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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-10


--Nobby hats at Cook a Johnson's.
"A letter addressed to JOHN IscH, East
Toledo, o., is held for postage at the Post
Office.
Compare your tickets next Tuesday
with the one in this paper and vote accor-
dinghy
We carried eff two medals on the last
day Of the Cincinnati Exposition, but
have not yet learned what for.
England is celebrated for It's fogs, France
for its frogs, Ireland for its bogs, Canada for its
dogs, Wood Co., for its logs and Hancock for
its hogs.
Prices to suit pauicky times at Cook &
Johnson's.
Invitations are soon to be issued by
the members of the dancing cchool of last
winter, for their first hop the season to
take place on the latter part ofnext week.
TO man who applied to Col. BERRY for
viciuals, the Colonel said, "Havn't you got any
money 2" no." said the man. "Advertiso
then" said the Colonel 'that is the way P. 7.
BARNUM made his money.
A bargain may be obtained by at
tending the mortgage sale of billiard Ia
blcs on next Tuesday afternoon. See ad-
vertisement elsewhere.
Our absence during the latter part of
last week, and up to Wednesday morn
ing Of this week, will account for several
items not appearing which should have
received attention this week.
BY an oversight in our last issue we
failed to give proper credit to The Toledo
Commercial for the historic. Il sketch rela-
ting to the Toledo War, which appeared
in that paper of Sept. 18th.
Best Clothing and Boots and Shoes a. Cook
& Johnson's.
A Fact worth Knnwin0-GRREN's August
Flower cures dyspepsia. Sample bottles free of
charge at A. r. CHAMPNEY's Drug Store. Try
it. Read circular for a description of your dis
ense. G. G. GREEN, sole manufacturer, Wood
bury, M.
The meeting of the Wood County
Lodge l. o G.. 4. on Tuesday afternoon,
was not largely attended. AT the open
meeting in the evening DR.. PHILo ard
Gro. w. HILL, E,q., delivered pointed
and spirited addresses, f,voring the Pro-
hibition movement.
The ball given by the Messrs. WHIT
MORE, at their II Ill in TJntogany on
Wednesday evening of last week, is pro-
nounced by those who were present to be
an unusual pleasant affIir, with but one
exception. There were too many pres
ent for the capacity of the HILL.
We publish elsewhere a communica-
ton from DIR. RAUscH, of Portage, ad-
dressed to MARSHAL & MORGAN, Holston,
Va. We hop d we were the only oil e
swindled by this firm. Up to this time
we have been unable to get any p y or
any word from them in regard to our bill
for ADVERTISING.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-10

-Cook & Johnson do not "bIow" but they do
sell the best goods for the least money of any
Store in town.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-10
LOCAL MATTERS.
NCw AnVEuTISEmENTs;

Sherif's Sale--C. @. Baird.
Book Agents Wanted-J. b. Burr & Co.
Billiard Tables for Sale-H. q. Law
rpnca.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-10

use; and every family should have them on hand
for their protection and relief, when required.
est, surest and best Of all the Piiis with which
the market abounds. BY their occasional uso,
the blood Is purified, the corruptions OF tho aye.
whole machinery Of life restored to its healthy
activity. Internal organs which become clogsed
and sluggish are cleansed By Ayer,s RUE, and
IL changed into health, the vnlue Of which change,
when reckonel on the vast multitudes who enjoy
II, can hardly be computed. Their sugar coating
makes them pleasant to take, and preserves their
virtues unmpnired for any length OF time, so
that they are ever fresh, and perfectly reliable.
without disturbance TO the constitution or diet or
Full directions are given on the wrapper 70
each box, how TO use them rs Family Physio.
and for the following complaints, which these
Pulls rapidly cure:-
ness, Languor, and Lcss of Appetite, they
ehould be taken moderately TO stimulate the stom>
ach, and restore its healthy tone and action.
For Liver Complaint and It's various syfnp-
toms, Bilious Headache, Sick Head
ache, Jaundice or Green Sickness, Bil.
ious Collie and Bilious Fevers, they should
be judciously taken for each case, to correct tho
diseased action or remove the obstructions which
cause 1t.
mild dose is generally required
For. Hheumatlsin, Gout, Gravel, Pal
Of and The Mea t; ,oS% S1 be in eon% tho
uously taken, as required, TO change the diseased
action of the system. With such change those
complaints disappear.
For Dropsy and Dropsicnl Swelllngas
they should be taken In large and frequent doScs
to produce the effect of Drastic purge
For Suppression, large dose should Do
taken, as Il produces the desired effect by SYM
pathy.
Asa Dinner PHI, take ono or two PifRs to
promote digestion and relieve the stomach.
An occasional dose stimulates tho stomach and
bowels restores the appetite, and invigorates tho
system Hence it is often advantageous whero
no serious arrangement exists. One who feels
tolerably well. often finds that dose OF these
| Pills makes him feel decidedly better from their
| cleansing and renovating effect on tho digestive
| apparatus.
| PREPARED ny
DR.. j. C. AVER C CO., Practical Chen'tsts,
LOWELL, MASS, U. s. Il.
! ron SALE DY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-10

