For tho Agitator. IS THERE A NORTH? la th»» A Nbarn t God wlt)i#g, ye ataffl aee! If Freedom'* wolChßraa here, art jqtmth'drorever, And tore for her expired in their endeavor Who suffered that their children might bo flee! There ii a Norths** there shall-ever bo, For those who rule by scourge and galling chain fating the bread tear-bought, and leaven'd in pain! Thera is a North—though Do ha's traitor eons, Nor yet her sons, but baso-bsrn ejavea Who claim The fireman’s birthright and the freeman's name, A* rightly aa the coward knave who runs When Danger frowns, and claims the victor's bays, Like tho proud hero of a thousand fiays! Hirelings,-who in their reckless greed for place— For empty honors and a doubllul fame, Consent to play the demagogue's low game, Howe’er unmanly, criminal or, base. By these, obedient to the driver's scourge, Obsequious ever as the black they spurn— Oar rights as men, os raouiEN, near the verge Of blank annihilation.- Ye who bum To light anew the fires yonr fathers nurst. Up, in this hoar of peril! lest your hearths By Slavery's baleful shadow yet be curst 1 Gird up! and let each freemen’s fongeo ring forth The freeman's battle-cry— “Thai* ra a Noam 1" July 14, Silxx Fuht. HBPR9BS SKETCH. BLESS THE BABY I The reader may bo curious to know at what period the event I am about to relate oc curred. Reasons of delicacy, however, pre vent mo from gratifying even so reasonable a desire; and I will only say (hat the harrow ing circumstance took place in the summer of a certain year, between the time of the arri val of the first bear at the Zoological Gardens m London and the present day. , 1 had been a midshipman on board the well-known ship named after his Majesty King William the Fourth ; but, receiving let ters from home announcing ray father’s death, 1 had just returned to take possession, as well as a minor could, of the family estate. 1 was not very well acquainted with the world except the liquid part of it—having been brought up in a ctJbntry-lown and shipped in boyhood j but to make up for I had on excellent opinion of myself, hn3 watched both with pride and anxiety the sprouting of what I conceived to be a promising mous tacm.. One evening, after getting myself into full tog, i was displaying my horsemanship near the Zoological Gardens, when I saw in the path leading to the entrance one of the lov liest women that ever appeared to the eyes of an ex-reefer. What was that to me! Ido not Know. It was a thing completely settled in my mind that I was a full-grown man and that a full grown man, can look at any wo man. In short I dismounted, gave my horse to the groom, and followed my divinity. A little girl was behind her, with the nurse maid, who had another chile, an infant in her arms ; and to my great satisfaction ibis careless servant put the baby presently into the arms of the older girl not much bigger than itself. I watched the proceeding, saw the little creature whose walk was hula totter ai the best, swaying to and fro under her buraen, and the baby’s tong clothes trailing on the ground. “Madam,” said 1 to the lady—touching my hat in quarter-deck fashion, “that baby, 1 fear, is in dangerous hands: you are per haps not aware of it ?” She turned round instantly. It was what 1 wanted; but the (lash I received from her beautiful eyes had a world of haughtiness in it; and although she bent her head slightly and said “Sir, I thank you,” I did not dare to continue the conver sation, but walked rapidly on. In fact it was obvious the woman thought I had taken an unwarrantable liberty in criticising the ar rangement of her walk ; and as when turning away I caught a smile at my discomfiture on the face of the nursemaid, who snatched the baby roughly away, indignation mingled with my awkwardness. Who was this lady ' Was she the mother of the two children I Was she the gover ness' Was she a relation I Was she sin gle or married 1 She was single ; she was the mother's sister 1 I decided upon that. And after all, was her haughty look so very reprehensible ? Had she not been addressed by a stranger, and that stranger a man—a man of somewhat distingue figure and most promising moustaches 1 I relented ; and as t saw her enter the gardens my heart gave a (treat leap; for I considered it uncommonly likely lhal a lion would break loose, or some thing or olher occur lo draw forth my chival ry and cxiort her gratitude. 