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The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-05

ONE great cause of our satisfac-
ton and enjoyment in reading stories
is, that they are free from the miser-
able misconsuuctions and misunder-
standings that are perpetually get
ting in our way in real life.
When people say things in stories
they convey as a general thing, the
ideas they intended to convey.
Whosoever listens understands and
replies to the meaning; of the speaker
instead Of to some imaginary thought
wholly at variance with it, as is the
case very generally in our every day
intercourse. II is wonderful, consid-
erlng how many ways there are OF
misunderstanding the simplest state
mcnts, that the truth is ever come at
by taking testimony" Witnesses
must have their idiosyncrasies, their
peculiarities Of thought and Of ex-
preston. How many times, won
der 90 they clearly convey by their
testimony the actual state Of things
described. For as it is said to take
Two to make a slander-one to relate
and one to hear, it certainly takes
two or more to understand anything
or tell it again without changing the
meaning and how very seldom can
any two do it, even with the best in
tentions, the sincerest desire to be
truthful.
We see with the faculties given to
us. We hear according to our own
capacities; and the ideas which we
receive and remember are composed
of the words that fall on our ears.
shaped and colored by our own
peculiarities. SO shaped and colored,
often, that he who spoke the words
would not recognize them if he could
see the image that they form in our
minds.
One philosopher has said that ira
dition is the truest history. If this
be 50, it must lie that the many
mouths that repeat, correct each
others variations, as a river with all
its sinuosities, makes one general
course FROM the mountains to the
ocean.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-05

HALLOWEEN is deplored as having
lost its charm or charms in these
latter days. The Express says:
We doubt very much if single
young woman in Buffalo locked in
the glass last night after her future
husband; we are certain ut any rate
that she didn't see him. Nor have
we heard Of anybody's bobbing for
apples and even the Woman in Black
who ought to have been out last
night if she has any regard for the
poetical prGprieties, kept indoors.
Ev rything was stupid and common
place as ever. One of the old rites
Of Halloween was to wet a stocking.
hang it up before the fire to dry and
lie in bed watching it until midnight
when the apparition Of your future
partner would turn up. There were
many near approaches to the obser-
vance OF this rite in this city last
night, but the slight dilIerance was
just that step between the sublime
and the ridiculous that is so easily
taken. We did as Brown did, who
wet his stockings badly and hung
them up before the fire to dry. But
he didn't 90 to bed and wait for
them to dry, or to see his future
partner because he had another pair
of clean ones and his present partner
made him get into them very quick
ly, so as not to keep dinner waiting.
And he didn't set up TO watch those
stockings at all; he just let them
dry and at midnight he lay, like Mar
co Bozzaris, "dreaming of the hour"
and if his future ''pardner" appeared
at twelve, she must have been some
what chagrined at his indifference,
to say the least.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-05
What Shall we Eat?

There have been sometimes ques-
tionings of what the race of mankind
would do when this or that great
supply should be exhausted.
Once. there was some alarm lest
we should be left in dim obscurity in
the course of q generation or so, be-
cause the whales were becoming
scarce and very evasive. But long
before the last whale had made his
final plunge under the ice Of Beh-
rings Straits, or lodged harpoons
around the jutting points OF Van
Couvers' Islands, the deep earth be-
gan to pour out her treasures of oil
in many new and unexpected places;
with such wonderful abundance that
there seems now a prospect of being
able to get up illuminations in A.
D. 1000.
4 few years ago, some calculating
philosopher estimated that if the
population Of the earth went on at
its present rate Of increase for a very
few hundred years, there would not
be room for them all. The vast
regions of the west, all the hitherto
uncuItivated places would fail to
produce enough for so many people,
and we should soon begin to crowd
each other personally.
But already there are indications
ofnew and untried sources Of supply.
1t is reported that sugar has been
made chemically; without any sweet
vegetable juices, at cost much less
than it ever was before; about so
cts. per hogshead. Not that they
made it in that quantity yet, but
that it could be made for that price.
Butter also, it is said, is made from
animal tat, quite as good as thaJ
made from milk and much cheaper.
Why may we not hope that other
similar discoveries will follow. That
bread and meat, that whatever is
necessary to sustain life and health,
may be created from the gases and
the simple substances in earth and
air; the substances that are every
where, or that come with the winds,
with the changes Of the atmosphere
and that are themselves supplied by
all matter that has lived its life out
served its uses in its present form
and is decomposed by fire or air or
some form Of decay, that is merely
chemical change.
Should these discoveries 90 on
there need no more be scarcity of
food or fuel; famine need no longer
slay its thousands, even in Persia
for there too must exist the simples
Of which the earth is made and all
things that grow upon it.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-05

