The limitiiifibentiti3publican.
r 111,10 ED WirgittaviabiT *D O, AT wormtn,
ft; tf4llo pit Asses. rs Amur:
•t - Ad trepthisig.
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One squie(lls Uses or leas)ons , " tn,AC
One Pquare , '" .. two weld,-- - 075
ona
o n e seepieqb 1,25
One square - 4 . • - - -- two months, 2,25
I , ne square - three months, 8,06
tine F4hait - , sit monthl i . 6090 .
(6C square 44 one year, .. 5;00
• 770 slaires bee tetra, • • - • • " " •\..15;00
-Three squares one year,
Five sprirtM one year,
Ore column one year, ' ' 40,00
• Yearly advertisers will have the privilege of alter
int. or changing their advertisements withoutad
d:tional - charge.-
iinsiness cards - , not exceeding five dines, inserted
!9,00 per finnan.
• iisl)s
-17115 tiiiite 41011E8 iiil h a glen inisiirtinnht tg
,TeV,ing materials, and all kinds of Job Work, such
eards;Posters, l'amphietsokc., will betione neat.
ie andprotnßtly,„,
BU - SINES 7 S - TURDS.
, .
William N. Grover, .
.., 1 - 7 , 1:4":1* AttAtt._S7 toms, MT. -1m rr.kcilrea onl yln
.1 ;;,,, 4•Lcu. Corot, of ..lircomind uorotos lanntlf=ly to,
~
~, nAL.,•••Ari. BoAloro Iron 111•5v4 irtiln 4 *lre pt•at.
.. • -,. cll , Ple E No. 46
IM.-ly lare.toct Stztrt: . .
.•;; „,,,,, Prce•mbtelt.
Francis B. Davison, X D.,
r '4.?4`,17`,11
uRI4,4DacE, oppootte Mello
, a Chnrcil
Nartanbel 17. MSS,
• et:Winkler, 1 -
co:, Pc, appotte I' &
N0v..11, ISM-ft
E. Rogers,
the 'At ANTrACTI'WE of all des - c;iptions of
• eA IR !AGE WAGONS,SLEIGI &e..
• Of Workman.hla.and of the best materials, atJ be welt
a few ends east of Seatleog Itot I, to '&fonterwe. where
$ 1 he hippy to reeei*e the rath: of all who want anything Tula,.
3ifontroae. Swerahrt 15, 1:2.-1F
D. Bennett.
ut,!..TK:11. ,.. "0fer. 4tlrqbeitsimu euthete; its., respectful
') form pert le ur Su,upte buena and nelithruuluecentutuu
k himl.Petiodtado and ..h014:11. and Kept& 4+14
!aux= Wilt ierrlei Periaitt-uls, Bnt, H.
• 7,tett. - Utter - At, i559.-ct
— DERMAL Simpson, -
I r., Tell REPAIRER. haring corked far Ake matt rent Teary
la on the mast aktilfal mearizaren.he feels readiest that Le am
~1 cr.e...ealijotts en vistort•aatier. All work wArralited to
, - es,teartinn. Jeweler repaired rteatlr and m reannetat.te terms,
tfr Wr nit new Store, rorraTof.Ralu and Tam
:te lOftt te. below searie's 114.4, liaatraea P..
. -
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Wm. W. Smith & Co.. • . ,
eAturs lAND, r.71-i 11l MANI'PAC
PVT44II.r. Tr z ' 4.
. attiy a VAL k 7a
~ Siumsua ire II r.nats loot trlll4.lll.ljeCi.
11 • 1 , 1 , -, r, Ihty t6:15:5.-tt
Hayden Brothers,
IC v=t.E~atEDFALEESt
TANKFT NOT/ONS, Watches,
;/ i1.7f; . . a. /4171 - a M tt r'',. W l l/ 7'll.tri .
r . 4 " 4 / 11 /ff oces.
IZEM
- Boyd & Webster,
r • • rig 1. AIM', Stare Inn. M. Comer, artd , Fheat belt
I t7,77 — aScl:lrtncleor Sal& ratflllaera.
tr.clar, of Balk:aye Itatralata. TIC Map South
• and cane, n:O4. St,vp treat Marbtatirt Muth.
lir- G. Z. Diittb6E;
.1,1(1AN AND SER.GEO-X, poluvomtlr Inca cd Limm4f
s' . - .utr. Ya OFFICE over Wllem
yr 1e...• St.,xlee /IrAeL
•
Marcy
ItiCl&dson -
~n ;il 1r7.4a) . tfiteler big 12ofe,e.bbal len*, to the lb
".../......., rn MA - rarest , and Ws vicinity. OFFICE ovbr Mul
m
• ~1,2. 1.01)6' is at the Kry4otic.llotel.
Y.,...... ( 1 / 4 1-11, - .-Iyp
•
tr. E. F. Wilmot, -
M the Allopathic awl IT-aneopattrle ramp.
T Pe4l-C,. TOr per r astnectir iiraamtiMqtal Arai, ta. 0 -
• Al 4 .he h•Jel .F2•erSetll F. 4 •-"mil.Fa PP %M. S.
• - May IA
Dr. Smith & Son,
..-' - i 7 " z ! StlitiFAEN DY.TTISTS.'
- ov:k'-i7 te,11.4.f,4 Mout.
a!!..n`..i'm br ltomt
rq. GoLn awl tict.vtz phtt,, Lnd tr , t'Usnt tl-arizg teeth.:
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•
C. D. 'Virgil,
P.ENTY: 4 T. MOSTEOSE. FA. O 6 -- Zet ai the FrankEn AM 1. Room No. 2.
the
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7.
DT : , A. Gifronk,
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putnt.. be z:t.sll3
-t!.? ttv.mtlelt.w.v-reuted
IL Thayer,
SURGEON, Merranine. Pa. Office in O.
ivs,cei. sin. re. -
A. Bushnell,
t‘2.m.r.Cat.NSELLOI: AT LAW. CrMee over S. 'II
t'sl•noz Store. Smola-141 . NA PM,. ra--.1231
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Beeler & Stoddard.
