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BY S. J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1869.
f OL. 15.-W. 27.
Srttrt fotrfl.
II WE EJEW."
U we knew the woo and haart-acha,
Waiting tor us down the road,
If our lipstould taste tbe worm-wood,
If oar backs could faal the load :
Would wo waste to-day io wishing
ForatiiLe thatae'ereanbe;
Would we wait is aueh impatience
Forouribip to com from sea?
If we kw tha baby fingers
Pleased against tho window pane,
Would be cold and atiff to-morrow
Sorer trouble na again;
Would the bright eyea of our darling
Catch the frown upon ear brow ?
Would the print of rosy fingers
Tax ai than at they do sow t
Ah. tboae little lee eold fingers.
How they point out memories back,
To the hasty word and action
Strewn along our backward track !
Bow tboe little handa remind us,
As in anowy grace they lie,
Not to scatter thorns bat roses
For our reaping by-and bye !
Strang we never prise the maaie.
Till the tweet Toiced bird ha flown ;
Strange to at we ahoitld alight the violet
Till the lovely flowers are gone ;
Strang that rummer akies and sunshine
Haver seem one-half so fair
As when winter's snowy pinions
Shake their white down in the air !
Lips froai which the seal of silence
None but God can roll away,
Fever blossomed in such beauty
Ai adorns the mouth to-day ;
And tweet words that freight our memory
With their beautiful perfume,
Come to us in sweet accents
Through the portals of the tomb.
Let us gather up the sunbeams,
Lying all along our path ;
Let at gather op the wheat and roses.
Casting ootthe thorns and chaff ;
Lotos Had our sweetest comfort
In the bleating ef to-day ;
With a patient hand remoring
All the briers front enr way.
KISSED BY MISTAKE.
'"Willyou be at home to-night, flettie?"
mj the speaker, a tall, muscular, well look
ing gay young farmer, reddened to the roots of
h-- hair, as though he had committed some
very wicked act, iustetJ of asking a simple
question.
He was bashful, extremely so, was Josi
h Hawleyaat leant in the presence ot young
ladies, most of all in the presence of the girl
he loved. No young farmer in all the coun
try 'possessed a better kept farm, or talked
with more confidence among the compeers
of stock and on kindred subjects. But the
glimpse of some pretty face or foot, coming
in his direction affected him like a flash of
lightoing. On such occasions lie never
knew what to do with his hands and eyes,
and always felt like screwing himself in a
moose hole. How he ever contrived to ap
proach Hester Thomas on the subject of
preference for Ler, probably remains to this
day as much a mystery to himself as it is to
others.
Bat the young lady had quite an amount
of tact and cleverness stowed away some
where in her pretty little head, albeit it was
Kt on the dimpled, inexperienced shoulders
oisevcotcen. Josiah was worth, in a worldly
wiy, much more than any of her suitors,
good looking and intelligent enough to sat
isfy any but an over fastidious person ; un
exceptionable ; in short, barring his exces
ire bashfulness, which was a fruitful source
of merriment among the young people in
their little circle. And so w hen Josiah in
his awkward blundering way, began to ex
hibit his preference for her in various little
"a., such as waiting on h r to and from
the singing school, constituting himself her
exrt alien she rode oa horseback to the
roliiiry church ia the woods, and singling
her out at quilting parties.
Hetty took it all in the easiest, pleasan
test manner possible. The gills laughed, and
the young men cracked sly jokes at the ex-pen-
of her timid suitor; but Hetty stood
up tor Uiui independently encouraged him
out of shyness ; never noticed any unfortu
nate blunder and very likely helped him
sl xiS considerably when his feeling reached
'he "culminating point," otie moonlight au
tumn evening, as they were walking home
tuetlicr from prayer meeting. That was a
k ago. Hett'v had said. "Yes," and
fcal agreed to bring father aud mother
around on th-i subject."
Jsih had not been to tho house since
rrolbly feeling very much like a dog ven
turing upon the premises of a person whose
ahcepfulj he had just plundered. Asyetnei
ther had thecourage to speak to the "rcign
io? powers" on the subject ; and Hetty, feel
ln as ifhe wanted to put the ordeal off
seasior as possible, at any rate to have oiu
anr confidential talk with hiin on the sub
Mi. f-aiJ ;
"Mother is going to Aunt Ruth's to
Jtni the evening, ami wants me to go.
but I guess I won't. I've been working on
:lb-'a shirts all day, besides doing the
iry work, and lam as tired as I can be
I guess ihey will hav to go without me.
not come until eight o'clock. I shall be
putting things to rights then, and will let
Too ia."
Of course Josiah was not too obtuse to un
derstand that, and forgot his bash fulness so
r as to petition for a good-bye kiss, which
peremptorily refused of course.
M'o, I shan't Do take yourself off.
owk I didn't see you fidgettmg around
srh Jones, at Deacon Badger's last eve
'? I've not forgotten that, sir !"
'Now Hetty
But the appeal was broken off by a tan ta
king little laugh, and as he sprang for
wd to take a pleasant revenge on his tor
""Korese., she slipped away and ran up the
th to the bouse, where lie saw her wave
her hand as she disappeared within the
kitchen porch ; and then he turned from
the gate and took the road homeward.
