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CIM. TiNGLEY. Lireni:ed A uc
• honeer, Bona:. Pa. All calls promptly attetd
, i . May 9.1870
BLACK, General Fire, Lll',
. rind Arriel , roa/ Insurance Agrnt. Office 143.
m Rotel. WyaltiFlne. inn2:7o-6m
NIT 'WALLACE IiEELER,
e
.CIGN AND FRESCO PAINTER
7 ,wanda. Sept. 15. 1870-yr
& VINCENT, INSURANCE
- k r.,-„,.-0111,-4 , formerly nr,enpled by Mercnr
.r,u.onv door south of Ward House.
n.aylo- 70
T) row - LER, REAL ESTATE
11. PEALEII, No. IGO Warbington Street,
1.,, , a11.- and Wells Strorts, Chicago. Illinois.
I 1•. I .0.. pnroll3sr and inve,rtment. mute
. i m , ,. yLwicd. May 10.70.
TATiF.SS - MAKING, PATTERN
11 AND FITING In all fashionable
;-: •1. zLr,it potire. ROOMS in Merrur's New
• Ma.n.st.. kr,r Porte: A. Firby's Drug Stare.
MRS.JI. E. GARVIN.
la.. Ai 13. 1s c 1?
T AIR WORK OF ALL KINDS,
E I L i s. sWITCIFES, Crtll-S, DRAMS,
litark• in the, be, - t. rkannor and latest
Ward Itenho Barber Shop. Terms reaeonable.
•i Loc.lr-MG9.
pr,A.Ncis E. POST, PAINTER,
Towatl.t. Pa., with ten years experience, is rou
t r.: 1., can give tl hest satisfaction in Painting.
Ittprring, &C.
..!'• Particular attention paid to jobbing in the
april9.
T 01IN DITNFEE, BLACKSAIITII,
2.1 INIZOI:TON, Pd., pays particular attention to
• Burgles. Wagons, Sleighs. &Q. Tiro si t and
I.:ering done on short notice. Woe; find charges
u,siinteed satisfnetorr. 12,15,69.
:110S PENNYPA.CKEII., HAS
a.fain established liine , elf in the TAII.ORING
1 l shop over Rocieivell's Store. Work of
~.• ry description done in the latest styli e.
Towanda, April '2l, 1870.—tf
L ETIAYSVILLE WOOLEN MILL
..., rind. rsianed would resiw‘etfully annonnee to
• • loildie that he keeps constr.ntly on hand Woo:en
.•1, ca , simeres. Flannels. Yarns. and all kinds at
.4111 11114 11Altil7 & 13110ADI.EY,
tia. I Proprietor.
(TH YES OH YES !-AUCTION !
=2
alt calls promptly ationticd to and satisfaction
c aria! tl. ('all or mliircss, A. Mon; lifourrieton,
it , , 7 a comity.
eg -`: A TSI'ILLE MILLS !
tit
.o! , ,sgribrv. having pnrchnmed the Laßaypvillo
and refitted the sawn in good order, itt now
tr to do good wort , and to give general ratio
f.. !1. J. FRUTCHEY.
i Sept. '22:
f ENTS'• COATS, VESTS, AND
pv•nrittShirts. aiso ;:nd
'•:. LadteA' Underelotlain;t and Prrssew runcie
Mereltr's Nock. door
Satisfurtion grearault,:d.
‘.1,112t. I•'7o—ti
( 1 1 D'S NATIONAL PAIN
n ail,l Life Oil, are the Gret4 Fandls
iln.l a uel.,,lnc in every Lim., ag 3
• Itonray for more of all common ills of
,;:.•:y tn,.licine in inarlu t. Sold
I .1 4 0 igeilicinc generally. Manufactured
' "I. 1;11 , 1'0111 , , l'lnvaiin, 111., and 113 Main at.,
I.I',.:VILLE, N.Y. March 10, ' . 70-5• •
C . S. RUSSELL'S
EIEMEI
I'P, AA" E
BIM
T31.“-±KS)ITTITING !
• r .trulet a tic, shop. near my
Lam now prepared to do
I ttil it, branches. Parti.mlar attention paid
I.: Irons and ..1e ho,! Ilmjng Spent many
ti thit community, "in this Liminess, I trust
. ..,121.,1:t ;;Ilaratitc.o, of my receiving a Libor
mnt his r,nLtic p^tr, , r.awc.
-if
I=22IS=IEIS
T3ATENTSJ
.T. N. I)i: r1:73, of Patents,
7:; DROAIy STUEET, WAVERLY, N. Y.
dray lags, I,pecilications :tml rat
• •-d in inntanf; and properly 'conducting Apidi
n- for PATYNTS in the Unlnt:n S r.trro and
Ni 011:, NI, (' lIALOCS ',TN rt:Nrcer-q.grti.
.t - t - ,nntsry'r. I,:f. To ...?A'S UNTIL PATENT
• 1
Dl. 1'57.1
W. STEVENS, eOITNTY SUR
\ o. ni ( any I.tawn Bra3f3rd Co., Pa. Thank.
'n.any e.plo.;:ors for psst wOula
r : the citizens of Bradford County
: • s • to do any work to his line of bust
-. may be cntru=ted to him. Those having
huos woul.l `.s to II to have their property
,It Iv farveyi. , l 1 ..•f.)re anowlnf. th,lccilvea to
• In@u it neighbors. All work warrant
t..s, far as the nature (--r the ease will per
tulpatentea lands attended to as noon as
0. W. STLTENS.
• '2: l•-•'.1-1.r.
NEW -DYEING ESTA_IILISJ - 1-
`,11:7 , f T.
.u!,-riber tabes this method of Infer:nit:gibe
7 .' r.l T m.znaa and cieinitx that lie has opened
• 12 - -te.bl!ol-ment in Col. MEAN'. new build-
;ca MAIN STREET
t•• P.itt.•n' , i. an I that he Is nnw pre
t., it.. all wo:k in Lis hue. such as CLEANING
.• 't tl,t N• a' and gentlemen's garments,
the neatett manner and on the most
teener. Gave me a call aml examine mp
EN4Y nED DIN
METE
r E UNDERSIGNED HAVE
epened a flanking Ron&• in Towanda, andel-the
1 , ..1LV0N & CO.
y are prepared to draw L'iih of I,x,hange. and
olleetieng in 'New Serl.. PhOadelphia. and all
of the United F6rtre, as also England. Ger
tor. Mitt France. I To r..cnive 0.,p05..ts
-no. 3.1 1.. 3 tpltleral bra:no:4s.
(; y,ispootii •a-its our of the late itien of Laporte,
.0 . 1 / 4 Co.. of:Dm - am:a. Po.. awl hia knots lethie of
he I.iirinc, rivii of Brat!ford anil'ailjoinintie.rmutie44
hat-in ft hoen in the bantiorz I,lleillees for ahont
'• a year, inaliethis honso desimblerrar thrvingli
AT EANS HOUSE, TOWANDA,
JORDAN S: tloniriot, Proprietors. This
popular Hotel having been thoroughly fitted and re
l.:red, and furnished throughout with new and rin
g-nit Furniture, will be open far the reception of
guests, on Sitrunnsir. MAY 1, 180. Neither expense
roe pains has been imansl in rendering this House
a hotel in all - its arrangements. A superior
__ quality 01,1 Burton Ale, for InVallds, just received.
HD. McKEIN, ESTATE Acsr.NT. A pr il 28, iszyj.
to make eel:e...txml
I tord:l,la. <let. I, Ibt3El
P RADFORD COUNTY
=
Farnnt, Atilt proywirtitli. City and Town
' -• ing propi.rry for Fie will tint it to their
To by Iraviny. a ileseriptioh 'of Ucr same. with
• .•f Kat.• rA this ri7 - ertry, as parties are eariatratly
for farms, :ire. H. B. NIch.EAN.
