fthwtlional fOarbmi ASSOCIATIP ItDITORD I Z. Z. QUINLAN, J. T. McCOLLON, J. A. WILT, (1. W. STAN, A. T. LILLET. Comtnuniesttons may_ be sent to any one of the above editors, as may be preferred, and will appear to the Issue of which be has charge. - E. E. (ICIIMALK, Editor. DISTRICT INSTITUTES To the credit of the teachers of Brad ford, Distrtct Institutes are organizing in many parts of the county Looking- over a file of the back numbers of -the Brad ford School Journal,_ we notice minutes of Institutes in the following townships : Rome, Wyalusing, Canton, ;Tuscarora, SCuth Creek,' and Orwell. We have no -doubt but what district institutes have been organized in other townships. This is a step In the right direction. We trust that teachers will take interest enough in their meetingato convince directors that the ffay in the district institute is worth more‘to the schools that the -day taught. When_ this is accomplished it will be an easy task to secure from our directors_ thisda7) -, as an equivalent for a day's teaching. In all the townships them are teachers more experienced, better quali fied and more successful than others. If -directors attend, and some directors al ways should, these meetings, it will afford an excellent opportunity for directors to -.become acquainted With such teachers. This acquaintance must be beneficial to teacher and director, when the season for• employing teachers again comes around. Nor is this all they benefit. Indeed we might,say it is the least. All teachers desire to have a fair standing in the ap-' preciation of their fellows. This desire will cause every ambitiouit teacher to make himself as familiar as possible with the topics to be discussed.- But the greatest benefit Must accrue:from the free • interchange of opinions on the methods given, and the comparison of results in regard to methods tried. Theories are good. Theories that stand the test of the school room are better. As methods of instruction are given from week to week, or month to month, the teacher has 'an opportunity of putting into immediate practice, while it is yet fresh in his mind, whatever he sees or hears that seems to him valuable in the school-room. The methods of teaching that are the proper ty of the few now become the common -- stock of the many. Our county institutes have done a good work in this particular. Now let the county district institute sup- plement the work of ithe .county institute in following up the' methods Oven there testing them in the school-room, using Whatever is valuable, and rejecting as chaff, that which however plausible in thdiry, will not stand the test of the trial. Tau following complimentary notice is taken fr:4n the Wilkes-Barre Record o the Tintes.• , The-teacher mentioned was educated at the Susquehanna Collegiate liistitutedn this place, and taught for sev . eral Years in this county : A ZEALOUS TEA( RER. Editor of the Record I want to giv an account of a very pleasing and entertaining elev. • eise held in our primary school room this morning, but in order to do so intelligent have to go back several' Months iir oid• history and give yOti an account of the ei , ents - vviiich finally resulted in this entertainment. About the first of, Sep ten4r, 1f37941i5s Alice H. Peet, our efß c;eat primary teacher, who we: think has few ifiapy superiors as such, appeared to the Sidekshinny school board to purchase an organ far the use.of her school. The while, they could not butacknowl (Alga the reasonableness, of the request, yet felt their inability to comply with it. Miss Peet then, with indefatigable zeal, in - the interests of her scholars, cir- ciliated a subseripthin •paper among. our good people and by subscriptions of from two cents to two dollars each succeeded in raising enough money, and with it pur. chased a double iced, four stop, Wilcox White organ, which for „finish and sweetness of tone is eldom equalled; And this leads Me back to where I begun, for this morning, in the presence of her school and a large number of visitors, througli - Mr. Ned floss, principal of our schools, presented the organ to the school board to beheld in trust for the use of the primary school of - Shiekshinny. Miss feet's zeal, - untiring devotion to . the in terests of her pupils, her love for them and their affection for her are household words in this community. • A MERRELL Or TUE SCHOOL BOARD. -- PENNANsRIP.—In teaching penmanship the teacher should require' the scholar to become thoroughly acquainted with the analysis of the letters. 'This can be done whether the students use copy books, or, simply foolscap paper. I The teacher should write the copy on the board. An alyzt, it before the class. When the pa pilS become SomevAat familiar with the. principles of penmanship and their com-: binations, the teacher should require 4, scholaOr to analyze copies, not only of the= teachers'. writing, but of their own. The teacher should illustrate the mistakes made by the students in their writing books, on the board, reqUiring the stu dent to criticise and correct. Intelligent criticism. is one of the best aids in secur ing a correct handivriting. If scholars arc expecting to be called often them selves to attilyze eopiefs, they Will bet ranch more attentive when the teacheri analyzes. The beginner is not apt to 4 ' write correctly, unless be knows how. The best way, for him to learn; and the only way for the teacher to know wheth er he is learning analysis, is to require Lim to analyze and criticise copies written on the blackboard or elsewhere. =CCM 11 ;i " THE BRADFORD COVNTY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.