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BY S. J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18. 1868.
YOL. 15.-JVO. 12.
WATCH, MOTHER, WATCH.
Mother, watch the little feet
Climbing o'er the garden frail,
Bounding through the busy street,
Ranging cellar, shed and hall ;
-Never count the moments lost,
Never mind the time it cost;
Little feet will go astray
Guide them, mother, while you may.
Mother, watch the little hand
Picking berries by the way,
Making houses in the sand,
Toeing in the fragrant hay,
Never dare the question ask,
"Why to me this weary task?"
These fame little hands may prve
Messengers of light and love.
HETTY'S TEACHES.
"My patience, Hetty!" exclaimed Mrs.
tjrvcn, lifting her hand from the niouIJing
boanJ, as her daughter burst into the room,
her cheeks glowing and her eyes sparkling
with excitement; "where on airth hev ve
been tew? I could hev made a house while
ye hev been doiug that arrant."
"Only think, mother ! I've seen the Si
jiiodJ girls, and they say that the academy
ia almost finished, and that school will com
nience early in September."
"Well, what of it?" retorted Mrs. Green
with a vigorous flourish of the rolling-pin,
"Dj you think father will let me go?'
"Go where?" inquired Mrs. Green, as
he cut deftly from the edge of a pie the su
perfluous pa.te.
"Why, to the new school."
"1 hope not, for the land's sake ! When
I was young, gals was brought up to work,
and wa'ant forever a radio' n,' and dream-
ia' away there time. Howsomever, if your
faiher's wilhn for ye to go to the Yademy,
I haint notlnn again' it ; but I shall think
it the foolishest piece of business he ever
did yet, and there you've got 8iy whole min'
't"
This was about as much encouragement
. Hetty expected from her mamma, pretty
soon her father entered.
He was a thick-set man, about fifty whose
inewy frame and toil-hardened hands
showed that he had been accustomed to ta
bor from his youth up The upper part of
hi lace betrayed the kindly feeling that re
ally dwelt beneath his.somewhatrough exte
rior, but there were certain lines about bis
mouth which indicated that he was what
his wife called, "tumble sot in his way."
-Ml his hopes and desires were narrowed
down to the boundaries of his farm.
It was difficult to perceive where Hetty
obtained her strong thirst for knowledge.
It certainly was not from either parent, nei
ther was it called forth by anything in her
Lome. Her father's library consisted of
the Bible, Almanac, "IMgrim's progress,.'
History of the American Revolution, and
a volume of Hume's History of England.
He took an agricultural paper, but there
was little in it she cared to read.
But in spite of these disadvantages, Hat
tys hungry mind contrived to find food.
There was scarcely a book in the neighbor
hood she had not read, an 1 soma of them
luaay times. She devoured everything
ihit came in her way histories, novels,
I'Uys, poetry, nothing came amiss.
Bit we will now return to farinorGreen's
kitchen.
Mr. Rivers was a young roan froti a
seigbiiring city, quite unobtrusive in his
aiiB'r: saying litttle, but that little nev
er tailing to find its way to the heart or
nJerstanding, which ever he addressed.
He was a general favorite in the family.
Jlrs- Green liked him because he was out
"'ich of the time in the fields and the
ds. and not "continually under her feet
a mos' boarders was." Her husband who
ta3 Kfen sadly troubled by the inquisitive--
of wot of their city boarders, liked
jim Ucau. he was a quiet, (sensible fellow,
ind not forever pestering a body with sil
h quest iocs.' Tom, because he was so
?"od-natured, and almost as fond of fishing
td gunnmg as he was. It is not so easy to
'1 hy Hetty liked him.' Perhaps it was
be smile that made his far from regular
Matures look almost as handsome, or it
'Ai Live been the small library he brought
;:h him. and to which he gave free access,
to ter undisguised delight.
AfW uj.ptr Hetty assisted her mother
clearing the table and washing the dish
Then Turn came iu with the foaming
fc'-k leaving Hetty alone with her fa-
Mr. Greeu was in his favorite seat by the
door, smoking; and Hetty could see,
y tie eiPression of placid enjoyment that
tealing over his face, that it was the
iv"ulle opportunity for broaching the sub
J ot which her heart was full. So she
her chair and drew it close to his.
r- 'reen was a man of few words, and
'K very demonstrative in manners so he
patted the head and pinched the ro
y eek that was laid against his shoulder,
Mwnokedon in silence.
'bool in going to commence in the
emy, in September, father."
I heard," aaid the old man, shifting
one leg uneasily over the other, for he sur
ttid what was coming.
"Co I go?"