Rea: Estate Agent.
cr Nfascir's Towanch, ?a.
21.•IA1;7.
NT EW FIR 111
It •
••• .f ; ( I(,PDS AND L 0 11 7 PR /CEs !
AT MONDJETON, PA.
TRACY HOLLON,
n,..lers in Groceries and ProTisions, Dnigs
I:4.rit4,,inn Oii, Lamps, Cliimneys i
' ' • ill , Paints. Oiln, Vanish, Yankee
l', cigars and S-nntf. Pure Wines and
•--. of quality, for meliclual purposes
foil at t he c.ory lowest ',Hens. I.re
-4..,i,s c.iinponnileil at all hours of the
Ginn os 3 eta.
IIIIME!E=IIMI!IEM
- . - -
P FROM.ORTO
lI:ELAND OR ENGLA.ND
UN!: OF F..LINIITI`A Y! O • TII
Qr/Irsilltc,s;:i nu Lavratroox..
.• inwh. star Litth
-0 tFvPry crick.
of Packets from or to Lonn.,n,
••'.ll 1.11,a 111.011.11.
11 -, C.t14111,-1 to England, Ireland and Scotland 'Nay
41 , 111:111./.
: turcner ptrtnnlars. apply to IVilli tq Gnion
G. F: 7,.1.k5:).: k C±.l.. 13aula.m.
Townnila, Pn
111 Z
Ll.;•Cr - C.ISCADT: lILLS
qmhts, ly?
MEE
•
- b LO
done at 0:100. as ,the
..! llm !sill tAdllcieut for a Lo.p. moonlit Of
11.
2.; 1,7,1
.
S. W. AIAyOII.I3, 3Ptablitsher.
VOLUME XXXI.
PROPESSIONLL CARDS.
JAMES WOOD, ATTORNEY AND
COUNSELLOR AT LAW. T0W611d.14
TIMM PEET, ATTORNEY AT
1.1 LAW, Towanda, Pa June 27, '88:.,
WIT.. FOYLE, ATTORNEY AT
L.W. Towanda, Pa.. Mao with Elhanan
Smith, south sidolemur. Block. April la, 70
GEORGE D. MONTANYE, .AT -•
Ton.nzr AT Lair. Mice—corner at Main and
Pine Streets, opposite Porter's Drug Store.
IV :.
B. KELLY, DENTIST. OF
• tee Over Wickham k Mikelea, Towanda, Pa.
May 241,
TIES. ELY & TRACEY, associate
practitioners, permanently located,Bnrlington,
Bra.iford county. Pa. may6'lo.3m*
flit. H. AVESTON, .DENTIST.-
Office in Batton'a Block, over Gore's Braden."
Chemical Store. Jan 1,'68.
WA. PECK, ATTORNEY AT
• Law, Towanda, Pa: Moe over the l3a+
kery, south of the Ward House, - and oppeatte the
Court House. nov 3, '6B.
P. WILLISTON.
• ATTORNEY AT LAW. 'TOWANDA.
South side of lilorctir's New Block, up stairs
April 21, '7o—tf..
I=
B. 31 cIiEA N,' ATTORNEY
H
AND COITSSELLOII eT LAW, Towandi, Pa. Par
ticular attention paid to business in the Orphans'
Court. July 5), '66.
"VliT H. CARNOCELM ATTOR
• NTT AT LAST (Dlatriet Attorney for Brad ,
fora County), Troy. Pa. Collectottamacle and prompt
rernitt&L feb 15.'69--ti.
•
TORN N. CALikto, ATTORNEY
Pi "AM I.tw, Towanda, Pa. Particular attention giv
en to Orphans' Court business, Conveyancing and
Collections. ini•• Office at the rteglster and 'Recor
der's °Mee, ssuth of the Court Louse.
•
Dec. 1. 1864.
H. WARNER, Physician and
C• Surgeon. Lenayaville, 'Bradford Co.,.Pa. All
calla promptly attended to. Office find door south
of Leßayarffle House.
Sept. 15, 1870.-yr
U. BEACH, M. D., Ph9sicialk
_a_i• and Surgeon. Towanda. Pa. Particular atten
tion paid to ail Chronic 'Diseases, and Diseases of
Females. Moo at his residence on Weston street,
east of IV A. Overtones. . n0v.11,69.
TIVERTON S T , FILSBRE_E, Arron-
NEVE AT LAW, Towanda, Pa.. having entered
into copartnership, offer their professional bervices
to the public. Special attention given to business
in the Orphan's and n :• gister'a Courts. apll4'7o.
E. OVEETON, JO. N. C. =mini.
111ItENJ. M. PECK, ATTORNEY
AT Law, Towanda. Pa. All bush:teas entrusted
to Ma rare will receive prompt attention. Office In
the.offleo lately occupied by 'Merin:. & Morrow, south
of Ward Mouse, up Matra. July 16,'69.
•
MEI - 10JR & DAVIES, ATTOR
trzys AT Law, Towanda, Pa. The undersigned
having associate,l•!themselves together in the practice
of Law. offer theirtrofessional Remises to the public:
ULYSSES MEIICL7I. , W. T. DAVITS.
March O. iro.
B EN. MOODY, M.D.,
°MTH professior.r.l eervieen to the people of IV)v
ahming not (nth, atol reehlenve at A. J.
IJoyern. Chore)! Ftreot.• X11;4.10.'70
•
TO - 11.1V — W. MIX, ATTORNEY AT
Law, Toommla, Dratlford Co., Pa.
ParticMar attention paid to Collections and orphans'
Court busipesa. Oflick—Merour's Tem Block, north
Fide 'Millie Srmare. apr. 1. 's'3.
- nit. DITSENTIERRY, Avonlsl an -
nonne, that in compliance ivith the request of
his numerous friends. he is new prepared to admin
ister 'Nitrous Oxide, or Laughing Gas, for the pain.
less extraction of teeth.
I.44Saysville, May 3, 1 370,—1y
T\OCTOR 0. LEWIS, A GRA_DV
alie of the College of “Physletans and Sammons,"
New York city, Clasa 1643-4, gives eXclumice attention
to the practice of his profession. Ofllee and resl4ence
on the eastern slope of Orwell 11111, adjoining Henry
Jan 14, '69.
