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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17

THE Pittsburg Gazette in controver-
sy with the Catholic, of that city, makes
the following pretty allusion to Florence
Nightingale: -
"The Catholic refers to Florence Night
ingale, and we are willing to take her as,
in this respect, true type of womanhood.
She sheds genial influence around her
wherever she goes; she delights the
hearth by which she sits; she enjoys the
beautiful and contributes of that enjoy
ment to others she wears no repulsive
weeds she lives in society to bless it and
to adapt herself to whatever condition of
life, so she may make the world better
She does not force her benifcence into
one channel, but permits it to flow out on
all sides, as the mountain that lifts its sun
crowned head TO the skies, sends abroad
to the extremities of continents its glad
tributes to bless and frlctify the earth.
Her good deeds are not done in accord
snce with ''crecd" or a ritual !" She
needs no "veil,' no new name, no impo-
stion of priestly hands, no peculiar garb,
no vows said before men, no stone walls
behind which to Withdraw and beyond
which to push the world she was born to
live in and to bless Bell, book or can
die, cruciix, beads aud genufexions, stone
cells and mourning weeds are not for her,
but glowing heart, pure mind, a ready
hand, faith in the Great Creator and in
his Son our SaviOur.-these, which arc
the gifts of God and which need no con-
frmation of clergy or church ceremonial
to sanctify or to render effective, are hers,
and their influence is felt everywhere, in
spring the good to nobler deeds, soothing
and cheering the brok n hearted, and en-
couring the weak and fallen. TO dim or
conceal one ray of this efulgant character
would be to deprive this poor world of
wAat it cannot we'll do without Put her
in a Convent, bind her by a creed and the
world loses a great deal of her influence
She becomes a sort of machine, doing
good by rule, according to certain regula-
tions and in certain ways marked out by
men, whereas she now labors in her Lords
vineyard, doing whatsoever her hands find
and as her true heart dictates. No Con-
vent could contain her; for such, the
world is the field of labor and the free
heart the director"
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17

IS BOOKS & STATIONERY. NAG
..s aa. Music. n. ". corner Of Main
...4 --.. Ca4dcraport, PA. lo:I
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17

..a.- N DRUGS. MEDICINES, PAINTS,
a.r Articles. Stationery. Dry Goods.
e 4c Main IT,, Coudcrsport Pa.
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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17
MARK GILLON,

1926 TAILOR. Late from The City Of
Gaga4a shop opposite Court
'sHa...gort, Potter Co. Pa.
a-.aaeaiar attention paid TO CUT
lU.35-lv.
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ALLEGANY HNISE.

p Z MILLS. Proprietor, ColesburG
.. Pa, seven miles north Of Cou-
sbsF', oH the Nellsvillc Road. y.4I
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t.a. lS DRY GOODS. READY-MADE
lucaery. Groceries, &C, Main ST.
sr H. lO:l
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CLEAN HOUSE,

p HUMPHREY, Proprietor, corner OF
aaa Aouh ST., Olean, \. J. BES~ \
uH. % and from allthc Passenger
70. ..e Ncw York and Erie Railroad.
ll:-2.
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Ci)OirG AfaOinq.
How we may Judge Friendship.

!. True friendship can only be made
between true men. Hearts are the soul
of honor. There can be no lasting friend
ship between bad men. Bad men may
pretend 60 love each other, but their friend
ship is a rope Of sand, which shall be brok-
en- at any convenient season; but ia man
have a sincere heart within him, and be
true and noble, then we may coutide in
him. Spencer sings III fine old English
verse
Ne. ccrtcs can that friendship long endure,
However gay and good hc the style,
That doth in cause or evil end cnure.
For Ycrrue is the band that bindetu lIarts most
sure.
,. FaiAfulaess 10 as IN our faults is
a certain sign OF fidelity in friend. You
may depend upon that man who VIII tell
you Of your faults in kind and consider
ate manner. Fawning hypocrites, lnsldl-
Gus hatterers, are the sweeplngS and ottaI
of friendship. They are but the parasites
upon the noble tree. But true friends put
enough trust in you to tell you openly OF
vour faults. Give me for friend the
man who will speak honestly of me before
NV face who will not tell first one neigh
Dor, and then another, but who will come
straight to my house, and say, Sir, feel
there is such-and-such a thing IN you,
which, as my brother, | must tell you OF. "
that nan is a true friend he has proved
himself to be so; for we never get any
praise fer telling people of their faults A.;
we rather hazard their dislike man will
sometimes thank you for it, but he does
not often like you any better. Praise Is 4
thing we all love. met with man the
other day who said he was imperYious TO
Aattery | was walking with him at the
time, and turning round rather sharply, |
said, .sAt any rate, sir, you seem to have
"a high gift in fattering yourself, for you
are really doing so, in saying you are I'M
pervious in fattery. You can not fatter
me-" he said. | replied, " can If like
to try; aud perhaps may do so before the
day is out" | found | could not fatter
him directly, so | began by saying what
fine child that was of his and he drank
/ it in as a precious draught; and when
praised this thing and that thing belong
ing to him, could see that he was very
easily flattercd not directly, but indirect
Ily. We are all pervious to fattery; we
ike the soothing cordial, only 1t must not
be labeled fattery; for we have religious
abborrcnce Of hattery if it be SO called
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17
ARTHUR &. OLMSTED,

