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JO/Ix S. MANN,
ATTORNEY AND, COUNSELI.i AT'LA.W.
Coml,2rsport, Pa:, wR attend the sevcral
Courts in Potter and Counties. AU
Imsinecs entrtraieri in his care will reeeire
prompt au( ration_ Office ou Main .‘A., oppo
site the Court house. 10:1
F. W. KNOX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Coudersport.. Pa., will
regularly atteal :12 , 2 Courts in Purer and
the adjoiniitg Counci:•a. 10:1
•
ARTIJUIL G. 4)L,MSTED,
ATTOI:NEY- COL7NSEI..i.I.)I: AT LAW.
ColdEtriport. :trAnd to aJ husine,-
ent.ll:3ted to his v:i:;l'pro,npino,4 tont
inietit:• - . WI -A , in Tenipmin , :e
floor, Main St: 11):1
16.A.A.0
ATTORNEti AT LAI.V. ('ouklersi.ort.
attend to :11l eLitrti:led to •.t,;.,
care rm , l pro:niitite , .i. o:lice co: Ur . P.:
nullTh:rd s-s. 1{1:1
L. P. 1';ILL1;40:;,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Wa,ool Tif , :;.l
Pa., will attend ti Courts. iu PuLer au.;
Lountits,
R. W. BENTOS, -
SITSVEYOR AND cos vt , :v.:_:Ert,
mond P. 0.. (Allegaily Tp..) Poll: rlt a.. Pa_
will attend all ba , taess In his line.
care an.i •
IV. K. KING,
srrtvEyon., DRAFTSMAN AYD CONVEY
ANCELt, ( 0.. Pa., will
attend to for non-riQiiient land
• holtiors, upon rc-a.tonable tern=. Itcf;:ren
ces given if required. P. S.—M:I,Q ut an 2..
part of th..t County inad.! to old,
0. T. ELLISON,
PRACTICING PI I ISICI Cenilerizport, Pa.,
respectfully informs the citizens of the vil
lage and vicinity that he Avill promfdy re
spond to all c,1113 lor professioniii services.
Mike oa Main in furor .:I.) or
cup;ed by U. W.
COLLINS SMITII.
SMITH & JONES,
DEALERS IN DRIIG, MEDICINES. DA ;NTS,
Oils, Fancy Articles, Stationery, Dry goods,
Groceries, &e., Mitia at., Coudersport, P.I.
lo:1
D. E. OLMSTED,
DEALER IN DRY GOODS, READY-MADE
Clothing, CrocAery, Main
011:der:Tom, P:t. Di: I
M, Ny. MANN,
DEALER IN BOOLS STATIONERY, MAG
AZINES and Music. N. W. corner o f : Main
and Third st 3„ Coudorsport, l'a.
n ARE, IN G-T ON ,
JEWELLER, Coudersport, Ps. , having engag
ed a window in Schoomaker ,f; Jaelc.:on's
Store will ca4ry oa the Watch , acd Jewelry
busiffes there.' . A fine aszortrne7A of Jew
elry. constantli - on hand. Watches and
Jewelry carefully repaired, in the best style.
on the shortest notice - --all work warranted.
HENRY J. OLMSTED,
(SUCCI:Se.OR. TO J.:1: CS ly. -SSIIT11,)
DEALER IN STOVES, TIN" S. SHEET IRON
WARE, :Main st., ner , rly opposite the Court-
House, Coudersport, Pa: Tin and Sheet
iron Ware made to order, in good style, on
short notice. 10:1
COUDE.RSPORT HOTEL,
D. F , GLASSMIEE, Proprietor. Corner of
Main and Second Streets, Coudersport. Pot
ter Co., Pa. , 9:44
ALLEG.I.NY HOUSE,
SAMUEL M. MILLS, Proprictoi•, Colesburg
Potter ,Co., Pa, seven miles "north of Coa
darsporcou the 'Wellstillc Road. - 2:44
.