T)11. DIAINIICK D. SMITH, Sur
it and Dentist. Dr.Sierivi would respectful
ly inform the inhabitants of Towanda and
that he has permanently located himself here, where
he will be happy to serve all who may stand In need
of his professional asirvleee. Dr. Smith has recently
removed from the city of Philadelphia, whore he hip
had a city and country* practice for over twenty years
which he thinks will enable hifh to do the most diffi
cult work in hie line of business. Teeth inserted.
from one to a full set, on all kinds of material used
in the profession. Special attention given to the say
of the natural teeth Teeth extracted without
pain. Dr. Smith administers Ritrous Oxide fins,
Chloroform, Ether and the Freezing process. (live
hula a rail. Dr. Smith extrxcts the natural teeth and
irp...•rtg set for twenty dollars. Roolne op
pr,site 11,*(3.alhi to Mix's store.' Main street.
Towanda, April 21, 1870.—tf
4 E N
BEIESEEIEE
GREENWOOD COTTAGE.—This
well-known bruise. baring recently been rent
t..l and supplied with new furniture, will be found a
pleasant retreat for pleasure seekers. Board by, the
k or month on reasonable, terms. t.
E. W. NEAL, Prop'r.
:i.e.:tic:trod. April 23. lA7o.—tl
7 A111) HOUSE, TOWANDA, PA.
ittra.Maiii Sixret , te - nr the Ctimrt a ce.
I C. T. S3IITII, l'roprietar.
net. 8, 17,37.
r:,IPERANCE HOTEL !.=Situ.a
nortloweFt corner of Main and Elizi•
let: stre• - i eppeslte liryanefi Carriage Factory.
Jarynim and othi ra atteudit,g court will caper!.
ally flail it to their advantage ti, patronize the Tem
pi ralwe lintel. S. M. BROWN, ,Propr.
Towanda. Jan. 12, 187 0 ,-IY,
It00:11S
IN'CONNECTIJN WITH THE 11111EllY,
Near the Court ISoaae,•
•
Wa are prepared to Led the hungry at all times of
the day and 1,011171 g. OyFters and 'lce Cream in
their season:.
March 22. 1870, rl.!lv. SCOTT A CO.
L% ELL HOUSE, TOWANDA,
A.. PA.
JOHN 6 Wif.:SC . )1; 1...`a •
Having leased this House., is now ready to nevionimo
date the travell! a pnl.Ee. :co pains nor erpense will
be spared to give satisfaction to those who may glee
hint a call.
g - ir North ride of the public !quart% east of 31ef
cure new
rIIITALERFIELD CREEK HO.,
lo
PErt LANDMESSEiIt,
having purchase and thoroughly refitted thin old
and troll-knol t rn s Mt. formerly kepthy Sheriff Grif
fis. at the month Of Inamnierfleld Creek, is ready to
give goad acconur.Odations and satisfactory treatment
to all who may favor him with a oil'.
Pee. 23, Ms—tf.
G. r•.
A. G. MASON
kMERICAN HOTEL,
This Hotel having been leased by tLe subscriber.
ht+ been repainted, papered, and refurnished
throughout, with new ' , nudism's'. Bedding. sic. Ills
Table will be eupplied with the best the market af
fords, and the Bar with choicest brands of Liquors.
This houqs , now ogers the comforts" of a home at
MaDZ:Z.VIIII`/LICES. Jurymen rind other attending
Court, will Bud this house a cheap,and comfortable
place to stop. Good stabling attached. aug,lo,lo
NEW PLANING MILL !
MATCZING, RE-SAWING, MOULDDIGS,
At the et,uvl of U. li. Inginnu'r; Tinalon Factory
cud 'Sawmill, In
I=
lIKAVY SIX ROLL I'LIN.NO ,4\L MATCHING
in c h ar::• of an exiprienee.l ti6fltanie and bnilder,
the public may exTx , ot. a •
MI
From the teeent enlo.rgenient a this water power,
wo:11 can he dene at all seasonF,oe the year and anon
e.eu . t U. coauectio with the Wo ara
able to furnish bilia of sawed lumber to order.
, 'STEWART BOSWORTH.
Cairiptwn, Ma i 23, 1570.—. y
YALUSING ACADEITY.
- .The Fall Term will commence on the are. Mimi
041;eptuber, 140, ntel continuo 12 wetnn.
TEEMS' —For Common English $4 no
For 11 . •Mtr Engnah nad CU ... 5 On
DAVID CRAFT.
Emg.l7-C
OEI
A FULL
tallED t
Man-1112, be:).
•
ommes===ffims=
I=
In
Hotels.
=I
If.' G. GOFF, Proprir.cr.
C.I,IIITOWN, PEN N'.l
STACHINE
60011 JOB EVllll,rTiNt.
ASSORTMENT OF
I.eisra) mums, at
k KEELER 8.
MM=l%l=EM=l
I=EME
EIS
leletteb lottrg.
GERMAN NATIONAL *AR SONO;
The following is a translation of the now Rhino
song, which, set to an inepiritivg tune, has that
become the "Marseillaise" of the present war:
DIE %CACHE AN RIIEL`i-•(TEE RHINE wescu),
A roar like thunder stripes the ear,
Like clank of arms or breakers near,
"On for the Rhine, the German Rhine I
Who shields thee, my beloved Rhine?"
- Dear Fatherland, thou needs not fear,
Thy Rhineland watch stands firmly here.
A hundred thousand hearts boat high,'
The flash darts forth from snory eye,
For Tutons.hrave, inured by toil,
Preteet their'eotintry's holy soil.
Dear Fotherlatid, thou needs not fear,
Thy Rhineland watch stands firmly hero.
The heart may break in agony,
Yet Frenchmen then shalt never be.
In water rich is Rhino ; thy blood,
Germania, rich in heroes' blood.
Dear Fatherland, thou needs not fear,
Thy Rhineland.watch stands firmly here
When heavenwaids ascends tho eye
Onr heroes' ghosts look down from high;
Wo swear to guard our dear bequest
And shield it with the German breast.
Dear Fatherland, thou needs not fear,
Thy Rhineland watch standstrmlybore,
As long as German blood stall flows
The German sword strikes mighty blows,
And German marksmen take their stand,
No foe shall tread our iaattve land.
Dear Fatherland, thou needs not fear,
Thy Rhineland watch stands firmly hero.
Wo tako the pledge. The stream runs by ;
Our banners, proud, are wafting high. -
On for the Rhino, the Gorman Rhinol
Wo all die for our native Rhine. 7 •
Hence, Fatherland, be of good cheer,
Thy Rlfincland watch stands firmly here.
4isteUaneous.'l
EDUOATION OF BUSINESS MEN.
Business men, says the Philadel
phia Ledger, constitute the vast ma
jority of mankind. All who have to
work for their living, whether as la=
borers, craftsmen, clerks, managers
of factories or stores, professionals,
soldiers, sailors, statesmen are in re
ality business men, although in the
more limited sense of the word it in
cludes , only merchants and persons
engaged in buying and selling, or in
conducting large establishments.
The number of men who are placed
beyond the necessity of earning their
daily bread by the use of their brains
_forins'a very small minority of the
human race, and this is a considera
tion of primary importance when the
subject of the education of boys
those boys who are to be the world's
future business men comes up.
Could a parent at the outset of his
son's career foresee with certainty
what it would lead to, there would
be comparatively little difficulty in
providing him with that kind of edu
cation best adapted for his success.
