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' -- - - -• 4 • , 0 - , : ' • - ' , 4 .1 i; *'-' Li 'CISIAW.. 1(514 1944 .,, 1, sit ~.I',, r f-i0 1 - - • ' - - ~ - I. 1 , , _s., 31 . A •••••--; • t... - t -.-. :;, . ,1 • • , -,,, •••, i ii l''. ' 1i i s li.-- / f . , • .- • '-. ' _ -=,' 1 1 ., v ,4 3,1 1, 1 - - • •--, , ' ' - ~...,,,.0 , ,, ~:,,,i,.„LT <; • ,1 _ $ , • ~,,,.., . , ._ . , • • 4 , • .' . I. , , . .. .. . ,' . • 4r, - . - *_. . !V{ 4)1 frVltlrril %Of/ (1, 0f_777 -1 ,1 , ;.;•!1. , ..:zi . !.;;,, , 4 -.. , : , s :,- I, , ~- , '!‘ •, , .., , ., . . _ __. ISM =1 VOLUME XVII. iIE,TIOCA COMITTAITATO V OLUMED realm WEDNESDAY MOANING HY N GELIXER 4 1 V. V. Van fielder. I SIO OF SOBSORIPIION INVARIABLY IN ADVANCR. ascrlpUon,(par year) RATES OE' ADVERTISING.. TIN LINIB 07 Unrio7l Oli LIU, UM ONI SQUABS M2o==e=== 1 $/.1 6 I $ 2,0 152, 6 $6,00 I $7, 00 i $12.00 11!sres,. I 2,00 j 8,00 4,00 8,0(11 12,00 18,00 ...... 10,00 I 16 - 0 - j 17,00 J 22,00 i EMI . .. . . . J . .9 p eclei Notte!bs 1, tkitti= 0 6 — ,lttle; itficcirlitl or i c co.lN Was per Mil. -- 1 ' . Trantleut tuireetiolos Xtls7 bo.patd tor in AtdrllllCe: tal-4111co Blanks, Conatablti Dlstaits, Do4da,,Judg medt Noto, Marries° Cfirtlftoat s, .415.,g9 band. 9 - BUSINESS CARDS• Van Gadd & Book, Plain and Vaney Jot? Printers. All work promptly and neatly exeonted..—Jan. 1, 1870. William A. Attorney and Conneelor at L Converse & Osgood's store Wellsboro, Jana 22,1871 Smith Sc Merrick, Attorneys k Counselors at .Law., Insurance, Bounty and Pension Agency;- °Moe on Main .sirset, Weitaboro Pa, appetite" Union Block.- Jinn. 1. 1870. • W. 11. 0111111. 0 ZO. V. Manama. Seeley, Coates & Co. BANKERS; Knoxville, Tioga, County, Receive money on deposit, discount notes, and sell drafts on Now York City. Collect ions promptly made.--Dec. 15, 1869-Iyo Jai. W. Adams, Attorney and connselornt Law, Mansfield, Tioga county, Pa: - golldottons* promptly attended to.. Jan. 1, 1870. ( ' Jn0.,1. tit:then, Attorney and Counselor at - lam, Claim, and In surance Agent. Office °vim Kre.ss' Drug Store, adjoining Agitator OMee, Welleboro, Pa. 1870. : t . ~ . — Wilson & A,Ailles, ' i • , Attorneys and Counselors at Law. Will attend promptly to business entr'sted to their care in the (mantles of Tioga an d Potter. Oftlcer o n the Avenue. Jan. I, 18 7,0. S. F .Wit.sosra - 1 1 3 •81 N rtts. John W. litu rnsoy, Attorney and Counselor tit! Law. All business entrusted to hien will be promptly,ettentiod to. °Mee 2d door south, of Ifzlett's Hotel, Tiogu," p flo County, Pa.—Jan. i, 1870.1 ti --- Win. B. Smith, Pension, Bounty and Insnranno Agent. Caw. tountentiona Bent to the above addreee will re, oiv e prompt attention. Terms moderate, Knoxville, Pa.—Jan, 1, 1870. , - Soyino Itortori l Attorneys,and Counselors at .law, Tioga Pa. All business entrusted to tbeir:eare will receive prompt attention. ° O. H. Szvuotrn 11'. 1 1). Torben & Co., wholesale Druggists, ttn'd dealers in Wall Paper, Kerosene Lamps, Window Glass, Perfumery, Paints, Oils, &a., tto.—Corning, N. Y. Jan, 1 '7O. D. Bacon, M. D.,. Phytit*in Und'Surge ' vn. •Will attend prowpily to all calle. °fie° un Cruilon Street, in rear of tho Moat Market, Wellebero.—Jan. 1, 1870. A. 31. Ingham, 31. D., liumueopathist, Office at his Residence. en the Arenuo.—Jan.' 1, 1870. Goorge Wagia [allot. Shop Brat dour north of ltoborte & Buil cy'd Hardware Store. Cutting, Fitting and lie pAlring done promptly and trell 7 —Jan, 1; 1870, R. E. Onley, INAlor in Cloaks and Jewelry, Silver and Plated %Vero, Spectacles, Violin St-rings, ,te. Watch t: dad Jewoiry neatly repaired. Engraving In plain English and German.—Mansfield, Pa:, Jan. 1,18.1 u. Petroleum House, l'a.,Eo. OLosir, Props - low. A now "fuel oonductcd on the principle of live and ,et live, for the aceounnoclation of the publio. Jac. I, 1870. llazlett's Hotel, Luga. County, P. Good' etabling attach. ed, and an attentive hostler always in atterrd alaCe. Hazlett, Prop'r.—Jan. 1, IS U. Hill's Hotel, rt'estin•Ll 80 - rough, Tioga Cu., Po. T. 0.14 'Proprietor. A new and commodious building with all the modern improvethents. Within eq,q drive of tho best hunting and fishing Grounds iu Northern Penn'a. Conveyances foroished. • Tortns moderute.—Jnn. 1, 100. Smith's • Hotel, Pa., hi. NI. &Intl', Proprietor. Hout.o in pod einaZiiidn \ ttt accommodate the traveling polliie id a superilor manner.—Jan. 1, 1870. Farmers' Hotel.' AS 0 Nll, 'Proprietor, This house, formerly occupied yE, Pellovre,,is conducted on tem la3ratice Tirinotples. Every aCoommodation for man add beast. Charges reasonable. March cO, 1870..4f. Union Hotel. Wrn. ii. Vail Hoin, Proprietor, ‘Vellaboro, lye This house is pleasantly loonted, and hasibli the conveniences for man and boast. Charges moderate,--May 4, 1.870-Iy. • 'MnitC! M. M. SKARS, :PROPHIsTOB 11131 US. Cretita,,Eret , ch Coa l' V Vlectionary, all . kinds orfruite id -their eeason, a nice dieh of tea, Coffee; Or, Chocolate,, and Oysters in their season—esti:be had •at all hours, served In the best style. Neat door bo ke•liel*rts do Bt iley'e Hardware Store, Main Street, Wellsboeo, Jan. 1, 1870. , • PRIZE TROTTING STALLION ° arirs3Ptazipx9L,- . BYJUPITER Dam,Tanny Tyalcr, , rill make the season of 1,870,10 rt limited -number of Mares, at the following places, Vi?. - WEDNESDAY OF EACH WEEK AT LKIA4ND• THURSDAY " " " ." 0 - CEOLA. ° TL o balance ot the tigio at Wells or o , P° JUPITER is a dark Bay, tsg ha ide high, of ifeet speed, beauty, end . unequale powers of entarance. The grontpromiso of his •olts makes him a most desirable Stallion for th so wishing voa stuck. Mares ftom a distaticri furnished with good keepidg and well cared for. All aces-' dtats at owner's'elsks. • - Terms SAO to insure_ ~•'Mey 4, 41370—tf I BACON & BAILEY, , DEALF4ts IN p• Drugs,' Chemicals, GLASS, UTTY, - P.AINTS, VARNISHES, DYE STUFFS. Alcohol, Pure Wines and Liquors; for Medical PUrposes. ' Perfumery, Soaps, De4lies, toilet Artielou, &o: 4 * - Phytkiciante preoilptione compounded et ell hours. BLOSSIWRG, July, 20, 1870: y WALLIPAPER AT CO/3T, At P. A. ii.ILLIA4IIB a 00.6. '.IJI - 42A0, ,00 t 60,00 I 100,1 tone. W, ilrot Ooor 41)6 . 