HOME MATTERS. WEDNESDAY, JULY 8; 1868. Now Advertisements Notleo—E. P. Deane. Valuable Dairy and Timber Lana for Salo—B Morris Ellis. Agricultural College—J. Y. Moßoo. Quarterly Report—J. L. Robinson, Cashier. Agents {Panted—{V. Flint. Ai 'MILE YARD. Wilcox's Marble y ar d, first door below Van Horn's warerooms, went into operation last week. NOTICE—The Ladies of the M. E. Church will hold their Sociable on Wednesday evening of the present week at the house of Dr. A. B. EaStman on Main Street. ICE CREAM.—Mr. & Mrs. Mordecai Sears propose to give an leo Cream entertain ment (for the benefit of the M. E. Society) at their Teo Cream rooms, next door above - Dr. Eastman's on the evening of the Sociable (Wed nesday). -T-Z M. E. CHURCII.—The foundations of the now building aro being laid in tho most substantial manner. We notice some huge stones on the ground, upon which tho superstructure ought to stand rock-solid. GETTYSEUR.43.—Our readers t will read with interest the histo7 ofti day at Gettfsburg, by Rev. Willard P. Gibson, of plinois, for some weeks a visitor at his fatheri land brother's in this village. The sketch will be of peculiar in terest to the friends of the soldiers who fell upon the bloody field.' NOTICE.—J oh n I. Mitchell, Esq. chairman of the Young Men's Republican Club, requests us to give notice that a meeting of the Republicans of WeUsher° and vicinity will .be held at the club rooms under Runnel Hall, Fri day evening July 10, for the purpose of organi sation for the campaign. A full attendance h requested. TICE FOURTH AT LIBERTY.—The eel ybration at Liberty was a fine affair; the i gather ing numberin4 about 2000 people. Everything went off without a hitch, and we take prido in reporting that little or no excess marked the day. We have no reports froth other local celebra tions in the county. WOOD lIANGINGs.—Messrs. Toles& Barker, (Union Block, have samples of Hangings made frbm native woods, backed with stout pa; per. We hope these hangings will shpercede wall paper, as no dbnbt they will in the bettor class buildings, soon. The first cost is not much greciter than of medium grades of wall paper, and they will last a fifetime. JIEELVY SToßm.—Delmar, „ in and a round Stony Fork, was visited by a terrific storm of thunder, lighting, hail and rain, last Wednes day afternoon. The storm commenced' at about 5 o'clock P. M., and continued half an hour.— The lightning was vivid, the 'thunder terrific, and the fall of rain extraordinary. From report, it seems fairly entitled to rank with the Saturday storm in this region, noticed some weeks ago.-- We do not learn particulars of damage to crops, but it must have been serious. PERSONAL.—It gives us •waieli pleas ure to state that latest accounts from Prof. Streit afford encouragement to expect his recovery.— We have received a private note from him, writ ten from Mantorvillo, Minesota, June 22, in which ho says that the journey nearly tired him out, but that ho is so far amended , that ho walks half a mile without much weariness. Of the country he says : "I like the appearance of the country well. The great wheat fields of thou sands of-acres upon the rolling prairie present a truly beautiful appearance. Corn is knee high, and everything seems to be more forward than in Pennsylvania." i THE NORMAL SCHOOL.—We have re ceived the annual oiatalogue and circular of th• 01123 a i - c Mansfield NT ks hvol cur the Scbe—ryear end ing June, 1889. Prom Its toll.o w• loam that the number of students of all grades registered dur ing the year was 344. a l f these 174 were males, and 170 females. The resident graduates were three, and the Senior, or graduating class num bered 31. This is said to have been the largest class ever graduated in the Schools of the State. • The Fail Term begins Sept, 2. The total ex penses of ti. student at this School, for the School year, are $lB4, and no extra charges. Applica tions for rooms in the Normal Building should be mtigz early, and addressed to Prof. C. H. Thrill. x T • CROP PROSPECT.—It was never bette4t Tioga county. But tho fate of late sowed oats trembles in the balance. Unless we have rain soon thfierop will fail. _Grain sowed itl March is a splendid crop, and the drouth can not much damage it. Corn is looking well, po tatoes ditto, and grass is very hea t y. The hop crop is also promising well. The luxuriance of the taws crop has boon favorable to the dairy menhus far, though the hill pasture wilt need rain soon. 1. A' slow, soaking rain of 24 hours won d add many pousands of dollars to gen eral income of th producing interests. THE BAPTIST SOCIETY.