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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

Il was the stage-driver's story, as he stoo'
with his back TO the wheelers,
Quietly necking his whip, and turning his quiz
o: tobacco
While on the dusty road, and blent with th
rays Of the moonlight,
We saw the lash of his whip and the juice o
tobacco descending.
Danger Sir. | believed you-indeed, | ma,
say on that subject,
lou vour existence might put to the hazart
and turn of a wager.
have seen danger, Oh, no not me, Sir, in
deed, assure Won
porchance twas the man with the dog that i.
sitting alone in yon wagon.
II was the Geiger Grade, mile and a half from
the summit
Black As vour hat was the night and never a
star IN the heavens
laundering down the grade, the gravel and
stones Sc sent flying
over the precipicC sdc-a thousand feet plImh
to the bottom.
Halfway down the grade felt, Sir, thrilling
and creaking,
Then lurch to one side, as hung on the
bank Of the ravine;
Then. looking up the road, ! saw, in the dis
tauce behind me,
The off hind wheel Of the coach just loosed
from its axle, and following.
Que glance above | gave, then gathered to-
gcthCr my ribbons,
Shouted aud fung them, outspread on the
strainng nocks Of my cattle,
screamed at the top of my volce, and dashed
the air IN my frenzy,
While down the Gclgcr Grade, on three wheels,
the vehicle Numbered.
Speed was our only chance, when again came
the omnibus rattle;
Crack, and another wheel slipped away and
was lost in the darkness.
Iico only now were left Yet such was our fear
ml momentum.
rpright, ere It. and sustained on tro wheels,
,ho vehicle thundered.
IS some huge boulder. unlooscd from it's rocky
shelf on the mountain,
Drives before it the hare and the tmorous
squirrel, far-leaping,
30 do IN the Geigcr Grade rushed the pioneer
coach, and before it
lesped the wild horses and shrieked ID ad-
vance Of the danger impending
Ru to he brief IN my tale. Again, ere we came
to the level,
slipped from Its axle wheel ; so that, to be
plain in my statement,
A matter of twelve hundred yards or more, as
the distance may be.
We travelled upon one wheel. until we drove up
TO the station
Then, Sir we sank in heap but picking my
self from the ruins,
! heard a noiso up the grade, and, looking,
saw in the distance
The three wheels following still, like moons on
the horizon whilling,
Jill, circling, they gracefully sank on the road
at the side of the station.
This is my story, Sir triae, indeed assure
YOU,
Much more, perchsnce, might be said but |
hold him, of all men, most lightly
Who swerves from the truth in his tale-No, |
thank you Well, since You are pressing,
fThaps don't care if do YOU may give me
tine same, Jim-no sugar"
By Bret Hdrte.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10
BRADFORD PUBLISHING COMFY
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
The Old story.

Reside tho vine framed window there YOU sit,
The wanton sunshine with your curls coquct
ting,
And there You ply your needle sing and knit,
while here and there your def whits tnger'
fit
A lovely picture in lovely setting.
When. unaware, your guileloss lips let drop
some tender strains OF melody outgushing,
Nv oriental birds grow mute and stop
10 listen, poised upon their swaying prop
Dumb praise that well might move your
check TO blushing.
you wear n smile upon your happy face,
You never knew the pain Of vague regretung,
Nor caro- nor grief have left the slightest trace
Thus J. n worn out worldling, read your face
Your sun OF JOY has never known setting.
Sometimes you turn your sweet sad eyes this
way,
And haply envy me my state and glory
iou do not nee the thorns that hedge my way.
You do not know my life II blank and gray
'ris only, after all, the same old story
wear a smile, as joyless women may
You do not see the worm beneath the bios
SON
put oh the wound that rankles night and day !;
But oh the heart that aches from dawn till
gray,
E'en though wear gem upon my bosom.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10
The Rattlesnake Weed.