1 was-not in er ror in mv anticipations ; although the circum stance lhal did occur was too wild even-foe an imagination like mine. Had it come sud denly, 1 almost think I should have shul-my eyes, held my breath, and stood still; but as it was, 1 had no time lo reflect; the upper most idea' in my mind was, lhal I would do something heroic, something desperate; and when opportunity offered f instantaneously did n The party, with many others, were looking over the inclosure at the bear on his pole ; and in order that all might see, the nurse maid had the little girl in her arms, while the little girl had the baby in hers. This ar rangement was not very reprehensible as a momentary freak ; for the maid of course had coi hold of both the children—the elder of whom was jumping with glee; and my at tention therefore was exclusively directed to the lady, who stood absorbed in the spectacle before mo. All on a sudden there was'a scream from the little girl j the unfortunate baby was over the inclosure, and Iging sense less on us face in the arena, and the gigantic bear was hastily descending the pole to se cure his prey. To climb the inclosure end spring into the arena did not take me many moments—but u look mo too many. I was at a little dis tance from the spot, and before I reached it, the bear had caught up the infant, whose lit tle face was buried in its fur; and, on my approach, made for the pole, and began to ascend with great rapidity. I followed with out giving myself time for a moment’s reflec tion, and while I climbed caught hold of (he long clothes of the baby. The action was 'yell inlcnded, but the consequences wore a readful—perhaps fatal: for the bear loosed his hold, and the poor little thing fell to the ground. I began mechanically to descend; ut did not dare to look at what was in all human probability a corpse. And presently could not look; for the exigencies of my Th" ?° 3 "' on demanded iny'every thought, w bear above was descending with huge THE I otjFmtom COBB, STURROCK & CO,. YOL. 2. strides and angry growls, and another below —a great black monster, of whose presence in the inclosure 1 had not been aware—was shambling along to tho support of his com rade, and had almost reached the pole. The fix was terrible, but it lasted only an instant; for the keeper now made his appear ance, and with a few hearty wallops sent the black bear to (he right about, while my pur suer stopped short with a terrible growl. “What a fe you doing there?” cried (he keeper, as I staggered upon the ground. “I must give you up to the police for a lunatic 1” “Never mind me,” said I faintly; look jo (he child, for I dare not.” “Tho child I—what child ?” “Are you blind? There!” and I forced my eyes upon the hideous spectacle. The creature’s head was oflf! it was wo* ? I hardly know how I got over the inclo sure. A sound of laughter was in my brain, as jf I was made of ears, and every ear was ringing its loudest. Tho nursemaid ehjoyed the adventure more than anybody, but the little girl in her arms clutched at me furiously, as if charging me with the murder of her doll; and was not pacified till the fragments of that sickening' baby were handed lo her over my shouldoi. I darted away; and it was high lime to do so, for all the company in the Gardens were rushing lo the spot. The fair cause of the mischief was stand ing a little way off, leaning on the arm of n tall, noble looking man with moustaches ten times as big as mine. She seemed choking between recent alarm and present mirth ; and as 1 passed, “Sir,” said she, with swelling unsteady voice, “my husband wishes lo thank you for our little girl’s doll!” But I was off like a shot without even wail-ng to touch my hat; and thankful I was to get out of the gate ; for many of the spectators, on seeing me run, followed mechanically. It would be in vain to attempt to describe my reflections os 1 sped rapidly along. But in the midst of all 1 knew what was before me—l had an intense consciousness of what was to bo done. My resolve was fixed, and 1 felt on insane joy at the idea that no possi ble intervention could prevent me from exe cuting it. As soon os I reached homo I went straightway to my own room, locked and bolted myself in, sat deliberately down before the glass, drew forth my razor, and shaved off my moustaches.— Albion. A Ventriloquist on the Dock. Quite an exciting scene occurred at one of our wharyes yesterday : The hands of one of our steamers were engaged in rolling off a cask, when to the consternation and surprise of thd persons en gaged in performing that operation, a voice was heard within the cask. ‘•Roll it easy, ihese darned nails hurt; I’d ralher pay my passage than stand all this.” Holding up their hands, their visuals ex panded to the size of two saucers, the two la borers exclaimed— ‘‘That beats the d—l!’’ The mate coming up at this moment, and unaware of the cause of delay, commenced cursing them for their dilatoriness, when from within, the voice again came forth— “ You’re nobody ; let mo out of this cask.” j “What’s that?” said the male. “Why it’s me!” said the voice; “I want to get out —I won’t stand this any long er !” “End up the cask,” said the mate. “Oh, don't—you’ll kill me !” said the voice. “Tlpse darned nails prick me. — Look out I — d-o-n-i /” again said the casked up individual, as the men were turning it over. “Cooper,” said the mate, “unhead this cask, and take out that man.” As the adze sundered the hoops, and the head was coming out, the voice again broke forthv “Be easy, now I is there liny ono aboutM don’t want to be caught I” Quite a crowd had now gathered round the “scene of action,” when, to the utter aston ishment of the bystanders, a loud gutters! laugh broke forth, which made our hair stand on end, the cask was found filled with ba- con. “What does it mean ?” says one, “I swear, it beats my lime,” said the mate. We enjoyed the joke too well to “blow,” as we walked off arm in arm with the “Fa kir of Ava,” the ventriloquist and magi cian. Economy in having a Shall Wife.— A Paris writer on fashions says: Small wom en are alone lo be admired and loved. The reasons he assigns is that a small woman cab not possibly cover her little person with as many yards of silk, and other costly fabrics, as a large woman. As women display a luxury in toilet which daily increases in ex travagance, we do not wonder that unfortu nate bachelors seek a diminutive wife. An Irishman, on arriving in America took a fancy lo the Yankee girls, and wrote lo his wife as follows : “Dear Norah,,those mel ancholy lines are lo inform you that I died yesterday, and I hope yoQ n'fe enjoy ingihe same blessing. I reocommeqd you to .marry Jemmy O’Ronko, and lake good care of the children. From your affectionate hysband till death. If,, said a lawyer, pleading for his client,, whose garden bad been sadly disfigured by his neighbors’ pigs—if law is so far gone out of our free and enlightened country, that our neighbors’ pigs must go without yokes, then in vain did our fathers bleed of Bunker Hill end die at Yorkiown. 'TOT ! T ! “ THE AGITATION OF THOUGHT IS THE BEGINNING OP WHDOM.” WELLSBQROUGH, TIOGA COUNTY, .PA,, THURSDAY HORNING, JULY 19, 1855. A Frightful Snake Story. The Mississippi Journal says, the follow ing incident was related to us the other day by one whoso veracity is unquestioned and who was an eye-witness of the fact. It is more appalling than any we recollect; to have read in the history of these reptiles : Some lime last summer the inhabitants of Manchester, Miss., gave a barbecue, which was attended by most of.lhe fashion and beau ty of the town and surrounding country. It happened that among the guests there was n young lady, Miss M., recently from one of the Eastern cities, who was on a visit to her relatives in the neighborhood of the town. Miss M. wps a gay and extremely fashion able young Indy, and withal possessed an un common share of spirit and courage, except in the mailer of snakes, and of these she had so great a dread that she scorcoly dared to walk anywhere except in the most frequented placer for fear of encountering tjiem. Every effort was used; but without avail, to rid her of her childish fears. They haunted her ■continually, until at last it become the settled conviction of her mind that she was destined to fall a victim to the fangs of a rattlesnake. The sequel will show how soon her terrible presentiment was fulfilled; Toward the close of the day, while scores of fairy feet were keeping in the dance to mu sic, and the whole company were in the full fide of enjoyment, a scream was heard from Miss M., followed by the most ogonizing cries for help. The crowd gathered around her in stantly, and beheld her standing, the perfect image of despair, with her hands grasping a portion of her dress with all the tenacity of a vice. It was some time before she could be rendered sufficiently calm to tell the cause of her alarm, and then they gathered from her broken exclamations that she was grasp ing the head of a snake omong the folds of her dress, and feared to let go her hold for fear of receiving the fatal blow. This intel ligence caused many to shrink from her; but the ladies, for their honor bo it told, de termined not to leave her in her direful ex tremity. They besought her not to relax her hold, as safely depended upon it, until some one could be found with courage enough to seize and remove the terrible animal. There were none of the ladies willing, however, to per form the act, and the situation of Miss M. was becoming more and more critical every, moment, it was evident that her strength! was failing fast, and that she could not main tain her hold many minutes longer. A hasty consultation among it«» or the ladies was held, when it was determined that Dr. Tison, who was present, should be called to their assistance. He was quickly on the spot, and being a man of uncommon courage, he was not many minutes within the circle of weeping and half-fainting females until