THE POTTER JOURNAL
AND
jno. S. Mann, ~ _
InT JE3 "W" S ITEM. °"'v,
| L UME XXV, NO. 6.
I: POTTER JOURNAL
MAVS ITEM.
L, .J.-SHED E\ERY WEDNESDAY AT
[U'UERSPOET, PA.
(nitre Cor. Main end Third.)
, MS K 1.75 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
,S. Miinn, S. F. llaroilton,
Proprietor. PnUirher.
C. J. CURTIS,
ney at Law and District Attorney,
i roil MA /.V St.. (orrr thr l'"*t Office,
COUDERSPORT, PA.,
ts all business pretaining to his pro!
Social attention given to collections.
s M iss ARrnra B. HAM
JOHN S. IV!ANN & SON,
Itonieys at Law and t'oiiveyancers,
■<•( >N>K!(SB< IJT, I'A.,
L J. promptly attended to.
Arthur B. Mann,
L NRRAL laminuiee Agent .V Notary' Publie.
s. S. GREENMAN,
TTORNEY AT LAW,
~-firr OVER POBSTEtt'B STORK,)
CORDERSROKT, PA.
.... R>. C. I.AURABEE
HOLMSTED & LARRABEE,
MA \KVS \M> <"<LUNSF.LORS AT LAW
v til St. oj'i>"*ite Court House.)
>KT. PI;N N'A.
I SETH LEWIS,
at lain and Insurance Agent,
' L.KWISVI LLC, i'A.
■ A. M.REYNOLDS,
N ol M TF.ti BLOCK,)
M (. II I)I:Rsit )HT, PA.
S3ker Houfte,
■nvrel rl't OH> and PAST Streets,
!■ COi ni KSIN .KT, PENN'A.
HP
■ Lewisviile Hotef,
Si r of M AIN and NORTH Streets,
■ . siabling attai'Uetl.
IPEARSALL & WEBSTER,
PAINTERS,
?T. ABOV K sKt'tlN I), (over French's store,)
COTDERSPORT, PA.
Mntlnir, (Hazing, draining. Calcimlnlng,
H —• • teg. Paper-hanging, etc., <loue
H n -••e-N-, promptness ami
■ ili.ip.it It in all cases, ami
satisfaction guar-
H I'AINTS fur sale. 242-S-l
■ THOMPSON & MANN.
Medicines, Hooks, Stationery,
■KLGOGFIS. FONTS. OILS. VV4LL PFIPER, SC.,
■ MCn and Third St*.,
I OiUDERSpORT, PA.
S. F HAMILTON,
•t M JOB PRINTER
1 r M nn and Thiol.)
■ PL'DKRS PORT, PA.
C. M. ALLEN,
LKWISVILLE, PA.
' • innieed to give satisfaction.
I D. J. CROWELL,
■' - Ball Jointer K Salting Machine,
| MAHONING, (Cameron co., Pa.
■
- M tt Mil-** and General Cudtoin Work
I John Groin,
H'<> lisp , SI *£ IT .
H-wcntal, decorative & .t'rcisro
■ PAINT ER,
W-OUDERSPORT, PA.
B lNlx, 'and IMPED II AND I Mi done
•A neatness and dispatch.
' H'li guaranteed.
it
■ LI VL\EL{ HOUSE
■ P r "mptiy attended to.
H 1 >• B. NEEFE,
| TRIAGE FACTORY,
"T'DEUspoRT, PENN'A.
'.'\rn. W agon-making, Blacksmithing,
Trimming and Repairing done
; a neatness and durability. Charges
2426 ly
C. BP.EUNLE,
■ LA 1{ ,{ L E YV Olt K ,
DEPISPORT, PA.
•, etc., finished to order,
•: r r " 1 '' st >*l" ami workmanship, on
terms.
H
J *ul receive prompt atteiittou-
J L. B. COLE & SCM,
PROPRIETORS OF TIIB
Blacksmith and Wapn-snup,
Second Street, (between Main Ss West.)
North Side,—
COUDERSPORT, PA.
