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OLUDIE XVII.--NUMBER 36
POTTER J.OURNA4
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PUBLISIIK I D BT
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I M. W. MeALARNEY, Proprie._
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par . Devoted to the cause of Republicanism, the in
ttlests of -Uri° rlture, the advancement of Education,
and the beat geed of Potter county. Owning no :41tide
exiopt that of Principle, it will endeavor to aid in the
wcirk of more fully Preedomizing our. Country.
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frOin a distance, unless they arelaccompanled by the
money or satisfactory reference.
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11/8 - Jub Work, of all kinds, executed with neatness
and despatch.
IMSINESS NOTICES
It. A. D R AKE , I)
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-narsiprAN & SURGEON, offers his services to
the Citizens of this place and vicinity and desires
to informithem that he will promptly respond to all
exile for'eofessioual services, Olhce on blaill stree - t,
over C. .IManning'a Jewelry tore;S Residence nearly
o poslto the office of the Fox & 13.0,36' Estate.-17-2S
Free and Accepted Ancient York Masons
E, ULALIA LODGE, No. 342, F. A. Stated
&teqtinira on the 3rd and 4th 'red nesoaya °reach
- Month. Hall, in the 3d story of the Olmsted meek.
AV:3leAt,taXer,Sea. D.C.LARRAI3Et., WAS
TOMN S. MANN,
A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
.41 Coudersport, attend the several Courts
in Potter ,I Cameron and lie Kean 'counties. All bust
nkis-enti,usted to his care will receive prompt atten
tion: Office on Main street, in residence.
• AUTIIIIR O. OLMSTED.
j r,•\ ! • TTO,' NEY AND COUNSELLE AT LAW,
.11 Condersport, PA.. will attend to all business
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:ruetodtohiscarewith promptness and fidelity. office
1' Uta steond storey of Lilo Olmsted Block.
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• ISAAC 'JENSON.'
TTOgNEY-AT-I , AW, Collerliort, I ra : , will
, atteriel to 311 bu:iness entrusted to him with cnre
~td promptness. Attends Courts of adjoining cowl
flies. Office on Second streetmear the Allegany bridge
F. W. KNOX.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR. AT LAW,
Coulersport, Pa., w.II attend the ooutts in rot
tcrand the adjoining counties. ,
' 111ILLEIC .1.7 31cALA.RNEY,
rfTOR V 3-AT LAW, lIIRIIISUURG, renn'n.-7
! Agents for the Collection of Claims agnitiet the
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2ntted States and State (3 overrunents ,such as Pensions,
Itoyinty,Arreare,ofi'ily,&e-Atidreei Box 05, ti arrisb tn rg
• 111' U. MILLER, J. C. 30.11./.I:NES
DAN BAKER;
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gNSION, BOUNTY and WAR CLAIM AGF.NCY
' . - Pensinna procured for Soldiers of the present
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\ nr who are dienbted by reason of 'wounds received
Or disease contracted whily in the service of the United
States ; and pensions, bounty, and arrears of pay ob
tedned for widows or heiral of those who have died or
been killed while •In service. All letters - al inquiry
promptly answered,•and on receipt by mail of a state
:neat of the case of claimant, I will forward the ne
vem:l.y paper:: for thidr signature. Fees in Pension
eases as Ixed by law. .Refei's to Hons. Isaac Benson,
A. G. 0 msted, John S. Mann, and F. W. Knox, Earl
I- DAN BAKER,
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JuneSi34 Claim Agent, Coudersport, Pa. .
' T 1 •M. W. IIIeALARNEY,
REA ESTATE and INSURANCE' AGENT.=
I Ind -11 ought and Sold, Taxes paid and Titles
irivestignted. Insures property against tire inithe test
comprtMes in' the Country, and-Perrone against Acel•
dents in the Travelers Ineuranne Company of Ilart
ferd. Eusine,ns.t ransacted promytly 17.29 -
P. A. STEBBINS & Co.,
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Al —R G C o, l , 3 d A s i Vr B oe — e i rle e s al l e .' r r ß oCi n sio n ns r c l o ( n l e e' ed -P l "t o n r c k Y
dad everything usually kept in a good . country store.
