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Patters. i On Wednesday efternoeu 18111 ult., upon invitation of the Principal and Di rectors, a number of gentlemen paid a brief visit to the public schools of this borough, for the purpose of examining the new school building and wituessing, the exer cises of the different schools in the build• ing. The party consisted of his Honor Judge Juokin, of Perry county, who pre sided at the last term of court, together with Hons. R. M. Speer, David Blair, A. Heeter, Alex. Port and D. Etnier, Dr. R. A. Miller, Prof. Geo. W. Sanderson, and 1. M. McNeil, It McDivitt, lace. W. Garrettsen, M S. Lytle, and Hugh Lind say, eKirs. After being conducted by Prof White. the Principal, through the differ ent departments, paying a brief visit to each of the fiurteen schools, in the building, on arriving at the highest department the parties were int i'ed to make some remarks to the school, told the invitation was re sponded to by his Honor Judge Junkia, R. M. Speer, David Blair, J G. Beyer, David Etnier, H. Lindsay and M. S. 14) tle. The remarks of the gentlemen having been reported and kindly furnished us with the request that they be published, we give them in the order and substantially us they were delivered on the occasion. His Lomat. Judge Junkin, being first called upon, responded as follows : I have always taken great interest in the common schools, indeed I remember when they were first instituted and they were very common them It is a matter of his tory that after the adoption cf the Federal Constitution and the members of Congress were elected, it took a month or more to pre vail upon them to attend. They were of the opinion that the Government was in capable of being organized as the Coneti tutton had provided, and believed that it amounted to nothing' at all, and they had to be sent fir and brought from tht•ir farms to meet in the city of New York in order to raise a quorum in either house. They did not think that, it. was worth while, and that the machine would all go to pieces in a short time. Now you see what this Government has become. It is now a mighty power, extending from ocean to ocean, and with its Brieriau arms reach ing over the entire continent.. But if there was difficulty in constructing the Federal Government, under the circumstances, there was a great deal more in even pass ing the bill which authorized the estab lishment of the common schools. It is generally conceded that Thaddeus Stevens was the father of the system in this State, and at the time he introduced the bill it was bitterly opposed by a large number of Representatives in both Houses at Harrisburg, so that be was obliged to resort to stratagem to get it parsed at all. Down along the Susquehanna River there is a place called Shamokin Dam, and Cap tain -, a representative from Union county, who was bitterly opposed to the bill, wishing to write to a man named Speece, who lived near the dam, directed it as follows : •'John Speece, Shamokin, dam Union Co." This was the class of men opposed to the Commcn School Sys tem, and Stevens believed that the only remedy was to get them out of the House while the bill was passed, and accordingly he got up a fox hunt, and he, while they were there, slipped back and caked up the bill and it was passed, and when the Can• tain came back he cursed Stevens roundly for thus cheating him. Well, even then, after the bill was passed, I remember the first schools under it, and the kind of build ings in which they were held. You are here in a palace, I might say, one of the finest buildings I ever saw in my life, of the character, but I r niembe r very well when I was a boy, thee were held in log houses, 22 feet square,ywith Sid.° panes of glass in the windows, hard planks for seats, or just a slab, writing desks all ranged alongside of the wall, and when we wanted to write we just jumped up out of our seats and cot up alongside of these and scratch ed away. We had not then the thorough teachers we have now, nor the men to take an interest is schools. The schools have now become exactly what they were intended to be, the schools of the people, and for the people. The opportunites you have to day to acquire knowlede and edu cation, to learn to become intelligeat, ac tire, useful citizens of the future, were denied to those of an early day, and for a long time after the system came into ope ration. The teachers were incompetent, the directors took little interest, and the schools resulted in very little more good than the old plan of subscription school; but now here you arc inside or a palace compared with anything of that day, you arc educated at the expense of the public, and no child pays one cent for his education. It is all done by taxation, and the taxes are cheerfully and heartily given because it is believed that that is the only way by which we can preserve our liber