The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-01-10


reference to stage connection between
this place and that road: II ann led to
understand that arrangements are being
made by parties 10 run daily lines be-
tween CouderSport and Forest House,
and between Wharton and the latter
point, in connection with the trains''
Give us the stages-what we want is
theSholteSt possible time to the railroad.
We have received the AIdjne for Jan.
and it is superb. We know of no way
in which one can get as much beauty
for his money as by sending five dollars
to James Sutton q Co., Publishers, So
Maiden Lane, n. Y, and receiving in
return for whole year the Aldine.
We would call attention to the adver-
tisement of WELLS & DAY, of OswayO,
in another column. They are enterpris-
ing gmerchantsand intend doing the right
thing.
There is a passenger car on the B., n.
Y. & P. Railway named 'CoUDERs-
PORT"
Cur citizens who fail to attend the
Literary meetings held every Monday
evening in the basement of the Method
ist Church, miss great deal that would
be of interest to them. We hope that
the attendance, which is increasing, may
be still greater in the coming week.
The fare from COuderspOrt to EmpO-
rum is SIP.
James Turner and son of E. O. Aus
tin, not long since were in the woods
hunting on Freeman Run, and not re-
turning at dark, some of the neighbOrS
went out to look for them. They were
! found and the party reached home about
three O'Clock in the morning. The boys
had got lost and of course the streams
all ran up stream, so they were going
/ farther from home at every step. When
/ found they were nearly exhausted and
as the night was bitter cold the result
of their adventure might have been
sad one but for the timely assistance
that came to them.
The Imerjcdl Stock Journal for 1878
will be greatly enlarged and improved
in every respect. The price will be 81. 50
per annum. and a $500 picture free.
We hope all our farming friends will
send for sample copies, as the publishers,
n. p. BOYER & Co., Parkesburg, Ches-
ter County, Pa, offer to send three
numbers free to all who send stanpS to
pay postage.
People writing dates should be care
full to put a ''3'' where they have been
in the habit of placing a 80 " The world
has measured another year, and we had
better acknowledge the fact at once than
be trying to turn backwards" "
POmerOy's Democrat, published in n.
Y. City, by the renowned Brick, " is
one of the liveliest papers that reaches
us. It's politics are intolerable, its
opinions ON many other subjects are
totally at variance with ours, but the
paper is always readable and interest
ing. If you want a specimen copy, or
to subscribe, send a postage stamp to
! NJ. NJ. POmerOy. =. O. Box 52l7. y. Y
City. -
AT the last meeting of the Literary So
ciety the following questions were re-
| ferred:
Why did Fahrenheit, in his thermome-
ter, adopt thirty-two degrees below the
| freezing point, as zero?
Referred to julius DGRNER.
What nation used the skulls of their
enemies for drinking cups, and from
what belief did the custom arise?
Referred to REV. Q. NJ. LEGGETT.
/ What is the origin Of the term : Brown
Study?
Referred 10 NJ. W. MANN.
Monday evening, January 13, this sub
| iect will be discussed:
ReSoIred. That the United States Post
/ Office Department ought to be abolished
and the business of carrying letters, as
of other parcels, should be left to private
competition.
| Affirmative. Negative.