Itroduee bought and sold 17 '29
C. H. SIMMONS.
TERCHANT—NSTELLSVILLE N. Y., Whole.
;-sale and Retail Dealer in Dry Goods, Taney and
F . T.spleGoods.Clothing.Linties.DressGeoils•Groceiies,
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Flour, Feed, Sce Retailers supplied on liberal terms'
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C. S. E. A. .10.NES..
I )EFCHANTS—DgaIers in Druga,ll.edicines,Pain'ts,
04 Fancy Articles, Stationery, Dry Goods,
Groceries, &c.,11 :tin Street, Coudersport. Pa
D. E. OLMSTED,
TETZCIIANT—DeaIer in Dry Goode, Ready-made
OIL, Clothing, Crockery, Groceries, Fhor, Feed,
tart, Provisions, &e., Main street, Cou,lersprt, I'a
COLLINS SMITH,
rERCITANT 7 DeaIer in Dry Goods, Groceries,
Provisions, Hardware, Queenswaro, Cutlery,
i.nd all Gi , ods usually found in a country store. ,i'6l
H. J. OLMSTED;
HARDWHARDWARE Mercnant, and Dealer in Stores,
ARE
Tin and Sheet Iron-Ware, Main street, Couder
fltort, renr.`a. Tin and Sheet Iron Ware made to
Tter, In good style, on short notice. •
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I MARIIi,E YARD.
rpir. subscriber desi CNC to inform the citizens of Pot
..l_ tai that he can supply thorn with all kinds of
-Marble! work. es cheap and as stood as it can be had
am plaCe in the countt y, MONUMENTS ~nal'ollß-BTONES
8T O NES of all kinthlftenaished on short notice.
Coudersport, Febl3'6sly C. 1111EU.NLE.
CIiUDERSPORT 'HOTEL.,
r't F. GLASSMIRE, PROPRIVTOR, Corner of 'Main
LI. and Second streets.Coudersnort.Potter Co. Pa.
A trrery Stable is also kept in connection with this
Intel. Daily Stages to and from the Railroads.
iPotterJournal Job-Office. S-.
jAIMIG lately added a flue new assortment of
JOB.TYPE - to our already large a,sortmeut,
Nee are now pronai:ed to do all kinda of work, cheaply
and with taste and neatness. Orders solicited.
1865
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Philadelphia & Erie Itaklroad.
TlllSlgreat line traverses the Northern and North
west counties of Pennsylvania to the city of Erie
lakelErie.. It has been leased and is operated by
tie PIEHNISTLVANIL RAILROAD CoNPANT.
I Tinto or passenger trains at EMPORIUM.
• . LEAVE EASTWARD..
Erie Mall Train
!Erie Express Train
LEAVE WESTWARD.
,Erie Mail Train .....
lErie Express Train 8:50 a. N.
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'me:lgor ears run through on the Erie Mail and
Express Crain,' without change both ways between
I Philadelphia and Erie.
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NEW YORK CONNECTION.
Leave New York at 6.00 r. M., arrive nt Erie 3 37 a.m.
Leave Erie at 1.55 r. m., arrive at New York 1.15, r. M.
$0 CHANGE OF CARS BETWEEN,ERIE &, NEW YORK
ELEGANT SLEEPING CARS on all Night trains
'For information respecting Passenger
I , IY at Corner of 30th and Market streets, Philadelphia
•-; And for Freight business of the Company's Agents
fS. 0 . 'Kingston, Jr; Cor. 13th and Market titreetti,
". . 1 W. Reynolds, Erie.
- Wni. Brown, Agent, N. C. R. R Baltimore.
B. ROUSTO'.NT, General Freight Agt. Phils%l‘..
R W. GRINNER, General Ticket Agt. Phllada
L. T r LE., General tinot, Williamsport. •
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Mr.Nasbyh. s a mosaforrible Tsion.
