The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-08-26

Why we are clad so thinly-
We were too bold, we stuck to Gold, \
Bnt now farewell Mckinley.
Wealth.
When wealth is gone, you'll quickly find
That love Will soon decay
That all the treasures OF your mind
Were but n heap of clay;
And eyes that once bcamed bright for you
And lips that met your own
Have vanished like the morning dew
And pleasures that have flown.
But never mind, move on your way,
And let the lngrates ny.
You'll turn the tables some fine day
And see the dnstards die,
And by their bier you'll pass along,
With mind and heart SO bold,
Remcmb'ring that your faith was strong
And was not bought for gold.
Death of Mrs. Guthrie.
Mrs. Almira Guthrie, mother of
NJ. L. Guthrie, with the Equity
Milling Co., died at the old family
residence in Cheshire, last Satur-
day, and was buried Sunday in
the Gravel Hill Cemetery. She was
almost "a years old, widely known
and much loved. Messrs. Van
Glider and Resener, of our city, at
tended the funeral.
Gold may be called tho husband
and silver the wife. Silver is the
help meet-the better half-and
should go side and side with gold,
and gold should not lord it over
silver. Years ago man might lord
it over woman, but that day is past.
1t is the same with the precious
metals. Side and side, hand in
hand, without discrimination in
favor of either.
1t is reported that the section
men on the Ohio River Railroad
from Moundsville down to Park
ersburg are out on strike because
of the reduction of their time to
10 cents an hour and eight hours
day, making their wages 80 cents
per day.
If the rains do not interfere, the
Mason County Fair, commencing
tomorrow, will be one of the most
attractive ever held in the county.
Get your family ready and come to
the Fair, and spend the whole
week
The practice of issuing charters
and Incorporating companies to do
business outside of West Virginia,
is wrong in principle, and the law
allowing it should be repealed by
the next Legislature.
Quite number of the youths
of our place have taken to drilling
holes in dinner plates and fasten-
ing them on their chests as cam
paign badges. A couple of meat
dishes fastened on the rear would
be an embellishments.
The heavy rains of Saturday
washed out several bents of the
trestle over Tomlinson's Run, near
Letart, delaying the passenger
trains for some five or six hours.
The trestle has been repaired and
trains are running on time again.
We cannot in our limited space
undertake to report week after
week, the names of Republicans
who are climbing daily into the
free silver band wagon. 1t is
enough to know that they are get
ting there by the thousands.
A few years ago we were told
that God ordained that gold and
silver should be money. If true,
the rascals who have been doing SO
much against one half of Gods
money will have time getting a
ticket at the penrly gates!
Tho section force on the Ohio
River Railroad has been reduced
to four men and boss for each
section.
The heavy rains of Tuesday
afternoon and Saturday morning,
did good deal of damage in sew
eral portions of this county.
Some counterfeit money is cir
culating around here A silver
dollar of bad repute was caught
up Monday.
Girls are not generally opposed
to free silver when it takes the
spoon-shape frequently associated
with free ice cream.
Why should gold be more sacred
than silver.