The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-08-09
Heard on rhe streets.

That the Lewis Monument fund
is ample for all purposes.
4 That the Register office turns
out job work that is favorably crit.
/ icised.
That the Phoenix Hotel is to
have a new kitchen and an elegant
lunch counter.
That Geo. Comstock is in close
touch with the administration a la
the post office.
That thammocks do not drink, but
they get full all the same these bot
days.
That hog pen is mightier than
the politician, for it is the real and
only boss.
That aTpevement should be built
along the county property on vi
and street
That nothing fatters man SO
much nor tickles his vanity more
than for pretty girl to pin q flow
or the lapel of his coat.
That certain young lady in this
city refuses to allow her fellow to
drink beer, but he gets "out of
sight" sometimes.
That there are several bad places
in the pavement on the West side
of Wand street, caused by tapping
sewers.
That some Point Pleasant people
tie up their pet dogs to keep them
from danger, but let their pet girls
run the streets.
That several members of Co. b.,
I'd w. Va, of this city, have appli-
ed for pensions for injuries receiv-
ed in the late war with Spain.
That the church member who
swallows strong drink through the
week, can't swallow much of the
sermon on Sunday.
That Sunday excursions to Look
IL are all the go, and the beauty
and perfection of the work sur
prise the visitors.
That many republicans in the
county are tired of "bossism," and
will be heard from at the next gen
eral election.
That the follows who never know
what they want in this world, are
not going to enjoy themselves very
we'll in the next.
That if you want to have some
fun just take the hot ashes off the
end of your cigar and drop it
down some fellows neck.
That the only way that some
people can get anybody to notice
them is to get mad at some man
who is respectable and use his
name in vain.
That the reason that brunette is
considered the favorite style now
a-days, is because the sun outs a
shine in making it tho style and
the majority of the dear ones are
painted that way.
That this is the season for the
hungry gentleman of color to cast
longing large white eyes at the
juicy quarters of watermelon that
is cut in slices ready to OCCUPY his
capacious quarters.
That when young couple begin
going together it is "mash;"
when they fall out it is "clash;" !"
when they make up they are usu-
ally not SO "rash;" when they tie
up it is "hash," but when they sue
for divorce it is Smash"
That the young man that is or
iginally and individually himself
and always knows what his own
business is without consulting pub
tic opinion and feels just like a
whale in swarm of minnows, that
young man will make his mark in
the world, when his enemies have
disappeared from the face of crea-
ton.
That the young mon say that
the venomous writer in the State
Gazette went out of tho way in his
attempt to ridicule the hay-ride
party of last Thursday night. No
evil intent actuated the young men
when they entered the water melon
patch, and when they found it ang-
cred the owner, they went to him
and paid him the price he set upon
them. Perhaps tho writer would
like to have seen the young men