Vurational Prparlment Air. 1.11)1TOEF • • J. T. McCOLL , III. 4, A. NVILT. G. IV. NVAN. A. T. I.ILLEY, Commonleatlons tos7 he &esi to elther of the ellt tots. prcf,rred; ar.l will arpeik the . issue 10.::h he ees cLaige. .1' E. E. (412 f OD EGYIEB. 8011001.3. The winter terms in our rural - school ,districts either have, or soon will end. Already the County - Superintendent tas. contruenced , the work of examining appli: cants w-ho desire to teach in the summer schools,. It has been the prevailing idea f.Cr years that the winter topn is the im portant part of the school rear, and that the competent and ,successful teacher must be- secured for, that period. Un .xi•rali.tedly during this seastin of the year, the attendance is larger, especially in old er students. Wiihout doubt too there has been cause for . the complaint that ex ists in some loz4lities that the summer terms are notproductive of the largest posyl ! le. ainount of goo(I to OM students will attend_ Realty there should be no just rea - ; .oti for this-censure, and <will not if the teacherbc lice.and earnest. More :progress ought to be made by those who nttcall at-this time than any other period of the yinr. The older :Zpholars do not at= tend at this time, hence thedAndents being I%?.iircr hn age can be bettlr classified. The uuniber ef scholars beitig • less there must be fewer classes and in consequence more frequent recitations. Our summer schools are chiefly primary -schools. In schools of this grade children depend more upon-class drill than older studentS ti who prepare their 'lessons by them- H-lees in their seats. The interest being the same ; the octet r " primary classes e cit;• the :more rapi the progress. .The hn of our leachers the!n should be clur- f ;:,g the summer, short and frequent reci tations: If pfe , sible—and in most cases'i -it can be—the primary classes should read times a day. short selling lessons from the reader should her heard in con nectien with 'the, reading lessons. Fre t111(11t oral instrirtion in numbers should he given, 4 general .esercise rapid comhinationS'Of slinple.numbers froth the idackhoard' in which--all' the school can take p4rt..l'inetice rualcing figures neatly. Net schotars rnake,4bominable figures. This timis , of •Ycar=i_S favorable too for tc3ching pentijanship. There will he no difficulty in keel:1114 the ink , from freez ing, even in the oddest school hotite. The scholars being young will be willing to practive the :daiido onmldnations of the cioments, tier principles of penmanship, tli hands and:d , ,iy iu 'eloper i.osition, • • Did space permit many othlr te:g4esi ions c , iuld be male..h.et our teach crs slew their patrons thin- summer how much can be accompli,hul in a summer term, • WISE TEACHING. "I At the fyllnflation of all ittstru;etiOn is this " r 4, train up a ohilo in the way he should go , licoz 7.1n3t real/' in youpitf." Toit inust ever be exemp lars as wi:11 as teachers. To make others true yoq trusty be true yourselves ;.to make others wise you must 1)4 wise. If you pruedt temperance anC .- practice . drtinkenness, no one will heed you. There are two classes of teachers that I observe : (Me class is pedantic, pompous, sc f-ci:int a Med, magisterial. When -he St a rids before children he tills therri with awe, instead of playing on their, heart- M rings by.the mighty power of love. Such teaching liar few testilts. The child looks up with awe; the little ',delicate .tendrils of his infant mind cannot reach up and grasp instruction from such a teacher. The .second Class of teachers brings sun shine into the sel.•nol-room. Children turn to them as flowers to the light. There is an atmosphere- of sunshine around such a teacher.- His own light at tracts all to him for their good and growth. Above all thin, teach children what their life is., It is not breathing, Moving, play . ing, sleeping, simply. Life is a bat le. All thoughtful people see it so. A battle between :_:)(sl'and evil, from child'. hoed. Good influences, drawing :As up !toward the divine ; bad influences, draw. us A lown to the brute. Midway we stand; between the divine and brute. I low to cultivate the good •side of our let- - ture is the greatest lesson of life to teach. Teach children that they lead. these two lives—the life withAt and the-life with in and that the inside must be pure in the sight of God, as well as the outside in the sight, of men. . • Thtte arc five means of learning. These are : Observath a, Beading, Conversation, :Memory, :cictlect ion. Educators some t• in their anxiety to secure a wide rang'e of studies, do not 'sufficiently im press upon their scholars the valun: of I,inemou. Ni;w, iur memory is one of the most•wonderful gifts God has bestow el upon us, and one of the most mysteri ous. Take a tumbler and pour water into it ; br and by ' s y, ni can pour no more, it is fall. _lt is not so with the mind. You cannot till it full of knowledge in a whohi lifetime. Pour in al! you please, add it still thirsts for to , re. Remember this : "linowled;4-e is not a hAt you • learn, but what youremembei."i "-It is not what you cat, but what -you digest, that makes you grow 23 "It is not the money you handle, but that you keep, that zu.dzes you rich." "It is not what. you study, but you remember mid rettect_ upon, that makes -you learned." One more suo - i:estion : Above all things else . ; .strive to fit the children in your cluire,to be useful men and women; meirand women you may be proud of in utter life: While they are yoiing, teach them that far above physical courage, which will lead them to face the cannon's nionthabove wealth, which would giVe them farms and houses ; and bank -stocks and gold—is moral courage; that courage by which they will stand fearlessly, frankly, firnity, fur the right. Every man ut wom us who dares to stand fur. the right when evil has its legions, is the true mural victor in this life, and iu the land beyond the stars.