The Tioga County -Agifttfir i ' .
sy x.i. n. cobb.
■ \,k 1.-r-ry WidnesiteT laornins'S'lrj mailed to
„-."v'.rE at rjXE DOLLAR AND FlV'lv ' OBSTS
' ’ a XX ADVANCE.' '
/he cif“i i3i-Btr.oHi.joiroe.to countfti hmiborf,
• u’-v finite iu>.ir mail at put 'ofiiros P .
nnn> aJj.>inity?|.ii t aonver-
, -r
t cr-cc.
_ rei i - tUftT*S/iikl ,'iogft Co. i
-j ~v- s'.'td >n cron- nei-h'bsriWvii r in. Snb.
;,.i; !•■= ji- «n tho a47an,*B.pay cysifh! ,' f St firm
“;-j r -s :r ; c a class moat to tiso irtiero.cl.fj i tire dicers
:: d'-’b ifr n ' u n-'tvodi'.-sra s? thoso of.
;•- eir r-.cr-r of oyi.ai"eirc'i!at!OCK#C Northern
rv‘? r - 5 i
ps* A crois on ib.i margin of
itz = l= ab< y.f co.e-£j>irc ; ' v*-- ‘ -
-tS*- F.'.psr 1 : will he stopped ndipn !bi>
’’the agon t orders iU jtV_ebntinu-
,~s E-jir-j,
s.E~
V«f r.a s .yßEr &s. p: tjc'S.lsois,
v ir-jp.XEY.v s COCX£ELLOIf >Vj LAW,
,£l- • :;! attend Cua Court! of'Tiozif- Htter and
V-c-oinuo:,' . [We’.l'bovo, 1863.1
EJICKIWSOW ISOITSPf -
. rims is* - , vs; t.. 1 *,•
:J. j. A. FIELD, •..■'.•Poprictor.
/3c t ESTS taVen to and from th> free
‘u*- cf cstvrjo. [,T«n! ! 1f63.]
HOP: E,
COTs'SZ?. or Mij-C SIKEET Adit) THE •.‘i’ESOr:,
• " Welisboi o. Pa.
J. Tv.jsiGOXJ.-j ; / ;..Pj >pristor.
T'Hl3 popnjnr Hotel, ■ baring-jjaeiv J-fl-fitted
Tirf rtf-fjmiEheithjoagbbut, is ccir a- in "to'the
jrbHc as a firstrilss:house. , . [Jan, 1 .1803 1
H. HART’S K.-OTE3G
WFLLcBGRQ,- TIOGd CO. Pi' 'iivA
11 'HE subpcrEnsr takes 'this method t ; inform
X its old’friende and customers that -f T.bas re
leased the cordilot of tbs eld “ Cryrtei, fountain
vrlll btroufisr givs it Lis 1 •ttsstioif.
Thankful for past furor?, to a reatt fll of the
*asac. _ . DAT 10* TART/
•Tsaebcrc. -Tor. 4-T£d3,-Ij. / . • ‘7
f&rac.
ISAAE,- WAiT.OX HOXTsEr
WSauSS* GC«n^y'j"^'.S;, ‘‘ ’ L
H. C. v'£E’IILYEA ; ,,.:..-,.',--‘.:,.,i?t ( D^ristor.
A - iglS is 'a reiv hotel .located wU’at'.i'ejiay feo
s:ss of ths fcctt S sting and hantingj; pounds in
airtsorn Pennsylvania, Ho pains trill
Ac r.csoTamodation oi pleasure seekers trav
elling puciic. • {Jantji - 1£63.}
« vr ATCHES, CE.OCE.I
. SEWSiI&f i *
Kspciici tt BuiLAKB’S i CO’S- STGy E, by tbs
Jibtcriber, ia-the bast manner. and at at lot ‘ pries: as
tha same "arb can be dons'for. by ar.y firry *te prao
iical 'Torkmcr. ;n the Stats.
' July 15. 1563.
A, FOLEl’s
WStcfeS®, GiuCESj JPweirtf; iii 1
at old pf.xce;
POST OFFICE BUILF NG,
umoi\ T BLOCS.
TTcllftrr?, Msy 20,1883. _
IW 5;
E- K, BE,ACE, ; . ;■'
BARBER & HAIR'DRIIi SER,
EHO? OVER C L WILCOS’S lE,-.
NO, 4=. UNION EEQ SK.
Ecils'ctro, Jane 24, 1E53. ■'
tERIOULTIJRAL MPLSI&E STS.
J — WCCLB inform-Dealers in Agriculinr Imple
ments, that-I have Horse Eakcs of tt;. acst ep
frevel styles and superior quality. .A tr, Hand
F.akes of a belter quality than; any. manlif pared in
this section, wfcißh I wili-furnish in <; r- yqv. iltxj lie.
f.red,-lo dealers in the _ counties of .Tioi-f, radford,
end i-y-qnnjing." -V.
IS, lEGS-Siegc.* ,
AISIBNC', I . ■
Tli? undersigned Kill .promptly pty: mtu oil
claims against tins Goi elamtnt for tju jCts ron
li'sdin the Military or Naval Service bfjt. united
elates. Charys; ref.cOF2ile—wiU-T.avanijcalfct! legal
jetesc-sre fees if-desited. No charge i; r.-.» incccss
tel in the s■'rdlc-iiijO. I). McNAhV 1 . IXO-1.
Reference:.- Hon. Victor Cave,-!. W. Sfcl fews, Ex
amining S w-r-Ti -or Enoxvillv, Pa.,-DID Strang,
Clytr-cr. F, F X-iwmg,-Dfcior/Ps,, 51>t .- Beebe,
Scrr>n,P: •
’Yestfc’.d, Jan. 11. 1864.-Cmos* Ci -
Ea.iEBIA.T aSB -ClKifr US
■< JELESsBA-TITi)
PATENT ?£> .
