jyj K. ROSKNFIKLD'B If 18 HEAD-QUARTERS FOR CHEAP CLOTHING HATS, CAPS, NECKWEAR, GLOVES, HOSIERY. and a full due of GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, wbieb are offered EXCEEDINGLY LOW. Call and see me, examine gxxais, learn price*. &e M. E. ROSENFIELD. > 1831. THE CULTIVATOR 1880. AND Country Gentleman. The Best of the AGRICULTURAL WEKKLIRvt. It la U NHOHI'AHFE i), if not UMBQUAUKD, for he Amount and Variety of the PRACTICAL INFORMA • IOH It contain*, and for the Ability and Extent of ; '• COKKKSPOM DXNCK— In the Throe Chief Direction* >■{ Farm Crops and Processes, Horticulture and Fruit-Frowing, Live Stock and Dairying— while it also include* all minor depatincnis of rural rate rest, such us the Poultry Yard, Entomology, t >eo-Kocping, Green house and Grapery, Veterinary •Leplles, Farm Questions and Answers, Fireside Heading, Domestic. Economy, and a summary of the News of the Week. Its MAKKKT REPORTS are i nusually oomplete, and more Infonnation can be i kthcrod from its columns than from any other t- juroe with regard to the Prospects of the Crops, as t irowing light upon one of the most Important of all < lestkms— When to Ray and When to Hell. It Is ' :>erally illustrated, and constitutes to a greater eegre© than any of its contemporaries A LIVE AGRICULTURAL NKWBP U'KR ! '(never-falling interest both to Producers and Con i mers of evsry class. The COUNTRY GENTLEMAN IS published Weekly ( u the following terms, when paid strictly In ad v.uoe: One Cepy, one year, $2.60; Four Copies, fr'O, and an additional copy for the year free to He. sender of the Clx*h' Teu Copies, S2O, and an a 'ditional eopy for th year free to the tender of He. Club- For the year 1880, these prices include a copy of t> A ANNUAL REGISTER or RURAL AFFAIR*, to each i criber—a book of 144 pages and about 120 ne r wing*—a gift by the Publishers. All NEW Subscrihert for JBBO, paying in ad •k 'tcs note, will receive the paper WEEKLY, from r. ■ eipt of remittance to Janxutry let, 1880, with • >ut charge. e.rSpeolrnen copies of the paper tree. Adddress, LUTHER TUCKER & PON, Publishers, Albany, N Y. DECLARED ! ■ The subscriber having leased the large and com modious barn, known aa the Alexins 1 Louse rjjaxn. Ia now prepared to make war on I livery and Stabl i ng We have room for all. Come along with /our horse*. l*ut them where they are safe. Food or not, us you chooae. Wo Guarantee Satisfaction. E. E. BUFFI NGTON. rrou ijrsuMuurcE Against Fii-e I in old, reliable, firmly established and honorabc crmpanles, with MILLIONS OF CAPITAL! call upon C.Jtf. MMWMKJKJ, / To wanda, Penn'a. Jan. 18. for sjmtj A farm of 150 acres near W yn Pa., Contains of improved lands 125 acres; good barn, fine orchard, well watered, with four miles of IA:- bigh valley railroad, is uner cost of cultivation. Will be sold*at reasonable price, or EXCHANGED FOR TOWN PROPERTY. Inquire of CIIAS. M. HALL, Attornuy-at-Law, Towanda, Pa. Jan. 18. A T .Vo. 1, BeifilemanWork, (Bridge Street, near the corner of Main.) Mrs. S. LI. &ivexit Offers a constantly increasing i-tock of IVlilliriei\y and Fancy (jrOods, Consisting of Huts, Fancy (ioods, Toweling, Collars, Comforters, Embroideries, Flowers, Ribbon*, Handkerchiefs, silk, linen and embroidered, Feath ers aud Tips, Slipper Patterns, Card-board, Zephyrs, Combs, Jet Ornaments. Uusching, Necklaces, Veil ing in all colors, Java Canvas Patterns, Lace Capes, Crape Pel liases, Babies' Knit Stockings, Ladies' Hose in all colors and styles, Dolls, Children's Sacks, Hoods and Mittens, Ladies' Nubias in all colors, Bracelets, Pocket Hooks, Mottoes, Birds and Feathers, Hliawls, Jewelry, Napkins, &c., Ac., LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S' UNDERWEAR, All those things