;S'-.- i I I l- !.". f f - . .1.1 i M I-' THE BLESSINGS OF GOVERNMENT, LIKE THE DEWS OP HEAVEN, SHOULD BE DISTBJBVTED AJIKB UPOITXHSQII AfiTDTHE LOWTHE HIGH' AND THE P0OJU . . . . .. - .J t.,,5 ., t.,..f r. 'j ".-..'j . -...! ;; . ' . ,!::::., fii- li 7 i-T -:;v - . C 1 iJV" -' ? i'l rtOQ& V - J.n. ji::i:i ,lu in ; 1 ' - T : ,. . .' ' ' ii, T Ml rrmi ' - 1 H 1 1 I 3 si "TlyeC'wTrl.w Cotyitjr jAerleiUtnral Society-. vi.f ' ,i s 1 jVcsijt -r lti;Esl J. ,Lloyd JDr.-;JLT. J Trca'suVt r G ' C. K Z.viim. ; ' .'..;. .UfJl-fi EiWARt SHOEMAKER, Gkok:eM. EkED, GkORuE J. llOIKfEK-S; TiOIJEKT DA- itpsf".E."Gi?uoxs..; ' ...... . Committee-of' Jicceptitm Kuwarw Shoejia--KER,Tr.;-0iJxn5x It. -Joxb3,; David' J. JoNEs;iACTEii P. Collins, James C. Noon., j. iLEXANifeft Moore. j "-".' " . Thanagcjs .of the- Gambi u$ County-pAg rUultural Society respectfully beg leave- UH nnieunce. that tlic third annual exhibitions of said society will be-held at :Ebensburg, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; the 7th, Sth and 9th days 6f October, 1857. The 'Stock and article. for exhibition will be classified', iud premiums thereon awarded by thseveraL' committees, in the following order ; '--"-' , Ct ASS, -SO . 1 HORSES .t: , .fjclwThcuias 1... Moore. James G. Kay lor, -Thomas II. Porter, Abraham Kopoliiij Wil'iaui Murmy. J : " ''"'i v mi i 'u m . ISest Stallion, '2 ... " ... . . , r . Uc.4.Gcldns .,!-" .7- 2d .. . - liest Mare, - - - Jd ' Host Colt, between 2 and S yean, 'l 1 . i . I ' - , ! - , 2d. . i : ' " ' ' WstJ under :1 year, est pair MatelV Tlnrs, .j . - : IVt " "Muh .. 2d " " just Muhv.'M'; d .-r' t ... r 00 00 00 00 00 00 '00 00 00 (.) 00 oo (.0 00 ' oo ' ()(' 00 o 4 o 4 o 4 . . u CI.A.SS O. 2 cattle. Jiuhir Jhn l-.. KK-r, 1 1 cur v eauian, Kmffi I hhlhivis; Frederick Tc J I tun It HIS, ll'i.-.,PuU. "rj :. I s . 2d lU U;.- - - Joiit Ciw, -21 . ' Md2-"" '-'.-' Btr t.cf. Leiwct n 2 and 3 years, i Steer; ... - r .1. " - -v VJK-ir, . . " '- Steer under I year, dleifer, " ' ' " ; ' BccfCVwor Ox, ,: ' 2d' :;i -' "'; 00 2 '' ) 5 00 4 (u) :i oo 2 :0 : () a oo' 2 00 2 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 liest voke .of Oxen, I'd 'I. CLASS NO. o SHEEP. fff-x-llisfctial Hughes, Francis Bearer, JoseplrShiry, Dr. S M. Keru, Jacob B. Cobaugh. ' '';'.: '' P. f c'miums . 1 liestButdc, , liest Kwe, ,: ; '00 ' ' 2 00 -Mi ' - 5 00 .'- -1 1 00 Best pair Lambs.'" 2 00 1 100-- 2d iViliiahJCjlt'ell, n'obeVt iK Gageby. WUlHmj RusecU. James 1. .11 ULll, llciiry HoblSeJL Prcmiu,ns. j r fl -7 : "j 3iest Boar, $3 00 1 00 . 2 00-.- 1 00 2 00 2. 00 . :i:i,po:: . ;:3u it ? ; 2dX',- i- 2d " 3 Jofet lof Pi 1 n number.' ' - !' 5 IhfAir SIiidgbaLFowk,! 2 00 pairOjeKinjChilia : Fbwls collection ,r -t Paf diitlagon " coop of Chickpns, . " pair Turkeys,"-, r, ' -GcPfVI ' eoopof Guinea Fowls, Pigeons, ' '2 00 2 00 ' '2.00 2 00 . 2 00 2 00 2 00 ' -2 00 r. TTfrf (! C-LASSlSO..; 0 oKAIXV .-: j,(s-rtichard: ''JJ J Proadfoot, ' Paul . Co bAUgU., David -O' II arra,. J o h n Evans (Smitfi Franc Stick. :(.' " . J'rcm i'unis. BcfetcrcfXueat, " ' ' .acrecjCprH - . yij , ' twelve ears of Corn; i -1 1: j . 3 00' .1 00 ( .2 00 -.1 00 2 00 2 00 -1 00, .21 00 r?3 fliS&W bushel Timothi j -? by Seed. 4 Clover do . -:,. : -x . TH-IE.D XHNXTAL P AIJEt' . Jit J i.VtfiV-' it JuJp&VAir&Y X' Lytle, ITetiry .SavTof 1 W,j peek ObineiSuiar CaneeJ?'" 2 00 - . , uufcu wuieu, i; VAI Ju-iCbarlesjJi.- Xlli... James R'.jDavisj; Joseph, riiller, Augustip .;l)urbin, Darnel lie&t quarter acre of l,ofcatoe3 -"r ;-;.! $2.00.;. i iiiOO v , , 11.00 . ' .Ir::.- Kuta baa Ji.t'. aalf dozen lieets, 7 r.j , , vt . Carrots,' - '. . .c Onions ; 0.: . ,:A.n-. Cabbage 'SlC Tomatoes.;; I.