WSUIATSD IRON EDI,"'AN'&; ; . T*AME
■ PIANO TORIES! ■< 1 •
These pianos hare the pare musiooijf", s c -f tbe
c: t, t-pctbcr rntfc too strength cf tbe ire ! and tru
•tsj fir superior to dl ethers, ’the, r Strang
Seeks, giving in connection with the. Iron
aim, fait, round, peverfet, aad street t m . These
phnOl rriil remain' In tane-a greats? leagt ,; of time
thin cbt other pianos knorrn, tad are '= ? in v Jci9d for
•is tic; cf fre yeert. The undersigned o£r«re those
pkscs at tbeTatne prices cs et the v-'re rooms la
Albany crlt oa- Torit, saving the buyer lit s/per.se of
poing there to bat. bed rrdi keep them Ln-jjyj* for the
tern of three fears, vritbont charges.. ,bj? £ general
Jticriptio’n of these pknos scad for a M far, oon'-
Uinlng prices, styles, 4c, - - - I: G.i) 'XT,
Osceola, Tioga C?u ,ty Fa.
Ctcccio... ret. If, 1554, ' . j i .
BRI'SS & . 34ECaCiif.fi i,
slock, ?, pa
Ps Us W IfAjLlAJil •
g£9£ karc ts roocar.ee to tbs cUke'f! f VTciis
boro end vicinity, that he keeps eiii nelly on
d ail kinds cf ■ ’
DRUGS AND MEDICINES _■
Chemicals, Tarnish, .Faints', Soaps, Ferfnut y, Gins;,
higthes, Fatty, Fancy Goods, Pare tViaeS; (randies.
Slat, and al! elhcr kinks cf llanor?.' «f |lo > csl
ymi.'.y. Ail kinds of ' \
PATENT MEDICINE!;: "<
>::t as .Jernc’t Tzpcctcrant. Alteration -md Fills;
Sersapcrilk, Pills end Cherry 'Pc?rsr d j Kclm-
Ctii's T-Uraet Bdchn, Sarsaparilla .and • itssa Wash;
Hr-. '.Tinslctr’s Scthicg Syrap; _ tVaibil ,‘s Fills;
"icrk'sar.d Cbeesccac’s Fills; Kail's I>ab am; J3in
beefs Icndon Dock Gin ; Eerriok’s Pb'.£ 'ir.tJ-Pkn
hr*. Frerm's Bronchial Troches, 4c,, fte.,.
iky f;.,iS£l-ly. F. R.-V^ITAITS.
Still’s OUio-iaowcr'aiKl jij3<«|!er,
!n this vitfnUj c*n. profars rer?
X Ttuua&e I£s,;blne by callic£ -ca . ,
VFBXG22T A
t&Te tbs ag«ncy far tie-Tale ofiO*3 ’is one of
: 'i l::t ia ass, everybody jjtjU c it that
r *s u:cA it. end it tos’lafcea' iia first f fci% nn al all
*•£■*s "Tj.-j Ccar. J 7 AgricuTiiral Fairs ii*- fc r T»*ucu ;
all considsrad tha i2stin.uf£-*l/ll tccpossi-
c *\ 4 ' srth.c dcmandTcrtilr Machine,
liat wacl a No. 1 -ifacUiSr,’ rtt ib the
~ c jW; cast call scon or they iii all b<t eox .
. ‘t Its oo side draft; it docs ngt we’rh ipoc the
ttrse's neck. cud is a perfect, durable. i m beep me
sbias For sale bv ,-
*■l. cAIBWIS" Ticgd.' - . ■ _•■
L * T. BAILET." iianaSsid.’ • - ‘
.“a.ldill i KAILEjT. Wclhtoro Pi-,- -
May 12, l£C4-tf
_ ' - ;
’2a Co-psrinsrsuip heretofore sziij'yit -between
A Clerks a. Poipps •£ Gcorij-o V/. N-TifJ bndsrtbc
uis of p^;pj £ $ f; tl.is day ly nju
‘'I 11 ',intent. .-She Books, Notes, &c : , ara ills hands
■ il e*sarje ’.7. Near for collection. ’ ■'
' - - ■ . GE(S. WI! EAR. -
«s:h£t;d, 1, T4-* : CHAS. 31 i; lIFTM.
REVENUE STAMEi
J CH;; hi. PHEtPSr-Bepoty CoUeetei- of -Mana
y «H, has rwstred a large lotted Eerenne
. C V- of cU.dcncsiDations, from one • ' : jaj op to $5.
£.typ erTcri St&nps can get tbV vtt, my office
cf-Su BULIiARw/i-Ssietiß 1 Assessor,
u Wellsboro, Pa. -* v -•- ".=•,. L j.-jjyjr UEU?g. -
J £*M6eld, liny 2,1854. - - C=s .
THE
YOU. X.
'BRBG &T'oliE,' .
,Pr,itice'OJcJallc Paint,.'., Pfizer i-Co’e.CbemlcaU, '
Thaddeua David's Inks, Fluid Extract?, ~
Concentrated Medicines, RoclieMer Pcrfainery end
Cincinnati ' and ’ ' Flavoring Extracts, -
'Paints and Oils,- --
WhitsTTTirfi Lin,e, / ~Pe£rj]cumOi), - - t '
Ecrosen© Lamps, Drags and Medicine*, ».
