E MLLA R PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. TOAVANDA: Thursday Morning, September 6,1860. jsdtcteb l^oetrß. proai the Atlantic Moulhly for Sepleuaber.] THE CHILDREN'S HOUR. |Y HtMV VIMIOH LOSOVULOW. Retwcen the Jark anj the daylight. When the night ia beginning to lower, U.'iaca a pause iu the Jay s occupation That is kuowu as the Children's Hour. 1 hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet. The sound of a dovr that is opeoeT. And voice* soft and sweet i-Vm my study 1 see in the lamplight. i eiirndin; the broad hall stair, Crave Alice and laughing Allegra, And fcldith with golden hair. m i A whisper, and then a silence ; \f: \ Wnow by their merry eyes The' irv plotting and plann.ng togelhsr To Like uie by surprise. A sudden rush from the -tairway, A sodden raid from the hall. By three doors left unguarded rhev eater my castle wall*. TVy efimb up into ir.y turret AVer the am* and back of my eh.vr ; If 1 try to es ape, they surronud my ; Thev >ee:n to be everywhere. They afaiost devour me with k:sses, Tlieir arms about n:e entwine, T Z 1 think of the Ri-liop of Ttiugen l. y s Mouse Tower on the Rhine 1 p v think. O blue-eyed bafic.itti, e vow Lave scaled the wall, *och a.. "Id mustache as 1 a a \ not a match f->r yon all * -ivc \ou fa>'. in my fortress, >will r. t let y u J part, if .t yon down to the dungeons la the rouuu-towcr si luy inift. AikS. there w 'Y 1 keep you forever, Y e, forever ai.d a day, liU the w.i.ls shall emmi-ie to ruin. .1 s-4 ta -ulder ia d ist aw o' 1 g|t is trlla nr o us, A Letter from Dr Dewey. - -r rat Rsii-rr? Ktrev.'z:: ?cak ~IR i ■ .• ■ Mcileaeit cooeereiag the hsu nn led j I -a.. veneraMe TV. Prwt "f R<s.-b—ter T'nr- I y, Y.. -laung aej twwtktags whica 1 ItaJ not Ip>-.s:.1 p>-.s : . a. J a- ag tr w k. e an > i • •.-hat d.fferent with wh >m I lcd | >• o 1 tint when they i m* t.. a-.t< - t ■, . - ■.• Standra? 1 H!fr"'r si." Ili'. it tb* ■ do SAN vit in the ccnterefft ah'at -ne-third tl* I —:.e uiete (r. Ire eetved, i rtj '.y. the L ... w I . • atl >n fr -a 1 I'r P. * . w k I I f-• be hUftiitN *' • " • [ -- is ititti: fr vi* owe whe kaslong i"ei kiowu If • Id a- ate- * -ace aai La'. ... .vt . .i,.ac I • abilities V, i'.i.s •me .is n <hi ;wntv. '.en ear. '. ess t 3eu. Y : w -wflfr a favor * y rirtuish- I 1 Yvur<, truly. I. CHILD. -Iv K-IfßsTKlt. Ang. 10. I*(t0. Mt Df.CS SIR : —The nicteor of Juij? 2Gtii tas seen a> far *c*t as Cleveland, 0., at I'e t, Mich,, at Toronto, C. W., all over W st • N w York and MY-'.-rt. ransffvnla, at ' Ss~*e t'. oo ; ** •>. ditT-ritlg Ollty Tsv- a <' second*. M 1 the more MMkll as ue me - >- - -.I bv sotpG o- j afur it i.id riicti * .1 near it. ttuii bv other* throagls c ur?c. Taat cvirso was [m l N 0 - .z' v'v* Ni ." hof M est, to i tie [i.-> t East. The w .oie time of it it-Mg. * n t. ; 23 acccaJa or oue third of a •i. U was virtical along a liue north of -ioiiwaril over the nrrth ea?: part of , avi ib • r. 4b minute* iu a stra g'..t 1 [ 11 icbeatcp sop la of Pant. .c. ■ o a Coantj : ih-Ti*uJ east, r " • rth east oartof Pnojlvaaia, across : '• : c;_> near \Y-,*t Point, 00 50 t'l CVrt ... hcre it was seen 203 miles I l : z i,t. It psi-*et] near!v in the direc j- :ii earth iu it* orbit, aitban apparent T " flO tales a second : but a* the j ~ z. v..qr a: the rate of 16 tni'es & 9 ' ::• -u te- r ma*t have rooted at the m ; - 25 a -. > a second or 1560 piles a min ! c the belief that the meteor f the ( \ ; bodies which "re " z: \ the *u:i, and, coming near the j * ' - i- times enter onr a?rao>*phere pi- by thy eoapfisswa of tic air froro theiz | I- *t re. v , j .j. psyj9e?d sdMcieat to '■-t • zed combn*tibt know-, to ---'j z.rt pg.ru of whieh hare fall - - - p i sooo jacteor I vepbere, and the com > ViUa;'! part* ot the ine I•" * i j lfr - ij 0! r;ea taken np, ard the ; I ' h I . se srio or earthv >!sg from I :r VVli I >-i a Jeer of J *y 50*h p-Yrrrd more: I*W the earth. Out calcala-' ' '■ -s . soother, Prof. Bozd, '.