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RPIIOMAS J. INGHAM, ATTOR-
Jl NEY AT LAW, LAPORTE, Sullivan
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PEORGE D. MONTANYE, AT
VT TORNFY A T LA If—Office in Union
Block, formerly occupied by JAMACFAKLASK.
WT. DAVIES, Attorney at Law,
• Towanda, Pa, Officfe with Wm. Wat
kius, Esq. Particular attention paid to Or
phans' Court business and settlement ot dece
dents estates.
MERCUR A MORROW, Attorneys
at Law, Towanda, Penn'a,
The undersigned having associated themselves
together in the practice of Law, offer their pro-
Ir-sional services to the public.
ULYSSES MERCUR, P. D. MORROW.
March 9,1865.
PATRICK A PECK, ATTORNEYS AT
LAW. Offices In Union Block, Towanda,
Pa., formerly occupied by Hon. Wm. Elwell.and
in Patrick's block, Athens, Pa. They may be
consulted at either place.
U. W. PATRICK, apl!3 W. A. FECK.
HB. McKEAN, ATTORNEY &
• COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Towan
da, Pa. Particular attention paid to business
in the Orphans' Court. July 20, 1866.
HENRY PERT, Attorney at Laiv,
Towan ia, Pa. jun27, 66.
WH. CARNOCHAN, ATTOR
• NEY AT LAW, Troy, Pa. Special
attention given to collecting claims against the
Government tor Bounty, Back Pay and Pensions.
Office with E. B. Parsons, Esq. June 12,1865.
DR. H. WESTON, DENTIST.—
Office in Patton's Block, over Gore's Drag
and Chemical Stors. Ijan66
LUIWARD OVERTON Jr., Attor-
J_Jnry at Law, Towanda, Pa. Office in Mon
anyes Block, over Frost's Store. July 13,1865.
DR. R. DAVIES, LERAYSVILLE, PA.
has permanently located tat the office
formerly occupied by Dr. B. DeWitt, for the
practice of nis profession. May 9,1867.
IOIIN N. CALIFF, ATTORNEY
■*) AT LAW, Towanda, Pa. Also, Govern
ment Agent for the collection of Pensions, Back
Pay and Bounty.
*#" No charge unless successful. Office over
,he Post Office and News Room. Dec. t, 1864.
I USES A DEMOREST, Coopers,
*t Towanla, Pa. All '.kinds of Cooper Work
on hand and made to order. Particular atten
tion given to repairing. Work can be obtained
at the shop in the Keystone Brewery, or at the
store of W, A. Rockwell. Cash, or work, paid
for stock. May 9,1867.
OD. STILES, M. D., Physician and
• Surgeon, would announce to the people ot
Rome Borough and vicinity, that he has perma
nently locate i at the place formerly occupied by
Dr. G. W. Stone, for the practice of his profes
sion . Particular attention given to the treat
ment ot women and children, as also to the prac
tice of operative and minor surgery. Oct. 2,'66.
DR. PRATT has removed to State
street, (first above B. S. Russeil & "Co's
Bank). Persons from a distance desirous of con
sulting him, will be most likely to find him on
Saturday of each week. Especial attention will
be given to surgical cases, and the extraction of
teeth. Gas or Ether administered when desired.
July 18,1866. D. S. PRATT, M. D.
DOCTOR CHAS. F. PAINE.— or
fice in GOKK'S Drag Store, Towanda, Pa.
Calls promptly attended to at all houis.
Towanda, November 26, 1866.
1) W'D MEEKS—AUCTIO NEE R.
JU All letters addressed to him at Sugar Run,
Bradtoid Co. Pa., will receive prompt attention.
FRANCIS E. POST, Painter, Tow
anda, Pa, with 10 years experience, is con
fident he can give the best satisfaction in Paint
ing, Graining, Staining, Glazing, Papering, Ac.
tar Particular attention paid to Jobbing in the
country. April 9, 1866.
T K. V AUG HAN— Architect and
• Builder. —All kinds of Architectural de
signs furnished. Ornamental work in Stone,
Iron and Wood. Office on Main street, over
Russell A Co.'s Bank. Attention given to Ru
eal Architecture, such as laying out of grounds,
Ac., Ac. April 1,1867. —ly.
J J. NE W ELL,
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
Orwell, Bradford Co., Pa,, will promptly attend
to all business in his line. Particular attention
given to running and establishing old ordispu
ted lines. Also to surveying of all nnpattented
lauds as soon as warrants are obtained, my 17
WHERSEY WATKINS, Notary
• Public is prepared to .take Deposi
ons, Acknowledge the Execution of Deeds,
Mortgages, Power- of Attorney, and all other
instruments. Affidavits and other pipers may
be sworn to before me.
Office opposite the Banking House of B.S.
Russell A C., a few doors north of the Ward
House. Towanda, Pa., Jan, 14, 1867.
I). K N A PP,
Watch Maker and Dealer in Gents and Ladies
Watches Chains and Finger Rings, Clocks, Jew
elry, Gold Pens, Spectacles, Silver ware, Plat
ed ware, Hollow ware, Thimbles, Sewing Ma
chine, and other goods belonging to a Jewel
ry Store.
Perticular attention paid to Repairing, at
his old place near the Post Office, Waverly, N.
