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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-08-02
4 Picture of Poland.

"Come here, boys said one of a
party of travellers IN Poland, there is a
piece of furniture for you" We gather
ed around the little door, which opened
into a room not more than seven feet
square, aud. sure enough. saw a piece of
furniture which astonished us as much
by its modern make as by its pretentions
10 luxury and refinement. 1t was a
cradle, and it contained sick baby
The poor baby was very sick indeed, and
girl. apparently about twelve wears old
very pretty, bnt clad in rags, was sitting
beside it. watching it in oespairing,
helpless kind of way, that was pitiful to
see. We at first supposed the pretty
child was the baby's sister, and that the
mother was absent. But what was our
establishment when. at some movement
of the little one, she leant over the cradle
and commenced feeding it from natures
own fonnt, giving unmistakable evidence
of being the mother. We might have
known this at the first glance at that
despairing face, had it not been so young.
How she, evidently so poor, could be the
possessor of such piece of furniture we,
of course. could not tell but it was al
most the only article, except few cook
ing utensils, in the poor abode 20 but the
Young mother had found it somehow,
and there it was. This chil3, scarcely
twelve years old, poor as poverty, with a
haby-a sick baby at watching
with a dumb kind of despair the little
lie that was fast passing away. The
poor. ignorant little mother did not know
anything else to do, and was, | think the
saddest sight l ever saw.
She locked at us, too. with mute
brooding eyes, she was but u moment
in learning we could understand nothing
she said, begging us as hard as eyes could
beg to do something for her babe As
there was not doctor among us we could
do nothing. and l never regretted so
much in my life knowing nothing of the
healing art as l did with those sweet,
pleading, sorrowful eyes bent upon me.
The General silently drew FIVE ruhle
note from his pocket and put 1t in her
hand, probably thinking it vas the next
best thing to a doctor.
The rest of us did the same, so that the
poor child to her astonishment suddenly
found hersDh the possessoT OF more
wealth than she had probably ever
dreamed of before. She thanked us with
her very expressive eyes, and, looking
cautiously around her to see that nobody
was watching her, hid the money in her
bosom.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-08-02
The Hot Season.

DIR. Holiness verses were never less an exag
gerahon'
At last two Fahronhets blew up,
And killed two children small,
And one barometer shot dead
tutor with it's ball.
Now all dav long the locusts sang
Among the loahess trees
Three new hotels warped inside out,
The pumps could only wheoze;
And ripe old wine, that twenty years
Had cobwebbed DER In vain,
Came spoutng through the rotten corks
Like July'- best champagne.
The Worcester locomotives did
Their trip in half an hour
The Lowell cars ran forty miles
Before they checked the power;
Roll birthstone soon became a drug
And oco-focus fell,
All asked for ice, but everywhere
Saltpetre was to sell
Plump men Of mornings ordered tiahts,
But ere the scorching moons.
Their candle moulds had grown as loose
As Cossack pantaloons
The dogs ran mad men could not try
Ifwater they would choose
A horse fell d, ad-he only left
Four red-hot rusty shoes
And al about the warehouse steps
We're angry men in droves,
Crashing and splnterng through the doors
To smf n the patent stoves.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-08-02

LIKE DUMAS. - A good anecdote o!
Alexander Dumas. There are thousands
of good ones, but this is particularly
characteristic of the great writer. One
day his son, whose pocketbook was very
light at that time. was strolling along
the boulevard, when he met literary
chum. and after few minutes convei
sation it was proposed that they shonld
go to the Maison dor and enjoy first
class breakfast. "Well and good, SAID
Dumas fls, "but l have only five frame;
how much have you ?" Three. Eight
francs will never do for the royal meal
we desire. so we had better abandon the
idea" Where is your father p asked
the friend. " ITEMS! | forgot he will
lend me twenty francs" And off rushed
Dumas fls to the author Of the "Three
Musketeers. Ten minutes after he re-
turned laughing heartily. "Well, said
the chum, "did he give it to you ?
No." answered Dumas fls; "on the
contrary he borrowed my five francs. "
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-08-02

