THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL
JNO. S. .WINN, A. ArERl', Editors
COUbiRSPORT,
THURSDAYiiORNING, MAY 24, 1855
E -'ltiola will make a good writer
with a little practice, and we shall al
'ways be glad to receive her favors.
JUP . One of the editors is away, and
the other is engaged in planting pota
toes, corn, and other garden vegeta.:
bles, so that this paper may lack some
*of the usual tariet\•.
07 The fibtbrious Lewis hiker
charged being the murderer of
Bill Poole, Was brought to Nev York
in the drapeshot on the 13th instant,
and is now confined in the ToMbs.
lE7There will be a meeting at the
Couttliense on TueSday evening of
next Court, to make arrangements fur
a grand freedoin gathering on the 4th
of July next. Doubtless other matters
connected with the present Crisis in
Ransas, trill be discussed. All friends
of Ft-eedom are invited to attend.
The Legislature of !Cew York
at its late session, passed an act for
taking the census of that State the
present year, and proposed 161 ques
tions to be answered by every head
Of a family ; which will elicit a vast
ainouni of aoluable inforination. Why
'can't Pennsylvania follow so good an
example
1-...11:tre is an arrival from,Eu
"rope since Our last, but the news is
unimportant. There has been hard
fighting before Sevastopol, With no
ot&rres.ili. than loss of life on both
sides, aml great suffering, of course.
The siege will have to be abandoned.
There was an attempt. to assassinate
tie Emperor Napoleon, which failed.
The business• of our village be
gins to improve. The lumbermen are
rklurning with a iittie money, and the
dairies contribute quite fieely to as-
OA the business of the place: All
classes begin to feel the improved con
dition of affairs, and our merchants
Begin to till up their stores; Lewis.
Mann returned from New York on.
Friday last, and will receive his new
grho•ds in a day or two. Look out for
his advertisement next week. Collins
S'inith started for the city on Monday
nrorning, and will doubtless let the
rildie know What he bps to sell in due
rFThe Spring term of Coudersport
IYeademy closed on the 15th inst. The
Saintlier term will commence on the
2bth of June, and we hope to see a
lerge number of students in attend
ti!,ce oh that day. Unless better sils
t.sined, it is very likely Mr. Blooming
d:tle will noVcontinue in the Academy
it:any more terms and his place will
hardly be supplied by his equal. We
therefore urge every parent who de
sifes to patronize a first class school,
and every young person who desires
to obtain a better education, to attend
the next term of the Coudersport
AtiaJemy. A better opportunity will
net-r occur.
Ee.Nlassachusetts is resuming the !
proud position she held•in the days of
the Revolution, as the• leading charn
pion of Freedom. The Legislature a
short time since, passed a personal
liuerty bill intended and well calehla
ied.:„Lo make slave-catching in the old
Bay State, a very difficult and some
what darfgerous undertaking. Gov.
qarduer,..with a laudable desire to
strve the Southern Know Nothings,
vetoes it, whereupon the Legislature
.
promptly passed• it over his head by a
vote in•the House of 230 to 76, and_in
the senate of 32 to 3. We trust the
other States will be as prompt in fol
lowing up this blow for freedom, as
they were in '76, in sustaining the
sanie . noble F p t in the Cradle of
'tic light that is breaking upon the West
'erh horiion looks very much like. the lurid
flame 01 civil war. It is a solemn crisis that
acre impends over the country. we k now
that ags.nts are out, from western Missouri.
striving to excite the people of the rest of the
Stec' to join them in the violent proceedings
thy have already started in Platte County.
they succeed, Missouri .will soon be in a
'lldme. ft will spread to the South and the
i'hiou itself will perish like a burnt scroll?
;Ind yet our i:Onserratire, patriotic,
and in-Dented organ, has no word of
condemnation for the authors of these
v'etrages ; yet claims to be par excel
lence, the low and imler- advocate.