Y. Dec. 3,1866—tf.
JOHN MORAY,
ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER.
Will promptly attend to all business in his line.
Special attention given to Landscape and Stere
oscopic Photography. Views of Family Resi
dences, Stores. Public Buildings, Animals, Ma
chines, etc., taken in the best manner.
Particular attention given to the novel and
beautiful stere-copic representation of objeets.
Orders received at Wood A Harding's Ph olo
graphic Art Gallery, Towanda.
Towanda, April 23,1867 yl.
rPHM D N DERSIG NED HAVE
A opened a Banking House in Towanda, un
der the name ci O. P. MASON A CO.
They are prepared to draw Bills of Ex
change, and make collections in New York,
Philadelphia, and all portions of the United
States, as also England, Germany, and France.
To Loan money, receive deposits , and to do a
general Banking business.
G. K. Mason was one of the late firm of
Laporte, Mason A Co., of Towanda, Pa., and
his knowledge oi the business men of Bradford
and adjoining Counties,and having been in the
banking business lor about filteen years, make
this house e desirable one, through which to
make co ilections.
G. F. MASON,
Towanda, Oct. 1, 1866. A. G. MASON.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF MI&
celianeous and Juvenile Books at
BiDGWAY'S DRUG A BOOK STORE.
PAPER, ENVELOPES, "BLANK
Books, Writing Fluid, Ink, Pens, Pencils,
Slates, Paper Slates, Visiting Cards. Reward
Cards, Writing Desks, Ac., at
BIDGWAY'S DBUG.4 BOOK STORE,
' jjj
E. O. GOODRICH, Publisher.
VOLUME XXVII.
hotels.
HOUSE, TOWANDA, PA.
On Main Street, near the Court House.
C. T. SMITH, Proprietor.
Oct. ft, 1866.
IC AN HOTEL,
TOWANDA, PA.,
Having purchased this well known Hotel on
Bridge Street, I have refurnished and refitted
it with every convenience for the accommoda
tion of all who may patronize me. No pains will
be spared to make all pleasant and agreeable.
May 3,'66.—tt. J. S. PATTERSON, Prop.
HOUSE, a four story brick
k/ edifice near the depot,with large airy rooms,
elegant parlors, newly furnished, has a recess in
new addition for Ladies use, and is the most
convenient and only first class hotel at Waverly,
N. Y. It is the principal office tor stages south
and express. Also for sale of Western Tickets,
and in Canada, on Grand Trunk Bail-way. Fare
to Detroit from Buffalo, $4, is cheaper tnan any
other route. Apply for tickets as above to
C. WAKFORD.
tar Stabling and care of Horses at reasonable
rates.
Waverly. N. Y., 0ct.26,1866.-3m. C. W.
gMITHBORO HOTEL,
SMITHBORO, N. Y .
Having rented aud Refitted this well known
Hotel, 1 am ready to accommodate all who may
favor me with a call. I hava a large Hall at
tached, suitable for lectures, dances, &c. Pass
engers carried to any point by applying at the
Hotel. No pains will be spared to make every
thing agreeable and comfortable for the t ravel
ing public. J. B. VANWINKLE,
Jan. 10,1867. Proprietor.
iUillincrt) ant) Dress fllaking.
GRIFFIN,
Would respectfully ask the ladies to call and
examine her stock of Spring Millinery Goods,
just received from New York. Every thing
beautiful and new. in the line ot Bonnets, Hats,
Trimmings, etc. She takes pleasure in offering
to her friends and the public generally.
Of her work, those who have patronized her,
are the best judges, and to them she refers.
Towanda, April 23,1867 6w*
jyjlS S ES WOUGHTER & SHIP
DRE3S MAKERS.
Rooms over Bramhall A Cowell's Store, Main
Street. Second Door below Beidleman's Block.
Towanda, Pa., April sth 1867.—3 m.
JjILLINERY.
MRS. J. C. PIERCE,
Would announce to the citizens of Towanda,
and the public generally, that she has just re
turned from New York with a well selected as
sortment of Goods, and opened a
MILLINERY STORE,
Over Shlam's Clothing Store, in the front room
formerly ocenpied by W. C. Bogart, Esq.,
where she will be pleased to see the Ladies of
Towanda and vicinity, being confident that with
a varied and well-selected assortment she can
supply their wants.
Having procured the services of one of the
best Milliners trom the City, she believes that
she can give entire satisfaction. Particular at
tention given to STRAW WORK.
tar Come and see us. Dou't forget the
place, over Shlam's Clothing Store, next door to
Mercur's Store.
Towanda, April 8, 1867.
MISS M. A. BUFFINGTON,
Would announce to the ladies ot Towanda and
vincinity, that she is now prepared to give her
time and atteution to
DRESS MAKING,
And solicits a share of their patronage, All or
ders will be promptly attended to. Rooms at
the residence of N. J. Keeler, (up stairs) two
doors east of Dr. Pratt's office,on State street.
Towanda, April 15, 1867.
E W MILLINERY
AT MONROETON.
Miss EMMA SILL & Miss MAKION S. RIDGWAY,
Having just returned from New York with a
fine and well selected assortment of
MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS,
Would inform their friends, and the public gen
erally, that they would be pleased to receive a
call from them at their rooms formerly ocenpied
by Mrs. H. M. Tracy.
tar Particular attention given to Straw Work.
