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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-27
The Duties of Mothers.

Right Rev. DIR. Gregg, Bishop Of
Texas, preached a sermon at New
York church, selecting for his text the
words, s. Is it well with the child" t ken
from fourth chapter Second Book of
Kings, XVI. velse. In clear and
forcible style the reverend divine
described the natural affection existing
between the parent and the child-an
affection so strong and enduring that it
ignores all sacrifices, disregards all ad
verse opinions and criticisms, and Is
strongest and brightest even in the
presence of shame and disgrace. From
the time that Rachel wept and would
not be comforted because of the loss of
her child down to the present day, il
every race and in every land, it has
been recognized as the tenderest of
loves. and instinctively suggests the idea
OF its divine origin. Earth cannot pre-
sent greater picture of desolation than
the affliction of mother over the loss OF
her child. To her mind the universe Is
worthless beside the remains of the dead,
and no ssc.iIice which the imagination
could CAL ur would be too great if its
resuscitatiou could be procured, Yet
how few mothers prepare their children
for the dread uncertainty. for the terri
BILE trial which follows dissolution. To
enable him to meet the struggle of this
life Is her constant solicitude, and in her
every action she exhibits her purpose.
But where does she manifest her anxiety
iu regard TO ms spiritual welfareT The
worldly minded mothers never endeavor
to influence his course of life with view
to his eternal salvation. They desire,
indeed. that he should be regarded by
men as of good moral character, but
they fail to educate him in the true
Christian doctrines which will render
him acceptable IN the sight OF God.
They do not consider the words OF
Christ, 4" what viii it profit man to
gam the whole world If he lose ms
immortal soul % but in securing his
success in life they see the fnlf1llment oil
their maternal obligations. 1t was la.
mentable to witness the education OF.
the Young in our days. 1t was the edu-
cation of the mind, not OF the soul :
education 10 fit for this life and not Tor
the next. This was a thought Tor
yirtuous mothers beside which all others
were of no importance. He counsel'ed
them TO see that the education of their
children were based upon Christian
foundation, and that no matter what
else was neglected, that this should be
faithfully attended to. Thus would they
best serve their children and themselves.
and fulfill Gods purpose in imposing
upon them the holy obligation of ma
ternity.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-27

KEEP STRAIGHT AHEAD. Pay no at
tention to slanders and gossip mongers.
Keep straight on in your course, and let
their back biting die the death of neglect.
What is the use of lying awake nights
brooding over the remark of some false
friend, who runs through your brain like
forked ighthing2 What's the use of get
into worry and fret over gossip that has
been set a1oat to your disadvantage, by
some meddlesome busybody, who has
more time than character. These things
can't possibly iniure you, unless, indeed,
YOU take notice of them, and, in combating
them. give them standing and character.
If what is said about you is true, set
Yourself right at once; if it is false, let 1t
30 for what it will fetch. If bee stlngs
YOU, would you go to the hive and de-
stroy itg Would not thousand come
upon yon? 1t is wisdom to say little
respecting the injuries you have received.
We are generally losers in the end, II we
stop to refute all the backbitings and gos-
sipings we may hear by the way. They are
annoving, it is true, but not dangerous so
long as we do not stop to expostulate ana
scold. Our characters are formed and
sustained by ourselves, and by our own
actions and purposes, and not by others
LET ms ALWAYS bear in mind that calum-
niators NAV usually be trusted to time
and the slow but steady justice OF puoiic
opinion"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-27
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
The Summer II Passing Away.