0) on Main street. I\ 3. 1 C. ilowroN a L..C.I3IINNETT.- IMMEMKMM • ,111.1 ct.) tkit4l" . ' , • I -::itg.tri "f•-. New licipaeocp.more I subiorlber ban fitted up the Stott) first door ea t ThOnifullltitAteadrogood s- ,store, for the toanflfaotore and sale of •\ • - 1 114 4 1 , 4 50 (4 11 04 61 01T47. 1 0.0 dn. ( I° ° nt i t i°Th *QS/Nq atiAr.o 7 o4tiAlgattlVlii Cut H.S Mir (idWreitirkind,9 PLUG' TG2BAC I CK cilart7 echoo l era Brand of 44 RS. ger- Calf and see lay yoFitrl9lV,e4kr JOlCleW?PljtiatL. Jan. 1, 1870—tf. Wellabor° . , An_ r „,,,,,i.„ . . , Ta ir i i i ~.. . : , .:. ~ -, .y -,,,,, , _ rritE and'orslgned has fitted up the old Folct j, dry bu Wing, near the,Browery r yFellabore, and billow Wired id torli tiat'finti.ogilfi lift, cowhide, an harness leather in the best man ner. Bide tanned on shares. Cash paid for hides. 44 , i MARTIAL A. 1)13RIP ~ W elltboro, Jan: 1 4 1870'. - ' i- - • Weitsboro - ;,-Bakery. . . . ~ T J.. , .1311R61N would Bey to the citizens of 0 • Wellsboro and s viiinity 04 he is pre. pored to supply thowwith BREA r D, PIES 'AND' OAKES, of the bitst quality. - We alio servo ,Uieala oad and ICE OREM& to those who, wish. ,Call at the old &miens' stand. J. J. BBIIGIN. June 8,1M -I.y. .• , t TXUG 1111UG STORE I BORDEN keeps constantly on land: Pure Drugs and Medioines, ihniticalOaints and Oils; Lanipte p itatiunety, Yankee NeilopeAc. •' • , • :CklitF4LY Cpsteousoep 1 A. 11, BORPiN. an. 1, 1810.=ly. . s •. i Prtescßq. Tioga, FOR SALE. • 1870, • ' 7.7 2, T. D. STONE, (formerly B. C. Wickham's Nursery) ALT HIS NURSERY OF FRUIT AND OR : NAMENTAL ,r/REEE, IN TIOGA:-,- • 160,000 Apple Tree's, • 10,000 •Pear Trees. A. gcod supply of PLUM, PEACH, CHERRY and ORNAMENTAL, TREES, 4's 81j<1<i ; UBEERy, • , ' The Fruit trees are composed of the choicest varieties, good, healthy, some of them large and in bearing. Any one wishing to get a supply will do well to call and see my stock before pur abasing elsewhere. ATP Delivered at the depot, Welleboro, Mansfield, Lawrenceville and Bless. .burg, free of charge. All orderspromptly Address,, • STONE, • Tivgn, Ps, Tioga, Dee. 8, 1869-Iy* PAINTS, .. - OILS AND BRUN - NHS, roi Iho mithon, Mach 18 'IS7O-tf. - W. C. KRESS 4 Iduse er. Lot for Sali;: A ; GOOD House and barn, on a lot of two AL: acres, within tcu tainutosi walk of the Court House, Wellsboro, ie offend for Mit!. fn_ iluire of Jobut.l. Jan. 25, 1870... ti MANSFIELD MINERAL PAINT, For oai - O'ity March 16, 1870—if. IV,C KRESS. HOWARD SANITARY AID AS- SOCTATION, For tho'nelief and Cure of the Erriustaud Unfortunate, on Principles of Christian Philanthropy tsskys ON TUE ERRORS OF YOUTH, and the Fol lira of Age. in relation to Maidatacia and 8001 at. Evi with Sanitary aid for the afflicted. Sent tree, in sealed eurtdopes. AddOss, 110WrilltO A 8 i 4OCIATION. May 4,1870-Iy. 13ox P. Philadelphia, Pa. Wholesale and Retail DRUG STORE! By W. C. KRESS. LOWS SPRING GOODS. /PIM subscriber will keel:ion anncl at all timer a full Rtock,of 01111 GS AND 1111111.1 . (11iT , PAINTS, OILS, Pal:ent 31fedicines, • Flavoring Extracts, Perfumery, Kerosene, Limps, Wicks, Dye Colors, While Wash -Llme - and Brushes,' Varnish and Sash Brushes ; Window Glass, all sixes, Varnish of all kinds, Fancy Soaps, Flair 0111, PECTACEEIS, ul Tooth Brushes, a full stock of •ee -Notions; also a complete as- sortment of Hair a Tan' 4ceopathie Medicines, Do and a full stock of ure Wines dt'd Liquors A-Fire-requested to calf- r ftrill-ex amine pri re purchasing eletrabefo- • Buyc ces befo 0, 1870. IMO RING* JEWELRY STORE! 51321 A. Dermys, : , Lf . ,l Watchmaker and Jeweler. - A large aszortruent of '• ntiirELRY, 1 1 .1 V pi Tltb WARE, pl i ocics ti, PitNeY' • Engraving done in any stylo. Corning, Deo. 15, 1869.. - , ly.' - Sfirkot St _ . J.:'►STICKLIN, ' .; Ohalunaker, Turner, and Furniture , Dealei. ALE ROOM and F.4.tiTP,El!;oppoo:,pattt,s 51nin pro. pared to (nr,ntib,,9oint.t . ‘yurp.mi nny , king !to tttosii in want., - . , OrlitnrAptomptty and - t .intiettctionguntlin. teed: Fancy Turning dont; to order. Wellsbnyo, Jan: 1,187 . 0. t -SZICE . CASII PA. ID; kit R. WOO , • ' SEARS &'l)lllRifili. - "`: abore, J no, 8,1878.8 cu. we t 4 t wm,l 44iontimot (. ft uty 1 I t ,arikkatronglc Linti; 4 4 ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW, WIL L WKSPORT, PENN!A. ,tu_Lttift - 14.04.1;;-4-4 , ? JEWELRY STORE: OEM AMERICAN ; GOLD OR SILVER CLOCKS, JEWEL• IW, GOLD CHAINS, KEYS, RINGS, PINS, PENCILS, CASES, GOLD & STEEL PENS, THIMBLES, SPOONS, • IjAZORS, PLA • TED WARE, SEWING With most ether articles usually kept in such istablishinent, which is soldilow_for Repairing dnno neatly, an l proru c ptly, and on short Nome. A. FOLLY. January 5, 1870-ly. CLEAR, THE 1870., - 1870. ,:.t „. . t frmilar-retran •• t Another attempt to Confiscate; ,A Bear trying to Bull the Market ; ' Heavy suits for .Bonds; Shylook lantaJtjs ,“"Pouno of Flifelt"-4:'.1 ; Wants it "nbmitinted In the bond.” ;' Wants Damages-;-500.000,000 Ad inftnitum, adnauteum. Tne "learnedCourt"couldaTifsee it," egad ! Sia transit gloria, "old Lino"— The whole crew overboard: f• Too light for heavy Basin - 648.g, th4.6TrAb to tko.Wholo, • tiottilufknocked out. • But the Air Line " still lives," " Bight aido up, with care,"— '. = eed ) Safetyanti Style combined, '7 `Let the public romairt,'!..serene." F. D.4.t. Co. and. the Air Line= One and inseparable;l:', - Won, and forever (Webster). Let the Whangduodle mourn, (biblc). P. V. DUNNE - Lb CO Jtitie 29, 1870, tf Farm and Dell Pm operty r HE undersigned offers for sale id. Jackson township, on liammond's Creek, his Steam 6.t‘ir Mill and Farm. Said farm contains 05 aeros, three dwelling boubesystore, do good barn. The Mill: has been built '2 years, - containti, a 35 horse FoWer, ongino oltsitilat Mill, 'Shingle Machine Lath Mill and _Edger. Mill 90 by 75 feet, besides boiler house, audit' good condition; {food power and plenty of abokiforeuatoiri Work. The farm is tinder good ,cotiysitioui'abdrut 50 acres improv'ed, well wateithi, orchard, and desirable fur, dairy purposes: •:..Tbe property bhoUld be been td be appreelatedl"For, terms; ..te.:address 0. IiA.MILTON, Juno 8, 1870.