—The next meeting of the Bradford Association . id near at . hand. The selection of place is a good one for a session, since it is easily accessible by rail and near the center; of the county. The programme is varied, and cannot but • be interesting and profitable to all teach e;rs and frigods.of education who may at tend. It has been a source of gratifica tion to us ,, ,to see steady 'and healthy growth of the association during ,the ten _years we have been acquainted with it. - Year by year it is getting more practical, taking a.stronger hold upon the teachers of the County and grOwing in the estitna . Aloft of the people as lone of the education al institutions of Bradford County. Trik; State Ehiperintendent of New Hampshire, in his last annual report, says that tsne prominent obStacle in the way' ec the improvement_ ofthe public schools., is the fact that there are too many of them, - and too small. .The people are be. gin/2410:o see the wisdom of consolidar.: ing districts, thus gaining the wholesome stimulus of numbers, longer terms and better schools.—Bradford &hoot Journal. We think it Would be a good plan if con. tiguous districts in our own county would unite during the winter Season, lengthen their terms and employ a teacher of, ex. perience and good qualifications. iii manylp3aces such a course is practiCable. BRADFORD COUNTY TEACHERS' - ASSOCIATION. The next meeting of tlia Bradford County Teachers' Association will take plaoe Bider, - Friday " and Saturday, February 13th and 14th, commencing at 10":30 A. E. The following are 'the ap pointments : Lecturer—Rev. William Taylor. • Papers—Professors McCelli:on and Bur ; gaa Essais—Misses Julia Kinney, P. E. Beardsley and R. Morse. • Practical Work, Orthography and Or theopy—Proressor H. W. Benedict. Metric System—Mr. 3. S Bovindon. Percentage—Mx.„o. L. L. Black. Grammar ; Professor E.E. Geography—Miss Gillett. Declamationi—Fred Mather's, C. 13 Shaw. Recitations—Misses Hankie Landon, Laura Gerould, Ella 'Murdoch. • Committee on Arrangements—Mr. E. A. Thompson, Dr. Mills, Mr. , Joseph Mercerean, Miss Cynthia Shaw, 'Mrs. Henry Rockwell, Mr. Lg. C. Hoover, Mr. Henry Shaw. Committee on Resolutions—Professor W. E. Evans, Mr. E. Z. Wook, Mr. J. Q. Sullivan. A cordial invitation is extended to all teachers and friends of education, to be present and participate in the exercises. ELLA SrALDING. Y. 6. CRAWFORD, Secretary. President. A STEP IN THE RIGHT MIME rnmc.—At a meeting of the Athens School Directors, held DeComber 20th, 18'I9, at the sugges tion of the State Superintendent, as pub lished, in the Pennsylvania &hool Jour. n 44, December number, it was unaui mousv Rpoited, That all teache'rs in our em ploy be required to hold near the end of the term a public examination, or review of all the work done during the term. To be a full and careful &view of the classes of the school, upon all subjects studied, and at these examinatll the parents should be cordially invited to be present. The examination papers to be preserv ed! and sent to the. Superientendent. CouNTY Teachers' Institutes were held in`many of the counties during the holi days. -. _E. A.• Tno3trsox -ha4 been elected prig dial of the Ulster Graded School. Aar, libvertiseuteuts. SUSQUEHANNA QUERANNA COLLEGIATE IN. ItTITIE. Second -Winter Term will begin' MONDAY, JANUARY ttVrit. 1880. ErpenBes for hoard, tuition and turnisbed-room from .az to 1180 per year. For catalogue or'..turther particulara address the Principal. EDWIN E. 91JINLAN, 'A. M. Towat.da, Jan. 15, 1880. 'Ty' GILMORE & CO. (Established 00.1 PENSI• ):VS, INCREASE OF PENSION, and all othericlaates of claims for Soldiers and Soldiers• Heirs, prosecuted. Address with stamp. GILMORE & CO.,' Washlneton, 15. C. PATENTS and how to obtain them. Pamphlet free, upon receipt of Stamp fc.r post ago. Address— GILAIORE, SMITH & CO. oar,B, I..,tent OArr , Iroxissnytmt, r. r. GET YOUR HAIR CErT AND SHAVING, - AT VIE 17 1 1Vetra. Picrusige shaving Parlor Sir•We study to please. D. V. STEDGE, Prop r Towanda. Pi." JUI) . is. 1579. gaarefe 'arcs. TnE OLD' MARBLE YARD STILL IN OPERATION. The under/darted haying porehased the MAR BLE YARD.of the late GEORGE McCABE, de; sires to Inform the pub*, that having, employed eiperleneed men, he is prepared to do all kinds of Berk In the Ilse of - MONUMENTS, MEAD STONES, MANTLES' and - In tle;very best manner and at lowest rates. Persons desiring anything in the Marble line are invited.to call and examine work, and save agents' commission. JAMES MccAUE. Towanda, ra., Nov. It. 1878. • '24LT Aarbware. HARDWARE AT GREATLY RED,UCED PRICES . . H.- T. TUNE, AGENT, Is now opening a large and general assortment c Hardware. Cutlery, Stoves, Nails, iron, Glasr Paints. (ila, Varnishes, Tinware, House Furnish ing Goods, &c., purchased Tor cash and oltered for sale At Bargains to these who pay cash for goods, II)ANGES and Cooking Stoves, for I, Coal and Wood, at low prices, at JUUE'S. TIEIE Gossip, the best loisvrieed SUM for offices and chambets ever made. at VOK Horse-Skies and Horse=Shoe I s Nails. go to • JUNE'S, A LARGE stock of Bar, Square Round, llgHt-itound, Oval, Ilalf-Oval, Band and Hoop Iron. at , JUNE'S. • VOR Paints, Oils, and Varnishes .L• go to JUNE'S. T 9INTERNS—,a great variety at .14 2. r0w pricest, at JUNE'S. Latches, and Bolts, every variety anilik Ind, at, " JUN CAST and Toe Corks (Steel), at JUNE'S. lIIISSTI)N'S Celebrated Saws, at JUNE'S. TABLE and Pocket Cutlery, at JUNE'S Ti . ousE Furnishing Goods, at JUN Ell. AA" NAILS and Spikes, all sizes, at JUNE'S. • N ORWAY and Sweed's iron at arssics. ECHANICS will flnd a good As. sortmecit of Tools at JUNE'S. A LARGE stock of Phiisdeli)his cni.. Canine and I'm Bolts. at JUNE'S. WirtE Clot at .11, POWDER,, Shot and Caps, for sale at JUNE'S. BLASTING'Powsier, at TUN-Zia FILES and Rasps, a full assort taeat, at JUNE'S. VMMERY Cloth and Paper t and _LA Saad Paper. at JUIN, VS. WINDOW GLASS, fr om 719 to 24136. JUNE'S. SCREWS and Tacks, direct from mall. at tbe, M red an uced p ric e . at toe sale at wholesale and AMPS, Lamp Burners, Chimneys, Shades, and Wicks of every variety. at_ llr ire TIRE Graphic and New Jeweli th most perfect sad ernathental besting stoves the world, st JlTlerf3 ROPE, Sash, Cord, Twine and wlet, all arcs, a , JUKES:- TINWARE—a large and general assortment at low prices. at, JUTit H. s77lrullatZleirsAV'ècgor, ar.""alCi: VALLEY' • , • H PENN.