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IPWIIOII Ananrvintsiquin **lR!' wc'Y Nabay,llllr
HOOVER.
110 IN advance, or If paid within el:
sayer{,, toe will be elinrgod oh till sulmosip-
Ursa hue I tip end of the year.
. .1111:1VBSTIS NTH and BIANCA , . lintlooo boort
ipd 24 the urinal rater, and esorj deserintlon of
ar cp xa =NT IN CA .
11313 0 M1D In the neeteet manner, at the lower
rime, add with the utmet despatah Raving
parellipiod atame °Wootton of typo, we are p re
plied 1p what, the onion of our train&
DriIIOCRATIC CREED
iuNfht e 4l,4l.4n4 o , l l,fy
tiosSl rorsuassois, ro s ous or
IV.. Posta; consoler-to sad hoopoe friend
ship wi4 alheirt4owl; instan o r/ingalltollrellwitA
mow •
No. 11. - rho oirtt of ,Stotet aro( Tirritgrtes to
didwrimoister their own JonesSion fairs
No. ♦4. Freedom, and eynality, the sogere . ighty
of a.,. cci.r eul am 'right o rho majority to
r.soiiiieeousototiomallyge:preased.
N.o. . rimoloy 141 thr
"4. erpensliturrs,
4 e - e 444
No. S. lrreerkrrn of rslggion, 'verdant If the
pato onotaoneral fliftirion of to formation.
Na. Z. ppo.tinois to oil rrrret politirol . o won-
OdloolOOPLe. and to esti rorrtertin poisn .s.
No. S. A swerve prelerpotion of the g'etieral
Coestilotioo.eod no xelienons fr.to f • OP N.
.
No. 9. No bigotry. or yo nir of re • r. or elis.•
SesSiatt of birth noteuvr Amerrrou • usu...
No. 10. Roams+ god protettio.t Jr the rights
of all.
No 111. The pyrserratioe of the Notstrofieotio*
kwoo, end the r i ght of sAlt In the poblio dooloin
eewdlhojlool4ooo.a
,of the Morrie-vs goverirotterer
No. 1,1. - Upirpooirtax rood chairtoroi mood 'lie.
Professional;
•
AIL. CUTTI,
• ATTLOMNSY-AT-LAW. -
averr-I,l` CIAMILIIIIIM. r•
j AiIISII..RANXII. •
AITOUSEL AT LAW,
I,ILLEPONTR. PA.,
WV =IAN IL BLAIR, •
• •-• • ATTORNEY AT LAW.
MO:1314.:1 , XTE, PhNN
Jprle T Pau , • 0,,v3-•
CILAAJATCY it aLBERT,
L 1 :Oil Lll, MUILPIIY a. CO
,ItiODA,9l' - Iltukur , rtlLl ~13 Char ;t A.ioy
j...1.i.41
4tatleilg TOE & SON,
• A
life.y y ao, CA.. ail' • lt•i, 14, 441 1,, .1 , t.,
.;$.4411%y •
T gaisDSN . -
MP • rOI3N,EY AT LAW,
- ' lIAL
VIII=S•M kind,ettaing tt a tr- n b •
illio a promptly attaarlatCla•
i---......-
- - - klari• firll,
.a. ATTOktIY SY. AT.L A TA,
BELLEVOXTE. PA
Dew la ti Amide, ono door from tioarhook'a for
WI, will attend raptly to boatman la Cando, L'llre
trai aid &mantles.
Dk .71112211 F. HtIIVEISON,
sooossenr to Dr.
1114.11.1 m, MOpoilfally loaders kY prolissioual aer-
Om to Ik. 'taws of P.OTTSK',I MILL'S sod
Tiotolty Delos at dm Eutaw House.
Satn:44.4o
LARGE ABBORTXENT
0/Joseph 4. Bliskley'soolebrsted Italian yin
lie, gag* lend violloquilo stripy ; filar violin rosin.
bridges, dampers and ',aces, just received end fur
eel• by tiltZ EN it
PA : THERSHIP.-DIL
I.INO J.. Pornot, haling aarociated with
biai to the practice of medicine, Or .7 B
MIT
CIt die; offer their =deadens' serviced to We
add's= of Bellefonte and vicinity. When woes
abs =remitting attention of both will be given
wlthoar additions' *Marge.
1W Dr. Mitchell's reaidenoe at hire Bonner's,
noWfunte.. decta-td
. •
• .-.. DENTIST Y. -.1. D. WINGATE,
''' NilEttntON add MECHANICAL. DEN
.• i woaddleorm hie friends and patrons that
Ilse panataaantly lambed la Bellefonte, and that
win ha !sappy to attend to any who wish his pro.
Ilteleieteld sterviese. All work done In' the neatest
alliintLareantatt.
tilt'-- and residence - in Vle third house east
: Nwerboalt'a 'Franklin Ireton ' stil-ly '
teltll - BN 4MoM BEN,
suaess.... it OK°. I Almon.
