THE POTTER JOURNAL A.ISTD jno. S. Mann, IN" IE "W S ITE IM!. S ' F ' Hami,t '°"-. (OLUME XXV, NO. 13. HE POTTER JOTJRIAL AND \I AVS ITEM. rrB Ll.itF.D tA Em" WEDNESDAY AT COI DERSPORT, PA. Orfn Cor. M"' " l " 1 Third.) M PER YEAR in ADVANCE. TEKMN S.F.Hamilton, Jno. Munii. J! puNtither. PfyrvCr. * DEL M< CLARY. M.D.. WTD INU I'HVSM'IAN AND SI"KG EON< ROEDELUROUT. VENN "A. C. J. CURTIS, Atlornevaf DOR AMI District Ufon.EY. OgjcemMAlX St., (orertht Post Office, T'OI'DERSPOHT. PA.. Solicits ail business pretaining to his protowkm. Speeial attention given n> collect ions. ARTHUR B. MANN JOHN S. MANN A SON. itt.irnev at Law ami Conveyancers, VorUEKSI' 1 U£T. FA, , as iT 'Uir! r attended to. Arthur B. Mann. tlescral Iti-uraiie<* .V Notary Public. j s. S. GREENMAN, 1 JJTOBNEY A.T LAW, ,-FK!. i 'TKR PORSTBR'a STORE,) col DKIIsPORT, FA. •y,TE D. C. I. VKKABF.K OLMSTED & LARRA3EE, 'TORNKVS \ND coI'NSKLOLLS AT L.AVV > ' at. opposite Court //.*>.) ( OWERSPORT, PEXX'A. 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M' .UHI PAfER HANGING doni D neatness and dispatch. L. . ' tion guaranteed. , ; with i L>A U Eli I 101 SE • r "mpt;y attended to. J'- 15. NEEFE, 4R RIAGE FACTORY, "'I>EUSPOHT, PEXX'A. '' : '' •a- iiakiusr, Rlai-ksniltbi o i'! milling and Uc|, airing do:.' 11 ait - -.. a .„i durabliltv. fhary* 2425 n . ( C. BREUNLE, Al! si. h: \v c>it iv , ( U LI>EHSPORT, PA. . .. •j a Ist (Tics, etc., finished to order, w " rWl " au stiiti, on ' i >'*J n * i ! or oUce nf .Torn I w&ve prompt aHennum- I The Old Surprise. Now what hath entered my loved woods, And touched their ureeu with sudden change? W hat is il.is last of Nature's moods ; That makes the roadside look so strange? Who blanched my thistle's blushing face, I And gave the winds her silver hair? ; Set golden rod wit in her place, j And scattered asters everywhere, | Wito splashed with red the sumach hedge— The sassafras with purple staiu; Gave ivy leaves a ruby edge, ; And painted ad their stems again? i Lo: the change reaches high and wide, Hath toned the sky to softer blue; Hath crept along the river side, And trod the valleys tliorugh and through; I Discolored every hazel copse, ( And stricken all the pasture lands; Flung veils across the mountain tops, . And bound their feet with yellow bands. Is. then- September eotne so soon Full time doth summer ne'er abide? While yet it seems but summer's noon, We're floating down the autumn tide. —Atl ntic Monthly. ~ —e- A Christmas Eve in Germany. Of till the numerous Christmas gatherings at which 1 have assisted in Germany, the most interesting was that of the Bergwerk, the most (distinguished of the numerous club associations of the citv wuere i was residing. The member- are either artists or authors. It is called the "Bergwerk," or "Mine;" its mem bers are "Knappen." or master-work men. As the most precious sub stances of the material world are gained only through hard labor, so in the realms of intellect and art treasures of thought and genius are obtained only after much hard drudg ing and delving. In accordance with ; the significance of their name, tiie members at their meetings adopt the costume and phraseology of the miners—each one throwing over lii eoat—upon which often glitters more ; than one decoration 6e stowed by princely bands—a miner's blouse and placing upon his head a little round cap with no ornament but a gilt hammer and pick, the badge of the society. In his hand he carries a wooden hammer, and all expres sions of approbation are given by a vigorous rapping and thumping up on a wooden block beside him. The assembly presents a most grotesque appearance, the uninitiated would hardly suspect the bright stars in the world of literature and art which are hiding away under this curious i disguise. 1 will premise that ladies are not admitted to their weekly meetings. It is only the expansively generous influence of Christmas which induces them, once a year, to throw out their Society's arms and embrace the fair ones allied with its members. Years ago, when tiie organization was in its youth and the "Miners'" brisk and lively, they gave, from time to time, the finest balls of the season, which were often graced by the presence of the king ami court; but now they assert that although | there is great art in dancing well, it is not the noblest art to pursue, j Each member is called a"Knappe," las 1 have said, but on admission to the order he must be christened anew—receiving some comical name suggested by the peculiarities of iiis profession. I nder penalty