April 17,1867.
fHistellaiuious.
T 0. OF O.F.—BRADFORD LODGE
JL No. 167, I. O. of O. F., meets at Odd Fel
lows Hall, every Monday evening from the first
Monday in April to the first Monday in October
at 74 p. m., lrom Octob. rto April at 64 p. m.
J. S. CAREY, Sec'y.
April 23. 1867.
PUBLIC DRAY.—The subscriber
has had made a new and convenient DRAY
and will hereafter be prepared to do hauling for
all persons desiring his services.
His Dray will stand in front of Patch's store,
when not engaged and all orders may be left at
that store.
The patronage of the public is respectfully
solicited, as by prompt attention to orders, and,
by punctuality and low charges, he is determ
ined to merit a share ot custom.
FRANK STEPHENS.
Morch 28.1867.-3 m*
GRIST MILL.—I have purchased
the grist-mill known as the Hale Mill, sit
uated near the month of Towanda Creek, and
about two miles south ot Towanda Borongh.
I take this method of notifying my old friends
of my location, and am in hopes to gain many
new lriends and patrons by strict attention to
my business. All I ask is a fair trial, as lam
well satisfied that I can suit my customers.
WM. BAHR.
South Towanda, April 23, 1867.
JT E W A R RANGE ME N T
AT THE
NEWS ROOM AND BOOK STORE.
The undersigned having purchased the BOOK
STORE AND NEWS ROOM of J. J. Griffiths,
respectfully invite the old patrons of the estab
lishment and the public generally, to call and ex
amine our stock,
"ALVORD & BARBER.
8. W. ALVORD. F. E. BARBER.
1 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS EXPERI
. ENCE IN DENTISTRY.
J. M, SMITH, M. D., would respectfully inform
the inhabitants of Bradford County that he is
permanently located in Wavcr'y, N. Y„ where
he has been in the practice of his profession for
the past four years. He would say that from his
long and successful practice of 25 years duration
he is familiar with ail the different styles of
work done in any and ail Dental Establishments
in city or country, and is better prepared than
any other Dental operator in the vicinity to do
work the best adapted to the many and different
cases that present themselves oftentimes to the
Dentist, as be understands the art of making his
own artificial teeth, and has facilities for doing
the same. To those requiring under sets of
teeth he would call attention to his new kind of
work which consists of porcelain for both plate
and teeth, and forming a continuous gum. It is
more durable, more natural in appearance, and
much better adapted to the gum than any other
kind of work. Those in need of the eame are
invited to call 'and examine specimens. Teeth
filled to last lor years and olteutimes lor life.—
Chloroform, Ether, and " Nitrous Oxide " ad
ministered with perfect safety, as over four hun
dred patients within the last lour years can tes
tify
I will le in Towanda from the 15th to 30th of
every month, at the office ot W. K. TAYLOR,
(formerly occupied by Dr. O, 11. Woodruff)—
Having made arrangements with Mr. Taylor, I
am prepared to do all work in the very best
style, at hla office, April 23,1867.
pteattatucuA
(Correspondence of the Boston Journal.)
Parisian Life and Character.
PARIS, March 24, 18C7.
A RAMBLE IN THE STREETS OF PARIS.
I propose to take a ramble through
the streets of this wouderlul city—
the heart and soul of France— the
capital of luxury, where fashion holds
her imperial court aud where plea
sure sets up her saturnalia, it is
Vanity Fair, where you may pur
chase anything, where you may
dauce away the golden hours, for
getful of the flight of time ; where
balls, masquerades, grand parties
and receptions are nightly held.—
And yet here, if seriously or studi
ously iucliued, you may fiud rich
stores of learning and exhaustless
Ueasures of art. You may stroll by
the hour through the long drawn gal
leries of the Louxembourg and Lou
vre, or attend without expense the
great schools of art and medicine.—
In this city tin re is full scope lor
wisdom or wickedness. No Sabbath
interrupts the hurly-burly. In the
churches masses are said. A few
thousand of the two millions of peo
ple enter the churches, dip their fin
gers in the marble-fountains contain
ing holy water, make the sign of the
cross, say a prayer, and then hie
away for a jolly time in the Champ
Elysee, or the Bois de Boulogne, or
at the race course. Sunday night is
the grandest of all nights at the the
atre. Week in and week out, day
and night, the hurly-burly goes on.
But we shall obtain a truer idea of
the life of the inhabitants by taking
a stroll the city than by dwelling
upon general statements. We can
even read the character of the French
as a people in the signs along the
Rues—their passion for sentiment.—
Take the names of the streets.
STREET SIGNS.
Paris takes takes good care of her
military renown. The soldiers of
France, and the citizens also, are
perpetually remiuded of the deeds of
valor won by the armies of the Em
pire. The room in which I write
fronts on the Rue de Rivoli, a name
emblazoned on the flags of Napole
on's battalions. It was at Rivoli in
his first Italian campaign, where he
overthrew the Austrians. Leading
from the Rue de Rivoli, is the Rue
Gastiglione, another Italian battle
field. So also Wagram, Austerlitz,
Eylau, Moscow, and other battlefields
won by the troops of the first Napo
leon are kept in remembrance. Nor
are the deeds of valor of the troops
of the present Emperor forgotten,
but their record of glory is kept be
fore the people in the boulevard Se
bastopol, Inkerman, the point d' Al
ma, and point d' Solferino.