.N.I G COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
..-- port, pa.. viii attend TO all business
.r..... ra Do. care. with promp,ues and
p. r Office in Temperance Block sec
8ur Main st. l0.l
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17

T..NEI At LAW. Wcll,boro'. Tioga Co..
r... rac Courts in Potter and
...I t.".r.o- @:l3
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nLNSTED & KELLY,

(. IA STOVES. TIN a SHEET IRON
N-a s.. nearly opposite the Court
..Hier-port. Pa. Tin and Sheet
-. ua4, TO order, in good style, on
asu.. IU:l
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TERMS. --$L25 PER ANNUM.

slant. Cover him with affection, kindness
and subsection, earnished with modest,
becoming familiarity, and spiced with
pleasantly, and if you add kisses and 9TH
er confectioneries, let them be accompa-
MED with a sufficient portion of secresy,
mixed with prudence and moderation.
We would advise all good wives to try
this recipe, and realize what an admirable
dish husband@makes when properly
cooked ,"
We highly approve of the above meth
od-especially the confectionery. 1t is
our opinion, however, that ,oires will be
equally delicious, if managed in the same
way. We would ike to undertake the
management of one-provided the supply
of confectionery was proportioned to the
cost of managing.-ED. 2. JOURNAL.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17

a-a~~NlRE. Proprietor, Corner OF
..s second Streets, CoudeEsport. Pot
s.4A
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17

call it by any other name, and we drink
1t in, even as the OK drinketh in water.
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THE POTTER JOURNAL.
ThOs. =. Chase,

rrou an Letters and Communications
....r BE- addressed, to secure attention.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17
The Old Man andhfS SON.

From " Street Thoughts" by tie Rer. Henry u
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-02-18
Gold Hunting.

A person named John Hartman,
just from the mountain gold mines in
Kansas, publishes letter in the Lea
yenworth Times, saying that he dug
$1,000 of gold in twenty five days.
Exchange.
1t is such reports as this that tempt
people to leave comfortable homes
and good paying businesses 70 seek
quick fortunes in California, Fraser's
River, Pixies Peak or some other fan
cied Ell Dorado. Many of the stories
are mere fabrications; yet if they all
were true how small proportion OF
those engaged in mining meet with
such success as that OF the "John
Hartman" mentioned above. For
every one so fortunate there are hun
dreds who return with broken down
constitutions and poorer in pocket
than they went A man stands about
as good a chance oi being struck by
lightning as of digging " $4,000 in gold
in twenty-five days" in any gold re-
gion on earth.
There is on every farm and in every
mechanics shop in this country a
mine from which ordinary industry
and perseverance, will obtain the
glittering dust more rapidly and much
more easilv than do a majority of
those who wash the sands of Fraser's
River or Pixies Peak. But as men
often risk their all on the result OF
some very uncertain speculations, so
there will be those who will risk non-
ey, health and life itself in the slen-
der hope of realizing fortune in
few months, in some wild and sterile
region where rumor says "John Hart
man" or some oiher mythical indi-
vidual "dug $4,000 ofgold in twenty
five days"
Our advice to those afflicted with
the gold lever is to stay at home; if
you have no business make one; there
are plenty of chances in every legiti-
mate pursuit where industry and fru-
gality will meet with a generous re-
ward, with very little risk of money
or health to run. Ifyou can't set up
business for yourself work for some
body else until you can. 1t will be
easier work than you will find in the
gold diggiags, you will be happier all
the time, and, ten chances TO one,
richer at the end of ten years.
Scioto Gazette.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-02-18
An Honest ConfesAion.