Tire tea things bad been carried out, the
table set back against the wall, the crumbs
brushed from the clean home made carpet
and Hetty's work stand drawn up in front
of the blazing fire.- A bountiful piled wai
ter of great apples and a plate of cracked
walnuts were on it in close proximity to
Hetty's work basket.
On one side of the fire sat Mrs. Thomas,
fat an. J fair.and at peace with all the world.
rocking and knitting, and refreshing herself
at sundry intervals with a bite from a half
eaten apple that lay on the corner of the ta
ble, and touching every now and then in a
caressing manner with her foot, a lazy look
ing cat that purred and winked on the rug
before her. Hetty sat on the other side, and
busy thinking how she would tell her moth
er thct she expected Mr. Hawley to drop in
about eight. But she recollected with a
twinge of conscience, how hard she had
tried to get the old lady to accompany her
husband to Aunt Ruth's in spite of her fore
warnings of a spell of neuralgia ; how she
had also plead headache as an excuse for
not goiog herself. And she knew that her
mother was quite sharp enough to draw her
own inferences from these facts, and from
her being dressed with uuusual care to spend
an evening at home.
"I shall not dare to tell now. She'll be
sure to think that I wanted to get. her out
of the way, so I might have Jo&;ih all to
myself, and I should never he ir the last of
it." And so like a wi--e little pusa rLe kept
silent.
I will venture my word on it, you would
not have wondered at our young farmer's
desperate enthrallment if you could have
seen Hetty Thomas as she was sewing by
the fireside, on that cold November eve
ning. Under pretext of being ready td go' to ner
Uncle's (a thing she had no idea of doing),
she had, just before tea, indulged in an in
discriminate "fixing up." A neatly fitting
dark calico.with a store look upon it, a fresh
linen collar, and a tasteful black silk apron,
these were the chief items of Hetty's toilet;
but she looked as sweet and dainty in her
plain dress as if hours had been spent in
donning lace and jewels. Her rich hair of
the darkest auburn tinge fell in shining folds
close to her warm red cheeks, and was caught
up in a cunning net behind.
Eight o'clock and past ! Mrs. Thomas
was dozing in her chair her shadow on the
opposite wall bobbing about in grotesque
mimicry, and she nodded to and fro now
crushing the voluminous white satin bows
in her spruce cap asainst the Lack of ber
chair now almost falling forward, and her
fat handa listlessly in her lap, and her ball
of yarn had rolled out upon the hearth, and
puss was busy converting it into gordian
knots.
And just then came a double rap at the
door so loud, sudden and self assured tl at
Hetty started up, with a little shriek, and
set her foot on puss's tail, who in turn gave
voice to her amazement and displeasure.
The combined noise aroused Mrs Thom
as, and starting to an erect position, she
rubbed her eyes, settled the cap border, and
exclaimed :
"Bless uiy soul, Hetty, what was that?
somebody at the door? Who can be com
ing here at this lime o'night ?"
'"It's not late, mothei onry a little past
eight o'clock. I'll go and see who it is,"
says Hetty, demurely, taking the candle
from the table.
"No. Here you wind up my ball and
sweep the hearth, while I go to the doer,"
cays the old lady, whose feet were strug
gling in the meshes of the unraveled yarn.
"Drat that cat."
And all this time Josiah was standing on
one foot out in the cold porch, with his
hands in his overcoat pockets, wondering
if Hettie had fallen asleep, and every now
and then giving the door a smart rap by
way of variety.
In her hurry, Mrs. Thomas forgot to take
the candle, and as the stepped out into the
little front entry, the sitting room door slam
slammed after her. She had her hand on
the handle of the door at the moment, and
opening it, she suddenly found herself in the
embrace of a stout pair of arm? ; a whiskered
face in close proximity to her own ; and
before she could think of the strangeness of
her situation, she received a prolonged kiss-r
a hearty smack full upon her virtuous mat
ron lips. "
SLe had by this time divested herself of
the impression that it was her usually sober
spouse who most have come home in an un
usually excited condition thus to indulge in
such an unwonted expression of affection.
"Get out, get out ! I say ! Who are you,
anyhow? Murder! thieves ! Hetty! come
here! Here's a man kissing me like mad!"
But the intruder had by this time discov
ered his mistake it did not need the indig
nant pommeling and scrathing of the old
lady's fists to cause him to relinquish bis
hold and fly as if pursued by some indignant
ghost.
Hetty, nearly choking with smothered
laughter, . in spite of trepidation, now came
to the rescue.
"I never was so frightened in all my life !
the mean scamp ! Who can it be, Hetty?
But that dutiful daughter was, to all
appearances, as innocent as a turtle dove.
She soothed the old lady by representing
that it might have been one of the neigh
mors, who,having drank too much, had mis
taken the house aud the housewife.
She searched the entry for the missing
spectacles, dropped in the scuffle; rearran
ged the rumpled cap border? wound up the
tangled yarn; stirred the fire all in the
most amiable manner possible, and at length
had the satisfaction of seeing her mother
subside into her chair and her customary
tranquility.
Mrs. Thomas was now frly awake. She
had a new idea in her head, and instead of
settling herself for another nap, she pur
sued the train of thought and her knitting
at the same time, with wonderful rapidity.
