. Value op a Brooklyn Farm Twenty Years
Ago.—The following extract from ; the New
York correspondent of the SoohariecSepuK/con,
is interesting: '
One plesant day in the summer of 1836, a
gentleman called at one of those quiet farm
houses in olden Brooklyn, then occupying the
site of the present palatial mansions on Brook
lyn heights. lie asked to see the owner of
the farm, was invited into the neat parlor, with
green paper window curtains, and a bunch of
asparagus tops in the old-fashoned fire place.
The stranger made hot a short stay, but when
he left he bore with him a signed and sealed
contract for the sale of his farm at the extrav
agant price of 880, 000. The farmer and his
wife were crazy with joy ; the price given was
beyond their wildest anticipations; and while
they thus indulged in congratulations upon
their good luck and dreams of happinea their
unexpected wealth would bring, another visitor
came—another gentleman from the big city
across the river. He too, wanted to buy the
farm, was told that another bad jnst purchased;
inquired the price paid, and when told the am
ount, remarked that it was worth twice that
sum. and ho would readily pay the lucky pur
chaser $30,000 for bis bargain. Disappoint
ment # and vexation at such a loss turned the
farmer's brain, and that night he died by his
own hand.
During our visit to Lowell we were shown
through the Laboratory of our celebrated coun
tryman, Db. J. C. Ayer. Scarcely could we
have believed what is seen there without proof
beyond disputing.
They consume a barrel of solid Pills; about
00, 000 doses and 3 barrels of Cherry Pectoribl,
120, 000 doses per diem. To what an inoon
coiveable amount of human suffering does this
'point! 170, 000 doses a day U Fifty million of
doses per year.'.'!—What acres and thousands
of acres «f sick beds does this spread before
the imagination! And what sympathies and
woe !—True, not all this is taken by the very
sick, but alas, much of it is. This cherry Drop
and this sugard Fill are to be the companion
of pain and anguish sinking sorrow—the in
heritance cur mother Eve bequeathed to the
whole family uf man. Here tbe infant darling
has l«en touched too early by tbe blight that
witliers half our race. Its little lungs are
.-iffet|Fed and only watching and waiting shall
shall tell which way it breath shall turn. This
red drop on its table is the tallisman on which
its life shall bang. There the blossom of tbe
world just bursting into womanhood, is strick
en also. Affections most assiduous care skills
not, she is still fading away. The wan mes
senger comes nearer and nearer every week.
This little medicine shall go there, their last
perhaps their only hope. The strong man has
planted in bis vitals, this same disease. This
red drop by his side is helpinghira wrestle with
the inexorable enemy ; the wife of his bosom
and the cherubs of his heart are waiting in sick
sorrow and fear lest the rod on which they lean
in this world, be broken.
O Doctor '. Spare no skill, nor cost, nor toil,
to give the perishing sick the best that human
art can give.— Galceslon, Texas, News.
ggylt is a common observation thai there
are more sufferers from debility, among Ameri
cans, than can bo found among any other civili
sed nation. The reason is obvious. Wo take
too little exercise, and forget the wants of the
Imdy in the absorbing pursuits of business.
In all such cases, ordinary medicines can do
litttle good. What is required is just such a
tbnu: and invigorator as Dr. J. Hostetor has
given to the world, is his Celebrated “Bitters.”
The weak and nervous denizen of -the counting
house, the exhausted toiler on the shop-board,
and the prostrated student of tho midnight
lamp, have found a wonderful regenerator iu
the "Bitters," and prefer it to more pretentious,
but less efficacious medicines. But it should
not be forgotten that tbe agent which is so
magical in its influence upon a frame which
is merely debilitated, is equally powerful iu as
sisting nature to expel the most terrible forms
of disease. Who would not give it a trial ?
Sold by druggists and dealers every-where.
Sec advertisement in another column. '
Peesohai,. —The Cattaraugus Republican,
referring to our notice of the admission of Cn.is.
Di.vsjioor, Esq., to tho bar of this County, adds
the following:
We have known Mr. Divsjigok since his en
trance into an office to learn the mysteries and
conplications of the law, and of the law, and
of tho difficulties that have surrounded him
from the first. The announcement adds an
other to the list of thoroughly worked out suc
cesses. Added to this is a constitutional hon
esty, dislike to trickery, and good abilities,
which constitute a basis which will lead its
possessor to distinguished honors. This is no
"puff, 1 ' but a plain statement of facts, unao
, licited; and they alone are a tribute to his
, merits,— Warren Ledger,
| Charley and we were old-time.chums, and we
knew his persoverencc and talent would some
time bo rewarded. Success to him.— Ed. Ag.
Ben. F. Uallett, the prince of Democratic
speech makers and platform architects, tells us
very frankly and perspicuously, in his speech
at the late Democratic State Convention at Wor
cester, what “popular Sovereignty,"means, in
the Democratic dictionaries. “This whole ques
tion of Popular Sovereignty,” says he, “is the
merest abstract of an abstraction, nothing that
is practical ; a question," he continues, “on
which one man says ‘Popular Sovereignty,"and
thou means what he has a mind to ; and another
cries out “Popular Sovereignty,” and means
i chatcrer he pleases by it, and nobody defines
exactly his position."