—Schuyler euifa r. THE ANT OF EF.ADING AND SPEAKING. Ileailing, is the foundation of speaking. If you read. badiy, you will not speak well. I ti,W tare , ' is a good reader; how abundant are the positively bail readers. The cause of the neglect lies, not so much in the, ignorance of the value of the art when acquired, as in the strange preju dice that to read anti to speak are natural gifts, 'not to be Implanted, and scarcely to be cultivated, by art. Atotlier cause of neglectsift; that bad read€rs and speakers are unconscious of their,incapacity.. They do not think they read or speak badly, for they cannot see orlear thvmselves. In reading we know what the words of the author are intend ed to express, and we suppose we express them accordingly ; so in speaking we know What We designed to say, and wet-' u. e sZtVn k g e CiVe ' . "*. e i trd t tn er l not t w reg ork ul f re r d o us• than I win kink we are saying it properly. It is I t s r t i r ‘ l is y e w r oc r qe d n, y nt t ys ho s i n n UlN i s e w b int . :l es in"! : very difficult ,to conv'nee a reader or a where to work f o r us. Nt " r la th e time CA 1 Olt amt terms tree, Addren Taws a no.. 40. Tcakez;that to oth: ears he is a failure. I i gtta,Ualne. tuayao.ty. Every man can_ read and speak after a fashißn, however ruddy, and, therelore, his imperfection Is not made so apparent to hind self—it is only a questicra of de gree ; being able to read "ald ispeak, and not being conscious how he' reads and speaks, he cannot easily be satisfied that be reads and speaks badly, and that pm: ficiency must be the work of sonic teaching, much study, and more practice. Not one educated person in ten can read so as tq express the meaning of the words; they pervert the' sense by wrong emphasis, or deprive its of all sense by monstrous gabble, and do everything ex cept what should be done, that is, talk the words. • It is an art, and must be learned like any other art.—R. W. Cox. TEE STUDY OP LANGUAGE. Whether given to mankind by Aixect inspiration, or . whether the'jesult of col lective effort through centuries, it; 'is cer- Wn that to the individual, language, ill its widest- sense, is a birthright. A Man may learn 'to speak correctly ; butunless he be born with that diserimi eating power which retuitively judges of words, constructions, -ar.d ideas as such, be will never speak, elegantly. Yet language, which, graded with the fine arts, ont-raukoll4 all, is carelessly assigned to teachers inlifferently trained. These tiachers are-to bnpress its beauties tu.on minds which, 'through them. 'can never catch a glimpse of the sug4estivd vistas afforded by novels rightly framed idiomatic and pure constructions. The true teacher bf language is both born and made. He must unite to great natural cardftil preparation for his pro fession, It is exceptional to meet a manor wo man who ernploys the English language forcefully. While this fact is Well known, parents unhesitatingly commit their chil dren to teAchtns of Giammar whosephra ses are interlarded with ain't and other colloquialisms, and whose vocabulary on hesitatingly accepts any word of semi-re spectability. Such teachers can indeed conjugate a verb. They can parse a sen tence. They c n utter, with the greatest volubility, a hundred rules of syntax. But they can do no more. Their knoWledge is to the subject in hand What a chromo is to a carefully-toned and highly-finished . picture.. They.behold,thc body of some thing inexpressibly beautiful ; they can not comprehend the soul.: . Nothing will sooner disorganize a class than incompetency. Sometimes this in competency is so subtle that its only i ap parent efhet is a dull class who complain i of a dull subject. But a teacher who loves his Object, wlfo, if not hitving paved it in its fullneS - A, co:l3l.ra( lids the beauty of its parts, will invariably interest. The r suljcet wit Hive in his thoughts. It will , color his morality. The right teacher of Grammar and Ithehmic will deplore ally standard -loner than the highest. No in dividual, no fashion but law—the variable but harmoniOns law of language; will sat isfy hitn. . Them m re elementary treatises on 'Ma thematic -on Natural Science, which i t may sup ement a great Lick in the teach -1 er. Language, thelpins rpm ron, is whol ly at the mercy of the instructor. A grammar well written; is a thing sui gem cris. It 'must be complement6l by a znio quick to meet the questionings of young minds, and 'apt ,in explanation. Otherwise, its contents will be to the lit tle student like an 'undigested meal. He will feel like the 13, , trgeoi3 ventilkonme, who, when informed that the language of every-day life was called- prose, replied : "To think that I have done it all my life without a teacher." , That teacher who dues nut impress his linguistiesuperiority On Mk' pupils, fails in a most important part of List ork. We aspire only when Re meet with an object worthy of aspir 02121 Language, comprising, in its elementa ry branches, Grammar, Cymposition and Rhetoric, should be taught, from the •be ginning, like an exact Iscienge. The teach er should begin by training the child's mind first iu words, then in construction, then in the mutual fitness of the two, then in ideas and the simplest idiomatic expression of those ideas. Taught systematically and•progressive ly, a gill of eighteen would use her moth er-tongue with the same dexterifY as she did her - hands. As it is, the rnajorif3r, of girls are hewilciered over au intricate sen tence, dismayed when asked to write simple essay. They rack their own 'and other brains for ideas. At eighteen, with the right.previ;ms training, a 'girl shbuld be ready to study not one language,; but comparative philology. this is possible for ordinary minds under. an eat mord i nary teacher. Such a teacher cannot make linguists of all of his pupils, in the. highest sense of the term. But he can do much towards de vdping a linguistic ability which, in a Attst majority of cases, remains dormant for want of proper training. Schools and text-books are, generally k.cciiing pace with the ago. " The world does move."