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I laid 5o; han , ls upon Iny breast. anti prayed,prayed,• 1 , AWL sank slumbers 11(.. , 1 , : Cliihnike as then.. I lie to-ni;r•ht, vu Anil watch illy lonely cabin light : 4 till iti , vrtimi !t•?:4,halt 13, threv 12)4,A:11s: CM ii , ;:ary work. iwr sq.. 3 h i , iwertiun, - - - - 11 1110Ili p r mar displ:Cyud, per alit:11111 six months, :: uu 11: un one •• per srptare P;ich in=a:•tiun 11,11,1er 4. 100 f : .„I„,, ms a ill he ittserted at the same .ktor'; or Executor's Notice, •arll. tr:t•! S. per sttnare for 4 i nail Cants. each, ror yt•;11 . 11111 , t fu 1,111..1•. 3114 Ilt , 111111Ve Will , In lzc,,, Irl.lll di .. .tat - WC', 1l flit'.- litl tht; 111.1.11: . .1 . or satisfartor.% 15i111:55 Carb.S. MU \ ; 4 31 l\ N, ~. 1" AM I (1)I - SSELIA )I; AT LAW. , Nig--- , hat lotriii :, .1)1101'r alu'rli are,,mpari- . . putt l'a., will attend tltt. st•veral : if...4' u niuderu 0 eNt int ate V onr's own tr“t l / 4 ; :a roner aml M . Kvan rvinities. All • „„,/ i„, 1 „,;1„„,,..•• • rUirli 4 lcd in hi: , eark. wilt I'vvviVe m y „ inn , friends dace , 1 tiottotieSs often i an,ation. office on Main st.. npi....- ' 1 , : ' Cikurt I louse. DO ' wateneu in the early stir] lig nine, for the! _ . r ZirpCaralljC of the hright-eved violet, and F. W. KNOX, -when they have caught the tirst sight of., 11 Al' LA W. Coii,lersport, Pa., - will ' its sweet face, half ittdden beneath the . . attend the Co urt6 iti l'.it ter and . r a ll eu 1,,,,... 3 , , jr r h e r p r i l i g ..,zniss, 120 w dale. nitig Comities.- 1 " :1 . ther - elapt their hands for juy. and Iceleuiti ' ed the little emntr • vitli a err of. delight. Tll [it U. 01,NIS.111:1), . . .„- That little r',olet ~ I.la•ar vnt:urett, is'ati ( . 11 1 - - i"‘, 1 ,t (1 1 PN:7:Ei.l.t it: A - -1.11.. - - 'l_ , li:•!P tyi littal....::ty Ne,tli.i . • ~ , a. Pa.. will attt.ttil to all busitli ,, _ _ - • ==M== Tvll/rer.llt:c Bitock, a pure 11:CAL St. , I": 1 : awl vwr, way ti!,e • - - _ • •1.) or cardi2,:•• : iv t h e IS-\ -\ lIENSON. ttre-scekers vrusli its 1: AT 1..\ „, ; viltr.t , te;t to him, with ". , c1 ;„ tiu'll.4 ,o :u l curner 10;1 th( . : Y priZ , „: it tho Po.ro tiot. to :.ttr.!..:t. tittir I'. \VI I, LISTON :1* AT LA Welhd•oro%T : th• enurts. Iu ziluto.t every e,unpany of cbildren: ro• we ,ee jut 111.1111::11 thwers.. Beau-, tiful a$ (;041, tiw lover beauty, c:in thein, and sparklin:z a , the purtist R. W. BENTON, nionds, they-seem ail unconscious 1)1' th e i. coN - v E y ANcErz. i. , aper:or atiracttuns. How unselfish the • „, Tip. .) v a. , arc. Watch the:n. and sQc how earziestik', .to 4:,11:V,S iu hin they endeavor to make the-e around then =ME IMMO , happy. and whew e they have suet etteit4 IV. K. K I Ni.i how dell:2:110U' they themselves :Such children he the vin.,lets that grow, " \" in the waste places of this ruined. worlili i•• I Wit I, I •tst, tI „, i • 7 ti 1•I • - 4 smile for every I:asser-by ; and de.,l? t , ! - svnipathV lit' their leind. Ivvin r hearts. i. I.l i l ii ever really to eitsli forth at tile first T• ELLISON, of s4,7nJw anti sufreriti! , . Sheit genthl• 'spirits are like the bright sunshine!. clic e ' r jog the c,itttige ;MU the Pahtee • ul come alike to the ri..-11 :lid the pour; WiliTe. is the tieing with heart so bard, rl.. iu I:;iilditg comedy oe- not to love a heat:tital, ',widest child 1.. The mother of tins pry crow virtue !..' i I'. 14.- or.icr „ ;TI . . . • „. ~ ju ,,, ; humility, She has H ‘'t :dm) two lovely si- . . . SMIT JONES, tens, Meekness and Sunpneay, who ;tee !N . 1 , 1:1 . i!:4. mr . inciNEK PAry , N.. always found , in her company, entering ~-.- Artiele s ,s;„fil,„,.„. Lir”; ikil, ~: . when she enters. and rennin._ With her l , &... M,,i n sz., couti,r,,port. p:,- whenever site is driven front the .heart by to:1 Pride and. Self-love. These three lovely 'sisters dwell in the hearts of all Mt; youth- P. E. 01.3iSTED , . fill readers, unless they have been driVeu IN G inn - OODS. READY-MADE! ou t by ev il passions. t ". ~k ery..Gruck..rie, &e., Main •“_. Ajd yet •. - . 