The Point Pleasant register. [volume], November 10, 1909, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3

About The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939

Image provided by: West Virginia University

                
BARBIE'S EARLY CAREER.
Tho Opposition H? Encountered ana
Hi* Friend the Tailor.
Among the confidences that J. M.
Barrie has made concerning the
early years of his career there is
tone more intimate or more enlight
ening than this bit, which adds the
pathos of a story strangely in con
trast with his own:
The malignancy of publishers
could not turn me back. From the
day on which I first tasted blood
in the garret my mind was made -up.
There could be no hum-dreadful
drum profession for me. Literature
was my game. It was not highlv
thought of bj those who wished me
?welL I remember being asked bv j
two maiden ladies about the time
I left the university what I was to
be, and when I replied brazenly,
?"An author," they flung up their
iands, and one exclaimed reproach- ?
fully, "And you an II. A.!" Mv
mother's views at first were not dis
similar. For long she took mine
-jestingly as something I would grow
out of, and afterward they hurt her
so that 1 tried to give them up. To
be a minister?that she thought was
among the fairest prospects, but she
was a very ambitious woman, and
sometimes she would add, half1
scared at her appetite, that there,
?were ministers who bad become pro
fessors, "but it was not canny to
think of such things."
I had only one person on my side,
an old tailor, one of the fullest men
I have known and quite the best
talker. He was a bachelor (he told
me all that is to be known about
woman), a lean man, pallid of face,
his legs drawn up when he walked'
as if lie was ever earning some
thing in his lap. His walks were
?of the shortest, from the teapot on .
the hob to the board on which he
stitched, from the board to the hob.
and so to bed. He might have gone
out had the idea struck him, but in
the years 1 knew him, the last of his
brave life, 1 think he was only in
the open twice, when he "flitted"?
changed his room for another hard
hy. I did not see him make these
journeys, but I seem to see him
now, and he is somewhat dizzv in
the odd atmosphere. In one hand
he carries a box iron. He raises the
other, wondering what this is on his
head. It is a hat. A faint smell of
singed cloth goes by with him. This
man had heard of my set of photo
graphs of the poets and asked for a
single sight of them, which led to
our first meeting. I remember how
he spread them out on his board
and after looking long at them
turned his gaze on me and said sol
emnly:
What can I do to be forever known
And make the a^e to come my own?
These lines of Cowley were new
to nie, but the sentiment was not
new, and I marveled how the old I
tailor could see through me so well
So it was strange to rile to discover
presently that he had not been
thinking of me at all, but of his
own young days, when that couplet
sang in his head and he, too. had !
thirsted to set off for Grub street,
but was afraid, and while he hesi
tated old age came, and then death,
and found him grasping a box iron.
?Argonaut.
Had All the Symptoms
The learned hobo was dispensing '
knowledge for the bencSt of his less
enlightened companion.
""Have you t?ver been bitten by a |
dog?" he asked.
"Many's de time," replied the un-;
enlightened one.
"Are you not afraid of hvdropho
bia?"
"Xix on de hydro."
" Tis a curious disease. WTien j
a person contracts hydrophobia the
very thought of water makes him j
sick."
"Is dat on de level ? Youse ain't
stringin' me?"
"It is a scientific fact"
"Den I bet I've had it all me life
an' never knowed wot was de matter
wid me!"?New York Times.
A Polite Interpreter.
When the Princess Charlotte of j
Mecklenburg-Strelitz arrived in Lon
don to many George III. the peo
ple, on seeing her appearance, cried,
"Pu?, pug, pug!"
"Vat is dat dev do say?poog?"
said the princess "to the Duchess of
Ancaster, who was sent to accom
pany her. "Vat means poog?"
"Oh, that means 'God bless your
majesty,'" promptly replied the
duchess without the slightest hesita
tion.
Limitations of Money.
Money can't buy everything.
There are no admission tickets to a
sunset; you wouldn't trade the look
in your boy's eyes when he greets
you at night for a million dollars of
anybody's money, and if you keep
a well furnished mind you can go
into it any time you like as you
would into a child's playground and
amuse yourself watching your
thoughts play leapfrog with one an
other.?Success. .
TEE WEST VIRGINIA STATE HORTICUL
TURAL SOCIETY.
El well, W. Ya., Nov. 1,1909.