BELHFONTE, PA
WIROLIBIALS AND RZTAIL tt.ron
Dive, Mad*loos, Perfumery, Paints, Oils, Var
nieboo, Dyo4Btuffs, Toilet tiosi:s. Uruntien, Hair and
roodainonlbos, Vanay mid Toast, Artiolos.kimatia
and dinniddorDrmoes, Harden Settle
find our stock oompleto
WA all pad at moderato prices
L 3 ,1 Ili and Nodelnns from dm 000ntry
mire noltood in oiedtnino our stook. min
. 'ovals mutAr GROCERY STORE
--gralostorr tea patronage so liberally be-
Eepee - irba by a generous °ammonia) and
Weriet - olotantloa to business, to alwayr
. le Meth
a the approbation of an appreciating
. ile lafatins hh frisnds, customers , mid the
li
that he prepared to furnish
eirtty Is
well known stand with livery variety ot
ililto ano that May be rolled (or Porhotto
4: =40 ammosalas .111 please call and Watt their
&elm Op ea
Ilif IN, If I ad determined to give sails
' Jr- li t -- WILLIAM PRINKR.
CIA.RD.—DR. J. RHOAIiS
hi lltillill irealsis4 informs the °Mame b( Joaltron
OM% alle• the lierrounding oountrythat ho has
lopeated at Jeekstiovill ' o, and will 1
ad Wall palls in the different branclios
, i 'oedipal or surgical, at reasonable
•
pmpamai to insert artificial torah as
eerdM 10,the fittest 'improvements and tile meet
IT=slim, sad toy perform all other operations '
Margery Is good style anal at reasonable
il t:alitreffier past Ihvats, he hoptorhy prempt at
- il 111-taistikmoullnumne 01
V i l la tt'sl i t illibi t i s I " iii Ho patronage titre him 1 I rinf.
le Alia Wriii• Or (all only as his moor, nu I .kill
piny 1
.11-2 -0 -0 T
S. C. limo. JAIL T. MAL'.
0. N. MOALLOmix A ti
W. M. MURRAY. ,
Minn PAIVON SPECIAL DS:PoSTTs
MIMES, Mo AL LISTE It, II Al, r A. l'll., •
litic,,Aworre, °slm it Cu., p,p f i, .
;.• BELLIVIR AN - ter/10*ES DIS
COUNTED.
(KM.LX*P i MAI.DIB, AND PROCEEDS RE
TTZD PROMPTLY.
tillE_ AID ONSPECIA L DEPOSITS FOR
N Dj a hAlaill UNDER SIX MONTHS
A A OF FOUR PERCENT
i rg ovt, —von SIX MONTHS
OD. . AT TAR RATE OF liVii PER
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PAR ANNUM
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M14.11M5 :TM DANT CONSTANTLY ON
MASA fisE 6-910
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Ftorn the I3aw y Pturisgfranratt
TILIBV T.E TO DR._ KAIVE,
Whet tidinge those, so mid, from Caha'silbeite,
The Aiello wanerer is, ales I no More
The shaft of death again lineyre rely sped,
isal !AIM Vieille — WM the Went deed
That fatal shaft that still unerring flies
Athld the Polar stows or Tropic Alfa
Bear hint, yo mountora r tiront that foreign oe
And let hint moulder In his naUve land—
Along the banks where Schuylkill winds his wave,
There, 'told the woodlands, And an bonor'd grove.
Why feel rogtot t or why in anguleh weep?
W hen nature takes her last and pesoefui &loop?
Ills toil is o'ori, hie retiree was b . :lively run—
Besought for glory and that glory non.
lie leaves behind—well carted—it spotless nlnte r
lueerilted, anfeJfng, on the rolls of fame: „.
ThelPeritlanisrwittmetiestisessraw .,,, .
Tbp savage wildness of some ariele Aare ;. -
Ne'el watch Callow in her oeaselese roll, •
And trees bar courses round the starlit Polo ;
No more behold Bootee' nightly tuitt—
Nor bright A return* in elfulfteric'e burn-c
Or see fair Orlon gleain tittd' boat' hies—
Or watch the Pletade as they twinkling rise.
"rh — ekrgii , o tb leletin . '
How oft has ha, wheel we Inuit now deplorti
Felt all thole horturs oft repeatid
Ott beard the tempest's home - and liffel
While rotted him monsters tithed theirittinger-growl
Or losberp arnablug with the thunder* roar,
Wak'd the wild cohere of the rook-honedibers
Such were the sound', as with his faithful train,
Tiro' stone and drift he sooor'd the wintry plain
Or, pillow'd ate° on Its snowy hreatit,
Sought the short damitert et arest,
AigOstioutinswilgkiii AMA's:
And o'er the *raper shribd-ibeir p 414 Om,' • -
For Wei, when waking, still that dreary scene—
The skies relentless and the hiatus so koes—
Yet Hope. undying. still will Fate defy,
ALIA in the fare of rigid Nature !
lie cy'd the ear that lights the gigolo Pole—
A od exoludod, from the wish'd for goal !
ilia comrades full; they found ao earthly bed—
The Cairn was rais`d to guard the booty dead.
To him bin lot denied an its-built tomb—
/Ile drys wens endsel 'when, the citrons ideoa;
'Mid ftegranee wasted where/ the pilot WWI wave,
ilia muse wm nasobeed with the 'thieving bravo.
But yet, sustidake, famo bids se haat!
