National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-07-16

National bank stock, according
to a recent unanimous opinion OF
the Supreme Court OF Iowa, can be
taxed, under a law OF the State to
that effect.
Five English gentlemen have /
made match to travel the entire !
coast line of England, Scotland and /
Wales, on velOcipcdes, in Septem-
Der.
Think always only of the best,
and the good will very soon appear.
Onr hopes are bubbles, born with
a breath and broken with Il sigh.
As libcrality makes friends Of en-
emies, so pride makes enemies of
friends.
1t is more wise to prevent Il quar-
rel beforehand than to revenge it af-
forwards.
When we think OF good, the an
gels are silent; when we do it, they
rejoice.
Modesty in woman is like color
on her Enthusiastically becoming
if not put on.
He hath a good Judgment who
does not rely entirely upon his own.
A covetous man is no benefit to
any one and useless to himself.
A pleasant jest i'll time of misfor-
tune is courage to the heart,
strength to the arm, and digestion
to the stomach.
There are a great many subjects
to be wise or witty upon, and Just
as many to be ignorant or foolish
about.
lie who can irrltatc you when
ever he likes, is your master. You
had better rebel by learning the vir-
Tue vi l'dIItItC.
Every man cherishes in his heart
some object, some shrine at which
alteration is paid, unknown to his
fellow mortalS.
BY pulling your water, You leave
:. no hole in the fluid; and oy dying
you leave no vacancy in the world.
, Men spend their lives in the ser
vice ofpassions, instead of employ
Ing their passions i'll the service OF
their lives.
Like a strong swimmer whose
pockets are filled with gold, we
sometimes perish from the very cx-
cess Of our riches.
Weston is getting ready to fail
again.
Prussia is getting up submarine
, steamship.
. Wagner'S Judaism in Music has
brought out $50 pamphlets in con.
demnatlon of his ideas.
Robson is called the handsomcSt
man in the Cabinet.
Winchester Va, has inaugurated
an annual baby show.
Commodore Vanderbilt rode Is
miles III two hours and Il half last
} week.
/. Harding challenges the champion
{ vclocipe0iSt, Boyle, to a five mil,
5 race, and in this weather
One Of the pillars of Brigham
= Young'S church tried to cut hi,
a throat with penknifc the other
day.
Bad news for the swclls wht
=. thought they had made an impress
;, sion on lrma. She is so ncarSighte,
a that she cannot see beyond the foot
lights.
: Baron Alphonsc de Rothschil,
c was hustled into Jail with a goot
: many other people who happened
l. to be near the scene of the Paris
!, riots.
r A Paris establishment manurac
e lures genuine Egyptian mummie,
k ont Of a skull, two iillets of veal, ant
c dog skin for each subject.
II \ loyal PruSsian at Colhcrg roar
- ~ put out the Crown Princes cy,
;. with Il bouquet which he threw a
~ him.
e FEARFUL CONFLICT WITH 4
II BLACK SNAKE, We learn from tn,
l. Boston JoWWdi the particulars of .
- thrilling adventure Of two little girl
l. in Canterbury, \. IL. \ few day!
e ago, daughter of Mr.. James Dodge
IL went into field near her father
II house, to gather strawberries, il
e, company with another little girl o
about the same age. Before gOin!
!" far, Nellie trod upon something il
!, the long grass, and large blacl
:" snake instantly sprang mp an,
N wound itself around her legs, it
r. head darling back and forth, an,
IL itscycs flashing fire. The child wa,
III almost paralyHed with fear, but he
% companion, with great presence o
It mind, found two sticks, and givin,
e, one TO Nellie, they both beat th
at snakc with all the force they had
Va u, The reptile, still more enraged, on