The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-09-20
NO6
General N1cCausIand visits Lex.

General 1eCausIand visits Gex.
ington,
Rockbridge County ( va, , News.
General John Nc GauslanCi was in
town Friday and entered SON as d
cadet at the Virginia Military Insti.
tute, He seemed to find great pleas
ufe in meeting his old friends here,
of whom he discovered number,
and his cordiality toward them and
every one he met was unbounded, {
He recognized some who had forgot
ten him and with great simplioity
introduced himself as John No
eaus aud Ones 6n lae tsoo nil
zed at fret glsnoo was exS Mayor
Haughawoutwhom he declared was
looking as young as he did when he
last saw him. This time, as they
both recalled, wasiin June 1864,
when General MoCausland sat on
his horse in front of the residence
of DIR. John w. Paine, which
stood on the site of the Meth
odist churoh and helped him
self TO ginger cakes from the
we'll filed apron of Miss Fannie.
Paine with whom he talked. Hun.
ter's artillery was then shelling
Lexington and a shell came over
and struck the johnson house OPP
posite to where they were and alb
ruptly brought the conversation to
a close, General MoCausland's
visit will be most pleasantly re-
membered by all who met him, es-
pecially by members of his old
cavalry brigade, several of whom
learned. of his presence and met
him.
General Moo Causland was eduoa-
ted at the Institute and was an as.
sistant professor there at the break
ing out of the war. He became
the first captain and the drillmaster
of the Rockbridge artillery in the
spring of 1861 but went into the
field in the cavalry service and long
before the close of the struggle had
earned generals commission. He
commanded the comparatively
small force of cavalry which at
tempted to resist the advance of
the army of General Hunter on
Lexington and as the commander
on that occasion his name has re-
mained as household word with
many of the residents of our town.
Another Republican has given
out that he will seek the nomina.
tion for Sheriff at the hands of his
party. We refer to Robt. s.. Bog
CESS, of Pleasant Flats, an old vet
Gran of the civil war. He is avery
popular man in his party, and if he
shies "his castor" into the fight, he
is going to be formidable oppo-
nent to theSother fellows who are
seeking the nomination. But the
Ring will down him, nothwith-
standing, as it has done on several
occasions heretofore.
Taylor county has oitizen 109
years old in the person of "Uncle
Tommy" Allen. He recently at
tended Baptist Association and
attracted no little attention. He
was born in 1871 and was in the
battle of Waterloo in 1916. He
has never been addicted to the use
of tobacco or strong drink.
A young bachelor sheriff was
called upon to serve an attachment
against beautiful young widow.
He accordingly called upon her and
said, Madam, / have an attachment
for you" The widow blushed and
said his attachment was recipro-
Gated. "You mistake me, said he,
you must proceed to court" ~
know it is leap year, but 1 prefer
you to do the courting," replied
she0 "Mrs. p, continued the sher-
iff, "this is no time for trihing; the
justice is waiting" '"Oh, had
rather have parson, If you don't
mind"
The commercial travellers were
in effect a unit in opposition to the
Democratic ticket in 1895. Sad
experience seems to have taught
them some wisdom. Thirty-fiye
Thousand of them out of employ
ment as a result of McKinley's
trust-breeding administration is
swift retribution. In 1896 they
looked upon those who opposed the
election of Mckinley as simpletons,
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