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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-01
A Wicked Joke.

A cruel hoax was perpetrated on Mr..
C. Trimble. of No. % Kossuth-place,
Broadway, Brooklyn, E. d., and others.
II appears that the Victory Lodge of
Good Templars, of which Mr.. Trimble
is an old member, had some difficulty
with some of the new members, arising
out of their annual election, which took
place six months ago, ever since which
time the disaffected have been endeav-
oring to break up the lodge and obtain
possession of the lodge-room furniture.
At length meeting of all members IN
geo standing was called to take place
at Mr.. Trimble's house at 7:30 O'Clock.
This was advertised, and some parties,
supposed to be the disatleeted, sent
postal cards around to different persons
who had advertised for positions, or
missing property, or for other things.
that if they would call at Mr.. Trimbles
at 7:30 o'clock (on the evening appoint
ed for the meeting), their wishes would
be met Upward of fifty of these cards
were sent, and the result to Mr.. Trimble
was electrical. At the time given out
for the meeting, men and women were
seen pouring toy ard the house. They
literally filled it. Mr.. Trimble, not
taking in the situation, nervously asked
what was wanted. Some wanted stu
ations, some loans, some lost property,
and one detective wanted information
in relation to the Oyster Bay murder.
Some of the women had gone long,
weary way with children in their arms.
Some had come from Staten Island,
Breslau, Rondout, and other places.
The parties who perpetrated the hoax
are suspected, and no expense will be
spared to bring them to justice.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-01
Clever Trick by a Detective.

A clever trick was lately played by
one of the London police detectives.
1t is frequent practice for the men
servants in large establishments to lay
the dinner-table in the afternoon, and
as the windows are usually open at this
period of the year, thieves have in sew
eral instances effected an entrance
thereby and cleared off all the plate.
One afternoon a detective called at a
house in a fashionable neighborhood,
and on the door being opened, he said
he had come to warn the inhabitants
that that good many plate robberies
had taken place. "All right" said
Jeames. "But is it all right?' replied
the detective. "Oh, yes; l left the
dining-room only few minutes ago."
"Well, there would be no harm in
making sure" SO rather scornfully
Jeames went into the dining room, and
then scorn gave place to dismay The
man of plush was ready to faint, for
every spoon and fork had vanished.
The detective then quietly opened
carpet bag which he had with him, and
revealed to Jeames's gaze the missing
articles. The detective had himself
got in at the window and swept off all
the plate. 1t was rather a dangerous
for him, but a very instruct
i've lesson to Jeames.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-01
Captain Jacks Cave.

The Boston Transcript publishes an
extract from n private letter giving M
account OF the first visit of n white man
to Captain Jacks cave
Z" directed Bogus Charley TO take
the lead TO she famous caves which no
white Ean had ever visited, and TO see
which was the object of my expedition;
Bogus was in doubt whether he could
find the trial, it had been so long since
he was there--some two years. But
told him to make the trail, and we
started off in single file, Bogus on the
lead, then myself, c., J. and the en-
listed men. / had a carbine, G. and }.
pistols, and the soldiers Springfield
breech -loaders Charley had no weap--
ons, so if he meant treachery he would
be the first victim. 1t was intensely
hot, and after tumbling and scrambling
over rocks for four hours, Charley came
to halt, saying he had lost the trail:
| ordered rest of few minutes, and
then told Charley to try again.
"We were then almost to the middle
of the lava beds, which were from
twenty to twenty-five miles long by
from seven to nine miles widc-that is
to say, we were about four miles
from our starting point in straight
line, though we had travelled about
seven. In about half an hour Charley,
as he raised a crest, discovered a juniper
tree, which was the mark he had been
looking out for, and Informed me that
the caves were within three hundred
yards of that tree, which latter was
distant from us about five hundred yards.
We made the last quarter-stretch in
hurry, and sure enough there was
cave. Charley descended first, and
then turned to me, as | began to de-
scend, and said, Leave your gun.
81 gave my carbine to one of the men,
and descended about thirty feet. Char
ley and | proceeded to the mouth OF a
cavern, and as i went in Charley said,
You first white man ever come here.
| entered the first cave, which | found
to be three hundred feet long by forty
five feet wide and thirty to thirty-five
feet high, lighted from the top by two
holes in the roof extending to the sur
face of the ground there were side
galleries and tunnels running from the
floor to the outside surface of the
ground in all directions. Eagle nests
adorned The ceilings, and mountain
sheep tracks dotted the dust which lay |
several inches thick on the bottom of
,he cave. Stalactites hung on the sides.
This was the first cave and the largest.
After passing through this, We came
nto daylight again, into another crater,
IN the opposite side of which was
iole large enough for man to con-
enter. Charley went in first,
md finding it dark, we got some sage
'rush to burn for light. As we had no
means Of keeping n light and the bottom,
# cave No. 2 was strewn with large
ocks, difficult to climb over and among,
We went as far as we could and then
urned back. The third cave was OPP
,osite the entrance to No. l, and upon
presented the same features
= the others. The first cave entered
7as the largest. We then turned our
aces lakeward, found our traps un-
lolested during our absence, and had
inner"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-01
A New Swindle.

