H. H. FRAziER, Publisher. VOLUME 11. uoluto givectory. Dn. C. J. DRDTKER, PEITSICIAN AND SURGEON. Montrose. P. Ottles telth Dr Conn. over W. d ,t E. a MulfonDsbtore.PuhlicAveytts Rroldense 'anti Joseph D. Drinker. srorarose, Sept. 24,11, 1866. DR E. L FILAKESLEE, 1311TSICIAN AND SPRGE , II`i, tea /A=Ltol M Bloklyn,Ses. • quensetta l'. Wlll anent premptly lo all c:L• ernk welch be may be favored. Urkee at L. M. Bald•rnA. Brooklyn, Jul) 10, DR. R L GARDNER, PHYSIC/AN AND SURGEON, Montrose , Pe. Office over 1: Webb'. Store. Hearth at Searlea Hotel. If outroee,J.e GROVES & REYNOLDS, IDAsnioNARLs TAILORS. Shop over Chandlev a r r Puflik A aeons. Montrose, June 12, 1262. DR. CHARLES DECKER, pi II Y.1(11 AN AND SURGEON. lino , no located himselfat iiirchaiireil Sao:onlon. County. pa, will Attend to MI the widen he into ne , tivorett with PnomPtntAntinilattNalot• h.• re nience new "ran Molt's, Na. itharilville, Tay. Go.. Pa., Itay 1653.—tf. JOHN BEAU3IONT, 1‘ tut)OL ()AMMER, Cloth theater. and Manutheturee at the old stand known as Smith's Carting) Machine. Terms made I.n.twn when the work Is brought, Jenny. Mart .20. Dr_l„. G. Z. DIMOCK, InoIIYSICIAN and SURGEON, MONTROSX, Pa. Office ba 0-curo cth.t, ayreadte the aZTVISLIO.ad O. Boards at rkS Rotel. Mourn:v., February Stik, 1 86.1.-lyp C. 31. CRANDA_LL, )1 A t, N m U d Z NTITP..reX4,:f I t ipen,..r o h . 7 . l.t .n Wool o uv or hzla. W n h a en r. we nw manne. 1 urning Shop and Wheel Factory In da Free' Foundry B u thimg. up Esho. nutn.e. Januar} 50th,1863.-tt B. B. BENTLEY, JR, NOTARY PUBLIC, moNrtiosic.. rn E.F:s Acknoreledernerd of Pneds. Mortanaca &a, for any I State In the United Marna. Peorion Voneher• and Pay Cer toden Ickanaledded tafore Urn do not require the oertlacate of the c.rre of tin Coon- Montrose, .1.. 1. ISM --U. Da. E. L LIANDRICK, OPTEICIA , and BURG SON, rospestrully tenders his profha tiorml service to the eitisAras of Friendsville and vicinity. Of !calla the ~f lire of Dr. Lee. Boards at J. roondsvilit. July 27, Ihec_ty P. W. SMITH, ITOI2N ST A (XECNSILLLOR AT LAW ata Llercoed C 1.,: Lt., 11 (Mee over Lea's Drag atm -I,,alletanr, a n,pot Jaatary et Mc H. BURRITT, —-- - n EA LER Ln :An L E t . :: ,,,i r t.o l Fancy Dry Goods, Croetnry, Hardware rn- MOW/ Oda and Panda. Boots and !Thew a He, .cc Blleralo bea Pr 011140.1. &L. NesAtilfOnl, Pe, April /1. 1664.--1/ S. H. SAYRE & BROTHERS, A N '' ,l " ;:ra, A . 1 7 1 r t i a:ld E tt ° ,!tr id at i Va e,thEry'iricLuilla'''.lsl°4l2l kmd tuna anc th.alerf In Dry Good, Orocetlea:C rot:burr, do. Norma, Fa., February . 3.100. lILL.LISTOS STROUD, FLIGLE Ali It LIFE LISSL RANCE AGENT. Office In Lau. ne buthltu, eAto, End of Brick Block. la Ida abcettec, bur ILI, °Moe will to transacted by C. L. Brown. t ~coo. FebEllEary 1. 18f4.—tf J. D. VAIL, R. D., ry.tHEOPATEIC PEIMICLBII, bas permanently , lomssed elmself in Montrose, Pa, eebeze be will petsraptly attend hip profesaloo srmll .I,lch be may be favored. Otter sod Bre,deoce West of the Court MM.. near Bsretkl & Meife. Mow:rase- Febaary 1,1864 -Oct. 28. 1861. A. 0. WARREN, 4 TTJRN ET AT LAW, BOVNTT, DACE PAT nrd PEI` A, TT CLAIM AO ir.NT All Peuslon Cistmn c - sretel Ir prr. 4171;1 . ro om 1 %7:4. led by Dr. Tall, la W. 1.1 , rtruk, r‘..Te k ll l . l l, LSE.L-febryllEASY. LEWIS KIRBY & E. BACON, et tars oalors..hod f:rnens ttov hope to merit the lbers. mtßt of the Publio. As 0 VSTEIt. and) ATING SA Loollla n:riled to Uro liroxrT , where hlaaslyee It sewn, are served In ev. oyle that the ',tee of the hobble dcm od, gemenalshrtl, osary Ler old Meta ()roars stood. oh sioln Street, below the rod. ontrnse. N0v.17, 191.4.—chc1a17,68.-tf Dm CALVIN C. HALSEY, PH YSICIAN AN SURGEON, AND EXAMINING STE r 13 EON tor PENMONERS. On over tee &tore of J. LTot. not. ?utak Avenue Remade at Mr. Etheridge'. Roottoce, Oetzber. 1990.-tf D. L. BALDWIN, I TTORN EY B e nd,W pd Penton, Bounty, WI Back Pal Aient, Or SaiptelAnna County. Pa. Ore. 3er.d.Antrum.t le. InA.-ly BOlp & WEBSTER, lIEJ.LESS Ir. Stook. Stove Pipe, Tli. Copper. and Shee I/ trne Ware: oiso, Windom Saab, Panel Doors, Wlndoc I,ath. Pine Lumtpersoil all kinds of Bedding Itat...L,Le ,co, .oath of retarle. Hotel. and Carpenter Shop new the ii , ,srunrr.. Pa.. Jaamry 1. 1864.-ef Da. WILLIAM W. SMITH, , SURGEON DENTIST. Ofeee over tee Deakins se". Office of Cooper (,o. AU Deatat Operatic. w Neill be performed in his usual pod style sod , r4rrsn.c. Remember, oMee formerly of H. emlLb & Sou. Ilemrnae. Jetleery 1, 1564.-4 E. J. ROGERS, ,Se.',CFACTUREIL of nil desertptlone of WAG rts, cARIIIAGICS, SLEIGHS. ten, In tttniint Wriernarlehtn end or the belf mneertnte, known nand of K. H. HoGEHg, eew rods mat •'. Hotel In 2doevone, where he ill be h.ppy to re, “.• Tone of On Who 'oust szyttows In his Haw /One 1, 1 DR. JOHN W. COBB, DRTSICW and SURGEOP. reorpettfully tooderi hts services tr.r tatter, of , zostittetukarto County. He Will roe orpectul 1,o:or to: •LI runt n 1 .od tntdl=l trFo.ttoent of CIVIZIMS of Ito, Ear, , sod ow or roost ted relxvire to surgical oper-st lons rwgv K tds office over H J..t 8 H. Alulfota'o &Om It. r•drn, o Ofsple Street, esr of .1. 8. Torbell's Hotel. r ousq. County, Ps, June 2.2-1P.68.-tf BALD WIN & ALLEN, ELL BLS FLOrlit, Salt. Pork, Flail, Lard. OraIII, Ford Candice, Clover and Timo th y Reed. Also 0110C10111[11, not w Sugars. MaWoes, Brum Tea and Coffee. WwO, slde o f rebile Area., one door below .1. Etheridge. blerto.,-wc. January I. 1264.-Lf Da. G. W. BEACH, p ql - 81(714.1. AND nt7ltDStlN, hartmt pernoLoentlY located lnmeelf at Brooklyn ()enter. P. tenders Ws profemionsi ser •Icen m citizen. of Somonehanno Count., on term. commeremr• n, wlth we Oman. Ooropie. the cane of the !Me Dr. B. Elehan3 t0:...a hoards at Mm.ltarharderon'.. innoklro Center. It, Jaw. 4. ISAA.-17 F. B. WEEKS, 11311.A0T1OAL BOOT AHD SHOE MAKER: elm Dealer la 1 Boots, Shock, I.emthez,sad Shoe FIoW.F.. Hottell'lhr dool nita neatness and Hereto]h. Two doors above Rearle's BOB!. kfootrolse.Jutotory 1, 1861—tf WM. & WM. H. JESSUP, 77017.198.78 AT LAW, Month - Am, Pt. PI -Attlee It Braque Wwna, Bradford, Warm, Wyomitig aad - Lattrne ColuAlee. Montrose.. Ps_ Junvary 11,4,1861. ALBERT C114)51B a • LIN, nISTRICT ATTORNEY AND ATTORNEY AT LAW.— 11 OSice over the Store formerly mcupled by Pon Motherr, Montrose, P. January 1. 1860. J. LYONS & SON, DSAYERS IN DIST GOODS. Grocelies.Crockery.llardararo Tinware, Hooka, Melodeon% Plano% and all kinds of kltud. .1 Instruments. Sheet Musk, ke..Alao cam on the Book Bled r ug tonstneea In all Its branebea. 3. LYONS. Montrose. January I. 18642 T. A. 0.5005. ABEL TURRELL DE&I,EI3. IN DIWGS, UEDIC/ISTY.S , CHEMICALS, Parse, Oils, Dyt.sLuffs, Vandshes, Window Ghee. L..quors, Groceries, Creckery. Glassware Wall i rsper,de.r. pc, fancy Goode. I'mlenser7, hum I id nstrument...True ea, Ulnae. Brushes, ite...--and Agent for all of the most popu• ar Patent Medicines. Montrose, January 1, IBC. C. 0. FORDELA.M. 31%5,, rolT . _NtFil!..as t V: 3 T B eiJ 70 Mooto e 1 : 1 :2 rep:Aldan done neatly . . Work done when prom- Montrone. Apra 1801.-tf CHARLES N. STODDARD, 2.4TTIA Y. B Work made to order. and repairing done neatly. linntrose, Fs.. December 12,1810. L IL BURNS, • TTOEBET AT LAW. ofice With William J. Tunell. E.g. opononto M'arin ' e l . o.liotll and Bounty (Bolton careful lr lenlotren. Collections promptly W. II outman. Bow. 21.18641,- ot B. R. LYONS it CO flta, anti InDla 00fips, or,OcEgIES, 1100T8,81107A 15 Ladles' tialicre, Carpets, 011 Olathe, Wall and Window Pr Paints. 