—The Ice- Cream and Strawberry Entertainment given at Bonnet Hall by the ladies of the Baptist Society on the 4th, was, we aro glad to say, most liber ally patronized by citizens end strangers. The room beneath th92lall was neatly fitted up for the occasion and decorated with evergreens. The day was hot, the ice-cream cool and delieioug, and the strawberries, from Hathaway's Garden at Tioga, were superb. The Concert in the evening was a perfect jam, very many being unable to get in at all. The Band fairly outdid itself in discoursing excel lent music, and thetvocal music by Messrs. Webb, Jaceps, Card, Mrs. Eastman, and others, was cap ital. We believe everybody was satisfied. The receipts of the day and evening were $156,50, netting the Societ 'about $l4O. The ladies de sire t i o.return than \ s for this liberal patronage. MANSFIELDI ITEMS.—Our correspon• dent "Accidental" sent us several interesting items last week, but too late for the last issue. We print herewith the report of a pic-nic held by the "Star of Hope" Society in which the children of the Soldior's Orphans' School participated by invitation. Our correspondent says: "The tables groaned with the weight of nice things wrought by an hundred fair hands, to make „ glial the hearts of the children. After all had cat their fill many baskets of fragments retrmi ( llo2 . It wag a great day for the elaildren . , and great sight to see the children of the State and the children of the village, all of whom had resolved to eschew bad habits, mingling together like a common family, engaging in tho sports which children love so well, and to think that only a few years will bring theta into one com mon brotherhood of earnest, Christian men and women, wokring zealonely for the common good." Another correspondent writes; "Ilev. N. L. Reynolds, of Blessburg, gave tho aumull Sermon before the Students Sunday evening, June 21. The tent was—"what shall it profit a man if ho gain the whole world and lose his own soul ? Tho discourse was able, and was listened to with marked attention. Wellsboro, July 4. Nirs, Betty Murray, aged about il5 years. When, on Sunday niorning, the bell of St. Pees tolled fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety, "" d 9 1 fard, every citizen, every boy and girls keetr that it announced the departure of " AUNT livirty," by many years the "oldest inhabitant" 01 Waleboro. With her husband, Mr. - Ellen Murray, (some years deceased) sbe accompanied the family of Mr. William Wells to this region in 101 7, 1804, sixty-four years ago, before the ground open which the village is built bad been reclaim ed from the wildness of nature. Aunt Hetty was pure-blooded African. Her mother was the daughter of ono of the Head-Men of the Guinea Coast, and was brought to this country about the middle of the last century. Both her husband I and herself were born in slavery, and received the gill of their time from the Mr, Tell@ aboVe al -1 hided to. 'Foi. many years Aunt Betty lias lived ih the past, delighting in nothing so much as in o ncoming about the event's of an ilige.!ante-dat- i ing the memory of must of the Irving, and 'ill the company of little children. She was a child's" u ( nrse in the Wells family at ilio ' time of Wash ington's inauguration, and half a , dozen . yours 1 , ago remembered wall many of tho, bisterio char acters of the republic, and was fondef,relatitig little anecdotes in which those characters figured. Tor love for little children was a ' ruling passion, and that love was fully reciprocated. None, save her near 'relatifes,,will miss Aunt Hetty so much as the little folks. rtlr, them . olie always kept sorde'trifling goodies , which took on a treble Calao when received from her bands. This, and tho devotion which she inspired in. the daughter who smoothed the path of her declining, years, with a fidelity which never wavered, mark the native excellence of her character. . 1; • The funeral, which was inigeli attended, took place on Sunday, at 6 o'clock, evening. OSBIP.