But as this foresight is denied to-hu
man beings, the next best thing is to
devise such a system of training
shall, on the average, be best for the
largest number of boys. In mann
, lecturing branches of industry, a bet
ter . educated workman is 'required
now to do the intelligent work- de
manded of him than was the case
fifty-Sears ago, and in commerce gen
erally, there is a greater demand for
educated men, and the directions
which it new takes, call forth more
and more a man's abilities. What,
then, ought to be the preliminary
training which will enable the busi
ness man to grasp with readiness the
merits and demerits of the theories,
ideas and experiments, which are
constantly being suggested to him in
the 'course of his business? :Ought
he to have been previously thorough
ly drilled in the classics 'l to be a
master of the intricacies of Greek
gramniar, and be able to compose
faultless Latin verses to be able
to calculate an eclipse, or to investi
gate the properties of a curve ? or
should he be content with a moder
ate knowledge of Greek, Latin and
mathematics, and devote a propor
tion of his time to, the " onomies,"
and " elegies ? " or should he ab
stain from classics altogether, and
15 content with mastering his
own `langitage,- and such a moderate
amount of mathematics as will suffice
for book-keeping, land-surveying,
eugineering•or navigation? Each of
these plans has its advocates. In
the old world, particularly in Eng
land and Germany, a classical edu
cation is deemetl of prime. iinpor
tance, and those youths who are not
versed in ancient literature, geogra-'
phv, and mythology, are apt to be
looked down upon. It is not so here,
however, and it is well known that
many of our most successful business
mon and influential citizens have be
gun life with little knowledge beyond
what their native sagacity enabled
them to acquire for themselves. This
fact is sufficient to prove that a clasi
ical education is not essential to suc
cess in business. It has pleasures
and advantages which enure to the
benefit of the man of leisure 'or Of
those who devote their abilities to
literature, theology, medicine and
law, but these are not properly " bu
siness men." It cannot well be said
that a Classical education is useless,
or an obstruction to a business man.
It will enable him to improve his
leisure hours, and it willimquestion
ably assist him in understanding and
. appreciating much of the world's art
and literature, which would other-,
wise be but imperfectly understood
by him, find this is a means of refin
ing his taste and his pleasures. •
So the study of the sciences -in
youth may not lead to any practical
reSults, but it renders easy the sub
sequent application to them, Should
it be needed. A - course of ehetnistry
for instance, undergone by a young
man of lwenty,,, may- prove utterly
useless•to liiw iu a business Sense,
because he . may enter .on ptistits
which require no knowledge of that
science, and after thirty Years the
science itself will have undergone
considerable transformation; ..yet
should he then have -to turn his at
tention to, it, his previous knowledge
will make his path smooth to the fu
ture. And so_ with the 4other scien
ces. The elementary principles, once
acquired, will always be useful in
aiding, the future min to understand
much that ho will meet with in liter-
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TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., SEPTEMBER 2/1870.
stun,' newspapers and conversation:
For these reasons the mastery of the
elements - of . .the physical sciences
ought to, form a portion every
boy% education:l But there is inother
consideration which ought nal()
overlooked, and that is, that the boy,
of to-day will bo the citizen of to
morrow, perhaps the legislator of the
next.day; therefore, it is important
that he should be taught the rudi
nimbi of law and political economy,
together with a clear and sufficient
.explanation of the pririciples of the
Constitution and the history of , this
country, and of so much, of &St of
England as will enable him to better
comprehend our own. Add to • this
a moderate training in elocution,
and •the youth starts in his bugisass
life with reasonable prctspects of sad - -
cess always providing , however, tlidt;
he ;tears clear of 4ice and hivoltY, -
and is strictly honorable, otherwise
all the Inowledge in_the world will
be but of limited benefit to him. On
the other hands purely learned edu
cation will be of comparatively small
benefit_ to the youth'who, brought up
in affluence is, through his own or
his parents' misfortune. compelled to
seek his living in businesl4 It will
be to him like going to school.a sec
ond time, and he will wish he knew
less about Greek participles and more
about prdctical affairs.
JOHN BROWN'S HOME AND GRAVE.
The house is unpainted andplain,
though equal to the ordinary farm
houses of the region. It stands well
up the hills, seperated from the wil
derness by a few cleared fields com
manding a majestic view of the
mountain world. A few - rods in
front, a huge boulder, surrounded by
a plain board fence, is fit monument
of the fierce old apostle of liberty.
At its foot is the grave. The head
stone was brought from an old grave:
yard in New England, where it stood
over the grave of his father, Captain
John Brown, who died in New. York .
in 1776. The whole stone is covered
with the family inscriptions: :John
Brown, executed at Charlestown, Va.,
December 2, 1859; Oliver and Wat
son, his sons, both killed at HarpeF's
Ferry the same year; and his son
Frederick;lmurdered in Kansas by
border-rnffians in 1856. Above the
little grassy enclosure towers the
mighty rock, almost As high as the
house, and on its summit is cut in
massive granite characters the in
scription : "John Brown, 1859."
Standing on the top of this monu
mental rock, says a writer in the
September number of Old and New,
for the first time I 4 felt that I com
prehend the • character of the man
whose name it commemorates. I
well understand hew such a man,
formed in the thouldi of the old
Scotch Covenanters and English
Puritans, brooding over the horrors
of slavery, forseeing the impending .
struggle for-liberty, maddened by the
murder'. of his son and friends in
Kansas, with the mighty northern
hill looking down upon him, the rush
of strong rivers, and the song of re
sounding tempests, and the mystery
of illimitable wilderness all about
him, should easy come to think him
self inspired to descend like a moun
tain-torrent, and sweep the black
curse from out the land. I reverent
ly raised my hat, und sung "John
Brbwn'a pody lies ULmouldering in
thi3 grave, his soul is marching on."
luy singing brought out two men,
who seemed exploring' the laniar),
ited place. They took me in their
buckboard, and we jolted 'down the
valley. They told me the estate was
nearly all sold, and the family re
moved to California; that the man
who owns the . house would sell it,
with a hundred and sixty acres of
land, for fifteen hundred dollars,
wishing to remove to Kansas. Ger
ritt Smith's negroes have left town;.
and lie is still possessor of miles of
this wilderness. Last autumn the
homestead was purchased by an as
sociation of gentlemen in New ;York,
and will dobtless be peserved, perhaps
to become, a famous place of fplgrim
age for onir children. My blacksmith
friend, with whom I rode, said:
"Everybody in North Elba wanted
to sell out and go away. For his.
part he didn't see why people came
up there to climb up them thunderin'
mountains." There are probaly less
than four hundred people now living
in this large tows sip of eighty thous
and acres. .
OUTWARD BEAUTY ' .--Believe me,
there is many a road into our hearts
besides our ears and brains; many a
sight, and sound, and accent, even of
which we have -- never thought at all,
sinks into our memory, and helps to
shape our chdracters; and thus chil
dren brought up among beautiful
sights and sweet .sounds, will most
likely show the fruits of their ,nurs
ing by thoughtfulness, and affection,
and nobleness of mind, even by the
expression of the countenance Those
who live in towns should carefully
remember this, for their own sakes,
for their wives' sakes, for their chil
dren's sakes. Never lose an oppor
tunity of seeing anything beautiful.
