National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-01-29

ships come about by marriage. We
have he1rd OF the mother and daugh,
ter who married brothers, and who
thereafter addressed each other rs
sisters and, also, of the young man,
who, on being asked by judge
whether he had a father and mother,
said he wasn't quite certain whether
he had or not; first, his father died,
and then his mother married again.
and then his mother died, and
his father married again; and now
he did MT wnow exactly whether
they were his father and mother or
not. But Dan. Bryant, at the min.
Strcls, tells of the most complex fam
lily ever known, something III this
wise: - | married Il young widow,
who lived with her step daughter.
Ny father married this step daughter
Ny wife was therefore the mother
in-law and the daughter-in law of
my father. am the step father OF
my mother -in-laW, and my wite's
stcp-daughter is my step-mothcr.
Wen my Step-brothcr-that is to
say, my fathers wife and my wite'S
daughter-had u son. He is my
Step-brother, of course, but being
the son ot my wite's step-daughter
my wife is of course his grandmoth--
er, and am his grandfather as well
as his step-brother. My wife also
had boy. Ny step-mother is con-
sequently the Stcp-siSter of my boy
and also his grandmother, because
lie is the child Of her step-son, and
my father is the brothcr-in-law of
my sou, who is the son of my step
mother. / am my mothers brother,
in-law, my wife is the aunt OF her
own son, my son is the grandson of
my father, and ] am my own grand
father. "-WOdd.
NEW PREPARATION OF RUBBER
FOR DENTISTS. All PREF aHti0nS
of rubber for dentists use contain
more or less mercury, and their man
| ulacturc without this mineral has
/ heretofore hccd esteemed impoSoj-
BILE. Mr.. john Halliday of Lynn,
! Mass, it is stated, has discovered Il
method of manufacturing the rubber
without the use OF mercury in amy
OF its forms. thus guarding against
pity lliSm, soreness of the gums, Of.
/ fcnSivcncSS OF breath, and other
/ symptoms following the uSc of red
! oxide Of mercury. MIR. llailldaN
, demonstrates chemically the absence
of mercury from his rubber Ivy the
usual gold test The new article is
not yet, we believe, in the market
but dentists here and elsewhere
will be glad to hear oft.
Pay your debts as soon as you
get any money i'll your pocket.
Do without what You don't nee l..
/ Speak Your mind when it is neccS
SarN. Hold YOU tongue when pru
dent. Speak to n friend in II scedy
coat. Ii You can't lend a man mon.
cy tell him why. lryou don't want
to, do the same. Cut any acquain
tance VINO lacks principlc. Bear
with intirmlties, but not vices.
Respect honesty; dcSpise duplicitS
Wear your old clothes till you can
pay for new ones. Aim at comfort
and propricty, not fashion. Ac
knowledge Your ignorance, and
don't pretend knowledge you haven't
got. Entcrtaiu your friends bu;
not beyond Your means.
In IN interior county of ONO, ~
Il criminal court presided over by 3
Judge of considerable lIumor, Il notO
riouS thief was on trial for larceny
The principle question of fact IN The
ease was whether the property stol
en- was worth thirty-iivc dollars, ol
less than that amount. According
10 the statutes Of that State, if tn,
value amounted to this sum, the of
tense was grand larceny, and th,
/. penalty would he Imprisonment il
/. the penltentlarN, where the rogu
righttully belonged. After the iur.
had been ont for several hours, the
returned into court, and said to th
Judge that they could not agree ~
less he charged them whether the
should estimate the goods at lh
wholesale or retail prices. There
upon thr nudge drew himself mp, an
enlightened then thus:
"Wcll, gentlemen, coasidcun
the way the rascal came hy Ill
goods, don't thiu> the court ca
afford to wholesale thcm to him.
e The doors of the pcnitentlary oI ct
! ed accordingly.
{ one half of the Montpelier ~,
|. man has been sold To j. w. Nlc
r. lock. This involves no change
n the management of that cNrellci
r aud able paper, ~ Mr.. Nhcdock III
(. been the superintendent of the off
II for many years, and the entl
,. charge III the absence OF VI. NllIar
/. Nr. Whrclock Is u deserving ma
e has Won his way in life entirely
" his own cXcrtionS, and We cordial
congratulate Lin IN his new pc
ton.
: BuNEp TuRKEY.-Fhis is u fay,
rs iic dish at evening parties, and ~
~ be thus prepared. boil u tdrkcy
ic rs little water aS possible, untll I
ii bones can bc easily separated II,
the meat. Remove all the ski
slice, miSing together the light ~
Al dark parts. Season with salt u
n pcpcr. Take the liuuid IN which