& NEWPOILK RAIL ROAD& Arrangement of Paueoger Trains to tate street Novzmnisn 10. tas. • 1166TW.iRD.- - I 161181'WASID. • 1 2 1115 9j 7 ~ ; ....a. I- 8I ' 2 32, . 4 . l '..vrimi• Al' A•''' sia . lrmu r iti l" :i___let Pli .. 2.1.0 .... ...Bunk)... *l5O 11:0 1=151 . ..... • . .... 1 1 T .30 ..... Bnobeifter. 1000 410 1005.... ... 630 9. .... ~.. Lyons... err Al . :Atm.._ 10 6549 25 ~.. ....13eneyn .. 741 516 14.... 15 3 11461.... ...Ithaca... 605 241 6 4 .... , It 525 6 001 „... .. Anburil.. 1000 ~.. 923 4 40' 44 . 9 1050 .... ...Owego.— 625 .... 630 985 82 , 905 1 17 4: ...Elmira .. 5251240 6 1 850 6 1 9451 43 9 0 ..WAvOrly . 4 45,11 50 5407 55 1 6'b to lo 1 - aa 515 ....80r#.... 488 11 159 s io 42 6zsto 1 200 9 ...A tbenll...l 431 11 33 , 5 04 33 g 3. ~„. .... sgo .. —Mann— .... 1124 456 23 •6 45 .... ..... 940 ....Ulster— . ..,11 14 4477 15 700 42 2 20110 00 • .3 . 3WArbit . 4 . 00111 CO i 357 CO P.Y.at. .... ..../10 10 Wyxaoklogl ..„: 104 8 / 4 24 A m _, ,„„ „„ 10 20 .8t34; Stone. .... 10 35 4 161 . .. ... 4 .... .... 1030 Butn`erfleld ... 103014 1017... ....1 . ... '039 Freud:mown .... to 21/ J BO2l, „ ....1 . 1 :6 30910 52 .Wyalnaing ... 100513 62 1 ..... .1 11 43 327 1115. 141ceyville.1 30: 9 46'5 31 1 f t a .. ... I , 20 , 25ki1e. Eddy} ....1 94218 soi 1., 124;3 i 4411 37 kTeB oo l l lw l l 1 :j 9 264 15. A.m.. .. 11 44 51ehoopany4 . ....1 9 1913 09 1 1. it 7 101.71.7; 4 . 12 12 30 l'untlian`dc' 2 151 8 551: 471950 720 .... .... 1240,• La Grange , 1' ...1 8 441: 3719 20 1261 .. ... .1: 54 1 • • • ;Falls— —1,6 28j2 35+901 880 1 P 8 4 i3O 120 1 LAD Junc'n i 1 351' 8 05,2 0518 01 68• 1355 18 2 001 Wilk-Barre 1.016 7 3011 40440 It bo a 15 7 30 4 251Wvh Chunk 11 051 11110450 1205 448824 f 5 f0+ 61101150 w 1 6 .}lOO2l ....•. : 1 100714 34 1215 5 10 .5 85 6 05„Inethltheni.1 9 501 .. —lB 5514 20 12 50 6 0019 10 6 so • • •Easton• ..•1 920} .... 9 253 50 205 6 40 1000 8 lb FkßadiPklal 8 00 . .... 6-13'. 30 350' 9 05 .... 925 • New Trurk• 6 301 .... 6 301;00 P. 31. 1 .4.315.1 P. 34,P M. P. 35 J.Y. 6 31.1. .14 Thine 8 and 13 run daily. t 4 leeplng cars on trains a and 18 between Niagara Fails and Philadelphia and between Lyons and New 'fork without changes Parlor rare on Trains 2 and 9 between Blafiltra Balls and Philadelphia without chature. . .lt. A.;PACKER.Bapt„ Sayre. Pa.. Nov. 10. 18:8. P. it N. Y. 11.8. MVC.r . li. tuviuow- & BRO., Beldlecaan I3locY, Bridge et., Towanda, Pa. PAID Pop. FURS, HIDES, PELTS, WOOL AND.DEESIVAN,), Towanda, Oct. 30.15/S4Y4 EBT 111 THE WORLD t . 9 Itllltrate.ll f? SALERATUS Which is the sane thing. - Infirm* Sale/atlas or tl/-Garb Soda (which lathe same thing I s ors slight ly dirty white color. It may appear White examined• by Itself. bat a coati:4Ellnm" WITH cauncii dt vn's ARM. AND 'IA BUSER" °RAND will show the difference. SOD that your Saleratus and mak. ling Soda is White and PIMP. a's should be ALL - 81311LAR SCUSTAS , a CES used for loud. A simple but severe test cit the comparative value at different-brands of Soda or Saler:tits is to dissolve a dessert spoonful of each kind with about &iota! of water (hot preferred) in clear guis4es.stirri og until al I is thoroughly dissolved The'iicleteriuus insolublo matter in the inferior Bed t will be showitefter settling some twenty minutes or fieonor, by the milky eppeerance of the solution and the quantity offload.la Sixty matter according to 'quality. Be sore and aok for Church Zr Co.'s Soda and Salerat us and see that their name is -on the paekage and you trill get the purest and whitest made. • The use ot this with sour milk, in prefer ence to Baking Powder, saves twenty times its See one pound package for valuable inforrnse . in awl lead carefully. SHOW THIS TO YOUR OROCER. CLOTHING I,HALL 11,030312fie1d 1 Main St., Towanda, Pa. We have received a very large stock of Fall and Winter ,Goods, SHELVES k ' In great variety, embracing ,' 8 . . 1 ; k 1t : 74: . 4 i i l l ag E , "1 BOYS' UNDERWEAR Gents' Furnishing Gonas, Hats, Caps, Umbrellas, &e. OVERCOATS, GlOyes and Mittens PRICES, THE VERY LOWEST liP-P/ease call and examine before purchasing elsewhere. e _U. E. ROSENFIELD. Towanda, Pa., Oct. 29. 1879. P, AgOcnitaralMachinery Tbdsubsertbe4 Is prepared to tumlsb the MOO and beat machines for the farmer at the humid prier 44 THE WIARD TRUE CHILLED PLOW, This Is the best and cheapest of. AR The chilled plows, and is adapted to all kinds of anti and work. WHEELER'S NEW DOUBLE-GEARED TWO AND THREE HORSE POWERS fsteet Rods• large truck wheels and latest lcoororernents. TIOR lean excellent power and bas no superior along double geared rowers. WHEELER'S NEC THRESHERS AND CLEANERS—Jet& orerersot and eonderehot. 