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1) UGGRIES! BUGGIES!
J. D. MURRAY, Centre Hall; Px.
Manufecturel of all kinds of Buggies,
would Tyre fully inform the citizens of
Centre. Os Ant ho da: ca and
N E UGGIES
with and ; without top, snd ‘which will be
sold educed prices for cash, also a rea-
sonable credit given. yo horse Wagons,
Spring 2 ., made to order, and
warrante to §ive satisfaction in every re
spect. All kinds of repairing done onshort
notice. Call and see his stock of Buggies
before purchasing elsewhere. aplo 8
Seience on the Advance,
C. H. Gutelius, :
Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist,
who is permanently located in Aaronsburg
in the offite formerly oceupied by Dr. Neff,
and who has been practicing Xith, tire
svacess—baving the experience ofa b or
of years in the profession, he would cordi-
ally invite all who have as yet [not given
him a eall, to do so, and test the truthfulness
i ted
withpy pain, - Es ai pCLeC
HENRY BROCKERHOYF, ¢
+ TEE President, Cashier.
ENTRE CQUNTY BANKING
(Lafe? MINK, Woofer &iCo.)
RECEIVE DEPOSITS,
And Allow Interest,
5 Dikcount Notes, :
Buy and Se
Governmadnt Securities, Gold and
aploestf Coupons.
FORTNEY, #ttorhdy at Law
\ F.
_Pa., Office over Rey-
Dy sicher iv
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may 14 60tf
A
Oe y ttorney y at Ww,
¢J + Béllofonte, promptly attends to all bu-
iness entrusted to him. juld esl
) D, .. Physician and Sur-
Hall,” Pa., offers his
services to the citizens of Pot-
ter and adjoining
townships. Dr. Neff has
the experience of 23 years in the active
practice of medicine and surgery. apl0'68
H, NM ALLISTER,
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NEFF, M.
. . eon, Centro
profession
| JAMES A. BEAVER,
MCALLISTER & BEAVER
C "ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Bellefonte, Centre Co., Penn'a.
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apO8tf
Chas. H. Hale,
Attorney at Law: Bellefonte. deed 60tf
ILDER'S HOThi, Woodwird, Pa.
M Stages arrive and depart daily.
"his favorite Rotel is now in every respect
one of the most pleasant country hotels in
central Pennsylvania. The traveling com-
munity will always find the best accommo
dation. Droversecan at all times be accom-
modated With ‘stabléy und pasture tor any.
numbetoficatile or horses. «~. &
july3 68tf GEO. MILLER.
PD ECK’'S HOTEL; 312 & 314 Race street,
a few doors above 3rd, Philadelphia.
1ts central locality makes it desirable for
all visiting the city on business or pleasure
: A. BECK, Proprietor.
ap'88. (formerly of the Siates Union hotel)
WAL H. BLAIR, H Y STITZER,
JLAIR & STITZER,
Autorneys at Law, Bellefonte,
Olle. 3; on the Diamond, next door to Gar-
man’ 4 hotel. Censultations in Germay or
Engl sh. feb1W outf
CALES, at wholesale and retnil, cheap,
- hy + IRWIN & WILSON.
0QTS, large stock, all styles, Jsizes and
B%: or men and boys, just arrived
___at Wolf well known old Stund.
WATHER, of all déseriptions,
cs.f skin, spanish sole leather, moroc-
com sheep RN s, linings, Everything
in the leather line warranted to give satis-
faction, at BURNSIDE & THOMAS.
INE ABLE CUTLERY, including
ted forks; spoons, &c,
Drea TTHIVIN & \ TLSON.
[ETERS and Thermometers, at
IRWIN & WILSONS.
NOFFIN TRIMMINGS, a large assort-
C mentat IRWIN & WILSONS
IT AND BELLS and Door Bells, all si-
" zes and kinds at
ap10’ IpwiN & WILSONS
FRO YS of all kinds, at
T "BURNSIDE & THOMAS
SYRUP, the finest ever made, just re-
ceived, cheap ut Wolf's old stund-—~try it.
A Large Stock of Ladies Furs, horse
—
‘Blankets, snd Buffalo Rohes at
"BURNSIDE & THOMAS }
UGGY —new trotting Buggy for sdle
t & bargain, at Wolf's old Stand at
“"QOentrehall. , b
» ‘at Millheim, Centre ogumly
ical
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Office
Offers his services to all needing me
attendance. : Calls promptly attended to.
