National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-06-07

Texas pastured 3,65l, 1916 cattle in the
year 1871.
Lawrence. Mass, employs $4,000 op.
eritives in her manufacture 8.
The cost of the British Navy for the
year 1928 is estimated at 47,O0o,o 900.
The yearly amount of ten consumed in
! the United States is 10000, 900 pounds.
Delaware will peach-us !, $50, 900 bask.
cts this year, the product OF 5000, 600
peach trees.
A boy at Terre Haute, Ind, jumped
into the river after his hat and was
drowned.
Thousands OF acres Of sugar beets are
being planted in the vicinity Of Free
port, H., this year.
Two petritied joints OF n sharks back
bone nave been dug from depth Of
forty feet in Michigan.
Mrs. Ayres, of Birmingham, Eng,
has been fined 500 for giving a poor
servant girl good character
Mr.. Robinson. fruit grower, of Taze-
well County H., says his apple crop
will amour. to II, 900 bushels this year.
A large portion of Northwestern Iowa
was lately covered with water enough to
float a ship, by the bursting OF a water
| spout.
| A man was tried at Grand Rapids,
Mich, lately for bIgamy when he was
confronted by four of his wives as wit
nesses.
A man incarcerated in the Tombs has
ali nf
his cell. It reads SIN New York City
the spires of $40 churches. worth SAL
10000, point heavenward. I'm here
for stealing loaf of bread for my starry
ing child"
An irate Western editor lately wrote
to contributor: "If You don't stop
sending me such abominable poetry, I'll
print piece of it some day with your
name appended in full, and send a copy
to your glrl.
A quiet man rang his neighbours door
bell one night SIS the gentleman in?"
he asked of the servant. [ dou't know.
Did you wish to see him p,rticularly?'
"Oh no! merely wanted to tell him
his house is on fire.
In 1896 the Dutch explorers in p,
Hembla built wooden hut. A fishing
expedition has recently discovered this
building, and in it one hundred and fifty
objects of interest, among other things
books which, after nearly three hundred
years, are in good state of preservation.
The collection is to be plased in the Mu.
scum of Amsterdam.
Periser, Boon and Roudin, the three
men who were tried ou the charge of
in the most outrae eeous acts
con Nitted in Paris, during the reign of
the Commune, and convicted and SEN
fenced to death. were executed recently
at Satory. They exhibited no emotion
whatever at the last moment, and died
crying "Vive Ia Commune!"
A curious case OF spontaneous COM
bustion is noted in Reading, Penn. A
gentleman, after oilng some woodwork,
left the piece of flannel he had used ina
bowl with small quantity of linseed oil,
md placed it on the second story balcony
n the open air, intending to use them
,gan The following morning he found
hat the flannel had taken fire and been
wholly consumed, the ashes remaining
in the bowl.
At an examination of his flock by
Scotch minister, . man was asked,
- What kind of a man was Adam?" "Ou,
ust like ither foulk - The minister in
listed on having more special descrp-
ion, and pressed for more explanation.
: Weel," said the respondent, I" he was
ust like Joe Simpson, the horse couper."
: How 20 2" asked the minister. "Weel,
laebody got ony one thing by him, and
nony lost"
Mustard is mixed with -four, and poor
Iour at that, to give it bulk and weight.
Ieney, unless bought in the comb, is
'reity sure to contain liberal dose of
lolasses, and is made rs we learn, by an
ngcnious process which involves ro re-
curse to bees. Horseradish has the
ting taken ont of it by liberal additions
# grated turnip, a harmeless article, it
5 true, but nevertheless somewhat high
t horseradish price.
Mr.. Frank V. Bowen, colored citizen
f Philadelphia has added together the
atters used in the Public Ledger Alma
ac for 1872 The total number ofletters
sed is 223, ,53S, divided as follows A.
6, $50: 3, 3,3l4 G, 6,573 ID, S.067;
J, A, rs; +, 1904; G, 3,775; H, o.
% l, l3, $40; J, 1,0Sl X, l, 265 L.
537 4; NJ, 6,52S n, 1886 o, 1855;
, 4, 700; Q, 17S; r, 14,4S9; s, 14,l3S;
. 1894; U, 1896; V, 2,432; W, 3d.
IS ; X, 546 Y, 3,529 z, 155.