EIE VOLUME BY.- -Numfp ,THE: POTTER JOtTRNAL PUBLISHED Br 11. if . McAlarney, Proprietor, $1.50 i% mut, IN' VARIABLY IN ADVANCE. *4.* Devoted to the cause of Republicanism, - the idtere:sts of Agricalturb, 'the advancement tit Mt:dation,. a;td the best good of. Potter Eoutity. Dining' no guide; except that of Principle, it will.endeaver to aid in the Work of more fully Preedomizing our Country. _... . . . ArrisartsnonirS ihserted at the following ~- rates, except where Special bargains are made. 1 'Squire [lO lines3l insertion s -..- , 50 1 " " 3 " , - . .. .$1 50 Each antseqUeht inaertlonlesstiari 15, '*,25 1 Square three 'deaths, i"k" 1 " six " 4' 00 1 " nine " ,5 50 ". one year, - - -- - 600 1 Column six months, - - - 20 00 " a - It 10 00 II 7 00 - 11 per year. ' - - 40 00 . s r 20 00 Administrator's or Executor's Notice, 200 Business Cards, 6 lines or less, per year 5, 00 !Special . and Editorial Notices,,per line, I ,10 ,**All transient advertisements must be koaid in advance, and no notice will be taken kof advertisements from a distance;•naless they are accompanied by the money or satisfactory . reference. , , * * *Blanks, and Job Work of all kinds, at tended to promptly and faithfully. ; BUSLNESS' CARDS. EULALIA LODGE, No. 342, F: A. N. .STATED Meetings on the 2nd and 4th We d ries days,of each month. ! Also Masonic gather ings on every Wednesday Evening. for work and practice, at their Hall in Coudersport. B. S. COLWELL, W. 31. Six= Hircx, Sec'y. , JOHN S. MANN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, CouderSport, Pa., will attend the several Courts in Potter and 3l'Kean Counties- All business entrusted in his care will, receive prompt attention. Office corner of West and Third streets. • ! ARTHITR G. 'OL3ISTED, I ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT. LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will'attend to all business entrusted to his care. with promptnes and fide'ity. Office on Soth-west corner of Main and Fourth streets. • ' ISAAC BENSON ATTORNEY AT LAW, CondersPort, Pa..; mill attend to all business entrusted to him, witl care and promptness. Office on Secodd st.. 'near the Allegheny Bridge. F. W. KNOX, LTTORNEY . AT LAW, Coudsport, Pscill regularly attend the Courts in Potter and the adjoining Countie.q. 0. T. ELLISON, PRACTICDIVr PHYSICIAN, Coudersport, Ps., respectfullY informs the citizens of the vil lage and vicinity that ire will promidy re spond to all calls for professional services. Office on Main st.., in building formerly oc cupied by C. W. Ellis. Esq. _ C. S. E. A. JONES, DEALERS IN .DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINT& Oils, Fancy Articles, Stationery, Dry Good:, Groceries, .tc.; Main st., Coudersport, Pa. D. E. OLMSTED, I DEALER Di DRY GOODS, READY-MADE Clothing, Crockery, Groceries, .&c., Main st., Coudersport,' Pa. • I I. COLLLN SMITH, REALA in Dry Goodi,Groceries, Provisions), Hardware, Queensware, Cutlery, and all 'Goods usually found in a country Store.--4. 'Coudersport Nov. 27, 1861., COUDERSPORT HOTEL, IP. F. GLASSNIRRE,. Proprietor, Corner o 4 Main had Second Streets, Coudersport, Pot: ter Co., Pa. 1 ALiceri Stable is also kept in connect Rion with this hotel. :TSARS TAILOR--nearly opposite the Court House— will make all clothes intrusted to him in. the latest and best styles 'Prig to suit the times.—Give him a call.i 13.41 V. J. OLIfSTYD OLMSTED & KELLY, DEALER DT STOVES, TDi . SHEET IRON WARE, Main et., nearly opposite - the Court House, Coudersport, Pa. Tin- and Sheet Iron Ware made to order. inigood style, on short notice. Ulysses Academy stm retains as Principrd,lir.B.R.CAMPßELL, Preeeptiess, Mrs. NETTIE JONES GRIDLEY ; As sistant, Miss ADA WALKER The expenses per Term are: Tuitiou,from $5 to $6; Board, from:sl.so to $1.75, per week; Rooms for self boarding from $2 to $4. Each term commences ums. 