The POTTER JOURNAL AND NEWS ITEM. COUDERSFORT. Pa.. Oct. 15.1873 WE HEAR it asserted in connection with agricultural fairs—indeed. 1 think tin' JOURNAL lias said some thing of the kind—that a trotting i course, or some form of racing is necessary to their success. If this : is so, I am afraid the quality of the jniople will deteriorate as much as that of horses will advance, and that it will take greater benefits in other respects than we can hope for from the fairs, to atone, if anything can j atone, for such deterioration. Not j that there is anything bad in testing ; the speed of a horse, provided the animal be not urged beyond his j strength—but all gatherings for this purpose attract a great proportion of people of the baser sort who arc there in their element and who in fluence all who mingle with them, especially the young. It docs not require very high moral qualities to breed or train a fast horse, and the rough manners, low talk and swear- j ing that usually prevail in all assem-! blages where the speed of animals is the chief attraction, ought to make us careful liow we foster any such institution. But is a trotting course or other! ° j racing an essential part of an agricul tural fair? or is speed the best qual ity* in a horse to be exhibited? ln| common with many others we regret the decline of equestrian exercise, j of the cultivation of those habits of riding and training that add so much to the physical and moral force of the human character. The training, riding and sympathis-' ing with a good horse until he becomes | not only 30111- servant, but your friend and companion gives not only a sense of physical power, but a feeling of being better and stronger morally—more ready to cope with temptation to evil; more sensible of all the helps given to us in the natur- j al world, more conscious of "how lit-1 tie and helpless we are of ourselves j and how all tilings are made to help ! us if we only use them aright. And I hold it to be positive!}- an elevating occupation to train a strong, brave,! gentle horse so that lie -hall be ready j for any deed of strength and daring | and yet perfectly easy to guide when ! even a lady's hand is 011 the vein. A young gentleman might exhibit such a horse in all its movements and feel a happy pride in so doing without an}- temptation to being coarse and vulgar; without attract- j ing around him such a-* are so. We would be glad to see exercises of skill in riding a permanent put of our fairs, both among gentlemen and ladies; and think it would be well to cultivate skill and taste in this dircc-, tion. At the Chemung county fair the; Hon. A. S. Diven offered a premium to the best lady equestrian and we think this was wisely done. Not for display but to encourage cultivation of the noble art of horsemanship which is so lamentably falling into disuse. But for good training and the best; riding horses must not intrusted to vulgar and coarse people. Like peo ple they are influenced by their asso ciations and it needs a thorough gen- 1 tleman to manage and train a colt to j bring it to its perfection of gentle- j ness and courage, speed and docility 1 and alove all trustworthiness. I use the word gentleman in its best i sense—one with an honest, pure j heart, stainless honor and a brave, maul}* character—sucli as any farm er may be and many are. ♦ ♦ ALTHOUGH we would hardly feel justified to say with the Icelander. -This is the best country that ever the sun shone upon," yet we think anv one who went through the fair ! here hist week and saw what our county can produce, what it is pro ducing every year, could reply that Potter is a good county to live in. The Fair itself was but a partial one, was in fact as far as quantity and variety are concerned, but a I meagre show of the County's pro ducts. Nothing of the kind has been attempted before since iB6O and now there has been 110 effort to work up a large show. Two weeks ago it was | not known throughout the county generally when it was to be and in! many localities the handbills of the society were not received at all. We mention these facts to show the con ditions under which the Fair was j held. Taken in the aggregate, it was a gathering of a few things from one place and a few from another, but not a general representation of the whole County. But its quality as show ing what there is in the Coun ty and w hat our jK-oplc are capable [of producing, it was something of : which to be proud. There were flue animals on exhibition, horses, cattle and sheep, that indicate