erties and maintain our independence; that unless we educate the people to that degree that will enable them to appreciate the importance of defending, maiutaining and perpetuating the liberties of our coun try, we must necessarily terminate our ca reer as Rome and other nations have done, fall to pieces and become the prey of bar. barians. It is expected in consequence of these advantages, that you will do better even than the active men of the present day, who expect you to take their places as men and women, and to faithfully and honestly discharge the duties they have performed. They look to you as their sue cessors and expect with your superior ad vantages that you will do as well. The advantages of the common school can hard ly be overestimated. I discover it in the lawyers, in the intelligence of witnesses and jurors, and it is seen inside of court rooms, because after all, we have to edu cate a great deal inside of the courts, and 00000000 :... .c 3 El et, lz , "0 "0 eat c.l fD ca 0 , a cr - a) : ii, 1 0, 7' l o , The Pubiie Schoofs. HUNTINGDON, PA,, FRIDAY,. MARCH 5, 1880. it' there WLIC no other reason for continu ing the system of trial by jury it would be well worth while far the sake of the edu cation that people obtain while serving as jurors. It is a school, and a great school to them. It is remarkable what a man learns there, and never forgets. If you hold together the knowledge pa so quire here as men who attend our courts, listening to the trials and speeches, and the law, as Lid down by the court and ceunsel, you w uld never forget anything that you have learned here. There is a • sort of vise-like power in an uneducated mind, by which it holds a fact or circum stance in its grasp longer than the educa ted man who reads and writes, and trusts to his figu! es and papers for what he knows, but. still the uneducated labor under great difficulties which are not met by the edu cated. The common schools were not only feeble when they first began, but the branches taught in them were limited. I remember the first time I ever saw a geog raphy. It was shown me by another boy who said to ute - "here is the whole world," which I was not prepared to believe. The idea or guo!raphy and grammar and math ernatics was out of the question. They had the three It's, 'rcadin, 'ritin and 'rith teetic, and nothing else; so that you have now the opportunities of learning that which in my day had to be taught in col leges and ateideinies, and it is to be ex petted that you will meow more than the present gene:anon, and discharge better al! the private and public duties devolv ing upon you, because educated at the public expense, and you will be ungrateful if you do net do all in your power to show that you rightly appreciate the extraordi nary advantages under which you have been reared and educated. ri Blair, Thanking you :or your attention and paying the school directors a compliment for this palatial structure, and their kind ness in p,:rwitting •.nc to visit it, and hop ing and knowing that I shall not soon for get the wanner in which I, a "stranger" amongst you, have been "taken in," in the kindest way, I now bring niy remarks to a close. Mr. Speer said Scholars and patrons : By your per mission for the la-t three years it has been my official duty, as well as my prsonal pleasure, to take a lice;y interest in the progress, advancement, and general wel fare of the schools of this town. I claim no credit for what I have done, and if I have deserved any censure, justly, it is be cause of errors I have made in judgment. In all my relations to the schools of this borough I believe I have endeavored sin cerely to consult the interests of the chil dren and the tax pay,ra, and place the schools in the position they ought to be, in view of the intelligence Of our people, and the concliti3n of our finances. But I come before you this afternoon with real plets ure. lam glad to see you here. I am I ' , lad to see you here, in the building that the people of this town have generously erected ; the fine-t. I b,lieve in the State, an honer to our toe n ; a source of comfort to you and a credit to the directors, and not only so, but I am really glad to knew that the schools are under the care of teachers whose heads, and whose hearts are right so far as the welfare of those who are under their charge is concerned. I congratulate the people of Huntingdon upon the high intelligence and character of the teachers who have been placed in charge of their schools. They have ex hibited to sue, in the last three years, a sincerity of purpose, and a desire to ad vance the interests of the schools, such as I have rarely witnessed. They deserve, children, your confidence, your obedience, and your love. They are here for your interest, to help you up the pathway of learning; to make the rugged places smooth ; to take away its thorns and its thistles, and to plant flowers in their stead, and while this rule or that may seem ar bitrary you blioulti remember that they have a wider range of vision than you; that they know more than you do even of yourselves, and of your future possibilities, more of what you may become, and that all their efforts, and all that they do fa. you is not for their good, but for yours. And I have no doubt but that those of you who, in the providence of God, may be spared to reach manhood and woman hood, will be able to look back to the days of your school time and see then, as you do not see now, the unselfishness, the fidel ity, and the singleness of purpose of those who have been placed over you here.