Patcnt Medicines, Cchool,Eooks,
Wallpaper,
WyonuEg-luins- Wrap- Window O’ass, - -
-*** |diig Paper,-.*: rr\z - Dje Colors, \ *r f‘ ■
Furnished at Wholesale Prices by : ... *
Zlmmermana _ & Go’s. ~ ■ !f
MAMVE BSASBT- &'WISES;
MEDICAL 4. COMMUNION PURPOSES,
. THIS BRANDr .has beer, analyr e.d fcy. tie Medi
ical Director of the Naval Labratory" at TSrooklyo,
and substituted for xranch Brandy,fox..use jp ;tfcs
united State: Nary. It is also used and recommend
ed by Dr; Eatterlee, Medical Purveyor hr New York
nf I", S, Army, in the Hospital ofhi: Department. •
TttlS WINE has all thp properties’ of Dry Cherry
Wine,
:pn
-THIS WiXTE for its mildness is adapted for Inva
lids and for communion purposes.
MESSRS. ZIMMERMANN « CO-,, of Cincin
nati and Ne.w York had formerly partnership
with N. Longworth of Cincinnati the wealthy Native
Wine producer, and therefore,enables them to furnish
the best of American production, at moderate prices.
A. E. 'i'ASCY
Sold by W. D. TBRBELL, at Wholesale and Re
tail, and by Druggists generally.
Corning, IT. Y., Jan. 20, 1E64-tf.
-Catechisms
Question- ■ What is-thc best kind cf -Wecden boatn
Plow ?
Answer. The WIAED PLOW.' -
Qnos. Wherein does it excel all others?
Ans, In ease of draft, in being leas liable to clog,
and in fact it excels In every particular:
Qnea. - Where is this Plow to be found ?
Ans. At, the ENOEVILLE FOUNDRY, where
they aremade, and at various'agencies around the
country., _ , .
Qaes, Are there any ether plows made at that
Foundry ? j -- - - 77 ■- -
Ans. Yes' Biles makes various -hinds of wooden
and iron beam Plows, both far fiat land.and side hill,
and be. keeps ahead of. all. ether establishments by
'getting the BEST. PATTERNS invented,' without
regard to theCOST. ' V-'__ , '■ '
■ BtKf.Sfdkit l '' : ■ e -
Ahir By >no racaoslt Ho talcs. mikasi HOESE
.HOES; a Eiip»rh aitiele , foy ICcrp, :P»t#tOfs, Ac.
HOAD SCRAPERS that beat the world. Cast Cal
|tir«fr.r Teeth cf a vary superior pattern. Shovel
Plow Castings for new land, end indeed almost every
jibing that -is ever made at a Foundry, from a Boot
’ Jack-to a SteaVnEngino. " ’ •’
Ques,’- Would yon then advise me’to buy thereW
An?.' Tdnetcefininly would X, for besides %taHdg
the best KIND of every-thing,-Bilea-makesf those
diet are the most DURABLE, andritrs a ermraon ex*
presrion where his Plows have Veen introduced; that
they last ns long as- from two to four got-ct’ahy other
.chop: he has always been jit the business- from a
sir.ail toy and ought to -know how it is dons,land if
you try his wares once','yon will be ready with melo
tell all wanting anything in that line to go, send; or
in some olb or way procure them cf J P BILES? at
the Knoxville'Foundry. - " ' •'-- • -
Knoxville, March 30, 1863-ytf. ’
Tu/fR2. A. "J. ‘BOiliiLT/ desires to cell iheatten
. it 1 tloa cf the Ladies cf Welkboto-.and, .vicinity,
to faer.lTeyr stc.ck.cf Spring Millinery,. Goods, consist-.
!ng oftthe latest styles of Bonnets, Bali,.Head Dress
es, .Caps, 4c., end a varkty.cf X rench Flowers, Shell
and Ctrniv Ornaments, the latest, novelties in the way
of Trimmings, - IsfantWlal: and Caps, Old Ladies’
Dress Caps, Grenadein veils' of -tha newest shades.
Jits. E. feels particularly grateful for tha patronage
of her friends, and would say that sha has-engaged
one of the best JJiilinexa for' tha.season, and.is pre
pared to repair Straws "In tha best manner’.' ghe is
receiving Goods constantly from rforr York, and .will
keepm_gcod-assortment.* - Her rooms rriil bV found
hereafter opposite B-oy’s’ Drug Store, in the building
■lately occupied by Kiss Smith. ” ' *
. Welkboro, April 15,'1854-tf. ” .
, £ , ■ rIiJSHJOVAE.. -
ii/IiISS FAtJtISE SliiXH fcw removed to, the
JjJL iroase.CUtp the residence of,.Chas, Williams,;
States Hate!., I wish to reform
tcy easterners that I hare just received coy - ,
■ ■ * SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
and car. be foaad at the abo~« place, ready todosrorh
la the best mancer for ell who may favor mc- TriUi a
call. _ • FiCLIKE BJIXTH.
vVefiibcT?, April 17, 186-t-n
I have started a JtlUilner; Shop at Ms-iosbulg, to
"bich I invite, tbe attention of people in ■ that, Eselien
d the county. It trill bo under the, management of
Miss Ellen Green. ,
COWAS’ESQVE HOjCSJB,
1 1 iBIS House which has been open for convenience I
X of the traveling-public for -a- number of years; i
haslattly been newly furnished throughout and fitted '■
op-in as good style ascaa-bc found in any country'or |
city Hotel. The Proprletcr does (not hesitate in
ing that there will be no pains spared to oddto-tha;
comfortof his guests, arid mate it a home, for them! i
Xfcc.bsst of stabling for.ieams;‘acd a* good -hos Her |
always in attendance, all of -which can is found |
one mile east of Knozville, Pa. - !