Beauty is • Pod's handwriting— a
wayside sacrament; welcome it in
every fair face, every fair sky, every
fair flower, and thank for it, Him,
the fountain of all loveliness, in'
drink it simply - and earnestly, with
all your eyes;• it is a charmed
draught, a cup of blessing. _
ANXIETY AND LADOIL—You CADDO
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escape from ansietrand labor; i is
the destiny of humanity. You ai
avoid indeed, to a great extent ( me
at least may) taking' ti Part in th
struggle of hie, in the sharp and ea
ger competition of tin open pro es
t3loll, or the not less intense p iit
of some worthy object of study. nt,
•by what seems to me a just nd
wholesome retribution, those I I 110
'shirk from facing trouble find that
trouble comes to them. The indo
lent may contrive , that he shall have
less than his share of the world's
work to do; but nature, proportion
ing the : instinct- to the work, con
trives that that little shall
.oilly the
more wuiry him.
A Paimarrnnopiiic Indianian and
Lie preaont spouio have charitably offered an
asaylinn to one of his former wives, who has
.become an invalid since her last divorce.
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IV.
Mn. Dimon; It does one good to
see advance steps made in any shake
that may-elevate our educational in
terests. Last March ihirty school
bOok firms united in forming the(
"Publishers. Board,of Trade," bind
ing themselves by stringent -cre,*la
tions to do away with "age yc work,"
consequently we are to be ored by
text book agents no, mo ~T eachers
and school directors- sac, to have no
more school bookt .presented them to
secure their, cooperation' in forcing
a change of books every year or two.
- This reform interests the whole corm.:
try and causes many people t.
breathe more freely and bless the
-day, when the school book agents
were annihilated; yet as a matter of
course 'the ex-agents complain, as
their bread and butter mine is ex
hausted, so they are forced to' "pros
pect' anew.
Western Bradford 'is determined
not to be behind other sections of
the Keystone State hi' conveniences
for properly educating her children.
The time has been when her school
accommodations were a disgrace to
an intelligent community, but labor,
perseverance and time,work wonders.
Four years ago scarcely any one l i
could have been made to believe
that to-dirt Troy and' Canton would.
have such 7 ltoble school buildings or
such competent efts of teachers to
instruct their children.. Few believed
that the "pen is mightier than the
sword." The result is more than
equal to the labor performed as will
be acknowledged by those who first
agitatrd the subject of Graded Schools
through our local press; yet the pro
gramme is not fully carried out.
Towanda', still occupies her old, dilap
idated public school building which
is not suitable for even a half civil
ized community. Is this miserable
"excuse" for a school bowie to re
main as a monument dedicated to
the public school , interests of Tow
anda ? We . trust not,' for we think
light is approaching. The school
directors of Towanda borough have
an opportunity to make themselVes
remembered for years hence; not
only remembered, but . honored as
men of sound judgment, as being
alive to the interests and welfare of
the bright eyed children in their vil
lage, and as workers iu the field of
common justice and humanity. It
seems impossible that such an op
portunity shall be lost. How long
shall we wait before placing the
names ' - of the Towanda borough
school directors along with the pub
lic spirited directors of Canton and
Troy? -
What has been said of Towanda
Applies equally •as Well to Monroe,
Leßaysville and Burlington boro's,
and•a few other locations.
August, 22,10. A. T. LILLEY.
BtIBI3ESB AND BABY.
The Geneva • Gazelle says: One of
our townsmen professes to have
picked - lip the following letter in our
streets. That the author is brim
ming over with happiness, and from
a source that absorbs his whole be
ing, is quite eviden. 'The way he
mixes "baby, wife, and horse" is un
approachable. Old bachelors read,
and die with envy:
DE.ui BROTHERS, SISTERS, COUSIN'S,
Ausrs, UNCLES, ETC.: I now take my•
seat and set down to take this oppor
.tunity to inform you that I am "Dad
dy," that is, I suppose am, for
'Abbie has got a nice fat baby, and
we hope these few lines will find yon
enjoying the same blessing. Now.
this is to be strictly a business letter.
Firstly, as I said before, Abbie has
got as nice a baby as ever made up
faces. Nextly, I have swapped• away
old Buckskin and think I bare got a
pretty nice horse: it is a little girl
and weighs nine ,pounds. (I mean
the baby), and is just as fat as but
ter, and has got a good strong pair
of lungs; she is red and .got a bob
•tail,.(the horse I mean);'and a white
stripe in her face, is a 'good driver;
she has got blue eyes and' a dimple
in her chin, (I mean the baby now),
and has the prettiest mouth that
ever was (of colsj*), arid judging
from her teeth I ahonld think she
was about six years old, (I mean the
horse now); she is sound, smooth
and kind, (Imean the horse or baby
either now), and the Doctor says she
is the fairest he ever saw, without
any exception, (he means the baby)
got twenty-five dollars boot, not in
the baby scrape, though, for the
boot was on the other foot, and two
or three sizes larger as near as I can
find out. lam going to harness the
horse now, and go after mother: she,
was born last Wednesday, at 'twenty
minutes past nine, (I hope you don't
think I mean mother or the horse, I
mean the baby). She is as hearty
as a pig, ate- an egg, a biscuit, and
drank three cups of tea • for dinner,.
(I mean Abbie). She is getting
along nicely, and if she don't have
any bad luck she will get along first
rate.
There, I've been reading this over
and I see plainly that I ain't fit to
write. The amount of it is I am
frustrated; I am daddy, and that ac
counts for it, so yon must excuse
me this time. Yours, - e
SAM DADDY.
HOLD Os.—Hold on to your tongue
when you are just ready to swear,
lie or speak harshly, or use an im
proper word.
Hold on to, your hand when you
are about to strike, pinch, steal, or
do any improper act..
Hold on to your temper when you
are angry, excited, or imposed upon,
or °then% angry about you. I
Hold on to your heart when evo
associates seek your company, and
incite you to join in their mirth and
revelry.
Hold on to your-name at all time's,
for it is, of more value to you than
gold, high places or fashionable attire.
Hold on to the truth, for it will
serve you wall, and do' You • good
throughout eternity. -
Hold. .on to ,your virtue —it is
above all price to you in all times
and places.
Hold on to your character, for it
is, and ever will be, your best wealth.
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Nei; I/gm ember a ' scene we .Ivit
nesselin- a Hindu temple. It gives
one sort of idea of the state off`
th . Well, instead.of their being
unwilling to receive us bkthe temple,
we found to our surprise an ele
phant coming to meet us, and get
ting down on his knees, which seem=
ed - to:be very difficult for him, and . I
qiiite sympathized with him, gave us
a salaam on our-approach. Then all
at once the elephant turned tail, and
led xis `away to the temple. Here'we
got a most hearty reception from the
priest& So far from their being un
willing to see us, we saw the same
day a procession of the gods.. There
was'a great crowd;, but they all made
way for our carriage, and they turn
ed the 'god round' in all directions
that we might see him. We entered
their magnificent pagoda, seven or
eight stories high, and found our
selves in a great beautiful court, sur
rounded by verandahs on every side;
and as I looked at that splendid tem
ple and the great 1111, supported by
'beautiful carved pillars on the left,
and then the tank, and the temple in
the middle of the tank, I said:
"If religion consists in having fine
temples, this beats our churches.—
we have nothing like it.".