Mr- Green seemed to be in no hurry about
P'yiDg; he was deliberate in all his move
nt!, aud puffed away at his pipe in si
, though evidently revolving the sub-
" his mind.
''Father, dear father, say that I may?"
-It. Green laid down his pipe.
-o, Hetty, I've been thinking the mat-
or, and I have decided that it aint
best. You musn't think, daughter, that
it 8 cause I grudge ye the time or expense,
though neither time nor money was given
us to throw away foolishly. That aiut the
p'int. It seems to me that the more you
go to school, the more you want to go, and
that ther s no end to it. I always tho't you
went to the district school longer than there
was any need on ; but you was bewitched to
go, so I said nothin to hinder you. When
you said you wasn't going no mor 'cause
you know mor'n the teachers did, I thought,
to be sure, that you'd be satisfied ; but ye
wasn't. When that dandified-looking chap
went round givin' lessons, nothin' would do
but he must come here. But I couldn't
see that you was a bit more contended when
ycu got through than you was afore."
"But father, I havn.t learned hardly any
thing yet, onlv just enough to find out how
little 1 know."
"Then I should say that'it was high time
you stopped goin' to school, if that's all
you've learrt," responded the literal roat-ter-of
fact farmer", as he arose from his seat
"Least ways Iv'e made up my mind on
one p'int and ye know that aint easily tur
ned that if you want any better eddication
than you've got, you'll have to am it."
Hetty came out upon the portico and
leaned her head against one of the pillars.
It was growing dusk, and her eyes were so
blinded with tears that she did not perceive
Mr. Rivers, who was standing near by, men
ding his fishing tackle, and who had been
an unwilling listener to what had passed be
tween Hetty and her father. His dark, ex
pressive eyes were full of sympathy and
compassion, as they rested upon that bowed
head.
"Mi Hetty."
Hetty started, dashing the tears from her
flushed checks, for she felt half ashamed
that he should find her thus.
"I am sorry for your disappointment ; no
one could sympathize more with your laud
able desire toobtain ah education than I do.
You must remember the old saying 'Where
there is a will there is a way.' I am far from
considering your case without remedy. How
should you like me for a teacher, in lieu of
a better.
"You?"
"Yes, I've been thinking for some time,
that I ought to review the English branch
es, and it will be much pleasanter to do so
with a companion. So, if you are agreed, I
will send for my books to-morrow."
"Are you really in earnest, Mi. Rivers?"
said Hetty.
"Certainly I am," he replied, smiling in
to the sparkling eyes that were lifted to his.
"Bat I warn you not to expect an easy time
of it Ithall beascvere master, I assure
you.
Thefiext Viight the books came, to Het
ty's great delight. They looked suspicious
ly new, which did not escape her notice,
though she refrained from making any com
ment upon it.
Mr. Rivers was nearly as good as his word
he was a strict, if not a severe master,
never allowing bis pupil to pass over a sub
ject or a lesson until it was thoroughly learn
ed and understood.
And Hetty's ambition and progress more
than equalled his expectations. Indeed he
was obliged to check the former, often in
sisting on closing her books for the day, in
the face of her earnest entreaties to be al
lowed to go on.
As for IJetty.she was like one introduced
into another world ; for the first time she
seemed to live. Even more than her les
sons, she enjoyed the lonely rambles she
took with her teacher after they were over.
Mr. Rivers was one of those rare men who
had the faculty of conveying instruction in
familiar conversation, without any apparent
design or effort. As varied as were his ac
quireuieuthc was better read in the "book
of nature" than any other. And Hetty was
surprised to learn as she did from his lips,
how much there was to interest and in
struct iu objects so familiar to her from ear
liest reccollection as to be considered hardly
worthy of notice.
At first Mrs. Green looked far from ap
provingly upon this arrangement; but a lit
tle judicious arrangement, on the part of
Mr. Rivers, soon set matters right. Then
again, she was too shrewd, in manner, per
taining to her pecuniary interests, to risk
offending a boarder so profitable as Mr.
Rivers. So, with the sage reflection, "that
if he has a mind to throw his time and
money away, it is none of her business,"
and the turned her attention to affairs, in
her estimation, of far more importance.
Hetty was careful to give her mother no
just cause for complaint. She was up early
in the morning performing the duties as
signed her with a celerity that wrung front
Mrs. Green, the rather ungracious commen
dation, "that if she would only work so all
the time, what a help she'd be to her!"
Contrary to hisinteutions, when he came,
Mr. Rivers remained through all the pleas
aut autumn dajs.until the sharp north wiud,
that whistled thtough the leafless trees.her
alded the approach of winter scaicely ac
knowledged to himself how dear had become
the task that he had undertaken from the
most disinterested motives. But one day
there came a letter, summoning him away
so suddenly that Hetty had scarcely time to
realize the nature and extent of her loss,
when he was gone.