'Wednesday and continues Fourteen weeks. Fall term,Ang.272h,1862;14 - mter term, Dee.loth, 18621; and Spring term, 51arch 25th, 1863. O. R. BASSETT. President. W. W. GRIDLEk, Sect'y 9; 1862. TiLarrguaTAN HOTEL. - NEW YORK. ITUES_Popalar, Hotel is situated near the ..L...r.orner of . Murray Street and, Broad way opposite the Park within one block of the Hudson ;River Rail Road and near the Erie Rail Road Depot: it is one of the most -pleasant and convenient locations in the city. 136ard 8 Rooms 51.50 Per day. N. HUGGINS; Proprietor. Feb:' Bth; 1863. The, Rochester . Straw-Cutter. OiarsTED' - & - KELLY;, Coudersport; have the exclusive orkexcifof this celebrated machine, in this .county. It is coveudent, du- Ole, and CIIEAP. IDec. 1,1860:12 Witt'lkiw - is the time M itthseribe ftir your Cottetj'apper 7 -711E JOLIiaIAL. 00,1 r. :.- . ..- : . .. • - ~ , ,‘ ... ,. .. ::....... .11114 . _ .... , -. .. . ...... L . . . . .. , . . I- ). 7 ° , ilik ' 0 -.... 1 ~•" . -.I 1 1 .. - 1 - 1 : ' - .l i ." ‘ d . .5 , • e .0 - . . .. _ q " a 9 • . . . .. . \ 4 ... . - . -. :-. . - . • 7 . ' : ..• , .1 - ...._ . I etto VAN I 4 . :".. . I • '....' • , - , • . . J 1 . . .. . . I , .. . . • . • WI ■ YES, I WOULD _TEIR WAR WERE OVER Yes, I would the war were over, . Would the_cruel work were done t With my cot4ry undivided, .-- And the battle fought and won. Let the contest now before ns, Be decided by the sword, For the war - cannot be ended Till the Union is restored. Yes. I would the war were oveik. Would the cruel work were done; With my country still united .And the many States in one. bead upon the field of battle, Husbands, sons and brothers lie • -Friends are :waiting:—wives and mothers, Looking for them—bye and bye, -, .FaUltivay from home forever, - -lieu a noble bey lies slain ; Look not for thy child, fond mother--; Thou shalt see him not again. Yes; I would &c. Yes. I would the war were ended, And the cruel struggle o'er -But our flag must be defended, And our country as before. " Peace indeed, is Heaven's blessing, . Though its joys are easy lost, Still we'll battle for our nation, Whatsoe'erlt yet may Cost Yes, I would kc. John Hews was ready for fun, and never wilfully missed an opportunity for a laug,h. He was once employed in .a drue-ftore on Market street, and one day a ptith, fresh from the country, entered and asked for a job. "What kind of a job ?" asked John. "Oh, a most anything. I want to get a kind o' genteel job. I'm tired of cut-, tin' wood; and can turn my hand to most anything." '•Well, we want cti man—a good strong fellow—a sample , clerk. Wages are good; . - we pay a man in that situation a thou sand dollars." "What has a feller get ter do 7" "Oh, merely to test medicines, that is all. It requires a stout man, one of good I constitution, and after he zets used to it Ihe don't mind it. Before we dare sell J our medicines we always try them. You will be required to •take six or eight ounces of castor oil some days, with a tew drops of rhubarb, aloes, proton oil, qui t . nine, strychnia, and similar preparations I--"-- try the strength of cowage by spread- I ins, it between the sheets in warm weath. er, and try the quality of sand-paper by I rubbing yourself down with it. You can count on from twelve to fifteen doses per I day. As to the work, that don't amount llto much; the testing department would be the principal labor- required of you ; i and as I said before, it requires a strong, healthy man to endure it. We should I like to have you take right hold ; if you say so, we'll begin to-day." t "Well," replied ourchild of nature, "I don't care much." John stepped back into the store, fol lowed by his brother clerks and the vie. / tim. He reached from a shelf a box of Sedlitz powders, and taking therefrom a blue and a white paper, mixed them sep arately with water in two glasses. "Now drink this, and that immediately afterward; and inform me as to their re spective tastes." Unsuspecting innocence complied with j JOhn's request, when horror of horrors ! what a sig ., ,ht was there ! Nothin. , could equal the grotesque figure cut by the vic tim. He swelled up like a toad until one would have thought he was about to burst. From his widely opened mouth ran rivers of foam. He gasped for breath, threw his arms into the air, twirled round •on his heels, flew in behind - the counter among the glass jots, eto., and amidst the uproarous laughter of the lookers on, he , fell to the ftoor and roared like a lion.