: E 11.5 'M130011 4 1.0"tlorr•ar•i nodlitiot. nn
• Ft_ f! _t door beloorErarle'e IltkoClloutrue,Po..-rZ4I
C. k.MISOODAOD
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•
William TL . Jessup,
, nNr.s,A'r LAW &NOTARY rtzLic. OLSee on rub
Atottntocz.. ra. - _ • •
Bentley 4t Fitch ;
•
sAT.LA tr Alti) i3OnliTS 1...11C11 G= r1"5:
Mottfbvt. Ps. -
Albeit - Chamberlin;
SET AT LA W. - AIFD JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
o er LL. 1 . 0.1 k Co,'sEsora....Moscaosc.,
Wm. H. :amp,
--. • T I- AR AND COXII7t , sIONER OF DEEPS,
a 1, tat a t tza at New Lark. will at • dto an ba4neas mutat e. ed
pt 4 imptatai, and &lents. et oz Public Spate ? 013.11.
r' , l Bat. Jesatp. •
_ • Abel Turrell; •
WALL!: 13: DRUGS. 3LEDICINES., CHEM. ICUS, n. 11.
If ,r3s, DF., , , tgn. Grorefles. Dry Goods. lar4ware. :Wane. nor
-47,,, el, Wwcbcs. Jewelry; I•llrer,S;wwwsSpectscleo. Ito
- .• ..rn:..i,l_ Trarwes.Vitrrgkal burn:m.l4w, Llnpora. PerfWw.
Y- - .;rs. Nut. tutery. Drusthes, Sihoe", Yankee Notioms, W-e.
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Chandler,
12C bf:TINXIDS. newly ahate MEM= Grverles
steinstry. etc., Public Art -rll, Illurrsses,
Post Brothers,
• iLtLERs Di DRY GOODS. CrodEery. iTartrare.
i..aher, now, 0p,,, water of Tumplte street ,at Putße Are
onroo , r., Pa- • •
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J. Lyorut & Son.,
I " ial.f:R.B IN GOODS. Gmeeric , ...llardware, Crockery.
Book*, Itclodernri. and Vhcrt Must, ; also. carry
.ut. Utird.ll,llofaslanc--rukde.Avenue,.Slorszoer., Pa.
T • A. LYON?.
Read & Co., - .
LIT:ER.I.IT VITT GOODS, Dntot, lenitrlnew. l'lt.lt, 011 i
, rrrirs, flardsnur, tbutkery..l=. elect% Wat.cbea, Jew-
Fis., Spriao4,PerfOnlel7, Ake. thick Muck, MOSTSORS.
W. LILLY ~...IVith c r nAD.
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Illir:
Miami - Jessup,
7 T.P.NETS AT LAW. licerratere. F. Practice in Seville
Ilnadfißd Wayne. Wyeatlag anti I..uiteree mutat..
Rockwell *Vinton.
• I A .NUFACTUREItazad Midas la Maim Goods Hatt (7.a
mbrelisw. Parsonla JZI,Pc,34, itc., No.llo CVnctlauQ
! , zwl"oes. (up dairt) .
w. wr:‘,l3-zolc.
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Baidivii; 11len,
TcI!' , ...E‘ALE wd Rete
Dien In 11 1 o T nr,
othSIR; Flet.
' (--441 ritOtI,Z 7 .
5 ' ,14111. Ten, Coffee. Ate.
,• • • .f ope duce iderow J. Eilnidge:a
Cobb &-Bogen, .
)F- kr. fIN nv c ROC mums. ei...ttLe gore rteeitly occupied
. " - t r,...1- ktr.q.em. Moot one. Pa.
''.... Peocel s. WITCHER SHOP la tht M e of rd
,; •:,,, L , t.ture. tomer of Maio and Turnpike Mete. )Sc '
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AZT .&CRO STIC.
m y . OFFICE ie grad and ST:PEIIR
ra DaTR(iINT, Ifaac °novae. etd e "" hal H A.
. It,cwrEE.o2.llltbedistooll4),UPAß,
I`:caY Rocca. where ado wtti la lariraß ,
OCATION p /I..X.A6AICT.AuIdIe , rls tie FARE ,
o: aSI MLLE Samar itonis,DresserofLtalL
N Baserriest of Searle's Rotel; et Tomae Street
Amend. 1108:7.4.
Roue of Post, Cooper, & Co.
utsar
COO DRINKER, - PIE. _MONTROSE,' -
! Aae i'OS
Noireziber 12, 1835.
ziT. •
DRAFTS on-New Tork Oty-and
Celleciions promptly mode and :milted. -
O nlo a. N.. 0 3.
Kamm. Allen k Paiton; N. York':
ELTERFscaI simnel a. Norton, FA., Phira..
Boa. William Jessup, Montrose.
• ,
- • NOTICE.
p-EitSOYS desirous oryaying vie money" debt's
4 07 descziption, eau do so by leaving their
pares with Post,`Colipeit Co, Bankers; Mout
'Ps°, to lay credit, :hae seeeipts bec allowed
their-gate, . 'C. L. WARD.
. I Pril 8, I€s-6‘..4f
News Offfeel
VEW TORIC CITY ILLtlitTltaw NEWSPA•
-I I PERS, MAGAZWEB, sale it Ore Wont
". B ° l * &en tr, N. BULLASD.
Immo, Sept. §, lorti.
' . ' H bii - t'''''',,'-'4 . .4it.',(',.i - a . n.,
I T QL. 5.
Jcsr Whin the red June roses blow
•• She gars me one,,a year agn.
A rose whose crimson breath rereaftl
The secret that its heart conceard,
And whose half shy, half tender grace I "
Dlush'd bock upon the giver's fare.
A year 'd
Igth.4l pear agds. • , •
To hope was nta to
Just when the red June newt blow
" I VLeik'alier olie;•=o tiibnth ago.
:11t.silialtblown crimson to
I laid it on her smiling-Ups ; .
The lalmr fragrance of the south
Drew sweetness from her sweeter month.
Swihly do golden hour creep,—
.
To hold is not to keep.
Vie red Jane roses now are past,—
This ieri. &Y . . firoke.tfie
And now pirfuiried iilli Ia lath
With her,ibeneath a coffin.lid;
There wilt - its petals fill apart,
And wither on her icy; heart: •
At three red me* cost • •
3ly World was galled tud lost.