One would think, judging from
street signs alone, that the people of
Paris were very religious, and so
they are in the matter of signs.—
There are nearly 200 streets which
are name after the Saints. What an
array of saintly names the street di
rectory presents ! Besides those
commonly known we have Saint E
loi, Saint Andrew of the Arts, Saint
Good, and Saint Opportunity. In ad
dition to these streets of the Saints
we may walk through the " Road of
the Cross of the Evangelist," the
" Cross of the Little Camp," the
" Cross of the Wooden Wainscot
ting," or the street of " David's Small
Tower." Names most sacred and
profane are indiscriminately used—
names which it is almost a sacrilege
to mention—the " Street of the Holy
Spirit," and the " Street of Hell 1"
Not only are such names given to
the streets, but looking from my win
dow I can see a sign over a store
door with this inscription : " The
shop of the Child Jesus." Farther
up the street the proprietor throws
out in glaring letters the name of his
eetablishment—"The Good Devil"—
and to impress it upon you he has
a pictured representation of his
guardian spirit—an imp with a horn
ed head carrying a carpet bag ?
Another proprietor has put up the
sign of the " Poor Devil." It would
require much space to give the curi
ous nomenclature adopted by the Pa
risian shop-keepers ; the above will
suffice for examples.
But in our ramblings we may pass
through the " Street of Ancient Com
edy," " Street of the Beautiful
Girls," " Street of the Little Shelf,"
the " Boquet of the Camps," " Basin
of Copernicus," " Good News of the
Miracles," " Street of St. Genevieve's
Almond Trees," " Street of the Wo
man Without a Head."
But with all this and much more of
the sentimentality, we come upon
streets which bear such honored
names as these : " Rue Beethoven,"
" Rue Bellini," " Rue Auber," " Rue
Rossini," " Rue Beranger," " Rue
Franklin," " Rue Petrarch," " Rue
Laplace." Generals, statesmen, po
ets, painters—great names in science
literature, art and jurisprudence--
not only in France, but of all lands,
are thus honored.
It is thus that we see along the
streets, in the very si<>ns which have
been put up, the peculiar features of
French characters—sense and non
sense, wisdom and wit, seriousness
and soberness —a strange mixture
which defies analysis.
BREAD.
Bread in Boßton and elsewhere in
the United States appears in the
forms of loaves ; but go into a Paris
bake shop and you will see it stand
ing up around the room in rolls as
long as fence rails ! There goes a
womau now, past my window, with
her left arm full of sticks of bread—
the sticks about four feet in length—
as if it were an arm-full of fire-wood
In her right hand is a stick of double
length, which she uses for a cane.—
It is fully seven feet long—literally
the staff of life 1
REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER.
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., MAY 16,1867.
In this matter of bread-making,
American bakers have something to
learn from the French. Bread here
is sweet, moist aud nutritious ; that
left at the doors of many of your city
readers is not unfrequently dry and
sour. The bread here is rather hard
baked, but other than that it is ex
cellent. And yet, for nice, nutritious,
hunger-satisfying bread, there is
none which can compare with that
baked in thousands of New England
kitchens where these lines may be
lead—those white, generous loaves,
moist and tender—the crust a deli
cate brown. Ah! it makes one's
mouth water to think of them ! You
farmers of New England, although
you have long winters—although
your laud is hard of cultivation, and
the remuneration of your yearly la
bors small, you sit down to better ta
bles than the people of any other
land ; aud although other lands may
be sunnier, other climes more genial,
there is none under the snn where
such good living can be found as at
your ever hospitable and generous
boards ; and better than all this,
there is no laud so abounding as
yours in honor, virtue, truth, and all
that can ennoble the mind and soul !
EMPLOYMENTS OF WOMEN.
There is no laud in which women
are so respected and honored as in
America. A woman in high life on
this side of the Atlantic is treated
with marked courtesy,but women, as
a class, are drudges aud nothing else.
Looking down from my window, I
see a scavenger's cart with two men
and two women, scooping up the off
al of the streets—the women with
great brush brooms, and the men
with shovels. Come with me to the
great market of St. Eustach, a few
steps from the Rne de Rivoli. It is
an immense structure—a great iron
shed or sheds, covering two squares
—women at all the stalls—burly,
red-faced, wielding cleavers, cutting
up sides of beef—fish women, crying
in shrill voice the excellence of their
sole and salmon—fruit women—also
sellers of vegetables, aud pretty
girls with flowers for sale, beseech
ing you with Buch grace that you are
the owner of a boquet before you
know it. There goes a woman with
a basket of potatoes on her head ;
another with a big tub filled with
meat. There comes one with a rack
on her back, filled high with bask
ets. Another trips along with a
yoke on her neck, bearing two pails
of butter milk. She is certainly un
der the yoke, and so are they all.—
High born—those who would go
down on their knees before the Duch
ess d' Angouleim, or my Lady High
flier, would crowd every one of these
hard working women into the gutter.