"Kiss me ! '' si,;(l anl!articss child,
Tossino• her sumly!eurls aside,
And clasping then, wi'lli dim;•!ed .. ,• rrrt,
I A yonthful motneri; r. , -r.:: Kith prde. : •
I "Kiss inel" she said, .• my met ...r. ,1.5.2 , !"
As though unseen 'ideet:de chords
Were char2ed with'filoguenee•of love,'
Which might not breathe or .ir:::.k in words
{"Kiss me I" said a Maiden fai7, . .
l' As she twined, with graceful hand,'
!Her parting lover's riven locks
Ere he sped to
a,f'di otr land ; •
"Kiss me she said in sWeett - t
tone r
"And leave thy truest ltive with me;
I My he art shall blend,ts own with - thine,'
And bring them ban unchanged to,thee,"
Kiss me !" said a dying boy,
As a tear strayed down his pallid cheek,
!And nearer drew his Sister's ear. • ,
1 To c Itch that voice so soft and ;real::
1 .
1" Kiss me!' he s:d..l "I'M d., - inv now,
..
} As fade the sunset linesr,f even ;
But. sir -ter, I will watch for thee, -
And meet thee at the gates of Heaven !."
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Lexington and Concord.
MEI
The period embraced in this_ volume!
re"ches from the arrival of General Gae-e'
in Boston. May. 17 1774, to the battle of
Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. Of the;
events which precipitated the crisis dar. , "
ing this year of suspense and -strugc.de,l
the ii, -t v.a, the closing of Boston barber,
according to the provisions of the port-bill,
wi becri enacted by Parliament in ,
3!arch, aid reached the devoted to , .vu May
10. Ilnring the time which ietervened
betw.-en its reception and eiecution—
so- roily tin space of three weeks—the'
wh o le continent was moved iu sympathy'
and indignation, and "one great co:ninon-1
wt.alth" made the cause of Boston its own.
The itono cimsequenees of this Incas-
use may b , easily imagined.
On the Ist of June, Hutchinson eni
harked for Emden,: ; as the el :cks iu
the Poston 1 , , rites
the Iduckade ~f the harbor b,1g411.
inhabitants ofthi- town wee:`
shir.wrights and Sailors; and
since noI
could be -.:eiglied ; no sail unfurled,
nn Vf' , z. I , St)IIrWAI laupelked troll the
stoyks. their cheerful industry was at an;
niore are tbc.sy to lay the keel'
of the fleet merchant:he:it. or strengthen
t ri-neeful hull by knees of oak, or rig
the , ~ d masts, or bend the
Is to the yards. The king; of that coni
cry ha., changed the 12usy Worl;sip.ps into
scenes of compulsory idleness; r.nd tin.'
most skilful naval artishns in the world.'
with the keenest eve for forms of beauty'
and tp eed. are forct d by act of Parliament
to fold their hands. Want scowled on the
lab o rcr, its he Sat with his wife and chil- 1
(Iron at hi , b a,-,1 - The sailor r ,amed thc
streets lisil-ssly without hope of employ-1
meat. The laec wis excent„d with a rigor'
that went ly_youd the intention ei its au-
N:0; a -s,ow could be manned by
oars to brim.; an OK, or a S'imer, a bun
dle of hay iron: Pm Ail water
from t., t tt bet
of iatuker, lime ; .
•rbidden. b 1.7,ts 1):'t .. a ;
Charlestown could rot par:.'. oi .
ids acNs. Charles River ; the h.-het-men
oi'Marblehead, when trwit their por
suit they I), stowed r i nintzik of ailed fiSh
I upon the pier of Boston, wore obleied to
Itransport their offerimz in wae:ons by a
etreint of thirty milos. The wateimuses
! of the thrifty merchants were at once Outdo
valuelm ; the costlytwharves, which ex
tended far into thc channel, and were so
'lately covered with the produce of the
tropics and with -English fabrics, were be
cunle plans; the harbor, which
Lad incessantly with the cheer-.
