The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-07-05

UOlOSnd'
never go on fishing tours,
Beneath the summer skies;
No fun the sort affords me
Pm poor at telling lies.
No matter how the summer girl
dresses, she continues to cause the
perspiring man to turn and take
second look.
The man who is stupendously
ignorant is a more agreeable com
panion than the one who is painfully
intellectual.
Now that so much green fruit is
on the market it's good thing to
have physician or an undertaken
in the family.
That disease breeding mudhole
on Wand street, at tho railroad
crossing, still remains an eye sore
to the people.
1t is so difficult to distinguish
genius from cheek that we are some
times at q loss whether to award
laurels or buck shot.
An Ohio editor has decided that
if the banks will make no run upon
him, he will make no run upon the
banks. That looks fair.
The man who voluntarily con
tributes an item of news to his home
paper is considered a jewel by the
fraternity of pencil pushers.
If you ever hear a man telling
funny stories while waiting for a
dinner that is half hour late, you
should urge your daughter to marry
him.
A neighbor of ours has been
regarded with suspicion ever since
he went to a menagerie and asked
if the zebra was serving out life
sentence.
Does she love you? Don't fret and fume;
There's one sure sign. beyond doubt;
Whene'er her ina comes in the room,
She does her best to get her out.
There are not many political per-
simmons left on the tree, and they
are pretty well up toward the top.
1t will require good long pole to
knock EN-.
Dull times in town now will make
better times in the fall. 1t is indie
alive of the fact that the f. rmers
arc working hard and using the ut.
most economy.
An exchange very wittiIy says:
cts very fit that politics should be
dull in summer. OF all times men
are then least inclined to wear any
kind of q collar"
The doctor who advances the
strongest arguments to prove that
hydrophobia is myth is gener,
ally the first to climb a tree when
a savage dog gets loose.
Let the people be patient, and
bear, as best they can, the depress-
ing times that are upon us. Relief
is inevitable. The extra session, in
a great measure will bring it about.
Weather's far beyond your rule;
Take it cool.
Kicking's only for the mule;
Take il cool
When the sunshine's tipped with fire,
And you see the world perspire,
Raise your window three feet higher;
Take it cool.
The need of an income tax is felt
most among the poor people, and
the majority of them want it. We
are in favor of everything that will
help them out of their depressed
financial condition.
The Bradbury base ball club, of
Meigs county; Ohio, will cross bats
with the S. F. B. club, of this place,
next Friday afternoon. The Brad
bury's have an excellent reputation
and will put up stiff game. Don't
fail to see the play.
1t is always darkest just before
dawn, and we firmly believe that
new and better day will soon shed
its light upon the American people.
Their resources are inexhaustible,
their resolution and courage indom-
liable, and they are not people to
be crushed by misfortune.
The New York Herald figures
out shrinkage during the past
year of s427,719,371 in the value of
the stocks and bounds of the great
railroads and other corporations of
the country, and charges it to the
Sherman Silver law,