he caught the tail of the snake and wound it round his hand to make sure of his hold. He then told Miss M. that she must let go at the moment he jerked it away; and to make the act as instantaneous as possible, he would pronounce the words, one, two, three, and at the moment he pronounced the last word she must let go her hold, and he doubl ed not he could withdraw the snake before it would have time to strike. All stood in breathless horror awaiting the act of lile or death; and at the moment the word three was pronounced the doctor jerked out the lar gest and most diabolical-looking bustle that was ever seen in Mississippi. The whole af fair was then explained. The fastenings of the machine had become loose during dancing and it had shifted its position in such a way that it dangled about the lady’s limbs, and in duced the belief that it was a snake an enormous head. The doctor fall right down in his-tracks and fainted—ho did. An Evidence of 111 Breeding, —There is no greater breach of good manners—or rather, no better evidence of ill-breeding— than that of interrupting another in conver sation while speaking—or commencing a re mark before another has fully closed. No well-bred person evbr does it, or continues a a conversation long with one that does. The latter pfien finds an interesting conversation abruptly waived, closed or declined, by the former, without even suspecting the cause. — It is a criterion which never fails to show tjie breeding ol the Individual. A well-bred per son will not interrupt one who is in all res pects greatly his interior. If you wish' to judge the good breeding of n person with whom you are but slightly acquainted, mark such persons strictly in this respect, tfnd you will assuredly not be deceived. However in telligent, fluent, easy, or even graceful, a per son may appear, for a short time, you will find him or her soon prove uninteresting In sipid, and coarse. “Don’t Do It. —Never make use of an honest woman’s name in an improper place, at nn improper time, or in a mixed company. Never make assertions about her that you think are untrue, allusions that you feel she herself would blush to hear. When you meet with men who do not scruple to make use of a woman’s name in a reckless man. ner, shun them, for they are the very worst members of the community—men lost to ev ery sense of honor, every feeling of human ily.” ' Nbveb chide your husband before compa ny, nor prattle abroad of miscarriages at home. What passes between two people is much easier made up before than after it has taken air. - People become ill by drinking healths. Ho Who driftks the health of everybody, drinks away his own. r • v ‘ 5 J. AG * f IT ■v. , *», The Or eat Plague. buring the Winter of 1664, it had been whispered about that some few people had died hero and there of the disease called (be Plague, in some of the unwholesome suburbs around London. News was not published at that lime ns it is now; and some people be lieved these rumors, and some disbelieved them, and they were soon forgotten. But in the month of May, 1666, it began to be sait) all over the town that the disease had burst out with great violence in St. Giles Vend ihpt the people were dying in great numbers.— This soon turned out to bo awfully true. — The roads out of London were choked up by people endeavoring to escape from the infes ted city, and large sums were paid Tor any kind of conveyance. The disease soon spread so’ fast that it was necessary to shut up the houses in which sick people were, and to cut them off from communication with the living. Every one of such houses was marked on the outside of the door with a red card, on which wore tlio words, “Lord have mercy upon us I” The streets were all deserted ; grass grew in tho public ways, and there was a dreadful silcnco in tho air. When night came on, dismal rumblings used to be heard, and these were the wheels of tho dingy death carts, attended by men with veiled faces and holding cloths to their mouths, who rang dole ful bells, and cried in a loud and solemn voice, “Bring out your dead I” The corpses pul into these carls were buried by torchlight in great pits, no service being performed over thorn—all men being afraid to slay for if mo ment on tho brink of the ghastly graves.