0
TIOGA
EVERY IVED!ISDIY WANING BY
• 4 ~.„) • i
P. C. Aran:
liar Of SUBStRIPTION INVARIABLY IN ADVANCB.
toiptioo,(por year)
-RATES OE ADVERTISING. ,„
its 1,14.c3 311:noN Oa LIES, MAIM 0112 tiCLUSaI
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111).131.m I 4 Ins I Bras I 0 hfos 11 Yr
$l,OO I 5.7.00 I $2,30 i $5,0 I $7,00 $12.00
Ka - 2,0 (/ ... 3,00 4,00 I 8,00 I 12yoo I 18,00
16.00 10,00 22,03 LA O 4 L 60,C0
' I 80,00 1100,00
Zt
$O, 4
-,—.. i . 16 ou i 1.5,00
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7 :octal Noticee 16 cents per line; Edltorlalor
—)2,,",e..tA per lino.
aavestleing bt1787 ba paid r or adrance.
rastio 111 , 11 1 , a, Constable Blanks, Deeds,Jnar
11 . , I rriage Certificates, &c.,on , band.
yoto, •
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ELKLAND. PA.
10,•1ej . , Coates & Co.
Tioga, County, pa.—
.. ; , 1 on deposit, discount notes,
drafts Now York City. Collect
:,,promptly cusi43.7 2 ipo 1, 1871-y •
tl cetkr;--Oietiola.
Dico COATS,
CRI 1,11,
(4EO. Y. AIERRICK,
1100E1' and COUNSEIcOR At L.W.A
.I‘sz in Smith and Bowel:es Block, across hall
gitator Office up stairs, [second floor.]
;6001'0 Pa, • Jan. 4, 1871-Iy.
ino. I. Mitchell
and Counselor at Law, Clninl,ind In
-0 .
kola. Oflice over Kresea Drag Storp,
4 e.lsboro, Pa. Jan.l, 1871—y
William A. Stone.
and Counselor at Law, first door above
arem Osgood's store, on Main etteet.
.7,115b0r.), January 1,1871 y
.3 do. W. Adams,
e, till Counselor at Law, Mandleld,Tioga
Collections promptly attended
J - in. I, 1871—y
liiison Si Niles )
:raw euunXiorstitt Law. Will attend
~t u pt6, to business entrusted to their care in
r.trounties of 'Hogs and Potter. Office on
le Avenue. Jan. 1, 1871. y,
• , ,
i s wnsos.l • [74lt.Nitra:-
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John W. Guernsey/
~:Ley and Coutisolor at Law. All business
achted to btu will be promptly attended to.
2,i door south of liszlett's Hotel, Tioga,
I.4sCouury, Pa.—Jan. 1, 1871.
lYnt. •B. Smith' ) " •
Bounty and insurance Agent. Com.
:rovitions sent to the above address will re.
~re prompt attention. Terme moderate,
1, IS7I.
•
Spymop• k% 1 Horton,
tie) a - ar,.l l;ou solor§ at law, Tioga Pa.
.I.i 11%”s entrusted to their care will receive
Ipt Attention. -
a. StinIOUR ri
J. C. llortrurt.
;in l. hit y ,
,
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AnIIBTRONO
Armstrong Er. Linn,
\TTORNEYS - AT - LAW,
IVILLIAM:;PORT,
I,
\V. D. 'rerbell it Co.,
Druggists, and dealers in Wall Paper,
.rosono Lamps, Window Ulnas, Perfumery,
~nts, Oils, Ace., J‘o.—Curning, N.Y. Jan.l'7l.
D. Bacon, M. P.,
itician and Surgeon,lst door east of Laugher
h—Nfaint 81i:0. attOniil 'protriptly to
11la. Wellsbero.— an. 1, 1871.
A. M. Ingham, M. ill.,
:.e3patttst, Office at Ilia Residence on the
iTnuo.--=Jan, 1,1371. , '
lioorge Wagnek,
Si,c)p nut Jeor north of Roberts At, Bail•
11.u.1e ere store. Cutting, Fitting and Re
tti:; (tow) promptly find well.—Jan.l,lB7l
Smith's Hotel,
pA., C. M. Smith, Proprietor. House, In
c. r,kii•i.),l to accommodate tho travolirig
:,:{G a superior mannor.—Jan. 1, 1871...'
fanners' Temperance Hotel.
having purchased this house,
I future :13 in the past, strictly'
'..vspirince principals. Every accommo:.
(r luau and beast. Charges reason:.
.
Inury 1, ISi
Caton Hotel.
ILlin, Proprietor, Wellsboro, P.
t.,JF•i' 13 pleaE•antly looatod, and has all
.nytnlunrtis for man and beast, Oltargoa
11 1 11er Jan 1, IS'il-ly.
W. W. WEBB,' 31. 1)., ,
'1
Physician - and. ;Surgenn. , .. ;
Opening cut of Zia tingq . Coket ,
:!;;. - ,re —mar. I, Oil' I .
New Miiiiiiiiil 1./
I• , mum. F t hand an e!e
-!In! , -.1 - ,lllollt all the Faust stylci of
111114LINERV.
ncy Goods, Parasols, Gloves,
FAA'S, RIBBONS, FLOWERS, ,ke.,
a che sculling at very 191 v prices. Drop
. zeo the 11 . 0"A* gOOtI.S.
a, 1 1371-tf.
Mrs. C. P. SMITH:
FA R:)1 FO l Sylph: . '•
ror sAly his fatty of 56
• t,s - itay sitl.ital in Catlin tiollniv,
cainfy, Pa.; within about' four
Waslnro and t wo Intloi of Nile]l Val.
t ehur:li, mine,
' , thin a Tertni 13 it , y. Inctoiro on
,1 7.4 , .4<, of C U. C
17, IV:I If
Parini fore Sale
RIIUNI)ItED ACHES with eighty
unproved, and ,ttitated near tm
Youth of fildinitburg. Thi‘s jtq
-oains a einnfurtablo house, two good
' l l , l ninety fruit trees. It. is well adapted
' 7l '4 and ngrieniture. Terms t rity. In
the Fulmerihar at Ma insburg, Pa
'GI, 1 , 71. i i = J. A. BOYCE,
hv Jewelry Store.
ii: Unclerignod would rorpootfully say to
':'citizen s of wellsboro and vicinity, that
4 :qcned a
Jewelry Store
1,111,14,g ? I coently occupiedby C. L. Will
.toek comprises n rail nssorttoont of
'`)(' A: ,R, IVA Te 11 ES, JEW E L le. 1,
!11' RII AN l) I' L A TEDi-TrA raL
.:.
.. 1
~I'.ARRINER., ono of the bast workmen
' ohern l'enopylvania, will attend to the
4:P AIRING OF WATCHES
(*LOOKS &e., &e.
!Itit Fkillful doing of illicit is 'l,o'ven teen
experioncq is sufficient gugrautee.
.1% WARRNRR.
23 ,
1871— t 8
Augs r. •
BESEME
z
$2,00
VOLZ:
.Wet
p
Thi is a popular flotol lately kept by B. B.
Holiday. Thh Proprlotor will aparo no pains to
make it a firsl.olaas house. All the stages ar.
riv o and depart from this houa y. A good hostler
Itkattondancez.,ffEl2 — , i t ire,ry a Cached.;
flan I, ;Hll-1, .?
. - .
/ME undelieigned to no* prepared to eze
eta() all orders for Tomb tones and MO.lll
mints of eit er
ITALIAN OR RUTLAND MARBLE,
of thelatest style and approved workmanship
and with' dlsttoh.
Be keeps onstantly on hand both kinds of
ti t
MarblO and r ll be able to suit all who may fa.
vor him with heir orders, on us reasonabletermS
as can be obt fined in the country.
