National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-23
Facts and Faneies.

hfSe 'ililei I)irtleS are just now very
numerous.
Every man esteems his own misfor-
tune the greatest.
Round hats are much trimmed with
scaris of light silk.
May turkey be said to be a ghost
when it's a-gobblin
Laugh at no man for his pug nose
you can't tell what may turn up.
Before you give way to anger, try to
find a reason for not being angry.
Happiness is less valued when we
possess it than when we have lost it.
A little boy with pocketful of tame
snakes is IN Alexandria, Va, the attrac-
ton.
The Presbyterian Church of the United
States numbers nearly 450, 600 communi-
cants.
A miser grows rich by seeming poor
an extravagant man grows poor by SEEM
ing rich.
Letter-go ~ as the boy said when he
lamp-posted his letter at the street.
corner.
Deliberate before you promise. for a
rash promise sets inclination at variance
with justice
The Fourth of July will be celebrated
at niagara by the sending Of an old ship
over the Falls
After reading Darwin, monkeys should
"odest families
One hair-pin manufactory in this
country turns out fifty tons of those use
full articles every month.
Many of the experiments of stocking
ponds and streams in New England with
fish have proved successful.
No lady's wardrobe is considered com
plete nowadays without long and
short black silk dress and waterproof
cloak
If you would be pungent, be brief
for it is with words rs with sunbeams--
the more they are condensed the deeper
they burn.
The imperial eagle of Germany, 40
cording to the decision of Kaiser William
is to be single headed, resembling the
American spread eagle.
The Wesleyan Methodists, with about
20. 600 members, and the Primitive
with about half as many,
have been trying to unite.
False friendship, like the ivy, decays
and ruins the walls it embraces bu
true friendship gives new life and ami
nation to the object it supports.
A physician writes asking renewal of
note which he owes, giving as reason
therefor 1--WE are in horrible crisis
here is not sick man in the district"
A country newspaper says house clean
ng papering and painting are now the
rider of the day No sensible man trusts
himself much at his house about these
ines.
A young gentleman who had Just
married little beauty, says, "She
would have been taller, but she is made
f snch precious materials that Nature
ouldn't afford it.
In IN Ohio school celebration, the
announced the title Of a
ong as Riding the Elephant Home"
he audience found that it WAS "Write
Ie Letter from Home.
Kansas will probably have larger and
ner fruit crop this year than ever be-
ore. That is the opinion of the best
ldges, and an examination of the trees
lily justifies the prediction.
An old bachelor having been laughed
by n bevy of pretty girls, told them
nat they were small potatoes. 1--WE
lay be small potatoes" replied one of
le maidens, "but we are sweet ones.
A project has been broached out at
Ioscow for celebrating next year the
yo hundredth anniversary of Peter the
reat's birth by grand national musical
,stival to be divided into two principal
arts.
Pa" said lad to his father, 81
ave often read of people poor but
Dnest why don't they sometimes say
ch but honest 2" "Tut, tut, my son.
obodv would believe them" answered
he father
Servant looks into the breakfast room
ld says Please, madame, there's
eggar in the kitchen wants something
eat - Mistress "Give her the water
which the eggs were boiled, Bridget;
is quite nutritious.
A Rochester woman, indignant at
an who was beating his wife, her sister,
rev lighted kerosene oil lamp at him.
lere was an explosion, a fire, and
nv narrow escape fr,m death to him
ID destruction to his house.
Gov Tod X. Caldwell, of North Caro-
IA has published a card apologizing
the editor of the Raleigh Sentinel for
far forgetting the dignity Of his posi-
N and the courtesy due a political
ponent as to publicly brand him as
r.
The young ladies of an Oswego Corn
town have met and formally declared
1t they will not accept the company
any young man who uses tobacco in
v form, unless the night is very dark
4 the road muddy, for the space of
ty days from date.
The way to wealth is as plain as the
y TO market. II depends chiefly on
, words-industry and frugality that
waste neither time nor money, but
Ike the best use Of both. Without
ustry and frugalitv, nothing viii do,
| with them everything.