The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-06-24
COUNTY LETTER.
correspondence OF the Register.
In CAMP ON KANAwHA

tins charming valley l find much to
interest and to amuse.
The people are SO intelligent, Gull
tured and refined, that time passes
swiftly indeed.
Tho sun shines warm, but there
is usually delightful breeze, bear
ing on its wings the sweet odors of
the honeysuckle and other flowers
which find place at every homo.
The horny-handcd sunburnt sons
of toll not only find time to devote
to it, but take pleasure in fiorticult-
ure; notably is this the case with
Mr.. P. S. Couch, who though cult
waiting hundreds of acres of wheat,
corn, oats, timothy, &C., never neg
lects his flowers. He has more than
one hundred and fifty varieties of
roses-alone, and many rare flowers
of other kinds.
Wheat harvest began in this To-
cality last Friday, and will average
20 to 20 bushels per acre. This will
be followed by hay harvest, and as
help is none too abundant, farmers
will be "put to it" to keep their corn
above the grass and weeds, as vege-
tation in general is of very rank
growth this season.
Elder Davis, pastor of Harmony
church, gave way to colored div
inc named Newly, from Middleport
yesterday. The attendance of both
white and black was said to have
been fair. 1t is understood that
Elder Newby designs organizing a
colored Baptist church in this
neighborhood.
There are many sufferers herea-
bouts from acute rheumatism, am
ong whom are Hon. ]. I'll. Couch.
ST., your correspondent, and others
whose names does not recur Just at
this present moment.
Mr.. J. II. Couch, has IN mis- pos
session number of pipes, arrow
heads, beads, &C., which were taken
from a mound on his plantation
several years ago, by Prof: Norris
who was at that time in the employ
of the Smithsonian Institute, at
Washington, ID. G. He has also a
needle, shaped somewhat like a
spear, at the point, and some FIVE
inches in length, made of stone and
bearing the first polish, also a bead
about two inches long, and as large
around asan ordinary lead pencil.
The hole in this bead is drilled per-
fectly straight and it is highly pol
ished inside and out. The mound
from which the relics were taken
contained a large number of skulls
and other hnman bones, and it and
the adjoining land for several acres
in extent were. evidently, in the
long ago burrying ground for
some tribe of Indians, most likely
that of the once powerful king Pow
haitian, whose territory extended
from the Chesapeake Bay to the
everglades of Florida and to the
Mississippi valley westward.
The family of the late Mr.. G. w.
Spencer, returned from Graham
Station, on Saturday evening last,
where they had been attending the
last sad rites in the burial of hus-
band and father. Mr.. Spencer own
ed farm on little Sixteen, where
he resided with his family, but at
the time of his sudden death, was
at one of his mills ON the Ohio, OPP
posite Middleport. He was man
who was universally respected and
esteemed by all who knew him, and
they are numerous for he was an
terprising and pushing man whose
business ran way up into the thous-
ands every year. He was not a
farm laborer as your contemporary
had it. He will be much missed, as
he employed a great many hands in
getting out and hauling railroad
ties, &c. The sudden and unexpect-
ed death of Mr.. Spencer was shock
to the community in which he lived,
and all with whom 1 have spoken,
have praised him for his many no.
BILE qualities of head and heart
which draw men closer together in
this vale of tears.
Miss Martha Couch, the accomp-
lished daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J.
II. Couch, is visiting her brothers at
Charleston.
Miss Sterrett, of your city, has
been the guest of the family of Mr..