To the Fruit and Truck Growers of
West Virginia, and all others
who may be interested:
The Seventeenth Annual Meeting
of the West Virginia State Horticul
tural Society will be held at Keyser.
Mineral County, November 25th
27th, to which everyone is cordially
invited. The State Forestry Associa
tion will hold its meeting the 24th,
at the same place, and you will find
a warm * eleome awaiting you.
Now every fruit and truck grower
in the State should be interested in
the success of the Horticultural Meet
ing ; not only as the means of devel
opment of one of the greatest indus-!
tries in the State, but they should be
there to hear the discussions along
the various lines of horticulture, and
ask questions as well as to take part
in solving some of the many problems
that confront the fruit, melon, potato
and tomato growers of our State. J
That West Virginia has a great
future along these lines none will
deny. That West Virginia offers to
the growers one of the best home
markets in the country is acknow
ledged by all who know anything of
her great coal fields, teeming with
thousands who are not, and never,
will be, producers, but will continue
to be consumers at liberal orices.
That West Virginia is destined to
become one of the foremost States of.
the Union in the production of high
class fruit will be shown you when
you examine the exhibit of her pro
ducts at this meeting.
Although this has been rather an ;
off year with many of our orchards,
we expect to be able to cover our
tables with the best fruits that have j
been shown in the history of the .
Societv. That is what a horticultur- ?
?1 meeting is for, to teach us how to J ?
;row good fruit when conditions are ?
igainst us. Now who can show us ,
liow to do this* When you examine |
the accompanying program and find i;
such men as Prof. Corbett, of the 1,
\gricultural Department at ashing- ,
ton: Prof. R. L. Watts, of Pennsvl- j
rania State College, and last but by ;
no means least, ,Dr. Whitten, o!
Missouri Agricultural College, you j,
will believe us when we say we are
prepared "to show you.
The following arc among the sub
jects to be discussed: ' Peach ^ el
lows/' by Director J. H. Stewart. :
Mr. H. W. Miller, Mr. Geo. T. ;
Leathernian and others; The Re
lation of Nurseryman to Fruit-grow-1,
rr," by Mr. Orlando Harrison: 1 he
Relation of Fruitgrower to Nursery- .
man,'" by Mr. AlexClohan; "Truck
Growing in West Virginia," by
Director J. H. Stewart, and "Mar
ket Gardening,"* bv Prof. R. L.
Watts, of the Pennsylvania State
College. The subject of "Spraying"* j
will be discussed by Prof. J. C.
Whitten, of the Missouri Agricultur
al College. Prof. H. C. Corbett will
speak upon Horticulture as a Life
Work."' Prof. Corbett was formerly
Horticulturist of our State Experi
ment Station and was identified with
the organization of our society. His ^
address will be of special value to the ?
young men who are debating as to (
what line of work they will make;
their life work. Mr. H. S. \ ander
vort will present a paper on Small
Fruit Growing." Mr. S. H. Fulton, I
of Sleepy Creek, will discuss the,
"Self-Boiled Lime-Sulphur Wash as j
a Spray for Peach Trees," and Mr.
F. E. Brooks will tell of "Results of
Some Recent Experiments in Spray
ing to Control Insects That Attack |
Apples."
There will be a series of '' Practical1
Fruit Talks on Planting," by Mr.
E. P. Cohill; "Pruning,"" by Presi
dent S.W.Moore: "Cultivation,""]
by Mr. G. C.Starcher; "Spraying,"*
by Mr. D. Gold Miller, and "Har
vesting and Marketing," by Mr.
H. L. Smith. These men know
whereof they speak, and an oppor- j
tunity will be given for you to ques
tion each speaker. This outline of
the program is given so that you may |
have your questions ready. Make j
I them brief and to the point and let's
; have lots ol them. They serve ad
| mirablv to bring out the gist of the
i matters under discussion.
Place of Meeting?The place chos
I en for this meeting is ideal, as Keyser
Point Pleasant Liquor House,
Homer Smith, Proprietor.