— Now, my deliberate jndgmcnt is that the common schools of this borough are in a favorable condition. Interests clash, and opinions differ, but when our citizens learn the true condition of their schools, and the sincere effirts of the directors, or a majority of them, to promote their inter ests, they will feel towards them and the teachers in charge of the schools, as they have never ft.lt befere. Now I might add much that is not perhaps directly perti nent to this hour. I have come here to meet the honored Judge who has favored you with his presence; who came ten days ago, a stranger into our midst, and who in the generosity and kindness of his heart, his judicial labors having ended, has come to meet you, and see this structure, the pride of our town, and the comfort of these children. Ido not wish to go beyond the limitation on this occasion, or to say any thing that does not properly belong to this hour I desire the weitare of these chit dren for many reasons, personal to mrs. , lf, because my own children are in the schools, and for the welfare of others of the town, and our community, and for the welfare of the State and the future of our country. True intelligence, guided by correct priu ciple is the basis of all true government. lir this county where we are to govern ourselves, we must rest the success of our institutions, the prosperity of our country, and our individual safety on the 'basis of individual intelligence, and individual in tegrity, and as you grow up, widening out your cireleg of intelligence and woefulness, who shall be the prophet to say what in .a century hence shall be the destiny of this land. \Vh, n your children perhaps shall step higher than you, as you are stepping higher than your fathers and mothers, when the directors shall be slumbering in the dust, and you shall have passed away, and your children and grand-children shall grow up under the influence of that law of life which is constantly advancing, the tops of the mountains may become hills, and the whole land glow in the sunlight of virtue an.: intelligence. The time may come, bef_ire the final day, when the re deemed below shall reach up to the redeemed above. No man can limit the human mind. It is beyond all law and all limita tion, and I do not know but it may be the wisdom and purpose of God so to educate his people here, that when the last trump shall sound, the earth and the sky shall meet each other, and kiss caoh other, and dwell forever in love. Children, you have my beat wishes, and the promise of my best devotion to you for the next three years, if I be spared. No matter whose child you may be, or in what house or what hovel you may live, you have my band and heart, and the promise of my service to you and yours, in this school and in your circle in life. D. Blair, esq., remarked that the first idea that occurred to him when looking at this building was to compare the advent ages which children have now over those who came into the world about the time he did. Memory, hq said, carried him back to his early school days, under the system of subscription schools, when the teacher was hired by the month for two or three months in the year, when he boarded at home, and took his dinner with him. The school building was twenty two feet square, made of round logs, with the bark on, split log flooring, and benches made of slabs for seats. Tha building was amply ventilated in the summer season when the chunking and daubing between the logs dropped out, and sometimes the scholars amused themselves by chewing the bark on the pine logs of which the building was composed. The schoolmaster was fond of a smoke, and sometimes went to a neigh Wets house a half mile off to light his pipe, giving to the scholars the best part of an afternoon to themselves, while he enjoyed a long smoke as well as a strong one. This was at that time about the average of schools, and the teacher was about an I average one at that time. He happened to be a director when the old school build ing was erected on the same ground, and they thought then that they had built a magnificent structure, and one a good deal in advance of the surrounding towns.