the spirit that is beginning to prevail in the raising of improved stock. There was butter and cheese* equal to the bo-t made in the country. There , was wheat, oats and corn that for quality and yield per acre are unsur passed anywhere. There were gar den vegetables of monstrous size and of the finest kinds. And there was fruit that proves the County to be reallv a fruit growing laud. Persons < _ j who were at the Lycoming county j fair and also at the Buffalo Interna tional Exhibition, say that at neither place was there so good a display of apples as was made here. Such then are the products of the County for this, a cold, back ward sea | son, and such the show made of them under the most unfavorable circum- I stances. Consequently we think we can safely say this is a good land to live in, and that we have reason to be proud of what our County can ; do. j The interest that has been created by this Fair and the spirit of emula , tion that it has inspired will certain ly be felt another year, both in pro ducing something to exhibit and in 1 exhibiting it. Another fall we cx j peet to see a fair that will substanti ate our claim to be a prosperous ag ricultural Count}*. ; COMMUNICATIONS for this paper i are always gladly received and we ; feel grateful to friends who offer us ; their thoughts and observations. Not the less do wo do this because j many times we cannot publish the articles so sent, for practice will im prove all these young writers and render both the ideas and their ex pression moiy suitable to be spread out for the help of others. Some of these articles show good ideas and bright fancies, but want fitting expression. One, a visit to Niagara,—received a long while ago —we wanted very much to publish. ! So of others which are Mill 011 hand. ! Let all these .voting anchors perse vere because it is the writing, not the publishing that enables them to im prove. ; / THE FAIR held Jiere last week was such a happy disappointment to Coudersport people, who feared that, as a first attempt after so many years ; it might be rather meagre, that we hope it lias been as satisfactory to the people of the County. /AVe are ' sorry not to be able to* give the awards of premiums this week. These have probably been as just as possi ' ble. but more definite arrangements ! and feller preparation will enable fu ture fairs to be more perfect in this ,re p-. ct. Many suggestions .of im provement are already offered. One, that the residents of the village shall be prepared to entertain all who come in from a distance. This was desire ! at the time and preparation i made, but the attendance was so much larger than was anticipated I - , that we will have to make more lib eral c Minutes. Another suggestion is that residents of Coudersport jsln uM not serve on committees of ill .-.pec lion and award. Probably we will amend in a good man} ways by next year and we hope the p ople of the whole County will | bring everything they have. OLEAN is to have two first-class hotels—so says the Times. Both the Fobes House and the Olean ilouse are undergoing thorough re pairs and will be very much im proved. A r THE International Fair at Buf fi!.. it was a good idea for the Sig nal Service Bureau to put up a set of their instruments for the public :o inspect and there was much inter est shown in them. There was 011 exhibition the electric self-registering wind-measurer, the standard barom eu r, and the hygrometer for de termining the humidity of the atmos ; pliere, besides some other instru ments. For the Journal and Item. SCHOOL. I The statistics of the school indi cate a progressive spirit 011 the part i of the scholars iu the various de partments. The youngest seem wide awake and eager to learn. The Common School moves on evenly and visitors will notice that tlie scholars speak' out plain in reci tations. Among the last reports in the High School there were a 1 tout four- teen students whose marks ranged from ninety-seven upward—one reaching as high one hundred in de portment, punctuality and recita- Vons. In several other cases" tlie marks of scholarship were high hut the av erage was lowered by a little for getfulness of the rights of others. Students have been waging war against communication in study hour—that conspirator against work and good order—and the friends and patrons of the School will rejoice with them when they shall have put it down altogether. Good manners, self-reliance and a love for profound study and research will increase there in proportion as that foe is de