At length she stopped aud looking keenly
at Hetty, she said
"I suppose it's a queer idea of mine, Het
ty, but I've a notion that man was Josiah
Hawley."
My ! but if Hetty's face did not fire up
then. You might have lit a candle by it.
These incipient symptoms did not escape
the wary inquisitor.
" 'Pears so to me. Because those big
whiskers was so much like his'n, aud the
awkward way he grappled me with his great
paws."
Hetty was wouderful busy. She bent over
her work and drew the needle through bo
quickly that the thread snapped, and then
she was so much engaged in threading her
needle again that she didn't have time to
answer.
"I don't believe that kiss was meant for
me after alL Wonder who it was intended
for? and I wonder if you don't know some
thing about it, Hetty.
"Me, mother?"
"Yes, you, Hetty. You was mighty anx
ious to get me and pap off to aunt Martha's
this evening, but I noticed you was slicked
up extraordinary, for all you warn't going.
Now, Hetty, I am getting old; but I hav
en't ouite lost my sight yet. I've heard
something about this between you and Siah
Hawley. Now, what are you playing pos
sum for? Out with it, I say."
Our little schemer, thus abjured, made a
clean breast of it, to find that mother"hadn't
nothin agin him," and would "give father
a talk about it, and bring him around."
"But, Hetty, I want you to tell 'Siah I'd
rather he'd not make such a mistake again-
I don't like to feel his big whiskers about
my face, and I don't approve of promiscu
ous kissing."
'Siah never lizard the last of that blunder.
Old Squire Thomas used to delight to re
hearse the story whenever all parties inter
ested happened to be present. He would
shake his fat sides at Josiah's discomfiture
and his wife's tart replies, and Hetty would
join mm, anu botb would laugh until tne
tears jan down their cheeks.
"Never niind, 'Siah," Mrs.Thouias would
say, consolingly, "let him laugh. lie had
been only too glad to have been in your
place twenty years ago. He had hard work
to get a kiss from me then. Aud I hope it
will be a lesson to you and Hetty agin the
impolicy of concealment and underhand do
ings of all sorts."
A Pithy Sermon to Young Men. You
are the architects of yourowu fortunes. Rely
upon your own strength of body and soul.
Take for your motto, self reliance, honesty
and industry ; for your 6tar,faith .persever
ance and pluck, and inscribe on your banner,
"Be just, and fear not." Don't take too
much advice ; keep at the helm and steer
your own ship. Strike out. Think well of
yourselves. Fire above the mark you intend
to hit. Assume your position. Don't prac
tice excessive humiliwy ; you can't get above
your level water don't run up hilL Ener
gy, invincible determination, with a right
motive, are the levers that rule the world.
The gtcat art of commanding is to take a
fair share of the work. Civility costs noth
ing and buys everything. Don't drink ;
don't smoke ; don't swear ;-dan't gamble;
don't lie ; don't steal ; don't deceive ; don't
tattale. Be polite; be generous; be kind.
Study hard ; play hard. Be in earnest. Be
self reliant. Read good books. Love your
fellow-man as well as your God ; love your
country and obey the laws ; love truth ; love
virtue. Always do what your conscience
tells you to be a duty, and leave the conse
quences with God. JZev. John To J J.
It Depends on Circumstances. Chil
dren are qualified blessings; but whether
altogether or only partly so, they are neces
sary. What sort of a plight should we reach
in century or so without them ? Pitiable,
no doubt. Then let us be kiud to the young
folks. Let us recollect that we were once
such, and likely enough, were just as noisy,
rollicking, nonsensical, cnrlish as any that
we flee about us, and whom we are apt to
censure as a nuisance. Children are proper
ly never a nuisance, though sometimes, as
in case of a young gentleman and lady who
like to be alone, they approach that style.
The worst of children at such times is, they
blab any little tokens of familiarity and affec
tion which they observe. "Pa, I see Mr.
Ferguson kiss Aunt Mary lots in the par
lor ;" or "Aunt Mary had her arm around
Mr. Feguson's neck," and kindred expres
sions, though true enough, are not pleasant
to be noised abroad by stentorian lungs.
Slightly a nuisance then, possibly, but rare
y otherwise.
An exchange tails a story of a disconsolate
widower, who, on seeing the remains of his
late wife lowered into the grave, exclaimed
with tears in his eves : "Well, I've lost
gloves I've lost umbrellas; yes, even oows
and horses; but I never no never had
anything to cut me like this."
A boividing house keeper advertises to
furnish "gentlemen with pleasant and com
fortable rooms, alio one or two gentlemen
with wives."
Henry Ward Beecher thinks the "com
ing man" will ride a velocipede.
The latest report about Jefferson Davis is
that he has the heart disease.
(Ettttrottonal Column.
Mb. Row. The following address, de
livered by Hon. James R. Ludlow, at the
dedication of the Brown-stone School house
in Philadelphia, oa January 21st 1SG9, is
well worthy a place in your columns.
Yours, P. S. W.
Directors oftiieDistrictasd Friends:
It affor js me great pleasure to be with
you to day, so that in person, . I may thank
you for having conferred upon me an unmer
ited, aud certainly an unsolicited honor.
This building has been called by my name.
