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DVERnsistmars mcgrimottiutiom d at ties ws*O.itstes, mad Oyer: Ilesdottetioi of JUB .PRIIITING KxEcuTliro le al, it abseil tatutaef, tch. at the lowest priatai sad with the ertatose deeps 7;( h$ yurohesed a large oetleollieti Of type, we' are pre' pared to satisfy - the °Meese( earitteadia . • Inn the Demarali• A BIWA of Wootorut Travel& s. n'itatimirr (No, 4) llooster Ridge—lowa Cr! i—State lowa admitted into the' alion —lowa lfierr —TOW up the ,/lfissupippi4.Bcenerr,-NOI an . the Triver-- - :Thiferts,-/zunititii—ixreaint, boat " Granite ,Sie4e"—MeGregorA—Fath ers' House—An incident—Prairie Du Chem —Fort crawford. We spent enema days notth of Amen. port, on " Hoosier Ridge," lows. A country to excel This portion of the West, is seldom found. The oldest settlements in Pennsyl rams do not present much better improve ments. The productiveness of the soil is of mounded fertility. • A gentleman, formerly of Centre County, .migrared to this lability revertl years ago, nirchaised propirty, and is now in a fair ay to wealth and affluence. Ttie increase n the valuation of lands would seem almost fabulous. TIMM, under improvement rate from forty to one hundred dollars, while un broken Prairie cannot be mirehar.ed at a low er figure then twenty-five dollars per acre. From Da venport s we proceeded to lowa city, the Capitol of the State, by Railroad Nothing worthy of note took Place during the journey, which was iccupplished in fty-four miles travel. lon a City is built upon an eminence of considerable magnitude, near the lowa Riv er. Its pogidation is about 6,500 and rap idly increasing. The phople are enterpri sing and intelligent, but like many other places of the West, have quite an aptitude for siinn:ng trareler; ! We visited the Capitol, vrhieh is built 'on all elevation of ground similar to the State buildings of f.Vo r cki old Keystone of our c ontideracy. re it less taste displayed in the arrangement of its public ground. than at Harrisburg, but reader must bea r in mind that lowa was only admitted into tile Union in IPeaS, and by a recent act 44 Legislation the Capitol has been removed to Fort lbes Moines. We ascended to the dome, and ha, l t glorious' prospect for miles around. The lowa alter flowing upon the western side, could be seen wending its way through the put-spreading 'Prairie, sparkling-beneath a noon-day's sutra like brilliant diamonds. Tho country hi the vicinity is somewhat bluffs, and the Railroad which extends west ward to council Mutt, a portion of which is under contract, requires at lowa City alt immense filling: This road has a grant of i land from Goretnment to aid in its construe- lion, and la moving forward with a prospect of speedy completion. Having concluded the object of our ,visit to this place, we Introduce ourself to you Again at Davenport, setting out upon a tout tip the Misstiorippi,Riter, on board the cla p:lt Steanfer itir the Roelc Island and Galena Mall Line, " gate Calmat." the levee Is below the finely constructed Railroad bridge which has exetted so Much enniity on the part of men interested in the river trade.— Thou ands were menially high, and, the water much beyond the flight it commonly attains, rendered the nmiertaking of passing through the draw a little frightful t 2 the timid. We, however, got through safely. but it will be recollected, frequent accidents have here occurred, Ono of *hicb resulted Elf the burning of the Steamer, .• Me Afton." The Mississippi rapids, 'at Orb foot of which-this klesewpth bridge spans the river were attended slowly and cautielisly. The current of the stream with strong head winds bore down heavily upon us, yet our course was onward. Colosseas columhs of black amok° rolled out upon the atmosphere, while ever and anon belched forth the fearful polit er of steam dist moved us " like a thing of life" . upon the inky water. Who indeed cap look abroad u'pon the villages, the cultiva ted fields, the peaceful homestead of the, Tuna districts, and tho herds of lowing cat tle on the hills and plains along the. Missis sippi, without emotions of the most enthu stutic admiration. The day passed along. The passenger! on board were social, and rho " unlocked wheels of time" - -soma drew tttars of night upon us. As the land Ott the shore wore soon enshrouded iu obscurity, pommel safety required no fur ther repress to be made. Never did we witness darkness more im penetrable. The - imagination cannot easily *methods mare itunantio pin re. -Amid.. Pap Minnow Islands which so numer ously stud the channel Of the Mississippi, we mooed cautiously in search of 'some fa vorable mooring. The lights tram of the steamboat cast a 'strange reflection on the wildness of the scenery, and we realized an awe-losparinw that shall mover be forgotten. the ralands we re tired to* state m, and far a tirft time state m, oilhe - lculom Of the mighty " ffatlicrof watertb7, By the early 'dawn ,of morning we were under way again. The outlet *tribe De Fever saver soon appeared. Beforit * leng. Um