0113, .tc. Store op the east side of Mlle avenue. • a. D. LTOICS liontroaa. January I, lact,tr READ, WATROUS FOSTER, DEALERS IN DDT , i , JODS. Drugs. MeGitikes• Naga , 011, Groceries. Hardware, Jrockery, Iron, Clocks, Watches, Jeer. E ."`V , srpocur PerfumerY. arc., Brick Block, Montroce. C.l-1111/10 e , vtiaO9a M. O. surf= 11o7air — ose, Juci3.7 1. 16C4. WILLIAM W. SMITH, 1401 oithuurr eam cams MAIM. tr r a ,jeeps constaney on band on stated at short notice. Shop strl flar r erearna toot of Matz eft. Montrose. Pa.. Mara B. 1869—tf • PELLLAN DER LINES, LImatuNABLIC Mak Blq*, own td. , w l= l .2 . l%.eirar. ignstmo•!.. pa. •_ ~_../.,,,„ , _..,..;..„4..,..,____,....4.\,;71....„ . - %v.- i ,-!: 4 :, 1 -1-• -,:,. lii f r.51.,....'n1L-'-- - - It ~..„.... ‘,.., „„...,....,,.„...i.,:„..,,,....,_.:......., ~.__.... Written for the Nineteenth Annual Pair of thr Susquehanna County Agricul tural Society, and rung Oct. 5,1865, ' LEM Kind people ! your attention now To the song I'm going to sing, For this occasion and the times You'll find it Just the thing. 'Tis said by those who ought to know That "some folks put on airs," And where more plainly does it show Than at onr County Fairs ? There's no use of talking— It Is so everywhere ; II von wish so prove this maxim true, just go to the County Fair. This is the Farmer's holiday, The best of all the year. When all the family turn out Dressed in their Sunday gear; They come to show what they've produced By labor's toils and cares, And when they get the premium They're apt to put on airs. There's no use of talking— It Is so everywhere, For human nature will strike through Even at the County Fair Young ladles come to show their quilts, And show themselves, I wren, And where's the - County near or far, Where prettier girls arc seen. If they were up for premiums-- Like peaches, plums, and pears— rd like to be appointed Jndge, Then wouldn't I put on airs. There's no use of talking— it is so everywhere, If von wish to see the pretty girls, ant come to our County Fair. Young fellows come to show their skill In coursing round the " rine," And think, if they come in ahead, They've done a vary " big thing." A fast young man, with a fancy nag, If he liquors, chews, and swears, Illustrate very truthfully How some folks put on airs. There's no use of talking— It is so everywhere, If you wish to see all sorts of shows Just go to the County Fair. Here's "cheeses," calves, and cabbages, Here's hones, hogs, and hens, With a kickle-cackle here and a grunt-grunt there From various mops and pens Potatoes, pictures, pumpkins, plows, With carpets, churns, and chairs, And such as get the premium No doubt will put on airs. There's no use of taking— It Is so everywhere, If you wish to see "sum parkins," sir ! Just come to the County Fair. God bless the farmer everywhere, The backbone of the nation ; He is the pillar and support Of every rank and station ; By honest toil he wins his may, Earns all he eats and Ivears, And so who has a better right Than be, to put on airs There's no use of talking—. It is so everywhere, If you wish to see what labor does Just go to the County Fair. And now a word, before we close, For the Union brave and strong; Though periled late by rebel hordes, Right has o'ercome the wrong. Traitors bare found that Uncle Sam Has an eye to their affairs, And the day is coming when they'll wish They never had put on airs. It is so eterywhere, The Union still shall be maintained Though traitors put on airs. ADDRESS, Delivered at the Nirudexnth Ann' al Fair, of the Suegue hauna aounty Agricultural Society, Oct. sth, IRGS, BY BEISIANIIN PARSE, LL D., PRESIDENT 07 SOCIETY MEMBERS, OF THE AGRICULTURAL StX.lEt r, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN : The mechanism of man's moral nature—God's own workmanship— declares that he was created - to be a social being, connected with, and in some measure dependent upon his fellow-man. From social intercourse and communion he derieves most of his earthry enjoyment, as well as most of his training and improvement—is moulded and fashioned into what be is, and what in after life he is to be come. Wherever man has been civilized, com munion with his fellow-man has been recognized as ademand of nature; and social gatherings have been more or less common. Three times in every year, all the males of the Jewish nation were required to meet together bef tre the Lord, in the place appointed by Him. The women were not bound to appear, yet it was held to be their duty to do so, as far as circumstances might al low. And bents it was customary for whole families to assemble, though in some cases it required a journey of several weeks. In order to secure the social character of th es e meetings, and the entertainment free to all, where the rich and the poor the master and the servant met together as brethren, each was required to bring presents; "to give as they were able, ac cording as Hod lad blessed them with means.' They rejoiced together, worshiped together, and were drawn together with kindly regard for each other, as one family. Such a meeting as our annual Agricultural Fair, can hardly fail to be profitable to all who come with a social and friendly spirit; not mere ly as fatmers, but as citizens and neighbors. We come together for a somewhat kindred if not common purpose; we converse with each other upon matters of common interest; think together, and can hardly fail to regard ourselves as more or less dependent upon each other; having com mon interests, common hopes, and as being a common brotherhood. Each annual returning period .of our lives, is not only suggestive, but should impress upon our minds and hearts, lessons of improvement, calculated to make us better. We revert to the past; look over the present, and conjecture as to the future. Since we met here last autumn, our earth has fulfilled another of her prescribed circuits around the sun. The clock-wctrk of time has has gone on; and the dial-plate Shows that one more of the years of our existence, and of the existence of time itself, has passed never again to return. During this period we have seen the first snow• flakes of autumn fall upon the warm earth and disappear; the thicker snow of winter come on our fields and lie lung ttnmelted; the warm breath of spring chase it away, and supply its place with a delicate robe of grass and flowers ; the summer—calm] fresh and beautiful—crowd ing on with its labors and promises of reward ; and now again autumn, with its golden harvests and rich fruits, more than fulfilling our deserts, Knot our expectations. The soil of our earth, . though it has brought forth its harvests of 6000 years, still yields to the hand of careful tillage, a kind and ample return—more than repaying the labor, and frequently enriching the laborer with its annual treasures. The productive pow ers of the earth, ate as' much beyond the de mand of healthful inLeistence., as the volume of the atmosphere that surrounds it, Is beyond the want or capacity of the lungs of all who breathe it. We have been kept and cared for during the past year, as if each of us had been the special objects of Divine favor. Our lives have been prolonged, and in