- ----- p j
Deerfield, May 25, 18e4.-ly. j
Hotosd frsm tits Safe of the -fiog-s Ca, Sank.
ON "Wednesday night, Slay 25,, 1584, the following
.described bonds and notes; -T
_. IXV 5. 5-20 coupon bond, 4th-series; letter F,-No,
14,719, for £5OO. ' .’ ..
3 U. 2. 5-20 coupon bonds. 4th series. Utter Cl Kps
-36,180.81-S2; pact 3665...
~ ir.tr. S. S-20 coupon bonds, 4th’ series,- Utter X.
No*.' 73,879 ta T3,Eooyench $lOO. - ’ ’ ’
- IttJ. E. 5-20 coupon bonds. 4th series, -lotto- hi,
■N05.T9,824 to 19,837, each $5O. - ’ -
T 3-U.S.S-iO coupon bonds,:3d'series,letter A, Nos.
a.SQtS.B, each'SICOON i ’ > _ - ' .
4 t. E. 5-20 coupon bonds, Idssriesj Uttar A, Hos,
3,050 cl-52-53, each £5OO. - , , • ;
. ,?io=a County Bank notes, old arid
2u 5—<.5,000.. Signed by . foraer oScers.of -the bank,
.all punched throngh ccntro cf Tigostte, : r.pd had bssn
retired for three years.’ 'No- other.notes- of this bank
had ever been punched- The public are- hereby Van
‘ fibbed - against purchasing’ of taking any cf the said
bends and notes. -- A. S. XUIII-TEKr '
Tioga, JTay 28,1664. " ' 1 ’- ; ;-Crish’ior.’
-|~ BTxxSS-testamentary havlng-been-grantei'io
-a I -the subscriber on'the estate of Pfiiinndcr Baker,
late of SiulUysn township, dsd’d, notice is hereby given
to those indebted to make immediate payment, and
-thnstrheylugj^atpgtoiiTWbßnhem-pr^tHyautEeiiti
catedTernttlement .to - -HEKBsPB.TCiBD/
• dßm> S2?WB4-9t«-- - •* ’ s .
to girth- of siin tlje s&rraft of iiefotmi.
WhAe THJ?kE SHALL EE A WEONG JJNKIGHTED, ANH UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO SIAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION JH7ST CONTINUE,
u: . IV UOiGSAIE
W. if TJBRjBELI.,
. Coming, a. Y.
F 0 P.
CATAWBA -BBASDT.
DRY CATAWBA WSI?E 0 :
SWEET CA’jIAWEA WSI?E,
Kew Millißery Goods,
Esecator’s' ’Notice;'
I <
■: WELLSBOROj-TIOGA GOUM’Y» PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 20,-,lBk
: J i; r -S.i I? vs.
- " ' ; ' • • •-TWO' •piCTDKESf • " '' l 7 "
.Eiightly flows, the blue Potomac, _ f ~ 1
brongh The maples gleainiDg”- ' ,
; OVr-(.|i« golden clouds of sunset, i
Eye’s fair star is beaming, . 4
‘Loaning on bis trusty firelock' j
• ■ -\£tands the picket tfre&ming, ; -
v - uDieamingnf.fcisNnir.Engknd ;•. - .
Heine,and friends errisaringj
■’- rt mesV’in"nrarmarfffondly, ' |
■. v. . Hcpsiis ioue beaf tih coring,.: .; , - ■ !
: JKpowfng not thai'ibycuch tbtAiycketjU . . |
■ eps were ' I —|
To, a flash I'd quick‘dWdd rattle— j
icemans' bullets flying, '•■ .3 -
j.-, tjHicroetbo-trae head of the-picket, , . t ;.- j
“. ’* On the' green swar'd dying, " " [
Far from all he iored 60 dearly, j
Cold in death he’s lying, 1 i
' Now' op on Ihe'w’dsle'rr.-hill.tops " j
- - Sunset’s-hesms ore streaming, . ;
■ - Through the floating mists of purple , ,
Eve’s lone star ia beaming)
At a farm door in New England
Stands a maiden dreaming.
j, -Town-dropt eye? and red Ups tarted, .
Carls her sweet face screening,
In her hand a-fragile locket, ■ :
; - . ; , . O'er it theJj leaning, ....
Potrn her cheek a tear-drop trembles *'
• Full of tender meaning. ■ • - -
"-AWIfUAI. REPORT ’•••■
Of iso County Superintendent ofOcmmoa
Bin, CharUe B. Coburn. 'Soperinfmdont of Common
.. dSohoaU; s •,.- • .... . ■ .
Sib :; *n.accorsjsno9-;vith your pnggeatipiij I
present at the head of this. Report the follotf
icg tabnlarired
ST ATISTICS. ,
School Hevxtt.
Erected daring the year,
'Sufficient for preset p uypowsj ~
NcediDg'-repairs,. - ■
t/nfit tcrle occupied.
School Furniture.
■Sufipiect for prespnt.purgosps, . f
- Needing Bepoirs,, ,
Totally unfit for use,
Scfiioli.
Districts having graded schools,
Number having two grades, \‘
Number having three grades/
• ■ Fzamiaaiionr, -• '
. Piiblte-EEBTninatibns,- ' *-• i-24'
" Appli6ftots'esamioed," ; t";f -:c:.419-
Brozi»ion»l: certificates granted, -3fi7*
. Applicants rejected, . - _ - ~ ,52
Schools .visited once, .