- Language, the 10 , 1 st delicate, the tiee : zt complex, the most u,eful of all the powers given to man, hi, uci•ei filess. still in the infacy of what it can be for the masses ; they arc still in the infancy:of what they can aecoMplish by a right use of words.—Mary 11 Nor- (ZUSQUEIIANNA COLLEGIATE IN -11,1111 TK. Spri,fig Term will Ilea , ln MONDAY. A I'll( tow, tot Muni, tuition atol fort,,M,l Rout alx,i to ItNA pr.-r yrar. Fur catalogue or NI tht r partluttlar. mime,. the Prim EDWIN }:. (.1.31N LAN, p.)l. low:mita. Mara% 1b79. 7yl 'Mi6seffattcous, $77 a mouth aillta . xp..tiAel guaranteed to , kr.f•ntEß.l 4 “tfit (lee. SIIAW at. c'o. A upsia, Maine.) 7TER' STOCK MS EL3I 0 It S CROCKERY, CIIIN'At. GLASSIFARE AND LAMPS I have ju:t opened a very !Sae itdck of. Goods for the Spriug trade. • HOTEL CHINA, PEARIi WARE, CHANG WARE. WHITE GRANITE; AMERICAN PORCELAIN, apd :inplei:gfil stock of LAMPS of all kinds. Ii" Call and secure bargains In the above goods T. W. ELMORE, rAi EAST WATER STREET E1m1ra.Y . .... - .Mxrch 27, 1b79. I'FST buslnea. you can engage In. CS to /20 per .) 4. day made by any worker of either sex. right in their own localities. Particulars and sam ples worth •s -free. Improve your hnaro time at this busineta. Addr.ess StiNgos & Co.. Portland, Maine. mayan ly. y to o w u i w i. a, (i t S . O b ri u tli „e f ss re t e it . a hick pe.rsons of either on can make great pay all.the time they work, write for particulars to II n. LVETT & Co., Portland. Maine. may3o47. iltatira Ithvertisemeati. WYCKOFF HOUSE, ti!orzserly Penni,trials House.) 117 WEST WATER STREET, ELMIRA,. N. . B. a. HOLIDAY, Agent. Street ears pass the House every fifteen oblates, Rates, g.OO per day. J Rectal rates given to easa raerclal men stopplug ever %Redly. tapr.lrra. • CALL AND SEE US AT TUX • DELEVANIIOUSE, ELMIRA, N. Y. Oppoeilte the Depot. C. T. SDITII, moramou. Formerly et the Ward Donee, Tovninda,Pa.,. F og- FINE MILLINERY, FANCY GOODS, TRIMMINGS, AND LADIES , GARAEOTI:i OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, .At Low rrirea, .i. RAPELYEA k lIILL, 'ati7 EAST WATER STILEET, ELMIRA, N. 7, apr Lead all Competitors urn. ERITY & .310ItREL, G • cEshailistatd WIIOLESALE I- DRUGGISTS DELVE iSTS SUN DIMS, I.t &NT MEDICINES atC., &C. Ma% LASS, STIMILT, Ye). 21k. 18. ELMIRA, N. Y. & K. U. WALKPt, :33G East Water Street, ELMIRA, N. Y., PRACTICAL PLUMBERS, STEAM & GAS FITTERS Itmddonee. and Pnbfle tinlidlngs fitted with Hot and Cold Watxr. stoaro tioatlng Direct or tacit roct ItaUlattim. . A full supply of Gs:Fixturcs, Upa l Globes, de. Patent Burners ; Globe, Angle and dbeek Valves Water and Stearn Guages, Iron and Lead Ylpe, arid a:full supply of Steam Fittings.' ;_ Estimates Promptly Given. Elpiti, N. Y., May In, Ibl"ct :LADIES AND GENTS; Send your FADED DRESSES, COATS, OR ANYLARTICLE TIIAT NEEDS CLEANING UR DTELNG, To us. We wilt GIVE SATISFACTION On PAT TOR TILE GARMENT'S W3f. ROBERTS' • CELEBRATED DYE & CLEANSING WORKS 434, 436 41 123 WATER-ST., 'LMIRA; ti. Y. Est4fblia7teti 1855 a Wort returned C. 0. U. by express If , de aired. maylo. C. BRINK, A. 31anufacturer & Dealer In - Vermont nnd.itallan MONUMENTS 45;,. TOMB STONES Scotch and American G RAN 1T E MONUMENTS, MARBLE & SLATE MANTELS, 222, 224, 22G WEST WATER STREET, ELMIRA, N. Y. „Elmlra, Aprll 18.1873 SPRING . 01' 1879. • • . , L . . 110SENBAUM & SONS - • 201 EAST WATEII-ST., t Rathbun ll,mne Block ' ELMIRA,-N. Y. ne‘lre in ihforre their rimy patrons and friends In Itrad ford and surrounding counties that they wilt have open by APRIL Ist for Inspection. the '.largest, fittest and most varied assortment of - MILLINERY R OODS, • F:ver open t to this city. to which we Invite atten tion. our past record for fair dealing meat speak for us this season. A rag !utlicited. and satisfaction guaranteed In every case. REMEMBER TIIETLA,t'E, • • 201 EAST WATER STREET, ELMIRA, NEW YORE. I`., March 19,1579. • GRANT & DEWATERS, WHOLESALE, AND RETAIL DEALERS .1 • `4l/ an kinds of Agricultural .Imfilements, FIRST-CLASS WAADNS, TOP AND OPEN BUGGIES, FARM tt . PLATFOR3i WAGONS; PHAETONS, &c, MOWERS AND REAPERS, SULKY HAY RAKES, &c. MOWING MACHINE SECTIONS .AND KNIVES TO FIT ALL MACHINES. MI 160 LAKE:STREET, ELMIRA, N. Y. Mzy 23, Ind ASTOICISIIING DISCLOSURES I= PR .MIUM. HARNESS STORE! \ - `C. IT. r WHEADON At SON Ware In stoc \ t kk[a n rgcst and most complete wort _l N \ meat of FARM AND FINE HARNESS Tkit can be found In ny store ttetween Albany and EIMIra. More SPORTING AND 7F GOODS .A. largo variety af x TRUNKS AND SAT7LS A more complete stock of TEAM AND TRACK WRITS! . A larger and better assortment of LADIES' AND GENTS' RIDING SADDLES, &c., &c. In conclusion, we say that we have everything that can be named connected with a business of, thitikintl, that we are anxious Wiwi). Wake upand PULL DOWN YOUR VEST net come up and see us, and we will demonstrate what we say. Al 206 E. WATER STREET, ELMIRA, Slgrief the a lit Collar;1011 CHAS. H. WHEA.DON .& SOX grain ilbsetitscands: WOODEN WATER: PIPE CHAIN PUMP TUBING. The undeceived harieg railhead bailee as at hie old place, is now ready to supply Veneers, ',Yam^ and all others le need of Pipe. with a I BITPRRIOR ARTICLE, • AT PRIM TO SUIT VIZ TOMB. A. WYOKOFF, (Stieeessor to 1. B. Home, libelee.) 4. 1 32 E. It. Aye. N. Y. . , Elodni. Jane 10,1871. ly YU • IL . K T Y. - - . • TVltoksale and Beta* C OTxzi-G Gents' Furnishing Goods, 123 EAST WATER STREET, LORING BLOCK, ELMIRA. Elmira, W. Y. June 13, 1878 NEW. ARRANGEMENT MEI COAL BUSINESS. The undersigned having purchased hum Mr McKean the COAL TAILD AT THE FOOT OF PINE STREET, NEAR THE —COURT HOUSE, • Invites tho patronage of his old friends and the public geuerally. I shall keep a full assortment of alt sitar, .PITTSTON, WILK ESCIARRE AND LOYAL B•)CK COAL, AND Al/ALL SALL AT LOWEST PRICES FOR CASH. &ATIIAN TUPD. Towanda. I'a, A 14.1% HIM 6 /271 11ENRY MERCUR, ANTIIRACM AND CODNJCII FADE AND itivrat S7RW/11, TOWANDA, Coal sereeted, and delivered to any part of the IIoro•, adding cartage to the abore prices. ALL MIDST'S )(UST DX At:ewersMlLD HT THZ emus.. Towanda, Jan 8, 1877. ATTENTION FARMERS! If Tau wish to ten your RAY, GRAIN, BUTTER & PRODUCE generally for nano: cant, at the highest mutat flees call at SMITH lk PARKS WItiAIIKINO. where you will also find a well aeleetedArtoCit of goods, selling at bottom prices. • • Wysauklng, Sept. 20, 1077.. MILLI N ERY 1 ' FANCY GOODS 11 TRIMMINGS t he lIMIIC4of TOWANDA 11.13 respectfully Invited to call at • SELL t FARNHAM'S MiLttwanlr STpna and examine the NEW GOODS last received from the cities. Our stock comprises everything in the line Of MILLINLIIT, FANCY GOODS. and TRIMMINGS, and we are it astonishingly LOW PRICES. AMSr ilaa v F i As n se i c o u sresdit thxe D er it v iicses.M of A MNinassSOH TaLrle prepared to do all work In this :Menu the shortest notice. • SNELL i 6 FARNHAM. Towanda, Fa, Sept. 17, 1878. - - - ATA.RET. ROSEQRANSE & BREWER, Announce to the people of Towinda and vicinity that they are za s ow prepared to furnish FRESH :' AND SALT MEATS, POULTRY, YIStfIyBTERS, And Vegetables In their scasint,l4.the most reason able rates. Everything purchased of ns delivered promptly free of ch.rfe. Our 'location. ONE DOOR NORTH' or SCOTrB BAKERY, is convenient for *ll. \ We buy the best Wick, and ,take rest painkto keep everything in the best order. Givens a call:\ ' ROSECRANSE A BREWER. Towanda, Dee. 5, DU. MEAT MARKET. MULLOCIC & RUNDELL Beg leave to think the people of TOW ANDA. for their very generous patronage eztended to them heretofore, and respectfully solicit a contlnaance of the same. We 'Witt all times keeps fell sup ply of PIIFJpI AND SALT HEATS, YOH AND OTSTZUS IN THE SEASON. We also keep • good assortment of GARDEN VEGETABLES, FRII/T. te. goods delivered , free of charge. MULLOCK 4 uvxmem; Tallients. Pa.. Sept. 19. tea. lag NEW LIVERY BOARDING AND EXCHANGE he undersigned having rent/ the old Means 110 Barn, and provided t knee t with NE BUGGIES' AND WAGONS; AVD , --- OOD HORSES, is now pre t o accommodate this Wee Si ILEASOShBLE THICI;11. ,_. New Boggles for nite cheap. \ B. W. LANE.' Towanda, Pa.; July lb, IV,. TO • . OZALEII, I'S -A Li ,-. goat. Dealer In SULLIVAN ANTHRACITE COAL 11. DIZEICUR. '4usenesstarbs. STABLES. itapql. j7A.COB'S Is sow leashing %hi PAL kWINTER STOCK OF CLOTHING! WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN EQUALLED BEFORE IN THIS MARKET, littler for Quality or Lou, Prices. Every-Article First-Class. PLEASE CALL a: EXAMINE BEFORE PURCHASING. LIE SELLS TOR CASK AND WILL.NOT BE UIFLIKW9LD. Patton's Block, Main-St. Towandi. Ps..liarth 2.6. GREAT BARGAINS ! J. DOUTRICH, MERCHANT. TAYLOR, Opposite Park, TOWANDA, PA,, IN • FANCY StiITINGS PANTA,LOONS. GOON JUST ARRIVED. Fine Cheviots. Worstedzz, Wool Diagonals, ONERCOATINGS, In great variety, made to order. at the VERY LOWEST PRICE. LACIEL MATALASSE CLOAKINOS, GENTS POUNISHING GOODS, at reduced prices. Windsor Scarf, . Silk Handkerchiefs, Colored Hose, Suspenders, Prom to 521 n size. *TAn•tnspcctlou of cur stock an convince the most fastidious. • .1. D01.7111C11. Main Street, Towauda, Pa. Dated Oct. 24, iM.B. Vltt 7tebicaf. MEDICAL ELECTRICITY MRS. W. A. COVERDLAE, IX IDLE PRACSICZ IX TUIS BOROUGH DURING TIIX. PAST TZAR, UkS EFFECTED MANY WONDERFUL CURES. Her increased knowledge makes her FULLY COMPETENT to treat.jsearly all diseases Incident to our race. SPECIAL ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO' PURE- LY FEMALE COMPLAINTS. =I Fever', Appoplesy, • Inflammation of the Eyes, 1 Quinsy, . Croup, Pneumonia, • Pleurisy, Inflammation of the Liver, Inflammatory Rheumatism, • Amarnels. Deafness, Aphonia, Dvspepsta, Diabetes, Chronic Rheumatism, St. Vitus banes,' Epilepsy, Gaiter, Neuralgia, Feier Sore, Cancer, Catarrh, Curvature of the Spine, Asthma, Bright% Disease of the Kidneys, and other diseases too numerous to mention. CITARGES MODERATE. TUNIS CASII. Res/denee on Poplar-et, west of Western Avenue, ethers she may be found at all boar*. may! THE SUBSCRIBER TAKES I. Pleasure In calling the attention of his ntitner one patrons and the public generally, to the fact that he still continues a GENERAL MARKET BUSINESS At th. OLD STAND of MYER A 11IINDELL, In L a ti rroirs thatul l i nc s It, pearl ,opreparecaositieetahe Means mune, SALT AND FRESH MEATS, FRESH POULTRY, VEGETABLES AND BERRIES Of theNery best quality, at as low rates as any other establishment. C. X. MI ER. ) Jun. 1,. i 6764 GREATLY PLANING, NA Ana all Midi of Plaaing \ -13kIll Work, AWAY DO r ig DOWN! DOWN!!! Bo Far rma *An see It. N, Wive aso on hands tarp stock et SASH AND DOORS. -Which I am selling at riots to salt the hmea. WINDOW-BLINDS Mode promptly to order, at • law price, for CASH IT YOU WANT TO OUT EICU QUICK, Call and see my Goods and Prices. Limber brought bete to be milled, will be kep ander ewer. and perfectly dry midi taken allay Good abed) for year Lana, and a dry place Wiest L. B. RODGERS, Towanda, ilsa,ll, WT. LE MOH VAT4tEY - \ \ \i, PE NN. W YORE RAIL ROADS. Arraagement of r tiger Testae to take effect NOVENB It 10, 1878. MILE/2 P.m. A IIIA.IIU, I 03 7 20; 2 540 00: 5 15'7 30' :.... Rochester, 6 3012 ... Lyons 6419 25, —Geneva . 