molished. The School is open on all days to visitors and we hope that those who love its interests will go in often and familiarly, not waiting for special occasions to call them there. The school is in the rough —in all its machinery and its surroundings. It wants adjusting, fashioning and polishing before it can equal our ideal of it and for this work the best ability of tiic Board of Education and of teachers is not enough—it needs enthusiastic help from parents and friends. ♦♦♦ IT IS reported that Mr. A. X. Cole retires from the Allegany Valley Free Press. Whether he takes his Easy Chair with him or leaves it to be (partly) filled by some one else is not in the report. He would better take it along. Anybody else's lounge or old sofa will hardly suit him so well. Besides if that easy seat is well padded and stuffed, it may be as good as Gen. Jackson's cotton breast works which is no small considera tion to a gentleman as fond of the battle of life as is Mr. Cole. WEDNESDAY morning. The great political battle in this and in some other states is over. Perhaps h, some places it has been warm, but in Our little locality there seems to be a lamentable (?) or a happy quietude on the subject. Every one appears to want some disgraceful nominees beaten and to take it for granted that they have been. So quiet is it. that now, twelve hours alter the clos ing of the polls there is no word from any neighboring township. People arrive but they "dont know, really, how our town did go." We hope the-day may bring forth a little more news to make this issue of the ■J OUKNAL interesting. LAST Friday the Constitutional Convention, after a great deal of dis cussion and many amendments pass ed the article 011 Education in a very short and satisfactory form. As it is one of the most interest and importance to the whole people and particularly to this pait ol the state, we give it with a great deal of pleas ure : SEC. 1. The Legislature shall pro vide for the maintenance and sup port of a thorough and efficient sy s tem of public schools, wherein all the children of this Commonwealth above the age of six y ears may be educated ; and the Legislature shall appropriate at least one million dol lars each year for that purpose. .SEC. 2. No money raised for the support of the public schools of the Commonwealth shall be appropriated to or used for the support of any sec tarian school. SEC. 3. Women, twenty-one years of age and upwards, shall be eligible to any office of control or manage ment under the school law of this State. OLD LAUDANUM.—It is only a few days since a lovely child of a Sunbury family was given a few drops of old laudanum, and it went to sleep never to awake. 011 Sunday another like case was made known to us us, only the child happily re covered. On Saturday its parents, who reside in Shamokin township, came to visit some friends here, where the child took diarrhoea badly. Among the remedies applied was laudanum, which had been a very long time in the house, from which the liquid had evaporated, leaving it nothing less than concentrated opium, which proved so fatal in the first mentioned ease. We deem it our duty to warn parents against the use of this old laudanum, and cite these two recent cases for that pur pose. After it has been condensed by long standing no one can take it with safety.— Sunbury Daily. Women's Work. The second National Conference of the Women's Christian Associa tions will commence its sessions in this city Tuesday, October 14, con tinuing three days. The occasion promises to be one of great pleasure and profit to all who are interested, in thi- form of Christian bcnevol nee. Already Ihe invitation issued by the Philadelphia Association has receiv ed responses from sister associations in various states from Maine to Kan sas. Although the earliest organi zation of this character in the I'ni i ted States elates back le-s than ten years, there are now more than forty associations actively engaged in practical Christian effort for the tem poral and moral welfare of work ing women. The object of the con ference is that the earnest Christian ladies who are engaged in the same general work may compare modes of operation, as they vary in different ! cities, give and receive suggestions ! as to the best and most successful plans of work and thus in taking counsel together stimulate each oth er to greater activity and devotion to the cause. The regular sessions of the conference will be open to la dies only. On Tuesday evening, j October 14, will be held in West