The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1858-03-25

oI their own Immediate neighborh0od oc-
casionaliy, without interfering materially
with any other duties. \ large proper
ton, howeyet, Of direct,r, noye. visit their
schools during the entire essiJn. Hon
oiab.e exceptions may be ment .oaed, pr
ticuiariy % ABBOTT, iicbrUm and Roulette.
The secretaries OF these districts | have
found able to give very correct state
ment Of the condition o. their schools. OF
the skill Of the teacher in classifying pu-
pills and faculty Of government Bu5 one
district to my kao,nled re las decided 10
act upon the Recommendation oi the State
Superintendent, by employing the secre-
tary to make monthly vis;it Of tae
schools, and til up the blank reports far
nished for that purpose BY the School De
partment. Other districts are thinking
favorable of tue movement, bat have yet
taken no action.
Lca1i"y Cur0cteriSticS.-The entire
county Is comparatively new. Many Q.
the districts are settled only along the
prime. pal streams, and tie inhabitants
are engaged in the united occupation Of
agriculture and numbering. O,har dis
trltcs are very sparscly settled and to ap-
pcArance present almost an unbroken for
est. In these districts numbering is the
chief occupation, but within the past year
the interest of the people on the subj"ct
of education has increased considerably,
which fact is cvincel by the offer of more
liberal compensation for the sake of ob
tanning god teachers The middle and
northern portions of the county are quite
extensively settled, and agriculture being
the principal employment, the people are
last collecting around the,n the comforts
aud conyeniences of lie Still large
majority of the inhabitants throu rhout
the county have not vet paid for their
lands. Wealth. therefore, is not abun-
dan;, ami the means are not at command
for doing Ill that is desirable in the con
struction OF school houses, and supplying
them with furniture and apparatus. The
face OF thG Country is hilly and portions
Of somewhat ,hountano!s f; soil ric.I and
very fertile; aud having an intelligent,
! industrious and enterprising people to
improve it, time is only wanting to make
:,
monwcalth.
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