boat, waif dining .up its crooked course and safbly landed in Galena 'BM A& This Oa* Is a city of the hills, and contains perhaps more real wealth than so ' Other- city Qr its population in the Wear. Its locality is thirteen mice east of the Mississippi, in _a mostprolitlo lead re . Ti — trW reek the Railroad for Dunlieth, and from thence the Steamboat °matte Slate of the St. Paul Mail JIM', for MoOrtgerr — ithe Clamp) IM Galen Mien' ißailroad termi nates st , Preeiort, and the travel westward Is consequently carried on by the Illinois Central which'fottas a continuous oonnex ion at this point. Excepting an occasional villagenooutduorsteri'eryinterestedthcally• tartyr,-but the sterile decliyi ties of the blot% on shore, which on t! ascending the river 'ap parently increase in size. Three or four hoitared passengers were on board destined mostly for lowirand Clemson' Territary4' Too interior ot this boat presented quite a gaud • show, The Chandeliers were nun - - • to cos iniiiiineuls, and . light transmitted from above through various .colored glass, produced effects most singularly pleasing. Within the first class cabin a molly mass hdd social intercourse. Soma discussed the prominent 'ational questions of the times, while others engaged in playing cards, I customary pastime on our western rivers.— Ladies arrayed in xatin end extending hoops, graced the splendor of their special quarters with a winning smile. Anxious mothers watched the fontersta mil_ aatus urchin - led, perohance, surrounding danger plight hide him from her sight forever. Gen tlemen in white cravats were moralizing on increasing vice and immorality, and ..mans inhumanity to min " Thus yot{.have a brief routine of the doings oh board among the multitude. WC arrived at McGregor safely, _O the night and through deep mud and (jerknesa grouped our way In search of comfortable lodging- Eighteen months previously we tutd visit ed McGregor and found it to contain but one old hotel and a few old dilapidated shanties. At that time we were compelled to lodge io ono of the latter class, owing to the prin ciple hotel being full beyond the possibility of our accommodation. Here several men were drunk, and swerving most profanely. A red nosed landlord gave . unmistakable evidence of a long intimacy with Capt. Wlikky. Ile claimed to be nn enrly settler and we doubted not the troth of his asser tion from the ancient character of hie pretrt iscg, " Father's House," must really have been christened at a very early period, for to the inquiring stranger the idea of its ori gin is dory strongly associated with De'Sci ta's explorations of the Mississippi. By the way we might here add as . an in cidental occurrence that our amiable frienii, Geo. 11. 'Weaver, Esq.. who IA as then our traveling companion, had not a very favor able Impression of our quarters, and deem ing some of thq "bangers on" to be rather arispierous characters, doubted the security of Iris person and property if he risked him elf in bed. As an act of self proxectirm- therefore, he locked himself up in a closet, put the key into his pocket and requested ua to inform him when the earliest iays of the morning's sun beamed 01.er the village()) McGregor now contains over one thou sand inha9ants with num rosin stores, ho tels and ware-houses. The place is evi dently destined to be one of great import ance. 'The Milwaukie and Mississippi Rail Road has been recently coulileted and the cars are running to Prairie Du Cbcin on the Wisconsin side. A continuous route is be ing pushed forward rapidly, weste ard, from McGregor by the people of Northern lowa. Prairie, Du Chain' is springing up with Rail Roadepeed and forms a striking Con trast with biatorical incidents of the red thin. tine hundred years ago Praiiia Du (Mein was known as an Indian trading post. The various savage tribes could meet there pp a ggiarai ground to sport lid trade in perfect safety, although at home they might be wagitig an exterminating war against each other. Fort Crawford sulfate on the eastern bank of the Mississippi river, directly opposite McGregor with its towering wallannd crown ing battlements. It was built under the super vision of Urn. Zachary Taylor, and was his military head quarters during the celebra ted Black Hawk war. The Government !poops were withdrawn nearly two years ago and the fortikaions are now going to decay. _ . , - (To MI CONTINUED. A young fellow, from four to flee years old; having perforated the knees of his trim 414ws, was intensely delighted with a patch his mother had applied. Ho would sit and gaze on it in a state of remarkable .aamira lion, and in one of those Moods, suddenly exclaimed: "Grandma must put ono on t'other knee, am i d two behind, like Eddy Smith's." Squibb& come home.tho other night ,rath or liter thaftusuaLand cu laking out his night-key. to unlock tho door, felt around in yain,‘ fora place in which to enter it. At length eillausted and ditcouragodee stag gered Wort in despair, exclaiming, "By gol ly, its no use ! somebody has stolen the key hole !" It hu ii ikertel been maintaitiod that the mai in i ig's tilt 1.111114% for ornament than k r, use. ,Th position is so longer tenable. A large sow as Sten walking down Broadway some tim , with, a piece of red tape at• tutted to the said curt, on which was writ. ten, 'Patrick Dolan's Pig Betsy r' A rolisa' lady at a boarding . school being asked Why the norm bachelor is singular, re plied, " Because Hillery Angular they don't get married." • PANN'A FASINEV. 