The Potter journal. (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, October 29, 1862, Image 1

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    VOLUITIE XIV.- -NUMBER 44
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POTTER ,TOT:TRNA.L.
PCIIIIMIED BY •
DI. W. MeAtrney, Proprietor.
$l.OO PR YEAR, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
• * * *Devoted' to the cause of Republicanism,
tke interests'of Agriculture, the advancement
lineation, and the best good of Potter
maty. Owning .no' guide except that of
Principle., it will en , lmtv:•r to aid in the work
of 'more fully Freedamizing our Country.
ARVERTISCILENTS inserted at the. folloWing
rates, except where special bargains arc made.,
1 Square [lO lines] l insertion, -- - i; 50
1 - " “. 3 ; - "... - - $1 50
Bleb subsequent insertion less than 13, 25
1 Square three months, 2 50
1 ." sir " 400
1 " nine "h 50
1 " one , year, 604
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1 Column six months, 20 00
1 II lL (I 10 00
u U " -- - - ,-I - - 700
1 " - per year. 40 00
i " " is •2U 00
Aikministrator's or Executor's No ce, 200
Business Cards, 8 lines or less, p r year 5 00
.Bpecial and Editorial Notices, pe. ' e, 10
'. * * *All transient advertiseincnts must be
paid in advance, and no notice will be taken
if advertisements from a distance, unless they
are accompanied by the money or satisfactory
reference.
* * *BlankS, and Job Work of all kinds, at
tended to promptly and faithfully.
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BUSINESS CARDS:
EIMALIA LODGE. No. 312, V Ai M.
STATED Meetings on the 2tl aid 4th Wedne
sdays of reach month. Also Masonic gather
ings on every. Wednesday Eveuing. for work
aid practice, at their Hall in Coudersport.
TIMOTHY IVES, W. M.
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• fawner. riAvcm, Seey.
JOHN S. MANN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Coudersport, Pa., will attend the several
Courts in Potter and M'Kean Counties. All
businoßs entrusted in his care gill receive
prompt attention. (Mice corner of West
. and Third streets.
- ARTIIER G. OLMSTED,
ATTORNEY A: COUNSELLOR, AT LAW
Coudersport, Pa., will attend to all bushiest.
entrusted to his care. with promptnes , and
fidt. ity. (Mee on z•ioth-west corner of Main
and Fourth streets.
ISAAC BENSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Coudersport, Pa., will
attend to all business entrusted to him,:with
care and promptness. (Mice on Second
sear the Allegheny Bridge.
F. W. KNOX.
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport. Pa.; will
regularly attend the Courts iu Potter and
the adjoining Counties:
0. T. ELLISON,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, Coudersport, Pa..
respectfully informs the citizens of: the, vil
lage and vicinity that he will pro:npl re
spond to all calls fur professiOnal services.
UIIicN I on Main st., in blilding, formerly oc
cnßied by C. W. Ellis, Esq.
C. S. & E. A. JONES,
DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, : PATNTS
Oils, Fancy Articles, Stationery, Dry Good:
Groceries, &c., Main St.. Coudersport,
D. E. OLMSTED,
DEALER IN DRY GOODS, READY-MADE
Clothing,, Crockery; Groceries, &c., Main st.,
Coudersport, Pa.
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COLLINS SMITIL
DRALER in Dry Goods. Groceries. Provisions.
Hs.rdware, Queensware, -Cutlery, and all
Goods usually found in a country Store.—
Coudersport, Nov. 27, 1861.
M. W. MANN,
DEALER IN BOOKS S:'STATIONERY, MAG.
AZIKES and Music. N. W. crirner of Main
tad Third sts.. Coudersport, Pa.
COUDERSPORT HOTEL,
D. F. G;LASSMIRE, Proprietor, Corner o-
Main and Second Streets, Coudersport, Pot
ter Co., Pa.
A Livery Stable is also kept in conned!
.on with this Hotel.
M ARK GI LLON,
TAlLart—nearly opposite the Court House—
will make all clothes intrusted to him in
the latest and bes't styles —l'rices to suit
the times.—Give him a call. 13.41
ANDREW . SA,NBERG &. MO'S.
TANNERS AND CURRIER.—Hides tanned
on . the shares, in the best manner. Tan,
eery on the east side of Alle;any river.
