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TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1873
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Z 011.14 IIiTCIIELL. of Wellsboro.
son arinTimir,
STMEN BOWEN. of Mori is Eon
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It , LEVI B. SfigtVt, of .4ckson
l'oll AUDITOP,
CIIMALE S Ll. VERItILL, of Mansfield
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pte publiBhePs will tho 'Adage on all
copies of AGITATORf«ken within the'cott 11/
Toga, inhere the subscription is paid wp to
Out first drily of An wiry, 1874 or beyond tluit
:date. The priiiftd 'pddre,gs-label on the paper,
toill show cackeubscriber the emet date Waddell,
his subscription i 8 pafil.
, In our local columns will_belfound a very
full report of the County Convention held
at 13lossburg last Tuesday.
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• Capt: ;Tack and five of hi§ copper-folored
chums have been found guilty of muder by
the Military Commission, and are tb swing
for it on'the 3d- of next October.
There was a large fire in Belfast, Maine,
last Stithyday, destroying about half a mill
ion dollars' worth of property and turning
one „hundred and thirty familiesput of housp.
and 'hoine.
There Was another terrible steamboat dis
ster last week. On Friday the steamer -
George Wolfe blew up on the Mississippi
rivey.i Fourteen person's .were killed and
about a dozen wounded. As usnal, nobody
was to, blame:
A. writer who signs himself " i J. R. A."
hag= article on "Morals of Onkel') last
week's Democrai iu4 wilich lie remarks, "It
A an error to lnive considered our own ca
lamitous nestling in streams of legislational
iniquity exceptional." This is understood
to - refer to the late Member of Congress
from this district, and it is a very neat way
of putting it. While we can't quite agree
with "J. R. A.'," we must congratulate him
on the : felicity of his " epitaphs," as Mrs.
ParCington would say.
The silly " patent outside" that is partly
(inis)priated in this village is trying to wrig
gle out _ofits own record on the salary-grab
question, The effort is not to be wondered
at, though of course it can't succeed. It is
entirely fitting that a - sheet which lies, with
in a few' Weeks, Made itself a,general laugh
ing stock as a self-proclaimed standard of
" correct and fairly printed English" should
hasten to publicly stultify itself byidisown
ing its own opinions. Having shown a plen
tiful lack of brains, it now seems desirous
of proving itself as deficient in principle as
inability. The task cannot lie a difficult
one; and it would seem to hardly justify
the outlandish grimaces and idiotic gibber
ish in which the patent outside indulges. =
But ppabably the poor thing can't help it,
and so I.obody need complain.
'Hort:7llllam M. Me4dith, President of
fife Constitutional ConventiOn, died in Phil
adelphia on the 17th instant. Ile was born
in that city , Jnne 8, 1799, and after gradu
ating at the University of Pennsylvania
studied law. Zle entered_ political life ear
ly, holding a seat in the Cominon and Se
lect Councils of the old city,and also in the
State Legislature. He was a member of
the Constitutional Convention of 1837-8,
and there spoke and voted in favor of grant
ing the electiVe franchise to the colored
race. Ile soon became well known as a
sound lawyer and able advocate, his efforts
having great effect upon both Judge and
jury. lie was' Secretary of the Treasury
under Taylor, serving from March, 1849, to
July, 1850. -In 1851 he was a candidate for
Judge of the Supreme Court on the \ Whig
ticket, but Was defeated. He was Attbrncy
General of the State under Gov. Curtin,
holding that position for two terms. Last
year he was elected to the present Constitu
tional Convention, and on the meeting of
that body was unanimousl3xelected its Pres
ident. In spite of his advanced age, lie dis
, charged the duties\ of that office with great
ability and vigor. By many of his cotem
poraries he was held to be; in talents, at
tainments, and personal force of character,
the first man of his native State.
The County Ticket
The names of the several candidates put
in nomination at the recent primary election
will be found in the usual place at the head
of our editorial columns. To say that the
ticket is a good one is but to echo the gene
ral opinion. That it will be elected there is
not a shadow of doubt,—even our political
opponents admit that,—and that it deserves
to succeed is equally certain 4
Of thOrst ignite on the list it is hardly
necessary to say anything to the people, of
Tioga county. Mr. Mitchell has already
held during two terms the office for which
he is again nominated, and the fact that be
found no competitor for that nomination
sufficiently indicates the high o estimationin
which, he is held by the Republicans ot the
county. During his first term be took a
high position among the members ot the
flouse—a position which led to his present
ation as a candidate for ilSe Speakersbip at
the beginning' of his second term. The
support which lie '..received for that office
was highly ecbmpT i imentary to so young at
reikutber, find it poved insufficient mainly
becauslioll the "shrieks of locality'." But
his position and influence in the If4fse were
affected very little by the result of that con
test. Re was made Chairman of the Com
mittee of Ways and Means, and so became
the acknowledged leader of the majority.—
By his action on this committee he was ena
bled to be of great service to the State in
shaping the financial legislation of the ses
'sion. He was also at the head of a com
mittee engaged - in the trial of the Luzerne
county election frauds—a position for which
his legal training peculiarly qualified him.
But while 'thus actively engaged in the
general duties of a legislator, he was - not
neglectful of his obligations to his more im
mediate constituents_ The local legislation
called for by 1.1,te people of the county was
attended to promptly, efficiently, and judi-
ciously. This is a fact well known to all
his constitaenti s who had occasion to call
upon him for anything in that line. But we
did not set but to detail Mr. 311tcheil's ser
vices to the people ofi the State and of the
county during the last busy session of the
Legislature. The people he represented are
well aware of them, and we 'are willing—
as we know he is—to abide their judgnient
of .his deserts. We have •an abiding faith
that he will be returned to the liouser to
adorn even 'a higher position than he lus . yet
filled. ' ' ),,
With the candidate for Sheriff—S ( lcl lien
Bowen, of Morris Run—the peopleof Abe
county at large are not so well acquainted;
for he has never_ held - public office. - But
that he is well known and thoroughly liked_
by the people of his. own neighborhood is ,
shown by the unanimity of their support, at
the primary election. ° That a man is popu
lar among his neighbors is said to lie One of
the best of recommendationS, and certainly
Mr. Bowen can claim that indorseinent in
the fullest degree.. It isi conceded on all
hands that ho will make a faithful . and ,
li-
Cient Sheriff, Ho will undoubtedly receive
the full party support at the polls and some
thing over; and of course his election is as
certain as anything future .can be.
' Levi B. Shelve, who is nominated for
Commissioner, is a farmer of Jackson; He
is universally regarded by all who know
him as an' unswerving and' straight-haired
Republican, and man of excellent judg
ment, good btisinesa 'qualifications, and in
corruptible integrity. The office for !which
he is named is really one of the most re
sponsible ones within the gift of the people
- of the county, and we believe it will be well
filled by Mr. Shelve. -
The candidate for Auditor is well known,
as the late Principal of the State Normal
School at Mansfield. Of his ability and in
tegrity there is no question.
The ticket as a whole is' a good one. It
has been selected by the people themselves;
and will be heartily indorsed by them on
the 14th clay of next October.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
TILE GREAT RAMS AT TUE CAPITAL—VIZ
WANASET iIiVESTIOATION—STAVING OFF
TILE CROLRRA—STATISTICAL CONO
THE GRANGERS—TiIt [ , NATIONAL DI4A-1 0
MUTE COLLEGE—TIIE POLITICAL 013TLOON
—VIRGINIA AND 01110 POLITICS.
WAsiuxoTou - , Aug. 19, IK3.