1146141 SCHOOL. 4Thileteear: "The routine — orbiter tit the fligh &Viol Farm wasintatrupted let weekby the-else tion of Trustees, which, by the net of may 20, 1857, is appojeted to to held on the Farm, on the first Wednesday in September. Delegations from Bucks, Delaware, Erie, Perry, Northumlierlgud, .13e1/iiyTETE sod [Ammeter, arrived early on Tuesday, under the impression that Tuesday Was the, day of the. election, These gentlemen had am ple time to inspect, the fartii, the buildings, and the operations thoroughly, and to see .h_91:41, Hedy- on Wednesday a 'Mod of del-a gates, trustees and visitors arrived on the ground, and the lands of 'Lo Farmers' High School bore the weight of • body of men combining intellect, skill and active Oil anthrophy such as few other closes could collect together from the far corners of our State. Of the Board of Trustee/ there were pre sent Frederick Watts, A. 0. Elicitor, John Allister, J. M. Snodgrass and Jas. Miles.— Absent, Tames Pollock (ex-nifcio,) A. S Elwyn, A. S. Roberts, Wro. Jessup and i tod David Taggart (ex.., !, President Waltirinbo to the Board that this day wasna zed by thii - AR of the Legislature for the election of T i tustees in the plass or thane whose terms expire. Whereupon the Board appointed J. MoK. Snodgrass and 11. N. Mopititer an judges to rtieeivo and count the votes. The Board then adjourned until noon, when, after re assembling, the Judges made the follow ing report :--,- "We, .1 NleK.Oncelgrasa and H. N. MAI. li.ter, appointed judges to hold the election in nominee(' of the Act of Assembly : incor porating the Ferment' High School of Penn's, make the follam log report. The following is the representation which appears for the purpose of electing the mem bers,of the Board of Tlemcen, and duly ac credited by their respecttile County Agnoul tarot Societies : CotINTICA R CPRLSENIED. Allegheny—James Reed. Molten Chess Berka—Geo. Xeim, Solomon kirby, C. Ancona Blagr—A ' 4 l.l'Allnger, J. A Cunningham .Buck.—W. I. Rogers, John Rlseklan Cambria—R. L Johnston, Wm H Gard- Chester —J . K. Eshleman, Pierce !loupes, Wee Hays Chntou—G W, lialinbake, J. S Furst, S. R. Peal (Umbel kord—Geo W Shaeffer Baily, Jas. Shirk, Sami'l Gil. Wand - -ileiuware—Abraham P. Morgan, Joan. I%F:sr's, jr. Eeam., John Burton Huntingdon,-Jotistilan McWilliams, Geo Spear Jumaia—Jos Pomeroy, Wilson Jameson, Hugh .Flanolion Liiicubler—J H llelshy, 4 B. Garber, I. S Reim Ahflot—A Ilauliberger, Rob't Campbell Nmthuniefrerland--:Jus. Cameron, Jo Cormick ' . . Poly—Jacob Billow, Joe Bail•. Schuylkill—J. S. Keller ll'estrnorriand—Fed'k J. Cope, David W Slit rock, M. M Dick Union—ilia credentials of F. Wilson, 0 N Warden, and G B Bliss were received, firth power of substitution, but no gentleman appeared for Union. Boon counting the ballot it appeared that Fred'k Waits, of Cumberland, Jams of Erie, and Joshua P. Eyre, of Delaware, had each 41 voleA. And the Judges ihelefore report and certify that the said Frederick Wane, James Miles, and Jo.hua P Eyre have been duly clewed trustees of the Formers s High School. JAS AltiK .SNODGRASS, H...N. McALLISTER. Sept. 2d, 1837. SAO Watts was then unanimously elec. red President, and Gen. James Irvin Se , rotary, after which the Treasurer presenteti hie account of receipts and expenditures. lieu, John Strohm and Gen Snodgrass were appointed a committee to examine the ac count of the Treasurer. Edward C. flamed was elected Treasureapfor the ensuing year. After the transetlao of other business the Board adjourned, after which they sat down, with about two hundflffl visitors and friends, to ab excellent dinner prepared by the ladies of the neighborhood, and laid oat on a table eighty-six feet long, arched over with foliage, tastefully decorated with flowers, fruits and garlands,. and ladenecl with the beet of "substentials" and dessert, that the accomplished and Ind,efatfgable troop of. lady frienthi of the Insiiintion ouuld pteeilly sprtal before the i rr guests. Ample justice harlrigbeen done to the dintukthe table was elearekafter wbioh a meeting was' organised; of which Judge Watts was chosen President.. The meeting was addressed by gun. James T. Ate, as followe: REMARK. Or JUDGE HALE Firr.Low CrilZ/019:-1 tender the thanks of this community to our distinguished and wet. come visitors, the delegatesfrorn many coun ties of this Commonwealth, who, at gloat sacrifice of time and convenience. have .ae sembled here for active service in the pro motion of an institution which we all value so hightly, and in Which we have so great and universal an interest., and I feel that the thanks of alt are especially due to •the Board of Trustees; to their acting committee, and particularly to their accomplished Presi dent, who, in the spirit of petiplidanthrophy, and at great monies of time and money, • , . •i - ,',i , . . , , -- - ~ . • . , ...