The Summer II passing away;
The flowers are dropping and dying,
The apples trees bend with their fruit
TIE elves in the corn are at play;
But /. voice through the trellis Is singing
The Summer is passing away.
The summer il passing away;
the birds have forsaken their young,
The robin sti chirps near the door,
The hobolnk tarries his stay'
Bnt hear only this in their 'ong
The summer IL passing away.
The Summer is passing away
Noperfume enlivens the sense
The fragrance that ilavors the b eeze
ls from orchard, aud vineyard, and hay
The chilling winds moan through the fence
The Sumner is passing away.
The Summer is passing away,
The sunshinc falls thin on the grass
Tho night dewr are heavy and dank
The forest trees rolemnly say,
And the ryulcts murmur, alas :
The sumuer il passing awsv.
The summer s passing away,
And the thought 10 the senses il sad
But the orchards are burdened with fruit,
And the elves in the corn are at play,
And the heart Of the reaper II glad
That the Summer is passing away.
I.ifa's summer * passing away,
The visions Of youthhood are fled
The senses are bunted by age;
The raven locks turned to gray
Tho friends Of our infancy dead:
Iiso's summer is passing away.
"Iife's summer is passing away,
ls whispered by Heavenly voices;
Hone Labor and Patience and Faith,
Having toiled through the heat Of the day,
The sou of the Christian rejoicc-
That fe's Summer passes away.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-27

A SINGULAR CASE. "A curious case
has arisen at Dalketh, Scotland, respect
ing an asserted marriage. A man named
Ross and woman named Lawless whom
he called his vile, having registered
their children as legitimate, had charges
of false registry preferred against them
upon the ground that they were not law
fully married, the accused, on the other
hand, insist that they always considered
themselves as legally man and wife. 1t
appears that in 1867 they left Dalkeith
for Galashiels to get married, but not
having sufficient money to pay minis
ter they each took n handful OF meal,
placed basin between them, and knelt
down facing each other. Both then
placed their handfuls of meal in the basin
and mixed it, in token that they would
not sever until ''death would them part;
then, swearing to this effect upon bible.
they rose up and declared themselves
man and wife. After the performance
they returned to Dalkeith, where they
have since lived together. 1t is not
known how the law decided in this par
ticular case.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-27
Haunted by Missing Limbs.

DR.. $. w. Mitchell, in Lipphcot's
Magdsine, writes an article about "Phun
tom Limbs" and thus speaks of the
sensation of lost members of the body,
absent in fact but present in nervous
consclO BUSINESS.
There is something almost trngical,
something CHASTITY, in the notion of these
thousands of spirit limbs haunting ms
many good soldiers. and every now and
then tormentng them with the disap-
poiDtments which arise when, the mem
ory being of guard for moment, the
keen sense of the limbs presence betrays
the man into some effort, the failure of
which of sudden reminds him of his
loss.
Many persons feel the lost limb MS ex-
isting the moment they awaken from the
merciful stupor Of the ether given to de
stroy the torments Of the knife; others
come slowly to this consciousness in days
or weeks, aud when the wound has
healed; but as rule the more sound
and servicabl, the stump, especially II an
artificial limb be worn, the more likely
is the man to feel family the presence
of his shorn member Sometime blow
an the stump will reawaken such CON
sclousness, or rs happened in one case.
II reampdtation higher up the limb will
SUMMON 1t anew into seeming existence.
In many the limb will be recalled by
the man 10y irritating the nerves i'll its
stump Every doctor knows that, when
any part of n nerve Is excited by pinch,
tap, or by electricity, which is al alto
gcther harmless means--the pain, if 1t be
nerve of feeling, is felt as if it were
really caused in the part to which the
nerve finally passes.
A familiar illustration is met with
when we hurt the ''crazy bone behind
the elbow. This crazy bone is merely
the ulner nerve, which gives sensation
to the llird and fourth fingers, and n
which latter parts we feel the numbing
pain of blow on the main nerve. II
we were to divide this nerve below the
elbow the pain would still seem to be in
the fingers. nor would it alter the case
were the arm cut off.
On one occasion the shoulder was elec
tried three inches above the point where
the arm had been cut off. For two years
the man had ceased to be conscious OF
the limb. As the current passed, although
ignorant of its possible effects, he started
up. crying aloud "Oh, the hand, the
hand!' and tried to seize ii with the living
grasp of the sound fingers. As the cur
rent was broken the lost part faded again
only to be recalled by the same means.
With others it is presence never absent
save IN sleep.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-27