And, points agahste thindassetadladr.,
%cher: gatner'd winds, wttirmellnwhely tone,
Like u,,0h1e,1 pirl4, bresihit a plaintive own;
Ito' now a ender spirit whhipais peace !
At f,,,r thu womearbbhrtholer seeentS twang ;
W ...Len bound by her atonal item,
1,1.30 4 r.tpt ir coldness and ',eyrie" gloom.
- tir xorr•ot
Luau *um • lally ilvedlo
A lady rosy Lytist now,
And yat In apinaotall hey %elk,
Wei am eg I*** NIIIV sir TREIMOi-;- *".
• A Mates witr
es ph'
A wild yea! lout trlatnan.
A tearing, soressin . g, t i liamptor, tramping,
Itunping, matins, Iriahatear -
MU (ace was i k e no means 'beautiful,
ter with detail-poz was marred 1110101111,
And the eboaldets of the est, dog '
Ware sloes% donblies Ara ..
0 the limpet enkillusen- 1
The widakeytdevonting Irishmen.
1 .---+Ciiignot he nisei with his woodetfil Wasti—
ng fighting, rioting Itiinitat.
One of hts up? waslottkorgreers •
And the other woe oat my dear.=
And the entree of hie Wicked looking leg,
Were more than two Net Sport my detr; 4
0 the/post big Mamma— -
The Waling, Wiling Irilhalitn,
The etanaping, tamping, ewaggoriteg, daggerlag,
Bisalinintrwash of an Irishman.
U. took so mush of land, pork
That he need te•eeert and enagereh,
AM in shape and else the fellow's neck
Was u hard as the neck or a4suattio.
0, the horrible Irishman,
The thundering, blundering Irishman
The imnshing, duhhig, eladdeg, era;ddag,
Thraahing, hosting Irishman,
His na ve {* was a terrible mime Weed,
Being Timothy Tiaddy bluUigasy
And wherniver he emptied his bowl Opals*,
Ue'd not rut till he'd dined It up again.
' 0, the boozing, hßilaini 1 tishmah,
The tesieeted Irishman.
The AnAhr frisky, rummy, grummy, -
No dam* Irishman
This wee the lad the lady loved,
Like all the 10.1. of quality-1, „, . _
And he Yreka thesi Le
ttalleat the lima of - it h,
Jamb by the way of jollity.
0, the blathering Irialitri4
Barbarous, savage Irishman.
1:7 TOR T OP TRW COUNTY' BUPRRIN-
Th: V 1).4 NT FOR-MULLEAR lIVY DING
.JUNE 2. 1854. _
In some respects tha catnip -of edtleation
I.as been steadily advaneing in thl - ciiulit:,
during the past year. An agency has been
put in motion, under the operation of which
notwithstanding much friction of machinery.
and considerable opposition, the schools
have been improving, end ell parts of the
system invigorated. All the good result--
expected and diriired from the system eat
Superintendeney, have not been attained as
yet: but enough has been exhibited to show,
6.11 v ;pitya tendency of the system ; and its
favorable working and future success, if
boot say persevered in, and faithfully ap
,h
I lied. To ow)* who know in how many
ilifs'itii
_MI de iicieir have "icon attettlpted to
I‘ , • t hvi Al l , , not only by those who are °p
p°, .1 i t;, t le hole system of common
.41)1144 , , tut by those professedly its friends
friiiii slut, er motives and designs, will be
sie.,ii .1 with the many, good results which
are apparent, without grumbling, because
all 1 tr • iefortnsthat are necessary and deseis
raid. bare nut been , f elected.
__ . 'fiti s•lA..mis in 1 -the right!track for int_
provemeut cud success, subject only to the
detention occasioned by the Unavoidable
friction of the machinery . , and occasional in
stances of uhfititlifulfiess in *load who have
thalocal management of the system.
B N
With regard to furnishing the schools
with contempt teachers, f r instance, much
improsement upon Fontes tine has been
MI
THE IRISHMAN:-
4.--...-.
SY AS 'papilla,
BELLEFONTE,
made ; yet tlit• soarelty of feaeliers, and
.akorintkis .oL the. I;k4eeme ,
ivhich gebd • taachera are prepared, 1.
Malty ittakupetant And defectiie teadlie
the sohools,because better cannot be obtain
bd to Timmy their places, and the schools
cannot be closed. But there is nothing more
certain, and no Nl:element inure reliable than
this, that teachers are gradually multiplying
dad improving,--the good are becoming, bet
ter, the middling good, and the intolhiable.
ircitber.d3ning the'biAil es
The means of improvement, are multiply
ing daily. Books on the subject of Nina
tion, and the art and science of teachinotre
being, - published., continually, and they are'
• • • eifteeemitiiveratiratesollwaieves44ore
thigight is spent in meditating iijion, roil tra
'rising the bcetmaldca of communicating in
ationct ion,and the beat government of schools.
