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VOLUNE XL - . -NU3BER. 27.
THE POTTER. 30D11.NAL,
g;II99ED EVERT TIIITB.SDAY MOP...VING, By I
ThOg. S. Chase,
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T w • - 1 .111 Cetters and Communications! From the Atlahric .11ron th ly.
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C.:.::rr,juu - t. ‘::it! uttet..l th- stveral
in Potter I . : n.l :11 . Ktan Counties. All!
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MARE GILLON;
%,:d TAILOR, .late from the City O.!
~.ppo,ite Court
Ct , ; , iersport. Potter Co. Pa.
3 .—Pr.r..ieular attention 1,:ti.1 to CL-T
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It was the autumn ofthe year,
The strnWherry Icaves•wt-re red and sere ! ;
October's airs 7. - O.N. fre...11 and chill,
When, pa_usdrc: on. the windy hill,
The hill that overlooks the
You talked confidingly to me.— •
Me. whom your keen artistic sit ht
Has not vet learned to read aright, ,
:Since I have veiled My heart from yciu,
And loved you better than you knew
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Yon told me of yoor toilsome pas i t,
The tardy ltouors won a: la , t.
The trial , . borne, the conque , ts gained,
The lontzed-for boo.) of Fame attained ;
I kneW: *Jewt every victory
But lifted you away from inc.—
That every step of hizdt emnrise,
But left me 10., - er in your eyes;
I watched tilt- distance as it grew.
And loved you better than you knew,
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You did not see the bitter trace
Of Matti s.weep my faee:
Yon not hear my proud heart beat
Tieuvy 5; Cr bene.ith our feet ;
Yu" ht unwoni
_tomes deeds os yet undone
rod I. the n'hile you fldked to me,
1 ;votehed the gulls - nmit
Till lost'.imid the liumrry blue,
And loved you better than you knew.
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You walk the sunny side of Fate:
The wise world smiles and calls youlgreat
The golden fruitage of suecess
Drons at Your feet in plentcouiness ;
you Lace blessings manifOld,—
Renown. and power. and friends, and gold
They build a trail between ns tw a in
Which may not be th; r: u dntyn again
Alnc! far I. the ion : : years througG.
Have loved you better [hap you knew.
Y our s promluim ?our art' high truth
Have Itcr.: prond=e of your 'youth ;
And while you won the crown whi-do now
into your hr,w,
My F•oul cried ~ , , t ron.dy out to y , u.
3cr0 , 3 the ntSt . .til'S t ,rning blue.
unretnyul'. , :ed :Ind afar,
v• , .1.:.< I w,I,•:1 stkr.
Throua-li ni:irknvs,
Anl,2oved yuq bettxr than yuu knew.
I u=Nd to tlrParn, in all these ve;u7..
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put aside
The barriers of plaee :Ind
Would excel: the pa!nless darknes3throzi;ol
And draw me softly op to you:
But th:a is punt.—lf yon
Ltesi•le to , grave. soot futere day.
Perehanee the vhtlets o'er ate deist,
Will half betray their burled
And suy. their hint. eves full of d-w,
•• She loved you hotter than von knew."
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THE RED RIVErt VOYAGEUR
Pa.,
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The eyr...: that Ivo'. , are :ti• ary.
And hear: - the liv.:4ls :hat row.
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and ono upon tiw
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Is it the clang of
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Tll.'t lo vo::•• ' r,f thr, nin - th kind
Tilt! tOnc!S of a 1 . .17 -Off 11E11?
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To the sa:iri that c:o.+-•
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ftes:z. , his Let :Lnd
And our eye , grotrd:al w:th ‘v.ttehing
And our heArts at ti.te oar.
Happy is he wl)o lieart•th
s":7nal of hi:
In t!i hviit; of tiny Hall - City,
The chimes of er0n , ..11 pi-ace!
Ciwirt gfabing.
TEM 11110D'iEN-E1111.4.1/TED.
S. I }LLLY
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We recently published (sayitlie..V.
Tribuneo a letter in which HarloW Case.
he defaulting collector of Sandusky, an-
Jounced the - decease of t the uuhhppy wu
man who had accompanied his and
implored the forgiveness of her 'husband.
