said we will have bad, wet
spring, and a.hot, dry summer.
The falling water has left the
wha.yes in muddy condition.
Petersburg is to have paper mills,
Our mills are most all on paper.
Capt. Hopkins expects to'ship his
potatoes to Cincinnati this week.
| Good beefis getting scare; from this
onwe wiflhave TO eat beef and pullet.
The only hand in the world which
blesses those who grasp it is q full
hand.
The Court of Appeals meets in
Wheeling on March I'd, to render de.
cisions.
Several private schools will COM
mence in town as soon us the public
school closes.
A temperance paper is soon to be
started in Parkersburg, with Rev. G..
q. Wilding as editor.
Circuit Court is still in session. A
considerable amount Of business, we
learn, has been done.
1t is said that Senator Barbee has
been making some fine temperance
speeches in Wheeling.
The man who put up a stove pipe
without an oath expressed or implied,
is soon to be exhibited.
There has been no new ground
cleared this winter the weather has
been too bad to work out.
We are for anybody now who will
get US depot across the river and a
daily mail on the railroad.
Easter comes on the 18th of April
this year, and the almanac says we
will have snow after Easter.
A new school house will probably
be built near the line Of Robinson and
Lewis Districts, this summer.
The class in short hand is making
excellent progress, and the members
are all well pleased with the art.
Mrs. c. NJ. Cole will open Select
School for children,.this Spring, soon
after the close Of the public school.
Mr.. John Gardner has a sale of
stock, farming implements, &C., on
the Hawkins farm, on Saturday, the
26th.
Hon. ]. ]. Bright was appointed
special Judge to decide several cases
in which Judge Guthrie had former.
ly been interested.
We understand that Capt. Maddy
has contracted for u new sidewheel
boat to take the place of the Chesa
peake next season.
There has scarcely been pillow
stuck in the ground this winter; gen.
orally by this time farmers have most
of their sod land plowed.
1t is said the salt furnaces are try
ing to make another combination.
Salt is selling now at the furnaces for
less than it costs to manufacture il.
We want subscribers to come in
and pay up. We are laying by a
Sinking Fund now, and as soon as
the editor gets back we intend to
sink'er.
We want good town hall. twill
pay a good interest on the invest
ment, and afford to the citizens many
entertainments that they are now de-
prived of.
A man who won't take paper be-
cause he can borrow one, has invent
ed machine with which he can cook
his dinner by the smoke OH neigh.
boris chimney.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-23

LOST, srRAYED, OR sToLEv.-A New
Foundland pup, black with white
legs and breast. The finder will be
literally rewarded by returning to
Geo. Hooff.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-23

We are sorry to hear Of the death
of Frank N, Centcrs, formerly of this
place, but lately editor of the Logan,
Ohio, Republican, He died very sud.
denly February 18th, ofiufammatory
rheumatism.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-23

Dr. WILL S. Hoy, Physician, Sur.
geon, and Dermatologist. Tenders
his professional services to the public;
attends to all calls whether day or
night; can be found in his Office, n. g.
corner Main and Market sts., when
not professionally engaged. tja26,1y*
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-23

We understand that Mr.. f. W.
sisson has secured the contract for
building q Howe Truss Bridge over
Whites creek, in Wayne county, this
State. The contract price amounts
TO something near $1,000.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-23

The rise in the river last week was
at this place about four feet below the
August flood in 1875. At Marietta
and points above, the rise was higher
than the August flood. There was
much Inconvenience in the lower
part Of town but not much damage
done. Since the waters receded the
banks above town have been Gazing
badly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-23

We call attention 10 the advertise.
ment of Speaker, Buddeke & Co.,
wholesale Dry Goods and Notions,
Cincinnati, Ohio, in this issue. Mr..
sackett, their Agent, is in every
sense gentleman, and we cheerfully
recommend him and his House to all
merchants.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-23
NORTH BOUND.