- .__ _. , ••• • . , . , . ! _. • . , . -1 ....__ . ' . ..• .. .. . . 141 - I',::'4 ;, A, -,, ''- - w ' '''. i .17. .. a J. ; ‘ : : : . "- ( ; - - 1 ::: -..!! ! ''''' " ._ .. . --,- • : , i • I %, - ; .. .. • 1 ~. _._ '._ : . . ! . - .. -- • -, .. ~ , . . • , .. _ . ~ ~, • , , , . . ..- , ... .. .. + -- f. ,. .11i ::11'. ... ' ' , 4, :.:::4'.:,' .: ' ‘,1 1. 1 4 4:: **4:- : -4 , 1.. . -i i i' ii - jja 7 .. , A R HA. SE SE AND SPIRIT ENOUGH I'o DEFEND THEM.-!' , ,- .........---______ . 1 : k s, s ,- • ..1 ... . • - . _ , .... . 9 • 1 • - I , f vo tn i lle .. =l Ms -. ...._,............. ,_ ~to 44 , • „,...' '.' v .,. s e ~_ Denagti. .ria ,'l' . •7 ,'' e Honorable rederja Vt . 111% and %ru airitWoifidifirr. Grump ,n 7 roam rairra. . , , Judge Watts 'Mpliedlowa : .Iftitelsmfoundly.seneib dm honor a -91 conled to me by such men ion of my net : ~ befdre snub an audienos.-, f.thank the • rd of Trustees for the hoontol. permitting 1 o preside neer theit-rielsberetions,-awd-am able holy large a share of credit is d to my associates tbettrie, 14 What has bee so compliabed I overheard this looming, i remark • ' a friend whose retnarketarways make i im pression upon ine,thatthe amount 9f men's influence depends upon his educatl. . By the amount and quality of educe n men • ebutudfuld.,. , ind.riat.,tirtellidgi....., educe' n -Euttem.Sisi . tes, suerahante and unsfse torero lead in intioence, for they to , as a clam, the Most cultivated intelli . , In Penusylvani•,l mayolay, without di rage• meet to those•in cities and some o er por tions who'forin exceptions—the lea ed pro fessions Iced in influence. In the rub, it may be.said with equal truth, thatithe plan ters have controlling influence, iidul in all these oases the amount of influeuste is in equal ratio with the amount and quality of education. There Is stimulus in this idea. it shows us how isaentiall_y important it i tk i stituii ige broodlrMla 'WOW State, that agriculturalists should have an edu cation suited for themselves, and equal in power to their own want, and the union's want. For they have an amount of solid virtue— we can all acknowledge—which is stronger +hen is pwisessed by other classes, and which if rendered active and inflnential by the pow er of an adequate education will ever prove the safety and bulwark of all our fi.atitutions, and of ur and their posterity. - This is a meeting of all classes. The prieficiil farmer, the sagacious and intellec tual lawyer, the thoughtful and careful phy wisp, the generous patriot, the philanthropic divine, all desire to combine their beat char acteristics in the institution we contemplate, lot the immediate benefit of the farmer and the farmer's son, and the multitude who as. pita to become culturalists hoping thus to work out greet ultimate goo:.I to all. It is impossible that any selfish motive can actuate any ono who seeks this objec4 and we ask that this may be looked at and be. hayed. No other motive has animated those who have ldbored for the establishment of this means of education than • desire that this institution 81101 have a firm and wide foundation. Let it begin in prosperity and Jpli efficiency. and its beneficial results will rapidly spread throughout all our counties.— The institution is yours; we ask your help mg hands for its promotion. I due say you hese all obsesved-simosielbly movement of agricultural progress resulting from the general establishment, within a few year, of agrieuiturul societies. Th. United Stales Agricultural society exhibit, in pile view t h e growth r the production, the Nook, the men, with all their industrial . mihieve- menu, from all quarters 01 our 1a111701450 na tional territory. At its head is a man of the rarest judgmetitondustry, skill, science, ed ucation, and lofty virtue, devoting the most valuable time freely to the great good of • nation. The influent* of that society is hdt everywhere throughout the United States; every whete peaterfull• stimulating the ablest inventors ana most accomplished mechanics to enter the great arena opened for them, in competition for the supply of every imple ment and machine most perfectly adapted to the wants of the farmer, either on the grassy plains of the distant west, or the heavy soils and rocky hills of the east, and for all objects of culture and cure. To come (dour own State Agricultural So ciety, which especially for our own State does like grail service beyond whit the Na-' Ronal Society can reach to do. Let no jeal ousy, no offence, either imaginary or real, no objections against any individuals,—for the term of any.ooe mane influence is bat tem porary---;.bar us from looking kindly upon it, or estrange 118 for one moment from a sense of its great capacities for gond. Let US join in its promotion with all our united influence, fur our common end an an agricultural peo ple. And let the same enlarged feeling animate us towards our auxiliary county societies.