V t li. DUNN EDITOR. WEDNESDAY M0RS1SG, MAT M, 1878. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. for govkrnor, . HENRY M. IIOYT, OV .LUZERNE COUNTY. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, CITAltLES W. STONE, OF WARREN COUNTY. tor supuem v. j una e, HON. JAMES P. STERIIETT, OK ALLE(1IEN Y COUNTY. FOR SECY INTERNAL AFFAIRS, AARON K. DUNKEL, " OF PHILADELPHIA. (Tukms. Our tonus for announcements nro os follows: Congress, $20.; Senate, 10.; Assembly. $10.; Prothonotary iS.; Sheriff, ?8.; Commissioner, $.".; Co. Super Jntonde:,t, ?".; Auditor f3.j Jury Commis sioner $1. Primary eleetion tickets extra. JVo announcement trill appear unl".ss tkc. rash nrenmpnniea the name. Tliis rule will not bo broken in favor of anybody. CONGRESS. We arc authorized to announce GEN. HARRY WHITE as a candidate for Con gress, subject to Republican usages. ASSEMBLY. We are authorized to announco DR. W. C. COliURN, of Tionesla Roro, as a candi date for Assembly, subieet to Roniibliean usages. We aro authorized to announce S. C. ROUrE, of Green Township, as a candi date for Assembly, subject to Rcpubl'can usages. Wo aro authorized to announco E. L. DAVIS, of Tionesta. Borough as a candi Onto for Assembly, subject to Republican usages. We aro authorized to announco N. P. WHEELER, of Hickory Township, as a candidate for Assembly, subject to Re publican usages. We are authorized to announco W. R. COON, of Clarington, as a candidate for Assembly, subject to rhe usages of the Kepublican party. . " Wo are authorized to announco T. J. VAN (ilESEN, of Tionesta Roro as a can didate for Prothonotary, Register and Re corder and Clerk of tho Courts, subject to Republican usages. iiVe are authorized to announco JUST1S SHAWKEY, of Tionesta Horough as a candjdato for Prothonotary, Register and Recorder, and Clerk of the Courts, subject to Republican usages. SHERIFF. We are authorized to announco W. W. THOMAS, of Green Township, as a can didate for Sheriif, subject to Republican usages. We are authorized to announce C. A. RANDALL, of Tionesta Roro, as a candi date for Sheriff, subject to Republican usages. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. We are authorized to announco JOHN H. WHITE, of Harnett Township, as a candidate for County Commissioner, sub ject to Republican usages. Wo are authorized to announce D. G. HUNTER, of Tionesta Township, as a candidate for County Commissioner, sub ject to Republican usages. We aro authorized to announce ELI HOLEMAN, of Tionesta Township, as a -rndidato for County Commissioner, sub ject to Republican usages. Wo are authorized to aunounco JOIIN RECK, of Tionesta Roro, as a candidate lor County Commissioner, subject to Re publican usages. Wo aro authorized to announco S. J. 'KNTS, of Burnett Township, as a candi v.to for County Commissioner, subject to Republican usages. We are authorized to announco H. W. .EDEBUR, of Green Township, as a jan idate for County Commissioner, subject Republican usages. COUNTY AUDITOR. Wo are authorized to announco NICII r.AS THOMPSON, of Ti jnesta Town , I p, as a candidate for County Auditor, li ject to Republican usage. JURY COMMISSIONER. 'V'earo authorized to announce C. H. iUKCH, of Hickory Township, as a ididato for Jury Commissioner, snb t to Republican usages. ".'a aro authorized to announco JOHN : VTH, of Burnett Township, as a can ito for Jury Commissioner, subject to ublican usages. ' are authorized to announce WM. iTTERSON, of Kingslcy Township, as !ilii!:ito for Jury Commissioner, sub l to Republican usages. REPOKT OF THE .'Juperintendent of Forest County. -) Hon. J. P. Wickereham, Siyd. of I i Jill . TimfriirJinn. JTnmnhtivn Pi fi ir : Another school year hna pass i, aud in looking back ever tho field a marks of progress may be no These are by no means aa nu ns as oue might desire, yet they ;eh as indicate Deither retrogress n)r 8tagaatiou. The teachers were class, much better qualified, and .ifusted mora energy than