YELLOW FEVER is decreasing. In
Memphis it is passing away and they
need, for that, no further pecuniary
assistance, though help for those left
orphans and those thrown out of
business is still desired. The fever is
spreading in Texas and other places
much in Georgia, but it is hoped
that the cold weather will prevent its
being very extensive. The early Sc
verify of the weather this fall is
doubtless a great blessing by its
checking this terrible disease.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-05
AUDITORS NOTICE.

TTNHE undersigned Auditor, appointed bY the Or
Il phauS Court of Potter County TO distribute
traitors of the estate of T. l. COrhin, late OF Pike
township, deceased, will attend to the duties Of
his appointment at the OtliCe Of Olmstcd X LARA
Zee in the borough Of COudersport, on the 18th
day of November next at O'Clock, p. m, where
all persons interested may attend if they think
proper. lie viii be at th9 IZaaK Walton House in
Gaiues township, 1ioga Co., Pa, on Wednesday
Oct. %, at 10 O'Clock a. m. ana at WellSborO on
Thursday, oct ~ AT the Cone House. at 10 O'Clock
a. m, Tor the purpose OF taxing testimony in this
case. ID. c. LARRABEE,
September a, 1873 Auditor
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-05

I'VE have received the opening
number of a new youths magazine,
the 81. Nicholas, published by Scrib-
ner & Co., and edited by Mary
MapeS Dodge. T
1t is an attractive paper contain
ing forty-eight pages of reading mat
ter, intersperscd with numerous en-
cravings, some of which are very
fiue. Price SO. Scribner & Co.,
654 Broadway, New York.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-05
THANK SEWING.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, !
Washington ont. Ii, lSI5. !
A PROCLAMATION.

The approaching close Of another year
brings with it tie occasion for renewed
thanksgiving and acllmOWl, d-mcut to
the Almighty Ruler Of the universe for
the uuuumbgrCd mercieS which he has
bestowed upon us. Abundant harvests
nave been among the rewards of indus.
try. With local exceptions, health nas
been among the blessings chj yrd. Tran
guilty at nome ard peace VITA other
nations uaVe ryVdiltd. Frugal indus
try is rrgalnlmg its meiited recognition
and its III rilcd rewards. Gradually,
but under the providence Of God surely
as we trust, the nation is recovering
from the lingering result of Il dreadtul
civil strife. For these, and all the ott,-
er mercies YOucfsaftd, it becomes lis as
Il people TO return heartfelt and gratc-
full acknowledgements, and, with our
thanksgiving, We may unite prayers for
the cessation of local and temporary
suffering.
| therefore recommend that on Thurs
day, the 9TH day of November next,
the people meet III their respective places
of worship to make aclmowlt dgmemt to
Almighty God for His bountieS and His
protection, and to offer to Him prayers
for their continuance.
In witness whereof | have hercunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed. Done at
the city of Washington this / ltn day
of October in the year of our Lord 1913,
and of the independence Of the United
st teS the 9th. L. 5. GRANT.
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Sccy. Of STATE.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-05
THE recent cold weather and snow

THE recent cold weather and snow
has brought great numbers of robins
around our houses and gardens,
picking at the remains of fruits, crab
apples, mostly. They seem to Dave
been as unprepared as we humans
for the sudden ending of the fine
weather and to have all their prep
arations for their southern trip yet 70
make,
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-05

MERCER county elects Democrat
ic member of the Legislature for the
first time in many years. This was
owing to fight on :he whiskey ques-
tion. The Republican candidate, it
was charged, favored the liquor sell
lers while the Democratic candidate
was an active temperance man. He
was member of the last Democratic
convention and told the convention
if they put whiskey plank in their
platform, their ticket would not get
a single vote in that county. The
Democrats Of Mercer county are very
far in advance of their party in the
balance Of the State.-BeaUer Rad
zeal.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-05