The rattlesnake weed is peculiar
Unlike any other plant, its narrow,
sword-like leaves shoot up in cluster,
fringed like the Yocca family, to which,
l suspect. it belongs, with long tooth
like projection, quite similar to the
deadly fang of the reptile whose name
it bears. 1t sends up a pale, whitish
stalk, on which is borne in clusters. and
of different size, white, prickly balls. |
am told by an experienced physician,
that it is truly an antidote, applied in a
bruised state, to the bite of that horrible
creature, ''crotalus horridus," the rattle
snake of the prairie. Last summer /
found it to well slbserve much hum
bier use. | will give the incident for
the benefit of some brother of food and
field who may be placed as | was. Ihad
shot and killed "A couple of grouse. On
reloading, | found to my great disgust
that | had not another wad not a scrap
OF paper, not a rag about me that would
do MS a substitute. The grass was too
coarse, the weeds too hard my dog was
at point on another bird what was |
to do ? Near me was stalk of this
plant with its balls. Ipicked I them as
stood, used them for wads. found them
admirable, and there, moving just from
plant to plant as / fired, l shot nine fine
grouse in succession. Then, filling my
pockets with balls of the right guage,
had my afternoon of uninterrupted di-
version. -Erchanqe.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10
Waiting.

know II will not be to-day;
| know II will not be Tomorrow
oh, half in Joy and halt in sorrow,
watch the slow swift hours away
bid III em haste, then bid them star,
long ~ for the coming day.
long 30 would rather wait
Zach hour see the unseen conner
Each hour turns ripe in secret summer
The joys which anticipate.
Oh, precious feet, come slow, come late
long 80, It il bliss 10 wait
Az sweet sad life, 40 tar to-day
Al, sweet sad life, So near tomorrow
Can Joy be JOY when we miss sorrow
When earth's last sun has rolled away
In tideless time, and we can say
No more, Tomorrow, or Today"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

reason that be was less guilty than the
Others, though, in my opinion, he was the
worst Of the whole gang, let alone his
hypocrisy, which only aggravated his re-
settership--a far greater crime than theft
or robbery. They were tried by the
sheriff, and got, respectively, eight, six,
and four months. Whether Jack wrought
out his penitential fit, ! never asccrtained.
lie got out of my beat. and ! sincerely
hope into another, traversed by better
nngel thnn Il detective.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10
Pensions, and TO Whom Paid.

The following facts in relation to the
pension system have been compiled from
data prepared for the support of the
Commissioner of Pensions
The aggregate annual amount of
pensions Of widows and dependent rela-
tives upon the roll June 80, 1871, was
less than on the 30th of June, 1870.
This was owing to the lessening of indi
vidual pensions by minors reaching the
age of sixteen years. There were 81, ,623
Revolutionary soldiers pensioned for ser
vices, II, ,30S soldiers of the Mexican war,
and 3,79l soldiers of the war of
lS6l-5 pensioned as invalids. 1t is
thought that the annual expenditures
for pensions for other than the latter
class have nearly reached their maxi
mum, and that during the next ten years
they will gradually and materially de-
crease
The following is correct statement,
compiled with great care IN the Pension
Office, of the total number of soldiers
serving in the wars, &c, in which the
nation has engaged III since 1775. It
will appear in the forthcoming report of
the Commissioner of Pensions
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10
The CHRoNoPHRR. An interesting oh

The CHRoNoPHRR. An interesting OBJ
ject is the chronopher, an instrument
from which all England is supplied with
the correct time. Sixteen of the most
important cities of the kingdom are in
direct communication with the observa-
tory at Greenwich. At 9:5S o'clock
every morning, all other work on the tel
egraph wires is suspended, in order that
there may be no interference with what is
called the time current" which, pre-
cisely at the striking Of the clock, fash
es the intelligence to the sixteen stations
with which it is in communication. And
not merely at these large towns, but at
every post Office throughout the king
dom, the clerks, at 9:5s o'clock, are on
the look out for the signal which is being
passed along the line, and the clocks are
adjusted accordingly. Messrs Dent,
Benson, and all the principal watchmak-
ers in London, receive the time every
hour from the chronopher. Time-guns at
Newcastle and Shields are also fired at
one T. NJ, by batteries connected with
the chronopher, the clocks attached to
which are regulated to the nice accuracy
of the twentieth part Of second.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

BLINDED postmaster at North
Bennington was somewhat embarrassed
the other day on being asked by lady
if there was u letter for my COW.
Being disposed to treat her politely, he
replied that there was nothing forIany-
body's COW. The lady, being equally
embarrassed and disposed to be polite,
said abe inquired ior Mike Howe
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

A BIRD fancier of Philadelphia, who
had large collection of pigeons, NAL
tese cats, Guinea pigs. and fancy dogs,
absented himself, being on drunken
spree. The police broke open his place
yesterday and found nearly all the ami
maxi dead FROM hunger.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10
To Exterminate Rats.