After a month's recreation, relieved from
labor and care, I now resume my Washing
ton eiirrespondence for your most valuable
pape/r, hoping that my communications in
the ftitve will be made more interesting to
your re dors than they have been in the
past. I shall at least endeavor to have them
so. it
Never before in the recollection of the
oldest inhabitants here has there beee so
long a - rain storm at this season of i 1... year
as has been experienced the past eiglitdays;
and, strange to say, with all the rain that
has fallen, the 'atmosphere has mO. been
cooled. The Board of Public Works here
is suffering fearfully. Several streets in dif
ferent parts of the eity.are dug up and are
impassable, the recent rains nuking quag
mires of them. On F and Seventh streets,
near the Post and Patent Offige buildings,
they arc lowered from six to eight feet, and
several buildings arc being undermined and
their occupants are compelled . to move to
safer quarters. -
The late Wawaset disaster has cast a gloom
over the whole city. 'But few, both whites
and colored, who have not lost a friend in,
it. The investigation nOw : going on at the
Treasury in reference to id is looked upon
with great interest, rind it IS sincerely hoped
that with the full development of the facts
connected with the 'fiffairsomething will be
done to avert it repetition of this sadsoccur- •
rence. During the heated season excursions
down the Potomac are 17ry numerous, and
they, have afforded a great relief to the peo
ple here who,cannot, go to watering places,
especially to . lthe Door; who are compelled
to work through the week, and whose only
opportunity to recreate is to take a trip down
the Potomac Satirday night and return on
Monday mornin
So great was the fear of the cholera here
in the early part of the summer that the
Board of Health caused every street, alley;
and - by-way to be thorougily cleaned, and
waited the people against eating .unbealth
ful fruits, and the result is, that there has
been , but very little sickness this year.
Mr. Edward Young, Chief of the Bureau
of Statistics, and official delegate from the
United States to the last session of the Con
gress of Statistics, held at St. Petersburg,
has just received a letter from Monsieur
Somenow, Proolacat of tac 0. 6 .11112.01 g Coni
mittee of the last Congress, in reference to
the place for holding the next meeting.—
Acknowledging the invitation "tendering
the hospitality of the Great Republic of the
New World for its ninth session," M. Sem
enow writes: " While fully apfireciating
the sentiment of sympathy which dictated
this invitation, the Committee on Organiza
tion could not accept it without pievioUsly
consulting the members of the Permanent
Commission as to the difficulties which the
organization of the ninth session in Ameri
ca would present to the delegates from Eu-.
ropean countries." The Permanent Com
mission (of which Mr. Young is a member,
but which he was unable to attend) being
now iu session in Vienna, the place for
holding the next session will soon be known.
There are 5,176 subordinate Granges al
ready organized in the United States. In
lowa there are 1,770; Illinois, '565; Missou
ri, 523; Kansas, 412; Minnesota, 833; Ne
braska, 305; Indiana, 279; Mississippi, 202;
South Carolina, 133; Georgia, 86. There
are none reported from Connecticut, Dela
ware, Florida, Maine, Maryland, Nevada,
and New Hampshire. The balance of the
5,176 are distributed among the remaining
twenty States, the Empire State having but
four.' It is estimated by thOSecretary of
the NatiOnal Grange, 0. 11. Kelly, residing
in Washington, that the membership in the
United States will aggregate nearly half a
million, and that about one-third are ladies.
The National Deaf Mute College is one of
the interesting institutions of Washington.
The President, E. M. Gallaudet, LL. D. is
son of the founder of deaf mute education
in this country. On account of impaired
health he has been traveling in Europe for
th past year.
he college a short time ago celebrated
its ninth anniversary, ,at which three deaf
mites • graddated with the degree of A. B.
Tigre are about 20,000 deaf mutes in the
eolhoiy, 3 200 of whom are under instruc
tion, the National College having about 160
i,f ahem. This institution is supported by
irivate benefactions and by Congress, at an
expense of about fil30;000 annually. The
grounds, which are pleasantly located and
adorned, were given by Amos Kendall, but
the buildings were erected by Congress.—
Youth of both sexes, colored and white, are
admitted, though no females as - yet (with
one exception, 'and she did not graduate)
have advanced farther than the preparatory
depai-tmcnt. The medium of instruction is
of course the sign lan g uage, but articulation
is taught, and two of thegraduates deliV
ered their addresses orally—imperfectly, but,
distinctly enough to be understood. When
the graduates had performed their parts,
they were addressed by Gen. Eaton, Com
missioner of Education, 'the acting Presi
dent, Mr. Fay, standing by his side and in
terpreting his remarli 's in the silent language..
In such a case spelli g by the fingers is only
t
used where the wor or idea cannot be ex
pressed by a motion of the hands. The lat
ter involves much graceful gesticulation or
pantomime, and is as rapid as oral speech..
Deaf mute education is not a century old,
the projector being De l'Epee, a Catholic
priest, livho conceived the seheme while ac
cidentally seeing two little deaf mute sisters
playing. Gen. Eaton took the ground that
deaf mutes should• be educated at public ex
pense, not as a charity, but as a ' political
and moral obligation.. For a time in the
history of civilization deaf mutes were
classed as outcasts, and by the law of Jus
tinian they were placed under disabilities,
both political and social. But there came
one who gave speech to the spec bless, and
out of tins coming has conic all t its change.
But the idea still exists that the education
of the deaf mute is ti charity and not a
' bounden duty of - the State to it children.
The first institution in this count y, erected
in Connecticut in 1810-17, was called an
asylum, a place orrefuge, when in fact it
was a training school of a high order. The
State must educate all its, children, and the
idea that this is a charity to any of them
must be banished from the theory of our
civilization. It is simply justice, and in
the sense that all lives are arguments, he
bade the graduates go forth and illustrate
and enforce this doctrine, for it was the doc
trine of Christianity. He gloried in the ad
vance America had made in this direction,
for no other country could boast' of an in
stitution which gives the deaf mute a full
collegiate course of instruction.
There are thirty-eight institutionsPr deaf
mutes in this country. In their coriversa
t!oro or eeeneils the Indiana emphasize their
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utterances by a , constant motion of--thetr
hands, particularly when in 'eainest t and it
has - been noticed during their visits here
that intelligent deaf mutes cap: understand
these Mem; tort remarkable 'degree.", -Dark
ness is the, chief dilliOulteoccurring in their
' inter-perninunication, and this is overcome
by joining hands,. (not so bad for courtship!)
and thtis feeling the spellingof words. For
this purpose the Morse telegraph - alphabet
Is - being adopted, the patties joining right
hands and tapping the thumb on Alia back
of the companion's hand.: There are seve
ral deaf mutes, male and 'female, employed
in the Departments, one among- the former
holding the responsible position of - extunin-,
er of patents: '
The political outlook, from a Washington
standpoint is highly encouraging, And pre•
sages another universal and easy victory for
the Republican party in the different States
at the coming elections. - In- Virginia -the
campaign has been fairly inaugurated, both
parties having held their conventions, enun
ciated their platforms, ,and put their Candi
dates-in the field. The nomination of Col.
Hughes by the' Republicans for Governor
has giv,en universal satisfaction, and has
called forth, acclamations of enthusiastic
pralso from both the press and the people of
thetakt-Doininion, who think they sec in
his elcctftin kipanacea fot the many ifisivith
whieli•they - rire now afflicted. The eonsery
ative administration of Gov. Walker has
satisfied theni that Democracy, even though
disguised by another name, is utterly une
qual to the task of bringing about much
needed. reforms and inspiring the necessary
confidence in the people to enter into the
various industrial and buSiness pursuits that
will develope the varied resources of the
State. _ Col. Hughes' is a native Virginian,
and no man in the State know 4 or appreci
ates the wants of the people better than lie,
and he possesses the indomitable courage
and irrepressible determinatitin of character
required to make a vigorous ;campaign and
shake up the dry bones of, the fossil De
mocracy after the most approved =lima.,
It has been alleged by Democratic jour
nals that. the President was opposed to a
straightßepublican Convention in Virginia,
and advised a' fusion - of Republicans with
certain disaffected Democratic ele nents.—
This at the time was stamped by tli Repub
lican press as false, and it has so .oved.—
Col. Hughes, accompanied by set; .al prom
inent gentlemen, visited tee Prei
ident re
cently, and was receiv.si in the most cordial
and friendly manner. Pre,sident Grant took
occasion to assure Col. Hughes that the Ad
ministration entertained the most hearty
Sympathy for the Republican ticket in Vir
ginia, and that he had never expressed a de
sire that the party should depart from its
ordinary usages in making a straight Re
publican nomination- lie further expressed
himself as being pleased with .the ticket, a
and hoped all good Republicans would unite
and elect it. ,
There seems to be but little doubt in well
informed circles here that if, the canvass is
properly managed Virginia will give a larger
majority for Hughes than it did for Grant
last year.
