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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-04-23
The Vernon. Conference.

This ecclesiastical body met &C.
c0rding to appointment at Water
bury on the 10Th inst. and contiu.
ell in session until Monday evening
of this week. The session was IA
very harmonious and interesting
one. 1t was presided over by Bish-
op Thomson. The Conference
voted to hold d State Methodist
Convention of ministers aud laymen
some time during the year.
The committee on Temperance
reported the following preamble and
resolutions, which were unanimous
Is adopted.
"The claims of the Temperance
cause are paramount. Religion
and Humanity unite to plead the
cause of the unfortunate Victims of
the liquor traffic, and to incite lis to
oppose. this crying evil. Intemler-
auce is alike hostile to religion,
morality and worldly prosperity.
1t St'c!s mems hearts against the
influence of the gospel, bluntS their
moral senslbiiltles, and prepares
them for the commits ION of every
crime and the practice NJ every vice.
1t Is fatal to domestic happiness aud
la the i.urlty ard prosperity OF the
nation. In is iiinencc upon all
human interests it is baneful in the
extreme. Therefore
Resoiced, That it is The duty of all
men, aud especially OF all christians
to endorse the cause of Temperance
by piecept and example. and to
throw the whole weight ct their in
| fiuelcc against the sale of ntoXlcat
ting beverages.
ReS0lrcd. That as union Is
strength il is the duty of all Tenn
perancr men to unite themselves IN
associations for the promotion OF
temperance.
Resolred, That as the CT urch is
llIe light of the world and the salt
of the earth it is her duty to TAXI
the. front rank in the g'and arm y %
| temperance, and to excel all in heI
zeal to rid the world OF the curse OF
drunkenness.
Ressoired, That it is the duty o.
all ministers of the gospel 10 preach
Temperance and to advocate the
enforcement of pro'hbitory liquor
laws whcrt such laws exist, and ii
every other suitable way to promote
tins great reform.
Til. appointments for this part OF
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-04-23
UIHs kicer.

The people of this place have sub
sribed S!050.00 t. b. expended IN
charging AMI riiaiiing their church.
They cxpect,o bnlId Il towcrin front
OF the present ediiice and put a spilr
upon it then, lay placing the gallery
and entry III the new part, and The
heating apparatus in the basement,
room will he made for fourteen new
slips.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-04-23

j. VI. War,leI'S new advertise
mcnt viii dc found IN this ISSUE
lie hasjust brought from market a
new stock of goods and having
moved into his new store, is pr, ,
pared To dccoilmo,late his customers
IA the best manner.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-04-23

A baslhnl Dung MeInlen meclan'
ic recently, willis coasting with his
sweetheart o q evening. popped the
question by asking The fair one to
slide down tho hill Of life with him.
She said she would be happy to do
40. They. called on u minister, and
they arv now sliding very smoothly.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-04-23
Important Certificate.
speedy Cure of Whooping Cough.
J. w PEcKEIr. Ell. Brooklyn, y. \.


am not IN the habit of taking advertised
medicines, n"r Ut critiiAiug to their curative
effects when they come undcr my observation
but | feel constrained to- make an exception
IN favor ol Dold- Ncrvinc aud .Nigorat"t'
medicine have used IN my family Tor s"'ne
time past. NV little daughter hah hrrh SUI
i,riup FROM severe who"ping cuigh Tor sever
nj weeks, aud WIS ~ much broken ~ rest u,
uiyI, tlut-..by excessive coughing anu loss 81
.ir.p--b.r constitution and general health
seemed tu lw giving away Various reine'iir.
ar initiatives were recommended by intimate
n,ip hbor- hut nothing was tried nntil our AZ
t,utlon was called hy physician, not NJ" ~
practice to Dodd's NcrIinc. THIS We irotni'
I'd and commenced using AZ once VIVA an e.
feet immediate and Surpii'ing. as the con
yul-tuiIs were hardest ~ uight, We Wsah ny
pi, inp the Neryiuc On her going 10 bcd. lhc
frat lo-e administered made lie impression
li,e cough breun. lcss frequent aud veiy
much les, severe she sw,n got her acc,istoM'
ed sleep-rapidly revived Ia health h]d yigor
aud ~ !, lew days was ~ well rs ever. What
was left oi the Whooping cough WAS Thereafter
of M trouble. Ui COURSE cannot but tOnsid.
or Dul,l's Ncrv,nc and lnvigorator All inyalus
bic remedy fr this distressing malady. ]
ma, add tha' ] have sincc recommended u TO
several family friends IN like circumstances,
and hay. found |, IN every case TO be equally
successful IL necls .o,py. ~ 5bc knovn to
come into uni cisd demand.
NV. pEtKErT.
Tor an ny Druggists. i'tss ei", @~s
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-04-23