—"You are mistalten al 4g, o law of thii road, in ono respoet," said a gen ,man to•us the other morning. "Row is 047" .lied we. "A gontioman,"'returned lie, "shMild norer givo his right arm to a lady; on the con triary, ho should always- givo the loft." We do miurred to this that such an arrangement would mbject the lady to annoyance of collisions on thd si ~ iewalk, against which the custom of giving the right arm af f ords protection. "I must insist up-4 oh my rendering of tholaw of the road, however," replied our interlocutor; "and for this reason : 7hen a gentleman gives•his left arm to the lady, it brings her'nearest his heart, andbesides, doves It's right arm free in her defence. In his right a m ho should carry a -cane, or a sword, as the g ardian and defender of innocence." • Wo saw the joke, but it was a non-plus. ,Thinking it over in the cool of the day wo corieltided - 'that our friend's theory is partly right and,partly Wrong. li* giiing the loft arm to the lads' bringsher near eat the heart of the gentleman, it also removes the gentleman farthest from the lady's heart, where ho delights to believe he is solo tenant and n4onaroh. We must ask our friendto extricate his theory from the impaling horns of this dilemma. In our opinion it is better for the gentleman t(, follow the lady at a respectful distance, as a footman follows the daughter of the house. lie Will thus be, in a position to discover , all op pkoaching danger and to fly to her defence. liowever as this subject does not relates precisely td the law of the road, but is rather , a. matter - of sleling and sentiment, we shall not . endeavor to- Me it for the brood of callow lovers. . . —A dropped stitch plays the dickens With the heel of a stocking. At first it appears to bo' a little matter; only a single loop of yarn missed of its knot; and it leaves a hole not larger than UM prick of a bodkin; but as the foot puts the I stocking on its stretch, tho adjoining stitches un twist, one by one, and melt into the rent; and then the heel ravels out and there is "a bolo' in the heel." From this comes tho old saw—"a sti l tch in time saves nine." It may save ninetY nine; and the timely stitch may save the whole stleking. -- And this reminds us anew of the eastern story: "iii - Arab of the desert lay in his to l t,4helteredifrom the burning heats of the sun. A amel came up and put his nose into the door of he tent. The Arab, being hospitable, said to 1 the camel—you may put in your head, out of the suit, if you please. • Tho camel thrust in his i - whole head. Taking courage ho then put in his neck) then his shrlders ; then half of his body; and finally ho wont in altogether. Now tho tent wa l s small—not big enough' for both; and the camel, finding tho shade agreeable, said to the Arab—if you are crowded, you can go out. Now this was rather cool, considering that it took place in the desert of Sahara, at high noon, un der an awful sun. But many a man will remem ber bow it parallels something in his own expe rience. For example : A boy sometimes nibbles away at a bad habit. Ho tells a white lie, and supposes that it is such a little affair (that's the camel's nose) that it cannot do any harm. Then he buys something at the store and agrees to pay for it at a certain time; and instead of paying as agreed, ho dodges the merchant, and tries to tb 4 ”l, that, ltt does not a........"...uuu tcuaL - 9 the camel's head). 'Then ho sees something—per haps it to eumethime, er." ,, a - co eat—anti nut .ng In - money to buy it, takes it without leave; perhaps• thinking that ho will pay for it sometime (that's half of the Camel's body). At last ho finds it easier to lie than it is to tell the truth; easier to steal than it is to earn ; and then tho Camel, in the shape of dishonesty and licentiousness, takes possession of him, and very coolly says to his eonscieneo—'if you aro uncomfortable you can go out.' So we put this general question to the boys everywhere—" Have you given the Camel liberty to put his nose into your tent ?" If you , have, take a big club and drive him away; or, ho as sured, seine day when the - sun of your life burns like a furnace, he will turn you out of house and home, a wanderer in the desert of evil repute, without shelter, withoutfriends, outcast, without character and in despair. Boys, lookout for the dropped stitch, look out for the,Camors nose.— Bo thankful, be prompt and faithful in your cm-, ploycr's business, be manly. So shall you be be loved by the Father of us all, and honored by good men and women everywhere. —Bumble Bee, a friend of our youth, asks if there is any balm for bee Stings. One drop of spirits of ammonia applied to thowound will give instant relief. It is also a sovereign remedy for mosquito bites. It is also good to head off a cold in the head, by inhalation. To break up a bumblebee nest, pour about an ounce of spirits of ammonia into the hole leading to the nest. It is very ef fective. But unless there should be a necessity for disturbing the musical insect, we do not ad vise any ono to destroy them. Like rattlesnakes they never strike but in self-defence. Round Top Cheoso Factory.. Report for Juno, 11368. Patrons. W P Shumway, John blathers, - ... • Betsey Jennings, Nelson Claus, ... Charles Close, Willis Psalm, ... John Bliss, Samuel Morgan,... Elijah Peak°, Archibald Walker, Philander Boehm, Pbineas Van Born, A J Tipple, A Ludlow, S II Bryant,... J J Shumway, Charles Johnson, Alden Thompson, Abram Walker, Total 10,594 Tho proportion of oboes° to milk, is as ono to ten. Tho daily recoipt of milk is 3;200 lbs. CHARLES CLOSE, Maker. FouND.