National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-02-26
NATIONAL OPINION.
Friday, February 20, 1869.
Local and State Matters.
BradD'tI

the young people of Bradford will
come off at the Town Hall on Thurs
,lay, March 4th, and will consist Of
farces, a Roman tragedy, songs, etc.
G. w. Pierce, ESD, of Oxford, n. H.,
has been engaged to play the Irish
character in one of the farces. Mr..
Pierce has quite talent III this di'
rection and his many friends in
Bradford will be glad to see him
again as paddy Miles, Whit
combs String Band will furnish
music, and to hear this alone would
be worth the price of admission
We understand that there is to be
no supper in the upper Hall, and
that seats will be provided for all.
We also learn that the object OF the
entertainment is not only to pur-
chase some things necessary III
holding future ievees, but to furnish
innocent amusement der al evening,
and to ascertain the feeling of the
community in regard to the giving
of other entertainments of the kind
the coming fail and winter, to SuS'
tain good course of lectures. We
hone our citizens will all remember
this and encourage the young peo-
ole by their presence and patronage
next week.
AccOrdingto accounts we hear
General 'Scrimmage' was INDUCED
in at the Trottcr House on Tuesday,
in which poor whiskey, "a SprlS OF
shllelah,' carving knives, and
the Finigaus generally, palticlpa-
ted. The gist of tie matter was
that the proprietor refused to let
his clerk and hoStler have more
liquor, they having already as much
down as was required to fit them
for their respective positions;
whcreupon arose 'mu>S.' we
don't know which came out ahead,
and don't care. fla man will throw
frabrands We shall not be sorry if
he does get burnt with them.
Fdiriec.
The lecture at Fairlec last Satur
day evening, under the auspices Of
the Y. NJ. G. A., by Prof. Gushing.
was commended by al present as a
most happy and eloquent portml.
,ture of the qualities that dlstln-
guished the eminent jurist, as an
incoruptiblc judge, though Sir
Matthew Hale lived in an age when
both judge and juror were aaicted
70 the most shameful vrpalitiy; yet
so deeply grounded were his convic-
tons Of right and wrong that friend
and foe alike couided i'll his intcg
rjty and yielded submiSsvcly to his
Judgments. Hence we find Charles
the First and Cromweli-antipodcs
III all governmental Enthusiastically
Jealous to secure his serN ices III the
highest judicial departments, and
each reposing implicit confidence in
his almost intalliable judgments.
Ncwjnry.
William Doe Of South Newbury,
now in his seventy. seventh year,
has carried the mail to the depot
for Che past twenty six years, duriug
which time he has failed only three
times, and then not by his own
fault He goes over the road-a
distance Of halt a mile, eight Times
aday.
Rev, Dr.. Lord, Of Montpelier,
Icctured at Wells River on the 18th.
Subjcct-descriptioa of Paris.
One Of lot of horses which
were being sold at sheritt's sale, last
Thursday, died while the sale was
gong on--didn't wait to be 'knocked
town by the auctoneer.
Elisha French died on the poor
larm last Saturday. He was nearly
a hundred years old.
The Ladies' Library entertain.
mcnt was so well received that til ey
We're requested to repeat it ON
Wednesday.
Rev u. S. Haynes, of the Metho.
INST church at Newbury, writes the
Chronicle 'Please say to the friends
ol Zion that the Lord has remem.
pcred us in mercy on the old New.
bury charge. Although the school
Is removed the Lord has not for.
SaNeh us, but given prosperity
more than thirty souls have been
reclaimed aud converted since last
conference, and still the revival