Normal schools, teachers' institutes and
academics, are also sending - forth an
proved class of teachers every year. Yet
.Theriiiippty 1 4110 &As - lid, and
ffilitriKErtillill'lZ a%
It ie tat:enraging that a' otradual improve
ment is going on among awn, teachers who
bay* taught, and are now teaching, and
numbers Ire adding to them each year from
city scationfes and schools. '
WIII Mill
=
During the year I. have exemined 189
tisstchera. One hundred-4nd twenty six ***-
oared tempullary inljtho„vitsiouil forffigipima
atlyrl3 iiirttuiiitent or
44,44.. w cause twin
other counties. whose 6rtitleateta endonied,
and these, with the teachers clam fined by me, matte n full supply for Our one hundred
and Arty -one-schools.
The districts of Walker, Snowahoe,Miles
burg and Bellefonte borenba, hare fob
re
ported one additional schonr beiood the
number last year.
The kllowin(dlstricts have ruported is
the number of schools yet required within
thairlitaits:—Yergusou. two: Ortiz, two:
Marion 'hoe t Snowshoe, one ; ;
Taylor, two ; tt orth. one: sod Union one.
All the schools hare been open It reLst
four *maths during the year, except those
of Taylor - and Worth townships ; the for
niernf which was open °milt' about two
months and a half; the latter three months
and three quarters; almost the required
time.
Spirelot diffsrunies.—The severity of the
winter frequent and deep snows and hitense
cold, greatly interfered with. the prosperity
albs iiihWarnifigtig - , a .pilitwint in which
they are Witlini kept open - . The smaller
obildr.n.oosld not possibly attend and in
some instances the directors found it neees
sary-ro snspend,dpi4ons for a tinie alto
gether. - Many schoo‘houses were `inacces
sible on amount of 'drifts, for weeks' at a
time. For this raison I , hope great iptiul
genes wilt be given, by the Department, is
the case Of-those gistricts mentioned, which
have not boon Stile to keep their school open
the proscrilitatim time.
And for other reasons besides ; theyare
.poor and thinly populated mountainous dia
-1 tricts ' paying a Tench higher nlB.Ol school
tan than rich and populous districts in our
most prOductive valleys. How manifestly
tiequil the "see, when *orth pays
schoortita of twelve, mills on the dollar, and
Taylor of ulna, and Potter-of three milla,for
both school and heading purposes ; Peimof
one and a hall Mitts, Haines of two and a
quarter mills, And Hregg the same :.and yet
them favored townships glociplain grievously
'of their burdens. In this dottnoction may I
not be perniittiul to Suggest the inquiry,
Whether their cannot' be 80030 modification
of the school law, by which the burthens of
the poorer dittricti may be lightened without
j dmiinishing their school advantagui 7 The
poorer the district, lot the State appraprie.-
tiou be the larger.
But even if their bo no,nvailtible,remedy,
tbs school system i 5 s gone,* bleeping to
the StstO, as well os to individual.; Land lot
tdo begrervitlie - xvicine - y titaiti d
for education. The man of property, who
has not a scholar to send-to school, reaps so
msny advantages, that it is' a question
wheCher his poor neighbors, whose Children
he helps to educate, or ho. have most reahon
tk rejoiLe hi the school system.
In regard to the statis.ics of Ile several
school tind 'school houses, 1 am unable' to
g, ive es precise and extensive information as
may be desirable, on account of the failure
on the part of teachers to report to me sc•
cording to the schedule furnished by a t e
Department. I had a sufficient number of
copies of the schedule printed and pdt into .
the possession of each teacher, whh verbal
instructions how to report : but out•hf the
whole number of teachers, have received
written reports tom only seven. 'Depending
upon thesefoi: minute particulars, I ; myself
wok only general notes. Besides, owing to
the incleruncy of the winter, tliette were
selww4c-whieh-I una Lla and..to
these houses and their state of. repair, the
report mast depend on notes and obserra•
tions of the former year.
Sohool Houses.—All the school houses in
the country may be arriinge‘i under three
classes : 1. Those which are aullidiently
well adapted to the designed purpose.
'Chop which are susceptible of alteration
and improSement, pc, a l to adapt thetp toihe
purposiod. Ali - V3 7- TfrorWiihTeli - eircT
unfit for school purposes, and whicit are tgt
capable and unworthy of any attempts at
.improvement, and which can only be iin•
proved by taring them down• and erecting
new ones in their stead.
TheS , are 150 eoattend throughout the
ceant.Y•, Of these twenty-two come tinder
MI
tomes necessary to mention those that have.
'rho following is the list rich I have noted:
mo t ion, Spring, Walker, Patton, Ferguson,
Boggs, liaines,-Marris, Howard, Liberty,
Miles, Rush, Snowshno,ad L'nion.
The number of- school houses of the first
clam ere constintiyincreising, as new henri
es are., being built, and models ere taken
from the book of &heel Arthitecttfro, lately
published by the Department. Marion,
Hoirard and Liberty have o rtach erected a
school hOtalle within the last year, whleb ate
mofialcor-thuar Idai—aud-oopccielar—thgaw.
in Howard distriet.;• And there will be little;
'need of oompulsion in this matter in the
majority of the districts, jur the spirit of ini
provement and riralship ham been greatly
an:Mewl. A considerable Lumber of new
and itemred. school hauler will be built
during theivieSeld fear.
are none &repletely furnish 4fl so to all the
apparatus desirable and neceliary for school
purposes. Globes -end app.-
ratite are universiliy - *audit. Thefeare,
properly speaking. no highrichoels among
the common 15chootil of isioneitr?. Par:
lint - attempts at ersdintaalsCiolis he kmeti
atear,- Jai 411410401111ria
Mileobue Out-line maW Aim about be
ing introduced into'all the solhaels of all the
districts by the directors, .