of a fine for violation of the rule, these names must he used by the members as tin a address each other. S.'ine of these appellations are very droll, perhaps a little sarcastic. A celebrated romance-writer, sonie ( what diffuse in his style, is called (the "Knappe Tintenkleeks"—"luk i splash!" A renowned violinist gets no better name than "Pizzicato;" a singer is but a "Kehlkopf"—Larynx; a wealthy banker, who in liis leisure hours dabbles with the muses, is told, in the word "Zahlwort," to look 'to his counters. An architect, under whose'direction some of the finest buildings in the country have been erected, is christened "rilinorkel"— Flourish. A tier man savant, who has more than once visited the icy regions of tho north, is dubbed "Es quimaux." and the word "Croup" keeps the poet-doctor constantly in mind of the responsibilities of his profession. One of the greatest bari tones that the world has ever known, now retired into private life, has his past triumphs brought to mind as the members call out "Knappe 1-uri ; uso." Another musician, a pianist, whose weakness, it be lias any, is a leaning towards a certain school perhaps not over popular, i desig- COUDERSPORT, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1873 liated "Futurus." A classical profes sor is the ''Lexicon*' of the parly, while a mathematician is hut a "Frac tion.** A poet is told to look to his "Feet," an artist is a "Sketch." "1* ig-leaf" suggests to a sculptor the difficulties of properly adjusting (drapery; an amiable young Pole, exquisite silhouettes have i e.oated a new branch of art, is called fCKnappe Tusch"—lndian Ink. A group of architects form "Beams," "Squares," "Freestones," "Key stones," etc., while a company of musical celebrities answer to the eu phonious titles of "Fiddlestick," "Fiddlestring," "Shake," "Trill." "Quaver," "Quodlibet," "Sharp," "\ alve," etc. A renowned student and teacher of aesthetics, who soars into regions high above those where the ordinary student dwells, is called "Plackholz"—"Plodder" or "Plod | horse." .Inst think of it! What a shock it must give to his exquisitely I refined nature to be brought down to common life in that abiupt man ner. The mock gravity with which these hoary-headed savants, wits, poets, antists, etc., employ these terms in addressing each other, is. to a stranger, the most comical part of all. On that memorable Christmas eve when I was admitted—the first Amer ican lady whoever entered into those; sacred precincts—we assembled at an early hour in the beautiful rooms belonging to the Bergwerk. The president of the society, being a royal architect, was enabled, in the con struction of one of the government buildings, to reserve a cosy room ■ for his pets. The liberality of the government in according the space has not been uneqyalled by the gen erosity of the "Miners" in decorating it in a becoming and characteristic! manner. It is furnished with a li brary;, statues adorn the niches;' paintings, engravings, and elaborate architectural plans cover the walls— all the productions of the Miners own heads and liar. Is. Of course the evening coram* need 1 with a peace offering to the demon of appetite. How little we should hear of discord and dissension if! people reserved the discussion of all knotty questions till after dinner! At any rate, on that occasion groups; of threes, fours, ami a dozen gather- j ed around the tables, ate, drank and ! cracked jokes till the w hole company was in a most genial mood. Do not ; imagine that any had imbibed too! much. The Hermans drink copious ly, but the liquors are light, and their natures are not easily exeited. About ten o'clock, a curtain drawn across a temporary stage was remo ved, revealing a forest scene. Deep in its recesses sat the goblin Kube zahl, guarding the entrance to a dark cavern, which, by a stretch of imagi-j nation could he supposed to represent : the shaft of the "mines" in which we were then revelling. Rubczahl is the goblin of the mines of Kiesengebirge. Whatever his usual temper may be. he was, on this evening, well dispos ed.