There never was anything more
splendid, than the temple. We .ap-,
preached again the distant lane' of
the temple, and were_ told to wait.
On looking into the darkness, for
there is no light, by-and-b . y, you
hear the sound of wild music, and
then a number of white-draped fig
ures come out on one side, and form
in procession with a number of blaz
ing flambeaux. Then by-and-by,
the god comes out, bedecked with
jewels, and carried on the shoulders
of the - attendants the same sort of
thing that you see at St. Peter's, or
when the Pope is carried—and they
bow down on their knees before him,
and sing praises before the god.
Then tLoy produce about 50,0001
worth of jewelry bracelets, and so
on all to be put on the heads of
the gods. And they explained every
thing. They were glad to hear any
thing we might say, and, as far as I
know, we might at that moment
have risen and preached the Gospel
without any opposition from the peo
ple.—Reu. Dr. Maclepd.
A DONATION PARTY.
Up in Pennsylvania there is a
-Methodist clergyman whose nom
inal salary is four hundred and fifty
dollars a year. But as it was six
irionths in arrears, the congregation
determined to give him a " donation
party " to help him along. It came
off—the donation party did. The
entire flock was on hand, but. the
presents that were brought were
only six rolling piaS, a pen wiper,.
and a quarter of a peck of dried ap
tiles, crop of 1864 I The minister of
course haicl to furnish refreshments,
and the lompany not only destroyed
four hai is, three-and-a-half pounds
of sixty cent butter, and thirteen
loaves of bread, but they ate up two
pounds ofsugar and all the next win
ter's preserves. To crown all, four
spoons were missing. The clergy
man says he wants to have just one
more donation party, and then' he
will close up his business and begin
life over again as champion pauper
at the Almshouse. He is particular
ly down on one sister who jammed
' herself full of. ham and preierves,
and enough other succulent. diet to
keep the whole family for a week,
and then laid up against the wall
pretending to feel religious, and sing
ing " There is rest for the weary."
He is willing to accept bets that she
will never wears while . there is any
grub around—this sister won't. He
would like to feed her for a month
on those rolling pins and. the pen
wiper just out of revenge.—Exchange.
ORIGIN OF HYGIENF.—ACCOrdiIIg to
Dr. Lyon Playfair, the study of sani
tary science in England arose from a
singular accident. The Court and
Parliament 'were at Oxford, which
had been recently drained, and tha
citizens had removed all accumula
tion of filth and garbage from the
streets, lest they should offend the
nostrils of their distinguished.guests.
The plague was raging at the time,
and, Oxford was the only place
which enjoyed an immunity from it.
Cause and effect were for the first
,time connected in the public mind,
which was thus enlightened for the
first time as to the nature of what
now call pythogenic, or filth-born
maladies. Prior to that, the meas
ures recommended by the council of
the physicians' of Paris for the arrest
of the plague were: —That if a
shower of rain fell during the day a'
spoonful of treacle should be . taken,
and that fat people should:not sit in
the sun. 'Michelet declares that for
several centuries during which filth
reigned supreme, not a man, woman,
.or child in Europe took a bath col:
untarily and out of a desire for clean , .
liness. Out of this chronic and wide
spread filth arose the black death,
the plague, the sweating sickness,
and other pestilences, the conse
quences of bad hygienic conditions.
THE HUSDANIEL—Ladies sometimes
do not value their husbands ;as they
ought. They frequently 'gum the
value of a good husband for the first
time, by the loss of Aim. Yet the
husband is the very 'roof tree of the
house the corner stone of the edi
fice-- the key stone of the arch call
ed home. Ho is the bread-winner of
the family —its defence and its glory
the beginning and ending of the
goldeif cham 'of life which surrounds
it its counselor, .i!s lawgiver and
its king. And Yet we - see how frail
is that life on which se much -de
pends. How frail is the life of the
'husband and the father! When he
is taken away who shall take his
place? When sick, what gloomy
clouds hover -over the house; when
dead, what darkness, r , weeping,
agony ! Then poverty, like the mur
derous assassin, breaks in at the
window;-starvation, like a famishing
wolf, howls at the door. Widow
hood is too often the associate of
.sackcloth and usher.. Orphanhood
too often means desolation_and woe.
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DAYS' OF 1111 r YOUTH.
' The following beautiful 'atul * Mucking lines
Will commend themselves; to every reader of
refitted taste. They were published some years
ago, sad attributed -to the Hou. 8t Gettrge
Tacker. of Viighat; l
Days army ybatk—ye have glided away ;
Hairs of ray youth ye are boated Skid gray;
Eyes of my youth—your keen sight is no'more;
Cheeks duly youth—yo are furrowed all o'er, ,
Strength of my youth—all,your vigor is 'gene ;
Thot's army youth—your gay visions and
Days of my youth—lmlsh not your recall ; '
Hairs of youth—Dm iontent ye should fill,'
Eyes of my youth—ye much (nil have seen;
Cheeks of my youth- r bath'd in 'tears_ have ye
hem ;
Thoughts of my fonth—ye have led me - astray;
Strength of my youth—why lament your de
cay? ' _ :
Days of my age—yo will shortly be past ; .
Pains of my ago—yet awhile' PM ye last;
Joys of my age—in trlio wisdom delight;
Eyes Of my age—be religion your light; - -
Thoughts of, my ago—dread yt; not the cold.
sod ;
Hopes of my ago—be yo ilied.on yFinr GaL"
COAL MINING Ili DEEP MOBERG"
Froaran article by Mr. E.
bridge, in the London Mining jour-!
nal, we-quote the following:
Judging from the statistics ,of the
past few years, the productions
,of
he British coal fields could not be
considered to increase annually
. in a
constantly increasing ratio, as has
been surmised, but might be estimat
ed at an average output of 105,000,-
000 of tons yearly. Edimating the
coal remaining in the British Islands
to the depth of 4,000 feet to be 37,-
300,000,000 of tons,-this quantity of
coal would supply the annual de
mand of 305,000,000 for 355 years;
and taking the limit to deep 'mining
to be a 'depth froui the surface of
7,000, feet, the further quantity of
coal estimated to be workable to this
depth was 57,222,000,000 of • tons,
which would eltend the supply for a
further period of 535 years.
Deep coal mining has been c ar ried
on more extensively in Belgium than
in En,gle.nd, there being only twelve
pits of a greater depth than- 1,500
feet in the latter country, as compar
ed with sixty-eight in the former.
The deepest coal mine in the world
was probably that of Simon Lambert
in Belgium, which had attained the
-depth of 3,489 feet. - The deepest
coal mine in England was the Bose
bridge colliery, in Lancashire,. which
had reached a depth of 2,418 feet, the
temperature of the coal - at that depth
being 93.5 deg. The' distance . from
the surface of the ground to the stra
tum of invariable temperature might
be taken at 60 feet, and the constant
temperature at that depth at 50 deg.