With respect to the hitetne arangement
nf . setta and desks, the number and division
of such school houses woolit be about the
same as given under the stem head.
Almost the whole bedyetschool hokum
throughout the county, areicoutute of ex
ternal acoommodatiens ; suOttle wood house
and , priiy. At lestit there trim few which
have these accommodations Ai country dis
tricts; that the number it Isee worth thes
tioning
; and even a majorithlL e own school
houses are destitute of the p • essary me
oomnxxiatiois. Thodeempivot the one,and
the ecouomy.of the Whar f we, think, should
command instant attentioe elf Swim matters
of accommodation. ' • ' , ls -
Al] the schoolk arc of as
id character.
with three partial exceptibrie v n fiellefotite
there were two of the orlusivply
composed of &mule scholar* , other two
deilgnelt euelusively for j ahough five
the Mora edflaadiftl 'DMA (key 'lo9i
&intik] motives. eln'the borough of
Diilcs
burg two 'school rooms under the same roof
were thrust's into one, and lipth make-and
females were taught together by a male and
female teacher. Tkele was a third school,
composed altogether Of children, male and
female, taught in the pima building, though.
in different apirtniente. These schools-were
not graded, as children In all stages of pro
gress were admitted but the were not
mixed.
Teachers.—As to ths,teachers of the coun
ty, I am unable to classify,thein ecoording
to their ages, or to give the places d their
birth,.lbr- the ivesen- already nested.-- 'l%e
requisite - laftwmation on these points was
expected to be obtained from the reports of
the teacher* themselves t and thereihre, no
notes wore taken in reference to them,except
in it very few instance& - ---
With regard to the general satisfaction
given as to the " misnomer teaching," and
( "general ability to teach And govern," the
teachers may be arranged under de else.
a" , !ins Gocd , lethidlihg. and,theoa who at
present
. sboctld be considered wholly unfit
for the business. .The number of each class
is as follows:- Good, or niaisfictory, forty
two; medium - teachels, flit -three.; the un
fit and those whose services may be dispen
sed with, twenty-isevon.
ted l / 4 tho number of good teaohirs i s increas
ing, as the demand for such itilbecoming
meth o wnitunalti_cieteiytt..And I have
found Ortnighout the cogs ty.that there hay
been a willingness on the part
. of directors
and the people to advance teachers' wages
as alit qualifications advihoo, with tho ex
eel:44-er two or three districts, and these
cannot hold out much longer. ,
While greater inducement .ois hot di out to
good teachers, than comedy, to continuo%
the profession, because of the Increased cow•
pensit yet amnion% ore abandoning the
profession each year for sore steady and lu
crative employments. The proper remedy
for this state of things is Set etilY the evil
of
, adiquate compensation for, the time
taught—the time in which theteacher is em
ployed —but extending the time of employ
ment. What if the teacher does got an ad
equate and living salary fop' four months of
the year, irhe is compelled to resort to one
other employment for the reamiteug eight
months. No wondet that every year, num
bers of good teachers are abandoning the
profeseied--to-the- great 4terimovit.-oi-the
schools so that while there is au annual
increase of the number oT good , telatirs,
the increase is in great measure coon.
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balanood by' the 'illniftteer letrd int' U 1 0.r.0-:
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Misollaneous e —Under this head I will
&Omit . -some entractp from tho teaellers! r e.
porta received— only 4eien out of the whole
whither have reported ; or this number only_
aye come into my . pospession. 1 iarCiila of
them, fortunately, aro from!, as rushy dillar
out diatiltifa; and may bo . considered a fair
specmen &the wholo,,aa far as the sub
jects otribraesed in,them are concerned. To
these mamas I will add some remarks of
oqt own.* 1 ' - t
net teacher reports under the- bead of
though they visited mo frequently, did not
visit me as regularly as they might have
done.' However, in this respect, great praise
is duo the parents. Their visits were fre
quent, and not confined to one sex alone.—
The matrons would conic, oftentimes bring
ing with them some employment—suet as
knitting, Bees-being busily enegod, and
yet pay attention to the exercises, for three
hours at a,timP!. ,„;
This report is from Spring district, a very
esemplaOltivtrict; both as it rpgards its di
rectors 'aud,peoplot and thetsrc)terls smoug
the beat An th. *bo know how
make tlio ,Mi'ciBes • opo toMi n .
and.nho gave himself wholly to the &ides
of his school. •
One (Other extract bona the same report.
..The prevailing sentiment in regard to edu
cation is very good. AIL see the necessity
sod .re-deilmn
latco-atie4nite—a-numbewo*
ere opposed to the common school system
The mum plainly is, the almighty
ttup - settobt - , - ttrett
hitt - -
I append to the aboVe an extract flroin
&Tahoe teacher of. the same district. Ile
says—" The number of elide:ha 'diming the
winter was twelve. I hire frequent
.tottt no ex t lsibitioos. Directors'
lOW ,Tbe major
ity of the visits paid to the school were by
parents. The prevalent public sentiment
in the neigborlfoed with regard to education
*4 the school system is rather favorable
then otherwise."
