The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28
oririnnl and seIected.
Our time needs stronger souls.

Gontentment is natural wealth.
luxury is artificial poverty.
The grounding is not such a
darned fool after all.
! Now is the season to trim grape
vines and fruit trees.
When are we going to have wa
ter works and street railway?
About all of our attorneys are at
tending the Putnam Circuit Court.
1t is more than probable that this
continued cold spell has materially
injured the wheat.
The banks didn't work last
Thursday but the interest went on
all the same.
Mrs. Mary Moore entertained a
few friends Friday in honor of her
mothers birth day.
a mans opinions are usually OF
much more value than his argu-
ments.
Spring is now upon us, and gard
en-making will soon be the order of
the day.
Old maids are very estimable peo-
pie, but it cannot be denied that
their lives are Hiss spent.
Egyptian children ara never
washed until they are year old
the sweet little things.
Some improvements are being
made to the windows in Trinity
church, to secure better ventilation.
Smart thieves chloroform hogs
now before stealing them, and they
never squeal.
A Meigs county young lady has
200 young chickens, Matched out
with an incubator.
Some very valuable town proper
ty is advertised for sale in this pa
per.
Senator Camden is back at Wash
ington much improved in health as
a result of his trip to Florida.
The maple sugar crop is said not
10 be near as large as it has been in
former years.
This paper and the Wheeling
Register one year for s1.75, cash in
advance.
The small pox scare at Lewis
burg has subsidized. There are no
new cases and it is believed it has
been entirely stamped out.
1t is but natural that those who
Lave the most rocks should be con-
sidered the solid men of the coun-
try.
1t is an old adage that only full
sacks will stand on end, but we
have seen many man who was too
full to stand on end.
Hon. Jas. B. Menager has been
employed to defend Legg aud With
row, indicted for murder in Put
nam county.
The jackson Herald is out in a
new dress The Herald is good
local paper, and we feel gratified at
this evidence of its prosperity.
A man of Germantown, near
Philadelphia, is reported to have ell
oped with his mother in law. There
is a place for that fellow in dime
museum.
There are good many people,
who if they owe bill, and give
their note for it, seem to think it is
all ,crite, and very often it is only
that and nothing more.
Those who insist that marriage
is failure are usually of the class
who realize that it has been a fail
ure with them, because they have
never had chance to try it.
Disguise it as you may. the for
chile taking of money out of the
pockets of one class and putting ii
into the wallets of another, is rob-
berry.
The thanks of the town is due
Mr.. Geo. w. NJ. Hooff for removing
the snow from all the sidewalks in
the town, with his team and snow
pillow.
The congratulations of the REG.
1srER is extended to Mr.. and Mrs.
P. C. McDade, over the arrival of q
son at their home, Saturday morn
ing 10 a. m.
A lunatic named Bowbau, from the
lower side of Kanawha, was placed
in jail at this place Sunday, to await
admittance to the new Insane
Asylum, at Spencer.
On March 30 the sense of the vo-
tiers of Upshur county will be taken