Personal.-W. V. WAY, K q returned
home on Saturday last from Wisconsin,
where he has been spending the Summer
for the improvement Of his health. He
returns materially improved.
Under Clothing and Hosiery at Cook &
JOhnson's.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-10
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ayers Cathartic Pills,

For tho rolIef and
cure of all derangs-
ments In the stofp-
ach, liver, and bows
els. They are . mia
aperient, and an
excellent purgatlve.
Being purely vego-
table, they contain
no mercury or min
eral whatever. Much
serious sickness and
suffering Is prevent
= An.-M-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-10

KEsTuoKY " II is sometimes pretty sharp il il
is little homely. farmer being asked tho
other day II daughter recently married was
still living at hume IN" sil! when one of my
gals swarms she mpst hunt her own hiye,
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-09-03

We SEE the following item in some
Of our exchanges: The Virginia
Educational Association has voted
against teaching girls algebra" We
are not informed on what ground
that august body concluded to cast
such a vote. 1t may have been the
members thought the feminine mind
was incapable of understanding the
abstruse principles of the science.
and feared to assume the RESPONSE
bility Of taxing it with the mysteries
Of minus and plus quantities; maybe
they thought girls did not need such
discipline as that study gives, that.
as one Of Dickens characters SAYS,
There is but one phenomenon and
she's 4 girl and there was no need
of making her more phenomenal /;
but the first reason that suggested
itself to us on reading the item was,
that the Association being probably
composed to large extent of teach
ers they voted as they did because
their own requirements did not ex-
tend much beyond Robinson's Higher
Arithmetic. and if they could exclude
the girls from venturing farther in
the mathematical field, by the terri
bic interdict Of an Associational vote,
they could get along with the boys
in almost any way. And why not?
For what scion Of Virginia's chiyalry
would study algebra in school
where the girls were excluded from
the same privilege?
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-09-03

THE Modocs were captured months
ago, and now Captain Jack and sew
eral others are condemned 10 die for
the murder Of General Candy; but
the Indian difficulties seem to be as
exciting as ever. A dispatch was
recently brought into Fort Berton
by two hunters from the Yellow
Stone Expedition, dated Muscle
Shell River, August -, which gives
the particulars Of two fights with the
Indians, who in both instances at
tackled in large numbers but were
finally routed by charges Of the cav
airy. The sayages were said to be
well armed with heavy rifles and had
plenty ofammunition. These articles
are alleged to have been furnished
them at Fort Peck, trading port on
the Missouri River, which was made
a Military Post by Congress last
winter and to which large shipments
Of hardlrare were made by traders
in the spring.
1t seems to be impossible to deal
with this Indian question successful
ly. Unprincipled spectators and
traders cheat and eNasperate the saw
ages, then sell them arms and am
munition, while the government
sends its Canbys to treat with them
or its Custars and Stanleys to fight
them-the result in either case being
almost always disastrous.
The fights on the Yellow Stone
resulted in the death of three soldiers
and the wounding Of twenty others.
General Custar and Adiutant Ketch-
am both had horses shot under them.
The Indians had about forty killed
and wounded.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-09-03
tinually reminded of who the real