^.T'"? ior - T 41 na/TATd tnirecs tj, es r -> - . . Ji- . s gh when it tot fa: from West Pyhxt.; [ " i 4 -z -c 1 L*h can be sc-zb at the dk c- Zm i ttwm it w a th cartk Xiwg, - : - c; setm more uob HQ sulks on j-*-- Lbs . : .u aod tverjwhere it had I horhrau, even J c. * g jtadi tida o( in (pm I of tik meteor is Dot se well as - aocae nave btett or..j or 300 ; I Jtie ck ikat threw dowc ' . ' -ii OQ wtau-ro Cocaev-tiou;, Decam 1 1 - - aas a iaarth aa.e aa diatue f. U&:n* kM Ueu ooe ;h u -d of a ante * va 4 u.dia&eter. Xt: cf the * ' • ; at vXi4 ioank of a * tf*V M W.' ;aA4 faiiec case Leec ~ <<i. oagnes.a, pore rex. u. tiztei. so&ieuoiea cobalt, and i * 4j4 iro ®> foor easfij barn^ - oivg = 11;>.4 thtw i.-n&iUU iay i THE BRADFORD REPORTER. be set on fire. Some other substances in small quantities have been fonud in some of them. That called " meteoric iron " is neurly all ircu aud nickel " There is no proof, yet, that the meteor cf the 20th threw down any of its matter. It may have all burned op, as the scintillations flew off. and come down in diffused oxvds fu seusibly, as you haveseeu iron burn op iu oxy gen gas and By off iu scintillatious. This was a noble experiment high in the compress ed air. " This meteor burst into two parts aud both went on together over the Atlantic. It so appeared as two, ou the east side of the Alle gheny Mountains. " The blue spot wB3 not a hole in or through tbe body, but the front part not Yet ou fire. It did not stand still at all, but seemed so to the eye from its coming directly towards tbe eye aud by the hidiug of its path by clouds All agree iu the great splendor of the light. Others saw it stand still. 1 have told why. At any rate I shall sooner believe some opti cal illusion in tbe observer, that a meteor go ing so last over Ohio, stopped a little uortb of Towsltffii, aud then started with such Telocity as it must have bad " Tuat we may know what it is that scientific uieu wish to know from observers, and so bo prepared next time the meteor appears, to tell them, I will also add the fioHbwhig from Dr. DE WET'S letter: " Some other things I say to yon. Von drd not tell me whether it pa*se<i north or south of you, nor how much it appered above the horizon at Ushigest pomt, whether 30 degrees or oO degree*, or w hat ? Why did jou uot tell more, aud near what large star it passed ? We ner ! to know the d above the hori zon. not in miles, but degrees. Most of onr observers tbougu it was only 2UQ or 300 to 600 feet above the earth, —oue thought it would hit the cupola of tlie Court House, oth ers J.IW the clou i- this side of it. A • Yours, truly, C. DEWEY." INCREASE CHILD. Report of the Superintendent of Common Schools of Bradford County, for year Ending Jane, 1863. The educational interest* cf Bradford Co having nv-d on dor r? the school year end ir.g on the first Monday in June, IStiO about x* m prtcvii.i.g years, wili. per Laps something more to encourage its friends than formerly. As the citizens *ee more and more of the working* of (he the opp>*tien to it i* giving way. *t;l! there are sume who consider the law unjustly burdcu.-viue \<.t they yield •be-iii • ce to it.a*iaw abiding citizens,aotwitli standing they esteem it oppressive ,S J.—During the year.most of oar schools have been prosperous. more system in the ar ra-.g- men: aud government has prevail J. aud T. ?re thorongties* in teach?! l /. rimn in ; >nnr vear* a hv ter dassifieatio i bus been uff-cted and a greater uniform.ty of text hooks has been secured. Still in several iassauces the *cho '.* were u: successful,teachers fai'ed wholy to secure the good wiiT.or confidence of pareut? or pnpr!, be-ice. a* a matter of course the srbooU were uot well governed, properly ar ranged or taorougiuv taught—.pupils sooa be came unmai.agtabli, parents uiu.-ficd and teacher* d set. iraged. h schools are fa la.r-.-~ and the di*trk*rare better without no reb"!* 7tr ktrs —l havp /ranted si wee th-* first Mondav of J true. !>bt * x hundred and forty two tcißjvorary, and treaty-live professional certificate*. It cam 't be reasonably expected,that amoog such a large r irrber of teacher* of all age*, from fifteen to fi ty all are g-W, some very g 1 A ma; ri'.y of our teacher? are mak'rt/ fands'se effort* to improve themselves is tit* r proles*'on. and bts-ome better, more successful, and inure useful teachers. It is sui. to be re gretted that parents wdiarge their ?oi;s acd daughters it, or evea allow tbera to go out into the we'd t 1 attempt to take charge of nt carfv an are as many do io I hi*, ani .to? presumed, M other con A ties. It is also a great .rr.