!lug vc•lers of pro-porous commerce, WaS
now disturbed by no sounds but front
British ve-seas of war.
EE
MI
PIM
En=ff!
" - Fhiladelphi:;, the bells of the
churches care =Wed and tolled; the
ships in port hoisted their colors at hall
mast; ;Ina nine-tenths of the
.houses, e& . -
ecpt these of the Friends, were shut dur,
in , the memorahleFirst of June. In Vir
ginia, the populatiLin thronged the church
es; Washington attended the service;'and
, .
i strictly kept the faSt. No firmer er more l
1
touckin7 words were addressed to the suf-;
1 fe:ers than from
,Norfulk, which waS the i
1 largest place of trade in that "well-Water-
led and extensive dominion," and which,
from its deep channel and nearness to the
ocean, lay most exposed ,to ships - of War s
z , Our hearts are warmed with affection for
Iyou," such was its messagy " we address
the Almighty Ruler to support you in
!your afflictions. Be assured we eonsidcr
!you as suffering in the 'common cause, and
!look upon ourselyesi as bound by the most
1 "
sacred ties to support you..
" Jefferson ; from the foot of the Blue
Ridge of the Alleghanies, condemned the
I act, which in a moment reduppd an an-
D:OcliziYto P.riliciples' of D;i - ooc11:1j, qpi) of :hVoNiiip, ifehgfgla gq4) Lfe
,vqifttiV plirtr4.
ME."
p'i 'gtabig.
Frpni Ban , i-oit's last •volume
GE 'fa STORY.
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COMEE.SPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., TRIIRSDA7, atIPIE 10, 1858.
.
clout and wealthy town from
and
tel beim , . on the right, led the: way toward, it-breath l l (4 its
want, and without alearing and withouilthe bridge, he himself at -and settlers of hood
discrinlinetlon, sacrificed property' of they by his sine Mayor John Buttrickof Con-' made W halt,
value of millions to revenge—nor repay— i cord; with John Robinson of_ estford,:of the hlkhorn;
the loss of a few thousands. "If the lieutenant colonel in,Preseutt's regiment; ; day of . April by'
pulse of the people beat calmly under suchibut on this day a volUnteer without eoni-ILEXn:CirON."
an experiment by the new and till now :nand.
ur - I - card of executive power of a Britiali . ".ThuS these three' men walked tog:.th-1
Parliament,' said .the ghe yono states Man, er front, Mowed by minute men- and;
another acid another will be - tried, till militia, in double hie, trailing arms. They
the measure of despotism be tilled np." went down the hillock, entered the by-
Passing over the anxious counsels oft road, and there turned into the the cause-1
the next ten, mouths, we come to the bat:! way that led straight - to the bridge. The
tie of Lexington, April II?, 1775, whiehlßritish began to take up the planks, the
is describ'ed in a singularly compact nor-i Americans, to prevent it, quickened their
naive, of which we give a few. paragraphs steps. At this, the British fired one or
of the sequh,l: !two shot= up the river; then another, by'
"In the disparity of numbers, the Cont-1 which Luther Blanchard and Josepal
mon was a field of murder, nut of battle ;IBrown were wounded: A volley followed,
Parker, therefore, ordered his men to die-land Isaac Davis and Abner Ilosumr, fuel
perse. Then, and not till then, did a few 'latter a son of the deacon of the Acton
of them, on their own impulse, return the' r eharch, fell dead. Three hours before,!