Harding Il Flanders announce
ment to the putlc will he found in
another column, and those who
patrolHze them viii find that they
keep what they advertise and per
form whit they promise. Give
them call and see If it IS not so.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-04-23


We have often wondered whether
there is Il person in all New England
who does not know and appreciate
the value of Jollnson's AnodS ne
lLnilnent as ii ianIi Y medicine. 1t
is adap,e tn most all purposes, and
is the best pain Killer that can be
used.
. Farmers and stock raiscrs have
frequently told lis that they have
seen very good results from giving
II trCan' y aNaiIN Co dilion Pow
derS to COWS and swine before and
after they drop their young. The
Powders put ihem IN good condition
and give them strength to care and
rovlde Tor the stockings.
re Petroleum V. Nasty terms bar
thtt'S Vegetable Hair Restorative
lie "Fonntin nv YOUTH" and his is
lot the only Instance where ii has
made the old man young again
1t is warranted in every case to re.
store the hair To irs natural color
| and is "A beautiful dressing - Wheel
ing Mteiiigeneer.
70 IL To- IL " r.
The attention of GU leaGerS is iii
lec1ed 10 the advertism mt ct COE =
COUGH BALSAM aud GOES
DYSPEPSIA CURE, in another
Fart of'ihiS paper.
These Truly Valuable Medicines
are recommended by all who use
them. Read the certificates.
Leonard & Day are agents for the
Good Sanaritan'> Immediate Relief
\ sure cure for Rheumatism
The Good Samaritan'S Ilnmeulat,
Relief
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-04-23

DIED; in Fairlrr, VI. April L.,
1859, Capt. Calvin COb'rn, in the
I'D year of his age. From the
commencement 10 the CLOSE of his
life, his residence had been on the
sane farm Wh,lc rs Az Industrious.
economical cultivAtry Of u. soil. he
he had surrounded himself and his
worthy family with the various
comforts Of i pleasant. home; and
To- his moral Won Ia had secured the
good Will aud high esteem of his
fellow townSmen. When drawing
mean ia the termination ct his NOR.
tai career. he regretted that le had
never made Il public profession of
his faith by uniting with the Church ;
hnt passed away trusting hUmhlA
IN the adorable Rr,leenel for par.
don, and life eternal.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-04-23

+. G.. Currier has returned to
Bradford from llaverhill, \. H.,
whittier he moved two years since.
He has o! enrl a >Loc shop 1T his
former place Of business in this vii
lage, and is now ready to supply
customers with whatever they want
in his line.
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The Shi ewsbury Murder Cases.
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Isl Door North Of Prichard's
Store

Consisting of
American and foreign watches, of
all kinds, at reduced prices,
New and every watch
Styles Of warranted. a
Jewelry, Clocks, large stock
Silver, Silver-PIated OF SUPERB
and Britannia Ware ortable
Of the best quality. & pocket
New Styles La Cutlery, Spec,
dies Fancy tacles, Ladies and
b a C k Gents travelling bags,
Combs. Musical Instruments,
Guns, RevolverS, Pistols,
and Ammunition, Fishing Tackle ,
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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-06-05
Singular Historical Truths.

