The agitator. (Wellsborough, Tioga County, Pa.) 1854-1865, September 06, 1855, Image 1
39* Uo*rß®otnet, * -pWWhW Vos THI iSnMOTt] •TWIItUHIt »n BINO 8. ithS'iutAt''L. Ddtrt). 1 Qihi'my*whHn mvsb .. . '1 Xoomei a whUper,-kWßf<^ttairtr, • - ,'' ■ " i Ko»* «*) IrtUsd jWiSttp, •' Cloudless Joy In radiance glooms. ( , Now again I hear t}io rolfcea Wlifcb myahlldialibduw'bcgillfcd; Now in memory seo the faces \THtdi o\s# ail tny fofblei ttullod. * All who-With-their lorodi^Meeamo, Now in memory’s vision rise, TSomtf wijtfrt Merer more me— They bare passed to brighter skies. Now.mcljfafnks their eyes an* beaming Otv me. tfattmgh £a£n Iwliiltling light, Which from opt the epiinledbearem, Gleams with soft, unfading light tlowitchecn 'myh'eart’wUon Tonoly, iThixstbfhhft tfloy Watch my Why f Wliningme yrhene’er I wander, OhMintf'fna whebe’er I «W -t TctHeS'of tfiort frofai rHiom’Tm wrerod , .Beam 16 float apoa the Telling ’I is the hour of creeling— sTfaTthe mdred boar of prayer. •And each twilight hour returning, Whispers, quo more day has passed, Making op-life's flectlngjoamey Which U swiftly 'flying post Ptt«AXT Yaiut, lowa, July 28,1856. Stutctj- THE YANKEE PEDLAK. Old Squire ,’who some years ago lived in the town of W , in New Jer ■sey, w'4s “death on pedlars,” and wouldn’t allow one to come within gun-shot of him, il 'hooould'help it. It so happened (hat one Nat Tucker, a Yankee pedlar of the most in teorrigibte kind, in'drygoods, clocks, and other “notions,” chanced that way, and having heard of the aversion of the Squire to itin erants of his class, he looked upon him as fair game, and determined to “sell” some of his wares ahd the old man at the same time. Accordingly, the first house he drew up at on entering the town, was the house of the Squire. It was at the close of a warm day to Jaly,-and the old man sat complacently smoking his pipe under the porch of his house. As Nat approached him with a clock under his arm, and a dozen of silver spoons in his hand, the old mao majestically waved him off, at the same lime exclaiming— “Clear out! Don’t you come in here—l don’t .want any o’ your tribe round me! 1 know vou.” ■ “VVal, L mus ’low, Squire,” said Nat, good naturedly, “that you’ve got the advantage of me, Ibr I don’t know you, and 1 guess your neighbors don’t nuther, for they tell me you was a good Christian, and never turned a hun gry man away from your door,’’ The coolness and self-possession of Nat, caused the Squire to pause, for he was a whole souled, hospitable man, and he began to think he might be mistaken in Nat’s (rue character. At length he iquired, looking the visitor steadily in the face. “Answer me one question —ain’t you a pedlar 1” “Pedlar be darned I —no,” said Nat. “Then what are you bringin’ them things id the house for?” querried the old man, pointing lo the articles which Nat was cary me “Wal, the fact is,” ropliod Nat, “I don’t much like to leave these silver spoons in my wagon, for somebody might make love to’em, and as for this ere clock, I coulden't afford to lose it, no how, for it’s iist one o’ the great est clocks out. 1 want a bowl of bread and milk, nation bad ; and if you’ll accommodate me I’ll thank ye, and if you won’t, I’ll hev to go further; and if anv body axes my opinion of yew, in course I’ll tell ’em bow good you are to strangers.’ 1 This settled the matter, and Nat was invi ted in. The Squire’s wife was out, but the old man soon placed a bowl of pure milk and some white bread before Nat, who, laying •side the old-fashioned spoon which the old man brought him, supplied ns place with one of his own, and proceeded to “go in ’’ as though be had fasted for a month. When he had about half-finished his meal, Nat remarked, as he paused to turn his spoon over and eye it admiringly—“ How much better milk tastes odt’na new silver spuno, than it does oltt’n an old onet" “Yes, I s’pose it does,” replied the Squire, who had all along been eyeing the remainder of the set, and wishing he was the possessor of them, that he might astonish the old lady (who, by the way, was given to strong mind eaaess—that is, wearing the breeches) on her retnrr. “1 got them ere spoons Very cheap,” re marked Nat again, ns he swallowed a large monthful of the “lacteal,” “and I’ve no doubt my Nance ’ill be delighted with ’em.” “I s’pose you wouldn’t care about partin’ with 'em, would you I” asked the Squire, hes itatingly. “Wal, no, I don’t keer much about it,”an swered Nat; “but seein’ it’s you, Imought, and I guess there’s some more of Iho same sort left, which I kin git before I go hum.