Wan wicr claim uvao worthless and
YisvF voLtatit
With this number the Journal en
ters upon its eighth volume, and we
Improve the occasion to have a littl6
personal talk with our readers.
The past year has been a trying, tine
to publishers Of country rie*spapers.
The high price of pdpcii., laboi r and
everything needed io sustain the office,
has crippled a great many; and de
sti-oyed not a few village papers.
Then, in addition to these drawbacks,
came the unusual drought,•curtailing
the means of the farmer ; and causing
Stagnation on all kinds of business;
Which greatly diminished, the adver
tising patronage, and had
.a serious
effect on the subscription list. Under
these eirttimstances, we look back on
'the field and find great cause for thank
fulness and congratulation. The zeal
and liberality of our friends have en
abled us to hold the even tenor of our
Way. •
The office is free from debt, with a
fair prospect of remaining so. We
have a hundred more subseriberS than
at the commencement of volume
seven, with a hopeful assurance • that'
the list will be increased another limp
dred during the present year. For
this favorable state of our books, we
feel a lively pleasure, and 'desire to
return Warmest thanks to every ftiend
who has lent us a helping hand, and
especially do we thank those stanch
friends who last December pledged
us' l';s new subscribers. We are
proud of the privilege of saying, that
nearly every pledge then made was
promptly redeemed. The good then
done will not consist entirely in the
material aid furnished for new sub
scribers. The money was a necessity
to the publisher,•but the encourage
ment to the editor, in the.prompt and
energetic response to his request, was
quite as necessary, and will always be
remembered with lively emotions of
g ratitude and pleasure. We think
we are safe in saying, that a paper
sustained by suck friends, will• never
go down, however - zealonsly the un
scrupulous allies of Slavery in this
neighborhood may labor and scheMe
for its destruction.
We are proud of our supporters.
They are rather a small band, we ad
mit, but they make up in faithfulness
and persevering energy what they
lack in numbers. In the most trying
season for the farmer, since the Jour
nal was established, they have more
than maintained its subscription list.
So we labor on, with a cheerful confi
dence that when another bounteous
harvest has filled the farmer's granary
with grain, and his heart with joy and
gladnesS, a new impetus will be given
co the movement in support of a fear
less and outspoken county paper.
Meanwhile, we shall do our utmost
to enliven the farmer's toil with en
couraging words, with practical and
useful hints, and with such facts as
come within our reach, that may be
beneficial for him tf , read. And here
we repeat, in earn ;st terms. an inci
tation often made to all who have a .
word to say about their: business, to
communicate freely with the Journal.
We have labored hard . to make the
paper an ally of industry, progress,
and reform. As we gain knowledge
by experience, we hope to be more
successful hereafter than heretofore,
and we hope our correspondents will
become more' numerous and more
regular.
As to the great questions of Intem
perance and Slavery, we need say
nothing in this . article. Our paper
has taken its position in that respect,
and will maintain it with all the
strength of purpose and will thht we
can command. Believing in the De
claration of Independence as a living .
reality, we shall advocate its glorious
doctrines with persevering zeal, and
oppose thehateful institution ofSlavery
with fresh energY and unyielding in
dustry. To those who would like to
sustain such a paper, we say, the
People's Journal will not disappoint
you. Those to whom such a paper is
a torment, we can only say, we hope
the time is not distant when you will
grow into hearty and vigorous Re
publicans,_instead of acting. as the
pliant instruments of pro-slavery lead
ers. When that time comes, you will
take pleasure in sustaining a county
paper whose influence is actively and
energetically used in favor of Repub
scan ideas, in opposition to Slavery
ideas.
And thus we commence a new vol
ume.
frIGNIFICAM
The Nebraska papers; are afraid, to
let their readers know what is going
IA in Kansas. The letter of N. W.