Under the title above, a missionary 'eon
-espondent of The Bnston • Watchman
um/. Pulector describes au interview with
:he guilty pair-which took placeisiortl.
tefore the death of the mother and of the
:hild - whom she had made the companion
,f her wanderings.
"What though the spicy brktelmt,
Inuw suf!. o'tr Ceyi,u'.. hie,
/ Though ever pr.ispta pl.,sq,
- Auti uu:y luau is vile'! , I
Curiously enough, I was just repatina•
liGOidl~to Ilia i - 2EI - 1,:,;1)14 of lev. iht! iri,:.1 4 6)11:):11 . 1011 Of 1111Z 1 :-Ut:ttiF;
,' COUDERSPORT,. POTTDR COUNTY, PA., , THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17,, 1.859.
into riow,
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this stanza - when my new acquaintancelhead—looked out. troth_his eyes—spoke
called for me. I had met him while on when he was silent.
a . business - visit to Ceylon, as a country-► " Will you come to dinner ?" he.asked..'
man of mine, and was- pleased with tile!! I hesitated: Should Ipartalte of
opportunity that afforded me a more inti- j hospitality ?—the hojlitality of one of
Mate personal knoWledge. !those fends in human'shape :vliOse steps'
I thought myself fortunate - in take hold on hell?: 1 knew his gitiltL-!
in with so agreeable a gmtieman, and: Why delity to declare it?
.. 1 - Why not at i
considered his face and Manners peculiar-lonce, in burnin.g words, upmaid him for!
ly refined. On our second meeting his villainy, and flee, as'from a pestilence.
noticed a singular restlessness of the his Sin-cursed house? The-man notictil!
handsome dark - eyes, and irritable i bitter.: my hesitation. lie could not, of conrse: l
ness of tie lips, and a disposition to be interpret its cause; As he repeated his I
Constantly on the move, shown in the tap- j re4uest, the. look of distress upon his fade j
ing, of light bamboo cane, or the ino- : excited - a feeling of pity, which for a zuo-1
tion of foot or hand. These things, how-i men:, slightly disarmed My tesentment.!
eyes. did not- sttike me as singular at the 1 and. under the influence of this feeling,
time, but. coupled with 'that I afterward :almost unconsciously I passed into the
learned, were certain evidence that the , dining-room. .
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man felt already the auawings of thei " lan ° ;sorry little Nays mamma"—
worm that ucver dies. ; (I was glad he did- not dare to use the sa-
One forenoon we left the lade seaport iered mune of wife)—" is , not able to sit
town ; where I was sojourning, and rode a 'down with us,” --- fie. said. "It is many_
short distance into the interior of the gor-i months since we.have had
.her presence
I , eous Island. Most glorious were the ;at our meals.. She is suffering from the
surroundings on every Land. :effects of slow fever, induced by the eh
‘l That is my house," 'said my new, mate," he added gravely, as he motioned
friend. pointing to a low-roofed cottage, me to a seat before him.'
surrounded by a wide veranda. from whose: The table glittered with silver plate.
clinging, vines sweet odors were flung up- Obedient servants brought ; on the most
on the soft atmosphere ; hut from the mo- costly servers, delicacies such as I had
went the words were uttered his socia- never seen bet Ore. But. the skeleton sat
Lilac departed. ;at the tat I I could not talk save in
Witinn the cottage enclousure were; monosylables. My host ate hastily--al
walks, bowers and fountains. ChaSte most carelessly—waiting upon me Wi'ii
statuary Was dispersed over the _rounds many abrupt Starts and apologies. . Wine
with most charming effect. The house ;came. Hu drank freely. So4nlre sent
seemed almost a fairy structure, rising in the little girl and servants fyoni the room,
the midst of flowers and foliage. And 'and secultd striving to netve himself to.
the loan who sat beside me, whose smile • Conversation-
mounted no higher than his lips—the ‘• Yon arc from city, belies-e,"
dreamy far-looking discontent in his eve he said nervously•
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,hrownor every nionicut more perceptible; I answered an affirmative..