-.50 50 . 50 .. . fto.. -50., t.50 rt.: ' Parsnips 1 - KoLi nabbl Ki . 50 '50' Pumpkm ' '.nC'Hrod ! i . J JMusk Melon- ., ' "Water '"' I-: ro 50 1 1: ; 50... 5ft "50-, 50 .50 ;50; 1 1 '-.; r ID basket Tomatoes seed Cucumber I i half bushel lieana lot Celery . ' . " ' 'Cauliflower ; ! Uroccoli ,,u CLASS NO. ,8- ru-d. IRt'IT .Luhj John - Thompson, ': Jf.-j' 'Wni Oarduei-, iMaj. James Pott? : M'Vicker, Robert M'Combie. . . l'rcmivms, IJe.st variety of Fall xVpples 2d . r. Best dozen do . 2d . do - 'do),"! Alexander $2 00 I-it 00" 1 00 .50 2 00 j- Best variety, Winter Apples 2d . do 0 - do. . ; .:: Best dozen do . . . 2d do do. ; i, .7- Ul. 00 J - .1 K) :l 50. -I Best 2d Best 2d Best 2d Best 2d Best 2d do " do i do do Fall Pears . -do ; .Winter' Pears do -.. IVaches -' i-tOO-: 50 ; 1 oo.. . 50... 00;. ... 50 T i oo:. i -50 - 50 2 ,0) do , . : i.f. Plums do Quinces do do do Best variety Grapes 21 do . do ' ; L . I. 00 CLASS XO. V I'KOIH-CTS OF , TUB BAIBV. 9 Jtuhjvs Daniel M'liuughlin, Samuel L. G or pas, David : J. Joues, ' Wut: It. Hughes, Audrcw Glcasou. . ; - ; -p.,-. Premiums. . . '.' - '.: , Beft roll of Butter 21 . do, .... do Bot Print do 21 do . do . UeVt Cheese - ', . 2d do ; :1 00 ' ' 50 r 1 00- - 5 I ..00, 1 '. - .50 . IMi'LEilENTS. CI.A.-S SO. 10 AGRICI'LTIRAL .WfjWni. Palmer, Wnu DPryce, John 1 load rick, Francis Eberly, Thomas Harri son., a. ran i unit. M. st Plono.li do Harrow 2 00 fT t '2 00 '2 00 2 00 ' ' -2 00 5 ' 1 : '2 .00 ' .! 00 -- ; 2-0() : , ., 1 00 f 2,00, 2 0Q, :' 3 00 rc:l00- do Cultivator " do llillsido do Vhcat Drill do Corn Plante'r do Horse Bake . do lleaper do Mower do Grain Cradle dc Wind Mill . , do Cutting Boi do Threshing' Machine r do lot Garden Implements CLASS NO. 11 ii AXCFACTPRED 'ARTICLES. ' Judyvs Samuel Keagy, John 1 Pringle, David II ltoberts, . George Hutledge; iB'F slick. ... , renuums. Best two-horse Carriage $2 00 ' I OO1 IrOO f j do Buggy :': i.s r,i kSH do'.sett single Harness do do double do t if J f'flW t ti x do Saddle and Bridle do pair Boots ' .. do 1 do Shoes ''""' 'lu- do Calf skin ; ....lu. . do Side Sole Leather i d9 Upper -. d9 do lot Cabinet Ware , , :iL 00 . 1 00 .-t 50; ti Jr:lD00 : -.,2:0a '. ' 1 00 do variety Tinware do ' do Stone and EartheTi'Warc I 00 do : Washing 'Machine do. Meat Vessel-j! ; . ;ii m 1-00 , T'-T-.fi'O 1 f A do Churn., s, .,r do Cook Stovo t - t 1 .7H do pair Horse Shoes -'50"' dQ.,v agon do Painting or Gramipg, , .1. 00 dd'-AVe'0" - il,J -v"' 0 - -50 da paic Drawing Chains1 ' '-" : 7J:-t? 5q. da .- do Breast -tlo, I:i ,:? ioi''i:I e.50' do. 1'annclDoor ., , ....lOO,., do Sash' ' '." V-' " ., '", 50 T do barrel Flour ' ''" x' "x Sc'1" 1 3 00 2d ' do""-: ' -rslM unrrr I qq : r iCLASS!NOJ' 12 l'LOWING "MATCir.1 - Judgcs-Heutj Glasu-A.:C.--Noble,'- Griffith Lloyd, Samuel O'Harra, Jacob Sin ger Praniums, Best Plowing - -. , r.., ncn: V- '00 ' '2d: -"- 'do-- --ii-.i.IF i' -II ; JolV Art'.l Best do by boy under 17 rux9I OO1 dl..r . do v do,.:if wff(,.vrf..00o ... CLASS NO.; 13-D0JIESTIC -.JIANUFACTUEKS- -. judges Mrs. Wm. A. Smithy "Mrs; James ; lUamary-Mra Xieorge Riddle, Mrs-JoJio-S BuchanapMrs Wm, Jit-iingQjj...riu; ii ; Piemivjng. ,..... Best picc Carjpet ::;.; 1 - ' I I $3 00 f 2d' Best najAlriketts 2-00 1 00 f vTerret,v.-i: do. do piecad lied Quilt I a ,ron 1O0 idO' Cradle do ' .'Mr o:00-ti toKrS;:v':j-T ''I'dO' : I'lVVI- A V II VivlU UV 00 do', j ' . do,, ,Lia3ey. Woolsey do ;-,itearth JXng f dor..pau Hose ( .:,fr; I '00' 1 00 50 :i -50 .! -50' lOO." 50 " ;-sov 50 . 