A few days after, Mr. Maltby, the princi
pal of the academy, called upon Hetty, of
fering her the situation of teacher in the
'primary department" of his school. The,
salary was small, but she had ample time
and oportunity to prosecute her studies in
the higher branches, and it was gladly ac
cepted. It was not till some weeks after, that
LTetty learned that she owed this opportu
nity to the kindly offices of Mr. Rivers, who
was a personal friend of Mr. Maltby.
Mr. Rivers had told Hetty that he would
write o ber, exacting a promise from her
that she would reply. Id the course of a
fortnight the eagerly expected letter came.
This was the commencement of a pleasant
correspondence.
There was nothing approaching to senti
ment in Mr. Rivers' letters he invariably
addresses her as "My Dear Pupil;" but
there was not a line in them but that show
ed deep interest in her welfare and improve
ment He not only marked out a course of
reading for her, but sent her, from time to
time, such of the new books as appeared.
which he thought would be useful and of
interest.
As for Hetty, she wrote to him as she
would to a friend, older and wiser than her
self, whose goodness and many acts of kind
Dess had called forth the gratitude and rev
erence of her sympathetic aud enthusiastic
nature.
Hetty was Tery successful in her school,
not only showing a fitness for her vocation,
but making marked progress in her own
studies ; so, at the close of the year, one of
the teachers leaving she was offered her
place, together with a salary that farexceed
her expectations.
There are some persons whose minds are
open to but one consideration : What will it
pay, in mere dollars and cents? To this
test every mental and physical effort is sub
jected, to be derided, or approved, as it ob
tains, or fails to obtain, whit they consider
M be "the one thing needful." And even
Mr. and Mrs. Green began to acknowledge
that there was some good to be obtained
from books, when they found that the girl,
whose "bookishness" they had so lamented,
could earn more in one month than their
broad shouldered, and hard-fisted son in
three, and who, certainly had occasioned
them no uneasiness concerning hiui iu that
respect.
With Hetty's increased salary came the
opportunity for the fulfillment of a purpose
that had been long in her thoughts. She
knew nothing of the outward circumstances
of Rivers,but had inferred him to be far from
wealthy. So, in her next letter, she deli
cately hinted her ability and desire to repay
the obligations under which he had laid her
"so far as money would enable her to do
it."
To Hetty's great relief. Mr. Rivers' reply
indicated no offence at this proposition ; but
it was ambiguous. He owned "that he had
looked forward to a certain compensation ;
but of it? nature and extent he would say
nothing u.:' il he saw her, as he hoped to in
a lew wveks, at her home. Possibly it
might be uiorej than she would feel able or
willing to give."
Hetiy puzzled her brain a good deal over
these words. There was no question as to
her .willingness, she thought, and that it
might not exceed her ability she began to
economize in every possible way.
Owing to the various untoward circum
stances, it was spring before Mr. Rivers re
deemed bis promise.
It was eighteen months since they part:d,
and Mr. Rivers was both surprised and de
lighted at the change they had wrought.
The pretty intelligent girl had ripened into
the lovely and accomplished woman ; but it
did not take him long to ascertain that to
him, at least, she was the same frank, Hetty
of old.
"Now about that compensation you spoke
of," said Mr. Rivers, after a long conversa
tion, touching "matters of interest to them
both."
"I saved nearly the whole of my salary,
I only wish " -
"But I am. not in need of mouey. , It is
not your salary that I want."
Hetty raised her eyes inquiringly to Mr.
Rivers' face ; but there Was something that
made them suddenly droop and the voice
unsteady, said :
"What then?"
"Jour
The blood suddenly receded from her face
and then rushed back, crimsoning even the
temples, she replied:
"All that I am, all that I hoped to be, I
owe to you ; let it be so. then."
Still Mr. Rivers hesitated ; ho was too
generous to take advantage of what might
be merely the grateful impulse of the mo
ment. ' Does your heart go with it? Oh, Het
ty, raise your eyes to mine, and answer
meV '
Hetty raised her clear, truthful eyes to
his face, and said ;
"M y whole heart."
And so it came to pass that Mr. Maltby
lost his teacher. Loud were the lamenta
tions among Hetty's scholars. When Mr.
Rivers passed through the room where they
sat many glances of indignation were direct
ed toward the audacious man who had come
to rob them of their dear teacher.
But they were somewhat modified by the
liberal presents bestowed upon tbeiu by Mr.