— Previous to that time an old brick build ing which stood near the old academy was used for a church, school, and almost every other purpose, and was the only school building in the town. The schools were then kept up by subscription, and the par ties who got up schools at that time fre quently hired rooms for themselves. The school system, when first introduced, met great opposition in some parts of the State, iu some districts almost amounting to re bellion, like the Whisky Insurrection, but since its adoption a wonderful progress has been made in every respect, nct only in the school buildings and teachers, but in every other particular. The children of the present day are privileged far beyond t4ose of the preceding generation, and it is their duty now to appreciate and im prove these privileges. Who knows but in this small circle there may be a Bacon or a Newton. This depends very much on the child himself. It takes brains in this country, but then brains can be cul tivated. With a liberal share of brains and the advantages of education that these children row have, there is no telling what they may become ',Mr. Boyer remarked that as a school director he would much prefer bearing fiom others, and would rather have the patrons of the school to blow our whistle f,r us than to blow them ourselves. He had come to talk not as a legal man, but sitply as a director, and was happy that hOltad been such for the laPt three years, aettittrild leave the position feeling glad to know that he had been able to do some thing fi►r the interest and for the educa tion of the children of Huntingdon. He hoped they would appreciate what had been done for them in the way of provid jug a school building awl able teachers, and endeavor to reach out for something higher than the common walks of life.— Th - is could not be done by staying away from school, or being lazy and indolent when here. The teachers are able and willing to instruct you if you are willing to learn, but the whole matter lies with you. M. S Lytle, esq , remarked that he was somewhat younger than the common school system He spoke of the first building in which be attended school as being some what similar to those spoken of by the gentlemen who had attended school pre. ions to the introduction of the system, being similarly situated and seated. He spoke of the gentlemen present whose ex ample might be emulated and imitated, some of them who administer justice io our Giurts, and others who have stood in the halls of the Legislature, and made laws which the Judges administer; one of them has represented us in the National, and at least three in the State Legislature. These gentlemen never attended a common school in such a building as this, and never were surrounded by such comforts. Palatial structures and patent seats are not neces sary to make scholars. They are helps it is true, but in themselves they will never make scholars You may come here and enjoy these comforts day after day, and if you do nothing more you will go away un profited. You may have teachers compe tent to instruct you, as there are in every room in this building, but they alone can not wake scholars. I may say perhaps with truth and with regret, that there are children in this building who will not re ceive the benefit that they should, from the advantages they enjoy, and if so it will be their own fault. There must be somethine , more than fine buildings and good teac hers; there must be a proper of fort on your own parts, and without that all these things will be useless. The dis tinguished men who founded this govern ment, and have administered it until the present day, did not enjoy the benefits of the cowinou school system, yet they were great men, and men to whom we owe these very advantages, and if we would succeed them as great men we must make the proper use of these advantages. It is hard to impress these facts on the minds of children. You do not see into the future. Some of you may have high ambitions and desire a brilliant future. You may believe it is in store for you, but cannot see what is necessary to insure it. It is only those who have arrived at a greater age who can see the necessity of making proper effort in youth,.and many have to regret that the opportunities then enjoyed were not properly. iwproved. Do not depend then upon this building, these seats or these competent teachers, but apply yourselves to learning, and be sure that you learn thor oughly what you do learn ; that each day something wore is added to your store of knowledge, and by the time you have passed from the primary to the higher de partments you may be fitted for the duties of life. The most valuable part of my ed ueation was received in the common schools, and so you will find it in after life. This is the foundation of learning, and without this it will be useless to go elsewhere. You might as well attempt to build alouse without a proper