Reports from parts of Ohio indicate that
a Republican victory is a foregone concltt
sion. Tho dissolution of the Democratic
and Liberal co-partnership, 'and the nomi
nation of a candidate for Governor and oth
er State officers by each party, leave no rea
sonable chance for doubt that Gov. Noyes
will be - triumphantly re-elected. The an
nouncement by Congressmen Groesbeck,
who has heretofore been a shining light in
the ranks of the Democracy, that unless the
- Democratic party repudiates its name and
present organization it must remain in the
minority for the balance of the century, au
gurs wellufor the Republicans.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
THE TRANSPORTATION QUESTION --.THE LOSS
OF TRADE TO NEW YORE - RAILROAD
SLAUGHTERS AND THEIR I REMEDY-A SPI
CY lar t EL SUIT COMING ON-GOSSIP OF THE
TOWN, JOURNALISTIC AND SOCIAL.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 1873.
Some few facts and figures in regard to
the trade of the canals and railroads of this
State will indicate picisely why the com
merce of the West likts moved in new chan
nels, and why certain marked changes have
taken place in the lisiness of this city.—
They will also sugge t a remedy for the evil,
and the means of -restoring a traffic which
has been diverted. In 1853 the tonnage of
th 4 canals was 4,247,853 tons. Of the Effie
and Central roads it was 931,039 tons. Shipp
then the increase has been steady on the ca
nals, while on the railroads it has not only
been steady but very rapid. The returns
for 1872 are—for the canals, 6,673,371 tons;
tuo railroads, 0,958;230. The canal bu
siness Has advanced fifty per cent., and tnat
of the railroads more than 1 2 000 per cent.
In 1856 the Central road carried 283,027 tons
of vegetable food; in 1872 the amount was
1,158,894 tons. In the same time and in the
same products the Erie road advanced from
143,193 tons to 711,720. In 1856 the Erie
Canal floated to Albany 984,311 tons of ag
ricultural products, and in 1872 1,480,580
tons. This is
. a large decrease from 1862,
when the tonnage of these products was 2,-
087,347. There has been a steady increase
for several years in transportation by canal
of coal, ores, lumber, and certain other like
freights, while, as shown before, the rail
roads have gradually absorbed - a large share
of the transportation of cereals. This pro
portion is just about reversed. The way
out of the wilderness is tolerably clear, and
business men ought to find it .and walk
therein. It is better to supply the facilities
ottr commerce needs than to make inkrea
sonable complaints. '
We will warrant that there will be no more
" accidents" for a considerable time on the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. In the
collision on that road on Friday the special
train, which ran into the regular passenger
train, smashing, things so dreadfully, con
tained Nichols, Vice President of the
road. He will see that hereafter the officers
of the road attend to their business, or else
we may be very , sure that he will not ride
over his own line. If a few more of the
leading officers of our railroads were only
involved in these terrible smash-ups, there
would soon be fewer " accidents. ' The
proposition made not long ago to tie the
President or one of the Directors of a rail
road on the cow-catcher of each train is
worthy of consideration.
A spicy libel suit will soon be before the
courts here, in which F. S. Winston is
plaintiff and Stephen English is defendant.
Few men have been subjected to a closer es
pionage officially and personally than Mr.
Winston—an espionage that soared into the
most intimate relations of his private and
bubiness life, ready and eager to cast a false
and injurious coloring upon every incident;
yet few men have calmly endured the orde
al and come from it so unscathed and invul
nerable.
The Frenchmen in New Yprk are getting
up a $4,000 _ testimonial fot ex-President
Wouldn't It be better to get up a
$4,000 subscription for their poor country
men in this city?
At, the Vienna Exhibition our products,
manufactures, and fancy " fixins" aro car
rying off all the big prizes. Forty-five more
medals awarded to Americans, according to
this morning's cable dispatches. On these
occasions the American element comes out
strong indeed at the last end of the show—
n striking illustration of the truth of the
saying, " the last shall be first."
The Scythe is the newest newspaper now.
It is devoted to the interests of -the Patrons
of Husbandry throughout the United States,
and comes down like a thunderbolt upon
monopolies, rings, and all sorts of extor
tion inimical to the Grangers. The editorial
office is located"at the corner of Fulton and
Nassau'streets, in Jim Bennett's magnificent
" Build i ngs"—tb e best-paying investment of
the Herald. PEARL.
Democratic Purity. ,
The assumption of the Democratic news
papers that corruption, in pblities was al
most unknown in this country befdre the
Republican party came into power is amus
ingly contradicted by the. following little
story told by W. J. Stillman, the Vienna
correspondent of the New ; York Yribune:
"In the Scott and Pierce campaign Kos
suth was, as we all know, in the United
States, and the politicians of both parties
were anxious to secure his influence, for
which,of course, he exacted his terms. I was
almost daily at his house and in his confi
.dence, preparing for a mission charged with
which I went-to Hungary that autumn, and
I was awe or less acquainted with the ne
gotiations as they advanced. The Demo
crats finally ottered him a specified sum of
money—how much I have forgotten—and
two men-of-war if he would give his influ
ence to Mr. Pierce; but they repudiated
their promises after election. During thes e
negotiations, which were long, Kossuth said
to me: ' Mr. Stillman, if you do not get rid
of these politicians your country will he
lost within fifty years.
"Within a single decade those very Dem
ocratic politicians who made this corrupt
bargain with Kossuth had succeeded in
plunging the country into a civil war which
proved almost'fatal to the 'Union:.
integrity was maintained ,only by_ driving
them into obscurity and keeping them .there.
Their impudence In demanding a restoration
to public confidence is so extraordinary as
to be ‘ nlmost phenomenal. 7, •
Insanity in its Relations to Milne.
-
We have read with same ,
care the Workof
Dr. Hammond, of.-NeW '..Tork city,' 'on. the
topic which we have placed itt-the 'head of
this article, and are'gßUl to .11rid a- - distinet
assertion - of the impossibility that a person
"perfectly sane just before - the - commission
of a crime, and perfectly sane immediately
- after could be insane during 'ICS perpetra
tion." Insanity is. claimed .hy. Dr, yfam
_mond to be physical io - ifs causes, and can
no more exist "without other evidences. of
disease than mental. derangement, than
pneumonia with no other symptoms' than
disturbed respiration," or '"valvular disease
of the heart he restricted in .iti manifesta
tions ;to irregularity .of the circulatioe:,9f
the blood." in other words, where a ctSitA
the nets of Mt insane person, the inSatilly
must' have previously existed, " and have
been capable of detection. 'Phis- was me
eiselY ' our: 'ground in Welting the plea of
emotional insanity as one of , mere subter
fuge.. „
But Dr. Hanunond goes farther still, and
points out thin insanity. may'exist to the de
gree of creating delusions without destroy
ing the moral responsibility 'of the insane;
that they still possess the power to resist
and control the morbid impressions.:There
fore it is not sufficient, id setting up the de
fense of insanity, simply tolthow unsound
ness of mind. To constitide a valid de
fense, the insanity must lie such as to:de
prive its subject of consciousness of right
mid wrong and of freedom of agency. It
will not do for all who are more or less
aware of mental aberration to consider that
thereby they are released from accountabil
ity. Itlany instances show that it is not in
frequent for mania to coexist with strong
sense of right and wrong. The case is quite
analogous to that of drunkenness, in which
a man of decided and clear•moral percep
tions, and otherwise subject to moral re
straint; is much less apt to fall into violence
and wrong-doing than an ungoverned and
brutal rough. A certain degree of self-con
trol reindlia;' though impaired, it is pot de
stroyed; and the effort of the will is often
marvelous in' counteracting
,the tendencies
of disease. Therefore the questions to be
asked in regard to crime committed by the
insane 8110141 d not be merely as to the fact
of - mania, but 'also as to the degree. Was
the knowledge of right and wrong destroy
' cd? Wits the sense of personal responsibil
ity extinguished? In other words, did the
insarlb cease to know that it was crime
which was being - committed?