All orders by mail should be accompanied by Cash, Postoffice
or Express Money Order or Check. We -will send to any address
'iie following brands at the prices stated below. We conduct
one of the largest Mail Order Businesses in the Ssate of West Vir
ginia:
Old Barbee, 12 years old 5. 00 per gallon
L W. Harper 4.oo per gallon
Old Kentucky Tavern. 400
Rock Castle. 400
Gilded Age, .*.... 400
Limestoce, 400 "
Elgin Club Rye, 400
Olentangy Club Rye, 400
Kentucky Reserve, 3.00 "
Spencer House Special, 3.00
Montreal Malt Rye, 300 "
0. K. Corn Whiskey 3.oo "
Major Paul Z5o
Acmi 225
Old Nelsoa, 2.00 "
White Rye, ZOO
Kentucky White Corn, 2.00
Apple Brandy, 400 "
Old Peach Brandy, 400
Apricot Brandy, 400
Pure Grain AlcohoL 188 proof, 400
Chrystal Springs Gin, 3.00
Rock and Rye, per quart 75c and LOO
Shaw's Malt per bottle 90
Duffy's Pure Malt per quart loo
WE MAKE SPECIALS OF THE FOLLOWING BRANDS
BOTTLED IN BOND.
Old Jas. E. Peppers, 7 years old, SLoo per qt
Overholt Loo per qt
Kentucky Tavern Loo perqt
Rock Castle Loo per qt.
Spencer House Loo per qt
Old Charter Loo per qt
Maysville Club Loo per qt
Limestone Loo per qt
Sweet Hickory Whiskey L25 per qt
Limestone, 14 years old L25 per qt
Melwood Loo per qt
is the center of one of the most ni]>-!
idly developing horticultural sections
in the St-rte. It is not developing on
japer as we often find such things,
jut those people are actually plant- J
ng and caring for their trees, and
the older orchards are giving hand
>ome returns. But all this and much I
more will be shown you; we say it
will, because it was our good fortune
last summer to be among a large num-1
l>er of fruit growers who were invited
to look over this section after the ad
journment of the Maryland Horticul- j
tural Meeting at Mountain Lake.
A Day in the Orchards?11 has
been planned by the people of Kevser
md vicinity to give those attending
the meeting an outing in the nearby
orchards. This will be a rare treat
that vou cannot afford to miss. We
should like to tell you how well we
were treated on our former visit, al- 1
ready referred to, and how the good
l>eople of Kcyser can make one feel
so completely at home among them,'
but shall refrain, and only urge all
those who are interested to come and
make this the best and most profitable
meeting in the history of the Society.
Come and bring your choicest fruits
and vegetables.
Come prepared to show and be
shown.
Yours respectfully,
S. W. MOORE j
President.
DEATH OF FORMER NEW HAVEN LADY.
George Bell, an aged citizen of;
Racine, received a telegram, Satur
day, announcing the death of his
daughter, Mrs. Alex Boyd, at Hunt-!
ington, that morning.
Deceased was 54 years of age, the
mother of nine children, and was
Mr. Bell's oldest daughter. Mrs. I
Boyd has been in declining health ;
for many years, the first step dating
back to a sad event that transpired :
when she was a resident of New Ha
ven, when she sustained the loss of!
a son by drowning in the Ohio river.
Another sad blow came a few years
later, and her already weakened and
enfeebled health was greatly impair
ed, when another son met death on
the railroad. Her decline in health
has been gradual ever since and death
found her an easy prey.
The husband and children have
the sympathy of all in the loss of a
kind wife and indulgent mother.
The funeral and burial took place
at Huntington.?Pomeroy Tribune
Telegraph.
brain leaks.
Cheap living makes cheap men.
The devil is always a willing
worker.
When you pray, ask for what you
need, not for what you want.
The average Boy gets lots of blame
that properly belongs to his father
A fellow always determines to
practice economy when he has noth
ing left to save.
The wise man avoids temptation;
the foolish man tries to see how
much he can stand.
We are commanded to turn the
ather cheek when smitten, but if he
smites the second cheek you are at
liberty.
When we get rich we are going to
fight the booze evil by supplying
good, rich country buttermilk free
to even.' man in tlie communitj.
We always like to accept an invita
tion to dine from one of those good
women who take a pride in showing
a shelf full of fruit she canned her
self*
It's all right to have "rest rooms '
and all that sort of thing in our fac
tories, but we opine that the average
workingman would prefer a wage
scale that would perinit him to have
a few of those "welfare" comforts
his own home.-Will M. Maupin
in Brvan's Commoner.
D0H STOP MY PAPER.