50 do ; lo half Hose'' . do ! ; do Gloves ' ' ' tdo "piece Flannel :' ; do2' Corii"tBrooni3"'( do -Fly "Brush' ' S.' doVI1 Hard Soap , .'T do ;;Soft-T do ; . , do. -i Candles :.. a '. .iU::u 'i: CLASS NO." 14 Crh,iXA'RV;T)EPljaT5IEXT. ' ' .Tudyqaj-TSxs "'-James M Hiffell, Mrs Wm A . .Murray, -Irs II: J Uobertsj Mrs JohnFenw' 4 i lou, MrsA -J. Pnngla. i(,r.. I .j. i t 'Best'Bre'ad : ' y'V:$l:'06: . ..lo Kusk . , v.rf , r , , , - 50 ; . do Pound Cake . ;t j i .. ..50; do Jellv -1 4o s -t ..) f ' ;i -r.-i ' 1 ;50. ;do'. Quince u do.' 50 do Tomato Catsup ; 50 ' 50 V- 50 .50 'o0 ;,50 1? ,.;.50 v'50 '50 50 ; '50 50 -',50 f :"50 do ' ; ' Walnut ' do ; 7 ,:. do ' Tomato Jelly : do " Apple J .do' -, . ;, do Peach do ; ... do ? , ; Plum. do .3 : t " da.? , f-Quince .do. y. ', -do Currant do " - do '-1 Raspberry ' Jam do . . Strawberry do do' ' Blackberry do, : ' ' do : , Apple. Preserves . do . Pear. . .; s , do ,:. . t . do - Peach .r idoi ,T: do -r Plum do " do"u ' Cherry do' 1 ! do 11 ' ' Tomato 'do do.' 1 Pear Marmalade do" Peach'. do do Quince ..do do ... Catawba .Wjno. .-. do . IJlackberry do do 'Klderberry do , ' ! ' do Currant "-'do V- '".-1 50 50 50 50 50 50 1.50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 " 50 50 ,'50 50 50 50 it I do - Vinegar ' ; ' ' . ! do Jar of Pickles' i ; '" do - do . Brandy Peaches 'm do .' Cherry Bounce ",' i". ; , do', ' 'v' Dried Apples ' , f ' - do .... ' do Peaches .". . j . , do , .t , do Plums, ... ; f -do vi do Cherries : do Honey (in comb) . ; ti do: '. do ("renderedl CLASS CO. 15 NEEDLEWORK, Judges Miss Emily Roberts, Miss Mary Ivo ry, Miss Ann Dauglterty, Miss Susan Lin ton, Miss. Elizabeth Rainsej. : : ,.' Premiums. ' Bert Ornamental Needlework 2d - do ' ? do Best Silk liUibroidery ! ; .do Liaeu . " do , . .. . - do Cotton , do,,- ,. ;.' v. . ; - do Worstwl; do . i ,t . do. Shell Work; : '....-. do' Dreps Making ' i- do Netting ... , ' CLASS NO. 1G FLOWERS- SI 1 00 50 00 50 50 50 50 00 50 1 f Jtulges Jliss Mary Jane Murray", Miss Jane Roberts, Miss Roselia Rhey, Miss Virgiuia ' Gadd, Miss Anna Fockler. ' ' ' ! . " 1 remiums. ' ! ... ' 1 .Best collection of flowers :V.5o . ..5.0. . . .50 ; .-v50 - n '.-50' -?50 (.do basket do i - , -r-do Moss Vase with flowers .- do Hand Boquet ' -- .ii2d' LdO TN ,i:J - -t f Best Flat do " ' ' 2d do -,i; : -: i ti l 50 50 50 . . 2d . dp ; ' ." .', Best epllcction Artifa'ciarFlowers . ' 2d CO , 'i ;iv idO.-,,-,, ., ... CLASS NO.:17 FINK-ARTS.'- ttilg es G eor ce Storm , Timothy Brophyl 'II 1.. d 0 pevino, Howard J, Roberts, Qeorge W, -, '.Barrett .:-: a: t. 1 su : -: . ,,,; ,; '- -j Premiums. . . jBesiOil Painting -t 7;,,;-. :, in.u 1 $2. 00, " ' .'!-.2d - 1 do.' : " , mn-ril-'OO ' Best Water Color do -' ' ! - T 1 ;00 t , ' ;2d "dol'-' - - ? 1 50 !B.esi Crabnl Sketch ! ' Jirv i iHoQ- 1 r?u';--;'do ;-: j -vs'l'-' :;5Q' iBestDranghting j '''' IV'SXO. rn do f Penmanship 3,,,; uv , ; "r . .tl . r , 1 Op; do-: Marble Work ; a ; ..-.,( 1 '00 : CLAbS JkO. AO 'EQUESTRIANISM.' ' . , Julgc Dp Shannon, - Dr Walters, :Dr Mar- .bourg, Dr Ki'midelL,-Drr R;M:S 'Jackson. - ' ioa 1 premium " f'--r , fo the best Equestrienne, OY-erilS, discretion- ' -' - ! v.-.7 o.ro- y ary,?-..-! . - do 2d ?.v..-do .r:r-..i.do--5i v'.-.'dd.: ; - do best ' l" do f-cil under 18, ' do i do 2d - ' do J - ;:: doi. ,- ;ld j'j i; ' ' 1 y -D .-:: . cJ CKXCItAL It EC" LL ATI OAS. 1 ! The grand display of Horses. Cattle. Agricultural and Horticultural; li-oduc.ts,filaiiii-f da ,y At ltf o'clock: A" M.Ja'nd the Ladit-s R?tliH J Match; the same day at 2 o'el ock ,;Pv' M ' T c : ': I Bxhibitors willi-'ia'all eases, be required to bo- come-mem ocrs oro &onety audi-wwho do Rot previouidy.somfnTinieate .with thfMocretary wi entereil at the ofrice: 'toirether with' the name and residence of the-ow'iicrailA 'wilr l marked or designated by a ticard numbe-ed in the ordbrof J its-eotry. r ;;;? (..;t n; f,;,. . J0 wicioiis animal .