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

"Autumn leaves, Autumn leaves, lie strewn
around me here;
Autumn leaves, Autumn leaves, how sad, how
cold. how drear
How like the hopes ~ childhood's day,
Thick clustering on the boughl
How like those hopes IL their decay,
How faded are they now
Autumn leaves, Autumn leaves, lie strewn
around me here,
Autumn leaves, Autumn leaves, how sad, how
cold, how drear
"Withcrd leaves, wither'd leaves, that Ny be-
fore the gale;
Mitherd lcayos. witherh leaves, We ten
mournful tale,
OF love once true, and friends once hnh'
And happy moments Ned
Dsperrtd hy every breath of Wind,
Forgotten, changed, or dead
Autumn leaves, Autumn leaves, lie s'fo"n
around me horel
Autumn leaves Autumn leaves, how FAD no"
nv Charles Dickens.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

LEGAL Question:. If man
who has wife, but no children. should
die without making will, in what posi-
ton does he leave his widow in regard
to his property? III. Is she entitled to
one-third of his real estate, absolute pos
session, or only the use of it during her
life and will her marriage again effect
her right or interest in any way Has
she any legal right TO his personal effects
money, &c, or any share of it +? am
speaking merely in reference to the laws
of the state of New York in regard to
such matters. Il The widow is en-
titled during her life, whether she re-
marry or not, to the income of one-third
of the real estate. She can, however,
commence partition suit and have her
interest reduced to cash according TO the
annuity tables. III. In regard to- per-
sonal property, if there I've no children,
parents, brother or sister, nephew or
niece, the widow shall be entitled to the
whole.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

An ESCAPE. The president of one of
the leading western roads, who resides "A
hundred miles out of Chicago, was Wis
ltng in Hartford, Ct, when the fire oc-
Cured. He started from New York ON
Monday evening, when in the same train
he found three cars full of ruffans and
burglars, bound for Chicago, who all
paid their fares and behaved themselves
so quietly, that the conductor could not
eject them. Yet he and the president
and the police knew what class of char
acters they were. On reaching Albany
the president telegraphed General Sher-
idan of the fact, and requested tele-
gram at Cincinnati orat a point this side
OF Chicago. The General telegraphed
that he had five thousand troops and
could safely protect all inhabitants and
property This telegram was read aloud
III the train, and most of the rowdes
got off before reaching Chicago.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10
Sentence Of Il Mormon.

Chief-Justice Mexican of Utah, passed
sentence upon Thomas Hawkins, the
polygamist, as follows:
Thomas II, wilkins, am sorry for you
very sorry you may not think so now,
but | shall try to make you think so by
the mercy which shall show you You
came from England to this country with
the wife of your youth for many years
you were kind husband and kind
father. At length, however, the evil
spirit of polygamy tempted and possess
ed you then happiness departed from
your household, and now by the com
plant of your faithful wife and the YER
dict of a law-abiding jury, you stand at
this bar as a convicted criminal l must
look to it, that my judgment be not so
severe as to seem vindictive, and not so
light as to seem to trifie with Justice. /
will say here and now, that whenever
your good behavior and the public good
Justify me in doing so, l will gladly re-
commend that you be pardoned. The
judgment of the Court is that you be
fined $780, and that you be imprisoned
at hard labor for the term of three years.
The sentence has, of course, created a
sensation in Utah, and it is expected
that the polygamy question will be now
pushed to the end.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10
Old Maids,

quaint and gallant writer some fifty
years ago said II love an old maid-I
use the singular number, as speaking of
singularity in humanity, An old maid
is not merely an antiquarian, she is an
antiquity not merely a record of the
past, but the very past itself ; she has
escaped a great change, and sympathizes
not III the ordinary mutations of morali-
ty. She inhabits little eternity of her
own. She is Miss from the beginning
of the chapter to the end. | do not
like to hear them called Mistress, as is
sometimes the practice, for that looks
and sounds like a resignation of despair,
a voluntary extinction of hope / do
not know whether marriages are made in
heaven some people say they are, but
| am almost sure old maids are. There
is something about them which is not of
the earth, earthly. They are spectators
of the world, not adventurers or ram
blers, perhaps guardians we say moth
ing of tattlers They are evidently PIE
destined to be what they are They
owe not the singularity of their condition
to any lack of beauty, wisdom, wit or
good temper there is no accounting for
it but on the principle of fatality. |
have known many old maids, and, of
them all, not one that has not possessed
as many good and amiable qualities as
ninety and nine of n hundred of my
married acquaintance Why, then, are
they single? 1t is their fate. "
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