Arch-street Presbyterian Church the only public meeting of the confei ence. Bishop Stevens, Kcv. Dr. Willetts, Rev. J. It. Kerr, and other eminent clergymen will take part. | With the promise of such speakers, and with the choir of the church to I add the charm of music, a most de , lightful meeting may be anticipated. The Evangelical Alliance. A large audience assembled in Madison Square Church this after noon to listen to addresses upon missionary work by various mission aries in attendance upon the Alii t ance. Rev. Dr. Anderson, of Bos ton, presided. Addresses were made by Rev. Messrs. Jesup of Syria, Hansing of Tyre, Gibson of China, Talmage of Amoy, Chiea. Edkins of ; Japan, Bliss of Constantinople, La- Bane of Persia, Kalopotiiakes of Greece, Dolittle of China. Grant of I South Africa, Smith of Ceylon, Mc- Farland of Siam, Carpenter of Brit ish Burmah and York of Madias. The exercises closed by the congre gation singing "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name," the last verse being sung in all the various languages represented by missionaries and the | congregation in English. Association Hall this evening was filled with a very large and enthusi astic audience of Germans to listen to the speeches of delegates from Fatherland. After singing Luther's choral, Dr. Scharf opened the pro ceedings in a short Liu elabp,ate" ad gross. He welcomed the opportnni (ty Offered by the presence of dele dates from Germany to dispel tire wrong notions h Id by the Christian world of German)' in regard to the Protestant Church of America an the social and political institution of tiiis country. Everything tend ing to prejudice the German people against this country was sent ovei the ocean by interested parties and spread broadcast over the land, but the delegates v ill return homo and give a truthful picture of this county, and will bear witnc s to the Cii is tian and benevolent character of tli great American people. Dr. Dorncr of Berlin spoke upon the "Influence of German theology upon the Pro testant Church of America." The substance of his remarks was that while in Germany the Church was almost a unit and litil • was known about sectarianism. Protestant Km in An e ica was split up into a mul titude of sects, but tliat the true spirit oi Christ united all denomina tions. lie was surprised to see and hear the earnestness and faith which moved the different denominations in the great woik of spreading tlie Pro testant faith. American will he the great stronghold of Protestantism. YELLOW FEVER. N w Orleans, Oct. :!—Of the sixty three nurses and physicians sent by the Howard Association to Si ire re port not one has taken the fever. Fifty-six nurses have been sent by them to Memphis and to-day a re quest for twenty-five additional fe ! male nurses was received. The lever is reported increasing,! and deaths of several prominent citi zens are reported. A special dispatch from Shreve portto the Picayune says that the hack bone of the epidemic is broken, but only ice will destroy a poison more malignant than any ever met. Rev. Father Lcvsout died of fever at Shreveport this morning. He was Secretary of the Bishop of Natchit oches, and he makes the third priest of that diocese who has died of tin fever. lie hft Natchitoches a few days ago to assist the suffering at Shreveport. * ° * A REMEDY FOR WOUNDS —Take a pan cr shovel, with burning coals, and sprinkle upon them brown sugar and hold the wounded part over the smoke. In a few minutes the pain will be allayed and recovery proceeds rapidly. In my own case a rusty nail had made a bad wound in the bottom of my foot. The pain and nervous irritation were severe. This was all removed by holding it in the smoke for fifteen minutes, and I was able to resume my reading in com-' fort. We have often recommended it to others, with like results. Last j week one of my men had a finger-1 nail torn out by a pair of ice-tongs, j It became very painful, as was to have been expected. Held in sugar smoke for twenty minutes, the pain ceased and promises speedy recov ery.