REST, (which is ;the Stait
uv Noo Gefsey,) Oct. 15th, 1865.
halt nite weary and diagasteu with ,
in eleckshun returns, i picktd i up alvoluta
uv Camell's Boerne, and red that splendid
peese "The East man." Camel' po
eter—there aint no doubt nit it. Ef my
too parshel frends aint too Parallel, i ken
whop him on the sublime,but,; on the pa
antics, I saki:l6lNp him ez my souperior.
Be thet ez it may, the pone maid an im
preshun on my mind, which is proof thet
ther is stithin into it, and my mind wuz
a dWellin into it ez i sunk into slumber.
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Ez yoosual i lied a dreme, and sigh a
dreme may i never bey agane.
.14ethautIthe eppidemic, which! is now
devastating Europe,hed strtick New York.
Fer a:tinle it struck down all classes.
The bpwn Cawcashun,the hidgus nigger,
the notle red man iiv the forest, and the
alnaon•-eyed Chinese, all, ail fell afore .the
the ruthless destroyer., But at ' last, it
abated, except so fur ez lthe nigger s wuz
konsernecl• The white man avuz, spared,
so wuz the Injun, and the Chinese, but
amongst the Afrikans it I raged with re
dubied fury. 0, ii wiiz krushing! The
olanterlooked abroad, and le ! the stab
wert feeld hand, which wuz wuth '1,,500
wuz a kold corps,and the feel wuz up ploud.
Agin he looked, and alas 1 the Ibrawny
wench, which alluz'bore him a pioantnny
which wuz wuth $2 l OO ez soon lez weaned
wunst per yere,and,bya little extra whip
pea did a fill year's • work, wuz I),o,strate
in the cold embrace uv death. .Algin he
looked, and wo to him ! the o L atrohn fer
which he pade $2,500, and whose girl ba
bies be cood sell in Noo Orleans, ez soon
ez , they wuz lthfer 3,000, on recount uv
their havia hizlblood in their ',vanes wuz
torn from laiz Wyk' grasp by the stronger
hand uv diseasc. acid wuzn't %kith a cop
per fer tinny purpus.
The Dimocraey bekum alarijaed. The
indefatigable leaders whispered :: "The
ni ,, ger is fadin away !—sposen he becums
extinct i !" Whereupon a konsultatim uv
Idle had men wuz held. In veW'uv the
'arises a pare--wun mail and. wuu feinail
wuz selected and examined by a comittee
ii , expert life inshureance eumpanies.—
Tbay inz pronounced perfeck sylesimene
entirely sound and free frum deaease.--
Theze.;2 wuz locked up in a room in a
healthy loeasliun, and 24 uv, the most
eminent tisishuns in the eduntrylWUZ de-
Wed one to stay with theta 1 occ uv each
day, that in. ease the disease stOOk em
the remidies mite be towunst applied,that
frum these 2, the race might be•propaga.
ted. and the cappytle uv the party be pre
served. But all tcr no purius. ,The last
nigger in the Yoonited States Iderished,
and finally, theze 2 wuz struck, find not
, withstanding the precawtionsadoßted,they
too died 1 I I 1
There wuz acam nacher syminthized I
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with the party in its afflictions. The hey
ens wuz'' cloti s ed with leaden , ! colored
clouds; athortwhich, ever and anon,flash
ed gleams Ofl loorid lite. LoW-voiced
Ithunders muttered ominously, and birds
land beasts ran lhowlin o'er the feelds.—
'Dray horses fell ded upon the storivstreats
' and wild beasts rushed frantic* from
their coverts, and snapped fooriousintuad
at whatever cum its their way. 1
1 The last of the Africans wuz layin pros-
I trate in the hall. Peroandywood entered,
and -ez he seed em, I he bustid intu teers.
''Farewell," gushed he, "a long farewell,
last uv a unsaid race ! you wuz our tower
of strenth ; on yoo Ivre bilded ! Hatred ofi
' yoo giv me the Irish vote ov Noo York.'