Goodrich, Esq., which simply repeated
the old .story about slavery not going
ink) Kansas without a law first being
passed, to legalize it, could find
_a
prompt notice in the pro-slavery pa
per of this County
‘; but a letter in
which Mr. Goodrich gave a history of
the workings of the Nebraska Kansas
bill,.is passed over in silence. Mr. G.
being a star in the Administration par
ty when in M'Kean, shoWs that Hun
kerism is afraid of the•truth.
Again Gov. Reeder is an old line
Democrat of -the conservative school,
a fast friend of the President, and a
defender of the Douglas bill, and. be
sides is a Pennsylvanian of some noto
riety. Well, Guy. R. after spending
the winter in Kansas, returned to this
State in the early part. of May, and
made a speech to a large number of
the people of Easton, his. old - friends'
and neighbors, in which he gave a
brief but highly interesting 'o.6:omit of
affairs in Kansas. This speech was
shortL—uut a caw= of the ordinary
village paper, but it was of so much
importance that it was sent over the
wires, as fast as delivered, to all parts
of the country. In this speech Gov.
Reeder appeals in good, honest terms,
for the sympathy and influence of the
people to enable him to maintain the
supremacy of the law in Kansas. Yes,
of such lacy-as the Douglas bill left for
that ill-fated Territory. One would
think old lino Democrats would be
glad to render one' of their own num
ber the cheap assistance asked for—
to comply with his reasonable request.
But to his earnest appeals they turn a
deaf ear, for the reason that to.sltytain
him is to oppose stater,'. Hence the
organ in this county withholds his
speech from its readers, as has nearly
every paper•of like stamp, in the State.
Hence it was left for a Free Soil mem
ber-of the Legislature of this State,: to
introduce and sustain the following
resolution offered in the House on the
Sth inst. by Hon. B. Laporte, of Brad
ford county, and adopted by yeas 75,
nays none
Resolved, That the gratitude of the people
of Pennsylvania is eminently due to Governor
Andrew H. Reeder, of Kansas, for his faidtfid
adherence to the old landmarks of republican
liberty, in.defending the parity of the ballot
box, against a lawless mob of Missourians; we,_
the representatives - of his native State, tender
him our heartfelt thanks, and bid him a cordi
ul welconie to his lime, family and friends.
A weirsimper which omits all notice
of the important - events alluded to in
the above resolution, would doubtless
be up with the times south of Mason
and Dixon's line ; but what intelligent
freemen want with such an' old fogy
concern, is more than we can guess
TAVEBI LICENSES
The Lancaster Express is doing the
cause of the people a very important
service in.its exposure of the shallow
reasons given ftir granting tavern li
censes in that county. The editor is
teaching Judge
_Hays both law and
morals--,a service much needed if the
Judge's rejoinder to the Express is a
fair sample of his ideas on these sub
jects. Judge H. holds to the old doc
trine .that " the keeping of a public
house with a license, was a regular and
lawful business, and when the appli
cation was sustained according to law,.
the party was entitled to his license."
ThiS might have beep the law pre
vious to the act of 1850 ; but since
then no lawyer will take any such po
sition, and Juge Hays is. the only man
ever on thebench, that We have known,
who held to old precedents in spite of
a plain act of Assembly.
The Hon. Robert G. White, Presi
dent Judge Of this district, and a better
lawyer than one half the members of
the Supreme Coutt, has always held
this doctrine, and as the fruit of such
an opinion, no licenses kire been grant
ed in .this county since January, 1852.
Judges Galbraith,M'Clure,and Haines
have lately taken a public position in
hal mony with this idea.
As Judge Hays of Lancaster is evi
dently 'courting the liquor influence,
let him have the full benefit of his hon
ors. Common people have made the
discovery. that, though a public house
for the entertainment of travelers and
strangers, is a great good in commu
nity, a license to manufacture drunk
ards, is a great nuisance, and must be
abated. If any of the Judges. ,
have not
yet learned this simple fact, it is time
they were rubbing their eyes open ;
for the people are wide awake, and in
earnest on this qUestion: We may al
so say for the benefit of Judge Hays
and all other skeptics, that we have
had better public houses in Couders
port since licenses were refused, than
we ever had before.