— i John then gave him a mixture which brought. instant relief, and the poor fellow once more stood among the clerks with! such a woebegone expression that it caused another outburst from John andi his friends. The man becoming indig-; 'nant was about to leave the store, when! ,John accosted him with-- I: S. D. EELLT "H - ere's a barrel of castor just draw an ounce, and— "No, no ; I guess - not to-day, anyhow. I'll go down to the tavern and see, my Aunt Tabitha ; and if I conclude to clime, I'll come to-morrow and let you know. As he did :not, return, it is supposed he considered tbe work too hard. '"Pap;" - observed• a young urchin of ten fears to his "fond parent,"-does the Lord know -eveiythini?" "Yes. my son." rfplied the hopeful._sire. "But why do yon ask that question ?" "Because our peacber, wheia he prays, is so long telling him everything, I, thought he wasn't posted" e • paren tr- reflected. An old Yankee, who. when he was told by an English tourist in this coun try, that the Fourth of July would soon be extirict,_answered--7-"See here, stran ger, don't talk that way. I tell you when 'the Resurrection' Day comes round, the first thing done in the morning will be to read the Declaration of Inde pendence.". gebote3 to ilia ITt.illeiples of Dip kalioeNig, 4lia tip igsseiliiigtiort of lijohlity, gifehttov Tietps. The Medicine Tester. COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1863. Union State Convention. Prrrsntrao, Aug 5, 1863. The Union State Convention to nomi nate candidates. for Governor and Judge of the Supreme Court Met ,to-day. The State was fully represented in the Con vention. A lame number of strangers from all parts cf the State Were present. There was great excitement about the choice for Governor. bat Curtin had evi dently the inside track, and it was con ceded early in , the day that he would re ceive the -nomination. The friends of Covode and Morehead were still equally active. - The Convention was called to order by G. P. Markle, Chairman of the Executive Committee, when the names of the dele gates were read. _ Judgeaxwell Was elected Temporary Chairiaan, and Messrs. W. H. Strickland and W. j.,P. White Temporary Sec'y's. A Committee on resolutions was then appointed, L and the Convention adjourned until 3 p. AFTERNOON SESSION. After the disposal of the question of contested seats, the Committee on Organ ization reported the Hon. Lemuel Todd of Cumberland for President, with thirty Vice-Presidents and several Secretaries. Judge Todd, on taking the chair, made a beat and appropriate speech, returning thanks for the honor conferred, 'hoping the Convention would be harmonious in selecting candidates worthy of the prin ciples of the Union party, and who would unite the entire vote - in the October election. A resolution was Offered by Mr. Mc- Itennon ' stating that an unfortunate'dif ferience had sprung up between two of the leading candidates for governor, and thnt the best interests of the country and party demanded -that a man should be pat into the field whose nomination' would reconcile the differences. ,I The resolution elicited some discussion, land was shelved by a tote of 45 yeas to 84 nays. Mr. Campbell then nominated Gov. ,COrtin. The nomination was received with applause. The following additional nominations I were made: Henry D. Moore of Phila.- ! d4hia, J. K. Morehead of Allegbany ) Jt:ihn Covode of Armstrong, J. P. Penny, oflAlleghany, Major Francis Jordan, J. J. Pearson, F. C. Brewster of Philadelphia, and Jas. Veech of Fayette. I Considerable debate followed on the merits of the candidates, during which la totter was read from John Covode dean., int. , a nomination in order to harmonize tile party. At about 7 o'clock a. ballot was had, which resulted in the choice of .tkndrew I Curtin, by a tote of 93 against 43. The Convention then adjcurned until 9 p. NIGHT SESSION The Hon. Daniel Agnew of Beaver was dominated by acclamation for Judge of Supreme Court. On motion, the delegates -present were instructed to name a person from each county, to constitute a