-wrili be cnitped.uiU:ti the-, owner 3 tidies Jeaturt to4MtveutT any rpossibIo, damage otherwise resulting tLccfi-om. So .1 Mo-Linen do " r do bponge do l . - ; ''"'"i 1 d,Ml U:D" biw 't2 Tn,ftl :ir as is here contemplated, has ever vet exi '' Bct Annie Butter "! 1 00 hMn'Wil-' Itf th CoimtryN'd-PuP of tkojr after, hfcUej will becpuw . ipated, tbat . wunwc arp geuiag up a xarni : ? " ij .1 ! ' ! - Vrh kept therein fur at leabtr' month prior toTdf'Wt toeit own education,, by .thejubor ,whieh will be a model for farmcrswhust wo I ,r- ' ; - : t. j ft fain' I i:-r?'ll .'.) .f-uv.ri f., v. of their own'lianas." '" Under the direction f iU b3 testing and.isseminatin the most : lest.Lunipkio,do; .t,iyif. M'. t,W v.arklo fcxhlbatd j$lum ,1 er.titlcdMov two i Professors who will be skilled in 'the nrt of L TaluaJW seeds :.and7plantthroug"hout the l' i i?ar ' '" A ' ' ' ''" ' :' en iiremiuiw; , as, . for. .iobtMitf, .the- best . Urfiel v farming;- and in all - those natural sciences whole length and breadth of the State., bav- !-.do- .1 luu ' do ' i- OO. . araiu xcoiviits the premium shall ;jot bo inluiwl.;M Mrtoin u ai ti, .n,n....m, v...., "nrr flk Tuarante of siif-h an Institution for i i -do'. - Uumce.udo' !i n: au v-v , 1 , ' . - W" U&U. Uu L t. ll 11, Ui & LUs UliUlUi: LIlIUllL. till 1 - M - mjk'crai lrucies anu uxurws, YVilU take place on the first and second days'' 7 "j ":' ' ' The Pjowins Match will take TiVcc'oii'tlifl'tKfwl will be waited 011 bvrthef. Ueception. Cumniiltee ithg air Grouhds:"' ; .: : "' r "? " . ' 1 r-tvcry.thmg intended for " exhibition mtist be' Animas or articles onexluLition cmnut ba re moved -before the close of . the. fair, without , jer mitssion oni the Managers, ' , i ;-; Prem'ikras ,wt demaiideih.jvithin -six, '.month after they .ar? awarded will 'be helJ ' donations to the Sotfetv.'' '" 'f- . ' ' llSllttVUMAS JLilUUU,-,; their names will be called and vaeaucfes i Any ) filled. "iTOTf tj--? -ii'T I- . , o vi' j. They will wport Jjj- thd nximberon' the artiolo exbiUtedyajid, .iu .awarding Prenxiiiiing, "jOilgov'-tf ; emeu, byaneprnrtca listg iurnied thmn ly, xixb .!v,..ri-. ..T-r.r ii - 'T '.- tois'rewiVe7 to the'stock or "articled on exhibition, as-AaH-Peto tbeiH Mrf 'sAtvUiTJ.h m t7, i Any deception iiltiie statements of -e-Albitofs- i luey suuu xetjuire sucu eviu.ejiCQ i(0ii 1AUL- slutuwleB tliik;oferel, work: a -"hArreUuVe-Af mmj preulvn t whick the party 'niaking it .wouUl otlirw-i "enti t led d. -.L..-; K .O . ded m tb betacre uppir wLh ;a prm iof- ' hfigesVth several classed will be renui- Fred to TOortin-irrititi-' the ftrehtims:aawanlBd b- thetnV respective r, witli ynch remarks rela- ting toths merits if the animals. or nrticliiicom- in undertlieU extalliaUll,-as7Jth'cyrlray ihiuk i proper.,. .r-n.-cr p !? rr - T'j - T - .11 IT r'JLh V. .VIII illll lip till l ll IV Jil'b 11 IV UbMAI al in the printed li&t, but which may le deemed meritoriois -bf . the judges,' shall 'La -awarded k ' Diploma J- . ' ?- .-r'- . t ""i.- '.' i The lucres will not permit-niiy oe to interfere with then during thdr'd'rdifation.nrl wln any jadgois interested lio-fliallnrithflraw; and the balance smlldecuieon tlie merits 'of 'the articie.r The jititt's of the varire 'classes will-meet on' the grounl, on tlie fecund day, at 10 o'clock,' A. M. to enfcr upon; theldisciwirge of their'respect ivorhitiesi and their reports mnst be banded to the Secrehry before -12 o'clock, : M., in the last day of thrrhibitioi. ' v- v ;v : - irons op au-missio-t. ; ,: ; Certifiates ; 'of -Membership, will issue at' one Alonar, anKvill jvhmt' to the entir exhibition tlie mem tier, Ins wile, and all their chiiuren uutiei twctity'-oir j ears of age. , .