most cases, our health preserved. By-day we have been cheered with the light, unfolding the beauty and verdure with which earth is clothed. The clouds have pour ed down their watery treasures in gentle show ers upon our fields; a soft carpet of lovely green has been spread beneath our feet, and an azure canopy hung over us. By night, a veil of dark ness has been thrown around us, that we might enk>y in quiet the refreshment of sleep, to in vigoratp our mental and corporeal frames. There Is not a want of oar bodies, from the buoyancy of high health, to the leehleams or languor of sickness; for which God has not provided luxuries to gratify or medicines to assuage. In this land of America, our danger springs rather from abundance than scarcity. lit view of all the, modes, and of the Ws . MONTROSE, SUSQ. CO., PA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1865. OU 001TNTY FAIE I=l •some folks put on airs. " Freedom and Right against Slavery and Wrong." tion in which we stand to the Author and Giver of them all, there can surely be no more appro priate feeling on our part, than gratitude. And especially upon this our feast of ingathering, our Agricultural Fair and farmers' holiday, it is most certainly appropriate to acknowledge, that no more radiant, fruitful and prosperous season, has ever been known in our country, than that which is now closing; and our emotions should be heightened by the intelligence that notwith standing the unfavorable state of the southern part of our Union, it is estimated upon infor mation gathered by the department of agricul ture, that the food crop of the United States in 1865, is the largest ever known in our history. The following is the estimated value of the crops in the United States for 1865, and the pre ceding three years 1862 1868 1894 1865 The reader of the Bible will recollect the re corded challenge and promise of the God of harvest and the Giver of food : "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house, and prove me now herewith saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open unto You the window of heaven and pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it." In view of the great fruitfulness of this year, it would almost seem as if the Al mighty had accepted the few millions which the loyal men and women of our country had with• in the past three years contributed for charitable and benevolent purposes—to alleviate the wants and sufferings, to staunch the wounds, soften the terrors of death, and smooth the dying pillows of those who went forth at the the call of their country to defend their government—the only one on earth, embodying the moral sentiments, and established upon the free will and consent of the governed as the earnest of our intention to test His challenge; and was already in an swer thereto, pouring down upon us Ills special blessings; filling our barns with plenty, our cof fers with wealth, and causing every grateful heart to rejoice over the abundance of His gifts. Of this abundance should we not see that the tithes are returned into His "store house?" over the portals of which are written in legible char acters, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto on'- of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me." But looking beyond our own Immediate cir cle and neighborhood, and outside of crops and fruita, the causes for gratitude not only multiply hut increase in magnitude and power. Since we met here last year, the dark war-elcind which hung over our land and country has disappeared ; the rebeliidn which sought to destroy all that freemen hold dear, is crushed; the sun of pence once more illumines our land; and the morals :- evil which had eaten out the conscience, and nearly destroyed the humanity of one-fourth o f our nation, has received its death-blow, and now quivers in its last agony. Our nation now, if true to Him who has placed us where we are, we believe is destined to move onward and up ward in a career of national prosperity, such as the world has never yet witnessed. God has placed us in a land, and given us a territory, more fitted and adapted to bear up a great and prosperous people than any other on the fuck of the globe. It stretches across the continent, like a colossus, with one font upon the granite shore of the Atlantic, and the other upon the golden coast of tha Pacific. The sun scarcely sets upon the one shore before its early rays are lightening up the other; and while the (told hardly lets go our northern line, the heat scarcely leaves our southern borders. Between these we have all climates and their products in munificent abund ance From our own v near ty all the .. n.l agi,cuiturai products of the world —enough for ourselves, with a surplus to supply the wants of other less favored or needy lands. Returning from this panoramic glance at our nation let us from this high ground where we now stand, look over our own immediate terri tory. The County of Susquehanna, containing an area of about SOO square miles, is almost en tirely agricultural ; at least seven-eights of our land being capable of tillage or pasturage; Ind no mineral deposit of known and approvid value having as yet been developed. It lies upon an outlying spur of the Allegheny mountain chain—a part of the great Appalachian system. This spur is flattened down and spread out into Into a series of hills, which rise generally with a gradual, but in some eases with a steeper ascent, from one to six hundred feet above the valleys of the larger streams. These streams, now fed by springs and lakes, appear to have washed out the ravines through which they run, at some time when the currents of water were immensely greater than at the ;iris ent. If, as by some supposed, the hills have been upheaved by internal convulsion or force, it must have occurred:while the strata, which tire now stratified sedimentary rock, were so soft that they broke off as uplifted; as they now al most universally appear to lie in a conformable horizontal position; not turned up, inclined or bent, as in the bills and mountains in the south ern part of the State, or near and around the coal measures- The county lies high; from 1000 to 160) feet above the level of tide water. This altitude, while it lifts us np into a pure and bracing atmosphere, favorable to health and ac tivity—out of the regions of miasmatic fevt rs and cholera—somewhat shortens the warm sea son, and nceasionally subjects us to later and earlier frosts, than other lower and more level districts, in the same or even higher latitude. The soil of our county on the hills is a gravelly loam, in termixed with some clay and disinte gated sandy rock and shale. This soil from twelve inches to three feet in depth, is under laid by a subsoil of the tenacious clay and gravel, called hardpan; which being in most cases int pervious to water, preserves the moisture of the soil, defends it in a great measure from the ef fects of drought, and prevents the leaching down of the manure and other fertilizers spread upon the surface. Our whole county furnishing the riches pasture, and fine crops of the best of hay, and being supplied with the purest water in abundance, gushing from thousands of springs, and rippling along the valleys, is admi rably adapted to stocky raising, wool growing, and dairying; though large