State Committee. The Committee_ on Resolutions report the following c , : ' The loyal men of Pennsylvania, in Conven tion assembled, disclaiming all partizanship, knowing no cause but that of their country, declare for themselves and their constituents, first: The inflexible purpose to maintain by every necessary effort, service and sacrifice the National union, as the first, highest, most solemn and most overshadowing of all politi , cal duties. Second: That the Rebellion, Which threat-- I ens the existence of the Union, was, without came, conceived in wickedness, organized in perjury, and developed by reckless violence, and is stained with every crime and detesta ble in object, and informal in purpose ; and must be suppressed by the people of the United States, at the destruction of whose liberties, and overthrow of whose free institu tions it is injuriously- aimed. ,Third: That in the momentous contest now raging there are, and can be, but two patties I —one which firmly sustains the constittited authorities of the nation in enforcing all the laws thereof, and in protecting the principles upon which the Government rests, forming. at, once the party of law, of liberty, and of patri otism ; the other which cripples the constitu ted authorities of the nation in enforcing the laws, securing its safety, and preserving its life, and is therefore the parent of mobs, ene my of order, and participant in treasona. class whose detestable practices not only give aid and comfort to the common enemy, but asl confessed at Richmond, light up these days of Rebel darkness and disaster, and stimulate them to renewed and desperate efforts to re-{ cruit their armies; and to whom part is this! day justly chargeable of whatever vitality the i Rebellion possesses. and whatever calamity i or affliction the further protraction of the con test may involve. But for Northern sympa- thteers with Southern treason. and the - hopes s that their treasonable- existence inspireS, the Rebellion would have sunk under the stag gering blow dealt atGettysburg, Vicksburg, and Port Hudson. Fourth: That wholly 'without sympathy for men who hare made this war against a free Republic -Ala Government, - or for the system of human bondage in whose interest it was •in stigated, or for the desperate principles to which it is now devoted, this Convention de clares all engaged to be worthy only of our patriotic hatred ; and in like spirit we de nounce as doubly recreant and base the resi dents of loyal States who would tolerate treason, would affiliate, with armed traitors, and again surrender our Government and lib erties to their keeping. Resolved, .That Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, for his Aischarge of his most arduous duties in the dark days . of civil War, has won for himself the affection and regard of the whole American people; and, always bearing himself clear in his h igh 'office, has maintained the integrity of the Union and kept our honor untarnished throughout the world, ana to him, his administration, its principles, and its : policy, we wive our hearti est approval, and pledge our earnest and en thnsiastic support. F. Resolved, That the ametidnient proposed to the. Constitution, in giving to Our soldiers - in the „field thc right of suffrage , meets - :our' hearty approbation. THE WORM; ©F JULY. Below will he found al chronological` statement of the success aehieved by the 'Union forces during the. month of Jelly.', This does not include miner skirmishes, j in Which our troops were successful;) neither does it include the captures by j our biockading:squadrons : July :3—Meade's victory over Lee at Gettysburg, with rebel loss in killed, wounded and prisoners of 35,000. July 4—Capture of Vicksburg by Grant, with 31,000 prisoners and oiler 200 heavy guns. July I—Gen. Prentiss fights the Reb jels at Helena, , Ark., and defeats them I with a loss of , 2,700 in killed wounded and prisoners. '- duly 4-Rosencrans compels Bragg to I evacuate Tullahoma. (Rebel loss in the series of engagetuents, over 4,000.) July s—General Buford, whips Stuart, and captures 967:prisoners and two guns. July