BmanTLy BREAKS THE MoRNiNo OF u
new era IN the annals of medicine A.
cohol will soon be banishcd from the
list of remedies, and only known asa no'
son. Dir. J. WALKER's CALIFORNIA viz.
EaAR BIrTERs, composed entirely ol
wholesome botanic extracts and juices
are everywhere supcrseding the fiery
astringents, which no man or woman
ever yet, took without bitterly repenting
their credulty. There is no disease
acute or chronic in which the new tonic
muy not be administered with beneficial
effect.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10
For Dyspepsia.

Indigestion, depression of spirits, and
general debility in their various forms
also, as a preventive against fever and
and ague, and other Intermittent fevers,
the " Ferro Phosphorated Elixir of Cal
isaya, made by Caswell, Hazard & Co.,
New York, and sold by druggists, is the
best tonic, and as tonic for patients
recovering from fever or other sickness,
it has no equal
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

WATER IN CHINA, BY the way, says
a correspondent, speaking of China,
this is no country, this can be 40 country
for temperance men, unless you are born
and brought up, from youth and child
hood, to drinking mud, or water without
mud, full of little live creatures, that
dance about so briskly in the we'll water
that you cannot get rid of them. All of
us Maine born men here, captains of
steamboats,, and all, adjure water and the
Maine law. We drink it boiled, and
favored with tea but the pure article,
as handed over to us by the Creator,
never enters our mouths. The fact is
China is SO dirty, so full of the essence
of dead ancestors bones, that even the
wells are impure Four hundred mil
lions of Cinnamon, dying generation by
generation, seem to poison and corrupt
all the streams. What would not | give
now even for cupful of pure mountain
iced water, like that, say, which runs
gurgling through Salt Lake City, or that
comes trickling down from the snowy
sides of the mountains of Oregon. A
dollar cupful would be cheap, very
cheap to me but, nevertheless, drink,
thankful, of the manufactured water, in
tea, in claret, in porter, beer, Rhine
wine, or any liquor that can be got,
bourbon and brandy not excepted.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10
Financial.
INVESTMENT sEcURITIRs

JAY CooKE dCo. re now selling and recommend a.
profitable and safe investment for all classes the Fi,
Mortgage $50 Gold Bonds of the Northern P,cis,
Railroad Company. bearing Seven and Three Tenth.
per cent gold interest more than per cent currency,
and secured by first and only morteag. on the sr,ir.
Road and equipments and ~ more than e. 900 Acre.
OF Land TO ever mile Of track SO Acre. Of Land n
each sl.co Bond The highest current price will he
paid for o. S fiveT~sntie. and all other marketable
Securities received in exchange. Pamphlet. maps and
full information, well tn. bond. th.,..lvs.
furnished on Application By jar Cookr Co. Phii.-
delphis' Ne" Yort and Washington and by mos, Ban.
md BsAkss thre.shsui TIE ssuss,
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

A RsNARKABLE CAsE.-The Syracuse
Courier tells remarkable story of SOM
nambulism. A few days ago lady liv-
ing in Onandaga South Hollow, dreamt
that her father was i'll at Hastings, Oswe-
go County, and needed her. She rose,
dressed herself, and started on foot for
Liverpool, there to take the cars foi
Hastings. She reached the town lit
tie after daylight, and stopped at the
house of Mr.. Fay, justice of the peace,
having been asleep all the time. The
story does not bear great evidence of be-
ing true, for somnambulists rarely, il
ever, remember the dreams which make
them walk.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

The sweetest word III our language IL
health. At the first indication OF dis
ease, use wel-known and approved rene
dies. For dyspepsia or Indigestion, use
"PARsoN's PURoATIvE PILLs. Fol
coughs, colds, sore or lame stomach, use
".JoHNsoN's ANopYNE LINIMENT
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

A Coop THNG.-A patent has been
applied for for a locomotive hue-plug-
ging machine. Heretofore, in case of a
fue bursting, it has been necessary to stop
the engine, put ont the fire, and allow
the boiler to cool, before the flue could
he plugged. involving the detention of
the train from two to three hours. By
means of this machine the engineer is
enabled to insert the plug, and drive it
into the fine. without even shutting off
steam or retarding the train a moment
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

THERE are about three million eight
hundred thousand head of cattle in
Texas, one-fourth being beeves, and the
other half yearlings and two-year-olds.
Seven hundred and fifty Thousand
calves are branded every year. All are
raised on the great Texas plains, which
cover an area Of 152, 600, 900 acres
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10
Chicago Reconstruction.