>r directors, as raie to toi; oy su;:i ye :: g p*rjo:.*. Sci employ p r*-r..< of nature ; algme- t as. J of experience, if th-. v rn *<j take Charge of tlu-tr Iwsaaejs* on t ie farm, m ti.e jhcpAr Hero, in the kitchen or d airy-room, but they hire g lis of bow of lifveea or s.xtceu years o: age to tra'u up. a* i e 'eeate th-:r off spring Scid II hs's —We have many, far too uta: j pogx * !kx>! houses ia Bradtor-d cqauty, still, some iudeed to poor, tkat farmers living near them wnold tsr>t be wfijiag. it is presum ed, to '.* ~ueh 1M liiug* to remain among their out bouses. n<i ret we are niakme as mart progress :n t ie way of supply og our coty wiih comfortable a* we are in *a other of or ed roatiawai mler e*;"* M and I-.:: r houses have been erect ed the past rear, than during any two pre-v*-' >9? vear* To.? strong fel'irg nyatrt t l ebn id inr tax is c~duallv irir- ~.r aray. eveu io the 0.-tr.c'.s where the oppauoo was roost bi'.ler, and arrar.ga®ruts aic- tu v*.<og to aave Beit, convenient he uses aul st-t atpi for taa m *erabie bn.il.n* that Save hitherto served -•= Out 1 —.*-?* are !*o pro vided fw tne <c : bj:dk.gs wkkk Lave been ere. :ed dariß iue year. As am. *r ewiewee of progress, may be Beu.tioc-.si, that the c.rtor. in a major-ty of our districts have purchased a large. w-H exe cuted mi' of the Vetted States for each school tbe>r rvfv?ctve c.stfV-No other apoar tus has been procured viureog lfc year Utftfiffi, —These qffi.'aea have with great uasioitT perforineo their bat reooitted duties with fidelity, having in view the great fact, that the policy of tbe cotamoo wea.ta : to jp we to every child within its bor ders as opportunity of ootawiag a good cotn mo*. ichwi edacation free of expense to the parents, cr.iess they have uxahie ptooerty Ttiev have very generaiiy eo-opersteti wtth the Saperintecdeat ia carrying oct bis piaas, and have freely, spent i.me with him when rwjoest ed so to do i I wt:# be Teachtf? Ifii'-i PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA„ BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH. " RE6ARDLESS OP DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER." totes held in this county during the year, con ducted, as formerly, by the Superintendent.as sisted the prominent teachers' in the county. Although these teachers' gatherings were not quite as numerously attended, as in the two previous year", still they Were well sustained, aud the apparent good accomplish ed, was greater than on any previous similar oceasious. Several ne* methods were adopt ed to rouse up the teachers as well as to eu list the co-operatiofl of parents. These plans were ruccesHul in accomplishing both of the objects aimed at. In addition to the five coun ty Institutes, township or district drills have been sustained in several of our townships.— These are producing their legitimate fruits and becoming popular with teachers and employ ers. County Association. —This organization has been in existence for six years, and each year is giving evideuce of its increasing popularity ana usefulness. The association hold four meetings.one at the county seat and the others at places fixed by adjourumeut.thus each town ship in the couuty will iu turu be visited by this itinerant educational organization . * Ttsnktrs' Class's —The Susquehanna Colle giate lustitnte, located at Towanda, bus sus tained large teachers' classes during each school term for the past year. The members of thse classes have been istructed in the sciences taught in onr public sebools, aud in the science of teaching by lectures and drills, given by i'rof. O. S. and William 11. Dean, Principles f the Institute, aud occasionally by the Sup erintendent. Select Schools were opened during the fall months in several of tbe townships, in which large numbers of teachers are taught by those ot better education and more experiance than themeslves. The good results of these classes were seen at the f n!i examinations of teachers, as well as in the schools taught by tho*e who attended them. L' turns —Or as they are familiarly called. P outing SchooU or Societies, are kept up in many of our districts during the winter terms ot the ?ch.o's Ttie teaeliers and older pupil* tv'gcther with citizens in the vicinity, take an active jmrt iu the discussions carried out at these meetings. 