Coudersport, Potter county, Pa —Jy 17;6t
I. .J. OLMSTED. : ... ... S. O. KELLY
OLMSTED & KELLY,
DHALER IN STOVES, TIN & SHEET IRON
WARE, Main st., nearly opposite the Court
House, Coudersport, Tin and Sheet
Iron Ware made to order. in good style, on
short notice.
Ulysses Academy
Still rstaitis as Principal, Mr.E.R.CAMPBELL,
Preceptress, Mrs. Nurrit: JONES GRIDLEY ; As.
mist:int, Miss A. E, CAMPIIKLL The expenses
per Terni are : Tuition, from 55 to $6 ; Board,
from $1 50 to $1.75, per week; Rooms for self
boarding from $2 to $4. Each term commences
upon. Wednesday and continues Fourteen
'weeks. Fall term,Ang.27th,lB62; Winter term,
Dec. tOth, 1862 ; and spring term. March 25th,
1863: • Q. R. BASSETT, President.
IV. W. GIIII)L EY, Secey.
July 9, 1862.
UNION HOTEL,
COUDERS.PORT, POTTER COO TY, PENN
A. S. ARIISTII.OIIiG
"UAVING re fi tted and newly furnished the
'IL house on Main street, recently occupied
by ft. Rice, is prepared to accommodate the
traveling public in as good style as can be had
in town. Nothing that can in any way in
ersese the (Worts of the guests. will be ne
glected. Doc 11,1.661
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• 'RESIDE THE DEAD.
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Now I dare to sena thee boldly;
Haughty, pallid brow! .
Thou hest ever met me coldly,
Scarcely colder now: 1
Something in thy bearing chilled me—
Not a smile from thee enthrilled me,
Sadly passive brow
I. might touch thee with my flnier—
Touch thy bloodless cheek,
Yet nn haughty flush would li4er—
' But the thoughtjs weah: •
For thou liest dead before
With - the pitiless grave chill o'er thee,
Poor, white, frozen cheek! .
In thy bosom's restless fever,
• Longings st(de to thee;
But In nil thy heart-throbs, nO t 'el.
Leaped there one for trie:
Yet, they say thy heart was tender,
Melting in thine eyes of splendOr
- Could it—could it be? _
Eyes of splendor!—yes, I kne4 l It,
Ent, fur me, as cold
As Ilenveu's light, with snow-Okes thre it,
From n cloud of gold.
Oh, those eyes for others brirnmg,
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Met my own with scorn returning: •
Cold—nh me, how cold
When they told me thou vrert dying—
Dying, young and fair 4
All my soul Went out in sighing
One impassioned prayee - r .
But the words shall not be-spoken,
• Fur 1 know that uo sweet toke 4
BeekOned for me there.
But thou He i st dead before me,
Pale and voiceless 0ne,.1
With the shroud enfolded o'erthee,
All thy scorning dune:
Other hearts are madly breaking,
And my own is prouuly achit4
O'er thee, silent one. I
CUT OFF TUE BACK LEOS! OF Yowl Cu.
Alts.-1 will tell vUU It secret wont:
knovin:i.. A thousand out worth half as.
much, have been patented add elevated
into a businesi. It is this: If you cut
off the Luck lugs of your chairs. 80 that
the back part of the seat be two
iuchrs lower than than the' frinit part, it
will'greatly relieve the fatigue of.sittiug,
and keep gout 8101Ie iu 1110011 shape
i he, pribeipal fatigue in siting conies
limn your sliding Lrward,aud thus st.ain
ing 'the ligaments and u.usOes in the
small of the back 'rlietexpei, lent I have
advised will -obviate this ten ency,.and,
Ws 1 have suggested, add g,relitiv to the
comfort and healthfulness of Itlte sitting
postare. The front edge of a caairshould
nut be wore than fifteen high fur
the average mail, nor more than' fourteen
fur .the average woman. Tliti average
chair is now seventeen ii.clieS; high,, fur
all, which nu amount of slanting in the;
seat can : wake comfortable Lewis's'
Glimuustitne.
