National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-22
Items Of Interest.

How to put horse +" on his mettle"-
Shoe him.
Dubuque Is said to be the best t-drained
city in the United states. -
Bill Shanks says that courtship, Is
Hiss, but matrimony is b'fs'r.
The tools are to be removed from tho
bridges over the Thames at London.
Elk City, Kan, offers a40, 900 in bonds
to the first railroad that reaches the
town.
Railroads have now three gaugcs--a
broad gauge, narrow gauge, and q
mortgage. 'i 'ol i.'P<
Prince Hassan, eldest son Of the
Khcdiye Of Egypt who has finished his
Oxford career, will soon depart on
tllras years. tour around the world 49,
Tho eilded gambling saloons OF Ems
are closed, to the great indignation oil
many old habitues. The royal degree
forbidding further gambling was read
on the Goth of September. ,r
Strange to say, LOUIS Napoleon desires
to take up his abode in Germany, and
has asked the German Goyernment II
he might do so. He was answered that
his presence there would be unwelcomc.
The Duke Of Bedford has given Mr..
Boehm an order for a statue OF John
Bnnyan, to be presented to the town
in whose Jail the " Pilgrims Progress
was written during its authors thirteen
years imprisonment. A' =.
"Poor Carlotta," the ex-Empress OF
Mexico, is reported TO possess fortune
of S5 900, 600, which will beinherited by
her brothers, the King of Belgium and
the Count of Flanders. Her fortune
was inherited from Leopold !. of Bel
GUM. r.,..l sls. .a4 vaf
Patti and Nilsson are now singing in.
opera at ST. Petersburg, and the friendly
rivalry between tho two stars creates
pleasant excitement. They 90 not come
into immediate collision, although vyiug
with each other In favorite roles ON alter
nate. nights. ., tisti :, ~o.' r
By an agreement between the two
Governments, the thaler Of Germany
Twill be considered AZ equivalent TO
cents in United States com
of gold value. A remembrance OF this
will be useful in the interchange OF
money orders between tire United
States and the German empire.
Colonel Titus c. Rice, a recluse who
had beer living On an old barge Mt For.
tress Monroe since the war, comm'tted1
suicide by shooting himself through the
head. Some twenty years ago nc was o
prominent citizen Of Richmond, Va, aud
colonel of the famous I" Black Horse.
Cavalry" ...e,i.. ..i.a.a ..,s.I
The father Of a boy whose veracity is
not so marked as His back, asked the
teacher why it was his son didn't havea
better acquaintance with figures, and
was considerably electrified when the
teacher tenderlyl observed, Z" !, really
don't know, unless it is because figures
won't lie" hss. .ttr.Ee 8e9
Mr.. Cornell continues to lavish money
upon his university. lie has commenced
the building Of an extra workshop ior
the purpose Of supplying the manual.
labor students with increased means OF
earning a support 1t will be provided
with machinery and an expert foreman
as teacher.
A smart lad ii, San Antonia, Texas.
recently took his stand by the side Of a
blind organ grinder, and, hat in hand.
solicited aims. When his hat was nearly
filed by the sympathetic passess-by, he
walked off, leaving the orgonist grinding
away, utterly Ignorant Of the whole
transaction. - ~
The Prussian Government has decided
that the mes gu Sacre Cmur do Dieu,
An Ord, aployed chiefly in the rehg-
NiQstructiVn 9f Catholic girls anu
~. to be Considered as akin to
Anuuder the late act, and
h. neequently to be