foundation as to build up an education without the foundation that you should obtain here. I trust that in this school all are old enough to appreciate these facts with which all are familiar who have passed in to active life Mr. Lindsay remarked that the idea of none being patrons of the school except those who send their children there, was an idea that should be removed at once. If that is the only sense in which we are called patrons. then how long would it be till we would have the Academy in the place of the common schools. Every per son that pays a tax is a patron of the cum• mon schools, and you boys, not many years hence, will be patrons of the common school, whether you will or whether you will not. As long as the American Re public exists we will have public schools, and every father is a patron, and in that view must take an interest ir. that for which he pays taxes. The schools here are called to order by the tap of the bell, but from the teller of the remarks here to day I infer they were then called together with something more substantial, perhaps a big club in the hands of the teacher I see nothing of the kind here, which is an indication that the schools are governed by the love that the scholars have f.or the teacher. Time is what we must take care of, and I Lope the time occupied in talk ing to you this afternoon has not been lost, as it is not if you treasure up the words spoken to you by men of age and experience, and remember your duty as scholars of this school, and lit lite. Mr. Etnier remarked that it was his first visit to the school building, the silty' Cron and surroundings of wilich exceeded all his expectations Ile paid a high cool pliment to the teachers whose competence was manifested is the perfect order, s3s tem and discipline exhibited in the man agement of the schools. The school sys tem he saii had arrived at a degree of perfection to which it had not attained a few years ago. Twenty five years ago we were not taught the principles of geography or astronomy, the distance of yonder sun from our planet, or the revolutions of the earth on its axis. Your advantages are many. Will you improve them ? Do not come here to sit as idlers, or to admire this fine building, but for the purpose of training that mind which will make you useful in society and to yourselves, so that when you leave this school -building you may be fitted for other and better duties. At the conclusion of these remarks, which were listened to with respectful at tention, and after a brief address by Prof. White, thanking them fir their visit and the interest manifested by them in the progress and prosperity of the schools, the party took their leave, well pleased and gratified by their visit. Borough and Township Officers. The following gentlemen were elected to the several borough and township offices in this county at the recent Spring Eke tion : Alexandria—Burgess, E. P Walker; council, Wm. Jones, Jas. Run, Calvin Porter, G. H. Fleming, Benj. Cross, Henry Bisbin ; Judge, John H. Gregory ; inspec tors, Wm. Moore, C. P. Hatfield; a, - -stssor, T. B. Thompson ; constable, Wm. P. Rob inson' school directors, Wm. Moore, C.l'. Hatfield. Barree—Judge, A. M. Oaks ; inspec tore, B. F. Stewart, A L. Conch ; asses sors, C. T. Greene, W. Walker; justice of the peace, R. A. Ramsey; constable, E. T. Livingston ; supervisors, W. W. French, W. Ewing, D Trontwine; school directors, Henry McCrum, Jackson ; auditors, J. F. Livingston, W. Couch. Brady—Judge, Jacob Goodman ; in spectors, Allison Speck, J. G. Allison ; 38- sessor, Isaac Odenkirk ; constable, Absa lom Robinson ; supervisors, Abram Speck, Joel Kauffman ; school directors, Henry Withers, Samuel G. Simpson ; auditor, Thomas Gates. Broad Top City—J udge , Jacob Moan Lain; inspectors, J. L. Metzgar, Henry Cook ; assessor, W. J. Ammerman ; justice of the peace, C. K. Horton ; constable, D. K. Fleck; school directors, Felix Toole, J. F Mears; auditors, John Brown, J. T. Lewis, G. E. Taylor. Birmingham—Burgess, John Crowels ; council, W. A. Copley, E. Zeck, Jesse Beightal, G W. Owens, D Cree; inspec tors, H. Penrose, Alex Scewart ; asse.sor, John M Shank ; justice .)f the peace. Geo. W. Moore; constable, Wm. Sehcfield; su pervisors, G. W Wills. Jere Eyer ; school directors, Joseph Krider, Thomas Wilson; auditor, Isaac Buck. Carbon—Judge, John Rowan ; inspec tors, W. W. Reed, Daniel Ryan ; assessor, John Sypher ; justice of the peace, Patrick Madigan, Wm. Spitler ; constable, Thos. Mulvihill ; supervisors, Jere Sullivan, P. Sweeny; school directors, NV Scott Reed, Martin Maher ; auditor, E. P. Reed. Coalmont—Burgess, Silas Hess : coun cil, W. Scott Hamilton, A. Hess. J. NV. Lytle, J F. Reed. Wm Keith, J. G. Reis terer ; judge, W S. Hamilton; inspectors, W S. Hamilton, A. Hess; assessor, F. P. Hamilton; justice of the peace, John L. Hamilton; constable, George Struble ; school directors, John