Don't stop my paper, printer;
Don't strike my name off yet,
Y'ou know the cash comes slowly
And dollars bard to get;
But tug a little harder
Is what I mean to do.
And scrape the dimes together.
Enough for me and you.
I can't afford to stop it,
And find it doesn t pay
To do without a paper,
However others may.
I hate to ask my neighbors
To give me theirs to loan;
They don't just say, but mean it,
"Why don't you get your own?"
The Minocqua (Wis.) bank was
robbed of several thousand dollars by
five men who. after being rounded up
at a small station by a sheriff s posse,
turned on the latter with rifles and
made their escape.
The Washington Star remarks that
the North Pole is as hard to reach
now as it ever was, but harder still is
the task of couvincing the people
1 thr.t the explorer has been there.
ESTABLISHED 1862.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
CIRCULATION. 2,000.
EVERYBODY READS IT.
Will Always be Found Pulling for the Best
That is Cood for our Town, County and State.
^J> "
(COPYRIGHTED 1906.)
for Headachcjfc$nughs,Colds,
Hoarseness. C rcgtejij^arrhoea and
EVERV^a^^: JjlffijOTTEEP
TRADE
AN OLD liV$y#[N REMEDY
PREPARED BY
ummmmmm
KENOVA.W.VA.
GUARANTEED UNOERTHE FOOD AND DRUGS ACTOf JUNE 30^1906
FILED UNDER SERIAL-NO. 6665
PRICE, 2 5 ANO 50 CENTS
Q PER BOTTLE. P
aoi maai ior=i
=JOB^
PRIN TING
W'E have recently added several
hundred dollars worth of new
material and machinery to our Job
Plant and will be able to handle all
orders in that line in a prompt and
up-to-date manner. A trial order
will convince you. Do it now.
REGISTER PUBLISHING
The Size of Texas.
Texas is larger than all the New j
England states combined, larger
than all the golf states, including
Georgia, combined; larger than the
middle Atlantic states, consisting
of New York, Pennsylvania,. New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Vir
ginia, West Virginia and the Dis
trict of Columbia; larger than Ger
many, larger than France, larger
than Austria-Hungary. It is big
enough to supply the population of
the United States with almost
everything it needs to eat, wear and
make life worth living without ex
hausting its resources. All this is
not so remarkable from the stand
point of room when it is known
that the area of Texas is 265,780
square miles, that its greatest
length is 825 miles and its greatest
breadth 740 miles. ? Galveston
News.
He Bit.
The city man was jogging on to
ward the farmhouse in a rickety old
wagon. The driver was glum and
far from entertaining, and the city
man felt rather lonely.
"Fine field over there," he ven
tured after a long silence.
"Fine," grunted the driver.
"Who owns it?"
"Old man Bitt."
"Old man Bitt, eh? Who are
those children stacking up bay?"
"Old man Bitfs boys."
"And what is his idea in having
them out there in the field such a
hot day?"
"Waal, I reckon he thinks every
little Bitt helps, stranger. Any
thing else you want to know ? Get
her^ hosses!" ? Philadelphia
* >U?
The tialdtn Wedding.
A servant asked her mistress for -
leave from Friday to Monday to
visit her mother a long journey
away, as all the family desired t<>
meet to celebrate their parents*
golden wedding. The mistress g**e
permission, and on Monday the
maid dnly returned, and her mis
tress said to her:
"Well, Mary, how did yon get
on?"
"Ob, splendid, ma'am, and matt
er was so grateful to you for letting
me go."
"Yes, and your father?what did
he say?"
"Lor* bless you, ma'am, he wasn't
there; he died twenty years ago!"
London Globe.
Prompt.
An insurance agent was boasting*:
that his company recently paid
life policy to the widow the day
after the funeral of her husband,
and insisted that no company 'was
ever so prompt in payment
"Hat's nothing!" replied tbr
agent of another company. "One of
our patrons recently fell from the:
top of a four story building, and -
check for the full amount of the
policy was banded him u he passed
the second stoiy window."
Sublime Faith.
"Pa, what is sublime faith?"
"When a man who weighs fifty
pounds sits down beside a lady
whose weight is 235 pounds and the
hammock in which they are seated
is held up by a rope a quarter of an
inch thick it seems to me that the*':
give an exhibition of sublime faith
that would hardly need an*xplana
| tion."?Chicago Eecord-Herald. _