Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-02

promises W % hOlIoy PioNo heAJ -
brary."
In Mr.. Sidney Lsar's give Minutes
Daily Readings Of Poetry" just issued By
Thomas Whitaker, New York, the reader
will find one OF the best selections of verse
vet published. The volume contains three
hundred and sixty. five poems, one for each
day of the year, from the writings OF the
best authors, from Milton, Dante and
Michael Angelo to Longfellow, Bryant and
Mathew Arnold, culled with much judg-
nlent and care, and arranged in q pleasing
and attractice manner. The opening poem;
for January l, is Millions 'Circumcision,'
and the last one, for December 81, Longtel-
lows "Dying Year" OF necessity, among
so large q number, all the popular poems
and fayorite authors are to be ound be-
tween the covers of this neat and timely
volume, and il is to be hoped 1t will meet
with the large demand its merits entitle it
to.-Stanlon & Davenport
For some years Messrs. w. ]. Linton n
r. II. Stoddard have been gathering the
material for an elaborate collection OF
English poetry, which it is proposed by
the editors and publishers to make more
comprehensive in its scope and more accur-
ate in its text thsn any similar work hith-
erto put forth. The whole OF the past year
Mr.. Linton has devoted to a minute study
and versi6cation of the texts in the Brit
ish Museum" and the NOES appended to
many w%eIl.known verses give surprising
evidence of the garbled and abridged te1ts
which have become current even IN the
most popular collections. Mr.. r h.. Stod-
dard will write an Introductory essay upon
the period Of English poetry covered oy
each division of the collection. The work
will be published by Messrs. Charles Scri6
ner's Sons under the general title En- 1lish
~ - L. iii a4n.tEN Of a CorIpo nf hVa
volumes arranged as follows: |. "Cnaucer
to Burns" IL. Lyrics OF the Nineteenth
Century" III. Ballads an ! Romances.'
~, Dramatic Selections" V. "Transla-
lions" This division is simple and excel
Ient; il makes no arbitrary classification
under fanciful subject headings, but mere
" separates the distinct classes, and in
each volume the poets are given in chrome.
logical order, At TIE end OF each volume
brief biographical and photographed notes
are printed, and in the hands of such au:
rlsritits as MIR. Linton and Mr.. Stoidard
these notes will doubtless he found OF eI.
ceptionsl value and interest.
WashiDgton ~ n Real Estate Man.
An interesting "Reminiscences of the
iather Of his country has been brought
TO light by the reproduction OF the first
issue of the Maryland Journal, now
know as the Baltimore American. It's
date is Friday, August 20, 1913, and it
contains "a real estate advertisement,
signed George Washington, which Is
certainly worth reproducing. The no
tice reads literally as follows:
M0yNT VERNON ~ VIRGINIA, July
L., l775.-The Subscriber having OBJ
famed Patents for upwards of TWENTY
In0I SAND Acres of LAND on the Ohi0
and Great huTuVhu Ten Thousand OF
which are situated III the banks Of the
FIST mentioned river, between the
u.oHths of the two ham rJhuS, and the
remainder OH tie GJCIt kUIdrHU, or
"" Rtr,r, from the mouth, or near 1t,
UPWARDS, III one continued survey pro.
poses TO divide the same into any sized
iCIrmCnts that may be desired, and
lease them upon moderate terms. alloy
ng a reasonable number OF years rent
Zee, provided, within the space OF two
vars irum Mex! October, three acres for
every fifty contained III each lot, and
plUpOrllunaLly for a lesser quantity,
s. all be cleared, fenced, and titled; and
that, by or before tue time limited for
the commencement Oithe first rent, five
acres of every hundred, and proportion
ably, asabOve, shall tie epClOsed and laid
down in good grass for meadow; and
moreover, mat at lea Il fifty good fruit
trtes for every like quantity Of land
shall be planted on the Premises. Any
persons inclinaOle to settle on these
lands may be more fully informed OF
these terms by apply to the subscriber,
near AICr0Hchi0, OF in his absence, to
Mr.. IUND WAsInNGToN: and would do
well in communicating their intentions
before the lst of October next, in order
Il at sufficient number of lots may he
laid otto answer the demand.
As these lands are among the first
which have been surveyed in the part
OF the country they lie in, it is almost
LecdleSs to promise that none can eX-
Ceed them in iuNUrinnce of soil, or con
veniCuces of situation all ofthcm lying
upon the banks either of the ohio or
kuUUwhU, and al OUnding with fine fish
and wild fowl of various kinds, us also
in most excellent meadows, many Of
which (by the bountifUl hand of nature
are, in their present state, almost tit for
tue scythe. From every part of these
lands water carriage is now had to Fort
itii, by an easy communication; and
rom Fort Pin, up the .NDR0Hguh"ht, to
K.dStOpc, vessels O~fcOnvenicnt burthen,
may and do pass continually; from
whence, by means Ofthe thcUi RirCr,
aud other uavigalle branches of the
.ifon0nquhCi0, it is thought the pOrtag"
to InfOwmN"k may, and will, be- reduced
within tie compass Of a few miles, to
tie great ease and convenience OF the
settlers in transporting the produce of
Il cir lands to market. 70 which may
b, added, that a. patents have now
actually pa->ld the ,eals for the Sev,rI
here offered To he leasei, settlers on
,!cm may cultivate and enjoy the lands
ia peace and safety, Notwithstanding
IL unsettled COunsris respecting a new
colony on the OhjO: and as no right
money is to bc paid for these land, and
Nutrient of two shiliings sterling 4 hun
i'td, demandable some years hence
only, ii is highly preSun1lble that they
Will always tie held upon n more desira-
be Footing than when both these are
lad on with a very heavy hand. And it
II ay not be amisS To further observe,
that if the scheme for establishing "a
new government on the Ohjo, in the
manner talked of, should ever bc affect
eel, these must he among the most valua-
bic lands in it, not only ON the account
OF the goodness Of soil, and the other
advantages above cnum e%ratei, but
fioIu their cumtigu " TO the sat %,
government, which more than proha-
bic will he fixed al the mouth Of the
Gr'Dt hUnGWhn.
GEORGE WASIINGToN.
NO A. q ne NAyAUA