. - -.- c FRANK, u 4D i fe./41. -.
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PL.
'i.IANSFIELD, PA.
- - ,;-
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REPS "' t t ' 'fl'' `IVI d ELGIN
T r, . cons an yon la ,
IN IWALTRAM and SWISS WATCH
,ii
,- ,A . ES, i arine,Alsrm & Calendar CLOCKS,
i
Si VEII. SPOONS,
- I
Plated Sp,oOrts and Forks; Table, Butter and
Fruit ! Knives; Cups; Castors and Cake Baskets;
Napkin Rini; Cream Salt Sugar and Mustard
Spoons; Fine 0 old and Agate Rings; Gold Pens
and Pencils; polid Gold Sets;
Pearl Fancy and
Plated Button; Watch Gnards and Chains, &a.,
A largestock uf SrECTACLES, GLASSES, and
1
Colored Glasses, a I at reduced prices.
. -
N. B.—Wate 1
I
Maroh 1, 18'
A. it
Offico opposit ,
operations no.
isfaotion guar
Fob 22, 187
T H
AT T
—Constitut
Receive
SAMIEL LIAR.
And have left
ONE lITYKDitED
SIDIIi`~UgDR
being more th
their sales of t l
four thousand
Company for 1 1
figures from
Licenses.
The Singer
sold dyer the
Machine Co.
Sold over the if iteoz & Gibbs Saw- _
ing Machine Co., 98,943 do,
Bold oner,the PireetbSetsing Ma
chine Co., 1 ' ''" 92,831': do.
Sold over the Grove; d .Maker
Sewing Alueline Co., 70,431 do.
Sold over the }f l ows Machine ,Co., 52,677 do.
Scrtve :favor the 1 4 ,7 heeler cf; Wilson
Manufacturing C'o., - 45,625 do.
'ill OfAiiioh 'spoil:ay owing to the popularity
ofiihat is known as,the "Nntv 'FAMILY BEW/X0
Miaiiii,".'' witch is now fast finding its ,ray
delinto,4l47.trOgialated housohold.—For Cir
,
rottlaregivitig - ullparticulars of Machines, their
Foldini Cases of many 'arietios of wood and
finish; their A talinnentfor numerous kinds of
work, which, WI recently, it was thought that
•delicato 4 4lngerkalone could perform, as will as
paitidulara pbjut all articles used by their Ma
:chinesi sic t 4 Tkist,...tipen Thread, Sl)ool Cot
lotii-Oil,/,&4,4iY, apply to any of ~their Author.
feed Agopfs, orfo ,- --.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
4513 BrOadway, New York. Philadelphia
Otlicu I
tOti Chestnut
:Maett 1971—tf! ; ;1,1, •' '
r. I i 1-i '
tie‘ii' . mu . ii 6 ," g,tOr
J. .G.RciEsE,X
Plilt N
Pianos all
lorgeet and boat
Lion of the Cou
. • . .
Melodeons
natruments bought or taken in
let. XS - An orders for re
ing promptly attendod to.
J. W. MoINTOSH, Agent.
Marsh 22,18711.
Alt kiwis of
exObango and t
paiting and Tu
FOR ALE, CHEAP:
I N P. elegant new, loather top buggy ; one
‘.../ uice (.‘pe. buggy, nearly new; one two
horFe lumbtr w goo ; a good single harness..
WRIGHT & BAILEY.'
June 21, 1871 tf
Farin for Sale.
TIIE Subscriber offers for sale his farm, situ
ated in the town of Delmar, some eight
miles from WeGsboro. Einid farm contains 75
acres, some 3(1 of which is improved; good
frame barn 30xil 2, and a good log house, and
some fruit trees thereon. Said farm is u,er
passed for fertil ty pt: soil in this soe'D.n. For
"particulars ingtiiro of the subsesiber at tho office
lof G. W. Morriek, Esq,,,lVtillshoro Pa.
April 19, 1871-tf. : A. P‘EDFIFLD.
J4eeutors'
/ ( 7
. .
1. /1 otree. ,
WllBREAS } letters testamentary to the es
tate of Zervia Wilson, late of_Wellsboro,
Tioga county. Wave been granted to the subscri
bers, all persona indebted to the tiaid ostatii — are
requested to milk° .immediate' payment, and
thostihaving claims' or demands ugainet the es
tate of the said I decelent, will make known the
eanio without dllay to A. S. BREWSTER, .
J. B. NILES,
Wellaboro, Aug 30, 1871 Ow Executor's!.
To Rent.
Farm on tont; Ban with: toti• ioarri wil 4 bo
rented for a term of yearn, apply to
A. P. CONE.
. 7 Woneboro, :Sept 13, 1811•tf
1. ; • _., •.
L'w.Yl:-.a.Y..~,.,,N4•war
- A 1
• ; r it*
° Z.
!sham Hotel;
MAIN BT. _Tip AVENUE,
WELIABORO, PA,
BUNNEL, PROP/R.
soli'.
TAatble • lidrib!
®lxiesr,
FIB,
es and Jewelry neatly Repaired.
EASTMAN,
OPiIIATIVI7-AD WEOLIANICAL
DENTIST.
Cone House, Wollaboro, Pa. All
tly and carefully performed. Sat
: nteed at 'live and let live prices.'
tf
SINGER
ufaoturing Company,
ET
E WORLD'S FAIR,
fi by tile homes of the people—i
the Groat Award of the
GH BT SALES !
rlv Is far i)ehin cfth eta, for they
SOL IN 1870
Amp T t:NT Y.SEVEN T1101:19LND,
D Tfl 'err : TH,II E M A9rnNE9
an forty thousand in advance of
bo previous year, and over forty
ore than the Wes of any other
1 8/0, as shown by the following
iWORII returns of the sales of
anufaoturing Company
Florencte l letpino:-
110.03 - Machines
rzrz SITE CONE HOUSE,
• It'S new Improved iron Frame
odal
0,- rownws,
o er hit all kip& of:-
Musical Merchandise,
D
. ,
selntion of ISUSIO in this sea
'try. Pianos warranted for 20
ymars.
and Cabinet Organs
oner's Patent Foot Pedal
with Ore
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RAIL
ra
WA
TiSlll2B
Ailliffilaftlllo
. ERIE RAILWAY.
AineigicT Tnrs Taut; Azioitilidcia 19!6, 1671.
al DRAWING ROOM arid
;Dug:4o3g All Modern Improve•
ou all Treble- baleveu Buffalo,
le?) Bridge, Oluvelud, Olneln- ;
eitvard.
NEW and IMPROVE
SLEEPING COAOIIES,ci
manta, are run through i
Niagara Falls, ,Suspend
nail and New VOW:.
ii 2!
STATIONS
No, 1.
N. York, L'vo
Jersey ()ley, "
Newark ".
Peterson
Turners "
NeWb'el H
PtJerviiijArr:
ningh'filitil M
Owego
‘Vaverly • '''•
Elmira - 1`"
Corning -
Hornelsv i lew
Rochester
B o n g o , • 1
2Uag Falls "
t'us. Br idge ,•
Clifton "
Dunkirk "
Meadville "
Oleaveland "
Dayton 4. •
Cluoinanti "
900 aw
0 15 "
10 48 i.
IT ea
8 69 pie
14,ag 0
614 1.1
644 a
824 a
78880
/0 27 "
woo "
11 80 "
11, 85 "
1140 "
180 am
126 "
650 "
1280 gm
2 45 "
, ••• ,
5.00 a, m., except Sundays, hoixte'st f go;. ;• •
6.00 a. :a., daily, from Brusvellank.