1 have thought it to be my duty to atteud and eueourage these organiza tions, aud have accordingly done o whereever 1 found them so conducted as to give promise of usefulness I have also encouraged evening schools, when properly managed, in \ hieh the scholars and others interos'cO.get together under the charge of the teacher, for the purpose of giving more attention to!?peWing, Arithmetic, Geography or G rammer. I Yd,' >r.s —There are three hundred and fifty three schools in Bradford,with an average term dnr.ng the year, of about five months \Vi:h three facts in view, it will be appareob that each school cannot be visited twice in the vcar. T • *choo! have however bcea visited luring tbe year once, with one or two exaep tios.s, an i a few iw.ee. To goto eacu school ev c n once, it has been accessary to make ti.e stay shi rter than waul ] otherwise be desira ble. In these calls I have invariably been kindlv received by scholars and teachers, many of whom have evinced much anxiety to receive instruction and advice in order to profit by the*e vhr.s. Directors have generally beeu with me in these call*. THR examinations lat year, were m we con fined to qnestions rcquintJ? written an>wer* t loan ou former occ&s*ens. Two reasons operat ed to iauuee me to take this course number of applicants frequently present there beW often between forty and fifty, rendering it irr;>e#sil'le to co thro 1 h with any thing like a thorough examination orally, iu which eachuacatr must be a>xed a number of ques teens aud the answers be retained in the memory of the examining office". Again, by adopting this plan, I was enabled to be more particular and preo*e in grading certificate*, than 1 could possibly aave beeu by adopting the other uiettod. —Toe local press continues to do a good work from year to year, for the cause of c mtnon school* The colaa.i:* of ear papers are aiwavs opeu few educational articles, and the schcui *T<ieni ol the Commonwealth has fritods atxi ardeot so? porters iu OGr ed itors, aud thanks are due to them for their ?a<Hcibfl* efforts in furtherance of the cause. Her trie. —A* three years, or a Superinten dent's official terra, ha* cow eipired since the presert rficarobrent came into offiee.lt may aot be ami** to look back and see what has beeo acooiirpiireitd oarug these three years Faat a M oaa beeo dene that tue good of the cause demanded, or its friecis aßt.C(pateJ, co oue understands more fully, or concedes more frcclv than the nadereigoed, equally willing is he to allow that much more might have been bivosnt about tbaa be has been able to ac complish. soli it may be we'd to look over Ihe a s>v in wii.ch we have trave.ed. A snort re v - w may .isolate as to renewed energy, and call forth mere zeal for tbe fbree years to come Tti'rr axve beets heH fifteeo County Insti tute*. at wiicfa over thirieea iiULdren teachers or young persons rat ending tobcooaM teacher* *iSc been ia attendance lor the parpe of rt cc.viiig instruction ia '-'a-: branches taught ia car public sZhooTs, as we!! a? in the c:ec?e of recti aticz, mattering, governing and teaching scnook : fi/tv-fowr wwnskiis dniia have tree btiu tc i.arect aectiwos oi the coaoty Hun dred* of d.rtctors, and others engaged ia the cazse, have aßeaded these meeting*, asd been iostrncted, and thereby what tbe tearkr re doing for tbuar luaproremeat: ooe aoadred and tweatj-tuoe aodresses aoO czsav* were presented to these t-Sv.tz.es azo drd.s, and mew; of the edacauonal topics of tbe day have been dijeaszed by teacaers and others who come to sec and bewr and gain ra fonmatioo The bitter epposouoa to tbe scfcooi v*w, which a few yeare since was so general, has greatlv abatcd.althozgh cot wool y dose away it :* at l-'Rjt cciet, especially is this true, as re cord? the haildioc tmi ~ Very rawajr of ar aretogiea