-. ' . V . ' , , Tickets good inly for i single admission, will i.-sne at 2S cent-, Chitdieii, under 10 years' old?' half prici". ', The judges are requested. tj neport th'emk'lvs. af 'tLe Secre't.TTvVi.flice; on tfre ground, o 'tbe.' fiiit'tiaT.'-bcforaS oVIockl P. M.vat Whicli time lickeh, good fa- .he entire exl.ibnion wdl.be ously douatcd to tbe Iastitution by Gen. James issueil t apprentice boys and servant girls, atJrT . ... - ., c i F-j.n t 1 . -. .-on ?;.. .. . , ,"?;- I Try m, with the privilege pf purchasing one A'pplratVm i& Ik; made at tlic Wfiice; on tlm Groijnd"' V ' ' f ; 'f' ,V' ,' ir"5"' ThVir prt?firid-e: "of tVTci i vill be.ir' the name of lie holder, aiid any transfer thereof will forfeit tli same to the Society., , And the person transferring or receiving such ticket. with intent to defraul.the Sijciety, shall not thereafter enter the enclosure upon any condition whatever. ;, The "Miinagers : confidently assure: the public that suchimirovoments will be made upon the ar- v.o)f. n..i.,f.-.n.f ti...,.m.i!i. t.l,s:.f.v rangeaieiits of the tvo lonner lairs as will nmcii ty of the articles, aud the .convenience of the ex krv.cvvt .j.. k v. ,i.v v.""- - v v. - hibitors- - v.- ;':.- ' ; A tint bnnd of music 'Will be engaged, and will be uj'M4Vttc ground during the eutire exhibition. Williail A. Stokes, of Greensburg,- West moreland county. Pa.; will deliver the annual' .addrt&s ia the afternoon of the last day of the ex hibition." .- :-. '-' -ln slort. nothing withiu the means of the So ciety will be left undone, which might have a tendencj to render the rair usetid and attractive and brini to it a respectable attendance 0r A reward of Tee dollars will be p: idbv the iction of Society fur the apprehension , and conv anv nerion or oersons finmd iniming, destroymg or in any manner wautonly, interfering with any. animal or article on exhibition. Ebensburg, July lolooi. Tliompson's Clocli. . There iaa clock in our place ;. ' ? ; : .j-TuatiregiiiiUes the own, , , . '. With-tiny hamls aatl pretty face, Tjiimgli t looks' old ami Lrown.nr:' : The rartst' cfoek that g'er "I siuy, : ., I( Jbeats all clocks, I know, F, ,. r-rr: - I 7-V It wdnt and -stooil in- iXouh's ark r- ' p Four thbnsHnd years ago. - ' rf- ' " j ;M ;-Mr.-:-s:!l 7 i Tliere is a clock in our placerr-f . .-.i v..? j AtlllOMPON'Sstxjrj ,'twfoiind; i n 'Tis calkKlthe RttlULATOK lierp, ; '"' Aud iaret 'clock' in' town'.. ,. . " tjusi call at Thorn isoii UatUr s Store, ; .AimI see, this old clock go, - - vi". I - ' ? iff "t : 1 .rr. Arid fenv al.ktln plAce'of'bce ,f-" iV j oit twcntyj-eai-Sjago., ;, .? :: Thi Thompn kteps on dinWii street ! "Tlic clock'isr iu liis'fei;ore','; . ' v .: '.;, LfVnA luvs been running, -without feet, . ! Four thousand years and more. -. J'i Xow if you don't believe me, Tom,7 1 uuai-wut im .10 jvi go, r - , Aiid buy ii Gap in place of ohc , Bought twentv years agO. t,' i'! .- T . . . t: ;t - 'Twas put lip by George 'Bolstugc.r, ,. . An artist oty pur town; Vr f s lhe wheels are made of wood and brass,. ; ' And 'all ecra pretty -sound.' ' " ; ( Arid "now my last advise, dear Tom', ,. . I. 8H as you go, y sJ i; y , . Ajid-buy somo-Jioiits in plaqu of.illose) . i ! .J 1 1 lkj'tght twenty veers ago.'-' '-! !" "' ''" Johnstown ,'May 6, J856.! ' 1 . ' ",! L " ' ; r- -: l "RICH A ED JtL-JONES, ., 1 '.t r I I; ': 'H . i-.TI 4' WITH... - ?:.,! SQUIRE, ZIMMERMAN &-ALLEN' ' .",7 , ' 1-rU0LESALfi DEALK' fa lTr! ' V-i v jti .i-J :DltY- GOODSy NO ,143- MARKET STREET;;.;; 1. j F1UNCIS SQUIRE, ' A .... X' u .