10:1 pier:, Pa. ... , - . - -:-- modesty dues nut consistsounich; in what 31. W. MANN, ;we du, and kur we appear, as, in! e-li' we IS laaiKS &STATIONERY, MAG- do it. A person May appear humble, and and ma-ic. N. W.. c6rner of Main,_still actually be very proud. A girl may rd sic..ro, GILI udvripurt. Pa. to:1 - be' retiring in her ntant-rs, and apparent 31Altli lv meek in her deportifient and eouversa- ON . „ tion, and vet have uu higher object in all '''''' TAH ' urt. huts front tae City of this, than simply to attract ar.en'tion thud d- Ea rand. ' '...i110p .4.ipoFite Court oi:dvt,port. Potter - Co. Pa. win appruval. This is nut modesty, but. . _ '.lrti , :u!..tr attention p4lid to CUT- pride. It does nut sprmg trout pure and tr)::t::-.11-. • kindly feelia: , s, but front a love of self. It is not the ~• cntle loving. spirit, of the violet, brit the- selfish one of • the daft:Ail.: ENRY J. OLMSTED, . LF-' ,,,, 1: To .?, , ,mrs w. smrt-il.) Emma :Wyman was a oiri of hxcelleut ;ship 'is 1 - vorthy of Lein, prized, will coui.".: F.s ;;,.-rovEz.-,. Tl\ & sm. - A.;" - e InlIN capabilities. She Irt6Lia hilt; in her CIaSS „ ajtd i)end 't.loWn to t:itze upoti its -street'4 . :“Ii; -A.: Th.n.rlV. 01114,,:itt! the - t. """ , •ind wa- , ekri , idered One of the bi,st seliol-if.6-2J . alice.. - ' . rliort, l'a. Tin, awl t•ilieet ' •-..- '.- '-- • I ars kit net :!;:e 1,11 the sehuol .which she: ; Why, my y-oung friends do' You pass by ; , tdt . to Uriler in ,4 1)0i1 AVie. Oh - , : , ~ ... , -..,.„ .1,1:7 'attended.- But, unfortu - nately, i sue was many a gauuter flower, to seep-the unmezt - - -.--- exeeedinoly pert. Site claitui...d:consider 7 i Tiet, or the 'night-eyed diiii..y ! Why' 'l .- iff:IISPOIIT 1101'ELI - ration as leer right, as due to her supeirior ido you bend cloWn and i.7ltZe so 10Vin''IV ' ••:SS NI 111 E. Proprictor. Curiii-1 tit - powers:lml charms:. hence she - -vas-p-i - ouii - 1 Upon it, 'and address to it such joyotts ex-, 1 s-rtnill St:I:1:k, ("miller: T ort. l'ot- ' and imperious. 111T5.1.41.;-aiati•s-ilid Doi ciiiiiiations .! It is because it iiiiie h as /...,... ----,.. __ i .. -.-- like her. _They did not. wish .tq be CoPt- • fi.nlliti, ll.i. Way into your heart' It t• o u i e ... __ Llii-ItiANY 'llOl_'SE; :.. 1,,1 1 4-,1 t 4 f . : rant attentions anti bc.,i•tinv their mit tiirth to meet you, it woniii: uot he so . NI. 111i.1,5. Pro . • .I.'- I - -4 ' Frtelur, ..) e.r..,11r, lave; ilitilin4:ll ball Enna 'Well ICS pre-' presinning. Tilomtli croilleti ivith beauty . , - retiring, it does not 2....ccui to lea ever tilyclling- upon 0 -, l'a. :A•v,..n m il t ., nurtL ut • cm „ - stimiog, - anti more tinnlest and; I VII the WailiVine !Wad. Li, - . 4 I i they would have delighted to honor her. ) 4,s own eliartim, but peeping out from L a .. I .. . purs Culla. Each movement of the straying lamp Shaw,: Imw the ves , el reels: As tier her ilel^k the hillows tramp, dud all her timbers strain and cramp With every shoe!: she feels, It starts and :doublers. while it barns, .I.tol in its liingedmeket turns. IMIE 18 Oil It tit) 7 00 :JO 00 Ili too 1;:t (Hi Noir swinging slow, and slanting, Iniv, It alinos i t level lies: And . vet I f;now. while to and fro 1 ‘vatell the seemin, r pendule go With restless fall and The steads shaft is still upright, Poising its little 1 . 210 he of li!rht. 0 ha1.,1 of (;,,,1! 0 peaee promi,: e of lay sold '.— • Tilow,rll ‘vval; ill at ease, Atni,l tho roar of sno:ijig Th• I own %%ills loVe tenarr ion v•rfcct t. - pe of iltith arid 1:1‘s - ! 2 fiil 1 :n! i .lil I (t i :VII llt•avNlly trt! , t 7 , 1 v s,lll : t,.