crops of oats, rye, corn, buckwheat, potatoes, and even wheat are raised here when the soil is well tilled. The rocks, as we have said, are stratified; lying near ly horizontal, very much broken and disinte grated. They are easily split to almost any thickness, admirably adapted for flagging or rough walls, but not sufficiently solid for cutting into blocks. There is generally about enough upon or near the surface for fencing purposes; and may be worked into good farm wall at a cost not exceeding from $1 to $2 per rod—not more than the cost of good post and rail fence in the southern counties of our State, or in - New Jersey. These are some of the advantages con nected with the lands of our county ; which, if known in other sections, where land is double the price it bears here, might induce those seek ing farms to come here and purchase. It is I generally conceded that many of our farms are now quite too large for improvement Or even for profitable tillage; and therefore a Pale of portions of them to substantial farmers from abroad, and expending the price received in im proving the part retained, would prove not only a material benefit to the parties, but also greatly improve and enrich the county. Although among the younger conntles of our State, having been organized in 1811, Snsque hanna was not far behind even the oldest of her sister connties, in the inauguration of measures for the improvement of agriculture. The Agri cultural Society of Susquehanna County, was organized in iB2O. On the first Tuesday of November, 1821, it held its first "Fair and Cattle Show." at Montrose. From an account of the proceedings then published, we learn that an Interesting address was delivered by the Fresident,'Dr. Robert R. Rose. Some $l6O was awarded in premiums—a public dinner was eaten and appropriate toasts drunk. The whole 'under the.escort and protection of Capt. War troll's' company of Artillery. 'Among the grain premlunis titers given, was one for the best acre of corn, elghty-seven bushels; for best acre of oats,' ninety-eight bushels and 'twenty-seven pounds One-quarter of an acre from another field had been thrashed and yielded twenty nine and a half bushels—at the rate of one hundred and eighteen bushels to the acre. In 1822 another Fair was held, the proceedings of which Sr. noticed in the paper then published here. It is presumed some other meetings were held, but no notice has been found of them. It is probable that the county then being new, and the population sparse, the Society languished and slept, perhaps died; leaving behind, how ever, many interesting reminiscences, and the savor of some good accomplished. Our present tociety was organized in March, 1846, and held its first Fair and Cattle Show in October, 1840. Since then, the Society has been in regular successful operation; each year hold ing an annual exhibition and distributing pre mining; this being its Nineteenth Annual Fair. In regard to which we can say without boasting, but with just pride, that the number of exhibit ors, the character of the stock, and the qtnintlty and quality of the other articles exhibited, the number of persons attending, with the general interest manifested by all classes of our commu nity, does great honor to our agticulture and our county. Having attended the State Agricultural Fair at Williamsport last week, I can say that, with the exception of a very few fine horses there exhibited, the stock now upon this fair ground exceeds in number and is superior in quality to that exhibited at the State Fair—and setting aside the agricultural implements and machinery, the manufactures and specimens of merchandise—much of which was rota other States anti exhibited as an advertisement to tho public—with the expensively prepared and very elegant floral tent, with its fountain and walks. our Fair as an Agricuttura/ exhibition k fully its equal. Our farmers have only to go on with the enterprise and energy for the past few years evinced, make thernselvts acquainted with the discoveries and improvements in agri culture: as they are made public, and our county exhibitions will he cline] to any others in our State. The members of the S..clety, aad all in terested, who do not attend all its meetimiti, may be gratified to know that not only is tilts beautiful Fair Ground paid tor, anti the Society free from debt, but that an arrangement is about being made for the purchase of additional land, not exceeding tire acres—to give more perfect shape to our enclosure, more space for buildings, and more room for promenade and driving. A fund, now amounting to some $5OO, is also beiri.; gathered for the improvement of the grounds— the erection of such buildings and sheds as may be necessary to secure and protect the stock, and furnish better accommodations for the exhibi tions of the various al tides that maybe brought.. The subject of agriculture and agricultural ed ucation is now receising increased attention in all parts of. the civilized world; Especially in Germany, England, and tide Northern States of our Union. The very great demand for all kinds of agricultural prrxinctlons In our country, arising from the necessities and waste of war, for the past few years, has not only encouraged hut stimulated our farmers to greater exertion and care ; and notwithariuding the fewer num ber of laborers and great increase in the price of labor, the statistics gathered from reliable sources show a large incres.e in production. No such crop has «ver before been gathered in our country as this year has produced ; for although wheat has fallen short, corn has largely ad vanced. $706,R87.495 955,764,322 1,4.0,415,425 1,56.043,690 The great interest felt by enlightened farmers in agricultural science, acting through the Penn sylvania State Agricultural Society, induced our I .ogisla tuns rJ I.lel, Team Amu w mg, to authorize the establishment of what is now the "Agricultural College of B•nnsylvania,” and to appropriate thereto, at different times, some $lOO,OOO. The spirit of the age proclaims the • • •- -•• ke have a practical bearing ups% ienees which suits of life. The prosperity of all countries de pends on the skill and labor which draw treas ures from the soil or changes and fits them fir use afterwards. One gentleman in England (a Mr. Laws) expends from $5,000 to $lO,OOO annu ally in agricultural investigations. A few liber al citizens of our own State have already given over $75,0n0 to our Agricultural College; and through their influence, was secured the passage of the Act of Congress making a liberal grant of public lands to the several States for the endow'. ment and support of Colleges for "Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts." This fund, if well se cured and properly msnaged, will give an impe tus and aid to agricultural education, not only for the present but future generations. The Ag ricultural College of Pennsylvania is undoubted ly the foremost institution of the kind in the United States; perhaps fully Need to any on the globe. It was opened in 1859, and In 1804 had 140 students. The faculty and board of in struction are competent men. For massive in tellect, profound literary and rcientific acquire merits, with rare executive ability, the President, William 11. Allen LL. D., has few equals,here or anywhere. The College farm contains 400 acres of excellent land, lying near the geographical centre of the State, in Penn Valley, Centre coun ty The College buildings already erected, cost ing $150,000, are large and cominodiou , , in tended to accommodate over 200 students.