—was the owner of this Eden-like home. t a• Did you ever know a gentletnan there
' We were wet on the threshold by a by the name of—ll. E. F ?"
lively child of saline eleven summers. Her " I knew him, Sir," I said sternly, look
; hair hung in coils. Her eves particular- , ing 'the man steadily in the lice, "and I ,
ly lustrous yet Itiournful in beauty, and .kuow him also as a ruined, heart-broken
on the vou-u brow I s-eetited to see a, man." With an ejaculation - of anguish;
soinethina shadow .if sadness —an un- Ihe put his handkerchief to his 'eyes. It. l . Pursuant to adjournment. the members
childlike quiet, as she greeted my new' : ', would have seemed
. hypocritteal, but the; of the _lssociatiun convened at Roulet, ,
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friend. - Dressed in pure white, she. - dici-II suffering on his face was unmistakable. lon Thursday, January 27th,-at 1 o'clt*
I ed. in before •us. and to her was left the " Petharis you have suspected then"- 1
I P. M.
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duty of entertaining me; while Mr. C. a t he bef e , -,iitt in a ouivering voice. . v .After the organization of the nteetin,4,
et,:cusin 7 hituself in the remark that sick-"i Not calmly, but with the words of hn !!and report of the Business Committee, the
; !less :necessarily called him away for a i accuser, I tell him what I , had seen, and t resolution which reads : " lles;oleed, Ti4t
half hour or su, left the room. . , thought, end felt. . l -the "word-inethod" is the best method Of
I 'l Is your mother very unwell ?" I ask.. " Sir," said he. in tones which I shall 1 teaching pupils to read." was
brotiglit
ed Oft he little cirl, who, with those shad- never forget. ".If I have sinned, •Gdd in I before the house. The first speaker coM-
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• ow-tilted eyes of hers, was regarding met Heaven knoWs !what I have suffered : and' pared the "word-method" to a good tool,
, gently. but attentively. - it' in F.'s bereavement he has mirsed . me, I and said that it required skill-in its use.
i " ...!t•s. sir, mai:maims been sick aho that curse is fearfully -fulfilled ! Poor I,rhought it useless' for teachers to make
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time," replied she. di•opping her eyes :kl;try is dying—has bean dying for months . ' the fariner-lis e . mistake of giving the ddll
while her ii.otremble'd. I and I have known it. It has been fort axe to the boy because he ennnot chop its
I"Did you 'come from America?" she, me to see the falling atop--the dimming, fast as a man: He contended that, inas ,
asked timid's-, after a long silence. !eye; it is for me now, to see the ter- I finch as we know Words by their corii
t-
i Yes, my dear. Do you know any-, h•, le straggles of her nearly worn out plexion, and as soon' 'as our eye catches
I thins , oflllat country ?" I returned, grow-. frame. : it is for me to listen to her lan-! them, before we have time to observe the,
iin- more and wore pleased with h'-r ex- givage of remorse. that sometimes almost! characters that compose them, children'
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prrsstve face. t drives me met Yes, inati—inad—inad,' , should TIEGTS in this way.then they hare,
- Oaly that main 11171 came from there. I he said, in frenzy=, rising and crossing the , started aright. " Scholars will learn fund
I and I think" she added hesitatingly "that floor with ltii;-. roasts- strides. Then Lary- I words to one letter. The difference is So i
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I did. But Mr. C., will nei-er let we talk • ing his face la his hands, he emeliduledjuiany more associations can be made ; in I
about it." I ••T‘to late—too late--I -have repented.".l this method scholars WILL learn the
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Are volt then not the little dau-litar i There was a long pause. and !he' e-ontin-I letters. Th - e teacher need do no more I
!Of Mr. C.-? " Tasked. somewhat-astimisiled. i sled wore calmly-, •No human means can than to tell them the !name of letters when •'
t
-lam I my mother's danghter." an- ,now restore my poor comp:whin. Her I Cllriesity prompts them to ask
I
swered the child, with a grave dignity in ; moral sensibilities - become inure and more t 'The first speaker.ob the negative main-. i
I one so young—nail a minute after she I acute as she fails in strength, so that she ! tainsid that by this method inueh mini
;arose and 'is-doily left the :eon!. I salt reproachesherself constantly." ' :1 time was required to conduct a recitatiOn!,
• symehing her white rs,hes tlittims• throne-1i ' A weary; mournful sigh broke from his issiccesfully than under the oldauethsal ;'
the lim. shady walk opposite. iny window,. lips, as ;if his heart would break. - `and! that the "word-method," to insures
o!