— Tell you what I’ll deu, Squire—if you’ll give me them ere spuncs of yearn, and seVenty five cents to bute, jest to pay me for my troub le, they’re yours.” “Done!” said ihoSquire, and immediately he was put in possession of a dozen plated spoons, for which he exchanged n dozen solid old-fssiuooed silver ones and “the bool.” Nat seemed to regret his bargain, and showed no disposition to tako the old spoons which the Squire laid in a bunch before him ; when the letter, fearing he might niter hismirtd and de mand his property back, left the room for the purpose of slowing them snugly away. A broad grin passed over NaOs face as the old man disappeared, and rising from his seat he approached one of those solid old-fashioned English clocks, specimens of which may yet occasionally be met with, which occupied a position In one corner of the room. Opening the door, Nat carefully cut the cords which sustained the weights, so that the slightest jar WouW be sure to pati them, and then thrust trig his knife up underneath the face of the clock, he clipped aH the cogs hut one, from the wheel#, closed the Case again and had just taken hie seat when Ihe Squire entered. “Tell you What, Squire,” Said Nat, assum ing a frightful expression of Countenance, “I begin to feel bad-u-’fraid I’m- Bgoin’ to have one of (hem dratted 'fits Which lakes nte down wmetimes. Yes, there it comes I” he yelled, end immediately after, he jumped from his chair high enough almost to touch the ceil- XT T 1 T 1 ■ Y ' S ■Jjjn ,i!ii!.A >-.f ajffiifMarij tiifto^iiri-^ ■'?’ Wi tn to/mftftMkM I niß iii^Tl ' •■)iUJ'ioJ’“ •; !.;• w A«■)' ~w ~ ,1 1L V Olttluii rlsr . . ? _ nil! t ..'l I ,»g sJt!JiLva_£ltJPn'r „ . ... -1"-' * ’>•' • ; bqfßß, TOL. % ing'i aod carne dawn i upon , lhe i floor wild;® force which 1 sbdiik the house to ils faundo- 110 D. “Bang I ibaftg IV vent the weights of the old clock, and ‘'riok ! l rlokl> click I clirik l map I aribp!” wentithelwhebls,’ till the Squire ms fairly dubib-(bunded,'BD‘d knew' Wot wbitfH to altered to first, 1 tho ( old clock: or Nat, dvho lay writhing'upon'the floor. The scene did not. last long, however,for Nat very speedily recovered; and ithen the Squire alluded to the noise which tho clock had made. Nat examined il,end pronounced it worn but.' He tpld the Squire he -would either make a rat-trap of it, or sell it to the first second-handed - furnitureman that came along. Then he incidentally and quite care lessly mentioned his' own clock, n'nd compar ing i| with the Squire’s:pointed out the new improvements, especially the “alarm” ar rangement, at all of which tho old man was consumediy tickled; and the upshot was, that the clocks changed owners, as the spoons had done previously, Nat receiving the old clock, worth about twenty dollars, for a ten-shilling article. Not now thought it about time to travel, and accordingly departed. He stowed the old clock, together 'with the Squire’s spoons, carefully away in the bottom of his wagon, out of sight, and started ; but hnd not gone far when he met the Squire’s wife, of whom he had managed to gel a full description, both with regard to her temper and appearance, retr homeward. our name Mrs. B, 1” be inquired, “Yes,” said the old lady, snappishly, "but what’s that to your business ?” . “Oh, nothing,” replied Nat', “only I didn’t know but what you'd like to buy a few no tions—a pair of scissors, for instance. 