•,..,11 1, , n1n13, '1'11” ‘viltl \rinds : I crwrs my palm: , tf,lppy ar , 1 - 114kr thi• I 1 . ....31,1 th, St/i10.1111:_f = =I Ilrabing. E,l ! ;!fria liVitai is Modesl3 - If If-vnii 104.1; in vtair IVclistvr's Dietion- =MMMEMIIII 1 1 :riqziples of :Dili 'Oitzsefijilmlio)) of bfoNtlitij, :Cii - cNiire - e, 0)0 . iiztns COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1859. Sarah White: was ,a : , irl in the same ,:chool. - She Was the very opposite of Emma. Equally talented and beautiful, she seemed altogether unconscious of the Met that, she was more -attractive than othei:s. Her whole'aim seemed to be to make her associate happy, and to bestow upon them her love and kindness. .It puzzled her to tell why she ,should be a ti vorite wilt every one. She was sure Eninia was far more deserving of attention than herself. and she wondered that others did nut think so. Thus, while Emma vas liked by a few, and perhaps loved by none, Sarah was a general favorite. Every one who saw her, was:attracted towards her. When she looked Op to you with her pleasant, loving smile. you could nut help smiling in re turn : and though she was very beautiful in person, she seemed to think her little friends were far unire lovely than herself. Emma IKy Manl the ai Le_ p.,:et.....5p05.t.0n that made her school-mate so attractive. She . called it tonic and devoid of spirit. She \vas an ambitious girl, and determin ed to attract notice; and secure praise. This was the :One object with her in all her studics.'• :She never felt happier than when ; A m staid at the head of her elass upon examination day, With the gilded prize hang around her neck, and the eyes of the gathered crow,! fixed upon her.— But when Emma saw ; hew mueh Sarah's gentle dispositiou attracted the notice and w o n the love of her teachers and associ ates, she bean to despise it iesS, and even seriously to consider whether it were nut, after all, the surest wax to secure that at tention of which she Was so inordinately fond. She did nut love this gentle spirit any betterthan before, but she thirsted fur the flattery and praise which she daily saw; lavished upon it. To secure these results, she resolved to change her deport ment and imitate, as closely as possible, Saridi White, About this time, Emma's parents re . nio -- ed to another town. The teachers and scholars in the school which she would now attend ; were all strangers to het'. Tliis Was a good opportunity to com mence her'plan. She therefore carefully considered all that. she had observed. in Sarah, :tint resolved to do and appear just as nearly like her as possible. All this did very well for a time, and she began n. seewe that attention which she so much . le.sired. But she was too impatient. There were others in the school who were as talented and bezoniful as herself. *They and theirmates knew that tkev were just as good as they seem ("..l to be and they prized and loved them aceording:y. This vexed the sellish spirit of Emil _S he could mwt ip..;ar a rival ; and iu tar vexation, she - fore.ot the Part she was ne;ing, and giving way to Its? ;.-.W'A't. pitienee was soon i l itite angry scheui-uoites were astunisheil, auil griec el. that they hal been so deceived; for they Were beginning to love the strange' selluizir, and had talked murk among them vi what an a.l litivu such a talented and w..,uid be to , their number. Emma never regain - ed their confi dence_ (.4 . 