BY S. J. BOW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1870."
VOL. 16.-N0. 46.
Story of Parish Justice.
The war Lai broken out between England
anJ France ; Douaparte had broken the
treaty ol Auiieos ; all was consternation
a:uo:ii' the English in India, particularly
ihoic who had valuable cargoes at sea, and
tLosu who v;er about to return to their na
tive '. .iid. I was oue of the latter class ; so
I j.Af'.iliy accepted a passage home on board
a la:ie Do'itijark, as yet, remaining neu
tral ia the ejuatrel.
So far at luxury went, I certainly found
her very inferior to the regular India-men,
La', as a .ailor Ate was far superior, and in
j oint ot diaciole, her crew was as well regu
lateJ, and a sirictly commanded, as the
crew of a British man-of-war. In fact, such
order, i sulatity aud implicit obedience I
fv.u'-' ii'ivcr have believed to exist on board
a Kirlih in'iijun.
Tlif fhicf mute 'as one of the finest young
men i mc:' .-w. lie had just been promo
ted to h's present post not from the mere
l.iet oi his iifiiie the owner's son,, but really
iiOiii .-terlir.., afh-ii. He was beloved by
the orevr, ati oij;; whom ho had serTcd, as is
uu.i! tLs Dan'.sli service, five years, aud
v:is cua!!y popular with his brother officers
s.i the pa senders returning to Europe.
Tin- only La 1 character we had on board
was th- ouk a warthy. ill lootii j I'ortu
who niauaged somehow or other
1 1 iy to cause oauie disturbance among the
imrii. Fur this he had often been re-.
priiuauJcJ, aud this evening when this
;-eti !: opci..- had just been released from
ir ni, i;.;o tibii-h he had been ordered lor
'.'.it a:;J twc!'ty hours by the chief mate,
;. i Lain' u'i.'mpted to poison a sailor who
l.a-l .!: tiueu l.iui. In return for haviog
j :;!.;-iu d hiti- thus severely the irritated
l'..r.i.gae.-L -vvore to revenge himself on the
i.i-t u'tio.-r. j
The te who was called . Charles, was
valuing in tLe waut with a besuti.'ul young I
j! i-h -.ill, to whom he was engaged to
k .iiarii'-d, when .-ulleiily, ere asDulcou'.d
ii.'c: or even suspect his dein, the
. 1 L n;.-hel fjrffirl and buried his Lnife
u'.li one plunge into the heart of the un
;;tui:ate young ma;i, wl.o full, without a
rr. . :is the exultant l'ortugue.--e burs; forth
i y a '".vuii-iiiac laugh of triumph.
Cnr'mM ious of the full extent of her be-
iv. iv. i-:.-nt, th; poor -rirl hung over him ;
"..! a friend who rushed forward to support
) in; drew the knife from his bosom, with
Lu v.".:t tlie youug man turned towards her,
t.v.v her a last look of affection, and as the
1 left he wound, fell a cuipse iu the
:.. ' of hiui who held him.
! iMs tiaie the Captain had come on
i-.L. Ii tlied tears like a chil l, for he
i nd the young man as his own son. The
ri it erated crew would have instantly fal
! ;i mi the as.as.-.ia and takeu summary veu
1 : ..;:ee. but were wily kept within bounds
'. tiicir e iiniuaudor'a prceenee. The cook,
. 11 aj j.ear.'d to glory in his djed, was iti
i amiy reized and coufiued. The corpse
vj- taken be-low while the wretched betroth
ed i as can led in a state of iuensibility to
i.er eabiu,
Ilight t.t-ii-i had struck, the following
e tiling, when I received a summons to al
u. 1 1 on deck. 1 therefore instaully aacen-di-d,
an 1 found the whole of the crew, tltev
ted iii their .Sunday clothes, together with
ai! the ol5i .-cr of the s'lip and the uialepas-.-
tigers aiseiubled. The men off duty were
lining cither side of the deck ; the Captain,
?'Jrrounded by his officers, was standing im
mediately in lront of the poop, and the body
i f the unfortunate victim lay stretched on a
grating over which the national flag of
I'eiitiia k had been thrown immediately iu
the centre. In an instant I saw that I was
Miniti,;ii:e 1 to b; present at the funeral of
the chief mate, and my heart beat high
with grief as I uncovered my head aud step
ped on the taarter deck.
It was nearly a dead calm, we had parsed
t!.e trades aud were fast approaching the
line-; the fcun had beuu to decline, but- still
b iriit with a fervent heat, the saiis hung
l;:!e ;y against the masts, and the uiaiu-
v. iis was braided up, in order to allow the
1 .'.. should any cri-e, logo forward. 1
rved all the unrniii; a still stronger
iiiiiie:-.tiin of our approach to the torrid
Z'jiie. Through the clear blue water I had
reiiiaiked a couple of sharks following the
vt.---.jl. aL'cuiij.auied by their usual compan
i 'lis. the pilot fi.-di. TLis the sailor, had
t-s.-ievtrd as a matter of course, as they su
I rst'ui.iusly believe that these mousters of
tie deep always attach themselves to a ship
in whi h 0 dead body lie, anxiously antici-l-ating
their dreadful meal. In their ap
1 '-arance, however, I ouly saw the the usual
aiiiittuiiex-ment of our vicinity to the liue.
I ti such weather, placed in a ship which
.v?ms to rej.resei.t the whole world shut
out from all save the little band which en
circled us, with the wide and fathomless ele
ment around us tha ethereal throne from
which God seems to look down upon us; at
c'!i'j moment our yoice rising in solid prayer
'. r .ine wc had loved, and the next the splash
of the divid:d waters, as they receive in
their btisom the creature He has made all
tiiei-e, at such a moment, make the heart
thrill with a deeper awe, a closer fellowship
with iti Creator thin any resident on Bhore
anknjw; a consciousness of the grandeur
f God aud the feebleness of man, which
those alone can feel who "go down in ships
to ee the wonders of the deep."