Rivers on the day of his marriage, which
occurred just two weeks from the above con
versat ion.
And this is how Hetty paid for her school
ing. ,.r
Two Quaker girls were ironing on the
same table. One asked the other what she
would take, the right or the left. She an
swered promptly ; "It will be right for me
to take the left, and then it will be left foi
thee to take the right."
When a lady indulges a yawn or two,gen
tlemep are justified in guessing their hat is
needed on their heads, and that the best
side of the door is the outside.
durational Column.
w. h. pmnnrx, EDITOR.
Proceedings of the Clearfield County
Teachers' Institute.
In compliance with the call of oor County
Superintendant, G. W. Snyrler, the teach
ers of Cloarfield county met in the school
room in Curwensville, on Monday, October
26th, 1S63, at 3 o'clock, P. m. The house
was called to order by G. W. Snyder, Pres
ident, when upon motion, the following of
ficers were elected. J. S. Smith, Vice
President, F. E. Rafferty, Recording Secre
tary, J. F. Ross. Cor. Secretary, Miss Hat
tie Read, Treasurer. The following persons
were appointed to draft a Constitution : C.
W. Rishel. Nathan Comstock, Miss E.
Leonard and MUs C. Livingston. Institute
adjourned to meet at 6 o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
Institute met at 6 o'clock. The following
were appointed as an Executive Committee
to draft order of business : F. W. A. Shultz,
T. M. Welsh, J. A. Scofield, Miss Mary
Morgan, and Miss Leila Kratzer.
Committee on Constitution reported. The
report was received and the Constitution,
with few amendments, was adopted. J. F.
Ross then delivered an address of welcome
to the teachers, in behalf of the-citizens of
Curwensville, which was responded to by
George W. Snyder.
J. S. Smith delivered a lecture on Anato
my and Physiology. G. W. Snyder gave a
class-drill on elementary sounds. Institute
adjourned to meet at ftj o'clock, Tuesday
morning. r-
Tuesdaj Morning Session.
Institute met according to previous ad
journment. Roll called; minutes road and
adopted. G. W. Cole conducted a class
drill in Mental Arithmetic, and J. S.Smith
on Grammar. The Metric System was then
explained by W. II. Prideaux. An Essay
was then read by F. W. Shultz. Subject
Frequency of Reviews. Discussion of the
subject. A motion was mado that any one
not present at roll call be fined ten cents.
Carried. Music by Glee Club. Adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Institute convened at the appointed time.
Class drill on Grammar,by W. II. Prideaux.
Class-drill in Mental Arithmetic, by G. W.
Snyder. Lecture on History, by C. C. Shultz.
Rec 88 of ten tuinuteSj-Music by the Glee
Club. Discussion Frequency of Reveiws.
Tha President appointed W. H. Prideaux,
J. S. Smith. and Miss Clara Barrett to draw
up a resolution embodying the sentiment of
the members on the foregoing subject, that
there may be uniformity throughout the
county. Adjourned to meet at 7 o'clock.P.M.
EVENING SESSION.
Institute met, according to previous ad
journment, in 5f. E. Church. Opened with
prayer by Prof Shoemaker. The question,
Should Whispering be abolished in School,
was discussed at length by quite a number
of the members. Alo, a discussion as to
the best method of securing regular atten
dance. Music by Glee Club. Select read
ing by Prof. Shoemaker. Adjourned.
Wednesday Morning Session.
Institute convened at the regular time.
Vice President Smith in the chair. Open
ing exercises conducted by Prof. Shoemaker.
Class-drill on application of Square Root.by
W. S. Luther. E-'say by C. C. Shultz.
Subject The Teachers' Work. Discussion
of the same subject, participated in by a
number of the members. Lecture on Arith
metic, by Prof. I. S. Ge'st. Lecture on El
ocution, by Prof. Shoemaker. Adjourned.
. ' AFTF.RN.iON SESSION. f"'
Compound proportion explained by Miss
Mary E. Brisbin. Lecture on the Elements
of Grammar, by Piof. Geist. Discussion,
Subject How may Teachers secure the co
operation of panlnts opened by Miss Clara
Barrett,!fol!owed by Messrs. Smith and Col
burn. Circulating Decimals, byiProf. I. S.
Geist. Recess of ten minutes. Lecture on
Geography, by F. W. A. Shultz. Lecture
on The use of Tobacco, by Rev. M. Gray.
Lecture on Elocution, by Prof. Shoemaker.
Adjourned.
EVENING SESSION.
Institute met in M. E. Church. Exerci
ses opened with prayer by Rev. Gray. Lec
ture on Moral Training, by W. II. Piideaux.