4e here soincthim , of the difference betwemi ram and false mode,ty. One ,prings from :1 b.i , 7 rs, the other -prig_ cr.,:n the True tth,l esty lives only in the heart that is full Of kind:lC.7;S; fahze dwells in the heart tzeitisimess. thimilitv is the mother of the. I;Jriner. Pride of the lat ter. Ilad Eaima Vip‘lan been truly mod est, and really what she :,ce`tned, t he wouhl have rejoiccil in the prosperity of:mother ; and 'n toad of .beittg offended because her school-unites chose to lore and prai,:e those. whom they had found to be worthy of . their love, she : wou:d have deli!itcd them in their kind offices, and been inskie happy Ler>elf in giving happb ness to - v Others. But she was actirm , the 'part of a deceiver, and hence the virtue' she assumed was no more like the real virtue that dwelt in the heart of Sarah,' than the tinted wax-flower is like the; beautiful, &a;-rant ruse. It may have t.he to,lan and color, but it lacks the fragrance, add o the life of the•natural flower. I Unaffected modesty, says.one, "is tlke: s‘fcetes:t charm of female exeedence, the' riChest gem in the diadem of her honor." ! But to be thus valuable; it Must be pure.! It 'oust spring truly from the' heart. [lore! it' must grow, and patiently wait, like the little violet, until its biding place is dis: etl i vered. Fear hot, that none will Chid it.' It will attract kindred spirits.. Its smile well glean out, like a bright ray of hit:, the darltaess, and those whose friend: 1 1 neat It the nestling leaVes or springing' igras, It seems:to be looking for some one Ito smile upon and love. Yes, girls. ,aud that gentle beaming smile wins your heart.' j You love the sweet darling flower, becouse 'pot rU n hot Itrip 11. _1 Happy indeed trill you be if the same shall be said of you=if the gentle spirit which dwells within your Ifeart shall so attract the heart of our friends, that they shall say, "That little girl is so 11Mdest and good, .1. cannot help loving her,"—L Remember, then, that modesty is a gem of beauty, and if you wish to . be - truly beautiful, you must wear this beautiful gem upon your heart. -H. P. A., '4hratitural. Teachers' Asimocizklion. 31n. horror—For some itinte. past I have looked in the ,TOITEINAL as it made its weekly appearance, for the proceed in=s of. "The leachers' Association," winch was held in Coudersport in Nov. last; but I have looltedin vain, and on inquiry, I have ascertained that the Sec retary of that ineetiug has failed to pre pare an account of its doings for the press. Now, being a incluber of that body, and. desiring that our citizens should know what we are doing to advance the cause of education, f have prepared the follow ing report for publication : . . Pursuant to adjournment, 4 the Asseci ation Met in the Court House in Conders- Tort, at nine o'clock A. M., Nov. lfith, 1858. The President and Secretary be ing absent. the Superintendent called the members to order, when Mr. 31. 0. Cros'- by was elected President, and Mr. Wm, Secretary, frnr. Rev. J. Hendrick, Chairman of the Committee of arrangements, made a par tial report, to the effect that the morn ing-and a ptirt of the afternoon be devot led to teachers' drills, and the remainder. 'of the afternoon be taken up in discuss ing such subjects as the tnembars saw fit to propose ;, the evening session to be oc cupied in reading Essays, and in discus sion. The CO. Superintendent then pro posed the followim , order fur the "drills," viz : Morning Session Ist, Written Arithmetie; ThtetiottlaiL Arithme tic; 3d, Readinu'; 4th, Orth+graphy.- Afternoon Session-Ist,Geo—ri:mliv;2uil, Emriish I . lraminar. Throughout the mrothr , the Po. 5411- perintemient took c•harge of the "drills'' m which he was occasionally assisted other members of the Assoeintioii. ft er t h e '•drills" were throueli for the day, Mr. S. S. Greenman offia.ed th e f t di lun in_ resolution, viz: "Resolved. that ‘vhisncring in school, should be suppress ed., under all circuinstances." _Nitta. A avert discussion. it was laid upon the tai Lie; when the Association adjourned till seven &cl o ck P. M. ESE Ee , iqg.