E. ROSENFIELD'B IS HEAD-QUARTERS FOR CHEAP WINTER CLOTHING IIATS, CAPS, NECKWEAR, GLOVES, HOSIERY, and a full line of GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, which are ottered EXCEEDINGLY LOW. Call and gee me, examine gooda, learn price*, &c M. E. ROSEN FIELD. 1831. THE CULTIVATOR 1880. AND Co untry (rent lem an . The Petit of Hie • A (Hi I c: UIIVURAL W E EK LI FA >. It is UNSURPASSED, If not UNEQUALED, for he Amount and Variety of the PRACTICAL TION itcontaina, and for the Ability and Extent of it* CORRESPONDENCE— in the Three Chief Directions of Form Crops and Processes, Horticulture and Fruit-Frowinjr. Live Stock and Dairying— while it also includes all minor depatmcntsof rural 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 of the News of the Week. Its MARKET REPORTS are unusually complete, and more information can be gatherod from its columns than from any other source with regard to tin; Prospects of the Crops, as throwing light upon one of the most important of all qnestions— 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 NEWBP<\PKR Of never-failing interest both to Producers and Con sumers 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 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 RKOISTKROF RURAL AFFAIRS, to each übscriber—a book of 144 pages and about 120 ne gravings—a gift by the Publishers. All NEW Subscribers for 1880, pmying in ad vance note, will receive the paper WEEKLY, from receipt of remittance to January Ist, 1880, with out charge. IWSpeciraen copies of the paper free. Adddress, LUTHER TUCKER & BON, Publishers, Albany, N Y. DECLARED ! The subscriber having leased the large and com modious barn, known as the Me an & Tloiise rfja / >n, l I Is now prepared to make war on I nvery and Stabl ing : 1 I We have room for all. Come along with your [ | horses. Put them where they are safe. Feed or i i not, as you choose. We Guarantee Satisfaction. E. E. RUFFINGTON. jroxt WJ\*S URJMJYCFj I Affainst Fire ! in oki, reliable, firmly established and honorabe i ! crmpanles, with MILLIONS OF CAPITAL ! call upon C. ff. MWwMKtFj, Attorncy-at-Law, To- I : wanda, Penn'a. Jan. 18. | A farm of 150 acres near j I i I Wyalusino- Pa., Contains of improved lands 125 acres; good barn, fine orchard, well watered, with four miles of Lc ! iiigb valley railroad, is uner cost of cultivation. Will be sold at reasonable price, or EXCHANGED FOIi TOWN PROPERTY. Inquire of CIIAS. M. HALL, Attorncy-at-Law, 1 To wanda, Pa, .ian. 18. :A T 1, fieiritrman's FHock, (Bridge Street, near the comer of Main.) ! I Mrs. S. 11. Sweet i ! Offers a constantly increasing Hook of suni | (goods. Consisting of Hats, Fancy Goods, Toweling, Collars, I Comforters, Embroideries, Flowers, Ribbons, Handkerchiefs, silk, linen and embroidered, Feath ers and Tips, Slipper Patterns, Card-board, Zephyrs, Combs, .Jet Ornaments. Rusching, Necklaces, Veil ing in all colors, .Java Canvas Patterns, Luce Capes, Crape Pellisses, Babies' Knit Blockings, Ladies' ' Hose in ail colors and styles, Dulls, Children's i Backs, Hoods and Mittens, Ladies' Nubias in all colors, Bracelets, Pocket Books, Mottoes, Birds and j Feathers, Shawls, Jewelry, Napkins, Kc., &c., j LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S' UNDERWEAR, All these things can he found at greatly reduced prices; and some of them AT PRICES THAT WILL ASTONISH THE PURCHASING PUBLIC. I j tejN- j The late lire has left on hand A QUANTITY OF GOODS that must be disposed of at ALMOST ANY FIGURES and at all hazards, for Fresh Invoices. 1 . CALL AND EXAMINE AND DETER MINE FOIi YOURSELF. MRS. SWEET'S I Fancy Goods Bazar, No. 1. BRIDGE STREET. I To wanda January 21, 1880. QJOAL. NATHAN TIDT). I DKALBU IK I ITTTSTON. WILKES - BARRE, AND I LOYAL SOCK COAL. Invites the patronage of his old friends and the pub- ; lie generally. I shall keep a full assortment of all sizes, AM) SKAI.T. SELL AT LOWEST PRICES FOR CASIL Yard and office, foot of l'lne street, just south 01 i Court House. I Aug. 30 X. TII)I). i 1 Vertical F ee< 1. As usual, the Vertical Feed Sewing Machine took First Pre mium. at the late county Fair. J FIGHT MIT SIGEL mid .01 HONORABLY DIBCIIAIIGKD BOLPEBRB will consult their own interests oy calling at d A CO BS' lor.g established and well known ONK PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE, PATTON'S BLOCK, and buy their coats, pants, vests, overcoats, shirts, i overalls, Gloves, Hose, Hats and Caps, and every thing iu the line of tine and stylish GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. Don't be. deceived by persons falsely representing themselves to be JACOBB, but cotnc directly to my store In Button Block, Main street, near Bridge st? au£2<; |H. JACOBS. Text Book Uniformity. RESULT WHERE BOOKS HAVE TO STAND ON THEIR OWN MERIT. At n Convention of School Directors, of Centre County, held a Bellefonte, Decem ber 26, 1878, pursuant to the call 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 county, the lollovving 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: "WHEREAS: Croat 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 Unsolved. By the representative directors here in 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. C. 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 houses to send samples of their books to each schol board in too county lor examination and to submit therewith the lowest exchange, intr - ducJory and wholesale prices, and the length ( of time they will guarantee to furnish them i at said price. iSccond. No agent ofany publishing 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 hoards 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 hooks which he prefers to have adopted in the county, and send it to Henry Meyer, Esq., County Superindent, at Boborsburg, Pa., prior to* the tirst day of June, 187!), who shall ma :o e several statements so sent, and the hooks 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. 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 cast fro each book, under the foregoing plan and resolutions : READERS. No. vote. for caesh New Graded 74 Independent 20 Appleton's 17 New American 12 SPELLERS. Swinton's 83 New American 6 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 €3 Red path's 0 Barnes' Brief 7 Butler's Quackenbos' 1 Watson's .... (J V KITTEN ARITHMETIC. Robinson's Shorter Course 57 Green leaf's i* Brook's Gillie's 22 Botf's 12 Nrook's Union 8 Mew American M ENT A L AKITHM ETIC. Milne's Green loaf's ALGEBRA. Robinson's Greenleafs COPY BOOKS. Speneerian 69 Appleton's 30 Ellsworth's 10 GRAMMARS. Kerl's 72 Swinton's if Clark's Brief 15 Bullion's I Harvey's 20 Quackenbos' 3 Fewsmith's 1 LANGUAGE LESSONS. Kerl's 5 Clark's 1 Harvey's 6 Morton's 5 BOOK-KEEPING. Bryant & Stratum's 44 Folsom's 0 Smith's CIVIL GOVERNMENT. Townsend's..
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