lor school houses whork itax *c out azi which.. either ia the street or cs toe Lte cf the highway, are supplanted by convenient build ings situated in comfortable yards and supplied with accommodations in the way of outhouses. Greater uniformity iu text books has beeu se cured notwithstanding there is very much more to be dooe ID this matter before the law shall have been fully complied with. A few years since schools were not classed, and teachers conducted their schools without regard to system so far at least as recitations were concerned. Now hardly a school in the county can be fonud iu which a regular system of classification docs not prevail. Among these teachers who have tried to keep np with the times, a strong desire has sprung up, and is kept alive, to become better acquainted for their business, aud they seek to gain these qualifications by meeting with oth ers engaged iu the same employment, so that now teachers all over the couuty know each other personally, they know each other* joys and sorrows, their failures and "accesses. Each is willing to receive and impart to every other one, so that all may draw from the common stock of the experience of all. Directors, being to some good degree at least, supported by the people, and knowing their duties better are coming up more fully to tbe requirements of the law. It is not claimed that these results are sole ly produced by the workings of the superin tendency, but that this, with other causes has operated to elevate the standard of our com mon school*, will hardly be denied. That offi cer, where he performs his duty faithfully, is, SJ to spenk, director and coutroller of the movemeuts, he is or should be, who puts things iu motion, and to whom others look to take the lead iu every thing that is calculated to improve the schools. Much less is it pretended that these results are to be attributed solely to the present MI perintendent. The individual who held the office the first term, had very much to do in clearing the way, and very serious obstacles to overcome, which, had they not beeu removed, would well tiigh have paralized the efforts of his successor*. No small share of the credit is therefore due to hita, for the success thus far attained. I cannot, injustice to my own feelings close this last aunual report of my first term, with out expressing my sincere thanks to the direc tors, teacher* and citizens of Bradford couuty, for their unremitting kindness toward me, while engaged in my official duties, kindness commenced with the first day of my labors, and continued tili the entire close of the three years. I have always been made welcome at their home*, and encouraged in ray public efforts to improve their School*. Bat for their syuipa thv. conE iene" and co operation m 7 labor* would have ben iu vain, but for their kiiid b. vs and hopita!i:y, I should Lave felt a* a :ranger among tl.em if not an intruder n; on thorn. When I have been dibpartened by seeing *o little g >J accomplished, and ready to give up trying to do any tuing. oliea at ?ach times have I beeu cheered and encouraged by kind, sympathizing words from some one whose sympathy aud encouragement were least expected, often have I been stimulated to re newed exertion, at aueh time?, by kind acts of directors and grateful expressions from teach ers. These acts of kiuduess aud hospitality, will not be forg-lienor unappreciated, so long as memory "hall endure, or gratitude hold a place in mv heart " CHARLES F COBURX. Sup": of Bradford Couaty. Towanda, May 21, 1660. A Fie $ I)o.—They boast of a remarkable dog dawD in Alabama. He is a smail do/, rather on the fierce order, but for three years, with only three or four exceptions, rain or shine, hot or eo'd. with company orwlthont.be ha* not failed to attend divine service every Soubata at tue neighboring church. He seems to knoar inatiaclireij whea the time comes.— It happened onca that the dog had gone ia the earlv part of the wc>.