— There the farmer; who assamble are almost all personally known to each other ; let them carefully avoid any (Merle that can.dia : courage their officers, or Cheek the prospect ,ty of their common society, as the grind basis of improvement Anil I'm us of educational power, we here here Oaf Farmer,' High School, founded fox ' 'hi education of farmers' sons toe full ft now l edge and love and pride of their noble oeco• pation This is our greatest wept; the oth/tui tion of the bends, and the dispositicin, as well u the intellect with especial reference to the calling to be entered • We do not find fault with literary ethic/mon as bestowed in our colleges, bat there era few farmers in noreparisen who aim afford to pay at the rate of 300 defiant year for the college education / of a eon, and it cannot be attained fgr leas. Out the coat hi- by no means thagrealsal obisotioo, for the effect of this education is in almost every case that of utterly framing , lug from, and unattistit.for the safe, healthful and normal 'porirrid of the father, that of cul ovatlngilte earth, and conducting the opera tion of the farm. The youth who returns to his farm home after a three or four years study of books at college desks. and in pure ly literary society, finds otter imoongernality in the company of- his own father end broth, ere. Hie mind has been trained io paths his hands are untaught and an . grid to mink in or direct the labors of the farm. The mot• al effect of this common but sad result, it disastrous and pitiable to both Either and sou. It is a state of things wbiolt mss be cured; if not it will act like a eerreeivs ulcer. We must combine the cultivated in-, tellect and weird amenities of ropelsi 11140e ment with the stiebg prarrioal usefulness and sound 'inures:if theragnoultoralast, ing tbd sweat of his brow, receives front Providence such boantiee u are now stored around us in this building (barn) nod spread upon these tables, the daily support Of all human life, and who dispenOu theta to all other classes. ". If these be not thug wedded, this great ag ricultural State of Pennsylvania most tomato as now, with th. balance of indultam su power Io the hands of oomparati g few,, fort may be,alleviad to repast too o dales but to 000tnbet• to toe security the greit'agiktuhunif y • .y.-Lbstve not the power and influertorwhich tjjpi_puglittohave,_ Up /OW balance and benefit of sdclery. Elamdhing motif be drone. How shall we' increase their power f The remark of my friend anthems the question.• "Education wall impel tufinence." But it mud be suck education as will lead to the desired end.— It is self-evident that it rare education, on leas It le .a 4t, one. Sdience, art and labtir moat be - eornbined. Here is our want. At present we have no college in existence.— Whatever-May have been done in Europe ander the greater pressure of neccessity, we have no apch institution atryrt to which we can have arty after. ' NOW the institution we are attiring to es tablish at, the earliesrpossible period, is in. lended to. supply this great toms' polStit 1 , reprover the- m - int r lh -w drine the hands, it will do both at less expenselhan the purely literary training can be obtained for.. Thus, while reducing cost very greatly, it will educate better, and fit for every Dino ness,or relation of practical life. We estimate that one hundred dollar. per annum wall fully cover all expenses for hoard and tuition, Its we are instituting upon the farm different branches cif culture wip led to exercise, and ilium rate folly the entire theory and praotia pf cultivation,ond at the lame time sorb as will afford rleasant and pr i rt i rm v iaga r tful n p~eind of termite mathematical Jraitting, and engineer ing practice. All the branches of natural , science will be fully illustrated and taught.— Moral and civil science, and all the arty of practical life, excluding nothing but' hat le excluvrvely literary—the acquisition of the deed and foreign languages. We have started—there must now be for um no such word as "fail !" Our Legislature has done much Veld us--we have much to do ourselves. Litt tik Mk Ourselves, each one of ps, how much do we owe to society, and especially to the great Class that forms its ba lls. Probably no assemblage of men or various pursuits combining so much acute intelli gence as the one here met could be conve ned for any other object And I believe my self justifled in, saying that our object meets the unanimous and warm approval of every one present. If then it meets our views, if our;motives are right, how much ought we to (101 Let every man seriously consider how much he owes the world, his fellow men, and posterity, and anawer'by the exertion of his influence, taking care to do what he finds to do, with all hie might Let men dampen wnh faint praise, or make no exertion with pen, or tongue or puree, or speak evil of the cause or of its advocates, and with the down ward grade in