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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
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•
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
_ • #
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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 ~ ~
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