The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-01-07

THE RoAD TO THE FARM.-How
to make the farm profitable and how
to keep the young people on the
farm are questions of moment which
gives every farmer concern. In some
comments on the road question the
New York Ecening Post treats the
other incidentally:
The bearing of the road question
upon the growing distaste for farm
lille should be more widely recog-
nized. Many person who asks
why people are deserving the out
lying farms would be surprised If
somebody should reply, g Because
country roads are so bad" Yet
there is no doubt that this is an in
fiuential element. 1t is the solitude
of farm life from which many men
and women flee, and this solitude is
largely due to the fact that they are
debarred from association with
other people through great part
of the year by the bad condition of
the highways. When a trip to the
village or a call upon a friend in
wolves tedious drive over a muddy
road, the farmer takes the drive no
oftener than necessity compels, and
gradually he finds that his family
are becoming disconnected with a
home which cuts them off from all
society so much of the time. The
drift from the farm will never be
arrested so long as the road to the
farm continues almost impossible.
The farmer should be encouraged
TO know thatthe press of the coun-
try has taken up his case. The city
press as well as the rural press is
discussing the question and endeav.
oring to bring about much needed
reform. If the farmer will try to
do as much for himself legislators
will be forced to take up the spade
and dig him out of the mud and
isolation of his position.
The town is ready to lead, is lead
ing, and will welcome the co-opera-
ton of the country. The town is
eager for better country roads be-
cause its business interest lies on
that side of the question. The
country should be no less keen on
the scent, for it's social as well as its
business interests beckon it that
way.
Let us go to work in West Vir-
ginia and see what can be done. No
reform can be accomplished in
day, but unless beginning be made
nothing can ever be accomplished.
Now is the time to begin.-htel-
Hgencer.
A NICE PARTY.-One of the fin
est parties ever given on the Ka-
nahaw River was the one given by
Miss Maude Frazier and brother, at
their elegant home at "Frazier's
bottom, on the evening of Decem-
Der Goth. The invitations were
neat and gotten up in the very lat
est style, handsomely printed, and
were admired by all who saw them.
The following is list of the la
dies and gentlemen that were pres
ent:
Misses Jennie and May Buffner, Mr..
George Patrick, Mr.. f. NJ. Gramm, MIR.
Andrew Alexander, Mrs. Annie G.
Brown, Charleston, w. Va; Miss Mary
Rogers, Greenwood, Va; Miss Mamie
Gibbs, Lexington, Va; Misses Mary
and Carvlyn Alexander, Messrs. Henry
and Lucian Alexander, Mr.. job Fra.
zier, MIR. and Mrs. S. w. Ewers, Frazier's
Bottom. IVA; Misses Marie and Bar
bara Naret, Messrs. Clark and Bob
Nash, DIR. C.. W. Nash, Buffalo, VIVA;
DIR. Blake, Jane Lew, w. Va; Mr.. and
Mrs. f. !. Frazier, Pliny, w. Va; Mr..
Will Morgan, Messrs. George and Cor
don Sebrell, Grim's Landing, w. Va;
Mr.. Fred Couch, Mr.. Jim Long, Jr.,
Miss Rhoda Long, South Side, w. Va;
Miss liza Armstrong, Mr.. Robert Arm
strong, Arbuckle, w. Va; Mr.. Charles
Jones. Leon, w. Va, Miss Kate Stribling,
Misses Ida and Sallie Armstrong, Miss
Lucy Sehon, Mr.. John Armstrong, Mr..
Tol Stribling. Mr.. Burn Pippett. Point
Pleasant, w. Va; Mr.. Heath Brosiua,
Gallipolis, O.; Mr.. j. r. Ewers, Miss
Julia Hall, Frazier's Bottom; MIR. Will
Sipe, Buffalo, VIVA.
Dancing was commenced at s p.
NJ, and continued until $50 A. NJ,
the only intermission being for sup
per. which was served at IL o'clock,
and breakfast served at 6 A. NJ
Those in attendance say the supper
was perfectly grand-in fact unsur-
passed by any they had ever par
taken of, and one and all proclaimed
Miss Frazier the queen of enter
tainers, pronouncing her party the
greatest hit of the season. The
music, as matter of course, was
in keeping with tho party, being
furnished by our own excellent
string band. Just little before
train time the next morning the
onasf0 donantad thankinr Mise Fen