National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1867-08-23

VI. y. 1
News says in that town are twenty.
four hundred inhabitants, and seven
churches, containing four hundred
pews; each pew will seat five Der.
sons. The average attendance ar
church each Sunday will not exceed
four hundred-one to each pew.
The patient of root and herbT
medicine man got the following prc.
scription from him for bad cold
''Pucher feet III hot wotter, gotobed
and drink pint Of loot The VA.
tent brought the enigma to us in de.
spair. 81 can make out the first
part well enough he said-spul
your feet in hot water, go to bed.
and drink a pint'-that Is plain
enough. But what is ''loot 2" We
were embarrassed at first, but
happy inspiration struck us. Loot
ell-double o-tcc- elderblow tea. And
that turned out to be the cxplana
! ton.
a young gentleman, or an elderly
one, after having paid his addresses
TO a lady for some time. ''popped
the question" The young lady ina
frightened manner, said 'You scare
me. sir" The gentleman did net
wish to frighten the lady, and con.
sequently remained quiet for some
time, when she exclaimed, "Scare
me again"
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 17.-Gen.
Sheridan's election order was issued
today. 1t provides two days for
election, Sept. - and %. Tile con
vcntlon will be composed of % mem
bers. The Board Of Registration
are ordered to commence revision
of the rolls, and final registration
is fourteen days before the election.
The number of representatives in
each Parish are designated. The
other provisions Of the order are con
fined to the usual details of the
election, except the following:
Section. Z. Should violence or
fraud bc pcrpctlatcd at any of the
voting precincts on the days of elec
ton the offender viii be punished
in the SevercSt manner, and the
election within these precincts will
be held over again under protection
, of United States troops.
THE TERRIBLE MINING ACcI
DENT IN SAXONY.-Yhe Newton
JouAdl publishes the following ex
tracts from n letter received in that
town from Frciburg' SaXonv, which
give additional particulars in regard
to the one hundred miners buried
alive in one of the coal mines lat
country
"ConStant efforts were m to
reach the unfortunateS for / mber
of days. But all in vain. Loose
material continued tumbling in from
the unsupported sides of the shaft.
and nulltied all attempts.
1t was then decided, when all
hope was exhausted OF reaching the
men, to ill the shaft, and sink d
r. new one from the surface. They
r now lie buried 1900 feet deep. Al.
. ter wear or two 1t may be possible
p to collect the bones for re-intcrment.
: More than 10000 has leen con.
tributcd for the relief and future sup
port OF those made WIDOWS and or
phans by this catastrophc.N
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. Is. Some
discharged soldiers and sailors have
called IA meeting for Saturday next
to express condemnation Of the
President i'll removing Secretary
Stanton form the position Of SccIe
tary of War.
r COMING STATE EIECTIONS-Ihr
next State election will be that Of
: Vermont, which will occur on the Sd
of September; and the day after,
] California and the other extremity
: of the Union will follow. \ few
days afterward, on the 9th of Sep
TENDER, Maine will be heard from,
, Nearly IA month will then elapSc, at
J the end of which time the great
! States of Pennsylvania, Indiana and
Ohio will engage i'll the political
T. struggle-thcir day ofclcction being
/ the Sth of October. Next will come
the elections that occur on the ilr&
: Tuesday Of November--the 9TH
The are New York, New jersey
Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts,
5 Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota
} Hi is, Kansas, Missouri and Ne
= vada. Colorado willvote on the l2th
I, OF November, which will close the
list Of fall elections,
Z, At st. Johns, n. f., q Catholic
clergyman was 50 assailed by some
Of the companions ola young women
whom he was cxpostulating WIN
upon her mode OF life, that he was
. obliged to inilict some chastlsem'"V
/ upon them in scltdefence. Ihc po
. lice Justice rcprimanded and llileu
: the priest, but the people indoI,'e
his course and have sacked 'hc
, house where the occurrence to9A
place, and are clamofiDg tuf 'n'
magistrates removal
THE BONNET THAT KEPT A LApl
FROM CuURCH.-A Boston pape,,
of q religious turn of mind (V'
, course we mean the Traveller, re-
lates the following very good storl'
which is undoubtly entirely true
Rev. Mr.--of Lawrence, ~
bachelor. Noticing. early ~ thc