B—Banks captures, Port Hudson - with 6,000 prisoners. July B—General Pleasanton defeats the rebel cavalry' near FaUkstown,.'cap turing 600 prisoners. July 9-Buford and Kilpatrick engage the enemy near .BoonsborO, and defeat them, taking a number of prisoners. July 10—Attack OEI therapproaches to Charleston commenced. end the batteries on the lower end' of Morrin Island Cap tured by our forces. July 13—Yazon City captured by our gunboats, and several hundred prisoners, !six- heavy-guns, and a gunboat taken. July 14Battle of Falling Waters, 11,500 rebels and several guns captured. July 14 - Forb Powhattnn on James River, taken by Admiral L6e. Jnly 16-=--Our forces under Gen.Sher 'man occupy Jackson, Miss .1, capturing a !large amount of stores, railroad rolling stock, etc., etc:, and driving the rebel !Johnson into Central Mississippi. July 16—General Blunt'Obtains a vie , tory over the rebels at Elk l Creek, 'Ark killing sixty rebel's, capturing one hun dred prisoners and: two gunsl. July 17—An ekpeditionlup the Red River captures tWo steatners, several transports, 15,000 Enfield "rifles, and a' large amount of ammunition: July 17—An expedition Sent by Gen eral Grant. to Natchez captures 5,000 head of cattle, 2,000,000 rounds of.am munition, and T E everal pieces of artillery. July 18—The guerrilla Morgan "cor nered" at Buffington, and 1,000, of his; men captured July 19-300 of 3lorgan's guerrillas bagged near Buffiarrton- July Hatch attacks the reb els at JiSkson,. Tenn., and captures .two eouipanies and an artillery train. July 20-1.500 of Morgan's men in cluding Basil Duke, captured at George's Creek. July 22—Expedition from Newbern attack Tarborougb, N. C. 100 'prisoners captured and an iron-clad and two gun boats destroyed. July 23—Bmshear city, la., surren -1 dered to our forcesiunder Col. Johnson. I July 24--Colonel Tolland captures Whites:ilk and takes 125 prisoners. July 263.10rgan baotmd at Salinville; , • • also 260 of his mea,.. July 28—Our troops tr 4,er Colonel Hatch encounter the Rebels; at Lexing ton, Tenn., routine them and capturini; a Colonel, two Lieutenants, twenty-fire pri rates and two pieces of artillery'. July 29—General Pegrard is engaged, by our forces at Parlis, Ky., repulsed with serious loss in killed, wunnded and; prisoners. July 30— , -Colonel &nders attacks the! rebels (2,000 strong) at Wincheter, Ky ,1 and routs them with considerable loss. July 31—Our foices attack the enemy: at Lancaster, Ky., kill and Round twenty; and tate 100 prisoners. ' Thus we have an ac ,,, regate of twenty eight successful c ngagements'apinst the rebels within .the compass of a single month. : Over' eighty thousand of the enemy were killed, wounded, or taken prisoners, and no less than three hundred nieces of heavy artillery and .a hundred thousand stand of Anall arms taken. . 'A pretty good July's tvoik WoMan is like tar—melt ber, and she will take any form you please. General Grant as a Joker. THE STORY. OF A PUMPKIN Ply. The Sperit of the West, publiined at Chicago, gives the following illust.sation ,of General Grant's tendency to indulge in joking : I "The hero and veteran, who was citi zen, Captain, Colonel, Brigadier and Ma lor-General within the space oil nine months, though a rigid disciplinarian and a perfect Ironsides in the dischar g e of his] official duties,. 'could . enjoy a good r joke, nd is always ready to perpetrate one' hen; opportunity offers. -Indeed among his nicitutintances,be is as much renowned for his excentric humor as le is for his kill and bravery as'a commtoder. • - "When Grant was a Brigadier ifi S'outheast' Missouri, he commanded an expedition against the rebels under Jeff. Tlionipson in northeast Arkansas. The !distance from the starting point of the; expedition to the supposed rendezvous or I the rebels was about one'hnndred and; ten miles, and the 'greater portion of the! way lay through a howling wilderness.; The imaginary suffering that our soldiers endured duriog the first two days of their ; march was enormous It was impossible to •steal or confiscate uncultivated real t estate, and not a"hog or a chicken,' or an! 