and knew that the -child brooded •over, •• 0 : it he knew." Ice exclaimed again, I success, required to be managed by far
Isome dark sorrow. for her eves were filled . '. if lie knew how bitter a penalty she is , wore skillful hands than those into v;ltiefil
t with tears. Why was it. I questioned paying for the outrage she has coininitted! it would fall if adopted by the teachers ofl
• myself. that painful thought took possess.; upon him—he would pity her—and if it Putter County. And if now adopted, even
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lien of me as I sat there? It seemed as, could be, forgive." . . though it were an ibiprovemenf, yet, on I
1 nertount of its novelty and• seeming ridie- I
if I were sojourning in an enchanted spop, 1 '• Will yt at 'see her, sir?'' .
;and that SUMO horror was suddenly tot I shrank from the very thought. • ulousness to those who have never been
break upon we. At my side. nearly etri.: "She has asked for yea, sir :do not de- , acquainted with it, it would receive a ten
! erine- a bstautcful table of Is tter-wo 'de ny her requeSt. Hearing that you came: . fold censure from ai
• those who regard d;
1 , warts several co•-tly gift book , . I took ! from America, she entreated me to bring! changes that have -been tirade in our ,
I them up carelnlly. for I have a reverenee you to her. 1 promised that I would." , 1 schools, of late, in manner of teaching,&e. 1
, frir , e• books—and turnin to the fly-leaf of ;• ••I will go then." as retrograde movementS. In - respect to
a splendidly bound copy of Shakespeare. ' Up the cool, wide, matted stairs, he led I the so-called 'anew-fangledism," thespeak- I
read— ' rne. into a chamber oriental in its beault-,er believed triaL as managed by-many of I
"To Mary Frances F- —, from her de-: ful furnishing. its chaste magnificeiMe. 1 oar teachers, it had rather detracted from, I
'voted husband, Henry E. F' ." ' There, half reclining in a wide, easy, titan added to the real worth of otirschools. 1
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1 A thrill of surprise and anguish. ran 1 chair—a costly shawl of lace thrown overt Theught it policy not, to - recommend so I
1 front Nein to vein. '.ly tholghts seemed t her attenuated shoulders; tint rich dress'- ' strange a thing at-present..
paralyzed. The truth had burst apon me, ing-noon. clinging., and hollowed to the! The.rmxt speaker said that innovations!
with -
such suddenness that the blood rush- j rayages sickness had made—sat one whose! upon el)tplaris always caused some smoke.,
i ed with a shock to my heart.. / great beauty, and once gentle gifts, hadl i It was not the part of it reformer to - stop',
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I knew Henry E. E—; bad known , wade the light and loveliness of a sacred: for oppdsttiou. He said we met this when!
him intimately.for years. lie was a friend, home. , I blackboards were introduced; yet their,
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toward whom all my sympathies had been . BO now! 0 pity ! pity ! ; i great utility is not la+ doubted by any'
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s.rawn, for he had seen such sorrow as The eyes only retained their Inster•;rone. Sympathiied with the last speaker
; Makes the- heart grow old before its time..! they were wofully sunken. The blazingi in respect to "new-fangledism." ThOunitti
IHis wife, wham he loved, had deserted t fire, kindled at the vitals, burned upon! the laek of skill -on the- part of teabhers!
him.. She had taken With her his only; her sharpened cheeks, burned more fierce-; no "objection to the recommendaticin of,
' child. She had! deserted a houseiMl,l; ' Iv, more hotly as she looked upon my face. 'this system. • Teachers should Prepare
and f ss•••ttli e• Amo k , everything; I could think no more of anger-I could; themselves fur the adoption of arty sy:s•-•!
me e t_ , - I,_ shame,
that tiertains to virtue and to God, had , only say to myself, • .1 tem that would tend to the advancement
116,d from the country with the man whose; •‘ Oh, how sorry I atn for you !" • lof their !pupils. ,
arts had Won her wanton love. Howl She knew, probably, by her husband's! A kind of compromisie ,stas strongly'.
ico'uld I remain under this roof that now' manner, that I
,was aware -of their cir-: urged by several of the speakers. They.
