The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-11-29

SUDDEN DEATH Mrs. Abb Blaine,
who resided on the lower side of
KaDawha, died very suddenly last
Friday We have no particulars
3. w. Simpson viii conduct a
song service at Beech Hill on next
Saturday at 2 o'clock p M, and
preach on Sunday at a. m. All
are cordially invited.
Mr.. G. w. Lewis, Jr., has taken
the Agency for this county Of sell
ing fruit trees and shrubbery for
the we'll known firm of R. G. Chase
& Co, Philadelphia.
NEw PosTMAsTERs.-C Christopher
Click, School House Run, Jackson
county in place of James McDermot,
resigned Hugh Daugherty, Flat
Rock. this county. in place OF John
Babel, resigned.
Mr.. C. F. Hess commenced this
morning delivering bulk oysters to
the citizens of the town. You will
find some one at yonr door every
morning during the oyster season
Therefore, you will be saved the
trouble of hunting them up. Keep
your orders for Mr.. Hess.
We advise our readers to look
over our advertisements. You can
rest assured when purchasing any
article of a merchant who advertises
that you are getting a good bar.
gain, for the simple reason that a
merchant who.is liberal enough to
advertise will be liberal enough to
deal squarely with you.
A superstitious subscriber, who
found spider on his paper, wants
to know if it is a bad omen. He
was told. that twas not; the spider
wasg merely looking over the col.
umns of the paper to see who wasn't
advertising, SO he could spin his
web across the door and be free
from disturbance reen6rier In
dependent.
The Moundsville Herald was re-
Gently totally destroyed by fire.
Bro. Berchinell, however, says he
will be at his post in a very short
time. We extend our sympathies
to our brother editor in his great
financial loss, and only wish that
we were in a financial condition to
assist him in again starting the
Herald. But as ii is, we can only
extend our sympathy.
1t is plain violation of the law
for a man to carry a counterfeit
coin even as a pocket piece. And
ifa man who. does carry a piece of
counterfeit money should happen to
get hold of another piece and pass it
unknowingly, the passing of one
piece taken together with the find
ing of the other piece on his person,
is all the evidence necessary to send
him to the peuitentiary.
Why the X in Xmas 2 has been
asked. Many people suppose that
it represents the cross and wonder
that it is not written fmas. Ac
cording to one writer, the X, how
ever, has nothing to do with the
cross. It is the Greek letter Chi,
corresponding to CHI or k in our
language, and is the initial letter in
the Greek name of Christ. The
words Christ mas were written
Xmas long before Christmas became
one word.
4O-hOFEO" 10 1udhhSSlNluS anu
it will be observed as it has been
through the centuries since our
Pilgrim fathers instituted it on the
bleak New England shores. The
harvests of the year have been
gathered and we as individuals and
as Nation turn to the Divine Pow
er with thanksgiving and praise for
his goodness. While there has been
an unrest and a kind of stopping OF
things, and complaint has been
loud we have been prosperous above
many of the Nations of the earth,
Peace has reigned and pestilence
has kept away.
The teachers in the Point Pleas.
ant schools have unanimously asked
for the resignation of Superintend:
ant L a,1,,1 Tf h. y -Il,o,x5 "a 1900 -