The Harrisburg Telegraph has the
following
"Three or four weeks ago two men
travelled through neighboring county
pretending that they wanted to estab-
lish township libraries, which were to
be Ike kept at the farmers house, and
the books loaned out free of cost.
Calling upon a wealthy farmer, they
would ask him if he would take charge
of the library. If he would, they asked
him to write his name on piece of pa
per, which was 8 to be sent to the Coun-
ty Auditors. The men then cut the
sheet into slips, turned them over and
wrote note of hand on the other side,
leaving the farmers name to back it.
They served half a dozen or more far
mers this way, writing notes of $50 or
$50, to run thirty days and signing any
name they pleased, so long as the note
had good endorsement. The notes were
afterwards discounted at the bank, and
the thieves fed, leaving the farmers Sc
verely stuck"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-01

GONE OF THE OLDEN TINE. The
oldest white inhabitant of Minnesota
has been heard from. His name is Il.
s. Spalding, and in recent letter ne
saws: 81 claim to be the first white
child born in what is now the State OF
Minnesota. On the 26th of February,
1927. was born inside the walls of Fort
Smelling, near st. Peters. My father.
Stephen spalding, run canoe with me
in it, in 1928, to st. Louis, ana from
that day to the present I have never
returned to Minnesota. Born in Mime
sofa, raised in Missouri, and graduated
in the Rocky Mountains, have caught
more beaver than all the Newhouse
traps combined. fought in the Mexi-
can war, and God only knows how many
Mexicans killed Though / don't know
as I killed any, On the 10th of August,
1859, discovered the first gold ever
found on the west slope of the Rocky
Mountains in Colorado. The mines L
discovered were good, but my own were
Qood-for nothing"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-01
Effect OF q Rattiesnake's Bite.

A letter from Cornwall, \. Y, says
On Saturday, Joseph Hulse, wood
chopper of this place, was bitten by a
rattlesnake. While on Storm King
Mountain, five miles up, he encountered
a serpent, and wanting one for friend
who had rheumatism-the belief of
many hereabouts being that snake grease
is cure for it-he chased the snake,
which took refuge in a wood pile, and
Hulse seized him by the back of the
neck, but so near the head that it con-
trived to turn and plant one of its fangs
in the index finger of his right hand.
Hulse held fast to his snake, neverthe-
less, stamped its head off, and tEen spent
half an hosr i'll looking for white ash
leaves, which are believed to be an an
tldote for the poison. He found none
to suit him, however, aud started for
Cornwall. He was bitten at 7 o'clock,
and it was IL o'clock when he reached
the village, and Dr. Beattie was sum-
moned.
At this time the arm and finger were
very much swollen, and very gangren-
Gus, the action of the heart had almost
ceased, and the man seemed like one in
state of intoxication. DIR. Beattie
hastily cut the finger open, and admin
lstered two quarts Of whisky in twenty
minutes laudanum and quinine We're
also given in large quantities, and not
withstanding the loss of three half-pints
of blood from the finger, the pulse in
creased, and Hulse became perfectly
conscious. He is, after eleven days, in
good health, with excellent
appetite, but as black as any African
The black is occasionally streaked with
blue, purple and green, which appear
and disappear alternately. He is in the
hands of Mr.. John Brooks, and may be
seen by any physician or other person
who is desirous of making an investiga-
tion.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-01