!seemed accursed ? How meet the destroy- 'eumstances. . I said theywould first teach the word "bog,"
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:er of virtue—the fiend who had .fereied : Her first
q uestion -was, , ',and then teach that the word Was'onm
,l in such a conquest? I could only think! " Are you going bael t, t o America, Sir?'" posed of charactctrs whose names were b,
of the' evil they had done—not what they' ' The hollow voice startled me. I seem- , o andg. This was said by the advdoates
I t a' ight suffer through the tortures of re- led to .see an open sepulchre. tof the, system, to be e unuecessary, I they
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worse. • It was sometime before the 5. , 2-! - ' I told her that it was taut my intention i would learn the names. Of letters without
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-i duster eime into the rams] where I still' to return at present. !any help-front the teacher more thhn to
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Liza. With the child, determined to •Ineet ! " Oh, then who will take my little - child !ituststerltheir questions 4 • .
Ibi m - once more before -I ! let: the louse.— Iback to her father?" sine cried, the 'tears I ! 4u elderly lady .asked when the'orthos -, -
;0 : how guilty ! husv heart-strieken his' fiilling.. .." lan dying., and she-v.lllst go raphy would - se le,arned. A 'readier an
appearance ! Remorse sat. on his fore- I pack to him ! It- is the only reparation - I
I swered that the sound of letter, was learn-
can make-::nd little enough, oh little
enough—firr the bitter wrong I hate done
thew."
.
- " I hoped,. - Sir, you seel him," I
she added, a moment after, checking her
sobs "I hoped- you might tell him that
his ithage is before nip from! morning till
uight; as I knew be must have !looked
wiiett.the shock first came. Oh, qtr, tell
him iny story ; warn, Oh, warn everybody.
Tell hitu I have i sulfered through the long,
long hours, these many weary years—ah I
lt
God Only knows how deeply."
1 41.3.1ary, you must control your feelings,'
said toy hoSt gently.
-Let we talk while I may," was. the!
answer. " Let me say that since the day
I le:ft. iny.home I have not seen a single;
hour of happiness. It was always to comei
—alWays just ahead—and here is what!
Come—the- grave is onening i and I
must] go' to judgment. 0, bow bitterly
have iI paid for my sin. Forgive me -0,
my God—forgive.".
It was a solemn hour,- that which I I
spent, by that• dying penitent, iPrayer !
Ishe listened to- - she did not seem to join ;1
or, if she did, she gave no outward sign.'
!Remorse had worn away all her beauty,
;even more-than illness. She looked to
the future tvith a despairing kind of hope,
and but feeble faith.
Reader, the misguided woman of Coy
lon •lies betieath the, stately branches of
'the palm-tree. Her sweet child never
met her father in her native. land. Slie.
*sleeps under the troubled waters of the
great wide sca. Where the betrayer wan
, tiers I cannot tell, but, wherever it
there is no peace for him. how often :
'rings that hollow voice in my ear—" Tell
!him my story ! Warn, 0 warn every
.
bAy ! "
Kittatianal.
Potter County Teachers' Assn,-
ciation.
FOUR , CENTS.
TELT 7 EIS.--$1.25 PER. ANNUAL
. - and •
ed -at • fir s -_-t,-_-t,rather than the nam; n
henee•the very root of orthography *as,
learned in the outset.i Several short Ind
pithy speeches were made upon jthe
question. , . , , • • -,.1
C. 11.41:en. moved to amend by add
ing the- worda, " ancli.we recommen its
adoption by the teachers ofour couUtyi
so far as is practicable_','.. -
The amendment carried:: -.
• The - resolution, as !amended, alio 'Par-
ried. . There were two dissetting• - -voi , ces,.
one of these,- like the Missouri ematteipa—
tionisti in voting for Speaker of the Sen
ate, meant to be-heard; not for much ibut
fur .11 - 07. speaking.
Next listened to ' , an Essay 'by Miss .
Jane nyclorn4 subject - !Tible in 864°1."
forbear-comment upon this,
and other ‘.
