National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-06-03

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manufactures, transporting them to
her sea ports, and sending them
thence to New York, Boston, or
Liverpool, to be manufactured and
returned over the same thousands !
of miles, enhanced in cost very
largely in addition to the expense of |
manufacture. Now California pro-
poses to go into the business of |
manufacturing for herself. y wise
conclusion.
1t is rather dangerous to be an
upright and impartial judge in
Chicago. The residence of Judge
MeAlister, of that city, who has
| been very severe upon the thieves
and other criminals brought before
him, and who has allowed no in1u--
ences to step between justice and
the culprits, is in a state of seige
nightly His enemies make such
persistent efforts to get into his
house that the whole family have to
sleep on their arms, even the Judges
wife resting with a loaded revolver
under her pillow
~ Georgia raper prints sundry of
its kilograms under the standing
caption of 'Noon Dispatches A
Typographical error made the head
ing lead "MoOn Dispatches" the
other day, and the editor received
several communications asking him
when the lunar line was established.
"The fat contributor is response
ble for this yarn about an eX con
ductor in his new position as train
dispatcher Habit was exceeding.
~ strong with the eX conductor.
AS he sat i'll the Office he would
start every time he heard bell ring,
and yell "All aboard" He pined
to be again on the road. One day
he begged the boys to put him
through a collision, which they did
to his entire satisfaction. They
A tore his clothes nearly off, BACKED
Y both his eyes, broke kerosene
! lamp over his mead, and piled a red
5 hot stove on top Of him. Billy was
t in an ecstacy of delight, and declar
It ed he hadn't enjoyed himself st
+. much since he had bile.
INCIDENTS OF A HAIL Storm
The remarkable hail storm which
II recently visited Philadelphia was
e prolific in incident aside from tn,
l. breaking of glass to the value o
n S250,000 The accounts say that
,r the frozen HrClites descended il
ii ''chunks, +" aud Of such solidity tha
they rebounded from roof and side
walk without sustaining fracture
|, So large were the frozen spheres OF
romboids, that to he exposed t.
? them in the street WAS absolutely
dangerous. 1t was a question OF
] escaping with an unparalleled spine
The hail stones didn't descend in
IA compact shower. In dropping man.
rt of them were a yard apart. On
| reporter. with a lady'S work bo
le measure, took the circumference G
t. some Of the larger ones that Of tn
is largest was six inches, and as SYN
metrical in form as IA Mercer potato
a test of their weight showed tina
'l out of a dozen, two weighed n poun
GO each. The smallest one of the lot
~ scooped up at hap hazard, weighc,
V inst two ounces and an eight
of The storm was as curious as it wa
IN destructive,
: Bishop Simpson recently gave
unique charge to several youn
il. Methodist ministers who were o
IN daiued at philadelphia,. In ii
course OF it he said :
- "Talk neither too long nor tC
a loud. The measure of our duty
the measure of our ability. io
must use the tone and power I
ad your own voice and nothing els
to BE as God made YOU and what ]
he has given you. Guard yourselv
al strongly aud thoroughly both me
III tally and physically. By your ca
~ you can work for years. An ear
mt est heart with thought reaches Il
zee people. The more natural we tai
the more effective will we be. Tai
,is time for speaking. Speak naturi
ali " and earnestly, and stand erect
nn ~, thc fear OF God. BE careful abo
-" wv your diet. Don't eat late supper
" have found that nine ont of T.
Lo ministers who eat after prcachln
" die early. Endcavor TO live Ion
and try to do as much good as y
ich can. Oh if, after we have learn
10 live u thousand years what
great amount OF good we could
DE here am more anxious to II
now than ever was"
hpt HISTORY W.. NOVEL READING
DIX Anson Burlingame, at the aye
seventeen, while u student ut I
nco University of Michigan, wrote
,rd essay on history, in which he I
pressed the opinion that "by Gle
application voung man III q
ted years time can become acqualnt
Evil with the principal events viii
!. have transpircd since the creation
the world, aud thus certainly ma
y" himself m ornament to society a
yes that therefore it seems strange III
W. any individual will rather waste J
nry time in pursuing fiction, which oI
,mc leaves him cause 10 regret
one The MAYOR of u country town "
questioning the boys ut "a ragg
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