—and sat grinning before a blight fire, delighting mightily in the fun going on during the distribution of the gifts, which were heaped on the rocks around. The youngest members of the So-; ciety, acting as servants ot the elder, hastened to distribute t he presents to j the gentlemen first. Each member had sent something to another mem ber, who had been apportioned to him by Jot. Of course, the recipient of the gift had no idea who was the giver. A comical challenge to ad dress the company accompanied each; and after the wrappers were; removed and the presents inspected, the president, by several vigorous strokes of the hammer, brought the meeting to order. In a few appro priate words lie thanked the "Mi ners'* lor his exquistite present, the donation of the whole Society, read a few business reports, and then call ed upon the others to return thanks to their unknown donors. Here followed, for more than an hour, such "a feast of reason and How of soul as" 1 had supposed exist ed only as a figure of speech. No one present that evening could ever after call the Germans a "heavy peo ple." Their jokes were not a mere 1 play upon words—a conglomeration of slang phrases which sometimes passes for wit. but they were the true, current coin, coming forth pure and sparkling from the mint—llo base alloy tarnishing their purity or depreciating their value. The speech es were all improvised, but the gift was always the suggesting topic. The incog, giver was hunted out and decorated with flaming titles, con ferred either in poetry or prose, as the genius of the speaker dictated. The present, which was sure to be of a most absurd kind, was represented as filling a want long felt in the me nage of the receiver for which lie pour ed forth the most profuse thanks in a style so finished that it was difficult to believe that each one spoke with out the slightest preparation. 1 could not enumerate all the gifts, but remember a few* as being absurdly j boyish in character. The banker re ceived a huge multiplication card, which he facetiously remarked was | more acceptable than the division table would have been. The violin- j Dt had a sugar violin in return for; the "linked sweetness, long drawn out," with which he had so often en tertained his friends. The thin,! spare "Lexicon," who looked as if he never smiled—might indeed have i thrust the word mirth out of his vo cocabulary—was told in a huge Pa- ' k al, or goblet, to drink and be merry. A renowned actor had a box of toys —a puppet-show—which lie said ; would beguile many aw eary hour, j The romance-writer promised to take the lessons, in a book of sermons on the "sin of lying," seriously to heart; j while the poet said, after reading tiie History of the Quakera, he too might j learn to appreciate plainness of speech. Do not suppose that 1 ami attempting to transcribe the wit j and humor of that evening, which j flowed ill such copious streams. The manner, the time and place, lent the j Charm which a mere description must [ fail to convey. But I gasped for re-! lief when the speeches were over, for j |my poor brain was in a whirl; it ( • could not take in so much at once, j though truth compels me to state i that the humorous charger, prancing ! U> gaily, sometimes ignominouslv threw its rider to the ground; but j tiiese v. erc exceptional discords to j the harmonious brilliancy of the whole. Then came a musical entertain ment. partly serious, partly comical. Some artists did their best, while others, for our greater delectation, tried to d< their worst. A quintette i party gave us a representation of an ; amateur concert; and certainly only i great artists could have done the thing so badly. The leader com menced bv an address to the perform . I ers, urging upon the necessity of j unanimity of action, the subduing of! each individual will for the common j . good, and tilling them that if one of; | them should for a moment feel in-; elined to imprbvise an obligate, he ! i should, before rust ing away with his j I idea, ascertain if the others werewil ... ling to await his return to reason— and the tune. Above all, he exhort- j ed them, if they could not exactly! keep together through the whole per- j fornianee, they should at least try to j strike the final chords enrcmble. The j ! excruciating discords which followed j ; w ere drowned in roars of laughter. Thereupon came coinie song call- j | ed the "Isthmus of Suez." in which every political event of the last de-j cade was droily set forth to the niu- j sic of a Volkxlied. Then the president announced that a celebrated preacher.bad asked per-, mission to address the company up- j on the sin of Langeiccilc —tedious-! ness. A furious rapping of the ham- ( mers greeted the entry of an artist,! whose pictures, in their rich coloring, rivaled Titian's, disguised as a Jesuit Father. AN it h downcast eyes and hands crossed upon his breast, he slowly passed to the speakers desk and commenced his discourse, which consisted of the