The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-06-28
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room, conducting summer cam
paign. For two weeks after the close
of my school in May, was in attend
ance upon court in Gallipolis, and
while there had the pleasure of meet
ing with two attorneys from your
town, who were employed in will
case, they were Mr.. James B. Men.
ager and Mr.. D. W. Polsley. was
very much impressed with the atten.
ton and earnestness of Mr.. Menagcr
in the interest of his client.
As soon as / was dismissed from
court duty l went in pursuit of pleas.
ure, which l found among my friends
in Clendenin District. In my pereg.
renations, | found the crop prospects
as general thing pretty good, not
outstanding the presence of the
army worm,and other insects, which
have done some little, but no very
great injury, growing crops. Har.
vesting is now the order Of the day,
and the husbandman is busy gather.
ing in the golden sheafs.
Upon several occasions l have al.
luded to politics and several gentle.
men whose names have been men.
toned for office; meeting quite par
ty Of gentlemen one day, l remarked
to them: "What do you think of Col.
c. T. Beale, as Democratic candidate
for Congress?" The universal ex-
preston ofall was, that they believed
he could serve the people better in
the gubernatorial chair than in the
congressional, and said one gentle.
man: "lf he were TO get the nominal
ton for Governor, he would make
the War Dance lively and the race
swift.
"Who do you favor for Cougress?"
The general impression was that
either Capt. W. R. Gum or Mr.. C. E.
Hogg would be the strongest of any
whose names have yet been present.
ed in print to the public. They both
have a good record and are gentle
men of ability.
While on my visiting tour, I spent
a pleasant time at the home of Mr..
W. F. Crowley, who is carrying on a
very lucrative business blacksmith.
ing on the farm of Mr.. c. T. Beale.
! found in his possession very val
liable work called "Navin's Stock
Doctor" and upon careful perusual
of it and studying the anatomy of the
horse, | find the good horse sheer is a
more important parsonage than
many think he is; to be successful in
shoeing, he must understand thor.
oughly the anatomy Of the horses
foot, in order not to injure a valuable
animal which many of them do by
not knowing their business; and as
the good sheer ought to be to the
horse, what the good physician is to
man, there should be some legisla.
ton requiring those who practice
the art OF shoeing, to do it scientific.
ally or not at all. Now, in order 10
remedy the evil and protect one Of
the noblest aad most useful of all an
imals from abusive shooting, practi.
TONERS should be required to under
stand the anatomy Of the horse, and
hold q certificate from board of x.
aminers to that effect.
| will now conclude my narrative
by giving you story told on one of
Clendenin's good farmers, and which
is too good to be lost. A farmer we
will call Joe, and his son Ike, were
very busy not long ago in breaking
a fine span Of horses; after driving
them all week very successfully, the
farmer concluded to show off his fine
team, named respectively Farmers
Delight and Hambletonian, on Sab.
bath, and accordingly drove to
Church, he left the team in charge of
the boy and entered the church, tax.
ing his seat near very large lady.
Riding in the wind made him sleepy
and with visions of prancing horses
in his head sank into dreamy repose;
the lady becoming very much inter.
ested in the minister's remarks be.
gan to shout, and the farmer, half
waking up and thinking only of his
horses, seized her and began to ex-
claim: "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Ike,
for Gods sake cut the belly-band and
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