The Washington States, in speak
ing OF the $30,OO0,0OO proposed for
the purchase of Cuba, says:
Ii it were allo Nable TO discuss so
grave measure in the light of party
expediency, we would suggest that
the Democracy could not stand up
under the burden of repi oach 10
which the proposition of the Cuba
caucus exposes them. The folly of
the movement has been detected al
ready by the Opposition journals; and
they have raised an energetic clamor
Of corruption against the dominant
party. If we proceed TO justify the
charge, the consequences will be dis
astrous TO our ascendency. Even
now, there is too much ground OF ac-
cusation against the Democracy on
the score oi extravagance and impoii-
tic expenditures. An outlay OF $780,
100000 Tor the support of govern
ment, a deficit Of several millions in
the annual accounts, aud a rapidly
increasing public debt, are mcun-
brances which the Democratic party
will sustain with difficulty, if at all.
Every year we seem TO drilt further
and further from the old landmarks
OF SIate-Iights and Economy, which
have hitherto directed our policy.
Every year we impair the force OF
those republican principles which
gave US hold on the popular heart,
and which have so far sustained our
asce ndency. 1t is time the Democ.
rarv were arrested in this progress ot
degeneIacy and decay; else they viii
be pIecipitaied from power sooner
than the advocates aud beneticiarie:
Of prodigal expenditure anticipate
in their present enjoyment of com
Portable place aud sufficient sti
pend.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-02-18
4 MoMANs sGRoMTHINnEAuTY.

If woman could only believe it, there is a
wonderful beauty even in the growing cid.
The charm of expression arising from soft
ened temper OF ripened intellect, often am
ply atones for the loss of form and coloring;
and, consequently, TO those who never could
boast of these latter years give much more
than they take away. A sensitive person
often requires half life to get used TO this
corporal machine, to attain a wholesome
indifference, both to its defects and preeep
tions, and TO learn at last, what nobody
woaId acquire from any teacher but expert
ence, that it is the mind alone which is of
consequences; that with a good temper,
sincerity and moderate stock of brains-or
even the two former only--any sort of body
can, in time, be made useful, respectable
and agreeable, as a travelling dress for the
soul. Many one who plain in youth
thus grows pleasant and well-looking in
declining years. You will hardly ever find
any body. not ugly in mind, who is repul-
sively ugly in person after middle life.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-02-18
srEADlNEss or puRposE.

1t overcomes difficulties. Not with a
a rush and shout, but one by one. They
melt away before the incessant pressure, as
Icebergs before the steady radiance of the
SUM- 1t gives one the strength of happy
conscience A weaiher-cock of man
whiting about with every breeze, cannot
have true quietness of mind. Dissatisfac-
ton worries and annoys him. But cheer
fuI vigor and energy grows out Of inteIli-
gent and unvarying purpose. 1t gives Dig
nity and honor to character. Men cannot
but admire the miEd that marches steadily
on through sunshine and shade, Gains.
smiles and frowns glad of favor, but pressing
on without it. thankful for aid but fixed on
advancing at all events. Such men cut out
for themselves character which cannot but
be seen and honored- 1t gives success. In
any enterprise that is not downright mad
ness such man must succeed. He has
the chief element of triumph over every
difficulty, and if he is not an idiot be will do
something in the world. He moves not
rapidly, but assuredly. When you want TO
fiud him, by-and-by. you know where to
look You will look at the topmost round
of the ladder ofsuccess, and you will find
him about there, somewhere Il Selected.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-02-18
FACTS IN HUMAN LIFE.