formerly. ,1 sale in saying that the teaching t last winter was much better than ut uy tiioa before. But while nearly all f our schools did well, there were )C instances of failure too plain to vorlooked. In some the fault was '! :; teacher, while in others it is ' !1 who was to LJanje. Near ly all failures were by inexperienced teachers. Directors manifested more anxiety than formerly to eocure the best talent offered ; and some districts baso the salaries upon tho grade of certificate. Although we regret that a few boards of directors in the county appear to bo influenced, in tho choice of teachers, by the indomitable cousin, nephew or niece, and sometimes by tho Almighty Dollar, and being clothed (villi almost absolute power, it appears to them perfectly right that their special preference should be respected Others havo respect to personal ap pearance. Their teacher must bo ex actly five feet eight inches in height, fair complexion, so as to fill the des criptive list, or he must belong to the right church, and if he docs not, ho can't teach our school. Individuals and communities and boards of direc tors have their particular hobbies. These views must bo respected, and ho who is too short must have his boot heels built higher ; aud he whoso com plexion docs not fill the requisition must resort to modern discoveries. Away with such judgment ! Let the test bo intellectual and moral qualifi cation. New Houses. Two new houses were put up during the year, one in KiDgs ley and tho other hi Green Indepen dent. The one in Kingslcy 13 well located, substantially and tastefully built, and supplied with improved patent desks. Out-Buildings. I feel a delicacy in calling attention, to this important sub ject, w hich was in the past so memora bly and ably polished oF a few years ago by the late lamented editor of tho Forest Press. It is a fact, and a la mentable one, too, that about one-balf our school houses, some in vey public places, aie still without the necessary out-buildings. In many places whore they have been erected they have be come public uuisances. They should be kept clean. It is as much the duty of the teachers to teach decency aud cleanliness as arithmetic and grammar, and out-doors as well as in-doors. They should be better taken care of. It is certainly not worth while to put up such buildings for the mere gratifi cation of certain parties in bearing them to pieces. If these buildings are essential to the cultivation of habits of propriety and delicacy at home, among the children of the same family, how can they be dispensed with, at the pub lic school house, where they are neces sarily without the' guardianship of parents, and surrounded by twenty or thirty children of different families? How parents, who send their children to school, cau be so indifferent in this matter is a mystery. It should be held up before the fathers and mothers of every child in the county, until pub lic fet-liug would compel directors to act and act efficiently. Every feeling of decency and modesty demands it. Salaries Oa this topic I cannot re port progress. Nothing is more detri mental to tho cause of education than the unjust plan still practiced in near ly all of tho districts, of paying tho same wages to all alike, whether good or bad ; or through favoritism to cm ploy teachers without regard to the kind of certificate in possession. At the present salary, no one whose abilities are of an order to warrant success, can afford to devote his life to tho profes sion tf teaching ; consequently every year a swarm of your! persons not out of their "teens," apply for and obtain a number of tho situations in the school room, while an equal number of experienced teachers either leave the profession, or go to other counties where they receive better pay for longer terms, or what is sometimes worsf, run off and get married. The assertion that the salaries paid are, in many cases, commensurate with services ren