their fa•mr, they may obOnt balance the efforts of those who strive to posh upward and onward ibis car. Lat there he e. =dyers* hinting Needed on local preferences. What motive coul d there be to iudoce those who examined, and determined the locerit± rot-Ibis school to (fri else than right 1 With the approve/ of ryy associates I could gladly have taken it into my own deer valley of Cumberland, botin the exercise of a sound and clear judg ment, (I speak for all as an inconsiderable one WO the board, having looked over all proposed lands, and conaidexol all CICCUIII - believed the one chosen to be the best It is possible that we were in fault; yet I have aver believed the selection made combined more advantages than any other offered, and I ask for myself and associates, the credit at least of honest motives; and, of all, to consider how many of the most essen tial advantages of soil, surface, exposure, healtbfehress, and oentrelity, are combined in the ground wo have now met upon. For a great common good, and in a spirit of mutual confidence, let person•l feelings not enter into our considerations, lot on all agree to the conclusion t that what in don+ is best I must only detain you with a brief detail of our financial streogth. We have received from our Slate Society, $10,000; from citizens of Centre county, $ 10,000; front the State, 1125,000 ; from the estate of the late Elliot Cresson, $5,000 ; making in *ll $60,000. To complete the buildings, and open the Institution, we must have woo more, end this is provided for, if one half of the amount be raised by individual+. We shill then have Iltoo,ooo, with *hick *e can start this institution into active and useful opera• lion, at a rate of obarge to each student of not over 11100 per annum. All the in fluent* and industry we can exorcise will go into this account, end if nor judgment arid mansgethint fire apptored, we shall not be allowed, in this great Commonwealth, to fail of molt an object. the community, under standing our alms, vell not let us fail. We, must obtain the 325,000 by individual tea; ribunon, and I say for myself, only becausse, I am. urged to say..it now, that I will be one of ten, to give 111000 each, towards making up that amount. Judge Watts sat down amid entbusisi:' tie applause fro& the audience. Respon ses *the Jedge'r hbersi offer, - sod gag ers' remarks were then-made by different delegates and visitors, as follows OZNZZA L DIKIV81110)1 Gen. lisqus will give $lOOO 'sec* df die Ws. • Hon. James Mites--Erip and Crawford countieware pledged to contribute slooo.'- Yams hu been untitl ed that 81000 may be expected from Clinton county, and 4500 tom Cambria. Nda pin. goar—.:Ceotre county bu raised and paid In 80,000. Without 'unwitting any one, and without preriont knowledge tharlhis course would be taken, I pledge the county of Centre for 81000 additional. . - Gteif.7:ller. - Siridgrass=-lii. i iiireisOla live of lhe eounly of Allegheny, I pledge hevfor $lOOO. N. filrAiskr,Esq.-4'ollo , citizens: The good Work goes nobly forward.. The Moo for speteebos hem passed, and the time for action has souse. I pledge myself tote and of twent i pp bentribute $5OO each. Judge Burnsids.wbfr. President : I move_ that at your leisitre you appoint a committee of 006 or three in - oath county - of the State, to solicit, collect and forward subscriptions. The institution must remove students from every comity, and must report to every news paper in the State, and it. seems but right that all should hit e fully opened ho them the privilege of contributing Pin such an object. It SWUM to lino that we may in this way raise thasam specified, and more, fox do scab lObment of the neoeMary rofessorships, to iWure the moetahorough training in *weft illeperiskens at even lees than the enimea -. . ___--- . -- _ _ - ~' ' d • PriSideat id wed gooliintli Ighhylkilai ...a, e tutereat le this, an lay mate for her r bed I mobil to t ha.. whole hearted pain !.e..... hold of . if energetic:Lay. - art: - -TfilailhiTu:p Affirdti; and minne. - believe it will be agreeable to many who Alr Diadifits-Afe eatileaguos Oen. LW* will desire an opportunity of contributing ao• has been obliged to leave [Sr the O. & Ado cording to their means. Our county will be it Louisville ' Kenttfu ky . k I eau saw fat rip libefahlaft I cannot, unadvised ' make a ape- self that I have boon F e a tly * Roo d Ir w in _ cirto proposition of any amount. visit to this place, end with , die gonna paw :The motion Was unanimously agreed to, I sued, and wilt exert myself to eteqpielat she , people of fluekheennty with the e iserialiehms , and the Presiorent announced that the. cm' of this enterprixe. miners woold be reported in proper time, The proceedings were her. interrepta4 Mr. McAllister-Let this arrangement not , supereede Law previous one. f hnve qo doubt "Y a "till of "Stir far, 411 , 0111114401.111 bp that gentlemen can raise Win any after n hasty adlonyoeasac ant ft tamely in the State, with Moditely suer- I d i i , tharge 01 kind winhen and f, al eine gene efforts, excepting oral and most thinly settled. teryt very newest oi o te is in- ersions, one of the most 'okay „.