BADLY TREATED. A man in San
Francisco recently was so unfortunate
as to be robbed of SIS. With the old
fashioned idea in his mind that the
police and the Courts are ordained for
the purpose of enforcing justice, he
complained of the theft. Whether he
recovered any portion of his money, or
whether the thief was detected or
punished, we do not know but we do
know that the poor fellow who made
the complaint has just been released
after seventy-eight days confinement,
having been locked up as a witness all
that time.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-01

A Boston SroRY.@South End gossips
about the story of lady who recently
returned from Europe. Two years ago
she married Boston physician and
bestowed upon him fortune of 500, 900,
with which the couple took up their
residence on the Continent. The hus-
band has deserted his wife, it is said.
and squandered her fortune for the
benefit of titled foreigner, in conse-
quence of which she has returned to
her relatives in town on the line of
the b. and A. r. r. The parties are
all very well connected, and the mar
rative excites great surprise and COM
ment.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-01

An Ohio father who sent his daughter
to a university where both sexes are adj
mitted says she was perfectly willing to
stay there. but he can't see that she
learned much except to sigh about the
house like sick kitten.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-01
The True NOblcman.

No airs, no rudeness, no pretence,
No lack of plain good common sense;
No boorsh manners to annoy,
No vicious morals that destroy
True manlinoss aud grace;
He wears upon his face
A gentle, honest air,
And no deceit In there
His true address, and not his dress.
Commend him, aud his manliness
Wins the good favor Of the few
Who know him well, and know him true
lie leans not on the broken reeds
or ancestral renown. and deeds
Ills father did long years ago.
Blue blood IN royal veins may flow,
And be 80 cold and thin
That take proud heart within
Warns not in "weal or woe"
So cold its pulse and slow.
by all men he 1t understood,
The noble man trusts not in blood
He asks no privilege of birth
He would be valued at his worth
knowing his rights, he " dare maintain"
His principle without stain
Upon his lips; he brayely pleads
For others, aud he intercedes
For the downtrodden poor.
For the heart-sick and sore;
He dries the tear he finds.
The broken heart he binds.
His word is good as any bond:
He loves this life, yet looks beyond;
Wealth cannot spoil him, for his trust
Is not in heaps of yellow dust.
His face and speech inspire the soul
To upward flights and self-control;
1t gives the soul sense of wings.
1t lifts it from terrestrial things.
When he is host or guest,
blessing seems to rest
On all who hear and see
Such true nobility.
The throb which his brave heart repeats
lu kindred bosoms warmly beats:
4 benediction lights his face,
His speech is gentleness and grace.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-01
JOB PRINTING

~ Al, kinds neatly executed at tho lowest living
oricas Onr Office Ia well furnished with inate-
rr,ai and stock for this department, and wo now
nseG nse them. II you want any printing done you
"oed moi 90 to tho city, or out Of the county,
for yr Won can get as goca work and ~ low prices
At this Office az any other
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-01
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.

One COPY ono year In dvanes..........ei 80
II not paid within three monthE......... 400
No variation from these dates.
No papor discontinued until all arrearages
sro paid, except at tho option Of tho publisher
National Republican., 1873-02-11

The total number Of troops to take part In the
procession reported up TO this time Is G,6Ii. This
includes the District troops. quarters have been
provided thus far as follows; The state FenCibles
OF Ihlladelphlh, Will stop at the CarrOltOn hotel
baltimore, as heretofore announced In the RE-
PUBLICAN; the Washington GTeys, OF Philadelphia,
at WlllaTds; Second Connecticut regiment at the
national armOry; Boston LanceTs at the National
MOTEL; sumner corps, OF Syracuse, at Grand Army
hall; West Point Cadets at the Ebbltt house; 4
the arsenal; batteries {, ", and u Second artil.
lery, aud Fifth artillery, On steamer Lady OF the
Lake. company A National Guard, OF St. Louis,
Pullman cars; two companies FROM Toledo. Cap
tains White Hnd MrMakln. at the Washington
house,
National Republican., 1873-02-11
THE DISTRICT IN CONGRESS.
nIII. In,rnduecd nnd Rcrnr,rd Nr.,rrdn