A WICKED TYRANT.-Neda karu, the
King of Corea, was, by nature and train
ing, bigoted, cruel and tickle. At one
moment he would raise an humble serf
to the highest office in day or two
thereafter this same whilom favorite
would be seen standing upon the execu-
toners block for some real or fancied
Ofopse. The kings spasms of generosity
toward his own subjects were invariably
followed by acts of oppression toward
those unfortunate Christians who were
endeavoring to find means of subsistence
within the realms of his kingdom. As a
solitary instance, l will state the fact
that as Media Karu was one day walking
along past the public baths of his capi-
tai, he suddenly professed to be annoved
by the confusion within, and upon being
informed it came from the female bathers
there, he Immediately ordered every
means of exit to be walled up, and thus
miserably persisted all the unfortunate
inmates to the number of about three
score During his bloody reign of some
thing like thirty years, no less tnan
thirty thousand people were put to death,
while nearly one hundred and fifty places
OF worship were destroyed by his orders.
The most fendish outrages were daily
practiced upon all foreigners. They
were denied the privilege of purchasing
even the common Decessaries of life
Corean merchants were forbidden to ex-
tend to them the smallest favors. Neither
gold nor affection conld purchase i'm
munity from the t, rants cruel mandate,
and when some hundreds of them were
forced by the kings prosecutions to leave
his domains, they were forbidden the Use
of animals or boats. and were thus com
PEELED TO travel ont of the country on foot
or perish in the attempt Death, even,
was sweet TO them than life, endured
under such manifold horrors. And yet
the name of this wholesale butcher, this
relentless prosecutor, this fiend I'D human
shape, is to-day looked upto by all native
Coreans with all reverence and love.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-08-02

A Chinaman dying left eleven she, p
and three sons-and making will, lett
one-half OF his estate to his oldest boy,
one-fonrth to the next, and one sixth to
the third son. They wished to divide
without killing a sheep, but could not
see how to do it; SO they sent for wise
man. Sending to his own fold for a
sheep, he put it in with eleven. Now
take your half said he to the Oldest, and
he dill 500, the second, take your
fourth-3; the younger, tlke your one
sixth, and begone-2; and they all did
80, when the wise man drove bis own
sheep home. Was the division accord
ing 10 the wills
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-08-02

The latest sensation in Iowa City is
the suicide % a cow The cause of the
deed was the killing of her calf. The
Iowa City Press describes her actions /:
1" The COW was frantic at this slaughter
of her innocent, AMI after chasing the
butchers wagon to the slaughter-house
door, and believing goodbye to her
infant. she repaired to the river near
billions Island. and wadi. in beyond
her depth, committed suicide by drown
ing"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-08-02

MENTAL Power IN MEN AND WOMEN. -
Regarding this oft discussed subject,
Professor Maudsley says: cit has been
affirmed 10y some philosophers that there
is no essential difference between the
mind OF a woman and that of man
and that if girl were subjected to the
same education as boy. she would re-
semble him in tastes, feelings, pursuits.
and powers. TO my mind it would not
be one whit more absurd to affirm that
the antlers of the stag, the human
beard, and the cockscomb. are the
effects of education ; or that by putting
girl to the same education as a boy
she could be sexually transformed into
one. The physical and mental differ
ences between the sexes intimate them
selves very early in life, and declare
themselves most distinctly at puberty.
If either sex is mutilated, it approaches
in character the opposite Sex. While
women preserves her sex, she will nee
essarily be feebler than man, and hav-
ing special bodily and mental charac-
ters. will have. to certain extent. her
own spheres of activity. When she has
pretty well divested herself of her sex,
she may then take his ground and do
his work but she will have lost all her
feminine attractions, and probably also
her chief feminine functions.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-08-02

At a certain church fair, set of
Cooper's Works was promised to the
individual who should answer a certain
set Of conundrums. A dashing young
fellow was pronounced the winner, and
received set Of wooden pals
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-08-02

A FoRT REDUCED BY LIGHTSISG.-Fort
Monarca, at Nuevitss, was struck by
lightning. The powder magazine ex-
ploded instantaneonsly with the IKE,
and seven artillerists of the garrison were
killed. One of the rihed cannons vas
carried distance of fifty yards from its
embrasure. Fort Monarca was built IN
1869 by the city of Nuevitas. and was
presented to the Government in 1870.
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The man who never told an editor
how he could better his paper, has gone
out West to marry the woman who never
locked into alooking glAss.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-08-02

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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-08-02

A Tennessee horse thief. between 40
and so years OF age, has been sentenced
10 the penitentiary for Il years.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-08-02

WHAT TO Do.-Dr. Dio Lewis gi ives
the following advice to dyspeptic, with
the promise of q cure if it is faithfully
followed for three months |. Rise
arly, dress warm, and go out Ii
strong, walk if weak, saunter. DRINK
cold. water three times. After half an
hour come in for breakfast 2, For
breakfast eat "a piece of good steak half
as large as your hand, slice of coarse
bread, and baked apple. Eat slowly.
Talk pleasantly with your neighbors.
Read the cheerful comments of the
journals Avoid hot biscuits and strong
coffee Drink nothing 3. Digest for
an hour, and then to your work. trust
it is in the open air. Work hard tlll
noon, and then rest body and mind till
dinner. Sleep little. Drink water.
4. For dinner two or three o'clock eat
a slice of beef, mutton, or fish as large
as your hand, potato, two or three
spoonfuls of other vegetables, and slice
of coarse bread Give more than half
an hour to this meal. Use no drink. 5.
After dinner play anaconda for an hour.
Now for social, for pleasant games. Haze
a good time. &. No supper. A little
toast and tea even, for supper, will
make your recovery very slow. 7. In n
warm room, battle your skin with cold
water, hastily, and go to bed in we'll
ventilated room before nine o clock.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-10-17