I took my place with the other passengers.
Not a word was spoken, for we all believed
we were about to witness the last rites over
our late friend, and consequently stood and
waited in anxious silence ; when suddenly a
steady tramp was heard, and the larboard
watch with drawn cutlasses, slowly marched
down th deck, escorting the murderer,
whom they conducted to the eido of the
corpsc,then withdrew a few paces and form
eda line which completed the hollow square.
We now began to exchange glance'. Sure
ly the assassin had not been brought here to
witness the burial of his victim ; and yet
what else could it be for? Had it been for
trial (as we had often heard the Danes pro
ceed to instant investigation aud summary
punishment), we should probably have seen
the tackle prepared for hangiug the culprit
at the yard arm. This, however, was not
the case, and wc all, therefore, felt puzzled
as to the meaning of the scene.
We were not long ke. t in doubt. The
second officer read from a paper which he
held in his hand, the full power delegated to
the Captain to hold court-martials, and to
carry their sentences in effect ; the law in
similar cases, &e., and called on the prisoner
to know whether he would be tried iu the
Danish language. To this he sullenly as
sented, and the court was declared to be
open.
The flag was suddenly withdrawn from the
face of the corpse, and even the monster
who had struck the blow shuddered as he
beheld the calm look of him whom he had
so foully murdered. The trial now proceed
ed in the most solemn manner. Evidence
of the strongest kind was adduced and the
deed clearly brough t home to the accused.
I confess that my blood turned cold when I
saw the knife produced which had been used
as the instrument of the murder.'and the
demon-like smile of the prisoner as he be
held it, stained as it was with the blood of
one who had been compelled by hid duty to
punish him.
After a strict investigation, the Captain
appealed to all present, when the prisoner
was unanimously d-iclared guilty. The offi
cers put on their hats and the Captain pro
ceeded to pass sentence. Great was my
surprise (not understanding one word which
the commander said), to see the culprit
throw himself on his knees and begin to sue
for mercy. After the unfeeling and obdu
rate manner in which he hail conducted him
self such an appeal was unaccountable ; for
il was quite evident he did not fear death,
or repent tha deed he had committed. What
threatened torture could thus bend his har
dened spirit I was at a loss to conjecture.
Four men now approached and lifted up
the corpse. A similar number seized the
pri.ioner, while tea or twelve others ap
proached with strong cords. In a moment
I understood the whole, and could not won
der at the struggles of the murderer as I saw
him lashed back to back, firmly, tightly,
without the power to move, to the dead
body of his victim. His cries were stopped
by a sort of pair, aud with the body he was
iaid on the grating, and carried to the gang
way. The crew mounted on the nettings
and up the shrouds. A few prayers from
tha Danish burial service Were cad by a
chaplain on board, and the dead and the liv
ing, the murderer and the victim, were
launched into etcrniry, bound together.
As the dreadful burden separated the clear
water, I caught a glimpse of the living man's
eye as lie was falling ; it haunts me even to
this tuuiueut ; there was more than agony
iu it.
We paused only for a few moments and
turned away, ami sought to forget the stern
and awe-inspiring punishment we had seen
inflicted. I was glad when Sg-uddeu breeze
drove us away from the tragic scene.
There is a vast copper mine in England
where shafts extend many hundred yards
under the sea. The moaning of the waves
as they dash ag?in-it the rocks is forever
sounding in those gloomy isles. When the
stoim comes, the sound of the waters be
comes terrific, aud eveu the boldest miners
cannot stay below, but leave their work and
come out upon the earth. Overhead are
uiaseof bright copper streaming through
the gallery in all directions, traversed by a
network of thin, red vj;ius of iron, and over
all the salt water drips down from tiny crev
ices in the rock. Immense wealth of metals
is contained in the?e roots, but no miner
dares give it another stroke with his pickaxe.
Already there has been one day's work too
much upon it, as a huge wedge of wood
driven into the rock bears witness. The
wedge is all that keeps back the sea from
bursting in upon them. Yet there are
three tiers of galleries where men work day
by day, uot knowing but at some fatal hour
the flood may be upon them, rendering all
escape as hopeless as it was in the day of
Noah.
Sol'niioNiirs, a wise teacher, would not
suffer his grow n up sons and daughters to
associate with those whose conduct was not
pureud upright. "Dear father," said
the gentle liulalia to him one day, when he
forbade her, in company with her brother,
to visit the volatile Lucinda, "you must
thiuk us very childuh if you imagine that
we would be exposed to danger by it." The
father took in silence a dead coal from the
hearth and reached it to his daughter. "It
will not burn you, my child; take it." She
did so, and behold ! her delicate white hand
was soiled and blackened, and her dress soil
ed too. "We cannot be too careful iu han
dling coals: even if they do not burn, they
blacken. So it 19 with the company of the
vicious."
Uncle Jed, up country, don't believe in
one of the Hartford inventions. He don't
see "the benefit of a weed sewing machine."
He is pestered enough with the plagued
things without sowing them.
A tavern boaster the othe day, vaunting
his knowledge ot the world, was asked by a
wag at his elbow if he bad been in Algebra.
"Oh yes,' said he, 'I once passed through
in on top of a stage.'
(Mmtttonal
Annual Eeport of the County Superintend
ent of Clearfield County.
I. EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS.
"TIocses. The new houses that Lave been
built during the past year, are as follows:
Beccaria, one ; Coggs, two ; Dradford, one ;
iracty, two; liurnjulc, one ; Chest, two;
Decatur, one, and Huston, one. Nearly all
these are first-class buildings. A number of
old ones have been so remodeled that they
now present botu the comfort and appear
ance of new ones. One hundred and tiftv
seven s shools, aud one hundred and fifty four
houses in the county. Eighty of these are
classed as gooa ; any one as midJliuir. and
twenty-three as very poor. Many of the
lost are injurious to the health ot nunils.
They should, and no doubt will, soon be re-
1 .. 11 1 .
piaeeu py gooa ones. j tew or tne new
houses have been built without any fore
thought or plan, and are a disgrace to the
districts. JJtrectors should examine plans,
visit some of the best houses in the countv.
aud have such houses built as thcu want, in
stead of being influence I by contractors, as
is sometimes the case, and allowing them to
erect such as may be most profitable to them.
Fl'RMTL'ttE will class very nearly with the
1 . 1. ... 1
nouses. jx gooel nouse, occasionally, has
poor furniture, but more frequently the fur
niture is better than the house. Those class
ed as mid Uing have insufficient furniture,
and those very poor have uone fit for use.
Ari'AUATUS. Eighty complete sets of
outline maps are 111 use, and a number of
schools are supplied with charts of various
kinds, such as Oigood s, hauders aud the
National. In addition to those reported last
year, the directors of Decatur, Jordan,
Woodward, i'enn and Guelich, have sup
plied their schools with Globes.
Tkaciiers. We have a few competent
and well qualified teachers, but a large ma
jority lack in qualifications and experience.
i he scarcity ot good ones is a uatural con
sequence, so long as there is uo distinction
made in wages aud when the salary paid,
iu many districts, is inadequate to assist
them iu their self sacrificing efforts to be
come better qualified. It is a pleasure to
know, however, that we are much better
provided for, in this reipot, thau we were a
lew years ago.
Modes of Instruction were about the
same as tue previous year ; except, a lew
teachers forced their pupils, two or three
times, through the different books in a sin
gle term or lour months. Few, if any, of
the pupils comprehended the elementary
principles, and the teachers gained eonnid-
erable popularity in the profession, and were
set down, by patrotu and di-ectors, as model
teachers. How long they will be satisfied
to be thus agreeably aud satisfactorily de
ceived, remains to be seen. The motto
should be, "not how much but how well."
Elemkntaut Instruction. It is a mis
take to suppose that any oue, who has only
studied the simplest English rudiments, is
fitted to instruct in a primary school. The
lir.-t steps are the most difficult as wsli as
t he most important : therefore, the very
best teachers should be employed for such
scuoois, as the highest skill is needed.
From the bungling processes in the prima
ry schools, often springs a lasting dislike to
study, and the choicest talents lie motion
less and inactive for the want of skilful
teachers in the primary schools,
.I'akental Co-oi'Eration. On the part
of many parents, a greater degree of iudif
ference is manifested, than is consistent
with their relation to school matters. Ties
of the tenderest sympathy should be formed
between their homes and their schoola and
a common inteie it interwoven. This accom
plished and our schools would become more
extensive iu their scope, mot complete in
their departments, and more thorough in
their efficiency. "As 13 the school so will
be the people," is as true "as is the teacher
so will be the school." Our most pressing
ueed to day, therefore, is good teachers .
teachers who will not goby the printed mau
uals, asked the ptiuted questions, and bijr
the printed answers ; but living ones, that
will present things before their names and
"ideas before words."
Directors. A uumber of these officers
are active aud perform their dut es well. We
hive a few, however, who are opposed to
the system, and others to all measures of
improvement. j1 ore care in me selection 01
teachers is necessary on the part of directors.
The movement, of the whole school entire
ly dependent upon the teacher. It is uot to
the incapacity ot our citildren, but to the
teacher, that we are to trace a want of pro
gress in some of our schools; therefore,
special discrimination and prudence should
be used in selecting teachers, on whom the
welfare of our children so much depends.
11. educational work.
Examinations. Held twenty-three pub
lic and a large number of private examina
tions ; issued one hundred and sixty-three
provisional certificates and rejected ten ap
plicants. Forty-uiue directors and eighty
five citizens were pre.-ent, and appeared
much pleased with the exercises. Traveled
oue thousand six hundred and seventy miles,
wrote three hundred ami fifty-four official
letters and taught eight weeks in the Nor
mal Institute.
VisiTATiONS.-With five exceptions all the
schools of t lie county were visited, and a
few the secoud time ; spending, generally,
from two an 1 a half to three hours in each.
In twenty-live districts one or more directors
and citizens accompanied me, aud iu all 70
directors and J5 cittzen..
A Normal Institute was opened in
Clearfield, 011 the 2d of May, and continued
in session eight weeks; although small com
pared with lortncr ones, it is believed that
il did some good.
HI. WORK BY OTHER AGENCIES.
"Clearfield Academy," conducted by Rev.
P. L. Harrison, A. M., "School forGirli,"
conducted by Miss flattie Swan, and a num
ber of select schools throughout the county,
assist more or less directly or indirectly in
advancing the cause of education.
Districts Superintendents. Tna num
ber of districts, the Secretary acted in this
capacity. Where tha duty is faithfully per
formed, by one who has been a practical
teacher, the beneficial results are plainly
visible. It seems to me this position should
nerer be filled by any other, as the changes
often suggested by an inexperienced one,
only cripple the usefulness of the teacher.
Countt Institute was held in Curwens
ville last October, and in many respects, was
a decided success. Valuable information
was imparted to tha teachers, by the Hon.
J. P. Wickersham, State Superintendent,
and Prof. C. E. Cady of New fork. Some
of our own teachers took an active part
The election, for our State, being held on
the same week, detained many persons in
terested in the cause of education, hence
the attendance was not so large as the pre
vious year.
