National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-02-12

"A Boston trader has outdcn ne his
competitors by displaying in his win.
dow large placard saying, " selling
out at cost and more too.
Thirteen men have been lynchcd
Ill Indiana within the last six
months.
The loby has been so often de,
leated at Washington lately, that it
is getting disheartened.
y party OF st. Louis, Mo. safe
blowers, the other night, completed
their exploits, by shutting mp liz,
: goose III an empty safe.
a western editor has got such :
=, cold in his head that water freeze!
on his face when he washes it.
y Washington telegram SAYS that
sen. Grant has selected his cabinet
but will only announce such selec.
tons to those fortunate individuals
when lie shall have been notified of
his election, which will be early in
February.
Medop Lake, mushroom town,
winch sprung up on the Paciii Rail
road two years ago, and at one time
b0aSted Il city government, two the
atrcs, thirteen hotels, &c. has now
Il population of thirty-fve, and q
building that cost $4,000 was sold
the other day for SO.
The Bangor Wing tells a remark
able story OF a man down at Ten.
nantS HarbOr, who, being out in
his dory, fell overheard, and, not be.
ing able to swim, conceived the idea
) of striking bottom and % footing it "
ashore. Accordingly, shutting his
eyes and teeth firmly together. he
struck out for the shore, until, believ.
ing he must be near land, he open
ed his eyes and found himself in the
middle OF a COrn-iicld.
Alaska has a base ball club
Procopi Kiokak is first base. and
Mr.. komoipechusattrigoo is pitcher.
\ person who had been listening
to a very dull address, remarked
that everything went off we'll
especially the audience.
a correspondent tells us how tc
prevent hydrophoba. Spriggins
; says he once prevented sever,
case Of the malady by simply get
!. ting on high fence and waiting
there until the dog lett.
There were 1887 disasters to
shipping on the Northwestern lakes
and rivers during the last season,
and 322 deaths from explosions,
wrecks and aCcidents,-a much
larger number than any season be-
fore.
; y scholar was turned out of a
, public school in Sutton, Mass, the
i, other day, because he was "too old
&. He is over As, and has a family OF
grownllp children. He was ambi
tious, he said, to sketch up with his
. boys and gals"
The New York journal of Com
| mcrcc i'll speaking Of the numerou,
applications to Congress for Gov
ernmcnt subsidies, says that there
will probably soon be brought for
ward proposition "asking to
, Government subsidies at so much {
rod, for the hanging of clothes lines
in back yards, and the protection o.
the same from thieves
, ''IN THE HANDS OF HIS FRIENDS
. Forncy'S Press says that President
, Andrew Johnson Is already looming
9 mp as the Conservative caudidat,
for the Govcrnorship of Tennessee
. His friends III that country annOunc,
With seeming authority that he ha
y been spoken to and consented t.
, take the nomiration.
By the statutes of the State o
Kansas a woman can pre- s cute {
liquor dealer who sells to her huS
t. band.
t Hens should have a warm, sum,
g place in the winter, with access t
i the ground. They should We supl
It ed with lime in some form: bits c
broken oyster shells are cagcrl
sought for by them, scalded mea
r boiled potatoes, beef or pork scraq
'e cabbage leaves, corn, buckwheat an
z other articles will prove very az
IS ccptablc to them.
:, WHY FOLKS READ LOCALS
It An old "locaH who ought TO kno'
II all about things pertaining to III
It departments, says the people rea'
items of local interest, for reason
as opposite as man and wife. :
reads about II fight because he wa
r there and saw il; u, because III
n wasn't there, and didn't; G. becauS'
he had heard about il; ID, becauS'
he hadn't; while those who had
hand in it, want to knew how mucl
y truth concerning them the cdltol
. ~ has deemed compatible in It's utter
= ancc with % continuation OF his owl
- earthly career
n We notice in an Indiana pape
r. the marriage of NJ. Thos. n. Lyol