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