"No, sir, I do not take them, na‘yaelf I but
I now end then horromone, just ,to read.—
Pray, sir, what have newspapers to do with
children 1"
- " Why, sir, they have ri Vast. deal to do
with them, I :tenure you. I should as soon
think-of keeping thenfrOm school, as to
withhold from them the newspaper; it is a
little mitt,' of itself.- - Being new - every
week s ft attracts theii attention, and they are
sad Its fferlfse it. Tints, while they are stor
ing their minds with useful knottledge, they
are at the same time aequiring the iiti of
1 reading, Sic. A have often been surprises]
that men of understanding should overlook
the Or ittitrptedeeeßepoti t ,,,,, . I the importance of a newspaper in a family."
1 SNETCII OF OOSSIPVILLI. - - ' "hi troth ; neighbor IL, I frequently , think
1 ,ahould li ke toltike them, but I cannot well
1 Gosatitvail, lan: Ist. 1856. ' afford the eVriense." '
. ,
AlisXhs. Einitifiii—i 644 holihed Ohl.; 1.1,_ "t r a h ri' . t. h. a i plir , d'"l , the e. ,. ipens h e ! What,' let
thing about your paper that '
gives me reason Ime at1 , C4,12 ? h e vanili"-ba a dollar and a half a
to think that you are very liberal.minded, , year, in eomparison: whit th 6 fiferisiii-e. and
and that is this, you allow almost everybody I . lldvantageson be derived from a well con \ f
'a place in your columns, in which they may -ducted newspaper'? As, poor as f am, I we'd
,express their various opifiions on different I not, for fifty dollars a.yenr, deprive myself
matters, such.as•sehool procoedinp,s, county iof the happiness, I enyry in reading and hear
,Superiritehdeney, polities,.bott to bury Teti-1 ini fey ehildren read' and talk about what
foes and raise tat. Cali-es, EatisaS - , and other i they're read ill the film.% And then the
subjects of vital impoltartie to ilieT piibile,—'- 1 retlec: ion that they are groWthg tip Neill-
Almost every township has its wise and oil:- 1 tient and usofol members of society. - (sh.
cruise aspirants, ail anxious and eager to gain don't nienfiof: flit.: eA'po:fise!—pay it in ad
the diAnilied' pnsitiitd ,or corres,poodent.— Yance everY year, and yeti ',tilt think nh
, Now,Messrs. rA)hrii:s, .. 5 ..„ feelldi_i tlitit the rnqd ; more of il," .
:to fame and diatinetion blast lie through me '. ;. -- IV-r. Wheiiiiiinia- neichbor A.,—like a
Press, .and seeing your need;of au intelligent I f•inil•father and a ern - j liti4eil its he' is,'--sent
and iruthfnl correspondent from 'the town : in $:.;;1,50 for the 'Republican the vei'j . fievt
of Gossipville, the only twin of much im. I day. lie will.net regret it..
portstice hi the County, (I might shy State,) i
and the only place this side of the seacoast` ..sa : the, Mr. HURRA ! - I . llollgh the well
where the , &if : A:Airy -would he a payingl ' known social propensities of our eitixers
business, have tome to the deterivinatitth to i have rendered the above sounds as familiar
spread myself through the colitions t.Fe,.. the ( as a h„dsaold %verde to every ear, yet we
Republican, - % % 4
'question if all our reauera are equally fa.
possipville is a flourish i ng village situated miliar with their origin. The following • ex
on the map of Susquehanna County, about a ; planation, therefore, may not be unaceepta
-mile from - " mud lake" and several from bie :
.New York ; althOugh a stranger could
, i
think ft-pm !lie httsittecs epee:mu:et % end the. ; t h e t h i , i
think
superiority" to .k of the
ants that be had got into the Miliionare part
of the " treat 'Tar : Broils." That Ile read- !
era of your paper inky giriii ah iiien of the !
principal business carried on here, (ii Melt i s
‘gossip,) and the terry it is carried on, Iwill i During the stirring tines of the Crusades,
a.sy of Europe was excited to arms
inhabit- I by the intliMniatort- nppenls of the well known
i filer the Ifermit. who, inspired with th
iite-t enthusiastic real for the deliverance -ut
the Holy - Juni, traretsed alrno:-t ,even
!country in Europe, denouncing tire back
- , i ward,. and infusing into the less timid a por
relate an - ineident . thatfell under:my (Abut"- i lion of hi s own fiery and impetuous excite.
i . L., „
servet!Pe• ..
h.,
:..-
h, ',.•
....,,, ' . i I mutt. - Whist pr , schintr the Crusade, ibis
The re is 11 % -er 53 ' 55 .Ttfilli; ''' .24 a 'lerr i 'l ''' /n 1 fatiutba ...ening ....... . spefineal4 , :tow,eshfbite.ts
has one &vs. r :1.- 44,- , --i..ll;:it.4;tw/..j•--rsitt" . tanner. emblazoned with the following let
-4i-41-514.5,44,1eviitir:' tera:' U. 'E. P.,--45; initials of the Latin
as no right toliV d p, suds an a tl eim .'tad WOrils, "Hierosnlymc est perditre,"—.terusn
honorable toifn:as 1.-Io.sp:Aille. Bet,, being (
lain ii destroyed. The people in sonic of
of rather a stubborn and, un- aristocratic Him d i ,. tk,ntri,,,.„thich he visite d , „ a being ac
of mindOtte not only insisted ~..an firing 'in I liiminted with th e Lefirt, read and protiontie
ru.,...o
GossinCille, but actually fen into the absurd • cod the inscription, as if one word—lint , .