-tf. Box 888, Elmira, N.Y..' Tioga Marble Workoi• ralliE undersigned is now prepared,to axe-, cute all, orders far Tomb Stones and Monti. ments of either ITALIAN QR RUTLAND MARBLE;( of the latest style and approved worginanshiP and with dispatch. Ho keeps .constantly, on hand both kinds of Marble and will be able to suit. all. whq may fa-, vor him with,their orders, on as rattionable terms as can be obtained in i the country. • • . - FRANK ADAMS.' ' TiUga,Jan.l.,lB7o-tf. , ' insurance , : insuranee! no INIKArtno 'II I IIjTUAL . INSURANCE, COMPANY. Office, No. 112 5. 4th Bt., Philadelphia. '..lticorportiteeFeb'.'y 23,j80. Chart'd Capital $500,000: Assets over -n 51,000,060 00 CSto find Mutual, combining .Seourity with P?ofits. Suppose you are already insured hi a first-class company, and from any cause what ever, (say after ten yearly payment) you d 6 not or cannot pay longer and die—your insurateats gone and your money wasted. Not so in the "Iland-IN-11 AND," rill Polleies, are No'N•Pou- This company which - ranks amen the' most popular' and auerestfull Life Ineurance Oom Panics; grri • nis ,p'olleios on, all 'desirable both 01 re and 'neithoptt:'proft4:: : .. ;,„. , Prive).!4ap:'alubitr,Otd. ."1.% II policies are incontestible after over yea from any of - the ordinary canoes. • " •-' • . Look to your Life Insurance. Please examine• the following Comparative Table. 'lt is some times alleged by Agents et' other C,omeapit.3 that the ComPanyibeY represent is saf e' 'others. While we unhesitatingly assert ourlelief in the soundness and stability-0411 -comparateili wo de sire to present the folloWins for the inspection of these desiring tointure: - • ;7 : r4lbo'foilo'wing ConfifOlyi,"compnre-ihe'enntial pietuitans 'charged ',by eac h 'for an, .16-sttranee on life at the age of 80 years;paYabliya.t • Annual premium' : ~• . for life. - kastunior, TraiMpT* 7 .. 7 . %%0,81 ; '.5 83 ,2 1 . ; • .t . 473 . •"7 ;•42,80i.;t1., , Home,'- . . . 23;30 Eiluftttble, 22,70 :Washington, . ' 32,00 if noi : aiready.insured take a- polioy with -the "flA . .lO l llsl-11A,N1).'.... . w. C. the liosifZiutlial Co2uip.a' the. United :States. A'. L. •AIPZ. 4 1f1.0.',Agetit, 1 7 0flico with .I no. I. biitcfiell. „ 17:.1870.4y WECITY, LEAP, tttitl •T v , • • • - ••"-• PAIN'tERS' 11 itI.TEI'}IALIS:or . ALL for Bala et' t Aux: 'Othilir estaidob iri Tioga erounty& at • , •• _• - ; 3,1`) - ;;. ; 1 , , • ' V..71108.g.R1W,' Wellsboro June, 18 4 187(1. , 'WELLSBORO , 1 3 WhDXESDAY:• -. IIOItIsTING'SBPTEMiItit •,._ _ - 1.- • r „ • WELLSBOBO, -. , i : 411; it ' ' riartiw , -roimir,) • who bas long been °stab * , ak At? fished in the Jewelry bend 17\lin, nese in Wells oro, hae al- Ai Imo on eale, various 7 . - - 7 , kinds and pyieoe of i \ 1 WATCHEs _ • # ~, , t • 111 NEM MACHINES, Ic:;"&:C„ &c. C A S H. .~ ,_ P. It: WILLIAMS Jo CO'S; •! CASA PAID, FOR ,W.90L.8Y - itO lir . • ) r4r wauslerad.by,,tue eitOro, Wherceullen heaving-wats6 rose and fell ; • )Vlian on the wave's green edge, ' ,:.Swift Wm' Om sandy:ledge; ' • Up fo_piy feet pack rolled • 4.:pale pink shell, dashed with the ocean's dews, And painted fairivith e inorn's difinestantel: -,-, • •• • 'So heautlfutit Aiy • - ' •• .• luthelast jjght of day, , Close 'to its pfuhy;Ocillti.l held my • • Its hollow murmur stole 'nit my troubled soul. • .•- "Teti itte," I ori' With rivaling' hope and "0 shell ! the iiiiittieet by the ' fonely shore, Whore aro t e friends;that.come to us Uo mtro.?'. I` , :' , The passlenate,question died„ 1 Along the:ocean side, ; • _ Spurnd by col'ek - disgrace T • • , When, to a stream of light , , , • • Dazzled mortal • The pale pink /hell beeeine-a'prile pink.feee ; Aid Oyes, I foildly, 'with light 'divine; "• Broiled gentle, memorlents they loolsedan,; mine; The murmur p:itse,yrhilol4 ?icdo restiessietil lttn;til, Mulcting sweet of sciftly winspenng lips, frieicly goinplaittlite there ! ' ships: Whether these frettril wares z;egede or swell, To us who dwell beyoud4Nira all is well I"- °A glow of rosy flame Over the - ocean &tune, Trepablbii'a moment on ita blue Mcrianse;• And in the 11101.lng ray - _ Flo4ted too ,soon,sway That sudden vision from my ?loading glance. The soul I lckied eselitied my beckoning hand ; The shell to which I clung droplkad, hroken,,•on the sand. - • I Annual ..Ae4tort:of the Superintendent of Common Schools ottiogi i t County. • ElRFATiolmor; ROGEE9B. In subniittißg,AlS,.my : first annual report, it, is extvirnely gratifying to -be able to report a_ steady and rapid' pro. greys during the-, past year. Evidence of cVhichiiyill i bp eon, , 74 1 let. Itt,,theereCjtioa and houses. '" 2d. In the increase and ipapmenieat,, of our graded'Aiil3Bl4l'. '•- - - Bd. -In:the increased length of our school term, _ 4th., the,,, ruefo liberal COinpensa tioli end better quail iteations of our ten- Min diem , .• ' sth. In We complete success of our, county Itnitatite. ' NEW ,ROUSES. Fifteen new, 6911ses have been , built during the'Alir'; all - (vv , ,itli one eieep tion) - belti rood substantial structules to' the distFtets' building therri. 