The number of languages spoken is three
thousand and sixty -four. The number of
men is about equal to the number of women
The average OF human life is thirty two
wears One quarter die before the age of
seventeen. OF every one-handred, only
sixreach sixtyf five years; and not more than
one in five hundred reaches the age of eighty
years. There are on the earth one thou
sand million inhabitants. OF these, thirty
three million three hundred and thirty
three die every year, ninety-one thousand
eight hundred and twenty-four die evrY day,
aud seven thousand seven-hundred and
eighty every hour, and sixty every minute,
or one for every second. These losses are
about balanced by an equal number OF
births. The married are longer lived than
the single, and above all, those who observe
a sober and Industrious conduct. Women
have more chances of life previous 10 the
age of fifty years than men, but fewer after.
The number Of marriages is in proportion oil
seventy five to one hundred.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-02-18

We hope that the citizens Of our
town will take this into consideration
and make it a poin, to encourage home
Industry. II is the only policy that
will s.pay," or that will build up our
town. 1t is clear that if our people
were alt to go or send TO Cleveland,
Cincinnati or New York for their
mercantile supplies, our merchants
must all leave here or go into some
other business. So, if our merchants
and others who should patronize our
mechanics, were to send off for all
they want, our mechanics must all
leave and go where they are better
appreciated, and merchants, profess
ionai men, property holders, all class
es suffer by their departure. Every
dollar thus sent away, diminishes the
business capacity OF our town, and
aids in crushing out enterprise in our
midst. The citizens of our town all
have one common interest, and what
ever causes the business of one class
10 languiSh Injuries all the rest. They
should all work for each others inter |
cherish every business thai
tends TO attract and consolidate trade |
here. should patronize each other and
thus keep every dollar thatlegitimate-
iy belongs here, and thus add to our
common wealth. Whenever this LoIi-
cy becomes the policy Of all our citi-
zens, we will see our town building
up, population increasing, business
extending and general thrift perva-
ding all a ses.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-02-18
Importance Of Comfort to Animals. q

Let me touch cord of compassions i.
my frie nd, as / point 10 thst poor =
shivering flock of sheep exposed 10 :
the cold air this morning, as they have W.
been since breakfast. Pray turn thsm 81
into the barn, and give them sotne- .
thing to pick over, at least if not t0 .
eat, that they may drive away the
thought and feeling of cold, which =
threatens TO shake them TO pieces
address every man who leaves his
sheep and cattle exposed to the wealth
er when ii is, as it's now, below free
zng, and especially when the wind
is strong enough TO open the wool
and stir the hair of the COWS. II is
sufficient te say it makes them uncom-
Portable. No animal in this state for
long and frequent periods was ever 4
known 10 make the most of the food
given it, or TO improve in flesh and
fat and muscle. II is enough for mo
TO hear the cattle lowing in The barn.
or see them walking about the yard
uneasily, or to feed them irreguIarIy,
TO satisfy myaelf that at the following
milking the quantity will be less than
-
will be restless and disobedient, OF.
weak and unwilling to haul their lOads
and always look here for the cause
OF the evil. An interesting anecdotes
in the Farmers Guide, where greaa b
diminuiion of milk was the result Of
irregular feeding Of lot of cows IN
possession of the author.
The piercing wind and still, cutting
cutting cold, has no less disastrous
effect. The quantity of food consunT-
ed has been clearly proved to be much
greater than otherwise, and the pro-,
tit derived from it at the same time IS
found to be much less. If wandering
about the yard causes sheep and cat
tie TO eat more food to less advantages
than when penned up, who viii deny
that any additional demand upon
comfort, animal heat and fat, is
source of loss to the farmer! Yes, my
| friend, this little matter also demands
your care.-Genesee Farmer.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-02-18
cons PROVIDENCE.

Ibelieve the Lord has always, ready pro-
vided, some kind Samaritan, journeYing, as
if by chance, on the very where the wound
ed traveller lies, and who arrives just at the
very moment when 'oil and wine are es-
pecially needed. belive. too, that the
Lord, in the workings of that providence
which is over all his works, and which suf-
feresh not sparrow nor hedgling to fall
to the ground unpermitted OF him, whenever
ne has bruised and torn one of his Hock
needing a tenderer hand than usual TO nur-
ture and to heal it, has that hand ready to
stretch out and help-has one close at>hand
to supply the want--one whose own heart
has been, perhaps, touched and prepared by
sorrow for the special work of sympathy
with some other torn and sorrowing one OF
the family We are apt to say of such ap-
parently accidental circumstances. How
very fortunate.' But faith lifts up the cur
tain and sees Gods hand at work, and cries
out. 1T is one of the Lords mercies.'- II Rev.
B Boucher. @r =--'+
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-02-18
PLEASANT WORDS.

