National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-24
Breyities.

NV h''N'''s
When is II bow not n bow ? Whel
! lisa bow-knot.
The most likely thing to become
woman-Wh y, a little girl.
Why is the sun like good loaf Be
cause it's light when it rises.
Because II man wonld fain leave well
alone is he therefore n pump
What sort of ascent is descent ? A
trip up, for it brings you down.
Why are birds melancholy in the
morning? Because their little bills are
all over-dew
What is the easiest way for n bad
rider to show himself of !? To get on n
spirited horse
sunset and twilight ? Because they are
daughters of Eve.
In too many lamentable instances, the
" last scene of all this strange, eventful
history is--kerosene.
The kindness of distant friends is like
the Polar sun, too far removed to warm
us.
i''BiN hNtiSo
ant and thievish in Western cities and
towns.
r. be independent of external cir
cumstances is the first step to the enjoy
ment of life.
The heart, too often like the cement
of the Ancient Romans, acquires hard
ness by time.
Value the friendship of him who stands
by you in Il storm swarms of insects
will surround you in the sunshine.
The proposition for a constitutional
convention in Ohio was carried at the
late election by majority of 1882.
If truth be established, objections are
nothing. The one is founded on our
knowledge the other in our Ignorance.
A Texas editor complains that attempts
to shoot him have become so numerous
lately that the thing is getting monoto-
nous
There il nothing more universally
commended than fine day the reason
is, that persons can commend it without
envy.
1t would be a much better arrange
ment if the wrinkles of old age were
to come on our heels instead of our
faces.
There are four hundred and nine in
corporated cities in the United States,
of which st. Augustine, Florida, is the
oldest.
New Hampshire, it is said, possesses
a real curiosity in the shape of Con-
gresham who refuses to frank his wife's
letters.
Every earnest glance we give to the re-
alities around us, with intent to learn,
proceeds from holy impulse, and is II
song of praise.
The total amount of assets of the
the Chicago Insurance Companies that
have suspended is about $50, 900, 900, the
liabilities $50, 10000
To flatter persons adroitly, one must
snow three things what they are, what
hey think they are, and what they want
'ther people to think they are.
If You were the wife of your grand
uncles cousins half-sister,
what relation would you be to your un-
les grandfather's husband, and how
many
A subject for triumph" What have
gou been crying for George. ''Coth
mamma wouldn't dive me thpunge- e-cake.
9th I've got a thtummach-ache ! "Ah ha!
I've got punge-cake and 'tummach-
che, too
The easiest way to preserve grapes Is
o hang the lunches up in room where
he air is not subject to much change.
nd is pure and dry. If not below the
point, the cooler the air the
etter the grapes will keep.
Indian Joe, a Piute medicine man,
,ell known among the whites, was stoned
0 death by his tribe, having failed to
estore to health two sick Indians. The
ractce of medicine among Indians evi-
entity has its unpleasant features.
We hope the ladies will come back to
simple style of hair dressing, when
hey remember that the most of the
llse hair they purchase is from the
eads of the Paris communists, and
rom all the prisons here and abroad.
Mr.. Ashbury goes home to build new
achts and try the speed O. o'' ones.
Ie is sure something can be fc.nd where
18th the Yankee craft can be beaten.
Ie proposes to come next year and every
ears until he wins the Queens Cup.
Give me pound of oysters, " said
man to an oyster vendor who was going
v ." sell 10y measure, not by weight"
nd the Oysterman. Then give me a
irj of them, said the man. The oys
rmnn shook his hea obviously and
lssed on.
\ Jolly Jack tar, having straycd into
low at fair to have "A look at the wild
,asts, was much struck with the sight
"A lion and a tiger in the same den.
Why. Jack, )" said he TO a messmate,
no was chewing quid in silence, II
couldn't wonder if next year they were
carry about n sailor and IA marine liv-
G peaceably together !" "Ah, said
S married companion, or a man and
IS wife
How He Did IL.