con be found at greatiy reduced prices; and sonic of them AT PRICES THAT WILL ASTONISH THE PURCHASING PUBLIC. The- late tire has left on hand A QUANTITY OF GOODS that must be disposed of at ALMOST ANY FIGURES and at all hazards, for Fresh luvoioes. vs- CALL AND EXAMINE AND DETER MINE FOR YOURSELF. MRS. SWEET'S Fancy Goods Bazar, No. 1. BRIDGE STREET. Towanda January 21, 1880. OOAL. NATHAN TIDD, DIiLAR m PITTBTON, WILKES - BARRR, AND LOYAL SOCK COAL. s ! Invites live patron*?? of hi* old friend* and the pub- I generally. I ahall keep a full assortment ' of all nlr.ee, I AND BHALL BKLL AT LOWEST PRICES FOR CASH. Yard aad office, foot of street, just south of , Court House. Adj. SO If. TIDD. I Vertical I Feed. As usual, the Vertical Feed Sewing Machine took First Pre mium. at the late county Fair. J FIOIIT MIT SIGEL and all HONORABLY DISCUAROKD POLDIBRS wiU consult their own interim* oy vailing at .T A C O B S' Umg established and well knows ONE PRICK CLOTHING HOUSK, PATTON'S BLOCK, and boy their ooaU, pant*, vests, overcoats, shirts, overall*, Gloves, Iloee, llui* and Caps, and every thin? In the line of fine and stylish GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. Don't be deceived by persons falsely representing themselves to be JACOBS, but come directly u. my ■tore in i'atton Block, Maui street, near Bridge rt H. JACOBS. Text Book Uniformity. RESULT WHERE HOOKS 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 tollowiug 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: W HKITKAS: Great expense and waste are frequently incurred by the present and con nstatly changing variety of text-books used in the common schools of Centre county, there fore, be it Jtesolved , By the representative directors herein session, that a system of text-books, suitable, complete and uniform, be adopted in accordance with the laws of the State, throughout the county. Upon motion of J. 6. P. Jones, the follow ing plan was adopted with but one dissenting vote, to carry into effect the following pre amble and resolutions: First. The various publishing house# to send samples of their books to OHOI schol hoard in toe 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 of any publtshing house to be permitted to do any work in the county, to be 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 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, Esq., County" Superindcnt, at Rebersburg, Pa., prior to the first day of June, 187'J, who shall ma j _/j e several statements so sent, and the books up on the various branches having tlu ighest. number of votes or preference shall be the series recommended for county uniformity. The County Superintendent, afier 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. HKINLR, Chairman. J. C. P. JONKB, 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 eacsh New Graded 74 Independent 20 Appleton's 17 New American 12 SPELLERS. Swintou's H3 New American 6 independent 23 Appleton's 1 Patterson's Sander's Union Raub's 1 GEOGRAPHIES. Swinton's 100 Col ton's 14 Mitchell's 10 Independent 1 Monteith's 6 HISTORIES. 1 Swinton's C 3 liedpath's 6 Barnes' Brief 7 Butler's Ouackenbos' 1 Watson's .... a V RITTEN ARITHMETIC. Robinson's Shorter Course 67 Green leaf's 14 Brook's Gilne's 22 Boff's 12. Nrook's Union 8 Mew American 4 MENTAL ARITHMETIC. Milne's 7 Greenleaf's 4* ALGEBRA. Robinson's 5g Greenleaf's I COPY BOOKS. Spencerian 68 Appleton's 30 Ellsworth's 10 GRAMMARS. Kerl's 72 Swinton's i* Clark's Brief 16 Bullion's 1 Harvey's 20 Ouackenbos' 8 lewamith'B 1 LANGUAGE LESSONS. Kerl's 6 Clark's 1 Harvey's 6 Morton's 5 BOOK-KEEPING. Bryant & Stratum's 44 Folsom's 4 Smith's CIVIL GOVERNMENT. Townsend'a.* *
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