The Chicago Ere,,ing JowaM says ::
The rebuilding movement is immense.
The sound of the hammer fills the Lake
Park, and the ruins are being cleared
away from the Burnt District with as
great rapdity rs the scarcity of labor,
wheelbarrows and teams will admit.
Contracts have been let for great many
buildings, which have not been com
menced yet The real work of recon
struction has not, however, fairly com
menced. Property owners have some
grave problems to solve before going
ahead. What sort of temporary editces
shall be erected VIII there be any
essential difference in the location of
business Not one of all the rookerles
on the South Side nor of those on the
North Side for "A considerable distance
out, will be rebuilt. Blcck otter block
which has been an eyesore and peril
has gone forever The fire limit regu-
lation will prevent the restoration of
those nuisances The limit should be
extended far enough to cover the entire
strip on the West and South Sides, be
sides long reach on the North. Had it
not peen for the miserable little finder
box tenements near the very centre OF
the city, if not directly in it, the great
fire could have been checked. We can
well afford to spare the Corinthian beau.
ty, if we only secure Doric solidity.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

A FAVORABLE NoromETY The good
reputation Of d" BRowS's BRONCHIAL
TRocHEs" for the relief of Coughs, Colds,
and Throat Diseases, has given them n
favorable notoricty.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

A CASE of chronic rheumatism of I'M
usual severity, cured by "JonNsoN's
ASoDYNE LINIMENT," is noticed by one
Of our exchanges. A large bunch came
ont upon the breast of the sufferer, and
appeared like part Of the breast bone.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

MY FRIEND, stop that terrible cough,
and thus avoid a consumptive's grave by
using DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical DIS,
covery. For curing throat, bronchial
and lung Diseases il has never been
equaled. Sold by druggists. o"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

MYSTERY. The greatest mystery IN
the world to us is that housewives will
use any other tightening, save j. Monroe
Taylor's Cream Yeast Baking Powder,
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

Pale, miserable discouraged without relish Tor food
without energy enough eIertion yet with no acute
pain or other specific indication VI disease how often do
We feeble uyad- fading It were out of life without
any apparent cause. We say OF them that they are
sinking fast sinking gradually, AZ the case may
be- But there IS no good reason why they should sink
at all Persons this dead alive state simply want in
MIGRATING and yitalizing Mature state of torIor
demands help Bring the of vitality IN the
system brace the nerves. tone the stomach, break mp
the morbid trance Of body and mind with course of
Hostetters Stomach Bitterr. II be done. II has
been done IN thousands of instances The effect upon
the enerated frame electric Never give up, however
languid and broken down. Remember that for the
hausted the debtated the despondiug this powerful
vegetable restorative il genuine elixir 1t II not
mere stimuaut that proyokes transient haA OF 'gor
in the system, and then leaves 1t more depressed
condition than before. 1t the causes of debility
hy altering secretoss and regulating the action Of
the internal organs well re-enforcing them 1t is
particularly valuable medicine at this season because
is an sntdote the malaria which produces inter
mttent fever bilious collie and other disorders of the
bowels prevalent in the fall.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

A RUIN. -ErntcaiS gives a melancholy
account of the once beautiful garden of
the Tuileries. with its well-kept paths
and gay pdrteyres THE late rains have
SO thoroughly soaked the ground which
had already been cut up and filed with
ruts by the cannon placed there during
the Commune, that the main walk and
that around the basin are impossible
The whole place is Uttered with frag-
ments of broken tables and chairs The
trees, which during the last reign had
been too hastily replanted when the paths
were raised, are dying, one after another,
and are not being replaced. Very soon
there will remain but the recollection of
those masses of foliage which gave such
a charm to the garden. The statutes re-
main in their mutilated condition, and
everything 5ears the appearance of in.
tentional abandonment.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10
How to obtain
CAST STEEL PLOW
FREE OF CosT.
For particulars, address,
COLLINS & Co., 212 Water St. NY