1 stepped into your house, yonder, and the Squire toll'd me he had broke yours since you bin gone—but he said he wouldn’t buy any new ones for you, and you shouldn’t buy for yourself.” “Did he say that 7” said tho old lady, defi ance dashing from her eyes. “He did so,” replied Nat, “and you should not buy scissors or nothing else, without his consent.” “It’s all very well for him to talk that way, behind my back, but ,he wouldn’t do it if 1 was there.” “I’ll show him whether I’ll buy anything or not," she continued, determinedly, aa she immediately proceeded to purchaee numerous articles, to the amount of about three dollars, all the money she had with her, after which, she proceeded homeward, uomng lover with wrath, and Nat proceeded on his way whist ling. Words would lad to give a correct de scription of the scene of crimination and re crimination which followed, when the Squire’s wife reached home, and we shall not attempt it; but shall pass on to on incident which occurred some lime after. The old folks had been reconciled to each other, and went by an invitation to a neighboring town. White there, they found their way into a show-shop, and almost the first thing that attracted their attention, was their old clock. It looked as natural as ever, and was altered in nothing save its history. They learned for the first time, from a label upon it, that it had once been the properly of Gen. Washington, and that it had been bought at auction by a gen tleman, together with the documents proving its identity,,and sold to the proprietor of the show for two hundred dollars ! Nat Tucker was the lost pedlar that ever “sold” the Squire, INDUSTRY IS TALENT. We often hear persons explaining how one man fails in the same pursuit, by attributing to one a talent for his business, but refusing it to the other. Yet, without denying that some individ uals have talent, we think the problem in question could be easily solved, by saying that the successful man was industrious, while the other was not. Bulwer, lor example, is considered a man of the highest abilities as a novelist. Yet when Bulwer began his career, he composed with the utmost difficulty, often writing his fictions twice over. Ho persevered, howev er, and now stands almost at the head of his class, his latest productions, moreover, being regarded as the best from his pen. Every school-boy is familiar with iho fact that De mosthenes became an orator only by pursu ing a similar plan. Nor ore illustrations of the great truth, that industry is latent, con fined to the highest intellectual pursuits.— When Girard trusted the customer without an endorser, who carried his goods home on his shoulders, ihe shrewd old Frenchman was acting on this truth, deduced from his own experience of mankind. All eminent persons, Whether mechanics, merchants, law yers, or wel-e industrious, from Wall and Norris, down to ThUrlow end William Pilt. Franklin, Mar shall, Madison, olid every other distinguished AmeVidefn, Were' [busy men. Industry, in short, is'tktent, pine times out of ten. “Oh I pant for glory, I pant Tor renown,” said a ragged man-of-genius to'a friend. “Well, if you’ve a "pair of pants, you’d better put them oh,” Wa? the cool and rfelopt less reply. , . TuBBB ini' family in this city sbldky that it lakes twdoflhdrn to shedzo; ohe to' lhrbw the head back, aild the' ofhei: to thatd the noise. A Soiioon-MIOTRBSS advertised- lately for an assistant accustomed to conftnemehti She received in answer from the mother of twelve children, t vi- liiv/.i v*i -t?> s .v ,'. -. . ■ /I . *A«- V «. 1 :■**» vr.t{ , in .VO ;.:.A .« -‘ ’•• l • - >«< •>••>«■• p_,^ rV i VV' **’ fl *£ *J/.a a-y/U /»J ’jl^luM •W^LSBO THEASIT ©EiDYEINGK .., ift!MSi*"L%i; '.much. Straw ~,ig made into Hals incur country, jgwttich <W»’,<tW whim Snse.,Bi«y .'tejDMte'isguaMfl ih&fashion,” a knowledge ,of thepnocqss of color iuglhen will bo very useful to many persons. ,v.’ . •» >*Jl For all colors except black,. should be thoroughly, cleaned,..tQjremoye.ell greasefroralhembefpre theyafedyed. This is done fay steeping them , for fifteen minutes in strong soap suds, then rinsing ihem well in hot water. Itls'sdrfietitries necessary to rub bar boot) on the inside of a hat at the center of the front, whore it comes in contact with the head, and to brush it on a board, before all the grease can be extracted. Peach Blossom.—Take a small clean cop per kettle, and add fobr'ounces of Oudbar and one of soda to one-gallon of water, arid boil one bonnet‘in ,: this for half an hour, it will then' be colored. It is now taken mil, washed well In clean cold water, and dried. SitVEn Gbay.—Add to the old liquor in d’hich the foregoing hat was dyed, half nn ounce of alumn'and one of the extract of in digo (this is now to be found in almost all druggist’s stores,) s and boil a hat in this for twenty minutes, when it will be colored. It is then taken out and washed. Light Bi.de.