tinually reminded OF VINO Tue Ie'l
people are.
Arain. when we are told of the
stupendous private fortunes of very
few rich men in the country who, by
their tact. talent, perseverance and a
series of favoring circumstances, have
amassed immense fortunes. and that
+ Congressman are to be pampered by
funds from the public Treasury to
enable them to approximate or to
ape the style and manners of this
|plutocracy, while the vast body OF
the people are left in the background
and far down in the scale of life, the
/ proposition is simply astounding.
One fact Of prodigiOus import must
+ be noted here The late income re-
turns show that not one man in a
hundred. out of the whole population
had an income Of $4,000 a year!
4 Where one man luXuriated in a sum
more than this ninety-nine others fell
below it.
+ Why does not General Butler
who would wish to make it appear
that he is par excellence a tribune Of
tae people; a man to be trusted in
every emergency; man who always
stands up for the weak against the
strong, for the poor against the rich
argue the question from the stand
point Of the ninety-nine out Of the
hundred of his fellow-citizens rather
than from the standpoint Of the few
monOpolists in the country, to rank
with whom he would enrich Con-
gressmen by wringing from the mass
Of the population further measure
of taxation? He VIII surely find that
this argument from the splendid pri-
vate fortunes of few individuals
will not conduce to the popuIariza-
ton Of the action of the last Congress
on the salary question. In this his
usual sagacity has been strangely at
fault, for he has forgotten the ninety
nine men whose income per year is
not equal to the salary off Congress
man at $4,000, and he has remem-
bered only the one man, the annual
increase OF whose private fortune far
exceeding this, IS set up As the model
Of imitation for the law makers OF the
country. But how will it be wien
the votes came to be counted! Be
fore the baIlot-boX all are equal; the
vote oil the poor man weighs as much
rs that of the ricn, and ninety-nine
votes Of the common people will out
weigh SO many times the one vote of
the millionaire. Men Will say, We
prefer TO be represented in Congress
by men OF our own class and condi-
tion-men Of frugal habits, Of econ
ony and moderate living rather than
10y those Of greater extravaganza and
larger wealth. Thus the jealousy OF
caste crecps in, and uuneasurable
evils flow from Uue struggle.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-09-03
CHEER.

The limit that bound US, the weak
ness of body and the narrowness Of
mind, the moral incapacity to per-
ceive and act on great truths would
be far more discouraging and disas-
trOus than we find them were it not
that the little word at the top Of this
article mikes in with almost all the
affairs of life. as sunshine does with
every landscape, and soothes, bright
ems and harmonizes until we almost
find our troubles charming, as beet
ling rocks and frightful chasms or
decaying stumps grow beautiful.
A confirmed invalid, with sunken
checks and pain-wearied eyes, will ;,s
often excite our admiration as com
passion by the sunny cheerfulness
that spreads, not only over his own
countcnance and sounds through his
words, but shines on all around him.
And who 50 weak of thought or pur-
pose but that cheeriness can make
him a desirable, welcome compan-
ion.
Even those who cannot always see
nor choose the rirbt nath ara Somr-
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-09-03
Republican County Convention.

The Republicans Of Potter Countyare request
General Election, on Tuesday, September, 1879
between the hours of and 6 p m, to elect Dele
gates to represent them in County Convention t.
day, the 4fh day of Sentamber next, at O'Clock
p. m, to put in nomination candidates to be yOt
ed for at the October election, and to transact
Sucn other business Is may come before The Con
Eeniiun.
The Eigilance Committees of the several town
ships and bOrOughs are requested To give notice
meetings and to attend them 10 organize and act
aS Boards OF Election. The number Of Delegate.
to he elected from the several townships and no
roughs are as follows Harrison 6; Hebron and
SeS, each 4: Allegany, Eulalia, Genesee, Hector
LewiSyille Osyyayo and R0ulet, each 3 Abbott
Clara, Homer, Jackson, Keating Pike, Pleasant
Valley Portage, StCVardS0n, summit Sweden
SylyAnia. West Branch and Wharton. each 2.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-09-03

The graded school at this place
opened on the twcnty-fifth Of Au-
gust, under very promising auspices.
and is giving signs Of a fourishing
growth and happy influence. The
school board have been very fortu-
nate in securing as principal one emi-
nentIy qualified to raise the school
to HIGH degree Of usefulness and
prosperity. Miss StockweIl has been
so long and so favorably known here,
that her name alone viii be a power
in the school. Mrs. Gridley who has
become almost identified with the
Second department., and is an admir-
able teacher, continues in her place;
and the Primary department is in
good hands.
An effort is making to have the
school more united than it has been
heretofore, which will be a great i'm
provement and increase the influence
Of each teacher and the interest Of
every scholar. The three depart
ments are all well filed and look
bright and earnest.
Indeed we congratulate ourselves
and the community on our school and
its prospects. There is a fine set of
students, too; eager and intelligent.
1t is hoped that our citizens will feel
and show increased interest in and
sympathy with the school. Here are
cur future teachers; those who Will
tram The next generation; the little
ones we now hold in our arms and
for whose good we would make any
eXertion and sacrifice. Let us see
that these now in the schools shall
have our heartiest sympathy and as
sistauce from the highest to the low
est Of them, and that the school shall
maintain its high position and have
every possible facility for advance
ment and success.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-09-03
An Interesting Experiment.