F Hamilton, Geo Gillespie; auditors, G. W. Hamilton, Jno. W. Lytle. Cromwell—Judge, Robert Gehrett, in spectors, R. D. Heck, Joseph Blake; as sessor, Geo. Garver; constable, W. H. Hart; supervisors. Wm. Johns, Wm. Jar dan, A G. Whitesel ; school directors. Wm. Johns, E. 0 Rogers ; auditor, L. Hileman ; clerk, G. M. Harvey. Cass—Judge, Peter Dell; inspectors, W S. Corbin, E. B. Wilson ; assessor, G. B. Wilson ; justice of the peace, John D. Crotsley; constable, A. W. Pheasant ; supervisors. W. W. Crotsley, Geo. Bate; school directors, J. C Shaffer A. Phew,- ant; auditor and clerk, M. L. Stever. Cassville—Burgess, G. M Green ; asst. burgess, G. W. Buchanan; council, Is•oae Gass, A. Green, A C Greenland, D. Clark. son, A W. Brown ; high constable, D. C. Wilson ; judge, Thomas Dean; inspectors, J. W. Heaton, James Henderson ; asses sor, J li. Rindlaub; constable, A. J lien derson ; supervisor, W L. Gehrett; school directors, S Croft, Wm. Snyder; auditor, W. E. DeForest. Clay—Judge, G. W Long; inspectors, Mord Chi!cote, Thomas Roles ; assessor, B. K. Miller; justice of the peace, John M. Drake; constable, G. \V. Corbin; en pervisors, B. K. Miller, W. Bradley, Fred Nale, Abram Wagoner ; school directors, Eli E. Shore, John H Hoffman ; auditor, B. K. Miller; clerk, John C. Nieolson. Dublin—Judge, J. D. Appleby; inspec tors, Wm Foreman, Wm. Linn; assessor, Samuel Widney ; constable, Wm. Clymans; supervisors, M. Krugh, Wm. Love, E. Fraker ; school directors, J. J Swan, A. D. Still, Wm. Murphy; auditor, J. S. Harper ; clerk, J. W. Cree. Dudley—Burgess, M. Gorman ; council, W. Stinson, Wm. Leavy, E F. Gould, P Harrington, Tim Leary, James Hooper ; high constable, Ed. Kenuely ; judge, Wm. Brown; inspectors, Wm. Mahar, Thomas M. Powell; assessor, George Gould; coc• stable, P. Harrington ; school directors, E F. Gould, Win. Maher, D. F. Horton, 1 yr; auditor, Wm. Leary. Frani:at —Judge, Ed. Keatley; inspec tors, John M. Wigton, W. D. Ingram; an pervisors, W. B. McWilliams, W. S. Lowe; school directors, Isaac Woomer, Henry Kinch ; constable, Thomas G. Isenberg; awlitor, J. B. Thompson ; assessor, John Laporte ; clerk, W. L. Adams. Henderson—Judge, Simon Bales ; in spectors, John Hetrick, Jesse Warfel; as sessor, L. Rhodes; justice of the peace, Jesse Henry ; constable, H. P. Decker ; supervisors, Joseph Endres, Geo Black; school directors, Henry Steel, Andrew Decker; auditor, John Warfel. Hopewell—Judge, W. S. Enyeart; in spectors, H. Dorman, Levi Houp ; asses sor, Isaac Weaver; justice of the peace, Isaac Russell; constable, Wm Stone; su pervisors, J. W. Russell, J. W. Weaver ; school Jirectors, W. Stone, Jacob Stone, James Lloyd; anditor, D. B. Weaver; clerk, D. F Smouse. lluntingdon—Burgess, Philip Brown; council, James C. Long, 11. B. Brumbaugh, J W. liduffonsn ; high constable, Adol phus Ferrar ; constable, J. 11. Westbrook; school directors, K. 1. Lovell, R. M. Speer ; auditors, T. 1). Newell. S T. Clem cut; assessor, W. Buchanan. First ward— Judge, W. A. Fleming ; inspectors, J. M Bailey, N. B. Corbin ; reg. assessor, John It }leaner. Second ward—Judge, An drew Mt Coy ; inspectors, Robt. Allen. D Rohm; reg. assessor, I D. Massey. Third ward—Judge, J. H. Holsinger; inspect ors, II Robley, John Free; reg. assessor, Russell Lefford. Fourth ward—Judge, B F. Herncame: inspectors, G. L S Biker, Robert Waters; reg. assessor, S. T. Clem eut ; justice of the peace, James Kelly. Juck on—Judge, Thomas Mitchell; in specters, J. H. Oaks, S. H. Wilson ;as sessor, W. H..Flenner ; constable, Jas. J 'Shugarts ; supervisors, J. A. Wilson, Jas. Smith; school directors, C S Cummins, Wm. C. Bell • auditor, Jacob Sehnee. Juniata—Judge, E. A Thompson; in spectors, M. Oswalt, Val Bush ; assessor, H. A Marks; justice of the peace, Harri son Speck; constable, John R. Dean ; su pervisors, A. Bush, M. Getz; school di rectors, Wui. Geissinger, David Speck; auditor, J. Geissinger. Lincoln—Judge, D. Morningstar; in spectors, Wm. Russell, R. F. Shultz • as sessor, A. It. Linn ; constable, John Brin dle; supervisors, S. H Grove, Samuel Schell; school directors, Scott Schell, L. D. Kreiger; auditor, Adam Fouse; clerk, S. C. Books. Petersburg Burgess, D. M. Giles; coma-ail, John Hoffman, sr., John Graffius, Thomas Brininger, B. S. Rumberger, D 13arrick, S. A. Cresswell, Calvin Bell,Owen Brunner; high constable, Joseph Burk himer ; street commissioner, Samuel (Ia yens; justice of the peace, W. W. With ington. Logan—Judge, Joseph F. Cresswell ; inspectors, James G. Stewart, Sam'l Stair; assessor and emstable, John S Nelson; supervisors, Henry A. Neff, James G. Stewart ; school directors, John S. \V right, D. Sheasly; auditor, G. B Porter. Morris—Judge. Wm. Wray ; inspectors, D. Goodman, D. Hileman ; supervisors, A. Garner, Henry Shultz ; school directors, T C. Waite, H. C. Beek . ; constable, John W. Bolick- ; auditor, Z. T. Harnish ; as seszor, H. C. Tussey ; clerk, W. S. Tip. pery. _ _ jlapleton—Burgess, C. A Rex; asst burgess, J. F. McConahy ; council, H. McDonald. Al. Parker, S. Staubs, H. H. Swoope, James Wood, Thomas Logan ; high constable, Joseph McCarl; judge, A. Lamberson ; inspectors, Win. li. Barklay, Jere Brumbaugh; assessor, S S. Taylor; ctmstable, John S Henderson ; school di rectors, J. E. McConahy, Peter Curry, Allisim Fleeter; auditor, D. P. Kincaid. 