. • -
And erroneous idea that he had a right to is I t i useless to relate By what means the
live there, and not only live. there, hut' keep I vengeance of these pseudo Christians was at .
comptin2V with
,ti respectable and - worthy girl. the time awakened against the Jev-s— but sn
At first, there was but little said about., it,
it . was. The followers of the Hermit were
on account of the business portion of the i aectisto r p e d, whenever an unfortunate Jew
town twiag engaged in putt ing , down some appeared in the streets, to raise the cry of
' symptoms of a revival that began to mani- " Hep, Lep. hum!" to hunthint down, and
'felt themielves about that time; and the
way they did itwas this : they would •go to flesh upon the defenceless Israelite their maid
en swords, before they- ' essayed, their
the meeting and see who the converts were,
talk to thorn, and encourage them tat ; hope. temper with the eeimetee of the Saracen.—
of religion ,'
they wale not making a m :
" Hop, hep; burnt !" thus became the crie de
hope they were in earnest about it, but ex. :
',nerve of the Crumders. How it fared with
the martial 'Hermit and his followers it, mat.
press some doubts in a back.handed way ;—.
knew they would ;have a tremendous hard , tors not ; but his war-ery has descended to.
the nineteenth century, and serves to stimu
time to resist temptation ; that it Was hard
in -fact, impossible, for a man to be a d late:our go-ahead people who meet in pop.
good ' lar ASSCMI)Inges. not to cry deign a Jew, but
'ehristian, and live just as he ought ; and by
the time they had staid all they. wished, the to cry up the hitherto unheard-of virtues of
some ambitious aspirant‘after public notice
young convert would have.hts doubts of the and tin or.
possibility of his ever being a chriatiad, -s_
Then they would keep strict watch to see '
if any 'of the converts erred at all, in order
to shut them out from all society-; aid they
all felt it a duty incumbent upon them to
doubt their sincerity and eye them suspicious
ly, and to Make up their minds and the
minds of all over whom . they had any .influ
nee, that they were base hypocrites. ' •
. Thus discouraged. it Was a very rare,thing
'Fir a convert to bold 'out faithful, But at
Itist!it became, whispered around that - this
mechanic was actually "gulag to see" this'
youn g lady,'ed what was worse - yet, some
of them begun to fear that be might eventu
ally larry'ller, and then what a life of inis.
ery Was before her! One young man . felt
it incumbent - upon hint to warn the mother . ;
and the daughter received numerous warn•
hip front very disinterested friends. Grand-
Mothrs, aunts, and the whole category • lif
everything, beseeched.her to discard him.— :
Women that had never seen or heard of the
young man, had something to-say.. He was,
in their eyes, the .combination of everything
.bad: everybody knew, or said they knew,
that he was a drunkard. God story was
that lie was beastly drunk one night in field
of a saloon, and some of the men
_that were
by at the time, bed a -.' great mind" to go
and get the young lady to come and see him
in this state and convince herself. 'But they
didn't do
- it ;:,and those men luiVe not been
found.yet who bad the "great mind."
' In a short time The young lady. had more
friends than she had acquaintances before.--s
Ladies, who would not speak to her in the
street, were very anxious . for ,her welfare;
and all had to say-something about, the young
tnan. ..But, however, no one kneii where the
story started frism: It could he traced back
to. everybody. Everybody, heard it. from
eierYbody,tni;, wishing to avoid hard feel.
ings, everybody wotildn't tell who everybody
WAS. - - -
gmsrm
The subject. is open, for discinssion
The young man is a pretty. perSevCring.
low, and Will probably marry : the young
lady if he cboOses and she chooses . ; and she
don't; believe snore tbakhalfwhat.is told her,
and .1 am fearful will continue to keep the
young man's . company . until 'she considers
him,. from personal observation,
,as bad as
everybody'says.• .
Gossiping Is, the principal business.
.and
the ahbve is a pretty fair specimen .of the
wily it is caried on. Gossipville is a, very
moral town; and, in truth; there ere some
good folks in it 7 —people Who would scorn the
idea of dancing, drinkting, or, in other wordi,
" doinithings tip generally"_af, home. Ptit
then, there are plenty of country towns that
afford every facility far the ebOve
,bnainjuni,
and—
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"FEEIEDOSO ,ZIRED ROONV nearoe.ir eiI,Q7EPY AME) -WP0G90.99
.141,14 JAMS( 4(l{lr
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THREE RogEg:
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MONTROSE, PA . 5 - -THURSDAY;
. URS - DAY I - JANUARY ' 13, 1859.
A Friendly Chat in our County.
" Itow does It happen, neighbor 11., that
Jr!. children make Ao much vi , dtep prim
rcss in their learning, :WTI knowledge of the
W‘orld, than tnine 7- They all attend' the
same school, and, for aught I know, enjoy
the, same advantages."
A
" V
Do you take the newspapers, neighbor
=I
I - AMERICA IN TUE OLD WON LD.-A traveler
walking along thkstreets of - European cities
will .notice at-the shops windows," American
lovershoes," or " American sewing machines;"
on the theatre bills,he will read the name
" American Comedienne.," in the bookstores
he will meet Stowe, HarlanW, Wetherill,
Prescott; 13srnes, and Hodge; at th e b oo k.
stands, Dwight. Williams, Cheever, Sprague,
Spring ; further on he passes the ".American
Photograph Gallery-2' henry Russell draws
crowds to hear him sing about " Life In
America." On the hustings Lord Palmers.
tori tells something borrowed from the Amer.
icans. In the churilieg Dr. Guthrie extols
the - Atnerican educational system. At a
meeting for - the Irish missions, Prof. Miller
and Dr. Cooke tell how the Irish !kick over
to America and' learn-independence. Go to
a missienary. meeting, and Dr. Andrew
Thompson eulogizes the American mission
aries, Elliott, Brainard, and Grant. Go to a
temperance meeting, and you will be to
hear of. the Maine Law. 'Go to the Free
Church general assembly, and . you hear them
speaking of American missions - in Turkey,
or of the great American- revival. Go to
the procession of the Queen's Commissioner
to the Established Assembly, and you, will
find the dragoons trotting off to the Ameri 7 ,
can tune of the " Old Folks at home." - Go
to the Glasgow cemetery end you will meet
a funeral motto from Longfellow. Go into
private families and-you will hear the lady
of the house singing at the piano the Ameri.
can song "Excelsior," and the little girl call.
ing her- kitten " Topsy," and not to be too
tedious, if you go into the •Eondou Times
rooms - you will find that journal printing: Its
slandersl_on the NUnited States upon lloe's
American priming press.
I - Tue. ORIGIN OF FAMILIAR Pl l / 1 /444.—The
term masterly :Mackivityr originated- with
Sig James.Machintosh. God tempers the
wind to the shOrn lamb,r .which everybody
film did Pot suppose it ;was. in the Bible
cred
ited to Sterne . , was stolen b 4 him from Gee.