—'To one gallon of water, in a clean vessel, add one ounce of the extract of indigo and half on -ounce of nlumn, and boil lift hat or bonnet in this for twenty min utes. It is then washed in, cold water and dried in o cool place. Dark Bide. —lnto one .gallon .of water pul half an ounce of crude tartar and one fourth of a pound of copperas, and boil a hat in this for fifteen minutes. It is then taken out and rinsed in cold water. Into another like vessel containing one gallon of water, add one ounce of the yellnw prussiate of pot ash, and boil the Imt in this for ten minutes. It is then lifted and coo'ed a few degrees be low the scalding point, and o little vitriol ad ded, so as' to render the liquor 'slightly sour in taste. The hat isthen entered in this, and soon becomes a rich deep blue. If not dark enough, tel it be re-dipped for five minutes in the copperas liquor, and again in prussiate li quor. it is then washed and dried. Great, care must be exercised in introducing’vitrtw Hilo hot water. It should be first mixed with ,ten time's its quahlityof cold water and ihlis poured into the hot, for when Vitriol combs iq cmUacl wuh I—* — ll —r'-V— -place, and the vitriol may be thrown out in the face of the person introducing it. This advice is of some import to young chemists and inexperienced bleqchers, dyers, and color makers. Light Fawn. —Boil four ounces of sum mac, four ounces of crop madder, four dunces of fustic, and half an ounce of alumn in one gallon of water for five minutes, then intro duce the hat and boil it for ten minutes. It is then lifted, and a piece of copperas about the size of a Lima bean introduced into the liquor, which is now well stirred up, and the hat re-introduced and boiled for five minutes longer, when it will ha ready for washing. Lavender and Slate. —To one gallon of water add half a pound of logwood and one ounce of alumn ; bail the hat in this for twenty minutes, then take it out, and add one eighth of an ounce of blue vitriol (sulphate of copper,) and boil the hat in this for ten min utes. By adding about one-fourth more jog wood to this liquor, and one-fourth, of ,an ounce of copperas, and boiling a bonnet in it for fifteen minutes, it will be colored state. Another Method.—A few years ago slate colored bonnets were very fashionable. The way most of them were dyed was by boiling in a weak logwood liquor and a little muriate of tin for ten minutes, so as to dye them a light purple. On the top of this they were dyed a light blue with the sulphate of ndigo in hot water. All Shades of lavender and slate may be dyed on straw hats by this method, which appears to be the best. The quantity of dye stuff must be proportioned to the depth of shade. It is an.easy matter to add more when the shade is too light, but if 100 dark at the first dip, the color must be re moved with hot soap, and the process com menced again. How necessary then to com mence with a weak liquor to work up to a pattern or particular shade. Brown. —Into- one gallon of water intro duce a pound of logwood, one pound of peach wood, and one of fustic, and one-fourth of an ounce of alumn, A hat is boiled in this way for twenty minutes, then lifted, and half an ounce of copperas is introduced, stirred up well, and the hat re-entered, and boiled for ten minutes, then lifted and washed. More dye-stuffs will make a darker jshade. ,A deep brown can also bo dyed on bonnets with catch ehu, by pursuing (he same process as that de scribed, for dyeing brown on cotton ~in tha preceding articles,; the only difference in the process is simply to use hotter .liquors for tho; straw./, , Another Method. —Boil the bonnet in one ouuca. of blue stone and four ounces qf alumn in one gallon of water, for twenty min utes. Lift it out and rinse • it, then boil for half an hour in a clean liquor .containing half a pound , of peach-wood, the> same of. fustic, and twd ounces of logwood, in one gallon of water. It ia then lifted out, and' one ounce ef copperas introduced , and stirred up in the liquid. The hat is nbw re-entered and boiled for ten minutes longer. <■ The alumn* blue stone, nnd copperas must be entirSly dissdlvbd before d hat is placed in thO' liqdor; iflhisis nof done, it (the hat) 1 will be spotted; By using a la’tger kettle than the one specified for djleinjj. one hat at once, iny number df hut's cud bo so colored at one i 5 _yio.iT s? UfaßtfWr><n *&&»>» V»*;b(B*f:'i .v< <'* ’ l< < fc -*i b };ni' ,■! \U . j*.'