Early settlement cordially requested, when
A liberaldisbaunt will be glowed, al
t ged on unsetiled accounts after six
ent charged gh sete A alum
1. BE. CHANDLER, M.D,
HOMEPARHIC PHYSICIAN AND SUR-
@EON, Bellefonte, Penn’a. Office 2nd Floor
over Harper Bro's Store. Residence at the
Office. eferences—-Hon. CA. Mayer,
Pres’t Judge, Lock Haven, Pa. Hon. L
A. Mackey, Prevt Is Nation] Bank, Bo;
Harper ‘Bros, Merchants; viPa.,
and others. © 7 19novbote
"ER, Attn at Law.
yromptly made and gpecia
Ro ih ¢ haying lands or
r sale. - Will draw up and have
d Deeds, Mortgages, &c. Of-
fice in the diamond, north side. of the
courthouse, Bellefonte, , 1 i 0ct22 69tf
“CLOTHING Over coats, Pants, Vests,
ind D 4 ats, oheap, at Wolf's.
MPSON BLACK, Ph
rgeon, Potter Mills, Pa.,
ssional services Lo the ei
mr26,69, tf
TE BELLEFONTE
‘Boot & Shoe Stor e
‘Next door to Post Office,
3 llections tl
Attention given to tho
kos
We'have always on hand.
' GENTS CALF AND KIP BOOTS
¢ assortment of Ladies and ' Chil-
A ny other place in town.
im Shoes, every style, make and size.
‘We ask an examination” of our goods,
before purchasing elsewhere.
oct i ~~ 17 GRAHAM & SON.
JORSE COLLA
Hired
U
RS, if yon don’t wha
shoulders galled and
] herse collars at
SIDE & THOMAS’,
VHE ANVIL STORE is now receiving
Pied a 2 and well ‘ascarid Stoek of
ar ‘Stoves, Nails, Horse Shoes, Sad-
diery; Glass; Paints, Shoet, Bar and- Hoop
Iron also Buggy aid ‘Wagon Stoek of
every deseription.~Call and ‘supply your-
selves atthe opest iss Tates ub
aple'68,. ~. »: IRWIN & WILSON.
T Ti i iv TE PETE £3 Tre oa ER. ae Tr -
A Tremendous Stock of Goods
: |] nside 4 AE as
8
Whitman's cel chocolate,
Buker’s cheeolate, Smith's ¢hocolate,
China Ginger, English Pickes,
American Pickles, a
t
BURNSIDE s THOMAS’
ny
a
Philadelphia Store,
In Brockerhoff’s block, Bishop Street,
Bellefonte, where
KELLER & MUSSER,
have just opened the best, cheapest, largest
i well us the best assorted stock of Geod,
in Bellefonte,
HERE LADIES,
Is the place to buy your Silks, Mohairs
Mozambiques, Reps, Alpacas, Delains,
Lans, Brilliants, Muslins, Calicoas, Tick
ines. Flanels, Opera Flanels, Ladies, Coat.
ing, Gents’ Cloths, Ladies Sacques, White
Peay. Linen Table Cloths, Counterpanes,
Crib Counterpanes, White and Colorec
Tarlton, Napkins, Insertings and Edgings,
White Lace Curtins, Zephyr & Zephy r Pat.
terns, Tidy Cotton, Shawls, Work Baskets
SUNDOWNS, |
Notions of every kind, White Goods of
every description, Perfumery,’ Ribbons-
ta and Bonnet, Cords anc
Braid. Veils, Buttons, Trimmings, Ladies
and Misses Skirts,
HOOP SKIRTS,
Thread Hosiery, Fans, Beads, Sewing
LADIES AND MISSES SHOES
and in fact every thing that canbe thought
of, derirdd or used in the
FANCY GOODS OR NOTION LINE
FOR GENTLEMEN,
they have black and blue cloths,, black ahd
fancy eassimeres, sattinetts, tweeds, mel-
orns, silk, satin and common vestings, in
short, every thing imaginable in the line ot
gentlemens wear.
Reedymade Clothing of Every Dis:
scription, for Men and Boys.
Boots and Shoos, in endless variety
Hats and Caps, CARPE TS, Oulcloth,
Rugs, Brown Musling, Bleached Mus-
lins, Drillings, Sheetings, Tablecloths,
&c., cheaper than elsewhere. Ih
Their stock of QUEENSW ARE & G RO
CERIES cannot be exceiled in quality or
price. ] “er
Cull in at the Philadelphia Store and con-
vince yourselves that KELLER & MUS-
SER have any thing you want, and do bu-
siness on the principle of ‘Quick Sales and
Small Profits.” ap30,69
GRAIN AND PRODUCE ARE TAKEN
NEW FIRM at
ALL NE
New Store.
New Goods.