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A Gni LD'S SYMPATLIY.--,A childw
eyes! those clear wells ut undefiled thunglit
—[that tiu earth can be so!lbeauttful
Full or hope, love, and • curiosity, they
uieet your own. I wprayer, lOiw earnest;
in joy, how sparkling; in syniiiatlty, how
tender. The wan who never tried the
companionship :if a little child, has care
lijssly passed by one of the pkasures of
life, as one passes a rare flower, without
plucking it or knowing its'lvalue. A
child cannot understand, y?u , think ;
speak to it of the holy things of your reli•
of your grief fur the lossluf a friend,
of your ; love fur sonic one yutt fear will
nut love in return ; it will take, it is true,
no measure ursoundings of
yowl. thought;
it will nut judge how moult you should
believe, whether your grief is i 4 ,itional In
proportion to your loss, whether you are
Worthy or fit to uttrack the love winch
yon seek; but its whole soul wits incline
to yours,mal engraft itself, as it were un
the feeling which is your feeling fur the
hour. '
Muggins was passing up the street with
o . rienii, when lie ob.served a dot: that
'llan beenkilleill lying in :lie gaiter, Mug
gins paused, gazed intently nio.lie defuurt
and at last said : "There is ano
ther shipwrock ?" "Shipwreck, ' , where n
• Them is a bark that's lost forever." his
wpaniuu gruWled and passed on.
Hort near akin laughter is to tears was
sitowni 'when Reuben, with a tingle stroke
of - liis brush, turued a laughing child in
ai painting to one crying; and our mo
thers, without being great painters, have
often brought us in like wanner frow joy
to grief by a single stroke.
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1 i A. wan who had been married twice to
Indies both named Catharine,' adribed hin
fiiendslaigainbt taking:dupli-Kates. •
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Men are generally like tumuli; they
rattle prodigeously when, there is nothing
in thew.
Winter is almost hero".
MEM
Qedotea to the iliqcipies of Inte lictrioeNco, 44,3 14e bis3eit)irmtiort of bSoisql'itg, 7.i . 16,11.411111 qqa!_litetbs.
COUDERSPORT, POTTER CODETY, OCTOBER 29,
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.
Examinnticrns.—These were partly
oral,. and partly written. When the
class war small, they were mostly oral ex
cept map and outline drawing and work
ing problems in Arithmetic. When the
class was large, the examination Orthog
raphy, Arithmetic, Geography and Gram
mar was written, in Reading, Mental
Arithmetic and Theory of Teaching , it
was -oral. It is my custom to make a
few suggestions to teachers before com
mencing, to examine a class, after which
a printed list •of questions in Orthogia.
j phy, • Arithmetic, Geugrohy and Gram
mar is placed before each applicant.—
These questions are carefully prepared
so as to embrace us much as possible of
each branch in a swell space. , No ques
tion is so worded as to admit of a mono
sylabic }es or no as answer, but each aug.
gest a principle or topic which is to be
elucidated, and much pains is, taken to
exclude everything so easy as to be jitter
Ile, or so difficult and puzzling as to be
unjust. Nor are all these questions
equally difficult, but they advance from
the plain and simple to the abstruse and
courpiteated, so that he who performs all
that to required of hint fairly earhe the
highest grade of certificate. As soon as
they receive their lists of questions all are
bet to work,. the oral examination com
mencing at the same time us - uaily with
the Theory of Teaching. Each teacher
is called upon separately for oral exam
inations and though all are at liberty to
listen, no one is obliged to suspend his
written examination. After each one
has been thoroughly examinciti in the Tho
ury of Teaching, a similar 'course is pur
sued with Memai Arithwetie - aud Read.
L will now state what I conceive to be
souiti of the advantages of this course:
Ist. The oral examination is"confined to
those branches best intended to, interest
and •;.rnstruct an audience.. Theory of
Ttuching is especially appri.priatte lur this
put pose. When the teacher is an Cape
rienced one Directors and parents minim
fail to be beuefitted .by his l views on the
nece,sity uf good' order in Schoul and the
Meatus of securing it, the need of parental
cu eperat jolt, the. adaptatiOn of a course
of at udy to the natural order of mental
develupwent ;mete than by any reei•
tenon in Arithmetic or Grammar howev
er ready or correct it may be. When
the teacher is a beginner a! thorough ex•
animation in this department affords an
excellent upfortunity for conveying much
useful instruction. 2d. Written exami
nation in the more difficult brunches ben
efits the' teacher.. question lies be•
tore the teacher, and he need not answer
till he fully etaprehends it but free from
einbarassineut he can collect ail. his
knowledge in relation to the subject' and
proceed at his leisure. !Ile renders ii pe•
cuiiarly acceptable to the. didident. In
talking all are inure or less careless in the
choice of language but in writing time is
given to select such works and phrases
as exactly_ convey the meaning intended,
and he Who writes a !Yingling definition
does's6 becatse he eau give no better one.
