National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-02-21
Miscellaneous.


Business is dull in Boston.
Denver has a horse railroad.
Snow shoe races in Montreal. =
Wall.strcet's temper is'bullish.
Judge Busted is convalescing.
Theirs has written new book.
There are 4. churches in Detroit.
Miss Janauschek is at Louisville
New Jersey has IL daily papers.
-Napoleon's boy will be lin March.
Pope Plus X has had 256 pre-
decessors.
The King of Greece is only 22
years old.
A masked singeris amusing Paris.
Beecher is writing the life of !
Christ.
There is a famine in Eastern Prus.
STA.
Lcap.year sleigh rides are all the
60.
Philadelphia is to have Dickens
again.
Bull fighting is prohibited in Mex.
leo.
The river Seine in Paris is frozen
over.
Gen. Grants income is $4,000 a
year.
a live gorilla is on his way to
London.
The Pope has 81 Cardinals to APP.
point.
There are 80 Cath )lic churches in
Italy.
The state debt of Missouri is S23,.
Gal 900.
Outward politeness cannot be
learned in set forms at school, for
at best it will he hollow and deccp.
tive; genuine politcness like every
thing else genuine, comes from the
heart.
Men drink in crowds because
they arc afraid to drink by them
selves. 1t requires a good deal Of
courage to stand up alone and pour
q glass CT the stun they call whisky
nowadays down throat.
Democrats i'll the rural districts
of New York are complaining ofthc
extravaganza of the present demo.
cratic Legislature. They'll groan
worse yet before Tammany gets
through with them.
"A keen eyed cOuntryman walked
into the court room curing the PIC.
gress OF trial. Stepping up to
one Of the ''rinG," he requested that
the prisoners might be pointed out
to him. The lawyer he accos:cd,
being somewhat of wag, pointed
to the jury. The stranger surveyed
them critically, when turning to his
iniormer be remarked: "Wci they
are a hard looking set, amt they
l know by their looks they ought TO
go to the States prison, every one
OF themo
A NICE LITTLE RoMANCE.-In
1864 one Of Prices rehs got left be.
hind after a raid near Glasgow, Mo-,
being dangerously wounded in the
neck. Miss Sarah j. Smith, u school
teacher, happening to pass 10y. took
pity on him and staunchcd his
wounds, probably saving his life
She remained with him tin near
mghttall, when the soldier advised
her to leave, saying that his com
panions would probably come in til,
night and take him away-if not
she would find him there in til,
morning. He told her that his
name was II. G. Mcdonald, and
that he was from Louisville. Ky.
The next morning he was gone, and
Miss Smith did not hear from him
again till few days ago, when she
received a letter from the admins
traitor, II. &. Mcdonald, senior, in
forming her that she was named in
the will Of the deceased rs the lega
tee of 500, 1900, in consideration OF he,
having saved the life of his nephew
aud only heir, the II. {. Medicinal,
named in connection with the incl
dent of 1864. The Glasgow Time,
vouches for the correctness OF Thu
story.
WASHINGTON, Feb. {, 1SGS.-Th,
lmpeachers are again hopeful
They assert that the President cou,
United high crime and misdcmcan
or IN cndeavoring to persuade anoth
cr officer OF the Government (Gei
Grant) to enter into n conspirac
with him to prevent the execution
of the laws by Il third officer of th
Government, (Mr. Stanton,) an,
they further say that the Presi,lcn
committed crime in promisin
Gen. Grant that he would parlo
him sllonld he be sentenced to an
punishment for thus preventing tn
execution of the laws.
W lille there are many indication
that a large majority Of the Rcpub
Iicans III Congress regard the Presi
dent as the great obstacle in tn
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