-k to spend afe* day* at a house some miles from home Wbeu Saturday eveaiag came, however, he went nouie as usual, and on the next morning he presented hiaostif at church. It mikes co d.fference whether any of tbe family go to chutca or not, he is always at QIS post. More over, when there, he behave? himself a* agoou d"g should. He stations himself near the door, and if any profane hog or cow comes rambling too near, he as a *a.eiessi/ as possi ble drives them away. And what is remark b!e, considering the customs prevailing to many of our chcreh??. he has never been seeo to iaog.n or ta;k. or to attract attention or dis turb the service sarong ail the tome. Rrts* OT S"YF GovcrrMirr? —Always si: next to the carver, if yoa can, at dinner Ask no woman her age. Be cmt to all rich n&cies and aunts. Never joke with a poiiceraan. Take ao note? or eokl with yon to a fancy ba^ar —nothing hot silver Your oldest hat cf coarse, for aa evening party. Don't plaj at chess with a wrdow. Never contradict a man *Lo stutter*. Fa: down ihe blind before yoa pus cm yoar wig. Make friends with the steward on board of a steamer, there's BO know.og bow sooa yon may be placed to h s power. In every arrange house it is well to inqmre where the brandy is kept—only think if yoa were taken ill in the night! Keep yoer own aeerers. Tell co bomaa be AG TOO dye yosr whisker* Never effeod abotier—the wretch has too many chaaces of retaliation. W nte cot one letter more than yon can he,p The man who keep>* up a large correspocdewre is a martyr, tied not to the stake. bo to the coat Wad ap your conduct Sise yo or watcc o ace everv day, exact i cg ciccte j whether yoa are " f* o: s!o* " - fa?- Ooe of the authors of Mr. Lincoln's biography relates an interesting instance of the latters political sagacity. lie had trium phantly answered that set of interrogatories which Mr. Douglas calculated wonld crnsli hirz, and iu return had made up his mind that his antagonist should be presented with a col lection. His plan was to u>myl him, by pub lic interrogation, to repudiate the Dred Scott decision or the doctrine of unfriendly legisla i tiou in the Territories. Before the discussion commenced at Freeport, Mr. Liucolu informed his friends of his intention. They unanimous -1 ly connseled him to abandon his purpose : | " for,*' said they, " if you put that question to him, he will perceive that an answer giving practical force and effect to the Dred Scott | deci.-iou in the Territories inevitably loses him j the battle, and he w ill therefore reply by affirm ing the decision as an abstract principle, but j denying its practical application.'' " But," • said Mr Lincoln, "if he dues -that he can never be President." His frieud9 replied, " That is not your lookout—you are after the j Senatorship." " No, geutlemen," said he, " I ! am killing larger The battle of 1 BGO iis worth a hundred of this." From the day . that Mr Douglas promulgated this doctrine of " unfriendly legislation'' to save himself in Illinois, he was adoomed man iuall tbe South, and the " battle of 1860 " was won for tue Republicans, though Mr. Lincoln of course i could uot know that be was to be their gallant leader. SILENT INFLUENCE.—IT is the bubbling spring which flows gently, the little rivulet which runs along day and night by the farm house, that is useful, rather than the swollen llood.or the warring cataract. Niagara excites our wonder, and we stand amazed et the power and greatness of God there, as he ' pours it from the hollow of hi* hand.' But one Niagara is enough for the coutinent or the world— while the same world requires thousands and tens of thou-auds of silver fountains and geutly flowing rivulets that waterevery farm meadow and every garden, and that shall flow every day and every night with their gentle, quiet beauty. So with the acts of our lives. It i= not by great deed*, like tho*e of tie martyrs, that good is to be done; it is by the daily quiet virtues of life, the meek forbearauce,the spirit of forgiveness in the hu*baad. the father, the mother, the brother, the sister, the friend, tbe i neighbor, that good i* to be done. £>2?" A Vermont horse-jockey boasting one day of his horse, gravely as-erted that Le could trot seventeen ni'les an Lour. " Seventeen urle* nn hoar 1' says a by 5 tan ' Jer, '' I guess as how that's a thamper' " My dear fellow," rej lied tbe Green Monn : taineer, " seventeen miles is uo great shake r the critter, now ; for when he was but three rears old, the: ghtr.ing killed the old mare,and eha- i the colt ail aroand the pasture without i getting withing striking distance of him." Lorenzo Pow is still remembered by 1 some of tbe " old fogies as one of the most ( eccentric rnea that ever lived. Oa one occa ' sion he took the liberty, while preaching, to deoouuee a rich man in the community, recent ly deceased The result was an arrest, a trial for slander, and an imprisonment in the coun ty jaa. After Lorenzo got out of "limbo he announced that, in spite of his ,in his opin ion unjoat punishment) he should preach at a given time, a sermon alxmt " another rich man | The populace rasgreatiy excited, and a crowd ed house greeted bis appearance. V ith great solemnity he opened the Ibble, and read, "A.nd there was a rich man who died and went to then stopping short, and seenrng to be suddenly impressed, be continued : " I*retb ren, I shall not mention the place this rich man went to, for fear he has some re'atives in this congregation who will sue me for defama tion of character." 1 Mrsqtrrot* Masqoitoes, sjy? somebody, love beef blood better than they do any that *k>w in the veins of hnrr.ar. kind. Just put a couple of generous pieces on plates, near your bed at n ght, ar.d JOB will sleep untroubled by these pests. In tbe morning yea w.,l find them : full and stupid with the beef blood, anu the meat sacked as dry as a cork WORTH TBVING —Coal oil is said to be a , sure destroyer of bed bugs. Apply pleotifu!- , ly with a sum .1 Lruh or feather to the places • where they most do cocgreg-u*. Tne cure is 1 effectual aai permanent. Glt frames, cnaa deliers, ku, rubbed lightly ever with cca! oil, will no: be disturbed by £ es. PRISTS?. ROEBEO —The U .ica Hera.! GIVES the following account of the robbery of a printer iu that city :" A pritrer—as printer? sometimes will—got xctj drunk the ctcer night, and in the coarse of his wanderings j brought up oa TV bites Sort) s*r?et, where he took a short nap oa the steps of a house On awakening. he discovered that he had been robbed. His pockets had been picked and relieved of all their contents consisting of a ' brass rule and a wooden comb He left, thoroughly 'cleased oat,' and tbemgh y d s gusted wl;h a city where a man can not s'.een on the sidewalk iasa'tty. jof~ Personal respectability is totally in dependent of a iarge income. Its greatest secret is self-res;eci Poverty can never de , grade those who never degrade themselves by !vaia pretence or dup'ioity is sua by the doctors to be a 1 good exercise tor toe health, bat many a poor wretch has come to bii death by it. |gs~ A Texas paper says of Gen too that he locks feeWe in bea.th. He now g;es upon a cnitcV because of latreeess la ooe ->f h;< inkle# the effect of a woo ad r weired at 1 isau J actfio VOL. XXI. —NO. 14. <fbnfationil llfp;uimtut. fcgr The Teachers' 1 for Bradford County, for the fall of lsbO, will be holdeu at the following times and places, viz : For the town 6 of Wiudhnm, Warren, Or well. Rome and Litchfield, at the TTniou Church iu Windham, on Monday, September 10. For the towns of Smithfield, Athens, Uls ter, the two Burlington?, Springfield, and Ridgbnry, on Monday, September 24, at Smithfield Center. For the towns of South Cretk, Wells, Col umbia, Troy, Armenia, Canton, Leßoy, and Granville, Monday, October 1, at Alba. For the towns of Frankliu, Overton, Al bany, A?y!crn, Monroe, the two Towaudas, Wysox, and Sheshequin, on Monday, October 8, at Monroeton Borough. For the towns of Wyalasing, i'ike, ller riffe, Standing Stone, Tuscarora, Terry, and Wilinot, on Monday, October 15, at Merryall. Each Institute will commeuce at 2 o'clock, p, m , and dose on Saturday, at 12, noon. It is expected that the teachers of the coun ty, will attend at lea-t one of these gather ings. All interested iu our schools, are iuvited to meet with us as frequently as possible Teachers will bring with them Readers, Spell ers, Intellectual and Written Arithmetics, Music Books, and paper und pencils. C. R. COBURX. TowanJa, Aug. 14, 18G0. Teachers' Classes. We are glad to learn that there