9.00 a. m dally, frenallzusquebamL: •
12.15 p.m. except Runde's, from Entistabana. •
1.15 p m except Sundays, from XlmU*.'lBtoppint
BL Vista 1 89,9°n:dug 2 00, • Palatial •Pdet '400; arid
ttience, via Avon, to Buffalo, aisle's gkillPBs'fr!ih
8.00 p m dxcept Bundays, front BiUgbetuitbui•
•.
Eastirard."!,:cm
3-:;.tf,r(
STATIONS. ; No. L2' !
1 2 t kora
t , a! ,
D C1 47.0 . 4 . ,1 ' .... 1" . ' f ' ai l ° 2 03 45 a P ra m ~,..„.......1
Cleveland.. " 728 a ....., ~,,,,, ,; 1.0.00...4.
Meadville.. " 1132 Dia- ..... 1.., I 2 2 2f r
Dunkisk ... " 126 P mi , a; .... .. :;.••1a , -,41a,. •.! -.
Clifton " 160 ". ;,15 30 pat • 600 --6 -
Sus. Bridge " 105 " 6'85 „+ -0 06 4 i
Niagara. Valle 146 0 645• a. ! ;OAS 1 . • 44, •
8uffa10...... " 240 " • 623 1 ,0:
Noalwiater " 400 " • 3 401, 0 1 "ig.'p e ':-
llornallevllle 603 Bup 1 10 20 l•; ' Ala' , " ..
Cortillig.r.. .." ' 7 85 P Min- 4 8 ,"']
Elmira " 16'10. - " 1 /2 26 lairaj it g : ‘ ,4
-
Waverly... " 847 a 100 ' - a" 12 118ta'
Owego s‘- 926 " 1 4 10 ts' air ,p : ...-
Binghamton 10081 e' 226 41 ' .TV: 4. ..
Port JiirVili Ar ' 263 a nti 706 al. i'.43#0 . : 4,
Middletown"' 868 . " 2'B 00 ".1 .... ...... . ;. • ......i.i.....
Newbarglt " • • '' ... 1
11 40 auil • ' ' li, -8 HO "-1
Turnere... _" 19 03 BEI liiiiiiti ; 6 43Eli
l'aterioul.. " 660 ' l- '110'75 a m 2 4,111 7. 65 )pirp„
Newark ... " 700 "-:205 p in '6, • . ' ....0..'
Jurgey City " oas 4, , , 110 a: stla Vl6 ".`"' -812 ',"." .
New TO!/c " VOO 4 #1 , 1110• • . 4,Q k 0 , A ;4'p iii
loyal:•Additiq4alTridtikElastivaid .
.., , .. _ , ... „ ..• ~.....
6.40 a in., daily from Ifornelsviile. •
6.45 It m„ aundays a:copied. frdm
0.30 a In.:ozcopt Bundaye, from • • •-r
7.60 a m., exeept Sundays? from ,
1.58 p. in.. except Sundays, from Painted Pcat;
2,10 p, in., azoopt Sundays, 'robs liornallrillle:
*Daily. - • f Monday.' exceptad.•
L. D. RUCKER, • ' Wei. R. BAER,
Gong Bap% ' 00a1Viini. A IN._
_ _
Blossbugg & Corillug,& Tloga B. ll.'
IMPART FROM T10GA...-flora4ll3oll2lr.
No 1-9.83 a m 3-11.20 p N 04.4.54 a Iss
No 7-6 JIB a m No 9.42.07 pm 210 11.4.&5im
NOl3-0.30 p m Nols-1014 pm. „
DEPART FROM 'I'IOCIA— , Gonr Nona.
N o 2412 p ru }4. $:42 aPI ,No 84.26 aRI
No B-8.08 am. No 0-10.110 a sa• N 012,11406 m
No 1442.07 p m No p 14 , 45.114,p
No YO-Q.s o p Ivo =-11.1,2P m If° 24-12.315 P. us,
A. 11. GORTON,L. Ik
,13topc B. &. O. R I : R. SuptTiogali.
Northerin'y ektiniL
Direct itouto North nab ~ont6+
On and after hianday. Anguet T 0 4 .11331,
depart from Troy, Pa., as foliates
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LEAVIPSOOTILWAIIV. , '
Phila. p td. 'Buff:do Si pre vii:ll:4‘) ito
IrentrgtA.ceota. TAT,. , -
• TRAINS, .I..BA.37INORTIIW4 I RD: •
Expros . 1:01;900 P.P . Etratra Adein.'ol2 A. 31: •
A
A. R. FIBRE,, •
uerleral attporlnteradent.
gill
. I
J. A. ILEIVIR4D,
Aset_Gon'l Sol
WellsAioro,& aivreneeirpte,,
Time Table No:1; • •
TALES Einar MONPAT, !!IcitTpiaalt 11 . 1p1/871.
-85 za 10:16 am.
Going North, alive tit 13 1 1 , Y a r in n i e lt e l ine p, 4:10 in, 9 ear ,
depart frOixrDanning, pea; 8:60 a Lew
- Lathrop,' 4;18 , p m 8:468
Boar Oreek, 8;157 , pa:1,8;32' 4 m.
Tloga, 8:61 p m, 841gd EI:C. -1
Ilammond; 1 8;88 tim;8:08 am
11-1110reek,/;2OVm, r:55 era;
lfolliday'4,ll:l4lrB4 , ll4B b
0 • AI iddiel4; B:tp ta,l:BB4i m
from NllO4 Talley; 2106 p`1a;411108:m:
depart Goin g nonth, fro t i t we : er : ol:Ai l e i r o2l l 4 o l ,l. 6. .M . p. .l22
" • Dunnincia:Bo; 8380401 pm
1 ' • 11.8thr0p0h41,41603. 4 36 ti
0 Bear 0re5k,11:670164a, r8;18 p ID
" Tiogil, 10:08a ra;l3.tap n
- riaingnend,lo:ll4lii;e:as p y9l;
" Ifill'a Creak, 10:86 4'84'8:40 pal
• " • 11 ollidaj'a,lo:4o 4.48, B:6oi pm
• • • 0 Middlebury, 10:60;p4o;ft:601:m
- • 1 arrive at Miles Vallevlok6BB-10,8 - :06 pm :
Sept 113, - (1016TOkfi
. •
=I
IE I PV,ELRY Tt,)Rgl:-
,W-El. i _LS);3olto, P.A.
ANDREW irOL EY,
has Joan eptatt
2
haesirrw: Al ! 1
O '
Ti •
;11nt
‘'lkp
•
,qp,yo ~on sale,
kinds and pfices of
AMERICAN WATCHES,
GOLD OR SILVER CLOCKS, JEWBL
RY, GOLD CHAINS, KEYS, RINGS,.
PINS,_PENCILS, CASES, GOLD ib
STEEL PENS, THIMBLES, •
SPOONS, RAZORS, „MA.
TED WARE,-
SEWING MACIIINK!S,
8co„
With most other articles usually kept in -ettoh
establishment, which is sold lon TeF
C A 'S fI
Repairing done neatly, and promptly, and on
port nortidir - -
Jatinary 1, 18711—y.
RitiIh'ESTITH•IIOIISILB.
TilE eubseiribers will offer for sale, 'he ful
lowing dosireable *Magi/ property, in virel)it:
boro. 20. town lots sitontpd on State street. AS
lot s on Charlifiton gtreet—( the Freeing Follows
Farm,) and the 'house and ,lot of Charles Will
;joss. These lots are w Il situated and will be
sold on reasonable term
HENRY flEft WOOD & tiON;
August 23, 1871—tf
WELLSBORO AND MANSFELp
STAGE' .DINE.
THE undersigned, proprietor of
:diiv.•7• 7 L. - .." this line takes this mothed of in
forming the .pabile that' the above Stage runs
daily (Entidayii excepted,) between thc;two
pla
oases follews::- •
Leaves Wolisboro at %ad arrivoo at
Mansdoid at a
Leavoe,Manodelg,at 2,3,0 orritros at
Wellsbarp'at i 5 ik,su. ,figrTarot,l,s.
