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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-11-06
AGRECULTURAL.
HINTS TO FARMERs-R "GRIs."

WHAT HOES TO UsE.-1n planting or
hoeing corn, use the ordinary hoes in gen
eral use. Neither India Rubber hose nor
cotton hose would be Of any account in a
corn field; no more would one of Hoes
eight cylinder presses.
How TO HoLD THE PLow.-Dont try
to hold it out at arms length. You can't
do it.
If you amt Plow Of your own, get out
an attachmenton your neighbor's who owes
you. Any justice will tell you whether
you can hold it or not.
THE BEST TINE TO PUT IN RYE.-I
asked an old farmer once what was the best
time to put in rye? He looked at his
watch aud replied =
"IHis IS about my hour"
The rye was Immediately put in.
All seasons are the same for putting
in rye.
How TO KEEP CoRN.-The best place
to keep corn is IN a good corn house though
some prefer co keep it in the system III
the jaice. If they don't keep corn they
keep corn'd.
FENCES AND FfNCING.-Good fencing
is essential on farm. Get good fencing
master to learn you. A rail fence is bet
ter than an imaginary one. You can't re,
pair gom fence by taking vermifuge
Neither can you cut good whitewash
brushes out of brush fences.
To MAKE YoUR STABLES WARN IN
WINTER.-Set FIRE to them.
To DRAIN LANDs.-Drink whisky, and
spend all your time at the village tavern
This will drain you Of all your lands in {
short time.
To MAKE STONE FExCE.-Equal part,
Of whisky and cider. This IS lie recipro
cal stone fence: the more you lay Of it tht
more it will ''lay" gou,
i Easy WAY TO Draw SAw-LoG8.-
Draw them on piece of paper with cray
on pencil. After a little practice you vii
be able to "draw" the largest kind of saw
logs with ease.
PoRK.-Packmg thread is Of no use il
packing pork. In curing hams the tim
varies. Hams that have got trichinia can
be cured at all.
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MISSISSIPPI.

The Legislature Of this State assembled
few days ago, and Governor HUaepKkF
sent in bis message. 1t is gloomy docui
ment. The only bright speck he can see
il the political landscape is tile removal "f
the colored troops from the State He
speaks of "that small cloud OF fdiiaticismi
that rose in the East, at first no larger
th mans hand;" having o3etSpread the
land with its portentious backness," +" AMI
destroyed "the rights and properly fslav-
ery) of a portion of the States Of the
Union" and then pitches into the Co,tsti;
tutional amendment thus:
"The Radical Congress has enacted laws
and proposed amendments to the C5nstitG-
ton which, if adopted, will DESTROY tbs
rights of the State and of the people, an [
centraiize all the powers of Government ii
the Federal head.
This amendment, adopted by Cor9ross
Of less. than three-fouths of the States q
the Union, in palpable violation Of the
rights of more than one-fourth Of the States.
is such an insulting outrage ard t'en'd Of
the equal rights Of so many Of our WORTH
est citizens who have shed lustre AMI gSery
upon our section and our race, bots in the
forum and II the field, sdct 4 gr,ss usurp-
alton of the rights of the State and such a;
centralizatieu ef power in the Federal Gov.
ernment that presume rse@s' Fading Of
/. will canse its rejection by you,"
Very we'll. the Union can DO T44hoHt
Mississippi's representation in Congfess as
long as Mississippi can do without the
Union; and if she must be treated as ju-
dicious parent would treat refractory chih,
be itso. And should she und6t-a@ee To slow
her independence and chivalry by abusing
the most helpless portion Of her population,
she will be put under yet closer h,"lds,
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-11-06
A Compliment to NOfthert
Farmers.