3 33111451 ...ltbscri.. 6266 00 .. Auburn. 9 0011040; . 9051 171 9 45 1 45'' 9 091—Waverly 10 10 I 145; 9 IS 10 14 2 Oaf 9 20,..../t theta.. - - - - ....I 9 20 1 I.• 9 401....1115ter.. 2 3010 c0',... " tm'alDA ....tio 10 1 Ni",yraoklegl „ 10 20I.Stalt Stone.' RunVerneld d 22.Prerichwiro 3 09,10 32'. IVSalusthe 2 27i1l 14'. I.aceyville. I 20 i3k In's Eddy 3 44.11 371 4feshoppett 44 3lehts.patly. 1 12'12 33,Tunt han'ck ..h2 40.. La Grange. • 12 Sa'.• " . 161,3; 1 20',L.4 /1 Junel; 13, 2o& W -11 a r re 1 .7 SO! 43•;' 1 1% ,1 1 Chunk , 4 241 6 60. lie Wow° . t f ,, 26, 905 .Itetblebern. '9 40 9, 1000 1 , 8 is, Ph I lad . ' phlit 9 2.4. NCO' York. ,IF:ACP-11j 4 45 1 6 2SI 61. 6 625 6 V. 6 .0 70C r. Etri 1113, EICI A.M. 7 10 7 20 , 1 36 600' ral3. 105 1 a. 15` 4 48, 510, 6 00 6 401 , 9 05 A.ll j 1100' 12 03, 3215; 12 50 2 05 3 50 P.M. Trains 8 and 15 run daily. Sleeping canton trains 8 an 4 15 between Niagara Palls aad Philadelphia and between Lyons and Now York without rhangel Parlor ears on Trains Y. and 9 between Niagara hails and Philadelphia without change. It. A. PACKER,. Supt., Sayre, Pa., Nov. 10, 1878. • P. it N. Y. R. R. jroceries anb Wrovisfous. tz/ 0 C P l'3 4 6 0, Ilt so el n-, 0 C 2 Q V. - C 3 0 *.<l r ICA q "44 S CD oi a . g , ,p W - Z) pa n m -; . CA (1 n P. w ig 0 v 9 -. a.. crg c 9, Zg lJ .3 lg. .rs , Li o ct. . n 1-4 LLI fa .....3 , r , g •—• . 9 ' a" .:- ID W ti iV n ''. 4 .• ,9. . i t—i oi s • • jg, r .j . t , 011 F C.4 ,1 ig . V t rl .? 1 =1 1 71. ,1, 4 W j 0 . C . _. 2 . 4 a. . it 1 , 4 s til . 7.. a El i r „y 2 zi rl tI O ::-.. " r., . f- , :. L -1 f.. I Li V -1 1 i n 'ff 1 u os-ii 0., a C. c. n . .:1 ~ 1 gl. 5 - 3 E it tt E i s C-. , , ti ' P. --' t° C e) ,CD pr a 0 o r .r. - CA 0 O .-• : 3 :: -.CD ... W ✓ : 4 • 0 ° -. .. v . t „.„,... = E - 0 0 ••," P a fa < F+.. 3 cn. A 1:1 H 0 — g, ASa = ' CO • c " ' ::. .... ..... ',5 8-s H ..,- a; g • P R szi 0 ;co vi " ca • 8 E. ... p 0.1 Cy ?CO O 6.1 CI '.' ' P-1 (1) En if, 0 sa . Zt C'CI b CD = Sn , and Plaids, OVERCOATINGS, Underclothing, STEVENS , ; T,ONG, , WIJ;OLESALE & RETAIL CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, Haring a largo and commodious store we ate CASH PAID FOR BETTER, Or taken In exchange for goods, ah-lowest rash pri ces. Our long experience In the Grocery Trade gives us peculiar advantages In purcha,lng, and as we are not ambitious to make large profits, we lat ter ourselves that we can prior GREATER INDUCEMENTS TO Buyers than any other establishment In Northern Pennsylvania. mire THE BRIDGE STREET Keeps a Ptill Stock of Good:, for the Parlor, lied Room, Sitting- . loon[, Dining-Room and Kitchen SOFAS LOUNGES, CHAIRS; MARBLE TOP. TABLES, FINE: WALNUT brIAMBERI.TITS, ANT) WALNUT DINING TARLES & CHAIRS BEDSTEADS, . BUREAUS, • WORKSTANDS CANE AND WOOD-SE/L . . CHAIRS, EXTENSION , it PALL-LEAF TABLES, • LOOKING-GLASSES, . CRADLES, CENTRE TABLES, 4L - C., &c., &e., IN GREAT VARIETY. . D PRICES 1 doing D FE-sAw-txo, We mate Specialty of BED SPRINGS lit MATTRESSES ■ `UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT COFFINS AND CASKETS Of all klads and sizes. A large st,ck of Trim mings, and the latest improvements In Corpse Pre senters, Pails:Ac. All funerals are attended by a competent. experienced undertaker. We make a specialty of this blanch. and GUARANTEE SAT ISFACTION both‘as to WORN. AND.PRICE. PICTURE FRAMES made to order from a line stock of the latest styles of moulding. - N. P. HICKS, BRIDGIAT, TOWAN ' D/L. Towaada, Key 30, 1878. 111 Vaitriabs. I_i BTATIO TS.' Pat, 0.21.,..414? fl 13/... 11 011 1 .... 111,01 1,".0 : 17161.... 10 00 1 C41005 1 ,-.... 11 17i 8 251 V.A..— 741' 5 15214 r.... 405, 2 41:8 4% 10 00t 2.2' 40 6 25 1 30:9 52.212406 168 • 4 45 . 11 1415 401 65 4 35,11 aes 107 42 4 31 11 23 4 6 047 25 ....1,11244 56.7 25 1T44;7 is 4 CO 11 COA 331 00 4/1.4.2; e si ••• as - . 4 ao:4 os:a 102, 9 48 3 34r 9 42,3 30; 1J ....'928315;-- •-• 010 309 l• 2 18' 8 MI 47;9 30 .; 441 37,9 20 • •• 8 28 2 2:59 05 131 8 051 okB 01 1 09 7 3011 408,40 . 11 05 —11110,5 50 ; 10 ••• .',11007,4 31 •W 554 20 9 20,..,0 2$ 50 8 00 ...AS 15 2 ••101 9 30 301 oa , e.x..A.ALIA 9er 11 Dealer In COUNTRY PRODUCE, GRAIN, &C. prepared at all times to carry a largo atoca. GRAIN AND PAODIJCE. ~. STEVENS &, LONG. CORNER )SAID A 1.111106 E TOWANDA, PA FURNITURE STORE, TO WANDA, PENNA., " It consists of In Common Goods thorn is In the We have. goagoas aub garriages. T' OLD ESTABLISHMENT STILL :TAKES TEE LEAD! Wagon TITAN EVER, WI arta at a GREAT REDUCTION. . Plat 30' 2 L 32 JAMES BRYANT Proprietor of the 014 Carriage Warinfactory, ear. Stahl aura Elizabeth streets, would tall the special attention of FA tr.HEICS sod others to Ma large wed complete amortmmt of • OPEN AND TOP BUGGIES AND PLATFORM WAGONS, £ll ti'; , Als own manufacture, and warranted in every particular to be equal to the mast expensive City work. NOW IS YOUR TIME TO -Bra"! Look at the •figures, and \ remember that every vehicle is warranted : . Pr.ATFOIIIIWAGONS......... ...... 