IMPROVE YOt SYSTEM OF EARNERS/.
The eats and corn are now chiefly
in the ground. Of the late crop, we
have abundant evidence that 'more has
been planted than ever before in . this
county, and we hope it has' been done
with more care,- and in a better man
ner than heretofore. Our farmers
have now more need of striving to
improve in their system of tilling
their lands, than in making efforts to
clear more, for it is more profitable
and easier to increase the quantity
raised by improved tillage, than by an
additional number of acres put into
crops. Of course this will not apply
to the new beginners, who have as
-yet
no fields to till. Their business is to
clear away the forest as promptly as
possible, that the sun may have an
opportunity to warm the land and
bring forth the corn when planted.
But a large number have cleared land
enough, and only need to plovaaith
fully, sow liberally, fertilize judi
tiously, and harvest carefully, to reap .
a rich reward for their labors. Hav
ing planted an acre or two of corn, it
will be easy to secure a good crop;
but this cannot be done if the grass
and weeds are allowed to take the
strength of the ground that should go
to the corn, nor if the earth is allowed
to bake. Run a cultivator between
the rows .each way three or foul times,
and you will have no trouble with
grass or with baked soil.- This is'a
much more economical way of -culti
vating corn than With the hoe, and is
quite as good, if not better.
But we need to pay more attention
to enriching the ground. There are
various ways of doing. this, one of
which we find noticed in an exchange,
as follows. We hoe every man will
try what virtue there is in the advice:
Wood ashes is one of the most
important fertilizers. It is easily ob
tained in any quantity and at little
expense: Take them carefully from
your hearths, and save them until your
corn and potatoes
. have risen two
inches from 'the ground; then take a
basket on your arm and from it take a
small handful of ashes, and cast it at
the root of your plants, and hoe them
soon SO as to cover the ashes. By
this means you will increase your
crop enc. : half. ..
"Ashes contain all the inorganic
substances of the wood or plants
which are consumed. Part of - these
are soluble and part insoluble; but
the soluble substances mixed with
water, will dissolve the insoluble.
Thus, dissolved potash will dissolve
silica and prepare it for glazing the
stock of the cane ; corn, wheat,
"Not a particle of ashes should go
to waste. Leached ashes have parted
with the most of their potash, but still
retain their phosphoric acid, and most
of their lime. •
"Ashes neutralize acids in the soil ;
they warm cold, mossy, wet places ;
they are destructive to insects ; they
assist to break down and dissolve the
coarse fibers and stalks in the compost
heaps, render hard, clayey soil open,
loamy, and fertile." •
[The Harrisburg Telegraph, in
view of the high-handed measures of
the Missourians in destroying printing I
presses and other property, of anti
slavery men, appeals. to the
. freemen
of the north to raise a fund of at least
one thousand dollars, to be invested in
a press and type, and presented to
Geo. S. Park, whose office was lately
destroyed by the slaveholders of Mis
souri. We second this motion, but
protest against the needless fling at
the abolitionists, by the Telegraph,
and would say to that paper that it
has a bad habit of snarling at anti
, slavery men 'while pretending to Op
pose pro-slavery men.
The Telegraph proposes that con
tributions to the Park fund be' sent to
Hon. Eli Slifer, Treasurer of this State,
at Harrisburg. Having started this-
-motion, we trust its originators will
see that it is vigorously agitated until
successful. •Are there not a few in
this county, even in these hard times,
who will feel it a duty to make good
the loss of Geo: S Park I Remember
the Slve Power is organized for the
overthrow of Liberty in Kansas by
force. They are raising money all
over the South for this purpose. Are
we so tame that we will witness this
contest, and do nothing to assist the
brave band of freemen who are fighting
for' liberty in our western borders'?
