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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
The Murdered Engineer.

or Jack Rafferty,, who was murdered
by the masked railway robbers in Iowa,
the Des Moines Register thus speaks
''' shot dead on his engine were the
cruel words, and then little later, the
noble character of the man was revealed
in the statement that he had seen the
danger ahead and was about to apply
the air-brakes and save the lives of his
passengers, when he fell by the assas-
sins bullet. True to the death, he
he needed not the peril to himself, but
stood at his post and died there, Not
many Des Moines travellers but have
known and esteemed him. Genial,
heorty, brave, and skillful, his presence
in the cab has been a prophecy of
safetety. Jack Rafferty, was about
thirty five years of age, and had been
with the Rock Island Company five
years. He leaves a wife and three chill
dren, TO whom last night came the fear
ful midnight to tell of murder. God
help them in the bitterness of their
anguish. There remains to them but
the memory that the husband and father
died at his post-s hero in life, martyr
in death.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
HumOrs of the Telegraph.

Not long since n countryman came
into a telegraph Office in Bangor, Maine,
with message, and asked that it be
sent Immediately. The operator took
the message as usual, put his in
strument in communication with
it's destination, licked off the signals
upon the key, and then, according to
the rule of the Office, hung the message
paper on the hook with others that had
been previously sent, that at night they
might all be filed preservation. The
man lounged around some time, evil
IDENTIFY unsatisfed CAT last" says the
narrator of the incident, "his patience
was exhausted, and he belched out.
Amt you going to send that dispatch 2
The operator politely informed him that
he had sent it. No, yer amt, replied
the indignant man there it is now on
the hook.
So far as the exact use of language
was concerned, the man was right. Still
more ludicrous mistakes sometimes oc-
cur. Thus the German papers reported
that at Carlsrube, towards the close of
the late war, an aged mother came to
the telegraph office carrying dish full
of sauerkraut, which she desired to
have telegraphed to Rastadt. Her son
must receive the kraut by Sunday. The
operator could not convince her that the
telegraph was not capable of such a
performance. Glow could so many
soldiers have been sent to France by
telegraph? p she asked, and finally de
parted grumbling.
Almost every operator meets with
equally amusing instances. One re-
Gently related the following incident :
GA gentleman came to NY Office to send
IA message, and after writing it, waited,
as people often do at small offices, to
see it sent. l called Office, and the
operator at the other end of the line
came to the key and said, BUSY
minute. SO | leaned back in my chair
to wait, when the gentleman SAL, Have
you sent it 2 l said, No; they say
they are busy-to wait a minute :
whereupon he said, looking surprised,
Why, | didn't hear them ; and then
added, Frightening up, as if he had
thought of the reason, but am little
deaf in one ear! think l managed to
keep straight face till he left, but it
was hard work"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
Dog Shows.

We should advocate a dog show in
each State if thereby could be got to-
gether all the dogs, good, bad, and in
different, that go to make up dogdom.
We should advocate this for the benefit
Of agriculture for we fancy that il
many farmers who now keep worthless,
or worse than worthless ours, were to
see and know what really good and
valuable dog is, they would consent to
dispatch their ours and save their
neighbors their sheep. The dog shows
in England and France have, II some
measure, resulted in wedding out the
poorer and more useless class of dogs
and herein lies their utility, beside
proving attractive resorts for the popu-
lace. Whether our people would ride
long distances to see a State dog show
or not. we might try the experiment as
a reformatory movement. If agricultu-
rists must keep dogs, they should keep
those that are most docile, sagacious,
and useful.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
The Difficulty OF EcOnOmiziny.

The real objection to living simply
and cheaply is that one cannot afford
it. A few geniuses can strike out new
plans of life, but most men will find
that more trouble is saved by falling in
with the stream than by struggling
against it. The man who tries to di-
vide his allegiance, to remain in the
world without paving the worlds price
for it, will generally have little reward
beyond the trifing satisfaction of n
good conscience. In one sense it nav
almost be said that saving comes easier
to the poor man than to his richer neigh
Dor. The chains with which we are
bound are riveted upon us with terrible
strength. Our bondage cannot be broken
by single good resolution, or mere
change of personal habits. Our fami-
lies, our relatives, and our acquain-
tances, combine to force MS into the reg
ular groove.-Saturday ReuieW.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
Mamma Ia DcAd.V