'WO tolIlO OPEN BUGGIES 80 " 100 TOP BUGGIES 125 " ISO Tim prices are far below the cost of manufacture and will not be maintained after the present stock Is disposed of, so you must make selections NOW. Don't Ito Imposed upon by Interior work Sind poor materials, but purcimse at the establishment which has been in operation for nearly halt a cen tury and is permanently !created. REPAIRIst, PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Mace and Factory coy. Main and ElLtaboth sdreeta. Towanda, dime 21, 147 NEW CARRIAGE FACTORY East of the Reporter Offtee Nhlnt) , re & Spencer nespeet tufty announce to the public that they are prepared to build all kinds of FAMILY CARRIAGES, TOP AND OPEN BUGGIES, PHAETON & PLATFOR3I SPRING WAGONS, TROTTING SULKIES & SKELETONS, Made of the best material and in the best style All work warranted to give perfect satisfaction. 9 PAINTING A SPECIALTY We have one of the best Carriage Painters la the coulary, and du all work li this line at the lowest rates. • AOlnds of Neatly and promptly done at reduced prices Making new springs an.l renalrlng olti ones a specialty. All work guarantettl. ricaz.e glee us& Towan!la, April 2n, 1877 NEW FIRM USX filled up tbo old sturo of 0. A. Black wlth• a full Hue iof . CROCKERY CUTLERY, SILVER PLATED GOODS, STONEWARE BABY WAGONS,' FANCY GOODS, ' TOYS, TOYS! DOUSE FuttsimuNG GOODS! - • kgrearvarletyof LAMPS, LANTERNS, CHIMNEYS A NEW DEPARTURE Sewing Machines of the leadbg 'mates sold for Cash at store, at wonderfully lOis prices, MACHINE NEEDLES t OIL LADIES, GENTS AND CHILDREN Are Invited to look over our assortment. as we are determined to do all In our power to please. Re member the place, Towanda. Lay 10, 1577. ; .gattoicaf Znstrum . cuts. L. B. POWELL, ' l 5 Wyoming Avenue, SCRANTON, PA., lots a larr.,e stock of second-hand PILUNOSI ant ()R44.41V5. which he offers :7177717t1 no ir;, toiy an instru ment .elsewhere without tint geffing prlpes front him. During. the post few years. he Inti betn doing an extensive renting loisint , s, and, in..m:erginitieeof the tin .Meel P•rrilve cy of the times, natty of these his:runic:As have been returncl. As 40,n it,."/ a P 1.11,170 or Ai iv returned. it brane:=.7plit n1,T77. ouath order by his repairer, and. when ()Tema again, b. In eimdition Some of them.: he can warrant for tire rears. the same as•new ones. an opportunity being gins given to obtain a THOROUGHLY-GOOD DISTP.UNENT at a very moderate price. Itn. Powut has now in stock one f.oetave Prince 'Melodeon. pianZ,-ease. No ; ( , e ,, Portable Melodeon, $ tri ; one 5-octave 'Jubilee' Organ ; G st.ipa, 85.5; one 5-.s-tave s: . ew:Eneland Organ, 6 stops, 69 with 7 sh-ni": C. : with 8 stop., 875; one 5-octave 1:lason & Ilarnlin Organ, 5 store. 865; one 5-octave Organ, sr, ; one Lighte, Newton, st Bradbury Piano, 7-octave, $1155,; one Haines Brothers .Piano. 7-octave, 8110; one Chlekering Piano, 7-octave, 4 round, 4 , -I's; one Chickering Plano, 7-octave, 4 round, $3 . 25i ono Iliaclton Piano, 7.octave,v.7ii and many others 'Which can not be specified here, ALWAYS IN STOCK, the celebrated - CIIIIPKERING PIANO% and the unrivaled MAtiON dr lIAM LIN OIIGANS. which he is prepared to t =mai to either witotmALE or RETAIL purchasers at BOTTOM PRICES. 118 Wyoming Avenue, Scranton, Pa. SURE REWARD. CI YEARS.To PAY FOR A FAUN. - S 4 tO 'BlO Per Acre. Beech and .111aple Land In IPllehtgant In the MILLION ACRE GRANT or the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Company. TITLE. PERFECT. Strong aoll -nu re crops-_plenty ogling* Ilier-no drought-no ehltach-bugs no 44 hoppers.” /limning streams-pure water-ready markets-schools-Railroad tom. pleted - through centre of the grant. - Send for pamphlet, English or German. Address W. 0. REGUART, Land Commissioner s • GRAND RAPIDS, MICR. JAMES. BRYANT. REI AIRING StetsTTRE & SPENCER. drocacio AND NEW GOODS! H. J. Main)). CHINA, CHINA, *GLASSWARE! _ 4. _ . "OLD CROCELIZY.STOILE." L. B. FPOWELLv ,gar m and-§ousqhold. (Eirscial pains will be taken to make the Ark:a/um/Department of thellicPowrza. of interest and value to the kirmers of Bradford County, by careful seleetions from the best Agricultural journals of the country. We should be glad to giv the successful results of the labors and e.vperi ence of our farmers, as to the best methods of Firming, and invite contribUtions frion those who desire in this way to advance the Apieultural interests of the ,County.) • Freezing Out of Winter Grain It does not yet ,seem to be under stood that, the freesing out of winter grain comes from a superbundance of moisture in the: soil, which ayery little care in making' surfaCe farrows at wheat sowing time would prevent. As it . is, therels always great danger' of loss from the grain .being - .thrown out. Writing .of the' 'prospects - in Illnois a correspondent of The Coen , try Gentleman writes: " Wherever in the winter :wheat region there is.'froni six to- sixteen inches' Of snow (and the .average hereabouts , is .not less than twelve, and further north nearly double that depth ,in some places.), and where on this dense and massed _snowfall, there is a . donsiderable crust . this winter wheat crop is in' great danger of being smothered and killed oat right.' This thing occurred during . 