—.Met at the appointed hour. Prayer, by Rev. 1) Styles; nituzie by the Cht)ir. The Co. Superintendent then ad_ dressed the Assoeiation upon the duticti of Teachers. An Es,:ay Ir:.lS then read by )liss Caroline Hawley; :qtbject, Propriety of giving lit:wards." Ad journed. TcLslL 16th Met at nine o'clock A. M. Prayer by Hey. Hendrick ; music by the The Written Arithmetic drill was con ducted by Thss A. J. :.:patforj, who' brought out some "points - that every, teacher would du well to remember.; pecially the one about spelling nut the ; numbers in Addition, as, two and three • are five and seveit are twelve, etc. She strongly recommended` the plan of read- . ing them off. as, two, live, twelve etc. In the drill in (lehgraphy, several' teachers gave their method of conducting. the first recitation in that branch. The, most approved plan seemed to be to coM- . inence with thepupilsown;neighborhoud, and then lead him forward to Town, Conn: ty„State and more extended division s ._ One old and experienced teacher Ad tluit she commenced with the yard around the' . . . ... . . . school house, and the stumps In the ad.; During jthis discuss! be prize sys. joining fields. i tent was, severely handle ; one speaker , After the drills were through, the res- m particular,! au old and experienced . elution relating to whispering was called, teacher, shoWed up its dark side in all its i up. After stinie discussion, the Co. Su-: hatefulness. !'She thought it had a di .perintendent offered to attend, by strik- : reel- tendency to develop the vice of av-• ing off the words •iunder all eircumstan-, ariee, alreade •so fearfully large in the. ces,7 but his-amendment was voted down. i A merican .eharactc.r. -Theresolutidn was : The vote being" put on the original rose-; passed; #lteti the ; . Association adjourned. lotion it Was lust. Adjourned till seven till seve' n'elj - .!ek, P. :%I. &Oita P. M. • . Er , if ;a1.:4 Met at the appointed hour.`. . - Erenioy.—Met at the appointed hour.: Music - bY thel 'choir. - Music by the choir. . - : First exercise, an essay by Mr. - :3. 0.. The Co. ;uperintendent proposed that Crosby ; subject, 't Pleasures and flewar4s . , the teachers have a -fandliar talk" about of Thinking." Next listened to a poem,- the best method, of securing -punctuality *read by in the tnoriiing. t iik- thong.lit thatmucii Lyman. Mr. M. U. Crosby and Miss Eliz a 1 • . ini: . .dit be accomplished by keepin : r a "tar- Mr. `Sylvt.o:ei Greenman then' offered i dy.reeord" thereby showing each tine the , the followito . , resolution, to wit: -‘ Ilesoly-L amount of time they lose in a given per!- ! ed that. the County . iiuperintendeney isi od. Another thought that parents were the right argot the school system,' and. more to blame in this respect than pubils, should- be, supported by every friend of: and that much could not be done to rem- ieducatiew" Ithisealleaout sumeremarksi edy the evil until they were convinced of the ini!iortance of having their children at school bY• time, in thd mornifigH third thought that if the opening; eter , else's were Made 'attractive ; the puiiils would make' un eft4t to be there to enjoy them. -::.;he'thunght, that as children hive' music. irsehool f werc opened by sii.zing. it would have a tendency to make then' Punctual. • . Essays were then read by Mr. S: (/reennian, Miss ideunie Lythan and Miss N. Ensign. Adjourned. • • IV ins Esp A Y r I.7th. .• Met at nine 'O'clock A. ..I. Prayer by Rev. J. IlendrieE' Music by the choir. The drills -to-day were conducted in a spirited manner, -and were well calculated to , improve, those who participated in them. After they were through Miss N. FilOgn offered "the, following resolution : . Resolved, Thatfemale teachers should receive the. same, or as,good compensation for their services, as uitiles holding- the same grade ()if eer te. , A short tliScii_._ll followed, which 1 seemed to be 'pretty birch all on the side of the ladies., The Co. Superintendent then offered to amend by striking Out all al.er the word "Resolved," and inserting the rollowing'in its place, viz :• ' • "That all teacher; should receive )rages in pruportioli to the grade of their cer tifieates." , The amendment was carried, when the resolution as iiintended, was passed. Ad journed till Seven o'clock p. m... . . Ereiet . ifei.