'Attention la called to 'Wheeler k New Improved Undershot Thresher. one of which will be on exhibition atter July 7.oth. Sereral other kinds at Threshing 3far Wes for eale, among which are Gray/ Steel Rod Power. arid Thresher/ and Cleanere and Peerless Double-Cleared Powers, and Peerless! Threshers and Cleaners. - ' irtsva FARMERS' FAVORITE GRAIN DRILL. This is the most complete_ Grain Drill In UN Samples on exhibition. tun Prepared to supply anything In the line ot Farm Wagons, Hatt Skeleton. Open and Top Bug gies and Carriages, very cheap. Cortland, Bath and Empire Wagons and Carriages. Empire and Jackson Farm Wagons, etc. HYDRAULIC CEMENT, ' ' :lust recalled • carlt6d or rale; ; tt•1110 Esceledcr CeMent, the beet and cheapest In the =Met. fattsfactlen guaranteed. 31LXD PAINTS, For House and otiler painting: Ready for the brush. Cheap and good.. Ratter than you buy in be ordinary way. - BEND FORi CIRCCLABS PRICES. Oates In the 99 Cent titeric 'NFarehonse In rear of same awl First Natinnal Sant, and on alley running from Poplar to PlllO street. R. M. WELLES. • Toiminrls, Pa, inky 15,1379 Vtaftrosbs. pliscettaneotio A SPECIALTY. IMPROViD WAGONS. McINTYRE BROTHERLJ, TcxygraxLcia, General Hatdware, HEAVY AND Stoves, Tin, Iron, Nails, Paints, Oils,{ . , Glass, Putty,. Gunpowder, Gunpowder, Sktot, Cartridgc", Carpenters' and Joinprsi* Tools, Wagon Makers' Supplies ; Farming and Dairy Implements, Table Cutlery, Clothes Wringers, Rope, Bolts, Chains, &c., &e. N P E RANSOM COTTAGE RANGE, With the Expansion Broiling Chamber, SMYTH'S PATENT DUPLEX GRATE. With or without Low Closet, Reservoir, or Ornamental Elevated Shelf. The Greatest Combination of Valuable Improvements Ever Presented After the flattering experience of the past year, having had a very large and extended sale. we find that the Tub Ras son Corrsua, is universally conceded to be the most desirable Range of its class in the market. Its genera) features are the same as in the celebrated Ransom Range. which has for years been considered the finest Range made. It contains the Batent Espanaion Broiling Chamber, which is universally acknowledged to III) the only successful and practical broiling snarl). lueut in use. It Is also furnished with Pitnyth's Patent Duplex Grate. This celebrated Grate IvertremelY simple In Its comtructiOn. It has new been to active use for more than five years, and in view of the uulversally successful experience of its operatlen and durability during that time, as well a. the highly satisfactory results obtained by us Inver own thorough trial of its qualities, we have he hesitation in pronouncing it the only complete and successful arrangement for removing clinkers and refuse from the dre-box instantaneously. thereughly and cleanly, while the degree of combustion obtained has never, In our opinion. been equaled with any other style of slate: Tug Rawsom CoTrAns is a thoroughly Aral-eines Range in all its portionsand appointments. while the price fa extremely low. It is so constructed that it can be changed from a Low Closet to a Single Oval Range, by merely //fling the tipper part•of the Range from the Low Closet and placing it upon a set of ornamented legs. All sires can also be furnished with the Ornamental Elevated Shelf. The large haled Ash Pan Is taken out at the end of lime Range instead of the front—a much more con. renlent and cleanly arratigement--and the capacious Warming Closet extends underneath the whole Range. The llot Water Reservoir Is heated entirely from the bottom, and is of a larger capacity than will be found on any other Range of this class. AU , Cho minor details in the construction of this Range have received the cloiest attention. It has highly burnished ends. Male-plated knobs of a new and beautiful pattern, Male-plated panels, nlckle.plated Towel Racks, and the mounting and fittings Is in the best style. - McINTYRE BROTHERS. Towanda, Pa., October 30, 1879. MARBLEIZED NEJLNTLES I Plain Mantels. Complete 515.001 White Marble i for Children 55.00 ,Extra Fine - - - 20.001 Extra Fine 10.00 Granite Monuments - 150.001 Su!table for Crown People, , 8.00 " Extra Fine for Family 225.001 " It Ex.Flnels.oo /WI would recommend especially the Beautiful COLUMBIAN _MARBLE, and far more durable for this climate, will not um or oiscotou with age like other marble. A.: W. .AVERS, 1412, 111, 416 and Granite Yard 458, 460 46! East ffater,Stivet, - Ellin, N. 1. Alurniturc. BRIDGE STREET FURNITURE STORE. TWO STORES.IN, ONE! Having doubled our factlittealbis year by occu pying two stores, we are prepared to offer you a larger stock than ever before, and at reduced prices. ' I - We are eerilag FURNITURE Of. aU lends as CHEAP It not CHEAPER • CHEAPEST. At the same time we keep up the standard of our goods. UNDERTAKING, (Orn erzciAL.l7). We guarintee satisfaction. We aro prepared todo *writhing in that line on abort notice, and are de. tertnined toplease. Coil and see for yourself ° N. P. DICK& ?maids. May Ist, 1879. 40" as t wo to:roliZt the old n oae erUt saw two toot log ttaes Winne*. 'Eves? Parssmor seer watt. Thinned *gents wanted. Send tts* Illustrated Clrentsr and - &COL . •• 4 1' • ( *ldiot , Shun% ft. DEALERS IN COXISISTING Or SHELF ALSO AGENTS FOR THE -AND in one. Range. FROST'S SONS' FURNI'TITREr We are now prepared for the SPRING TRADE with a full line of NEW AND DESIRABLE GOODS LATEST STYLES AND LOWEST . PRICES • . Irnteh we tune the public to cell and examine PARLOR SUITS IN RAW SILK, TERRIS, PLUSH AND • EAIRCLOTH, Is very large, and our prices as low as the loWest CHAMBER SUITS IN 'ASH, WALNUT AND SOFT WOOD, • which we are yelling at a very low price. A full Hoe of SPRING BEDS, MATTRASSES AND PILLOWS.. Than the UNDERTAKING. In this department we always have the best good+, In The market; and, are enntinualky adding • - ' NEW STYLES • 'LATEST IMPROVEMENTS, wtille our prices are the lowest. - J. 0. FROST'S SONS'. Toirani". Aprll 9. 