We suppose the most Jealous ad-
vocate OF the emancipation, and of
equal political rights to all men,
without regard to previous cOndi-
ton, had some anXieties as to the
effect Of such a revolution on the
colored people OF the South and on
the nation itself. 1t is too soon to say
that all cause for anxiety has passed
away, but the general character of
the cmancipated people has dissipa-
ted many fears. The following from
the Philadelphia Press gives a de-
scription Of one of many movements
OF the people Of great interest:
In Colieton county (the facts are
derived from a South Carolina paper
Of Democratic sympatnies) colored
men now own and successfully con
duct, in communities, some Of the
largest plantations. A number of
families, often as many as fifty. or
ganize themselves into a society,
eIecting the proper officers and adopt
ING suitable laws. and then for sever
al months, at regular meetings. pay a
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-09-03

certain sum into a common treasury.
When a sufficient fund has accumu-
lated, large plantation is purchased,
payments being made annually for
two or three years. The land thus
acquired is divided equally among
the members, each being free to la
Dor as much and as often as he wish
es, and to sell his crops at his own
prices. A system of dues is main
tanned to provide for the care and
cure of the sick. A board of arbitra-
ton is also appointed to settle dis
putes.
Nearly all of these experiments,
we are assured by the WATERFORD
NelCs. have proved successful. In
instances where the officers have been
found incompetent or dishonest. they
have been removed. When any
member desires to retire, he is re-
turned all the moneys he has paid in
to the treasury, with fair compen-
sation for the improvements he has
made The NelcS further says: "We
do not say that only the cOlored
people who have formed themselves
into these societies show thrift and
the accumulation Of property, for a
number who. six or seven years ago,
were not worth dollar, now carry
on successfully large rice and cotton
plantations and are becoming heavy
taxpayers. But in the particular
section in which these societies are
formed, more property exists among
those who are now fighting the battle
of life and death on their own ac-
count, while from the formation of
these societies they are enabled to
purchase more valuable property and
secure greater privileges" Every
friend of the colored people and true
patriot will watch these experiments
with anxiety Their effect upon the
interests Of South Carolina and the
future well-being Of the new citizens,
if they continue to be successful,
must be very great. 1t is a rule OF
political economy that with the sub
division Of labor the distribution of
wealth is wider and prosperity more
general, and it will work in South
Carolina as well as elsewhere.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-09-03

SEPTEMBER has come. and with il
the fulIness of the year. We had the
seed-time, and now the harvest is far
advanced, and we have certainly rea-
son for gratitude that the season has
yielded 50 planteousIv. The spring
was cold and backward and the sum
mer has been more than ordinarily
cool, but the crops already harvested
have been fair and the fall promises
to ill our barns and granaries and
cellars with plentiful supply Of
mother Earth's good things. Up
here among these hills seed-time and
harvest have never failed, and though
we have heavier yields Of grass and
grain some years than others we have
often noticed that no year failed to
supply the needs Of the people. or to
produce enough to prevent suffering
and want until the succeeding har-
vest. The present year we have
some other things to congratulate
ourselves on as well as the supply of
food for man and beast. Our cool
climate and pure air have rendered
US entirely exempt from the fear of
those diseases that prove SO terrible
to other localities. We have frc-
quently been almost amused to hear
strangers talk of precaution against
cholera during the last month or two.
Physicisns say it cannot reach up
here. At all events we will be thank
full for our past safety from such
scourges and enjoy our exemption
as long as it lasts, while we grow
more and more attached to our home
among the hills.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-09-03
1lnilnnce Con,LnitteeS.