« 'h 0l !| v ilitU «r.-.■.■>!! ,4 i’f- ;•[,(>■ 1 rtrrTr-rr-Vl'ii'' ,;I 'isw ?Vi / n l 7i .c-LlVjtl JmlTt | *-* * * *’**»« iMIfiSDA# MOMNG; »“V yI.«J ..II J. | f **■ 11 I <1 Ilf 1 WTOfl. .fey.: wing la .proporiionaie ptnounl 9f.i d yfts»«ir?/\io ilhostii laidtdown.far-dyking Pftd fist.i- Coyrse hqrd straw is fariirioredif ficuji todypihanLegborn orTusonw oCbip iniihe manner'described, but do not require.aojmqcHidye-sUiHj. Strbw (mis Hiusl bohandledwith .gregt ’iatei tMWobresk l thebra?d«,-Hoi l Be'(ftir(rtiB‘«ofi also; be-eolohed in the Uramier described;— Scientific Ameritbn. ■ f- nit ' ' : NBW-REGEIPI’S. • SoPA^CaKß.—niFoUr CggS,; onapinl op ill* gar, one tea cup of butter, one cup of-sweet milk,: one quaitof (tour,- one'teaspoon Ail-'of soda, two of cream of tartar. ’ i Sugar Cahß.—One cup and a half off su gar, one egg, htilf n cup of butter, half a cup of dweer milk, one teaspoonfull soda, two of cream of tartar—roll thin and bake on buttered pans. Swbnr Apple Pie.—Take sweet apples, grate them fine, mix with sweet milk, add a leacupful of sweet cream and one egg to each pie; season with nutmeg or cinnamon, and bake with one crust, and you have a simple yet delicious pie. Sponge Cake.—Take six eggs, one pint of flour, one cup and a half of sugar, half a leaspoonful of soda, one of cream of tailor. Dissolve the soda in a tablespoonful of warm .water, and mix the cream of tartar with the flour—stir briskly and bake half On hour. Mosquitoes.— Spflrikle a' little brown su gar on live coals or a hot iron in yobr room, and the smoke of it will banish the mosqui toes for the night. The essence of penny royal, sprinkled on the pillow of the bed will hove thp same effect. Drink from Fpesh Fruit.—One pint of currants stripped—afewraspberriesmake an agreeable: addition—one pint of: water boil them together ten or fifteen minutes, strain to one ounce or two' ounces of loaf sugar.- When frbsh frail cannot bn had,'dissolve two table spoonbill's of entrant jelly in half a'pint to a pint ofboiling water. Coffee Stains,.Mud.Splashes, &c., will mostly give way to the use of soap and water. Curd soap should be applied for this purpose. Obstinate stains which will not yield to these treatments must bo submitted to the bleaching powers of the fumes of burning sulphur.— '-This is conveniently applied by igniting some brimstone under a cone or' funnel made of card board. The stains must be wetted, and then .held, over the top of the chimney until they disappear ‘ Preserve Smoked Meat.—How often are we niwnpmim»m» «pm— l^,l. T , r swCet hams during the summer? After carefully smoking, and when sewing them up in bags, and white-washing them, wc find that either the fly has com menced a family in our hams, nr that the choice parte round the bone are. tainted, dftd the whole spoiled. Now, this dan be 'easily avoided by pack ing them in pulverized charcoal. No matter how hot the nor how thick the flifes, the hams will keep sweet. THE LORD’S PRAYER. Tho following specimens of the Lord’s Prayer, in the style in use at various periods, will exhibit the changes which our vernacular has undergone since its formation, six centu ries ago: A, D. 1258. Fader ore in fieune, haleweide booth thi heune, cumen ihi kuoeriche thi wille h-eolh idon in heune and in enhe. The euerych dawe bried gif ous thjik dawe. And vorzif uro dettes as vi vorzifen urn delloures. And lene ous nought into temptatioun hot delyvor ous of uvel. Amen. A. D. 1300. Fadir our in hevene, Halewyd by thi name, thi kingdom come, Thi wille be don as in hevene and in erlhe. Ouro urche days bred give us to day. And forgive us ouro dettes as we forgive our dettoures, And lede us not into temptation, Bole delyvere us of yvel. Amen. A. D. 1380, Oure fadir that art in heunes halowid be thi name, thy kingdom come to, be thy wille done in erihe aa in heune, gave to us this day our breed oure other substance, forgeue to ua our detlis os wo forgotten to oure dettouris lede us not into temptatioun, delyuorus from yeul. Amen. A. D. 1534. 