AUGUSTUS SCHELL, the Chief
Sachem of the TammaDy or
ganization, has written an ad
dress to the country Democrats,
telling them they must all
come out, lose a days time, and
ride or walk four or five miles
to vote for Greeley, in return,
we suppose, for the forty years
of abuse old Horace has heaped
upon their heads, and in order
that the Tammany thieves may
faSten themselves on tbe Ma
tional Treasury. We hardly
think the country Democrats
will do it. The recent elections
show that IN the cities, where
official stealing is respectable,
and where there are Offices to
distribute, and rabble to sat
isly, The firm of Tammany,
Greeley & 20. may flourish for
a time, but The sturdy, honest
voice Of the country is against
the bargain and sale.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-10-17

InE following dispatch from
New York to the Gin cinnati
Gazette is only one of many,
showing how the bottom has
dropped out of the Greeley
combination
A report is circulated to-
night that the Greeley head
quarters IN this city would be
closed In a few days, after the
example set in Washington
and Philadelphia. The man
ayers deny the truth of the re-
pert, but intimate that they
may seek cheaper quarters
Two more clubs, one in the
Sixth, the other in the Eighth
Assembly District, have de-
clared for Grant and Wilson,
In the Seventeenth Ward, one
Greeley club has dissolved,
and another will consolidate
with the Grant and Wilson
Club already organized.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-10-17
Our Spread Eagle.

We knew we could make
some of these blind Greeley.
ties see the returns from the
October elections. Even Put
nam oil the Chillicothe Adver-
tiser, saw our Spread-eagle, and
with a characteristic growl
complains about the size of the
bird almost as much as he does
about tho size OF the majorities.
We wanted these GreeleycratS
to read their fate without the
aid of specs, and since Putnam
has seen it we are happy; for
we have heretofore considered
him, politically speaking,stone-
blind.
BY the way, speaking OF Put
nam reminds US to ask him
how about that list of 1900
"Liberals" in AShtsbula and
400 in Athens county, that we
heard him telling about in a
speech in front of the Court
House some three or four
weeks since? AshtaEula shows
1000 Republican gain and
Athens, 400. Now, what be-
came of those "Liberalsp
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-10-17
New York,

The chances are largely in
favor of the Republicans carry
ing New York at the Presi-
dental election. The rascal
ities Of Tammany are not alto
gether forgotten there the
nomination of Gen. Dix tor
Governor commands the con-
fidence of all the people who
are in favor OF an honest gov
ernment, and since the tidal
wave has broken the Greeley
combination, the organization
of Democratic clubs in favor Of
the election of Grant and Dix
is on the increase.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-10-17

THE Jackson Herald ssys the
true cause of the large Repub
lican gains in Jackson county
was that the Straight Demo
Gratis voted the Republican
ticket in preference to the
Greeley ticket. Shouldn't
wonder. Now, viii the Herald
tell us why Straight Democrats
should do anything which
could possibly advance Gree
ley's chances to be elected
Presldenl9 Is it for calling
Them such pet names as "horse
thieves, gamblers, blacklegs,
pimps, drunkards," etc, or is
it because Horace is a kind of
a conservative old chap who
never did anything to make
the "blOody chasm" over which
he is now so anxious TO clasp
the Presidential chair.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-10-17
Majority for Hastings. ...2,1SS

EVERY deTaulter under Grants
administration has been arrest.
ed, promptly tried, and sent to
the Penitentiary. 1t is no
more than right that a Presi-
dent should punish the thieves
who steal from the treasury,
but Gen. Grant is the first
President who ever had the
nerve to do it. These default
ers most always have 'ina1en-
:lal political friends, and the
policy of former administra
tions has been to conciliate
the politicians. Grants policy
has been to do his duty to the
people. He is their President.
Let them defend him at the
polls.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-10-17

TIE Cincinnati Commercial
Greeley organ, of the 9th,
gives up the contest. IL say s:
"Taking yesterdays elec.
tions altogether, the conclusion
is forced that the luck of Gen
eral Grantin politics as in war,
is likely 10 be confirmed by his
reelection TO the Presidency
Tile Liberal end Democratic or
ganisattOn as not so compact
that al can qDithStand the shock
Ofrepeated dgeat8.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-10-17

WILL the Jacksonville Times
'rise and explain" the remark
able vote on last Tuesday, in
the township of York.-Hock-
ing Sentinel.
We tender the Sentinel our
explanation. Last winter there
were large revivals in all of the
Jacksonville churches, and up
wards of two hundred, We be-
live, experienced religion and
united with the church. Hav-
ing renounced the devil and
all his works, their Democracy
Of course, went by the board
with the rest, and York thus
becomes a Republican town
ship. At least, so it looks to
a looker-on on Raccoon.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-10-17

