. A Word \\ it'll My ( iistoincrs. 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 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 V O 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 offer my entire stock of GENTLEMEN'S FUR NISHING GOODS, WINTER SI ITINGS, &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 1 ... never visited my store, I remain 1 Faithfully Yours, J. DOUTRICK. IB3L THE CULTIVATOR 1880. ANI) Counti'y < rent leniii. The Best of the AGRICI'LTURAI, W EEKLIRw j It in UNSURTASSKU, if not UNEQUAI.KD, for he i Amount unci Variety of the PRACTICAL INFORMA TION it contains, ami for the Ability and Extent of its CoKKKHi'ON t) E NCK —IN the Three Chief Directions „r Farm Crops and Processes, Horticulture and Fruit-Frowinjj, . Live Stock and Dairying;— while it. also includes all minor depstincnts of rural interest, such as the Poultry Yard, Entomology, j Bee-Keeping, Greenhouse and Grapery, Veterinary Replies, Farm Questions and Answers, Firesit,e | Reading, Domestic Economy, and a summary of the News of the Week. Its MARKET RKTOUTS are unusually complete, and more information can be i gathered from its columns tliun 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 A G RICULT URA L NE WSP \PER Of never-failing interest both to Producers and Con- ! siimer* of every class. The COUNTRY GENTLEMAN IS published Weekly on the following terms, when paid strictly in ad vance: One Cepy, one year, $2.50; Four Copies, $lO, and an additional copy for the year free to the render of the Club • Ten Copies, S2O, and an additional copy for th year free to the sender oj the Club. For the year 1880, these prices include a copy of the ANNUAL REGISTER OF RURAL AFFAIRS, to each übscriber—a hook 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. ##~3peclmen copies of the paper free. Adddrcss, LUTHER TUCKER .V SON, Publishers, Albany, N Y. E. ROSENFIELD'S IS HEAD-Ql ARTKBF FOR CHEAP WINTER CLOTHING HATS, OAFS, NECKWEAR, GLOVES. HOSIERY, and a full line of GENTS' FTRNISIIING GOODS, which are offered EXCEEDINGLY LOW. Call and see me, examine goods, learn prices, See. ■ M. E. ROSEN FIELD. Y° K Johnson, FASHIONABLE BARBER, Under Market, out* door south of Ward House. Careful and experienced workmen alrudycway* to wait upon customers. REVIEW ! < >ni v e ' ents si Mon tli. TRY IT? 63®THE REVIEW, is the j I heat ADVERTISING MEDIUM. Do no | forget 13t6iMvSrf VAIi'VX AND CAI.WNu VARUS I i i printed to order. C o.„, NATHAN TI1)1), DKALEII IN PITTSTON, WILKES -HA HUE, AM) LOYAL SOCK COAL. Invites the patronage of bis old friends and the pub- He generally. 1 shall keep a full assortment of all sizes, AND SHALL SKLL AT LOWEST PRICES FOR CASH. Yard and otllee, foot of l'ine street, just south of Court House. i Aug. Ik) N. TIDlh i Vertical Feed. •Vsusual, the Vertical Feed Sewing Machine took First Pre i miutn. at the iate county Fair. J FIGHT MIT SIGEL t and all HONORABLY 1)1 SCI IA KUI£I) SOLDIERS will consult their own interests oy calling at .1 A CO US' long established and well known ONE PRICE CLOTHING: HOUSE. PATTON'S BLOCK, and buy their coats, pants, vests, overcoats, shirts, overalls, Gloves, Hose, llats and Caps, and every J thing in the line of tine and six lish GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. Don't be deceived by persons falsely representing themselves to be JACOBS, but route directly to my | I J store in I'atton Block, M;tin street, near Bridge >t I ! i J augl'G ii. JACOIiS. Text Boole Uniformity. RESULT WHERE ROOKS HAVE TO STAND ON THEIR OWN MERIT. At a Convention of School Directors, of Centre County, held a Bellefonte, Decem ber 26, 1878. pursuant to the call of H. 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 following action was taken, over lifty directors being present , and nearly all the district in the county , being represented: COPY OF MINUTES. Upon motion of C. I'. St.onerod, of Snow Shoe township, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted: WHKKEAS: 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, be it Ifesolced , Bv the representative directors here in session, that a system of text-books, suitable, complete and uniform, he adopted in accordance with the laws of the State, throughout the county. Upon motion of .1, 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 books to each so hoi board in roe county lor examination ami 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 ofanj publishing bouse to he permitted to do any work in the county, 1 to he either general or local agent, beyond sending his books and terms as above stated. Any house or agent violating this under standing, their books to he counted oil 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 lie prefers to have adopted in the county, and send it to Henrv Meyer, Esq., County Superindcnt, at. Rebersburg, Pa., prior to* the tirst day of June. 1875), who shall ma 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 eanvaos as above, to send the result of the same to each of the papers in the 1 county for publication. W. C. HKIXLK, Chairman. J. C. I'. JUNKS, 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 cast fro ' each book, under the foregoing plan and resolutions: READERS. No. vote. for eaesh New Graded 74 Independent 20 Applet oil's 17 New American 12 SPELLERS. Swinton's 83 New American 6 Independent 23 Appleton's 1 Patterson's Sander's Union Kaub's 1 GEOGRAPHIES. 1 Swinton's PK> Colton's 14 Mitchell's 10 Independent 1 Monteith's 5 HISTORIES. Swinton's C 3 Redpath's 5 Barnes' Brief 7 Butler's Ouackenbos' 1 Watson's .... o V IMTTEN ARITHMETIC. Robinson's Shorter Course 37 Greenleaf's i-t Brook's Gi I ne's 22 Rolf's 12 Nrook's Union 3 Mew American 4 MENTAL ARITHMETIC. Milne's 7 Greenleaf's 4 ALGEBRA. Robinson's 53 Greenleaf's 1 COPY BOOKS. Spencer ia n 09 Appleton's 30 Ellsworth's JO GRAMMARS. Kerl's 72 Swinton's 1? Clark's Brief 15 Bullion's j Harvey's 20 Ouackenbos' 3 lewsmith's j LANGUAGE LESSONS. Kerl's 5 Clark's j llarvey's 5 Morton's 5 B< )OK-K EEPING. Bryant & Stratum's •• 44 Folsotn's 0 Smith's CIVIL GOVERNMENT. Townscnd's..- .
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