0 oure father which arte in heven hallow, ed be thy name. Let thy kingdoms come. Thy wyoll be fulfilled as Well in earl ys in heven. Geve'vs this daye oure dayl'y bree'de And forgeve vs ouro treaspases even os wo forgive our Irenspasers. And leade vs not into temptation, but delyver vs from evell. For thyno is (he kyngedom and the power and the glorye fur ever, and for ever. Amen. A. D. 1582. Ovr which nrt in heajuen sanctified be thi name. Let thy kingdom come.. Thy will be done, as in., hegyen, ip earth,also. Giue vs to day opr super-substantial bread. And. forgiuo our detters. And' lead vs not into temptation. But deliuer us from all evil. Amen. A. D. 1611. Our father which ort .in. heauen* 'hallowed be (by name.- Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done*’as iris in heauSn. Give vs this dayaur dayly bread'. ’And forgive ns our debts as wej forgiue our, debtors. . And lede vs not into temptation, but deliuer vs'frdmi Bull. - For thine - is l the kingdomet’ ftnß - the power nnd the eftor; Afneri. “I really can’t express my. (batiks*” as the boy said, when the scholmaster gave hlnra thrashing; >. ; ■- j .[ 7-1 f p . 'r®n mmm, mtit I- ‘ii : < y • *-'A alike l1 * v.« [ ' l * ■ ~::ai> ;f iW - ft) :u[J J>! ■■*■•».• ■3-v.Tio 'lo r» tj Mi'Jii ■r»> i © ammimitatton#. •noi. i> !« .•?'!??j tT .y. ,-u-•»«•.,' ..; - BBXNOHEB--TADGBT, ... The ye|birea'tb'W ; ihighl in.,ll)e pobltcachdols of tlfiU- h'rp obviously' the true' tfnddnly foundation of a good cduealion for any. vocation' or profession. 7here is something'manifestly improper if not ridicu lous, foraperson to goto studying philosophy, wheir he can hot speak tho simplest woVtis in ouHahguoge j' or Prenchj wherthbyChtinol tell an: English a.,mb; t or ;music, when ha does, not ikno.wJhe shape, of the world he. lives in, or how many stales (here ore, or .wbal is the capital,of the U. S; or algebra when he does not understand numer ation in eriihipetic. And yet just such mis takes there- are, such blunders are too often encouraged by parents end teachers; yea, such mistakes we have found in teachers themselves. They could bear a much better inspection in the elements of philosophy, as tronomy,.algebra, french and music, than in orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, ge ography and grammar. Now the minimum of a teachers qualifications by the laws of Perin’o, must be the ability to leach nil these fundamental branches, and we' will add that to leach all these well is the maxi mum of a good teacher’s qualifications. Yet we confess la having given certificates to teachers who had no knowledge of grammar, and hut a slight knowledge of geography or aiithmelic. And yet in examining ihe schools we have been gratified to find sucii teacher’s succeeding tolerably well jn a few ipslapces, at orthography and reading. Yet hie impos sible for such a teacher to give full satisfac tion eVen with beginners. The best teacher for ifie a, b, c’s is (he teacher who is the .beat also for llie more advanced scholars. Take one example. One of the best qualified teach ers in Chatham was hearing a class read and spell, when we visited her school, in words of three syllpblqs. Yet eight or.ten weeks be .fore tKat, those scholars learned iheir-a, b, c’s. On l,he examination bench that teacher showed a familiarity with the higher branches and the art of teaching, which promised well for ma ture scholars as well as beginners. We need good teachers as much fur the liulo ones, if not more', than for largerßCholars/df such could be found no more novices would receive a certificate. Put what are the branches actually taught in the common schools of this county 1 VVe answer; the a, b, c’s are taught in .them all. We have found that in the sum- 1 mer schools there have been 868 thus enga 'scholars, unsafe'To^ay more ifeorT one in ten will bo left in the a, b, c’s, while the most of,them are now reading in the first and second readers. In every school also, spelling and reading are taught. In some of them of course these important branches are taught very imperfectly, yet we can not think with some others, that all such leaching is worse