-, v. - "a M. ZIMMERMAN! Vr k- . Pu 1 l a vkw u i a GEORGE N. ALLEN: J rub. I, 1857. If gricttlhivd! I '.I. AH. ADDRESS -.: r. ,'uu'J ! FROM. TnE - ' ' BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF T1TE WW 5 HIGH SCHOOL pennsIlva! l'JllllUliUU t'l Thls'Iu'slitutiorf, at this nidiueat,1 claims tue Tate contribution or that of County Agricul f special 'attention .if fits frieods.rlts1pro?eeoTA,7'tural Societis throughout ih State. This desisa-tUat it,&hall.be. a school where Acri- i cultural knowledge iani science may be ob- stained at an, expense so moderate, as to.be and work of tiie farm. wiM be ccrform. ?d h7 N'f 1 mS widuci wun cue principles ana science or j agriculture, their .daily occupation will be i practically testing. the tmth,.of , what thev i learn. 'b j It is the desire of the Board of Trustees to "i put the public in' possession of all information' respecting the' design- present condition "and future: prospects of the' Farmer's High School, and to ask of them to take kuch interest in the i-lnitaution as its, object and merits, demand. 1- The Blard of Trustees ' in ISoo, after a rmost careful and personal examination of sev- a- era! points,'-13 various quarters of the State, -fixed the location in Centre County, on the Southern slope of Penn and Nittany Valleys, within, perhaps, five miles of the Geographi cal Centre of "the 'State, where the land is limestone,, fertile and beautiful. - As a place for practical agriculture, nothing more, favor able, could .ba desired ; .and it is sufficiently removed from those" intrusions and annoyan ces'of a town or public pla.ic,'so prejudicial to tli nnrRiiit. of Ktnilv. or rhft flriir"tv inf a. wftil I managed farm or gar Jen.'. .1 ' : -L" j hundred' acres upon each 'side of it, at any - time within-fivo -years, - at sixty dollars an i aero : and in the mean time, to have oosses- i0n of the whole, , upon the payment of the interest upon the value oF th last mentioned two hundred acres.- The Board of Trustees took possessioa of tlic whole,; and have appro priated of it, to the apple and peach orchards, 21 acres : to smaller fruits, 52 acres ; to the garden and nursery, 10 acres , and to the campus, 12 J acres. A system of record L of all the doings on the farm has been arran- i r . . . , c . . geu, irom wuicu we. exuucb iue louowing lucniorauduci tif wha . hs already . been done: .or isiruovKsiEXTs px: tuk iAKM-.;;.:i .- . 00 acres have been grubbed and sprouted; 340 rods of fence rows cleared, grubbed,-.pick-; ed and burnt ; 07. acres of Wheat'sown Sep tember ,''11850, tibw good put down in clover; 75 acres of corn planted spring of 1857; 54G ! rods of hedge planted in, 1S5U ; 3G0 rods , of hedge in liioi : o2o rods ot rail leuce 43- i nursery plants set out, comprising a full 1 assortment "of the inost desirable nursery I stock ; ZoV rods ot scea Deds ot traits, hedge j plants, i:c. ; 10,000 plants of over lOO dif ferent sorts, received as contributions, many of them intended for tho arboretum, and now set in reserve beds; until the ground can bo brepaied; 600 apple trees set out in orchard rows V- yy peacn - do ; .zvu, plums, apricot and nectarines do ; 250 pear, standard, and dwarf do; 200 cherry ;J 000 plants of nuts. berriesc 1500 grapevine -jn vineyard ; GO av'ehuennaples : 400 chestnut, larch, oak, , r. pin-s and "other" seedling timber ' trees, collec- ted and tOiepiantea.an tines, bo as to give at -sight the i-easure;aiid, lation of .eTery part or the iarm : uu.piqeprucenr,, tone, planted for"'h'elterio-.hedgc! Of thesq' all are doing w;ell beyond 'expectation, under the favorinsT influences'of a good Bcasony eicept- ing .only a smalU portion of . the 'contributed -i plants, jwlueh, were injured by dehjy .and 'ex a kit. 