IT WILL be a great pity if the cold
and storms interfere seriously with
the repairing Of sidewalks. Many
have been repaired but there are s,ll
many places where they are very de-
fective. Some broken plank where
the walk crosses the brook on Main
st. give one an idea of it being rath-
er deep place to step through.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-05
THINGS are looking more hopeful

THINGS are looking more hopeful
in France:
PARIS, Oct 3l.-M. De Chesnelong
received letter from Count de
Chambord OH Sunday last. He i'm
mediately returned it to the Count
and wrote to him, repeatedly urging
him to modify it, but without avail,
the Count insisting on its publication
verbatim and it is reported that in
consequence of the position main-
tanned hy the count, all hopes Of the
restoring of the monarchy have been
abandoned.
In his letter the Count said he
was the man-the pilot, who could
save the nation; and perhaps he is,
if it needed but his wiIlful action TO
break up the plans for restoring the
monarchy.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-05

WE HAVE received Harper'S Nag
azine for November, and it reads as
follows:
"The Secret of the Strait" Pre-
pared from Dr.. G. A. Maack's unpuh-
liShed Report by Helen 5. Conant-
with sixteen illustrations. "The
Mystery Of the Jewels"-January
Searle. "The Mountains" VIII !.
Porte Crayon-with twelve iIlustra-
tions. "Haunted," Rose Terry. "a
Few French Celebrities" Juniu5
Henri Brown-with thirteen por-
traits. Sonnet" Paul II. Hayne.
"South Coast Saunterings in Eng
land," Saunter VIII NJ. ID. Con
way-with three eillustlations. ''Tran-
sition.n "A Tale Of Two Citizens, :"
Ruth Dana. "A Lone Woman Ill
Ireland." Mrs. j. Lizzie Cloud-with
eleven illustrations. The Living
Link" by the author of "Ihe Dodge
Club" etc.-with three illustrations.
1.-The last Of the three" S. s. Conant.
with two portraits. Two Pic
MICS" Anna Warner. "Sonnet," Paul
II. Haync. "Northern California, )"
IN. "The Sacramento Valley" Chas.
Nordhoff. Song, "The Question:"
Alfred IL. Louis. "The Republican
Movement in Europe" Eleventh
Paper Emilio Castelar,. Editors
Easy Chair, Literary Record, Scien-
titic Record, Historical Record, AMI
Drawer.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-05

A MOVEMENT is making to unite
the towns in New Jersey lying near
New York City under one city gov
ernmcnt. 1t is said that while space
is greater, population will be nearly
as great as in the city Of New York
itself.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-05
90 O

LONDON, Oct. ga meeting was
held at Black Heath to-day in favor
of amnesty to the Fenian convicts.
Six thousand persons were present.
The affair passed off quietly.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-05
Administrators Notice

WHEREAS, letters Of administration to the
w estate OF HERMANN GRADE, late of Eulaiia
township, Potter %, deceased, having been
granted 10 the subscribers I'll persons Indebted
to said estate are requested to make inmediate
payment, and those having claims or demands
against the estate Of III decedent will make
known the same without delay to
CATHARINA GRADE,
thlalla' sept ~, lSI3.-L <dnr
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-05

"INHEN the swallows homeward
fy"-they set good example. Quite
a number ofour Coudersport estrays
have returned within the last week.
Glad to see them.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-05
Administrators Notice

WHEREAS, letters of Administration TO the es-
tate of FRANZ GRIsEL, late of Eulalia TWP, Pot
ter Co., Pa, deceased, having been granted to the
subscriber all Ie sons indebted to said estate are
requested to make immediate payment and those
having claims or demands against the estate of
the said deceient Will make known the same
without delay, to ROSINA GRISEI
COuderspOrt oct IS 1873
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-05