Schools visited tsvioe,
Sohoolsnot'visited, - • "
Average hours spent inaaelr;
Institutes attended, ' . - _
Daysepent in ofiioialduties/
OfficiaUattßre,written, ■ ■
Whole No/ miles' traveled on‘official’
‘ business/ ’ 2481
School-Houses; Soma vary good school
howfioe hare 1 been erected' during- -the year-In
the districts ,'of Chatham; Charleston,” Glymer,
.Dimer, Farmington,.Lawtenoe, liberty, Nel
eon, Richmond and IVarcL Chathamdoservos
great credit for heading this list with three J
new solipol-house's, the first she has had to re-,
port for a long time’, It is’ to be hoped’ -tbat i
her citizens will-sustain the :direotors;in their j
determination,to continue the good-begun.work
till all the old and worthless houses are replac
ed by comfortable new ones. Charleston comes
nest in numerical credit, haying built two du
ring the year. Tfco other districts mentioned
bare built -one-house each. • ■ To 'Lawrence be
longs the praise of having .erected the..best
house, during the year, unless the naw one at
Fall Brook, (Ward) completed eince, I visited
the school lasi summer,'be better. Ndtrenougli
care seems to have beefitaken in selecting sites
Tor these naw houses;'and the quantity of land
provided for outbuildings and play-grounds has
■ been, in most oases, very insufficient. A-half
aore of.good dry ground I consider indispen
sable to the propsr location of a school-house.
Scarcely one of the new bouses has been prop
erly fepdod or supplied with outbuildings.' 'ln
deed, with some half-doien praiseworthy ex
ceptions, such a tbing-M a good sohool-bonse
; fence is not to be found in the county. , Out
[buildings are entirely, wanting with at least
i half of the schools, while, a large,majority of
j.tha remainder do not deserve mentioning.' The
; number of worthless school-houses; as - appears
by the foregoing- table,-is very large, and the
i advance in pries of building material, not less
! than. lOP: per cent,, within the last eighteen
| months, presents a serious obstacle in-the way
j of remedying fhe'eviLb claim that
| we are poor and heavily taxed; but-we arrnot
L so poor that we cannot afford good sohool-h0u
.868. I should’ father say, we are noY so rich
that we can afford to live without them.- ‘Bit
we- are -7ndt poof. Standing; at-the doors-of
aome of the miserable -hovels: where children
-are kept housed sis hours-aday for sis months
.of the year, ihnva beheld elegant.farmbocees
.surrounded byimndfedspf broad " and’ fertile
j acres, Or beautiful'Village lots'and storehouses,
, valued at thousands of dollars apiece. Hen of
j’business and of-’-wealth, men of all classes,who
rkn'ow the advantages, of.-education, and esjjg
bcially poor men who .are most benefited by
; common schools, will you not unitedly say that
; good, comftrfablo BcJipolhousegj'witb ’grounds
; properly.fenced-and propßrly unproTed shalibe
■ provided, for.all our. children, cost what they
! may ? .. ' '. ' ■ * - ’
"School’ Fc?.:-’riTERE— Suitable furniture has
i’been supplied-to' the’ new houses; and in a few
instances old furniture has bean.repaired:for
the.better. Th’e-wofsß feature- .ofpur achopl
furniture is the.bad-arracgeineat-of■ desks abd
.seats. -I.havsl}ad greatdifioultyjffpersuad
lng“ "directors to conform' to* the Pennsylvania
School Architecture area in faHfiflwf Ifw
AGITATOR.
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" Soon well meet,” she mnrmurssoftly
-With a lavs undying, y
.. Ail unconscious that her lever
Cold id death is lyicg—
, -By the bine Potomac's water--- -
.. Hight winds o’er, him sighing.
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SctOOiS:
Vieilatipne,
| houses,Oar houses being entirely constructed
woodf-direotorn were requested to -consult
; _lhe different forma immediately following pngs
i tb'rty-eecocd of the arohitsotare; and I have
1 eepSiSiailj urged that the teacher's desk, should
I be placed on d slightly elevated platforia~oppo
i Bite the entrance‘and the r-ntove, and that the
i desks for pupils ehoojd uniformly front the tea
] cherfe-desk. About -half-of the schools- are
• supplied with blackboards, generally, of too
! email aiie, and - nearly all contain what may
j once have baen blackboards, .’ A majority of
| thCeohools have MitchelVs man. of the'United
-pStTO!,rsii tFs few-haye outline rasps hud maps
j uf'thef world, : These articles-are all very use-
I ful if properly employed, and they include
j about all the,-school apparatus- to be found in
i the county, I have recommended the purchase
i of a globe and an unabridged dictionary for
i each school in the county, believing such to be
; a jfidielous expenditure of a portion -of the
I school funds of the tevoral districts".
