National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-18
Facts.and fancies.

A new name for the Grecian bend is
the back stoop"
A celebrated writer says that tobac-
60 has killed kissing"
The Troy JJhig thinks lovers by noon
light are the latest thing out.
An inch of rain falling upon an acre of
land weighs about one hundred tons
1t is strange that grocers ever become
rich, since they always give their goodsa n
weigh
ellis forehead extended to the gable
end of his neck means he was bald
headed.
There is but one good wife in the
world, and every happily welded man
thinks he has her
Thirtv-iive or forty yards of silk are re-
qured by frst-class dressmaker for
short street costume.
When annoying serenading parties 90
around in Nevada the fire department is
called ont "to irrigate them"
A Young man who keeps collection
of locks of hair of his young lady friends,
calls them his hairbreadth escapes.
A baby who kisses his mother and
fights lis father, may he said to be par
tial to his ma and martial to his pa.
Leggings (sarcastic) )-You know lot
about 'osses, don't You ; which side do
You gene ally get up? Boots (facetious
Well, outside, as a rule.
A certain man excused himself for not
making his wife New Years present,
on the ground that he could find nothing
half good enough for her.
The hay crop must be failure in La
coma. n. H., for the local journal says
"that grnsshoppers have got lame trying
to hop from one blade to another"
A German newspaper has taken the
census of the canniEal races of the globe,
and finds that they amount to 1,M3, 900,
or about the G90th part of its population.
A youthful political aspirant, after a
canvass hlrangue, met his particular
friend WITH "Well, my dear sir, did you
hear my last speech ?" Il hope so. ."
A mad mule in Nashville, bit dog
the dog bit a pig; the pig bit goat
the goat bit cat, and the cat bit child
and all of those which have been bitten
are mad.
Rowing Love What is the love of
restless, rowing man? A yagrant stream
that dallies with each flower on its bank,
then passes on and leaves them all in
tears.
A gentleman trying to describe to
friend the beautiful manner in which his
6ncee's hair was arranged, said IL
was frizzled in front, and fricaseed and
scrambled mt the back"
The long dress movement for the
street has not been generally adopted.
How women can consent to do the work
of scavengers for our dirty streets is a
problem which they alone can solve.
Persons who live IN perpetual suspicion
live the life of sentinel never relieved,
whose business it Is to look out for and
expect an enemy, which is an evil not
very far short of perishing by him.
A young lady died in Nashville, Tenn,
recently, leaving a pet mockingbird.
While the bird was singing a few days
before she died, the lady said, Hush,
birdie, YOU annoy me-" From that time
the bird has not uttered single note.
Elizabeth Churchill tells the girls that
the best novels ever written will hurt
them il they read nothing else-that they
will grow sentimental, morbid and self
seeking, while common duties will be-
come dstasteful and common pleasures
nsipid.
The Cincinnati Times thinks that
Mrs. Fairs remark, If poor, dear Crit
tendcn were alive he would get me off,
is only paralleled by the youngster who
murdered his father and mother, and
didn't think the Judge "orter hang
poor orphing.'
HAPPY bridegroom: "More money,
madam more money Have yon for
COTTON that my money has bought
everything YOU possess-the very dress
Won stand in ?" Fair, bride "No,
sirl Nor have l forgotten that your
money has bought what stands III 1t ]
The phenomenon known as " milky
sea. =" is confined wholly to the tropics,
and almost entirely to the East Indies.
1t occurs at night, the sea appearing
vast surface of snow, rather than mix,
and being partially luminous. It's very
rarely seen, but its occurrence Is well
authenticated.