The Richmond Enquirer in speculating
upon the results of the late elections in
Pennslvania and ether States compliments
the sturdy yeomen ofthese couimonwsalths
in the following original manier:-
"Cne circumstance is signihcant:-The
great gains Of the conservatives in the large
cities-P Philadelphia and Cihcinnati for ex-
ample-while the rural districts have given
their former, or greater, majorities tor the
radicals. There is an explanation for this.
With all their boasts of learning and INTEL
ligence, there is not more Ignorant peo-
pie to be found in Christendom, on sub
iects outside of their daily avocatiors; than
the multitude Of ten and t&enty aid fifty
acie fafniers that cover the face of the
earth in the Northern States. Tie ex:.
treme desttution of general information Of
this class became well understood by our
citizens in their intercourse with the Fed
eral soldiers in the late war. Their con;
ception of intelligence is, the ability to read.
and write-spelling is at will. In point Of
general knowledge and liberality Of ideas
1 there is no competition between the South
ern people and the classes at the North to
which we refer. Their farms are too
small to yield them profits to travel on,
They see nothing and hear nothing aud
know nothing outside Of their own narrow
horizon, excepting what their single week.
ly newspaper tells them"
This, says the Philadelphia Inquirer:
we must say Is COOL and it would be re-
freshing if it had the flavor Of truth.
Thomas Jefferson said long ago athat great
cities were great evils" and he founded his
assertion upon the fact that in cities the
congregation of men introduces vices and
gives to c0rruptions of all kinds facility for
their opetations The country, be was Of
opinion, was the home Of vittue, indsJrh:.
dence and intelligence; the only portions Of
the land to be depended upon for honestf
and justice. We do not entirel y endorse
the opinion, but as it comes from a great
Virginian, the Enquirer is bound to Sweat
by it. The accusation Of ignorance against
our sturdy yeoniadry, comes with bad
grace from a section where public educa-
ton is discouraged and where the poor
whites neither able to read nor write, have
been kept down by the planting aristocra-
cv; who were enabled to rule ever them ty
the superior education which they enjoyed,
and which was paid for by the unrequited
labor of slaves 1t is a concession by the
Enquirer which must have its. value, that
Northern farmers caa read aud write: and
enjoy their weekly newspapers. Henry
s. Wise once boasted that in his district
there was not a single newspaper published,
and the reason was because very fS@ of
his constituents were able to read ono:
TIE woes of the South are owing to the
fact of the ignorance Of its white popuIa-
ton, which rendered thousands the dupes
of the secession oligarchs, and until educa-
tion is diffused among them as geiietally
as it is al the North, Until every district
has its school, the Southern people will be-
kept down by the educated aristocracy, Of
which the Enquirer Is an appropriate
Orran.
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MEANS OF GRACE.

A woman beniipg over a bed. A pair
Of large, sad, suffering eyes looking up into
her face-the eyes of a sick child exhaust
ed by disease, aud almost helpless.
Il get so tired lying here while you are
at the prayer meeting mother" sail the
child. Must you &C to-day?"
Henry will stay with You, my dear.
can't always be at your bedside. And you
must learn to be patient and bear what
God sends There was kind of dead
level reproof in the mothers voice; but nc
real tenderness. Her face was calm, and
her manner that of one absorbed in piou:
meditation. You have seen such faces.
Henry doesn't ike to stay in the house,
said the pleading child.
NO matter whether he likes it or not,
the mother answered, severely. "He must
stay with you "
Hell leave me as soon as you're gone
and then there'll be no one to wet my lips
and they get 50 dry"
Let him dare to do if, and I will pun,
ish him severely" The calm face grew
warm with fash of anger. Henry"
A boy answering to the call, came in
from the next room
Henry! I'm going 20 the daily prayer
meeting; and you must stay in the room
with your sick sister until l come back
Now mind-you are not to leave her for a
single minute"
No, ma'am." There was an undertone
6f disob6dience in the promising voice, and
the skilled ear Of the mother perceived 1t,
"If l find yov have stirred one inch from
this room, | will punish you" Very Sc
we're was the manner accompanying this
threat. The poor sick face on the bed
grew very much sadder, and as the mother
looked upon it her heart began to yearti
toward her child with more genuine pity
than she had felt little while before.
MY Amy will be patient, l know" she
said, kissing the thin, colorless lips. "Moth-
er won't be gone over an hour, Perhaps
not so Hng
The child did rot answer in words; but
the Ianguid eyes, out of which earthly rays
were fast fading, pleaded with her not to
90; Gud yet, she turned from the bed and
went out Of the room. If she could have
seen the light, feeble as it was, leave the
sick face; that Became white as the pillow
against which she lay. she could not have
gone. But she did not look back;
In the next room. the mother stayed
her bonnet and shawl. Something said to
her that she ought not to go. Then came
P brief argument With herself She was a
devoUt woman-we use the term in pop
uIar sense. Her chief duty in life-the
very core Of her religion-was to save bel
own soul--to make her scaling and eIcc
tion sure" and in order to DO this, she felt
bound to avail herself of every %,rseans OF
grace" that offered Means of grace, il
her view, We're pious acts; such as reading
the Bible, praying in secret, going t
church, attending prayer meeting, receiv
ing the cqmmunon, DE. Ordinary dutie4
In l:fe-her every day work, with its cares
perplexities, excitements, and temptation
were regarded rather as hindrances thai
helps-as clogs to her feet on her heaven
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THE HARVEST CALL.