SHEEpfsH. farmer named John 3.
Goe. residing near Brownsville, Fsyette
County, Pa, lately sheared flock OF
sheep. some of which yielded the largest
fleeces that ever came off a sleeps back.
The feeces are of one years growth.
and not left over year, as is often done,
to obtain heavy feeces. One hundred
and forty sheep averaged l3 pounds 6
ounces 100 OF these averaged IA pounds
l3 ounces. Several ewes sheared Is to
30 pounds, a number from II and ls TO
10 pounds each one two-year buck n
pounds ounces another Fl pounds 10
onces one buck 80 pounds ) ounces ;
one eve % pounds ounces.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-27

GROWTH OF CoRALs. An interesting
fact has recently been observed respect
ing the growth of corals. Somewhat less
than two years ago Captain McGregor,
of the steamer Kilauea, moored buoy
in Kealakekua Bay. Last week he was
ordered to hoist the anchor and examine
the condition of the chain. The latter.
which Is a heavy two-inch cable, was
covered with corals and oyster shells,
some o. which are as large as mans
hand. The larger corals measure four
and half inches in length, which repre-
sents their growth during the period OF
two years that the anchor and cable had
been submerged. The specimen which
we have'seen shows the nature OF its for
nation by the little coral insects more
distinctly than any we have before ex.
amined. When taken out of the water,
it had small crabs on it, A query arises
whether these crabs live on the coral in
sects, or whether they simply seek the
branches of the coral for protection. The
popular supposition Is that corals are OF
extremely slow growth. Here we have
a formation equal to more than seventeen
feet in IA century.-Honotutu Gazette.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-27

FoKEIGN VS.. NATIVE GROwTHs IN NEW
ZEALAND.-Ll the former part of this
narrative, | alluded to the fact that the
English grasses are quite eradicatin8
the native growths. Even when not
sown, the seed from the British clover
is blown on to native pastures, and takes
a tenacious hold of the soil but this is
not the only English product that acts
iniuriously upon native ones. Some
enterprising colonist SO report says },
being much troubled by the large New
Zealand blow-fy, that lays its eggs alike
in blankets and meat, took notion
OF effecting settlement of the small
black English house-hy in the Colony
so he imported some in pill Dor pierced
with pinholes. The experiment was
highly successful the enterprising
English fly has utterly ruined the pros
poets of his big, lazy brothers, who are
fast disappearing. 1t is not known ex-
actlv whether the smaller kind eat the
larger, or whether they simply starve
them out but the fact that the British
fiv is thriving in New Zealand while the
native fly is dying out, is SO patent that
the Maories have taken mournful view
of the circumstances. They say, g Eug-
lish grass come, Maori grass go English
fly come, Maori fly go English man
come, Maori man go p and SO, poor
creatures, they resign themselves to their
fate, and keep their spirits mp by pour
ing spirits down, thus helping to fulfill
their own prophecies. - From /" Fscts
about Mem Zsatand. in Sep,ember Number
Of he Orerldnd Monthly.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-27

A Michigan farm of SO acres is sur
rounded by a gigantic hedge oil oiack
walnut trees.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-27
Almost A FAIRY Tale Revived.

A very touching story, similar to the
old tale Of "The Babes in the Woods, :"
comes to MS from the Green River, in
the town of Hillsdale A few days SINCE
three children Of John Foley, residing
on the mountain east Of that place, aged
respectively four, six and eight, became
lost in the mountain woods. The first
was little CIR, the other two were boys
They went out to play near the house
and strayed away after hnckleberries
into the woods. The mother missed
them and blew her dinner horn all
around for mile near the house, but
could get no answer. That night it ram
ed very hard. The next day word was
sent TO the village of Green River by the
frantic mother. and all the people turned
ont and went in search of the children.
Every man was fitted out with bread,
meat and stimulants in case they should
find them. All was vast wilderness
for miles around, so the men won't in
different directions.
Fears " ere entertained that the chill
dren might be attacked by wild beasts,
as a Mr.. Charles Jones while hunting on
this mountain had discovered three wild
cats, which escaped before he could get
near enough to shoot them. The moth
er stood in the door wringing and twist
ing her hands, encouraging the hunters
to be valiant, for she said they were bare
footed and bareheaded, and would soon
starve they were never away from
home before, l. ID the nearest mousse was
about three or four miles distant ant!
even I this they had never been.
About three o'clock little son of Mr..
ingersoll, while hunting in the woods
for lost cattle discovered the three little
creatures huddled together under tree
and covered with leaves. They put up
their hands and began t. cry when they
discovered the boy Ingersoll. He led
them along to the open field and so on
to the house, and the JOY of the mother
NAV well be- imagined. She ran to meet
them, screaming and crying, and catch
ing the first one in her arms, hugging
that for moment, then letting it down
and taking another one, pressed that to
her heart, and so on for nearly IN hour be
fore she had become calmed. BY this
time all the hunters had returned from
the search, and they, too, had to kiss
and hold the children, and unbidden
tears came to the eyes of great, stalwart
men who had never known tears since
their childhood
One of the men took the little girl in
his lap and asked her if she slept any.
She replied laughing
Eyes; put on Johnnys cap, and put
my feet on Pat, and The rain came right
down on me-"
When found they were all wet to the
skin, and would most likely have died
in the course of anot day if they had
not been found They say they heard
their mothers dinner horn that night,
but dare not leave tie tree that they
were under for fear Of getting further
away.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-27