0, how cheerin it wuz to see them lambs
bust your hods and innocently bang you
up to lamp posts I But ymem gone yetem
gone—and hentz4th life is a blank to me.
Farewell vain world !—fer what is life
without a nigger I" and scazin a jacknife
he saw stickin out nv the pigger's pocket
I he stuoklit:into his stummick,and falling
across the deceased A-frikatie expire pease
fully.,
FranklinTeerse approaehed. "Alas !
and thou art gone ? Too iron, thou art !
In life thoti were luvly I "Twas thoti alone
made me. Piesident, thy Wooly heti wuz
my steppin,stun to place arid power l. thou
wast my 'rite bower, my left and ace I Ef
I was a DeMocratic Samsoe, thou wuz the
hair wieli the Deliler, Death her, sheered
orf. Fernandy i I kum 1 and seezing the
jack nife friatu his hand he!plungedin into
his bowels,lfallin across Fernandy.
Vallandigum approached. 41 1 to,must
say farewell," said he kisOng their kold
features, "fer thou was toy anker. Thou
twas, who Made me Coagressman—thou
tiexiledne 830,-
000
e, and bate uv the gave me 830,-
000 in ten Icent peeses wen I wuzin Can
ady. Do I want to go to Congress again !
iNo ! no ! no I I shoed be 'dual, fer the
mane spring uv my eloq*uance lis6 here!"
I and takin the jack nife ,he immersed it
into his bowels, and fell across Peerse.
Old Jimmy Bucannon, and Vorhees, and
;Brits, ond Florance, and'in fact, all the
' leaders uv the party, North ,2 the number
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nv sutbin over 200, knit up, and each
makin a short orashuta, struck theirselves
with the jack nife, falliu across each oth-
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tort ittl'hirroiples of Ihtte 40 tip Disseh)ipqii
bebote
COUDERSPORT, POTTER . COUNTY
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er, ez cord. wood iz piled. Finally, I felt
it a duty I owed to the party to foller suit.
Seein the Jack nife, I made my orashun
(Which was techio 1) and was about to
sever my I intestines,' wen I seed a quart
bottle stickin out uv, the nigger's pockit,
Drawin it 4th, I pulled the cork : Glory !
it was whisky! 2 sues and it wuz• gone
—the room spun round, i fel cenceless on
the, top ov the pile ov ded democrats.
Jiat then Horn's Greley cum in. Be
hold DimOcracy," said he, "ez it wuz in
the beginnin, so it is in the endin. Nigger
at the bottom, whiskey at the top, and a
stink in the middle," and holdin, his noze
he scrambled out ovthe room.
I waked in a cold sweat, happy to find
Chet it wuz only a &ewe; that the niger
still lived in his cussitude, and that we
stil had authin to go on.
PETROLEUM V. NASBY.
Lait Pastor of the church uv the Noo
Dispensashuo.:
Anecdote of President Johnson.
M. E. D., writing from Jonesboro,Tenn.,
to Harpers Weekly, relates the following
incident of Andrew Johnson, Which we
doubt not will prove of interest' to our
readers: •
"I say, now, General Jackson, for fear
you should think I have some axe to grind
because I try so hard to keep you at my
poor house all night, I will agree to en
tertain you free of expense !" expostulated
the landlord of the dnly inn in the village
of Jeffers i on,Ashe County,North Carolina,
to Gen. Jackson, late one evening in the
autumn of 18—, as he entered his car
riage to pursue his journey towards Tenn
essee. "The Blue ;Ridge, Sir, is infested
with banditti, and you will certainly be
robbed, and murdered ) before morning.
I beseech yen, stay l
"You are very kind, Sir, and I thank
you," replied the General, "but I shall
proceed, and try and reach the Tennessee
line at all events. I have no fears of being
molested. Drive on, Neci, briskly. Adieu
gentlemen all?" and the old hero drove
off at rapid pace.