1879. $66 t s ir rec rlin your l e rr ve n =and n i i i c s l i artal without expense. The best opportunity ever offer ed for those willing, o work. You should try noth. log else Patti yon see for yourself what you can do at the business we offer. No room to explain here; You can devote aff your time or only your spare time to the business, and make good pay for every boar that you work. Women mate as mach as Men. Bend for special private terms and mirticn lars. which we mall ilea. $5 °atilt free. Pool complain or bard tidies while you have such a Chance. Address 11. IiALLETT A CO, Portland, Maine. $3OO A iffONTII guaranteed.. ild a day at bottle made by the Industrious. Cap. kat notrequired ;we will start you. Menorconrii. boys and girls make monei taster at Wroth for us than at anything els/. The work Is light and pleasant, awl 'nen as doyens cadet right at. Those who are wise who see this notice will send es their addresses at once and see for thimseives. Costly Outfit and terms free. ?low lathe time. Those already at work are laying up e awned money. Addle's TEM& CO., Amputts, HARDWARE, 0 el o a 4 ste REDUCED PRICE LIST Flto3l January Ist 1879! GOODS ARE CHEAPER TITAN TIIIT IIAVE ITEEN TWENTY . YEARS g‘antiture. WIIOLE'BALE AND RETAIL MEM Our assortment of Ore Lase a fall line of with all the WOW. .goyiLu.s: ME 1101:1311 a peerless remedy for fierefata, White Swellings, Camer a __ 1 • Goat, Chronic - Soros, - 14 • I •,• ors, Carbuncles, Silt • r 4 , l• Malaria, Bilious Complain lm ts, and diseases Manlmpure Condition . This Grand Remedy Is a compound of vegetable extract % the chief of which are SARSAPARILLA and STILLINGLI. The cures effected by__SCOYILL'S BLOOD AIM- LIVER SWIM are absolute, and their record Is undistimed by failure. For sale by all' Druggists. . MOTT'S LIVER PILLS, lb Ind Idingis %sigh lOW 174ev irecelftrtorpidiffi at the Veer. They glee tone to the Stomach. . They ilTel7Cllle griping of the Dowels. They remove We frog► the Blood. They pull& out tnetgarate the Body. They eure ail blame complaints. IIL IllC " VEGETABLE SET btebintly delstrenWOßMS reeommentledby pbyetclans as the beet WO= MEDICINE.. BAKER'S PAIN PANACEA for MAN and 13 EsIST.' • For External and . Internal Uce. 'The Greatest Pain Reliever of Ito Age. BRITON'S BALSAM MIRES COLDS, COUGHS; ETC - Can bo useit a Plaster, r'l 7- ran s ALE Dr.I7GGISTs zotr.:r r. trEN-1117., co.; 24' Collorre1 4 '4 , :c,. :Te77 '" CRAY'S SPECIFIC NIEDICINE.i TRADE MARK. The Great TRADE M nic.. 'lt EIVOLIP&U Remedy, ,A. -, • Intl promptly & - , ' radically cur e '. ' ... .. any & every case ' , .. of Nervous WWI - 4 ity A Weakness, '• ~ result of Ind' - - 14 0 • • Th - 11. ' . Indies: cretiotheicessor ::-::, .% Before Talri _eireoverwork of the After • . a brain & nervous system i is perfectly harmless., acts like magic, stud has been extensively ic.ed for over thirty years with great success. Xis - Full particulars in-our pamphlet, which we dear< to send free by ma'(/ to every one. IM - The Specthe Medicine is sold' by all druggists at fl per package. or six packages for 15, or will be sent free by tuall• on receipt of the money by addressing ' TIRE GRAY'REDICISE CO., No. 8 MeehairlicV Block. bETIWIT, MICH. IM. Sold In Towanda by C. T, KIRBY. and by druggists everywhere. Johnston, Holloway & Co„ wholesale agents, Phila. (April 10, 1e791t. JIARMLESg, EFFECTUAL & AGREEABLE dtrk your Drug g for Circulars. For sale by CLARA B. PORTER (Ward House), lIRCGGIST WtLxv.s-BAttnt, Pa, Oct. 9. 1879 lam Using Ely's Cream balm and receiving very beneficial results. It Is ttu3 only remedy of a grrat many 1 have tried which has acted as a cure. I have been troubled with Catarrh (or over to years, my head has been, most of the time. stopped and very much Inflamed. It has opened my nostrils and reduced the intlammatlon Many head—in fact feel lam being cured. ft is elle only remedy I halm found which can be applied .without - pain and dread. My eyes are Improving so that I can stand strong light, which I have nor been able to do for years. 'NATHANIEL Flit; LET. • Witb E. F.ItoiTT., Merchant. , Oct. :Q. STOP THAT COUGH BY USING DR. GERMAN'S COUOD AND CON SUMITIO4 CURE. Warranted to glee relief or money refunded READ TIIE FOLLOWING LETTER WHICH SAYS Menace. llovrarth s Ballard Gentlemen : I take pleasure in recommending Dr. German's Cough and Consumption Cure, as I have angered with a severe cough millOi3 last nave used ail kinds of Cough Mixtures, but could get no relief. Mornings' utter getting up from my bed I would be so choked up that I could hardly breathe.: also frequently vomiting severely. A friend, directed me to use Pr. German's Cough ,and Consumption Cure. I did so, with but little 'faith at the time, but after using I changed myl• ralpd, and I can conscientiously say, after taking n'ty ono bottle. I did not only obtain relief but am' 'not troubled, With that fullness In the morning. My cough Has ; stopped. Unit I can obtain a good nient sleep-I-something not enjoyed by me for yr. It's before. Will close by saying If this letter will be of any benefit to you, you may bare my consent to make It public. Yours very respect fully, J. E. DOOSIIAME.II. 171, Stoecker St., Utica. Remember that after using 3 of a bot tle and you are not satisfied return the bottle" and get your money as we sell no cure, no pay. Price 50e and $l.OO per bottle, as we are authorized to sell on these terms. Turner 4; Rtordon agents for Towanda, Pa. 7-0 m rizarians. ,• - : 10 ilsco.inetpadtoe came p.that co n o r U ters !Ki"win not co • PIROTZUBS. 