A CORRESPONDENT of the Athol Mass
Chronicle gives the following, which is
quite In the style Of John Phoenix: The
origin of this river is not mentioned in
the history of Winchendon. Tradition
states 1t as follows "Years ago, before
Jupiter and his brother Neptune let loose
their rivers and poured them over the
land, theiI lived man named Miller, i'm
mensely rich, and possessed Of very Valu-
able land, comprising $4,000 acres; (the
land is called Wimbledon at the present
day by geologists, historians, highway sur
veyors and scientific men Of the present
age) The old man was great agricul-
turist, and took pride IN carrying to mar
ket the largest and best vegetables that
ever were raised. He raised hogs so large
that he took the bristles for building rail
fences; his beans, peas and corn would
run to seed before they could be picked (;
cabbage put forth not only heads, but legs,
and walkedSoff cucumbers encountered
the fields ana chased the cows around the
farm; turnips grew enormous-one grew
80 solid that it sunk in the earth never to
re-turnip again; another grew 80 large
that it moved the dirt for more than
twenty miles-it moved the buildings on
the farm ten miles in all directions. Those
on the north side are called Rindge, on the
south side are called Templeton Center,
on the west Royalston; his cattle were
buried in the dirt, which mound is called
Tallow Hill; the turnips continued to
grow until they formed two immense
mountains, the one on the north is called
Monadnoch, and the south side Wachu-
sett At last they "burst up" and ex.
ploded with terrific sound, tearing the
farm to pieces and filling the air with
earth for days. The old man was engag-
ed in conversation with Gulliver, who was
canvassing for the Arabian Nights, and
hearing the report, walked out, and seeing
the condition of his farm sat down and
Wept-the second day he wept-words
could not be found 10 describe his feelings
the third day he wept and stood in
about four feet of water. The fourth day
he was drowned in his tears and formed
large pond, which is called "Monomo,
nack.n And the river is called Miller's
which flows through the village of Water,
Vile"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-06-05
A Loan Office

WE will suppose that a gentlena an from
the rural districts has been imprudent in
his expenses, and desires to use h is watch
as a collateral fora small loanv-say fifty
dollars. AS he sauntcH up Broadway,
wondering how his desire may be best &C.
Complshed, and with more than a little
half concealed nervousness conCer ming the
business in hand, his eyefa1lsupon sign
which announces that "Soand So, D Ia.
mond Broker" makes advances on pre-.
Cious stones, Watches etc. Evidently
here ishis man. As he steps into the ofic
the dapper young man behindthe counter
reads him at glance, and hiSappliCation
for thirty.day loan is at onceasse sented TO,
as matter of course. The money, trifle
less, perhaps, thanhe had dexpeCted, owing
to the somewhat old fashioned charact ter
of his time epiece, is counted out to him,
and he again desCends to the street. with
his receipt in his hand.
Now let him examine that same paper.
No mention is made Of any deposit or
sale by himself to the tlemaDly
"broker," but he holds in his hand an
agreement from that person to sell him
thirty days from date, at a price named, q
watch whose number and desert ptiOn are
only too familiar, while th g barest tride Of
simple arithmetic enabCs him to gee that
the transaction nets the 4" broker fifteen
per cent. per month for the use Of bis
money. There Is no use whatever in
storming. Even the hwy er and the DO.
lice cannot help phim- HhGS sold hiS@Gtcb,
and though he can buy it back again
at any time within the thirty days,
he can not hope to obtain il for one
dollar lass than the price specified in
his written contract, If his necessities
continue, and the contact expires, he has
no help whatever in the law against lille.
gal pawnbroking and his watch Is aons
But he may have been an old customer Of
that same broker. Hemay have brought
in many Watches of various pa tterns and
values Some of them he may have re-
deemed, and others not. His very per
sonal presentation of a securitY may be d
reason for its speedy disappearanceo on his
departure. Nothing need be said; but
on his failure toredeem, that watch will
hardly find its way again into the regular
channels Of trade The cases gointo the
melting pot, and the works make their
second appearance long afterwardin such
a guise that their own maker would not
know them.
With diamonds sandOtherMeciou stones
there is even less difficulty, The settings
are Of comparatively little account, and
are melted up at once, while the geml
themselves are promptly invested with
new clothing, unless any peCul uliarltes ren
der q trip bey ond the seas advisable--and
is there not good market in Europe
Does not Europe find America equally
convenient for similar purposes But aI
the diamond brokers and watch fanCisr
cannot properly attend 20 oil the depart
menls Of this ntereSting business, goOt
deal remains for the uctiOneeB1 ~ Ear
perS Mdgaz5glS
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-06-05
Instinct without Brains.