The following extract is from k teaallei of
Mlles diatrict, which embrace most part of
1301 of the richest vallcyl in our coon% and
also the most beattiful. fie writos—qcan
not give in saturate account of visitors, but
there were a good many ; but directors only
visited am twice. In regard, td educition
tad the Schnol system, they • are . unfavora
ble. • They have no education themselves,
and think that their children can do as well
u-ithout it as they did."
It may he proper and important to say
with reference to the above extract, that the
prevailing sentiment-is regard to the system
of common ochooli may be very mifivent
,We in the immediate neighborhood of a par
ticular school, and a very different sentiment
prevail in other parts of the district. This
I knew to be the case in some parts el
_the
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iteekekily:Leem 'Which we offer the ft
iirmiets :
A teacher of Marion district reports :-
4Frequant calls by strangers during the term .
but visits by parents were "few and flu. be
tween.," Mr."..fohn Harter, director of sub.
district, - iblieharged his duty cfeditably by .
paying niongdy visits at the sthool mar;
prodticimatultesi_faromble influence theie.'
Again—" The gederat public sentiment in
regard to the late act authorising tho office
of County Superintendency is unfavorable.
flaring so disposition to enumeiste all ; the
following objection is 'frequently heard from
Wiens:. "Formerly teachers could be hired
foe cssissi of sotentecil or twenty dollar%
but ;ince grantmar, geography are introduced
theitame teachers cannot be employed, and
others have•to take their place who bonnet
be obtained An less than thirty dottlis per;
month." . .
The fo•lowing extracts are irom•the report
of a teacher of Harris district :—"Visitors—
about twelve during the flat three months.
Directors' visits--whole board one and the
director to charge of the school three* titres.
Visits by parents and guardlahs very irreg
ular, and not exceeding six in number.—
Public sentiment Coronado to the County
Superintendency ; to the common school aye:
tem, and to education in general."
- The iellowink extractsare from a tomhdr •
of Union district :—"'Directors' visits—The
directors have 410 regular time for visiting
the schools, but tall M. when they happen
:Piling that we Titre
tont, who live some distance from the School
house, have
. not visited-the school once.—
The ether directors have visited it five times,
two of them twice each, and the other once.
No visits from parents or guardians. The
people are strongly in favor of education,,
and I believe generally iu favor of the pros•
cut school system. - •
The statements which follow arc taken
from the report of at excellent feMaje
teacher of Liberty district :—"L du not often
pUblic examinationi, - but invittparents
to attend on the last day of school, and ex
awing the pupils in their pr,;sence." "Qi
rectors' visits have boon neither as regular,
nor as &I:quenelle was desirable. Parents
seldom visited tberselliiiiil. Number of visi
tor* during the'terni, twenty five." ''Pub
lic sentiment in regard to the school system
ti unfavorable, on account. it is said, Of . tin
blgh taies."
— lfivnithezn3llpeetutentir pretty Matte
inference may be drawn in . regard to all the
others. And in review of thei whole coun-
~ I would state as a fact, that directors
generally have perfbrrned the duty dt• eleit
iog the schools, with moss fidelity and fre
quency than in any former year. When
teich i er reports that her school has been vit.
itedfivetoriar during four months, onti or
mort directorii L it indicates a tery common
4LN fidelily on iktel port cirdiric - TortiTicnifir
it i 3 by any means Oilers] throughout the
districts, is cerntinly an improvement' on
former years. In ilniost every district, the
duty of visiting the schools is devolved OR
one or Oro members of the board, who may
happeirto.hare most leisure, or Moat_geal iu
behalf of education. The euggestion lately
Ilio. • ..' ''
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. ;
1857.-
ite a number of
made by the Departnient to the ieveral
officer competent under the school law to re.
ccivo any salary) in the visitation cram)
schools of the district, and allowing hint a
obitable, compensation therefor, is a good
suggestion, of which the several boards would
do well to avail thetnFaives, rather than the
regular v = isitation of , the schools should be
vriHly neglected:
As to the geography of the punt' yin gdn
seal, it consists wholly of alternate moan
taino, or ridges and volleys. The valleys,
are as to soil, rich and productive—as much
seas Whops any county to tlia.Stati• thq
d
wither oxim•
TIWW
amount of their lumber and satanic:A. Iron
ore abonode, and MOEN plains aoeL ' Perth
of the dArictiof Liberty, Alward, Boggs,
tinaton, Worth, Taylor, and the glade of
Ruab and Snowshoe, 4.. Akiedy Ipmbsriek
regions. The balance of the - (Satiates •
m wan are nc agricultural 'districts
The population of Huston, Worth, Tar
lor, Ruth and *towhee is sparse when com
pared with the other districts. and conse
quently much Scattered: and these 'Nitride
ire - much poorer. 'fitercibre-wtstirtiley
come to levy taxes for school pmposei they
anon bry Ibewittt a much higher rite than
the rich and popuktusi districts. But it is a
notorious,fact, that there is leas complaint
in these iistrielts against the- coustnowsehool
system, thati in the richel diatricts. The
districts which lay is tax 'of o; is ht and twelve
mills, and Mom which have occasion to lay
a tax of only one And a half and two and a
half mills, are wonderful contrasts to t neh
other fifth's particular. •
Text-beeks and Attendance.—l may not
conclude this report without briefly direst- '
lug the attention of the Department, end all
, to the fact that in a majority of
the w 'ate uniformity of hooka
in the aelsbols of tech district is alniostallo'•
gather overlooked in practice. The impor
tance of Chid uniformity to both teachers
and sehoiars need not now be urged. The
substantial reasons for enforcing the 'rule
are so obvious that they cannot but be rec.