RIDE FOR Your LIFE In the six
teenth century, there were no post-otlice,
in England. Government carriers were
the only bearers of letters, except the
common carriers, whose principal busi-
ness was the conveyance of parcels.
These couriers We're under martial law
aud in the time of Henry VIII, were
subject to the penalty of hanging toi
delay upon the road with their dispatches
The letters of those days were conse-
quently sometimes ornamented with a
cheerful sketch of a gallows with Il
courier thereon suspended. Underneath
was the admontion " Haste Post
Haste ! Haste for thy Life y Post
offices and relays of horses were then
established at the principal towns along
The high roads, and the postmasters
indorsed on the government dispatches
the day and hour of their arrival i'll
transit. A letter despatched from
Plymouth to London in 1923, " For His
Majesty's special service" bears nine
Endorsements The distance, two hun
dred and fourteen miles by the route
taken, was accomplished III fifty seven
hours, rate of about three miles and
three quarters per hour. On part OF
the route the speed was greater, though
six miles was the hIghest speed made,
and on the heavy portions of the road
the route was two miles and even less,
From the penalty attached to slow riding
or hating came the proverbial saying OF
" riding for your life. which saying
is usually supposed to refer to flying
from an enemy. From the taking of
private letters by the bearers of govern
ment dispatches arose the wonderful
conveniences of the modern postal
arrangements. 1t was from this circum-
stance that the Transmission of the mails
has come to he a portion of the duties OF
governments. The TRANSMISSION OF
government dispatches by special mes
scngers offered facilities to the public,
which, rs correspondence increased,
were more and more valued and lmprov-
ed. and the advance of civilization and
commercial intercourse is largely due to
the facilities of mail transportation
FokEIGN vs.. NATIVE GRowTHs IN New
ZEALAND. In the former part of this
narrative, | alluded to the fact that the
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-27

Foolish BoY.-A Troy urchin would
be Mexican vaquero, so he got rope,
tied one end of it around his body, and
then lassoed a COW with the other end.
A short time afterward kind-hearted
passer-by united from the end of the
rope a mud-bedaubed, latter encased,
bleeding specimen of humanity, who
claimed he was the boy who started with
the COW at the other end of the course" p"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-27

~ all kinds neatly executed at tho lowest living
prices. Our Office il we'll furnished with mate.
rial and stock for this department, and We nov
have experienced and competent workmen 10
use them. II you want any printing done You
need not go to the city, or ont of the county,
for you can get as good work and as low priesS
AT this Office as al any other. fI
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-27
RATES or SUBSCRIPTION.