—Country Gentleman. MRS. GRUNDY says that if you wish to see a fine display of diamonds upon the human form, you must se-j cure the introduction to the ugliest woman to be found at a fashionable watering-place. Right. When nature is unkind let art be helpful. The Clearfield Haft man'' s Journal says the present financial embarrass ment will have the effect to contract lumbering operations in that county. The nmou.it of logs to be cut will be greatly reduced, in some instances more than one-half. THE superiority of Pennsylvania slate, whether for roofing, school or j other purposes, is daily manifesting | itself iu the largely increasing de j maud for the products of the great i quarries at Slatington, on the Lehigh as those at Peach Bottom, on the Susquehanna. This increased de maud has the natural result of stimu lating production and of awakening the spirit of invention in regard to manufacture. The uses to which the i fine slate from the quarries named is i put is almost infinite, and as the i quarries are said to be inexhaustible, i the trade promises to become one of j great importance. I MRS. DANIF.I, HAI.K, RESIDING near the Erie depot, has put down cigh ; teen hundred pickles this season..all grown in her own garden. Last Wednesday she picked an even hun dred to add to the number already in j store. PROFJTAIU,E FARMlNG. —Cambria • township. Cambria county, can trot J out a farmer who has realized from his farm of 1 In acres, and from other I sources pertaining to the business of j tiie soil. *I,OOO per year, clear of all ! expenses for the last twenty years, raising a family in the mean time, lie cannot be prevailed on to "go • west." THE mutterings of another storm ! in France grow louder and louder as the time for the meeting of the Na j tionul Assembly approaches. Paris is full of conflicting rumors in re gard to the situation, and we may look for startling events at any uio | meat. ALL the claims of the citiz -ns of the ! United States against the British goy : crnmcut have been rej.rted b> trie Mix. <1 j Claims Com mission because they did i \'.Jv grow out of the acts of vessels named .in the Treaty of Washington. On the 1 other Land, the United States govern ! meat is required to pay Gnat Britain | $1,!)29,M9 in gold ill full satisfaction of | all claims extensively : n use are inadequate to prevent error and proposed the use of flashing lights, the Hash being of longer or shorter duration, the short and long! flashes representing the dot and dash of the Morse telegraph alphabet. By this means each light-house could constantly signal its own letter, and j thus wotil 1 readily be distinguished y mariners. Such a system is now regularly iu use for night signaling in the British navy. -F THE Committee on Privileges and Elections of the United States Senate i which lias been in session in New | Yo k. closed its conference last even ing. It proposes to abolish Elector al Colleges, and divide each state ifi to as many districts as it is entitled I to Congressmen, the member from each district to cast the vote of the same and to allow each state two votes at large.— Philadelphia Press. CIRCUIT OF THE WORLD.— It is now proposed to complete the circuit of the world by a submarine cable across the Pacific Ocean from the harbor of Victoria, Vancouver's Isl and to some point in Japan. This landing place for the American end of the cable has been selected by the United States naval officers detailed for that purpose because the sandy bottom affords a safe and natural bed. When this last link in the chain is completed we shall be in as direct communication with Yokaha ma and Canton as we now are with London and Palis. THEY have a judge in Kansas who fined a lawyer for saying "sic tran sit." The official thought it was swearing and remarked indignantly, that nobody should "sick" him in that court. A WESTERN traveler suggests a new sleeping-car regulation, which shall prohibit porters from extricating a passenger's well polished Wots trom under his pillow and charging twenty five cents for setting tliem on the floor in front of his bunk. MADRID, Oct. 2. —Dispatches from from all sections of the country rep resent that a much better feeling pervades. The re-establishment of discipline in the army lias served to restore confidence in the ability of the government to suppress all the insurrections. Wholesale Watches, Jewelry, etc.— 'l'lie house "( It. Hiirrett fc Co.. (50 Fifth A venue, Pittsburgh. Pa., is In coming well known to the trade general lv for the largeness and superiority of their stock. The linn (loan exclusively wholesale trade. See advertisement on the fourth page. A splendid stock of Paisley shawls may be found at Simmons' Kegulato at prices far below their, present market value. Grout run on a well known Institu tion.