limn none; the scholars do make l some progress in the right direction. Leaving these first branches and going to the highest schools, we find that only in six common schobls of the county, are branches (aught other' than those mentioned ns essential in the School system of Pa. viz., orthography, redding, writing, arithmetic, geography and grammar. These higher branches are either ffhe or more of the following: algebra, philosophy, history, physiology. In one or two cases perhaps something else may be introduced. In our wither schools possibly twenty schools may (Hus have one or more studies beyond what out; school law has very properly deemed fun damentnl. But we have been sorry to find lhai arithmetic, geography, and grammar are not’ taught in all our schools. In 31 schools neither of those branches were (aught, and the teachers time was wholly confined to orthog raphy and reading. In fifty-nine schools wrjting was not taught. In eighty-seven schools there was no grammar taught. Forty six, had no geography, and forty-four no arithmetic. Generally wltcn we asked why /• - ■ these branches, one or more, were not intro, duced. The answer was: The“parenis do nof want their children to study, this or that, until they can read and spell better." Now we are not nn advocate of having children study everything, and learn nothing, nor of studying advanced branches to the disparage ment of more primary wnes. But we have no doubt but children will learn these primary arts of spelling and reading faster, by having them relieved with short exercises in writing nnd arithmetic. Oral arithmetic, geography and grammar m»y be introduced by nn inge nious, qualified teacher, at a very early stage of the child’s study. There are a few teach ers lit this county whose a, b, c.darinns will show ns good progress ns any others, and ydt the whole! school will tell you all about the ftindamohlnl facts in arithmetic, geogra phy and grammar. The, exercise's in these have been entertaining to the scholars, and have constituted the life of the school. These scholars read with,some life, they, spell with ■ l*sfi.?$ e *4®.RS n . • .Buytey.jw.fhat there is something else , for them to do, beside reading nod spelling, and, they see.that they can do it tpp; We. qfe not afraid that suph.scholars Will (earn 100 much. Our .greatest anxiety ia to find teachers who will set all our children a-goingipthe same way. Then we shall have them as’wide, awake in the school room its they are on the play ground. J. F..GALKINS* Co. Sup’l. ' An Irish- girl, the other day, complained.ld' hettihiitress-that the colw''would hot dal het ‘‘metis*’. She scalded the mal(j',and she sal* iedit—-buidevil a bit would (He old cow iouchi” Onexaminftiio'n it wds found that •Biddy's Wihle whs rinihinc; (nil sSwdust. The toW was evidently not used to such hoard! [run tai out* noun.] . JUI.K,O, !, </ ■■> i . ~ !jj.T ; V The followingakctch is token fromlhe cor respondence’of Ibelßostob Journal. .No re- Sections ofiours lean add tolls beauty ahdpa- 1 <hos ordeepCnthe tforoeof its simple elo querice; Thewriler say* : . • ,i- Aapainfbl pSctfeemetmy vidw inthecare frptni PhSladelphia< to New York, as I hadev er. seen tin niy journeys. A lady and her husband carneldnto ihb cars at the former place, anthWere seated'near us—very respect table in appearance,rand the ladyv in particu lar, uncommonly interesting. After a ■ little while I noticed a etianßei manner In the gen tleman, whicb to indicate he was hot in favor of the Maine Liquor Law; At ev ery place the cars stopped he evidently re plenished the vacuum 1 in bis throat by a new drink, until he could not Set without help in his seat. He then rose hastily and went and opened the car door, and sealed himself in if, with his feet hanging outside. His wife wa» much distressed, and tried to prevail upon him to,come in, und he gave hern push which almost sent her to the floor. Twogentlemen rose, and with the aid of tho conductor, he was helped in and placed in a reclining posi-- tion on one of the seats beneath a window. He soon apparently fell asleep—and it Wa» enough to break one’s heart to see the atten tion that devoted wife lavished upon a sense less husband. She covered him up with her shawl, to keep the