It. therefore pruu.utes accuracy in the use
of language. It, also checks that loquac
ity with which some teachers by giving a
great deal nut called fur, s rive to conceal
some real deficiency. The care necessary
to present a neat and legible. manuscript
is excellent drill for ueatuess in black
board exercises and illustrations. 3d.
The whole examination can be made
more thorough. This is very evident, as
no one is waiting fur another to ;eche.—
Each teacher can employ all his time in
writing except while hers under oral ex
amination A greater amount 'uf each
branch being Inaught before the class the
results are more reliable. In fact, were
the examination all carat, but little inure
time could bit spent on the whole, thanis
now employed ou,one-half the branches.
Average Quo lijications.—These are,
on the wnule, a haetion below those of
last year. This is nut the ease with iudi
vidual teachers. A large number of the
teachers re examined tl is year Show sonic
ptogress, and several have wade comenda
ble improvement'. Many . young men
hithertu engaged in teaching. have joined
the army, some of whom were the bright
est ornaments to their profession. Soule
experienced teachers. mostlyfetnales..
have also given up teaching. A slight
reduction in wages and shortening of the
school term probably contributed to 1116
result. The deficiency thus caused could
only be supplied by employing beginners,
to which feet the retrograde in average
qualifications is to be attributed.
Fethale Teachers —The proportion of
female teachers is nearly the same as last
year. Their average success foi the year
is a little better than the male teachers.
This iii; doubtless, owing to the greater
facilities for attending sclionl furnished
to'girls in agricultutal regions, than to
buys. Ido not hesitate, however, to re•
commend their wore general euipluyineut
in the county.
ANNUM, REPORT
. OF TLIE
- '`,All Districts 'ex,..:ein AbliMt haveSuw
titers well at Winter schools: • i
2,inze of afrlll77lCli r %Ng Schools.-±The
Sniutiter schools gett!i4aily,.commence in
Mity,lbut it Some Diltitricti•they de not
commence tilt the first Monday in June.
When a Di-trict is Ito haVe four nintiths
Silittitter and four ' Mouths 'Winter. school
the first of June . .iS probably theltnost
suitable tithe i to.contuence the Summer
schOdl, but when each term is to b'e but
three months; I Would prefer July; Au.
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gusf and September for the Summer and
NOMnber, December and January! for
the -*jute'. Schools (leaving October for, ut
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vac tton. This Would allow the sae
tea her to be:, employed for both terms . —
Me tl people wish the Sun wer seht'ol to
coil Mence in. May'..l In the case of a two
inottlis school. I can assign- no, good
reaS i ott for this reference, b,ut in the case
of a three mouths 'School„ there are; some
rea .ons aSsigited whieh,.whettler geed or
out Certainly operate strot.gly. August
is untatlered a fart more p,ti,fitable Month
ter children to be 'employed ar home than
Mu.: . In this month south of the haying
dlid tuust . _of the !haryesting is diMe --
Some pito can easily
. be •.•pared front
•iSprit ' , work." are very, useful at this
time. It isi 'vainly iu 'picliing. berries
which abound in August; that such chil
dren
,are made useful. To one net ac
tjuaitited the couditien alto': County, it I
May scent strange that g.alliering berries'
.41 - tould become .of, auffcient - impel-Lance!
that parents, would':, keep; their c'Olerett
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from school fur thatl purpose but such is
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the fact. 7 1 I
About the tinte'df the first -settlement,
'heavy tornado passed 'over this dounty
prostrating a large! Marion. of the (forest',
in some - sections,' and the 'fires in tI e
wouds which are so common i tow n sr tow
'countryt continui.l.l;to- loge
,through the
4 ,-'witidfall" as it is'ealled,l prevent tug its
becottaug again cor red with- timber, the
whoie'vast extent is covered with is lux,
Uriant growth of bilityis. The Blackberry
forms by far the largest portion, but there
is considerable adthtxture of the vairieties
of Raspberry. , The berry sear.oni . cow
! menses the last of .July -and lasts Am(
six ,i .Weelts, and it ;s1 nu uncommon thing
for a girl of twelv63 ears to pick and dry
.0 bushel of ,Illuekberties, - ivorth from four
sto six dollars. , NVdiett they are not de.