Wo hope not. Then work before it
is too late. . -
bpm COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM.- -
The new School Law is undoubted;
ly a f r•eat improvement- on the
.old,
but there are several defects in the
.1
eystem which oughti to be corrected.
These defects are' so ably and fully
set forth in the report of the County
Superintendent . of .Bradford county,
that we can not do better than make
some extracts . from his report. Mr.
Guyer thinks the School department
ought to be separated from the de
partncent of-State—with which opinion
every l friend of EduCation in the State;
we should think, Would concur. Ho
suggests the following remedy for this
defect : •
No my idea is, that if the school law star
SO am ended in this feature, as to require the
County Superintendents to meet in conven
tion, mid elect a head to the school system,
thereby separating . it entirely from politics,
and giying it a distinctive basis and exclusive
organization, and thus holding out rewards to .
its aspiring laborers, more would be done to
wards building up a school system such as
people expect, the wants of the community
require, and the constitution pro Mises, than
by any other plan that can be adopted; for- it
is very certain that •it will take the undivided
attentin and assiduous care fur years, of the
best h ,ad and best friend the Common School'
cause has in the State, to get it into the right
shape mid position.
Mr Guyer then objects to another
feature of the system, which we have
frequhntly. discussed :
There is another great defect the new law
lo correct, which will hinder its useful
ness a. it did that of the old; and it is surpri
sing it was retained; for it was a dead weight
to the whole system before. I refer .to the
fact that School Directors are not allowed
compMisation for their services. The old law
wouldl have been more nsful had it not been
for thil+ defect, and almost every man who had
experience under it, knew this, and MEllly saw
it without the. experience ; yet new duties and
increal , ed responsibilities are imposed on these
officers, and still no pay allowed. To me this
appears marvelous. • I know that the direct
interest which men who have children to ed
ucate,land the general interest which all have
in an intelligent community, is urged as a smith
, dent inducement for the ffiiihful performance
of the duties of School Director. But is it so)
Does not our experience under the old law,
controvert this Most "effectually 1 Surely it
does. Has not the great complaint been every
where, that School Directors found in doing
the duties pertaining to the office 1 Yet the
new law does not remedy this evil.
Now why does not the public spirit and pat
riotism of the officers or government, end the
law officers of counties. who administer the
civil and criminal statutes ordained in respect
of the rights of persons and property, Prompt
them to a faithful discharge of ditties, free of
charge ! The persons who till these positions,
are interested in a proper administration of
the laws; and.all are as much concerned in a
yell regulated internal polity, as in intelligent
society, and why not have this blessing with
out pay No, we must pay, end pay well,
too, for doing the.labor incident to this; and
the important characters who fill these places,
are not expected to have public spirit, but the
poor School Director must be full of it. This
looks like mdliirness—not a few look at it in
this light—and I assure you, as a man of expe
rience, the policy is. bad and productive of lit
tle else than bitter fruit. The very- fact that
every other officer Connected with and under
the government, gets remuneration, reflects
unfavorably en that of School Directors, be
cause the inference is that they are worthy of
and deserve pay, and these not ; so that not
only no pay, but little credit can attack to fi
delity in this position. And is it any wonder
that, under such circumstances. the duties are
not perffirmed ! Besides, if the history and
experience of our kind establish one fact,-it is
thii—that nothing but a quid pro quo will
prompt a man to work; and he who expects a
School Director to work without pay,loses
sight of, or never knew of this history arnd ex
perience. There are, of course, some noble
exceptions to this general rule ; some Di,ect
ors do work withourpsy, and work well, too,
but these exceptions do more to prove than
refute the rule. But I suppose the great rea
son urged for not paying them, is the scarcity
of funds. This should not, however, be an
objection. Funds should be provided, and
unless this can be done, it does appear to me
our school system will be defective.