' This may be held a very hard measure, if
punishment 'is to be meted out with the
same severity as to the wholly rational. But
' we hold it essentially wrong to undertake
to judge according to the degrees of ac
countability when the culprit has been
judged accountable. The same principle
would say that in proportion as a man knew
better what was right he should stiffer more
severely. Previous good character would
be not a mitigation of sentence, but an en
hancement of it. - Where ignorance and
degradation Were very great, crime would.
I then become almost excusable. The, State,
in undertaking the punishment ,of crime,
has nothing - whatever to do with the refor
mation of the offender. The first point to
I be examined, then, is whether the insanity
Lremoves the criminality. if it &Strop con
scious volition it does. When, in the-well
known case of Charles Lamb's sister .15iar3r,
the daughter stabbed her mother to the
heart, there was no question of absolute in
nocence. But where there are present the
usual accompaniments of crime, secrecy be
fore and after the deed, contrivance in ac
complishing, motive in attempting, and ef
fort to evade the consequences of the act,—
these are evidences of partial rationality.—
It is no defense in such a case that the per
petrator believes he has squared"the circle,
or that ho is the Emperor Napoleon come
to life again. The insanity, then, as it im
pairs the rationality, must be shown to im
pair it in the direction in which the crime
is committed. It mut, bear directly on the
crime. For if the inane is still capable of
being controlled by the power of the law,
it is for the good of society that law should
control him.
. We meet here the question whether- lm
plea of insanity is ever to be allowed. We
reply, only where it distinctly differentiates
the case from that of the - sane. Otherwise
it has no more true bearing upon the fact of
crime than would be the plea of gout, or
rheumatism, or acute neuralgia. Either of
these may make their victim liable .to great
access of passion, and diminish the power
of self-control. But since theyrare never
aunwee to disturb the balance nrttto 311(11;
cial scales, 'men generally manage to keep
them under, and to refrain from the impulse
of murder, however great the desire to take
instant vengeance upon the offender who
treads upon a gouty toe, or the wretch who
' files a saw immediately under one's nose.—
The keepers of insane asylums do riot dread
their patients, because they have established
a certain control over them, and they know
that mad people in general yield to control,
and are not So crazy but that they know the
meaning of obedience. Of course there
arc cases which transcend this limit, and
there are the irresponsible cases. We mere
ly say that we hold Dr. litimmond right in
seeking, as he does, to limit judicial abso
lution principally to such cases.
But is the plea to be.admitted in mitiga
tion? There will always remain the occa
sional doubtful instance, where there is
great difficulty in determining whether the
reason and conscience have so far ceased to
operate as to bike away responsibility. 'We
so far depart from the position - taken above
—that moral influences must not be let in
to interfere with questions of criminality—
as to bar the death penalty where a reason
able doubt of entire sanity is established.—
We should pot admit it other than in com
mutation of sentence to imprisonment for
life. We speak of the doubtful, cases, not ,
of pronounced mania, where, of course, the
one way open is to send the offender to an
asylum, to remain till cured. Dr. Ham
mond thinks that for offenders like those we
speak of there should be special asylums.—
IThey ought not to be put with the ordinary
'Victims of dementia. It seems to us that
this -is eminently, just. That would leave
open three Colima: first, a verdict of ac
quittal, if the plea of madness is fully. sus
tained, and immediate transfer to the ordi
nary asylum; sondly, a verdict of l
con
demnation, if t e plea fails, and the proper
sentence of the law; thirdly, the case of
doubt, where the insanity is proven, but its
connection with the criminal act not clear,
and for that the criminal asylum. This
would protect society, not only from dan
gerous, members of it, but also from the
many mischievous and fallacious theories
concerning special hallucinations, emotional
insanity, and the rest of the " clever de
fenses" set up by unscrupulous lawyers.—
The Churchman. , ~
Plain Speech
The Chicago Times has for some time been
in a very independent frame of mind. Hav
ing acuteness enough to see that the Demo
cratic party was ruined by the disgraceful
trade of last year it does not hesitate to say
so, and to point out very plainly sonic of
the facts which make it impossible for that
party ever again to win power. It is espe
cially hard on the Democratic morning pa
per in this city, which it describes, bitterly,
as the " New York Tammany organ." The
latter journal recently undertook to define
the first principles of Democracy. Prowl
nea ainong them was that "individualism
whose chief aim (in the choice language of
the lirmlel)is to curtail and circumscribe the
sphere of governmental action." But this,
says the Chicago paper, is "of all political
ideas the one with which the professional
' Democratic' leaders and statestnen' have
the least sympathy." - It goes on:
" More arbitrary asserters of ' authority'
over private judgment and individual lib
erty of action the world does not contain.—
Outside the Latin Church, a more pater
nal' organization than the late Democratic
party has rarely ever existed. Whatever
doctrine they have professed to hold, there.
have scarce ever been•more vigorous pritet
tioners of paternalism than the class of self
constituted 'statesmen' who do not blush
in shame for the palpable lie when they tell
us that the party they have controlled liar
always opposed the exercise by government
of its powers in such a manner as to inter
fere witn the freedom and self-direction o f
private business and industry.' The state
ment is absolutely false. Hardly a Demo
cratic party 'leader' can be named who has
not favored all manner of special legisla
tioril all manner of protegtion to special in
leretlts; all manner of monopolies, and rims
and swindles and steals from slave-owning
to salary-grabbing."
It is not necessary to cite proofs of the
accuracy of this statement. They will oc
cur to any one familiar with the political
history of the United States even for the
paSt score of years. The crowning evidence
of the rottenness of the Democracy was the.
existence and success of the' Tammany on
This organization substantially
ruled the party. We dd - not mean that its
crimes were known to all, or even, to most
Democrats, and condoned by theta for the
'sake - of
to
political power. But they were
known to most of the Democratic leaders,
who tacitly or openly connivedat them.
party which could produce suelileadoratind:
tolerate themiwas necessarily useless for all
good ends. - _ Our readers cannot have for
gotten ,how dumb "the Demoaratie leaders
Were when the outrageous robberies at Tam-
Many were exposed: They, did not dare
eVen then to kick Tweed out of their con-
vention in this State. They did not dare to
condemnithe four - powerful leaders in this
city. Of course no party, could survive,
such a disgrace. When :anl animal ()igen-,
ism is - unable to cast out corruption and dis
ease it dies, and this was what happened to
the Democratic party.. It not only could ;
-not rid itself. of Tammany—it could not
even escape its rule. -It was Tatham) , that
got up the coalition with the followers of
John Cochrane and the Tribune in this city;
and furnished a • candidate for Cincinnati
and Baltimore. Tammany hoped by that
trick to again get control, of the State. and,
especially of the city. It failed" absolutely;
and in its defeat it dragged down'the De
mocracy of the whole country with it. It
is the merest folly for the Democratic jour'
nals to'be now prating- about the " prinet
pies" of the Democracy. It has no princi
ples. What remnants were left to it after
the war have been thrown overboard. No
one will ever vote the Democratip ticket
again in any' clectidn of moment excepti
from the force of habit. All motives for'
voting it have disappeared, and if the party
has not itself gone by the board—if there
is still some sign of life in its lingering re
mains—it is of little importance. The end
is only a matter of time, and of a very short
- me.-11 7 : Y. Times. ,
ITEMS Or GENERAL INTEREST
President Grant celebrated his silver wed
ding last Friday at Long Branch.