IV. OBSTACLES IM THB WAT OF 1 M t-ROV EM NT.
1. The want of morecompetent and faith
ful teachers ; 2. short school te-rms aud low
wages; 3. the frequent change of teachers.
So strong is the desire to change, that only
eight or ten schools during the last fouryears,
have been taught for two successive terms
by the same teacher, and but two or three
for a longer period ; 4. irregular attendance
of pupils. The evil results from this are
patent to all ; aud when parents know that
the absence of one pupil is not only an inju
ry to himself, but to the whole cltiss, I can
not see why they do not endeavor to adapt
their home arrangements more to those of
school for without the parents co-operation
little progress can be made ; with it much
more than now is can be accomplished; 5.
incompetent directors, and carelessness of
others in the administration of school affairs.
V. TO PROMOTE IMPROVEMENT.
1st. A law requiring directors to be sworn,
particularly Secretaries, to a proper dis
charge of their duties. 2d. An iujiease of
the State appropriation, sufficient to keep
all the schools of the State open four mouths
in the year. 3d. An iocrease of the mini
mum length of school term to six months.
Teachers cannot be prevailed upon to quali
fy themselves for the duties of a profession
which does not guarantee to them more than
four mouths employment. 4th. Appropri
ate school buildings iu Clearfield borough,
with grounds sufficient to accommodate ail
the children ; under the control of a compe
tent aud faithful teacher, who should have
the power to ad pt aud carry out a rigid
course of discipline ; a board of directors,
who feel an interest in all the children, aud
the cry ot "public nuisance" would cease to
be so common iu our county seat.
Financial IIecokhs. With.the consent
of directors, a uniform by-Mem of keeping
school accounts will be established in every
district. A. reform is very much needed.
Public Sentcm ent has long been favora
ble to the school system. It is true, there
are neighborhoods where little or no interest
felt, where buildings aud furniture unsuita
ble for school purposes still remain, where
persons who are known to be opposed to in
creasing the taxes tor school purposes, or
paying teachers better wages are elected di
rectors ; but the large majority see the im
portance of havinz their children well in
structed iu the English branches. The idea
of erecting a commodious school edifice in
each district ot ten or more schools, to which
all the advanced pupils may be scut, has
been suggested to many ot t lie boards, and
is rapidly training favor. If such schools
could le established. with the Normal Insti
tute, the district schools, by a continuous
chain, would be connected with the great
Normal Schools of the State.
STATISTICS.
Bradford. Schools six : average time.
four months ; teachers, six ; four males at
an average of $42.o0, and two lemales at an
average oi 540 per mouth; pupils 272;
males 1,'jS, average J25; females. 114, aver-
e Uo ; per centaee bU. .biuances, tax lev
ied $1,458 80 ; appropriation and unseated
land tax $273 17; balance on hand from
lost year -k6 an. Teachers wages $1,000;
fuel, fees ot Collector and Treasurer, &c.,
JPJ2 27; building aud repairiiiK $876 7'J:
debt due per last report sinee paid $350 70;
debt due by district $28'J S3.
Jordan. Schools, tour ; average time.
four mouths ; teachers, four; one male at
$U5, aud three females at an average of $30
per mouth; pupils 126; males 02, average
45 ; iemalcs 63, average 48 ; percentage SO.
Finances, tax levied $752 10; unseated
laud tax and other sources, $206 J0 ; ap
propriation $0S. Teachers wages $440 ;
fuel, lees of Collector aud Treasurer $110;
repairing and debt due per last report since
paid $707 04 ; debt due by district $1C9 'J4.
Dradford, (1ml.) Schools, one; av
erage time, four months ; one male teacher
at 38 per month ; pupils, 34 J" male) 16,
average 12; female 18, average 10; percen
tage 00. Finances, tax levied $105; ap
propriation aud balance on hand $22 25.
Teacher's wages $152 ; fuel $6; debt due
by district $30 75.
Onion". Schools, two ; average time,
six months ; two male teachers, at an aver
age ot $39 per mouth ; pupils 'J7; males
52, average 2'J; females 45, averaee 30 ; per
Ci-utage74. Finances, tax levied $317 16;
appropriation and unseated landtax$ 164 53 ;
luel, tc, $S1 57; debt due by district
$45 3.8; balance on haud from last year
$23 50.
Curwensyii.le. Schools, three ; aver
age time, four months; teachers, three ;
two males at an average of $52 50 ; oue fe
male at $35 per month ; pupils 162 ; males
80, average 74 ; females 73, average 01 ;
per centage SO. Finances, tax levied $1,
715 OS ; from other sources $603; appro
priation and balance on baud from last year
$005. Teachers wages $500 ; fees of Col
lector, building and debt due per last report
since paid, Ac, $1,517 78; balance on band
$'JS5 36.
Pf.nn. Schools, five; average time four
and one-fifth mouths ; teachers, five ; four
males at au average of $40 ; one female, at
$34 50 per month ; pupils 178 ; males J9,
average 06 ", females 79, average 54 ; per
cetitage 73. Finances, tax levied $632 77 ;
appropriation, unseated laad tax, and from
duplicates 186S-9 $906 33. Teachers wa
ges, $818; fuel and fees of Collector, fcc,
$165 35 : exonerations $98 93; balauce on
hand $456 82.
Dloom. Schools, three; average time,
four months; three female teachers employ
ed, at an average of $28 per month ; pupils,
119; males 65 ; average. 44 ; females 54 ;
average 30; per centaj-e 50. Finances, tax
levied, $277; unseated land tax and other
sources, $135 ; appiopriation and balance on
hand from last year, 71. Teachers' wages,
$336 ; fuel and fees of Collector, $65 ; bal
ance on haud, $82.