Why this was done is to me unknown. Oth
er members of the bench and ot the bar,
other citizens of this great couuty, have la
bored in the cause of education for years,
and theymight justly claim the right to be
thus remembered and rewarded ; and be
cause, notwithstanding the merits of others,
you have seen fit to coufer upon me this dis
tinguished honor, I desire again aud again
to thank you for it
I have said that it is an honor thus to be
remembered, and the reason is plain, fur
the building has been erected and is to be
dedicate ! to the cause of education. Here,
children from generation to generation are
to be taught ; here are the foundations to
be laid, strong aud deep, which shall endure
forever.
It is not my intention elaborately to dis
cuss any subject on this occasion? and yt it
certainly will not be considered out of place
very briefly, to refer to the general cause of
education, the present pressing need for ed
cated men and their future.
Pennsylvania legislators never did a no
bler work than when they established the
common school system. All honor to the
noble Governor and those who clustered
around hint (foremost among whom was that
distinguished lawyer, recently deceased), who
determined that the children of J'ennxtha
nia should be educated.
Nature had showered upon our beloved
Commonwealth unto'd wealth ; her valleys-
were beautiful, her streams of water pure
and noble ; her fields yielded rich harvests ;
her boundless forest waved, and her moun
tains towered in majesty; her very bwe!s
were filled with the richest treasures of iron
and of coal. Why should this Common
wealth be disgraced by an ignorant popula
tion of men, women and children?
The God of nature never intended his
masterpiece, man, to wander up and down
the earth unconscious of the power wit bin
him. Material nature is indeed great, but
man, developed man, is greater, and when
our common-school system bec.ttne the nb
ject. of governmental protection, then was
it determined that man should assert the
power which education, cultivated intellect
must of necessity possess, and that, field and
river, and valley and mountain should yield
to him lawful homage, be subject to his
will, and pour their combined wealth at his
feet;
What a glorious paije in tho history of our
State," did the superintendent of oor com
mon schools write, when he dec'arrd that,
with us there are 1.918 school districts,
1 3. 7C6 schools, 16.771 teachers, and last,
and best of all, 800,515 pupils.
What matters it that $6,209,537.96 were
expended in sustaining the schools. In the
Old World, and even with us, splendid
specimens of architecture strike the eye 'f
the traveller; he stands delighted and
amazed ; in one sense, what matters it how
much they cost ; who pauses to calculate
the value in dollars and cents of St. Peter's
at Rome?
Behold eight hundred thousand children ;
consider eaeh has an immortal mind, des
tined to ripen into a maturity of icnoranee
or of knowledge..
If we cannot, will not, stop to calculate
the value of a splendid material structure,
how can we, how dare we, measure by a
meaner standard the cost to the State of a
child's education? Architects, of the minds,
teachers, go on ; the temples you are erect
ing shall survive the crash of, worlds ; other
builders live to see their works crumble into
dust ; yours shall be everlasting. They work
for time ; but you labor for that which shall
endure for eternity.
Just here I must pause and utter a word
of complaint. Do all the children in Penn
sylvania attended school ? I fear not. Will
yon believe it, in Philadelphia county alone
20,000, and in Pennsylvania over 75.0JJ
children (aswill appear by the last message
of the Governor) do not attend school. Must
we open the doors of our houses of refuse",
prisons, and penitentiaries, and permit ibis
army of youth to enter. No.no! This must
not, shall not be; go forth into the hieh
ways and byways, and, like angels ot light,
gather up the little ones, bring them to the
schools, rich and poor alike, and when you
have done this effectively, yon find that for
every dollar expended upon the education of
a child, you have saved hundreds, yea,
thousands to the couutry aud the toniuion
wealth. While we thus speak of the cause of edu
cation, let us not forget the men and women
who mould the youth of the State and nation.
I mean the teachers of the laad.
We honor the hero who leads an armv to
victory; we hang in raptures upon the
burning words of the eloquent orator or
statesman. They earn, and justly, an im
mortality of fame; and yet the teachers who
taught them, each in his sphere, to com
mand armies or thrill Senates, are too often
forgotten. Nor is this all they are not only
forgotten, but starved. Yes, this is literally
true. For it will all appear by the message
of the Governor, already referred to, ilm.
the averaae amount paid to each teacher is
the magnificent sum of$195.17 per annum.
Understand, this last information is" intend
ed for the ears of Petin.-ylvaiiians alone (it
ought to make tbeni tingle), and is to be
considered confidential.
Do not, I beseech you. inform the inhabi
tants of our sister Commonwealths ot this
fact. If, however you do so. prepare to
blush, for blush you must and will. If you
desire to relieve our fair fame of this blem
ish, whisper into the Far of your county
and city officials "our teachers receive on an
average per year $195. 171 !" whisper into
the ear of every citizen vo-i meet, '"Our
teachers receive but $195. 17$ t'er rear ;" and
then, when you have awakened the interest
of everybody, cease to whisper, and in a
voice of thunder shake tjio Senate and House
of Representatives wi-h the cry. ' Our
teachers receive upon an nveraee the sum of
$195.17i per annum !"They surely will lis
ten to your voice, and in hot haste remedy
the evil in an act of Assembly, to lieentitled.