'The 4 oicie built too ilitiefir"i'bkittie . jl3ls;" did is not a Vieditlietbe`distriet, nor builders; IRE ME SCHOOLS: We haVil tiVO hundred and 'sixty-elk schodls ; increase - of 'efetteen over the ninnbei reported last year. TWen ty-fotie- of them areugraded.' Graded ,schoolii are . ' now estu.birshed id all Of, . our, princiPal ,, villuges, with three ex ceptionOseeola, /Roseville 4; 'f.Mains o eral _nwctin ax tH ji nn of a good graded school. I.lawrencevilie and Tiogit added an academia or high school department during the year.— Wellaboro and Blossburg will each Idd other departments 'during the coming . FERO 'INORE . 9SED LENGTH OF BOHOOL TERM. Our school term has increased from 6d months. Public opinion is„ *Coining faVorable to longer terms, feel certain that in a fekv years the ave 7 rage term will be eight months. • , Co mp ensa t ion and Qualification of Teachers. It is certainly pleasing for me to note that our ,teachers are receiving better totpensation for , theli services than heretofore; and, as a result, they are better- qualifying themselves. This is a move in, the right direction: It is be coming evident,: that to retain our best and most guecessful teachers, we must Po them at least someivhere near what j they..conld obtain at other employment. .• Teachers. . Four hundred and twenty-five teach ers were employed during the year; seventy-eight males, and three hundred and fifty-sev,en females. Fifty-five have had no , experience, fifty-seven have taught less than • one year,, while only forty-three have taught more than Aye years. These facts prove to us that in ,Our county; at least, we have few pro fessional teachers. By ' faitoOmany are Making, teaching a " stepping stone' rto something else, only" teaching -whiler Waiting,f6oorne.thing better to "turd 'uP." Still, our teachers as a class gen erally' labored faithfully and earnestly in . the discharge of their duties. ' It would be idle to say that all gave entire satisfaction: , Many are yet much too young and too poorly qualified; and could our schools be filled without, they iveuld not be in the profession., No teacher; ought to , be _employed in the 1 schools,„who is, tiOt at ,least seventeen ..y.eitts of itge i ' ' ; ' ' Out Hetisea. ' - I- • ..7-- .. ... -; :.. , :,-,--, b e e n . V ' A number or houses hre sup plied with these buildinga during the year';' yet it Is a, lamentable fact . that there scre'one hUndred and eleven school 'houses in thisounty that are destitute of out houses.. Common , sense and a decent respeut.fori the modesty. of. the 'human family,'ought to convince every' -one of the necessity 'of having every school house provided with these build lugs. . If they are essential to the culti vation of habits o,f propriety and deli . etierat ,honae,„alnong ; the , children of the. same _family , how. much more so ,ale thcys:Skential at, the public school house, Where froth thirty to sixty Cully dren; of different fanaiii, Copgrega'4., away from the watchful . gUardian ip of their parents. , " Brethren, hese 'iliingaiight hid, fico to Ile.''' ' ':, Educational : Work Done by 'uper't. This has consisted 10 hol ng exam inatioub, visiting schools, olding coun ty ItikiiiitC''&o. ' Exam4ny ons.-,,,,, " Thirty-two ptibliyexaminationa were he1d;,407 applies.uts were canilned;lls weteie a leeted, 1192 provisional, eerti-, •fleatoi,were nertitleates, ere. granted t or renewed. Thinking that • perhaps' tier standard varied) . ni• that of-outworttly'Prepe . , cessof we preferred that all dertitlp tea 1, / t,tkq:ol,l,kit.y.,§hoild expire, so,that all rn ( ight , eon) e; un tier the same ,sti c indardi ns. tofessiol 'certificates . wi 1/be granted during the next }ear. to orthy appli- Cants. AIgrgAIILOP , 'A2DEAD 'FACE.: REIM ~• —Harper's - 40g' giordiattectus. IMI OMEN EBB ' Yisitag4ns• ' NOt A YW I P.4 4 O/941 0 Yr13 0 9 (1 0 80 1u4,9 1 a 'titl4o ,c * gi nieneonPut of. t4.xcPb , / eel*Es , fl/6 cont',cps the ye4c, ;w 4 3: 4 ,:7•?, tail d t 0419 Oinikit easy task o vp.it 266 tiolioOle; scattered over an extent of territory containing 1116 - square miles; • . 'Our visitations commenced ay' soon as we received .our commission`, and we lahored : faithfully. while'- the schools were in session; until'. the olose of the Directors in Many • instances accom pan lett us; bass ono term of oursehool Dictating the summer, when our Direr torsare, busy, they cannot, at' ,that time. afford %As :Innen assistance. 15"Otwith standing - the exposure; incleinent ,Weat'her; _the bad or drifted roads to be passed over, we find . the "aukiny, Side'? of our labor while visiting senOols: After . a cold, dreary ride in the Storm, we are always cheered by the'iplettsatit greeting and Smiling faces of the teach.; ere' and children. We are: cpnvlnted that frequent visitations, by sOhool, offi cers and ;patrons, are ,sure methods of improiing both . teachers And, scholars., We were sorry find A,O AM .ef the pa rents visitinglhe soboolS. Theislionni know fortf%ernstilvea, ny7witual vielta-' tions and. personal Interest, What kind of schoble their children attend. In' the'performance of our _duty, we have traveled 2,268 miles, haVe written 411 official-lettere, &c. County Inititute. Our Institute held at Tioga upon the week commencing Sept. 27, was by far the largestloid most successful ieduca tiOnat meeting ever held In the county ; 286 Merabers were enrolled, The lec tures. of Prefessors, Jones, Verrll and Rev. N. L.