The Balloonists.— Prof. LaMountain and
Mr. Had Jock camo into Ottawa, Oct. 4th, hav
ing landed 150 miles north of Ottawa, in the
great Canada wilderness. They were brought
out by Indian guides in bark canoes. They
traveled in their balloon 300 miles, and were
up injhe air only from 4ta 5 hours. For over
four days they have been in the wilderness
without food, and with no means of striking a
lire. They were rescued most providentially
by a Mr. Cameron, who was hunting timber
with Indian guides.
Gar, Chase, of Ohio, who knows how to say
a good thing, recently remarked that the
“Priest and the Lerite who passed by on the
other side, leaving the man who fell among
thieves’, were Democratic non-interventionists”
Mr. Keitt, Congressional Representative from
the Third District of South Carolina, has de
clined a re-election. Three candidates for the
post are now in the field, and a hot contest is
going on between then.
THE AGITATOR.
BUGS 700JT6, Editor & Proprietor,
WELISBOROUGH, PA.
Thursday morning. Oct., IS, ’SO.
jjgyThe Overland Mail of the 16th -ult.i
reached St. Louis, Oct. 9th. The duel between
Senator Broderick and Chief Justice Terry took
place near San Francisco, on the morning of
the 13th ult. Broderick fell at the first fire,
having been pierced through the longs. He
lingered till 9J o’clock on the morning of the
16th, when he died. The community was pro
foundly agitated by the melancholy event.—
Judge Terry escaped unhurt. Some of the San
Francisco papers evince a disposition to moke
it appear that Mr. Broderick was the victim of
a conspiracy, but the most prominent ones
assert that the duel was conducted in strict ac
cordance with the code duello . Broderick's
pistol went off before raised into line with his
Antagonist. Terry's shot carried away part of
the breast bone. Mr. Broderick suffered in
tense agony from tbe time he was shot till he
died. "When the mail left, two hours after his
death, it had been announced that all the flags
in tbe city would he displayed at half mast,
and emblems of mourning wero beginning to
appear in all parts of the city.
This melancholy affair furnishes one more
illustration of the insufficiency of this brutal
custom to redeem wounded honor. Terry the
victor is ill every sense of the word a murderer,
and in any place else hut among those, who
deem it right to deal in the bodies and souls of
their fellow-men, would be punished as such.
If Buchanan applies the same rule to Califor
nia Which he followed in regard to Kansas,
Terry is sure of a fat appointment.
Bgf We desire to call attention to tho pro
ceedings of the Festival at the Mansfield Semi
nary, on Thursday last, to be found in another
column. The people of Mansfield deserve great
credit for the perseverance, industry and pub
lic spirit made so manifest in the great work
of building up this institution. In spite of the
great fire which brazed the first Seminary to the
ground ; in spite of financial embarrassments
which would have discouraged almost any body
of men under like circumstances, tbe Trustees
hare reared a building much larger and much
more beautiful in appearance than the first ed
ifice. It is but justice to Mr. Elliott tho Arch
itect to say, that to his indomitable perseverance
and skill, aided and encouraged by the friends
of education in and around Mansfield, tbe coun
ty owes tho credit of this institution.
By reference to Mr. Elliott's speech it will
be seen, that, in order to havo the school open
at the time specified—Nov. 23d, next—imme
diate aid is needed to complete the work. We
ask tbe friends of education, those who are able
without embarrassment to themselves to do so,
to come at once to the aid of tbe trustees with
their money. Higher considerations than the
hope of pecuniary gain hard induced many of
the best citizens in our connty to invest a share
of their wealth in tbe enterprise; and tbe same
considerations will, we trust, induce many
more. A little from every man in the country
who could spare it without feeling it, would
put the institution beyond all embarrassment.
Now is the time for action in its behalf.
Tho editor of tho Bradford Herald may be a
very good Mulatto democrat; we think ho is.
Ho may be a self-sacrificing patriot, a profound
scholar, and a flower of genius ; to question his
title to either oralltheso appellations might be
unkind if not He may be the em
boaiment'of the Christian virtues and gentle
manly courtesy ; but to admit that calls for a
more liberal exercise of charity than wo can
muster.
When we volunteered some trifling criticisms
upon his metaphysics and rhetoric two weeks
ago, it was with some rather vague expecta
tions that we-were earning his respectful con
sideration, not to say, gratitude. That was out
mistake. He neither respects our kindness nor
heeds our criticism.
Not only this ; ho grows vindictive and dev
ilish as he launches a half column of Chase
ed rhetoric at tho Agitator, bristling all over
with sarcasm and Juvenalinn satire. And not
content with this, he declares that he is aware
of our being sensitive to a fault; and knowing
that, that he deliberately set himself at work to
find a weak spot, and having found, to probe it
with the two edged sword of bis sarcasm. Our
friend must excuse us if we cannot commend
such flagrant ingratitude. We thought to do
him good ; he would repay us with a stab un
der the fifth rib of our self-esteem 1 In our
pedagogic days we remember to have spanked
a young gentleman to improve his manners ;
he chose to misinterpret our motives, and prob
ably bears malice toward us even to this day.
“Republics is ungrateful!” There must be
martyrs. .
“How, from a careful and lucid explanation
‘of our article,” says ouk Bradford friend,
“the Agitator sees fit to eulogize with school
‘boy eloquence.” Eulogize! ‘Nary once,’o
George, did we e ulogize ! Perhaps you intend
ed to say ‘declaim.' It is a better word, Oh
rhetorician of the Bradford Herald !