British tire. These random shots of fugi- Davis had bid his wife and children fare-I
tiv,. , s or dying men did no harm, ex'eept Thatafternoon he was carried home
that Pitcairn's horse was, perhaps, gran-land laid in her bedroom. His canine.'
cd, and a private of the 10th Light lu- Inance was little altered, and pleasant in
Pantry was touched slightly- in the leg. death. The bodies of two others of his
," Jonas Parker, the strongest and-besticompany who were slain that day, were
wrestler in Lexington, had promised never' also bri.mght•to tier house, and the three
to run from British troops, and he kept were followedto the Village graveyard by
his vow. A wound brought him on his a euncoum of the neighbors front miles
knees. Ravine , discharged his gun, helaruund. God gave her length of day.; in
•
was preparing to load it again, when asthe land which his generous self-devotion
sound a heart as ever throbbed fur free-assisted to redeem. She lived to see her
dom was stilled by a bayonet, and he Icy i country touch the Gulf of Mexico and the
on the post which he took at the morning's Pacific, and when it was grown great in
drum beat. ; 4 0 fell Isaac Muzzy, and so Dower and wealth, the United States in
died the aged Robert r 1 true, the sante Congress -paid .honors to her hu , bands
who, in 1759. had been the ensign at l inartyrdont, and comforted her under the
Louisburg. Jonathan Harrington, Jr., double burden of sorrow ; and more .than
was struck in front of his own . houQe un :ninety years.
the north of the Common. His wife was; "As the British fired, Emerson, who
at the window as he fell. With the bloodlwas looking oh from his chamber
gushing front his breast, he ruse in. her , near the bridge, we'ts for one moment. un
tottered, fell again, then crap led on !easy, le-it the fire should not be retarn , d.
his hands ant knees toward his dwc:ling;' It was only for a moment; Battriek,
she ran to meet him, but only reaehed ; leaping info the air, at the -same time
him as he expired on their threAo 7 d.: partially turning round, cried aloud, ai ii
Caleb Liarriegton, who hind gone into the' with his coninrys Voice, 'Piro, feliow-sul
meeting house fur powder, was Shot as ' diers..for Gods sake, fare;" and the cry,
came oat. Samuel Hadley and John 'tire, tire, firm' ran from lir) to lip.' Tire
Br,wn were pui.,ued mei killed, after, they :of the British foil, and several were
had left the e,rel-t. Asah,ei PO,-tor ofWo- I wounded. In two minutes all NI as hush
burn, who had been taken prisoner by the ed. The Brfrish retreated in disorder to-
British on the march, endeavoring to es- I ward their main body ; the 'countrymen
cape, nets shot within a few rods of the i were left in possession of the bridge. This
C it/Art(4l
ii .
:Jay csr.ne in ii the 'uaauty of ari ear
.. T Lree, W.TO : tilt;
a s rass growin7 rankly a full ni.f.ntli before
I . y Sr ii
the tine; the blue bird and the robin
glalltrAn ,, tue s - .:tion, and calling
tiirth the be_nns of the sun on that
tneralnv slneto with the ivarnith of Suet
un:‘r ; brt li=lru = ;led horror gathered
ever the inhabitants of the peaceful town.
There on the green, lay iu death the gmy
haired and the young.; the grassy hold wit. , ;
rtsl ‘‘,.; kit the innocent Llood of their breth
ren shim,' crying unto God for \Trig-et:nee
from the ~r,ntcd.
The British troops drew up on the yid
-I;te green. and, ~tier a halt of less than
hair an hour. marched .)11 fur COlV"irtl.
I you tivdr approach, children and wo;nen
tb,d for shelter to the hills and woods, aid
men were bury in bidino• the military
stores. The rural militia of Concord
furrued on the parade ground. near
the meeting thitlFC. Abollt two
t!', n uppi.ared in arms 0.!