The accounts published between . 1809
and 1840 of several hundred expeji
ments relating to the temperatur&of
coal and,metallifercius mines showed
the increase of temperature to vary
from deg. for every 45 feet to 1
deg.* every 69 feet; the dietance
from thc4surface at which the exper
iments were made varying from 109
k t
to 1,700 fee The 'results of more
recent expen ents in England and
on the Contin The
were irregular, and
shored an increase varying from one
deg. for every 41 eet to 78 feet, the
distance from the rface being from
700 to 2,600. On co paring the ex
periments made at th two deepest
English coal 'mines - r Rosebridge
-and Dukinfiekr---.it was \found. that
the increase of teniporitur duo Ito
depth was much less rapi d at the
latter colliery than at the ormer,
and this difference was assumed in a
paper read recently by Mr. Iluk to
be due to an amount of heat being
lost at', Dirkinfield, owing 'to the
heavy inclination of the st;ata, which\
was about 1 in 3, while at Rosebridge
the coal seam was nearly level. The
relation of the position of the bottom
of the mine 'to a sea level influenced
the temperature, as shown ..in' ac
Companying tables. -.ln one table the
average_ increase of 'the temperature
of three mines of a high elevation
was 1 deg. for every 71.6 feet, while.
the increase for three mines at some
distance below the level of the sea
was 1 deg. for every 62:3 feet.
The experiments relating to the
underground temperatnie Of the air
at the Rosebridge colliery showed an
increase in the temperature of the air
in passing from the downcast to the
upcast shaft of from 55 deg. to 63
deg.; the air passing through work
ings the temperature of which was
78 deg., and the normal temperature
of the coal being 93.5 deg. - The ex-..
periments at Monkwearmouth. show
ed the effect of a, large volume of air
in preitnting a rise in temperature.
At .a distance of 1,800 yards from
the shaft, With 80,000 „cubic feet of
air passing per minute, the tempera.,
tare was 55 deg., whilst at a distance
of 2,600 yards from the shaft; with
10,000 cubic feet of 'air circulating
per minute, the temperature was
found to be 67 deg. •
The normal temperature of the
coal might be estimated, from the re
sults of experiments at Seaham Col
liery,,to exist in a main air channel,
which had been exposed to the air
for some time, at a distance of about
13 feet from the surface of the min
eral. The highest temperature at'
which coal mines were worked• was
probably in Staffordshire and at the
Monkwearmouth Colliery, where the
temperature varied from 80 to 85
deg. At the Clifford Tin Mine,, in
-Cornwall, the temperature was 120
des., in which the miners could only
work for 27 minutes consecutively,
this high temperature being due to
the heat of the water issuing, from
the rock. It would appear_ from the
contradictory results of the experi
ments relating to the temperature of .
different minerals that no rule could
be laid down. It was,
_probably,
however, that the temperature of
mines was affected_ to some extent by
the varying conducting power of dif
ferent minerals...
Trom the observations recorded it
would seem that as a rule when the
temperature of the 'surface exceeded
66 deg. the temperature at the bot
tom of the pit was less than at 'the
top, but when less than 66 deg. at
the top of the pit an increased tem,
perature was found at the bottom.
The increase in the temperattue, due
to the increased density of the air in
deep mines was estimated at 1 deg.
for every 800 feet, Making the Ineaw
02 per Annum' in Advance.
temperabue of 'the pit. 7,000 -feet
deep above 60. deg.
In,regard to the raising lof coat
the 13robable • limit from which it
might be drawn at one' lift was esti
mated to ; bkabout 900 yards, below:
which depth ono .winding engine at
the sarface and orie in the shaft
would be required.
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TEKETEANOE:VID 11111310L0(}Y.
• We propose to close our series pf
articles with a brief examination of
the law of • vital action -that applies
to the solution -- of the problem
of the Inedicimd- .use , of alco-
M. It 'may not
,bee amiss to note
a difference that exists between plants
and animals:
1. That plants throw off oxygen
and inhale carbonic acid, while ord
inals throw oi r , carbonic acid and. in
oxygen. 2. Plonts feed ou inor
ganic matter and animals on .orgin- -
ic matter,. Food therefore comes
spentaneorislY to plants, but far
otherwise to animals. ' In the light.
of -physiology We must search out
the law that applies to the government
of the-animal ' organs, in which by
means of vital action or organic force ;
the.animal functions are carried on.
The use or disease of alcohol is pri
marily concerned with the natural
rind morbid' conditions of the vital
forces. In the physicaLsystem these
forces are manifested. in "Irritabili
ty:' Air : nobility, vital affinity, "sen
sibility," sympathy, Sze, In all our
investigations on this - subject we
must not confound the forces, "ric . „-
tions and 'phenorriena of life t with
that of- physics. • " The records of
medicine abound- with the grossest
errors and superstition that have
had their origin ;in fallacious views
of the properties of life "—and the
doctrine that alcohol " imparts
strength " or "preserves life" is not
the least. ,
By vital aotion the transformktion
of food into organic structure is car
ried on and worn out or poisonous
matter is expelled from the system.
Preiious_ articles
,hake shown that
alcohol is • indigestible and in no
way usable in ; the organic' domain.
Vital resistance to non-usable sub
stances is a law of vital action.
This vital resistance to alcoholic
poison is called "stimulation." Al
cohol is said to " act on the living
system," and temperance men the
nest moment after affirming that
cohol is,e - poison to - our organization
which elieconcerts life's healthy move
ments, ,claim like Horace Greeley,
that it may be used by the physi
cian "to remove pain, and preserve
life."
This is _the fallaci of temperance
men, that ,tilcohol, an indigestible,
inorganic poison, maT so act on the
living system as to preserix life."
The introduction of alcohol or other
poisons into the vital domain may
- occasion a condition of the'system
ostensible •of pain and "preserve "
dead'matter from decay; but thelaw
of vital action affirms, that under any
and all circumstances such use of
alcohol is •a xhortening process.
In conclusion we. invite and ,urge
templrance men. •to examine this
question. If alvohdl can "preserve
life" it should 1)e accessible
as all are liable be sick.
People everywlere are' diseased,
and "all that a man bath will he
give for his life," hence the need'of
life-preserving medicines.
But if aleoliolis poison•and "stim
nlation" a delusion, and_ the effect
death—the law of vital action, the
Jaw' of God,
,inherent in the living
iystem is prohibition—temperance
men are - called upon to seek its en
forcement by', every means in their
power.
The pulpit. •the press, the school,
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the \ \lodge ' om, and the lecture
halla-should e means for bringing
this - doctrine b ore the people.
One School physicians in our
country hold o this vie*. They
affirm that ' doctrines and prac - -
tices of the regulars'', are 'nitrite in
philosophy, have no • foundation in
science, are contrary. to nature and
the law of vital action."
'They affirm that \ "the action: of the
living system is thessamo when' alco
hol is introduced from tho drag shop
as from the dram shop." . Who will
deny this . affirmation? If any, let
them be heard.
For temperance reforrai s remain;
','" QUIZ,
EnrrOaT..Onof the most gat
ifying features of Oddfellowship to
day is the quiet diffusion of its prin
ciples among men ; and not only
among men, but among the women
who, are so happily ' fortunate as to
going personally into contact with its
:elevating and re fi ning influences.
Each lod ge throughout the State is
a ' centre from which the benign
power of friendship, love and truth
is constantly eradiating. Such a
centre of benevolence, charity and
fraternal sentiment is Canton (Pa.)
