National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-03-11

Imprisonment for abusing a Chinese
woman.
Josh Billings says: One Of the
iuSsiest scenes ! ever seed wuz two
old maids waitin on one sick wild
over.
\ London court has compelled
husband to pay for a cigar case and
a tobacco pouch, bought by his wife
for her lover.
A letter from Rome says twenty
nine American Bishops have signed
the protest agains the dogma Of in
fallibility Of the Pope,
The human race is divided into
two classcs-those who 30 ahead
and do something, and those who
sit still and inquire, "Why wasn't
it done the other way"
a man in Polk county, Iowa, has
at length invented perpetual mo-
tion MACHINE, after studying twenty
three years. If there is one fault
with it, tits about its stopping some
times.
BE careful of your health, girls.
Don't mind being called 'old toSy"
because YOU wrap yourselves up
well and never venture ont in thin
shoes. Better be an old iogy than
u young invalid.
We saw an account in one of tho
| papers of the marriage, by the Rev.
John Cater; Mr.. John Poste and
Miss Sophia Rails. If this match
don't make a fence of the first quail
ity, we should like to know what
will.
The Saratoga Sentinel, q leading
Democratic organ sagely remarks:
''lf the Democratic party as con-
Quoted as present is not on the broad
road TO a political hell, we are no
prophet-that's all.'
4 member Of the Wyoming lcgis-
5 laturc, seeking to sustain point OF
r order. jcrked his coat off with "Mr.
r Speaker, if some reliable man will
hold these duds, I'll teach him that
/, he is ont Of order The point was
: sustained.
Since the story has been told how
Judge breckenridge married a girl
q whom lie saw jump over rail fence
q with pail on her head, all the girls
: in Orange county, N. Y. are said to
spend their time in watching the
road, and whenever they see car
i riage approaching with a man in ii
q they seize their pals and so for {
Q fence.
In a hook on Tie exercise Of arms
a printed in 1903, we read: "General
: command Hold up your musket
II And in regard it is matter OF nC
small consequence, u commandoul
4 shall always have a special care and
!. eye to his soldiers to accuStomc thci
>. to hold ever the muskct with th,
e mouth up, the better to prevent al
mischief
a Gcucral S., in Congress, Will,
AZ delivering one Of his long, proSN
,o spcecI u.s., for which he was noted
l. said to Henry Clay, "Nou speak, sir
for HE present generation, but
speak for postcrity.n "les,n reptile,
) the great Keutuckan, "and it seems
= you are resolved to speak til you
, audience arrives
\ man employed n carpenter &
, build him Il house. The carpcnte
~ made ont a bill for the lumber I,
:, finish the same, 50 as To have JUS
" enough and none left. He soon ha,
" the house very near done, all but ;
hole in the llOogtwclve inches squar,
IS Al the material he had left OF hi
~ bill Of lumber, was one piece {
f. board SKIS inches, which makes | /
II. square inches. He takes the sa,
IS and cuts the piece Of board in tw
Is. pieces, and it makes n square foo
~. and with 1t lac shuts up the hole
~ How did he cut that board So us
'SDr make an exact Squale foot.
VS. 4 lady wcrt out shopping, pror
". isiug her little son she would e
him 4 oanut, and procured 0l
u, with the husk on it, in which stat
~ he had never seen the article. q
~, arriving at home she gave it to Il
- ~ boy, who looked at it curiousl.
80 smiled, and laid it down. Present
oJ he said:
WA "Molhcr, where is my cocoa nut
81 Just now gave II to you," 81
he replied.
oX Taking it up again, he looked
as it cuuously for moment, and e.
Ne. claimed--
'hc "rhat arc thing cocoanut !
on Why, thought 1t was u ncw r
.ou trqoH
4 mermaid is on exhibition in II
l%@' mares. the holy cIty of l}cngal.-
" There is uo deception. Anybo,
IVY can go in and see the prodigy {
iho payment Of q single picc--a coin
ION small IN value, that Western natio
'he would scorn to acknowledge it. II
py mermaid docs not come up to {
old descriptions and pictures of {
ors creature, lUr there is nothing
Ter. the lovely woman about It. sit ,
5cd acliy resembles a Hsh covered wi
scale, IN the lower half, aud a mo
our key, having head aad arms, vi
bed fingers and nails, IN the upper hi
ing IL was found iu the sea near Jnpi