Long ago it was ascertained by natural.
lists that worms and insects are without q
brain, and yet they pursue course Of &C.
tivity which borders upon the domain Of
reason so we are accustomed to say that
they act from instinct, which Is no expla-
nation at all Of the phenomena in the high
est orders Of organic life which have their
origin in the brain. If that organ Is So
verely injured, 50 that Its normal functions
are no longer performed, consciousness
and orderly manifestations Of It's tsinAuence
are interrupted OF suspended But the in.
sect world swarms with beings Of The most
delicate construction, without hearts and
without brains, whose movements and
whose habite, independently Of thousands
Of contingencies TO which they are ex-
posed, prove In the most satisfactory
manner that their acts are near ap
proach TO elements Of a reasoning
faculty, If they do not indicate reason
ITSELF When, by accident, thread Of /
spiders web is broken, and the llttll
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-06-05
The Ead OF Four Great Men.

THE four Conquerors who occupy the
most conspicuous places in the history of
the world are Alexander, Hannibal, Cesar
and Bonaparte.
Alexander, after having climbed the
dizzy heights of his ambition, with his
temples bound with chaplets dipped in
the blood of millions, looked down upon q
conquered world, and wept that there was
not any other world for him to conquer,
set city on fire, and died in = scene of
debauch.
Hannibal, after having, to the astOnsh-
ment and CONSERVATION Of Rome, passed
the Alps, and having put to flight the ar
mics Of the mistress Of the world and
stripped "three bushels of gold ringsfrOm
the fingers of her slaughtered knights, :"
and made her foundations quake fled
from his country, being hated by those
who once exultingly united his name to
that of their god, and called him HaEi-
Baal; and died at last by poison adminfs-
tered by his own hand, unlamented and
unwept, in foreign land.
Cesar, after having conquered Gig ht
hundred cities, and dyeing his Carmen is
in the blood of one million of his foes,
Sll6I uaVlbB puLbueu w uohtu INC uAAy
rival he had on earth, was miserably aSs2s-
sinsted by those he considered his nearest
friends, and in that very place the attain.
ment Of which had been his greatest am.
bition.
Bonaparte, whose mandates Kings and
Popes obeyed, after having filled the ear tn
with the terror of his name-after having
deluged Europe with tears and blood and
clothed the world in Backcloth-CloSed his
days in lonely banishment, almost literal.
ly exiled from the world, yet where he
could sometimes see his coWntry's bann er
waving over the depot, but which did not
and could not bring him aid.
Thus these four great men, who seemed
to stand the representatives of all those
whom the world calls great-these four
men, who each in turn made the earth
tremble to its very center, by their sim pie
tread, seyerally died-one by intoxiCati on,
or, as was supposed, by poison mingled
with his wine-one = suicide-one mur.
dered by his friends-And one lonely ex.
lie How wretched is the end ofsuch
earthly greatness
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-06-05
Small Means to an End,

The possibility of great change being
brought about by very slight beginning
may be illustrated by the tale which, Lock-
man tells of Vizier who, having offended
his master, was condemned to perpetual
imprisonment in lofty tower. At night
his wife came to weep below his window
"Cease your grief" said the sage "go
home for the present, and return hither
when you have procured live black
beetle, together with gliee Tor bufslo's
butter, three clews-one Of thefuestSillk,
another of the finest pack thread and
another Of Whipoord, finally a stout coil of
rope.n When she again came 10 the foot
of the tower, provided according to her
husbands commands, he directed her to
touch the head of the beetle with a little
of the ghee, to tie one end Of the silk
around him, and to place the beetle on the
wall of the tower. Attracted bytIae smell
of the butter, which he conceived TO be in
store somewhere above him, the beetle
continued to ascend till he reached thetop,
and thus put the Vizier in posessiOn Of the
end of the silk thread, who drew up the
pack thread by means Of the silk, the
small cord by means of the pack thread,
and BY means of the cerd q stout rope ca
pable of sustaining his whole weiZht and
50, at last, escaped from the place Of his
duresg,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-06-05
Anecdotes Of the Crow.

WHEN taken young, the crow can be
readily tanned, and becomes very enter
tanning, though often very mlschievous
aud troublesome pet. He soon ma keShim-
self quite at home, and even Seer11s TO en-
Ioy his life of semi.domestiCatlon. This
Is especially SO when he is permitted TO
90 at large. A life of ease and In dulgenc ce
appears to develop in him the traitof Sc
cretiveness, and q general love for mis-
chief. He seems to delight in stealing for
Its own sake, taking objects Of no interest
or value TO himself, and apparently max
ing no other use Of them than to hide
them. When punished for hiSmischievous
pranks, be win also feign inSensibulty, in
order to make good his escape,
Some years since shot crow that fell
OF my feet and was taken up apparently
dead. put 1t in my game.baS Slad carried
Il about with me several hours Twas Q
very fine specimen, and Ideoded 10 take
of Its skin for preservation. FfndDg my
scalpel somewhat dull, left the appsrent
ly lifeless crow on its back for q few mo
ments, and returning 10 my vEorkToom
with a sharper instrument, was Ilota littlt
surprised to find my dead bird on hls feet
! seeking 10 escape from the apartment.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-06-05
Aunt SArah's BRby's Copper.