Herbert, who translated it from the French
of Ilintl7Estienne..- "The cup tat cheers
but not inebriat eel vris "Coniteyed" by Cow.
per from BiShopZerlieley, in, bis."-Siritt.".:--
WordswUrth's . " The
from
father of the
man" is traced froni him to ; Milton, and
froni 'to Sir Thoir.as • Dion,. L" Like
angers visits , few and far ticiiseen,r is not the
'offspring of "Hook"—it Is not Thonuis
Cimpbell'i . 'Original thought, Old' 'John
'Norris (1658) used it,. and after hi'm Iteliart
Mair,. as' late - :its 17411.. There's:A 'glide
time 'tiomitig" phrt.iip, • iii - " Rob
Roy," : and the i;:alttfiglity: dollar" Ia Wish;
4° 4 /MIO
Governor's message.
To the Honorable 'the Senators and Nembets
of thz House of Representatives of the
Coni - monteectlth of Pettniyliqnia,
GaTLEMEN : —AI 1.110116_ the year just
closed lia.tbeen one of great depression -in
the business and Inoneta7'_aff.sirs i T,of the
coilutrv, I inn hippy to beitiiiiitii:insiounce
to the :Representatives of thei, People, Ant
the finances of Reunsylvanla aro in, a.. ;most
sat kfact ory 'condition. .
The receipts at the Vrtasury, , from nll
sources, for the .fiteal yeitr 4 ending. on the
30th ditto( November, MS, were $4.,130,-
'776 35;and 60 ettpenditures, for all pm
aud, uring the same tither were $3,775-
857'06. Leaving an extras of receipts over
expenditures of $363,921 29.
This exhibit shows that there was actually
in the Treasury, on the first day of Decetn.•
her, 1858, the sum- .of $363,921 29, more
than ,Lets was on .the first day of December
1857. In addition to this, among the expel].
ditores for the year, were
Loans redeemed, •
-'Re of Notes Redeemed,
Interest Certilkutes4
Making of the public debt, ,
!Linde.' aid unfunded, paid
during the year, the sum of • 421,494 55
If we add to this the eAceett of
money on hand. at the...end
of the fi..eal year, over what
remained in the Treasury at
tIP Fame time:laat'year,,!iv. - 30 ; 921 29
Weihave thd sum of - - $785,41584
But this is not all. Theiamount paid on
the public improvements, Itteluding damages
unit add chtims„ during thefiseal year, Was
$341,030 58
While the amotmt. of revoitte
frrim tho 4 samo source, ;fur
the !Petits) ; vins oily • - 95,070 06
an excess of expeiidc . -
tures over receipts, which
happily w•e will'he relieved
from in the future, of - ' - $4-15,966
This suin^hould also be credited to the
operations pit the
.Tressury ; during the year,
fur it ens .an efttraordihary expenditure;
which cannot again occur; and was, in tact,
a reduction of the linbilities of the Common
wealth to that extent; .
It'-we add this sem to the amount of debt
paid, and the excess of cash on hand, ;we
have for the year, a balance in filor ofAhe
receipts, over the ordinary expenditures,
amounting in the aggregate to $1,031.38236.
But - from this, however, should be deduct
sed the extraordinary receipts, which were,.
Ist. The amount paid by the
MN-41,A yhftataattaiirtiosk-pmigym a yy :
on the principal olthe Je t dun.
I, y the said Catiirtany, — to the • --
Ointinottwealth for the purchase
of the Main Line, - *lOO,OOO
-2,1. The amount received front
the Girard Bank, fur loans of the
Commonwealth sold by that
Bank,
In all - . .-_ $128,000
Which, deducted frtitn the foregoing . ar
gregate of $1,031,382, 36 , . leaves the true
balance of the ordinary receipts over the or
dinary expenditures for th'e fiscal year -at
$903,382 36.
The funded rind unfunded debt of lhe Com•
monw•ealth, on the first day of Deeember,
1857, W3S ns follows:
FUNDED DEBT
C) per cent. loan, .
5 per cent. lonn,
• • 8445.180'00
- •38,773.21252
• - 388,200 00
• 100,000 00
4} per cent, loan,
4 per cent. loan, .
To this should be added 5
per cent. Coupon Bonds
sold by Girard Bank,
net before reported, ,
Total funded debt, $39,734,59212
UNFUNDED DEBT,
Relief Notes outstanding,
Interest certificates dn. -
Do. do. unclaimed,
Domestic creditors>
Total unfunded debt; $175,145 70
Making the entire debt of the Common
wealth at the period named $39;909,738 22.
The funded and unfunded, debt of The
State nt the close of the ItLA fiscal year, De
cember Ist, 1858, stood as - follows :
_ Tosnito MUT.
41 per cent. loans,
5 per cent. /031:19,
4 per cent. loans,
4 per cent. loam , .
In Total funded' debt,
UNFUNDED DEBT,
Relief Notes otitsLlnding, •
Interest *Ct;rtifientes,
Do. do. uncymed,
Dorn.et.tic Creditors,
- 8105,350 00
- 23,357 12
, - 4,448 38
- , - . - 802 50
• Total unfunded debt,. $133,95b 00
Making the publie debt on the firot of De.
cember last, $39,488,2.13 67. Since the
close of the fiscal 'year, the Commissioners
of the Sinking Fund have redeemed of the
five per cent. loan, the sum-of, .$2.20,132 51,
leaving the real debt of the Commonwealth,
at this time, funded and Unfunded, *39,2t18,-
.1110.
meet this, besides the ordinary. Sources
of public revenue, the State awns bonds re
ceived from the sale of the !Public works,and
which 1 have every reason to believe; are
well secured, amounting to eleven millikins
one hundred And. eighty-pue dollars. be.
ducting this. Mom: the • outstanding debt, it
leaves to•be otherwisiPrOvided for;.the sum
of tweutpeight millions , eighty-seven. thou
sand 'one hundred and eleven dollars and six
teetr cents. •
it is believed that,,,with the,existirig sourc
es of reveritieOttid the observanc.6 'of strict
economy; this-sum may be reduced,. during
the current year, a 0 least ono million of dol
.
hira,
The present' would appear to be :
the incite.
appropriate time—when- our" nat ion .