dust from making himun comfortable ; if his hands fell in an unpleas ant position, she gently replaced them ; and perhaps bedewed (hem with a tear. Before arriving in New York she seemed anxious to have him waked, and asked ono of the gentleman to “please wake him, as it was a strange city, and she did not know what to do.” Two or three roused hime.iit ileapd then she went to him with a sweet smile, and said—“We have got almost to> New York, and'l am glad, you are so tired,' T and he struck her in the face I She had the sympathy of all in the car, l_ know; for there was many a moist eye among the la dies, and many a bitter look on manhood's cheek. Arrived in New York, he would not leave the cars till be was ordered off by tha Conductor, and her attentions in crossing the ferry were assiduous as ever, and met with pushed and blows from her brutal husband. The last I saw of her was in the station house 1 on the New York side begging him to go and see to (heir baggage, and he answered her that, she was a fool—to mind her own busi ness, Ac. My traveling companion remarked —“That is womanly love, and when he speaks kindly to her again, she will fjorget it all.” CATCHING CODFISH. Codfish arc all caught with law hooks, utimtre to Kim (roni the bottom. Kach fish erman has a strong line of from sixty to sev enty fathoms in length, to which is aliached a lead of a cylindrical shape, weighing about five, pounds. This, of course, is t(ie sinker. From this proceeds the “penant,” which is n cord about twice tire size of the line, end is about three feel in length. To the lowerend of the penant, and attached to it by n small copper swivel, is the “craft, 1 ' which is, a small stout cord about two-and-a-half feet in length, having three strips of whalebone laid around it at the middle, where it is attached to the swivel of the penant. The whole is serried or wound with tarred twine. On each end of the craft is a smallet swivel, into which the gauging of the hooks is attached. The whalebone serves to keep the hooks about a foot apart, so there is little danger of their becoming entangled with each other. The men arrange themselves on the lee ward side of the deck, throw over their and unreel their lines till the lead rests on tho bottom. 'The line is then drawn up so that the hook will be on the bottom with the down pilch of the vessel, and, with nippers drawn on their fingers to keep the line from cutting ■hem, they lean over, the bulwarks, patiently awaiting a bite, which is known by a slight jerk. They then givo a sudden pull, in order to hook them, stand back and haul in the long line, hand over hand, until the fish is hauled up to the surface, when he is taken on deck, unhooked, and thrown into a square box, which each man has fastened by bis side, called a “kid.” The hooks are - then baited and hove over again, and the fishermen, while the lino is running, picks up the fish caught and cuts out his tongue. Towards night the fish are counted out from the kids, each one separately,and thrown into a large kid near the mdin hatch, called the kid,” They are counted aloud as (hey are thrown along, and each man is required to keep his own account, and report to the skipper at night, who keeps a separate account for each man on tho log.book. The dressing.gang, consisting of a “throaler,’’ a “header,” a “splitter,” and a “sailer,” noir commence dressing down. After passing through the hands of the first three they as sume somewhat the shape seen in market.— They ore then passed down between decks to the sailer, who puts (hem up in benches or layers, laying ihe first tier on the bottom of the hold and building up with alternate layers of salt and fish till the bench reaches the desired height. The decks are then washed down, sails taken in, and |he vessel anchored for the night. TnG.latest estimates of the population of the world make .it eleven hundred,and.fiAy millions, yip,:—^pgansj676,ooo,ooo ; Christ ians, 350,660,000; Mohammedans, 140,000,- 000. Of Christians, the Church, of Rome numbers 1,70,000,000 ; the .Greeks and East ern .churches, 60,000,000 ; and Protestants, 90,b0b,000. A LAiiy, describing an ill-lempefed mart, said: "Me never smiles but he seems ashamed of it.” '’VlSS'M'*»! USM i; • I n* i