The Virginia City (Nevada) Enter
prise, in recent issue, relates the fol
lowing "Mr John w, Van Brocklir
Of Twin Bridges, u short distance ava,
from this city, was helping to build /
church ut Sheridan, and was away from
home with his wagon and team from
Monday morning till Saturday night,
He had been several weeks AZ occupied.
He was, therefore, absent from his wife
and two little children, the eldest five
years old, all the week, except Saturday
nights and Sundays. Mrs. Van Brock
lin and the children enjoyed good
health, and the husband and father had
no fear for the safety of the birds in the
home-nest. There were near neighbors,
too. On Saturday evening the two
children used to toddle good distance
along the road by which their father
came, to meet him and get ride home
in tho wagon. On late Saturday, Mr.
Van Brocklin was returning home MS
usual, and the two little fellows had
gone quite distance to meet him. He
stopped to take them in tho wagon, and
as he lifted them up, he asked, How is
mamiAa? 2 Two little voices replied,
%, papa, mammals dead, He thought
he did not hear correctly and asked
again, Your mamma? The little
voices again chimed together. Yes,
papa, mammals dead in the bed. Van
Brocklin hurried his team home. He
found his wife indeed in bed insenible,
and fast sinking in death. She was
there alone no neighbOrs were near.
He called loudly for help-the neigh.
bors were alarmed, a doctor was sum
moned, but before he arrived the poor
woman had passed away. The doctor
said her attack was OF II paralytic ma
ture This is the children's story,
gathered from them by odds and ends
On Thursday evening, Mrs Van Brock
lin called her children to her, and told
them she was sick, and to run and call
the nearest nei9hbor. Then she fell
down on the bed. She never said any
thing more to them, and they at first
supposed she was asleep. 1t was grow
ing dark, and they were afraid to 90 for
the neighbor. They slept in their
clothes, and tried to waken their mother
in the morning, but she would not
rouse. They ate what they could find
cooked in the house, and drove up the
COWS morning and evening to be MIXED
but there was nobody to milk them,
and at the usual time they turned them
out into the pasture again. The neigh
bors seeing the children at their usual
daily tasks supposed, of course, that all
was right with them at home, and so it
happened that none of them called.
The oldest child began to be little
frightened, and suggested to the other:
What if mamma should be dead. She
must be dead, or she'd waken up and
so the little boys came to the conclu-
sion that their mother had gone away
from them, and wondered what papa
would say when he heard of it. Their
curiosity on this point was excited, and,
with their hearts full of news, they
started out to meet their father coming
home in his wagon. They had been
forty-eight hours with the shadow of
death in the house, and were not old
enough to realize what it meant"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
Frcd'S Intended.

The Dayton (O.) Journal says: The
gossip in high life that Fred. GRAFT,
son of the President, is about to marry
the daughter OF Hon. J. c. Dunlevy, of
Chicago, has especial interest in this
section. The young lady referred to is
Miss Matte Dunlevy, who removed
from Dayton with her father to Chicago
about three years ago. Judge d., dur
ing his residence here, was, a portion
of the time. Assessor of Internal Reve-
nue., and on retiring from that position,
he resumed the practice of law. Miss
Matte made her debut in society here,
and at once became belle of the city.
her peerless beauty placing rivalry out
of the question. She is a brunette.
with large, dark eye, shaded by long,
heavy eyelashes, and arched by a heavy
brow, which harmonizes with and gives
an irresistibly beautiful expression to
delicate features fashioned in beauty's
own mould. Her bearing is one of
queenly grace, softened by gentleness
of manner that makes her one of the
most agreeable of women.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
Increase of Suicide,

A practical proof of the infdelitv of
the times exists in the fact that, accord
ing to statistical authorities, suicide is
in the most countries on the increase.
The percentage of death from this cause
has risen in England, and France has
lately been suffering from periodical
lit of unusual severity. A few weeks
ago five suicides occurred in Paris on
the same day. A woman aged sixty
two threw herself out of window, a
Prussian hung himself from misery and
despair, greatly, probably, to the salts
faction of his Gallo neighbors who may
probably have helped to produce these
emotions. A young man of nineteen
shot himself from the truly Partisan
cause of disappointment in love, and
two young men of twenty-seven and
twenty-four, for the same cause, stihed
themselves with charcoal. The variety
of modes is curious. At every age man
chooses particular methods of commit
ing suicide. In youth he has recourse
to hanging, which he soon abandons
for firearms. In proportion as his
vigor declines, he returns to his first
mode, and it is most commonly by hang
ing that the old man perishes who puts
an end to his existence.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
Cheese In Ohio.