TAKING EFFECTJAM ist, $50.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-23
aAr1aoADs.

rIA6E cARD,
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17

'Oh. it says something about New
York funds, and an accommodation
to me. and SO on. I can't make the
horrid writing out.
"Well. look again at your draft.
What's that written across the face of
it in red ink?" .-...
at looks like Accepted
That's the word. You are all right.
The bank sent the draft by q messenger
to Uncle Williams office, to see ii it
was proper for them to paw it to you
out of his money in their hands. When
he wrote Accepted and his name
across the face, that gave his consent.
A draft is of no more worth than q dun
ming letter, until it has been accepted
or honored, as it is sometimes called.
Now, what is that see on the back of
the paper?"
why" answered Mollie. reading
slowly, " it says, Payable at the First
National Bank of New York, Marcus
Miserly, Cashier
"Ah. that's all right again. lake
that down to our bank, indorse it as you
would a check, and Mr.. Forbes will paw
you the money, charging you nothing.
as he would If it were draft upon
Worcester or Portland, or some city
where he had only little business; but
drafts on New York are as good as gold,
and cost nothing for collection"
"Well, 1 neverr" said Mollie, filed
with surprise at all these intricacies of
business. However, she not only got
her rabbits. but, few years later, when
her father died, she took up the reins
of his business, and brought it to the
end she desired.-Ernest IngersoH, in
ST. Nicholas
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17
How Much Pork to q Bushel OF Corn,

Among the questions discussed at the
last meeting of the Iowa Stock Breed
ers' Association was the oft-mooted one
of the number of pounds of pork that
may be produced from given quantity
of corn. Mr.. Briggs. of Jasper, said it
was claimed that one bushel of corn
would produce ten pounds of pork, but
he claimed that under most circum-
stances it would not produce five pounds
to the bushel, while in other cases fif-
teen to eighteen might be produced.
MIR. Nichols, of Muscatine, also gave his
experience on this question. He had
produced as high as twelve pounds of
pork from bushel of corn. Mr.. Brown,
OF Marshall, stated that he had obtained
nine pounds of pork to the bushel, and
as high as ten when the hogs were on
grass. Mr.. Lathrop, of johnson, was
of the opinion that in the condensing
process more pork could be obtained
lor bushel of corn in young hogs than
in older ones, and the same would also
be the case in cattle. Mr.. Hiatt, of
Jasper County. was of the opinion that
not more than five pounds of pork
could be produced from a bushel of
corn, and believed in selling corn in
preference to feeding it when he could
get thirty cents per bushel. National
Lire Stock journal.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17
English Farmers in Despair.

1t may be from fear of America, it
may be from the long continuance Of
Improbable harvests, it may be the
rise in the expenditure especially on
labor, or it may even be from increased
intelligence, but there is hopelessness
about farmers complaints which ex-
perienced men, familiar with their
ways, never remember before. They
hardly look for any Improvement.
They do not speak of the bad times as
exceptional. They do not among each
other talk of prices as sure to improve.
Above all. they throw up their farms on
apparently light provocation. Ex-
Perienced land agents notice q total diff
ference of tone, an indisposition to hag-
gle, sort of determination to make
none but low offers, and to stick to
them. The tenants, as they say, seem
not to want the farms, and make offers
too low to be entertained, in a kind of
spiteful sport Very often no offers at
all can be obtained and the land is
either thrown upon the landlords s
hands or goes out of cultivation. The
latter occurrence was formerly most un-
usual in Great Britain. and seems al
most impossible; but there is no reason
to doubt the statements made that in
every county in the south and east
large numbers of farms formerly yield
ing good rents are lying idle, the land
lords being unwilling to let at low
rents to men who ask long leases. and
unwilling to cultivate for themselves or
able to bear a temporary loss. We
know in our own experience of dis
trict in which eleven farms, poorish to
fair as to soil, are deserted and un-
titled, and have read advertisements of
a quite extraordinary character in the
way OF temptation to tenants. OF
farms in the landlords hands, and of
farms broken into two or three, there
is no end, while land in modest patches
has sunk in value in q degree which
suggests q kind Of dread among ten
ants as well as land buyers. There is a
feeling of hopelessness, in fact, abroad
among the farmers of the better class,
and of reluctance to remain in the bus
iness. which of itself may produce i'm
portant effects, willingness to farm
having been an important element in
the trade. 1t differed from all others
in its attraction for a class those who
preferred country life and were content
not only with modest profits. but with
an entire absence of those chances
which in many walks of life are SO at
tractive. Now that willingness has
disapPeared.-Losdon Economist.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17
THE LOVERS 90.