Pike. Schools, seven ; average time, four
months; teachers, seven; four males and
three females, at an average of $3j 83 per
month; pupiis, 259; males, 148; average,
100 ; females. 111; average, 75; per cent
age, 72. Finances, tax levied, $1,910 38 ;
unseated land tax and appropriation, $191.
Teachers' wages, $950 ; fuel, fees of Collec
tor, Treasurer, &c, $284 78; debt due per
last report, since paid, $993 28 : debt due
by district, $126 68.
Morris. Schools, seven ; average time,
four months teachers, seven ; three males
and four females, at an averaee ot $40 per
month, pupils, 326; males, 178; average,
112; females, 148; average, 89; per cent
ape, 02. Finances, tax levied, $1,008 62;
unseated land tax, $400 ; appropriation and
fiom other sources, $350 22. . Teachers'
wages, $960 ; fuel.fees of Collector, Treasu
rer, repairing and exonerations, $610 98 i
balance on hand, $237 86.
BiKHis. Schools, six ; average time, four
months; teachers, six; five males at an av
erage of $39; and one female at $35 per
month; pupils, 218; males, 130; average,
85 ; females, 83 ; average, 55 ; per cenUge,
60. Finances, tax levied, $1497 56; un
seated land tax and appropriation, $378 20;
Teachers' wages, $ J20 ; fuel, fees of Col
lector, etc., $191 ; building and interest on
debt, $906 46 ; debt due per last report and
still unpaid, $641 58; debt due by district,
$786 28.
Chest. Schools, six; average time, four
months ; teachers, six ; males, Hve, at an
average of $34 ; female, one, at $30 per
month; pupils, 225; males, 115, average,
90; females, 110, average, 85; percentage,
80. Finances, tax levied, $1,502 37 ; appro
priation, $118. Teachers' wages, $800;
fees of Collector and Treasurer, $205 ; build
ing, $800 ; debt due per last report, since
paid,$850 60; debt due by district,$l,035 23.
Graham. Schools, five ; average time,
four months ; teachers, five ; male, one, at
$40 ; females, four, at an average of $3S per
mouth; pupils, 202; males, 107, average,
95 ; females, 95. average, 68 ; per centage,
72. Finances, tax levied, $982 41 ; unseat
ed land tax. appropriation and other sources,
$146 74. Teachers' wes, $763 ; fuel, tees
of Collector, &c, $214 41 ; purchasing
ground and repairing, $46 75 ; debt due per
last report, sinee paid, $100.
Huston. Schools, tour ; average time,
six months ; teachers, four ; males two, and
iemales two, at an average salary of $35 per
month; pupils 100; males 51, average 35;
female 49, average 37; percentage 70. Fi
nances, tax levied $170; unseated laud tax
$1,000. Teachers' wages $840; fuel and
fees of Collector $79 9; building $700;
balauce due by district $449 86.
Knox. Schools, four; average time,
four mouths ; four female teachers at an
average of $30 per mouth; pupils, 130;
males 78, average 05 ; leuiaLcs 58, average
46 ; per cent age 78. Finances, tax levied
$565 05; unseated land tax, au appiopria
ation $070. Teachers' wages $40; fuel,
fees of Collector, repairing, &c. $134; bal
ance on haud $506.
Gosuen. Schools, three ; average time,
sis and five sixth months ; teachers, ttiree ;
oue male six mouths, at $36; two females
seven and one fourth mouths, at $30 per
mouth; pupils, 104; males 43, average 35;
females 61, average 45; per ceutage 80. Fi
nances, tax levied $424 21; unseated laud
tax, appropriatiou and balance on hand from
luit year $992 24. Teachers' wages $651 ;
fuel, fees of Collector, &c., $191 46; pur
chasing ground, building and repairing $503;
balance on hnd $70 99.
GiRARD. Schools, lour; average time,
six months ; teachers, four; males, two, at
$40 ; females, two, at $37 50 per mouth ;
pupils, 117; males 68, average 40; females
49, average 30 ; per ceutage 70. Finauces,
tax levied $509 87 ; unseated laud tax, ap
propriation aud balance on hand from last
year $688 61. Teachers' wages $930 ; fuel,
fees of Collector, Sic,, $73 83 ; balauce on
haud $184 54.
Drady. Schools, eleven ; average time,
four months ; teachers, eleven ; males six
and females five, at an average of $39 06i
per mouth ; pupils, 507 ; males 296, average
221 ; females 211, average 143 ; per centage
72. Finances, tax levied $2,843 44; un
seated laud tax and other sources $875 ; ap
propriatiou aud balance on haud from last
year $1,808 27. Teachdr-s wages $1,718 77;
luel, toes of Collector, &c, $393 57 ; pur
chasing ground, building, &c, $2,00l 55;
balance ou hand $1,407 32.
Decatur. ScUooln, seven; average time,
four months j teachers, seveu ; males six, at
an average ot $43 331 ; females oue, at $40
per mouth ; pupils, 2y7 ; miles 165, average
130 ; females 132, average 100; per ceutage
75. Finances, tax levied $4,100 ; unseated
land tax and appropriatiou $608 50. Teach
ers' wages $1,200 ; fuel, fees of Collector,
fcc, $434; building aud repairing $1,082;
balance ou haud $1,992 50 no allowance
made for exonerations.
Covington. Schools, five; average time,
four mouths; teachers, five; males three, at
au average of $38 50 ; females two, at an
average of $35 per month; pupils, 206;
males 102, average 69; females 104, average
79 ; per centage 68. Finauces, tax levied
$070 7S ; unseated land tax, appropriation
aud balance on hand from last year $577.