Mr.. Baldwin, the man who frat intro
duced cheese into Ohio, sold half of hi
first by Wholesale to Mr.. Ferguson, til,
first sale of Western Reserve cheese OF
record, in the town of Louisville Will
the other half cheese under his arm, olil
cheese peddler sailed forth to suppl,
. the people at their houses. He called
at the mansion of Mrs. Prather, wife OF
II partner in the firm of Prather, Bullitt
e. Washburn--noted merchants of the
city. Mrs. Prather met him ut the
door, when he told her he had cheese to
sell. She said there had never been
any of that article in the Louisville
market before. While they we've talk.
ing Mrs. Prathers two daughters
young ladios--came to the door, and
one OF them asked
Ma, what has the gentleman got to
sell ?"
Cheese"
"What is cheese ?"
In the early and economical days of
cheese. making in Ohio, with cheese at
two cents pound the dairymen could
not afford to pay cash for annatto, while
u cheaper substitute III the shape .oi
Spanish brown paint could be used.
Mr.. Baldwin's cheeses were smearod
with Spanish brown, and he offered to
let the young lady taste aud see what
cheese was like. She nibbled II bit OF
the smearing instead of the meat of the
cheese. "Oh how nasty p said the
Louisville belle. Mr.. Baldwin saw the
mistake she had made, and tapping the
cheese in the centre, gave her II taste of
the real stuff. "Oh | never did taste
so good - said she. SO the
ndulgent mother bought bits worth
TO feast the household, and Mr.. Bald
win told her that he had sold hall
cheese to Ferguson, where they could
get more of it if they liked it, Other
took bits worth each, that
day, and when the husbands came home
to tea, cheese was on the tables the
wives told of the supply at Ferguson
there was IA rush for more; one mar
who got the start of .he others took all
that Ferguson had, and the rest called
for division
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
o, J,sr,cr-Doubtinp Castle

I Az Act OF JUSTICE. -Doubting Castle
was A sad stumbling block in the pain
of Bunyan' + Christian, though tcouidnt
har lis way TO Truth. We can sympa-
thiyo with the Pilgrim, for Doubt always
bcsets us when we are asked To peiieVe
ANYTHING particularly cxtraordin"ry'
Consequently, when We heard, some
eighteen months ago. that physician
m California had compounded, from the
inices and extracts of certain herbs
found there, medicine that cured III
most every variety of blood disease, we
were incredulous. Since then we nave
had opportunities of testing the ac-
cnrncy Of the report, and are free to ad'
nit that our doubts have vanished.
Seeing what we have seen, knowing
what we know, it is impossible for ,'s 10
question the remedial properties OF DR.
WALKER's VINEGAR BuTERs. That tins
famous vegetable Tonic, Alternative, and
Antiseptic il n specific for Dyspepsia,
Liver Complaint. Chronic Constipation,
Fever and Ague, Bilious Intermittents,
Scroiulous Tant il the Blood, lnciplent
Consumption, l. zeal and General De
pility, Rheumatism. Sick Headache,
and Diseases of the Kidneys, seems to
be n matter beyond the pale of contro-
versy-a Grcd .fdct IN mcdicd history.
The statements Of friends, in whose
veracity and intelligence We have full
confidence, corroborated by our own
personal observation, compel us to al
NIT the surprising merits Of the prepara-
ton. Com.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
The Locomotive.