“The undersigned 1espectfully informs the
citizens of Centre Halt and Potter town-
ship, that hé has opened’ a new sture
at the well known stand formerly occupied
by C. F. Herlacher, where he is now
offering
A Full and Complete Stock of
SPRING & SUMMER GOODS
cheap as anywhere,
His stock is entirely new, and the publie
are respeetfully invited to call and exame
ine for themselves; Goods will be offered
at the lowest possible prices, and L a gen-
eral system of fair dealing they hope to
merit a 'air share of public patronage.
Call and Examine our Stock
NO TROUBLE TOSHOW GOuUDS,
z#~ Only Give us a Fair Trial. @f
We have a full and complete assortment
of the latest Styles,
Dry Goods,
Groceries,
Queensware,
Gentlemen and Ladies: furuishing Goods,
Ladies Cloaks and Qirculars, in Silk and
Cloth, all kinds of Groceries, the finest
Syrups, the best Coffea, Tobacco, Pause,
Dyestuffs, Oils, Fish, Salt, Stationéry;.an
everything else that is to befound in a well
stocked country store.
The highest market price
Store Goods for’
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Don’t forget the New Store, at Oentre
Hall. where goode are now offered at a bar-
in. Call and see us. ie
Ey J. B. SOLT.
paid in
Furniture Rooms!
J. 0. DEINIXGER,
respecttully informs the citizens of Centre
county, that he hasconstantly on hand, and
makes to order, all kinds of
BEDSTEADS,
BUREAUS )
SINKS
WASHSTANDS,
CORNER CUPBOARDS
TABLES, &ec., &c
HoME MADE CHAIRS ALWAYS ON HAMAD
His stock of ready-made Furniture is large
and warranted of good workmanship and is
all made under his ownimmediatesupery i-
sion, and is offered at rates as cheap as e}se-
where. Thankful for past favors, he Solic
its a continuance of the same.
Call and see his stock before purchasing
elsewhere. ap24'68,1y.
ISHING TACKLES, rods lines, hook
flies, sea hair baskets, etc. Rig you
out to catch trout at
BURNSIDE & THOMAS
APANNED TOILET SETTS, AND
other Japanned ware, at the Anvil Store.
apl0’6s, IrwiN & WILSON.
(SIT RED FRUITS, peaches, tomatoos
J: pine ShDles and peasiin great vario
ty, at - BURNSIDE & THOMAS’
] COEINGGLASS PLATES of allsizes
forsale by Irwin a WiLsox.
LAPIS. 1 on ol
NION PATENT CHURN, the bes
in use at Irwix& WrLsoN 's.
BLANKETS AND SLF
LLS, at low prices, ii
42 uf i sox
OALTS for Buggies and Carriages all
Baa: in use; Fire Bolts, ditto, at
10°68 IRWIN & WrLsoN's
Centre
£ Oenxtee Harr Reror-
TER is published weekly nt $1,060 per year
in advance; and $2,00 when not paid in
advanee, Reporter, 1 month 15 cents,
Advertisements are inserted at $1,60 per
square (10 lines) for 8 weeks. Advertise-
monts for a your, half year, or three month
at a less rate,
All Job-work, Onsh, and neatly and ex:
peditiousiy executed, at reasonable char-
ges. :
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TERMS, —Th
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"CENTRE HA
Only A Trifle.
Mr. Boutwell furnishes the publie with
an elaborate statement of the national ex-
penditures during the ten years (rom 1800
to 1870, which shows how very economnical-
ly the Radicals managed the finances of
the country duringthat time. + The follow-
ing ure
Years,
ABUL Sittin iisieins
Expenditures,
waenanshes sao dasnes $08,020, 789
60,667,127
BB, i crasrasesossi sucernuestnernenals 474,744,781
1863...... Mee sibistetd sagranens saveaduben 714,700,905 ¢8
NG 806, 234,087 8H
1,200,812,082 41
FEBS, p000ipavasesnmens ensussavavesassnsny 620,809,416 99
BRB ein conse ri dst se ssiesne nal 42.478 71
BBB... iii stiri ierisansi semesies vB oH, 204 80
JE scp cunshe xis gages shrssases savnssnaton 821,49 ,697 70
TU asarrins aRavS PEER ETSY oY 202 118,269 31
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$5,308,700,811 28
The most striking poiat in the above is a
comparison of the expenditure tetween the
war, and 1869-70 in a time of uninterrupted
peace. One would naturally have thought
that in time of peace the expenditures of
the government should be lightened , but
such is not the case.