Being sadly plagued with rats about
my house and farm buildings, | tried in
vain to catch them they are too Gun
ming to be trapped, and to lay poison /
dare not for fear of killing my dogs, cats
and hogs, and to wait for them with q
gun was loss of too much time though
| have dropped three at a shot At last
| purchased two goats, which | kept
about my fold, barn and stable, the pig
styes being in the fold. In short time
all the rats emigrated-they evacuated
the place, cleared right out every Jack Of
them, and l have not seen single rat
about the place for upwards of three
years, but my neighbors who are within
eighty rods have plenty of all sizes and
ages Perhaps it is not generally
known that where there arc many horses
stabbed together very little sickness pre-
walls if there is IA goat about the yard
and stables.
A friend of mine in Iowa was so infest-
ed with rats that they were to be seen
running about his fold and farm. build
ings by the half-dozen at time and
playing like rabbits (his farm buildings
are extensively. He tried the goat sys-
TEN, and to his astonishment entirely
cleared his premises. He could not leave
rug or buffalo robe in the stable single
night, without having it cut to pieces by
the rats. The smell of the goat is OBJ
noxious to the nostrils of the rats, and
the two won't be friends and companions
on any account whatever. Farmers and
livery stable keepers, try the goat.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

ofsli kinds neatly executed at the lowest living
pr'ceS. Onr office is well furnished with mater
ial and stock for this department, and we now
haNeexperlonced aud competent workmen to use
them. II you want any printing done You need
not SO to the city, or out Of the county, for you
can got a- good work and as low prices atthis
office an at any other.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

New York HOTEL EMPLOYEES. Tho
porters and chambermaids of New York
hotels are Irish, but the walters and
cooks are French and Germans and must
be thoroughly qualified hands. They are
seldom paid less than $50 per month.
while in the kitchen department the sala
ries are as follows: Head cook, $50 per
month second assistant, Sl30 per
month third assistant, 500 per month /;
fourth assistant, $40 per month sculli-
ons and other heads, $50 to $50 per
month. Besides this the loss from break
ages of crcckery, AID injuries to furni
ture and in other wa.5s is a large item of
expense. In most h otels a large extra
stock of all the articles in daily use is
kept on hand to replace those that are
broken or defaced. while one or two me-
are kept constantly employed
making repairs.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10
RATES or SUBSCRIPTION.

one copy, one year in advance, ,,,,,,,,,,,N 80
" not paid within three months, ,,,,,,.,,,. Q 90
No oVariation whatever from these rates.
No spor discontinued until all arrearage.
are aid, except at the option Of the publishs r
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

THE DEMAND FOR IRON. The amount
of railroad building going on IN America
is altogether unprecedented, and the
consequent demand for iron is very great.
Even if no new lines were building, the
mere renewal of roadway and rolling
stock for $1,000 miles Of railroad wonld
require an enormous amolbt of iron.
Then we have a tremendous increase of
demand for iron for machinery in manu-
factures and for implements in agricul-
ture and the ordinary arts. If we take
agriculture alone, and look at the i'm
mense annual increase of tillage, and
calculate the regular demand for agricul-
tural implements. We shall see that this
item is of great interest to the iron trade.
But in addition to this We have CON-
menced the construction of iron steam
ships, tugs, barges and sailing vessels
and iron petroleum cans and tanks; and
the number of iron coal cars demanded
increases rapidly ; we are also using iron
in building to an unusual extent. In
fact, iron was never before in anything
like the demand in America that it is
DOW.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

Nor CAUGHT. notorious Greek
brigand, Takos Arvanitaki, has, it seems,
lately had a narrow escape of his life in
Ihessaly. Some Wallach peasants, who
We're met by Arvanitaki on the noun
tains of Agraphos and robbed of their
small store, gave information to the
lAudir of the nearest village The mudir
sent for the bimbashi (the major in dis
trict command of the troops, who got
all particulars from the Wallachs and
prepared for action. If the bimbashi
had sent for more men, or had given
notice to the Greek frontier troops, at
only an hour and halfs distance, the
chief perpetrator of the Marathon mas
sacre would, in all probability, have
been killed or captured, but the Turkish
officer, aco ording to the Thessalian Ger
respondent of the Levant Herdid, want
ed all the credit to himself, and SO he
foolishly went into the detiles with l50
men, and made the mountains ring to the
sound of his trumpets. Two gendarmes
posted in ravine were killed. Takos
Arvanitaki and ten of his band of twelve
escaped-two were killed by the troops,
and several no doubt were wounded, as
drops of blood were traced along the
hills for "A considerable distance. The
heads of two brigands slain were sent
to Larissa.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-07-01
The Trenton Meeting.

