National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-10-30

Never purchase friends BY gifts,
or if you cease to give, they will
ease to love.
Gen. Howard has directed the as
,istant commissioner of the freed
mems bureau for the District OF
Columbia to close his Office on the
first of November.
l know of no great expOnder Of
moral principle, l know Of no elO-
quent teacher of divine truth, who
is more useful in Gods world than a
business man who carries his reli-
giOn into his business.
1t is true of many persons that
their memory is nothing but q row
of hooks to hang up grudges on.
In England there are many farm.
ers who more than support them
selves and large families on the
products of six acres, besides pay
ing heavy rents. Agriculturists in |
Germany who are proprietOrs Of
five acres, support themselves on |
two, aud lay up money on the prod.
uct of the remainder.
The immense fire in the forests of
Washington Territory is said to have
travelled at the rate of five miles per
hour. The houses of many settlers
have been destroyed.
There is report that Brigham
Young is going to retire to private
life with the three million dollars he
has made by his profession as
prophet.
Lieut.. Gov. Woodford of New
York believes that old "Miles Stan
dish, as he stood on Plym nth Rock
was the grandest old carpetbagger
this country ever saw"
United States bonds rose one per
cent. in the London market on We'd
nesday, in consequence of the re
publican victories in Ohio, PennSyl
vania and Indiana, the day before.
COOP TEMPLARs IN MAINE
The Grand Lodge of Good Tcmplars
closed its semi.annual session at
Portland, Oct II. There are 1903
lodges in the State with a member
ship of $4,000.
When the Pacific Railroad is open
to San Francisco, 1t is proposed to
place upon the line "a honeymoon
carr for the express use of bridal
parties. A whole train of them will
be wanted if Brigham Young should
take it into his head to marry q new
batch.
Queen Isabella has fallen after ;
reign of exactly thirtyfve years. -
, She succeeded to the thIOne at tn,
, death OF her father, on the 10Th o
| September, 1888, and on the sam,
. day of 1865 the revolution reached
: her capital and terminated he
reign.
4 \ recent statement from TIL,
!. Treasury Department shows tina
+ the 'couscienCe fund" from NOvcm
A vembcI 1868, to June 80, 1868, wa
| 800, 1920. If every one who la
A robbed the Government should b
t Overtakeu by desire to refund tn
, same, our financial affairs woul
Il soon be in a very prosperous cond
y ton.
= An official report of the expense
: of the Freedmen'S Bureau since 1t
+ organization to Aug. LIST, 1865
II shows that its tO,al cost to the n;
/ ton, including appropriations to
o the relief Of the suffering whites
i the South, was 1895, 25S.SS. Il
= an act of Congress passed III Jul
ir last, the operations of this Burea
are to he withdrawn from all I'll
If States on the first day of January
+ A tidal phenomenon was observe
i at He'll Gate on Thursday, when ii
~ tide, according To experienced pilot
- was stronger than it has been for Il
=. last twenty years.
a. The New York Express says tn
III "if any man wants to test the c
It tremc extent of his patience, let hi,
re when he is IN baste.t AXE passage
y the Ninth Avenue Railroad III tn
IT city.
1t is now stated that the revolutl
in Spain would have been tailu
Il but for the detection in the navy.
p The Queens Ministry cut down 4
st pay of the officers, aud hence the
es readiness to bring about a chan
ne in the governmet.
A lady in Baltimore has sent /
n. Secretary of the Treasury two cen
in telling him that the compound
he terest ON it in a thousand years "
pay the national debt, and save t
Sc country from the crime of repud
~, ton.
According to the New York NJ;
he the expenses of a modern fashion
ell BILE wedding averages from one
his five thousand dollars, and the grot
ng pays all the expenses of the chur'
ry' the marriage fee, organist, sex:t
gas and cards.
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nd Extract from a complimentary
ter: "a iellur in our plais sprlnd
ho unk nj hadlay and IL paiud him n