Deducting the interest paid during the
years 1860-1, namely $7,177,487, there was
actua'ly expended during these two years
$122 499,429. Say that we have increased
in necessary expenditures consequent upon
territorial expansions, &c., one. fifth, and
the sum total of expenditures during the
years 1869-70 should not have exceeded
$146,990, 314
But how does the account stand? After
deducting $280,000,000 from the expendi-
tures of 1869-70 for the payment of interest
over and above the interest of 1860-1, we
find the actual expenditures of the two
latter years to be $333,003,867, which re-
duced to plain words, means that for every
dollar of governmental expenditures in
1860-1, there was more than two dollars
and twenty-five cents in 1869-70. This is
very good specimer. of the wonderful re-
trenchment and reform introduced by
Grant's administration. But a few hun-
dred millions here or there are a mere tri.
fle, and why should the tax payer trouble
himself? (Pitsburg Post.)
- > oe
Our Delaware friends who are about to
have School Superintendents in that State,
have been conning over the last reports of
the county superintendents of Pennsylva-
nia, for the purpose, it seems, of getting
some ideas or suggestions which might be
useful to them in their experiment, but,
according to the Wilmington Commercial,
they have sought in vain for one. This is
what the Commercial says about the mat-
ter:
‘We have been looking around for some
time for a plain and sensible report from
some eouty scperintendent of public
schools in _ Pennsylvania, wishing to
condense it for our readers who feel just
new interested in such matters, in view of
the probable appointment at an early day
of a superintendent in this city. We have
thus far been upable to find one. They
are all strung out to the largest possible
extent, and Sophomoricin matter and style.
They talk toomuch about the ‘‘g: eat cause’
of education and too little about the meth-
ods of the very practical and unpoetic work,
of teaching. They luck fofde, dignity and
point.” - i
In refefénce to this the Miner's Journal
says: ‘For the ‘mass of them, we have no
doubt that the criticism of the Commercial
is merited; for we'do not believe that ca-
pheity had as maeh to do with their selee~
tion as partizanship and personal favori.
tism. Whereis Wickersham ?
amt Ta as oe et
S®@. An act of the last Legislature, to en-
force the attendance of wilnesses upon court
in certain eases, ought to receive general
publication. In yery many instances wit-
nessess in important causes seems unwil-
ling to testify, and evade the officérs of the
court, or, after being subpenaed, fail to ap-
pear. The punishment for such offence
was by arbitrary process, which owing to
its ‘unpopularity, was rarely resorted to
The recent act is the following :
That if any person shall have been re-
quired by virtue of any writ or subpenaed
or other legal process to attend and testify
in any prosecution for forgery, perjury or
felony, before any criminal court, judge or
justice, or any other judicial tribunal in
this Commonwealth, or who may have
been recognized or held to bail to attend us
a witness on behalf of the Commonwealth
or defendant, before any court having ju-
risdiction, to testify in any prosecution, as
aforesaia, shall unlawfully and wilfully,
from this Commonwealth or from the jur-
isdiction of such court, and with fntent to
defeat the ends of public justice, elope or
eoncenl-himself,.and refuse to appear as
required by said subpena or other legal
process or recognizance of bail, shallibe
guilty of a misdemeanor, and being thé¥eof
convicted shall be sentenced to pay a fine
not exceeding two thousand dollars, or un-
dergo an imprisonment not exceeding two
years, or both, or either, at the discretion
of the court, : |
u
donnie
rer
that there ‘are ‘five’ colored voters ‘in
Snyder county, and that they are all
Democrats, - They are more sensible
than the majority of their race, that's
certain. .
A woman, in Cedar Falls; Iowa,
only 68 years of age has 125 decen-
dants.
The bankrupt law has been nmended by
a recent act of Congress in some few pars
ticulate whieh are worthy of public notice. |
Proyison is now wade thut the circuit judge,
in cases of the sickness, wbsence or other
disability of the district judge, may make
all necessary rules and orders causes of
bankruptcy. The law provides also that
the provisions of that section known as the
fifty per cent clause shall not apply to these
debts, from whigh the bankrupt secks dis-
charge, whic re contracted prior to the
1st of January. In other words, a debtor
whose assets do not pay fifty cents on the
dollar must now obtain the assent of a ma-
jority, in number and value, of those credl|-
tors only, whose debts were contracted
since the 1st of January, 1868, A clause of
the thirty-ninth section makes it an act of
bankruptcy that a person ‘being a banker,
merchant or trader, has fraudulently stop-
ped or suspended, and not resumed pay-
ment of his commercial paper within a
period of fourteen days.”