— These students are required to work three hours every day, at such work as may be necessary, in the cultivation of the farm, attending to the or chard, garden, fenci,Ltc., or, when the weather is unfavorable lor outdoor work, in the barn nr in the shop. This manual exercise will not only keep the student's body and blood in a healthy and vigorous state—enabling him to study hard er and with more success—but it makes him ex perimentally acquainted with all kinds of farm work. He thus not only learns, in his studies from books and lectures, the principles of •farm ing, the laws as to the growth of plants, the preparation of manures, the exhaustion or reno vation and improvement of the soil, but he also learns by practice how to prepare the soil fur seed, when and how to sow or plant the seed, bow to tend the plant or crop so that it may come to perfection, how and what to apply as manure, what crop is adapted to the different kinds of soil, and how soil should be treated, by rotation of crops or by resting, so as to avoid ex haustion. He also learns all about farming tools—in which there has been within the past four years very great improvements—and the principles upon which they are constructed and act. La fine, if he is studious and indus trious, he learns all about farming. He learns, also, that practical farm labor is not inconsistent with or beneath the highest literary qualifica tions and acquirements; that whatever is neces sary for man to have done, is honorable for any man to do; and ho who does his work best is entitled to the highest honor. With our admi rable system of Common Schools and our Agri cultural College, there can be no excuse for the ignorance of the present or future generations of farmers' sons. And where there is no excuse, ignorance in a matter so deeply connected with the interests of mankind as agriculture, falls lit tle short of being criminal, If it he not a crime. Our country owes its great prosperity far more to the developement of its mental than its physi cal resources The developement of mental power is in most cases a prerequisite to the ad- I vance of physical power. Cast your eyes and turn your thoughts back upon the world's histo ry, and see what educated mind has achieved ; for the good and comfort and convenience of I mankind. It has taught them to span the rivers with bridges and bore the mountains with tunnel& It has taught steam to drive the ship along our rivers, to cleave the waves of the ocean, and send the locomotive whistling and snorting along our valleys, transporting not only ourselves but the agricultural farming products from State to State and from Kingdom to King dom. It has taught the light of the sun to paint the photograph and catch and preserve the im ages of all visible things. It has taught the lightning to bear messages of intelligence and af fection wherever the telegraphic wire is stretch ed. It has taught the farmer how to summon the mineral from the earth, the gasses from the air, the water from the clouds, and the light from the sun; to unite through the mysterious process of vegetable growth, to improve and change and elaborate plants (that when wild were of little value, and fruits not fit to be eat en) into some of our most ' grains and ' roots and grasses and our most licious and wholesome fruits. It has taught machinery to plough our land; to sow, to harvest, and thresh • our grain, to mow our meadows sod convert out grain Into flour sod meal. ll Ords end spins and weaves our wool and cotton into cloth and then sews that cloth into garments for our use. Knowledge is power ; and education en larges all our senses; gives increased light to the eve, strength to the arm, and fleetness to the foot; enabling us to multiply a thousand fold the means of subsistence, and greatly to add to the comfort and luxury of living. Education does not create; it merely discovers, brings out, evolves. All the forces of nature are in the ,bands of God; man can only control and direct them. The truths of science are as much eter nal as are the truths of religion. Gravitation was Just as true when God hung the planets in space and taught the rain to fall from the clouds as it was when Newton discovered it, from ob serving the fall of an apple. The principle up on which steam does the work of one hundred men, at the cost of one man, was just as true and would have been as useful, one thousand years ago, as to-day. And so with writing by means of the telegraph, or painting with sun light. Theie truths were all, for thousands of years, waiting to he discovered and understood. Just so now : there are thousands of truths in relation to the science of agriculture under our feet, over our heads, all around us, waiting the attention and research of educated mind and patient investigation, to discover, understand, and bring them out, so as to be useful. Let us for a moment look at what they are doing in some of the German States. Mr. Ktippart, Sec retary of the Board of Agriculture of Ohio, now travelling in Europe, has visited some of the ag , ricultural institutions of Saxony, where both practical and scientific farming is as well under stood as in any part of the world. There being hut one acre of land to each individual of their population, it is necessary that the largest amount of produce possible should be obtained from It. In a letter to the Commissioner of Agriculture he gives a glimpse of the interesting experiments there being carded out. To ewer taiu by actual experiment what particular Mere clients each plant requires for its normal growth and devolopment, they take twenty small plots of four square rods each, to be sowed with the same kind of grain. The soil is first analized and a record made of it—different kinds of ma nures and fertilizers applied to each plot, except one, on which no manure is put, and a record thereof kept Then an examination and record every week of the appearance of the plots, and an analysis made of the plants of each plot ev ery week. This then secures a complete history of the plant grown, with nineteen different ma nures, and also without manure, in all its differ ent stages throughout the year. In the feeding of cattle they are also experimenting. A solid Klock of salt is fastened in the trough, weighing from 8 to 10 pounds; an that the animal can lick as much as his appetite craves. They are fed each week upon different kinds of fond weighed out, and the salt weighed each week to ascertain what kind of food requires most salt. The animal is weighed morning and evening— and a record kept of every detail. A short horned heifer of seven months old, weighed 523 pounds, A steer of the Holland breed, one year old, weighed a little over 1000 pounds. He says the agricultural implements made there are very heavy, awkward and bungling— that American implements are much admired, and eagerly sought for, but are very scarce— that large sales could be made if agencies were established there. Being satisfied myself. that the. soil of our ~,uty- t s well adapted to the raising of winter wheat, if properly cultivated, I cannot but re new