The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-08-26
EpIsToLARY APPRECIATION.
The Art Of Letter Writing In the oiden
Times.

; The Art OF letter lvtrlking IN tne oiuSH
Times.
Not infrequently complaint Isl
made in the magazines and more
conservative newspapers that the
art of letter writing has been lost;
that the grace and charm as exempli-
fed in the correspondence of writer's
in other days find no parallel in
this matter of fact period
Answer is usually returned that
the man or woman of today is too
busily engaged to permit of their i'm
diligence in the epistclary affecta-
tions of olden times. Certainly the
letter writer's of those days enjoyed
the advantage of great leisure. 1t is
difficult otherwise to account for
their prodigality of phrasing.
Lady Pomfret, we are told, pre-
scented to Lady Hereford a pair of
alabaster vases and received in re-
turn letter of thanks fitted to the
times.
"There is" wrote the recipient of
the vases, Gan elegance in them SUI
perior to anything / ever saw, and
yet, inestimable and beautiful as
they are in themselves, their being
mark of your friendship enhances
their value to me even beyond their
merit. I sit and look at them with
admiration for an hour together. ]
have not room in the house worthy
of them. no furniture good enough
to fit with them-in short, find a
thousand wants that never entered
my head before. / am grown ambi-
tious all at once and want to change
my house for palace and to ran
sack all the cabinets in Europe for
paintings, sculptures and other curl
osities to place with them"
Even Lady Pomfret, who was her
self a pretty fair phrasemaker,
seems to have been little abashed
by her friends enthusiasm.
"You quite confound me, dear
madam" she replied, with the en-
comiums you bestow upon a couple
of alabaster vases fit only for the
obscurity of a grotto and very justly
make me blush for having sent SO
trifling present"
This extravagant diction is equal
ed by that of the Princess Craon
when writing to Sir Horace Wal
pole. After thanking Walpole for
some trifle the princess says;
"Thc generosity of your friend
ship for me, sir, leaves me nothing
to desire of all that Is precious in.
England, China and the Indies"
Chicago Record Herald.
During one Of the daily colioquies
that occurred between the two Senator
Spooner said:
'sThe last cartoon saw of the sen.
ator from South Carolina represented
him ms down In the straw and being
kicked by the Democratic donkey"
'eThe last one saw said Tlllman.
represented me ms riding the donkey.
with the Republican elephant tied to its
tail"
"What's before the senate anyway,
Mr.. PresIdentT demanded senator
during luli one day.
~ am before the senate" senatos
.TlIlman declared without smiia
| Notice of First Meeting,Of Creditors.
's psrs. oqSs 9r 'n ns H9,.ed 1I s'Gaf
IN BANKRuPTCY.
F.F S 81 Kl%ss;liaE' In Bankruptcy
To the Creditors of T. F. KimberlIng, OF
Point Pleasant, in the County of Mason,
and district aforesaid:
Notice Is hereby given that on the 25th day
| OF j uly, 1908, tho said I. +. Klmberling WAS
duly adludicated bankrupt; and lhat me
| frsi meeting OF his creditors VIII be held nI
the law office OF John l.. Whitten, IN a me
day OF August, 1908, at ten o'clock II the
| forenoon. at which time the said oredikors
may attend, prove their claims, appoint
| trustee, examine the bankrupt, andl ransact
such other business MS may properly come
| JOHN l.. WRITTEN,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Point Pleasant, VIVA" July 25th, 1908.
July 29.2w