National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1866-10-12


and copperhead appointed in his
place. If this was done with Gov
ernor Randalfs knowledge and
CONSENT he should be compelled to
walk on cIutches the rest of his ma
tural lite.-Albdny Ere. Journal.
The Illinois girl who lately lost
her speech (save whispering) has
had forty offers of marriage.
A sermon in four words" Shrouds
have no pockets"
BARBAROUs.-The Lamoille Ne,cS-
dealer says, that on Saturday night,
Sept. 18th, baby, about two days
old, was left on the doorstep of Web
ster Page, in the north east part of
Cambridge. 1t was evidently living
when left but died from exposure.
When discovered it had hardly any
thing around it. and lay on the cold
stone, with its limbs and head bare.
Inquiries developed the fact that
two women and man were seen to
approach the house, and the tracks
i'll the sand indicate that the man
left the little one on the stone. The
guilty and heartless wretches have
not been discovered.
Mrs. PARTINGTON's LAST" If
there is anybody under the canister
Of heaven that / have in utter ex-
cresence," says Mrs. Darlington, sit
is the SANDER, going about like boy
constructor, circulating his calomel
upon honest folks
OREGON.-W. II. COrbett, has
been chosen L. s. Senator from Ore
gon for six years from the 4th of
March next. Nothing is said of his
politics, but we have assurance that
he is a radical republican. lie is a
merchant who has but lately enter
ed public life.
A clergyman was depicting before
sleepy interested audience the
alarming increase Of intemperance,
when he astonished his hearers by
exclaiWing, g A young woman in
my neighborhood died very sudden
ly last Sabbath while was preach
ing in beastly state of intoxica-
ton"
The old "COuncil Tree of the
Senecas,' nearly five centuries old,
nc Mount Morris, New York, was
blown down few days ago. u
measured twenty three feet in cir
conference. The solemn councils of
the Seneca chiefs were held beneath
this tree from time immemOrial.
Oil and black lead is supposed to
be the best substance, for greasing
wheels, but we have always found
lard and -four apparently as good.
II the wheels are kept well lubrica-
ted, very little difference will be
found between the case of running
wooden and iron axles in ordinary
farm work. The smaller the axle
the less will always be the friction
other things being equal because
the spokes have greater purchas,
*, the friction being the resisting force
tlna being nearer the end of the lie
yer when the axle is small.
have this afternoon been preach
ing to a congregation of asses" said
q cOnceited young parsOn. "Then
that was the reason that You always
called them beloved brethren re.
piled a strong minded lady.
Jack Bannister, praising the hos
pitality Of the Irish, after his re
turn from one OF his trips to the sis
ter kingdom, was asked if he hat
been in Cork. "NO," replied 'h'
wit, " but saw great many dra,1
ings of it,
A writer says women require
more sleep than men, and farmers
less than those engaged in almOs
any other occupation. Editors ant
reporters and doctors need no slee|
at all. Lawyers can sleep as mucl
as they please, and thus keep out o
mischief. Clerg,mcn can sleel
twelve hours out of the twenty four
and can put their parish to sleeI
once week.
AN DIP VETERAN.-Dcacon Ro
bert Barney, of Rutland, aged 81
years, voted at our last State cleo
ton for the fifty ninth time. IL
has always resided in town and vC
ted at every State election here sine
he arrived at the proper age. IL,
of course, "oted the Republica
ticket.
THE BODY OF JOHN WuLKE
BooTH.--1'he Cincinnati Union il
abiding to sensation stories 81
afioat respecting the assassin ofPres
ident Lincoln, says that altlougl
tales were told about the body G
Booth being taken secretly ont (
sea and sunk, and others about
being buried at midnight, In an OF
scure place, by two men employee
by government, and who were swor
TO secrecy, yet facts known to bu
few, and carefully kept from tn
newspaper press, show that the bod
was given to the relatives Of ROotl
and that II was buried ia New Eng
land or Canada.
1YDlcATIvE.-A special dispatc
70 the New York Tribvne states tha
at Democratic meeting held a
Bedford. Pa. an addrass yos mo,J