—
1 IR.TEO.V^
CAHIITA AM I
SLEIGHS of nil descriptions
manufactured to suit customers and warrant®*.
Repairing always attended to promptly.
1 Competent and experienced worlnneiTkcpt In feu
ploy in lioth shops to attend to the calls of cus
j toraers.
Charges reasonable for cash or ready a.
L. B. COLE & SO
BASSETT S LIVERY
Corner MARKET and RIMER Streets,
(SOUTiI SIDE of the 111 VElt.)
l worm respectfully invite the attention of tin
i public to my
LIVERY ESTABLISHMENT,
with the assuranee that I can meet every de
lnand for a first-class turnout.
j
Having purchased the Livery of Amos
have the only Establishment of the kind in thl
1 section.
uw *■ M " HASHJiTT.
New SINGEK Sewing Machines ex,
changed for ones of any kind or make,
LY A. M. REYNOLDS, Agent.
John V. Crown,
PROPRIETOR OF
LINT: OF STAGEB
RETWFKN
Coudsrsport & Wellsville
( Via OS WA UO, I'A.)
Persons going to OSWAYO by stage, and desiring
to return stntie day, will be aecoiiiiiKKlatea
at stage rates.
I*assengers wishing to reach any of the neighbor
ing towns will be conveyed by Li very at
reasonable rates.
A good Livery rig kept constantly on hand or
passengers by the stage.
OSWAYO HOUSE,
(JOHN V. BROWN, Propr.,
OSAVAYO, PA.
j 114-If
Edward Fors^er-
PEALF.R IST
Groceries & Provisions,
MAIN STREET above SECOND,
COUDERSPORT, PA.
A FULL SUI'I'LY or
FLOUR, ' SUGAH,
SPIOES, SYRUP,
CHEES ,
HAM, FISH,
'
TOBACCO, SNUFF.
&c., &c.,
KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
A specialty made
Teas and Coffees,
of which I have the
Ltirgcst nnd liewt
Stock in town.
All Goods sold CHEAP for CASH only.
( all and examine before purchasing else wner .
EDWARD lOKSILI
COUDERSPORT, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1873.
John Jenkins' Sermon.
The minister says last night, says he,
'•Don't be afraid of givin';
If your life aint nothin' to other folks,
Why, what's the use of livin'?"
And that's what I say to my wife, says I,
| There's Brown, the mis'rable sinner,
He'd sooner a beggar would starve than give
A cent toward buyin' a dinner.
I tell you our minister's prime, he is,
But I couldn't quite determine,
When I heard him a givin' it right and left,
Just who was hit by his sermon.
Of course there couldn't be no mistake
\Y hen he talked of long-winded prayin',
For Betel's an' Johnson they sot an' scowled
* At every word he was sayin'.
And the minister he went on to say,
"There's various kinds o' cheatin'
And religion's as good for every day
As it Is to bring to ineetin'.
J 1 don't think much of a man that gives
The Lord aineus at my preachiu',
" j And spends his time the followiu' week
In cheatin' and overrcaehin'.
I guess (hat (lose was bitter enough
Kora man like Jones to swailer;
But I noticed he didn't open ids mouth,
Not once, after that to holler.
Ilurrali, says I, for the minister—
(it course I said ll quiet—
j Give us some more of this open talk:
It's very refreshing diet.
Tlte minister hit 'em every time;
i And when he spoke of fashion
And a i iggin' out in lsiws and things
As woman's ruling passion
And a-eomin' to chureh to see the style,
I couldn't help %-wiukin'
And a-nudgia' my wife, and says I, "that's
you,"
, ' And I guess it sot her thinkin'.
Says I to myself, that sermon's pat,
But man's a queer creation
And Tin much afraid that most o' the folks
Wont take the application.
Now if he had said a word about
My personal mode o" siimin',
I'd have gone to work to right myself
And not set here a-grinuin".
Just then the minister says, says lie,
"And now I've come to the fellers
Who've lost this shower by usin" their friends
As sort o' moral umbrellas,
i Go home." says he, "and find your faults
Instead of hunliit' your brothers";
Go home,'" he says, "and ware the coats
You've tried to lit for others."