Our friend is a physician. The editor of the
Agitator is either “insane or crazy,” says he.
This is equivalent to saying of out friend, “he
is either silly or foolish.” He makes a prog
nosis of our case, thus: “His disease will not
‘last always, nor will his symptoms always car
‘ry his mind into a malady.”(!) We are glad
to be assured of a speedy recovery; -it is a new
discovery in diagnostics that “symptoms” do
not always carry people into “maladies.” Wo
agree with Dr. Chase that “symptoms” do not
degenerate into disease. Doctor Chase has won
his degree. George Aureolas Theophrastus
Bombastes Paracelsus Chase, Prof, of Rhetor
ical Physio, Pangs of Danger, and Political
Fascination, and Discoverer of .the great Fact
that Symptoms are not Diseases.
Good-bye, Dr. Chase.
E TIOGA
MINSFIEtD CLASSICAI. BEIKINABY.
THE FESXI.VAIi. i'l
Speech of S. B. Elliott Esq.
CONDITION OF THE BUILDING, ETC,
Last Thursday we. attended the Festival At
the Mansfield Classical Seminary, of jvhich due
notice had been given in the coliimjis of the
county papers. A cold blustering wind marred
in some degree the beauty of thej day, and
doubtless prevented many, from attending.—■
Quite a large number of citizens were present,
however, and we noticed gentlemen frpm nearly
all parts of the county. We are glad to note
this fact, as it show* that the institution is con
sidered a county institution, and we think every
citizen in every part of the county, ought to re
gard it with a just pride. On the occasion re
ferred to about one thousand persona were
present. '
The exercises of the' day were v i
interesting. One of the large hall
Seminary was fitted up, in which th<
assembled. The Tioga Brass Band
enlivening music, and at one o’clock
mittee announced J,. R. Wilson, Es
President of the day. Mr. Wilson sta
the object of the Festival. Prayer
offered by Rev. R. L. Stillwell. ,
The President introduced S, B, Ell
the architect of the building, and asl
give a description of the building, a
meat of its financial condition &c.
Mr. Elliott responded as follows
Ur. President, Ladies and GentUnifin ; Ido
not see why I should be called upon to make
the first speech in this Seminary. There will
be a great many speeches made hi
course of time, all of which, no don
more interesting if not more instrm
mine. I have never had the adv;
Seminaries, only ,'to help erect theji
that I sometimes that I have t
well schooled, and expect sometime t<
But no matter for that. I have been
on by the President to give, as the n
description of this edifice. I will en
comply, os briefly as possible, with th:
and then .add something by .way of (.
statement for the Building Committal
tees.
The extreme length of the building is one
hundred and tiTry-cmc feet, and its extreme width
fifty-three feet. The central portioi which we
are now in, is fifty-one feet square; and as you
see, four full stories in height, besides the attic.
The wings are each fifty feet long and forty
seven feet wide, and three stories in height, be
sides the basement and attic. Many ore decei
ved in regard to its-inagnitude; and some go so
far as to ask if it is asilarge as the fo rraer build
ing ; and when I tell them it is fifty-one feet
longer and contains in eacli story sixteen hun
dred superficial feet more floor they will scarce
ly credit it. Yet this is the case. It is much
larger and more commodious that the edifice
which formerly occupied the site upon which
this now stands. You can judge fo; 1 yourselves
something as to its external appearance, yet
can form no Just conception until this central
part is roofed, the observatory put ,bp, and the
verandas completed. Those uppermost timbers
which you can see there, are fifty feet from the
ground, and on them is to rest the Observatory,
supported by iron columns, which is to extend
upward thirty feet, making a total elevation of
eighty feet from the ground, the highest acces
sible point, I have no doubt,'on any building
in northern Pa. When this is completed, then
and then only can j-ou form a correct idea of
its appearance nnd effect; and jyou will no
doubt have the opportunity ere loiig of judging
of its good or ill qualities.
Now a few word* in regard to it f internal ar
rangements. We will commence with the first
floor and in the North wing/ Hern upon enter
ing the front door you will find a krge entrance
hall, or vestibule, containing the stairs, which
are broad and easy to ascend. Opening out of
this hall you will find two lar;e recitation
rooms, connected by folding doors. These
rooms are for the classes in the natural sciences,
as you will see a room adjoining them which ia
fire-proof, and is designed for a ct/emical labra
tory. These two recitation rooms can be made
into one by simply folding back tfeo doors, thus
giving accommodations to three hun
dred persons comfortably- a very necessary and
convenient arrangement when leJUires-aro de
livered or experiments tried before the class.—
The remaining rooms in that wing are the
Trustee’s offices, Beading room and Library
room adjoining it.
liv the South wing on the firs; floor there is
an entrance hall the same as in t ic north wing,
while the remainder is devoted tc the residence
of the janitor. This eentrat por .von which we
are now in is to be divided into four rooms, a
parlor, dining room and two recitation rooms,
all of them of grand proportion ?. In the sec
ond story of the building yot will find the
north wing devoted to Professors and Student's
I rooms; the south wing to a recitation room,
: the Principal's and Preceptress’ : ooms; while in
l the centre, directly above is the jhapel, all con
j nected by high and well lighted corridors. The
chapel is an unusually largo ant fine room, be
ing forty-eight by forty-nine feet in the clear,
and of suitable height, and well ventilated.—
The students’ rooms are also very large, being
twelve by sixteen feet each, ijbus containing
over twice the number of superficial feet of
floor in each room that the students’ rooms in
the old Seminary did. The Entire third and
fourth storiesaredevoted to students’ and teach
ers’ rooms, while in the attic {there are large,
lofty rooms appropriated to music,
societies, etc. Ample provisions are made for
affording perfect ventilation for each room, thus
securing to the occupants that so much needed
yet willfully deprived article, pure air.
