National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-12-27
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.
JOB PRINTING
Facts and Fancies.

Graves are but the footstep. Of tho
angel Of life.-Jean PoI.
A railroad tunnel $500 feet long is
being dag in Wisconsin.
Reprove thy friend privately com.
mend him publicly.-SolOa.
A cane bottom chair was the prize at
recent Savannah shooting match.
Mr.. Hart, OF Pilatko, Fla, sold S24,-
600 wWth Of oranges from nine acre
patch the past season.
The Philadelphia ironmasters propose
the erection OF an iron monument to
Horace Greeley in Fairmount Park. :
A Lowell. Mass, preacher walked up
his congregation last Sunday by request
ing them to sing hymn 4 the middle
OF sermon.
Gilmore, OF the Louisiana Sugar Bowl
by starting the Louisiana Cottma- Bal.
has become proprietor Of two papers,
both weekly.
We are told that "tbe evening wore
on" but we are not told what the even
ing wore on that occasion. Was it the
close" OF wintry day ?"
An agent for South Kansas newspaper
lately travelled one hundred miles afoot
to collect one hundred dollars on sub
scriptions past due. lie raised two del.
lars.
The Russian WoTld states the effective
Russian reserve force to amount ut pres
ent to 100000, 10000 of whom could
at any moment be incorporated IN the
fighting army.
Two elderly ladies recently went into
the "primeval Forest" near Deerfield,
Mich, made clearing, and framed and
raised house, without any male labor
being expen led on it.
The story published that the Princi-
palitv OF Reuss, Il small German State,
had pardoned two criminals on condition
OF their emigration to the United States.
is pronounced an invention.
A colony Of English sparows settled
in Reading, Pa, year or two ago; since
then tey have increased so largely that
now every street in the city is said tobe
alive with their cheerful twittering.
A ruralist writes as follows to the De-
troit Chief of Police: 81 wolloped my
boy last Thursday, and he jumped the
house, think he is in Detroit if so,
wollop him again and charge it to me-
Now is the time to commence adver-
tising for the holidays. Shrewd people
make their purchases early in season,
and have better stock 10 select from
than those who delay until TIE last week.
A German named Pfeiffer, residing in
Newark, n. J. about two weeks ago,
y lille asleep, swallowed gold plate
containing several teeth, and he has
ynce been suffering The most oxcruti-
ting agony.
Quantities OF English pheasants are
displayed by poulterers as allurements
or Christmas purchasers. 1t was Char
es Lamb who characterized pheasants as
,oor chickens disguised in fine feathers;
,ut that will not prevent them from ap-
,earing on tho tables of the wealthy so
ong ~ fashion rules that they are the
proper thing.
The narrowest gauge yet attempted
or railroad is doubtless that construct
d in one OF the English mining
districts where the line is only
light inches wide. The same engineer
fhS hlltl CuSNSSu w utiC toCNSAh-
nent to construct line at Aldershot for
ailitary purposes. The gauge is eigh-
cen inches, and a speed of between 20
nd 80 miles an ihour has been attain.
on i.
Ar LENGTH the great English ch.ncery
nit OF Tomley VS.. Chase heirs, involving
II estate Of $50, 100000 sterling, or
bout $500, 100000, which has been in
he London courts for the last thirty
oars, has been decided in favor of the
base heirs. who number abont one
mdred. Mr.. B. F. Chase, Of Louis
lille, received intelligence of his fortune
lille watching the turning of the wheel
l the Louisville lottery.
The Detroit Free Press says "a boy
amed Frank James, whose parents live
| the western part of the city, has, with
le sole aid Of pocket knife, produced
wonderful work. Out of a pine block
,urtesn inches square he has cut four
orses, each of which carries rider,
nd four dogs follow them, while all are
chase of fox. One Of the riders has
trumpet, and the others guns, and
is as nicely cut as if a pro-
ssionaI carver had done the work.