A. Woinl With >l,\ V C 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 1 I trust mutually beneficial charac ter. I am certain you have all I 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 " 1 love Ceaser less, but Rome more," 1 desire to give you all some evidence of my ap preciation of your friendship, and ■ have decided to other my entire stock of GENTLEMEN'S FUR NISHING GOODS, WINTER * 7 SUITINGS, &C., at greatly re duced prices during the remain der of mv 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, f J. DOUTRICK. W- , v 1131. THE CULTIVATOR 1380. AND CJomiti'.v (jrentlenum. The Best of I lie AGRICULTURAL WEEKI.IEv>. It is Unsurpassed, if not Unequaled, for he Amount and Variety of the Puautkai. Informa tion it contain*, and for tin- Ability and Extent of its Co it KKst'ON DK nub —in the Throe Chief Direction* of Farm Crops and Rroce.s.ses, Horticulture ami Fruit-Fro win*;, Live Slock and Dairying— •while it also includes u!l minor depatmerit* of rura interest, such as the l'oultry Yard, Entomology' Hoe-Keeping, Green house ami Grapery, Veterinary Replies, Farm Questions and Answers, Kireskh Heading, Domestic Economy, and a summary o the News of the Week. Its Makkkt He pouts 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 tin* most important of all question*— Wheit to liny anil When to Sell. It is liberally illustrated, ami constitutes to a greater degree titan any of its contemporaries A i.LVK AGRICULTURAL NEWSPAPER Of never-failing interest both to Producers :">d Con sumers of every class. I'be Countky Gbnti.km an is published Weekly \ on the following terms, when paid strictly in ad vance: One Ccpy, one year, $2.50; Four Copies, .f 10, and an additional copy for the year free to Ike Header of the Club Ten Copies, S2O, and an additional copy for th year free to the sender oj the Club. Eor the. year Ihhu, these prices include a copy of the Annual Kkqihtkkop Ruhai, Affairs, to each übscribcr—a book of 144 pages and about 120 nc- I gruvings—agift by tiie Publishers. All NEW Subscriberx for ISSO, paying in ad vance note, will receive the paper WEEKLY, from receipt of remittance to January lit, / 880, with I out charge. *sr" Specimen copies of the paper free. Address j LUTHER TUCKER It SON, Publishers, Albany, N Y. jQ AILY REVIEW ! Onljv Twenty-Five Cenlx ii >fosii li. TRY IT? T OE JOHNSON, FASHIONABLE BARBER. Undur Market, one door south of Ward House. Careful and experienced workmen alradyeways to wait upon customers. E. KOSENFIELD'S IS IIEAD-t^I'ARTERS FOB CHEAP B INTIiR CLOTHING HATS, CATS, 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. ROSEN FIHLI). C OAL - I NATHAN TIDl), UKALBR IN ITTTNTON, WILKES - BAHRE, ANI) LOYAL SOCK COAL. Invito* the patronage ot'liiaold friends and the pub- J ■ lie generally. 1 shall keep a full assortment of all sizes, ANl> SHAI.I. SELL AT LOWEST IMHCKS FOR CASH. Yard and ottice, foot of I'ine street, just south of Court House. Aug. 30 N.TIDI). Verti cm I 1 Feed. \s usual, the Vertical Feed Sewing Machine took First Pre mium, at the late county Fair. T FIGHT MIT SIGKL i .... , ' ! f ..... . . -u and all HONORABLY DIBCHAUGKI) SOLDIERS will consult their own interests by calling at J A C O B S' long established and well known . I ONE PRICE j CLOTHING HOUSE, PATTON'S BLOCK, * and buy their coats, pants, vests, overcoats, shirts, j overalls, Gloves, llosc, Hats and Caps, and every 1 I I thing in the line of line and stylish GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. Don't be deceived by persona falsely representing | themselves to be JACOBS, but come directly to my | I store in I'atton Block, Main street, near Bridge st a ug2G H. JACOBS. Text Book Uniformity. RESULT WI IKK E ROOKS HAVE TO STAND ON THEIR OWN MERIT. At a Convention of School Directors, of Centre County, held a Bellefonte, Decem ber 2(>, 1878, pursuant to the eall of 11. 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 cdiinty, the following action was taken, over fifty directors being present and nearly all the district in the county being represented: COPY OF MINUTES. Upon motion of C. P. Stonerod, of Snow Shoe township, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted: Wiikukas: Great expense and waste are frequently incurred by the present and eon nstatly changing variety of text-books used in the common schools of Centre county, there fore, he it Itesolved, By the representative directors here in session, that a system of text-hooks, suitable, complete and uniform, he adopted in I accordance with the laws of the State, ! throughout the county. Upon motion of ,F. C. P. Jones, the follow ing plan was adopted with hut one dissenting vote, to carry into effect the following pre amble and resolutions: First. The various publishing houses to send samples of their hooks to each sohol hoard in tne county lor examination and to submit therewith the lowest exchange, intr - ductory and wholesale prices, and the length of time they will guarantee to furnish them at said price. Second. No agent ofany publtshing house to he permitted to do any work in the county, to be either general or local agent, beyond sending his hooks and terms as above stated. Any house or agent violating this under standing, their books to be counted ou of the contest. Third. The several school boards of the county, after examination of the various books 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, Est]., County Superindent, at Rebersburg, l'a., prior to* the first day of June, 187!, who shall ma ie. e i 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 the same to each of the papers in the county for publication. W. C. HKINLK, Chairman. J. C. P. Jon ks. Secretary. The following is the result of the votes of the Directors of Centre county, Pa., on i the uniformity of Text-books in said county, with the number of votes cast fro each book, under the foregoing plan and resolutions : READERS. No. vote. for eacsh New Graded 74 Independent 20 Appleton's 17 New American 12 SPELLERS. i Swinton's New American t> Independent 23 Appleton's 1 Patterson's Sander's Union ! Raub's 1 GEOGRAPHIES. Swinton's 100 i Colton's 14 Mitchell's 10 Independent 1 Monteith's 5 HISTORIES. Swinton's 03 Redpath's 5 Barnes' Brief 7 Butler's Quackenbos' 1 Watson's .... o V KITTEN ARITHMETIC. Robinson's Shorter Course 57 Greenleaf's id Brook's Gilne's 22 Botf's 12 N rook's Union 3 Mew American 4 MENTAL ARITHMETIC. i Milne's 7 Greenleaf's 4 ALGEBRA. Robinson's 53 Greenleaf's 1 COPY BOOKS. Spencerian 09 Appleton's 30 Ellsworth's 10 GRAMMARS. Kerl's 72 Swinton's 1* Clark's Brief | 15 Bullion's 1 ! Harvey's 20 Ouackenbos' 3 Fewsmith's 1 LANGUAGE LESSONS. Kerl's 5 ; Clark's j Harvey's 5 Morton's 5 BOOK-KEEPING. Bryant & Stratton's 44 Folsom's 6 ; Smith's CIVIL GOVERNMENT. Townsend's..-
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