As to the stability and permanency of the
building there can be but little doubt, as it has
now stood unroofed through two winters, and
not a crack can be discerned in its walls. There
has likewise been every possible precaution ta
ken to render it safe from fire.
Thus much, ladies and gentlemen, by way of
a description of the building,: and I now ask
your indulgence while I address you as a mem
ber of the board of Trustees, ipd as Chairman
of the Building Committee. (A little over a
year ago the present Building Committee and
Treasurer wejre appointed, whdn they found the
walls of the first story nearly completed, and
everything at loose ends around the premises.
They immediately set to workios vigorously as
the nature of the case would permit, and com
pleted the first, ended the entire second and
commenced on the third story before cold weath
er set in and suspended operations. Yet the
Committee and Treasurer did not cease their
OttJ AGITATOR;
labors, and.by the time warm -weather came !
around were again r#ady to commence opera
tion* more vigorously.- than -ever, and you can
look around you and see the results of that la-J,
bo'r. You see the walls of the wings completed 1
and the roof on, while this centre and the two ,
lowers on the south are within a very few days I
of completion',’ This’ wohldbave been long her",
fore this had we not by an unforseen circum
stance been compelled to manufacture a few
thousand brick. The brick are now being
burned, and but a few days will elapse before
the entire wall will be completed and tbo roof
on. You also see the floors all laid in the north
and a large portion in the south wings, while
the first and second stories of the north wing
are nearly ready to plaster. Besides this, we
have all the flooring necessary on hand and
dressed. All the doors, door frames and cas
ings, all the window, casings, and ,all tbc win
dows for the rear and for the first story, in the
front and ends, in fact all the joiner work ready
to put up as soon as the building is roofed.—
And not only have we these things, hut the
nails, lime, and all the necessary lumber, inclu
ding lath, are on hand and in readiness. Thus
you see the work is in as forward a state as cir
cumstances will permit. And yet you may
wonder and ask, can we open school by the 23d
of Nov. next? I answer we shall. True, we
may not complete the entire edifice by that time',
and I presume we shall not, yet had wo suffi
cient means at command, .it could be done, but
we shall complete enough to open the school by
that time ; that is to say, we shall finish all the
public halls, lecture and recitation rooms, offi
ces, reading room, chapel, and in short, nearly
all unless it be the Janitor’s residence and the
student’s rooms, which, os we do not propose to
have a big hoarding house of it (a subject which
X shall refer to hereafter) will be all that will
be absolutely necessary for the Fall and Winter
terms, and by the expiration of which time we
hope to have the entire edifice completed. So
far, ladies and gentlemen, as'we have promised
we shall 'perform. You need have no hesitancy
on that score. The present Building Commit
tee may not live to see the day, yet there are
other willing hearts and ready hands who doubt
less will. Prepare then to come or send to
school in this Seminary by the 23dof November
next.
tried and
Is of the
: audience
tiscourscd
the Com
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ed briefly
was then
liott. Esq.,
t ed him to
i id a state-
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Btive than
antages of
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I seen quite
graduate.
called.up
rchitect, a
hdeavor to
at request,
report or
and Trus-
Though we have not accomplished all that
could have been wished, and perhaps not all
you expected, yet you must remember the con
dition of affairs at the time the present Build
ing Committee and Treasurer took charge of it.
You will rcmcmbeif no doubt that we held a
meeting in August oflast year, on the “Island*'
down yonder by the river side, to take into con
sideration whether we should abandon the en
terprize, give up all we had done, bury all our
long cherished hopes and aspirations, or make
still another effort to complete the building, or
at least to pledge enough to put up the walls
and roof it, and thus protect it so that in time
it would be completed. These, then were our
thoughts —to save what we had already expend
ed, though we could not see forward clearly to
the day of its completion. To-day our thoughts
are in a'different channel; here wc sec com
plete, and put into operation what we have al
ready saved. "Well, as you all know, wc made
an estimate of the amount required to put up
the walls and roof the |building f which 'was
§3OOO, and we subscribed it; and you can rea
sonably ask at our hands to relate what we have
done with it *
When the present Treasurer, P. 31. Clark,'
and the Building Committee were appointed,
we found the Seminary in debt a|>out sSooo.—'
This was a heavy load and pur efforts had to be
extended both in a direction to complete the
building and pay off this indebtedness. Two
of the Insurance Companies had refused to pay,
and one of them has since entirely failed I "un
derstand. Thus we were deprived of $1)000
which we bad reasonable grounds to expect,
and affairs certainly did not look very encour
aging. But we had some more subscriptions
besides those obtained on the day mentioned,
and used every endeavor, and with some suc
cess to increase them. We also obtained a
small portion-of the insurance from one of the
Companies—only one-half of what it should
have paid. But with what means we had at
our command we have paid out daring the last
year $3OOO for labor, and $l5OO for materials,
making a total expenditure on the building of
$4500. So far as regards our promise last year,
although we have not in one respeut qaite ful
filled it, lacking only to roof the remainder of
the building, we have done much more than
we promised to do. Besides doing what we
have on the building, we have managed to pay
off $3700 indebtedness! which has relieved us
materially, and have reason to hope soon to see
it reduced to within two thousand dollars. —
Mark you, I do not will be done, but tliTrt
we have reasons for thinking so. You nsk how
this has been accomplished. That is more than
I should undertake to tell you in ono speech.—
It has taken a long time, and there has Ixen a
world of labor in it. But I will assure you of
one thing, and that of the first importance, that
no man has been wronged. If you wish to ex
amine for yourself, our books are open to your
inspection. In these you will find all the busi
ness transactions of the past year, no man has
paid a farthing to this institution without hav
ing been duly credited for it, And there is an
other thing of which' I can assure you, which
will no doubt be gratifying, and that is, that
not one dollar’s indebtedness has been incurred
during this time which the Treasurer does not
stand willing and ready to pay.
