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LUPIE. , XL - -NUMBER 23
'E POTTER JOURNAL, _
MoIZNING, fly
Thos. S. Chase,
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~. 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
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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 -
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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 ,, _ _ - •
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Tvll/rer.llt:c Bitock, a pure
11:CAL St. ,
I": 1 : awl vwr, way ti!,e
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IS-\ -\ lIENSON.
ttre-scekers vrusli its
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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
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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
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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
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or.icr
„ ;TI . . . • „. ~ ju ,,, ; humility, She has H
‘'t :dm) two lovely si-
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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
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, &... 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
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inn - OODS. READY-MADE! ou t by ev il passions. t ".
~k ery..Gruck..rie, &e., Main •“_. Ajd yet •. -
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- . - -:-- 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
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lv meek in her deportifient and eouversa-
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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.
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'.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,
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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
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:“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
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- -.--- 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
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.. -.-- like her. _They did not. wish .tq be CoPt- • fi.nlliti, ll.i. Way into your heart' It t• o u i e
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 - !
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=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.
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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 :
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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'
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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
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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. •