that..l4. Tie? ininUt.2.2ompany frip.l
cola ;,nil a ftwd. men of Acton pressed in
al an early hoar, but, amounilng in all to
on rc !Orin a quarter ci the Britisi,
They I„Lired, avcoydi4y, to an emiumee,
about a ndle to the: north, whirr they
waited for aid.. The British ewe .ed Co;
villat - .0 at about seven in the morning. and
at Duce priToc(kd to search for stores ia
‘llferent places. "Meantime, tile minute
men of Acton, under the command of I saa..t
Davis', with small bands of husband non
from the neighboring hamlets, had in
creased the number of-Am-ricans on he
rising ground abJvc Concord bridge to
tuot\! than four hundred.. The whole
was a gathering net so 11171011 of officers
fmil soldiers as of bmt hers and equais, of
1V11 . 0:a CVO.:'y (MC W:1 , a 11laTI knowil
in his yillav, obsmved iu the mem:tn.:-
house on Sundays, fmailiar at town meet
iagz, anti respected as a freeholder or tip
fre3holder's son. ".1 hey saw before them
within gunshot British troops in posses
sion of their britlg, and in the distance a
still larger number occupying. their town,
which froth the rising smoke seemed to
have been set on fire. They had as vet
received only uncertain rumors of the
events at Lexington. .!._t the sight of tire
iu the villago, their first impulse NT
rush to its defence. •
"The °dicers, meeting in front of their
men, spoke a, few words with one another,
and went back to their places. Barrett,
the, colonel, on horseback iu the rear, then
gave orders to advance, but not to dre un
less attacked. The calm features of Isaae
Davis, of Acton, beCame changed;- the
town. schoblantster, who was present; could
never afterwards find words strong enough
to egpress hew hie face reddened at the
word of command. ' I have not a man
that is afraid to go,' said Davis, looking
at the men of Acton; and drawing his
sword he cried 'Mareh.' His ectropciiy,
the sorb-yenowned 13.‘2TTLE 01? CoN
. c , mo; word eventful than Aeineourt or
Blenheim."
The retreat cfthe British from Con
.ent-t1 was attended with the lavish effu
sion of blood. During the 11.ty,the loss
of the Briti i wits 27:3 in killed, wounded
and missim-4; while en the lint4rieon side
-kit ware 31 wounded and •5 miss-
The. next nbidit, the men of Massa
chusetts streamed froin ever; (Fiat -ter
to the number of thousands, though with
out artillery or w.trliko stares. • but v, it it
brave hearts, determined to re, , eue the
liberties of their cone try. Thu -;rend o f
alarm is deseribed in one of tilp,Se
sm;dos. of p,letie clr,• - inorepo with which the
historian oix.isionally divers-ides
OF his barrmive. ,
"Darkne., riPnn the t-,wn. hat
it was no sheep. Ht. rold4 bu
swift relays of hoNN; tron , mitt,d the wi t
nie!::st: , e from hand In hand, till
rep 2.ated it to ; the sea to the hoc's
wood's ; the plains to tee hig.'t-land; and
it «as never sniFs.red to droop, till it had
been borne and soath; and en4t and
west. tl:rougliont the land. I:. spr•a I
ovew the boys that receive the Sae, and
the Penobscot. Its loud revt , ille broke
ti t . rest of the trappers of New Hamp
shire, and ringing lingla note:: fr rn
pa'.. to rak, overleapt the Green Mont:-
tains, swept, oitward to Muutreal, and ~ le
..,ended the ocean river, till the ri , ll ms
-05 were cell. e d from the cliffs of Qui:b 0.
The hills along the Hudson told to one
another the tale. As the summons Inn.-
to the south, it waq one day at
York ; in one more .at Philadelphia; the.
nest it llghted a watch-fir: at Baltimore;
thence it waked an answer at Annapolis.