the su gg estion in my address last year, that In view of the large amount of wheat dour brought into our county from abroad, and the high price, including freight and cartage from ikscAtorala. with the well known wheat growing regions, our farmers would great ly consult their interests as well as convenience, by giving more attention to its cultivation. All writers, as well as the experience of wheat grow ers, agree that the best soil for winter wheat is that which is firm ; having a preponderence of clay—a clayey loam with a proportion of sand intermixed. This is very much the character of our soil on the hill land. Where the sand pre dominates, rendering the soil light or loose, or where it is too wet, the freezing in winter heaves it too much for winter grain, and spring grain will do better. But wherever winter rye will grow and do well, a little more care and culti vation with early sowing, will produce an equal quantity of wheat. One of our best farmers who for thirty years bad raised wheat not only fin his own use, but for sale, assured me that he could raise as many bushels of wheat per acre as of rye; and that all his extra ',care and labor was more than repaid in the subsequent grass crop. lie consequently sowed no rye, unless he failed to get his land prepared in due season for wheat; which he thought should be sowed the latter part of August or early in September, so as to become wets rooted belore the freezing in of winter, and ready for an early and vigorous spring's growth, to escape the insects which prey upon wheat, and the rust, to which all late sowed *inter grain, and even late sowed oats, are more or less subject. Tho whole history of agriculture shows that wheat is affected with more diseases, and oftener injured by insects than any other of our cereals; and our late history shows that all these evils have within the pest few years greatly increased, especially where wheat was the main crop. Our wheat crop of 1860 was over one hundred and seventy millions of bushels. In 1804 it bad run down to one hundred and sixty millions. It is now pretty certain that the crop of this year will not much exceed 130 millions of bushels. The price of wheat therefore must continue to be high unless much more corn and buckwheat are eaten ; the crops of which this year are largely increased. Our county is admirably adapted to the rais ing of sheep, and there Is probably no part of the business of farming more pleasant or profitable. The number of sheep in this county, as well as throughout all our Northern Statu s has lareely Increased during the past few years, and yet the wool product is far below our wants. In 1864 there was imported into this country seventy five millions of pounds; and during the first half of the present year there was received at New York alone from other countries over seven leen milli ons of pounds, costing in gold value nearly four millions of dollars. We think every farmer would say, this should not be,— We should raise more wool and keep our gold at horns. Among the agricultural changes brought about by the war just ended, is the great rise in the price of cotton, and a partial return in the loyal States to the raising of flax. By many this is looked upon as one of the compensations accru ing from the war; which, although of itself a great calamity, has been in many respect over ruled for good to the country. Flax was un doubtedly used as a textile before theffiood. The earliest authentic history mentions it na a crop cultivated and in great use in the most enlight ened nations of the world. The flax of Egypt was destroyed by the bail sent by God as a judgment upon Pharaoh. A portion of the garments of the Jewish Priesthood, and a part • of the hangings and coverings of the tabernacles, were commanded to be of fine twined linen.— ' It was also used for the canopies and coverings ' of Royal beds. And specimens of linen cloth, very much resembling that now made, wrapped about the mummies of Egypt 3000 years ago, have come down to us—in some cases In good , preservation. Even up to the commencement ; of the present century flax supplied a large por -1 tion of the clothing of civilized mankind ; and cotton, which is a delicate plant, only growing in certain climates, was little known. The nett ed night-cap, and the knitted stocking; the dresses for day and night; garments for the cradle, and habiliments for the coffin, were to a great extent home manufactured linen. Our great-grandmothers not only read but recelled the Bible as containing not alone the way of life but also the way of living; and as the planets, moving In their orbit, are tied to the sun by gravitation, so were they by faith tied to the di rections, instructions, and examples of that word of life. Solomon thus describes the " fir -trams woman whose price is tar above rubies:" " She seeketh wool and 'flax and worketh wil lingly with her hands. She layeth her hand to the ladle; and her hag ,old the distaff; obi palwailaa Ufa oold iigeda It. She eth herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing Is silk and purple. She looketh well to the ways of her household ; and cateth not the bread of Idleness." Among the premiums awarded by Agricultur al Societies thirty years ago, was one for " the greatest amount and variety of domestic manu factures." The published proceedings of an ag ricultural society in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1820, in awarding this preminm, says: "The successful candidate, Mrs. Perkins, exhibited the following articles, manufactured since the last en nirersary, by herself and four gir!s: 438 yards of fulled cloth ; 171 yards of raw flannel ; 53 yards of carpelina ; 142 g yards of table linen—making in all 805 yards. I think the encomium of Sol omon might well have been added : " Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excell ent them all." It is not to be expected or even desired, that the domestic spinning and weaving of linen by our wives and daughters shall again prevail as with our grandmothers; when tee music of the spinning wheel, or one stringed piano, was to he heard in every house. That time with its labors, its pleasures, and customs has gone, never to re turn. The educated mind and Inventive gen ius of the present age, which lots already con structed machinery for separating the fibre of flax from the boon or Olives, and preparing it for spinning, will improve or discover new forms of machinery to work flax into cloth, as wool and cotton are now worked. Then will linen, which has accompanied man, and minist ered to his wants from the dawn of civilization through every age of his progress, superior in strength and durability, and In safety from fire to cotton, again come into more general use.