Discussion, Subject Corporal Punishment.
Lecture, Poetry of Nature, by Prof. Geist.
Select reading by Prof. Shoemaker. Ad
journed. Thursday Morning Session.
Institute met at regular time. Devotion
al exercises by Rev. Hayes. Class drill oh
Elocution, by Prof. Shoemaker. Commit
tee on Reviews reported the following Res
olution for adoption:
Rexoheil, That a review of each weeks'
recitations on Friday, a review of each
mouths' recitations on the last Friday of the
month, and of the whole term during the
la.-t week of the term is highly advantageous
to our schools.
Adopted. Class-drill in Allegation, by
Prof. Geist. Adjourned,
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Institute met at appointed time. Music
by the Glee Club. Analysis of Sentences,
by Prof. Geist. Select reading, by Prof.
Shoemaker.
A motion was made by W. H. Prideaux
that th-i County Superintendant solicit each
of the editors of the county papers to give a
column in their papers for educational mat
ters, and that a person be appointed to edit
said column. Carried. The column was
obtained, and W. II. Prideaux was appoint
ed editor. Recess of ten minutes. House
called to order by the President. Discus
sionProper incentives to study. Chair
appointed J. S. Smith, W. II. Prideaux,
C. C. Shultz, Mat tie Spencer. Mary Cross,
Hannah Bowersox, and M. J. Morris Com
mittee on Resolutions. Adjourned!.
EVENING SESSION.
Essay, School Government, by Miss Liv
ingston. Discussion Duty of" parents and
Directors to the School. Select reading, by
Prof. Shoemaker. Essay by J. F. Ross.
Discussion The best method of teaching
Geography. Adjourned.
Friday Morning Session.
Music by Glee Club. Class-drill on Men
tal Arithmetic, by Prof. Geist. Explana
tion of Proportion and Ratio.by Prof. Geist.
Instruction in Grammar, by A. V. Grim p.
Lecture on drilling reading classes, by Prof.
Shoemaker. Lecture on Geography, by
Miss Swann. Adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Music by the Glee Club. Discussion
Should female teachers receive the same
salary as male? Sentiment in favor of af
firmative, when equally qualified. The im
portance of the co operation of the Chris
tian Ministry in the cause of Education. was
discussed by Messrs. Hayesand Group. The
following officers were elected for the next
year : M. Guelich, F. W. A. Shultz, Vice
Presidents; Miss C. Barrett.Recording Sec
retary; T. M.Welsh, Corresponding Secre
tary; W. U. Prideaux, C. C. Shultz, Miss
flattie Read, Auditing Committee. Messrs.
Prideaux.Smith, Shultz and Miss Swan and
Miss Brisbin were appointed a Committee
on Permanent Certificates. Committee on
Resolutions reported the ioilowing, which
were adopted :
Iiesohcl, That all teachers should attend
the County Institute, and those who do not
are derilect in their duty.and directors -hould
not employ those teachers who are so indif
lerent to the work in which they are engag
ed, and absent themselves from such places.
Resolved, That the Teachers of the county
cannot too highly appreciate the services of
G. W. Snyder. County Superintendant, aud
hope the. Directors of the several townships
will secure his services for the co ning term.
Rrsofcetl, That as a body of educators we
rejoice in the salutary condition of this In
stitute, its large attendance, the harmony,
interest and instructiveness of its proceed
ings and the auspicious hopes it engenders
of the educational success of our county ;
and that we are moved in gratitude to our
Heavenly Father tor his blessing on this,
our feeble effort, to advance the cause of
education.
Resolved, That we heartily thank the Rev.
gentlemen, viz : Messrs. Buckley, Hayes,
Wiiliams, Gray and Group, for the interest
manifested in our behalf.
Rmoleed, That we highly appreciate the
services of Prof. Shoeuiuker,as an Eloctioi;
tiouist, and of Prof. Geist in the many parts
in which he instructed.
Rrsotred, That the members of this In
stitute tender their thanks to Messrs. Smith,
Prideaux, and Shultz, for their zealous la
bor in promoting the interests of the Insti
tute. Resolved, Thnt we acknowledge the obli
gation we are under to the Trustees of the
M. E. Church, for granting their church to
hold our evening session.
Saturday Morning fiecsion.