WE have received the November
number of the Popular Scicncr
Monhiy, the contents of which are
as fellows:
Liberal Education OF the Nine
teenth Century" by Prof. VIM. p.
Atkinson; "The Growth Of Salmon, ="
by c. Z. Fryer, (Illustrated); "Psy-
chology Of the Sexes" by Herbert
Spencer; THE hinged Planet" (Il-
lustrated); "The Phcnoraena Of lie
redity," by Fernand Papillion; The
Shovel-nosed Shark" by Lady Yer
ney, (IIlustrated); "llealth anl Com
fort in House Building" by DR.. John
W. Hayward; "Hypmotism in Ami
mais," by Prof. Joseph Czermak,
(illustrateO; "rhe Survival Of IN
stinct," by Elias Lewis, Jr.; The
Primary Concepts Of Modern Physi-
cal Science" by J.B. SUallo; "Sketch
Of j. \. Lockyer, +. Il. ). (Portrait); J;
followed 10y Editors Table, Literary
Notices, Miscellany and Notes.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-05

WILL the friend who sent us a
communication signed only with ini-
tials, please give us his or her name?
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-05

PO ULTR I.
II Thomas Shear. coop of Sumltra fowl. / 10
193 \ Knapp deposited e,even eggs weighing
3S ounces, OF Light ana Dark Brah-
maS-twO weighing each I4pounj and
the lighteSt y ounces. As the fowls
werenat dep pSIted The Committee had
no opportunity of judging their cha
racter or keeping and therefore dill
not Recommend i premium The eggs
will probably average 8 to the pound
GRASS SEEDS
l63 Jas L Perce 1 bus Hungarian 49,. ! 90
GRAIN
7RK Young .... best acre Of corn ...... 90
70 Seth TaGgalt I'D ...... | 90
AV Lyman. n.... best sack winter wheat l %
The Managers withhold portion Of the report
of this Committee for further examination,
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-05

10 \ IT Htl-EN. .NtNlnIIVn HNtINnH .UlDIOm3
ASthere was nDtlial o4 tie Crawford Improved
Moving machine, No. lo6, depo,iJ by W Hick
oX, agent, and RawSon Combined Mower ami
Reaper. No. 49,, deposited by &. G. Lewis, agent,
the Committee decline making any award.
New-York tribune., 1873-03-17
POLITICAL NOTES.

And Senator POmerOy-will his admiring
constituency allow him to return to their arms without
a single brass band 10 welcome him, or dinner and
poem 20 cheer his hearth
One more man has withdrawn from the
coalition ticket in Cincinnati If this thing continues
there will be much truth I'm The BnQuirers assertion
that search-warrant will be required TO find the
ticket before the reassembhDg OF the Liberal Repub
can Convention.
Boston is talking about new election law.
The Republican City Committee has presented TO the
Legislature bill substituting for ward officers Of cleo
tons the appontees Of central board Of supervisors,
who shall count the the day following the cleo
ton. In exciting election II would be hard work 10
wait over a night for the result
With a perceptible throb of patriotism, The
Cincinnati Commercial says "It great pleasure TO
the country to see that Casey lwho married Dent has
been reapponted Collector Of NewOreans This is one
OF the grandest results of Civil Service Reform Casey
sweet boon to NewOrleans. he has been placed where
he Will 40 most good
Kentucky must have a noble set of leglsla-
tors when home newspaper speaks OF them in para
graph like this in The Louisville CO,rierJorHGi Hay-
ing waited patiently until the Kentucky Legislature had
wasted three months Of time in ivoty we felt II TO
be our duty 70 stgmatze IT, elabOratey and with proof
as incompetent lazy, and reckless body OF pohtical
dead-beats."
Initiating the thievish pr0pensities OF their
brethren in Washington, the members of the Penn
ing their own salaries, which contains precisely the
same provisions as the infamous one which Congress
has passed and the President has signed The
lower house has already passed IT, The PhitadeLphtd
Press denounces IT, and hopes the senate VIII have the
courage and honesty strike out the portion allowing
back pay Courage honesty sadly out Of fashion
now II is only the outside mOb,' as Senator Car
penter calls the independent press, which is so far be-
hind the 10 insist upon keeping up some OD-
servance for them.
TJs HUYff,a,H IOtrUOf fhug throws bUckpt-
m of very cold water upon that nice little banquet at
North EastOn and its fellow demonstration at South
Bend: Doubtless to Mr. Ames it seemed the voice
Of the state vindicating his course; but the whole
Credit Mobiller exposure has shown that he Is
a man destitute of fine moral perceptions, who bought
Congressmen he would buy iron. with no thought
except that it was profitable and apparently necessary
investment On point he and has eulogizers are
correct There no doubt that Mr. Ames stands be-
fore the country in a honorable light than those
who purchased his stock shared the enormous profits
and then when exposure came, qulbDled and pre-
varicaJed and swOre falsely on the subject"
New-York tribune., 1873-03-17
ROBBERY or THE MAILS.