— In the general fear, children ran awayjfrom their parents, and parents from iheir children. Some who were taken ill, died alone, and without any help, ' Some wero slabbed and strangled by hired nurses, who robbed them of all their money, and stole the very beds oh which they lay. Not a few went mad, dropped from windows, ran through tho streets, and in their pain and frenzy flung themselves into the river. These were not all the horrors of the lime. The wicked and dissolute, in wild desperation, sal in the taverns singing songs, and were stricken as they draak, and went out and died. The fcorful and superstitious persuaded them selves that they saw supernatural sights— burning swords in the sky—gigantic arms and darts. Others pretended that, qt night, vasts crowds of ghosts walked round and round the dismal pits. One madman, naked and carrying a braisier of burning coals upon his head, walked through the streets, crying om mai no was u jmiprror, commissions to denounce the vengeance of iho Lord on wick ed London. Another always went to and fro exclaiming, “Yet forty days and London shall be destroyed !” A third awoke the echoes in the dismal streets, by night and by day, and made the blood of the sick run cold, by calling out incessantly, in a deep hoarse Voice, “O, the great and dreadful God !” Through the months of July, August, and September, the Plague raged morts and more. Great fires were lighted in the streets, in the hope of stopping the infection ,\but there was a plague of rain too, and it heat the fires out. ■ At last, (he winds, which usu ally arise at that time of year, which is cal led the equinox, when day and night are of equal length all over the world, began to blow, and to purify the wretched city. The deaths began to decrease, the red crossess slowly to disappear, the fugitives to return, the shops to open, and pale frightened faces to be seen in the streets. The Plague had been in ev ery part of England; but, in close and un wholesome London, it had killed one hundred thousand people. Charles Dickers. Advantages of an Awning. —A Ifltle boy about five years old was sent to the grocery store at the corner on some trifling errand, and while there his bright eye lighted upon a barrel of pippins, exposed temptingly to view just outside of the door. In goirg out it ap pears he took one, and returned to his moth er munching it. “Where did you get that nice apple, Wil lie?” inquired his mother. , “Dot it at the droceryj” replied Willie. “Did the man give it 16 you?’’ “NO) I look,-it,” Why, Willie, that was naughty; you should not lake apples or anything else, with out permission. “But nobody saw me.” “Oh yes, Willie, there was-One who saw you.” “Who saw me ?” "Why, God saw you.” Willie stopped a moment to consider, and then, with a good deal of satisfaction expres sed in his face replied— No he did’nt see me; there was an awn ing over the door /” A Clebgyman, catechising the youths of his church, put the first question from (ho catechism to a girl: “What is your consolation in life and death 1” The poor gill smiled but did not answer. The priest insisted. “Well, then,” said she, “since I must tell, it is the young printer on'Agitator street." ‘ A young lady was told by a married one, that she had better precipitate herself over Niagara Pails into the basin below, than to gel married. The young lady replied, “well, 1 would, if I was sure of finding a husband at the bottom.” 1 * “Bob, why am your head like de moon ?*' “Ise give dat up,’ sir I Prognosticate.” “Be.’ cause, it is supposed to to inhabited. Yah, yah I” . Bob turned Up the whitb of his eyes and scratched his--wool! ’V 'x i " ' lift [V * .* r OKI Cl NIL. : For the Agitator. The Power of Association. Association offers an ample field for reflec tion. It is tho great orb above (ho horizon of investigation. It is tho crowning principle in the universal range of intellectuality. Its antecedents are numerous, its consequents unlimited. . One idea suggests anoiher, one event brings other events Incur remembrance. Without this faculty wo should bo incapable of reasoning! Without this power, what would.be our condition? It is this great principle of association which contrasts plea sure and pain, riches and poverty, right and wrong. ll ; inifoduccs a cause followed by an effect, and intimates an effect pending on a cause. It consoles tho mourner in his afflic tion, and causes him to reflect in his grief. U binds the lies of friendship and strengthens tho forco of hatred. Ono idea follows another in rapid succes sion, linking the past with the present, the present with the future; nor can this train be dissolved, but must exist us long as lime en dures. The reminiscence of an event brings to our minds many circumstances connected with it. How often at the recollection of by-gone days has tho tear unbidden, stalled to the eye I How often Ims one natural scene suggested another, calling up perhaps from the pent-up memory tho long-forgotten scenery of childhood. There stands the same mansion—there flows the same river— there remains the same beetling mountain which wc were wont to admire in the morn ing of life. There is no principle of our nature productive of more important effects, than this, which establishes a connexion be tween our ideas, feelings, and mental opera tions. It