The members of the Institute, wishing to
make Mr. Snyder a present as a testimony of
regard, Mr. S. L. Smith was appointed to
make the presentation speech. He said :
Worthy Instructor: To you we first
looked as the pole-star of our educational
hopes, and it is to you that we first proffer
the parting hand. Though there may be
green spots iu the wilderness of the past, to
which frail memory will direct the drooping
spirit for resuscitation, I venture to say that
none will present a more beautiful appear
ance, or offer a more hospitable shelter from
life's adversities than this Institute, aided
by your untiring efforts in our behalf. When
we think of the scenes about to tranpire,of
the severance of our closely knit and pleas
ant social ties, a feeling of an inefhble char
acter causes our throbbing hearts to lull
within us. Farewell ! That solemn word
has been heard amid scenes of mirth and
sorrow. It has caused the heart of the fond
husband to sink within his bosom, as the
loving wife dropped the last earthly tear.
It has forced the widowed mother's emaci
ated frame to bend mourn ?ully over the
form of her dying son ; it has made the high
hopes of the youthful aspirant for honor
vanish into naught as he lowered his com
rade into the dark and lonely grave. These
all amid scenes of sorrow. But here amid
all that is calculated to awaken an attach
ment to life, here encompassed by labors
that demand attention, here in full view of
the great task assigned us, as component
parts of the noble old commonwealth, that
word weighs down every feeling of passion
or prejudice and unites us in presenting a
testimony or oar lasting regard. It is a
watch, the custodian of the seconds, the
hours the days that make up life's short
span. Accept it; though it have but little
value in comparison with the debt we owe
you a small recompense .for tha hundreds of
days spent in discharging the duties of your
office, a meagre remuneration in connection
with your salary for the hundreds of miles
traveled over our mountain fastnesses, to
smooth dowu the asperites engendered by
discordant elemeuts. Receive it with the
thanks of the donors. And when life's
exactments are ended, when with hairs
frosted with honor in the cause to which you
are devoted you stand upon the brink of the
ocean of eternity may the thoughts of du
ties past sustain you ia the last but greatest
of human ordeals.
In reply G. W. Snyder spoke as follows j
Ladies and Gentlemen: I rise to ac
knowledge the honor you have conferred
uion me, in the presentation of this token
of respect. I am almost at a loss, for words
to express my appreciation for your kind
ness. I do assure you, however, my fellow
teachers, that this generous act shall never
fade from my memory. The recollection of
other scenes may pass away, but the hal
lowed remembrance of your kindness will
never be forgotten. For the ileal ami devo
tion with which I have humbly endeavored
to labor, for the promotion of your interests
the elevation of your professions, and the
advancement of education in this county,-1
clairu' no merit and expected no reward.
The consciousness of having been engaged
in a noble and exalted work, whose mission
is the diffusion of knowledge and the eleva
tion of society, was an ample rccouienst
for all my labors and difficulties.
Fellow teachers your profession is a high,
noble and responsible otie. To yon, it may
be said, under God. arc committed the des
tinies of the race, upon you in a greai meas
ure depends, whether the world is to grow
in knowledge aud virtue, or sink back into
ignorance and its concomitant misery. Your
history, if it be not written upon tablets ot
gold which are perishable, will yet be writ
ten upon tablets that will not perish upon
the hearts of those that shall grow wiser
and belter; or more ignorant and vicious
through your influence. How important
then, "that that history should be stainless
and that there be recorded in its ever grow
ing volume, not one line that "dying, you
might wish to blot,"
The tender minds which are under your
care if properly moistened witli the" love and
wisdo.u of pious ii struction, will bloom in
everlasting life. Shrink not then from your
arduous duties, but press onward and up
ward with a persevercance Which never
yields to discouragement, and the palm of
victory and a crown of honor, in due time,
will be your reward. Teachers, you have
made for yourselves an educational reputa
tion by your zeal and enthusiasm i:; attend
ing the local Normal Schools aud Institutes,
during the past two years and a half, for
your own improvements, in this county,
that has attracted the attention of all the
surrounding counties and of which every
gool citized may be proud. You have
erected a monument to your own fames
wbu-h will stand unshaken amidst the storms
and tempests of life; and the further im
provement in the art of teaching, deserves,
and will receive the approbation the favor
of every friend of education. I again
acknowledge the honor you have conferred
upon me, and though we soon part,perhaps
never to meet again, may the strong bonds
of affection unite all our hearts with ties
which death's cold chill cannot dissolve.
I cannot close this report of our Institute
without making a few general remarks con
cerning it. Number of days Institute con
tinned, C; whole numberof actual members.
110. I think wc can safely say that the
Institute was a complete success. I have
attended Institutes in some of our eastern
cmnties, where they have been established
for several years, but never have I attended
one in which all seemed to take so much in
terest. Every one seemed to have come
there to work, to give and receive informa
tion. I think incalculable good has been
done. After holding a few such Institutes
Cleai field may uoblushingly stand side by
side with some older counties who now boast
of their advancement. Then, fellow-teachers
and co-workers in the cause of education,
put in practice what you have learned in our
consultations. Let us unite top ether, form
ing one mighty phalanx, and gi forward,
and the dark clouds of ignorance will fade
away before our anward march.