The non-payment of School Directors,.
works espelly hard in some of the newer
rural districts. Here men are All poor, and
their daily labor is necessary to secure "daily
bread;" and to ask these to give all the time
required to a proper building up and keeping
in proper condition, the schools of their dis
tricts, is about equal to asking them and their
families to do without food while thus em
ptoyed.' Will they do this! And is it right
to ask it 1
The number of School Director!: might be
reduced to three . with increased advanzage.
It would lessen the expense, and 1 think, in
crease the efficiency of the board.
Ernie Northern pro-slavery press
is devoting whole columns to the de
nunciation of the MassachusettS Legis
lature for its request to the Governor
to remove Judge Loring,' but they
cannot spare a line to denounce the
•
Missouri rioters.
Governor Reeder says that Kansas.
is a conquered country," and asks the
Northern freemen to sustain him in
.maintaining the rights of the settlers.
Pro-slavery Democracy replies, " the
judiciary is in "danger, and we - cann.t
attend to so trifling a matter as the
destruction of printing presses, and the
armed invasion of Territories, until
we have defended the Judges for send
ing freemen back to slavery." And
such papers expect the people will
respect them, Well, despots and their
defenders have always had their fol
lowers, but we think the number is
less and less every day,
See what the St. Louis Intelligenccr
says about our western affairs :
0! bow happy are they
•
Who the printer do pay,
And have squared up the old year and more;
• Tongue can never express
The great joy of the press,
When delinquents have paid the old score.
THE STRUGGLE Ilf KANSAS.
We rke spared the time "of Writing
an editorial on this•subject, by adopt,
ing the following from the last- i l g i.
tator :
What is . the Administration doing r Do•
ing ? Nothing!—as usual. A band of cut
throats are rvagtng Kansas and the Administra- -
tion.lnoks idly, if not approvingly on. Had
a Jackson at the helm order had been in .
ansa. ere now, even hadit been of that kind
that "reigned at Warsaw." The Administra
tion has done nothing, it dares not. P oor
miserable, cowardly, white-livered thing that
it is! Lying asleep or in a faint, while 4 horde
ofruffians defy its authority ! Wonhytrintnph
of the selfrighteous democracy was that which
lifted Franklin l'ierce from the secln4 ot c o r a
law office to the l'residential chair. A wattl (
deed, since it was a triumph in its dotage—it s
last and most contemptible. If it ever Wins
another National victory it will be under
better 'auspices, and therefore the result will
be better. The . Cabinet is playing a deep
game and the stakes are Freedom and Slavery.
Jefferson Davis plays for the pliable 3lr. Pierce
and he will win.
The signs of the times denote disunion and
the downfall not °Mammy, but of Slavers. i n .
this republic. Thank God, the cn- of disunion
has little to terrify the men Of the North at 116
time. The North is. ripe for it—it is tired or
being chained to a corpse longer. Old wom en
and timighfaces may object, but the true North .
—the bone and sinew. will not quarrel wish
Fate. If Slavery is the keystone „of the Fed
eral arch, then that arch is a ba tter erected
against Liberty to Man.. The sooner it fail.,
then, the better. The rnion may not exist
without Slavery, but republicanism cannot ex
ist with it.
- The present struggle in Kansas may h o
lightly considered by some, but others look
upon it as comprehending, or rather, fore
shadowing the last and greatest struggle be
tween Freedom and Slavery in this country.
If civil war ensues, let it be said at the door of
the Smith ; for the - aggression came from that
quarter; am if Northern men are hrearnest,
they will buckle-on their armor now. Ifthe
South can afford to expend blood andtreas
ure to maintain its bed eminence, huiv mech.
more can the .North sacrifice to stomtin the
cause of freedom, andto win back N% ha Free
dent has lost by compromiSe.
Civil scar may be a frightful thing, but this
false patriotism that sits with titlded arms while
the liberties of a continent are in danger, is
not less criminal than contemptible, nor more
contemptible titan cowardly.
If the General Government will not take the
matter in hand there is but one resource.