‘Beynolds, together with t praeticAdrilis and best methods of to - chin& were of such a character as keep up the most intensninterest uq 1 the last moment of our exercises. T e beneficial effects of the Institute we e visible in nearly all the schools of t e .county. s' Too much praise cannot be awarded to the eitizentot Vega, for their support tlf the Institute, and for their kinduesstoits members. , Ladies were boarded 4ratultonsly, and gentleman at redueed.rates. , Our, ;thanks are, due to .professor C. 11, Verrill, P rincipal of the - 15tansflelci State Normal SOool, for his gratuitouri labor with us during the en tire week to Professor Charles ThOmp son and M. E. Bradley, of the Normal, for their instructions in drawing and penmanship; and to the Trustees of the Methodist church, far the 'free use of their,chureit edifice for evening, eaeroi ses. Ail away feeling that here after, the county Institute , would be made a most, valuable auxiliary in our educationai'machinery.. Educational Work Dolie by Ot(ler L . - . Agcnd_Fg. The State Notmal pchool of this dis trict, at Mansfield, is in a very flour ,ishing condition, and doing a noble work for the common school cause. To , such alone can we look for that thoro' training so much required by the tea chers.:, It, is to be regretteil that so few of our teachers avail themselves of the benoette of • it 4 eMelklnt training- Accalemtes. • Union., tin" ' he onl one now con dition, rand la Mill Supplying us win} many excellent teachers. Public High Schools.- Thn public High Schools of Tloga, Lawrenceville and Wellsboro, are also performing an important part in ecinoii Ling teachers. The Press. The county press is,on the right side, and the editors have tend9red the - use of• their columns for any hrtiele favor ing the cause. They, have rendered, and will in this . way render material aid, for which they have our warmest thanks. ..Privato So/opts. We have by far too many so called "select or li igh schools." If the amount paid to support this class of schools, "kept," not taught, often by teachers who have failed to obtain a certificate to teach a public school, were paid to support longer terms •of the public schools, much more benefit would be derived. Parents, in many cases, who grumble because "school taxes are so high," will cheerfally pay trirce times as much to select schools. This is very poor economy. Directors, Before allow ing such schools in:their school houses, should see that thosie wishing to teach have at least a valid certificate from the county Superintendent. • Measures Calculated to Promote .1 m- provement First. A paid and swore school:direc tory. We want more efficient School Directors. With all due deference to the opinions of our worthy State Su perintendent, we'eaunot see that an un paid directory is. the,best for the I inter- Ist, of our schools. . Why every other officer in the l town-, :hip, from constable to supervisor/ should be paid, and the School Directer tit: do his work gratuitously; Vve Ca not comprehend. As the law newly is, any lei ‘ Of our best men-will not accept . he-Of fice, and opr , seheols suffer,- muse quenee.l.Ner; eau, we-thin thejdea- , thit " nearly every eitlzeXis expected at some time to serve as hector,!' to be good, :We-want the V iy, best talents in our districts for school directors. If our Directors were / Paid for their servi ces, and were str etiy held responsible fer a non-pert mance of•theirl duty; we would no have to Walt - until Sep tember for epcirts' that should have been for arded in June. Teachers would, t have - to Wait -for their pay, ;gout s after their schools closed, be eau) Directors neglect; to me t an take out their duplidates. It is urged that a paid director • ould be a heavy burden, So it ruig , o ur ged' that the payment of our ot e • town ship officers is a heaVy bur n. Let it be a-township - matter. '- ' ': , , : Of the thirty-six tow - ishipa'and bo roughs it, our county, 'We Speak; advi sedly. when we say therels not one but w hat' sv'uld gladly pay their School Di• rectors .:reasonable compensation; were 16So-fixed by law. Let Jh'e number be reduced to i tbree or five; ati even num ber i)el, iii Of in,tied upon some important point, either side being ,willing to yie ~ To illustrate: a school in one of o boroughs was closed for a long while, to the detriment of the district, because three of the •Directors were strongly in favor of a particular teach ! . gi wiikle the other ti?i:ce'were as strong .lY opp'wecl. . Ha'd there been three, or five, it could not haveoccurred.' Have fewer Directors, pay then for their ser vices, and hold them atriotly reeponal* /3111 We. ,edirely the " : laborer in worthy 'of his hire.," , , • The mini um length 'of the iehoot, term, should be ineteaaed to,nfleast id* Months: ir)ist3tOtocppi:opritittonsha''(l: be largely lOOFp.gedt , among the severatdiirlibit inth'efWa• according to 'the ntainber of each district,' Instead of according' to the number of taxablee,: Our schools are now dividid into,two terms, of from two tto three months each,- commonly called- "summer" and 41 winter" terms,' This necessitates , a frequent change of teachers, which Ise greatevii. There is thui 'a change in disqipline and Methods of, teaching, all m eat. every term. This •prevents r the formation of: fixed habits among the pupils, and tends to keeithe schools in a state of confusion.. Then, through the heat of summer, and the "berry , season," our schools are nearly worth less.. We are convinced that our Sehoels should be conitnefleed, either ra - A.Ugust `or September,, and icontinue with the same teachers during' the whole term; 'with perhaps a' vacation' of one two weeks at the holidays, and closed da-: ring the summer. The "old fogy" system 'of t Itch rs ".boarding around," should be abOli 117 id, by law. As long asDireotorl . h ve the power, some of them to exercise it, anki • compel teachers to tramp from lions& to house, to the serious injury of their health and to the detriment of the schools. My thanks are shicerely tendered to the many friends of education through out the county, foitheir hospitality and uniforni kindness, which I have inva riably received. THE FARMER'S STORY. " Seen you sittin' on the fence; sir,, .writing in that little book. I thought you might perhaps ,be writing poetry. A good many folks come dOwn here 14f a summer,and make pOetry abOu( 'the sheep and the moon,. Peggy reacte out to me Asthe paper,,and the stories too, sir. Do you write stories? Yea? Well, that's a gift. If I had it I' think I could make one about what has, hap pened to me. Peggy .says It could be done. " Now Ws all plain 'Sailing ; , nothing 'out ofjhn common ; but-.I wKsn'tal-- Ways a, well-to-do . old, f - wieer. - Onee-I was a farm Or's boy---a hand-,with noth-• lug of my Own buta stout heart, strong limbs and F eed : health. :. ' • - , " Many's the nigilt, • when the stars were le the sky, 'I used to go out to the great pastnre•where the sheep broWsed all the day, and sit and thinkthoughts I had no words for,And make beautiful pictures for myselFin my mind--not .rt, fine ones, sir: Thia s what I used to see the oftenest : .. I tie cottage, with a wide fireplace, st as they' bad in' my day ; a dresser, ‘vitir a 'row of delf upon It, four chairs and a table of White pine. When I hadlthese, I was to mar ry Peggy Grey.