Jan 14 W. B. VAN If GAN.
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=I
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Xl7
No. 3.*
, No. 3
MB
4.00 p m
4.20 "
11. Otla m
11.15 11
11.06 11
19.00 m
1.86 QM
1110 a sa
8.83 11--
0:17`
10.58'
11.88;'+ 1
12. 918 Aim
00 14
6,W p to
6.46
6 46 4 / •
6.2.8
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6,801 in
'OlO 41
7 241 1 iitil
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4.4:41 41
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9.10 sup
10.195p)n
818
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9.06 a'ol
11,20' is
1114 pm
19.20
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v. , 30 pfs,
5.00!6m
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2,80 din
7.20 Pin
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9.20 .
2.80 p m
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10.75 '4l
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110,114)Pthita'alfENTIMINT.• ttplrinl von
OP'-PENI3B TLYANIA:
in,notig4
;;:Alrairtj.% WV4,?Offutioingt Poginit*** ,
Be i 1 Ileaoloed bar ihoSeriate and - Boos. cif. Rep
resontfitives of iits Commonwealth of Poonsg!oania
in General - Assembly met, That the following
amendment of the toristitutton of. this Common
wealth be propoited•to•the people for their adop.
tion qr rejactioir, pursuant to the . previsions oP
the tenth artiele.thereor, to wit: •
'AMENDMENT.
inztlitiection.of the Sixth. Ar
tiole Of the Oonstitution, and insert in lien there. ,
of the following : .•
"A:Siete:Treasurer eball tae ,chosen by, tbe. 3
qualified electors of the Skite. at snob times and
for such term of survlae as, eball be prescribed
by law"
JAHNS U. _WHIM,
Speaker of the Rouse of Representatives.
WILLIAXf A. NALLAOD,
40 1.111 et of 1ti5t.,1 3 ,4(i.-
''AFiProtred the fifteenth day .lott June , . Anne:
aeMini one thousand eight hundred and eov
euty4orie.
j - „ -SRN W.GRART.
'Prepared•and certified for, publication puran,
,ant-to the Tenth Article of the , Conetitution.
- P. JORDAN,
• Secretary of the Commonwealth.
-.Office Secretary of the Commonwealth,
_Harrisburg, July 6th, 1871. ,1
, 'July 25, AS7A-11Aw,
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ice6p . .l•B6ftir6:'the"Peopl6'
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HAT A. HUMPllREY;&..oo.araoonstantly
receivrog largo and fresh lots-of-choice:
„FAMILY :GROCiZIES,
KEE NOTIONS -FAITITS
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Best brands of Tobacco and Cigars,
.and faceeirerything kept in tilde: line Of lku.•
whteh I they dispose or' at prides lower .
.than ever before.
Come in and pride our goods. No, .trouble-to.
'short' &Ott- • - •
They have also added to theiralreaay inorea
'sing trade s a
aNxiirs OFFICE
.
',aid heid•themseiiits ready to furnish (on or'er) .
Any book, magazine. music, pcfpct. -or' anything
asked for itt that line. 'Eubseriptiette elicited
for anlopetar paper. and ruagasines. •
Don't forget! to 'call opposite E. M.Hinlth's
betel, Tloga, Pa. July 28, 1871 tf
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'.:'., .iiARDwAREI
LUTZ & KOHLER,
ELFLYING opened a first-class Ilatdware
Store in 'Mansfield, opposite Pitts -Bros.,
on nip Street, respeosfully invite their friends
and the public' in general to give them a gall.—
'They, guarrantei oatisfac lion in all ono. Their
Mock consists of . ,
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HARDWARE,
CP ' In a;
Tin*Ware l Nails,
IRON,
Bent Work, Spokes, Hubs,
eulturalimpleinents, Churn
Powers,
and a geneTal line of Goods, second to none in
.iiiiiconn'try,lat the loivcst cash prices.
Mli
-.Thej pre also a - genti, for the KIRBY MOW-
Elt; lITHACA WHEEL RAKE, ARNOLD
Aou_s,p 'HARK AND KAY CARRIER.
MN
•.*i G. LuTz,'. 1
FRANK Koat:Eu. j LUTZ & KOHLER
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naflold, July 144.187.1,,tt,
MIQA 134.1.444M4P—A buggy, cutter, bar
pees matt bOitelelrobe;'ill new. Time will
telten 'on approved paper . For particular:,
app et.ttite °Mee.; • August, 1872
1110 - ot,. Lealher.,aittd
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• Finding Stor,e;. -
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' Tioya , Tioga.go - ,; Pa.-.
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TNE subsorihers ;valid
notify ~.tbeir friends
aiiii:instoinersilialbey 'are :dolttcalevek
boot anirotioe streek•eirr
polite the late Smith hotel. They keep boots of.
All:kinds, and skope r ts_palt, averybody,•bolh for
adiep and gen'tsyelea• aid , kind 'of ofrildren' e s_
..wean .Drop in and see;' •7 , . • _
:r
Jane-
N othing,
otid
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D"R with neatness and Also,
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•• • BEVEL ' SIDING
made frolii inch lnmber., Can, plane 24 inches
Fide. , A t Hamilton's , gleam mill ~• on- Ilimulond
break, In -Jaoktionitownship, Vega tiOunty. , .
• •0. HAMILTON.
'Jackson, June 7, 11311. tf - • • '
' OLD
"PENNSYLVARIA- HOUSE":.
R.,L a E r!!;fl i tz w o. n eizpt T tir o y si r n i d ;; H :li t z:
day, has been thoroughly refitted, repair
ed and opened by
M. R. 10!QQN,N,OR. :
r 111) ivill be ',litip - Py to acooVmodate be old
friends I the honselOrory. reasonable 'rites.
Aug, t 1 ! 1'4 7 1z.: 'AI; It; O'CONNOR.
111341E'inbierkber . 'id o ring go lot
for'iialq id tWo . yro - atorh'Oart of rtlio Village . ,
on reasonable Said" lore 'aril' large' and'
nfealy sitnaled.' - • ' '
Alen; ilbofqXl''l'4o;oo0 1 • hue ,of ;Of o imib or for
.!414, mill'
THE HEST HOTEL to the COUNTY:
THE "MB HMV
well
NEW. Rooms large and el vontlla
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te d. Accommodations not- - sarpusscd by
any first chess- botet itt - the :!!Northern
Tisir." Ilit.Lfruftitkliber tbitn„st, ~,c o .imil., and
third rata botelc'T Leilation, coiner of liiiiil And
Walnut streets', Wellobara.'•' •' , ' -•
. A goatittibitPigoodliqtaira,'lgoiidimetari had a'
good heitleil°' 'r ..:14.7-8 1 : GRAVES; trnio'r:.'
March 8,1,871; ,--' '! ' '-` '
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...1411E , COUNTET, IiFE.
, tfot, vbtit,we would, but what , wo must,
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• Mares up the sum of living;
Xlaavim la bgth - more and less th'arijuat
itr.t.akiag and
Sivords , cleave (elands that sought the plow, ,
- And laurele miss the soldier's brow.
.
' ; 'iste',whorn the city holds, whose feet ' •
itavis worn Its stony highWaye, •
.1 4 amlar,pltb . lte lbneliest street—
!nye yeto,nover my ways.
, 'My, cradle wee beside the sea,
' Ahd there, I hap), my grave will be.
Obi homestead t—in that old, gray town,
Thy vane b seaward blowing: '
Thy, siipq garden stretches dowp
:;Tio whireA4 tidebllotring:
they lie, their ,ails nil
ri . )1 1 14, ships that gq..about the world.
