National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-12-15
Over the River.

/, ORronp. Josiah clough of orfordyille ha,
i, erected large, twostory building, To he occu
pied IA u chair factory, and will have 1t ready
for operation early In the spring. This il the
second chair factory In this placc-thc other
being Royal Beal's.
The store In Orfordvillc formerly occupied
by BENZ Morrill, has oecn purchased by a. \,
new goods.
Rev n. + Carter recently preached very
able and interesting sermon on Woman's
. Rights, ut Orfordvilc, which would
he well worth repeating in many congrega-
tons and lecture rooms.
On Monday night of last week two young
men were riding through the woods near Ste
phen Parkers, and heard some one groaning,
apparently In great distress. They ran their
horse TO the Street, aud told what they had
heard, and ID. 4. Hale sent team with three
men to look into the case. They found man
named II. s. Sturtevant Ia the snow, 10 all APP
pearance dead n furtaer examination showed
that he was alive, and he was taken to lIalc's
hotel, whore after twenty-four hours he came
to himself sufficiently to solemnly swear that
he would never drink any more Intoxicating
liquors.
Deputy Sheriff Conant was dispatched with
II warrant, ON the 9TH inst. for the arrest of two
sons of James NJ. Archer, of Oxford. The
warrant was issued by Justice Larned upon
complaint of Wi liam Stetson, charging the
aforesaid sons with stealing thirty sheep, some
time in Sept last the property of Jesse Carr.
The elder Bub, on the app oach Of the officer,
armed himself with his fathers harness knife,
1.-THE father, by the way, is rival OF the
Deputy in the harness line) crawled under the
barn, and ostrich like, lift his pedal extremi-
ties exposed to the full view Of the faithful
deputy, who was not long In capturing his
man, likewise the knife, No further resistance
was made. Application was made to Z. W.
Pierce, Esq. to defend The boys, and after
! brief consultation lin which they discl csed the
fact that :hcy had taken seventeen Of the
quadrepeds, delivered them to one Gardner
in exchange for an old horse; had pelted sew
eral others and appropriated the carcasses for
domestic purposes, it wa, agreed by the com
plainant, Carr and some Others intcsreted,
ecute no farther, provided the said Archer and
Sons go beyond the limits of New iamps hire
and nerer return. This amounts to three re
markablc instances of Punishment in the Ills
tory Of the World, viz. Napoleon, Valcndig-
ham and the Archer family.
This may be Il magnanirnous instance, |
and undoubtedly was regarded as such by the
d.. lrt !, ;,-, al Ius
bad practice to establish in the face of any |
who are inclined to disregard the ith command
Of the Decalogue.
You may break you may shattcr the vase
if you will;
But the scent of the roses will hang round
it still"
f. b. Strong & Co. are commencing to open
soap stone quarry at Orfordville.
Snow is nsarly two feet deep in the Eastern
part of the town.
LrME.-A Mr.. Roberts of East Lyme was
instantly killed, Dee 4th by the fall of u cart
body upon him, which broke his neck. He |
leaves a wife and several children to mourn
bis loss.
Bella Sawyer, of the firm CfThurS-
ton & Co., contemplateS visiting the
West. with his family, about the
first OF January. DR.. &. +. Kings
bury slaughtered porker few
days since which weighed $40 lbs.
Every thing the DR.. has is large.
He and his wife, taken conformity,
are an injury to any common scales,
pulling up about 400 lbs.
The citizens anticipate having a
merry Christmas. Preparations
are being made for II Christmas !
tree, and we understand the pleas
ures of the eve. will he interspersed
with some appropriate rhetorical
exercises by the children. Success
to their efforts.
One thing we want-a course of ,
lectures. During the winter of 1869 {
4 20, an effort was made in this di- ,
rectiOn which was successful.
Good men were secured, and the {
lectures were quite well attended.
We consider such course absolute. :
" necessary. 1t is an obligation
which devolves upon the older per J
sons of our community. It is of H
great Importance to the young,
opening up to them as it does new
trains of thought. and revealing to \
them, in degree their own posi- b
ton, and the great ocean of truth
that lies spread out betor re them.
How much better to attend lcct-
IRE than to frequent stores and bar c,
rooms, as too many in every town
now do. Let some one take the in j
etiatiye and we will warrant him
active supporters.
Frank Dimick of cur vi. age is !.
travelling in Mass, on a salary of
81 400 year.
Trade has been remarkably good
ior some time.
Cold weather still continues.