is the foundation of all our preju dices in favor of the government and institu tions of our country. It is this which couses one to love his country, respect its rulers, and obey its laws. There are other regions as great in extent and washed by as noble rivers as his own native land, but upon no other has he ever gazed with such intensity of feeling, because it is the land of his birth. To it he looks for protection, to it ho owes his gralitude«foT his paternal supervision. A reference to the American Revolution immediately fills the mind with the recollec tion of those illustrious men of that memor able era. A halo of glory encircles those bra*e spirits, as the mind contemplates their trials and sufferings; never will that event be without thrilling .associations ; .never will me injusuue ui jmmu uiu uni am tjb rorgonen by the American people. Her cruel enact ments must forever remain inscribed on the pages of American history os an instance of oppression and wrong. , Every true freeman points with pride to Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Valley Forge, and Yorklown as places that have witnessed ochievemcnts and sufferings of such a character as to become sacred in a nation’s memory. Who could pass by these places that have been signalized by memora ble events, and not do violence to the finest impulses of the heart: Beneath the green sod of ihoso consecrated spots slumber the ashes of your fathers. No foreign foe has yet dared to disturb (heir silent repose. Nature, animate and inanimate, is also gov erned by this same great law of union. The leaf as it trembles in the gentle breeze of a summer morning, responds in unison to its fellow leaf. The towering pine as it lifts its head above the surrounding group as if con. scious of its power, is controlled by this same rule. Every blade of grass which springs from the ground, is accompanied by its ap proprialo blade. Every drop of dew which is seen deposited in nature’s broad expanse, has its associate. Who can view the foam ing cataract of Niagara and see nature in the giandeur of its power, and not be impressed with a sublime and patriotic emotion. There the mind loves to linger associating this great natural curiosity with the nationality of Ame rica ; then the soul swells in acjjniration of the works of God. And when we meditate respecting the unvaried train of perceptions and ideas as they pass in the mind, let us con sole ourselves with the reflection, that all things are governed by this great law of as sociation. J. W. Fortitude.—A venerable American judge relates the following anecdote— The morning following the battle of York town, I had the curiosity to attend the dres sing of the wounded. Among others whose limbs were so much injured as to require am putation, was a musician, who bad received a musket ball in the knee. As was usual in such cases, preparations were made to lash him a table, to prevent Iho possibili ty of his moving. Says the sufferer : “Now, doctor, What would you bo at ?” “My’lad, lam a going to take off your log, it is necessary you should be lashed down.” “I’ll consent to no such thing. You may pluck the heart from my bosom, but youT not confine me. Is there a'fiddle in the camp? If so, bring it to me.” A violin was furnished, and after tuning it he said : “Now, doctor, begin,” and he continued to play until the operation, which look about forty was completed, without missing a note, ot moving a muscle. “Zeke,” said a farmer to a countrybhnp as-he called to see if'Maria was at homo, “do you think you will go to Heaven 1” “Wali Idon’t know,” said Zeke; “I sup pose I’ll go where Maria goes.” “But Maria says, if she marries you, she will go the d—l.” “Wal,” drawled out Zeke, “it won’t to the first angol I’ve hoard of going to (ho d—l.”' PUBLISHERS & PROPRIETORS. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FAIR. Th£ i; i i GENERAL RULES & REGULA' ■ • ■ [OffioUl.J .. ■ All competitors , and exhibitors must be' come members of the Society. Any.perwm mny become a member by application ond payment of the fee at any lime'before or du< ring the continuance of the Fair. 'TliO'Firir Ground will be under the con* trot of ibeMarslial. Members of the SocU ety will bo furnished by applying to the Sec. rotary, with a Card which will admit then* with tho children of their families, under ’age; to the privileges of the Exhibition. Field Crops.' —Competitors for premiums on Grain and other field crops will observe the following Rules : - 1. The quantity of land specified for each Crop,- must bo measured in one piece.. 