(, •
Dearer that little country house,
pireei beside it;
' Bottle peat& trees,:wlth unfruitful boughs,
A mg, with w.eqp to hide it; ,
: No flowers, or only such as rise
Belf-sown—poerthings !-- r whieb all despise
• 1, ••• • • •
;,Perir cOßntl,7 horn! can I forget
the least.of thy sweet trifles/
r np.vl es shpt eleiniagr.ypt„
— fihlonms the bee still rifles ?
Thlts'iloacielde blackberries, growing ripe,
• Arid in•theitviiodi the Indiau Pipe ?
:v1 Happy the man who tills his field,
coßtini . mitli rustic labpr ;
do4d It fill lninesi!
Hap;
wellAaj4ipu,i4nt g at f —, o h can there bo
A iiieinore rational 114 froo.? •
• Bar eenntry life of child and man !
'‘,-J 'or b ath the best, the strongest,
Ibid. with the earliest race began.
:t9toi
alit On lied the hingest:
Thur e4tes pe ished long ago;
i Who- thefirst raters were we know.
• Psuhaps ourß Is, too, will fell;
_ • ' Itso;no la entations ; •
:- E:411MPOOB, th Will shelter all,
.: 1 44,1KeeCt iinhorn nations !
„-Yeir,,add-the Ords that menace now
• ,Wip.thiti 'be' beate4 to the plow.
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ANNUAL REPORT
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Of Me . Cotoity Superintendent of Com
mori SchimiS of Toga County for the.
YOe Endlng. June 5, 1871: •
In accordance With the law, mak
ing it the duty of the Co6nty,Superin
tendent to annually submit tothe State
Superintendent of Common Schools a
report of the condition of the schools
in his county, I submit this, myrsecond
annual. report. ,
Sdnor...lEfousts.-Twelve houses have
been - built "dpring the year. Osceola,
that has so lOng needed a better house,
has now
one of the right kind. It is.
by fargthe bestin the county. It is a
&ante building; 80 by 58 feet, two .sto.
ries higheand surmounted bra cupola.
The: lower. story is divided into two
rootnarolle 25,by 80 feet, the other 2 2
by 80 feet, With hat and cloak room s ,
apparatus rooms, &o. The school rooms
are 44 feet in the clear, and are furnish-
ed with seats and desks of the most ap 7
,provell ec tatterns. The upper story is as
.yet tia las. a hall ; the Directors think,- •
ing hatter:the present they - wiltdonly_
need two gradeS.- I am convinced that
before the close of the-year they Will'
finalthemSelves crowded for room, and
that the upper story • will also be used
as school - rooms, The entire'. cost is
about $3,000. They have a fine lot, of
about one acre, and their school bbild
ing is certainly an ornament to their
beautiful village. The Directors de
serve much praise for the liberality,
good taste and real economy displayed
in its erection.
EnRNITIntE.--There has been a mar
ked improvement in-style and adapta
tionof furniture during the year: Thir
teen, honses have - been supplied with
beautiful furniture during the year. '
AtP.s.werns.—Our schools are stally
deficient:ha apparatus; a large number
not having any, worth "speaking . of. 1 1;
All of the schools :have blackboards;
and: a• 'number ter the districts have'
globes and outline maps. We hope'bzi
improve on apparatus the coming year.
ScnaoLs.—We haVe now In the coin].
ty 20711, schools. Nearly all have made
a fair average progress during' the year.
We have many good schools, some very,
- good, some middling, some poor, and
some very poor. The latter class will
almost invariably be found in districts
where wages and not scholarship, is the
test.. Only one total failure pecurred,
'Upon the whole, hoWever; our sehool6
have made - marked Improvement In
government, ciassfOcation and more
thorough Instruction: , Mach improve
'inept; in cleanliness has -keen made.—.
'We have:always urged upon our teach
ars thunecesslty.of 'keeping theirsehool •
'rooms in the West of Order. In vie' ti ug
achools the second time, we have gene
rally found that our-advice--wad well to
ken. .7.A.larga 4 - nttnlYer • of our school
,r,ooms art,e,dec,orated with i pletu rety fu,ot- ;
toes, evergreens,"&e„ tastefully arran- r
ged, giving the' ToOnis - a - pleasant 'and'
home-like appS r aranett; In fl tri king. ' con.'
trast With sdme,4bieh; prisonAike in
their gloom, present nothing -but dirty
- floors, bare .and defaced walls, broken
windows, henehes,'::&c. 'The appear,.
titre Of t•he
'Vern is a goo ierite.'-
ii. ortiae sehool,'
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-4-4 o r r.:AskincA.T.rnir.--Otir schools as a l ,-
wholemre Voorly classified.' This is ow-,
, ing almost'entirely to a multiplicity of
text books. r . Directort ad Opt: a . sertei of
tett books' for their.distrlets, but do not
'see that , ther are put into their sabot& ;
,so their resolutions. of adoption are a
haere nullity; the real adoption being
with the parenteand the children ; each
one selecting the - kind that suits iim
hat, ,until= there are almost as m uy
different kinds .of arithmetics, gee ra
.
Ades, grammars; readers, &0., as there
are children. .This is a serions,diffieul
ty; ; arid nia , teacher ean properlyclassi
, fy his ischool'while thiii state oU things
eig lats. ,We haveabotiVcan'e'to the con
.el.uslcin lo *I th hol d ' our approval froth,
theiraninial district teeperts, until the'
lawti•thia‘rfispeet is,toriapp -r
-ed With..
BoOk 'agent's 'have dam ;more toward'
destroying, QIIr district mil fermi tY;than •
our Directors have toward establishing
it. , . ' - '.. • . • , i c .
ME
IattADED•SoRooLs. :We have In the
thirteen-schoolethat are graded,.
emplOding • The gradett ,
schOol'of Under the leader='
Hohip OPl:'rofesser.4.. c: Winters,pera.'
hAps one of therfiest theState.:;,;(lu-A
der itn.tiet Of 'tha Legbilatnre, the ;old
academy and, the public schodl ! were
united. !These two " were made one,"
and 'that, one hi 110 W, ft first.elabs 'graded
~.schooL er
L, The are now "eight depart-
InentEi or—grades : primary, s e condary,.
I_,litertneditAn'grronaintl'and high selknol.=' ,
Nbetburse of'etutitedopted" for Mettle
as folloWs : •
Ist-wear, pupa write.'nurobets to 100 ; '
Roman' notrititin to `L;: exercises in lour
fundamental idles; to amounts bai t
ceeding,l,o; multipliers ; and 41Vir,
„Sore being .gand 3. , , ,
2ml year; write- Arable numbers to
1,000, ROUJIM to la, count to 100 by 2's`
and 4's, and substract • them from 100.
Mental exercises in the four fundairl'ew
tal rules, to amounts _ not -p.ictieeding."'go.,
the multipliers and divisOrs beipK2iuni
3. Perf,orM, Slate - exercises' i d r - the Jiiur,'
- rules,', to - adicninta, not exceeding 100;
tajii Iti pliers and Ai visors be i tu",above.
• •8d yearovrite Arabic numbers to 100,,
000, Roman to M pount, by B's, 4's and
8% to 100, and subtraet the same from
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OCTOBER, 4,
,1811.
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100. ' Mental exercises in the four fun
datneutal rules, to amountanot exceed
ing 50. ' Slate exercises in the same, 'to
amounts•het exeeedieg 141 k-the ' , Odd , :
pliers andrdietsers 'not mteeSding '6lz--1
Using Walton's Tables andlßobin ion's
Arithmetie.