— And flax,atioch for several y ears betbre the war, was mostly raised for the seed, will take Its an cient place as a profitable textile crop. Susquehanna is probably THE butter c.unty of our State. No better quality of butter is made any where than is here malt, The increased price and the facility of sending it to New York and Philadelphia has not only stimulated but largely Increased its production within the past few years, and thus added greatly to the care and labor of the wives and daughters of farmers. They have doubtless done all this cheerfully, but It is much more than doubtful whether so intv , h and continued hard labor is not under mining their health and laying the foundation of weakness and disease, which will not only make miserable and shorter their own lives, but will tell upon the health and constitution of their off spring. Dr. Flail of New York—an eminent writer on health—says, "Of late years a farm er's wife, as a general rule, is a laboring drudge It is safe to say that on three farms out of four the wife works harder, endures more than any other on the "place—more than the husband: more than the farm-hand; more than the hired help in the kitchen." Official reports of more than one Agricultural State, show that no other class of wives and daughters are as numerous in Insane Asylums as those of farmers. And all this, notwithstanding the pure air they breathe, the fresh and wholesome food they eat, with the beautiful surroundings of a neat farm-house and garden, are all calculated to ensure health and long life, if the laws of nature are not violated, the body not overworked, hut both mind and body trained and exercised as God intended The establishment of cheese factories, and their great success wherever established, will gradual ly work a change in the &try business; which, without lessening the profits, will greatly lessen the labor and care and add much to the health and comfort of dairy women and their Olathe!). It is highly gratifying to look over our county now, and contrast its present general appearance and agricultural condition, with what it was six ty years ago; or in 1811, when separated from of the landlrad - baii . cTeiffilrnitTh 'lLPutArntiegt buildings were almost entirely of urthewn logs. Rut few of the roads then opened were passable for wagons, and the travel either to mill, to meeting, to elections, or to court, was on foot, on horseback, or in case of a family party, on ox-sleds. This borough, now so neat, business like and beautiful, then included some four to six buildings; one of which, though of moderate size, was the hotel, store, post-office, court-house, prothonotary and sheriff's office; If not jail and prison. A mail-carrier traveling on horseback, on a circuit, brought the letters and "news front all nations" once each week, coming up from Wilkesbarre on one road and returning by an other, so as to supply nearly the whole county. The trade and traffic with the outer world—tlo cities—was of course small. Some cattle, wool. furs, pork, cheese, butter, &e., was sent out, and some groceries, crockery, iron, &c., was brought In. The clothing worn, was mostly of domestic manufacture. Industry and frugality were vir tues generally practiced. Contentment and a large amount of social happiness, was the result The reminiscences of the early settlers of this county—a virtuous, intelligent, and enterprising population—should have been gathered up and stored for history—which, as the actors havc mostly passed away, might now be written. Ii is hoped that some one, who has lived and mov ed here for the past half century, will be en couraged even now to undertake the very pleas ant though melancholy task of gathering up and putting in shape for publication all that can yet be obtained of the early history and settle ment of the " bench woods," as our county was in early times called. The story of our fathers and mothers, their labors and privations, whei, contrasted with what their children and descend ants now see an enjoy, will teach many lessons which it were well they should ponder and heed A few incidents, from which may be condensed a page or paragraph In such a history, may here be given. Early in the present century, in the Bummer of 1802, there might have been seen on their journey from Rhode Island to this Northern border of Pennsylvanina a young couple, with their eldest child—an infant I)47—accompanied by a young and accomplished stater of the man, who had, with a younger brother, previously spent some six years at the place to which they werejounieying ; engaged in surveying, clearing a few fields In the forest, rearing a log house, and preparing a home for the family he now had with him. They came by way of New York, thence up the Hudson, and across to the Sus quehanna river, near Unadilla. There the) formed a kind of raft, by lashing together ta, canoes and laying hoards thereon. Upon this they embarked and floated down to Great Bend; from whence by a rough and narrow road, most of the way though a forest, upon an ox-sled, they came some twenty-five mile" to their place 01 future residence—their homP—abont eight miles south of where we now stand. Horne I—is a place of sweetest Import—Home! with its ac comptuuments—the synnityme of all that is soul gladening and joyous in this world, of all that is holy and happy in the next— Our Fathers' Home !" This new country home, pleasant and comfortable and joyous, though it rnlght anti doubtless did seem to the man, who hack for six years tolled to prepare It ; buoyed up with thi hope he now saw realized—his little family there with him. It was, however, far different to those whom he had just brought there, and who now saw it for the first time. They were women who had been reared in the bosom of New England families, accustomed to the soci ety of dear relations and friends, enjoying from childhood a frequent intercourse with the city of Newport, the, then emporium of Now Eng land fashion and style. What a change and contrast! A. small clearing in the midst of dense forest, few neighbors within live miles, and none nearer than ono and a half mite of their dwelling. But they wero all children el revolutionary parents, had been cradled in rev olutionary times, and imbued with the faith and trust of their Puritan ancestors, taught to follow the path of duty and to look upon the brighter side. They lied counted the cost, and resolved to be satiSfied. Their dwelling, though of nnhewn logs, was of ample size and comfort able. It stood in a beautiful valley, nearly sur rounded by bilis, beside a' brook of pure water— the babbling rielay tributary of the larger streams —which ran through and gave name to the val ley. Their hoes° being of larger size than most others near, and upon the only traveled road leading eastward, in that seetion, was the genes al stopping place of must of those contim from - the eastern States to look foro r settle tiphit farms, .fte twit --put dr the • etattry. - Herr tUy weie . . . $2.00 per annum, in advance. N I Mii: ° 4.3 most cheerfully received and entertained with out charge; though beds and floors were fre quently tilled and covered with lodgers. No one then thought of receiving any pay of such transient guests. Their company and the news they brought from the outer world was more than an equivalent for their entertainment All the settlers then dwelt in rough log houses; some covered with bark, chinked and mudded between the logs; easily erected, and with the abondance of fuel, made comfortable In the cold est weather. Around these humble dwellings— seldom In sight of each other—the wild deer browsed often so near as to be shot from the door or window. Farther off, sometimes, how ever, within sight of the family, the bear or wolf lurked, watching for pigs or sheep. At night The owl hooted and the wolf howled ; and they were only kept from the poultry and sheep by the watchdog or the