My wife she nudged, and Brown he winked,
And there was lotso' smiiin',
And lotso' lookiu' at our pew;
l! sot my blood a-biiin'.
Says I to myself, our minister
Is gittiu' a little bitter;
i I'll tell liim when mi etin's out that I
Aint at all that kind of a critter.
The Proposed Constitution of Fenn- !
sylvania.
AS PASSED SECOND HEADING.
The following is the article on
Legislation as now prepared for .sub
mission to the people:
Sc. 1. Each House shall judge of
the qualification of its members.
Sec. 2. Each House shall keep a
| journal of its proceedings and pub
lish them daily, except such parts as
; may require secrecy; and the yeas
and naj'S ot the members on any
question shall, at the desire of any
two of them, be entered on the jour
j nals.
Sec. 3. Either House shall have
power to punish for contempt or dis
orderly behavior in its presence, to
: enforce obedience to its process, to
preserve order in the House or in
| committees, protect its members
i against violence, or oifers of bribes'
(or private solicitation, and with a
concurrence of two-thirds, expel a
| member for misconduct; not a sec
ond time for the same cause, but a
! member who has been expelled for
corruption, shall not be eligible there
after to either House; punishment |
for contempt or disorderly behavior,
shall not bar an indictment for the
same act.
Sec. 4. No law shall be passed cx
i eept by bill, and no bill shall be so
; altered or amended in the course of
its passage through eitiier House, as
; to change its original purpose.
Sec. 5. No bill shall be considered
; unless referred to a committee and
returned therefrom and printed for
the use of the members.
Sec. (L No bill, except general ap
propriation bills, shall be passed,
containing more than one subject,
which shall be clearly expressed in
; its title.
Sec 7. Every bill shall be read at
length on three different days in
each House; all amendments made
thereto shall be printed before the
! final vote is taken on the bill, and no
bill shall become a law, unless on its I
final passage the vote be taken by
yeas and nays; the names of the
persons voting foi and against the
' same shall be entered on the journal,
1 and a majority of the members elect
ed to each House be recorded on the
| journal thereof as voting in its fa
| vor.
Sec. 8. No amendment to bills by
one House returned to the other lor
concurrence, shall be concurred in
except by the vote of a majority ot'
• ] the members elected to the House to
I '
| which the amendments arc so re
turned, taken by yeas and nays, and
the names of those voting for and
against recorded upon the journal
thereof; and reports of committees
of conference shall lie adopted in
I either House only by the vote of a
I majority of the members elected to
each House, taken by yeas and nays,
and the names of those voting for
and against recorded upon the jour
nals.
Sec. 9. No law shall be revived,
amended or the provisions thereof
extended or conferred by reference
j to its title only, but so much thereof
' as is revived, amended, extended ro
conferred shall be re-enacted and
1 and published at length.
Sec. 10. The Legislature shall not
pass any local or special law
Authorizing the creation, exten
sion or impairing of liens;
Regulating the aifairs of counties,
cities, townships, wards, boroughs or
school districts;
Changing the names of persons or
places;
Changing the venue in civil or
criminal cases;
Authorizing the laying out, open
ing, altering or maintaining roads,
highways, streets or alleys;
Relating to ferries or bridges, or
incorporating ferries and bridge
companies, except for the erection of
bridges crossing streams which form
boundaries between this and any
other State;
Vacating roads, town plats, streets
or alleys;
Relating to cemeteries,grave-yards
or public grounds not ol the State;
Authorizing the adoption or legiti
mating of children;
Locating or changing county seats.
.
erecting new couuties or changing
county lines;
Incorporating cities, towns or vil-'
i 'ages, or changing their charters;
For the opening and conducting of
i elections, or fixing or changing the
: place of voting;
CJ ranting divorcs s;
Erecting new townships or bo
| roughs, changing township lines, bo
i rough limits or school districts;
Creating offices, or prescribing the
powers and duties of officers in conn- j
ties, cities, boroughs, township", elec- ,
tion or school districts;
Changing the law of descent or
succession ;
Regulating the practice or juris
diction of, or changing the rules of
I !
evidence in any judicial proceeding]
or inquiry before courts, aldermen, 1
justices of the peace, sheriffs, com
missionors,arbitrators,auditors, mas- :
tors in chancery or other tribunals, :
or providing or changing methods
for the collection of debts, or the en
forcing of judgments, or prescribing
lite effect of judicial sales of real es
tate;
Regulating the fees, or extending
the powers and duties of aldermen,
justices of the peace, magistrates or
constables;
I .'