twenty-six letters of the alphabet. For five minutes he rang the changes upon A B C alone, hut they were all given with such fire, such variety of modulation and gesture, that one would hard ly believe that he was not really harangueing the audience in a most eloquent manner. At one moment his voice rose in tones of the loudest. ' denunciation: the next it assumed an | argumentative strain. Again he be sought. supplicated, seemed to weep even with sorrow for the obstinacy |of his hearers. Then he turned to sarcastic weapons—hurling bitter, cutting sounds at his imaginary op ponents. After twenty minutes be retired,and although not one word had been uttered, we all exclaimed, "AY hat an eloquent speech !" I had never in my life heard anything so supreme ly ludicrous. And so the evening wore on with a variety of entertain ment, enough to have filled up a doz en evenings. One of the by-laws requires the members to bring something, of their own work, for each meeting. Thus tlie poet's last effort, the artist's new est work, the architect's grand plan, treatises upon topics grave and gay, are proved in the caverns of the "Mine" before emerging into the out er world. Once or twice in the course of the ( : evening, just to prove that the mem bers were not too old for such things, one and another ofthe musical celeb rities—whose thrilling harmonies charm the multitude—thought it not' beneath their dignity to strike up a bewitching waltz, a jolly polka, or a romping galop, and away went the joyous crowd, spinning, whirling, jumping, with all their youthful fire and elastiey. To one of my many exclamations of delight a Knappe re plied: "It is heavier than usual this even ing. There seems to be no life in us." "Well!" I said, "you must have adamantine natures if you can bear any more than this." "Ah! " was the sad rejoinder, "it is plain that we are growing old and grim. The cobwebs of time are spun upon the gray walls of these caverns where wedigand toil; these intellect ual gymnastics avail naught but to ! show that no human efforts can renew the vigor of the muscles from which ( youth has departed forever. Better were it that we rest content with the j laurels already won, leaving the lis-! ing generation to penetrate into the deeper recesses and bring foith the ! yet undiscovered treasures." Occasionally simple refreshments! were passed: lemonade and cakes ornamented with sugar hammer and j pick. Finally came the ladies' turn to receive their gifts. They were es corted to the table, where the pres ents lay heaped up. Lacli one being disguised, the lady selected any shape j that .?truck her fancy and removed j the wrappings to find some exquis-1 ite article iiiee the last Christmas-tide cast away their implements and gone be yond those walls which, once sealed, are never more repassed. The grande finale was the mimic torchlight procession through the J galleries of the ".Mine." Adjoining the Society's rooms is a concert-hall capable of accommodating three or j four thousand persons. Its Egyptian ; darkness on that night was but little j relieved, as the company, with wee j Christmas candles in hand, wound ! round and round this immense space.' the flittering fire-fly light of the tiny candles producing a drolly weird effect. What else could be done? The night was far spent; so a wag sug gested, for variety, that we should all go home. With deferential polite ness the cavaliers pressed their lips upon the ladies' hands-, thanked them for having graced the evening with their presence and wished that they might be oft en or among thorn. Why do they not invite them, then? One can hardly tell where the fault lies tliat the sexes are so much divided in their amusements. The German gentleman professes to like the socie ty of ladies, but as he rarely seeks it, it would follow that he regards the time passed with them as iu a uieas-j ure wasted. But 1 do not propose to write a treatise upon the condition of woman jin Germany. It would be ungener ous and ungrateful on my part to pass any censures upon a people who have always been kind to ine as a stranger, and have given ine an even ing's entertainment which I shall all my life remember with delight. Letter from Edinburgh. Continued from last week. I cannot give you a very clear account I of these demesnes. They belonged to the Earl of Clare who diid some twenty years ago in India when lie was Gover nor, and the estate fell to his maiden sister, who still lives and is in her seven ty-third year. She resides in London and has never