The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-01-22

special correspondent to the reg
lister from Cincinnati, Ohio.
One of the best strokes of adver-
'tising that has touched Cincinnati
recently was made by Advertising
Manager Jacob Kelly, of the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad. in get.
ting picture of their bridge at
Harper's Ferry painted on the
drop curtain at Robinson's theatre.
Since the burning of the Grand
Opera House a year ago, all the
first class attractions have gone to
Robinson's. making it the leading
playhouse of the city. The cur
tain shows John Browns monu-
ment, the railway station and the
new steel bridge over the Potomac.
Every patron of the theatre natur-
ally asks what bridge that is, and
he is told it is the B. & o.
Anxious subscribers to the daily
papers have sent in queries about
the curtain, and the answers print
ed have been additional free adj
-yertising. Thousands of people
who never did, and perhaps never
would have had more than hazy
idea of Harper's Ferry, now are
aware that Thomas Jefferson once
said, ut is worth crossing the At
lantic to see," and what is more. to
the point, that the B. & 0. rail-
road is the way to travel to get
there.
The business men of the smaller
towns and cities will find good
suggestion in the plan adopted by
the merchants of Lebanon, Ohio,
for the comfort of their patrons.
The Business Mems Club intends
to inaugurate the celebration of
the hundredth anniversary of the
town by establishing a "Rest
Room" where the farmers wives
can stay while waiting for their
husbands to attend to their bust
ness. At-present they have to sit
around the stores, where they feel
they are in the way. This rest
room" will be attractively furnish
ed with rocking chairs, writing
desks, books and papers to while
away the time, toilet conveniences
will be provided, and a woman
placed in charge to look after the
welfare of the visitors. There will
also be a>check room where pack
ages may be left free of charge. A
place of this kind will be greatly
appreciated by the farmers wives,
and they will go to town oftener il
they have such place to spend
their surplus time. A ''rest room
will bring more trade to the mer.
chants, and is therefore good in.
vestment.
A rival to the Yankee wooden
nutmeg man was discovered here
not long ago. An enterpris.
ing tea merchant sought to increase
his profits by making his own tea.
He chopped some blue grass up
and dried it in pans until it curled
up to resemble tea leaves, and then
pouring some drawn tea ov il 10
give it some of the real flavor, he
labelled it "Ha-no Tea," and put il
on the market The fraud was dis.
covered and an attempt made to
prosecute, but as it was exactly
what he represented it-"Hay, no
tea he eluded the clutches of the
law. He didn't sell no more grass,
however, even if it was "pan fred"
Here is another instance of the
tide of prosperity that is over
whelming the farmer and threaten
ing to engulf him. Israel Wiley,
a farmer from way back in Green
township, burst into the political
arena last year and was elected in
Urinary director. The office has a
salary of $500 a year attached to it
which Is due and payable in quar-
terly installments. "Uncle Is" had
good crops, the "back 40'' raised
fine corn. his pigs brought high
prices, and he had more money
than he could spend. He didn t
draw his salary as pay day came
due as he didn't want to be beth
cred with the money. His term of
Office expired at the last meeting.
and all business for the year was
closed. After the meeting adj
iourned Uncle Is remembered that
his salary was still unpaid. Calling
Superintendent Bogen aside, he
said: