National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-10-25
Facts and Fancics.

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off her bonnet with comb.
Was William Pcnn's pocket handkor-
chief the original pen wiper :?
Ohio is the second Of the great cheese
producing States of the Union.
A loving swain in M linc dedicated q
napkin ring " To my almost wife,"
"Speech is silver, but silence golden" 4"
Hence the expression, hush money.
II topper and quart Of whiskey wero
left together, which would be drunk
first
A notice on the outside OF st. Louis
street cars says: Cars cannot wait for la
dies to kiss good-by.
Why is a selfish friend like the letter
"P p Because, though the first in
pity, he is the last in help.
Advces from Porto Rico, via Havana,
Oct 10Th, state that the sugar crop this
year promises to be abundant.
A woman recently died in England
from inflammation produced by small
piece of nutshell flying iLto her eye.
An acquaintance of tue Mobile Tribune
has bantam chicken which caught a
large rat and held it till 1t was killed.
Letters from Newfoundland say it is
now pretty certain that the catch of cod
will be less than two-thirds of last year.
Just enough sickness is reported in q
western town t. make the physicians
happy" Th4a /, rather an indefinite
statement.
A new style of ear.drop screws into the
IL be of the tortured member, so that the
pearl or diamond rests upon the ear as II
with no support.
More ram has fallen in New Hamp-
shire this year than the average quantity
of the corrsspondinsimonths during the
last seventeen years.
A prudent matchmaking mamma gave
the following candid advice to her
daughter: "Oh, marry the man you love
girl, if he is as rich Us CrGsus.
AS you begin to start up the fires, look
well to your chimneys, that they are not
cracked, and see that no pipe-holes are
unstopped, or filed with combustibe
matter
Sweden has three Queens: Queen Dow
ager Josephine, mother of the late and
present king; Queen Dowager Wilhel-
nina, wife of the late King Charles; and
Sophie, wife of the present King.
1t is said the odors of Colonge are not
such as we might expect from the name,
and by n like unftncss, the exceedingly
dirty city of Antioch does a consider
able business in soap manufacturing.
Although the number of new steam
boats now building for lake and river
navigation in the west and southwest is
not equal to that of former years, yet
the aggregate tonnage exceeds any for
Nor years. work.
An old lady of nearly eighty having
recently hanged herself in Kentucky,
the coroner's jury was divided in opinion
concerning the nice psychological dis.
tinction between temporary insanity and
eft of hanger'
Chicago's last wonder of smartness is
boy who began business some time ago by
selling a square Of paper and pack Of
envelopes and now owns stationery store
a paper route and a printing office, and
proposes to edit weekly paper.
Just before going to bed, eat two pigs
feet and cold apple pie. In less than
an hour you will see snake larger than
a hawser devouring light blue haired
children which have just escaped from
monster with sorrel eyes and red hot
overcoat.
The engineer and fireman of Tennessee
train, at full speed, lately had "A fight
which resulted adversely to the engineer.
The fireman then suddenly reversed the
engine with such shock that several cars
were smashed and the train delayed
several hours.
Lord Kinnaird has informed his tenant
ry in Perthshire that he will make re-
duction in the rent Of his farms commen-
surate with the loss which Lis tenants
have sustained by the badness of the har-
vest With the view of carrying out this
intention. he will take into his counsels
two of his tenants.
Some of the ultra fashionable ladies
of New YORK have introduced new GUS
tom, or rather readopted very old ono.
When an acquaintance calls and Is so un-
fortunate as to find the ladies' out, instead
Of being asked to leave his card, he is re-
auested to inscrbe his name in hand
some visiting book.
Mr.. Collette, Secretary of tho Eng.
lish Society for the Suppression OF Vice,
says in late report on obscene books
that the public would scarcely credit
the authenticity of the list were the
names of the applicants for such de-
moralizing books to be published, in
L J |. Of mn
reputable men and women.