---'-31et at t he appointed hour. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Clattliu. MUsie by the choir. . Rev. J. Ifendrick, who was appointed in )lay last, to prepare a review of Brown':i Grammar, i:taOti, that. from' a press of other business he had been unable to pre pare a - written review; but if the Assot;i7 ation_ would 'accept of it; he would pre sent a verbal one. This they consented to.th - k. when the review vas delivered. Miss Carolide Hawley," who was ap pointed at the same time to prepare a re view of Kenyen's (1-ratninar, stated, taut from various reasuns,she could only present her review in the same manner as the pre vious one: TO this the Associatimi con sented, when She presented a' verbal re view of the work she had under consider ation. Both of the renewers seemed te naciously attached to their respective au thors. Adjourned. finsDAy, 18th To-day the 'drills partook of the same general charavter which distinguished them on pnivions Litlys! hat as there were two or three old teachers in who had been there :before, they were wore mni-1 mated. - The (looratilly exercise could not have been otherwise than tnterestimz and in structive. (hi the subject of physical tieugrilphr, the (lull' Stream and the Trade Wind formed valuable to p ics of discussion for a short time. Al thutol our orinions may nut be suns_ o , :t.d to aceelerate the onward flow of that "Ini-hty (teem., stream,", nor retard .'the winds in their circuit," yet our knowl edge ur i , fauranee of the facts connected with thew, and of the most generally re- ceied 0 - works in exy?anation of t!io fct•:, may retard or necoierate, as the ease may our sucee,i: , in teaching. A few (iite,tioMs ;tlymt. tlie - State Nation= al - G, , vormumnt; their manlier ui poet:•ol- ing, and the Way of eleettiig the various iiftie,-rs touch ;eatspose - thew,' showed an; ignorance in this ditection nut in the least liatiering. Were sonic persons un able to tell bow United States Senators arc elected,. it Wight provoke a smile 3 but stich ignorzinc in those - claiming-,to be school teachers,-and - especially males, ev-i cry eits.reisintr: the funetions.of rill zenship, becomes booserious for inirtit; ; it is simply disgraceful, and an imposi- • Lion upon their patrons. subjeci, of discussion this after:, noon, was - a resolution laid on the table; at the meeting _held iu Oswayo, to iday. ! last, viz: R, , ,;( . ,icert, That the practiee of award- i ing prizes to tiupils, is calcidatecl to, work' an injury on their winds, and should be discontinued. • . , IFOUIt CENTS. : r : TERMS.--$125 tit% ANNI7III. in favor of the B,lipetintendeney. The resu'tutio~i was tinall • laid Upon the tahle, Adjourned: , 1911 t. There were one dr.tWo regular drills to day; after which siver,d of the teachers ! - rave . their'm e thod of ittlaching the alpha bet, and of fltlucting li -first exercises in readin. Aftereve t ralltithers had en their methods, Ensign , gaVe an interestinP. account Jof !her manner of operating. :zhe used,the "word system . ," in the Midst! Of her,explanationiin intelligent director. present exclaimed; "You can .have .otti• school,:" - Here tine County Spperintenikut 'Wished to know how many presentl used the word sys tem." On takingl au ••eXpression; a feW answered in; , the affirmatire. • After these exercises, the Olnu' i r in ;obedience to a Mo tion to . appoint'a entuniittee to nominate officers for tho ensuing year, appointed Messrs. J. W.lBird,' U. W. Grigsby and 1). H. Ches.ebre, and '3liis,es Jane Bydnru and Oara Ensign, 'said committee. They reported. the fulloWing persons, to wit : for Pres. Sylvesteri Greenman; for Vice Pres.. f I.J. Spafierd ; for Sec . y. J. W. bird; for Treasurer J. Hendrick. . • On motion, the l i elanse in the constitu-, iron requiring the loitiecrii to be elected by balk AVZIS SUZipellpo, %Olen • the zibove' named 'persons were elected by nechtuta.