National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-02-05

How to "serye" dinner-eat it.
a Western paper says that Eel
ow in that locality is riding 4 hog
through the streets as a preparatory
practice to managing velOcipede.
A writer in Vanity Fair, London,
who has visited this country, says
here is wonderfully little slang cur
rent in good society here conn AIRED
with what there is in England, while
a good many familiar American
phrases are worthy of adoption III
the mother country, Oh account OF
their convenience and expressive
ness.
The people of Vineland, New Jer-
sey, are rejoicing over the fact that
though their community numbers
10000 inhabitants, the total police
expenses for the past year were only
$40, and only one Indictment has
been made during the same time,
and that for slight case of assault
and battery. The sum paid for tn =
relief of the poor during the last
twelve months was only four dollars.
Coy. BrownlOw of Tennessee Will
resign his position as Governor on
the 26th inst, to take his seat in the
United States Senate us Senator
Patterson's successor. The Govern.
or has been confined to his room
most Of the time for the last eight
cen months. De Witt Senter
Speker of the Tennessee Senate, will
fill out Gov. BrownlOw's unexpired
term. Col. w. b. Stokes and An
drew Johnson are expected to bt
the rival candidates for Governor al
the August election.
a man from the interior of Penn
sylvania lost his pocket book da,
or two ago. A bystander saw TIL
theft but refused to describe tn
pickpocket. In explanation of thi
strange refusal, he asked the victim
"Why did you charge me ten cent
for drink of water when | was i
the army ut Gettysburg? ?" TheI
was nothing more to be said aftt
that.
a Nashville letter says that Al
drew johnson has written to hi
frierds that he will be the conserve
tive candidate for Governor of Tel
nesscc, on the platform of univers;
amnesty and impartial sutf'rag
His purpose is to secure a conserv;
tive Legislature, which will retur
him to the Senate of the Unite
States in place Of Mr.. Fowler. L
F., proposes to attack equally the 10y
Leagues and the Ku Klux Khan
/. This is lively programme for job
=, son and ought to make him happ
Senator Morgan has introduced
bill, to grant pension to Mrs. Ii
coin, on the ground hather a usban
E while President and Conmandir-i
Chief, in time of war, was killed /
the enemies of the United States.
An individual who was cheatt
t by Il grocer ont OF Il pound of suSa
by that quantity of sand being hi
ed with the material, put an adv,
tlsement in the paper stating tn
l if the rascal who cheated him d
/ not make restitution, 10y sendi
1 him seven pounds of good sugar,
would expose his r,scality. Il
-. next day he received from nine q
y ferent grocers nine seven pou
s. packages of sugar. Comment,
some of the news papers sometim
J. very forceibly say, is needless.
-, A young gentleman, or an elder
u one, we do not remember which,
=, ter having paid his item. o Is to a
= dy for some time" popped the que
ton !" the lady in frightened ma
> ncr exclaimed, " You scare me, si1
!, The gentleman, of course did n
:, wish 10 brighten the lady, and co
. sequently remained quiet some tin
when she exclaimed" Scare l
: again - We did not learn how
" fairs turned out, but should say I'll
- it was his turn to be scared.
1t In the early days of the sett
1t mcnt OF California. when nearly t
~ whole population were adult mall
II a baby began to cry just rs the
y chcstrt was tuning up for the Op,
= ing OF a performance ut San FIR,
Il cisco theatre. A man in the pit G
e ed out: Stop those fiddlcs and
e the baby cry. haven't heard s,l
& Il sound for ten years. A" The audiel
ii applauded this sentiment, the
NJ chestra stopped and the baby c,
IT tinued its performance amid
ir bounded enthusiasm.
Carlyle says: "lfyou are in do,
whether To kiss II pretty girl Z
her the benefit OF the doubt. y
If Josh Billings says: "When
ri mans dorg deserts him on acco,
), of his poverty he can, get any |,
n er in this world--not 10y land.'
Z. Kind words do not cost mu
~ They never blister the tongue or i
" and we have never heard Of
III mental trouble arising ,hercirom
y II you want to "turn poop
- heads" 20 late into church.