"Hilloa there youngster !" cried the
landlord to a slim, !wiry, flaxen headed
stripling standing in the motely crowd in
front of the tavern, "if you are going to
Tennessce,you had better jump up behind
and go along with the General ; it's as
cheap riding ks walking."
"Sure ' enouah reckon I'd better and
;
thank you," replied the young man.jump
ine up behind the coach as it drove off
- Ttiey rode on qiietly for some hours
until the began to ascend the mountain,
when the General hearing a slight cough
behind, called out, sternly.:
"Whols that ?"
"It's me, Sir—Andrew Johnion. I
am a traveler, on my way to Tennessee,
nd I thOught I might get a lift on your
carriage, - Sir. I beg you pardon, Sir."
"You are quite welcome, Sir, to my
carriage.L,Come forward and take a seat
with meJ
g•Tha. o l you, Sir : but as the mountain
is rather steep here, 1,11 jump off and walk
up
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He walked forward up the mountainside
in advanbe of the carriage, but had not
gone far before he saw a man ahead of
him ascending the mountain. - He ap
peared to be intoxicated. He 'cached
this way and the other way, staggering
backward arid forward; now his knees
would double up, and he would miss a
st2p,as if tho,eartb had suddenly vanished
before him; then he would cross his legs
and a lutch would send him diagonally
across the road. He stopped and braced
himself up so as nearly to fall baekward,
and then drifting helplessly along. Pres
ently he turned an angle in the road and
was out of eight.
"That man is beastly drunk 1" .remarked
the General.
"Drunk I.—not much, air," laughed the
young man; "he's no moredrunk than I
am.. He's playing 'possum, and means
mischief. 'Look there! he's lying in the
road."
As they, drove up he raised himself la
zily and hailed them., Hie I ah I I—l
say, gentlemen, can't you give a .man a
lift ? I=l=hie I can't walk ; I'm load 2
ed to heavily with'd—d mean whisky.",
"Theil stay where you are and get-rid,
of it l" replied the Generalsternly.
"The devil l" exclaimed the man spring
ing to his feet with the agility of a cat.
He gave a keen whistle and planted him
self in front of the coach. Three men
sprang out from the bushes and made a
rush at the carriage.
Quick as thought the General sprang
upon one of them, and they rolled over
in the road together. A dull, crushing
sound was next heard over the conflict,
and a second one rolled over in the dust
propelled by the loaded whip in the pow.
erful hand of the driver. The young man
by a timely shot, fired and brought down
a tbird,and then sprung to the assistance of
the General, who still fOught*.manfully
with hia l heaculean antagonist, while the
driver engsgP.d the remaining robber..
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"Stand back I - stand back 1" cried the
General to the ycuno man ; we are man
to man. I'll gibe the villain fair play.
By the Eternal I have you now 1" and he
threw his antagonist over apparently life
less
,my boy ?" asked the
on, too, Ned ?--Wbere's
flAreyou hu
General. "And
Ned 2
"Here, massa 1' replied the boy, puffing
up the road. ‘'l4 y robber coward—he run
—be Ihel he ! golly; I save one, massa
save one, an' d young gentlemen save
one—he Ihe 1 e 1"
All this occu, l ed in less time than it
takes to record t.
"But you, G neral, are you hurt?",
"No; nothing_but a few bruises,thank
God! But, look there ! eine of them is
stirring. You, Sir, and Ned, pinion his
handS, while I examine the others."
None of them were found dead. Two
were only stunned, and the third had re
ceived a pistol shot through the shoulder
and was crouching in affright. They were
all soon pinioned, and a council was, held,
when it was determined to disarm the three
scoundrels, and let them go, rather than
be detained on the road. No further in•
cidenta befel our travelers during their
jaunt.
On their separation in Tennessee the,
General gave the9young man much good,
advice. Ha recounted to him his own
history, and bade him aspire to be good
and useful. The General continued en
route for his home in Middle Tetnessee
and the young man stopped and settled
in'the town of Greenville, Tennessee, as a
journeyman tailor. Of his subsequent
career it is needless to speak; it is a part
of the history of our country.
