National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-04-17

| bIdhHld OOlId race, NulCh "ciShOo
from seven to eight and one fourth !
pounds. had one chicken four
months and eleven days old that
weighed most ten pounds. | think
they lay as well as any other race of
hens. When sold at Thanksgiving
time they dressed five pounds per
head. When | kill one for the table
| have some chicken to eat.
CLOSE OF UNION DISTRICT
| SCHOOL, he Winter Term Of
Bradford Union District School
closed on Tuesday, 9TH inst. The
examination was conducted by Col.
r. Farnham, the Principal, Prof. j.
! w. Palmer, having been called away
by the sudden death of his father.
His absence occaSioncd much disap-
pointment, and destroyed the inter
est of the scholars in the closing eX
ercises. The examination showed
that commendable advancement
had been made by the pupils. y
Globe edition of Dickens entire
works and vase and bOquet Of
flowers had been purchased for pres
entation to Mr.. Palmer. They were
sent to his rooms to await his return.
New SCHOOL HoUsE.-A new
school house has lately been built at
Bellows Falls at cost OF 81 ,999.-
u. 1t is we'll arranged for school
purposes, and is very important
addition to the public buildings of
!, this enterprising village. AT the
annual school meeting March 3lst,
it was unanimously voted to raise
- cents on dollar for the support
Of schools and for the payment of a
f portion of the Indebtedness Of the
> district.
l AN OLD NEWsPAPER.-Dr. j. IL.
Jones of this village has handed us
: an old newspaper, Of the date OF
/ May Is, 1898. It's copy of the
United States Chronicle, published
Il at Providence, Il. l., by Fennett
Wheeler, the publication of which
was commenced in 1882. 1t is less
i. than halfthe size of the Opinion,
u and printed on thick, coarse paper.
u 1t contains proceedings of the sec
@ ond Congress, among which is the
act fixing the compensation of the
y President and Vice President.
# We copy from it the following
item
REMARKABLE FECUNDIl The
IS wife Of Mr.. John Harvie, living on
# the banks of the kennebeck, on the
4 10th of July. 1872, was delivered OF
a son: and on the 18th OF April.
" 1898, was safely delivered Of FOU Il
o SONS at one birth, three Of whom
e with the mother, are living and
m are likely to live. Two womel
, swOre before magistrate to the
truth of the above extraordinary
= fact. In a young country like ours
lie right worthy of pension and reward
is this fruitful woman !
=. The Doctor handed MS with tb'
! above paper an old federal $50 note
=. issued under resolution of Con
f. gress of Jan. II, 1919.
OF George Ramsey, freight conduc
ne tor on the Il. G. 4 Montreal Il. Il
OF accidentally fell from his train be
al tween Wells River and Bath, o
lg the 10th inst, and received injurio
on from which he died next mornin,
a He was inScnsiblc from the time @
or the accident till death. He lived a
". Woodsville, and leaves a wife ar
mt two children.
III. -.
DELEGATEs.-At the Repu blica
rs. caucus held Inst Thursday cyenin
lie to choose delegates to represel
cir Bradford in the District conventiC
an at White River Junction, on Il
m. 10th inst, Col. Il. Farnham and
it'll w. Cobb were chosen delegates :
int Hurlbut, j. b. Woodward, SUBS
as tutes.
the
-. We gave an item from the Fr,
.al man last week on the burning of
40, barn in Washington and an attcm
IN ut robbery. The Argus has the +
inc lowing particulars.
90 \ BAD LooK.-A case bearing
-" bad look for somebody has come
ehu our knowledge. In the south pa
of Washington resides joel fren'
:. an old man, with his wife. This ,
MI couple have the reputation of bel
Try, rather misery, and quite "quee
this in the management of their fin,
rch cial matters. They are said to Ina
=, over $1,000 in specie in their hou
''"'' and much other money, all loci,
up in IN old chest. At the side
tied this chest stands an old axe, and
y the head of their bed u pitcliork
-. the pattern of ages gone by,
ut weapons offensive and deicnSi
his | -. .....,,.,,i, D.. ,,,,u,J tl,nun tYnna,,,