Here, then, 1 have given you briefly, a state
ment of our financial condition. But you must
not be too much elated. True, we stand better
than at any other time since the great fire of
April 22d, 1857, but there are things before ub
which must be met. This indebtedness must
be paid and tbe building completed, and the
whole matter rests with you, the people. Wo
have not got the funds at present tu do it with.
It is your Seminary and your enterprizc. The
Trustees and officers are your servants only,
and do but your bidding. For five successive
.years you have-toiled, I will not say successful
ly, for dire misfortunes have befallen us, to
build up this Institution. You have given your
money, your talenls, and your time. You have
seen an edifice stand where this now stands,
and seen it filled with eager, earnest students.
You have seen that building burned to the
ground ; and you have aeon these walls reared,
and I know you will not abandon it. I believe
you will again give liberally to complete it; —
should you not you would be recreant to your
pledges, recreant to your.own interests and
the interests of others, and recreant to hu
manity. Tbe completion and success of this
enterprise rests with you, alone. When shall
it be done ?
A few words in regard to boarding, within
these walls, and I will weary your patience no
longer. As I remarked, the Trustees have
abandoned the system of hoarding within the
building ns a Seminary enterprise. This con-
elusion bas not-been arrived at withoutrimature
reflection, and thorough investigation ; itor have
the Trustees depended upon their owh judg
ement alone, but endeavored to get tho;opinions
of those best acquainted with such matte'rs.—
ThereforeJ-wrotta circular letter to various in
dividuals, among whom were Hon. H. C. Hick
qk, Statef Superintendent ofTCorotnon Schools
of this State, Prof. Hickok of Union College,
and Rev. T. K. Beecher of Elmira, Co. Supt.
of Common Schools, and strange to say they
each and all were opposed to boarding in the
building, and gave similar reasons for that opin
ion'. These I have with me, but will
read butane, as they are about all alike. It is
from Rev; T. K. Beecher;-
EmußA. S’. Y., Juno IS, 1559.
Fear Sir: Arman of very unusual gifts is able to
preside over a large family of students intone institu
tion and make them seem and feel like at family—bo
the father. Cut |
1. Such men are very uncommon and
2. Tbc tax upon the strength, is so great—that a
good man will tire ok down under it.
If then the household ceases to be family like, and
becomes merely a big boardinghouse, in which young
folks arc fed and lodged;—a worse place for young
folks cannot be invented. Cold rules do not work
weit—regulating young people. Good order must be
secured in a boarding scbo'oi—and it is usualiy
gnined nt the expense of the heart and of truth. De
ception ns to hours, meals, cooking in rooms, noctur
nal strolls aud scrapes is almost certain to characterize
a body of young folk gathered together and governed
by rules.
But in small families who keep orderly houses, reg
ularity is secured without the pressure of authority
and rules. Students feel the influence of the family.
Again. The community will lore the Academy all
tlie more, if the students are scattered through the
village like the fibrous roots that nourish a tree. But
if students keep together clan-like, there is sure to
spring up enmity between the “townies” and the
‘•boys.”
Other strong.cohflidcratlons I might urge. But this
is thp sum.
If yon can get a roan like Dr. Arnold of Rugby,
England—a man so strong- that bo hi? student
family with a filial awe—then'tis best to” lodge the
students together under one roof—one family.
But, fur ordinary men, the separation of. students
and quartering them round the village, is positively
necessary in my judgment.
I write briefly because I am in great haste having
■arrears of work pressing npon me, owing to an ab
sence of ten day> jufcOfrded. Yours respectfully.
But therfc existed a difficulty in entirely doing
away with boarding within the Institution.—
Many would come whose physical condition was
unsuited to travel at all times to and from their
boarding places, and also there are parents who
prefer to hare their children under the constant
eye and'control of the faculty. To obviate all
the difficulties, the Trustees have made provis
ions whereby-the Janitor who will reside in the
building and have the caro of it when it is com
pleted, can take at his own private tabic, where
they will bo under the “family influence*' and
where the faculty will be, all such us may pre
fer boarding within the building, thus leaving
every student to board where' he may please.