- But when I should have them, and she her white wedding gown and the house linen,- neither of Us kneW. ,- :" - ShePilt her sixpence into a red ear then. savings bank,landl kept mine in an old glove. For ;two years we' were waiting and hoping, and were not much . er 1 . /it i n 'downbeat e . - etnefiftil letters were a bit sail. And just as I sat in the meadow, I knew she sat before her kitchen fire in the house Whore she lived in service. Simple folks we were, but we had hearts, and felt, perhaps, as deeply us greater folks might, " My master, the farmer, was a close 'man. He squeezed as muck Work out of his hands as posiiible. But it was a :steady place, and he paid all: he prem ised ; so'l staid, never thinking what trouble' staying would bring me' to— trouble that never, wetild have conic but for Mark Hulker. - "A good for noth ing fellow he was, a disgrace to the rest of us, and he cheated the' - master and left-his work undone. So after -hours master set me at his stint, and, it being indoor work, I kept at it all night. The 'old man liked that ) ! and set me a new task every night. ! All the better forrrie I thought ; he would pay me extra„hnd what was ,wearineas to me, if it brought me nearer lily Peggy. So I counted the hours' work as so many shillitt‘. But when fiaturday.nlght came,' he gave me , , !just my week's `wpriz. /,, "'Master,' said If, ' I've worked over hours every night; you forget that.' " 'I lire you,bY the week,' he said. ' I'll give uninore than one week's wa ges: So, if you don't like it, , there are plenty of 'strong lads to be had, if you aide growing lazy.'! Then he turned his back on me, and Mark laughed. That angered me/and! wor s e ! from my lips. •:We z had a qUarrel; mas r and I, and I called him a ' niggardly old ras cal ;' and with that be diem .T .,7 1 me fromits service., '! "' At dawn you go,' lib said. ‘ 'ou I)ie wericed to-day, and have a . ight 7 1 your bed at night, but at da you go.' !, i . " I !marched' oi - 4, , of the re! tin, 'with words I never, should hav: used, and up to my garret-,'arol 4 thre myself. on my But I did of la mart() stay to lie turned, out.! A nil • . ight I rose soft:; ly, made,t3p a-bundle And climbed ,out of.,a window, len myhamixwith.the glass of a broken ane, and !the blood dropped down t lOn my clothes. . Bit I - was too valgr . trio Teel the pain ; and I bound 41 e wound with a handker., chief. Th !I trudged on, 'meaning to leek for ork neXt'day.. So I did, but found! ne. Then the thought struck nii3 t I make my Way to'—, and 'see' Pe! :.y. ' It wouldbe a ;comfort' t'o'me, w atevet came. o I turned 'my: steps n, - that direction! 'and kept 'on•'until. night kit'. Then, ' faint and -meaty, I slay down under. 431,33 e - hushes - and fell -asleep., , , . ~ 1 ' Out of. that fi l'eewl was, ,! ,aroused by a shout and the clutch of st)rong hands. Men steed before 'Me. One shouted my name. They held me fait . .and bound me. . .1 - • - - " I struggled, Numbers were Strength. ' , " • What are yi nothing NV or tip th, l . ~lust; and when Fie ces I knew ( about[ hands at my old master's. " -1 You . , know well what we want,- 'Jack' Marlome,' 'eat(' one. ' •If he did speak an ill word at last; be N . NtiSli good man in the main and you'd worked for hlin three years. You might have an swered him as you liked, but_ to try to murder him was 'too horrible. ; -We•did not thlnk,it of you, Jack—we did not think •, f . • "'rf "'Murder!' I cried. 'ls old mast e r C. .401tT014, Co. Sup't. ut it was no use.— against my single ail ? gabbers? e a mg, , I 'said, at anding still, I saw fa me—those of the fatni murdered? Wh lay it - to me?-.,lsWeai X.never hurt,hlM ' ,_ ,- -,,!;' If he' is,not. nite dead, r itisnoneof : your fauit,; . elle :dile iiittp,.. I. t.oti - ..Pe.i.104. . 3/0 8 4f - 4 1 o* 0 ,1 03'' b1 0 1 :=-91 1 ~y,?.#l, • Ocatifes,' ' ;:1 - if .:',.-' : 'l r . :, ::',-:. `.. , i , l anie . ' blood ' from 'MY Band w * in Liiiott- my smears all over thy,Nee , t. 1 kelt y heart turn' , sick,. when .1' took' heed of it. ' ' '", l Master will 1 leer me, , SI said:: ' • He says it as -ye vii i . - ",-‘ ti, l - said ,one of the men. ,'At , .east,, he, nodded yes, 'When we asked him if .you did it.' ... -" ' Then old master was,not right in his mind,',Letild. ' He'd never be s gslitet me . ' - , c--- - , c , -...__:_,_ „,, - ' ..- - ."Afteithat I heard We whole. MEW-) ter' had paid the '!men. and dismissed Mark. - He had only'said : , ',All: rig 4;, kein tired ,of werit, , and had eaten his ri ,ige4kfast there,' and left in sight of 11.1 But I Was gone; and then they ' fon d that master, who was always up at t- e cack-crow, - did not, rise at nine; they 'openethithrdoor, and found him on the door senseless-.-they thought dead, a first. He had been robbed of his pools etbook, a watch, and an old fashione %,,,; pin 1 . 0 always wore in his n ekerchief, —the painted head of a lady, etaround with what he usedto tell us w e pearl ----.4n ornament older t -than his randfa4 'Hier. "They found nothing about me, of eourdel but the liluarret, and my cut hand made the otterhard against me.