UNCLE Ton was rich and odd, and
lived on great farm ON a high hill, and
all his brothers, and sisters, and nephew,
thought he was made Of money,
So, when Uncle Tom came to see his
first baby niece, it was expected he would
do something handsome.
But Uncle Tom was 50 odd, one could
never tell where to find him and when he
had looked at his lovely niece, and said
she was about as pretty as youngpu ppy,
and laughed his loud, Jolly laugh, he just
tossed her copper-and that was all
Mamma Sarah was so indignant, she
just threw it back without saying W ord,
But Uncle Tom was too good natured to
be ever offended, and he only laughed
again. and putting the copper in bis
pocket, went whistling OF to look at
some COWS somewhere. ,.
He Bought the COWS and paid for them
and while he was putting up his money
a hen flew out of the barn window CLOSE
by, cackling-a very odd hen, with = high
crest, like a peacocks, and white fea thers
down her legs, as though she had been, a
RIoomeF --4,.,a=aa-z-sa s=at,.a
"That is a singular looking bird" said
Uncle Tom.
"she is great layer" replied the hens
owner.
SCOT one of her eggs you will sell mel"
said Uncle Tom, taking out Aunt sarahs
bsby's copper.
~ guess so. Here, Rad, you run upto
the nest in the horse.barn chamber, be-
hind the stalks. That is Pantalet'S nest,
and guess by the sound, you will find a
newlaid egg there"
In minute Rad ran back with tn Q egg,
warm and white; and Uncle Tom paid
the copper, and taking 1t home, put 1t I'M
der setting hen, and in due time out
popped chicken. The chicken grew to
be hen, and the hen proved to be as
great layer as her mother.
So many eggs in so many, Uncle Tom
saved to pay him for his trouble and his
corn, and sold the rest, or turned them
into chickens, for the benefit Of Aunt
Sarah's baby, who kept growing along tC
girlhood, and then to W0manhood, and WaI
still as pretty as ever.
At last Uncle Tom sold some Of the hen'
for lamb. The lamb became q sheep
and the mother of many sheep, until the
sheep were sold for COW.
So year by year, while Aunt Sarahi
baby grew older and prettier, her property
grew larger and more valuable, until OF
her wedding day, Uncle Tom took home
to her in line, like the procession in tn,
ark, first flock of hens, then a 6OCk o
sheep, and following after, herd Of COwl
"a handsome dowry, and only the right
full income from her first coppcr.-Boy
and Girls.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-06-05
WashingtOn's Self. Control.

1t is not known or realized so distinctly
as it should be that our great Washington
was by nature a violently passionate man,
and that his habitual composure was the
result of strenuous selfdiscipline--a tri-
umph over natural frailty so complete as
almost to have robbed him Cf the credit
thereof, since few could belieV1 b to be
powerfully Influenced by emotion who so
rarely gave way to emotion in, even slight
degree. We are persuaded thakthe trials,
responsibilities, and anxieties which that
greatest of men had to carry would, but
for his constant and profound self control,
have worn him out long before the accom-.
plishment of his work; or, if they did not
actually kill his body, would have made
an end of his efficiency for the labors de-
volved upon him. No fretful, fuming,
storming hero could have done his work.
-Lippincotfs Magazine for June.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-06-05

weaver examines the misfortune with ex.
treme care, and by taking different
positions, surveys the damage, and then
proceeds artistically to repair it by splicing
or inserting an entire new cord. Again,
when a wandering fly becomes entangled
in the net, the owner of the trap, lying
patiently near by for game, indicates calcu.
iation in regard to the character and
strength of the victim. Does itnot strange
ly resemble reason when all its movements.
under such an aspect of affairs, show, be-
yond doubt, the spider considers the
matter in all its relations before venturing
to seize the preyi Aud yet spiders are
without a BRAIN -BTcltange.