'ear of corn, was . anywhere to be seen.—'' On the' third day, however, things looked I a little more hopeful, for a few !small, .specks of ground in a state of partial cdl-1 tivation, were here and there visible, On that day Lieutenant Wickfield, of an In- I dtana cavalry regiment. commanded the Iconsistingidvance guard of eighty I mounted men. - - "About noon be came up to a small farm house, from the outward appearance .of which he judged there might be some fit to eat inside. He Imbed his 'company, dismounted, and with two sec ond-lieutenants entered the divelliag.— He ; knew, that Grant's incipient fame had already gone oat through all that country, and it occurred to' him that by reprlesent i .1 ;mg himself to be the General he might obtain the, best the house affordedi So, ;assuming a very imperative demeanor, be laccosted the inmates of the house, and I I , told them that he ; must have something for himself and Staff to eat. They de -1 sired to know who he was, and he told them that lie Was General Grant. At the sound of that name they flew around 4ith alarming alaCrity, and served. up all they had in the house, taking greatpams 'all the ; while to make loud professions of 103 - aity r The lieutenants ate as much as they could of the not over sumptuous • meal, but which was,- nevertheless, good fair that country, arid de.nauded what was to, pay— Nothing,"—and they went on their way rejoicing. "In the meantime General Grant, who ! had halted his army a few miles farther ' back, for a brief resting spell; came in sight of and was rather favorably, im pressed with .the appearance of this same house.'; Riding up to the fence in front •of the door he desired to kbow if ,they would cook him a meal. "'No,' said a female in a gruff ;voice, 'General Grant and his staff have just I .been here and eaten, everything in , the, ! house except one pumpkin pie.' "'Humph,' said General Grant, 'what! is your' name ?' " ‘Selfidge,' replied the woman. I "Casting a half dollar in at the door he !asked if she would' keep that pie till he' I sent an officer for it, to which she replied that she would. I "That evening, after the camping !ground had been selected, -the various regiments were notified.that there would be -a grand parade at half-past six for ;orders. ; Officers would see that all their men turn out, &c.. . "In five minutes the camp was in aj perfect uproar, and filled with all sorts of rumors ; some thought, the enemy was; upon them; it being so unusual to base' parades ; when on a march. l''At half-past six the parade was formed ten columns deep, and nearly a quarter of la mile in length. - )'After the usual routine of ceremo nicls the - A. A.. A. G. read the following order: i‘ ' HEADQUARTERS ARMY IN THE 1 FIELD.-SPEC IAL 013.1riat, No. ---. ,1. Lieutenant Wickfield, cf the ---- Indi an, cavalry, having this day eaten every thing:, in Mrs. Selvidge's house, at the crossing sing of the Ironton and Pocahontas, and Bl:,ck River and Cape Girardeau roads, except one pumpkin pier Lienten an Wickfield is hereby ordered to return j vii4i an:escort of one hundred cavalry, and eat that pie also.' 11. S. GRANT, Brig.-Gen. Corti'd'g. : i'Grant's orders were law,and no soldier ever attempted to evade them. At seven , o'clock the Lieutenant filed out of camp i withdhis hundred men, amid the cheers l of ,the whole army. The escort concur- i red in stating that be devoured the whole, of the pie, and seemed to relish it." ;Mae it the rule of your life to do one thinfrat a time. Get done vianderin9: your nzlg,libors, then say 3our prayers. TERNS.--$1.56 PER. ANNIJN. EDUCATIONAL. MR. EDITOR : In -the_JouRNAL of flier 22d Ult., I noticed a proposal from L. Bird to have a column devoted to original educational _, matters. This would 'be pleasing to me, and, Probably to other be- Iginers in teaching ; though we might not contribute at first for fear of not writing "well enough," but let the older teachers begin, and t think we will join io. [ Those formulas might be improved ; perhaps not perfected, thus, , If ',Fleury has 10 marbles and James 5 they !both have 10 plus 5 which -is. la; therefore they both have 15 marilei' - If .illary is 9 yearn old and Alice 4, tbe ' difference between their ages is the.dif ference between .9 and 4 which is .5; therefore the difference between their ages is 5 years.