- ED The President then took bis seat and 'made the following appointments fur the next tneoing; of the Association, .to 0..1. Spalfurd, D. ,Whipple, Jr., and 11. P. Bird, and - Misses Aue;usta Spa lord and Jane Pythirti as Essayists. 3/r. U. 11, -Allen to write a review of Weld's New (lrammar'." W• Bird, to write a review4".MeNallysCompleto' ;School tloog.raphy." Miss M. Hopkins to write a .review of "Colton Fitch:4 I"coLt.rapbv." and Miss Clara Ensign' to write a review of" Siuitles Quarto Geogru.: phy." Also Messrs. lit Z. Roberts and 11. .Judd to declaim. J. W. Bird then offered the fullowiag. resuktiori . fur consideration at our next pleating, to wit : 'l , Resared,- that the ":word method" i i the best method of teaching pupih: to read. The, - resolittion was accepted. , , The Co. Supt. then read 'his appoint fOr the exanditation of feachers. IU the cure I , f his remarks he said that if 2C should be his fortune to r ,vieet any whose' moral cliarac!er he kneW to 'be b,d, no . matter what their qual4ieations in other revects, he should not grant them eertiti 7. cates. Mr. 0. J. Spalron], %Ir. J. W. Bird; atul Mi== Jam: liplOrn were appointed a committee. of arratizetnents for the next. =Mg Ifter Prayer. b 110. J. Hendrick, du.; As: , ociation ndjourned to meet at the Red .zelleol ll,u e in Runlet, on the -1a..4 Thur, , day in January, liighteen hundred and tiny nine. '. Although, to a cnrless, looker on many of our esereises might have seemed &M -aud uninteresting, yet' they were Poropre so than is-the preparatoiy drilling fur, any. other calling. And I think lam safe saying that no teaeher left without being batter prepared firi the duties of his pro— fession than he came. But yet many did not see fit to Meet with us, and give us the benefit of their experience. This should nut ant- well aware that our Association is not absolutely the 'best means of pmplringteaeliers fur their pro:: . fe,ision ; but the best cannot alwas be coin.: Mandell by the many. i i Aud such is the ease with the Potter County schoolteach ers: But few of them ea.' leave the coun ty to attend Normal I SNAtools- and other institutions where they can obtain a thoro' training in the duties' of their" c a lli ng . A n d consequently the'best they can do is to avail themselves -of- the advantages • offered -at home by the Association. Yet, strange-as it may seem, :some who aspire to' teaeli,Appear unwilling to do it. -ThiiSe who have receive& no professional training most certainly otni , .ht ti, avail . theinseivc of every - means - 4 improvement within . their power, that they Imay not goivholly • blind=folded to work in one of the most: • diffichlt av'or-,.ttionS of life; and those who , have, certainly ought to be willing to give others who are not so highly favored the- benetit ut their skill add esperiencel In doin• , • this they will tidd their knotledne bririttened and their \ minds groWing sharper. . , • Theo let everyteacher--within ,the lim its of Potter Cottut, I.klace their tiamei • , .upon the 101 l bout: of her Tenchers7•Asso elation, .and become xsorking memberi that body as well its out of tt. Come front . t every bill and valley, front every mountain i glen,. and forest nuok i 4 come from the rip - - ; pling _waters of the Allegheny, and front the clear fountains of t Susquehannah'; cuttie one, eome every meeting. Of the As.soeiation, and J let us counsel to gether for the advaneenient of education, and then go our, way ttgaiu better prepar ed for our important•duties and stronger' in our united' strength. IftnnoN. •
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