And see the lovers 70
WIN lingering steps and slow
SSver all the world together, all in all
wwSer All the worldl The empires fall;
M onwsru march of man seems spent;
Tne nations rot In dull content;
Tne blight OF war, bitter Hood,
IRON continent to continent
Tolls on with waves of blood;
Inc ngnt OF knowledge sinks, the fire OF
thought burns low;
One power there is men ne'er forget.
And stu through every land beneath the
Rapt, careless, looking in each others eyes.
Mth lingering steps and slow,
The lovers 70.
A pillar of light
Goes evermore before their dazzled ewes
furple and golden bright,
foufh's vast horizon spread, and the un-
bounded skies. =
oh, blessed dream, which for awhile dost hide
Inc sorrows OF the world, and leave life glori-
Oh. blessed light that risest still.
Young eyes and eager souls to NIL.
Linked arms and hearts aeiow:
To this sef-sacrifce our natures grow.
Rapt each in each they go, and mute,
Listening to the sweet song
Which Love, with unheard accents, all day
Sings to Them. like a hidden bird.
Sweeter than e'er was seen or heard,
Which from Hfe's thick-leaved tree
Sings sadly, merrily,
A strange, mixed song, mystic strain,
Which rises now TO joy and jolity,
Now seemeth to complain:
But with q sweeter music far than is
OF earth-bor1 melodies.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17
WIN. HARBURY.

"But can't go to Boston to get the
money from that bank!" cried Mollie,
when she had finished reading.
"No. said her father. "But perhaps
you might find somebody who would be
willing to give yop tie money here, and
90 save you the trouble"
"'Fraid nobody'd bother to save me
troubler sighed Mollie, with an at
tempt to be melancholy that brought
out Q laugh.
But t might be for somebody's in
terest to do SO. Supposing you were
going to Boston to purchase q lot of
goods, wouldn't you rather have your
money already there safely, than to run
the risk of losing it by carrying it
around with you all the time? Now, if
. person gives you ten dollars for that
check. it's Just the same as though he
himself had placed ten dollars in the
bank in Boston, and he runs no risk of
losing it."
"What If he should lose this?''
That might cause some inconveni-
ence; but they would give him another
money would lie safe in the vaults of
any one who is going to Boston to-dayP"
No, sir, and / don't want to wait q
long time until find somebody"
'H / should tell you, there ia a gen.
tleman in the village here who makes q
business of giving money for such slips
of commercial paper whom should
you guess him 10 be?'
"Mr. Forbes. the banker, I suppose" !"
"Right. Now, am busy and can't
talk any more; but, if you wish, you
may go down to the bank now, and ask
Mr.. Forbes II he will cash that check
for you. Goodbye"
Aollie would have liked to have her
way pointed out little more explicitly,
and she hesitated q moment, but her
father did not look up again, and SO she
started down the street.
The little Canonset Bank of the vii
lage was ON the most public street, and
Mollie passed it once or twice before
she finally mustered up courage enough
to 70 in There was q long desk or
counter In the room. and the top of it
was protected everywhere by . hand
some wire-fence, excepting little
space like . window, above which hung
the sign, Cashier" in gilt letters. Be
hind the fence were some clerks, writ
ing in immense account-books, piles of
packages of bank-bills, and cleaning
trays Of gold and silver coins.
SIS Mr.. Forbes inf' Mollie asked OF
tall, kindly gentleman at the little
window.
.ra.tNe, he is out of town to-day. Can
do anything for youP" -.
or timidly. ~ wanted to ask him If he
she held out her check. ~
Th. rvontIan~n 0lanced at Il and than
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17
RABBITS AND BANK PAPER.