Regulating the management ot
public schools, the building or repair
ing of school houses and the raising
of money for such purposes;
Fixing the rate of interest;
Affecting the estates of minors or
persons under disability, except after ;
due notice to all parties in interest,
I to be recited in the special enact-1
incut;
Remitting fines, penalties and for
feitures, or refunding moneys legal
ly paid into the treasury;
Exempting property from taxa
tion ;
Regulating labor, trade, mining or ]
rnanu factoring;
Creating corporations, or amend
ing renewing or extending the char
ters thereof;
Granting to any corporation, asso
ciation or individual any special or
exclusive privilege or immunity;
Granting to any corporation, asso
ciation or individual the right to lay
down a railroad track;
Nor shall the Legislature indirect
ly enact such special or local law by ,
the partial repeal of any general law,
but laws repealing local or special ■
acts may be passed;
Nor shall any law be passed grant
ing any powers or privileges in any
ease where the granting of sueli
powers and privileges shall have
been provided for by general law,
and in no case where the courts have
I
-1 jurisdiction, or are competent to
I grant the powers or give the relief
I asked for.
I Sec. 11. No local or special bill
' shall be passed unless notice of the
i intention to apply therefor shall have
l | been published in the locality where
' the matter or thing to be affected
| may be situated, which notice shall
• be at least thirty days prior to the
I introduction into the Legislature of
j such bill, and in the manner to be
. provided by law; the evidence of
such notice having been published,
• shall be exhibited in the Legislature
before such act shall be passed.
Sec. 12. The presiding officer of
each House shall, in the presence of
the House over which he presides,
sign all bills and joint resolutions
passed by the Legislature, after their
titles have been publicly read imme
diately before signing, and the fact
of signing to be entered on the jour
nal.
Sec. 13. The Legislature shall pre
scribe by law the number, duties and
compensation of the officers and em
ployees ol" each House, and no pay
ment shall be made from the State
Treasury or be in any way author
ized to any person, except to an act
ing officer or employee elected or
appointed in pursuance of law.
Sec. 14. All stationery, printing,
paper and fuel used in the legislative
and other departments of govem
! ment shall be furnished, and the
| printing, binding and distributing of
the laws, journals, department re
ports, and all other printing and
binding, and the repairing and fur
nishing the Lulls and rooms used for
the meetings of the Legislature and
its committees shall be performed j
' under contract, to be given to the ;
lowest responsible bidder below such '
I maximum [trice and under such reg
. illations as shall be prescribed by
law; no member or officer of any
department of the government shall
be in any way interested in such
contracts, and all such contracts shall i
be subject to the approval of the j
Governor, Auditor-General and State
Treasurer.
Sec 15. No law shall extend the!
| term of any public officer, or increase j
j or diminish his salary or emoluments !
i after his election or appointment. J
Sec. 16. All bills for raising rev-!
cnuc shall originate in the House of
i Representatives, but the Senate may 1
propose amendments, as in other j
, bills.
Sec. It. The general appropriation
bill shall embrace nothing but appro- ;
priations for the ordinary expenses
of the executive, legislative and judi
cial departments of the Common
wealth, interest on tlie public debt |
and for public schools; all other ap
propriations shall be made by sepa-:
rate bill, each embracing but one
| subject.
Sec. 18. No appropriation shall be:
made to any charitable or education
al institution not under absolute con
trol of the Commonwealth, other j
than normal schools established by
law for the professional training of
teachers for the public schools of the j
; State, except by a vote of two-thirds j
! of all the members elected to each
House.