signed fur market the , s carcity.pf culti
lvated fruit. 'renders . l their; nu incuttSidera•
ble, addition to the Itrintry. ' In suite lo
alities the NYtiortleberry abounds and
lime berryicking is still . More lucrative.las this berry is very hi g hly prized and
iwill:bear ' tran , purtin .
v , to a considerable
distanee. I have louwM a school in the
iWhortleberry regide witlra roll of t tvetrty
five natiles.dwindltqto four regular atten
dants durit.tg the picking !.season. IThere
are many DistrictOvhere an attempt to
place the •commencetnent of Slimmer
li-eltuuls later than the middle of Aluv wili
[not meet general favor, but I do not lies
I hate to strongly recommend that nn Suitt-
M i er school be comMenced sootier than the
I first 'Mummy in'Juue. ,
I i There is another :reason for -Contincne
-1 ing schools early which opera,es • with
Seachers, most oVtlietu wish to attend
ome Aca'demy at least one term in 'a year.
and the Fall tertii is considered ,best fur
that purpose. This term in such an In-
Stitution inthis vivinity aUtnittencesfrunt
the middle :•of August
. to the first ;.if Sep
tember. To give a, teacher of 'Summer
tichooi this upportuCity, his school Should
dertaioly clime with; the first. week Of Au
&And, and as the Week of the Fourth of
I July is sometimes wholly given te.holi
I days it' should cutuatetuie the tirst of
I .Itiv. . , i
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j As I have devoted considerable' space
fo the•reasons•for.cOntitioncing schOols nr
May, it will certainly be proper to briefly
mention sortie of the reasons for, cont.
Mencing• them later. The
,schu4l year
dominences the first Monday in (June,
a't.d the County, Superintendent, t has it
large amount of business to transact con.
dectud with the clue of one year and the
begintsinu of another
: to nlost of
,N,layi and June may Iprofitably be (*toted
It to these labors; be added nearly the
visitation of the •Smirker schools.
very utucli . of this!''tvork most be hastily
'and 'even itOperfectly-perfOrmei.
In this County: the weather of May is
far less favorable for swill childreti to at
tend school 'than Jiine, July, August or
Septeui . ber. ~ No cne'can 'entirely lay off
his winter cluthit.g before the first 'of
June,isniuler clothing- if prepared
earlier, would hardly be vit on a child
before thi4 perioilL A 'suit of .elothes"
Whielt has Pfotected a boy ihrouth five
or of the coldest months of 'th, year,
not generally con'sideretl an appropri
ate dress in, which 'to begin attendance
at! a Sunonerschoul and ;for this reason
al,.ne litany a child loses the first tiaonth
of the term ,:
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Finally will mention w hat laaa al-
•ready been hinted 'at, the benefittof liar.
itig the commencement', of the fivinter
term as near as possible to the clone of
the summer term. 'By thie.arranieutent,
a short vacation between !'the, terms, the
same, iteaelter uiuy be employed for both.
It used argnment to show thet a teach
or vrith his plans and organization
fitted! and " with a full knowle4e . of the
acqutremftits cud needs of. his scholars,
can itiakel a term more successful than one
by' about all these labors are yet to be
perfnrined. Altid what is still.more
iut
porta}tt, that himrty parental co operation
co essential to Ids success ,and whichi it
titici. take a stranger a half terieto se•
egtei thel faithful teacher brings to his
' aid Ole first day of his-second term. .
benefit: t of bringing the summer
andi i 'winter school so near together that
thVilseem pk.itte . orie_terni.witli a proper
inter -al. bf zest in the middle become.
morel evident When we consider its effects
or, t tie school. 1 After:three or four months
of fatthfUl application scholars need a sea
son tf recreation, and a 'vacation. of suf . ;
tieieit leiwth to lost vtgorof itiindis ben
.l
efien I.To continue it - longer than is
t.
oecOsarY for this purpose'not only wastes
tittie!lbut !tenda directly to divert. the mind
frotitistddy. A suitable intenal having
irate Narked, the school take up their ;mu•
tititit.ished tasks. , The first month
i of the salon. er term .proved scat eely suf.
to tend', their energies to their la
bur,llliut. this dace accomplished; it is ac•
cout i nlished for the winter also.