Much difficulty has been found by the
courts in the construction of this clause,
especially asto the meaning of the word
‘fraudulently. All ambiguity has been
removed by an amendment as follows:
“Or whobeing a banker, broker, merchant,
trader, manufacturer or miner, has fraudu-
lently stopped payment, or resumed pay-
ment of his commercial paper within a
period of fourteen days.” The bankrupt
law is improved by these amendments,
@ A — er
Washington, August 1.—Jefferson Davis
paid a visit last week to Lookout Mountain,
his first since, as President of the Con-
federacy, he went up with General Bragg
to look at General Rosecrans’ armny in the
plain below. On returning to Chattanooga
he was serenaded. When he appeared in
answer to calls for him, he was introduced
as Hon. Jefferson Davis, and he spoke as
follows :
“My Friends: —It affects me from the
very bottom of my heart to receive this
demonstration of your kindly feelings to-
wards me. I had retired in a double sense
for the night and from public life. In view
of the past, no man ¢an blame me for my
determination to let those who have power
dictate how the country shall be governed.
But standing here to-night upon the sacred
soil of Tennessee, I will say to you that I |
wish you all the prosperity that is possible |
Looking back on the vast and forward to |
the future, I can see nothing that should |
taint your honor. It is mot the part of |
brave men to brood over the sorrows of the |
past, but rather to look forward with bright
hopes to the future. You have as brave
and high minded a people as ean be found,
and as noble women as live on earth ; and
I wish you all the happiness and prosperi-
ty that is in human life to enjoy. Again
I thunk vou for this manifestation of your |
kindness."
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nsbitmsappedi settle
The speeches made by negroes at the
Fourth of July celebration in Columbia,
South Carolina, show the aim and intent of
the black voters of that State. They bold-
ly proclaimed a direct issue of races, ad,
repudiating all their white allies, assert
their determination to have the power and
the entire representation of the State. Two
of their most prominent negro politicians
called upon the assemblage to aceept the
next political contest as an “issue of races’
only, and were enthusiastically applauded.
This, then, is what it must come to at last.
Either the white man or the uvegro must
rule. Which shall it be? Which ~hould it
be for the best interests of the nation?
>
Superstition of the Alaska Indians.
A correspondent of the Ban Francisco
Bulletin writes as follows from Sitka:
“Jt may be unknown to your readers
that the Indians of some portions of. this
territory have been inthe habit of sacrifi-
cing the life of one or more slaves on the
death of any of their chiefs or medicine
men. This custom is based on the suppo-
sition that in their spirit land the services
of such slaves are necessary to the comfort
and well being of the departed, and to
avoid the treuble of employing such in that
happy hanting ground théy despatch one
ot his human chittels at the same moment
the spirit of the warrior chief takes its up-
ward flight. An instance of this occurred
here three wecks ago. About ten o'clock
at night the sentinel on the palisade gate,
leading to Indiantown, was attracted by
the wailing ery of a squaw ; inquiring the
eaude of her distress, she gave him to un-
derstand that her son was tied up prepara-
tory to being stabbed—the usual mode of
dispatching them-—for the purpose men-
tioned. The commander of the post was
notified, nd an officer was seat to réscue
the intended victim of such barbarity. On
the officer's arrival a strange sight presen-
ted itself. Ona bed lny the dying chief;
an intelligent looking boy of ten or twelye
years of age, bound hand and foot, looking
the incarnation of despair; around him
with drawn knives stood the relatives of
the dying man, at whose signal they would
be buried in the vitals of the trembling
youth. The sombre gloom of the apart-
ment, lit up fitfully by the smouldering
fire; the wild, unearthly sound of the tin-
tin, and wailing death-cry of the tribe out-
side the house, made up a picture to be ap-
preciated only by a witness of the scene.
The officer immediately released the boy
and brought hime the garrison, where he
was kept until the family of the dead war-
rior promised not to molest him in future.
This has been the sccond in tance of the
kind occurring here since our occupation
ot the territory."
1
& a Ore me
A Negro Governor.
The South Carolina Radicals are
not content with Gov. Scott. Judge
Carpenter, an ambitious aspirant for
office, who was elected to his Judge-
ship on the Republican ticket, has
organized a party of his own, and con-
trived to have himself nominated for
Governor. + The negro element in the
party propose, in retaliation, to nomi-
nate for Governor, Cordoza, the pres-
ent negro Secretary of State, Of
course, the negro vote will be ablé to
command the election of the negro
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ial of Mowing and Reaplug M
chines,
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
August 1st, 1870.
To the Editor of the Reporter :—~
To impart additional interest to the
Hurvest Home instituted last year, it
was thought best this year to afford
manufacturers and agents an opportu-
nity of testing the relative merits of
their mowing and reaping machines :—~=
The trial of mowers to commence al
2 o'clock, P M., on the 27thy and of
reapers at 10 A. M., on the 28th of
July, 1870.
