National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-03-06

WOlcOtt has voted S21 900 for the
LamO!lie Valley Railroad.
Eli Camps saw mill in Randolph
was burned few nights since; no
insurance.
The fire is discovered by its own
light so is virtue by its own excel.
lence.
A few weeks since two men
threshed for Preston Ewens of Troy.
2ll bushels Of oats in 1-2 hours.
The Passumpsic Railroad Compa-
ny has lately declared dividend of
per cent.
Chittenden county has one hun.
dred and sixteen Justices of the
| Peace.
Pittsfield is one of the healthiest
towns in Vermont, its liquor agent
having sold five pints of ''mcdicine'
in 1867.
What is the difference between
perseverance and obstinacy !-One
is strong will, and the other is a
strong won't.
There is a man out West who
drinks so much whisky that misqui-
toes who bite him die of delirium tire.
mems!
A wit once asked peasant what
part he performed in the great dra-
ma of life ~ mind my own busi-
ness" was his reply.
A monument to the memory Of
the late Bishop Hopkins is soon to
be placed in Trinity Church, New
York.
The new way of doing the hair is
to roll it up into large fiat cart.
wheel on the top of the head, com
ing to within an inch of the fore
head.
Some colored men in Wisconsin
who were slaves before the war are
insurlng their lives, the money to be
paid to the United States at their
death.
The English papers publish, with
great satisfaction, a Fenian riddle
.hat has just been concocted. The
problem is-"My first, when be
makes my second, calls himself my
WHOLE" and the solution is-Pdt,iOt
ABOUT SAFEs.-Lillie's Safes arc
in bad repute i'll Vermont where
many have been sold. SheldOn'S
of Middlebury, was successfully
drilled, blown up and robbed in
three hours. At the late fire in Rut-
land two with their contents worth
1900 were destroyed.
A Washington correspondent
says that Thad. Stevens denuncia
, ton of the House Republicans a'
contemplate cowards' to the Worl,
correspondent has made him very
unpopular. Old age has shaker
> his temper, and all the patience III
. had is lost,
1t is reported to be moro full,
agreed that Congress will not ad
!. iourn sine die till March of next year
:. If business will not prevent, IA reces
! will be taken before the lst of July
to continue two or three months
and then another for a similar space
. Even the most conservative mem
y bers of the House and Senate op
, pose a positive adjournment.
IL a Washington correspondent
,, speaking of Gen. Hancock's remoy
q al OF New Orleans Councilmen, say
Il that his whole action is said to be
g part of the plan which the rebel
. and Democrats of Louisiana are a
y ranging to defeat the Constitutio
II which is about to be submitted
the people Of the State. Gen. Grant
)! action in the matter is not yet iina
a ruflian is pursuing blood
e. career in north eastern Texas, III
Il. molestcd. He is known to ha'
ar killed forty persons in cold bloc
m and with 10 provocatlon. In OF
C. instance recently he shot two colo
n. ed servants and an old man, knoc
'r' ed down with bludgeon one dang
)y ter. mutilated the other with n knii
rd and then set fire to the house, lea
1t, ing the five dead and wounded DO
les to be consumed i'll the flames.
TX.
A MIXED CURRENCY.-Thc &c
al tor of II contemporary in his distrc
rJ and anguish, pnts forth the folio
II ing appeal, which is the most u,
rs peratc attempt to "inilatc the cl
,'' 80 rency' that we have yet seen:
20 20 Wdnted.-Ilop poles, shoe PEI
ro old boots, cat fish, saucr kraut, 60
husks, saw dust, porcupinc qui'
buckwheat cakes, knife blades, mi
aS bles, watch keys, matches, fire crat
''' crs, pea nuts, swapping turtles, {
scraps, pig ears, tooth picks, cie
he stumps, walnuts, old gum sho
pn. moving scythcs, wagon whee
ild drums, iiics, jewslarps, old sl'
strings, horse shoes, bees IN I
.rs. hives, old pocket books (fn'l of M,
IL. ey), postage stamps, bank chec'
,.n shin plasters, good Dank bills, u
ler all others Mt this Office IN payne
,er. Of subscription, etc. ut the high'
mc market value.