By this system we hope to avoid the evils spo
ken of by Mr. Beecher, that is an “official super
vision” and a “governing by as they
will feel the same influences ami those only they
would in a. well regulated family. M e trust
tills arrangement will meet with universal ap
proval.
,1 am now done. I may hare said much that
has been uninteresting, yet if I judge you by
myself, or by mfr own feelings anything con
cerning the Mansfield Seminary Is of great in
terest.
At the conclusion of Mr, Elliott's speech, the
President introduced Kev. K. P. Jervis of El
mira, as the speaker ,of the day. Mr. Jervis is
a fluent speaker. His speech was intended to
show the advantages of an institution of.learn
ing like the Mansfield Classical Seminary to ;
every intelligent community. He handled his
subject very well, bufc wc think be took unnec
essary pains to travel out of his latitude in or
der to give the audience his notions on certain
subjects entirely unconnected with the subject-,
matter in hand. His mustache and jewelry
makes him exceedingly numerical looking—as j
much so as any railroad conductor in the coun-'
try. Wc don’t wish to be understood as find-1
ing fault with his speech or his tastes, but as
ho is quite a young man, be may be able to
take a friendly hint from these humble opin
ions. In so fir as- Mr. Jorvie confined himself i
to the subject of the educational advantages of
o Seminary, his speech was an able one, and dis
played-keen appreciation and some considera
ble research- It was well received by the au- |
dience.
At 3 o’clock the audience adjourned to an
adjoining room in the Seminary when the la
dies of Mansfield had laid a soroptnous and
splendjd dinner. After dinner the audience re
turned to tbe hall. Some important business
was then transacted and the meeting adjourned.
PKOM THE PE U PEE.
For the Agitator.
At a meeting of Alpha Engine Cu., No. I, held at
thoir rooms Oct. {,, of. the following preamble and
resolutions were unanimously adopted:
ttVweaßptho Company by special invitation from
the citizens of M'ellhboro, attended the Agricultural
Fair at the above place on the 2ldh and 20th hid., ami
were handsomely treatrd , well cared for, and had a
good time generally, theteforc
lifsntccd, That wo tender to the citizens of Wells
boro our sincere thanks for their kind attention and
generous hospitality to the members of this company
while at their place.
i That we take this opportunity of acknowl
edging our indebtedness to Messrs. Julius Sherwood,
JI. A. Guernsey, fcj. X- Power, 11. W. "Williams and
Henry Sherwood, for their gentlemanly attention and
individual efforts to render our visit agreeable. Their
kindness and generosity will long bo remembered by
the members of this company.
-Jiaulvcd, That we wish once more publicly to testi
fy our gratitude to the Ladies of WelNburo, and par
ticularly to Mrs. Julius Sherwood, Mus Anna Harbor
and Mbs Emma Evans, for tbe pro.-out of their mag
nificent Boquct and Wreaths. - Also £u Mrs. Cady of
Tioga, for the donation of a splendid Dahlia Coquet.
The flowers of which the Boqneta arc made may with
er, but the remembrance of the attention will ever be
first in our memories.
Jictolced , That our cordial reception, and the hos
pitable manner in which wo were entertained by
Messrs. Taylor, Holliday and Farr, deserves and re
ceives our warmest thanks.
iie«oiccrf. That we appreciate not only the good
music of-the Wellsboro Brass Band, butslso tbcwilliug
uud gentlemanly services rendered to us during the
F air, for which they will please accept o»r “Heady and
\VtUiuQ’* three times three.
N. B. KINSET - « *)
K. PAKKHUBST
D. IV. NOBLE \ Com.
C. HtLBUKN
VT. G. MILLER j
HILDRETH «fc LANDIS,
CASH DEALERS IX
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS,
CLOTHING,
Hats, Gaps, Boots and Shies, &c.
One door below Holiday's llotU, Welbboro, Pa.
Cash paid for Hides and all kinds of Brain.
' C. 3HLDK.BTH.
Helhboro, Oa. Olh, ISo'J. £. J!. LANDIS
In Charleston, Oct 6th, by tha .
IUMIS V, B. ANDREWS, of
Co. Pa. to Miss ANOIA 11. DARTT, of dba^ 1 talli *
-d-i-e-d-
In Detmar, Sept. 2!st, Mr. S. A. Tl>nu„.
43d year of his age. * *
[The early part of his life was S n CD t in rv '
County N. Y.; where in 1842, be was
rioge to Mias Elizabeth Haynes, who in the fn? ***•
year together gave themselves to the Lord !!!***
baptised into the fellowship of “The East ***
tist Church." Though deprived of church
for some time past, yet his sympathies were .S***
cause of God, and died with hope in Christ t? 1
suddenly a wife and seven children are bemr«i , 1
affectionate and kind husband and father. cf*
A fresh
A, and iecd Store. FEED; K. IVRIgB}
-•- Ifisi of Leil«my :
1) EMAINING in the Post Office at' WelUv* f
Jtv Quarter ending Sept. 30th‘, 1809. n '" r
Bliss, IViison S. * Goodman, Mr. A
Brooks, Misf Mary (iiiiett A pbelpj ’
Borden,-Samuel - •, Gunsey r Q. y,\
Berry', Judith Iferafcl
Burrilt, John G. Hall, E.
