Year: 1867

CLAY TOWNSHIP, wooD COUNTY,,


- w. Va, July oath, 1867.
Editor of the Register: B.


Being a reader of your valuable paper,
and while perusing the Letters from
the People" saw one from Clay town
ship, written by an observer in the
Little Kanawha Valley. I see in said
letter some good suggestions. The first
suggestion is, that the Congress of the
Radical party be requested to change
the current of the Little Kanawha
river. Now / suggest that if they fail
in this undertaking that the Governor
of West Virginia be requested to call an
extra session of the Legislature, and see
if they can not render some assistance
in the matter; and that the Governor be
requested TO pardon the convicts in the
penitentiary (what is left from previous
pardons) to assist i'll the matter. /
would also suggest that Beast But |
ler be requested to bring with him a
sufficient quantity of spoons. (as he is a
dealer in that article) to be used in the
performance of said labor. ! also agree
in the matter of b. Butler bringing tho |
million of dollars, to assist in stocking
Il valley with geese, as they have GER /
tainly abont played out. We are now
looking and waiting patiently for the
cargo that are on their way from Green
land, as the prospect is gsod for their
getting around, for we are having hot |
weather, and there will be no danger OF
a freeze up on the route. would sCg-
gest that the Little Kanawha
River Navigation Company pro-
ceed with their work as fast as possible,
that upon the arrival of said cargo of
geese they can be shipped up said river
and be distributed along the valley.
do hope the President of the company
will see that here is a sufficient force
put upon the first dam, to finish it by
the time they arrive, so there can be a
mill erected and put in operation, as
the geese will be hungry and need grub
when they arrive. Now Mr.. Editor, in
regard to the matter Of morality being
played out, no person can deny, rs We
see that fact demonstrated every day. /
agree with Observer about farming mat
tiers. The prospect of good crops was
never better in the valley. Now the |
all important subject, the preparation
for kingdom come, certainly agree to
the fact that the preachers are lost in
the fog. (and woody fog
ut that) as the disease of mig
ger on the brain and politics
have taken fast hold on that class Of
professionals. AS for their bringing on |
the war, no sane person can deny the !
fact-and the smelling around for the
spoils, they not only do it but they go
for them, and the flock (poor things) |
are pretty we'll tieeced, and the lion is
now roaring, aud the whang-doodle is
mourning, and there is no comfort for
them, (aud hope there never will be-
Now in regard to the death of old
Brownlow. l thought such was the
fact as | saw an individual wearing |
mourning and looking as though he
had lost all his friends. l asked him If
he was mourning for the death of the
Parson. He said he was mourning over
something of more consequence than
that. Says he there is such high tax
on whisky. and rusty greenbacks had
played out with him, and he was
mourning in consequence thereof, as he
was particularly fond of the critter
and had nothing to buy il with. Now
Mr.. Editor, hope Congress will not
forget the suggestion of prohibiting the
growth of chickens along the valley,
and if they should fail in this matter,
suggest that the Governor take the mat.
ter in hand and issue proclamation
STOPPING their growth, and if tIey still
persist in growing so large, that the
Board of Registrars be instructed to
strike their names from the poll books
and disfranchise them, as the farmers
are too busy to build new hen houses.
In conclusion, i fully agree with the OBJ
server in wishing Fred. Douglass to be
the next President, and then the RAIDS
will have negro to their hearts content.


TRAVELLER.