The crop reports from Arkansas and Mis
.sissippi are flattering.
Perry Haas, a convicted intirderer, cut his
throat in the Sunbury jail on Sunday week.
Gen. Warford, formerly a President of
the Northern Central Railroad, died at Har
risburg, Pa., on Sunday week.
The Republican State Committee of New
York have decided to hold the State Con
vention at Utica on the 24th of September.
Some Nevada miners, who were drilling
at a depth of 1,400 feet, recently tapped •a
vein of_water so hot that they boiled 'eggs
in it.
The Os bills of New York city for the
last year were nearly $200,000 less than un,
der the ring rule.
The Cambria Iron Company use 5,000 lbs.
of blasting powder . per , mouth in their
mines. '
Chicago has had another count; and now
tallies 132,043 inhabitants. This is an in
crease of 32,488 since 1870.
Generals Howard and Burnside were both
thrown from a. carriage at Martha's Vine
yard last Tuesday evening and 'considera
bly bruised.
The twenty first meeting of the American
Association for the Advancement of Sci
ence opened•at the City Hall in Portland,
Me., last Wednesday morning, 'Prof. J. S.
Lovering presiding.
The United States Senate CoMmittee on
Privileges and Elections will meet in New
York on the Brat of October to discuss the
present mode of electing the President and
Vice President.
A quarrel between James C. King and
Bruce McLeod, of Swanaboro, Ga., resulted
in their killing each other with revolvers.—
Both were respectably connected.
Bombay dispatches report that destruc
tive floods have recently afflicted the Prov
ince of Agra. Thirty-five hundred native
houses were swept. away by the waters, and
there was some loss of life.
James Baird, a Scotch iron master, has
paid over to a board of trustees, to be called
the Baird Trust, half a million pounds, to
be applied for religious purposes in connec
tion with-the Church of Scotland.
The members of the Iron and Steel Insti
tute of Liegej Belgium, have accepted the
invitation to meet in the United States in
1874, and have designated Philadelphia as
the city in which they will assemble.
Judah P. Benjamin has notified two la
dies, named Campbell and Chambers, of
Madison, Ga., that they are joint heirs to
$12,000,000 from a French estate. The la
dies leave immediately to secure the inheri
tance.
At Kingston, New York, a few days since,
a druggist named Elti compounded a
prescript' Ivtiii. nge
cranDhor instead
of camphor water, causing the death of a
child of William Holmes. There is much
feeling in Kingston over the fatal blunder.
Mr. Vanderbilt controls • 2,150 miles of
railroad, representing $215,000,000 of secu
rities, with a gross income of $45,000,000.
This involves the mastery of the trade of
the four great Statei of New York, Illinois,"
Minna, and Ohio.
A quorum of the Senate Conimittee on
Transportation has been secured to meet at
New York on the Gth of September. A
large amount of valuable iurformatiori on
the subject has been received,including sta
tistics from American Consuls abroad.
The Attorney General has decided that
no spirituous liquors can he introduced into
the Indian country without the order of the
War Department, and that the jurisdiction
of that department is exclusive of all other
authorities.
Information is wanted of a girl eleven
years of age, named Rosanna Hughes, who
left Iker home in Lower Prospect, Indianacounty, on Monday, July 21, and has not
since been heard from. She has light curly
hair and dark eyes, and is rather stoutly
built. , Address Terrence Hughes, Johns
town, Pa.
The New York World characterizes its
Washington dispatches of last Tuesday an
nouncing a deficit of ten millions in the
Treasury a piece of groundless news, tele
graphed through misapprehension and pub
lished through a midnight inadvertence.
The price of coffee in New York has ad
vanced from twelve to fifteen cents within
the last forty days, and the present supply
is so remarkably light that a further increase
in price is at least highly probable. Good
judges, however, say that as the new Brazil
crop, although small, is on the eve of com
ing to market, no real scarcity ought to be
felt before next year.
The Alabama indemnity money; due from
Orcat Britain to the United States on 'Sep
tember oth, has already been paid into the
Treasury, with the exception of about $5,-
000,000 which is deposited in a number of
New York banks. The payments thus far
to the Treasury have been in called bonds,
over•due coupons, and gold. The balance
due will be gradually paid ; in during the
next three weeks, and during that time the
managers of this fund expect to purchase
an additional amount of called bonds.
At a meeting of the Sunday School Un
ion of London last Tuesday night Rev. Mr.
Hartley, who had just returned from an in
spection of the school system of the United
States, spoke in terms of high praise of the
efficiency of the American educational fa
cilities; as to both sacred • and secular in
struction.
A report from the vessel in which Henri
Rochefort was shipped for New Caledonia
says that his fellow convicts, considering his
course as treasonable to the 'cause of the
ComMune, made an attempt to lynch him.
The officers of the ship were obliged to as
sign him quarters apart from and protected
against the Communist exiles.
Party re-organization draws a word flow,
the Hartford Post : "Eternal- re-organiza
tion is eternal disorganization. Good; hon
est, square, hearty work of all the best ele
ments is what is most wanted. To destroy
the Republican party now would bet° throw
away the `good will' and honorable tradi
tions ofLa party that has done a glorioui and
an ham rtal work, and whose great mass is
still animated by a generous, self-sacrificing,
patriotic spirit.'
The Reading Eagle says: Three or four
&reeks ! ago two men traveled, through a
neighboring county pretending that they
wanted to establish township libraries,
which were to be kept r t the farmers' hous
es, and the books loaned but free of cost.—
calling upon a wealthy farmer, they would_
ask if be would take charge of the library.
If he would, they asked him to write his
name on a piece of paper, which was `to
tia sent to the County Auditors.' The men
then cut the sheet into slips, turned them
over and wrote a note of hand on the other
s id e , leaving the farmer's name to back it.
They served half a dozen or more farmers
Ohl Npy, writing notes of pa or $6O, to
run thirty days, and signing any name they
pleased, so long as the note had a• good in
dorsement. The notes were afterward dis
counted at the bank, and the; thieves fled,
leaving the farmers severely stuck."
The North German Gazette; stigmatizes as
a disgusting invention the report in an
American paper e.c an interview with Prince
Bistnarek, in vobieli the PiineelS swede to
say thathe would extirpate theldea' of God
*and substitute thet, - of the State: "'it declares.
that Bismarck :naves used' stick lariguago! or
Adyocated .auch ' sentiments, ' addheitexes
that the, falkehood ''origirtritcd'iti 'the Mead
pollen's of the :remits, '-',.',,:,:',"%,',.' .' 7 !:,,:; :,;:,
' . Thelf*lidbilfietiS: Republican Btate r eon., l
ventibn idtp iiii.,lielil'ilt:VV,OrcatktertAuPtem
berAltli.-:,-; -- ". '''' '. : -. _ _,, ~ :;; -
.
A,' dis.patch from Louden' :states. , that. the
town of :Christ latinple, on itialmar,-Sound,-.
Sweden, has been entirely destrOyed by tire.'
A. dispatch frmii LeXington, ,may.,
_says
that the Witting Abillion t4ctninel was found
(load - , ill his waffle nt. Ash CfroVe farm' re
'cOtly. , Ilis owner, 13(.1 Mal:horns, - of-New
YorKa short time ago refused *30,000 for
A most eccentric individual passed,away
the death of George N. Sanders. Ho
'lived a life eventful, and exciting;- at one
time United States Oopeulatlioladon, at an
other Secretary of tlfalate"COnfederate Na
,vy, afterward figuring as a peace commis
sioner to Canada—about his last public per
formance. llis political career, lso ,of
_story and episode, Will afford abundant 'ma
terial for his memoir, He died In New
York under the flag he had dishonored.