Teachers' wages $742; fuel, fees of Collec
tor, &e., $103 25; balance on hand $402 53
no allowance made for exonerations.
Kartuaus. Schools, three ; average
time, tour months ; teachers, three ; mate,
one, at $40 ; females, two, at an average of
$33 33J per month; pupils, 112; males,07,
average, 48 ; females, 45, average, 35 ; per
centage, 61. Finances, tax levied, $523 48;
unseated laud tax, $133 50; appropriation
and balance on hand from last year, $703 66.
Teachers' wages, $640 ; fuel, $93 86 ; bal
ance Oil haud, $631 73.
Deccakia. Schools, nine ; average time,
four months; teachers, nine; males, five,
at au average of $38 10; females, four, at
an average of $37 75 per month ; pupils,
299; males, 146, average, 119 ; feuiales,153,
average, 101 ; per centage, SO. Finances,
tax lcyiecUl,726 07; unseated land tax.
$222 12 appropriatiou and balance on hand
from last year, $306 68. Teachers' wages,
$1,366; fuel, fees of Collector.&c, $240 50;
purchasing ground, building, &&, $655 50;
debt due by district, $7 13.
Lumber City. Schools, one ; average
time, four months; oue male teacher at $50
per month ; pupils, 75 ; males, 35, average,
28 ; females, 40, average, 30 ; per centage,
50. Finances, tax levied, $203 23 ; appro
priatiou and balauce on hand from last year,
$72 63. Teachers' wages, $200 ; fuel, fees
of Collector, exonerations, &c, $58 22 ; bal
ance on band, $17 69.
Osceola. Schools, two ; average time,
four months; teachers, two males, at au av
erage of $50 per mouth ; pupils, 185 ; males
89, average 64 ; females 96, average 58 ; per
centage 81. Finances, tax levied, $651 99;
appropriation, balance on haud and from
other sources $285 99. Teachers' wages
$500 ", fuel, fees of Collector and repairing
$106 85 ; cash in hand $222 23.
Clearfield. Schools, three ; average
time, six months : teachers, three ; one
main ht $75. two females, at an average ot
$37 50 per month ; pupils, 205 ; males 144,
average 105 ; females 61, average 44. bi
nances, tax levied $1,802 12 ; appropriation
$120. Teachers' waecs $9o0; fuel, fees of
Collector. Ac, $284 20; purchasing ground
and repairing $1,315 56; debt due by dis
trict $577. , ' .
Ferguson. Schools, four; average time,
four months ; teachers, four; one male and
three females, at an average of $25 per
month; pupils, 159 ; males 71, average 43 ;
females 88, average 57; percentage CO. Fi
nances, tax lexied $606 42 ; appropriation
and uneated land tax $89 95. Teachers'
wages $400", fuel, fees of Collector, &&,
$76 47 ; cash on hand $219 90.
Lawrence. Schools, eleven ; average
time, four months; teachers, eleven; males
eight, at an average of $40 90 ; females
threa, at an average of $40 per month ; pu
pils 425 ; males 233, average 156: females
192, average 120; per centage 72.
G. W. Snyder, Co. Supt.
W. WALTERS. ATiapv.r a, t
. ClwSeld. Pa. Office in the Court Hoos!
ITALTER BARRETT, Attorney at Lew. Cle,
v elt. P- My 13, 1S63.
JB. GRAHAM BONS.De.Iers in Drv-Good.
. Groceries, Hardware, Queeniwiire. Woodn
ware, Provision, ete., Market St. Clearfield. Pa,
HP. BIGLER CO., Dealers in H, war.
a and manufacturers of Tin and Sheet-iron
rare, Second Street, Clearfield. Pa. Mar 'TO.
HF. NAUGLE, Watcn and Clock Maker, and
. dealer in Watches, Jewelry, Ac. Room in
Grahau'srow, Marketitreet. Nov. 19
HBUCHER 6WOOPE. Attorney at Law.Clear
. field. Pa. OfiEc inUraham's Row. fourdoo
west of Graham A Boynton'a store. Not. la.
rpnrs j mccullocoh, attorts-at-law.
X Clearfield, P. All legal bu-inef prompt
ly attended to. , Oct. 27. 18(19.
ytTM. REED. Market Streat, Clearfield. Pa..
Fancy Dry Goods. WLiie Uaeda. Notions.
Embroideries, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing
Good, eto. June li, '70
A I FUAW.Dealerin Drugs. Patent Medicines.
. Fancy Artictss. etc. and Proprietor of Dr.
Boyer's West Branch Bitters, Market btreot,
aarfield,Ja June 15,'"0.
FB READ. M D., Pnran-MM and Surg son.
, Kylertown, Pa., respectfully offers his pro
fessional services to the citizensof that plree and
surrounding country. Apr 20-0 m.
CKRATZEH, Dealer in Dry-Goods. Clothing,
. Hardware. Queensware, Groceries, Provi
sions, eto , Market Street, nearly opposite th
Court Uuu.-e, Clearfield, Pa. June, lsf.5.
JB M'EN ALLY, Attorney at Law. Clearfield
. Pa. Practices in Clearfield and adjoin'ng
vounties. Office in new brick building of J. Boyn
t u. 2d street, one door south of Lanich'a Hotel.
TTEST, Attorney at Law, Clearfield, Ta., will
. attend promptly to all Legal business entrust
ed to his care in Clearfield and adjoining coun
ties. Office on Market street. July 17, 1867.
rpilOMAS lh F0UCEY, Dealer in Square and
J Sawed Lumber, Dry-Goods. Queensy are, Gro
ceries. Flour. Grain, Feed, Bacon, Ao , Ac, Gra
bututon. Clearfield eounty, Pa. Uot 10.
