The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-09-24


winter voyage, seven months long
with only the cracking, breaking ice
beneath them, and knowing that II
must fail them ere they reached
home.
Both of those exposed parties
were in good position to learn and
to exercise faith and trust. Cour-
age, too, they must have had in album
dance, and thankful praise will rise
from many hearts and homes over
their rescue and return.
LATER.
LONDON, Sept. 19.-The steamer
Arctic brought to Dundee ten members
of the Poloris expedition, whose names
are as follows: Captain Buddington,
sailing-master; DR.. Emil Bessels, chief
of the scientific corps; II. G. Cheste' ,
/ first mate; w. Morton, second mate;
Z. Schumann, chief engineer; a. A.
Odell, second engineer; W. F. Camp
bell. fireman; Herman Siemons, Henry
/ Hobby and n. Hayes, seamen. All
are III excellent health. Three others
were transferred by the RareHScrGag to
the whaler Intrepid, which is expected
to arrive at Dundee i'll two or three
weeks. Their names are r. w. ID.
Bryan, astronomer and chaplain; J. b.
Mauch. seaman; J. W. Booth, fireman.
In the spring two boats were built of
thin pine boards. taken from the cabin
of tie Poldrts. In these the whole par
tv embarked as soon as the ice opened
and sailed southwark. On the 3rd of
June they sighted Cape York, and on
the odd of the same month were picked
by the RGrpScraig.
Mr.. Chester, first mate, is regarded
as the one who did the most to save the
party, and the rescued men speak in the
highest terms of his exertionS. They
also say that Captain Hall enjoyed the
confidence Of every one and his death,
which was unexpected, was deplored by
all on board the POiGrjS.
WASHINGTON, Sept. ia telegram
received at the State Department from
Consul Reed at Dundee, Scotland, says
the POIdriS survivors arrived destitute.
Consul Reed has been instructed to care
for the survivors and send them home
by the first steamer.
A telegram received at the Navy De
partment from st. Johns announces
that the special steamer sent out to
catch the Jgaidta yesterday had over
taken that vessel, and she returned to
st. Johns this morning where she will
await the arrival of the TigrcSS and
both vessels will then return to the
United States.
NEW YORK, Sept. ia long dis
patch from Dundee, Scotland, to the
Tribune gives a statement in full of the
sufferings of the crew of the POldrjS,
concluding as follows: "As to a state
ment that the ship might have aided
the party on the ice, all agree that it
was impossible after tie PolGriS broke
adrift to learn even the whereabouts Of
those left behind. Every effort was
made to find them but with no avail. -
| The Fair of the Lycoming County
Agricultural Society is now only two
weeks off, and farmers and mechanics,
their wives and daughters, should ar
range so as to be in attendance with the
products of their farms, orchards, vine
yards, work shops, dairies, etc. The
exhibition occurs but once year, and
everybody should be prepared to bring
with them articles that will give inter
est and varity to the occasion.
Many a valuable lesson or hint is
picked up by the curious inspector of
the articles displayed at q fair. With
inquiring eyes the individual goes from
point to point wondering, as impulse or
the contact with friends and acquaint-
ances may direct, and the whole lesson
is finally learned and carried home for
rehearsal and reflection. BY the fire.
side, for weeks and even months after
wards, the merits of the more attractive
articles are canvassed and the conclu-
sion to he derived therefrom is reached.
Many resolution and calculation is
made for the next year, influenced, oft
en- more than the maker would like to
admit, by what he saw and heard at the
Fair. He lays his plans for carrying
off the first premium in stock on horses,
pigs or poultry, grain or plants, as the
case may be. The stimulus thus given
to his mind, the research made, the eff
fort put forth and the results of the ex-
pertinent are worth many dollars to him
i'll future years. They not only affect
him Immediately but are a permanent
acquisition to his knowledge and quail
tlcations as a farmer; and in conse-