There aro true hearts and brave, strong-arins
and willing hands here in the North, that can
not be employed better than in securing to all
actual settlers in that territory their rights and -
privileges as freemen. And they will not nerd
much prompting, no more than a few outrages
upon the peaceble-inhabitams ofikat territory
by (tired rutliansL-Liefe they go up to that
battle, and to compter.
If the democratic party be as it ;is • claimed,
the parts - of freedom, why are it rs leading or
gans, silent upon this last and greatest insult to
freethen—the invasion of nsas by an armed
mob, and the controlling of the elections with
knives and pistols! 01 all oar democratic
exchanges, but three have spoken against that'
outrage, viz: The Deinarratir Union, Hones- -
dale Herald and Mir neighbor op town. We
; are no more surprised that the Eagle . should
disapprove of that outrage than we should be
were, it to approve it a week hence. The
Union has been rapidly improvin. 's . under its
present editor. But that friend Benrdslee
should find anything to disapprove in the acts
; of a pro-slavery mob, we are astonished to •
leant. We feel encouraged and hopeful tar
the democratic party when such evidences of
its progress are presented to the world.—
Here's hoping that more of them will come
Os Cr.
KEEP ACCOVNTS
As the time is approaching when our farmers
are preparing their ground, and getting in their
crops for the season, we cannot refrainfrom
asking their attention to one point, where o e
believe mo , t of them heretofore, in
farming intelligently. There is altogether too
much guess work, with a great majority of the
farmers in this Now, the suggestion
we have to make is this: keep accounts. Let
every foot of land you cultivate, stand charged
upon your bank with the interest. on its full
value; the amount you expend for fertilizers,
and every day's labor. -Credit it with every
thing taken Mr, and then in 'the fall, balance
your books and_ blow, not guess, what has
been the result. This inav seem a great task
to sonic, but it is not. A few minutes extra la
bor, each day, will keep it all where, at a
glance, yon can see how each crop or field
stands. lu no other.wav can you farm intelli
gibly. Von may gofSs that corn is more profit
able, on a certain piece, than oats; but kneel
edge must come from experiments, and hence
the necessity of accurate experimenp.
The advantages which will arise from such
a course, can hardly be estmiated. Sulliceit to
say, that he who has tried it faithfully One
year, will not fill to pursil it ever after. And
then what a fund of information would this'
co'nstitute for our limners. With a little - more
hub or, that of recording the - inapt - ler of cultiva
tion, these reports and accounts r eould but be
a source olgreat improvement. o" the farming
interest of our county. We will gladly publish
a matter of this kind, and earnestlyhope that
the limners of M'Kean will feel sufficient in
terest in the advancement of theievocation,
and their own interests, to be willing:and ready
lii this way to interchange ideas, and emnpare
dilThrent methods. At - the least, keep accoutre
for yourself, know how much net - profit you
ha% e from every acre, and I thus be enabled to .
tell what crops, fertilizers and manner of culti
vation are inost profitable.—.ll'Kcan Citi:en,
.That is an excellent stiggestion, and
we hope .at least fifty farmers in this
county, will at once try the. experi
ment of•keeping accounts. We think
it will be the best way to naake-farra
log profitable and agreeable, that can
be adopted.
The Philadelphia Sun conies to us arrayed
in a spick and span new dress, in which it
looks as coy and young as a country las: of
fifteen. The Sun is the spicie;t daily -that
conies into our sanctum. The Sun—may it
never set.—Wellsboro' Agitator.
AVe are glad there is one daily in
Philadelphia that gives satisfaCtion to
so good a judge bf such matters as our
Wellshorough, friend; There was a
Philadelphia daily that was spicy.and
intelligent, brav'e and independent ;
but the cotton lords of the Quaker
city had no taste for the Register, and
since its death we have looked to New
York and Boston for live dailies. But
if thi3 Sun deserves the above compli-
Mem, we should be happy to enjoy the
light of its rays.