'row itektni= 'Mk anthems, Cat Bop nkr Ilion titters bun& my, Arengtbnia sag cam continually from 00 flat dam" . 0 113diwy and ert• parr concilainta of all Rind matt, "Rad of, rsadui we "lop MI ic T r awillbe stroos arid Aappre, "leaks, do wet mutt to be hcaltb7azid bee ll = Then sue llop batters. tt:e Th r 9 ,0= 1 , _b= sad 11‘.51 . Bop Vlttest Hop COMB Con t. the .; est swAstestarnt nb. Ask the nor PAD tor WLt.* Ana ave:Ur 1 1 1 =Akik Ask Viet 57561,0: LAIN grkgreari= iko BMWs daitr." •,.12•1 Ittiletv bits rio. sobtiefir and mita= • D.L i g e tie s epotote sad Cure tag draimirnaces, ure of oPluat,totacco and Isetrotk& *Sour axnach, Wit Sesdaebe and thca• ado Mgr Mai awn _IRA sew dapa.- Send An AM. drua' . Ho pes .Mietls.l. w. Chedar. LIST OF LEGAL BLANKS • Printed and Ind on ale at the Itzporrzu Onus at wholesale or rotiul. Deed. - Mortgage. • Bond. Treasurers Bond. Collector's Bond. Lease. Complatnt. Commitments. :Warrant. Constable's Return. Articles of Agreement, 2 forms. Bond on Attachment. ' • Constable's Sales. Cottector•s Sales. Execution. Bubrcens.- Petition for License, Bond for License. Note Judgement, Note Judgement Seal. . Note Jugeroeut 5 per Cent. added. ,Tatra order Book. • *chord order Book, • Summon.: • . ' INSIJ.KAN.CE - 1 MI C. S. RUSSELL, Agent, TOWANDA, PA- EIRE, LIFE, AND ACCIDENT POLICIES tweed on the most seoutmabk; terms. None but ioliabte companies represented. Low" adjusted and paid 'laic, TOwoodo, Nov. 1:, NM. If r oaf. E_ N _ MEIICUB, DEALER 1N A27TIIIIACITZ MiD SULLIVAN ANTHRACITE 4 Ma • 001INZa rAnx AND Wyss STIINATS. TOWANDA. Coal sereenek Ana dttlivated ,to spy part'of the laorough. ALL °ADAM; litsT BR ACCOMPATIIID LT TUir. CAM. H. 34Elte Towanda, Dec. 1,1879. NEW ARRANGEMENT. _ , . 7x vix COA L BUSINESS. The undersigned having purchased. from. McKean the COAL, YARD AT THE FOOT OP PINE STREET, NEAR THE COURT ROM. Invites the patronage of his old friends and the public generally. I shall keep a fall assortment of all sires, PITTSTON, WILKESBARRE AND LOYAL . SOCK COAL, AND 811 ALL SELL a? - LOWEST PRICES. FOR CASH. • NATHAN TIDD. Towanda, Pa.. Aug- OTOCCrits ask VIOPISiOiIS. r.-9 1 1 4 VI ti Ilia KO ~ iti General Dealers is GROCERIES,I PROVISIONS, COUNTRY PRODUCE, HAVE REMOVED TO THEIR NEW STORE, CORNER OF MAIN' &; PINE-Sts (The old stand of Fox, Stevens deltereut.) They invite attention to their complete assortment and very large stock of Choice New Goods, Which they have always on baud. ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE . PRODUCE TRADE, And Cash paid for desirable kbads. M. .1. LONG. • GEO. STEVENS. Towanda, Apt 1 1819. efinira efibvertisements. GE MIT & MORREL, (Eata6Hafted .180.) WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS tontrGours SUNDRIES, rAI ENT MEDICINES &C., &C. 126, LARS STRUT, Feb. 26, 78. ELMIUA, N. Y. L ADIES AND GENTS, PAVED DRESSES, COATS, OR ANY ARTICLE THAT NEEDS CLEANING OR DYEING, To us. We will GIVE SATISFACTION OR PAY FOR TEE AMMENTS. WM. ROBERTS' CELEBRATED I.SYE & CLEANING WORKS, 434, 436 * 123 WATER-ST., •EI3IIRA, N. T. Established 1855 sir Wort returned C. O. D. by express if de- Sired. msyn. 0 0•D E N WATER PIPE - 'AND - . CHAIN PUMP TUBING,: The undersigned undersigned having tesunted business at hie old place. Is now ready to supply Farmers, Tannen, and all others in need of ripe, with SUPERIOR, ARTICLE, AT mega TO SUIT ME TIMES. A. WYCKOFF, • (Successor to I, 8, MOBIIII4 Elmira,) • :122 R2R. Ave.; Elmira, N. Y. - Elridrs, June 10,1878,, ty 1001 . M. K N T • ar • • Wholesale and Retail OZALFR . IIS' CI.IO I I I I3ING Gents' Furnishing Goods, 13* EMIT wATEit snezET, - LORIta BLOCS,= ELMIRA. Malin, N. Y. Juno 13, 117$. L~ And Sentl your -AND andJ imsfhtild: Geese. ' AND BOMBING l AllOlll' Timm: farmhouse looks - rather incorn• plete.without its.nsual-sarroundings of- poultry in' the background, and nice well-kept poultry ,are rather an ornament than otherwise,nni iety is the charm, adding.beautY and utility. to. the' surroundings: None of our don:testi:o birds are . more hardy. than the goole.. 'They:are thorougly aquatic birdiN.,yet they thrive with:only water sufficient .to drink. The goose will endure almost' any amount of .cold -without suffering, and Subsiit on. coarse diet such as 'hay; frost-bitten grass and discarded vegetation, without injury, whereas onr hens and chicks would perish. still it is better to allow them some shkter from the winter's severity and driving storms, and 'to give a handful of corn to each daily., In Sum mer they' take care of themselves, .and should be allowed some waste place on the farm—=an unclaimed swamp or boggy marsh.' In these. places the grass springs up early in the season i and is fresh and tender--L -just the food desirable for , young goslings. Goslings -do not require much feeding if taken frOm the nest early in the seasen, while the grass is sweet; and nourishing. They, how ever,n4d-a little start with unsifted meal;AtioisiOned with water, adding a little salt. Goslings tinkle rapid growth, and. consequently are weak and require protection! from pelting storms. A hard shower will destroy a whole brood bf a cnonth or six weeks' growth, simply from the beating of the <rain on their uti , covered backs. The wing' feathers are slow in coming: and when once fully matured, entirely cover the back,' the tenderest part of :the goose. From their peculiar habits, which lead them to inhabit places that are more or less subject to 'accidents, from the' vermin which infest such grounds, they (especially the young) are. exposed to much danger, and liable to injury, if not total externii. nation, by these