'.An act to increase the pay of our teachers,
as a ma'ter of common ju-tiee, and to wipe
out a Commonwealth's disgrace."
Let me now refer to h present pressing
need for educated men. You will be mis
taken if you suppose that by educated men
we mean to refer only to the tr.emliers of th
learned professions. We want educated men
in the church, at the bar, and beside the
sick ;' and men must be learned if they would
be successful in either profession. But we
also want educated men in every department
of life, and especially educated mechanic.
In the olden time, when a voyage to Eu
rope could be accomplished in six or eight
weeks ; when a stage-coach might make
five miles an hour j when it took nearly as
long to' perform a journey from Washington
to Albany, as it now takes to go from 1'hil
adelphia to San Fiancisco.and when the mag
netic telegraph would have been pronounced
to be an invention of the devil and the oper
ators his imps, it can be well understood
that educated men were not in the greatest
demand. But now behold the change. Upon
every sea our steamers plough the waters at
great velocity, driv.n by engims of marvel
ous construction; upon land locomotives
sweep, with lighting speed, over a boundless
continuity of iron track, in sunshine and In
storm, by day and by night.
The four corners of the earth, now brought
together by steam and telegraph, open to
the merchant a magnificent field of opera
tion, while the financial affairs of two conti
nents rivit the gaze of every financier.
The farmer no longer depends upon the
labor of bis bands, but directs the movement
of some wonderful machine to gather the
crops which he has planted.
1 he steamer should be commanded by ed
ucated men.
The engine should be driven By educated'
engineers.
No merchant can comprehend a com
merce which encircles the globe unless he is
educated. An ignorant banker in an absurd
ity, while scientific knowledge in a farmer,
will make even a barren wilderness to bloom
and blossom like the rose.
We have heretofore spoken of educated
mechanic.
It is a profound mistake to suppose that a
mechanic should not be an educated man.
Some men labor with their brains alone,
while others work with hands and" brarn.
Uutli kinds ot labor are houoiable, and our
country requires both.
I he fact is we need skilled mechanics,
and the nest generation will condemn us it
we do not se-j it, that as a class these efficient
and hoi ored laborers do not disappear ai
togei her
Tha apprentice system provided an admir
able method by which the young men were
not only protected irom the contaminating
influence ot vice, but educated, not only in
what is called a knowledge of books, but. in
a thorough and practical aequaimance with
various trades. It seems, however, in some
quarters, to be supposed that too many
youths may be instructed, and that thus the
value ot the trades wi'l be destroyed by
creating unnecessary and dangerous coinpc
lition.
If those who thus argue will but reflect
upon the growing nature ot the popu
iatatiou, the vast wants of our large. -in j con
s ant ly increasing cities, and of our whole
country, they will see that lhedcmand roust
equal the supply, and the supply will in
crease the demand. At any rate, the prin
ciple U sound which demands a good educa .
tion for every child, adapted to his or her
peculiar character and situation in life, and
thorough in every particular.
Having referred to the present need for
educated men, I shall now speak in conclu
sion of their future. This nation is destined
to play a conspicuous part in the future his
tory of the world ; it seems to have been the
design of the Almighty to locate this lie
public in a geographical position which alone
will insure its greatness.
Our wealth is unbounded, and, as it is to
a great extent undeveloped, educated men
must develop it. In a short time our vast
Western domain will be thick ly populated.
If the Republic is to live forever, our form
of government, must be understood, aud
therefore the people and their children mut
be taught, while the moral, social, and re
ligious welfare of all cannot be neg.ected.
What a f uture field of labor and of tri
umph d'es this open to the gaze of educated
men, and where ate those who shall shite
these labors and earn these rewards?
From our schools, here and elsewhere
yes, aud from this school also shall they
vOine.
Parentsrich and poor, ree to it that your
child is educated ; he ma3' yet rival in repu
tation those engineers who tunnel moun
tains, Sraa great rivers, and with marvellous
skill surmount, as by magic, and every diffi
culty which niitnre presents to binder the
accomplishments of their designs. Perhaps
that child may yet instil into the innds of
the iiiusscj pure ' principles of constitution
al liberty, and thus perpetuate the Govern
ment a mighty co-laborer with? Washing
ton and the founders of the Republic. The
child may now be born in this district, who
shall yet minister to the moral and religious
welfare of the people, and by acts of pure
benevolence aud Chr.&tian devotion rival
the labors and receivo the rewards of the
revered dead, those saints of all ages, whose
ceaseless anthems of adoration and praise
roll before the throne.
The inventative genius of our countrymen
has astonished the world. Is it possible that
the utmost limit of invention, investigation,
and discovery has been reached? No. Vast
as has been our progress, the century will
not close before we ourselves shall be aston
ished at some new discovery or invention of
genius, which will but add to our national
reputation and to the progiessof the human
race.
it is not to much too say that to the teach
ers of the United States, and those under
whose advise and control they act, must the
human race look with the profotindest inter
est. It cannot be otherwise. This land is
washed by the waters of two oceans, tilled
with exhaustless materia! wealth, with every
variety of climate, and of ptoduetion. In
terlocked with ribs of iron and nerves of
wire, the East already embraces the West
in that f; accrual concord which indicates
boh perpetuity and strength.