'ah bcsjs-:di bo:.i- V-i .fi : 0qc uouu.e-stoiie.dbatn is finished andfiU .ICO. up, auu uas iu use patLs.otlwo sea son's j' it is'vety r'apacions-ajd iiiuch admired for itST-Conveuienceii Tirb ;faTmers"'bouse' i3 alto finished .and part'of: tkd ohf buildings rs.- f beenlij 'For tho college Jauil ding, the cellars have .excavated ; 0000 perch of superior building stone, arc tvuarried aud on the grounds ; three' gangs of trickmakers have been at work for. sotno time,! and the masons are about to com mence the walls. The' delay occasioned by uncertainty, up to the 20th of May, as to the amouut' of funds which would bo at tho dispo- sal or the lrusices auectcd au, work on. the larili auu iiuien ico oa tih ua iuu uuijuiugs, - though to -less extent; : Work was done with L hired teaais and tools, and temporary hands aud taereforeunder much disadvantage ; most ! of the ground being new and but imperfectly,! cleared, and yet with many stumps and roots. 1 : Tfaisaccount-Blghtbamuch enlargedby dt- tail but it will serve to eoiumuuicatc an idea "T6f what the progress has been, ' All this work has been done under the di Lrcction and management of Wm. G. Warin- Esq.. a practical bortlculturifct andfarmcr ; in whoso skill afi3 science the Board of Trus tees bayQ the most entire confidence. - - A. contract; has been. entered iuto, for, the erection of an edifice, calculated ,for the resi dence :of 'Professor,' lecture-hulls' aodLdormi-'toriescfoi--stadeuts,' to:bc" luilt "ofl'sfohe, five , --"i Stories high. 233 feut; in froT.'t;: wllb wings; Vu J to cost fifty-five thousand dollars. Thb - building is alreadj-.in progress and it is ..Iw) 1 ped that a part of 'it may be put under roof, j and so far completed thi3 fall, as to enable the" -! Board to make arrangements, and receive a. , few students in the Spring of 1S58. ' . j . The-. Legislature of Penasylyauia, at its' j last session, has fully "recognized. the public . ( appreciation' of this effort to produce a class of j educated, farmers . whose practice and exam-' ; pie may extend iuto every county of the State-' 'i It." has ar.r.i-onrTn'tArl fiftv "thousand dollars to - ri r j . . enable the Board of Trustees to carry out their plan ; twenty-five thousand of which is piaya- . blc only upon condition that a like sum shall . be raised from some other source. There is no other mode of raising this sum than by pri- . sum contributed, will place the Institution in prosperous coadition,' and encourage tue. , Loarfot lrostecs to prosecute 'tuff work to sted their character and qualitv: we will be tm- "f f "" uCU ""'Ji; . , j. practical operations or imc iarm wiugnc tut actr to them, and dignity to their calling. There is uo other such field for the spirit of puuantnropy. '. We have now including a legacy ; of-; five thousand dollars ' by Elliot Cret-son, Esq. The State has given jus .IT. A ' t i If individuals or societies will con tribute' this sum - -' ' ' It will entitle us to receive from the Stated the further, sum ;of :2..tMK ' 25,00 J f!