dered, is doubtless true, yet how can directors recoacile their action with duty when they know that cvjicrietice and ability cau be had for a fev dollars per month iu addition to the salary paid for poor scholarship and inferior teaching? My experience iii visiting schools confirms the belief that good teachers aro generally to be found where good pay aud long terms are combined. Text-Books. Nearly all of the dis tricts in the county are without uni formity of text bocks. Directors in these districts would find it advan tageous to their schools to adopt a uniform system. It would greatly fa cilitate til e labor of teachers, and add much to their efficiency. As long as parents are compelled to purchase books at the highest retailed price, we weed lo..k for no reform. Tho law wisely leaves to directors the selection and control of text-books, and if all school boards would purchase them at tho best wholesale rates, there would be a saving to the county of not less than five hundred dollars' ($500) an nually. If directors will properly con sider the cost of books, they will find this estimate very Moderate. It might bo sound policy to withhold th'o State aid from such districts until tho direc tors comply with the law iu this par ticular. Tho law is so plaiu and the wisdom in it so manifest, that no intel ligent board should hesitato one mo ment in fulfilling it to the letter. It wcro better, far, that some of the books adopted and used in our schools were made to nssist iu lighting the morning fire, and tho pupils raado to depend upon oral instruction. In many schools the teachers wrote the copies as they used to do in the good old days of "God mado man and man made money," "Honesty is the best of pol icy," and "The good boy and his cood old dos Trav." Attendance. Irregular attendance is certainlpone of the greatest hindrances to success iu teaching. The attend ance in some districts I find is like tho conjugation of somo of the verbs in the old grammar, "regular, irregular and defective." "NVc aro Still of the opin ion that the teacher has much to do with securing of good attendance. Cer tain it is that the general surround ings, houses, crounds. furuituro. Sre. have their duo influence, but when the exercises of the school room are made aa interesting as those out-doors, good attendance is generally tho result. Our teachers, knowing this, have gen erally co-operated with me in trying to increase the regularity of attendance. Directors. Directors, your duties are numerous and grave. You aro tho immediate guardians of the schools and educational interest of the county. In you is vested all tho controlling authority. Such being the fact, my suggestions, in local matters arc ad dressed to yoif, hoping that you will give them due attention and labor to promote tho best interests of our schools. County Institute. The County In stitute was held at Tionesta, beginning December 17, with thirty-two teachers in attendance. The principal instruc tors andjecturers were Superintendent N. R. Thompson, of Warren, Prof. S. D. Owen, of Pittsburgh, Dr. W. C. Coburn, Prof. T. D. Dunn, S. D. Ir win, Esq, W. E. Latiiy, Esq., and Miles W. Tate, Esq., or Tionesta, Visitations. Ninety-five visitations were made tho past year. With two exceptions, all the schools were visited : average length of visits, three hours. This was doing not only what the hw contemplates, "to visit as often as practicable," but indeed all that seem ed anywise possible. Visiting schools day after day during the most increm ent season of the year, through drench ing rains, piercing wind, or a violent suow-storm, and over rough loads, is far from being that pleasant pastime which many people consider it to be. The peregrinations of theSuperiutend ent are frequently fraught with inci dents of pleasantry ; such as involun tarily Blidiug down snow-crust hill sides, among the slopes of the Tionesta Creek and Allegheny lliver, to the in finite danger of