Mollie French walked slowly into her
fathers library from the post office one
afternoon, with a puzzled face. She
handed him some letters and then stood
still, studying q big envelope. on which
the card of q wholesale leather ware
house was printed, up in the left-hand
corner. and across which her own name
was strung in the most business-like
writing ever seen-not Mollie, but
Miss Mary French"
This is the funniest thing yet for q
holiday presentr' she exclaimed.
Whom can it be from. PapaP'
Perhaps if you should open it. you
would find out"
Mollie fastened to do so, as though
she had never thought of that expert
ment, and found big sheet with more
printing about leather at the top, and
read:
my DEAR MICE: Remembering that this
10 your birthday, and remembering also your
fondness for pets, inclose my check for ten
dollars. beRRiuR you to provide yourself with
- Ibit-house, and family Of rabbits to live
:: Hoping that your birthdays may be many,
and as sweet and sunny as they ought to be
for . youny lady born in the month OF roses,
remain your anecsion:.e wMsx nnsle; H.n,r.,
"P. s.-ff this amt Is not suffict, draw on
me N tlRut turOuRn the Farmers NatfOnal
Bank for ten dollars more. Yours, w. H."
"Well. that's very nice of Uncle
William, I'm sure, and L d like to thank
him ever so much; but IL guess he
forgot to put the money in! And what
does he mean by that postscript? What
are you laughing at. Papa?"
'.Ha. ha, ha! Didn't I hear a girl
saying. day or two ago, that she
would like to be . business woman
and deal in railway Stocks like her
father?'
Every likely; you hear lots of things,
Papa. said Mollie, very demurely; then
added with more energy: "And I
should. too. 1t must be grandr'
''But it requires much training If you
are to succeed. and here's a good be-
ginning. / suspect your uncle had an
object in writing in SO commercial q
manner. What is that folded paper in
yonr hand?"
"This? Oh, / forgot to look at it.
suppose It's the check he speaks of.
whatever that is"
Read it to me-" said her father.
1t was q slip of stiff paper, about eight
inches long by two inches wide. 1t was
partly printed in ornamental type, and
partly written where spaces had been
left blank for the words. What Mollie
read was this:
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17

Although George Eliot died sud
denly. she had not, it is stated, been well
for eight years. From December 20.
when she was first seized by illness,
she grew rapidly worse until the 22d.
Then her physician found her on her
back with her shoulders raised. Her
eyes were closed; the face was of an
ashen gray color, the lips livid, the
breathing hurried, and the pulse small,
irregular and frequent; loud pericar-
dial friction sound was heard over the
heart. Attempts were made to give
brandy and food, but without avail, and
the patient rapidly failed.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17

-Accord'n 'ng to DR.. Edward Smith
an egg contains fifteen and a quarter
per cent. of carbon and two per cent. oi
nitrogen Another writer estimates
that the value of one pound of eggs, as
food for sustaining the active forces OF
the body. is to the value of one pound
of lean beef as 1854 to 900. As flesh
producer, one pound of eggs is about
equal to one pound of beef.-Dr. Foote' {
Health Monthly for March
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17
Preludlee KILL.

"Eleven years our daughter suffered on q
bed of misery under the care Of several of
the best land some Of the worst) physicians,
who gave her disease various names but no
relief, and now she is restored to us in good
health by as simple remedy as Hop Bitters,
that We had poohed at for two years, before
using it We earnestly hope and pray that
no one else will let their sick suffer as we
did, on account of prejudice against so good q
medicine as hop Bitters."-THI PARENTS
telegram
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17

"SEIzINe the gigantic Indian around the
waist the brave boy lifted him into the all
and dung him headlong down the chasm.
Pan ing, the boy stood and watched the In
dams body fall from crag to crag until It dis
appeared in the darkness below. just at this
moment" just at that moment the father
of the boy who was reading this trash came
along, lifted the youngster bv the ear, and in
the woodshed matinee that followed the boy
had no thought Of flinging the old man down
. chasm There was no chasm handy.-De-
troif Free Press
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17