One sspy, one year in advance, ,,',,,"..eI
II not paid within three months, ,,,.', "
Novnration whatever from these rates.
No ,Apor discontinued until liarreaveees
are I'D, except attho option OF the pubusns
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-27

UNITED STATES CoTroN FACTORIES. .-
The complete statistics of the manufac-
ture of cotton goods in the United
States, just sent to the press from the
census Office show the number of dis
tinct establishments in the United States
to be $50. OF which Massachusetts, has
l9l. Rhode Island, 139 Pennsylvania,
1873; Connecticut. Ill; New York, 81 ;
New Hampshire. 36 Georgia, 81 +; North
Carolina, 80 Tennessee, 2S New Jer-
.ev. 81 : Maine, % Maryland, % Ala
bama, 13 ; South Carolina, II, and Nir-
ginia II. Number OF steam engines.
i4S; aggregate horse power, III.
Number of water wheels, l ,250 aggre-
gate horse power, l02, 400. Number of
looms used, 157, 30; frame splndles,
3.69l.477 mule spindles, 3, 437, ,93S.
Hands employed 47,790 males, about
sixteen Years 60, 637 females, about fiji
teen % 942 children and youths. The
aggregate amount of wages pal during
the year was S39,044,132 Materials
used 5,222. lS9 pounds of cotton yarn,
1876, l09 pounds of cotton warp, 1924, 26O
pounds of cotton waste. Value of mill
supplies, $40, O,9l0. $40 total value of all
malerldlS, ClIl- 'oi ,Uoo' AuClcH Pip
duced, AIS, 204, ISL yards sheetings, shirt
inys and twilled goods ; "a, 533, 462 wards
lawns and fine muslins 4S9, $50, 053
yards print cloths; 80, 30l, ,0S7 pounds
yarns |, $50, ,241 dozen spools thread ;
II, ,0S, 0i5 yards cotton warps His, l27
pound, bats, wicking and wadding
493 500 tabecloths, quilts and counter
panes 2,767, 060 seamless bags 5,o57,-
A54 pounds cordage lines and twines
900. 0G6 pounds thread $3.50, 050 yards
cotton flannel 30,275, 246 yards ging
hams aud checks ; 1927 ,449 pounds
waste 4S4, 400 pounds tapet wadding
405. .5S5 pounds seamless bags; 1890,
S95 yards cassimeres, cottonades and
jeans l0,s /. 02s pounds miscellaneous
products Aggregate weight of goods
rroduced, 349, 3l4, 500 pounds aggre
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-27

JoKEs.-So again, Scholastlcus and
his friend, WHO, as it Glanced, was bald,
having occasion to keep watch together,
agreed to divide tke duty between them,
each in turn sleeping while the other
kept watch. to be by his partner awaken
ed when the time of his other watch ar
rived. During one of Scholasticus S
sleeping times, his friend played him the
trick of shaving his head Scholasticus,
on waking, put up ms hand, and feeling
his head bald, called out in alarm, that
"they had awakened the wrong person!'
On another occasion, having house to
sell, he brings with him one OF the
S ones cf the wall ''as IA sample of the
house" On another, seeing his doctor
coming up the street, he hides behind a
wall, "beiug ashamed, as he says " to
meet the doctor-it is So long since
have been i'll. " And then a thievish
slave continued to steal his wine by bor-
ing a hole in the bottom of a jar, the
mouth of which Scholasticus had care
fully sealed, and when friend in ex-
planation suggested that, although the
seals at top were safe. perhaps the wine
had been distracted from the bottom,
"You fool y says Scholasticus, don't
YOU see that it is not the bottom of the
wine but the top that is gone y
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-27

LIFE PREsERvfRs. - Life preservers
are worse than useless, unless they are
securely fastened close up under the
arms. If they slip down to the lower or
middle part OF the BODY, they will cause
the head to fall under the water, and
produce instant death by drowning.
Many of the passengers of the Net'S who
were drowned had life-preservers, but
they we're often found to have slipped
down to the hips, or even to be tangled
about the lower limbs.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-27

STRETCH 1T LITTLE.-A little girl and
her younger brother were on their way
to the store one windy, frosty morning.
They were both poorly dressed, but the
little girl had sort of cloak over her
As they walked briskly along, she drew
the boy closer to her, and said Come
under my cloak, Johnny" at isn't big
enough for both" replied he. Then /
will stretch it little" And they were
soon closely nestled together What a
lesson How many shivering bodies and
sad hearts there are just because people
do not stretch their comforts beyond them
selves.