high fenced fold, near the house. Here the early settlers of this county— a noble, self-denying, intelligent band of men and women—toiled or, cleared up their ft opened the roads, erected new buildings, iretrm their families, and laid the foundation for the comfort and prosperity now enjoyed by their descendants or successors. As the boy we have mentioned grew up he learned to entrap or shoot the game—then abundant ; to assist In clearing up the forest, tending cattle, and raising crops. He alsolearn ed to admire and love many of the beauties and marvels which a prodigal nature had drown around his country-Lome; the many-colored wild flowers which grew in wood and fleld ; and the many colored stars that gemmed the sty; the grandeur and solemnities of winter; the var ied garb of spring and summer; and the more gorgeous and splendid hues of the fading foliage of autumn, when, as now, our bills and vallvsl arc dressed in robes of surpassing beauty. Un der the tuition of his aunt, be obtained the rudi ments of English learning, and became fond of hooks. In leisure hours and winter evenings, he read all the books he found at home, or that could he gathered from the small libraries of the settlers, for miles around. At the age of eighteen he commenced teaching in winter a district school, spending the remainder of the year upon the farm, in alternate labor and study. In this family college he graduated, and at the age of twenty-three left home for a wider field, to obtain by his own exertion and industry some knowledge of other languages, and sciences, and against the wishes of his father, to study profession. He struggled on, labored hard, and at the end of four years was admitted to the bar, and set tled at the capitol of our State, as an Attorney_ •it Law. After thirty years of professional toil be became weary of the treadmill of business and political excitement, and sought repose.— W hen life and energy begin to decline, the heart instinctively returns in Its affections and long ings, to the scenes and employments of its child hood and youth; especially if they were con genial and pleasant- There is much of truth as poetry in that simple versa of Woodworth: " Hoe dear to thl•'art, are the scenes of my child hood, When food recollection recalls them to view; The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wild wood, And every loved spot, which my Infancy knew." He had paid an annual visit to his paternal home, occasionally planting a tree or removing a stump, and had brought his children there. They had learned the hardship and privation endured by their grandparents, and bec o me interested In the tender recollections and kindred ties, which had so bound their father to the home of his childhood, that he had secured It by 'Traub from his parents. To thAs yferff ago he ! etu 7T. d .it t aritir the past four years of treason and war has hovered around and dis turbed the quiet of our Southern border and State Capitol. Here, above the foul atmosphere .d• rebellion ; on the outskirts of the path of the hurricane of war; away from the clangor .of battle or fear of raids; where even the loath some disease of disloyalty was sporadic and only dangerous to the infect ed, he has enjoyed a qui et, a freedom, and a security, which few other locations could have offered. He has become a Sukquehanna County Farmet ; been recognized by you as such; and has the honor, as Pres ident of your Agricultural Society, of addressing you this day. Rut along with this quiet repose and enjoy ment, there are mingled many sad reminiscen ces. The venerated Parents—all except him self—who made up the family at first, have been removed to a brighter and better world. The family they raised, have died ur are scatter ed. Re finds himself the only living repre sentative of his generation, bearing the family name. Very few of the companions of his eer y youth arc here. The hills are the same, but he . Test that clothed them has mostly disap peared ; giving place to cultivated 'fields and farms. The lakes and streams are still here, but much of their beauty and the music of their rip pling, has been marred and hushed, by the mills mild machinery to which they are now harness ed. The deer with most of the other wild ani mals have been hunted away; in fine,' very much of the romance and natural beauty of the country has been improved away. Towns and villages have sprung up, better buildings have been reared ; wealth has been increased ; and our exhibition to-day proves, that plenty and prosperity have here their home; while priva tion and want are strangers among us. Our county lying off from the great lines of public improvements and travel, and being al most entirely agricultural, does not, nor is it probable it ever will, rank among the wealthy counties of our richest of States. But her grace tul hills and valleys, nearly all of which are cov ered with a sweet soil, and surneptible of culti vation with the plough ; her beautiful lakes and streams, fed by springs of the purest water; her light pure and bracing atmosphere, bearing health and fragrance upon Its wings, In mimeos lion with her very position, sufficiently near, yet not immediately upon the noisy bustling thortawbfarva of travel, are all calculated to make it the desirable home of a healthy, virtu ous and happy people. Bat when it shall be somewhat more improved, and its beauty and advantages better known, it will become a desi rable summer resort; offering inducements to such as seek and repose, not to be found it the crowded hotels of fashionable watering places, where virtue is jostled if not soiled by vice. Where Flora McFlimsey flaunts her 100 dresses, and the Misses Shoddy display their plated Jewelry set with Californian diamonds-- all the matrimnnial market ogling the Tem sends, the Jenkinses or Hetchums, and waiting for bids Where the heart even of the pure Is his more likely to receive infection, if not to become corrupted or ossified, than the body to become sound and healthy. IN A Foo.—A few years ago there lived In the town of —, a son of Judge 8., whom wo will call Joe, who frequently imbibed morn than he could comfortably carry. There also resided in the neighborhood a :p_ainter named W., who kept a saloon. Now W. was a pruetlcal joker. On one occasion Joe came into W.'s saloon. rather early In the morning and got very much Intoxicated, and finally fell asleep in hie chair. Joe was very nearsighted and always wore specs. After be had slept for some time, W. took off his sures, blackened the glasses, pat them hack am.ln, lighted the lamp, and then woke J oe , telling him that it was about twelve o'clock at night, and he wanted to shut up. Joe started and r. marked henl that he had slept some time. to id— " Joe, it is very dark, and if iou„will bring it back again, I will lend you wipsdern." W. lighted the lantern and gave it to Joe, and helped him up Attains. Joe went off towards home, (up the main business street,) la the mid dle of the day, with his lantern, everybody look ing at him and wondering what was the matter. MIA may seem gues, but our hot. weather dan% light as many matches tut cold. VirA fellow too drunk to . keep on a herse's back can probably keep on his own. Erato, man can's argue without modals • costats are too Oreaan%
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