HARTSWICK A IRWIN. Dealers in Prnes,
Medicines. Paints. Oils.Stationary. Perfnme
rj . Fancy Goods, Notions, etc., etc. Market street,
Clearfield, Pa Deo. 6, 1S65.
(( KRATZER A BON. dealers in Dry floods.
. Clothing. Hardware. Queenswar. Groce
ries, Provisions. Ac, Second Street Clesi field.
Pa. Dec 27.1S65.
JOHN GUELICU. Manafacturer of all kinds o
Cabinet-ware, Market street. Clearfield, Pa
He also makes toorderCofSns. ons'nort notice and
atteuds funerals with a bears. AprlO.'SK.
RICHARD MOSSOP, Dealer in Foreign and D
tnestie Dry Goods, Groceries. Flour. Bacon,
Liquors. Ac Room, on Marketitreet, a few doors
westol JournaJ Office. Clearfield, Pa. Apr27
"ITT'ALLACR A FIELDING. Attokkeys at Law
Y Clearfield. Pa. Office in res. dene of W. A.
Wallace Legal business of all Kinds attended to
with promptness and fidelity. (Jan S.'70-yp
WM, A. WALLACE. FRAME F1ELDI9Q
TT W. S.nITII, Attorskt at Law. Clearfield
II. Pa., will attend promptly to bnsine.s en
trusted to his care. Office on second floor of new
building adjoining County National BanK.and
naarly opposite the Court House. Jon 30. '69
I "FREDERICK LETTZINGER. Manufacturer of
' all kinds of Stone-ware. Clearfield. Pa. Or
der-i JGlictted wbolei-al or retail ii alsokeeps
on hand and for sale an assortment of earthen
wr. of his own mannfaetur. Jan.I.IRtiS
"TANSION HOUSE. Clearfield, Pa This
f 1 well known hotel, near th Court House, is
worthy the patronage ofthepublio. The table
will be supplied with th bet in the market. The
bestof liquors kept. JOHN DOUGHERTY.
JOHN H. FULFORD, Attorney at Law. Clear
field. Pa. Office on Market Street, over -Hart'wick
A Irwin's Drng Store. Prompt attention
(riven to th securingofBounty claims. Ac. .and to
all legal business. March 17, la67.
A I THORN, M. D., Physician and
SuRGKON, having located at Kylertown,
Pa , offers his professional services to th citi
zens ol that place and vicinity. Sp.29-ly
W ALBERT, A BKO'S..Dealers in Dry Goods,
, Groceries, Hard ware. Queens ware. Flour Ba
con, etc.. Woodland. Clearfield county. Pa. Also
extensive dealers in all kindsof sBwed lumber
shingles, and square timber. Orders solicited.
Woodland, Pa., Aug. 19th. 18n3
DR J.V BUUCIIFIELD Late Surgeon ntth
S3d Rog't Penn'a Vols., having returned
from the army, offers his professional services te
the citixens of Clearfield and vicinity. Profes
sional calls promptly attended to. OfBc on
South-East eorner of 3d and Market Streets.
Oct. 4. 1855 flmp.
CURVEYOR. The undersigned offer
his services to the puhlic, as a Surveyor.
II may be found at his residence in Lawienr
township, when -aot engaged ; or addressed by
letter at Clearfield, Penn a.
Mareh 6th. IS67.-tf. J a.MES MITCHELL.
JEFFERSON L I T Z, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
Having located at Osceola. Pa., offers his profes
sional services to the people of that place aud sur
rounding eountry. All calls promptly attended
to. Office and resideneeon Curtin Street, former
ly occupied by Dr. Klin. May 19. "69.
GEORGE C. KIKK, Justice of the Peace, Sur
veyor and Conveyancer. Lutharsbnrg. Pa.
All business entrusted to him will be promptly at
tended to. Parsons wishing to employ a Survey
or will do well to giv him a call, as he flatters
himselt that he can render satisfaction. Deeds
of conveyance, articles of agreement, and all legRl
papers promptly and neatly executed JeS'70-yp
A L L A C X
W A L T B R B,
Rial Estat Accxts aso CoxvcrAXCEits,
Clearfield, Pa
Real estate bought and sold, titles examined,
taxes paid, conveyances prepared, and insuran
ces taaen.
Office in new building, nearly opposite Court
Hons
Jin IbTtt.
Wlf. A. WAI.I.ACB
BLAB WALTBIta.
OOLDIERS' BOUNTIES. A recent bill
- has passed both llou.-esof Coneress.and
signed by th President, giving soldiers who en
listed prior to 2 2d July. 1861, served one year er
more and war honorably discharged, a bounty
of SI 00.
nfBoanties and Pensions eolleeted by toe for
thoseentitled to them.
. WALTER BARRETT, Atfy at Law.
Aug. 16th, 1866. CIrfleld,Pa.
T K. BOTTORF'8
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
HABKBT STREET, CLBABFIBLD, rl.VK'i.
Negatives made in cloudy aa wall as in alear
weather. Constantly en hand a good assortment
of Frames, Stereoscopes and Stereoscopic View.
Frames, from any style of moulding, mad to
order. CHROMOS A SPECIALITY.
Dec 2,'66-jy. 14-69-tf.
BANKING 4 COLLECTION OFFICE
McGIRE A PERKS,
Saceessors to Fottar, Prks, Wright A C.,
Pbilipsbcks, Cbbtbb Co., P a..
Where, all th business of a Baniing Hus
will be transacted promptly and Bpon th roost
f.vorahl terms. "Tm.ImM
A
THE KIDNEYS.