- - The principal fault .with these is that the solution comes after the "therefore." In the second formula . the question is altered, putting years older for difference s which should never be -clone If for 2 cents I can buy 1 orange, fill' 18 cents I can buy. as many oranges as 2 is contained times in 18, which is 9 times, therefore at 2 cents each for 18 emits 9 oranges can be bought. if one yard of ribbon cot 7 cents, 6 yards will cost 6 times 7, or 42, therefore 6 'Yards of ribbon at 7 cents per yard ',will cost 42 cents. Shnuld the pupil be required to repeat the examplebefore solving? • I have a class in Grammar whicb!has stadied , it some before, but in such-a way as to get a dislike for it. 'Will some ons tell me through the JOURNAL, the best way to overcome that evil Perhaps others will be benefited by their remarks too. - A Model CompoSttion. WlNTEll.—Wintr is the ceidest scat- ;son of the year -because it comes in the winter. In some countries winter comes lin the summer, then it is very pleat At. I wish winter come in the summer in this 'country. Then I could go skating bare 1 foot and slide down hill in linen trowsers. IWe could snow-ball without our fiutera !getting coluand men who ga put sleigh:, riding wouldn't have to stop at every tav ern, to warm, as they do now. It SII:9WS more in the winter than any ether season, of the. year. This is because so Many; cutters a-ad sleighs are made at that time: Ice grows much better in the winter than in the summer, which was inconven: ient before the discovery of Ice houses: Water that is left out of is-apt to freeze at tEis season. Some people take in their ! welts and cisterns on a cold night and keep them by the fire so they don't freeze. Skating is great fan in the winter. The boys get', their skates on when the river is I frozen over, _ and race, plavltag, break thro' the ice and get wet all over (they get • drowned sometimes ;) fall and break their head's, and enjoy themselves many othei ways. A wicked boy once borrowed my - skates and ran off with them and I couldn't Icatch him. Mother says a judgment will overtake I him ode day. Judgment will I have to be pretty lively on its legs, for Ihe runs: bully. - There ain't much sleigh-riding except in the winter—folks don't seem to care !about it in warm weather. The gtiown : up boys and; girls like to 'go sleigh-tiding: 'The boyslgenerally drive with one hand and help the girls bold their muffs wish the otheri brother Bob let me go along a little way once when he took Celia Crane ontlsleigh-riding, and I thought he. • paid more attention to holding the muff than he did to holding the horses. Snow.ballirm is another, winter sport: I have snow balled e ' in the ,summer; but then we used stones and hard apples. STOP FINDING. FAULT AND PRAT.--: "Mother," said a little prattler, who had seen five sututners, "are you sure Jew& Li alive and tip in heaven nevi?" "Yes, my son." "Can ho stay in heaven and do grer., things on earth, as he did when he lived here ?"- "Certainly my dear! All nov:er His in heaven and on earth." '. "Does Deacon Jones know it ?" "Yes, child." "Then why don't he stop finding fault; with the Generals, and Mr. Lincoln, and everybody—and pray 7" "What geod.do you think pra2,er do the war, Charley?" "Jesus says in the Bible, 'dye a'k ant: thing in mi. name,: I Will do it ;' and myl, Sabbath School verse yesterday, said, 'lf two of yon shall agree on earth as toner- ing anything that they shall ask, it 41511 be done for theta. of my Father who i in heaven.' Are there not two people Wall this great country who agree is, wanting the rebels whipped, and the 'Union and our beautiful banner saved ?" . , . "I hope tnere are a great rrnfly who agree in that, toy 800." - "Then why don't they ask 13nr7 f,), it ?'` Don't they believe what he Fr.y , , ; ni'aref they afraid. it is too herd for MIL ii._, A.' !".
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