even visited the estate, nor has a master or mistress put foot on it for twenty-one years, and yet I was creditably informed that not a book, or paper, or a piece of furniture or bed-lin en ever been removed except for the pur pose of cleaning, dusting, etc., and then immediately returned, during all this time. The rental is £14.000 a year. There is a boy now at school who is the j next and only surviving heir. After seeing Limerick, we took train j and in due time arrived at the Irish capital, Dublin, where we occupied our- j selves in visiting the Castle, St. Pat rick's Cathedral and the Cemetery, fa mous for being the last resting-place of Curran, who died in Fiance and was. after many years, removed to this place, also O'Connell, the great liberator, to whoso memory the Irish have erected finest and largest burial-place and mou-! ument (except, perhaps, that of the Na poleons in France) that 1 have seen. We have attended two theatres, neither well attendi d, although there were good actors at both, and the celebrated Char-j les Matthews performing at the other. Tin* most impoi taut place to me was the Mount Joy prison. It is what we call i a State Prison and is an exact duplicate of that of the Eastern District of Penn sylvania in every particular, but more ; severe in its discipline and works the j the prisoners harder, but the male and female prisoners do not inhabit the same building. One of a similar form and construction, situated with-, in the same plot of ground and con- j fined by the same high wall but sini-; ilar to the Insane Asylum at Philadel phia under that wonderful man. Dr. Kirkbride. Another peculiarity is that no woman, except by special per- i mission, is permitted to visit the male's 1 apartments, but nun can visit the fe- j male's apartments. We could not learn ' the cause of this strange law further than it is thi law of tlo prison. Before dropping this subject 1 must, and with i pleasure, bear witness that I never vis- ; ited a prison under better discipline or ; kept in better order with a view to the J comfort and health of the unfortunate ! prisoners than that of Mount Joy Pris on of Dublin, and I have visited hun- j dreds in all parts of the world. There is a great deal to see in and around Dublin and our time was used to the very best advantage. The docks. ; ship-building yards and some nianufac- | toriesall had our attentionjind after all was done we started for and arrived at the far-lanud Belfast, passing through a beautiful piece of country, many small manufacturing towns and nearly always in sight of the Irish Channel. Belfast is one of the finest towns in j Ireland. It has a large commerce, but, as you are aware, celebrated most for j its linen, borne or the manufactories are immense but we visited only one. j It was in full blast and gave occupation ! to twenty-five hundred men and women who w ere all at work when we visited it and gave us an opportunity to see the flax as it was received from the grounds and passed successfully through every department and phase and machinery until it was packed into the case and the case addressed to the firm it w as ordered j by. We also visited "Linen IlalL," a ! building occupying four squares, or a ! whole block as large as Independence Square in Philadelphia. This building has samples of linen on exhibition | from all the principal manufactories in the place, besides a very fine and expen sive library. The "White Star' 1 j steamers are all built here. There are ! two on stock for this company at pres ent. 1 visited them. There is one theatre, which we attend ed, but it was not well patronized although it had a good stock company. , The western part of this city is occu- j pied by some magnificent buildings or residences, most of them very large and nearly all built within fifteen years and some beautiful buildings. There are one or two castles near the city. I must here correct one omission. I forgot to mention that nearly every town has a botanical garden, generally owned by the county, some of which would do credit to any country; also some fine public schools—but this busi ness appears to be in its infancy, as tlie Government is now beginning to take a lively interest in the matter. We also determined to visit the w orld renowned Giiuits' Causeway. This took one entire day. It is about GO j miles from Dublin. So we started at $1.15 A YEAR 6 a.m. and returned to our hotel at 7 p. m. I cannot give you a description of this wonderful freak of nature, but it is astonishing. So I must