-1 The master dying, Os they thought him had been able to speak at odd timgai and said that; to the best of his, belief, I was his assailant. It was dui*, to be sure ;• but in the struggle he felt that the man wore a cap, and I was'94eoniy, hand who had' anything but la 'straw, &tp. Besides, he Came from the inner _ passage and down the stairs, and did not break in throtigh door or. iyindow, asra burglar would have done.) And\ I was the only missing member of I tki l e household. ,§o I lay injuison v,, ith this awful charge upon rue, until th 4 y kneti whether master would live or le; a d my greatest grief was for Peggy. ",,' Keep it from her,' I begged them, ' until she must know it.' , I i "And they were kind and did it, a d her letters were dent to me in rim:tn.- 1 — It Was a weary thno, and thene di p ,3 of comfort in It came with tho e lette i - I had had tive.frent her, whop, at t e 'end of one,: ea / me this:, .. ' DEMI JACK:. I never hide any 7 thing from you ;'' and not to blst of My conquests, a thing I'd neve .do, hut Just to let yimlt ow that I itcep no i se-. cretslo myself , mast tell you w t has happened. • . " ' Our master has hired an an, al i'y fellow, that I' disliked at Mitt, sight-- Mark Hulker by name—and hats e'd lie do but take a notion to m , or re tend, to do sp, trying his best to sit up after work hours, and foll wing - me about wherever.l go of a hohday. nd he tries to make me like 11; I,y tell ing me how rich he is. Fon hundred dollars he has laid by, he says, and/has a gold watch, like a gentleman, i The other Sunday I was dressed tor church, and up he walks. . " ' Why, Peggy; says he, you't - le no pin to your collar.' " Said 1,.' I can't afford .finery.! -_. "Then saye,he, 'Wow he .7 . 7 w e - 77 -.1 5 . 10 1) ! Cr W1 7, pulls a pin from his pocket. "'Jack, I couldn't help to It was a lady's portrait, w "white—the,ugh she - ts , as so an old woman's. He said ,- 'le d tt: the d Ain Old Pales. jAn 'pink dress ; and all abou4iuy stones-; 'lnd no bigger than a silver qiiartr, al ogetlier. How he came by such it king, goodness imows ! ut of eourse, wouldn't have it. Says e, 'New do take it, Peggy. .I want to eep compa iy with you, and now yo i know th truth.' ')' So says I, ' I want either, y ur ompany nor your present. , and I ease emember that hereafter.' “. It was rough, I know, but I hate itri so. And I was none oo lide, for e bothers pie yet as retie i _ ever.— Though you know if he ere ever so good and liiindsome, lan lways your oWn Peggy, and think e' one! else." I When I read thrit ot ,ebuld have flocked me down w' h'a eather! The pin was the pue,th old fa hew, and it w . Mark vho was the mer *lost, e l _W hief, and who d tried t murder him. I sent for,th la.wyer w o was to take my side, and ho had all long believed me. iri nocen .- I 'gave hi the letter. ' I t's oh master's pin,'' said. ' What , 1 :hall I , sir?' And le said, ' You can my p4or feltow, - but wait , hay- A olDe now, and I'll hen ,lie went away,. t heard what he did. FL rto.thei place where Pegi took her, out of danger pegs, and' told her alt.that ed. The brave girl tremi but she spoke out: I . '! He's innootit. I'd n giditylf an an el told m And the /OW er said, o though she wa but a ser ', t ile's worthy of you", I do believe, and i that ,is deal,' - Then holed her abo ftbe two had a long talk.) Peggy burs/49g into-tear• ing to do and and asked, if lie would but did it. lie told 'me afterwar , ---and i , it was hard work ler little Peggy,; with her honest heart ;,ble4s her. She turned herself around: and made el different creature of herself; 'and, .she'i tried to, Make Mark ThilkeOliink shelhad been coquettiniali the 'while, and-i-db;hoW she cried, 'when' Sh 4 told melliaeshe let him kiss her and Put ill's aim about her waist. But she tathed. her 'end 'by it. One night my gond old'law'yer and two other men were shut up in ,the pan try ,with Peggy's master, - and she dress ed in . her beat and waiting. for Mark Sulker. That night she ,hati. to take. le bragged his pin, And,if / the marry him ; and Marl as could, be„ aid a lit ! liquor. ' Now, !AO,' said he, promise: There's the and the watch to look to wear. Now - you'll h And just then the pa, behind hitu, and a lain his shoulder : • IVe' 11 my i a voice ; and there and ted him ; for the moue; and the pin were oldiril =ME who kris* his ion c.lemeti. as*hisre with the detectives. ~ ':,` ' 'fr • 'I- •,. Ile gave igiAll hope 'froir(that,rtidti.-' ': nil; an everythlOg; how he .. confessed,, s . had ma e up, his mind 0.10-o_lo mu.. AO b thittevenitig'before lia iirnil disollaS- ' ..., ed.; Thost,likill!td it** nite-'o.lloiti eat • ' the window' ;‘ and io, dreSiedin',olotli like mine , 4oniadp his gone tO thiticr.. suspicion upon Me.. ,—„,-,,,,,,, My Peggy-brought meihe good news f % first ; :br th . ought it into %and threw, herself, weeping, lute Y . arm, tryitig out, ,‘ Tpu're free, day ling ;.- free and clear, thank HeaVen.'„ , They did nothanglltark, for master; site/awhile, - got better, and In the end quite" well.: But they punlehed him fog the robbery, and for something lie' had' done of the same kind. - before ever he came to master's. . , , ' - And as for the aid man, wind he was well; he was so sorq for the iiharge be bad mule agalnst me, • though ' be had honestly' believed me galley, as I well knew, that he made me a present of a little faita, and stocked it for me. And the wife gaVe Peggy her outfit. And here we are, as happy as the' sheep in the meadow yondet', or the bees &Atte tiive hard by. And when wEtheat; fait of books and plays, Peggy says Wine'? ' Jacko.if they only, knew our • story‘, they'd make one of it, I'm very sure;' and as they say you're a •wrlter, NV* I, tell it to you, air.' It is very true that the fasision' of story-tellers passes away. Every his tory of literature is a body of dismal ,' proof of that, truth. But they influence and the admiration of great genius do not pass away.