Th Kidneys are two in number, situated at the
upper part ot th loin, surrounded by fiat, and
consisting of three parts, via ; tha Anterior, th
Interior, and th Exterior. ,
Th anterior absorbs Interior oonsista of tis
sues or veins, which serve as a deposit for th
urine and convey it to tha axterier. To exte
rier is a conductor also, terminating ia Bingl
rube, and called the Urete. Tn Br.tert ex con
nected with the bladder.
The bladder is composed of various eyerie (-
or tiatuet, divided into parte, via: th Upper, U
Lower, the Nervous, and the Mucous. Th aptr
expels, the lewer retains. Many have a dalr to
urinate without the ability, others urinat vith-
at th ability to retain. This frequently so an
in children.
To enre thes affections, must bring Into ae
tion the mescles, which are engaged la their vi
rions functions. If they ere Deflected, QravBl or
Dropsy aay eniue.
Th reader tBBSt alse b aaad aware, that Bow
erer slight may be th attack, it is sure to afoot
th bodily health and mental powers, as ear flesh
and blood ar supported fro ia thee aoareea
Goit, on Rbecmstism Psin ocurrinf In th
leins is indicative of th above diseases. They
occur in persons disposed to acid stomach and
chalky concretions.
Tea Gravel. Th gravel ensues from neglect
or improper treatment of the kidneys Theee or
gans being weak, the water is not expelled from
the bladder, but allowed to remain; it beeomes
feverUh, and sediment forms. It ia from this de
posit that th ston is formed, and graval nsas.
Dropst is a collection of water ia seme parts of
the body, and beus'different names, according to
the parts affected, vis: when general! diffused
over the body, it is called Anasarca ; when of th
Abdomen, Ascites; when of th ehast, Ilydrotho
rax. Tratbe.it. Helmbold's highly concentrated"
compound Extract Buchn is decidedly one f thw
best remedies for diseases of the bladder, kidney,
gravel, dropsical swellings, rheumatisia.and (oat
affections. Under this head w have arranged
Dysurie, or difficulty and pain in passing water,
Scanty Secretion, or small snd frequent dischar
ges of water; Strangury, or stopping ef water;
Hematuria, or bloody Brine ; Gout and B.besata-
ti-in of th kidneys, without any ehang in quan
tity, but ineraas in color. r dark water. It vii
always highly recommended, by tha lata Dr
Physick, in thes affeelMn.
This medicine increases the power of digesUo'n
and excites th aVsorbeata into healthy xereis
by which th watery or calcareous depoaitioaa
and all unnatural enlargements, as well as pain-
i ana idhuimuoi are -mbms, ua is is lacs a oy
men, women and children. Directions for w and
diet accompany.
Philadelphia, Pa., Fb. XI, 1687.
H. T, Helm bold. Druggist:
Deab Sir : I har been a sufferer, for upward
of twenty yean, with gravel, bladder and kidney
affections, daring which tim I have nsd various
medicinal preparations, and been under the treat
ment ef the most eminent Physicians, experien
cing but Utile relief.
Uavitg seen your preparations extensively ad
vertised, I eonsnlted with my family physician ia
regard to Using your Exlraot Buchn.
I did this bcoanse 1 had nsed all kinds of ad
vertised remedies, and had found them worthless,
and some quite injurious; in fact, I despaired ef
ever getting well, and determined to us no rem
edies hereafter unless I knew of the ingredients.
It was tbia that prompted me to nse your remedy.
As yon advertised that it was composed of buoha ,
eubebs and juniper berries, it occurred to me and
my physician as an excellent Combination, and,
. ith bis advice, after an examination of the arti
cle, and consulting again with the dragglat, I
concluded to try it. I commenced its ase about
eight months ago, at which time I was confined
to my room From the rst bottle I was astonish
ed and gratified at the beneficial effect, and after
using it three weeks was able to walk out I felt
much like writing you a full statement of my eaae
at that time, but tho ught my Improvement might
only be temporary, and therefore concluded to
defer and see if it would effect a perfect cure,
knowing then it would be of greater value to yon,
and more satisfactory to me.
I am now able to report that a cure is effected
after using the remedy for five months.
I have not nsed any how for three months, aad
feel as well in all respects as I ever did.
Your Buchu being devoid ot any Unpleasant
taste and odor, a bice tenie and invigoratorof the
system, I do not mean te be withoat it whenever
occasion may require its ase in such affections.
M McCOKMICK.
Should any doubt Mf. McCoratick's statement,
he refers ta the following gentlemen :
Don. Wm. Bigler, ex-Governor Penn'a.
lion Thomas B Flerenae, Philadelphia,
lion. J. C. Knox, Judge, Philadelphia,
lion. J. S. Black, Judge, Philadelphia,
lion. D. R. Porter, ex-Governor, Penn'a.
Hon. Ellis Levis, Judge, Philadelphia.
Hon. R.O. Grier, Judge U. S Court.
Hon. G. W. Woodward, Judge. Philadelphia.
Hon. W. A. Porter, City Solicitor, Pbll a.
Hon. John Bigler, ex -Governor. California,
lion. E. Banks, Auditor Gen. Washington, D.C.
And many others, if Beeeasary.
Sold by Druggists and Dealers everywhere. Be
ware of counterfeits. Ask for Helmbold's. Take
no other. Price $1 -2S per bottle, er bottle for
$8.i0. Delivered to any addresa. SeeerlVosymp
toma in all communications.
Address U. T, HELMBOLD, Dfng aad Chemi
cal Warehouse, 614 Broadway, N T.
NONE ABE GENUINE UNLESS DONE UP IS
teel-engraved wrapper, with fac-simile ef my
Chemical Warehcase and signed
June 15,'T0-ly H. T. HELJIBOLD.