CAREFUL MEN always look out for first
class securities. For RaiTood Bonds
paying You good interest, write to
CHARLES W. HAssLER, No. wall Street.
New York
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

HAzING The punishment of "hazing'
by College Faculties, and the sharp dis
clpline inflicted by the Secretary of the
Navy upon five cadets at Annapolis will
60 far toward the suppression of that dis.
reputable practice. Secretary Robson S
order on this subject is terse and emphat-
ic. He defines the distinction between
youthful vivacity and persistent black
guardism, i'll terms which cannot be mis-
taken ; and what he says to the students
of the Naval Academy is perfectly
to those of our collegiate in
stitutions, who need lesson as severe
us that which the Naval cadets have
Just been set to learn The custom of
hazing has grown from year to year in our
colleges, until it has become disgracefu
and the time has come to put
a stop to it. There is no reason why
young Freshman should be showered
with dirty water, or be burned in his bed
or have his skull broken, or find himself
and all his possessions blown up, because
students longer in college than he need
some fun, and it would not be an an
lustiiable act if the victim of such out
RACES should defend himself in some
effective fashion. Fork paper.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

Necklaces composed Of large tortoise
shell beads deliberately carved are con-
sidered very elegant
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

Five per cent. of the estates of I'M
married person. in Pennsylvania goes 20
the state Ut their decease,
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10

NeuUIanNs n...
u Wo,,,.,.c,, G....... :" 'heir
Tbov ,-c mo-, a IN. r..., NJ, "
nuu Vxh,.L.,. V,n,r $500. 'V " Foov
G,.,,c-. d,,torcI .nlco, a,, .,.., -" nefuss
taste calIei Tonic. 80 ,,ne,i,,,. n, P'ea'ei The
TINT load thu inple nm IA d,,ul c,,,,o. ~
a truo Medicine made from Tho n,,,,o '' nN' ara
of California free from nj, A,.....,,. .u h'f'
,mn,. Tbcy .-,, tho Cur&r IA, 49,. s'mn'
FER aud IIrEGIyINu pw,~sn III
Aper(cct Renoyator md nylrorn,o, ., ~, rLi'
CARRYING of all noise non, matter aud Wv system
TO healthy condition M pcrson can ~" ,"' o'ooi
tiers according 10 dircetions and rcr,ain - h'i'
proyidcd their bones ARE moi de.troyoo ,s 'n"eh,
poison or other means nnd the vital o, '"'"''ll
beyond the pont of rcpaIr ,"'Na
They urc I, (scntIe Purrn,,,.
Touic uo.s,s,lnr also the prculiar ,nn,i'H ~" rs"
a,n powcrn,l apcn, In r,ueyin, C,ngo,,,,, A-uhg
nation of the Liver md nil the Vsrer,I o,. ''''"
FOR FEM CGONPIAINT. -
Young or Old married or single at the dovnc,., 'N
hood or AT the turn Of life these Tonic Biu.,,
eaual "'
70. ,.o.,.,.,,., ..,, s,
TOR s"""m""'"fS I'm" hs"n'c Rhs up,n
tIspn and lsout, Dysp.psI.. or Iud,...,
Rii,.u. R.u,l,,.u, mud tn,..,.,,.- 'uh'
80 '""'en' W.
Sers' Diseases OF Tn" Blood, Liver, KID
ncys nnd IL ladder, thcrc Bitter. hive ta.n',
,,,, 80, ~ -, .''h most
.'''" ""'" "''' "e'" ~ ''uNu'' Nitiated
blood, which Is generally produced ly derangoy,.,
of tho n,y..,,,. a.u,n. '''
,.
~DHsFII>IA Ok INDIG E>TION, Head
ache, ram IN The Shoulders Coughs, Tghness NJ Tho
Chest, Dizziness, Sour Fluctuations Of the Stomach
had Taste IN the Mouth, Bilious Attacks Papiiauon or
the Heart, Inflammation Of the Lungs Pain In N,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15
Milk Producing Food.