E t ssays, as ;they were requested for pi bli-1
cation. : Adjournedto - 6/ o'clock - P. - St.
• •:. EvEstXo SESSION. [1:
Crowded house, despite of storm. 1 • •
Esii•av by 3liss•lLachel Taggart; eiTench
er and his Mission." I •
Deelaniatinn by R. Z. Roberta.
Essay by H. P. Bird; subject "G r og-
I
raptly."
Essay byMiss A. J. Spafford
The President announced the ,disets
sion aye-solution as'the next tkier
business. The Resolution read, "Res.l::,._
et/, that the Cpunty Superintendency is
the right arm, of the school system, bud
should be supported . by every friend
Education." This 'Resolution was pro.
posed for disbussion_at this meeting - fir
the ptirposc of calling forth a debate frt.c:
the inhabitants of the'township. It fail:
e.d - to accomplish its object, although thsi
invitation was urgently given. The tits.'
cussion was carried on for about an
by C. 11. Alien, J. 'WI Bird, 0. Dwigi,t,
Rev. Hendrick, R. Z. Roberts and E
P. Bird. - The Resolution WAS unani
mously adopted.
Adjourned to 9 o'clock A. 31., Friday
.
.SESSION.
Called to order, by 'the President, at'9
A: M.
Review of " NalVs Complete &hoot.
Geography = " by' J. 1V:; Bird. • •
I lThere Was a short disciassien'--m -- thAs..
I review and the essay read ThurMaledet
ing. upon the subject of Geography.
I The Essayist advocated the idea that
beginners should first learn something of
the shape, relative size and motions of the !
Ea, th, then Its most general nathraltlivi:
sions, and, having thee general impres
-Mos Well fixed in the mind, begin with
the inore minute thitig.4 of his own town
lot. country. This plan for beginners was
well supported. There, were some, how
-1 ever. Who argued that pupils should be
gin with their own town, learn its moan--
tains, creeks, points of compass &c., and'
1 from this enlarge. The Essayist, Re./
viewrw, and every speak'er, were decidedly
l!of the opinion that . Physical Gtmgra= -
phy" should receive far more attention•
than it had, both on aceount lof its great
importatme and peculiar interest to schol
larS of all grades. • !
• Declamation. by D. 11. Judd.
Review of Weld's Grammar, by C. It
Alien. This review was impartially gireri
l! and was very interesting; particularly
as this is- the work recommended by the .
tiOok Committee, and !adopted by the As
sociation,
The following - Resolutions were offeredf
1, /?r,:olre:/, That we consider Associ
ations of this hind of great iinportance to.
Teachers, and we cordially. invite and
utwe all teachers and friends of Educa=
Lion to attend the nest and all future
meetings of the Association.
2. ./?esace - cl, That, to add
_interest to
the meetings of the Association; all teach
ers be reauested to prdduce at the: nest
meeting., for discussionl as many practical
Iluestions in - reference to teaching as pas
sible.
3. Respira,• That we' are happy to
meet so.niany of the teachers of the couni
ty who, notwithstanding the :Unsettled
state of the weather and bad roads, haiO, -
at a sacrifice of time and labor, attended - •
the Association, and that 'we regret es.;-•
ceedingly that circunistances have pre-_
vented any in our immediate neighbor•
hood from meeting with us.
. 4. Resolved, That ; we tender out thanks
to the Essayists for tltetr productions, and
request a copy of . eaclii for publicatiOn: • ::
5. I?ezolved, That we
.tender our sin
cere thanks to the inhabitants of 10111 , :it:
Tow,nship for the kindness with whieh
they hay.e entertained the members of the
Asssociation, and for: the intere4t, they
have manifested" in_oui proceedings.
6. - Resolved, That Rthe thanks of the
Association are extended to. the • proprie
tors of the -County PAPers, for their - k n
:ness in publishing of r proceedings an;.i.
notices.. and that we request a continua
tion of that kindness by the insertion of
the proceedings of thiS meeting.
The above liesolutirs were separately
adopted.
Moved, that when NTe adjourn, we ad
journ- to, meet at the RAYNOND SCHOOL
HoUSE, - on the last Thursday in May:
next, at 10 o'clock A. 31.., to hold forenoon,
afternoon and evening sessions, and to
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