The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-09-18


then we dropped the Democrat
from our list. 1t was like parting
with a dear old friend. We are
glad that you have returned TO
gladden. our hearts, and hope you
will never leave us again. We
place the Democrat on our mailing
list We thank you Bro Nc for
your kind words. i
Our Town rs Nor BIG ENoUaH,
is the general remark of those who
are opposed to local improvements.
We know this is not "a city, and not
being city, the conclusion is that
it is not in order for us to aspire to
anything like public convenicnces.
Being town, we ought to be con-
tent to remain a town. We ought
to take the admonition of the moth
er to her. boy: eDon't go near the
water until you learn to swim. -
We have no objection to the conclu-
sion that we arc yet town. We
admit that we are town. 1t is the
the fault of the people that we are
not city. This place is old en-
ough to have to-day $4,000 inhabil
tants. But we deny most emphati-
cally that we are satisfied with our
growth; that we have no aspiration
to be anything more; that we are
not ambitious to be city. We do
not aspire at present to all the. ap-
pointments and appliances of great
city, but we do want to keep up
with other towns. We would have
those remember who are complaint
ing of the rate of our advancement,
that many of the inland towns,
away from rivers and railroads, have
more comforts and eonveniences,
than we have In. the matter of
water works and sewerage We are
very deficient, and the town of our
size that does not have them is ra-
ted as non-progressive. We are
small, but very pert. We want to
keep up with other towns. We are
not exactly city, but we are going
to be, and that in very few years.
The farmer expends an enormous
sum Of money for improved rnaehi-
merry with which to properly run
his farm and keep his soil in u good
state of cultivation. He is. often
obliged to mortgage his farm for the
purpose, or give his note. A ride out
in the country either by rail or bug
gy shows the fields to be dotted
here and there with valuable i'm
pIements, such as plows, cultivators,
reapers, mowers, binders, &c. They
arc allowed to stand exposed to rain
and sun, to be broken and ruined
often before they are paid for, from
sheer negligence or shiftlessness.-
The farmer would mako money by
taking care of his farm Implements.
There is no such store in town as
Friedman & Co.'S; no place where
there are SO many goods; and no
place where they arc sold SO low,
One of the best citizens of the
county says he will move to another
county if something isn't done in
another year to better-thc condition
of the roads. He says the appro-
priation for roads in the county is
sufficient to have them all IN SPLEEN
did condition, but the matter OF
working them is left to inexperi-
enced supervisors who do not have
the work done. IF care is taken to
have the work done well that is
supposed TO be done, a marked inn
provement in the roads condition
would be seen.
When a gentleman puts on a suit
of clothes he wants to look and feel
his best. He, can't do this in suit
of Indifferent style, inferior quality,
ill-fitting and badly made. One OF
the reasons that some men feel awk-
ward in a new suit, is that they
cant feel at home in II. hecanse il