.is a
peace—and when health and reasonable pros
perity prevaitwithinrOur own horden—te
greatly reduce the pablic debt., We, have
but to carefully Nish:tad one .legithriste re
sources, avoiding extravagant And unnecessa
ry approp . riations, „and,- practicing ; A .pfoper
economy in . all the ' departments, of govern
men.t to reader the , entire. extinguishment
of '
tier afibfa Very
• period. To carefully-guard the pufilie treas
ury at this interesting epoch in our financial
history, is so manifestly the duty of. thepub.
lie authorities, that I cannot for one moment
belieVe that any other policy will be 'propos
ed. y there be any, who, relying on the
improred condition of the finances of, the
State; would encourage the adoption of new
schemes for depleting, the Treasury, or wo'd
cot off the sources of our present revenue,
and thus•reduce it, let all such efforts,' coth.
ing front whatever quarter they may; ,be
, sternly resisted. Let Pennsylvania Le just
before she is generoUs... Let.our good-exam
ple be a light in the pathway of our, sister
States, as
-well as an admOttition to our own
local governments. This due alike to. the
favors which sPrOvidentv has so bountifully'
bestowed , upon. us, and to that high character
for honesty and integrity wlieh'has ever dis.
tinguithed the people of this gOnd old Com
monwealth.
In pursuance of the act entitled "An act
for the Sale of the State Canals," approved
on the 21st dny of April last, -1 did, as the
Goverror of the Commonwealth, o the 19th
dny of May, 1858, convey to t e Sunbury
and Eele Ilailroacl Company. all the public
workslhelongtnitto the Commonwealth, then
remaining unsold; consisting of the Dela
ware Division r -tlie Upperand Lower North
Brnneb Divisions—the West Branch Divis
ions-4nd the Susquehanna Division of the
Penns)ilvenia Canal, 'with, all the property
thereurito belonging, or in anywise appertain
ing, aqnll the estate, right, title, and inter
est of this Commonwealth therein, for the
Ann of tii'ree millions five hundred thousand
dollars. To secure the payment of this
sum, the Sunbury and Erie 'Railroad Com
pany paid to the State Treasurer its bonds,
secured-by a mortgage, as directed by the
act, for the amount of the purchase money.
The Company, Also, complied with the pro
visions of the act which required it, ms addi.
tidnal security, to execute and deliver to the
'State Treasurer a mortgage on the Delaware
Division for one million-,a mortgage on the
Susquehanna and West Branch Divisions for
half a, million—and a.mortuage on the Upper
and Lower North Branch Divisions for half,
a million of dollars. The deeds and s mort
gages were all exetatted under the immedi
ate supervision of the Attorney General, and
Were in strict conformity with the require
ment of the law.
After the conveyances Were duly executed
and deliVered, possession of the canals was
given, to the rairroad company. '
- The act further provided that the Sunbury
and Erie Railroad Company, should not re
sell the'ennals, or any part of them, without
the consent of-the Governor; and that if a
re-sale were made for-a greater sum in the
anuregate than three and a half millions of
sirdless.ieerents t ,five per,,...ct.... v ef,tbe
siteeld 1.8 pits& the Commoneultli..in LUC
bonds or the put;phasers.- It was. also pro.
vided that upon a re-sale, the mortgagee giv
en by the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Com
pany to the Commonwealth, upon, the canals
"should be cancelled by the State Treasurer,
and surrendered to the. Company by the
Governor, on deposite nnade by the said
Company in the office of the State Treasur.::
er, of an equal amount of the bonds' Of their
grantees, secured by mortgage of the `canal
or mall sold as aforesaid"—with a provis
ion that no transfer of securities should be
made until the Governor should be satisfied
that the new securities to be given were suf
ficient toj protect the interests of the State;
and that his written approval of the chute
should he filed in the office of the Secretary
of :the Commonwealth,
$380,306, E 5
41;071 00
, - 116 70
28,000
Sales 7ere made by the Sunbury and Erie
Railroad Company and reported to me, 'un
der the oath -olthu Presidents of different.
lilies, as follow
The Upper-and LOwer North
Branch Cacal,to the North Branch
Gina' Company, for • • $1,000,000
•Tbe, West Branch and Susque
hanna Diyisiond, to West Branch
and Susquehanna Canal Company,
for - .
The 'Delaware Division, to the
Delawnre Division Canal Corn
pany of Pennsylvania, for .
28 ; 000 00
$140,421 00
- 23,473 82
- 4,448 38
- 802 50
In all tires= of - , $3,875,000
Upon in Vestigation and inquiry . , having be
come satiAed that these sales-were made for
fair pricei4 and upon such terms, and to such
persons composing the various purchasing
imoeititioirs, as insure the payment of the
purchase money, they wire severally ap
proved.
After the contract for the sale of the Del
aware Division had been entered into, and
my consent had been verbally given, and sev
enty.five thousand dollars of the purchase
money had been actually paid by the pur
chasers, upon the fails of the contract, and
my assent thereto, I was informed that a
higher orie had been offered, by responsi•
ble 'persona, for the canal; But under the
circumstances, my opiniorr was that the offer
came too bite ; and as the Railroad Com
pany considered itself bound to consummate
the agreernent bi , a,delivery-,of the deed and
possessionl of the property to the first pur
chaser; I could not, in good faith, withhold
my_ assent The North Brancb-Canar Corn
pCom-
pany, subiequent to the purchase of that di
vision, sold that portion of the canal lying
between Wiikiberre and Northumberland to
the Wyonting Canal Company for the sum
of nine 'hundred and eighty-fee thousand
On the 13th of September, 1858, bonds of
the variotis companies owing the .different
canals, secnrcel_by mortgages, were In persu
truce of the act, and by my approval,. depea
itcd with the State Treasurer to the amount
of two millions of dollars; and the mortgag
es on the canals given by the State Treasur
er, and surrendered by me to , the company
-in accordance with the directions ortba.htiv.
At the sane timaa settlement was made be
tween the Commonwealth and the Railroad
Campany, py which , the' hitter ,paid to the
State seventy-five per centinn of tire proceeds
'of the re-mle over and above the contract
.price - of three - - and a hall millions. This I
amounted Ito' two, hundred and eighty-one I
thousand two hundred and fifty .dollars,and
was paid in the following manner, viz :
Bonds of. the Wyoming Canal - 1-
Companyoecured by mortgage" on
the canal c from Wilkesbarre to
Northumberland, payable in'tweit
ty,yearz with' interest at' ill per
,cent. payable . sinal-turnorillii" $281,000
Cush, • . 250
- -$445,190 00
39,420,995 67
- 3811;200 00
100,000 00
$39,354,285 07
Total,
mmnimmmwEE!mlim
500,000
1,775,000
• 428/A5O
There bondi are well secured; and,the ne.
cruing interest and, principal, when due, Will
doubtless be promptly paid. - •
From inlet-046mi of a reliable character
recently communicated to 'me by the' Presi
dent of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Com
pany, it appaars that the prospects of early
completion of this great public highway, are
very encouraging. A large aniount of Work
has been done on the line of the road during
the past seasoc, and at this time, very considl
erable portions of fhe road are graded and
rapidly approaching completion, It is the
opinion of the President of the company that,
within two years, the work - will be entirely
,finished, so that cars will be running directly
from the city of Philadelphia to the harbor
of Erie.