enemies.. If the birds are allowed to frequent a pond of water, the snapping•turtle , also dwells there, and lurks beneath the smooth surface of the water, occa sionally thrusting a head above, The :unsuspecting gosling launch 'on the element which they are so well fitted by„pattlre" to -navigate '.immediately, ten elninces to one, a bird is seized by the leg, which is either 'broken, or-if the bird be young it is swallow ed entire. Many, young. are lost in this way, the prey of lurking enemies Which do not, trouble the full grown. Jai order to he entirely successful with goslings, they should be kept from such _places, and " confiried 'in grassy places or inclos ; ures. and sup plied with fresh water daily. • When limited in their range; they must,be - , fed. Give them a coarse kind of feed, such as cold, boiled.' slump, cooked , until tender and salted. They thiiie lateron coarse diet than do chickens. When Ifni! grown, if the feathers be regularly plucked throughout the_' season, they Should be given.a trough of water-to bathe in. This practice of plucking feathers '.from the - live birds may seem , cruel, 'yet it has been followed many years, and will continue to .be, so long as people en-1 joy the luxury of feather beds. Ifj done by an expert, and at a certain] time, when the shaft is fully ripened,i the plucking is rendered easy for; both. The breast feathers are Ole! principal oneS desired, and thege, ,Our common gray geese, come read p.y. If allowed to remain they will 'fall off, - and thus be lost. Do. not pluck the feathers under the wings, or many of those coarse ones grow ing'on the thighs. They are of small value, yet allOrd a support for the wings.. In wrenching away the quills draw only the primaries and leave the secondaries, as they- cover the back,lWhile the former fold under. WhereAhere is any wild blood inter mixed, the feathers come larder.- As there is always a- certain 'knowledge to be acquired in the performance of any labor, so also there is a method in picking geese. Confine,,the bird's legs, protect the beak (as some birds will bite) by drairing a atoeking over and down the neck, lay the bird on the back across your lap, with the legs and tail under the left arm. - and with the right forefinger and thumb proceed to the cruel ; business. If • every one who'now nightly occupies a featherbed were obliged - to pluck each feather one by one from the breast of a live -goose or gander, feather beds would be. few and Mr between. Any one who- has once' plucked a live old gander,' or even is goose, has had occasion perhaps to arrive at some approxithate idea of the amount of strength they possess, more especially' if a blow be received from the wings. The., better way for tender-hearted and sensitive be ings is to rear 'a large brood of gos lings and slaughter them in the fall, and be satisfied with feather beds from young geese picked after death.' B. in. Country Gentleman:, Fence Laws. The forthcomalg report of. Secre tary Edge, of the State Board of Ag riculture, relative to a change in 'the Fence Laws of the Commonwealth, is of interest to the agricultural read ers of the REPORTER: " It would seem that our present laws relative to fencing - date back to 1700 and are 1784, and not in accord with the progress and change of con dition which has taken place in the agricultural of our State since that time. When even the most recent of these laws was enacted, much of the now thickly -settled portions of our State furnished !red pasture grounds for all who Chose to occu py them; these lands are now en closed, and the inducement to allow stock to run at large has, in.a great measure been' removed: In many cases,speeial laws prevent cattle of any kind from running at large on the highways. and in other cases the in creased cost of fencing, and the in troduction of other crops and meth ods of tillage have rendered fences needless to the farmer, except as a protection against stock not his own. Instead of as formerly erecting fences to protect his crops from the stock on the highway, our farmer now realizes that the _true purpose of a fence is to- restrain his own stock: This is a radical change, and in time will be still more apparent by the in-' trOduction of the soiling system, -which will do away with manyfences now deemed indispensible. Reliable statistics prove that the fences in our State cost itt less than $1,125 .for . each one hundred acres of farm lank, or-a total of not less than $180,000,- 000„-the estimated annual cost of re placing and keeping them in repair is very nearly $10,000,000, and fiem our national reports it would seem that the value of the livestock and , the 01st of fenchig are nearly the same.' The increased cost of fencing in.the thinly wooded and thickly set tied districts, and the gradual but . steady change in our mode of fencing would seem •to reader some change in those Laws necessary. The sUbject has been considered by the Bond to be of sufficient interest to warrant the appointment of a special committee,- whose report will, no doubt, indicate' a plan by which a problem may be solved and a change - suggested which, while it may be ,effective, will, at the same time, satisfy the demands of all sections, of the State and all interests involved. ' I; Lice, on Cattle. A correspondent of the,Farmers' Advocate says : " Some ten or twelve years ago an agricultural, wiiter ob ser7d his bull to be free from lice,. but not so with the rest of his cattle ; and, thitiking over 'the 'matter, he came to the conelusiob that the habit of pawing dirt over hitaSelf 'must have .the eatet of keepin' the lice off the