No respect is paid them in public
places. Gentlemen puff away at
their cigars in the cars without def
erence to the presence of a lady, no
matter how well dressed or well be
haved. No Frenchman resigns his
scat to a woman. He will bow very
low and do everything for Lady So
aud So, but for a woman whom he
may meet in public—never !
A WALK ALONG THE QUAY.
The river Seine, which winds thro'
the city, is bordered on both sides by
magnificent stone quays, begun by
the First Napoleon and completed by
his successor upon the throne. There
are nearly fourteen miles of stone
masonry along the stream, besides
the numerous bridges which span it.
The river is subject to freshets, and
the banks therefore are considerably
higher than the ordinary water level.
The river has its ports —or, we should
say—places of deposits for goods.—
Port Percy is the great depot for
wine, oil and firewood ; the Fort Aux
Tuites for bricks and slates ; " the
Port du Louvre" for goods from Ha
vre ; the Port d'Orsay for wine and
stone. But conspicuous in the river
are the immense floating bath and
wash houses. In the latter the linen
of Paris is washed. It is quite a
spectacle to see several hundred wo
men at the wash tubs rubbing and
scrubbing, with great kettles steam
ing, with bundles of dirty clothes go
ing in and baskets of clean ones
coming out, borne on the heads ol
stalwart washwomen. The fee for a
day's washing with cold water is
eight cents ; for the boiling of a ket
tle of clothes, two cents.
The bath houses are immense float
ing structures—some of which are
fitted up in excellent taste. The
largest and best is at the Quay d'Or
say, which has several large swim
ming saloons, three hundred and fifty
dressing rooms, divan and coffee
rooms, where the bathers can refresh
themselves after a bath. The rates
are at a moderate price for use of
towels, brushes and soap. Near the
Louvre is moored the " Good Samar
atane" bath house, where excellent
warm baths may be had for ton
cents. There are also sulphur and
medicated baths. In all there are
over two hundred bathing places in
the city, and furnishing an annual
average of 2,500,000 baths.
Most of the wealthy people have
baths brought to them. You see a
man pushing a hand-cart through the
street with a sheet-iron tank upon it,
and carrying a bathing tub. He
halts at a house, sends in his tub,
draws several buckets of hot water
from his tank, receives his fee and
goes on to find another customer.
The river baths are extensively
patronized by the poor people in hot
weather. When will Boston have
cheap warm baths for the poor ? The
crowds which last summer flocked to
the bath houses on Cambridge bridge
indicated their appreciation of the
privilege. Let them be multiplied—
give every man, woman and child a
chance to bathe without cost, or for
a trifle, and the result would appear
in raising the rate of the duration of
life. There would be less crime and
less wickedness. "Cleanliness is
next to Godliness." Who is there
among the wealthy men of Boston
who wants to send his name down to
the future ages, and receive the grat
itude of millions ?• If there be such
a man let him establish free baths,
and ten to one he will accomplish the
end. Surely America ought not to
be behind Europe in bestowing such
a blessing upon the people.
BUILDING.
The preseut Emperor is transform
ing Paris. The old city has disap
peared. Wide avenues have been
carried in every direction, cutting
right through the old town. The
"improvement" ot the city has been
entrusted to Baron Ilauseman, one of
the Emperor's personal friends, and
the Baron has used his liberty with
out regard to cost or anything else,
except to make Paris the most won
derful city in the world. He has
plowed right and left, north and
south, east and west, tearing down
and building up with astonishing
audacitj. The structures now rising,
whether public or private, along the
new boulevards, are magnificent and
imposing. There is but one kind of
material used—white limestone—
quarried a few miles north of the
city. There are no glaring brick
walls, but instead walls of uniform
color, a neutral tint, and pleasing to
the eye. The stone when quarried
is soft, and if put at once into the
wall may be dressed with an ax, but
it hardens by exposure. It is a
strange sight to see a workman with
a broad ax hewing the whole side of
a building, from top to bottom, dress
ing it as neatly as though it were
chalk. Outside walls, therefore, are
easily raised, and figures wrought
with facility. The comparative ease
with which the building material can
he wrought, its beauty, its beauty,
its unvarying tint, give Parisians a
great advantage over builders in
other cities, enabling them to rear at
little cost structures of surpassiug
beauty.
I know of no sight more imposing
than a look from the" Quays of the
Seiue. Stand ou the massive bridge
of St. Michael, which spans the river
at the very heart of the city. As far
as the eye can reach up and down
the street are massive buildings—'the
Tuiliers, the Louvre, the Palace of
Justice, the Legislatif, the Hotel de
Ville, Norte Dame, the Chamber of
Commerce, the theatres, with numer
ous massive private edifice , the
bridges, the long walls, holding the
river in its proper place—all so neat,
trim, beautiful and imposing, that
you involuntarily exclaim that there
is no city so beautiful as Paris.
STREET SCENES.
The streets of this capital of fash
ion and pleasure are alive with peo
ple. There is not the dull, heavy,
constant roaring of London ; there
is wanting the heavy traffic of New
York, but light vehicles roll along
by the thousand. It requires twenty
thousand cabs to do the light riding
of this people. Riding is so cheap
that you cannot afford to walk.—
Thirty cents will carry you anywhere
inside of the city walls in a cab, but
cheaper than cabs are the omnibuses
- -not running belter skelter, but un
der a system—all owned by one com
pany with some 000 omnibuses and
7000 horses, carrying eighty million
passengers per annum. The east
and west lines intersect with those
ruuning north and south, so that you
can reach almost any section of the
great city for six cents.