'February and March, 1875, and 'the I winter wheat crop in the black soil counties was totally destroyed. - But: , it was a sinOlar faCt that rye was not injured, and a better crop of it_ was never made than — from the, har vests of that year. That this was not due to local, causes was proved to me by the circumstances .that in one or two fields ; sown with-half.rYe and half wheat, the rye came through I safe' and sound, while not, a single stalk or stool of wheat snrvived though the stand was the stronger in; wheat when the winter set hi.. But it is not t.?o late perhaps to save the ! crop if means are immediately taken to brefik the crust and 're'store that , circulation of the atmosphere which the wheat' plant seems- to- demand. Anything Which will .effectually do, the job will be sufficient—a two or I four horse team'., hitched :to a plank ' drag, driven across the field, will do the business. Or the fields . may be gotta Over with a henry roller'or with . a plank drag or harroW alone, leav ing the wagon out of the programme. -however,, if under the crust, and next to the wheat, a mass of.ice has formed, it is possible little''.good would be done; the outcome ot\the crop depending, in such 'cases, on the' favorable or unfavorable charac ter of the weather during which the ice is melted and the frost taken out of.the ground. If the frost shall be' drawn gradually (nit, and during the process no severe freezing happens, wheat plants will be likely to, come forth alive; _but if a thaw comes which does not take all the frost out; and the earth being saturated snow water or rain, severe; freezing follows down so 'far as to meet the frost below, then, in such Cases,.the killing - of' the plant is almost a cer tainty. It is a great. and serious .matter to have the ; wheat crop re duced or injured At any and all times; but when, as at;'this Link, so much depends upon it to give a gen erous impulse to the rising tide ° of prosperity which has set in, the re duction of its outcome to the extent threatened cannot be counted less than a great public calamity." , Of course there will 'always he some danger ;from thawing out, let the drainage of the earth be ever so 'well attended to in the fall of the year. For it the earth 'be only half thawed 'out, that is to say supposing a foot deep of frost has only . thaw.e4 six' inches, a rain or'soft .snow will fill the ground with water Which, owing to the ,frozens bottom. cannot well escape, and under 'such eircum stances.freezing and thawing . will certainly draw out the plants. My„HonEe Plants. I would like tip:tell the. readers of the llousekeepei' \ about - my house plants.. I have been \ Vcry successful with them for several years. and par ' ticularly this winter, althouf , ,h we have-had a very severe one for Con necticut. I have about op& hundred pots, occupying tivo windows in my. dining-room and three inAhe cham ber over 'it, and those that require but little sunshine in 'other parts:of the .rooms,. all warmed by a coal' stove. stove. 'At any time- through the winter I could, cut .a • rave bouquet. Summer or winter-I cut" my flowers very freely, as it is beneficial to the plants; they bloom far better for it, and itigives me much pleasure to give them to the -sick and to friends, and- to the little childrenn. They will seem so pleased With the delicate treasurers. If I could' have my flowers but one season in the year I shobld take winter. 'We hate • So much that is beautiful in summer— the trees and the 'fields,. and all na • ture. In winter all isehangeo 7 -so cold and desolate. The birds often come againit the window with such force. as to almost • Stun them, think= ing, I suppose, they are going into a summer land. I have a beautiful almtilon ; it stands onAhe flour and . reaches the plastering above. Some of the limbs, aft. s .,r growing in that direction as long as they could, have drooped downward some two feet or more. The tree is very large and well proportioned, and a mass, the whole, winter, ofgaily 'Colored flowers. I would like to hear from 'others that are lovers of flowers, I -would also like toisay to Dyspeptic, drink freely of good, pure , milk ;' it is food and . drink, and I know itlabe a'wonder, fu I medicine, from ex perience.- 7 111 as. E. A. STANTON in Practical. Farmer. The Effects of Impure Ventilation: It is not .to be disputed that an abundance of pure • air is necessary for the health • and life Of a horse.; yetin the present day there arc many who carefully close every aperture by which a breath of fresh air can by any possibility gain admission: into the stable, and the consequence is that the foul air that, arises in the night passes through the lungs'of the horse, the blood cannot undergo its proper and .healtlif change, the brain and nervous system wilt sutler, and all the functions of life be ,more or lesi injured, the eireet of which leads to inflamed • lungs,' diseased eyes, mange, glanders and other diseases. It is pretty certain that the majority . of the Maladies of the horse, and those of the worst and most fatal diameter, are directly to be attribu ted to a.deficient suprly of air, cruel exaction of work - and insufficient, had fare. The. temperature of the stable is also's, very important point. When it is considered - that a. horse stands twenty hours orieren a whole r day in impure qtrarters, and is then stripped of his clothiUgi led out into the open air, and stands a• couple of hours or so in a temperature several degrees below that of the stable, it stands _to reason that the horse must be subjec ted to rheuti3atism, catarrh and other complaints. It ought to be generally known that the return toil hot stable is quite as dangerous as the change from a heated atmosphere to a cold and biting air. It is the sudden change of temperature, yrhether from heat to-cold or vice versa, that does the mischief and destroys thousands of horses. • A -Cat's Develop -stmt. .