31t. Union Borough—Burgess, R. J Foust ; council, D. Etnier, P Smith, Wm. HarriS, P. 11, Davis, J. C. Sechler ; high constable, 11. S. Bennett; judge, J. S. Gallagher; inspectors, J. F. Bathurst, G. W. Lukins; ai,essor, S. R. Simons, con• stable, J. K Thompson ; school directors, L. B. Morgan, A. Eberman ; auditors, A. R Price, Thomas Miller. Mt. Union District—Judge, D. Shaver ; inspectors, Geo. W. Swoope, H. Rooher; assessor, D Uwbenhour ; justice of the peace, Geo. P. Wakefield ; constable, D S. Snyder; supervisors, E. B. Herneame, Jere Shupe, Peter Shaver, B M. Wake field ; school directors, S. S. Garver, A. C Gray; auditor, James Harper; clerk, Allen Welsh ilfa4lesburg—Burgess, A. II Johnston; council, A. Stotler, J. W. Householder, Geo. Krantz, Wm. need, G. B. Brum baugh, S. H. Boyer; high constable, Fred. Gawp; judge, Henry Huff; inspectors, 0. C. Beaver, Samuel Heist ; assessor ' o. C. Beaver; constable, Geo. W. Johnston; school directors, D. H. Harris, S. II Boy er ;nuditor, A Beaver. _ 'Oneida—Judge, Samuel Hess; inspec tors, Geo. .11IcCoOl, Daniel Kyper ; asses sor, N. G. McDivitt; justice of the peace, Abel Corbin • constable, Jacob Porter; supervisors, Joseph McCracken. M. Eby ; school directors, Joseph S. Hall. A. P. White; auditors, James T. Foster, Thomas Gorsuch; .clerk, W. B. Miller. Orbisonia—Burgess, B. F. Ripple; council, D. Fleck, J. F. Gehrett, J. B. Chiluote, A. W. Swoope, J. W. Downing, Jos. Repper ; high constable, \V. T. Browning; judge, W. B. Snyder; inspect ors, Jno. A. Montague, H. R. Jones ; as sessor, C. R. Templeton ; justices of the peace, Jacob Conrad, W H. Dunn; con stable, Geo. D. Wilson ; school directors, W. Swcwpe J. B. Chilcote; auditor, Jacob Kruz.h. Penn—Judge, S Lininger; inspectors, Benj. Hoover, Jas. Bowser; assessor, Wm Beaver ; justice oft he peace, Luther Speck; constable, Lewis Hood; supervisors, Jos. Grove, M.icbael Garner; school directors, S. W• _Norris, S. S. Grove; auditor, J. F Hower.; clerk, J. G. Walb, _ _ Porter—Judge, Jno A Whittaker; in spectors. H \V Swope, Saw' Isenberg; as sensor, Jou R. Lefford ; justice of the peace, Robert Speer; constable, J Shultz abarger ; supervisors, W S Huyett, Thou N Calder; school directors, Arthur Jones, C Foust; auditor, H C Knode. Spruce Creek—Judge, E B Isctt ; in specters, Robt Seeds, Jno S Lytle; asses so:, Martin Hazlett. oS'altillo—Burgess,R W Hudson ; coun cil, S McVitty, J W Senft, Wm Crum, P Fisher, L G Cornelius, C Green; judge, W H Cornelius; inspectors, S W Kim mel, J H McCarthy ; assessor, J H Mc- Carthy ; constable, McClain ; school di rectors J R Strayer, H Hudson ; audi tors, I "M Long, S W Fisher. Shirley—Judge, E Withington ; inspect ors, Ge() Spanogle, Jos B Lightner; as sessor, D Umbenhour ; justice of the peace, Geo P Wakefield ; constable, D S Snyder; supervisors, E P Herncane, Jere Shope, P.ter Shaver, R M Wakefield; school di rectors, S S Garver, A C Gray; auditor Jas Harper; clerk, Allen Welsh. Shirleysburg—Burgess, W H Sharer ; council, D Myers, P X Burkett, D Douglass, R Myers, C Bowersoz, D H Miller ; high constable, E A Myers ; judge, Ed Withington ; inspector 3, Geo Spano gle, Jos B Lightner; assessor, A Harri son ; justices of the peace, J M Clark and David Lutz, .tie vote; constable, George Withington ; school directors, W P Mc• Knight, L A Myers; auditor, D P Har vey. Springfierd—Jadge, Eli Fernberg; in spectors, Jos V Stevens, Jas Nesbit; as seksor, Jos Mort ; constable, Jacob Lane; supervisors, W H Stevens, Theo Fern berg; school directors, Newton Madden, D Madden ; auditor, D Locke; clerk, Ja cob Wise . Shade Gap—Burgess, D R P Neely; council, S C Montgomery, Wm McGowan, H C Zeigler, Z T Jones, W C Swan, W M Morrow; judge Wm Welsh; inspect ors, D S Walters, Wm McGowan ; asses s,)r, W C Kuhn ; justice of the peace, W C Swan; constable, Alex Cree; school di rectors, J C Roddy, S C Montgomery ; auditor, W C Caldwell. Tod—Judge, Jno McClain ; inspectors, E H [Teeter, Isaac Curfman ; assessor, S J Keith ; constable' M M Green ; super visors, G AV Baker, I Taylor; school di rectors, W Edwards, W J Houck ; audi tors, Ii II Crum. Three Springs—Burgess,.R Ashman; council, E A Hudson, B T Stevens, W S Madden, A Hockenberry, R Hampson, H C Waite; judge, N K Covert; inspectors, R !lamp -on, J Montgomery; assessor, B Stevens; justice of the peace, P H Benee; constable, B T Stevens; school directors. N K Covert, J S Devore; auditor, S Bowser. Tell—Judge, Jas Coulter; inspectors, R G Irvin, Jno A