Col. JainesF. - Meline, who served in the
Mexican war, and was a well known jour
nalist, andauthor, died recently in Brooklyn.
The returns of the Agricultural Depart
ment for the.first of August indicate a gen
eral and somewhat marked improvement in,
the condition and promise of the cotton
crop since the first of July.
Professorllusseil, the elobuiletiiit s , died
at Lancaster; Mass., on the 10th instant,
aged 70.
The steamship Alabama, from - Glasgow,
reports that op the 4th instant, at 11:50 p.
m., she collided with the bark Abeona, from
Montreal. The bark was so damaged that
she sunk within five minutes of the time
she struck. • Bat I, three of the crew were
saved.
Hon. S, S. Coxi has accepted the nomina
tion:of the German Democrats as their can--
didate for successor in; Congress of 'the late
James Brooks. In his' speech be promised
unswerving fidelity td the New York De
mocracy.
I -
`The Indian chiefs Santanta and Big Tree
arrived at Houston, Texas, last Wednesday,
under guard from, the penitentiary, , en route
for Fort Sill, where a council is to,be held
between Secretary Delano .and Governor
Davis and the liiowa and Comanche tribes,
with a view to a further peace.
Ayer's qathartic Pills
For all the purposes of a Family Physic,
CURING
lostivenesii, Janndioe, Dys
3psia, Indigestion, Dys
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,and
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;he, Pilos, Rheumatism,
mptions and Skin Diseas
, Biliousness, Liver Som
mers and Ba 4; Rheum,
,Ls'a Dinner Pill, and Puri
oat congenial 'purgative yet
I f
perfected. Their efi l cts abundantly show how much
they excel all other ills, They are safe and pleasant
to take, but powerf 1 to cure. They purge out the
foul humors of the blood; they stimulate the slug
ri,
gish or disordered migan lutri action; and they impart
health and tone toll 0 whole being. - They cure not
soul) , the every day complaints of everybody, but
formidable and da gerous diseases. Most skillful
physicians, most c anent clergymen, and our best
li
citizens, send certi cake of cures performed and of
great benefits they lave derived horn these Pills.—
They aro the safest aid best physic for children, be.
cause mild as well effectual. Being sugar coated,
they are easy to take; and being purely vegetable,
they aro entirely hartuless. .
•
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Practical and Analytical Chemists.
SQLD I3Y ALL DRUtIGISTS AND DEALERS IN
Aug. 12, 11373-18 t.
State Normal School
MANSPIEI9,IIOOA COUNTY, PA.
J. N. FRADENDURGII, A.M., Pb. D
.s2olpEu. YEAR pays for tuition in all tho
branches including book Keeping, Draw
ing, Penmanship, and Vocal Music; and board, in
cluding furnished roOm, fuel, oil, and washing.
Tuition withotit hoard, $36 por year. Students pre
paring to teach receive special encouragement.
Fall Term opens September 3il, 1873.
For further particulars address the principal.
Aug. 19,-2t.
State Normal Musical Academy
MANSFIELD, TIDOS CO., PA
Prof. D. C. ,TEWETT, Principal,
Miss MHO ROOT, Preceptress
This Institution, founded by its principal after a
careful and thorough examination of the best methods
of instruction that have yet been introduced, embraces
all the excellencies and advantages that can be found
in any Musical Institution, together with many im
portant additions which are admirably adapted to the
wants and requirements of students, and also in keep
ing with the advanced ideas of the age. Music is
taught here as other sciences are taught in our schools
and colleges. There is a perfect arrangement of the
respective departments, and the studies are classified
in such a manner as to form four distinct courses of
study, viz:
9AC115J3 ulnae, . ORCITEBIIIA MUSIC!,
SECULAR MUSIC, ISRAS9 131. ND music.
Each Course includes Two Degrees—Elementary and
Classical.
The combination of studies that form the different
courses, is one of the most important features of the
institution, as they are arranged with a view to a sym
metrical development of the faculties, nothing short
of which can produce the desired result In an educa
tion of any kind, where, a correct Judgment, a cultivat
ed taste and'a fluent executive ability are concerned.
A course of study that will entitle a student to a di
ploma, will consist of not less than five different
branches, completed to the required standard, al
though students may pursue any musical study separ
ately if they desire it.
The cost of beard is $55 per term, including, be
light, room-rent, and lynching.
RATES OP TUITION.
Pull Course—one year, 3 terms, 14 weeks each, $90.00
40 IC two terms, - - - - 60.00
64 4 ono term, - • . • - 30.00
Two Studies—one year, - - 72.00
two terms, 49.00
SI 14 ono term, - - - - 24.00
Ono Study—ono year, 42.p0
46 two terms, 28.00
16 11 ono term, - - - - 14.00
FREE MWANTAGER
Students taking a full course, aro entitled to the use
of instruments four hours per day, and those taking a
single study two hours, and others in proportion, with
out extra charge.
Full course students will also he entitled to an extra
study tree, if their time and strength permit.
A class held in the unisio hall foi the purpose of
chorus and oratorio practice, is also free to full course
students. `:
Notation class free to all students.
School year commences Wednesday, Septenther 3d.
For further particulars address the principal, and
procure a catalogue.'
Blansfield, Pa., August 19, 1873.
JEWELRY STORE I
La_
Andrew Foley
who has long been established in the Jewelry business
in Wellsboro, has always for sale various kinds
a nd prices of -
flitrican IMatchts
gold or silver,
Cloeks,Jewelry,GoldChain,s,
- Keys, Rings, Pins, Pen
_
ells, Cases, Gold and;
. Steel Pens, Thim
bles, - Sfidons,
. Razors,
Plitied Ware,
SEWING MACHINES,
r
With almost all other afticles usually kept In such
establishments, which are sold low for
iG" MB 3E-1".
Repairing done neatly and promptly, and on ahoy
nOtice • A. FOLEY.
Aug 12, INSt
1 IGINE.
[
ME
Agrkiattl4!brik::„-4' ;th , t
- • Qe v •
,„- flttattltli -
. . „ .
to be,o on Wednemtni
Pri(iafr :and Saturdailigere—
and 13, 1873.
$135c0) Promiunise
Ail eldrilla 81100111 be toudi: on the first day. Ample
twertratioxis Mixt() Jrr tho •Ovotifenee of exhibitor•.
ottiotete;not• no•ffii' rr.i ,u 1 1 10 Bat wid 1.0 wrorred
to tliQtr propor t7;t41:11 ,, r, bo rewAlded.
If Morey °I :31..nit:we.
All oxlitbitors Oifed arnin 11
iiicinti'ur3NlP. o ,ll ' l,l E' 1.11,11 Y.) ------ • •
Slagle ticket davit,; U. flair ..
flingloadmission
Carriages..,.,
Ot.eas I—BOItSES
let. 2d. '
• ,
/3,cast atallioratour years old or over, t 5 $ 5
• II
bred years old, , 5 3
' ... ' Ivo years old, ' : i 3 2
Beet pair um lied geldings, ' - 10 6
i Mat.,lted mares, - 10 6
draft. horses, . ' 5 3
Best three year old gelding, . 4 2
i• three year old mare, , • 4 2 ,
i. single gelding, 4 2
i' , single mare, . 7 4 ' 2
ii. brood Tare and colt,
1, two year old, colt. - - , 2 1
, .. one year old Uolt,
, 1 3 1 -
~ s ticking colt, 2 '1
Committee: John Dielitnaon, A. Runt, John M,
Butler,
Class II—JACKS and MULES
. ,
Best jack, * 1 , $ 5 $2
Beet pair mules. , 6 2
Committee: Henry Batton', Richard Moore, Altmann
Thompson. i'
°Less 111—CATTLE.,
Best Alderney bull, '.,
i ' r i 7 ._ - 'ts $8
.. Ayreshire, i 5 3
n Durham, 1 5 3
o prenn, 5 3
• liat,ve, , 4 2
-4. Alderney cow,. , 5. S
.