l.. They don't cost much. They come
bubbling up in a goodnatured heart, like the
freely gushing waters of fountain. 1t is
as easy to speak them as it is to breathe
They come forth as naturally, and easily,
from the lips of kindness, as the rays from
the sun. There is no pains taken about the
matter. These kind words leap forth of
themselves, and delight to fly away in every
direction on their errands of love.
q. They make the man happier that
uses them. They reach upon him. Hot
words make the US er's wrath hotter. So
loving words make love glow the warmer in
the bosom. They are fuel to the sacred
fame. Loving words help to make a more
and more loving heart. Kind words make
Kindness more and more the law of the
soul.
8. Kind and pleasant words touch other
peoples hearts, and make them kind. They
fall ike fakes of fire on the cold and selfish
hearts of others-not to scorch, but to melt
NOT to irrilate. but to subdue and shame
peoples coldness and unkindness out of
them. Under such words grim visages
relax, theiricy outlines are dissolved, and
the soul that had been frozen to the core,
gets thawed out; and he who had the
gloomy December on his visage, is not
long in getting genial June in the place
of it.
4. Pleasant words beget other words
ike themselves in other people. We have
been in crowded omnibus. A few snap
pish sulky words have multiplied their spe~
cies, till most of the travellers have taken
shares in the same stock. But genial
soul enters. His words get wings. They
produce an epidemic. Growler number one
and growler number two, change voice and
visage. The magic of few kind words
have done wonders. Il-nature has jumped
out of the coach, and is off for parts un-
known; ard good nature keeps all things in
excellent trim for the rest of the trip.
Hallfhis is so, then let US fling up our
caps into the air and go into a revolution
Hot words, and sharp words, and snappish
words, and fretful words, have had the scep-
ire long enough. Let US overset the gov
ernment, and put the dominion into better
hands. Pleasant words, born of kind and
loving hearts. are TO be welcomed back to
supremacy. They will fill the throne with
honor. And all the people will have occa-
casion to say-"Let not such a kingdom
come TO an end. Boston Tfaueler.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-02-18
spendYour Money at HONG.

The following article is full of home
truths that should commend them
selves to the good sense of the peo-
pie in almost every community. We
copy from the Marion, Onio, Re-
publican.
The citizens of many towns and CT
ties unconscious contribute TO the
destruction OF their prosperity, by
spending large portion OF their out
lays away from home. No more sui :
cldal policy could possibly be con-
ceived OF. II drains the very lille
blood OF the country in which such
persons live. 1t starves the mechanic
al home and aids in building W. is
may be, rival towns, the later grow
ing strong upon that which belongs
TO another. Can il be expected that
high spirited mechanics Or business
men oil any kind will remain in Il
town or nelghborhood where theil
wares are condemned, and then
efforts to please entirely unappreciat-
ed!
But, SAYS one, should we not buy
where we can buy cheapest! y
course; but when you so away IRON
home and purchase uice buggy oi
carriage, or sofn, or furniture, or any
thing else, it may nominally be cheap
er, but in reality it may be far deare
thun if you purchased at home. l
drives away mechanics or business
men from the place Of your residence
depreciates property, destroys bust
hess and kills enterprise, we woui'
saw that its cost is enormously great
er than when compared with hom
prices. The nominal price OF an.
article, does not always show its reu
cost 10 he purchaser.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-02-18
Toa

At this season il may be interesting
to our readers to learn that ice may
he saved and kept TO the close Of
summer without the aid Of an ics-7
house.
On the authority of the New
Hampshire Journal of Agriculture
we give the following receipt Tor
keeping III
Cover a space. eight feet squares,
with wood sufficient to keep the icsrs
from the ground, and ill the spaces
between The sticks with saw-dust or
tan bark. Then pack the ice upon
this foundation, in Pyramidal form to-
any desired height. Throw few
pals oil water over the mass, TO make
it more compact, and to keep out the
air. Cover the whole with saw.
dust" -.s
The Journal says. -
'.We are inclined TO think ice will
kee p in this way better than any other
The evaporation from the outside car
res of the heat. and the mass keePss
cooler than il would If shut up in a.
tight house. 's'4s,s.i