The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-11-08

When you want to walk straight
yourself don't watch somebody
else-s feet
Persimmons are now ripe and the
rotten ones are best, as u Yankee
once said.
The church festival season is here,
but there have been no festivals in
our town thus far.
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events and general news.
The squirrel crop is an abundant
one. A countryman shot twenty
two in one day last week.
DIR. Jamison has the pnactice
among the workmen on Lock IL.
Homeopathy has its friends.
You can tell how many live and
energetic business men a town has
by glance atthe town papers.
This winter weather is beginning
to taste like chestnuts, corn-shuck-
ings, stove polish and flannel shirts.
Chairman Wilson, of the ways and
means committee, announces that
the tariff bill will not be ready be-
fore December.
@where are we at2'' is the ques-
tiOn silver men PROFOUND to each
other as they meet. Yea, verify,
Sentinel.
There are said to be 1900 vacant
houses in Roanoke, Va. This place
increased from 1000 to 10000 in
habitants in ten years.
When they get to making dol
lars out of bushel of wheat, real
estate will begin to boom in the
wheat growing countries.
That couple who were married in
the Ferris Wheel at the Worlds
Fair $50 feet from the ground, had
high notions, if they were cranks.
The man who keeps his premises
neat and clean instinctively raises
himself in the respect of others and
sets a good example for to follow.
The man who allows himself to
become embittered towards a good
neighbor simply because they differ
in politics is a very foolish man.
1t is hard to forgive such cranks
as that who shot Carter Harrison,
even if they are idiots or lunatics.
There is only one way to dispose of
such creatures.
Our country exchanges are in
dulging in telling bear stories of
large proportions. The snake editor
being out of a job, he has gone into
the other business.
Some men out at Weston white
capped a man the sauna night that
some girls down at Guyandotte
white-capped a girl. Score one more
victory for woman's rights.
Up at Parkersburg the young
folks of both sexes have engaged in
escapades in the apparel of the other
sex. The matter has gotten into the
newspapers and will probably be
checked.
The President has issued his
proclamation setting apart Thurs
day, November 80, as a day of
thanksgiving and prayer. for many
things that we have and sundry
things we want.
The coal now lying in the Pitts
burg pool awaiting shipment
amounts to 100000 tons. If put
into cars of 500 bushels each, it
would require $4,000 cars, or 1000
trains of twenty-five cars each to
transport it.
A good many people have an idea
that the Columbian postage stamp
will cease with the closing of the
Worlds Fair. Such, however, is not
the case. The stamps will be on
during the year and as much longer
as the supply printed holds out.
The interior of West Virginia is
rich in timber and minerals. The
hidden wealth of the country is in
estimable. New developments are
being made on all sides. Time only
will unfold the future. No State has
a more encouraging or brighter
outlook.
No business man says he can't
afford to patronize the local paper.
He might IS well say he can't afford
to do business. The newspaper is a
joint stock affair, and every man
who has any pride in his town and
his county win help hold up the
hands of the man who is trying to
run a live local paper.