'4th year,'write numbers to 1,000,000 ;
i l count to 100 by I's, B's, 9's and 10'8, and
subtract the same from 100. 1 Dail ex
ercises in rapid conabinatiOns of rum
hers in the four rules : Walton's rith-
Inetical Tables and one-half of R bin-
Son's Rudiments of Arithinetic. Ex
plain the principlei of every rule and
work mentally one-half of the rob--
lems. , . •
sth year, write numbers to billions,
and review and complete Robi son's
Rudiments,• solving one-half of the
problems mentally. Co stant practice
in rapid combination of n Mbers Wal-,
ton's Tables. '
' 6th Yetiii•tine- half of R ik so ti ' Prac
tical Arithmetic; solvixt at 'teal one
half 9f tie, problems me tally..
7th year, review and oieplet Rob
1T1601113 Arithmetic, sot ing mrutally
the problems as above. L ' c
'Bth year, two-thirds of Bobinson's
Higher Arithilietic, and two-thirds of
Elementary Algebra ; solving• one-half
the problems, mentally.
9th year, complete arithmetic and el !
ementary and higher - algella.
.10th year, sriometry.
~11th year E trigotunnstry and surrey-,
I rig. This Relepleteti the regnio raath
ematieal- course; but thelpupil may'
still pursue' the higher branches, such
as calculus, conic sections,lnavigation,
&c, In the other branches, the same
thoroughness and system are Pursued.
In ancient languages, the Course is . the
one requiter:l'h) fit a student to, enter a
,first class college,' and he Can prepare
himself in this school to entcr advanced
. classes. In the modern languages, Ital
ian, French, and German, the course is
intended to, be very thorough. The
pupils are taught to speak and - under
stand the language when spoken, and
topead its classic literature. In the
natural sciences, a thorough course is
given, in botany, naturalhilosopby,
chemistry, astronomy an geology.-'.
In what is called Higher nglish, the
i i.)
course, embraces rhetoric, Angie, 111011•
ern, medieval' and anoient history.--
The pupil; it will be seen, Cutninenves
at six yearsef age to write, end is train
ed in the principles of penmanship, di
rectly and indirectly, through the whole
course, and graduates, if he'has mecha
nical genius, a thorough pez man, book
keeper and clerk, as well as an accom
plished scholar in all the br itches of a
popular education.
There were in attendance during the
year, 477 scholars, with an
.average at,
tendance du'ring the entire year of 96
per cent. Can this be Lenten in the
State? The Directors havelbe en fortu
nate in securing the servlces of Profes
sor Winters for another yea.
An act was passed during the last ses
sion of the Legislature, kranting to the
Board of Directors of Knoxville the
power to, borrdw money to I build new
school buildings. Large aid commo
dious buildings will be erected during
the comb:4.year, giving to, tie borough
one of the best graded schools in the
dainty. ' . .1
The Directors of Lawrenceville have
remodeled ' and ''thoroughly repaired
their school building, and now have an
excellent school of three grades.
The graded school in Blosisbuig, un
der the management of IL M. Beeles,
is doing a noble work. The one at Ar
'riot,• under the charge of 11,: E. How
land, and the one at Fall Brook, under
the charge of I. L. Sexton, are both ex
cellent school% and well wo'thy of the
receive from their
praise which they .
1
, patrons: • iThelchoo
_at Elk and is "on
the - deetino 7 Their school htt lid lug IS
'sadly out of repair, and everything
wears a " tumble doWn" appearance.--
They have, barely so 00l entqugh to an
swer the requirements of the law, leav
ing the children f r eightlmontits to
c t
the debasing influen e of street educa
tion. It is really a reproa l ch to their
beautiful and wealthy village, that they
are so little interested in their schools.
It is to be hoped that after their rail
road is secured, the people will turn
their attention to their schools.
, Upon the whole, we are proud of our
graded schOols','and'thinkr that in the
future a goodly number of our teachers
Must receive their tri(ining frour them,
• SALARIES.—On no topic d we report
with more pleasure thanu on this.—
•The !salaries of our teachers 're steadily
increasing,' - (Wellsboro -pa lug their
- Principal; $1,806- per anvil h.) Still,
While-'we rejoice that our achers are
being- paid something nett ' to what
they would receive at at r employ
ments, we regret that the unjust plan
of paying, the same wages t 6, all alike,
-whether-good or bad, or , through favor.
itisth to employ teachers Without 're.
'gard to the 'kind of Certificate In their
possession, is still:practiced in some of
our districts. This is putting ability at
a discount, sod has a,tendency to drive
our best teachers from the profession,
- TEACHERS.--Four hundred and one
tqaohers were employed (luring the 1
yeari• 82 'male's, and 319 females; 61 !
have'had no experience, 82 have taught
less thin , oneiyertr, while only 8,3, (eight
less than last year,) haVe mete ht more
-thin' five years; 199 have attended a,
north:A selicol!,` 11 have gradUated at a
normal tic boo/ 1 '441d 828'have flout works
on teaching. -fliearly allot* Cite 328 have
studied as h i text 1.1,0 k, •" Scheof Econ.,
otny?' - ant! ' , Methods or IMdruction:"
A.',lltego' nbrither-- -of-' our to "eht°rs- hre
lertilug'.the'professiotr; ever year for
Othpp eatploytneats,,whieh accounts for
the large number " who ',llak+e had tin'
ex perhni ceP" Nearly 'One.f(ifl rth (INA' r
teacheti3-Mmithetakeli:every, year from.
i!,:thosekw,tublattve'had troexperience"—
'from gut' scholars, ; hilt t yvith the , fact ti
tles for eduelitieg:them -which We now
,potties, :--We '4l - oPel to het Mile t(i ohtehlt:
those' ivho ;rare! well; qualified- f for the
work.. ir .4h yetOtapy-nre teakthi fig who
are-tOo Yining anti too poorly qualified,'
end Should l 'eh l einieltrea he attenditig
school ; but it ISt impossible to- till ohr
schools, without-taking some who, we
are coavitleeti, oug ht not to be iff.the
professiOn. --- - ' - _,' ~ - ' '
- ° Lts omit br'Stit'66l,‘ TE um ~ 'l' ere a (~ :•
'orage length of our school term has in.
creased ; to B.2,months..This . ter) (Ik:foxes
progress.
I ATTENISANdu:-L-The avenue. per cell
--t Age of attendance thritighout, the coun
ty ia, 7,8:;. ft slighp - incr, ase oven ihstyear.
Our per .eeOt. oula , e much tkigher,
'were it-nbt'sh Tv iiiiereased by the'sumnier
:term. A largelMajerity Of ehr-districts'
.are d i'v. idingrtite: ?school year,- into two
_terms, a- , etttntu term and, a winter
,tertni. As - Crests :'we have - nearly' two
sets Of teielieniq-olielVor- BO m i na -Ir, and
another for winter:; !thus chatging i teat.
chars .aearly -over,y term.
IS agreat "evil." Then the scip during
the! hot - ' Wreitth'erz.:iihd ." berry sea.ott'".
;alW.hearlytworthltss:Th:Were:we to have
;aft par, schools, conamence iri,thp fall, , nn - ti !continue • witp -: the euo,e 1e i :4'0064,
"during the entiree - school 'tc-rei' of-the
,y s ettri (with perhaps, a -vacatiOn at the
holida,y i ,„) . Ngttetteaviters (snip he pto•
dared, audmuCh MOregoodkeii(ififplish
'cid. : i Iti IS - Ail'flii' regretted 'tiiat' 41i , of (air
-131reOtcathdoliote-lree thisi in • us ;proper:
light., *will ,it,hot.ikkecwell i k 1r0,+3 a
law - requiring - - hoatAs of Directors, to
Close their schoolir-frinn tile - ti rst of J uly'
,iii ti I the middle: OPLAngush! ' • , 1 -
S,OuToliousEiii.,4iThere are;s orty Awo
) 61 t 4 tqfh9P i i hplis,es:Without the, e neces
sary boil( high,' thti - last, - year.! 'This is'
'a!notieetible - iii!provenient. "till there
is a good el:renew-for more int rVemen t;-
:69 housekaro lut destitute. ',The attert..
