National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-03-05


and protection Of woman as he ever
will be. c. Il. +.
\ prize Of $40 was offered by the
Connecticut Teachers Institute to {
any one who could spell the follow
ing lines without mistake. Thirty
eight teachers competed bnt not one
gained the prize: at is an agreed
ble sight to witness the unparalleled
Ola harassed ped
dler attempting to guage the SYM
mctry OF a peeled onion, which a
sibyl has stabbed with poinlard, \
regardless Of the inuend0eS of the
lilies of Comedian hue Try it Yer
mont Boys.
4 FEARFUL RIDE.-ln New \ DIRK .
on Thursday last, two boys mounted /
the COW catcher to Il locomotive |
standing on the track Of the uud. !
son River II. r., surprising the en-
CINE would move only a few blocks.
The engine was ordered to Pough
kecpsie and did not stop until it
reached Peekskil. The boys had
| hung to the iron bars. screaming for
help, but as they were hidden by
the smoke. stack the engineer did
not perceive them. At PcekskiIl
both were discovered, but SO over
come with fright that neither could
walk.
1t was very pleasant fun for the
ex.rebcls OF Camilla and its vicinity,
to try their skill with IcyolvcrS on
the freedmen last fall, but the result
of their sportiveness is not so fine.
The freedmen have nearly all left
the vicinity. and others cannot be
induced to come and take their
. places. 1t looks rs if the supply of
cotton and corn would be very short
there next winter
In Dartmouth College there are
332 students, of which 80 are pro.
ieSsorS of religion, and thirty. four
have the ministry i'll view. Four
hopeful conversions in the past
year, are reported.
Brick po1rEROY-Gcts a little
plain tall, from the Norfolk Eva. }
, journal. 1t seems from the follow
. ing as if the South was hcginl ing
p to learn who its true friends are:
ats intiucuc, has been very hauc
full upon the Soutl, both in exciting
false hopes i'll our people, among
| whom the La Crosse Democrat VA
, eXtcnsivly circulated, ahdin stirring
. up the hatred of the Norihern pco
y pie against the South, as that pape
IL set itself forward rs the pCCulla
|. champion OF our people and the eN
II poucnt Of their views. The result
I of the writings of such men is hG
- to keep wounds fostering that would
: but for them, have long since heal
ed. The nation suffers 10y the icaI
y ouSics and haireds thus perpetual
W ed in III sections, while those tina
-. do the mischief become cnormouSl,
= wealthy and laugh at the folly o
" those who have made them SO, 70
II whom they care not straw
. Observation-Disclosures SMYrur
Nv of the New York Custom Iious,
p having failed TO secure from tn
G.. Senate an endorsement of his nom
he nation as minister 10 Russia.
II aveuging himself IN charactcriSt
manner. CA Saturday last. son
:" forty of his suhOrdlnatcs receive
10 notice to quit. In every ease iii
II party thus removed was the lricn
"A or protcgc of some Senator, VIII
,c was not willing that the SAID Smytl
should flourish Tor q few weeks
'S' the atmosphere OF Il foreign com
'th at the expense OF the Federal 'Irca
ri. urN. Clerks on inspectors who hi
no been appointed 10y Senator Morgi
were especially selected as Ohicc
VI of vengeance. \ one legged Nctt
IN an was told 10 yacatc his desk. /
WAS a most faithful and compete
o., officer. Upon iuquirug the rca,e
~ of his discharge. he could aSrclta
III none other than that he had he
IN appointed upon the rccommcnddti
,ur Of Nh. Morgan.
n. II anything had been needed
-, show the wisdom of disappoinli
ne SmS tllc'S diplomatic aspiration
est this conduct on his part meets {
ut. requirement..
nl
nd Concord, y. H., March I. !
=, cold this morning in all sections
~ New Hampshire WAS intense.
lus Lancaster it was thirty eight ,
nd grccs below zero. In HAT Nicin
to there are FIVE feet Of SNOW. At |
.hc Teton 1t was 81 below, udnt J.,
49,, anon 50 below. At Concord it "
Wv - below, It being the coolest mo-
Gu lng Of the season.
han The regular passenger train viii
she LETT liiilsbcrough Bridge on Satt
irly Gay morning, did not reach CONGO
~, until sunday afternoon, a Circuit
''' stance which has not occurred
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