Yesterday morning GENERAL Chapman, IN the
House Of Representatives, introduced y bill to
amend the act to reduce Internal taxes, approved
July II, lsiO so ~ TO enable importers to ship
goods direct To ueOrgetown, Instead Of through
the port Ot New YORK, as At present.
Also, bill to incorporate the Columbian llar-
mOny cemetery, naming aS lncnrPorat.rs Benz.
capital stock Is fixed at two hundred ami forty
shares nj 500 each.
Also, u blll authorizing the Secretary Of War to
furnish the Washington city Light Artillery Com
rany one battery Of SIX guns, with full equip
ment; provided, however, that said company shall
give bond with such surcties ~ shall he approved
by the Secretary Of War conditioned TO return
the battery In good order whenever the Secretary
shall call for the same.
Also, bill for the relief Uf the Foundry Meth.
odlst Episcopal church, Of Washington, u. e.
II authorizes the trustees Of said church TO sell
for the Uenent Of the church, the east hall Of lot
., In spare lbs.
Senator Patterson, iu the Senate, from the
Committee on the District Of Columbia, reported
favorably the bill Incorporating the Rock Greek
Valley Railroad Company, with an amendment;
also, the act supplementary 10 an act entitled an
act TO authorize the Washington aud Point LoOk.
out Railroad Company 10 extent their track
within the District Of Columbia.
The following bills from the District Commit
tec were reported adversely aud indefinitely post
pOned Senate bill i,ssI for the improvement Of
the harbOr OF Washington and making an ap-
preparation therefor, and Senate bill Lass rclat-
Ing TO Improving the river front at Washington.
These bills are Identical with those which were
recently before the House District Committee
one providing that the work should be done by
the Secretary OF War, and the other by the haT.
Dor commission.
In the sunIry civil appropriation bin agreed
upon by the House Committee on Appropriations
this morning are the following items OF Interest
70 the District: Metropolitan police, t2OI, ,2JO
Government Hospital for the Insane, slI6,T Ti2
Columbia Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, kls.
OoO Columbia Hospital and Lyina-in Asylum
s9s,5OO; care aud support Of twenty i've transient
paupers, $4,000; Soldiers and Sailors Orphan
Home, tih,NO; Smithsonian Institute, SIi,OOO
capitol extension, slso,OOO; Freedmens Hospital
100000.
In the House yesterday Mr.. Archer Introduced
bill to incorporate the Mutual Protection Fire
Insurance Company OF the District OF Columbia
u names as corpOratOrs WIN. StCkney, Wm
Billantyne, John T. Given, n. W. BurChelL John
7. Hardness, Clinton Lloyd, James V. A. Shields
John Wilson, Augustus f. Perry, John M
Semmcs, John A. Stewart, John Wilson AMI
Robert L. Fox.
National Republican., 1873-02-11
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
CITY SMALL TALK.

There is a vacancy In ths oficss OF the Corro
ral Znuayes, caused by the resignation Of Lieut..
Halnemln.
The Uniontown people want good substan.
tial bridge built across the Eastern branch, and
the Metropolitan railroad extended.
ray day at the navy yard yesterday. Hurry
along the ten new sloOps, gentlemen. The men
are only on half time, and starving pay.
The steamer Gibson, 1f the New York line,
left yesterday on her Northern trip, aud re-
turning will leave New York on Saturday.
Frank johnson, Of Arlington, has returned from
Sew York, where he has been resting from the
fatigue Of sleigh riding during the last snow
storm.
There Is u "slcA' pump at the southeast
corner Of TNuuty-fOurth aud y streets north.
west. Won't the proper authorities please send
the doctOr7
The benefit Of Foster, buckingham aud Jami.
son, the gcntlemanly employees Of the late
National theatre, on Friday night, at Wiard's
hall, should be literally patrOniZed
Arrangements are being made by the Balti-
more SChuctzen associations To attend the lnau-
Huratiun, and so Informed a delegation from
This city who visited them on sunday last.
The navy yard watshnen want to appear m
the Inauguration procession with BabcOck's fire
"Ntlnguishers strapped on their backs-twO hun.
tired pounds pressure to the square inch.
The Jackson city hotel, Just over the Long
bridge, does such thriving business on Sun.
day that they have raised the price Of drinks to
nftecn cents. Their fancy drinks are pine Knot
whlsky and tangle foot.
The knights Of the "GUldcn Plume" Gov
,Crnors Mounted GuartD give II masquerade hop
Vt Their umOry on 81. Valentines eve, Friday,
February II, In honor Uf their honorary mell-
hers. \ delightful time Is anticipated.
The Minnehaha Lodge, l. U. q. T., will give
an entertainment At their hall this evening, on
which occasion select programme, consisting
Uf music, tAbleauN, readings, and farce will be
offered. Those attending will no doubt pass u
pleasant evening.
VIII the Board Oi Health please compel the
owner Of the lot In rear of Philadelphia row 10
MI up the skating rink, or will the Board OF Pub
lie Works give the row people a sewer down
Eleventh street southeast? Anything to Keep
the rlIs lfmm drowning In the COLLAR.
National Republican., 1873-02-11
OHIO REPUBLICANS.
Prepnriua for ,be Ipauuur,,iou