refer you to some work on that subject, ]>erka]js of geology. Before leaving Ijelaml I must say a word about the fair sex. You cannot go through any part of the Island with out seeing remarkable specimens of fe male beauty. They are in every town and hamlet, along the roadside, in the heathers, at the churches, in the streets, market-places, hotels and anywhere else. Of course there are very plain women I to be met with also, but the pretty ones , prevail and I never met more beauty 1 in any one place than in Belfast, and the prettiest one of all I left attending a steam loom in a factory ; in the above my wife bears out and coincides with me in every particular. ' We left Belfast by steamer at 8, p. m., and arrived at Greenock, Scotland, at o a. in. but remained there but a short [ time and came on to Glasgow, about twenty-four miles up the Clyde. I I would like very much to describe this important place. There is a great deal of New York, Philadelphia and Pitts burgh about it. I cannot form a correct idea of how many iron steamers I saw building, certainly not less than fifty and none probably loss than 2000 tous; but from the time you get in at Green ock till you leave Glasgow you see no thing but activity. Everylxxly appears to have something to do and you are re lieved of that continual lagging which torments you at every step in Ireland; neither do you see so much misery and yet you see more druukenuess, among both men and women. You also look in vain for the beautiful complexions, rosy cheeks, ruby lips, smooth skin and bright, large, almond-shaped, blue eyes, that you left in Erin;.but you find mat ter-in-fact Scotchmen looking sharp af ter the Baubees, and the women with corn skin, high cheek-bones and general masculine appearance and voice: no po etry. but all life, energy and a determi nation to make money. Everything lias a solid appearance —fine public buildings and memorials of every description at every turn and at the West End a beau tiful park, a fine botanical garden, (not well kejit.) and many very handsome residences, all comparatively recently built, say within thirty years. Time will not permit me to continue this much farther, so I must leave it, but before doing so let me tell we left Glasgow and went to the world-wide renowned Lakes in Trossachs, in the Highlands of Scotland, and very beau tiful they are. The scenery in some parts is grand as well as beeautiful, al though the lakes, to an American eye, are rather small —a sort of miniature to ours; and after a very pleasant trip we arrived, night before last, near mid night. at this city (Edinburgh,) pretty tired out well. So far we have seen about all the no table places except this city, which will take us nearly or quite a week to do. Yesterday we went to the races, no thing very great but very amusing, and last night to the theatre, where .we saw a good comedy ((.'old Caste,) well per forined and pretty well attended. f have not said anything alxwt the llie atre buildings simply because I have not seen anything notable. They will do very well for their place, but dramatic art does not appear to flourish much in any place I have leen in, but is rather neglected, as the buildings remain the same as when built—l suppose some short time after the zenith of the great Shakspeare. I will take up Edinburgh at some fu ture occasion, with your permission. C. J. 11. The Revelations of an Overturned. Oak. In a hurricane passing over the Ohio River and down the Miami Val ley on the night of the fourth of July, a splendid grove of oaks on the "old Anderson farm" of a Mr. Rogers, in the latter locality, was almost wholly prostrated. In connection therewith the following story is communicated to the Miami county Democrat by a Mr. J. F. Clark: "Upon the morning subsequent to the storm (Saturday) Mr. Rogers went, in company with a hired man, to inquire into the extent of the dam age inflicted upon his premises, and the first objective point was the mined grove. The centre tree of the plat was a noble oak, the king over his fellows and a tree which had stood the ravages of time seemingly un scathed for several centuries. This tree had been snapped and felled by the storm. Upon examining the fall en giant for the purpose of ascertain ing its worth as rail timber Mr. Rog ers made a startling discovery. This was nothing less than the fact that the tree in falling had disgorged a skeleton. The bones were discon nected, yellow as gold with age and scattered promiscuously over several Continued to fourth pne*