.• Ayreehlre. . 5 3
0 Durham, 6 3
•• Devon, - • 5 2
,
•• , Nisi iY1:: 4 2
•• 4 , yol:e a nrl:trig (.0(C11, 6 3
pair tld re eat old steers, - 4 2
•• pair t“tl }car old steers, -.. • 9 1
pair on,. .-ar old steers, . 2 1
.. two year old heifer, ~ 3 1
•• yearling heifer, 3 1:
•• bull calf, 3 1
~ Leiter calf. 3 1
...yard of cattlo, not less than salami], 6 3
Committee: Charles Drinnell, George English, Jer
, emiali Klock.
Cr A.Fs IV—SHEEP.
Beet lino wool brick, $4 $2
coarse wool buck, 4 2
" flue wool ewe, a 1.
'• coarse wool ewe, 8 1
three lambs, 4 2
) era of sheep, ten or more, t 5 3 •
Committee: Robert Campbell. L. 8. Potter, Charles
Close.
CLAUS Y-HOGS. . ,
$5 . $3
De ' Ima ,
=2l
sow mu] pigs, 6 3
Committee: L. lh, Edwards, 4 1 , ,V. W. Eugish, Pharez
Houghton. . I
CLASS VI-PO1)13R i' . .
Best diSplay of - poultry, (elliel„ens,) $5
$3
variety of fowls ' not less than ten, 5 3
Comm: tee: U. W. Sears, M. B. Prince, A. hi. Hay,
lett.
C [Ars V II—DAIRY PRODUCTS
Bert firkiu of butter,
_
tub of butter, , I 4 1
•• ~ faPtory cheese, ! a I
" cheader eheetio. , 2 1
hand-102ft cheese, i 3 2
Committee: Charles Toles, Hugh Stewart, Eplualm
Frsaels.(
' CLAsaVIII—FIELD CROPS.
Beat acre of wheat, ' $5 0
44 acre of corn, 3 0
" acre of oat; ``2 0
4 acre of barley. , • 2 0
acre of bucku heat, 2 0
44 potatoes, 3 0
, All cont.( etanta must make entry at thei Fair, and
submit proof of weasuremeni, quality, in4.l quautlty
to J. B. 'Potter, Chairman of Executive ommittee,
prior to the Etna day of December next. • .
CLAEsIX—GARDEN VEGETABLES
Bost six beads of cabbage,
0 'six beets or more,
- balf bushel of potatoes,
bale bushel of rota bagas,
half bushel of carrots,
~ Lair busbel of turnips,
half bushel of 01310Et8,
~ variety of tomatoes,
~ winter aquaeli,
" watermelon, I. 0%.
" muskmelon, 1 04
" pumpkin, , ',.1. 03i'
" display of garden vegetables, 6 3
Committee: E. J. Brown, B. F. Kelsey, John Pier
son.
CLASS X-GRAIN.
Best bushel of winter wheat,
bushel of spring wheat,
bushel of barley, '
bushel of rye,
bushel of oats,
bushel of corn In the.ear,
'• bushel of buckwheat,
halt bushel of clover seed,
" half bushel of timothy seed, 2 1
half bbahel of peas, 2 1
half Iniehel of, beans, 2 1
Committee: Calvin Hammond, L. U. Gillett, Robert
Roland, '
OLAes XI—FRUIT.
Best variety o f apples,
....ri , ty of wawa, 4 2
'' VEtrit'ty Of peaches,2 1
1
.4 variety of plums. 2 1
4 . vsriety_of grapes, 2 1
.. general display of fruit, 5 2
Committee: John F DonalJson, L. J. Prettier, John
Karr.
C.C.tFs XL—AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
Best plough, $2 $1
" side-hill plougl4 - 2 1
" cultivator, 2 • 1
field roller, ' 1 -- o
a harrow, 2 o
'• mower and reaper, 3 0
" mower, ; ),2 0
" thresher and cleaner, ' 5 0
" straw cutter, 2 , 1
horse rake, 1 0
" hay tedder, 1 0
horse hay fork, ,r 2 1
" portable fence,
,1 2 0
" fanning mill, 3 '0
" fartn gate, 2 0
" washing machine, 1 ' 0
'
" churn power. 2 ‘, 0
,
Committee: Darwin Thompson, Job Donne, D. 0
Stevens. ,I
CLASS SIII—AIECIIANICAI DEPARTMENT.
Best farm wagon, $5 $3
" single buggy, 5 3
" family carriage, 5 3
platform spring democrat, 5 3
• double heavy harness, 4 2
double carriage harness, 4 2
" single harness.
specimen of blacksmithing, .
diap'ay of cabinet furniture, .
specimen of carpenter work,
pump,
" sample of pine lumber,
sample of sawed shingles,
shaved shingles,
" sample of clay brick,
display of finished sole leather;
display of finished upper leather,
" corn b isket,
half-dozen home-made brooms, 2 1
Committee: A. Crowl, A. G. Sturrock, William 11
Jones.
Crass Xl - 0-4•HOUSEHOLD AND DatESTIC.
Best ten yards of flannel, $ 2 $ 1
ten yards of full cloth, 2 1
ten yards of rag carpet, 2 1
ten yards of tow cloth, 2 1
five yards of linen cloth, 2 1
• specinien of wheat bread. 2 1
specimen of graham bread,
specimen of corn bread,
specimen of apple butter,
gallon of soap,
jar Of pickles,
specimen of catsup,
" specimen of woolen yarn,
,• specimen of dried beef,
" bed quilt,
" home-made counterpane,
pair knit woolen stockings,
pair knit woolen mittens,
" plain sewing,
" handmade shirt bosom and collar, 2 1
" mrithine-made shirt bosom and collar, 2 1
ten kiounds of maple sugar, 2 1
" gallon syrup, _ 2 1
• box of honey, 2 1
Committee: Mrs. Lucy, iiOtChUIFIS, 11111. John fif,
Butler and Mrs. Jno &ars:
CLAss XV—FLOWERS, PAINTING, FANCY {YORK.
Best parlor boquet, 2 - 1
" band boquet, r . 2 .1
" dozen dahlias,- 1
.
0 display of flowers; 2 1
embroidery, (work of exhibitor,) 2 1
" pair of slippers, ~2 1
" oil painting, 2 1
specimen of penciling, 2 1
'
" crayon drawing, 2 1
pin cushion,l 0%
0 display of hair work, 2 1 ,
" specimen of wax flowers, 2 1
" specimen of feather flowers, 2 1
" ottoman cover, 1 ' 032
,
" suit under clothing, - 1
", Butt night:clothing, - 2 1 '
" display of bead work, 2 1
0 card basket, - 1 034
knit worsted tidy, 1 0 34
0 knit cotton tidy„l , 03. s
" sofa pillow, 1 I. 0;i,
"‘ afghan, 1 0 v
. ..
", ottoman,- 1 , 034.
" lamp mat, 1 Oy
fancy wall basket, 1 04
0 display millinery, 5 .8
CoMmittee: Mrs. Jas. C. Bryden, Miss H. W. Todd
and Mrs. If. M. &field. - -
CLASS XVI-LADIES' DISCRETIONARY.
Bins. I. M. Bodine, Mrs. J. IL Shearer, Mrs. J. 13
Potter, 7Ars. Abram Walker, and Mrs.W. P. Sbumway
CL es XVII—GENTS' DISCERTIONARY.
John W. "Laney, H. W. Williturm,"and W. A. stone
CLASS xvm-MUSICAL INSTRUJIRNTS.
Best Mann (7 octave or more) $lO $5
~ organ, 6 3
~ Melodeon, 6 3
CoMmittee: W. W. Webb, Mrs. A. B. Eastman, and
Mia. C. G. Osgood.