When this great enterprise 'shall be con
summated, and the desire of its-friends final=
ly accomplished, the payment of the three
millions and a halfof mortgage * bonds, which
'the State.has received in exchange far the ca
nals, will unquestionably be well secured—.
whilst the railroad itself will prove of incal
culable advantage to our great commercial'
emporium, as well an to the important, but
long neglected, region through which it puls
es. Its construction will-undoubtedly add to
the Value of the real estate of the Common
wealth many times its cost, and develops and
bring.into use the rich resources of a country
which - have hitherto remained as they were
lavishly strown by the hand' of nattire. I
have an abiding confidence that theresult will
abundantly prove the wisdOm of - the meas
ure, which, while it guaranteed the comple
tion of one of the greatest improvements ever
projected in the Commonwealth, at the
SIMQ time, divorced the State from. the un
profitable and demoralizing management of
he'r railroads and canals.
Whatever difrerences of opinion may, at
any time, have been entertained, in regard to
the propriety of the details of the legislation
authorizing, the sale of the main line, or the
branches, it can scarcely be doubted that the
public welfare will, in every respect, be vast
ly promoted. by't the transfer of the manage
ment of the public works from the State to
individual owners,
The short experience thaewe have had al
ready, proves conclusively that the Common
wealth is greatly the gainer, in a financial
point of view, and it has been equally demon
strated that the people at large have been as
well, if not better, 'accommodated , by the
change.
It would, iri my judgment, be a public ca
lamity,if,,by the happening of any contin
gency, the Commonwealth should be con
strained,to again.become the owner, and re
sume the management, ofimy portion of the
public improvements. ,
The power of the General Assembly to
pnal Act.0f,5.614 2lni. of April,,
ta.tho.tale 0t.'11..k0 St 44 catuAs vras,,qu es
tinned before the Supreme Genet ofthe SIAM
sinee the transfer of the Canals; and, after
full argument, the Constitutionality of 'the
Aet was sustained by the unanimous judg
ment of the Court.
. .
Since the Salo of the public works, and the
settlement of the principal outstanding claims
against the State, it is obvious that there is
no further necessity for a Board of Canal .
Commissioners; or a Canal- Department. I,
therefore, recommend the abolition of the
Board, and that provision be made for the
transfer of the records to the office of the
And itorsGeneral.
In view of the foregoing exhibit of our re
sources and financial condition, it is apparent
that,' a4nost interesting era has been reached
in the :historsy of the Commonwealth.
lieved fro . tn the entangling embarrassments
of an eixtensive system of internal improve
ments,lthe meant of the State are now ample
for all legitimate purpascs, and her public
debt is gradually 'but certainly disappearing.
From these and othet causer.; governmental
action has become greatlytsimplified, and the
nature of its operationlakebanged in a de
gree no less remarkable.
The almost entire disposal of the lands
which belonged to the State; has already dis
pensed with one of the Departments created
for their care. and will, ultimately, render the
other unnecessary, except for preseriing the
evidences of their transfer.'
The mile of the . public works has relieved
the Executive,brench of the Government .of
ninny of its most responsible and perplexing
duties, and in effect, dispensed with one of i
most formidable and difficult departments.
In the same proportion, the action of the
Legislature will, if the representativeirof the
peoph be true to the interests reposed, and
sternly refuse to entangle tho pubic with
those numerous projects and enterprises
which are continually seeking its alliance, be
simplified and economized, purified and
strengthened. ;
And it'is as remarkable as it is propitious,
that an era which-has thus relieved' the State
authorities of Mother's that consisted either
of mere material interests or the care of lo
cal administratiCn,--comMitting the one to
the local sovereignty of the people, and the
other to the private or associated enterprise,
—should also present for consideration and
promotion 'intellectual and moral claims of
peculiar importance.
It is at this period in our,history that the.
system of public education challenges the at
tention of the most unobservant. And I
shall be_much mistaken in the cautious but
steadfast character of the ,people of Pennsyl-
I venia, it their representatives do not make it
the first object of their. solicitude. i •
The anneal report of the Superintendent-of
Commtm Schools, will lay before you the°
present condition of the Common School Sys
fteni, and of its. operations during the past
year. Your close and scrutinizing-attention
is invited to the details of that document.
Including the city of Philadelphia, it will
be observed, - that thin, were in the public
schools of;theState, " during the year which
terminated Mt the first Monday of last June,
628,201 pupils ;, these were instructed during,
an average. term of a little over five. months,
in 11,281 schools 4'13,856 teachers, at e
total cost of 4427,632 41.
hiere,is a public interest, which,—whether
el•
W regaid its ramifications into every portion
of our social fabric, its large cost, the impor
tant power's over the present which it wields,
or its incalculable influence upon the future,
—undoubtedly transcends all others commit
ted to , the care of the secular authorities.—
Thia being the case,i have qio4hesitatlon in
asserting that the timirhaii arrf#4 when its
iniportauoe should be recOgniied„ . sad
that its due adminiatratin alnifild be made
thiciuty of a fully orglaktod aad affective, at
.rate._ —rri~ 4 t . ..~_,>_..e..E .v_
- • •
well as separate derektnent in the gil9Blll.
meet.
- But the mere care and jiromotion our
system of Common,Scliools—lmportint and
extensive as it obviously is,—Should not le.
the sole Object of such a Departtnent. Wit
is true that the Rower sto punish crime in
cludes also the right to preventsit, by provid
ing for the
the
intelleetual and morat
training of the people, it'would seem to roll
low that the department charged with the
latter momentous duty, should also be in
possession of all the sources and 'subjects of
information, calculated to shed .light upon the
object of its action. _ Hence the Oolleftion,
arrangenlent, and practical deductions front
population and industrial statistics;
from nat
ural defects, Bitch as deafness and dumbness,
blindness and lunacy ;from crime In 'its va
rious terms and developments; together with
such control over all the literary and scien
tific institutions inthe State, as shall bring
their full condition - into view—should 'also
belong to the same department.