will be several schools, in different portions of the Conuty during this fall, for the education and improvement of teachers. They are not, or w ill not be, perhaps, any of them, strictly Normal schools ; but w ill organize Teacher's classes. There were four or five such last fall iu the county, and much g<x>d was done by them. Young teachers were materially aided by the drills received and the lectures given and those of considrable experience found the-e -ch'xols convenient places for them to review their studies, and gain some knowledge of those not before understood. If there were a ?u3icieijt number of these partially normal schools in the county every fail, to accommo date the teachers of the county, and if all who could possibly do so, would avail them selves of the advantages of these institutions, our schools would soon be far in advance of what they now are. There is a large Normal cias- in coouectioQ w.th the r-usquehaiina Collegiate lulitute, but this class does not contain a tithe of the teach ers who ought to attend such a class, all caa not attend iustitnt.on, who vri-h to at tend school for a few and they would not be accommodated if tbey coald. Let therefore, there be such places for teachers to be educated, started wherever they can be -nstalned. If teachers, and those who wish v b- come teachers, cannot go three months, let tbtm go two. —that is better than nothing. A mo-t thorough drib in the branches stu died is of course the Erst thing to be attended to, but this is by lo means all that is required for a tea-.hera' They need to be taught bow to teach.—how to arrange and classify schools, —bo* to manage aDd govern schools, —bow to interest pupils iu study.—how to conduct recitations and school exercises,—now to manage so as to make themselves agreeable to ail. and useful in the school r.oa and oat of it. A knowledge of the branches is but a small of what a successful teacher rna;t know, manv things that he cannot learn from books most be taught to him, or he will never be a successful instructor. A school for the in struction of teachers sboold itself be a model <*bool. for order, system, thoroughness, punc taali'.v, exactness and eood government. The teacher who undertakes to give instruction to other teachers, and prepare them for their da tie 5 should be himself a model teacher, one whose example everywhere, and upon all or cisions is worthy of imitation, whose influence at all times is salutary for god. Teachers attending these normal classes, would do well to provide themselves with some one or more good work upon the subject of teaching, and use it as a text bock, study it as thev wiuld. or GO. any other text look.— Sar.lv* no teacher * 11 suppose that be ts so far in advance of ether-*, that he cannot be in structed bv s todyir.g. w.th great cure, some such work as Pages" Theory and Practice of Teaching : North ends Parent and Teacher ; Abbott's Teacher, Ac. INrha;w there is no other one thing in which young teachers fail, and some older cues too, so frequently, &s in the arrangement and government of scho is. At tbee teachers' classes then,they should be told how to do these things, ar:4 ahowa how to do taem. teach perse frequently procure fair certifi cate?, ana in consequence of such certificate, obtain good, and often large schools.—but when the* come to manage ami control their scho!**?. tbey entirely ftU, and then the w Is •i-hoei "?tcm tocether w.th a., ol its of..;ers is blamed for the failure. Are *e teaching or are we cot * Are we giving bread or giving poison ? Is it the fruit of the tree of life, or the fruit of the tree of knowledge cu'y ! which, if it makes us like unto Gods, drives us oat of pir.vLse at the same t.m*. wbivh we are holing forth to oor popib. These are mo men teas questions JFy* Tee parent who visits the school most is sore to get the most of the teacher? service. Adrise voar teacher bat do not slander h.m pgr When yea Lave spokea the wen t reigns over yoo : bat while it is oct yet spo ken. yoa reign over it. py Ignorance is tTer as-summ* and - z "■' ; traot. bet humility the beet foundation l *ta. worth
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