:lion '0(444,414/1A le,agnin etirustly call-,
kt-to thlS`fittbje'et.'" - ' ' 1 -" -
''',13(1.4-ttlYiNe - Ainotiit'D.;--7.1. - if um tiel - •-lof
.tittr .- distptota l -abolished -,the eysteut .of a
" bearding,aroulfdP:during,,the. Ykar.—
, Perliapti Mitiiitig ecinid he cione in the'
nounty`lhot woukt , prove more beset;-'
vial to the eoticbp,iithan the r oeMplete,
iabolitipPO tlidtoo3y!sf,en2r,9E , " peardiqg
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around." Havingtatight district school
for a number of years, and "boarded
around", a good part otthe time,,, vfe
imiliove'Neltrin*' 6, vi t herpot*rtsPeak,:"'
Okir itialif
hifiy, the sno w , drifting badly hi very
'many or the districts ; and it is cruel to
compel our lady. teachers to wade the
snow frow house to house, in-search of
a " place to stay." The health of ma
ny of sour lady teachers falls from this
cause alone. Then it is contrary to the
spirit; if not to the letter of the school
law. The law contemplates that,the
property of the district shall school the
children of the district, and that the
children of the poor shall have the
same opportunities of attending school
as the children of the rich. But when
the peer are compelled to board the tea-,
chars if they send to school, this is not
the ease. We think there are many
children kept from school because their
parents can not board the teachers. We
earnestly call the attention of our Di
rectors to this. -Would it not be well to
pass a law prohibiting it altogether? .
Scitoot.'DntroroßS.—lt cannot be
doubted that School Directors are the
" back bone" of our whole school sys
terti; having more power and responsi
bility than any other officer of the sys
tem. Then how 'necessary it is that
they, should . be chosen from the best
talent in the district, irrespective of
party or political influences ; and that
hot lug limo.rted and Jhey accepted
the ofticeZlhe should.. then faithfully'
and eonselent gusty discharge its du
ties, with the same practical shrewd
ness and sound judgment that they
would display• in. the management of
their own private business affairs; re
'niembering that they are the "trustees
for the public;" and the imperative offi
cial obligation resting upon them, is to
discharge their duty in such a way as
will best subserve the public interests
intrusted .to their care. We regret to
say that this, with some of our Direc
tors, is.not the case. They are often
times chosen, not for their peculiar fit
ness toy dis Charge the duties of the of
fice, but bedhuse they belong to "our
party." Again, men are Adected who
have no personal interest in the'school,
(except to keep down the taxes.) In
most• eases, only men who have chil
dren to educate should be chosen for
School Directors. There are of course
exceptional eases. Our Directors, as a
whole, are earnest, true men, ,•laboring
earnestly and •faithfully (and gratui•
tat sly) for the public welfare; spend
ing days and weeks for the good of the
)3440015, , with no other hope of reward
bii tan approving conscience. " Know:
in'g their duty, they do it
ANNUAL DISTRICT REPORTS.—Th ere
has been a decided improvement in the,
time of receiving these reports. When
the Department expressed a desire to
have all these reports flied bythe 20th
of, June, we thought it possible to ob
tain all from our county by that time.
Letters were written to all of the dis
tricts, asking the Secretaries to forward
them. Seventeen responded in time;
all but two were forwarded in July ;
the last was received August 11. The
first,report (received June 6) was from
Kridxvfile, an d 'the last (Aug. 11) from
Tioga township. We hope to receive
them all in June another year.
WORK DONE BY SUPERINTENDENT. -
Examinations. 'Thirty-one public
examinations were held, 370 applicants
were examined, 302 provisional, and 5
professional certificates were granted
Our examinations are almost exclusive
ly written, printed. slips of questions
being used. Our method has been/to
pass the slips upon each hranch to each
member of the class separately ; -care
being take'n to seat them so there can
be nomomnannicating, giving them so
much time upon each branch, 'or in
stance, li hours upon orthography. At
the expiration of the time, the ques
tions are gathered, together with the
manijscripts, and questions upon anoth
er blanch given them ; and so on thro'
the list. , The advantages of the written
system are: It is fairer for the appli
cants; giving them a better opportunity
of showing, and us of judging of their
knowledge on any' branch in which
Theysli.re being examined, than by the
oral method. We can see that an ap
plicant may possess a fair knowledge of
arithmetic, for instance, and still fail
upon one ; two,•or three questions ask
ed ; or that,he may answer correctly,
,one, two, or three questions, and still
be wofully deficient. But when re
quired to answer from 20 to 40 ones-
Mons up - oh any particular branch, his
knowledgeopon that branch e must be
pretty thoroughiy,tested. With as large
classes as we sometimes have, (having
'had 40 and 60 in the class at one-time,)
we cannot, with the time that we can
spare, conduct the examination orally
with fairness to the applicant and with
satisfaction to ourself. The objections
to - the written system - are, that appli
cants are apt tO'communicate with each
other. A very little tact used by the
Superintendent-in seating, &c., will
very soon overcome that. Again,. that
your ; qiiestloti, will sometimes go ahead
of you thrmigh the county, giving ap
plicants'a chance to "post up" upon
theni in.advance. -With two or three
sets 'of ,questions, . the examiner need
have. ne'rear of that. Again, that Di
rectors and others will not be interested
in the examin tions, without they can
hear, the ens - era of the applicants.—
One Methed - 1 to have the Directors ex
amirea'tha nett oScripts upon any and
•altbranishee' fast' as handed in, and
we have ne r• failed yet to interes t themthe suffici tiy. The manuscripts
oi l ,
are - all flied 11 the office, together,w it h
the questions,' - '
Thitations. 7 -One of the reai'wants of
'fflossehogis, is a closer supervision than
Avis possible rev 'the Superintendent to
give :them. -In our county, it is impos
sible for the Superintendeet to see the
schools more. than, once at best in a
yeat,' and then only staying froin , one
to-cud and ii;lialf hours in each school.
Our teachers, are constantly changing;
old ones leaving the profession, and
new, one§ taking their places. These
teachers need' assistance in 'properly
I classifying 'and grading their schools.
Who will help them ? • The, School Di
'rectors ale too much engaged to spend
inueb . time in visiting schools; and
when the ; ; fact is otherwise, they do not
Onerally feel that they possess the ne
cessary knowledge to make their visits
of. much helpto the teachers. Parents
do HOE do it. , That they ought to give
06'st:heels a closelinspection, no one
Will deny. Every businessman knows
that no - kind'of• work' is well done with
!out,close inspection: if a man is en
gaged-upon the farm, in the store, or in
the workshop, how, closely is he watch,
ed; to seethatliedees' his duty, well,—
Were a' - roan to build a house, would he
I e satisfied to employ skillful builders,
and then ,let,them do the work, without
the leak,' .inspection ? NO; he would
visit theirroften, to see thet every part,
from, foundation 'stone toy ridge pole,
was Weil bnilt:.,llls confidence • in the
builders would not 43atisfy him ; but he
wouldirisere'good'WOrk and gpod ma
terial, 'by constant inspection. This
elos'e, inspection' and supervision,' that
is se necessary in other business, sho'd
also be given to our schools. Now, if
the,c'enniyAtiperintendent cannot, and
Direetors! and-parents ,will not dolt,
- w in - ) :will ? 'We think the district Su : .