Crossin'g the Poto•nee near Mount Ver
non, it wa's tent forward wltlp7mt a hilt to
Wiiiiamsborg. It traversed the
.`Sw.mop toN . auseinond along the ran
the first etnigrAts to North Carolina.—'
It nnyced onward andstill onward throwzi, ,
boundless groves of evergreen to New-1
burn and to 'Fur GA) 1 % 3
sake, forward it by night and by day,'
wrote Cornelius Harnett by the express
which sped for Brunswick. Patriots of
South Carolina eatv,rlit up its tones at the
border, and despatched it to Charleston,
and through pine and palmettos and moss
olad live oaks, still further to the South,
till it resounded amone-, the Nev Elnrland
settlements beyond the Savannah.,
Hilis
borough and .the Meeklenburgh distriec,
( that
North Carolina' rose. in triumph, now
Ithat their wearisome uncertainty had its
i end. The Blue Ridge took hp the voice
land made it heard from one '•
cud to the
;other of the valley of Virginia. The Al:
leghenies, as they listened,
: opened their
barriers tbnt the 'lend%call' miht pass through to the hardy riflemen on t - he L
Rol
ston, the Watauga, And the French Broad ;
Ever, renewing 'its' strength, powerful
evough area %o create, a commonwealth,
i~
i nspiring word to the first
Lek - v • su that hunters who
in the thatehless'ya:ley
convalcmoratcd the • 19th
their enekupuicut
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• of the Pot?er Co.
ASSOCIATiON.
EOM
The second e;-...ular meeting of this So
ciety,
Nv:.o held at Osway.D
27tit and 28th of May, 1853. The f,l
- inemb.rs ware preAe.nt at the.
meeting
J. iindrick, Conders- S.S. Greennrvu,ll:l).'n.
PC; t. I LO:113a "
F. B. I:lysso.s. Jane Hydorn.
W. A. .11.mbe,' " E.Corduiia.l.l3-dorn.,•
Cuc Lyman.Osw.tyo
O. Dwight. Allegany, S - trail Ji. Lcii t , "
D. IL Judd; ‘• C,roline Hawley, "
Altht:'.l.4, Judd, • •.T. (J. Will‘in6un,
M.v.-v. L. JilJ.N.' iNxtvy. .
tt
Sp.ttford.,Lyruatis- Ellen Dov.t.r.
U.
0. J. Cou'derF.p . t. 11. B. il , trria, .
U. (..;79.i.V, " A. I; t. ‘• ,
J. W. 11 . 7 a. Sw2 , len. Z-ru:th A. Ba'AP,., "
U. I'. S.tr th .J. Est6l, "
0. H. Cheqelia%) , Monler. H. H. Lyman,
D. tl. Cobb, tip,rino :-;yll,•Tr Greenman,
Mills. N. V. .L. D. listifa.
..I.bry Tr- -Vie. forenoon session met
and adjuuriled Ifor dinner.
AFTIIIINOON SESSION
The afternOn selsion was called to or
der by.the J .ProS't. J. M. Sp.ifford. Pray- I
or by llev h J.i Hendrick. Minutrez of
previous meeting re.td and approved. On
m.,tion, J. W.: Bird, Chairman of the'
Comulittee'en Constitution, presented the
rep rt of that 'Committee. On motion,,
the report wa3:aeo;Tted.
Each article of the report was then rend'
separately, smae slightl y amended, and
adw;ted. A Motion to insert an ankle'
in the ConstitUtion requiring all mein-!
13.:rs present tof vote on any question re
quiring a vote,which may arise in trans-1
acting the buSiness of the Association, i
was, after a shMt discussion in
W. Bird, 0. J, Hoes and new. lien
drink participahad, d::Clarcd to be lust.
On motion, Ehe Pres't appointed J. W.
Bird and 0. .L Leas, as a ComMittee to ,
take the names of persons. d , sirous
joining the 'Association. - The meeting
then to a report of the CommitH
tee of arranzenlent:2 as fullOws :
llio Cmomittee recommend that this
aft• , rimon be occupied in di : That
this evening be oenipe , ll in listening to
the ad;ire:ses U. Crosby and H. H.