Sec. 19. No appropriations (except |
for pensions or gratuities for milita
ry services) shall be made for chari
table, educational or benevolent pur
poses, to any person or community, !
nor to any denominational or secta
rian institution, corporation or asso
. eiation.
| Sec. 20. The credit of the Com- i
I monwealth shall not in any maimer j
! or event be pledged or loaned to any
j individual, company, corporation or |
I association whatever, nor shall the
Commonwealth hereafter become a
joint owner or stockholder in any \
company, or association or corpora- j
tion.
Sec. 21. The Legislature shall not
authorize any county, city, borough,
township or incorporated district, by
virtue of a vote of its citizens or oth-.
erwise, to become a stockholder in ;
! any company, association or corpo- j
; ration, or to obtain or appropriate J
money for or to loan its credit to
any corporation, association, institu
tion, company or individual.
Sec. 22. The Legislature shall not |
! delegate to any special commission,!
; . I
private corporation or association,!
| any [tower to make, supervise or in-.
terfere with any municipal improve
ment, money, property or effects,
whether held in trust or otherwise,
or to levy taxes or perform any mu
nicipal function whatever.
Sec. 23. No act of the Legislature
shall limit the amount to be recov
ered for injuries to persons or prop
erty, and in case of death from such
injuries, the right of action shall sur
vive, and the Legislature shall pre
scribe for whose benefit such actions
shall be prosecuted, nor shall any
act prescribe any limitation of time
within which suits may be brought
against corporations for injuries to
persons or property, or for other
causes different from that fixed* by
the general laws prescribing the time
for the limitation of actions, and ex
isting laws so limiting or prescribing
are annulled and avoided.
Sec. 24. No act of the Legislature
shall authorize the investment of
trust funds by executors, administra
tors, guardians or other trustees, in
the bonds or stock of any private
corporation, and existing laws so au
thorizing are annulled and avoided,
saving such investments heretofore
made in good faith.
Sec. 25. The power to change the
venue in civil and criminal cases'
shall be vested in the courts, to be
exercised in such manner as shall be j
regulated by law.
Sec. 26. No money shall be paid
out of the treasury, but in conse
quence of appropriations made by
law, and on warrant drawn by the
proper officer in pursuance thereof.
Sec. 27. No obligation or liability j
of any railroad or other corporation, ;
held or owned by the Common- !
i wealth, shall ever be exchanged,
j transferred, remitted, postponed or
in any way diminished by the Legis
lature, nor shall such liability or ob- j
ligation be released, except by pay
ment thereof into the State Treas-'
ury.
Sec. 28. No bill shall be passed ;
J giving any extra compensation to
! any public officer, servant, employee,
! agent or contractor, after services
| shall have been rendered or contract
' made, nor providingfor the payment
of any claim or part thereof now ex-
I isting, or hereafter created against
j the Commonwealth, without previ
ous authority of law; and all such
unauthorized contracts and agree-;
i incuts shall be void.
Sec. 29. When the Legislature '
| shall be convened in special session,
there shall be no legislation upon
; subjects other than those particular- ]
ly mentioned in the proclamation of
i the Governor, as reasons for holding
such sessions.
! Sec. 30. Every order, resolution
or vote, to which the concurrence of
both Houses may be necessary, (ex
cept on the question of adjournment)
i shall be presented u> the Governor,
and before it shall take effect be ap
proved b}' him, or being disapproved,
shall be re-passed by two-thirds of
both Houses according to the rules
and limitations prescribed in ease of
a bill.
Sec. 31. A member of the Legisla
ture who shall solicit, demand or re
ceive, or consent to receive, directly
or indirectly, for himself or for an
other, from any company, corpora- ;
tion or person, any mouoj*, office, ap
pointment, employment, testimonial,
reward, thing of value or enjoyment,
| or of personal advantage or promise
thereof, for his vote or official influ
ence, or for withholding the same, or I
with an understanding, expressed or j
implied, that his vote or official ac-i
lion shall bo in any way influenced I
theieliy, or who shall solicit or de-j
mand ail}- such money or other ad- j
vantage, matter or thing aforesaid
' *
for another, as the consideration of
his vote or official influence or for
| withholding the same, or shall give
1 or withhold his vote or influence in
j consideration of the payment or pro
mise of such money, advantage, mat
| ter or thing to another, shall be held
guilty of bribery within the meaning
i of this Constitution, and shall incur
i the disabilities provided thereby for
j said offense, and such additional
punishment as is or shall be provid- j
ed by law.