a correspondent of the Germantown Tele-
graph, who has made some careful expert
ments with various articles of food to mich
cows, gives the result IS follows
In carefully tried experiment which |
made last winter, found that heavy feed
such as corn, wheat and rye shorts, fed to
twelve COWS, pound fer pound, did not make
as much milk as wheat bran, into nine quarts
a day, and have no doubt that for a time
this would invariably be the result vet |
should not dare to continue for any consid-
cradle length of time to feed my cows upon
wheat bran alone, as 1t would undoubtedly
diminish the strength of the COW, and soon
reduce her to q condition that she would be
incapable of giving very much milk. [ am
now feeding TO twelve cows two bushels of
wheat bran mixed with one bushel Of corn
meal ground in the cob, with very satisfactory
results. The milk is good, the strength Of
the animal Is kept up, and a diminished
amount of hay will keep the COW in a good
thriving condition. l feed twice a day.
1t Is yet an open question whether the
feed should be dry or wet. There is no doubt
but that in cold weather it would be much
better If the water, which is required BY
cows In milk, could be warmed If taker
into the system while at a very low tampera-
ture, the process of digestion will be retarded
until the temperature of the water is raised
to blood heat. In warming this water di
gestion is not only retarded, but there will
be loss of a certain amount of food, which
like fuel, is consumed in keeping up tn,
heat of the body; and this accounts for thu
fact thas herd of cattle require very mucI
more food in extremely cold weather thar
they do in warm weather. 1t will be evident
therefore, that large amount of food ma
be saved by warm stabling in cold weathe
and consequently much greater secretion O
milk secured
The great mass of the community are n
doubt Ignorant in regard to the great differ
eDce in the quality of milk made by tn
different kinds of feed. Milk made from
COW fed upon turnips and buckwheat bran O
buckwhest shorts is totally unfit for a youn
child or its mother, and there is no dout
but that the mortality among children
often caused by improper food Of which til
milk is made. The physician knows the in
portance of having the milk from new mile
cow assigned for young child; the why an
wherefore very likely he does not know. Il
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15
Straw for Winter Feed.

In seasons of drouth, and especially if nro-
tracted, scarcity of hay follows. The
scarcity of fodder necessarily raises it's price.
and 1t becomes important to utilize such
material for feeding stock, horses. mules
aud cattle-as the farmer has at hand. In
such cases straw serves a useful purpose
Clean, carefully saved straw is readily eaten
and rellshed, during the winter season. nv
the above classes of stock If properly taken
care OF, It's value is about half that of hay.
lt should be stacked in compact stacks.
and II put under shelter, even by shed, to
keep 1t dry, 1t is better than to leave it ex-
posed. 1t, however, it is inconvenient to
thus protect 1t, the stacks should be made
large and compact The annual WELD ~
straw in the United States is estimated al
4O,OOO,OOO of tons. Very much of this
amount is converted by provident farmers
into manure; and aside from what il i'm
provldently wasted, ten tons are probsb Iv
put to useful purposes.
Ii is well to make a few figures occasion
ally to ascertain what course is hest To mr.
sue IN WIntering stock. Let US see how the
case stands with the cost of hay, as comnared
with straw and corn. In the LARGE corn
| growing districts of the Western States
corn Is worth at present. estimated nv tbe
| ton, about SIX or seven dollars less than yood
timothy hay hence it is better econorny n
feed straw and corn than merchsntahla
Two tons OF straw fed with corn or otbe,
gram feed, will 60 as far as one ton of bav
Upon very many of the large farms of tn,
west, straw has no market value, while ba,
commands ready sale at very remuneratiy,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-15

HANDY Hons Es.-Not many years ago a
gentleman of South Adams. Mass, owned a
pet span of horses and numerous family,
who were also pets, as was every living
thing under his protection.
The district schOOl-house was a mile off,
over bleak road in a very snowy country.
These horses, when colts, were accustomed
to carry and fetch the children, and after a
while were intrusted with the whole business
After being hitched up to the old lumber-box
sleigh, they would - Of their own free Will -
trot up t. the farm-h house door, receive some
half-dozen or more children. who in great
giee would pile in among buffalo skins
and blankets.
| Then these horses, without driver OF guild
ance of any kind, would start off briskly, 90
| to the schOol-hOuse, turn up to the door
wait for the children to tumble out, then
make their turn carefully and return home.
/ At night they were sent alone for their
| load again, and would turn up to the school
house door and wait patiently Tor the chill
dren.
| This business was done by these horses fol-
/ twenty years, and their kind master keI
them until old age carried them Off ON
Dumb animals.