Lyman : Tira to-morrow at hi oVo2k we'
li lets to an Essay by E. Cor Hydorn,
to be followed by a discussion ; and, that,;
We no:;t listen loan Ess.ly by J. W. Filid,;
to b, ir; a di ,:usskm. On we-'
tion, the Ipart.' was
re—that Ma !aid up'm the
tabla at on: was b nut ht up
tlar Ilendri,.l; open
ed tli i dJbne - liv senne 1,-;;•)-
, amtinn tha Rev. JI. flall
was prnielpate ia tim
WIt.:1 . 1i11101 Id1 . 1;r:NI us with a N- 4 :ry
ahle di , clnr,e on the, lam
; actam:ii 'aural and religmas
to. be a Te-.,e11;r; alter which re
marks- wer-3- na&lo by O. J. ,T. W.
iii - d, O. Dwight ani Caroline 1.1aw!3-.
The Calla . .vi!ag ameumnent was then of
rer,2ld iw H. 11. 11,vmana /?,-.3o!eer/, That
the attainmentslot a higia-degree of mor
ality- and religiub in hint or her. on whom
devulyes.tite duty of instrnctin, the youth
ful mind, is an element of snae.sq., nut
nnlv of impatta ig a knowled , r m of the
but i / n r,,,,vmming his or
h e r s e lp, a ls; by i nbanag, thCin with a prop
er (.I , :rt!e of respeet, for the character of
their Ilea,2lter.
I On tMition, the resolution was adopted,'
as amended. S S. Greemnim then offer
ed the f4l,lowimr: flesolr , d, That any!
Teacher who be hubs his house with the'
filthy jni_ec of '2obacco, is a disgrace to
his profession. Remarks by
O. iltvizht,
•S. S Greenman, Rev; Win. Hill and J.
\l". Bird. On Motion, the resolution was
unaniinonqly ad4pted. J. W. Bird then
oficred the following:
Re.ioive,/ That the practice of giving
r rewards and prizes, as now practised, is
' calculated to wok injury, and should be
discontinti'ed. litev. J. Hendrick spoke
' iu opposition to 'the resolution, and was
!followed by J. w. Bird, 'who made some
'very able ,remarks in favor of the same.
Remarks Were. Made by several .members
; present, when, 4n motion, the - resolution
!was laid upon the table. 1 On motion, ad
journed to melt at S o'clock in the
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EVENING SESSION
P,imyer ReV. ZFia. Mill. Music by
the Choir. The Association then. listen
ed to an able .aUd interesting address by
M. 0. Crosby. Cheers.; Music by' the
Choir.. A very able and interesting lee
!
tare on Astronenty was then delivered by
H. 11. Li:llan, F.yq. Cheer-3. - The thanks
of the sleeting were cordially torAered to
Messrs. Orushy and Lyilian for t'ricir ex
uncut addresseq. i I
FOUII,,CEI4T4
TEMIS.--$1,25 PER: ,P.N.IOIX.
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. Rev. J. Hendrick then propbsed that
we Meet to-morrow waning at l ,9 o'clock,.
and spend one hour in .talkingupon the
subject of teaching Orthography.
On motion, Mr. Rboks was invited to
deliver his address as a closing }exercise .
for ,to-morrow's session. - • . 1 • •
Oa motion, adjourned ,to meet at 9V
elok to-morrow' morning. •
Mug 2S.—Meeting called to order by
the President, at 9 o'clock A.:11: Pray
er.
by Rev. J. Hendrick. The discussion
of the Orthography question Wa'a'opened
15y Rev. J. Hendrick, fullowediby' - J.. W.
Bird; 0. J. Rees, J. C. Wilkin'son, 'Miss
Caroline Hawley and others.' iMusie by
thu Choir. A very interesting and able
Essay upon the IntellectualQunlifications
of the Teacher, was then read by MissE.
Cordelin Hyclurn. Reinarks by ..Mr.
Hejnllick, upon the subject of the Essay.
J. W. Bird then read an'excellent Essay
upon the Art of Teaching. *marks by
the Pres't and Rev. J. Hendrick. The
thanks of the meeting were t4udere_d to
the Essayists for their able prPductions.
J. W. Bird read the report .o:the Coin
inittee t un Text Books.