Large Sale of Dalmaged Goods:
The executors of the Democratic party,
deceased, will offer at public vendue, on
and after this date—the sale to continue
till the entire stock is closed out—the ef
feet's ,political and personal,of the following
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parties, to wit, namely :
11. "The Time-honored Democracy!'
2 1 . "The Bourbon Democracy."
3. "The Haskins Damocracy."
4. "The Democracy of New Jersey."
Sealed proposals will be received for the
Detpocraey of Kentucky.
The large assortment of "time-honored
principles" will be sold id lots to suit
purChasers, it includes :
One set of resolutions that coercion is
unconstitutional. (Badly damaged.)
One set of resolutions that the rebellion
cant be put down vi et (antis. (Played
out; last spring.)
One set of resolutions to compromise
with treason. (Worm-eated.)
One set of resolutions that "this is at
AbOlition war." (Useless to the heirs and
assigns.)
One set of resolutions that the war is a
fa4re. (Purchasers will be paid to take
it away."
One half set of resolutions of thanks to
,the; army and navy. (Convenient to have
in the house.)
There will also be disposed of, on terms
made known on the day of sale, the fol
lowing principles, good as new, having
beck) but little used :
One resolution approving the policy of
reconstruction. (Impaired by conditions.)
One resoluticn indorsing Andrew John
!
son:as a patriot and statesman. (Value
subject to future events.).
One resolution that the Democratic
party is, and always has been, in favor of
the, Union, one 'and _indivisible. (Not
suitable for a southern market.)
One resolution concerning State so,ve
reign ty. (This is a valuable self-adjusting
article,capable •of expansion or contraction
at the pleasure of the owner)
One resolution against negro suffrage.
(To revert to the heirs arid assigos,provi
ded.the nearo is found.bereafter to vote
their ticket.) 1
One resolution to tax !United States
bonds. (Buncombe.) !
One resolution that the soldiers are buly
boys. (Valuable fur local purposes only.)
The attention of persons about emigra
ting to Mexico and other cheerful foreign
parts, is especially directed to a miscella
neous lot of Principles, whieli the execu
tors are authorized to warrant to fit any
form of go;Jernment, whether based on
the divine right of negro-driving and
miscegenation, or admitting; a visible ad
mixtnre of negro blood tothe ballot.
B. Sale positive, and without refer
ence to the meeting of Congress, as the
executors must make roam for a fresh
supply of principles, &cloyed for the use
and benefit of the heirs and assigns of the
Democratic party, deceased, from their
former maret—the reconstructed states.
—Cincinnati Commercial.
A poor, emaciated Irishman having
called in a physician as a forlorn hope ;
the latter spread a huge mustard plaster
and clapped it on the poor fellow. Pat
said "Doetor, dear, it's a dale of mustard
for so littld, mate I"
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m,SOlisoribe fdr your osro Comity
papez—and pay for it.
1865.
[peva The following addrets was delivered
by MI. 7. N. Atxt:t4r, at the Teachers' Institute
at. Ulysses, Dec. 1, 1865, and iuy it regnested
far publication.]:
SYMMETRICAL CULTURE. -
In the order.of creation God made man
last. Ho- created him after His own
image, and told him that he was to "lmve
dominion over the fish of the sea, and
over the fowls of the air and over every
living thing that moyeth upon the earth."