Therefore, I most respectfully, but earne e t.
.ly urge upon your , favorable'consideration, at
the present propitious moment', the organisa
tion of such_ a department, In •the room of
those for the care of mere matter whose ogee.
ey has been or soon will be discontinued by
I..the onward and upward progress of the Com
monwealth.
A suitable. Department of Public Instruc
tion, will not, however, of itself, effeet all that
is needed in this direction. The -general re.
sults of the Common School system, already
cited, chow the importance of its nature, and
the magnitude of its operations. jf we look,
also; into its special statistics, the conclusion
will becqually clear that certain improve.
ments in its working machinery; are equally
indispensable. • •
It is needless to attempt Co proire the tisk
ism that a properly qualified teacher is the life
and success of the school. But the facts are
startling, 'that of the 12,828 teachers of our
public schools, exclusive of' those in Philadel
phia, only 5,087 arc reported as "qualified"
for their important trust; while 5,887 are .
returned as "medium," or such as are' °lily -
tolerated till hotter eati be obtained, and that
2,323 are stated to be "unfit." In other
words, of the 569,88.0 cbildren attending the
schools out of Philadelphia, only about 230,-
000 (less than one-half) are under proper in
struction, and training; while ebout 240,000
are receiving inauffieient instruction from in-
I - NO. 2.
tenor teachers; 100,000 are actually in
charge of Persons wholly unfit for the task.
This presents the subject in • a light that
cannot.be shut put; and,, though the gieat
and commendable efforts .recently made - I:iy
the teachers of Pennsylvania, for
_their own
improvement, are fully recognized, it cannot
be concealed that there is a work yet to be
done, in this relation, which would seem to ,
be beyond their unaided power to. accom
plish.
When, howeVer, we look further into the
speCial statistics of this branch of the_system,
the materiel for improvement is found to be
of the most promising kind. Of the 22,828
teachers of our common schools * 10,889 are
under thirty years of e,ge, and 10,946 are na
tives of Pennsylvania ; and a larger propor
tion than in most of the other States, are per
manently devoted to the profession of „teach-
ing. To render these fit for the position to,
which they aspire—undoubtedly one of the •
mckst useful and honorable in the viorld- - and
to raise up a constant supply of well qualified
successors, is the work to be done.
. .
Various modes df e ff ecting this object-firma
been 'suggested • or tried; but, after ,Matu.re
refleeilon, \ I am led to prefer that.devised by
the Aet of liday.2l), - -1847, entitled ." An Act
to Pa2 3 -ttining el teachers for
the linnii - StWll2illhe State." places,
in relationto'lhe state, the teacher on ...the
same footing' With the flab bers of such of the
ether learned profe.sions as has beet] recog
nized ,by public authority; and it is to here.
gretted that the prostration of business and.
scarcity of money, that so soon followed the •
passage ()file act, had the effect of checking
ninny laudable efforts to put its proirisions
into operation. Under these circumstances,
does it not become. the duty of the State to
eon' such aid, or at least hold out such in
ducements is shall enable this measure to be
- -
ftirly tested I
The passage of a law guaranteeing the pay
ment of a moderate sum to one Teacher's
School in each of the districts created by the
Act of 1857, would no dOubt cause a ma-
cient number to establish the efficiency add
practicability of the plan, to be completed in
a few years> the money nut to be paid t1:1
the sc4aols were in full and approved opera
tion. It is not probable that this grant would
cause any considerable draft on the treasury;
but, even if the twelve schools-should ulti
mately be established, the boon would nei
ther be out - of proportion to that , which
_has
been conceded to other literary institutions,
nor the number of, graduates beyond the
wants of the community. ,Up - to the present
time, Pennsylvania has appropriated about
$600,000 ir. aid of her colleges and *cede
titles, and this mainly in the hope of obtain
ing from them' teachers for do common
schools. Though the benefits of this ,muuifi.
cence have been, in other respects; quite equal
to the anoint given, it will be asserted by no
ono-that the avowed object has been ..to any
considerable extent erected. It would there.
fore appear to be time that the aid of the
State should be brought directly to ba s
er in
favor of the great object so long contemplat
ed.
I have thus , briefly laid before you the con-
dition of ourinoble educational system. It
will afford' me sincere pleasure to concur in
the adoption of these, or any other measures,
for its perfection, that the wisdom of the leg .
islature mar devise.
In this country,, the want of a school which
shall combine the elements of leerning and
agricultural labor, and thus adapt Rune• the
education of, the firmer, has been most-seri
ously felt ; for, whilst our many colleges will
fill the measure of usefulness in their appro
priate sphere, of influence, it must be *toped
ed that the training they impart is badly ad-
apted tnthe art of practical agriculture. In
Pennsylvania that interest is So - iniportant
as to demand at all tidies our anxious stun-,
Linn, and active support, "Tee Farmers'
High School of, Pennsylvassiii,"_ latelypro.
jetted end planked by a few public spirited
individtfals, and which has received, to some
extent, the patronage of the State, - and the
contributions of a 'number of our patriotic
citizens, is destined to afford a place , where
young men may be educated at an expense
commensurate with their meani, and to. a
condition qualifying them for the , pursult:of,
the business of the farm. Here whilst del.',
iy occupation will train the body to the abil."
ity to labor, and givelo the student the 'en
viable feeling that he contributes to his• own
support and•education, it willinstsn' et .and
enlarge his mind. that It may give fonts and
effect tcl all his future shorts. The design of
the jertitetion,is to afford, a nig* where
,boyliAllay,be - theroughly educatid in all. the' -
urancheitof patinal science, and, at themes
time. inured-
to the performance (.4 labor ;
so that at tbelrgraduation they may , return
to, their parents abundantly prepared 40 join
the domestic circle. to give • right direction
to the business of agriculture, sal
their part.in. ev":y_department ilf.llfst. An
object so fraught with usefulness is . entitled
to, the highest commeridating; -
-Um application of , loinotifto principles to
the practical purposes at Ilk, hi but realising -
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