Schools.— Biosa, Knoxville, Liber
ty, Xawtenoevillo,. Mansfield,Tioga‘ borough,
Fall Brook (Ward), and Wellaboro, have each
graded schools. To these should be added
within the nest two years, Covington borough,
Kelson,'Westfield, Oceola, Roseville (Rutland)
and Grey’s Talley (Sullivan). So far as good
teachers and good buildings can be provided,
graded schools may be made to yield ell the
practical .advantages cf academies, By the
superior classification attainable in such schools
many of the-higher branches may be advanta
geously taught j whereas, in many* of our
schools,-teachers do not find time to teach, or
scholars do’ not have the opportunity of pursu
ing to advantage all of tbs Branches prescribed
by law-. '
TixcHEBS-rr^he,teachers of this,county ars
at present mostly females. Of 248 schools vis
ited daring the year, I found 221 in ihe hands
of female teachers. This I conceive to be
mainly'the result of the war. Bat the gradu
ally increasing'progress of the female sex'in
literature, "science, general Information, and
.the more public recognition of .their .ability to
■ govern and to instruct, were causes which even
prior to the war," were tending, in some degree
to. produce the same effect. In general, the fe
.male teachers daring the past year were euc
easeful. It weald be too much, however, to
say that the standard of qualifications has not
been lowered eince so many brave and intstli
genf teachers have gone to the war, yet I can
safely'aseert that the number of Well qualified
fetnalo teachers was never so great as at' the
present (fine; and-instances have not been
.wanting where female teachers, have succeeded
'well oq tSkfng the places of ; male tsaoherawho
Be&tfiitiiissed for InreapWeiiyr 'bw. roe
as well, as male teachers
• are yetbaokwsrdv They, need- more lifa-and
energy, more independence and originality of
thought’ and action, more genuine and thor
ough education., Since,to,the female teachers
has fallen the task of sustaining the character
and dignity- which should everywhere mark
their noble profession, they’ .should,.qualify
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themselves thoroughly for the work .Whatever
may hitherto have been said respecting ■" wo-
sphere, "Jt tmisrcow be conceded 7 that
common"-schools •■'depends
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mainly upqn-Onr Yemale teachers for support
If the-institutioa.ba sustained, to them-beiongs
the.glory. If it. shall fall, or suffer disgrace,
2ti.
upon them must rest the fearful responsibility,
" Examinations. —l have made the written
method the basis in all pnblio examinations.
By this method, with’ a-iclass 'of-average size
(17), twelvc'-questions on each, branch answer
the purpose of over two hundred by, the -oral
i method. No permanent certificates have been
granted during’the year, for the reason'that I
' desired to ’ascertain first if some uniformity of
action could be agreed npdn’by the Superin
tendents’ Convention, Hereafter, candidates
passing a satisfactory oral examination in ad
dition to the regular written one will be enti
tled to receive a pemanent certificate.
- ’Visitations.— During the year I traveled in
every district in the county, and visited all the
schools in .operation at. the time. The schools
'.reported not visited," are those which, have
been temporarily suspended during term-time,
While the vißltatioa"of so many schools has
been attended with a great deal of espsass’and
bard labor, it. has-been -to me- the • source of
much pleasure. It, hue also tended M strength
en, my belief that when, this labor Is performed
with fidelity, it may be. made.-the . means of
great benefit to the schools!’’But.'ln order to
fully realize this benefit, teachers must take ad
vantage of the visitations, and thereby stimu
late their soholats'to greater .excellence! Schol
ars should be taught to regard the Superinten
dent as a friend and a teacher, who comes to
encourage and commend them if they do well,
or-to rebuke and kindly admonish thedt-if they
.he found " oat,of the way." , Such.is ae.rauah
,tho mission of the Superintendent in.his/daily
intercourse with scholars as it is the mission of
every true teacher.’ But if teachers are aeons-’
■ tomed to feel and to express a- dread and die- ■
-like of the Superintendent's visits, scholars
rarely fail to imbibe the same spirit;'and when
the Superintendent .comes, he meats with a cold
reception; the children are " frightened .to
death," as the saying goes, and look with dis
trust upon everything he says; his visits prove
failures, ■ Whose fault is it ? ■■ ' V' ‘
-- District -Secretaries. —The directors of rone
district,.Sullivan,^appointed;their, secretary,to
. act aa. district -superintendent with a oompen
sation of one dollar.per.day. ...A few othsn.of
thej more enterprising’ boards are talking
strongly of carrying into effect this feature of
: ths‘aohdol Taw. -If cannot be too strongly ree-,
ommendad, provided.tha proper person-oaa'bs;
.got to fill the position,,"; The district superin
tendent might relieya-tbe board of a great deal
;pf labor and time‘spent in doing the business
of the district, and siilce no 'other ;membsra of
the board are allowed compensation-'fir their
services, it-is but-just that they should be r -
,lieved.aa far as .possible from .all extra-labor.;.
District Ikstiictes, —Most of the distriots
-havp established •institaespf some sort, though
in many instances they have been very-irrega
lariy carfiea'Dn,'„;Thi3' - i3 _ta2 worst faildra l
have to report of the teachers of the" county.X-
Liva 'teacheierit seemß to me, would ehp'p'ort ’a
tdistrieti lo»ttMte r iftTtbecp
time by 50 doing,. Must this failure be attrl- i
bated to the increased-proportion of female 1
teaeberc ? Directors generally favor district
institutes; bdt they- cannot reasonably ho ex
pected to spend their, time na a board to attend
them. They ehouldhiy nil means appoint their
••secretaries ae.dietrict superintendents, allowing
them a fair .compensation, for. attending insti
tutes. • Tbis.-jjoures has been . adopted by
Charleston district, Ono or two districts have
required their teaohera to epsnd each alternate
: Saturday in reviewing .their ovnasohuok,. Tina
; plan, like .all other plans for. keeping ■ schools
i open.on Saturdajvhas proved a failure) I have
; y.at to.meet with the aohooi where the scholars
-attend regularly more than,fire days in a week,
oltprcduceifar lese derangement in tha classes,
if schools are entirely closed on Saturdays, and
, scholars; induced, ae tlssy may he, to attend
.more regularly .on other, days. Tbcjjgh the
.eßstriot institute system has sorao obstacles to
overcome in this county, yet I see no good
reason .why it may not eventually become suc
cessful, k - -
. Esuoanoifii Acekciss.—Two sessions of ihs
county institute have been held during the year,
one at Wellaboro, and one at Oceola, The
session at the letter place was a profitable one,
and it tended very much to strengthen the oon-
JdonoS of- tha tbs teachers 5a tha usefulness of
?sach an organization. I had begun to fear that
tho general character of the-county institute
would have to be abandoned, owing to the
great decrease of raala-teaohers, and that looal
institutes would have to be substituted in differ-,
ent parts of the county to accommodate tha
i largely increased numbers of female teaohera
wljo very much need the agency of teachers’-
institutes to fit them for the profession to
which they aspire. The next session .of the
county institute will, be held in Covington
Boro’- It is to he hoped that there will be a
general attendance on the pert of the teachers
of the county, and that nil the exercises of the
institute will receive their earnest attention.—•
Teachers’ institutes are only profitable when
■they receive thl attendant and attention of
teachers.- If . teachers do not honor their own
; profession by giving it their time and attention,
they should not expect it to be honored by
others. However much may be said of the
powerful agency of teachers’ institutes in pre
paring teachers for the arduous duties-of their
profession, teachers should not forget that their
main reliance mast.still be upon diliigent and
faithful study, extensive and thorough reading,
and a liberal course of instruction in those in
stitutions of learning where especial attention
is given, to the-, proper, discipline of. the mind
and the tbeory. and.. practice of douching.—
“While dor people are earnestly devoted-tq the
.present .system, of oommon.schools; they,also
claim.a high standing among those who favor
a more liberal education than our common
schools afford, : Several academies and-high
schools in'different parts of the county aro.lib
erally patronized • and the establishment of the
State.Kprmal School at Mansfield with the
prospect of its.-being carried into .successful
operation, ia to-our teachers and tho. friends of
edncation-genarally, the cause of much ■heart
felt congrafulation. . • •
■ V,:A.lElliott, Co. Sunt,-Tioga'Co.