Stand anywhere you please aud
watch the never ceasing tide of life
sweep by. Omnibuses, always full,
cabs jogging at a regular pace,great
loads of hay not pitched of in fork
fulls, but done up in wisps and sold
by the wisp ; loads of wood done up
in little bundles, brush for kindlings,
tied up by the peasant women. Now
a great wagon filled with calves,
going to market, all of which had
inspection at the city gate to ensure
heath in the Metropolis ; now a pro
cession of wine trucks ; here comes
the great stone crusher, weighing
several tons, grinding the broken
stone to powder beneath its ponder
ous pressure ; soldiers from Algeria,
swarthy Turcos with Zouave cos
tume ; soldiers of the line iu trim
uniform, of the Imperial top heavy
with bear-skin cap; workmen in
wooden shoes—such shoes as would
make a sensation in Boston—clamp,
clamp, clamp they go upon the side
walk—-worn here in Paris and
throughout France, by those too poor
to wear anything as soft as leather.
And now the workwomen, in coarse
dress, but eveiy one wearing a white
ruffled cap. It is their only head
dress. Never a bonnet have thpy
owned, nor will they ever own o|e.
At home or abroad it is ever the same
white cap. Look at that space a
rouud the tower of St. James and
you behold it filled with servants
and young children, and every little
toddling creature, every infant, chub
by-cheeked girl, tumbling on the
grass or making dirt pies, wears a
white ruffled cap. A work woman
or servant girl appearing without a
cap would be out of her sphere. And
what strong creatures these servant
girls are ! They will carry a great
trunk up to the fifth story, or tos6 it
from the ground to the top of a cab
as if it was the easiest task in the
world.
But enough of this rambling.—
Next week the Exposition will open,
and I shall endeavor to give early
information of what is to be seen.—
CARI.ETON.
NEVER chew your words. Open
the mouth and let the voice come out. A
student once asked, "Can virchue, forti
chude, gratichude, or quiotchude, dwell
with that man who is a stranger to recti
chude ?"
A stray contraband from down
South was lately inspecting a horse power
in operatian, when he broke out thus :
"Mister, I have seen heaps of things in
my life, but I never saw anything whar a
horse could do his own work aud ride him
self, too."
For tho Reporter.
SCHOOL GOVERNMENT-
It is alleged by some that as good
order is not maintained in our schools
at the present day, as formerly, aud
various causes are alleged for the de
fection.
Some charge it to the inexperience
and want of self-control on the part
of teachers, others to the want of co
operation and support of parents and
directors, while another class make
the County Superintendency a sort of
wholesale scape-goat to bear the sins
of the people, whether of omission or
commission.
It is said "that distance lends en
chantment to the. view." How much
of the laudation of the schools of for
mer days may be attributed to such
enchantment we shall not attempt to
determine. Nor is it necessary to
our present purpose to question the
truthfulness or falsity of the allega
tion, for it is freely admitted that
want of good order is one of the prom
inent defects of our schools. The
great question is, how is this defect
to be remedied ? and are we ready
to apply the necessary means ? A re
formation is needed, in this all will
agree. That each may go about the
work and know the
part he is to act, it is necessary to
know the causes, remote as well as
immediate.
The first and chief cause we name
is, defective family government.
Children properly governed at home
seldom give the teacher tro.uble at
school. This remark we have so often
heard from the lips of experienced
teachers, from parents aud directors,
and it accords so exactly with our
own experience that we are forced to
accept it as "the truth" "and nothing
but the truth," if not the whole truth.
That as good family government is
not maintained now as formerly is an
assertion often made, and seemingly
with as much or more truthfulness
than that with reference to schools.
Indeed we have heard it remarked,
and often too,that family government
had shifted hands, once parents gov
erned their children, now children
rule the parents. Such remarks are,
p-.a baps, somewhat extravagant, yet
they contain too much truth.
That degeneracy in parental in
fluence and control over their chil
dren, has, and does extend its bane
ful influences into the school, no can
did observer,it is believed, will deny.
Here then we find an efficient cause
yet so remote as to be beyond the
direct control of teachers or school
officers. Will those parents who are
loud in complaints of the teachers
want of ability to govern schools
please to turn to the scriptures and
read the parable of the "mote" and
"beam" then consider the following
facts.
Teachers bought up under loose
government, never having been re
quired to govern their own temper
and feelings, and not having practi
cal knowledge of what good govern
ment is, can not be expected to main
tain that evenness of temper, friend
ship and decision of character neces
sary to the successful control and
discipline of others. It is contrary
to the nature of things that they
should. They may when they arrive
at mature years, see and feel that
their habits are wrong,that they have
not had proper discipline, may put
forth efforts to correct the evils, but
can not wholly eradicate them. The
power of self-control should be gained
before the habits become fixed.—
Again those, whose children are al
lowed to have their own way at home,
and indulge in improper practices,and
give loose rein to their passions, are
the ones most likely to bo incensed
at, and complain of teachers. The
character of the parents and habits of
the children render this probable,and
experience proves its truthfulness.—
Not the least obstacle in the way of
remedying evils of this character ex
ists in the fact that those most in the
fault, are the very persons least like
ly to realize the truth in the matter,
or take the steps necessary to reform.