By creating "him after his own; likeness,"
and giving to him j the sovereignty of all
animated creatures, G,od bestowed upon
man those superior physidal qualities and
mental powers which so pre-eminently
distinguish mankind from all other finite
beings. I ,
A careful examination Of man shows us
that he has a very complicated, yet har
monious' organization. His !nature is
manifold. Besides a physical nature,
which is . common to, all animals, he has a
social, mental and moral nature, and the
wonderful gift of speech. Naturally his
body is symmetrical and beautiful, its
texture delicate yet powerfol, and its
movements gracefully majestic) Standing
erect he is truly an object of admiration
and of power. By exercising his five
senses he can receive many definite per-1
ceptions, and i pleasing sensations. Toro'
' the sense of smell he can receive the
sweet perfume of flowers, abd can to
.some extent, distinguish one object from
another. Through the sense jof taste he
knows, in a measure, what food is nutri
cious or deleterious to his 'system. Thro'
the sense of hearing he can 'hear those
rich and varied tones of the human voice,
the pleasing sounds of musieal instru
ments, the joyous notes of whey a little
winged songster, the sighing of: the breeze,
and the roaring of the tempestlon the land
and . on the, sea; and he canj hear kind
words. Through the sense of touch.he
is conscious of fleet and cold, and of many
other sensations. By this 11C is able to
acquire a great deal of positive knowledge
as to the qualities of matter. By the
sense of sight which is received through
that most wonderfully constructed organ
—the eye, which expresses by its tears
the irrepressible grief, of the: heart, and
by its smiling brightness theinVerflowing
joy of the soul- - -by.this sense he can de
rive oh, how much knowledge, and how
much pleasure ! At one instant he can
see the dust at his feet, and at the next
he can behold the far-off sun shining in
the heavens. As he . ;tviews the beneficent
Ruler of the day, rislag in the east, pur
suing his course up to the meridian, and
then goina c down till he einkS below the
western hotizon I as be gates'ou this im
mense orb, he can think that its Creator
is his Creator. In a cloudless night he
can look away up into the alinement, and
there behold the moon and; more stars .
shining than he can number, and all pro-
Claiming the existence of a Great First
Cause. On a clear day, in the Spring
time, when the trees are putting forth
their leaves and blossoms, and the flowers
are blooming, let him ascend an eminence
where his vision can rum .over fertile
fields, m
j a old forest and a mountain, over
a meandering river falling oyer a precipice,
with a city on its bank, over the ocean
far away in the ditsance—and before he
knows it, Nattire is "painting on the ret
ina of his eye, all the beauties of the
earth and sky." Man is indeed "fearfully
and wonderfully made." By his reason
he can trace effects to their causes, and
causes to their effects.
By his will he can govern himself, call
into action his powers, and direct their
course
By his memory be I can retain most of
his observation and experience, and thus
be governed b their valuable teachings.
By his hope and imagination he is able
to endure present suffering and affliction
by looking into a happier future, and
there beholding afar off the "Promised.!
Land."
B 5 his speech he can express his tho i ts,
his joys and his sorrows, arouse or soothe
the human heart, speak kind words to his
fellop men and sing praises to his Creator.
By his conscience be is able to judge
between right sand wrong, and thereby
follow that path which will conduct him
-from a state of mortality to a glorious
immorts lity.
Such are some of man's powers. But
let us ascertain how be came by these.
They were not bestowed upon him by
his Creator as personal , property, or real
estate is transferred by man to man. But
the receptive and expansive capacity—
the susceptibility of cultivation, of pro
gress and of improvement were alone
given to him, and all subject to the laws
of his nature. In infancy
_and childeod
he is entirely dependent upon his friends.
But by properly exercising hicephysical
powers, and mental energies .he gradually
becomes developed and strengthened in
hislwhole being. When we examine his
whole nature; and the immutable laws
governing it,
.isit not reasonable to infer
that his development should be propor
iiOned ; ihas sll the powers' of his : /wry,
his mind, and his hlart eitould be opa
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metrically cultured? .But when we see
a mau well developed bodily, with fond
erect, with strong lungs, with a cheerful'
countenance, with hands ready to encattir*
ter obstacles which require bone and mei
de to overcome them, and enjoying per ,
feet health, we might conclude that man'
physical powers should be especially
developed.
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When we see a man possessing so much
sociability, and such a friendly disposition
that he not only "rejuices with those wha
rejoice and weeps wtth those who weep,"
but is constantly exerting upt.o his ass°=
elates a personal influence which tends td
make them better and happier, we might
conclude that man's social nature should
be chiefly cultivated.