-25,000 ' 25,000 - ; 100,000 In making this statement of- the situation of the 'Farmer' High School of Penna:, it if" the object cf "the Board of Trustees to enlist the judgment, and feelings, and sympathies of the friends of agriculture . throughout - the Stkte ; and to call u. tliem for their iu raising . tlrtsijam of twenty-fire -thoasaod dol lars ; without it we cannot complete our buil dings, and cat) irot, tlicreforego into cpr ra tion. Tlie 'consideration- that cA'ery-dollar contributed by individuals or societies pays two to our Farm School, should enable us to raise jJie amount without delay fr The Berdif Trustees have k-oot- yet ad ted any system of teaching orssul-jects to be taught, but that our fricuds-raay be able-- e form some idea of our general, plan.- it i sug gested tbat the following will be submitted as the basis of their action : THE SUBJECTS THOrOSED TO BE TACT-IIT. o ' Mathematics Includmg TJVactieal survey ing, leveling, and the care and use of ins tru ments. T 7. ;; A. " .7 T r-"T Natural - Pbllosopfcy ITic principles t)rall mechanism ; the laws of motion and force ; steam -pelectf ic ity ; "maguclism; &c7 illustra ted by apparatus: " ' ' ' ' -' . Agricultural Enslneft'-inj' and Mechanics The methods and materials' used iu construc tion , what is good materials aud what fs good j workmanship. ' ' ' ' : 1 : implements aHdMaciiniiry-lIifi. princi- pus mvolved ; parts liable to wear or "jreatc ; gal regulations ; bridging. Building Specifications j . contracts ; pri ces ; architectural taste and detail ; fiuish. " Drawing Of plans, ' implements,- aukuals; maps, machiucry, &c. . . ; . . Conveyancing Forms; titles ; procedures; ' &e. '' ' ' ' " '- - - r : Language and Literature Comparisons of styles of expression; speaking to an audience; -.writing for the press; criucisms. , , . - ; Pri uc-i pies pf Government American in-" stitutiOrs ; comparison with others ; duties cf township and county officers ; laws of vicm- age; &e: ' - ; . ..; - . ,r. ' 4 Account, generally a Jd- farm accounta .i specially i formation of methodical, habits ,by ; daily practice at the institution. Farm " F'cbnOmy Expcnditiires ' and ' re turns ; determination-of the most ecouehiical I, mode of 'accoinplihing given jobs of work.- . UjurauiicsTAiethous rot supplying .waicr. where wanted, .andpf ; preventing injury, by. excess ; macnines ; pipes. Drainage Jfs (;ficcts"ou ibili"; methods of effecting it,"AM Agricultural Chemistry Practical analy sis of,manuxesr' .soils, plants, . &c. their, elc adjustment; care; repair; specimens in tue museum ; mills. ; , . s j t Ci'- ' - " Road Mak'nTnjln l. menfs ; chemical, agents and apparatus. V( - . - . Geoloffy The crust of the earth"1, soils of all kinds ; how fowifed ; specimens in the mu seum. Geography-yrlfeatures of 'tie; earth's sur face, position of place?, maps, produc tions aud peculiarities of d'dTerent regional .stionomy Motions aud ltiuucuceb of the heavenly bodies, 1 revolutions seasons, cli mates, , ; ' ; :vi .-. ; . --...'. ' . . Meteorology -Atmospheric. influences ; c lectric and maguetic agencies ; Iwjat ; cold ; moisture ; drought ; winds ; storms'; shelter; .counteraction ; instruments ; ' observations deductions. . " : Mineralogy Identification of rare or valu- able minerals: ctpsuiii. lime. nhosnhat of 'i lime, cement lime. mn.TnfiViar eoa's X-.n K?r- . .t.o .ii'mcnsin Uij museum. Botany Arrangements of plants in fami- lies ; names of individual species and parts of . plants; plants of other countries in museum'. Vegetable Physiology The structure of the vegetable body, functions of roots, leaves, Ptem. lark, "sap. &c. ; growth of plants; dis eases. 5 ! - ' I ' 1 - Animal Pbysiolog)- -The structure of tho animal body. ; eouiposilion, form, and fune tiouH of its parts nourihuient ; growth. Conclusion on next mi ? 5 f - it- 5? Tl ? . r t. W! C i. r s . ! ; s 1 t - 4f - .. :'I?-T'i JU4 t fN7 (a n " 1 ;'l l- V '. i -f 4 J; ? A. V 5 i i Til I!
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