From a paper on the locomotive en-
CINE, by Joseph Harrison, Jr., read
before the members of the Franklin
institute in Pennsylvania, is taken the
following paragraph:
The engineer, noting the curious
things IN bronze and in copper exhumed
at Pompeii and gathered together in
the Museo Borhonica at Naples. will
hnger near small vessel for heating
water, little more than a foot high, in
which are combined nearly all the prin-
ciples involved in the modern vertical
steam boiler-fire box, smoke fiue
through the top and fire door at the
SIDE, all complete and strange to say,
this little thing has water CRATE made
OF small tubes crossing the fire box at
the bottom, an idea that has been pat
ented twenty times over, in one shape
or another, within the period of the his
tory of the steam engine"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
GREAT CHOLERA REMEDY
y IN XIII A. ~

1t rs an External and Internal Remedy. For Sum
mer complaint or any other form Of bowel disease
children or adults, 1t is an almost certain cure
shc mas without doubt, been more successful II
CURING the various kinds Of CHOLERA than an,
other known remedy the most skillful nh an
In lndla, AFRICA and China where this dreadful di 8
ease is more or less prevalent the Pam Killer if
residents IN those climates, ASSURE REMEDY
ana "hlie u IS most efficient remedy for pain il
ls a perfectly safe medicine in the most nm KILN
hands. 1t has become a household remedy from
the hct thatlt gives immediate and permanent re.
from the pest and purest materials. safe to keer
ana use IN every family. 1t is recommended by
physicians and persons Of all classes and TODAY
after pubhc trial Of thirty yeare-the average life
OF man-lt stands unrivslled and unexcelled
spre~1ing its usefulness over the wide world
Directions accompany each Bottle.
Price 25 cts, 80 cts, and 81 per BOTTLE
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08

BLACK WALNUT. - The demand for
black walnut steadily increases. 1t must
not, however, be supposed that all black
walnut is equally valuable. That from
Michigan first, then that of Indiana and
Ohio bears the highest relative prices
in the market. Walnut from Tennessee
is not marketable at present, it being
too hard to WORK, and it is probable
that all Southern timber would have the
same defect.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08

WHIPPING IN SCHOOLS. - CORPORAL
punishment is rarely inflicted in the
schools of Russia and Germany. In
France it is prohibited. In Switzerland
school-whippings are left to the regula-
ton OF the separate cantons. In Eng
land there is constant and vigorous
Whipping and in America the custom is
dying out. Ambition, rather than fear,
now rules the youthful mind this side
the water.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
A Marine Monster.

Lake Champlain is now infested by a
monster" A gang of railroad men at
work near the shore recently saw what
appeared to be serpent twenty feet in
length and twenty inches in diameter
coming toward them. AS he rapidly
swan along, portions of his body, which
seemed to be covered with bright, sill
ver-like scales, glistened in the sun like
FURNISHED metal. From his nostrils he
would occasionally squirt streams of
water above his head to an altitude of
twenty feet. The appearance of his
head was round and fiat, with a hood
spreading out from the lower part of
it like a rubber cap often worn by
mariners, with cape to keep the rain
from running down the neck. His eyes
were small and piercing, his mouth
broad, and provided with two rows OF
teeth. AS he moved off at the rate of ten
miles an hour, portions of his body APP
peared above the surface of the water.
while his tail, which resembles that of a
fish, was thrown ont of the water quite
often. After keeping near the surface
Tor about quarter of mile, his snake
ship suddenly disappeared from sight
entirely, and has not been seen since.
A few days since, General David Bar
rett, of Dresden, lost two calves from
his pasture. From tracks discovered,
it looks as if they had been dragged to
the lake shore. Others in the vicinity
have lost their sheep and fowls. Be
fore taking much stock in this exceed
ingly "fishy' story, we should be glad
to know what is the ordinary beverage
used by the "awe-stricken" beholders.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08

The PUREsT AND SWEETEST COP.
LIVER On is Hazard Il Caswes. made on the
sea shore, from fresh, selected livers. of the
Cod only, by CAswELL, HAZARD Il Co.. New
York. 1t is absolutely pure and street. Pa
,ients who have once taken it prefer it to all
)thers. Physicians have decided it superior to
all other oils inmarket-
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08

A FLOATING CANNON BALL.-At the
Vienna exhibition, in the pavilion OF
the ministry of agriculture, there is
shown floating cannon-ball, which
weighs fifty pounds. The liquid upon
which it floats is quicksilver from the
mines of Idris, one hundred and fifty
hundred weight Of it being contained
in an iron vase.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08

CAPACITY OF Saw Mills. The largest
saw-mllls cut, as a regular business, ten
thousand feet of boards per hour. At
Winnebago, Wisconsin. there are forty
two mills within circuit of two miles
which are all cutting lumber at this rate
continually.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
MAMMOTH LopsrERs-A lobster SIM.