Abide not in the Realm of Dreams,
oh man, however fair it seems,
Where drowsy airs thy powers repress;
In languor of sweet idleness.
Nor linger in the misty Past,
Entranced in visions vague and vast
But with clear eye the Present scan,
Aud hear the call OF God and man.
That call, though many voiced; is-one
With mighty meanings in each tone;
Through sob and laughter; shrek and prayer
Its summons meets thee everywhere,
Think not in sleep to fold thy hands;
Forgetful of thy Lords commands;
From Duty's claims no life is free
Behold, To-day hath need of thee
Look up!-the wide extended plain
Is billowy with its ripened grain,
And on the Summer winds ere rolled
It's waves of emerald and gold
Thrust in thy sickle!-nor delay
The work that calls for thee To-day;
Tomorrow, if it come, viii bear
l is own demands Of toll and care,
The present hour allots thy task
For present strength and patience ask,
And trust his love whose sure supplies
Meet all thy needs as they arise.
Lol the broad fields with harvest white,
Thy hands to strenuous toll invite;
And he who labors and believes,
Shall reap reward of ample sheaves.
Up, for the time is Shorthand soon
The morning sun viii climb to noon;
Up!-ere the herds, with tramplng feet,
Outrunning thine, shall spoil the wheat.
While the day fingers do thy best!
Full soon the night will bring its rest;
And, duty done, that rest shall be
Full OF beatitudes to thee.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-11-06

NoRTH CARoLGNA.-The North Carolina
election seems TO have gone sweePingiy II
favor Of the rebel ticket Worth IS doubt
less chosen Governor. The returus from
the Western counGe9 will of course show a
heavy poll for Dockery, bat not sufficiently
large to balance the almost unanimous
vote which Worth has received in the cen
ire and along the seaboard. Vance, who
was not a candidate, obtained few votes
The Legislature will rebel, according to
present indications.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-11-06

The presidential policy, as announced
and explained in his recent speeches, finds
no sympathy with the loyal voters of the
North, and they have and will repudiate
it in an unmistakable manner when the
question is brought to the arbitrament OF
their ballots.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-11-06

A strenuous effort is being made in the
Gulf States to resist the payment Of the
tax on cotton, on the ground Of its alleged
unconstitutionality. 1t is pretty well
established part of the rebel and Copper
head creed that nothing is constitutional
except attempts to overthrow the Govern
ment, and utterly destroy the Coustitu-
tion,
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Much faAIino is avb;h;tad tbronrb the

Much feeling is exhibited through the
State of Georgia OF the subject of repudia-
ton. 1t is thought an effort will be made
on the meeting Of the Legislature in No
vember, to relieve the people from the pay
ment of certain debts contracted prior and
during the late war. The plea urged for
repudiation is the loss of slaves and the
failure of the crops. The amount Of prop
erty returned in the State for 1866 is
$207,000,00O; in 1850, $620,322,777.
Loss to the State over $465, 100000.
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The patronage of the Administration,
when used as Mr.. johnson uses it, is pow
erful influence, but, though Philadelphia
was packed and stuffed with Democratic
votes, the Union majority was not sufic-
iently reduced to defeat a single Union
Congressman Thousands of men we're
given temporary employment in the Navy
Yard, and we have a report tha: many Of
them were Rebel soldiers.
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The late STEPHEN Girard, when sur.