Soon the shrill whistle of the locomotive
shall awaken the eastern solitudes of the
Rocky Mountains, while the thunder of the
through train shall shake its western slopes ;
and then the wealth of India, China, and
Japan are at our feet. .What docs ail that
mean? If I mistake not, U indicates pow
er the power of the nation. Shall it be
wielded by ignorant men or by the educa
ted. "
This question can easilv be solved when
knowledge in its most compreheiivo sense
shrill be as common among the people as
the iron and coal deposits of this Common
wealth, and the' fruits of her fields are
abundant. Ye legislators, be generous, ev
ermore lend a ready ear to the cause of the
teacher and the taught. Encourage by ev
ery reasonable method their lawful demands.
Teachers, directors of districts, controlers of
tha public schools, work on, your lalior is
one of national importance. Architects of
the immortal mind are ye all, behold the
field go forth and conquer.
Latitude, like a clothes line, stretches
from pole to pole, ; -
TTOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
iJ AND
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC.
THBQBEAT REMEDIES
For all dice ate of the Liver. Stomach, or digea
tive organa.
Hoofland's German Bitters
Is eompond of the pare juioet (or, a they are
medicinally termed, txtracis) of Hoots. Herbg and
Burfca, making a prep aration. highly concen
trated, and entirely free from alcobolio ad
mixture of any kind. t
HOOFLAND S GERMAN TONIC,
la a combination of all the ingredients of the Bit
ters, with the purest quality of Santa Cruz Ham.
Orange. Ao , making one of the tuostpleaaaDt and
agreoable remedies ever offered to the public
Those preferring a Medicine free from Alcohol
ic admixture, will use
HOOFLAND S GERMAN BITTERS.
Those who have no objection to the combination
of the Khters, ai stated; will use
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC.
They are both equally good, and contain the
same medicinal virtues, the choice between the
two being a mere matter of taste, the Tonic being
the most palatable.
The stomaeh. from a variety of eauses. such as
Indigestion, liyapepMa- Nervous Debility, etc.. is
very apt to have its tenctiuns deraneed. The
Liver, sympathizing as closely as it docs with
the Stomach, then be comes affected. the result
of which is that tho patient suffers from seveial
or more ot the following disenses:
Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles, Fulness
of Blood to the Head. Aoidity of the Stomach.
Nausea. Heartburn, Difgust for Food. Fulness
or Weight in the Stomach. Pour Eructations.
Sinking or Fluttering; at the Pitof the Stomach,
Swimming of the Head, Hurried or Difficult
Breathing. Flutteiing at the Heart. Choking or
Suffocating Sensations when in a Lying Posture.
Dim nens of Vision. Dots or Went before tbe .cight.
Dull Pain in the Head, Deficiency of Perspira
tion. Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes. Paiu in
the Side, Uaek,:hcst, Limbs, etc., Sudden flubh-'
ei of Heat, Burni ig in the vlesH, Constant im
aginings of Evil, and great depression of Spirits
Tbe sufferer from ,'hcpe dTscajcs should exercise
the greatest caution in the selection of a remedy
for his cue, purchas:ng only (hat which be is as
sured from his inves ligations and inquiries
po?seses true merit. ' is skilfully compound
ed, is free from injurious' ingr'edidents. and bas
established for itself a reputation for the cure of
these diseases. In this connnection we would
submit those well-known remedies
HoojiantPt Grrman Bitters, and IIooJtatuTt
German Touie. prefiartil 6y Dr. C. iW.
JacLsuu, Pliitatlrlfhia, Pa.
Twenty-two years since they were first intro
duced into this country from Uermany, durin;
which time they have undoubtedly parforuied
more cures, and benefitted suffering humanity io
a greater extent, than any other remedies known
to the public.
These remedies will effectually eure Liver Com
plaint, Jaundice, Dys pepia. Chronic, or Ner
vous Debility, Cbron ic Diarrhoea. Discaseof
tbe Kidneys, and all Diseases arising from a dis
ordered Liver, Stomach, or Intestines.
DEBILITY, -
Resulting from any cause whatever; prostration
of tbe syuetn. induced by severe labor,
hardships, exposure, fevers, etc.
Tbore is no medicine ditant equal to these rem
edies in such cases. A tone and vigor ij imparted
to the whole system, the appetite is strengthed.
fnod is enjoyed, the stomach digests promptly . the
blood ig purified, tbe complexion becomes sound
and healthy, the yellow tinge is eradicated from
the eyes, abloom is given to the cheeks, and tbe
we ik and nervous invalid becomes a strong and
healthy Deiug.
PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE,
And feeling tbe hand of time weighing heavily
upon them, with all its attendant ills.wil' find in
tbe use of this BITTKKS. or the TOXIC, an elixer
that will instil new Mfe into their veins, restore
in a measure the energy and ardor of more youth
ful days.bui'd up their shrunken forms, and give
h.alta and Happiness to tnetr remaining years.
NOTICE.
It is a tII established fact that fully one-half
of the female portion of our population are sel
dom in the enjoyment of good health; or, to
use their owu expres sion. -'never feel well."
They are languid, devoid of all energy, extreme
ly nervous, and have no appetite. To this class
of persons tbe B1TTEK6, or the T0iiIC,is xspe
cially recommended.
WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN
Are matle strong by the use of either of these
remedies. They will cure every case of MAHAS
VL'S, without i
' Thousand of certificates have accumulated in
tl.e bands f the prnprielor but space will allow
of the publication of but a few. Those.it willbe
observed, are men of note and of sdeb standing
that they must believed.
TES TIMONIA LS.
Hon. Grrz W. Wootlwaid, Chirf Jutire of
tho Suprtm Court of Peun'a, mrtle :
Philadelphia. March 16, IS7.
"I find "Hoonand's Herman Hitters' is a
good touic, useful in diseases of the digest
tive organs, and of great benefit in cases of de
bility, and want of -nervous action in tbe system
Yours truly, GEO. W WCODW Alii'."
jto Jam Thomr-vin, JnJgt of tit Supreme
Court of PeMtutylvauia :
Philadelphia, April 23. 185.
'1 consider'Hoofland'sOerman Bitters' aea
alii medieitu in ease i f attacks ot Indigestion or
Dyspepsia. I can certify this from my experi
ence of it. Yoars, with respect.
JAMES THOMPSON.
From Rrv Jotfph II. K'ttitard, D. D '.. PaMo'
of tho I'tnth Baptist Ckurth. Philadelphia.
Dr. Jaclsott Dear Sir: I have been frequent
ly requested to connect my name with recommen
dations ef different kinds of medicines, but re
garding the practice as out of my appropriate
sphere, I have in all eases declined; but
with clear proof in various instances and
particularly in my own fumily. of the usefulness
of Dr. Houftand's (iernau Hitters. I depart for
once from my usual course, to expresx my full
conviction that,Vir frmtral dtliiity of the xyitrm.
ami tnjieriatlt, for Livrr Cnmjtlaitit. it t a s.ift
and wititablt yrrraration. In sum t cases it may
fall, bat usually. I doubt not, it will be very ben
eficial to those who suffer from the above causes
Yours, very respeetfullv.
J. U. RENNARD.8th.bel Cos less t.
Fiom Rev. E. D. Pea Jail. AmmtatU Editor
Christian Chronicle, Philadelphia.
I have derived decided benefit from the nse of
Hooflaods Herman Bitters, and feel it my piivil
ege to recommend them as a roost valuable tonic,
to all who are suffering from general debility or
from diseases arising from derangement of the
liver. Yoars truly, E. I). FENDALL.
CAPTION.
Hoofland's Qerman Kerned"; es are counterfeited
See that the sign iture of C M JACKSON is on
tbe wrapper of eaeh bottle. All others art
counterfeit Princt pal Office and Manufac
tory at tbe German Medicine 6tore.No. 631 AKCH
Street, l'hll adelphia. Pa.
CHARLES M. EVANS, Proprietor.
...... Formerly C. M.JAOiCSON Cc.
Hooflnnd's German Bitters, -er bottle, $1 00
Uooffand's German Bitters, half doten, i DO
IIooBand's German Tonic put up io quart bottles
SI 60 per bottler, or half dosen for S7 50.
X3T Do not forget to examine well tbe articl
yow buy, in order to get the genuine.
- For safe 6y A. I. SHAW Agent Clearfield P.
' AprU 32, 1868-I7.
Q RAPE VINES FORr SALE. All tie
leading, hardy Varieties of first quality
Concord Cuttings, $1,00 per hundred.
Oiders solicited as soon as convenient a'ncT tltii
in rotation, by AM. HILLS,
pt'RE BUCK LEAD, equal in quality to
7 English white, lead; Oils, I'atDts and,
Varnishes ef all Kind's ;' Gold leaf. fa. books, and
bronses. for sala by A. I. SHAW.'
Clearfield", October 1867.
rFHE OLD ESTABLISHED FIRM;
" J. J. RICHARDSON CO.(, . .
128 .Market Street. Philadelphia. are tha largest
ers iu Fruits
-visuuiuviurma- vomecuoneraana n noieeeje ueai-
. Nuts. 4c , in the United States.
March 4, 186
Q L E AR F I E Liy ROU 8 ,
rRONT STREET, PlilLIPSBTJRfl, PA.
. I will iipeach sny one who says Ifail to givw
direct and personal' attention to all our customers,
or fail to cause theci to rejoice over a well fur
nished table. With clean rooms asd aew beds,
where all may feel af home" and the Weary do at
rest, . New stabling attached.
Pbilipsburg, Sep. 2,'68. JAS. H. GALER.
EW BOOT AND SHOE SHOP.
EDW A R D M ACttj
Market Street, nearly opposite tha residence ot
II. B Swoope. Esq.,
Clkarpield, Pa.,
Would respectfully announce to the eitisens of
Clearfield and vicinitv that he has opened a
BOOT AND SHOE SHOP, in the bnildinr lately
occupied by J I.. Cuttle.as alawofnce.aaxf that be
is determined not to be outdone either in q&sflty
of work or prices. Special attention given to the
manufacture ot sewed work. French K'p and
Calf Skins, of tbe best quality, always or ha id.
Give him a call. June H. '8t.
jj O1 M K IN DUSTBri
BOOTS AND STtOfcir
Made to Order at the Lowest Ratc
The undersigned would respectfully i'nvite tbe
attention of the eitisens of Clearflei i ad vicisti
ty, to give him a call at his shop on Market St.
nearly opposite Uartswick A Irwin's drug store,
where he is prepared to make or repair anything
in his line.