Mansfield, June-15,. 1864. . r . -. ■
Ronjemtorad tiio Text.
’ A' pious old lady’-who was too unwilling to
.attend-to maeting,'-used to; send her-fhiek-head
erbbnsband to church to find ob’twh’af text the
proaeher- salaoted as the foundation of bis dis
course. . The poor dunce'was rarely fortunate
enough to remember the words of the-text or
even the chfipferand verse where they could be
found ; but one Sabbath he ran home-im hot
haste, and with a Smirk of self satisfaction on
bis face, informed his wife that he could repeat,
every word of the test aa follows:—"-An an-'
gel" earns "down from heaven and took-a live
coal from the altar.” ’
" Well Ist us have the test," remarked the
good woman, -
*' Know every word of it,” replied the has
band, ’ - ’■ - ■
" I am anxious to Hear it, continued the wife.
" They ero nice words,” continued the bus
band.
" I am ; glad year memory ia improving, but
don’t keep me in suspense, my dear,”
" Just get yonr-big • bible, and I will say
the words for I know them by heart. Why I
saidthem a hundred times on my way Some;”
- "Well,’now, let’s hear them;”'
'" Ahem,” said the ’ husband clearing his
throat; "An ingen- came down from New
Haven and took a live colt by the tall and
jerked him out of the. halter.”; -
- The Fibe-sise.— The fire-side is a semina
ry of infinite-importance. • It is important
because it is universal; and because the’educa
tion if bestows, being woven in with the woof
of childhood, gives form and colo’r to the whole
texture of life. There are few who can receive
tbs honors of a college, but all are graduates of
the £ h earth, The learning of the university
may fade from the reeolleotion, its ’ classic lore'
may moulder in the balls of memory; but the
simple lessons of home, enameled’ upon the
'heart of childhood,- dofy tbs rust of years; and
‘ouiKv'e the more mature bat less vivid pictures
'of'offer days. So deep, so lasting, indeed ■ are
■fhonmpfessfons of early life; that you often sea
b mats iritbe imbecility of age holding fresh
in- hia recollection thsr events of childhood,
while all the wide space between that and the
present-hoar is a blasted-end- forgotten waste.;
You have perchance Been ah old and half ob
literated portrait, and in the’attempt to have
it cleaned and-restored-you may have Been it
.fade away,-while a brighter and c, much more
:porfect.picture, paintad beneath, is revealed to
view,.;; This;portrait; first drawn upon the can
;?B6e-,'is;-no inapt.illustration-, of youth-} and
tfcough it- may ba concealed.by .some" after:’d"a
iSign,-, still the.Qrigsnal traits vriil-sbino through
:4he.-OBtward picture, givingittons wbfic fresh,
-hud surviving it in decay. Such .is the. fireside,
she.’great.$ he.’great. institution. furnished by Providosoe
.fot thVeducation of inan. -
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~ Rates bf Adver Using. ' ‘
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lines, ono or three insertions, and 25 cents for every
subsequent insertion. Advertisements of leas than IS
lines-considered as s square. ■ The snbjolned ratea
will he chargedforQasrterly,Half-YearlysudYcariy
advertisements;^
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Advertiacmeata-.not having the number of inser
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Until ordered out and charged accordingly.
- posters,-Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heads, and
all kinds of- Jobbing done in country establisßrneata,
.executed neatly and promptly.. Justices-,Constable'
and other BLASKS, constantly on hand.
NO, 46.
The IVSiacsiou of Printing a rjowapanas.