oipaised: From year to yetr it his been tie-
Alec:m.l by directors, on views of economy,
but it has proved I moat mistaken piece -of
political economy. If tho law on this soh.
• & kr • -
_ally Told have been all over now,
and Melba end a rut, amount saved to the
parents of the pupils ; for the pogrom of the
system requires that tho• law of uniformity
shall be complied with sometime.
Another common complaint among teach
ers is the irregularity of attendance on the'
part of afholion. • There is always a' - great.
*digerenwbetween the,nuthher on tigi
/id the nultiher in act attctulance--upon
the school. In looking' over the rcpints of
the several districts, it will ho seen the aver
age attendance, when an arc;iage has been
made, is in most instances only a little more
than half the number of the scholars.
CouneytertitMe...,Bering the past-winter
the county era' inetittitli held a meer
ing ofthra dais in Bellefonte. The citi.
sens very generously extended their hcapi
bailie, to the teachers and othersatten
dame.. We had the presence most of the
Limo_ ttl_ the .SuPerintetldeiit _Of—Allegbeny
county, to wheat aid the institute wan much
indebted,and also of Prof. Sweet, well known
and of great experience in educational mat
ter., whose very interesting lectures, and
other services, were highly appreciated.
We have had no formal Normal school
during t 1 y6i, tut instead of it, arrange
ments were made with the principals of Aa
ronsburg and Pine Grove 'academies—cape
°jelly witllT4gf. Burrell of the former—to
pen Norinl4_lpart w laid] th4Tinre
done, and a gelidly numser of teachers ai c
in attendance.
30.
Oran 17,600 persons rioted the patent
office, at Waxidngton, from the 4cb to the
eroding of the (lih Mat.
]4l remain,: pf r. Kane arnved at Lou.
!grille, on Fridly, Othint•, and ac re ro•
etiycd by An..imporsing proerksion of ma
sons, firemen and. eitirons.
A irinow lady, naneed Walters, ti siding
in Birmingham, Pa.. committed bnioide by
hanging hcmelf a lltott time nine°.
Tuenta will Lo a gitXt 'agricultural dill:
bit ion at WaterGehl, Ireland, in August next,
the managere of whieli huh° contributions
from the United States, through the Hon.
Geo. Id. Dallas.
Tux journey - twin ship ,carprotart at Cl+
cago, are on a strike for higher wager.—
They demand p2,5p per day, and the ern
. plOyeraare
,tra,ling-to-sir4i7,but
ANOTHEA SBAUCH 1 , 0:8&LVJNO.
The British Whig bpi's that prepluitions
11141 being made in Canada for an expediti..
to go in search of Sir John Franklin. For
this purpoeti Di‘ Red is building, in the
Kingston dockyirti, ari Arctio schooner. to
lio ietkApin May next, to go to Quebec,
and thence to the Arctic regions:
&W. y iviim - Smlther
School, addressed his mother as follows •
"Mamma!" "well my dear.'' "Minima,
the teacher says.pecade are all made of duet.'
"Yes my dear, so the Milo soya.' "Well
'matturi ti ' are whip) Ncople made of duet V"
"Yea: l s Well, then; t sXkoso doCored pctpls
ore node of COW dot, or:ot't tliey it"
City of Penn ' /Table of the 11/diiireas 41sied
Itacsiets t6a licloor'd dust of thy bravitin,
Now bona to tLeo f,r 1,0.1eg sera/tare,
The wilily EA r. f.tr-inartad 1e2.1,r
Of a gallant ham The graitt v - olorer •
Who, in the ardor or gen'row , lll,6;l,,
timid Iful oaf h rr,solt; hay parli'd, life:
Nay, 'atria-rd f.rr uthrgg,g4
Roper hi., mew',. —hi, te4.,1 hencrotando--,
Too active ter, for train.. 4,
Call on pint ;ono to emulatN hit
Aid on four daughters-, tot i ! /. aalata lama Chair s •
To laabla ‘1 II uti 1,4,13 upon 1.4 . grave.
All 1111011 S honi,ed ttlean Oleg
Whit urt'mal,' end. will rt 0 12141111:0111C
,
Will mournfor him—tto ydudj nit 011144 Ci.iii.
WI so '441 d vast dangers had privations dlr.,
Fore'd his brigt I way, to toisita oe'er reaelea hawse,
11; other voyager. Pokto upon whieh
Be prond:y faseod the:ttrites ahJ a aroma" el—tee'd
For this his country . .