Lodge, No. 321. For twenty-two
years this organization , has exerted
its increasing power for good; rising
as time speeds on its wings into
higher spheres of usefulness, until it
has attained a financial basis pro
phetic of More extended charity
towards, the suffering of human
ity, and a career of permanent ad
vantage: to'society. 3.19 y are the
deeds of kindness and charity it has
recorded for itself upon the pageti of
unwritten history; the history of the
sick room,
the home of the widow
and fatherless; -and many, more such
deeds it is to be hoped it will record
for itself, as,it seeks for exemplify its
imperishable principles, in Sets of
benevolence. - - _
At"the tri-monthly session of the
lodge on Saturday evening,Septem
ber 3d, after an impressive. initmtiOn
and the transaction of the usual bu
siness, an ,invitation from "The
Wives of Odd }Alms "
.was received
to attend a supper . provided for, the
members of -the : lodge, - in Krie's
The invitation Was unanimously
accepted; and after adjovirnm'ent we
ropaited a body to the place des
ignated.
The affair was a contplele sitrpris' e.
As-we marched in two and two,-long
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NUMBER 19.
I - SURPRISE :
tables,.
ere rmm
plotely
co
with OA c gs
p i axed by the. wives, daughters
sisters of the bretlxreriprsent,
met our astonished and: alined .
wildered vision:' . ion.'The
complete self-posisisiziontmt saillteg
COlUttelliU2CW, us' a.hearty .
come, arid'quickly niarehed no to out. -
places at the well-filled tables. Aftee
a blessing hat been invoked"we each
addressed ourselves to, the pleasant
task of doing justice to the elegant
,repast thus krniehed, Nothing was
wanting to make it a feast of good 7
things. A good Social feeling pre
veiled- everywhere and the. Wire
affaira-a secret kept to the - last moment
—was a grand success.
The effect of thislittle episode
the hiistory of ;this" lodge will not
soon be lost; nor the generosity of
the motives that. prompted it soon
forgotten. Ever)**ing was in per
fect harmony with the teachings of
the Order, proving that -the ladies
who conceived the plans, and with
such admirable' tact executed this • .
coup de main, are worthy of the '.
place they hold in thd esteem of Odd
Fellows, aiid well qualified to fill the
position they occupy through the re- .
lation they sustain to our order.
Canton, Sept. 111;70. ODD..
WHAT A MOB OAR DO.
=Although spiders are so ugly and
so much disliked, there is (much
about them to admire, and souk.-
thim-children, we may well. imitate,
to& When we examine a spider
through - a microscope, we find there
are some rare things for us to see.
"We find, for instance, the greater
part of him covered with rich soft
hair. He has - eight bright eyes,
brilliant and shining as diamonda
Like all other insects, his ,eyes are
immovable, and for this reason they
are in different portions of the body
-that he may see the better. He _has
eight legs in all, joined like each
of
a lobster. " At the end of each' leg
there are three crooked, movable
claws, forming a sort of hand with
two fingers and a thumb. For this
reason, Solonaort . speaksof.the spider ,
as taking hold with his "hands."
About the middle of his body is a
very curious spinning machine. No
human mechanic ever invented ant
thing to compare with it. Connect
ed with the machine there are four
little bags -of thre4d—such little
bags! ,In every bag there are over
one thousand holes—such tiny holes I
From each hole runs one - thread;
and there being in the four bags
four thousand holes, we have in
'all the same number of threads from
this curious spinning machine. All
these threads the spider spins to
gstikr into one thiead, which, after
- all, is so small that the - finest,
silk thread Man ever made is kw;
hundred times larger than it. Won-
Aerful things then are these spiders.
There is more skill displayed,. chil
dren, in making them than in-the
finest watch or sewing machine you
ever saw. -E r
The spider is a hard working lit
tie ,creature. He is very industrious.-
-The spider, as soon as he begins to
live begins to, work... Every spider
is a ; weaver and rigger, -and-, the
young and old spiders are hard
workers. Children, you never saw
a spider that was reared in idleness.
_Thenlignin he never does his work
hurriedly or carelessly as many chil'
dreu - do. Look at his web. See,
how regularly the threads are drawn;
how neatly the cross pieces are '
fastened to them,_and how securely
it is held to the wall or the brush .
The strongest wind may sweep by it,
but it stands there still.
As an example of industry, then,
the spider is worthy of imitation. .
Industry is a most honorable quality:
It is becoming in all--those who oc
cupy the lowest, as well as those
who occury the highest station of
life. When. God. made Adam. an 4
Eve, He put them in the garden of
Eden, that they might have an op."
portunity of dressing and keeping it.
ge never intended that they should
lead an idle life. For the same
reason the angels have constant cm-.
plo:ttpent in hpaven.—Exchaage.
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WOMAN'S BPBBE.
If .the human race is to be perpet- -
uated—if generation is to follow
generation as heretofore—if men and
women are to marry, and children
are to be born into. the world, it
,must continue to occupy woman's
chief if not sole attention. If the
human race is to be perpetuated,
there must be children; and if chil
dren, they must be. nursed and
trained with tenderness and 'skill.
There will always be sick people and ,
sick people will be required, to be -
tended. There will be death beds,
and death beds' require that some
one should minister by them. It -
will not seriously be proposed - that'
such work should be-deputed to men
while women aro released for more
honorable occupations. The huinan
race would fare badly "by that ex--
change. Woman map, be able to do
man's work as .well as 'he can, but •
he certainly cannot so well do . hers. -
It would be- as unsuitable astunieem
ly to have man's rougher, stronger
hand dressing and undressing the
tender infant form, while 'woman's
Was engaged in wielding the - pen or
sword. It would be no improvement
on our present arrangements to have:
the husband at home keeping the
children quiet, putting thelittle ones -
to bed, and divertink the elder while
the wife was pleading at the bar or
hartinguing the Senate. The. sick
and dying would not profit 'much by
the change, were man to become the
chief attendant=cooling their brow
and smoothing their pillow—while
woman was engaged in the bank or
in the counting house, speculating
on the - rise or fall of goOds, or stocks,
making entries of liebt •or -.credit.
Man has no aptitude for . domestic
duties, and so long 'as they require
to lie done—that is, so long as the
{world lasts, women will be required
to do them. The world-can dispens
with man's services almost better
than woman's. His have more to do
with the accidents, hers more with
essentials of existence. She might,
on emergency, take man's place, and
fill it passing well; man cannot by
any means take hers; ho is the very
picture of helplessness whenever ho
makes the attempt; and spite of the
dislike to it which some express, the
world will be in a sorry - plight if
woman does not nlike whatever sae
"ritice of feeling and instinct talent
may be required of her 'in order to
her filling—as she does "how when
ever she is happiest'and most.useful
--the obscure, but not unimportant
sphere of home.-Cassel's Magathw.
"How many children hava I?" ask
ed a woman of a rapping medium. " Four."
"Arid hbw many have I? asked Per husband.
"Two," was the astonishing reply. Mistake
somewheVe.
LEISURE is`sweet to thoso.virli have
Darned it.,;b 4 t linutlemithrte to tholie iv!tio get it
for nothing..