I " I pity ths printer,” said finds Toby. “Ha's
i a poor creature,” rejoined Trim. “Hoisr aof”
I said rpj uncle. “ Because, hi the first plsaa,”
j continued {ho corporal, “ he must endeavor to
: plaaso everybody. In ths negligence of a jno~
i’men t, perhaps, a small paragraph’pops npoa
| him ; he hastily throws it to the compositor—
! ifh inserted, and he is rained, to "all - intents
j and purposes.” ■ '’Too much the case, Trim,”
said my uncle, with a deep sigh; ”too—maht
—the —caee.” “ And please year honori” bob
tinned Trim, elevating his voice' sridratriiaag,
into an iroplorable attitude, " and please yobt
• honor, this is nofihe whole,” ,r Go oniTrim,”
j’ said my ancle, fbslingly. ” The print«r;_jome
i times,”paraded Trim, "hits apon a pieii that
f pleases him, and he thinks thatlt cannot bat go
f down with his subscribers ; but alas! sir, who
I can calculate upon the human mind ? Ha In*
serfs it, and it is all ovar with him; Thsyfor
gi»s others, but they cannot forgive a printer.
He has a host to print for, and every one sets
up for a critic. The pretty Miss exclaims :•*-
• Why don't he give as more poetry, marriages
and ion moil f Away with these stale pieceA'
Ths politician clasps his specs on his noee/ahd
runs the paper over in soaxoh of some vioftht
inveotive; ha finds none; ha takes offhis speds,
folds them, and sticks them in his pocket, .de
claring the good for nothing but to hunt. '
Every one thihks it ought to he printed exptOSaly
. for himself, as he is a subscriber; and yet, pftar
all this complaining, would you believe it; sir,”
' said the honest corporal, clasping his hands be
seechingly, “ would you believe it, sir, there
are some subscribers who do not hesitate to
cheat the printer out of his pay 1 Our army
swore terribly in Flanders, hat they never did
anything so bad as that.”
“Never 1” said my ancle Toby, emphatically.
—’Tristan Shandy. *
& rebel prisoner asked for a clean flbirifor
hia young comrade, whose fresh blood stained
.bandages told of a recant amputation just above
the knee.. Coe of. tho Sanitary Commission
gars the shirt, hot said the boy most .first be
washed. "Who will do that?" "Ofa, any of
those women yonder.” A kind looking woman
from Eliiiadalphia was asked if she was willing
to wash a .rebel prisoner. “ Certainly," was
the prompt reply; “ I bare a son in the Union,
army, and 1 would like to have somebody wash
him." With a towel and water in a tin basis,
she cheerfully walked through: the mad ta the
tent. Careful , not .to disturb bis. amputated
leg, aha gently .removed the old. shirt and-bejtatz
to wash him; but the tenderness of .a mother’s
-heart was at work, and aba .began to.ory over
him, saying that-sha'- imagined aha was.wash
ing her own son. This was more than the sol
dier csnld banr. "ire tea began to weep, and
asked God to .bless bar for-bar kindness to him
Ihe scene, was too. much for the bystaaderi, 11
and they left the Northern mother, and .Sou
thern son to their snored grief—wishing that
-tears could blot oat the sin. of this rebellion,
and the blond of this unnatural wsrft ,*■: .
j ~:SociAr- Aktsctioh.—Society has bean*; aptly
; compared to a heap of embers; which/When
separated, soon languish, darken and empire;
• but, if placed together, glow with a ruddy and
; intense heat;—a just emblani of the strength,
happiness, and the .security, derived; from, the
■nuion of mankind. ■ The savage, whomever
knew the blessings of combination; and fag who
quits Society'front apathy or misanthropla
■ spleen, are like the separated embers— dark,
dead, useless, Thsy neither giro not recaiva
Heat—neither love nor are beloved. To what
acta of heroism and virtue, ’in every ago and
nation, has not- the ; impetus of affection given
• rise? To wfaai gloomy misery,;despair, and
oven sUioide, baa not the desertion of society
ledf Howloften, in tha busy haunts of; man,
are all our noblest and gentlest virtues.’ called
-forth ? And bow in tba bosom of tha recluse,
do all the soft emotions languish and grow faioif
A goad story is told of the rebel General
-Wise. Whilst- encamped on the Peninsula.ho
one day was riding along some'road in the vt
oinlty of hie head-quarters, and came;;upon
one of bis wagone- which was fast staffed.—
The driver was a white man. ' Upon ■ seeing
this spectacle he' reigned up-his horse,. and
■ looking upon John, said, “ Here’s a fine wagon
and team going to* destruction for waci of »
driver," The latter, fixing his eysa on ;tho
general, Yes, and here is a fiua
brigade going to destruction for want of a brig
adier,” The general resumed his journey > aft
once; • - . .
It was Dow, Jr.—aaored to bis memory—
who said that.liife is a country f dance; down
one side,and -.back; tread on the corns of
your neighbor; poke your noses evarywhere;
all hands .round j .right and left; bob, yoqr
.caooanut-i—tha figure is ended. Tipae hongs
up the fiddle and death puts oat the lights.
Most of. the joys of man .are prsparatifto
of joy. The burning aan of rapture is onljr
revealed to our -weak eyes in ths seventy nip>
rora of oar seventy years; Eel oh mirror t**
.fleets its image on the nest, fainter and paler,
and, from the seventieth, the sun shin at £n»
senlynpon'W •
Ms, SailHEa: is informed on undoubted au
thority that the church eestons ara about to
.strike forc.higber salaries, as church etssplat
novr-a-daya are higher than they used to.wa»*w
and silk umbrellas, embroidered, pocket hand
kerchiefs, and Alexander's kids, art lea flco
quntly left in church after service. , -
: ," Nobody ever lost anything by loyaj’* said
a-saga-looking jperson. - j* ThatVnot-tro**
said a young lady, who beard tha remark
V for I ones lost three nights’ sleet).".-
VTar-ahould a little man beware of marrying
a bouncing jyidpw 7 Because .he' might N
'.called,the_jfidol's mite. ‘
Onr devil says that getting in love £r'(oa&*
what jdranlr,-tfr9- mow a %sinr
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As Incident,