The writer Of an elaborate treatise on the
origin of evil has suffered at the hands of the
proof-readers. He meant to say, "The soul
Of man is of Divine origin; the body of man
Is of Satan" But the wicked printers have
made him to say that ''the body of man is of
Satin" This, however, is not worse than
the case of the lire of q hymn which. by q
similar manipulation, or alack OF carefulness,
was changed from the triumphant expression,
1--WE raise our lofty shouts" to the very in
felicitous and unpoet.cal one, I'VE raise our
lofty snouts.n
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17

THOSE troubled with coughs, colds, whoop-
ing-cough, weak and bleeding lungs, will be
pleased to learn that the celebrated James
Cough Pellets have been put on sale in this
section Ask your druggist Only 25 cents.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17

"Plso's Cure for Consumption
Has been sold in Davenport under q guaran-
tee, and in three years not single bottle has
been returned. This fact is . good recon-
mendation of the medicine. ."-Darelport (Za.)
Democrat -.-t
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17
Worcester (Mass.) Spy.1

Certainly strong o. .inion, said one Of our
reporters to whom the following was detailed
by Mr.. Henry Kaschop, with Mr.. George E. Mil
Ter, 4ls Main street, this city: suffered SO
badly with rheumatism in my leg last winter,
that I was unable to attend to my work,
being completely helpless. I heard Of St.
Jacobs OIL and bought bottle, after using
which l felt greatly relieved. With the use
Of the second bottle was completely cured.
In my estimation there is nothing on earth so
good for rheumatism as st. Jacobs Oil. 1t
acts like . charm $50 -s.-s..t
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17

CLa Crosse Republican Leaderl
HAVING been cured by St Jacobs OIL,
recommend the same to all sufferers with
Rheumatism, says Mr.. L. shiffman, 2SO4 Cal
umet avenue, Chicago, Ill
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17

WOULD not be without Redding's Russis
ealve, is the verdict of all who use 1t.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17

Used to believe that women prefer those
whom they think handsome. Error. They
prefer those who think them handsome
Ch0ripdri.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17

LIGHT coLoRED or yellow Axle Grease soor
wears OF. Get the genuine Frazer.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17

"HE Is man of moist habits, +" is the deli
cate way of alluding to an excessive drinker
II he is in comfortable circumstances.-Neas-
ark Call
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17

Send on postalcard for 50 page book on ''Ths
dress DR.. Sanford. l62 Broadway, New York.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17

The present winter has been q grand
season Tor matchmaking. Tucked under
the same robe with a pretty girl and the
music Of sleigh-bells in his ear, the tempta-
tion is too strong to resist. A man who
stances does not deserve much happiness in
this life. There have been more weddings
this winter the country over than ever oc-
CURED in one season. Good times doubtless
had something to do with 1t, but the beau
tiful snow and the long sleigh-rides have
done more.-Chicago Tri6xne.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17

al HAD no time to stuff the chicken, +" apollo
i6s is
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17

Corn 10 the worst used of all the cereals
No matter how fruitful it Is, it is only grown
to have its ears pulled.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17

TIE cremationists have at last discovered
that Warrington, Pa, is that country from
whose burn no traveller returns. Chicago
Tribune
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17
Do You Wish To Know?

:as-her people, her homea her anda her producer hs
towns. her counties and her public institutons2
e.. DO YOU WISH TO KNOW about ths
Wonderful climate the le0 wonderful scenery, the
the marvellous growth generally Of Colorado la
3. DO YOU WISH TO KNOW about New
wealth surpaszing even that Of Colorado?
q. DO YOU WISH TO KNOW aoout Al.
1ona without doubt richest mineral country In thG
United sfate with other advantages Of climate and sol
8. DO you WISH TO KNOW abolt Cali
and southY
g. % you WISH TO KNOW about Oh
a. DO Y9U WISH 70 KN0Ml nsy SrsasA
Csre @. p. D T. G. 8 GLEED.
4, 7. = g =. r b Topeka, kAn0aA
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17

II afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
rhompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell It. 25c.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17

A WOMAN in Michigan had her ear so badly
frozen that It dropped of. This style Of ear
drop will not probably become popular
Ste,sbeny;Ie Herald.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17

ENaLIsHMEN often acquire the habit OF
carrying an umbrella in pleasant weather.
But they don't keep 1t up.-Bost0n Post.