The citizens of Trenton, as will be
seen by the proceedings appearing else
where, are moving in earnest in the
matter Of the Trenton and Fulton rail-
road. The meeting held in Trenton
was very satisfactory and encouraging.
1t will be followed by a thorough cam
vass of the country along the proposed
line of road, and by public meetings to
stimulate the inexcusably idle energies
and resources of the people SO deeply
interested in the project. We are de-
cidedly Of the opinion that there are
few better railroad openings in the
southwest than that contemplated by
our Trenton friends, and this is the
opinion of men more capable of form
ing Il correct opinion than are we. The
enterprise shall have our earnest and
untiagging support, but we hope to see
the originators follow III, their project
with the same vim and enthusiasm
which has characterized its Inaugural
ton. They mean work, undoubtedly;
only let them execute and perseverc,
and they will succeed.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-07-01
Weather and Crops.

Our exchanges of this week differ but
little from last, and the week previous.
The last three weeks have been dry
and hot. The 10th of June was the
closing rain of the season, all over the
Southern country.
\ sudden change from wet to dry
has caused an earlier demand for re-
freshing showers. This three weeks of
dry hot sun has settled the question of
our early corn; the stalk is there, little
and sickly, but the ear is absent. The
"ripe full grain' is not our reward this
time. The late corn is standing, but
with Il nice little twist points heaven
ward. Good seasons and rain now may
save it.
Cotton has done wonderful i'll the
three weeks, hut would now ne the
better for rain.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-07-01
Are We Right!

1t does seem to us that if the people
Of Monroe have any thought of build
ing up her trade and keeping pace with
the great movements of the age, they
should lose no time in striking for any
and every thing that tends to increase
the conNeniences Of getting to and from
the city. To this end we insist that
II steam ferry boat is an absolute neces-
sity for Monroe, to command any res
pect west OF the river. A bridge of
course would be the thing and we know
it will be built in future, but ferry
boat is demanded now to meet the fall
trade from the hills.
Ifthe cotton market opens at 20 cents,
you will find every farmer rushing in
with his cotton, and he is going where
he can sell for a good price and where
he can purchase his supplies cheapest.
The navigation at that season Of the
year will be virtually closed on all the
rivers; the great body OF the hill coun-
try will look to Trenton and Monroe.
Monroe holds the end of the railroad.
The great body of the farmers will be
anxious for a good grocery market, be-
cause they will he hungry for good
things. We ask in all seriousness, will
Monroe suffer the good people of Tren-
ton to Inonopolize this entire hill trade:
Or will the merchants of this thriving
city sit here and growl over little ne
gro trade: Gentlemen, the trade is for
you if you will only reach out and take
it. 4 good ferry boat will make the
hill farmer feel safe in coming over with
his team.
We would not be understood as
fighting Trenton, for our country can't
boast of nObler merchants than the
Trenton men, but we would stick spurs
deep into the merchants of Monroe and
make them enter into Il manly compe-.
titiOn with Trenton.
But if Monroe will sleep over her
every interest, then we say to the peo-
pie of Trenton, do the work yourself,
and grasp the trade on the east side Of
the river.
Our heart sinks within us when we
talk to the people of Monroe. They
seem to be dead and lifeless. Our mer
chants are on Il narrow gauge railroad,
and if they meet Cuffy with FIVE dol
lars will worry him to death until tic
spends it. This don't look we'll for y
city.
We say these things because we are
in earnest. We are willing to make
every sacrifice to build up our city, and
we feel disposed to torment our people
until they are willing to do something
for themselves.
Let us then have steam ferry boat.
A good boat under good management
will increase our trade double. If the
merchants will not, then we call upon
Maj. Green to have the railroad compa-
ny to furnish it. 1t will give the road
Il world Of freight.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-07-01
LATEST MARKET REPORTS.