Orders entrusted to him Will Ins eieeated with
promptness, strength and neatness, and all werk
warranted as represented.
I have now on hand a stocked extra french
calfskins, superb gaiter tops, Ac, that I will
finish up at tbe lowest figures. . .
June I3th. 186. DANIEL CONNELLY
QlGARS AND TOBACCO.
ADOLPII SCIIOLPP,
MAKcracrcBEB asp Wholesale asd Rxtaii.
Dealer it Cioaus and Tobaccos r
CLEARFIELD. PA.,
Would respectfully announce that Be has remov
ed to the large and commodious store-room, op
posite the rosidonce of U B Swoops, Esq., where
he has opened a general assortment of Tobeeea,
Cigars, etc.. which be is prepared to sell, wholesale
or rctnil. at reasonable prices.
His cigars are made of the very best material,
and in style of manufacture will compare with
these of any other establishment. ,
He has always on hand a superior article of
chewing and smoking tobaccos, to wbieh he di
rects the attention of lovers of the weed."
Merchants and Dealers, throughout the eouaty
supplied at tbe lowest wholesale prioes.
Call and examine his stock when you come to
Clearfield. Jana l, 1888.
JEW STORE AND SAW MILL,
AT BALD HILLS,
Clearfield eorirrtyw
The trhdersignr'iT. having opened a large and"
well selected stock 6f goods, at Bald Hills, Clear
field oounty. respectfully solicit a share of pablie
patronage.
Their stock embraces' Dry Goods, Groceries,
Hardware. Queensware. Tin-ware, Boots and Shoes,
Hats and Caps, cady made Clothing, a ad a gan
erftl assortment of Notion, eter.
They always keep on hand the best quality af
Flour, and a variety of Feed '
All goods sold cheap for cash, or exchanged for
approved country produce.
Having aim erected a Steaaa Saw Sil, tkey are
predated to (aw all kinds of la ber t order.
Orders solicited, and punctually ftllad.
Nov. 20, lb457. F. B. A A. ISM IS.
s
O M E T U t N O U W
IN ANSON VILLE,
Ck-m-Scld county, Peun'a.
The undersigned having areetsd, duriag tb
past summer, a large and commodious store room,
is now engaged in filling it ap with a sow and
select asaortmentof Fall and Winter goods, which
he offers to the public at prices to fnit tho times
ii is stock of Mens Dd boys" clothing is ucasual
1y extensive, and is offered to' envtomers at from
$10 to $20 for a whole suit. Flour. Salt, aad (tra
ceries, of every kind, a complete assortment;
Stoves and Stove-pipe, a heavy stock; Boots and
Shoes, lists and Caps, in great variety : Ladies'
drees goods, furs, and ether faney goods, together
with an endless assortment ef notions teatodioM
to enumerate, alwsys on hand, and sor sala Tory
cheap. Prints at la eeats a yard. and other goods
in pruporjion Now i the time to buy.
Country produce of every kind, at the highest
market prices, will be taken ia exchange for
goods; and even Greenbacks will not bo refused
for any article in store'. Eamiae my stock be
fore you buv elsewbefo.
October r.tcW7. H.SWAN.
J U S" T I N TIME!
THE NEW GOODS AT
A. K. WRIGHT & SONS,
. CLEARFIELD, PA.,
Having jwst returned from tha eastern eitiea
we are uo opening a full stock of seasonable
goods, at our rooms On Second street' to which
tbey respectfully invite the attentioa ot tha pub
lic generally. Oar assortment is unsurpassed
in this section, and is being sold vary low for
oash. The stock consists in part of
DRYGOODS
of the best quality, such as Prints. Delaines, Alpa
as. Merinos. Ginghams; Muslins, bleached and
stnbleached ; Drillings Tickings, eottonand wool
Flannels. Cassimers. Ladies' Shawls, Costs, Nu
bias. Hoods. Hoop skirts, Balmorals, .. Ao.. all
of wl-tch will bo sold Law ros casi. Also, a fine
assortment of tha best of
MEN
WEAR,
Consisting of Drawers aad Shirts, Hat and Cape,
Boots and Shoes, Handkerehieftt cravats, at.
Also. Baft Rope. Dog Rope, Raltina Angara
and Axes. Nails and Spikes. Tinware, Lamps aad
Lamp wicks and chimneys, etc., eto.
- Also, Qoeensware. Glassware. Hard ware, Groee
ries. and spices of all kinds la short, a general
assortment of everything usually kept ia a retail
store, all cheap' for task, or approved country
produce
Nov. 23-jal0-nol3. WRIGHT A gfCT.
GKOCND AND UNG ROUND PPICES. Clrrm
English Currants, Essence Coffee, and Via
gar of the best quality. for sale by
Jan 10- HARTSWrCg A IRWIN.
MUSICAL GOODS. violins flutes flfeserarenets,
accord eons. Italian strings, guitar trinfs,,
clarionet reeds, music paper. Instruction books
for sala by J. P. ERAIZR,afont for Plaaos as
organs. - - January t, 184ft
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