2. The entire crop mus bo measured, and oae bushel of each of the specified grain and seeds must be weighed, and presented for ex. animation by the Judges. S, The land must be measured, and the crop weiglicd and measured in presence of three competent and disinterested persons, and by them certified in writing. m. i. Plowing Mutch, —Persons intending to plow, must bo members of the Society, and give notice to one of tho Committee -on Ilia first day of the Fair. The Plowing Match will bo held on the 2d dayof the Fair at 10 o’clock, A M., and not less than one. eighth of on acre plowed. The Committee will ex. amino tho work and manner of execution.— Any plow will bo admitted. Pens fur Stock. —Persons wishing pens must give ten days notice to John Dickinson, Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements. Premiums. —No premiums shall be deliv crcd without competition, unless tho commit tee shall deem the article or animal worthy. Animals and articles will be designated by nnmbers furnished Exhibitors,j to corres pond with the numbers on the'Secretary’s Book.* ‘ | Tho Fair Ground will beopcncd at 0 o’clock, A. M.,of (lie first day (o receive animals and orticlcs; and all animals and articles roust be numbered and ready fur examination at 1 I’. M., of tho first day, or they will bo ex cluded from competition for premiums, unless by permission of the Discretionary Committee. Horae Shoeing, fyc. —Competitors for pre miums on Horse and Ox shoeing, must be tlio makers of (he shoes used ; and the animals shod must be brought on the ground for in spection. i Notice to .Competitors and Exhibitors.—* It is very desirable that-persons who intend to become compeliors or exhibitors at this Fair, give early notice to the Secretary oflhcir intentions —slating the kind of articles or an imals they wish to enter; so that ample prep orations may bo made for the same, Tho committee are anxious that the arrangements shall be foil and complete, so that each de partment will have its full space and each animal or article fairly and properly exhibi ted. Persons to whom premiums are awar ded will receive certificates of the same from tho Secretory at any-time after the close of Tho diplomas and commendation! of the Society, will be given to (Hose entitled to them, upon application being trjade to (he Secretary. • I No person will bo allowed to act as Judge in any department in which he or she is id any way interested as a compelior. In case of inability to act or to attend althe Fair, (he person appointed will please give notice of the fact to the Secretary, so that the vacancy so occasioned may be filled in time by the Ex ecutive Committee. ■ Every precaution nnj care will be taken that no article, however costly and delicate in texture or manufacture, shall be in the least injured. Officers in sufficient numbers, will be on the Grounds, whose duly it will bo to look to the safety of everything on exhibition. ORDER OF BUSINESS. Animals and articles on the Fair Ground will be exhibited and examined from 1 o’clock, P. M., to half past 5, P. M., first day, 10 o’clock, A. M., 2d day —Plowing Match. 3J o’clock, P. M., 2d day —Awarding Premiums. 2 o’clock,?. M„ 2d day Annual Address, by HON. DANIEL M. SMYSER. The Committee on Premiums will report to the Secretary and Treasurer at or before 9 o’clock, A. M., of the second day, except the Committee on Plowing, wh'ch will report at 1 P, M. Articles may be sold or exchanged by the owners after 10 A. M., of the 2d day. Ladies Committee of Arrangements, —Mrs. —J. L. Robinson, G. M. Lamb, H. Sh'er^ 1- wood, Chester Robinson, J. R. Bowen, A. J., Sofield, A. P. Cone, J. Sherwood, R-. J. N. Bache, E. J. Brown. Misses—& j. McLeod, Caroline Eberenlz, Mary garrison, Emma Mack. Gentlemen's Committee of Arrangement *; —Jno. Dickinson, Henry • Sherwood, Wm., Cache, B. C. Smith,, Geo. I. McLeod,_J. L. Robinson, Laugher Cache, Wm. Harrison, H. A. Guernsey, Jno. Young, C. G. Osgood, Jos. Riberollo, Chester Robinson, J. R. Bow- 0 on, S. R. Smith, S. F. Wilson, J. Sherwood,, Marshal tf the Dag. S. P. WILSON,■, Esq, Assistant Marshal —JULIUS SHER WOOD, Esq. Note. —Any person to whom shall be awar ded a one dollar Premium, may. receive. hu lieu thereof, by signifying the same to , the Treasurer of the Society, either of the follow ing publications “The American Agricui turalist,” published by Allen Si Co,, New,! York, or “Tub Farm Journal,’’ published, hy.J. M. Merdeith & Co., Philadelphia, or. “Dr. Dadd’s Horse Farrier.”—Tickets for membership, ONE DOLLAR. . Slnglb, Admittance,. TWENTY-FIVE N. 8., The Commitleo oh Field Crops’ will, receive and act.apqn the statements at ibe j annua| meeting jn.Docember next. • WELLSBORO', July 4, 1855. ... "ArirV yoii nfrbid youl| break while Ai ling so 7” said a chap in the pit of a circus to' the clown. : “Why so 7” asked the clown. ' ’ ‘‘Because you are a tumble,”, replied the wag. „ <; ;"-' t ; The clown fainted. 1 ■ ‘ •’ ! ivwrwew mat
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