Some (and some here includes far too
many) take sides with the child as
| against the teacher in any grievauce,
real or supposed, apparently because
their sympathy is with it, and it
seems to be the easiest way to get
along,—forgetting that the good of
the child requires that the whole
truth be known before a decision is
rendered. How often thus by a has
ty and imprudent course, is set in
motion a tide of untoward events
which destroys the order aud useful
ness of the school. Unfavorable re
marks are made—pupils take the
hint—trouble and discord,if not open
rebellion follow.
The truth of the whole matter is,
the teacher must have the co-opera-
J tion and moral support of the pa
trons of the schools, and must be
presumed to have done right until
upon a fair hearing it shall be proved
per Annum, in Advance.
to be otherwise. There is, we are
fully convinced, no other one thing
which serves so effectually to drive
persons from the profession of teach
ing as these difficulties and obstacles
in the government of schools. Ev
ery one of these adds to the neces
sity of an increase to salaries, for if
we throw obstacles in the way on
the one hand, dollars must be put iu
on the other to induce proper per
sons to attempt to overcome them.
Tliis truth can not be too forcibly
impressed upon the minds of all. In
proportion as the difficulties, perplex
ities and responsibilities of a calling
are increased so must the compensa
tion be augmented.
We do not desire in the least to
relieve teachers of the weight of re
sponsibility resting upon them in
this matter. They have an import
ant part to perform, which they
should undertake with cheerfulness
and earnestness. r 'Many of them neg
lect to cultivate the spirit and en
thusiasm of the true teacher without
which they must fail. Their hearts
are not in the work*. The sooner
such are induced to seek some other
vocation the better. There are ma
ny however who are laboring earn
estly and zealously for the good of
those in their charges. Let these
receive substantial encouragement.
We throw out a few suggestions
and hints which may possibly be of
service.
1. That teacher who fails to receive
the approval of the better judgment
of the majority of his pupils in his
means or mode of government, may
be assured something is wrong ; bet
ter search himself for it first.
2. The teacher who does not pos
sess a friendly or conciliatory spirit,
must not expect such spirit to be
manifested toward him by pupils or
patrons.
3. The teacher who feels thus: I
have the law on my side—don't care
whether you send to school or not, —
I'll have my pay any how, is, if in
school, where he ought not to be,
and the sooner he is out of it the
better.
4. The teacher who on becoming
acquainted with the larger pupils,
male or female, permits them to take
improper liberties, or those not al
lowed to others, should make a note
to this effect : I lack moral courage
and love of justice, for I show a par
tiality for which I am justly liable to
censure.
6. The teacher who cannot call to
order, reprove, or punish a pupil if
necessary, in the spirit of kindness,
but must to do either, be energized
by passion, may be assured he lacks
at least one quality essential to a
good teacher.
0. The teacher who is profuse in
commands, threats, promises, or use
of corporeal (punishment, gives evi
dence of weakness and want of
knowledge of human nature.
7. The efforts to prohibit entirely
the use of the rod in school, has had
an injurious effect upon the order of
schools and increased the necessity
for its use.
8. A wise discretion must be exer
cised in administering punishment ;
they never should be inflicted with
any other feelings than for the good
of the offender.
9. The teacher whose interest in
the welfare of his pupils, or whose
desire for improvement is not strong
enough to induce him to improve
some of his leisure time in prepara
tion for school room duties, lacks
that degree and kind of interest
which every teacher should possess.
10. The teacher who does not re
spect the rights and feelings of pa
rents, as far as is consistent with his
duty to his pupils, in managing the
affairs of his school, will not bo like
ly to receive such support as every
teacher needs.
THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER.
If there be a more beautiful spot
on earth than that which the men of
Paxon settled, we have not seen it.
From its source in Ostego Lake,!
where the great American novelist
has described it in language which
will never cease to be read ; along
by its lovely winding, where the
Chemung intersects the North Branch,
whose beauties have been embalmed
by one of our most graceful poets ;
by the Valley of Wyoming, which
lives forever in the imagination of
Campbell, but which is fairer even
than the semi-tropical fancy of which
! he was enamored ; on by the bold
i scenery of the meetings of the wa
ters at Northumberland, to its broad
1 glory, celebrated in the New Pas
• toral, and its magnificent union with
I the Chesapeake, every mile of the
i Susquehanna is beautiful. Other
I rivers have their points of loveliness
lor of grandeur ; the Susquehanna
1 has every form of beauty or sublim
! ity that belongs to rivers. We have
i seen them all: Connecticut, Hudson,
Delaware, Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri.
There is nothing like the Susquehan
na on this continent. Its peculiar
character depends upon its origin in
the New York meadows, its passage
through the magnificent Pennsylvania
highlands and the mountains. Every
where its coarse is defected ; begins
a wooded lake ; it winds a limped
brook by meadows and over silver
pebbles ; makes its way through
mountains ; it loiters, restiugly, by
their bases ; it sweeps in broad
courses by the valleys. Its vast
width,in its mid spring freshets,when
swollen by the melted snows, rushes
from the hills with irresistible force,
sometimes causing frightful inunda
tion, leaves, with its falls, island
in its channel, of the richest green,
and most surpassing beauty ; while
those passes through the mountains
afford poiuts of scenery far fiuer
than any one would believe them to
be from any description, if he ha
not seen them.
