A Word With M,y
Customers.
Two years ago, when I came
among you a stranger, you kind
ly extended to me a generous
patronage, and our relations have
been of the most cordial and I
trust mutually beneficial charac
ter. I am certain you have all
shown me that you were friends
indeed, and I have striven to
merit your confidence and pat
ronage, and now being about to
return to my old home, not be
cause " I love Ceaser less, but
Rome more," I desire to give
you all some evidence of my ap
preciation of your friendship, and
have decided to ofier my entire
stock of GENTLEMEN'S FUR
NISHING GOODS, WINTER
SUITINGS, &C., at greatly re
duced prices during the remain
der of my stay in Towanda.
The goods will be disposed of
at a sacrifie in order to close out
stock. Hoping to see all my old
customers and many who have
never visited my store, I remain
• Faithfully Yours,
J. DOUTRICK.
1831. THE CULTIVATOR 1880.
ANI)
Country Gentleman.
The Best of the
AGRICULTURAL WEEKLI Fas.
It is UNSURPASSED, if not UNEQUALED, for he
Amount and Variety of the PRACTICAL INFORMA
TION it contains, and for the Ability and Extent of
its CORRESPONDENCE— in the Three Chief Directions
of
Fiirm Crops and Processes,
Horticulture and Fruit-Frowing,
Live Stock and Dairying—
while it also includes all minor depatments of rura
interest, such as the Poultry Yard, Entomology
Bee-Keeping, Green house and Grapery, Veterinary
Replies, Farm Questions and Answers, Fireside
Reading, Domestic Economy, and a summary o
the News of the Week. Its MARKET REPORTS are
unusually complete, and more Information can be
gathered from its columns than from any other
source with regard to the Prospects of the Crops, as
throwing light upon one of the most important of all
questions— When to Buy and When to Sell. It is
liberally illustrated, and constitutes to a greater
degree than any of its contemporaries A LIVE
AGRICULTURAL NEWSPA.PER
Of never-failing interest both to Producers and Con
sumers of every class.
The COUNTRY GENTLEMAN is published Weealy
on the following terms, when paid strictly in ad
vance: One Cupy, one year, $2.50; Four Copies,
$lO, and an additional copy for the year free to
the sender of the Club * Ten Copies, S2O, and an
additional copy for th year free to the sender of
the Club.
For the year 1880, these prices include a copy of
the ANNUAL REGISTER OF RURAL AFFAIRS, to each
subscriber—a book of 144 pages and about 120 ne
gravings—a gift by the Publishers.
All NEW Subscribers for 1880, paying in ad
vance now, will receive the paper WEEKLY, from
receipt of remittance to January Ist, 1880, with
out charge.
f Specimen copies of the paper free. Address
LUTHER TUCKER & SON, Publishers,
Albany, N Y.
T-yULY REVIEW !
Only Twenty-Five
Cent s a ]\Vontli.
TRY IT?
T OE JOHNSON.
FASHIONABLE BARBER,
Under Market, one door south of Ward
House.
Careful and experienced workmen alradyeways
to wait upon customers.
E. ROSENFIELD'S
IS HEAD-QUARTERS FOR
CHEAP
WINTER
CLOTHING
HATS, CAPS,
NECKWEAR, GLOVES, HOSIERY,
and a full line of
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
which are offered
EXCEEDINGLY LOW.
Call and see me, examine goods, learn prices, &c
M. E. ROSENFIELD.
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Invites the piUropuge of his old friends uftd thlfpub
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lie generally. I shall keep a full assortment
" of all tyizdlT,
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1 AM) SHALL SSLL AT
L<)\VEST PRICKS" FOR CASH.
Yard and ollieo, foot of i'Hie street, just south of
Court House.
Any. 30 N. TIDD.
Vertica I
Feed.
i
\s usual, the \ r ertical Feed
i
Sewing Machine took First Pre
mium, at the late county Fair.