• s!, pia- z' 4105. 0 lereated in point oflant. ,4l / 3 Every , man, wo• lanthropie libenti an _ an_andultilil-in r asompedor- --bet- ---,,,_ -- - -1 -„,_- „ ... •--1 all unite in union, • • sin fiction: iwne is 'io ns b y *lama Ireltealtillltiallet illete--...-'-'- tbe lime We hater/ ~ , presented Promgrin ta Bode s ans kieendwett &'R. Peciyte -Clinton °minty has been Everything' promises welifee do spaudy referred le 'good fdr $lOOO. It may bel partment of lie Yaw, i• - • • relit tutron of every de polutiblaio raise that amount, or eve moth. T even Oilegatee will make every effort, but mere 11 gh Sellout, Tito iyiwkd 'ill lite would rather not be considered _al pletlaytg I ground go' on uointerittPledlj' tinder tit' any particular sum. wise tiireelione of the acting ectielegitae of i the Board of Troatese f and then does toot Judge Hale-There are 'abundant means I for sped a propose in our great common wealth. We have only to exert our intereg, appear to ber'the smallest cloud of ill SM. and fairly undertake to raise the funds. Can. t•g on its whole borrizon. ItrApa tre county has. raised 310,060, and one of n - -- eapcs re -ittliair-ter-IMiuied WelbilijiaZa; ilrffhifo ow y - unconditional and hopplueas to prosperity by plan*. $lll. pledges by other-el 'her citizens, for yet an• other $1,500 . The President sit' , this meet- bsiaktle of influence fa the head, of Ai o ing, who has given so freely of his valuable moat nrnerothr Mt ice mod virtoons of time and abilities to all the details of the en• our citizens-every One Who Is attpeatiant terptiss at the greatest selteaprifice, has of fered-yet a'sum of 51000. !Tow, cannot We upon the success sod prosperity of the eal raise the balance. of the sum wanted on the tivators of the earth (as we all sit) fur the spoil I will pledge rayteelf to raise Shen more, it we can thus accomplish this Let menus of life, will % join ii licitly toniputo. ea hear from all the counties represented Istious on these euspicionsPitspecta, and As to the locution of the school, it must of necessity be located somewhere. It has in streouous effort to place is !Ist bands at been placed here. and we are sensible of the the liberal', enlightened and enilf-denying ad van,ages it brings to us, end have coo-- 'runtime, the foods notes:eats tot lb* dal; tributed very nearly -One-fourth of the entire estimate of $lOO,OOO. Yet alt other counties last dita 44o PatikeDl of their Oda. will have an equal right with us to send pu- - pile, and we feel that we have a right to ask other coanties to aid in the consummation of this great State work. Dr J R Eshleman-I have cotterulted with my colleagues, and we pledge Chester coon ty for I/500. Hon. John Strohm-The county, of Lan caster, which Thave the honor of represent ing, has not lyet been aroused to an appreci ation of the'peepliar merits of the school I There is a prejudice against colleg e and high school education, because it has been found ruinously unfit for eons of farmers, intended to follow their father's calling - . But there is much favor shown of late to common sohool education, and in • portirm of the couuty, !Lauda up but Talkie rue the etriatnlutiujunt 1 of a Normal School tinder the late act, for .the second Normal Bhool district of York, Lancaster and Lebanon. This make, a call tot 40 or II:5,000, but chiefly in one locality. We „Nave plenty of men, who, if they were' here to see this location, and look over all that has been done, and were acquainted with what it is purposed to do, won't' pay largely and with pleestire-certaluly without feeling it. The county ought to give 52,500. It haset a full delegat i on here, and we shall u he in doing our duty to' inform oar l e fellow citizens, and to raise all we can, and 1 trust you will hear a gratifying aDeOUrit. and that Lancaster, as heretofore, will du her duty 1 I will pledge at least $5OO, and promise to raise it myself if there be no other way. Judge Burnside-We elmuld hear (mom Dauphin-Dauphin, which has the State Cap. viol, the Asylnm, and is, in so many ways, the recipient of public bounty, will give us at least $lOOO (Calls lot, Judge Heisler, but he wfillnot ig, being engaged in bust. uses Calla fors ( ien. flatly, of Perry ) /.fugheflarildfon-As a deleg ate from Juni ata I will pledge myself , and associates re leave no stone unturned n (Retell we ear , for the Farmers High School of Pennsylvania. Col. Carlin-I move 'hat the thanks of this meeting be tdndered to the ladies who hire provided so handsomely for our enjoyment here. President Watts—Every one will respond to this motion from the heart The lathen have done eo very much for our I F roonal comfort, that our warmest thanks ate too poor a return. This well deserved tribute was hearth!) cheered. Mr. Lbir44‘irger—We are not an a posi• )ton to pledge WWI to any set amount, but we will do our-duly. lr. Billow—As Perry has been called ui will say that we will do all we can do. Judge M'lVilbants-1 