Bennett, Mason Hoyt, Mr. J. J{,
Campbell, Stephen . Johnson, Miss
Cole. Cornelias , Lafdlaw. Andrew *
Converse, Mrs. Suras Marsh, Samuel A.
Decker, Benjamin Newel, Dr. Perry
Decker, Jane E. Sburman, David
Daggett Seth, or Kyes TVm Strait, Mrs. Lortna
B. or Daggett Lewis . Tombs, Hiram
Evans,-Oharloa ■ ' •’ Varner, Celia
Fiahwengcr, A. TVaya, (.leorje S-
Govorend, Patrick
Persons calling fur any of the aboreVill C4W
they are advertised. I. D. BICIIARDS.p jj/
XEW~ MIILI
PaU and Winter Goods, 'a;
■\,fnS. TV. BOND, having returned from Us* Citr
jjJl of New York, informs the ladies of this nUi«
and its vicinity, that she offers for their inspeccuw
Fashionable assortment of Millinery Goo- U,
LA LIES PATTERN SATX AXIiCAK
Head-Dresses, Feathers;
Ribbons laces and Flowers.
Plain and Colored Xtraics
of e\ erp description—all of which ahe will sell a{ Tir _
low figures, for Cash only*. "
Having had many years’ experience in thehnsise aB
=bc feels confident of giving satisfaction. '
,r->* Ladies will do well to cal! and examini her
stock. Straw Hals, cleaned and altered to the latut
fashion, Shop on Main St* next door tu the old
prinliug office.
Wellshoro, Pa., Oct. 13. TSy9.
Tnos. K. Beecher.
CORNING
FIRE & LIFE INSURANCE OFFICE
EIGEtO'W .rTIIOJIPSOX; AGEXXS.
AET.VA' FIRE tXsX'RAFCE VOMPAFY
Of Hartford, Ct—Capital sl,ooo,Qfli
HARTFORD FIRE IXSURAXCE COJfPASY-
Capital, $500,00}.
rAmxix Finn insurance awrpA*vr.
Of Hal Übrd, Ct.—Capital, $150,000.
PEOPLE’S FLUE IXSi'UAXCE CO.VPAXT,
Of Xetr York City—Capital $150,000
XEW EXOLAXJ> SIRE IXSVRAXCE CO.
Ufrliartford, Ct ' $225,00?.
MANHATTAN FIKE INSURANCE CO.
Of Kew York City,—’Capital $200,000,
MASSASOXX I'I7IK IXSniAXCE CO.
Capital, $203,000.
UOUESTEAV I'lliE IXSVRAXCE COMPANY,
Capital, *. - $150,003.
KKW YOIUC LIKE IXSITRAXCE CO.
Accumulated Capital, $1,300,000.
Tho subscribers arc prepared to issue policies of in*
=uraucc on tbe most favorable terms in the above »ril
kjjojyjj and reliable Stock Companies.
Parm buildings insured for three jean fttft’nu
low as any £ >od companies.
All losses will be promptly adjusted and paidsttbii
office. Applications by mail will receive prompt at
tention "VVM. L. IHBELOVf,
Oct. W IMS. 11. THOMPSON,
P. J. Jb’AIUIIXGTpS, Surveyor.
IX YIEV»’ ni life fact , th.it every member of the hamia
family is more or Ic-s sabjicied to sutne complrunt, ie
sides innumerable other conditions in life, which, by th*
o— jstam e of a JinJp knowledge or exercise of ecrornoo sea*,
they ;if.tr he al>je «o f.► regulate their Inlms uf diet,md
with the A a *»\«tAUc« '<f a y'Hxl secure jw-ria/iaent beiltb.
In order to accomplish this desired object the trscccane l»
pur«iu v is rertiiinly tl* it which will pio.iuce a natural lata
<>! thin;.'* ui the Jea-i h.wurd c*f vital strength and hfe; f«
this end l)r, Uvztettvt has hitrod mad te this cvantrriptf'
aratum ln-ariug his u.une. which at this day i« not tlf*
medicine, but one that ho* Ih e:j tri- d for year*, girmg ata
• faction To all who have n«cd it. Tim .Bitten operate po«r*
fully npYd thf* ftonwh. l.rmvds mid liter. restoring tbeoW
a Ij’ml' h\ and vigorous ,i> two. and tint' hr the simple pm*
ce-s of strengthening nature, t nablc the system to IrWßpb
o\« r dis** i-e.
For tb“ cure of D% =;vp*ia Indigestion. Nan.'ca.Fbhil<stt t
La's of App’dit**. c*r «n\ IJilhou- Complaint*. aridiUJron*
nioihhl Jnacfioix-f tl«»J?tfnwu-h orEawfc, prodnoitrftVaai*
liy swutery, Colic. Cholci.i iJorhin. ic, these Biticw
«Al equaL * ~
r'lutho'a, I'yannterv or Tint. «-o generally cootractM fj
new M-ttlei s. and caused puncipally by the cattleef wit* 7
and diet, will h- t* filiated by a brief o*cof h*
prep, ration. Pysl'rjvua. n ih*(\nr which if pn*aWy
prevalent when taken mall its i.irmih terms, than any otni.r
the ot which mty always Ik; attributed !l >
meats of the dige-live or-rui*. cin la* cured without uu of
using HO5TLri'KK'5 STuMACH BITTKKS.<w per directs*
gn the bottle. lor thi-* di-wase t*veiy physician will rfrod
mend Hitters of .«hsttio kind, then why not «** an trtiehM
hejnfiHiM*? Every country have tin tr Bitter* m »P re,eß '
arneni’ disease and stiefigthcning of tin* 53idem i»cnw*|*
and among tJjviu ,U] lin-ic 1* ;n>: f'» ) c foarul absvlihjffpw*
pie than th» Cknnau*. frura whom this prepuratioo *®“*“
t*id. tu*‘d upon suoutmc experiment'* which h* f o bo.
advance th** destiny of this great preparation 10 jhe swsm
scale of fcl'•ik.'c. .