—The famous Regulator man. C. j H. Simmons' Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5, Wells ! villi*. X. Y. has recently b( n subjected j to an extraordinary pressure —the pres sure of crowds of sufferers that have been in the habit of buying from small dealers and paying enormous prices. ; Money being scarce, they have seem- j j inglvall made a grand rush to the place j where the}- get the greatest amount of i goods for the smallest amount of inoti- j j ey. The iNipuhirity of this establish -1 inent is lxmndless and will last, for it is built on a solid foundation; one hun-! died thousand, dollars being the corner i i stone. This well known < stablislunent j i might justly be called a savings bank j from the nunilKTs of dollars it hassavt d : the people for the last ten years. From j its veiy infancy high prices have had to vanish like dew before the morning j ' sun. TWO DAILY LINES OF STAGE 31 FROM Coudersport to Foil Allegany, i The M AIL sT \IIE leaves Coudersport at 7a. ' in.ami arrives at Port Allegany ill liine for trains ; ilo Philadelphia. leaves Port Allegany at 1 p.m., j arriving ai < 'oiulersjMrt at 4 p. m. The E\PRESS STAGE leaves Coudersport at ! 1 p. in., arrives at Port Allegany at 4 o'clock, in i time for train to Buffalo and io connect with N. 1 V. \ K. It. K. Stage returns for Coudersport on j • arrival of trains. 02-tf | It. F. (llassmire, Stage Proprietor and Express Agent j AUDITOR S NOTICE. KTV IE undersigned Auditor, appointed bytheOr- X. phan's Court of Potter County to distribute i tee fun is remaining in riu hi 11 Is of the • ini j tratorsof the esta'o of P ' ;.,*•• of Tik I township, vrltt attend to the duties of i lii J 'lijuant at the oflet of Olmsted A l.arra- i i occ ill tie! Lo.ougi: of Coudersport, ou the ISUI J • :ay of November next a? 1 o'clock, p. m., where -.11 person- Intereste 1 :nav attend if they think ' proper, lie ait! IK- at th„ Izans Walton House la | c.iia- .ov.n-i.ip, l'ioga Co., Pa., on Wednesday, ! ot. t 10 o" !ivk a. ii„ ::iui at Wellsltom on! i iiutstla\,Ck i. at the Cone House, at 1.) uYlm k i a. ui., for tli • purp 'f taking testimonv In this 1 case. B. C. LAKitAIIKK, Sof te:nb?r 9, 1473. Auditor. Administrator's Notice. WHEREAS, irttera of A imiiiistrHtion to llic es tate of EN\ ■ C-'ISKI., laiij of Knlalia t-.ve.. pot- ; I ter Co.. pa., deceased, having item granted to the j subscriber, all i-ersons indebted to said estate ace ' 1 reipi-'sted to make immediate payment, an l those I j having claims or demands against the estate of i n- said di- %iiuit will inn,-- known the same, | | without delay. in ItOSINA GRXSEL. C estate of ii:-;UMANN (1KAHE. Lite of K ''a.'!", i lean Potte: Co. tie-oa-a-d. having been -.'.'anted o the subscribe:-. al! persona indebted f'l sai lc ! ,tea e . -ij-.n- oil to make hiiniedpito payment, ami tho.se having claims or I against the -state of s ul decedent will make I ! known the same without delay to CATSIARINA GRABE, Eu'.alia, F-ept. 10, 1873.-4t Admr. j I I> RI (' K. —Get your RRICK front i y \YM. RHINE, Runlet. Fit. Speci-! ! mens can be seen at the office of JOUR- ! 1 SAL & ITEM. Price, SS.OO jx-r thou sand—reduction made when ordered in large quantities. John V. Brown, PROPRIETOR Or LINE OF STAGEb DETWFK.N Ooudersport & Wlsvilie ( I'm os'ir.l 10, I'A.j Personse -ing to OSWAVO by stage, ami dcsuii, b j to ret urn same- day, w in he accommodated , at stage rates. Pas rupees wishing lorea<*h any of the neicliboi- j ing towns will he conveyed t>y Liverv ,u , reasonable rates. A good Livery rig kept constantly on hand oi pa -set; Tors by the stage. Osv/ AY o HOUSE. (JOHN V. BROWN, Propr., OSWAYO, l'^V. 114-f IFL-A-IICT AND ORNAMENTAL I I job pEiHfarfl PROMPTLY EXECUTED . AT THE OFFICE OF THE JOURNAL AND NEWS ITEM. BASSETT'S LIVERrf Corner MARKET and I j (SOUTHS, BE y Um 1 . I WOULD respectfully j U¥lte .. public to my j LIVERY ESTABLISH j with the assurance that 1 ,\ ln n w j mand for a firstclass turnout n "! j ' Haying purchased the Livery ot \ have the only EsUblisimient of n-J : section. 133—tf ,J * M - n ASSj.;iN ! Sen SINGER Sewing j changed for ones of any kin,],,'," I A. M. REYNOLDS i ' Edward Forste, DtAI.KR IM &roceries & Pronau MAIN' STREET above SE • KltW AKfl I OIK! I. H. G OODSEIL Carpenter and Joirc COUTH SIDE of the FJVIB, {ale JIT EAST Strut,) Coudcrpijioi't. P. ! "ONTRACTS taken and inateiialsfunii- ■ all kinds of BUII.DIM, ; PLANING and MATCHING done.—Mon.ws descriptions. | SASiI, BLINDS and DOORS on hand ( factured to order. C ASH paid for I*ine l umber. Your patronage is solicited. N. H. GOOIM1 l i COUDERSPORT GRADED SCHtS ANNOUNCEMENT KOR THK SClifdl OK 1873-4. Tiie Directors, hnviitjrsei-un-d,3>< i CLARA A. STOCKWKI.L, a grailiiatc