•Nature exereises her colts in the lieu ; they go tearing through bush-- es, jumping brooks, and race over , hillocks . ; nor - .will they halt until their necks:are moist, their nostril, distended' and ' their flanks all a:quiver. A 6,cepti fig this • Lint; therefore, the, colt is take s n into an exercise lot,' and there, sent around time and-again, until hiS rihs stand out to sight as if lifted by every inflation of the hings. This is done month in and out, ; the year around. It is this steady,:persisted_, in exercise, touching, any oirrin,:that gives to it, in the end its hio.lie,t" possible' development. .Tiro:ie 'who think that a horse's Wind eanl,,Ne veloped in two or three months are greatly mistaken. - Lungs cannot be built up . in 'a clay; they must be grown up in . the horse, beginning at; the time he is able to -trot b c y the. dam's side.. In -addition tlethe • • 11 1 • cising, comes - jogging on t eroad or around the track. It is often said, "never-drive nor harnees a colt be fore be is fire years old.", This is, ridicalous.,. The natural state is not the lies`., necessarily, to an animal so highly organied as a- horse. - A colt, if he is well-formed and of average , size,. should be driven from five to ten miles, to a light wag.on, twice a'iveek leas, and allowed to ." step out," once or tWice every.drive, for a 4narter of. a mile,.too, at that. Colts. are made to travel, and travel. ing does not' hurt .them, as any one can Observe in the. pasture field. .It does not hurt a colt to "puff" or "sweat," but, on the other harid, this swift and hot lung and heart action Is just what . his System needs for its develoPment.- :::Tooverdrive,a colt is undoubtedly criminal, but, where one colt is crip pled by over-exercise, fifty are crip pled by constrained idleness. The colt should have plenty of oats aid .hay, and - pure water, and fresh r.ir in his stall, and plenty of exercise. Such a colt, when he is fully matured, will be able to go fast and for a con: Sidefatlit3 distance, and to pull weight also without giving out. Whatever else ifs ne: , lected . in the educatioiland training of a colt.° the develoim l .lit of the lungs should have especial at tention.-, I= • SOWEVI COATS EARLY.--In a few things have the advantages of an tin. : derdrain . soil shown to • better, effect. than in oat-growing. Light soils ate not favorable 'to the, oat, and yet it is the.light soils which are the early ones. On the other hand the oat rc quires-a moijera'tely low4emperature of atleast . two months to perfect the root at organization.. It ought to Ise one of the earliest crops s!iwn in the spring, but our strong soils on Which the oat does best-are often wet soilF-, anal very tulfayorable to early sow inf.. Those *holhave strong soils, and yet tolerably dry, have the Nun best of oat-land, and those who have not must watch every chantm to get in the seed - early if they would drr. - ve .the best results. Those who know this and 3 etlifive land for-oats - wi11...1r they feel they will hardly 'be abl-e to seed before the end of April, some. , times prepare the land in the. fall, and then sow the seem on the snow in February Snow in our. reof!gi is too precarious to found any syst(til the'reon. We may have snow and we may not. brit in -the Westkrn States, where.snow is a re7ulaf thing at . that time of the year, we, notice that the practice is growing into favor. Those whO have tried it; say the seed sprouts as soon as thejirst warm days of. spring creme. some two wee - 1;s at least ahead of the'ri•golar April sowings, and the crop is iiro portionately increased. We May not find this plan everw her. feasable, but we Ii ay be-encouraged always to sow at tine earliest time practicable. ===l /lE ' -GRAFTINI; . WonTHLEss PEAR TREFS.—The old butter pear often cracks its fruit so badly, and other kinds arc Nun(' desirable, that it is worth - reinembtrinz that they may all be re-grafted with other kinds in the spring. Sonie tioicy that budding in summer is preferable to spring Kraftintr: It might be of interest says n. oorrespondent in the Garth era,' Month Iy. to -some of yoUr rea:l ers. for me to. describe it method r oe over-working.some Flemish Bean'y pear - trees, upon which the fruit cracked so badly as to render—them worthless: Last summer in the bud ding season,l budded 'all over the trees into all the limbs which I thought would form a perfect . head. The buds all . 'took," and the preScnt season . have grown remarkably. To be sure this rio ~new Mit very many fruit growers. think that theN iss-rio way, to. work over a large treetex:ceipt the Old- fashioned: - mole of cleft grating, pit Whia often pip ditties - unseemly gashes upon the tree; and which it : often takes a number of years for . the tree to overcome. Hence I ' - i -- peak oC th 4 method of budding into the limb, anti think it May be Of .service. to some, 'Who . lika me are troubled : with - several worth- . . less varieties of the pear that,: arc renderedso by cracking. - r Iv the• horse is shy, and hard to catch, take finely grated horse-castor. 'oils of,'irhotiium and cummin : keel' them in 'separate bottles, well-corked: put - sprae oil of cummin on your hand and approach the horse on the windy side. lie will then move towaril.you. As soon as you can reach him, rub some. of the cummin on his nose, give him a little of the castor on,anything Pe Likes,•and get a few drolly of the oil of rhodium on his tongue. A ftcr this you can make him nearly any thing you want. Treat him kindly, feed' well, handle gentle, and - your victory is certain. I^=ll Sol!: of Uo . farmers, iii couPlo of tawwhips, down in 3litllin County. have taken the time ;and trouble to ascertain the acreageraown . in wheat and oats ; the numbed of bushels of seed Sowii per acre', and the yielded. The reportji,s highly inter esting, and if any 'of otir ngrietilturto l'iatrOrfs will take it upon• themselyes to gather the- statistics of their re spective tow , fr nShip we will take plea ure in laying the same before our thonsands of readers. To chase your own chickens is a fywl proceeding'.
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