National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-05-07

SCUM, New York and the District Of
Columbia, and never kissed one
son OF Adam over two years DID,
And we will make an even bet that
no son OF Ada IN over two years old
ever kissed her.-Er.
Western New York has an editor
who can write a leader, hit deer in
the eye at forty yards, catch the
shyest trout with fly hook, and
Gin. the wings of the swiftest pama
The DECREASE OF THE DEBT
The public are very happily disap-
pointed in the amount of the de-
crease of the debt the past month.
The highest estimate which had
been made fixed the reduction at
two or three millions. The official
statement showed it to have been
nearly SIX and a half millions. This
isan excellent showing for Mr.. Bout
well and gives reason to hope and
expect that when he gets his depart
ment fully organized and iu good
working order we may have even
better statements than this.
Louis Napoleon's dislike for jour.
nalsts is tOlerably we'll understood,
and those who surround him at
Court of course partake of his no
tIOns toward that sort of person.
We have, in one of the comic jour.
nails of Paris, report of the conver.
sation of two old Conservatives, who
attributed all the misfortunes in this
world to the Press
'And what has become of the son
of our friend X-P
Don't ask me; he has turned out
badly
'How is that. thought he was
intelligent and industrious. What
has become of him y
'He has become a journalist
"A journalist! and his father is
such an honest man 1t is incrediDlen
Harper's for April.
Not many days ago young lady
from the country went into Il store
not a thousand miles from Boston,
and asked il he wished to purchase
IA couple of chickens, at the saile
time throwing a pair of live ones on
the counter. why, yes, he replied,
but will they lay theref meaning
would they remain on the counter
Tor few moments.
Lay there!' archly retorted the
rustic beauty No sir! they won't
lay nowhere. Them'S rooSters.
a couple of yound men we're ex-
hi6iting patent churn i'll Canton,
H., when a humorous old lady
averred that the machln was hum.
bug. TO disprove the assertion
they offered to make butter within
ten minutes. The old lady filled Il Q
churn, the patent.right heroes SC,
to work, and spent about two hours
in perspiring and relieving each 9th
er, to no purpose, before the jocular
old matron informed them that they
were churning buttermilk!
A person who was recently called
into court for the purpose of prov
ing the correctness of doctors
bill, WAS asked whether the doctor
did not make several visits after the
patient was out of danger no.
replied the witness, Il considered
,, the patient in danger so long as the
,, doctor continued his visits.
Some young men in Gotham are
, endeavori lg to revive the old ISL
fashion of wearing dress coats orna-
, mented with immense brass but
tons.
A pair of those interesting, enter
tanning ladies', who seem to carry
on soelarge Il business in the way
of procuring subscriptions for new
- works, aud who are 80 delightfully."-
:, importunate, so swectly un- getrid
II able. called II short time since at the
= office of young lawyer for the pur'
u u pose of getting him to subscribe.
Il Indeed, ladies' said he, the part.
:, ncrship of which | am an humble
IL member has lately been so imprl
IL dent as to issue new work of THEN
d own, which, in consequence OF thu
" enormous expense attending it'
; illustrations, embellishments, etc.
'c has completely crippled us
Z Then, perhaps replied the an
!, gcic canvasser, we would procure
u you some subscribers. What d.
'. you call your work
T. well, We have not fully deter
c, mined as yet; but | guess I'll lc
III my wife have her own way, and cdl
~ it after mc--Charles Henry
r, a shrcwd hut uncnlightcnc
n school director away out West, use
et to say, on examining Il candldat
'r' for the post of teacher, we a
u know that b G is vowels, but "
'ir want to know why they is vowels
Ne A woman being cnjoined to tr
the effects OF kindness on her hu'
band. and being told that 1t woul'
II leap Goals of fire on his head, RI
,u nlied that she had tried boiling
M water and it didn't do u bit OF good
rd
or Judpe -, when first ADM
nm ted to the bar, was q very blusserin
If. speaker. On one occasion, whe
r. he was trying u case OF replevi'
cr involving the right to 81 drove