ST. LOUIS, March 1G.-It is discovered here
that the mails from 81. Louis 10 the East have been
robbed several during the past two months. Fifty
thousand dollars worth drafts sent from here by tho
Third National Bank 10 the National Bank Of Commerce
OF NewYork on the night OF Jan. 81 failed 20 reach
their destination, but have not since been presented
therefore the bank is not loser
The mails OF the l4th and 25th Of February were also
robbed but It is that any drafts from here
were presented or negotiated until few days when
information came from Buffalo that draft for $l5OOa,
issued By a bank here in favor OF j. C. Ayres Co. OF
New York had been presented 10 express company in
Buffalo with the name Of that firm forged
The forgery was not discovered till after the draft had
hAen receipt this information, Gen Smith,
Postmaster Immediately began investigations, and
,scertained that the mail Of Jan. 81 did
NOT 90 through, and that the maibOx was
robbed of several letters, apparently between here
and Indianapolis There is clue yet to the robbers,
but specia Post Office detective shartey is working up
the atter The payment OF drafts is said 10 have been
lrou0bt about as follows man, supposed to be en-
yaced IN these robberies, came to Buffalo accompanied
by a lady dressed in the hight OF fashion, whom NC
represented as his WIFE
ne rented elegant apartments and formed business
relations with an express company. He sent several
drafts by this company for collection, and one ior sOO
an a Il l.ouis bank which was genuine
In this way he gained the confidence OF TIE company
h spnnosed him 10 be wealthy Ii is understood theS
easbed the $4,000 draft him upon hs intTusne IL "
them for collection In SewYork
New-York tribune., 1873-03-17
ART
THE MOZIER MARBLES.

Those who knew the late Joseph M0zler
will he especially interested the exhibition Of his later
works which is now open at the Clinton Hall Sales
rooms and even to those who did enjoy the aoqaint
ance OF that genial and gifted gentleman the collection
will possess sufficient value attraction OF its own TO
Justify visit There are eleven marble statues belong
ing 10 Mr. MoIers estate executed in the latest and
best years of his e several Of which, both by the ee-
walton of their motives and the elegance Of their execu
ton, deserve to be ranked among his most
successful works There is an imposing and some
what haughty "Rebecca;" "Rizpah" which Is rather
more ambitious in purpose than prosperous in result
Peri" modelled from Thomas MOore's poem holding IN
her hands the tear Of penence which is TO open for her
the gates OF Paradise robust and welle0ndluOnen
spirit with scarcely enough OF the spiritual 10 balance
her earthly substance The finest OF the large statues
is an Undne," which is a charming study OF form ana
drapery. The "Jephthas Daughter" is a meritorious
work and thoughtful figure which is unsexed by the
masculine OF II PenSorOso is a graceful embodi
ment Of Millions "divinest Melancholy" Among the
less fortunate works is The Wept Of WishtOn-Wsh"
This is a result OF that curious fancy for tinted
statuary which, starting with Gibson, attacked
many artists in Rome few years ago.
Even Gibson, a man of unquestonabe genius, made
amentable failure with his pink Venus and 1t was not
10 be expected that any greater would crown
the experiment Of Mr.. Mozier, who was not a great
genius at all, but clever and skful amateur, with
much Of and considerable capacity for it, His
founding of forest has coOred legs and arms,
drab hair, red lips, blue eyes. and raiment of many
cOlors and the general effect is that OF tobacconsrs
sign, manufactured without regard 10 expense The
statues will remain exhibition until about the goth OF
March, when they will be sold.