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
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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.
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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!
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: 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.
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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 ■ ‘ •’ !
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