Ffvf.f axo A'U>..~lh«{iyjnira.idprovok}DgJj-5Mb *
its rvkutk-M tnnsp on tlu* hudi of nrta.r^ cl!, s
to a mote shadow in a chorr ‘‘pace of tunc, aiw
him physically mid montsUly u»ek’- J 4. t.ut p .
dih. n fu.m th>* h nlv by the u-e of , .
.V \V.VL‘I> J:nTEK¥.‘ Further, anv of rhr.i»t»w ,wJ J®A.
tv diMWc< raiJiic't bo t nntrartvl wlyn *"• . u
my londitious prndocinc tlicni. if th- Bitters we
pv • ilirvctwin*. And .is it neither creat.-i V ‘ .
thl pal.it?, ivnl ivndcrfßc uunoa— ai> nfjy chuig®" n 4
t> rr~-n:i] pursint*. but juojtjotei ■'('tin'*
h mU!‘\ dme'tiou. the compl ih»t ]■» ih»-» reu.o"-'! m
as >r oOusvwut wish the production <‘t a tin-rough
tuaueut euro. _ -.^frraiß
For Pf r>osk f.v Aovtyof J> Vkiß' wh..ar-' , n,trcn«o
ciuv.-bU-d coavli\m,oß uud fufirui j DW is
v.ihuMe 115 a le-turuiive of and '»<5 ~rt
onl.v to be hied to bo appnTinted- Ami w ‘ .
m ifiiix. fhise Bftt.-rs are 0 f
the mother.* m/nihdimcnt i-* £o t,i!> .^n
the child, cun-’cMWcntljts hrf «tum;Jh nm<t > Rintr*,**
is wlieiij a good tonic. &nch as Hosb'ttor s jtorjos
needed to initial I temporary sheugiU AIV^ t, ra J) c»*
tvm. LmJic- thotrtd ty a?i mentis try line r '* n V '!_«
m*« of debility. nMrf befon* so <{oir*r. a*s9 }«'^ r F*-
h ho is oconajnbni wirlj iho tirtseof
meijd tie ir u-e in all eases orwenkm--. .
CAUTION.—"' c.nuifiii tue 1 .,e.i.r *
ot tlit) munv umaitions or counterfeit*, bat n
TriRV C£LF.iir..\T)b StoKvcH Btrtut?. and fW M* ‘ < b’ova
Jn> tiie words llo**tfttcr’s* t’tom.v >’ J * yjjiccap
uu the bide of the bottle, and stamped x>a . u ‘ .j.
covering the cork, and üb'crve that-onr au.og 1
W Oil tWJnhel. ‘
•£s* Prepared ami ->.>M by lIOTETThR *• * ■ , .jfjlft*
burgh, P.u, iut’l sold by all i>ruggist’, bVix'rri
generally throughout the United Matc*,Coo«ms,-
icaaud OeniMny. rtJfiT* 1 *
AGENTS.—John a. r.oy. • Suy k»,
hurst. tilKluuti. A, .t J. Deomn. Knoxville, a • .
0-eeol.v. Chillies GooiJ.-peed. v-fJield. V_
son. A. Ilunjphruy, 11. II- Borden, John Ja-oxn.*-
Cuiti-s WIII.J. Miller, Lawrcncc'im-
October I’J, 1.55‘J.~-Iv.
AdiuinistralorN s a,c '
IX pursuance of an order of the Orphanf d
Tioga County, the undersigned, Admtnu _
cue estate of Philemon Culver dec d.. wu
public sale at the Court House ia \Vellsbor^,^ p.
day tho 12th day of Xovember next,
m. of same day, the following described
situate in Charleston township in said Coo ' j oS af
Doe lot bounded on tho north by on
Alanson Thompson, on the cast by public i^od
south by land of Francis Wingate, aTl “. w ,
of Joel Culver and others— containing a <l'
five acres with about forty-five acres i P $$
frame houses, throb frame barns, a stea
and water privilege aud an orchard therco •
Also—A lot bounded on the nor l w
road, on the east by Xeitou Austin, on di
west by public highway— containing tw
improved, with a framehouse and
Also— A lot bounded north by
the east by tho old creek road and a «na |W
by last named creek and new road If \ti»
grist mil! to tbo State road, sad » 8,5
named new toad-—containing about s® &&
improved with a frame house and so
thereon. . v*ub<!« l fl
TERMS.—One third down: tbe .Tfcterei****
equal annual payments thereafter, wi
time of sale. A. E. XILE*-„.. rV r* »'
s„„, 11 -it I’lininTEClll* s ''
Hostetter’s Stomach BlUeis.