When we see man aequring and using
literature, the arts an4ciences ;* when We
see him making extensive explorationd
on the land and sea, pioneering the way
of civilization, levelmeorests, cultivating
the soil, building towns and cities; when
we see him constructing canals and rail.
roads, bridging broad rivers, spanning'
deep ravines, and tunneling mountains-I
when we see him subjecting the elentetitd
to his will, ; employing the latent force
found in wood, coal, air, water and elec.
tricity as agents of mighty power, erect+
ing telegraphs and using them as great -
speaking trumpets to converse with-the - set
living many miles aWay ; when we see
him builcling, ships, navigating rivers j
crossing oceans,. and !carrying on all thd
vast interests of commerce; when we see
him•writing and printing books and news=
papers, building seminaries and colleges)
when we see him maiing laws, studying
the art and science of war, and serving
his country in time offperil; when - we sed
him digging into the earth for, rich mini
eral deposits, boring for and pumping ,up
that valuable substance called petroleum ).
when we see him turning his thoughts - ta
the worlds far above him, ascertaining
their distances from the earth., their relit.:
tive weight, their rnotions,and discovering
that great law which governs all matter—a.
attraction; when we see him studying
himself—his body with its remarkable,.
complexity, and yet beautiful harmony,
his mind and heart with all their wonder.,
ful capacities, operations and laws; when
we see all these things we might conclude ,
that man, in doing these, attains the -,
highest Mental culture, and thereby';
answers the chief end of his creation.
But when we consider that man has t*
conscience, and a never-dying soul ; wlatts
we behold him living, in accordance with
I his highest reason--.his moral sense— 1
!exercising his noblest faculties in doing-
I good, benevolently dr':ainirm his own cup
of happiness to relieve the e sufferings ,of -
his fellow-men, learning in the Sacred
TVolume his origin, his nature, his destiny, ;
his duties to himself, his race, and hie
God ; when we behold him originating
and supporting efforts for the. promulga-. •
1 tion of Bible truth at home and abroad /
leaving his best friends and his dear native •
land, crossing the ocean, enduring as .a
Missionary many tribulations in his selfa 1
sacrificing exertions to proclaim the Goa. ~
pel of Salvation to benighted he:llll6o,am'
not only pointing them, but leading them
to the Better World; when we behold ,
the christian martyr dying at the stake
!under the most excruciating tortured
rather than to violate his eonecienee awl
betray his Divine Master ; when we behold
these deeds of goodness and morarsub
limity---these laSting benefits to mankind
—and consider . the value of the sal)
; which is worth more than the whoiu
world besides, that for its salvation the
Son of God died—when we think of all
these things we can hardly escape the _
conviction that Man's moral nature should
ibe cultivated to the greatest extent, eves
perhaps; at the expense of his other powers.
' Let as examine this subject further.
Probably all will agree in regard tc/
these assertions, namely ;—that a matt
may be a giant physically, and be a dwarf
in other respects ; that a man may be
eminently social, and yet be wanting ,iti
other better qualities; that a man may be'
a. Newton mentally, "an d almost a Ndrct
morally; that a man may perhaps, bel
christian, but be so deficient physically,
socially and mentally that he can scarceily
be called a man, and finally, that he what
is the strong est, the most frieadly, this
learned, and is the best man, really'
has the most manhood, and is the only
one - who comes most nearly completllf
fulfilling the great object of bis creatioui
It is not to be suppoled that any moot ,
is, in all respects, superior to every other'
man. But it may be affirmed that Ruins
riority in any respect, is not entirely thet
result of cultivating eclusively thind
powers in which that pre-emineuce cx4ts,
The human organization, though distinct
in its parts,is such that each part is closply
connectet with every other. Such
mate relationship exists" between the biLi34.
and the inind r that each is very nimbi
influenced by the ot.
The same !talent
betweeu the fiteulti
the animal propensit
oped ihe moral tont'
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