The late Stephen Girard, when sur
rounded by immense wealth, and supposed
to be taking supreme delight in his accu-
mutation, wrote thus to friend:
GAS to myself live like galley slave
constantly occupied, and often pass the
night without sleeping. I am wrapped in
a labyrinth of affairs and worn out with
care | do not value fortune. The love
of labor Is my highest ewotion. When [
rise in the morning, my only effort IS to
labor so hard during the day; that when
night comes may be able tosleep soundly."
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-11-06

Gov. Curtin has appointed Prof James
P. Wickersham State Superintendent OF
Common Schools. He is one Of the most
thorough and efficient educators in the
country. He has been Principal of the
State Normal School in Lancaster county,
since its organization, and IS the author of
series of popular works on teaching and
school government.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-11-06

The Montgomery "MaiI' has a very
savage article on Russia and the United
States" in which it says that both have a
Poland to keep in subsection, and that "the
despotism of the autocrat and the depot
ism of democracy are in loving embrace -"
This looks very much like accepting the
situation in good faith"
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The South will by and by begin to
think lightly of Democratic veeacity. At
the outbreak of the war, they promised to
help them in the battlefield; but didn't.
More recently promised to back them at
the ballot box; but they couldn't. They
are alike unreliable with bullet and ballot.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-11-06

PENNSYLVANIA CoAL.-The Philadel-
phia North american says the quantity
of anthracite coal sent by the Philadelphia
and Reading railroad the past week was
58,925 tons, and by the SchuyIkiil canal
22,3O4 tons; total, 8I,304 tons, decrease,
as compared with the corresponding week
Of last year, of 1929 tons. The trade in
the early part of the week was little more
active than usual, and prospects for steady
improvement appeared quite favorable; but
this continued only for a few days, and it
is no" as much depressed as ever. Ship
rTents from the Schuylkiil region have
materially increased; in consequence of a
heavy reduction of wages, to which the
oPerati,es.in some places, and which ena-
bles many to resume who had heretofore
been idle Prices of coal contiuue un-
changed; IS 25 to IS so for white ash,
So 50 to Sc for red ash, and So 80 to s. IS
for bituminous for Broad Top), as to quail
ity, on board of vessel.
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The President could not fully make up
his mind to pardon jeff Davis after the
late elections, but be pardoned Jeff7s broth
er in Mississippi aud restored to him his
valuable property with some $4,000 in
rents doe and to become due, Treason
must be made odious.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-11-06

The new regiments do not promise to
be skeleton ones. Adviees to the Depart
nent show that recruiting was never more
brisk than now. Nearly all who are en-
listing in the regular army have seen ser
vice during the war.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-11-06

Andrew Johnson, since his accidental
possession Of Presidential power, has par
doned more counterfeiters than were alto
gether let loose by any FIVE of his prede-
cessors in the same office. The pardoning
of such criminals will average about three
a week.
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The Vice Presidency.

AS the time approaches for the re-eIee-
ton of President and Vice President,
public attention is naturally attracted to
men most likely 10 be made candidates
and elected to these positions. Gen Grant
is evidently the favorite Of the Union men
for the Presidency. He will be nominated
by acclamation and elected without orpo
sidon. 1t is now proposed by Phlladei-
phia paper to make John w. Geary the
candidate for the Vice Presidency on the
ticket with Grant for President. We have
no objections to such ticket. Our faith
has always been very great IN Gearys
ability as a statesman, and we believe that
before he is Governor year he will be
recognized as one Of the very ablest men
that ever controlled the affairs Of the State.
By the time Geary could be inaugurated
as Vice President he will have almost filed
his term as Governor We Of Pennsylva-
MIA. who nominated and elected Geary
Governor, can therefore afford to surrender
his service to the nation as Vice President.
'-Rarrisburg Daily Telegraph.
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M A. STERRINs & 20.

rEpCHANTS- S-Dealers in Dry Goods, Fancy
4 Goods. Groceries Provision + our, Feed 70. K
80 ,x-rvtbTa usually kept ia good country store
Produce bought and sold
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~ H SIMMONS.

rFRCU UAvT-WELLSVILLE y. Y, Whole,
VI sale and Retail Dealer ia Dry Goo = Fancy ana
srni Goods Clothing Ladies Dre-syf 'ods 'roteIles'
Flour Feed, &c, Retailers supple1 ID 4'0e'"' va -'
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0INSTED and LARRABEE.