Ail communications for the educational
column should be sent to W. II. Prideaux,
at Osceola. Teachers writing will please
send two copies.
A quaint old gentlemen, in speaking of
the different allotments of men, by which
some become useful citizens and others
worthless vagranis, by way of illustration
remarked, "So one slab of m irble becomes
a useful door-step, while auother becomes a
lying tomb-stone.
An Irish dragoon, on hearing that his
widowed mother had married since he quil
ted Ireland, exclaimed, "I hope she wont
have a son older thin me, for if she does,I
shall lose the estate."
"Matrimony," said a modern Benedict,
the other day, "produces remarkble revolu
tions. Here am I, for instance, in nine
short months changed from a sighing lover
to a loving sire."
There are but three events that really
concern mankind birth, life and death. Of
the first we know nothing, the second we
forget, and the last we submit to in dark
ness. A young writer wishes to know of us
"which magazine will give me a high posi
tion the quickest." We reply a powder
magaziee, if yon contribute a fiery article.
A carpenter took a holiday and went to
Margrate, When he returned home, his
asked him what he saw. "Why," he said,
"I saw the sea, anl now I see the saw."
"Leave you my friend," said a tipsy fel
low clinging to alaiup.post on a dark night;
"Leave you in a condition not to take care
of yourselKhic) never."
Mr. Short says the only thing he can pay
these times is his addresses to the ladies :
and these he never allows to get overdue.
True goodness is like the glow-worm ; it
shines most when no eyes, except those of
heaven, are upon it.
Does a fish ever sleep? And if not what
was the use of making a bed to the sea."
Vice stings us even in our pleasure, but
virtue consoles us even in our pains.
f tOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
AND
HOOFLAN0 S GERMAN TOJIIC-
THKOHBAT REMEDIES
For 11 dieases of the Liver. Stomach, of 4ige
tire orgam.
Iloofland's German Bitters
I composed of the pore juices (or, as they are
medicinally termed, ertrart) of Roots. Herbs.aad
Burks. raakiDg a prep aration.hiithlT concen
trated, and entirely -"-free from atcoholie ad
mixture of any kind.
HOOFLATfD S GERMAN TO.VC?,
It a combination of all the ingredients of the Bit
ters, with the pare.il qoiity of Santa Crum Kum,
Orai ge. c . making one of the most preaxani and
agreeable remedies erer offered to the pnblic.
Those preferring a Medieinefree froi
io admixture, will use
Alcohol-
IIOOFLAND-S GERMAN BITTERS.
Those who hare no oojretion to the combinatioa
of the Bitters, at stated, will nse
UOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC.
They are both equally food, and eon tain the
same medicinal vinae. the choice between the
(wo being a mere matter ef taste, the Tonic bein
the mast palatable.
The stomach, from a Tariety of causes, such aa
Indigestion, Dyspepsia. Nervous Debility, ete., ia
very apt to hare iu functions deranged. Tha
Lier. sympathizing as closely aa itdoea with
the Stomach, then be comes affected. the result
of which is that the patient suffers from several
or mere ot the following diseases:
Constipation, Flatulence, Inward files, Fulness
of Elood (9 the Head. Acidity of ti Stomach,
Nausea. Heartburn, Difgnst for Food, Fulness
or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eructations,
Sinking or Fluttering at the Pitof the Stomach,
Swimming of the Head, Harried or Difficult
Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart. Choking or
huffocating Sensations when In Lying Posture,
Dimness of Vision, Dots or Webs before the Sight,
Dull Pain in the Head, Deficiency of Perspira
tion. Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes, Pain in
the Side, liacaV'hest, Limbs. eto.,Sudden flush
es of Heat. Burning in the Flesh , Constant im
aginings of Evil, and great depression of Spirits.
' The sufferer from :hese diseases should exercise
the greatest caution in the selection of a remedy
fur his rase, purchiurng only that which he is as
sured from his iuves tigations and inquiries
possesses true merit, ' is skilfully compound
ed, is free from injurious ingredidenta. and baa
established for itself a reputation for the euro of
these diseases. In this eonnnection we would
Bubmit those well-known remedies
Ilaojlafid't German Hitlers, and Jloofland't
German Tonir, prepared l)r. C. M.
JacMtoit, I'kuadctpliia, Pa.