NEW ORLEANS; June :S.-totton in
better demand and tirmer; sales 200
bales; good ordinary l5iCD16,; low mid
ding 1S@lS!; receipts, 703; no exports.
NEW York, Jure 2S.-COttOn strong,
higher; sales ,2H bales: tplands,
20I.
ST. Louis. June 2S.-Flour dull and
unchanged. Corn Il shade better, sack
ed, $50 80. Pork Sl3 37Cr Is 20; shout
ders, 6s@7; clear sides, SfMo}. Lard,
nominal. WhiSkey, 81.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-07-01
STATE NEWS BY PARISHES.
JACKSON.


Crop prospects arc reported i'll souIc
localities to be very promising consid-
cring the unf,vorabie season, and in
Others backward. We hear of Il goott
deal of complaint about grassy corn
and cotton. 1t is, we believe, a settled
fact that the yield of both corn and cot
ton this year will not exceed half OF
last ycar'S.-.StvtO0,d
FRANKLIN.
Our friend Mr.. Howington missed
some two weeks ago two fiNOrite steers,
that never went away from home. He
advertised them as siraNcd or stolen.
but could get no news respecting them.
y few days since some hunters came
across them dead under 4 tree in the
woods not 4 great ways from the house.
that had been struck by lightning.
E1CIIIASD.
y car load of cattle is being shipped
every two or three days from this place
to Madison parish. Mr.. Mason il ap-
pears intends to take all the COWS,
calves and beef cattle out of oMr parish.
--H"Nc0u.
CLAIBORNE.
This i an excellent fruit season. We
are already having abundance OF ripe
apples, and the peaches are just ripcn-
ing. And as to plums, there is no end
to them. We have enough on our
premises to supply the town,
Wcar' now having the hottest wealth
er ever experienced here. The suns
scorciting rays extract drops of turrcn-
tine as large as nuscadincs from plank
as dry and lean a an oa>rn board =
Nil0.
How is it the Had generally reaches
us a week ahead of the Adv Ocate?
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-07-01
LAND SALES.
OlIACHITA RIVER PLANTATIONS
FOR SALE.

THE undersigned offers for sale two plan
L tatious situated on the buachita river, in
the parish of Caldwell.
One tract contains Ia acres, 40 of which
il III good state of cultivation, and 80 or TO
acres deadcned; lies high, and 100 acres can
be levied with very small levee situated
miles below Columbia on the Ouachita
river. Can be bought ut $40 per acre.
The second plantation lies on the Ouachita
river, miles below Columbia; contains
1897 56-loo acres; near 200 acres in good
tate of cultivation; 100 acres levied in ::
snd il wonla cost IA mere tritie to levee in SO
acrcs more This place can be bought at Ss5
acre. w X DIXON
pOctober %, 1870. off Columbi La
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-07-01
Died..

IN M"nr"e, La, June II, ISL. Mrs. MARY
T. Don ELL, in her siHtcth year Of age
Deceased was the mother of Jas. X. and
Robert Nelson. well known and worthy
young men of this city. .;c had been AT
ilclcd tor some time with an affection Of
the lrachcA. ct which she finally died. Mrs
ID. had lived in Monroe all her life. uicing
upon nc place where she was born, and she
goes to her last resting place ninurnrl by
many friends.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-07-01

FINE PIGs.-The Editor has SOW,
with eight pigs, one of which weighed
at one month old just % pounds. Any
person showing a larger pig, same age,
will receive the TELEGRAPH gratis for
.onc year. These pigs are 4 cross be-
tween the Irish Grazier and Improved
Ohio Chester, and three of them Ne-
maleS) are for sale.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-07-01

paE' Attorneys sending us their briefs
win save the expense of "o/2ying, by
writing plainly. Our time is money,
and we cannot fritter it away at the
Very iuncture when its value is greatest.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-07-01

We hope the ladies of Monroe will
renew their efforts to finish the new
Methodist Church. 1t is beautiful
edificc and we are anxious to see it fin
ished.
Rev. Mr.. Lawson is pushing for
ward his church, which will be quiet
an ornament to that part of the city.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-07-01

Up to this date our city j. perfectly
healthy. Now and then we hear of
some friends old system hcing out of
order, but these doctors have way of
putting Il fellow on his feet in Il few
hours. We never saw 50 many chill
'tren, and they all look healthy.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-07-01

The drcdgc-boat Octavia, with small
crane boat in tow, has gone up the riv-
or on Il snagging and dredging expedi-
tion. Two smaller snag boats are fit
ting ont for service in this river. The
Octari:l will not be above very long.