T FIGHT MIT BIGBL
and all
HONORABLY DISCHARGED SOLDIERS
will consult their own interests tiy calling at
J A C 0 B S'
long established and well known
ONE PRICE
CLOTHING
HOUSE,
PATTON'S BLOCK,
I and buy their coats, pants, vests, overcoats, shirts,
overalls, Gloves, Hose, Hats and Oapß, and every
: thing in the line of fine and stylish
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
Don't be deceived by persons falsely representing
themselves to he JACOBS, but come directly to my
store in Button Block, Main street, near Bridge stf
| aug2G H. JACOBS.
Tr.vt JJook Uniformity.
RESULT WHERE BOuKS HAVE TO
STAND ON THEIR OWN MERIT.
At a Convention oi' School Directors, of
Centre County, heivi a Bellei'onte, Decem
ber 2(, 1878, pursuant to the call of U.
Meyer, Esq., County Superintendent, for
the purpose of considering the propriety
of taking measures to secure a uniformity
of the text-books used in the schools of
said county, the tollowing action was
taken, over lifcy directors being present
and nearly all the district in the county
being represented :
CORY or MINUTES.
Upon motion of C. l\ St one rod, of Snow
Shoe township, the following preamble and
resolutions were adopted:
Wiiekkas: Great expense and waste are
frequently incurred by the present ami eon
nstatly changing variety of text-hooks used in
the common schools of Centre county, there
fore, be ii
liesolced , By the representative directors
here in session, that a system of text-hooks,
suitable, complete and uniform, be adopted in
accordance with the laws of the State,
throughout the county.
Upon motion of J. C. l\ Jones, the follow
ing plan was adopted with but one dissenting
vote, to carry into effect the following pre
amble and resolutions:
First. Tiie various publishing houses to
send samples pf their books to each sehol
board in toe county lor examination and to
submit therewith the lowest exchange, intr -
duetory and wholesale prices, and the length
of time they will guarantee to furnish them
at said price.
Fen, Kit. No agent of any publishing house
to be permitted to do any work in the county,
to be either general or local agent, bvyoml
sending his books and terms as above stated.
Any house or agent violating this under
standing, their books to ho counted oil of the
contest.
Third. The several school hoards of the
county, after examination of the various
hooks which may have been submitted, to
hold a meeting at which each director shall
make out a list of the books which he prefers
to have adopted in the county, and send it to
Henry Meyer, Esq., County Superindent, at
Rehersburg, Pa., prior to the first day of
June, 1870, who shall 111a o . / j( .e
several statements so sent, and the books up
on the various branches having tin ighest
number of votes or preference shall be the
series recommended for county uniformity.
The County Superintendent, after having
made the above canvaos as above, to send the
result of t he same to each of the papers in the
county for publication.
\V. C. Heinle, Chairman.
.J. C. P. Jones, Secretary.
'The following is the result of the votes
of the Directors of Centre county, Pa., on
the uniformity of Text-books in said
county, with the number of votes east fro
each book, under the foregoing plan and
resolutions:
READERS. No. vote.
for eaesh
New Graded 74
Independent 20
Appleton's 17
New American 12
SPELLERS.
Swifi ton's 83
New American (i
Independent 23
Appleton's 1
Patterson's
Sander's Union
Ruub's 1
GEOGRAPHIES.
Swinton's 100
Colton's 14
Mitchell's 10
Independent 1
Monteith's 5
HISTORIES.
Swinton's 03
Redpath's 5
Barnes' Brief 7
Butler's
Ouackenbos' 1
Watson's .... (j
V KITTEN ARITHMETIC.
Robinson's Shorter Course 57
Greenleaf's ia
Brook's
Gil lie's 22
Boff's 12
N rook's Union 3
Mew American 4
MENTAL ARITHMETIC.
Milne's 7
Greenleaf's 4
ALGEBRA.
Robinson's 53
Greenleaf's 1
COPY BOOKS.
Spencerian (59
Appleton's 30
Ellsworth's 10
GRAMMARS.
Kerl's 72
Swinton's {•**
Clark's Brief 15
Bullion's 1
Harvey's 20
Ouackenbos' 3
Bewsmith's 1
LANGUAGE LESSONS.
Kerl's 5
Clark's 1
Harvey's 5
Morton's 5
BOOK-KEEPING.
Bryant & StrattoiTs 44
Folsom's G
Smith's
CIVIL GOVERNMENT, a#
Townsend's . 77777... - •