• Cuss NIX—BRASS BANS.
Best Mass Band, / - $35 $l6
EXECUTIVI 6 : COMMITTEE
I. D. Potter, Chairman, Walter Sherwood, W. P.
Shumway, W. P. Campbell, J. B. Bowen, D. A. Stow
ell, and Nelson Claus.
I. M. BODINE,
- Secretary,
=3:=l
Wellsboro Driving Park.
There will be trotting as follows on the 2d. 3d and
4th days of the County Fair, under the direction of
the Wellsboro Driving, Park Association. Tickets to
the F ir, whether for persons or carriages, will admit
the holders to the Driving Park without additional
obarr.
•
PrenitilMS. $2,500,
. September, 11th, 12th and 13th,1873
,
Film m or ,—iito. 1, puns of $9OO. For liorse,
never trotted better than throe minutes.
First prominto..... _ ..
Second premium -, ....
Third-premium _ ,
Fourth premium
Iv o . 2, - purse of tiiio„,,, For horses that never
First Than
-
Second Pnn.su
,
Third premium • ~.
Fourth premium ......• •• • • ,-- ' ... ......
Simon) DAY.--NO. 3, purist u, $2OO. Rennin ]
First premium...
Second premiutri -i. ,
~ . ~.........„
Third premium .
Nn. , 4, - purskof $BOO. For licruirs Uokt never
bettor than 2:32.
- First premium . .
Second premium... .........
Third premium - . -
Fourth premium
•• • •
.. Tamp DAY.--No. 6, purse a poo.• For ho
never trotted better than 2:50, -
First premium....
Second premium
~
Third premium
Fourth premium .
...... :..
No. 0, purse of $5OO. Free to all: .--
First premium...
Second premium.
Third premium.
Funrth prerutuvu
. 1
$2OO
1 50
ao
NSTITUTE FOR B
At West Chester. Pa. A beautiful and elevai
tion, 22 miles west of Philapeinbia.vll spa c i,
grounds, with Gymnasium. Students prel
College, Polytechnic Schools or Businezd.
provision made for very young bo' a. m an y
remain, as boardeis, during the summer vt
Session begins Sept. 10. Address RORER::
CLELLAN, dui
AYER'S HAIR VIGOR ,
For Restoring Gray [fair
To Its Natural Vitality and Co/or,
A.. l ? i v
c ni rt i yi t a z
ereith a
AhlPoattion, tu r f
hair EtillY. and ea rn
them GLcliuo it ti;111,'"
znaturely.
AYEleki lints ~ 10001
ig and ertenene gat
La Proven that it
ski
to falling of the },;i
inthdlately; often
Res the growth, and
y.
Lye enrely restores Ih
ler, wh en faded or rrty
. stimulates the unth:
rive organs to;healthy activity, Ind preserves both tt,
hair and its beauty.' Thus brashy,weak, or sickly L ux
becomes glossy, pliable and strengthened; lost ht
regrows with lively expression; ;hair is shed.
ed and stablished; thin hair thickens; laud flew t ,
gray hairs resume their original color. Its °rental
Is sure' and harmless, It cures dandruff, h ee l s
humors, and keeps the scalp cool, clean and aoft—an•
der which contitions, diseases- of th e Scalp a rt
possible. •
MI a dressing for ladles' hair, the yICOR is pre,s6
for its grateful and agreeable perfume, and rained fer
the soft lustre and richnin.a of tone it initattA.
tri
Dr. J. C. AVER 4g.; CO., Lowell, M.
S OLD BY ALL DRUGGISI S AZvD DEALIRS IN 3IED.
Aug. 12, 1873-Iy-eow. Rot
Groceries thid PION IS.IOIII
$2 $ 1
2 1
2 1
2 1
2 1
2 1
2 1
A 1
1 0.
HAVING purchased the stock of
dretli, would say to his frieuds and the public
generally that he will endeavor to merit their patron.
age by keeping constantly on hand large and nil
selected stock of
$ 2 $ 1
2 1
Llth-IT AND HE AVVGROCERIES,
2 1
2 1
2 1
2 1
2 1
YANKEE NOTIONS, TOBACCO,
$6 $3
which a ill be sold at fair priccs
Tternentber the place,
Wellsbora, July 22, 1873 -tf. W. I'. BIGONY
FITIGII YOUNG'S
insurance,B►ai Esiate3Sleamship
.421.(m-mivcr3r.
No 1. Volum' s Block.
WrDrafts sold payable In any city or town in Furve.
Cabin,'Seeond Cabin, or Steerage Passage now"
to or from any town in Europe from or to Wellsbnro.
by the Anchor Line, or the White Star Line of Ocean
Steamers. •
4 2
5 3
3 1
2 1
2 1
2 1
2 1
2 1
,Wheal Estate bought and sold on Commission.
04-I desire to call particular attention to the 'nor
ance facilities afforded by the old and well known
Weilsboro Insurance Agency.
6 3
6 3
2 1
-ESTADLTBtICP IN 18G0:-
FIRE, LIFE & A Cel D ENT.
Capital nepresente,l ,? fIi,OIPJ,INIII.
ATNA, of Hartford,
HOME, of New York.
FRANKLIN, of Philadelphia
INS. CO OF NORTH AMERICA. of Mira
PENNSYLVANIA, of Philadelphia
WIE lAMS . .=ORT FIRE.
ALEIVIANNIA. of. Cleveland, Ohio.
PHENIX, of Brooklyn, N Y.
LYCOMING IttlS. CO.. Muncy. Pa.
TRAVELERS LIFE & ACCIDENT, Hartford.
2 1
2' 1
2 1
• 2 1
• - i • 2 .1
1 2 • 1
1 ' O)
1 ilyi
2 1
2 1
1 03i
1 0,4'
2 1
Follett.. written tu au),of the above hauling coni
paniva at standard rates. lopeee promptly pea st
my (ace, No, 1 Bowen's Block. 111Cl411 YOUNG.
Noe, 1.9. 1872.
1 1 9 - 4 4 9
Stoires, Tin and Hardware!
SF"Cio to D. H. BELCHER & Co's for your Stem
Tio and Sheet Iron.
.IQ-Go to D, Et. Belcher h Co's for your Nails and
General Hardware. •
s,n Go to D. H. Belcher a Co's for your'llaying and
Harvesting
..tQ'Go to D. H. Belcher & Co'B for your Table and
Peel et Cutlery.
ri9 - 00 to D. 11. Belcher 9: Co'e (of gout Rove and
Hdrse, Forks.
.0-Z - 00 to D. H. Belcher k Co's for the beet Metallic
Linea Wood Pumps.
,O Go to D, 11. DeleheA Co's for the Lest Plow in
his country.
in - "Co to P. H. Belotwr & Co's for your Tin Root
ug iud Spouting.
.O Go to D. R. Belcher & Co's for your IlePairing
of ell kinds. which we do on short nothe sea
guarantee satisfaction.
We arc agents for the D. RaWl4Oll Mowing Nfachines,
to Which We rail your special attention. iki - Eve'rY
Machine warranted for tWo years. Extras of all Itadi
for this Machine kept on hand or furnished to older.
Any person wishing to buy the best Machine in this
market will do well to givo us a call.
8. F. WILSON,
Preztdent
D. 11. BELCHER & CO.,
First door below the Postontee, WeMbar°, Ps
Juno 21. 1873'-.3m.
Eihhhb,bbbi9b
NEWLY MARRIED PEOPLE (end old ones
too) can get a eornPlete
outfit for housekeeping at Kelly's,Chlua Bah.
H. S. TfASTINGB
MCLELLAN'S
PANPAUrp DY
Practical acid Ataaltittcal
INCE!
AVFLISBORO, VA
NV. P. 'l3 I Gg-CoN
PROVISIONS,
CIGARS, &c ,
Como and buy ONCE and you will agate
Second door below the Welleboro Hotel