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I,ae ! Jing Around.—This practice pre
vaili3jiti ; all Liitticts except Abbott, and
it 0.1111(11)e difficult to stlate..accu.ately
its 'l.ctiliar effects. , sitice: it is-impossible
to ell What 'would be the condition of
the 'cllyuis under the' oppo site practice in
all P acei-whe i re it has not been tried.—
Theliritain reason for adopting this system
of bearditt , teachers seems to he that •it
matte's the burden of school tax less °tier
unsilitts it is generally easier tp board t:
teacher' rite week than to pay the price
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of a l week's buraili in addition to "the an.
nual school tax. Though these visits are
fore d, us It Were, on the; teacher, yet he
wayand i
may , often does, make them useful by
becO nini! acquainted With his patrons and
muktng them acquainted with his plans
and [Necuring their :ea-operation. Most
teatthersi however, - consider .'boarding
arotlind'l a veliy.objectionable one. It is,
inched;,`' la
very conducive to health to lia%'. t il tn4ertnittunt abiding place, to be
conttnutily changing diet, sleeping apart-
Meat; 4., and female teachers find it DO
fa n i glied iiiiidsliip to be obliged to walk to
theutterAnosti limit of a large district af
ter il• flu i. , u in 6 dav's labor in the school
m.
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roo The (;.I..itation. which weighs most
liett i ilvitgaittit it, is that it throws litany
dill bolt ies in the way ut any regular centre I
ofs tidy for the daily.recitetions . .or - g - etierall
ituptoveMent. The true teacher will.l
under anv circumstances,. find time to
i maka Careful preraration . for the melte
, tionl of each day befut e attempting to hear
the claSses melte ; but to him whosehotne
j makes daily Migrations and whose time
1 wiii, MA in todhuol is considered the right
-1 fulAarelPerty bf the family
,whose guest
he happens to bc,a general course of study
Seenls W'ell nigh impossible.. l lt sounds
extOmely well in suelteases to hint about,i
thel , tuiduil,ht oil," but ito business so
exhustS the nervous energy as teaching,
l tind for such. exhaustion sleep is the only
rettitt i tlyi,' • and he who sacrifices his hours
orateeri:to study, will hardly be able to
meet the trials of the following day with .
Ithat' pleasant Iserenity Which alone can in
sure. 1 sup'eess.
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ie . fl'ai..-.j—This county his furnished
! its full Auota of volunteers fur the defense
jof the Union and it can not be otherwise
' than, attiong those brave amen there should
be Many whoSe services the cause of edit
6..titi l n Could ill afford to Spore. ; Still the
interest fill goodthe work continues un-
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, abated, and the opinion seems to be gen
leral,lthat whatever else We May be called
anon tal sacrifice in this:crisis of our na
i
ItiMuil extstence.the count:on schools must
coutioue in fa I. vigor. : -
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Pr ojiissional Trainina of Teachers
.The jgreat want of the system among it,
is reliable school* of easy . accei,s fur the
prekrat!iun of teachers. ; The instruction
whi 1 11 al teacher receives iu woSt acade
mies in.?ltis" Vicinity dues . very littla. to
war s ffiProf.
ting hint fur his duties. .
Coo er 'of th t State NUrtnal School: at
l i Edit born. while in Uhrses-. Academy
threr his Whole energich into the Work
of plepaing teachers of 'con, won kitools
for'. lit 4r duties. The good Work thus
eon . % 'nen i ced has been nobly c tried - fur
warp. .
by Ithe present Principal..MrlCatup
bell,, for ; which his experience as. School.
Guelph:Slane': in New York has peculiarly
I ffited (hint. II ant acqnaintad with no
other similar institutioni not open to ob.
jeetibu il i n this respect.l I cannot allow
this opportunity to pass .without urging
upon all such institutions a wore careful
attention to the wants of those teachers
fron(whom they receive so large a si.nre
of their, 41a:renege. Fur, too little imp.:,
ta nte isjgererally attached ?especial pre
partition for j, teaehers. ! . Evert - among
I tester errs, theniselves apathy in this respect
lis qu i ite comuron, and amongthe people
'mere learning is too often supposed to
1 qualifyli young person fOr teact.iiig, espe
} 0:0 if the pebitioo he aspires to be io a
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l'Eamsl-$l.OO PER ,&PINUM.
