The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-15
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Ed. MoDade. Letart, Ohio, was
seen around the bend this week.
with his leg.
Thos Saith, young man OF
whom there are no better, than
which, has gone to Anderson, Ind. :,
to accept lucrative position on
the farm.
There are quite number of oul
citizens preparing to go to Wash,
ipgton State, in the early Spring.
Hardly had the Register been
fairly circulated last week, in which
we stated there was ga free location
at Letart for the man of enterprise
who would put up Touring mill .
when letters of inquiry were receiv-
ed in response thereto, by business
men at that place, from Big Kama
wha people. See, advertise In the
Register.
The Pomeroy Telegraph publish
ed the statement that they have a
man in that town who hasn't taken
a bath in 45 years. So far, we
haven't heard any body willing to
dispute their claim to him
Riley Blessing clesed "a Aighly
successful term of school at Boards
last Wednesday, with an interest
ing program of literary exercises.
The house was beautifully decor
ated for the occasion, and every
number on the program well rem
dered. Thore wero five graduates,
every ono presented with a hand
some Free School Diploma.
Tho o. r. r. has been slaughter
ing more stock along its line recent
ly, than the meat markets.
Mr.. L. l.. Graham, the gentle
manly agent and operator of the B.
& O at Center Station, made his
friend VIM. Stewart, visit at Lee
tart, this week. Mr.. g. has been
on the line for 30 years and has
many friends at Point Pleasant and
Parkersburg. Mr.. Fisher, former
ly with the w. Va. & Pittsburg, is
agent at Letart pro tenn.
Richard Rice, teamster for w.
T. Hayman, at Letart, has gone
with his family to Ravenswood, to
accept similar position with the
Touring mill at that place, This
is the third time he has moved to
Ravenswood, which reminds us,
"the third times the charm, ETC."
Since Dick is gone Geo. Blessing
is Hayman's boss.
Farmers are Watching with pc
culiar interest, tho coming of
Joshua Faidley's wheat crop. Mr..
always delays putting in
his wheat until after Christmas, and
generally reaps about as good crop
as any who SOW in the fail One
thing certain he cheated the grub
worms out of their harvest, whether
himself or not.
They say Capt Wick Hayman
realizes So per day on his oil in
terests near Parkersburg.
Leander kirkpatrick, this coun-
ty, has been licensed to preach the
Gospel and right good preacher
he is, too, He is a young man of
and son of Mr.. james
now residing near
Spencer.
Geo. Gross is putting in screens
at his coal tipple at Mason City,
and will give our people the only
screened coal in the county.
Quite number of our people,
who follow the stony streak, at
tended the Farmers Institute at
this week and returned,
quito good opinion of
their agricultural friends in Meigs
county. These farmers institutes
are quite beneficial in their way,
and your Itemizer insists there
ought to be such an organization
in this county, with headquarters
at Mason City. We know of none
more capable of taking the initia-
tive step in this direction than
such persons as James l.. Knight
or Herman Clark. We wonder if
they wont do it? Only call and
everybody will fall in. 'rA
OF course we don't know just
what will be the outcome' of the
Gallipolis Tribune's fight with its
contemporaries will be, but if Jack
Sibley has any of that old time
fire in him he had when around the