Amuag the people of thom , dim. hot 0,--
Is name aloloi et *leen. At hfir rti - MU ,
A _tear e ill eaten 'there le ninny an eye—, -
silent tribute to libs }limners
The subject of education Is one we bask
long hail
,it_ in our 'nimbi to—iity a word •
aboot. Lying au it, ilorn V. the ihundittioti
of all tiOrin I happiness, and national selfetr
and distine:loti, k is one worthy to engage, •
the !mention of crory man and WM/4k to
the eofinntinity rt in essentially a flame
Subject, anti to our thinking Wirth of the
ecniifoe't of home is interftrini with
.hy the
clumsy and bungling • niannerin whiob Vs*
general pnleen.: of (audition is 1/0W
on nmt;fignt us. 'We are not about to pro.:
poise a synteui. We lent e that to older and
wiser head., 7. to men. RIO there ire many
thousands of inont entithable ones tlttouslu•
out the lenifth and bnnith of the leekedbeee '
lives hate Shen devoted 54 the purpose of
Illuratien, and risotto exturience has placed
them kt a potation to lose improvement sod . ,
alteration iiinm an experimental kuourledga.
of the wants of the community. 'We pro'
lost; men ly to say what we have bags and
know of our owiikoontAge ;. to state whal
hare Ileen our on n troubles slid experiegoeft •
in the premises. The idea ore school, we
believe, is the saute in all civilized lauds;
and that we do it no in : or:lice in definincit
a 5 n Alive n lid • jitklikait.4A
'
Wu 941, er ato say that in nine eases ono
or ten in tho United Statea, especially in
sehooli of the luotter, or it would' perhaps
be in ire just to say, the mire pretonunns
clasi, moth Ing is taught. We do not MOM
say that the scholar; froriel.En4 Abase
schoohi do not laarn anything, but we 414
Mean 'o -ay. that what they learn they are
not taught in-thc said school or schools.—
Examine for a moment the system tinker ,
telly persded, end judge whether the allege. •
hoe iglest.,,sweerang id its nature. Bch*
hours are usually from Moe A. M. to aims
P. M. Six hours, the six beat and meat
wholesome hours of the day. During these
16x hours what do the boys of any of our
city schools do =study l Not a bit a .
You n could perhaps imagine that being in
school, the plsee of study, the place where
learning is to be acquired, they would study.
You aro laboring under a most serious sin.
fake. Boys 'Jo not study in schools it=
our system. What do they do then Y
recite. Of course that is A Material pith of
school exercise. A very piontable
Thep troche six hours a day. What extra.'
ordinary little f,lloss! Philanthropleint*
It up their hands in holy horror: Moo
hare hout«l rapitalists,inanufacturora,mtall:
to met:Jinn/ca. and so : forth, attempt to set
morn than ten lion's work a 47110 of their
op rehires, they go pear to se'llifirleteaa
down as fiends in 11111(1111 shape, Irma *barb
greed, the selesh lust of pain his doprivtai
of all natural inajnot and feeling, desmik
WM. .1. I ;1 MON
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A very conatueodible thing 11 lien bile goes mid
these kind of„ acalatimt oter tllit ill whicit pi-
Iliet the lilairotts p00r...
'Bat it never seetirt to occur to iihillmtkirtiv
py that chit - limn are proper 0Lj0r.44 .4 its
sympathy or exertions. They--are- welrirr --
easily iiiipo.vtll on, enxily overlasked, Tl#:f.
i t
Muscles are nialeveloned. their illifilielayl '
mental emik,lo,ryutil) in}; nice ear° and.;n '-
moil to en/Wyatt- br o .-ether, ao that the ewe, -
may nut outrun the olio, or HIS belle Jaw..
tasked beyond the power of the body teinti?..
fain it. We know all this. We smile 1 t
Dickens' picture of the Rev. Doctor Ilassof
bees forcing-house ?or youth ; smile •idal l o :!
of triumphant pity, and in a slight IthittiW
cal spirit,thatili Cod We did not send oureltil:
dren to such schools, nor tylattise over tinge
weakness, nor overload their minds, MA*
the spring time of their child Weijai
them thiwKand.pil.c.hot-manti _
I AftervinTneed - trtstmughtitsrittirtnolol3 - 7
'up, and never grow tie all. Ot couple me .
are sensibfe people, and do nothlnlrliat
iali:. But then the fact stares usin thti
that these same . boys who are uot,nse4 a:ci -
all in this Way, are after all confined . iii
school six hours. out of the twenty•fm!fr.. ! ..: , ,
.1 hat during those six bowl they donlii
'study, that is they do not go throligh thee °flit.. ...
oration properly colic& tondy, aoranikowil -
Ifitill.couto6 rat mory,lte7l , -. ';,...
recite , .ft follows neemsutily 1.1 t ,
rocito the.w.naust ,know So)aw •?.1 0- v :I ,7:
w4lst they' limn', they newt Ai;,,,,.',
WI Where irei they to toy Irllr 'OW
helms al hOloa; to be sitre:st4leitikk_
school in the relishes Moly : to tistke'ololoW
or Awe then., nrul Ejvc their
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