bull, and he .tried dry earth On_ the rest of the cattle with the best effect.. Ever since reading the above, have used nothing but dry earth; and have repeatedly put it on cattle having lice, and have found it per- - fectly efficacious, both .4ks a-prevent ive and a, cab: - If in winter I find it needed, and cannot get it. other wise, I go into my cellar and obtain a few quarts (no danger of using too much) and dry_it - on the stove; I then sprinkle it over the back from bead, to tail, and, the earth working in and through the hair, soon de stroys all lice. , I believe the earth to be just as efficacious, less danger ous and less eipensive than tebaceo or , any of the acids recommended." , Keeping Ice in the Sick Room For those. who have, an abundant supply of ice this may not be a matter of much moment; but for poor people, who may rarely use ice except iu sickness, and to whom the expens- - is not- insignificant, the follow' . .g hints from an English source ay be - Useful: "Cut, piece of fla ,nel, about nine inches square, and -ecure it by a - :ligature round the month of. an ordinary tumbler, so as to leave a cup-shaped depression of flannel within the tumbler to ,'about half its depth. In ,the . flannel cup so constructed pieces of . ice: may be preserved - many hours ; all the' onger if a piece of flannel from four to live inches .square be used ass loose cover to - the ice-cup. Cheap flannel, with com paratively open i meshes, is:prefera ble, as the Water easily drains "through it, and the ice is thus kept quite dry. 'When good flannel- with close, texture is employed "a small bole must be made in the bottoM of the flannel cup; otherwise it holds the facilitates the melting of the ice, which is. '• nevertheless, preserved,, Much longer tlmn in_ the naked CO or tumbler.' In a tumbler containing a flannel cup, made as above describ ed. of cheap, open.tlannel, at ied, cents) a yard, it took ten hours and ten minutes to dissolve two ounces of-ice, whereas in a naked cup, under the same conditions, - all the ice was gOne in less than three hours." ' Household Hints. CiticKE:4i SALAn.--Boil. fowls ten der and pick clean, using no skin ; do' not cut chickens in - to'p' small pieces --.-must not be- hashed to one chicken pt : twice and • a half the wei<*lit of celery, cut in pieces of-one quarter of an inch; -mix thoroughly and pot chicken and celery on the ice. Dressing—the yolks of four fresh eggs with the yolks of two bard boiled eggs. Rub these as 3:11b0'41 OS possible before introducing the a good measure or oil is a table spoonful to each, yolk of fresh egg. All the art c,usists in introducing the egg by degrees; you never-- can make a good salad against time. When - the oil is well Mixed . put in salt---tWo good heaping teaspoonfuls; good, dry table salt, is a necessity— and one teaspoonful, of white ground pc per.. Never put in salt or pepper - before this stage of the process, be. cause the salt and pepper would co a&late the .albumen of the eggs, and you cannot get the dressing smooth. One tablespoonful of vineoar,,ladded gradually, with a teaspooliful'4of tar ragon vinegar. Make 'the dressing in a vegetable dish. large enough to hold the whole salad ; then when you have.mixed the chicken and celery in it turn it into your salad-bowl. 'Mix. very thoroughly, clean the sides .of your salad-howl with a cloth or a bit of bread—a.smeary . salad-bowl is an aboniir ation.. Stand the whole in a ..eool pkiee until ready to serve. Too mucl4dressing is really a great eu, mistake than too little , . The crisp ness of celery in a salad is veryeran r eacent, and a chicken salad should be eaten shortly after dressing. If a great deal of salad, as for supper, has. -to be made, work up yours dressing in-a half hour, beforehand, and mix when - Wanted: If a chiekOn salad stands too long it loses ail its excel lence. There ought tfo be no - red pepper in a - chicken salad ;.its. char , acteristie should be blandness. FIRST-RATE COFFEE.—take a cof fee . 4:up of the best • Java coffee, browned to the 'color of chocolate (not scorched), ground not too fine, and mix with it half an egg.. Put this into a coffee-pA or boiler (which 'is as clean as the cup you drink from); and pour over, it one quart of boiling -water, stirring as you put the water in; boil slowly for fifteen mintites, then Stand the boiler on the back of the'riinge for ten minutes to settle; turn all coffee:off from the grounds at once into an urn or. coffeepot that' .can stand upon the stove to keep hot. coffee loses the flavor by stand ing on the grounds longer than' halt an hour, and should be . very hot to be good: Put into _the can a tea spoonful of "American r..ondensed -milk" and some boiled milk. and turn the coffee into it.. No. French. coffee is.any better. • STUFF ED ' ONIONS .'--- Parboil some. goOd-sized onions. • • Take out the middles and fill - Wilk forcemeat ;; put them side - by side in a casserole Is ith bUtter ; . iprinkle a little salt and a lit tie sugar on them. Cover, the onions With thin-slices of bacon. Cook tbor.- _ ()uglily and serve ' with their own suttee.' • POTATO Pyrr.—,Take. cold roast meat beef or mutton, or veal and ham tegether—elear from gristle, cut - stash and season with pepper- and salt, and cut pickleS, if liked. Boil and mash some potatoes, make them into a paste with an egg and roll out. Cut round %vial a saucer; put some of the seasoned : meat upon one-half and fold the other like a puff; pinch neatly round and. fry a light . brown. This is good method of warming - Meat which has been cooked.
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