The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-05-23

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worthless dog, and our juriesshould
protect the husband, father or
brother in 80 doing.
The Fruits OF Enterprise.
The Wheeling Evening Journal,
The wonderful tapidily with which
the broad prairies Of the West have
been turned into waving harvest
fields, and towns and cities, with
their factories, school houses and
churches, built as If by magic, is
not alone to be accorded to the fact
that toward the setting sun Is a
land flowing with milk and honey.
Indeed, in very few respects has
this country been blessed with adj
vantages equal in value, number
and extent to those possessed by
tho frst.born child Of Old Virginia.
In vain do men look there for the
hidden and inexhauslible stores Of
wealth that underlie our hills and
valleys, awaiting only the iron way
of the locomotive and the pick Of
the miner-for the tall forests that
grow on their surface, ready to sup.
ply every want in this direction,
and for the green pasture fields
that yield the richest and most nu.
tritiOus grasses in the world. To
be sure. all these are there, but
their measure is limited, while in
our own State they are to be seen
in almost boundless abundance
But the question at once arises, if
IVES! Virginia is SO prolific Of the
natural conditions necessary to in.
sure the veal and wealthof her own
people and offers the manifold IN
ducements claimed for her to home
seekers from other States, why is
it that the less favored districts Of
our broad land have outstripped
her in the growth Of population,
opulence and importance2 1t is a
matter Of fact, it may be said, as
partial answer to the question, that
many Of the men who compose the
busy, moving population Of the
States Of the great West were,
while they yet earned their bread
beneath the skies Of the east, no
less active and earnest in advanc.
ing every promising public enter
prise and work Of improvement
than they are now in their adopted
land. They realized the fact that
to make a State stand out among
its sisters conspicuously, to give it
that prominence 10 which great
natural advantages and splendid
possibilities entille 1.-THE one
thing needful is TO manifest a prac.
teal willingness to encourage en-.
terprises looking to its develop,
ment. Thousands Of our pushing,
enterprising men have left our bor-
ders because they we're not able to
discern in the future substantial
signs Of that improvement and I'D,
vancement Of which they felt the
need. And looking at the matter
in this light, they determined to
cast their lot in u country which,
though not possessed Of the same
opportunities of their OWN, was in.
habited by q people whose enter.
prise and energy routed a multi.
tude of natural hindrances to State
advancement, This, indeed, is the
true secret Of the great prosperity
Of the much over.rated west, and it
may DO set down at the same time
as the true secret of the lack Of
prosperity in the long,settled States
Of the east. Enterprise has been
the watch word, not only in the
growing town and youthful cities,
but on the prairie farms and mod.
est homes Of the .boundless vest
And the fruits Of popular zeal in
living up TO it ore seen, its rail.
roads marking the land in every
direction, its cultivated acres, its
villages, towns and cities which
have sprung into existence within
the last quarter Of q century, It's
temples Of learning, increasing in.
tclligence, and steepled houses Of
worship.
What West Virginia wants to
insure her a place in the front rank
Of the Sisterhood Of States IL o largo
allowance of that same kind Of
public spirit, Her people must
&c! down to q more careful consid.
Grafton Of questions relating to the
development Of her lockcd.up
wealth. This they are beginning