- The mere novelist, the ' • delineator of the temporary forms,of society and of persons as affected by \ them, will gradually Weenie ouridits as 1 he becomes obsolete. But the story-tel- •, ler who deals with human nattirepelf, • anwho paints human '= character, w ich does i not lose its • freshness. with • th lapse of time, although he may di.; ' il reot his force at a particular and even • transitory object, is.net the prey of a ,' changing fashion nor of , a whimsical 1 taste.\ "Don Quliote" is a story with a • purpose, but it is told by a great genius, and therefore it is gear to every genert tion of men. •'• It Is a permanent con! • tribution to tie realm of imaginative creations, like the dramas of Shaktipeare or the tales; of phaucer. And every story-teller, in the \ degree of his p ain, has the same hold of the world: Sterne was tot a lovable man. He had no especial litir fin iT. , \ ce i rainly there was no lofty.tidgenerou \ purpose in "Tristarn Shandy." But Ily Uncle Toby is one of the beautiful 4pres that the imagination of the Fnglislispeak ing ractrwill not lose. Sterne will n • fade from the common knowledge ,1 • e , Mrs. Bohn, or 'any other story- :ller who is already• forgotten. It is a great mistake in those who read Scott': novels thirty years ago to suppose t• at they' are, not read now. So our ch dren will - read , Dickens, And the b the. story- teller- who has made th i generation rejoice, -who , has - tou• led with so masterly a hand the de:pest springs of • generous emotion an • of high resolve—, who, far More than $ ny,other, had been " the literary inhibit • r of that 'sentiment of humanity whis • is the spirit of the tig - WWI4,IOV - 1; i ErTr(flU altrZlifiilidt` . - heartlike a faz-• ion, ,but ;will rather- lie ' like Chaucer one of the darlings of its permanent • iaction. When it a said that Dickens was the people's ; ory-teller, how much is said! The we , ' people descri es va universal , range of sympathy. - It signifies no!, class int means all classes. It inoludes,! as t e old alliterative phrase was, the p -r and the peasant..s. And how Inl-1 is ense the service to the general faith in each other which we all really wish to cherish, is that of a man who shows, "as Dleke4s did, that the greatest and most universal popularity, the favor of ' the, most ignorant and of the most edu cated, may be won without panderg to a single mean impulse, without the least ridicule; of noble and generous emotion, without any touch of base ness! 'What work Is so truly, lofty, as that whie, while morally "cheering and stren gthening all men, also in spires and .justifies a deeper mutual confidence? Thhf is the service of Dickens. If he was not- a great _artist, so be it. If he wag a caricaturist, so be it. If he 'was not a gentleman, again so be it. But he was the •most popular author of a time when reading was universal, and popular.. 'without a hint of impurity. He was more witely ' loved than any author has ever bee in -.• his time; and lie left no man living whose death would be so sore and per- • sonal a grief to the grigllsh.speaklng race as his has been. money for w ,duchy it . is .h)n ii at it_ th Bair all 1 . 1 Dung—lke waspoW do nothing, nd hope. I. oliow it.' nd afterward went down y lived, and f eaves-drop - had happen led andswept; Farewell, kind master! generous heart! How many and many in Amer ica or id England, gathering roses in that itoletnn week of June, did not wish that they could lay them upon his grave ! For even se, sweet• and, perennial 'as , June roses, full of all suinmer warmth ' and beantyr shall be the memory of •` the man who#e tender touch still makes, and will ye't Make, summer in a thous- and, thousand lives.'' -EDITOn/S EASY CHAin, inllarperfs. • . '' • ' ... I lL_ _......_ 3 :- .. . 1 A Fran Srottv.--Aul exchifge, out - west has the followinOsh st;ry : ,I - :We met a boy on the , streets yester day, aiV. without the 'ceremony of ask ing otOname, he . exclaimed : . "You Just ortee been, down to he river while ago!" . T "Why ?" we iniluired. & "Because, a nigger was • - there, in switnifrting, and at big eat fish' Came up 1 behind him and swallowed both of his feet and went swimming 'a long onp Of th:' Water withlbitn i to 'bell i d another' big fish , and the nig er Swell • wed his tail. and the nigger and two ish went swimmingut!" : " ell, then what?" w asked "' , .., by, after 4► winielhe rigger swaP l lowe • his fish, and the other fish, swal4 owed the nigger, anti that's, the last .1 saw i f either of them." ' / "S‘nny," said we,, with :feelings of alar 4! for the boy," ion are in ja fnir way o become the' editor of 'a. Demo crat!' paper ;" And we left. ~, believe him lie was. tot' his bark, ing lass: eggy_Grey, I aying a good t the pin, and It ended in and pronals leverything he 11 , nle why she • promised Mark epro , ;ied he had Qf, to promise to came, as merry lo' the worse for A oung la , y contemplating matri. Oen was on . morning handed a Tea tame t - by father, ,Frith a leaf turned dow at the following passage; "He ! I. who I lveth in marria e (loath well, but he w 4 o giveth not i marriage doeth bette ." She imme lately returned It, i f with the following re ly written under eat a ; "I am conte tto do well ;, let'' t ' os• do better :who an." ' t , Ti ~ village o ..eTroy, Pa., has a poptt atio • oflloo. !,' aspromise is n 'money to count, t, a nd 410 pin I lave nie'r I try door opened ,d came, down on 1 fine fellow,' Bald ithen they tures and the watch iaster* and one • 'R ~ ~ -" - . '• ' :3' . '',; . --,..i•;':: ', . - : , , , ;1;, 4 I .':it ',1,', , , --'"- , =II isti*l4 - ',it:,"!:'4',s;'::.; MIE Charles Dickens. =EN BE :,: , ; •,y
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