Our GreeIeycratic exchan-
ges all come to US with their
roosters growing over the elec
tion in Georgia, which gave
10000 Greeleycratic majority,
a loss of $4,000 on The Demo
cratic majority which preceded
the Presidential contest OF fonr
years ago. They make a big
crow over Georgia, but are
mum over Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Nebraska, New Jersey,
etc.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-10-17

AT the October election in
1868 the Republicans carried
Ohio by 1900, and Grants
majority IN November was 49,
900. At the late election our
majority with scarcely a can
vass of the State is $1,000
Grant was always stronger
than his party, and against
such a man as Greeley, some
of the Democrats who opposed
the sale of their party claim
that he will nearly, If not quite,
double his majority OF 1868.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-10-17
Who Sold Out?

The Democratic Enquirer of
last weeks Is the maddest pa
per we have seen for a long
time. 1t didn't like the cleo
ton returns, and as a conse-
quence it foams and froths at a
terrible rate, and accuses every
Democrat who did not vote to
suit it of being bought. At
least two hundred and fifty
Democrats scratched their
tickets for Kaler and Holland,
and nearly half that number
for Yaple, Bundy and Hastings.
The Enquirer says they were
all bought. Is The editor of
that paper a fool, does he
think The Democrats of Vim
ton are fools, or is he just sim
ply measuring to the people
by the quality of his own in
tegrlty? A little of all three,
we think. We know that he
has been bought 10 support
Greeley. We don't mean to
say that any person gave him
any cash for his services--no
person would be so foolish as
TO waste cash on him; but it is
we'll known that he was per
sonally opposed to Greeley.
and was selected as a delegate
to the Louisville convention,
whereupon he Macarthur
Court House ring came down
on him, and through fear OF
them and the hope of more
county printing, he came out
for Greeley. That was his
price. We are not surprised
that any person who would sell
out so cheap would be suspic
ious of other people, and think
they were governed by the
same motives. We are pleased
to set a higher estimate than
that on even our political op.
ponents. The November elec.
tions will show how the De-
mocracy take this SANDER. We
rather think they will show the
Enquirer that they are the un-
purchaseable Democrats, not
sold either to Greeley or the
r.ng.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-10-17

If Horace Greeley and Jeff.
Davis and a score more of fan
allcs on each side had been
dropped into the "bIoody
chaSm" about fifteen years,
ago, what would have. been the
condition of the "chasm" TO-
day9 Many people think it
would have been well filled
and forgotten.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-10-17

SOME of the staunchest men
in the Democratic party voted
fer some of the men on the
Republican ticket, at the cleo
tion last week. All the candi-
dates on our ticket were COM
paratively poor men, but the
Enquirer boldly asserts that
these Democrats were bribed
to vote as they did. This week
it will be whining around and
asking them 10 vole for Gree
lev, and next fall it Will be
badgering them to vote for the
rings candidates so the rings
organ can get the county print
ing. We will see how these
men treat this insult to their
manhood.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-10-17

The Democratic Enquirer
ISLANDERS Democrats by telling
hem they sold their votes for
money, and in the same col
umn exhorts them to vote Tor
Greeley. They will be likely
to listen to. the advice of 50
complimentary a journal.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-10-17

SOME people are astonishe1
that the Greeley leaders are
still trying to figure out his
election. They forget that the
men who make these figures
are the same who before the
election figured a majority of
10000 for the Greeleycratic
State ticket and the election
of at least seventeen of the
Greeley Congressman, among
them, our own beloved Sam
ivel Nash, Esquire.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-10-17

GEN. HARrRANFr's majority
for Governor in Pennsylvania
is about 36, 900. AT first the
Greeley organs howled that
votes had been imported, but
the result shows the total vote
to be light, which Knocks the
bottom clear out OF that lie.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-10-17

The West Union Defender,
Greeleycratic, draws the pu
litical horoscope thus:
The outlook at this time is
not encouraging, and it looks
as though the Democratic
goose is not only cooked, but
pretty badly scorched.'
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-10-17
Attachment. Notice.

James Malone, rlaiotif, against William Pick
ct and Julia Picket, delenlants.
Before John T. Black, ]. p, of Madison towns
ship, Vinton couniy. Ohio.
ON the 10Th day Of September, A. H. 1879,
Osaid justice ISSUED an order OF attachment
in the above actor, for the sum oil twelve dol
lars. JAMES MALONE.
October II, 1879.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-10-17
NORMAL ACADEMY.
Wilkesville, VintOn Co., 0.

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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-10-17

HORACE GREELEY was twice a
candidate in his own State, and
both times ran behind his tick
ct. That shows what is thought
about him where he is best
known. a