The trial of mowers was witnessed
by four or five hundred, and of rea.
pers by fifteen hundred or two thou:
sand of the citizens of the state, most
of whom seemed much interested.
On the 27th, after a plot had been
assigned to each machine, and two or
three had opened their respective plots
by cutting a swath to and fro,~—the
committee, the exhibitors and the
spectators were all driven by a heavy
storm of rain and thunder from the
ground to the house and barn upon
the Experimental Farm, On the con-
clusion of the storm, after the lapse of
about an hour, all returned to the
ground and the trial was resumed, and
concluded under circumstance most
admirably calculated to test the merits
and defects of the several machines,
The ground assigned for the wowing
trial was on that portion of the Expe.
rimental Farm allotted to the eXpiri-
mental plots, but not yet appropriated,
in the rotation of crops impressed upon
it, to any specific tests. It was cov-
ered by a third year’s crop of timothy
fourths timothy to one fourth clover.
The first growth of clover had died
and the second crop started to grow.
Beside this, after the mowing of last
year there had been a vigorous growth
of timothy which had died during the
winter and which, after the rain, form-
ed a material to clog and choke, diffi-
cult even for the best machines to over-
Cowie,
The plots foggthe trial of the mowers
were sixteen F77S8in length and three
in width, Thefwots for the reaping
machines were in the large oats fiel
on the College Farm, and were forty-
two rods in length and three in width.
Both the timothy and the oats were
heavy and in many places falien and
tangled. We tried to preserve a por-
tion of our latest wheat but it ripened
ten days too soon for the exhibition,
The President and trustees, impress
ed with the extreme difficulty, in the
present state of excelience of our ma-
chines, to avoid injustice in awards,
inclined strongly to the opinion that
the committee selected with great care
for the purpose, should regulate and
control the trial but make no awards,
allowing the large and intelligent com-
pany convened from every section of
the state to form tueir own judgment
upon the relative merits of the ma-
ehines. Thissuggestion, however, met
with the disapproval of every exhibi-
ter. Each, with confidence in the pe-
culiar merits of his machine, demanded
not only the appointment of the com-
mittee but the nward of merits.
Enclosed, for the information of the
readers of your valuable journal, is a
copy of the Report of the ' committee,
whose laborious painstaking and abil-
ity were only exceeded by their mod-
esty.
I am happy to ndd that we had quite
a pleasant nnd encouraging week. Ev-
ery thing passed off satisfactorily, ex-
cept that on Thursday, though the
preparations for 500 guests’ were am:
ple, yet the intrusion of more’ than
that number of uninvited persons ‘de-
ranged our plang and ran the supplies
short.” Next year measures shall be
adopted to prevent any similar occur-
renice. Yours very truly, &e.,
Tos. H. Burrows.
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* REPORT,
To Thomas H. Burrows, President and
Professor of Agriculture and mei-
ber, ex office, of the Board of Trustees
of the Agricultural College of Penn-
sylvania :— »
The undersigned committee appoin-
ted by the Trustees of the College, at
the instance and request of the exhibi.
tors, to award upon the relative merits
of the several mowing and reaping
machines entered for competition at
the Harvest Home ‘on the 27th and
28th of July, 1870, respectfully re-
ort :—
That the committee, after the two
days spent in the trial and examina.
tion of the machines, had only time,
prior to their separation, to exchange
opinions and arrive at general conclu-
sions. They therefore authorized their
chairman, R. R. Bryan, to report the
results, appending the names of the
committee; which he now does, as
follows :
Of the eight machines presented as
mowers, two, to wit, the Kirby and the
Champion, were single mowers ; and of
these two the Champion was considered
the best,
The remaining six, to wit, the IEx-
celsior, the Keystone, the World, the
Hubbard, the Dodge, and the Ohio
Harvester, were combined machines ;
and as such we considered the Hub-
bard the best mower of the whole eight
machines on the ground. ;
It is proper to say that this particu-
lar Hubbard machine is the property
of the Experimental Farm connected
with the College, has been run during
this season, and was on the occasion
driven by the agent, J. R. Alexander.
The same machines were entered for
the reaping contest, excepting that the
two single mowers had, on this trial,
their combined machines which ar-
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rived too late for the mowing contest
Three of them, to wit, the Excelsior,
the Keystone, and the World, were
operated as droppers; and, as in our
own experience many farmers prefer
the dropper on account of its simplici:
ty of mechanism, we selected the
uxcelsior us the most satisfuctory
dropper.