--Monday evening; June 29, beaver overcoat in the road between Crooked Creek and ,Tioga. The owner can't:lore the over. coat Bent to him by addreseing, W. A. Nicbols, Wellsboro Pa. Quite a busy time occurred at the Eye and Ear Institute yesterday. • Four blind persons were restored to sight, two of them being oper ated upon for cataract, and two for artificial pupil. In the afternoon two operations' were performed for Lachrymal Ratak the "operation consisting in inserting silver tubes through which the tears are convoyed from the eye into the nose, the natural channel having been 'oh strueted through disease. One of our eithens also underwent an operation for Strabienme, or Cross-eye. We found the Institute crowded with patients, several of whom had come from the estern States to avail themselves of the services of Dr. Up De Graff. The'derctor is doing a vast deal of good in our community among the poor all indigent persons being treated gratuitously. We know of no institution of the kind in the country that is in so prosperous a condition as the Eye and Ear Institute of' this eity.=-Ebnira Daily Advertiser. MARRIAGES. NAYLOR—DENNISON.--July 4,- by Rev. J. F. Calkins, Mr. Ch'arles H. Naylor, of Cogan house, and Miss Jano Dennison, of Jackson, Bradford Co. DEATHS. WILLARD.—In Wellsboro, Juno 16, Jane A. Willard, daughter of Alpheus and Esther Wil lard, in the 20th - year of her age. The youngest child and the only daughter of her parents, already beginning to feel the weight =I and Ili el- f:tally.nn einEt yilarkller4f o Pß 'itt° thiStkil Jennle one Of the first who presented themselves as seekers of salvation in the I,lessed revival of the past winter. .phe obtained a falliPP l 7l,oo pf pardon and maintained a constant proftission until her Heal,- enly Father called her to a higher and holier walk. 0. L. G. TAfoioex,l 323.1.1.i55iz5865e6 WHICH STITCH TS THE BEST.—The two leading sewing machine stitches are, the "twisted-loop" or "Wilcox & Gibbs" stitch,pad° with' one thread;aild the "IlDelt:stitch,"mg den t two threads. At the "Great Island' 'Park Trinr," where the contest was between machines repre senting these two stitches—each of them claiming superior merit on account of its petuliar stitch— theitAvespective claims were submitted WM) on. deal of thorough practical tato ; each machine being "requited to userthread from Hie sometime], make the stitch of the same length, and 'perform the test work-on the same piect4 of godds;'ivith the lines of sewing side by side.. The results wore all decisive, and in every test lit favor of the Willcox Gibbs Machine." Andr the Judges decided that "The twisted-loop stitch, made by the Will cox it Gibbs is, fer,general,purposesoinp riot, ;t9 the IVA-stitch r---=itcport of Grand Trial WITTIOUT A ri shuttle 11804 El mak ing its'l.ock:t , iich,liefer'tJav'els of tiph; nods the greatest visqiity of work,ever attempted on a sin gle machine' WheeliiF .k Wilson's Improved Sewing machine. Hems, Fells, Braids, Cords, Binds, Tut ks, Embroiders, and works Button holes at the rate ,o(100 per hour. 'Sampiekabd Circulars sent free to any address. , G. N - Bulkley, Agt, • Oceola, Tioga Co. Pa. June, 17, . • , -; GREAT INDUCEMENTS ! A Beatifut Sett of Gum Teeth only $lO and war- Teeth extracted_ with the least possible pain. Nitrous Oxide;•Oholorofortim, or Ether adtntriis tered when desired. , Colt and exatninet speci mens 41f wort: hetiire` going 'elseWbero. Remoras her the place Over the Book Store Wellsboro. June 17, IS6B-it - • A CAILD:-1 see by The Agitator that' Mr. Young , adveitiies Harding's Bihles at from $3 to $5O, and gives an ungentlemanly fling at agents for Mr. llarding'a Bibles, by calling them "pros tenditagents." . The. facia are , that Mr. Hard ing publishes no bibles that sell for more than $35, remit, and that I am an actual, accredited agent of Mr. Harding for the counties of Brad. , . ford and 'Flogs, as may be easily verified by ad 7 dressing Wm. W. Harding, ,Philadelphia.i zVory Truly yours, E. B. CASE. -- - ; AT YOUNG'S 1300)C STORN.— YOU will find: All the Now York ;Dailit,S; the New York, Boston, and Philadelphia Weeklies, and Monthlies, at the Publishcr'a prices . - 1 'One :advantage in-.taking periodicals from ,Yotirio ; isf that) you'can , Jake_ them for a day, wedk, or month; and stop them at any time.