Perintendent. ' Let, there be a compe-'
le'nt, district Superintendent in every.
district, whose duty it shall be to visit
every school at least twice every month,
aSeiSting• teachers to properly classify
mid grade their schools,' &c.,• reporting
,tn 'the, ~Dlrepturti, -9ml county Superin
tetbletiOnonthlY., We are -Aware that
the lit,W - Ow g t vea the Directors power
-10_appciltit;iiiir - or therr'nutriber as dis
:-plief !sillysitintendent, but they do not
I ,di,. t; ~,I.istt the Jaw be so amende,d that •
initnill only may hatshan appoint a
districit'Superintendent, not necessarily
- a utember of the board, but some one
.comPetent, and pay. him for his. sorvi-
•
Agitttioi. •
BOok" & Job. Fruiting lousei
,
Ie well supplied with Pessa'sand Typos tit nks•
cute all kinds of, Job Wor k with neatness and
l• • ditypt.tt.
Largo additions of all the, late styles of type
have Veen added to" this dopartmout.
NO. 40
Location--
ces. lAr e have made 205 visite to schools
during •
the year ; 248 being visited once j
and I.twiceflapending , alms :. ea ave.
- rage 'one hour and 39' minutes ' in each .
school.
County Instiluk—Our county Insti
tute, held in Wellaboro on the week
commend )g Freptenther 19, was emi
nently su ceasful; 265 members were
enrolled. ! Owing to circumstances over
which we had no control, our Institute
did not receive that hearty support
front aft Of the citizens of Wellsboro
that wo rebeived at Tioga the last year.
In the first place, the county Fair was
held upon!lthlisane week. The titne of
the Fair !was changed without' our
knowledge, placing it upon the week of
the Institute; neither the managers of
`the Fair nor ourself knowing that they
came upon the same week, until too -
late to change. This drew attention
sornewhatlfrotn the Institute.
We aFtiVertised that lady teachers
would be !boarded free, (the same as
last year) but owing to the Fair, &c.,
the citiz ns could not takelhem all In
to their fluses; so many we re, sent to
the hotels, and their bills paid for them.
many of the citizens, among them J.
B. Poter, It. B. Webb, Dr. Webb, Jno.
I. Mitchell, Esq., J. H. Bosard, Esq.,
Hon. H. W, Williams, J. W. Bailey,
John R. l l3owen, the Board Of Direc
tors, and any others, did all ! in their
power to 4aslat.. us; n ot'-only, opening •
their houses for the accommodation of ,
the lady tOchers, but their 'purses as
Well, to help pay the bills of those stop-'
ot
ping at th hotels. The Institute cost
us about $! 00 more than it did, at Tioga
last year. Perhaps we shell hot again
attempt to have lady 'teachers boarded
free. Still, upon the whole,',we regard
the Ijustitnte as successful, and our tea
oheri; will n ot soon forget the valuable
ins_tructio is OP Professors \H. S. Jones ,
A. (J. Wi tem, C. H. Verrill, Rev. N.
L. Reynolds, Mrs. A. Randall Diehl,
or the excellent lectures of, Hon. J. P.,
Wickersliam, Professor Jones, Mrs.-
Diehl, &e
Our thanks aro tendered to Professors
C. H. Verrill, A. C. Winters and Rev.
N. L. Reynolds, 'for their gratuitous
labo - r with us through the entire week ;
co the eitizens of Welisboro for their
hospitality, and to the conuty Coinmis
sinners for the use of the Court House.
Surely the training that our teachers
receive at) our county Institutes could
not well he dispensed with.
Eduetitional Work done by other
Agencies.;—State Normal School at
Mcinsfiett t. —The State Normal School
of this district, under the efficient man,
agement, of Professor C. 11. Verrill, is
still flouriShing, and supplying us'with
many excellent teachers. One - hundred
and nine of our teachers during the last
year avililed themselves of Ith excellent
training' As au evidence of Its appro.
elation in our county we imay state
that more than one-li l3 alf of its
,large
graduating class for thi year were from
our county.
Acadd!nles.—Union Academy, the
only one in the county, was burned
upon tini first day of March. Its loss
is severe y felt in that part of the Conn
ty. It was establiShed In 1844, and
since that time has been in a nourish
ing/condition, sending
.forth many ex
cellent h l eachers every year; in fact,
supply . the northern part of the
county ilutost entirely with teachers.
There is not noW an academy In the
county, ticncl we must look to our nor
mai ami graded schools for our teach
ers.
PrivatF3 St:110018.—W e are glad to re
port that, the so-called " select schools"
in ou'r cOttuty have about had " their
day." As a rule, they are taught by, a
class of !poorly qualified teachers, or
those who failed to obtain a certificate
to teachl a public school. Of coin's()
there are a few noble exceptions; but
the majVity of such schools
,we can
well do ithout.
The Press.—much valuable assistance
has been; rendered by the press,—for
which they have our warmest thanks.
It has ever been willing to publish gra
tuitously anything that would benefit
the Kilo( Is.
2lforql Instruction)—The Bible has
been re:I( in all or nearly all of our pub
lic schools daily.
•
Clergy.—Sorne valuable assistance has
been rendered by the clergy. We hope
for more assistance from them In the
future.
Measures Calculated to Promote IM
provement.—FOt suggestions under this
head, we would respectfully refer to
those presented in our last report.'
Conclusion.—With sincere ' thanks f teri
the Selion! Department for favors .0- .
eeived ;' .the Directors and. citizens
for their iiearty cooperation with us In
our ofliciat labors, and for their kind
hospitalities which we have invariably
recei.ved,l we close, hoping that the
corning year may prove equally fruitful
in progress with the one that has closed,
1 . E. HORTON, CO. Supt.
.i
FISHKILL LANDING, Sep. 16.—A ter
rible ease dr death from starvation has
just been discovered at Stormy'lle. It
appears that a French woman, who is
attached to O'Brieri's menagerie and
circus, performs among other feats the
cannon trick, as it is styled. • That is,
the woman takes a six-pounder on her
shoo Ider, and a boy gets tip and fires it
off. ThiS little fellow - was the victim
of u nhcard of cruelty. While stopping
at Stormville, this woman tied the lit
tie boy's hands behind his back, and
shut him: up in a room alone. Ho beg
ged the chok of the hotel to put a ladder
up to thelu indow and give him a piece
of bread and butter. She_bad to thro)v
it on the floor, where the boy obtained
it and ate it up. This woman had ano
ther boy which, was her own. He
went and told the woman of the above
manner of getting .food - to him. She
appearedl very angry, and going to the
boy's room, said she ," would not bestir
prised If he had asked for some candy
or cake, but the idea of asking for bread
and butter! Hew dare you'd° so, when
I told yoh if you did I would pound
you ?"'he little fellow begged her not
I.
to whip II ui ; he would not do it again.
He did not look as, though he had a
drop of blood in his uOdy. •
The reason she starved him, was to
prevent him growing any heavier. She
bought him in Paris for' $lOO, and had
no love or feeling for him except to
make money. The doctor who attend
ed him said he died of starvatbn. Par
ties have, started to inform the authori
ties and have some legal action taken
In the-ea's. The boy was 'lmiled to—
day.
AN ANCIENT PUGILIST.—One of the
most remarkable athletes of history
;
WWI Meleticoma.s, who lived under tI e
Emperor Titus, anti whose htlens we e
of so high an order that several noted
poets of his time were found ready to•
sing t! Is glowing praises. His line was
the I ; ngilistie, and his specialty was the
defaualve entirely., lie would hold out
for 110111* Ins arms extended in the face
of his enemy, who !sought in vain to
reaCh him, and who b ruised himself in
futile efforts to break through those two
muscular bars, as resistant as steel. : It
is said be could retnain,two days in this
fatiguing positinn. By tins maneuver
.he deprived. itisr.ativersatiesof every
chance, and forced !,7thein,--,e?thansted
with Choi long struggle,_ to leave him
with the lv ietory resting upon his sturdy
shoulderp. • •• ! •
own & Cone,o Stook, 2d Floor
A Little Boy Staxved to BeathL