MAMMOTH HOLSTERS. A lobster, sup.
posed to be 100 years old, was recently
caught on the coast of Maine. 1t was
iS inches in length, and weighed 2e
pounds. A London paper not long
since reported one rs having been taken
3S inches long, weight 15s pounds. In
1855 one was taken on the Irish coast
weighing % pounds and in 1886 an
Irish lobster was taken which weighed
36 pounds. All these Holsters were said
to be as good as they We're great.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08

CRIsrApoRo's EXCELSIOR HAIR DYE
stands unriyaled and alone. Its merits have
been 80 universally acknowledged that 1t would
be II supererogatlon to discant on them any
Misunderstanding can Leat it.-C
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08

LIKE LIGHTNING are the miraculous
Cures effected with FLAG6's INSTANT RELIEF
Aches Pains, SpraIn-, Bowel Complaints. etc.
CANNOT EXIST II this great medicine ia used
Relief warranted or money refunded Com,
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08

A want has been felt and expressed
10y physicians for safe and reliable purgative
such want il now supplied in Parsons PR
gdtiCe Pills COM
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08

4 ny person. oil or Young. of either sex can
~ make an independent living in city or couI try
no capital required fun instructions maileo Tor u
cents Address "Indepcndent Institutiun,n 1924
Washington Street, Bls Ton Mass
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08

Henry X. Bond, of Jefferson, Maine
was cured of splitting blood. soreness and weak
ness of the stomach. by the use of johnson
AHOdyne LiHip,enR i Com.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08

lowa's new capital is to be built of
Minnesota granite, and to cost 81, 000,-
900.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08

The Republican candidate for Gov
ernor of Minnesota is thirtysix years
old
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
FERRY DAVIS SON, Proprietors,
Providence. RI

J. N. HARRIS CO., Cincinnati, o..
Proprietors for the Western and South We,terp
States.
For sale BY all Medicine Dealers.
zen SALE wHoLEsALl By
JOHN p. HENRY, New York.
GRO c. GOODWIN CO, Boston.
JOHNSON, HOLLOWAY CO, philadelphia
cRAMrs COLO Cholera, Dysentery and Disrrhra.
az well as all Affections Of the Bowels are readily
mastered and thoroughly cured by Dr. Jaype,s
Carminative Bslsam.
lrIou hsye Fever and Ague, try shsIlenbereer,s
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08

DIR. J. Walkers California Mn.
cgar Bitters are n purely vcgctabl.
preparation, made chiefly from the ma.
tive herbs found On the lower ranges Of
the Sierra Nevada mountains of CalItor.
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted thcrefrom without the use
of Alcohol. Tho question Is almost
daily asked. "What is the cause o. The
unparalleled success of VINEGAR hr.
TERsp Our answer is, that they remoys
the cause Of disease, and the patient re.
covers his health. They are the grea,
blood purifier and n life giving principle,
q perfect Renovation and lnvigorator
of the system. Never before In the
history of the world has medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITrERs in healing Ii.
sick Of every disease man is heir 10. fLe,
are Il gentle Purgatiye as well as Tonic
relieving Congestion or Inflammation Of
the Liver and Nisceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties Of DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITrERS are Aperent, Diaphoretic,
CGrminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diurehc,
Sedatlvc, Counter Irritant, Sudorihc, Alters
tive, aud Anti.Bilious.
IL. II. MCDONALD ~ CO..
Druggists and Gen. Agts, san Francisco California
md cor 81 Washington and Charlton SITS " y
sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
Cures CHOLERA, when all other Remedies FAN.
70 QIpes Instnnt Relief trntn Achinn Ieeth

IT. VIUtS IHStuht helJ JfOm ACHING Teeth,
In sections Of the country where FEvFR' AND
AauE prevails, there is no remedy held In greater
esteem
For FEVER AND AGUE-Take three tablespoon-
fuls OF the Pam Killer IN about half a mint Of no,
water well sweetened with molasses as the attack
IS coming On. Bathing freely the chest, back, and
bowels with the Pdin-hMer at the same tune Re
peat the dose in twenty minutes If the rst does not
stop the chill Should 1t produce vomiting land if
probably Will If the stomach is very fouD, take
little Pam hWer in cold water sweetened with
sugar after each spasm. Perseverance, in the above
treatment has cured many severe and obstinate
cases of this disease.