the fence by the col lision ; a sudden disappearance of Snow, aud dragging our sleigh home through tho mud, are ye t fresh in our memory. Yet with all these auuoy ances this part of our work has its agreeable features. Teachers aud pu pils are glad to receive the visits, and seem encouraged by them. Closing Remarks. In the preceding paragraphs I have spoken plainly. The nature and importance of the subject certainly demand fair dealing, or, as has been said, "we cannot safely begin to make a thing better uutil we know wherein it is bad." To the teach ers we look with anxious solicitude for tho onward march of intellectual and moral improvement. Iu conclusion, permit mo to return thanks to the teachers, directors and citizens of Forest County for their aid aud hospitality ; to the Editors for publishing items calculated to aid the cause of education, aud to tho School Department for valuable advice aud information. II. S. Brock way, Couuty Supt. Kunkel'a "Des Flcur Do Alpcs," a delicious perfume for tho handker chief. Price 75 cts. per bottle. Do not waste your uiouey on "cheap" perfumery ; the best is the cheapest. For sale at JijvarJ's. tf. DO YOU WANT TO THEN BUY YOUR DRY GOODS WHERE YOU CAN GET THEM Tlio Cheapest! Having just returned from New York with a largo 6tock of SPRING GOODS, I WILL SELL LOWER THAN EVER BEFORE The followinc Trices of a few arti cles will bo a guide, ns to Low Trices. ior an: Bed Prints, 5 and G cts per yard. Huslins, 31 cts per yard and vp. Crash Toweling, He per yd. A vp. Coats' A Clark's Thread 5 cts f)Ool. Good Knitting Cotton 5c a ball; 6 for 2oc. m Dcstcr's Best Knitting Cotton 7c. ball. Dress Goods 7 J cts per yard and vp. Embroideries 2 cts per yard and itp, ' a Nice Lino of them ami Cheap. Ladies' A Children's IToscGe pair A vp. Lace Edges 2 cp per yard A vpward. Ribbons of all Colors and Styles, Cheaper than ever before. Colored Torchon Laces A Embroiddrics, a very fine assortment. Riichings of all Kinds. Tics, Kid Gloves, Lace Stripe Piques. Piques in Plain White and Colored Figures, Ac. Ac. Ac. I have bought these goods to Sell, and I assure every customer that no where io this region will they get lower prices than at my store, for I WILL KOT CE UNDERSOLD! Call and be Convinced of what I say. Orders Taken and Goods Sent for and Received In the Shortest Possible Time. I hero express my thanks to the pub lic for their Liberal patronage in the past, and hope by fair dealing to merit a continuance of the same. L. L. lirciiiicsIioHz, BUCK'S BRICK BLOCK, opposite Ttoplo's Savings Bank, TIDIOUTK, 1V. AGENCY for EUTTERICK'S PATTERNS. ENTERPRISE GUN WORKS -ESTABLISHED 1848. JAMES BOWN & SON, MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN GUFJS, RIFLES, HEM FISOIM TACKIE. ALSO, MANUFACTURERS OF STEEL AND IRON RIFLE AND SHOT GUN DARRELS, Ami our (Ylclirttti'il KENTUCKY RIFLE, IVhlrh has been the MUSTER'S VUTItE for over :tO Year. CHI JLI, HDD SHOT! IMPORTANT TO OUU SPOUTING! 1WIKNDS: We bavo just received a supply of TaUiant A IJroJhor Miigicrior (yhillcil Sliot, which is pronounced by competent judges t.i bo tho BEST MADE SHOT IN THE WOULD. We have ail sizes from No. 1 up to No. 1. Also - . imuAitmiN A7sn iMixirs Kntixu tiiapn. A FULL STOCK' OF ROl'fill RALLS AND RALLS FILLED WITH FKATI1F.RS. Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Price List to JAMES BOWII &; SOU, 50 Cm mo & 138 Wood Strnet, Pittsburgh, Pa. HYDE, SHATTUCK & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF BREECH-LOADING SHOT CUPJ3, Revolvers and Pistols, Gun Implements, etc. 10 -vt IIiivy CiiiiiM loi IiOii ICtui'X'o ii Sivrlnl j-. Cut this out and send for Ciitnlnuo ami Rrii-o-Lint, cuclosinjj; JJ cent Ht'aiuj.). 