Toe Champion as'n self raker, in
view of the superior arrangement of its
reel-post, and in other respects, was, in
the opinion of a majority of the coms
wiittee, the best self ruker.
And ag n machine best ealculated to
render satisluction for ull purposes of
the farmer who only desires to invest
in one, in view of simplicity of con-
struction—Tlightuness of draft and other
important features, a majority of the
committee ngreed that the Excelsior
was most desirable.
Want of time (rain having occurred
both days) and the fact thut prepara.
tions had been made for a thorough
formal exhibition, oceasioned the omig
gion of many tests and rules, in a future
exhibition it would be proper to suv.
ply ; among which may be mentioned,
a rule that all machines exhibited shall
he such as are made for sule and not
finished especially for exhibitions,
Sufficient time should be taken to
test each machine thoroughly, and all
persons except the Committee and the
exhibitors excluded from the immedi
ate vicinity of the machines during
such examinations.
If the Committee have erred in any
of their conclusions, due allowance
should be made for the adverse circura-
stances under which they lnbored.
Frank, B. Isett, exhibitor of the
“Dodge,” and who was a former stu-
dent of the College, had a Binding at-
tachment of his own invention on the
ground, which appeared simple in con-
struction and likely to be easily mau-
aged and controlled, but want of time
prevented its exhibition in the fieid.
The same want of time prevented
the examination of many points of ex-
cellence in the machines claimed by
their exhibitors, and which commended
themselves to the Committee. The
machines all performed well, and no
farmer should hesitate about purchas-
ing any of those exhibited, the mere
fact of vicinity to their place of manu-
facture or storage, so as to readily ob-
tain duplicate portions. being sufficient
to determine his choice where all are
good,
All which is most respectfully sub-
mitted.
GEor
SamueL McKeax, Ceutre
L. H. Grarayn, Washington
George Y, McK&eg, Allegheny”
R. R. Bry ax, Huntingdon “
Committee,
Oa err ee
Presence of Mind.
From a pair of scisssors upwards to
the System of the Universe, every
agency, moral or physical, seeins to be
compounded of two antagonistic
forces, controlable and performing cor-
fectly the duties assigned to them as
long as they work in unison; but un-
controllable, and prone to run into ex-
cess of their functions, if separated
from each other.
Take away the force of gravity, and
centrifugal force uncontrolled would
scatter us in fine dust through space.
Abolish one ofthe constituent parts of
any well-organized governmeut, and
the result, in a moral sense, wculd
probably be pretty much the same.
Even the blade of a pair of seissors
won't work without its fellow. Nar is
the brain an exception to this rule.
An eminent philosopher (Dr. Richard-
son), still living, in experimenting re-
cently on animals; with the object of
testing the comparative ‘value of vari-
ous anacsthetics, discovered, that at
least two antagonistic forces recide in
the brain: one having its abode in the
anterior ‘and upper portion (the cere-
brum); the other in the lower and pos-
tefior part (the cerebellum). In his
experiments, he obscrved that if the
cerebrum of an animal be rendered
ingsensible, and its powers thus tempo-
rarily destroyed, the animal is immedi
ately impelled to rush forward; on the
other hand, the cerebellum being para-
lyzed, retrograde movement is the re-
sult. Thus he accounts for that im
pulse which many people feel to pre.
cipitate themselves from a height: the
cerebrum, which contains the thinking
and directing facu'ties, under, such
circumstances becoming pamlyzed—
dizzy—and so the control which it nor-
mally exercises over the cerebellum
being partially removed. the influence
of the latter declares itself.
The learned professor having opened
the gate for us, we may walk in and
observe for ourselves. Many things
come to our recollection which we can
now account for by this double brain
force. We can comprehend why that
patridge dashed madly forward after
the fatal charge struck him; and why
the other, althongh flying at the same
speed, fell back in the air like a tum-
bler-pigeon, fluttering still backward
to the ground. If we take up the one,
we find a grain of shot has pierced the
gkull a little above the eyes; and we
see the death-wound of the other at the
back of the head. We can now unde-
stand why those overcome with fright
so frequently rush into the danger they
wish to avoid. Nor need we confine
ourselves to examples of a purely phy
sical nature. We may place in the
same category the bashful man who
talks nonsense when he should hold
his tongue; the awkward man, who
only is awkward because he is nervous
—the directing power of his brain is in
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lled by bh redaoni pi In
tro y his rea og powers. | a
word, we can trace half our foolish
words and actions to a want of equili-
brium between these two forces that
inhabit our brains, and it ls only when
the balance is correct that we gre fit
to govern ourselves,
Presence of mind is the popular
term to express this mental equili-
bir,
The question has been frequently
discussed in gocinl circles whether men
presence of mind. Lucy, jnst seven-
teen, says: “Oh, men, to be sure.