McMullen; assessor, J 0 Parsons; justices of the peace, Sam'l Waters, Jos Gifford ; constable, J S Van why ; supervisors, M F Shoop, M Shearer ; school directors, II L Book, Harvey Brigg a; auditor, J H Kennedy. UlliOn—Judge, Jacob Hooper; inspect ors, Ezra Greenland, B F Glasgow; asses sor, J 0 Wright; constable, Adam Ro• land; supervisors, Wm Poston, L W Pheasant; school direotors, Richard Chit cote, Geo Miller; auditor, T J Chilcote; clerk. S P Smith. Walker—Judge, Jno P Watson ; in spectors, P King, W H Ward ; assessor, J G Lincoln ; justice of the peace, linden Norris; constable, Abraham Snare; su pervisors, Thos Moore, Isaac Goss; school directors, John Peightal, Jno P Watson ; auditor, Samuel Laughlin; clerk, H J Smith. Warrionmark—Judge, Jos Mingle ; inspectors, G G Hutchison, R L Hender son; assessor, Jno M Shank; constable, Geo W Weston ; supervisors, Geo W Wills, Jere Eyer; school directors, Jos Krider, Thos Wilson ; auditor, Isaac Back ; clerk, L R Fry. West—Judge, W. E. Lightner; inspect ors, 8 H Thnmp.on, J D Cunningham; assessor, R M Hewitt ; constable, Wm. Davis; supervisors, Jno W Brooks, Jae Stewart ; school directors, Jno D John ston, Soo A Neff; auditor, Andrew My ton ; clerk,. Theo. Lindsey. (seirrt .11; istellang. Trees and their Names. Not a few strange superstitions and be • liefs are embalmed in well known names. The Celandine, from Che 7 idon, the swallow exudes a yellow juice, which applied by the old birds to the eyes of the young swallows who are born blind or have lost their sight, at once restores it. The Hawk weed has the same virtue in the case of hawks. The Fumatory, fume terre, was produced -Yithout seed by smoke or vapor arising frow the ground The Devil's bit is a common Scabious, with a premores or shortened root, which was used so success fully fer all manner of diseases that the Devil spitefully bit it off, and forever checked its growth. The Judas tree with its thorns and pink blossoms, was the tree on which Judas banged himself. The Man drake gathered around itself a host of wild creduliiie9. It was the Atropa Mandrag ora. a plant nearly allied to the deadly Night shade, but with a large forked tuber, resembling the human form. Hence it was held to remove sterility, a belief shar ed by Rachel in the book of Genesis, and was sold for high prices in the middle ages, with this idea In fact, the demand be ing greater than the supply, the dealer used to cut the large roots of the White Bryany into the figure of a man and insert grains of wheat in the face, which soon sprouted and grew, producing the sem blance of hair and beard. These monstrosi ties fetched in Italy as much as thirty gold ducats, and were sold largely, as Sir T. Brown tells us, in England. It was thought that the plant would grow only under a murderer's gibbet, being nursed by the fat which fell from his decaying body; hence it formed an ingredient in the lovephiltries and other hell broths of witches, and; as it was believed that the root when torn from the earth emitted a shriek, which brought death to those who heard it, all manner of terrible devices were invented to obtain it. The readers of Thalaba will remember the fine scene in which the witch Khawla procures the plant to form part of the waxen figure of the Destroyer. It is not uncommon in Crete and Southern Italy. Its fruit is narcotic; and its name is probably derived from mandra, an enclosed, overgrown place, such as forms its usual home. The Law of Public Safes. ; An exchange contains the following in regard to public sales, which will be of in terert to venders and auctioneers :—As there are a great many public sales of per sonal property throughout this section of country at this season of the year, we would call the attention of auctioneers and venders to a few facts. In a sale by atm: tion there are three parties namely, the owner of the property to be sold, the sac tioneer, and a portion of the public. The article must be sold without reserve, and unless the vender reserves one open bid he cannot bid himself or have the auction eer or any one else to bid for him. There are cases on record where a bid was not reserved, and the vender had a bidder who bought it in, and after wards suit was brought against the vender by the highest outside bidder for the ar ticle, and it was decided that be, the plaintiff, was the highest bidder and en titled to the article azainst the vender. So, also, if an article is struck off to a person, and it is afterwards ascertained that the auctioneer practiced fraud, by holding him self, cr had puffers, it was held both by the Courts of England, and so repeatedly decided by the Supreme Court of Penn • sylvania, that the purchaser could not be held, but the purchaser, as soon as he die. covers the fraud practiced on him, must return or tender the article to the vender, NO. 10.
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