49-3m, ARE YOU CO!ESG TO PAIMT? CHEMICAL PAINT. Ready for uso In White, nnd over One Hundred different Colors inado of Htrii t Jy puro Wliito Lead, Zinc and Linseed Oil, Chemleully combined, M unantod mueh handsomer nnd eiionpci', and to hwt Twice as Long ns any other Paint. It has tnkou tho FIRST PREMIUMS at twenty of tho State Fairs of tho Union, and is on Many Thousand of the finest houses in tho country. Address: CIXjXjEI SAMPLE CARD SENT FREE. FOR SALE BY BOBIXSOX GOOD YEAR'S RUBBER. GOODS OF EVEEY DES0EIPTI0H, Vluli'a!r nnd Uflnll. Handsome "R tversiWo" Coat $12.00. Oth er styles, Si'.-IO to ?22.(i0. In ordering" coat givo height and chest mcasuro over vest. Caps, (' apes, Levins, (inn Covers, and Waterproof roods of all kinds. Lndics' Nursery Aprons, f 1.75. Children's Rils and Diapers, SO cts. Crib Sheets, handsomely finished, f 1.00 A ?1.25, by mnil. Red Shoots, handsomely finished, full size, $4.f0 by mail. -Ladies' Rubber (J loves for Housework,, (jardomtitf, and Softening and Whiten-, in the hands; and acme for Salt Rheum and Chapped llanos. Ladies' Short, $1.25. Gauntlet $1.50. Nursery Sheeting, Hot Water Rottles. Lile Preservers, Air Rosoms, etc., etc. Novelties of all kinds for com Tort and con venience ol'l:idies,vurthy their ( intention. 1' 7? KECx oouynAu's Man tat., illustrated, uli pa'cs of valuable information, of in terest to every ono, on receipt of address aud stamp. Goods suitablo to all purposes. Special ' articles to order. Anything under 4 pounds, by mail. Rest Good 4 at I.ou vtt New York Price. AGENTS WANTED. Brooklyn Drpot' Cuoilyciir's Rubber Goods, Mftuufkcturers and Dealers, Wholusslo and Retail, Address T. C. THORNE, Manager, 211 Fulton Street, Urooklyn, N. Y. I . J!..x 2H. 43.3al ADVFl'.TISFRSsen.l 25 cents to' Geo. i Rowell d- Co., 41 Park Row, N. Y., for their Ki-hty-pago Pamphlet, showing costoi adveriin;i. . JOn WORK neatly executed at tho RK I'UlihlCAN OllicH 3!Tn c'M t- ',0 made by every a-ent ev il J cry month in tho business wo lid tiirinsh, but those, willing to work iii-i nwny c.ini a uo.cn Uoiiars a day right in their own localities. Jbiveno room to explain here. Jiusines pleasant and honorable. Women and boys and girls do as well as men. We will iiirni'h you a complete Outlit free. Tho business pays better than anything else. We will bear expense i.l starting you. Particulars tree. W rite and m c. Farmers and me chanics, their sons and daughters and all c asses in need of paying xvoik at home should write to us hihI b arn all about tl. work at once. N,nV ;A lh(! ti t SiliK-. ifUU tu- Al1?". HATFIELD, Hampshire Co., Mass. brothers, AW, :tJ, ,P .3 St. Vlttir Street, CLEVELAND, OHIO. A BOXNER, TIOXESTA, PA. Allegheny Valley Rail Road. Pittsburgh, Titusville &. Buffalo Railway, and Buffalo, Corry &. Pittsburgh Railroad. ON AND AFTER .Sunday, Pec. 10, 1877, ' tains will run as follows: STATIONS. Northward. No. 1 u. 3 Nil. 5 Southward N.k 1 No. s. a m p m j) in 2:l!0 8:40 p m 8:10 7:00 0:20 5: 40 1 .5:18 p in 2:55 1:4(1 12:58 11:47 ll:.i:t 10:55 10:::o 0:12 0:02 a nt 0:45 5:00 4:00 2:115 2:10 I2:!0 12:00 Pittsburgh 8:50 W PouJuncM;0n Kitianning l(l;:.s R. R'k .lunclliis Rrady Uciidll::!:i Parker PJ:K Kmlenton 12:52 4:05 10:50 4:44 11:45 fj 12:Si. M i (1:25 7:10 7:54 l:2ti 2;;t5 .:(:. 4;,12 5::t7 (i:IIO 7:01 7:55 0:15 11:00, 1:05! 4:45 4:20 :-:.v.i Kcrubgrass Franklin Oil City Rousevillo Titusville Corry Mayvilld Ruifalo 10:45 0:41 R:25 8:10 7:20 0:05 4:02 12:40 8:00 7:27 7:10 0:47 5:57 5:05 p. in 2:0.s 2::J5 ji:H7 4:17 (i:14 8:05 K;.'l5 M.r W:(I5 0:25 10:20 2:20 1:42 8:25 8:04 12:50 7:10 11:40 10:10 0:55 Oil City Oleopoiu l-'agle Rock Tionesta Thliouto Irvinetou 2:30 !i:I7 3:7 4:25 5;.V. 7:10 p. in 8:25 1:1(1 8:54:12:27 0:05112:01 0::i.''ll;07 10:22j 0::l(l, ll:lo ri:on a. m a. m Trains run by Phil?delphia Time. T w , I 'AVID McCAUGO, Gen'l Sup't. J MORTON HALL, 1 'Jen'l Passenger t Ticket Agent. THE PARKER CUN. SEND STAMP FOR CIRCULAR PARKER BRbY WEST MERIDEN,CT. ilJ, : ! V ? . .fv.i0KW, the Piano, withM, Frank Monday.kp A'raiiic Itobblus, " PHOTOGRAPHER, ot1.'!!" ln "yur-v sl.vleof the art. View s oithooilregmnslorsaloor taken to or- SY:rl:rTUK,:Tl""arK'
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