Twenty-two years since they were first intro
duced into this country from Uermany, during
which time they hare undoubtedly performed
more cures, and benefitted sufieribg humanity to
a greater extent, than any other remedies known
to the public
These remedies will effectually cure hirer Com
plaint, Jaundice. Dys pbpsia.Chronie,or Ner
vous Debility, Chron to Diarrhoea. Disease ef
tha Kidneys, and all Diseases arising from a dis
ordered Liver, Stomach, or Intestines.
DEBILITTi
Resulting from any cause whatever! prostration
of the syttem. induced by severe labor,
harddbips, exposure, fevers, ete.
There is no medicine extant equal to these rem
edies in such eases. A tone and vigor is imparted
to the whole system, the appetite is strenstbed,
food is enjoyed. the stomach digests promptly, tha
blood is purified, the complexion becomes sound
and healthy, the yellow tinge is eradicated from
the eyes, a bloom is given to tha checks, and tha
we-ik and nervous invalid becomes a strong and
healthy being.
PERSONS AbfANCED IN LIFE,
And feeling the hand of time weighing heavily
upon tbein. with all Its attendant ills. will find in
the use of this BITTEKS, or the TONIC, an elixar
that will instil new Ufe into their veins, restore
in a measure the energy and ardor of more youth
ful days, build up their shrunken forms, and give
health and happiness to their remaining years.
NOf ICE.
It is a well established fact that fully one-half
of the female portion of our population are fel
dom in the enjoyment of good health ; or. to
ue their own eapres fcion, "neverfeel well."
They are languid, devoid of all eaergy, extreme
ly nervous, and have no appetite. To this class
of persons the BITTERS, or the TONIC, is espe
ciallj recommended.
WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN
Are made strong by the use of either of these
remedies. They will cure every case of MARAS
MUS, without fail.
Thousands of certificates have accumulated in
the hands of the proprietor, uut space will allow
of the publication of but a few. Those, it will be
observed, are men of note and of such standing
that they must believed.
TES TIMONIA LS.
Hon. Georfr IV. Woodtrnrd, Chitf Juttiet J
the Supreme Court of Pent? a, writes z
Philadelphia. March 18, 1887.
"I find -Hoofiand'a Herman Bitters' i a
good tonic, useful in diseases of the diges
tive organs, and of great benefit in eases of de
bility, and want of nervous action in the system.
Yours truly, GEO. W WOODWARD."
Hon J timet Thompson, Judge of the Sttprtmm
Court of Peuitxylrania :
Philadelphia, April 23, 1808.
"1 consider Hoofland's German Bitters' ims
ahle mrHiciue in ease if attacks ot Indigestion or
Dyspepsia. I Can certify this from mjr experi
ence of it. Yours, with respect,
JAMES THOMPSON.
From Rev. Joseph H. Kr.nna.rd. D. D., Pastor
oftie Tenth llapti't Church. Philadelphia.
Dr. Jarison Dear Sir: I have been frequent
ly requested to connect my name with recommen
dations ef different kinds of medicines, bat re
garding the practice as out of my appropriate
i-phere, I have in all cares declined; but
with clear proof in various instances and
particularly in my own family, of the nsefulnesa
of Dr. UooUand s German Bitters, I depart for
once from my usual course, to express my full
conviction that, for general debility of the system,
aiul esjtrin.'i for Liver Complaint, it a safm
and valuable preparation. In some cases it may
fail, but usually. I doubt not, it will be very ben
eficial to those wfto suffer from the above eanses
Yours, very respectfully,
J. U. KENSARD,6th,bel Coateest.
From Rev. E. D. Fendall, Assistant Editor
Christian ChrontrU, Philadelphia.
I have derived decided benefit from she nse e
IloofUnds German Bitters, and feel it my privil
ege to recommend them a a most valuable tonic,
to all who are suffering from general debility
from diseases arising from derangement ef tha
liver. Yours truly, E D. fEKDALL.
CAUTION.
Hoofland's German Remedies are counterfeited.
See that the sign iture of C. M. JACKSON is on
the wrapper of each bottle. All others awe
counterfeit Princi D pal Office and Manufac
tory at the German Medicine 6 tore. No. 631 ARCH
Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
CHARLES M. EVANS, Proprietor.
Formerly C. M. JAOKSOH Co.
Hoofland's German Bitters, rex bottle, $1
Hoofland's German Bitters, half dosea, fc 00
Hooflaad't German Tonic put ap in quart bottles
$1 90 per bottle, or half doaen for 7 oa.
f?" Do not foreet to examine well tha artiel
you buy, is order to get the genuine.
Pot sale by A. I. SHAW Agent Clearfeld fa.
April 21, l8-!y
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