National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-03-13
Miscellaneous

Woe to him who builds a big door
and has no house behind it.
Russia is looking anxiously for a
pretext to wash down slice of Tur-
key with little Sublime Porte.
Many of the hotels of Pithole dur.
ing her palmy days have been pulled
down and removed. The Bonita
House, built at an expenses of 800.
600, was recently sold for $4,000.
Il have nothing but my heart to
give yOu,' said spinister to law
yer who had conducted suit for
her. well, said the lawyer gruffly
go to my clerk; he takes the fees.'
The Litchfeld, Conn.,. Sentinel
publishes the births, as well as
deaths and marriages. In the last
number we find the following: In
Cornwall, Feb. 5, a son to John
Trichemen, Esq. "a Democratic
gain.)
The editor of a Western cotempo-
rary remarks that he is glad to re-
ceive marriage notices, but requests
that they be sent in soon after the
ceremony, and before the divorce is
applied for. He has had several no.
tees spoiled in this way.
For several weeks the Springfield
Leader kept the following conspicu-
Ously at the head of its local column /:
"BOy wanted at this office" A few
days since the editors wife presented
him with "a boy" which shows the
of advertising.
There is nothing like the modern
march of science. Professor Tyn-
dali has shown how a smell might
be felt, thus relieving Biddy from
Il Q stigma of absurdity in stating
tlat she felt a loud shmell,' and
German doctor has invented an APP
paratus by which thunder is made
visible through the object glass of
telescope.
"Can water run up hill Z, asked a
nine year old of Paterfamilias. 'No
my n" was the reply. "But the
Mississippi runs up hill, if my maps
right" persisted the youngster-
GAN rivers that run toward the
Equator must run up hill, if the
Geography is right about the shape
of the earth.' Papa scratched his
head, and concluded that bed time
for children had arrived.
The Home Journal says that Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Sumner have settled
their differences by agreeing to
permanent separation. 1t may not
have reached this unhappy point,
but we suppose it is likely tO-at any
rate, they have not been reconciled.
as was earnestly hoped by their
friends on her return from Europe,
and are not likely to be. 1t is very
certain they were not made for each
other and found it out too late.
John Jacob Astor left Halleck.
who was for years his confidential
clerk only two hundred dollars a
year. Halleck often used to Joke
Mr.. Astor about his accommodating
income, and perhaps rather rashly,
said: Mr.. Astor, of what use is all
your money to youi | would be
content to live on couple of hun
dred year for the rest of my life if |
l was only sure of it. The old man
remembered that, and with bitter
satire, reminded Halleck of it in his
will.
During the recitation in sDe Cor.
Ona the Professor took occasion to
make explanation upon the passage
in which DemOsthenes charges Aes.
chimes with covering him by a mix.
ture of his own base dee is and evil
lips, and brought the illustrations of
81 finished feast with the contents of
half empted glasses, broken meats,
and other remains collected into a
mass. In response to his question
as to what this should be called, to
the infinite disgust of all patrons of
clubs and boarding houses, came the
reply, They call it hash in Ann
Arbor, Professor The house came
down and the rendering was adopt
cd.
The leading rebel organ Of Ala.
bama, the Montgomery Mail, has
tho following significant paragraph:
Observation-Disclosures the past
few days large number of negro
employees have been discharged in
this city, who, by voting for the ne.
gro constitution directly arrayed
themselves against the whites and
their business interests. Served
them right. The negroes were
warned Of this in time, but many of
them preferred to go with the scala.
wagsand carpettaggers, and against
their true friends and hence MANY
OF them are now out Of employment.
We are glad to see that this plan
has been generally adopted in near.
ly oil parts of the Statc.'
A NEW GEoGRApHY.-The Geor.
gia Star gives the following: Some
smart Yankee is getting up q new
geography of which the following is
q specimen.
FIRST GLASS STAND UP.
Q-Whcre on the map is new
Africa 7
Ain North America.
Q-What is the capitali
A-Waslington.
Q-Where il the United States 7