Why, self-possession is an attribute
nlmost peculiar to woman; a young
girl entering society is quite at her
ease, while a young man is sure to be
awkward | nervous. See how we
get out of a scrape: never at a loss for
an answer. A man would stutter and
mutter, and get deeper into the mire.”
“Yes, but,” says Tom, who is just home
from school, and not wuch troubled
with nerves—*just look at you girls
how you scream ; if your life depended
on silence, you'd betray yourselves by
u scream.” Then the ‘ladies reply:
Oh, we don't pretend to be as brave
as men.” And wo the question res
mains unsettled. Lucy, no doubt, is
correct, nor is Tom less so. Perhaps
the fairest arrangement would be to
grant the waeker sex pre-eminence in
the absence of physical danger; and
yet, en the other hand, instances of
calm thought and deliberate action of
women under trying circumstances are
so numerous, that they cam, scarcely
be held as mcrely exceptions to the
rule. Amongst the tales of shipwrecks
are recorded noble instances of pres-
ence of mind amongst, women in the
most appalling dsuger. What could
be more heroic, for instance), than the
conduct of the women on hoard the
ill-fated London? Indeed, it is gener-
ally in circumstances of comparitively
trifling peril that the balance of the
female mind is disturbed—when, as
Tom says, they shriek.
The following story, exemplifying
remembering presence. of mind in an
old lady, has never heeu in print. It
is prefectly true. This old lad
But stay, she shall tell the tale ,
as she used to tell it to me, her little
nephew.
“You know, my dear, I was living
in the country at the time, my little
grad daughter being my companion.
We had two female servants and =
maneservant, but he did not sleep in
the house, but on 2 loft over the stable.
One night, late in the autumn, I went
up to bed at my usual hour—nine
o'clock. 1 was early, you see, for
Fanny was only seven years old, and
I did not care to sit up alone afier she
was in bed ; besides, by the time I had
read my chapter, and said my prayers,
and undressed myself, it was fally ten
o'clock. Well, on this particular
night I went up as usual. 1 first uo-
dressed the child, and put her into bed ;
then I made myself comfortable, and
got my Bible, and sat by the fire—it
was very cold for the season, and I
kept a fire in my room—and after I
had finished my chapter, I knelt down
to my prayers: my position as I knelt
was with my back to the fire, and my
face toward the bed. I had scarcely
got on my knees, when I eaught sight
of something unusual under the bed ;
on looking more attentively, I could
see that it was u man's foot. My first
impulse was to screani, but fortunatel
I restrained myself; and the Noch
over, I was ab'e to think, I had no
doubt that it was a robber, and that if
he found that he was discovered, he
might not stop short of murder. I
dared not go to bed, and pretend I did
pot know he was there ; and yet, how
to ge the child and myself out of the
room without exciting "suspicion,
could not imagine. These ts
passed through my mind in half the
time 1 have taken to tell you; and I
was about to rise from my kwees,
when 1 suddenly recollected that my
doing so as pnce might, in itself excite
be somé pune who knew iy habits, per-
haps even my own man-servant,
though I had no reason to suspect.
At all events, [ determined to remain
some time longer, as if. engaged in my
devotions. I need not tell you that
I could not give much heed to my
prayers, but I did ask for protection
aud guidance. You know, dear, that
I am a slow, methodical old women,
und’ that I seldom get through my
ravers ii less than a quarter of an
our, 80 I now determined not to stir
for at least ten minutes. What an age
these ten minutes seemed! I never
took my eyes off the foot until just be-
fore I arose, when it was slowly with.
drawn out of my sight. When I saw
it move, I felt faint with fright, for I
feared lest the man had suspected, and
was going to come out; however, he
remained quiet, and then I got up
from my knees. The next thing to
be done was to get the child out of bed
without causing any alarm. Speak-
ing<as calmly as I was able, I asked
her if she were awake; she answered
in rather a sleep tone, but aroused her-
self as 1 continued speaking “Fan.
ny, dear,” I said, “I have left my keys
below stairs” —1I felt a little uneasy at
the falsehood, but I hope it was not
wrong—*“and I cannot undress with-
out them : I don’t like going down by
myself; would you mind ge up,
my love, and comin with me ??
jumped out of bed ins moment,
having wrapped s shawl round ber,
pushed her before me;
opening the door, I managed to.
out the key and put.it in on
side, I then shut the doer, and locked
it; and then, my dear, I could no
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