The Susquehanna makes the grand
est of these passages, just below tie
mouth of the Juniata. Its course
there is several miles long, before it
entirely disengages itself from the
rapids, called Hunter's 1 alls, which
are the remains of the rocky barnei
which once resisted its way. En
tirely at liberty, it pours'its stream,
a mile wide, along a channel sons
fifty or sixty feet beneath its bank.
About seven miles below the mount
ains, at a point where they look blue
in the distance, a sheltering well
from the northern blasts, flows in a
little stream which the Indians called
Paxetang, Paixtang, or Paxton.
This mountain ts the northern boun
dary of the Blue Ridge which, under
laid with blue limestone, covered
originally with the richest and no
blest forest growth, and including
within it the garden of all the Atlan
tic slope, extends from Easton, on the
Delaware, by Reading, Lebanon and
Lancaster, by Harrisburg, York and
Carlisle, by Chambersburg, Ilagers
town and Winchester, until it loses
in the North Carolina hills. The
point of greatest beauty in all that
valley, is the spot where it is cloven
by the Susquehanna.
A hundred and forty years ago, an
enterprising young man from \ oik
shire, in England, by descent, proba
bly, one of those Scandinavians,who,
under the great Canute, held posses
sion of the North of England, and
gave its main chaiacter to it, made
his way to Philadelphia. He mar
ried here a lady who came over with
a well-known Yorkshire family of
this city. Impelled by the same en
terprising spirit that brought him
-from the cfd world, and using the in
evitable eye that was characteristic
of him, he went to the banks of the
Susquehanna. He settled for a brief
period at a point above Columbia,
where the village of Baiubridge how
stands, a place much frequented by
the Conoy or Gawanese Indians. But
he was not satisfied with the loca
tion. Exploring upwards along the
eastern bank of the Susquehanna, he
advanced until, instead of the Conc
waga hill at his back and on the up.
posite side of the river, he found the
entrance opposite to him of that most
beautiful valley, already described,
with two Sue streams flowing into
the river about live miles apart, and
on the eastern side an elevated pla
teau unsurpassed in loveliness in the
wide world, with the little Paxton
flowing at the base of an elevated
slope or ridge of land. Here he
settled, and the ferry across the river
to the entrance of the Cumberland
Valley was called after liim.
His son, the first white child born
west of the Conewaga hills, subse
quently laid out a town on the spot,
and with a singular forethought set
apart six acres on a noble hill which
rises on the northwest, which he con
veyed to the State for public purpos
es. The Capitol of Pennsylvania is
now built upon it and the city of Har
risburg bears his namd.
NUMBER 50.
A DUEL AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. —AN
amusing duel took place recently
about five miles from Havana. Tt
origiuated "in a remark made by a
man to his friend on seeing a lady
coming out of church. The lady was
unknown to the person making tin
remark, but happened to be the oth
er's wife. A slap in the face was the
cousequence, and a challenge came
soon after. This was accepted, and
the seconds selected a place. The
wife got wind of the affair,and imme
diately took steps to prevent the
dreadful catastrophe. Her first
thought was to notify the police, but
that might have given her husband
the reputation of a coward, and she
took a better method by going to the
house of the other party, where she
met his wife, and a plan was soon
concocted between the feminiues.—
On the morning appointed lor the duel
both husbands got up early ; wives
ditto. Husbands took carriages, and
their wives—one armed with fiv<-
children and the other with three- -
took other vehicles in waiting. When
the two duelists arrived at the spot,
they were somewhat astonished on
seeing the two other carriages drive
up with their passengers, who coolly
informed the men that they also had
come to fight, so as to make it a com
plete family quarrel,each at the saint
time produced an empty purse and a
package of baby linen as their arms
and munitions of war. The little
ones had popguns and fire crackers,
and soon some indulged in a cry. It
is useless to add that the bloodthirsty
Benedicks made peace on the spot,
and returned to Havana in company
with their seconds to celebrate tin
affair over a c .ampagne dinner.
An editor in Illinois recently
saw a patent clothes washer. It was
in the shape of a wheelbarrow. The
revolutions of the wheel put in motion
a crank that moved the plunger that
pounded the clothes. The body of
the box was mounted where the load
is in a wheelbarrow. On the top of
the box was a wringer. A lady can
put her clothes in the machine, pick
it up and go out calling ; the longer
her list of friends the further she will
have to wheel her burden and the
better her clothes will be washed.—
Calling will then be of some use, and
an eternal gadabout will become a
first rate washerwoman.
WIGGINS was one day with A friend,
when lie observed a poor dog that had been
killed, lying in the gutter. Wiggins paused,
gazed at the dead animal, and at last said :
"Here is another shipwreck." "Shipwreck.
Where?" "Why here's a bark that's lost
| forever." His companion growled and
j passed on.
A young man in Cincinnati was
lined S2O for kissing a pretty girl when she
didn't want to. Many a young man has
i paid more than that after kissing a pretty
| girl who did want him to.