SNttVitCc tOitb'tttt'N
Ab5ott-Chas Meisner, JOS Schwartzenbach and
.AuegGnS-David / Raymond, \ C Presho and
Bi,aghaaiEI Carpenter, A II Cobb and J
Cga,oH.I / Allen. VIM Graves and w A Cole
C'ouderSp0rt-S f Hamilton, w X Jones and }
c Davidson
E,Ialia-Lewis A Glace, 9 SteaTns and J d Earl
CSenesee-J c Cayanaugh, VIM Baker and josiah
Htrrison-J L Haynes, 4 4 SHETLAND and w
HgctorID " Havens, John skutt and Cyrus
HeBr5n"Wm Greenmau L n Coy and Geo W
Hop,er-LeT Quimby, Jacob Peet and W II
Keatiaa@G Lewis, Henry Harris and Hiram
Le,ci&THie=z-C Baker, Henry c Hosley and r
Osacayo-A S Lyman, j V Brown and VIM Fes-
sender
Ptke-M Y Prouty. s II Martin and Sam1 Brown
Pleasant I-dLIeu-ErnEst Wright, Lewis Lyman
and J X .JudkmS
PortaDc-Chas Young, Chas Austin and Danl
Roulct-M y Larrabee, VIM Hazen and Chas
Sha.oa-N Pamenter, A A Newton and J S
fe,oorS55aH S.s5 a2 Andersen, James Barton and Ed
SommitEAIvin Remcns, James Reed and J L
Peircc
slrcde,l-R L White Edwin Lyman and Joseph
Sy,ron;@@Dutton stiles, 4 R Jordan and G c
U1ysssS-A T Raymond, J NJ Benton and B Jay
Vest Br5HdFf-E Crippen, " Conablo and o
WetmOre
WT,dHon-J / Barclay, \ r Bwlmgame and
ShafCF Lpgue
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-09-03

FROM the Washington RepubIic
we cut the following notice Of the
work Of one Of the heroic spirits
who, equally with any soldier or
statesman, spent life and energy in
behalf Of the country and humanity.
If we are not mistaken this Myrtilla
Miner was a native, or at least a resi-
dent in her early years, of Friend
ship, AIlegany county, n. Y, a place
that has reason to be proud of her.
a Leaf from History.-A few
years before the war Miss Myrtilla
Miner began a school in Washington
for the education of colored youth.
She met with fierce opposition. Her
school was assailed and her life and
property endangered. She was
threatened with mob violence unless
she desisted from her nefracious and
ridiculous project Of educating col
ored girls, for she had so far confined
her efforts to female scholars; and
strange as It may seem in this day,
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-09-03
SOMETHING is the matter with this
year. Several of our exchanges say
the days are growing shorter.

Our agricultural standing and i'm
proyement is now well assured. Not
only are We to have a fair, but al
ready quite a number of gentlemen
farmers have "taken stock" in the
soil and all the appurtenances and
herediLaments thereunto belonging.
We congratulate them and the Coun-
ty. No better way of spending mon
ey or recruiting over-strung energies.
No going TO the sea-shore, ne travel
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-09-03
Announcements.

Ed JOURNAL. & ITEN.-P'eaSc announce the
name of Z. l.. White. Of sweden tOWnShin. a.
candidate for the Office of E.lt" "riiiliSNlah-
er-subiect TO Ae decision ol Republican County
Convention.
ED. JOUR,AL & ITENI.-Pease announce the
name of 4 4. SHETLAND. of Harrison town
shin. as : candidate for Comfy Commissioner,
,,'.,o The decision 0l the Republican County
Convention. EQUAL
En-. J0y-~ENL & FTET.-PIease announce the
name OF Samuel ESeebe, OF Osvavo Township,
subject o. the .lccisiJH ot tn" Republican County
Convention. OsWayO, Aug. p, 1873.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-09-03

THE Republic. Washington, d. c.,
in commenting on General Buffers
plea in favor Of the action of Con
gress in increasing the salary of
members; has the following which
has peculiar pertinency. 1t is get
ting so common for public servants
to measure themselves only with the
exceptional wealthy few, to the neg
lect, apparently, of the mass of their
constituents that they need to he con
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-09-03

ing up and down dusty highways,
not even, if we may dare to say so,
is raihoading, either present or pro-
spective, so good and nourishing as
a little easy farming. OF course
those who take it hard and in earn
est have some over-strung energies
that need recruiting other ways.
But just ride up past Lymansville
and see how nice farming may be.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-09-03

"THE Baptist and Methodist Sun
day Schools have united in a picnic,
which is to come off tomorrow at
McKune's grove
Where Is McKune's grove? We
want to go.