On motion, the report -was; •accepted
and the Committee thanked-for their dil
igence in preparing it. , •
Oa motion, the Article of the Consti
itution requring the Association to hold
its, Annual Sessiution the third Tuesday
of November, was suspended. -
On - motion, the President appointed
Rev. J. Hentlrick to prepare a, review Or
, Brown's Grammar, Mr. C. H. : Allen one
of Weid's, and Miss Caroline H - awley
one of Kenyons, all of which, are to. bs
real at our next meeting:
Moved, that we publisirin the County
paper, the names of all those members in
• attendance at this, or any future - meeting:
1 A resolution, tendering our most cor
dial thanks to the people of Ctswnyo
lar•e, fc.,r the kindness shown to ; the mein
, hers of this Association, was unanimously
adopLAL , .
The warmest thanks of the Associa
tion were also tendered to- the Editor of
the Potter Joueual for his kindness. in
publishing our notices, proceedings, &c.
A motion to publish the proceedings
of this meeting in the Journal, was, car--•
ried. The House then instructed .the
Pres't to.solicit such of the Essays and
Addresses as he saw fit, for publication.
The Pres't then appointed S. S. Green
man amid Harland Bird, as orators for our
next in&ting, and Jennie Lyman and
Caroline Hawley, as Essayists.
On motion, adjourned to meet at Cou
dersport, on Monday the 15th day of Soy.,
1536, for a session of five days.
J. M. SPI'li'0111), President.
-1:c SON Jlusnor, SecreSary.
MALE " FIARTATIuNS."—WhiIe yon
" hartilessly" flirting with the grd,
you knew she 10 - ;ed 3'latthat her heart
tiruniJ quicker, at the sound of your foot- .
fa:l, anti the Wadi that she could not eon
ec,nl liash into her cheek at the tones of
Ur You knew that during a long
tittle
. you were drAwing tighter anetigh ter
around the h:sart of your unsuspecting
victi.n the chains ;from which she Could
not release herselfWithbut suffering r which.
mi• , !it be greater to her than death: . Don't
tell me your intentions were . harmless—
you never proposed—never told her you
loved her, aye; a tinusand times - you toll
this, , by tone and deed, and look, jest
empudiically though your lips had swarm
it. - And then, how calmly, how mute.:
cushy at last, you said farewell to her.-=—
wishing her lifetime that happiness which
Your work had forever blasted. And now,
it whatever be yOtir sdcialpositionhow
deep sever ba the coffers of your . gold,
you have debased yourself and dishonored
your manhood. forth into the• world
and let .your carriage be as proud, your
air to_woman as chivalric, your honor as
tintarniShed as ever, but remember :that
the stain is on your soul You:have stol
en, basely, deliberately stOlen ' 'life one -
precious treasure of a woman'sheart = its
affections. You have robbed her•of trust
in human goodness and truth; and though
if she be a pure Woman she Will summon
pride enough to her aid to lade (mai' the
world its pain, it dill not be Wine.. .
You have robbed another of the love
and confidence which, should have beeu
his, fur the heart will never learn its-sweet
song of youth again, anit -though . the Wife
of his bosom she' sits in the shadoW of
his hearthqone," still the fountain-front
which you took the seal, will never yield
its fresh waters as before. ,
A NIA' VERSfON OF AN OLD STORY.—Parson
11 , ,WC will not believe that Eve was tempted.
a late number of his unique paper, the Pine
Eno! : he thus gives his view on "temptation:"
I cannot and will ne'er believe,
A serpent tempted lordly Eve
If there was any tempting clone; •
Then woman was the Tempting onq I- -
Since, from Creation's primitl.honr,
. -
- She has pOseessed - the - e!:ariningpowei.!:
-
DE. LIARE; of Philadelphia, knOvii - for
his counciction' with - spirttnaliam,,:dled in
that- city on the 17th 'ult. ...He-liras; a
Profest , ot, in one of the 'Aledieal Colleges,
an eadncut . physician. .and a mu&
ea
teemed citizen.. . • .