"bitckwood school." Public opininn in
this respect very much needs iostrietion,
and until there is a strong and lively 9.0
lief pervading the public mind that the
teacher needs professional training- isi
much as the doctor, lawyer, or miiiistet;
it is idle to hope for any marked improts.
went in the profession. .
illfficuities.—l cannot refrain frame
bringing to public notice the practicnef
some neighborhoods in regard to theiik
schools. It often happens that their aid
several applicants for the saute school,and
each family or clique desire the Board; to
hire their favorite, but the Directors aftei
a careful inyestigation,enaployilid onelii
their opinion best qualified- to' discharge:
the important duty of training the young.
Of course somebody must be disappoint
-I.ed, and those who are. niaoy times cons•
mence spreading as widely as possible the
impression that the teacher selected by
the. Board' is incompetent. or'unworthy of '
his re. poosible position. Should they
tail to create public opinion in general.
1 the toinds,of the children in disaffected
1 families become poisoned, and the first
1 necessity for crossing their inclinetions--!
the opportunity will not long be wanting
—is seized-upon as a reasou fur "turning
out" the - teach( r. When - the opposition
does not go to such lengths, the children
of the disaffected are taken out of echoed
as soon as_they are not permitted to havi
their, own way and others are urged to
follow their example, Sometimes it is,
not necessary that their "favorite" should .
he rejected to stir up this factious oppo-.
'rition, for I have known a family to feel
disaffected and continoe to make disparn-,
ging remarks about the teacher because
the teacher of their choice, who had no
even applied, had not been hired. Many
I very frivilous causes sometimes produce
!trouble, such as a vague rumor prejudl t
cial to the teacher,oreo unfavorable "first
impres:ion." Parents .--uucler such cii-:
eumstances often injnre the reputation of
I their chosen servant .and undermine hist
influence careless of the_fact they are tri
fling with their own dearest interests.
When will parents le — arn that the teacher,
who must ofteh check the impatience
spur the, indolence and restrain the way.
%voidness of childhood, cannot be success•
till without their heartiestsuppert I When
will they learn that a blow ut the hartrit..
uy and success of their school hi a crust
A ba; the futui e welfare of theirchildrenr.
Whole number of scbuoill ouses in the_
county, 107; number yet unfit, 27; num- .
ber built -during year, 9 ; number
without apparatus, including bhickboard,
12.
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Whole number of Schools,ll9 ; num
ber well classified, 78 ; number wbere.the
Setiptures were read, 82.
Whole number teachers examined,l4B;
number provisional certificates granted,
137; number. applicants rejected, 11.
Number of Schools. visited twice, 79;
number visited once, 33; number not
visited, 7.
School Houses. =Very little change in
the condition of the houses. Three new
once - have been built to supply the place
of old ones, but three have been built tti
establish new schools which- ruust.be 're
garded us unfit, ao 'that the nuwber re
maids the same as last year. Of the
houses built daring the year. one in He
bron deserves especial , notice.. -It is a
substantial structure of wood; 30:36 feet
air lie ground, - and 12 filet story.: k nice
row of seat 4 fur the 'little ones? is' very
commendable. Upwards of $2OO - were
donated by the euterprizing neighborhood
towards defraying the expense oferection,
to which fact it owes some of its praise
worthy features..
Furniture a nd..-Ipparatus.--NO change
in furniture worth mentioning, and none
at all in apparatus. I.tri attempt is now
being , made. to introduce Maps.
Schools:—lt will be seen that I have
reported three more schools than house..
Abbott, Elector, and Stewardson. have
each, a school kept in a private house.
dussifieution.- 7 --' When the , recitation
is done in class and the books are nearly
uniforw,the sclio6l is reported "ion Class.
itied ;" but of the remainder very few ate
entirely destitute ; of classification.,
Visits.--Schiaals not visited are those
.not iu session during the year, or having
oily one session and that it an Unusual
season. Schools v;aited once, if they had
wore than one 'session, were cloSed either
temporarily or permanently *hen. I was
in those districts. The average length
of the visits fur the whole county is I . }
hours.
District Instittitei:—One wire formed
in Homer and hold re g ular meetings cit •
ing the latter part of winter. ; I cannot
itive the membership but at the time •E
utrencltA about fifty were present, a dozen.
of whom were teachers. The; teachers,
were called - together in Harrison, Sharon,
and Roulette in January last but noper•
inaueut orimnization was affected.
S. Co. Superintendent.
Lroion_is not always strength, am the
saikir said when be saw the pura4i milt,•
leg his rum and water.
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