TTORNEYs AT LAW, CoudersPort, .sr FenIi a.
A Will attend 10 all bustaess enlrus'ea 70 me- me-
t.re with promptness and fidelity, VIII &i%9 atteuo
th- several courts iu tie adj .duiug counties OlIee
in the second storey OF the Omsted Block
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The Court of Appeals in Genoa, Italy,
has given judgment in an important case.
The Registar of that town had refused to
sanction the civil marriage of priest. His
refusal had been validated by lower court
but the sentence has now been quashed,
and the principle is soIemnly affirmed that
priests can legally depart from their vows
of celibacY.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-11-06

AP0v- tRE Fercuant. and D.a1cr in Stoves,
III Tin and Sheet Iron Ware, Main street, CoudeT
> 1oTt PenTsa Tin and Sheet Iron Narr made to
8 Ter in GOOD stvIe on short notice
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1TERCHANT-Dealer in Dry Goods Read ma
vi CI thing, Cr0ckery, Groceries, Flour, re-
PorE. Provisions. SC. Main street, Couierspott, Ia
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COTnERSPORT HOTEL

z GTASSMIRE. PRoPRIsToR, Corner Of Main
| J. and Second streets CJude sport Potter Cora.
livery StIole is also kept in con ion with TINS
Hotel Daily Stages 10 and from the RAlroaGs.
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,IIITER 4 McALARNEY.

4 TTOR EYs-AT LAW, HARRIsBCRG' Fenn a. =
a Agents for the Collection OF Claims lle
Ntr.and state governments ,su ia ~ Peusoi7
BOUNTY Arrears Of Pay, ,&c-Ad-ress Box ss "tE,o".
" Il MILLER, .
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A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR At l. Law w.
A Cou!ersPort, Pa, W il ai'ehd inc oo0' = ~ -
s,T and the adjoining ccuutses.
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ISAAC BENSON,

TTORNEY-AT-LAW Couder-port, Pa, VII
j attend tc az business entrusted 10 nIm WIZ caF'
- nrnnlptress. Atregd> C"ults OF adjoining eosH
ties once On Second stree; near Inc AI'es''S
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a II ELLISON. VI. D.,

DRACTICING PHYSICIAN. CoudersPort, "a a !
respectfully informs the citizens OF the Eiilage
vicinity that he will promptly respond 10 al cam lo M
profs.ioD ser vices Office First street, nFs' uooI
west Of his residence. 17-40
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ave honor loyalty ard detest treason
was a favorite motto through the war
The motto of the President now is: 1--WE
honor treason and detest loyalty"
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VI W. wcAE.ARNEY.

nEAL, ESTATE aud INSUR ,NCE AGEN \. l. l.
X Ind Bolsht and Sold, Taxes pale aud l!tIes
iav1.rjg,ted Isures property against hie IN h- oes
companies in the Country and Persons aean' n 4STI
al. In the Travellers Insurance Company OF HAT
ford Business transacted promptly l5-9
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InHN . MANN.

TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT Law
A CouderSport, Pa, wl+ltteHd the eVer' Co' M :
4 Potter and Cameron counties. Al business en-
trpsta3 10 his care will receive promps a'leh'leH'
Jfice on Main street, in residence
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CnIIINS SNEFH.
IL L NLNSTED.

y FERCuA<T-r caller in Dry Goods, Groceries
wi Provisions, Hardware, Queens"aTe' y uI'et!
80 an e.,}s usually fur-l In country store. mol
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After all the abuse heaped on the Freed
mems Bureau; Governor Patton OF Ala
lama, has requested the reissue Of rations
to the starving people--not the negroes,
but the white people of that State. We
suppose that the charities Of the Bureau
are now more needed by the whites than
by the blacks; and the former take the
bread and curse the hand that gives it,
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CMARIEs s. JNNES.

: fERCHANT-uealers in Drugs Medicines, amt ;
Nj Oils Fancy Articles, atfonery, DTy Goods
5+r1reries &c. Main Street, CorGersport, Ia
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Pottcr JournaI Job-Oaicc.

TkVING lately added a fine new assortment Of
III JOB-TYPR TO our already large assortment
r are now prepared 10 do all kinds of work, cheaPy
and with taste and neaine~s. brae solclttd.
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$1,000 Per esIr1tss Year to vi vi our Te?;
SO sewing MacUInes. Three new kinds. Under aud
upper feed. Warranted I've years Above salary
or large commissions paid. The ONLY machines sold
n the United States for less than $40 which fully
licensed by Howe, Wheeler s. Wilson, Grover & Ba-
kor,Singer Co & Btchelder ALL other cheap ma
chimes are infrugements and the seller or user are
liable 20 arrest iue. and Imprisonment. Circulars
rec Address, or call upon Shaw & Clark, Bidde-
fsrd, Maine, or Chicago Ill. De-. %, 1865. iswly.