SVc. 32. Any person who shall,di
| rectiv or indirectly, or by means of
or through any artful or dishonest
! device, offer, give or promise any
i money, goods, thing of value, tosti
$1.75 A YEAR
j monial, privilege or personal advan
tage, to any executive or judicial of
ficer or member of the Legislature
j # °
of this Commonwealth, to influence
I him in the performance of any of his
public or official duties, shall be
guilty of bribery, and punished in
such manner as shall be provided by
law.
Sec. 33. Any person who may have
offered or promised a bribe, or solic
ited or received one, may lx compel
led to testify in any judicial proceed
. ing against any person who may
j have committed the offence of bribe-'
i ry as defined in the foregoing sec
| tions, and the testimony of such wit
' ness shall not be used against him
; in any proceeding except in
prosecutions for perjury committed
in such testimony, and any person
convicted of the offence of bribery
as hereinbefore defined, shall, r-s part
of the punishment therefor, be dis
qualified from holding office or posi
tion of honor, trust or profit in this
Commonwealth.
Sec. 34. A member who has a per
sonal or private interest in any meas
ure or bill proposed or pending be
fore the Legislature, shall disclose
, the fact to the House of which he is
| a member, and shall not have the
I right to vote thereon.
Sec. 35. The Legislature may
| make appropriations of money to ex
isting institutions where the widows
of soldiers are supported or assisted,
or where the orphans of soldiers arc
now maintained and educated.
SIT. 3(5. The Legislature shall by
law empower the Secretary of Inter
nal Affairs to prepare a system of
weights and measures and guages,
for solid or liquid merchandise, and
also the requisite implements, tests
and instructions, and complements
of these shall be furnished to each
county and municipality, which may
each for itself, appoint officers for
the inspection of merchandise, man
ufactures or live stock, but no State
office shall be continued or created
for such purposes.
4 -X-
LAYERING SHRUBS.
It is often to us a subject of sur
prise to find so few persons, especial
ly those residing in the country a
distance from nurseries, who attempt
; to increase their stock of shrubbery
jby layering the branches. Almost
j every variety of shrub can be thus
multiplied. Even among those who
j do this it is not often that the queen
of flowers, the rose, is thus treated.
: It is usually propagated by sticking
cuttings from the new wood in Aug
ust and nursing carefully through
the winter. By layering the grow
ing branches, however, it is by the
succeeding season a bloomer; and
this too can be done easily, that is,
without the use of a sash or hot bed,
usually resorted to with the cutting.
; In laying down, take a sharp knife
and slit the part of the branch that,
enters the ground, from one joint to
another, then cover with two inches
of soil and fasten down with a forked
stick. Not only roses, almost every
kind of shrub can be thus propagat
ed. And the person who does not
j know how to do this, should go with
; out them all the days of his life.—
j Ger. Telegraph.
For the Joui ha. Item.
REFINEMENT.
Refinement is defined as the act of
refining, or the state of being refined;
; separation from what is extraneous
or defiling. Among refined society
we can readily and easily recognize
a people that their ways and manners
are becoming to their very existence
you will find them fond of improve
ment, both in morals and intellect,
you will find such fond of culture
and discipline of the mind. Refine
ment constitutes our colleges and in
stitutions for improvement by which
' every individual whether rich or poor
has a free access to the golden boun
ties of life. Refinement elevates hu
manity to higher standings and pro
duces loveliness and godliness, and
gives us wisdom that we may prepare
ourselves for future usefulness, and
; when done on this earth be prepared
for eternity. Now among those who
i are opposed to refinement, you will
find the scoffer, those that disturb
public worship, the intemperate, and
: rowdyism in general, and among this
society originate the early candidates
for the penitentiary, ami b> such I
will only say, mat >i b< your earl i
i est effort to refine yourselves. C. I)