cannot say what we may be able to do in Huntingdon, but we ihall do our beat I trust collections wIl be taken at all our county President—l wish to suggest before adjourn . epithet we look forwitril to PDX Slide Soci ety for some further aid. Under favorable anspioei, and well managed, it ought to be veryproductive. I have oonvened with its President, Mr. Tagsart, lately, and he assures me that his warmest feelings are embarked with us, and he will do all in his poweedo create a surplus, and to aeeare its appropria tion to the Fkmers' High School. - - Resolution- offered by Judge AMU-. Name: Resolved, That the friends - Of this iortitu don look forward to the Stet% Agricultural &clew 7 a valuable auxiliary to good 01110110. Mr. Strthm—This School may be called a dad of the Society, with a "right to look to it • what...aid_itmey_lmabitos lender Judge Waits—The reeolutioa is only an ex• prelusion of good feeling. We are the repro. sentatires of auxiliary County societies, and it Is lit that we. should ilintbreoe this oppor: tunity of acknowledging oar intents; in the parent sooiety. It is aminatitutiun that we must foster. Bennsylvanks cannot dispense with it, and I trust if will regain its prosperi ty, and that any feeling that may have ohet?ltt' ed its itkowthku been latd Made. • It A tikkAisier--Wi base yet lame time to spare, and there is a rich - and. powerful Emotion Of our Slate mpreeeated from which' we - have not yet beard. Let us hear from mighty Berka. Captain , Ancona...4 regret the 'chief of the delegation from Berke is not now present. I know that I am right in plidging Berke for hearty so-operation under /edge Barosidere meolutioti, and all know Om Berke makes notati v z : r hat she deft' not redeem. . ao the only ropressatativis Ceatre•Connty Atrial:hard 14eiety. Stated Meeting at the Court liaise, Hate route, August 24th 1857. Tire Finsident Cl/o. Boat, in the chair. Minutes of former meeting read Ind ap proved. The report of the Committee to audit aml settle the Treasurer's Intend, and the report of the Committee upon Agricul tural Productions caste seterafly masa fue' and coniintied The stibrd of holding the 6th Animal ex hibition of the Society came hr order. Mr. S. Gall:land .&-t—a wsliosswit of Him* township geftewily were not urgent 60 a fair WS Ib4 lOW OM be was willing to cow:Routs tow** IM. expenses. Mr. Jas. tilewsatierikOitbill*k the bit limbd be paatpadokt Mr. Shirk addressed the Ineetitig idrOCII• ling an Exhibition. —Alter some tiissattanket-- Resolved. on motion of Mr, Shirk, thskt tb• next Exhibitkm of the. Society, be h< *her at Bellefonte or Centre yall, ~etintisumissen Tuesday October th e 3004 nett, ccidaminue lbw days. On motion of Mr. Jno. lien** that a committee of fire thud Coat* ilia and a (mum ttee a three from tieneduste, Ire ppointed to solkeit enbeeriptiose and men* propotali from those Carlota, Ma Mired to the rteretary _iwAthin tan trict offering-the largest amount to hews ebe Fair. Whereupon, Jno. Mabel, Joe, Shirk. J9llWer, Henry Wittner Una JXIO. Yaeger were detected tbr Centre Alla., sad nL 41. Diirhine • IlliONI-11VAiiister, end Jas. Arnow. for Bellefonte. It baring been ennonnoWl that, three delegatoa were to bo eisoaoa to at tend a Clonvention at the Farm SADA on September Ittt, to oieot Trustee/1 for slitutiorr, the nantea of . Sand. ' l ftilliktrid; of Barris tp., Joo. Bailey, Ferguson tr., and Jos. Shirk, of Potter tp., were presented to the Meeting, and were unanhomudy °homes as ddegatei. The Secre4.ary reported eat "be had ter ceivt.ll a vafiety of Seeds from the ihreiret Office, *WO were dist/darted. wad ow. was lc that, lion of Mr. Gilliland, .‘ med. . tae Wankm of the Society, hereby teadelseti tot 'e lion. Chas: Mason . Patepit4 lid the Hon. S. T. Shugart Ac Otost. of Pet cots. for their, continued attention ler 4cw minting valuable varieties of wail to pie Society. Adjourned." A teaeker asked a bright little Pti - lykat' eountry is opposite WI on the Asher “Dis't know, Mr," was the 'answer. "Weit i strw," pursued the tracker, "if I wen bore • hole through the earth, end you wars a , p in at this end, where would yoti tome putf" "Out of the hole, sir," replied the POI, with an air of trinsiph. " Wilt you give rest them mote" now l" . said It big newsboy to a fittJa. owe. slier leg hilt* Ottftio thempieg. *Nei." Then LIZ ewe you *anther Poand away. Me and Dr. PraisMilsi sgreos ; Dr. Franklin says : • Talta ys» ef themselves."' " Rem,:' said hie etetbet to emit* hot of four, natively engaged in Whigs( tie cit'e nose with the beet Geisha! ! : I tiowe i trill you stop that or not V' " it= the coolly echoed rapt' of Muter: is he cocked hie eye al the bored* . per, and took anetber dab PR ail tea hid it tuff forefinger.. Ar I recent trig in i i nganlain the Woes of oontroirotilY orlge 11 &EWA dr....1144147 0 which wan ordered tolnAril*th* The cfethudaut wan tiled end en iho, whislq ; in otheriroldn. Ibik ' iltr i m i, A nica7 horn **sib a 40061110/./ refr- -- - Pt) tl. MEI ==l
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