! The Ohio Republican Association held meet.
Ing last evening at HarmOuial hall; Col. T.. T.,
Ford In the chair, and j. W. TGylCr, secretary
pro TEN.
The Chair stated that Legislative hall had been
secured as headquarters for all the State assO-
NAL hall,) II was optional with the association
own hall.
On motion, the association assumed the re-
spJnslblllty In renting HarnOnial hall, and de-
cided tO use that Instead Of going TO Legislative
hall.
The committee on transportation was author.
Baltimore and ONO and Pennsylvania Central
railroads Tor passengers travelling to and from
the capital on the Inauguration OF the President
On motion, the secretary OF the association
was Instructed to advertise through the daily
papers for those having quarters to let, with the
rent required.
Mr.. Il. W. Kerr presented his resignation rs
treasurer.
Col. OTIS presented the following, which were
unanimously adopted;
Whereas Mr. Robert ". Kerr, for i've success
sivc terms treasurer Of the Ohio Republican as
sOciatiOn, having rendered his resignation pre-
pirGtCrJ TO leaving the city for the purpose Of
engaging N business IN Ohio, the same Is ac-
cepted with regret and It Is
Resolrcd, That Mr.. Kerr bears with him. hence
the confidence, respect aud best wishes 6f his
late associates In this organization, one and ALL
who honor him for these conspicuous traits OF
character, honesty, Integrity, frankness, cour-
tesy, Kindness and all good qualities Ot man,
cOnlrade anu citizen.
Mr. ". II. Myers was then elected 70 MI the
vacancy.
Mr.. q. W. sharEey was appointed to nll the
vacancy on the committee on quarters,
The association then adj djOuIned.
National Republican., 1873-02-11
FEBRUARY FOURTEENTH.
II. yaleutIne's Day.


Next Friday win be Valentines day, and as q
matter OF course the windows Of the seyera' sta
tonery stores In this and other cities are already
hung with what arc now known as ya,enunes, ,
but which In a great part, owing to the depraved
tastes Of purchasers, are simply outrageous carr.
catures, without even the redeeming merit Of
VII TO commend them 10 thelr sTed. be Ss svt y
not issued any OF these vulgar attempts this sea
son. and do not propose to do so; but that II pays,
read the following from New York paper.
zone house In this city has disposed OF two
million Of this style Of valentine, the price being
seventy-nye cents per gross by Wholesale. The
custom Of selling valentines on commission Is
being discarded, and cash only Is now ac-
cepted. This Ia a great advantage both 70 the
dealer and manufacturer, and Will tend Indirectly
to the complete re-establlshment Of the custom
Of sending valentines. When sold by commits
sion, the dealer returns those not disposed Of to
the manufacturer, who, In all probability, sends
him the same valentines next year; whereas,
when selling by cash, the manufacturer II con-
article, II Is claimed, grows better year after
year. This naturally has It's effect upon the pub
lle, over whom novelty is ail,poweriul' nnd the
pcrpCtuatcd. While the prices Of valentines
purchased generally range from i've cents to
I'VE dollars, the very ardent lover may CSrCnd
his devotion OIL one costing ~ much as nny dol
Iars,"
OF the old.tImc sentimental style another
paper says:
dOf the sentimental valentine there IL far less
TO be said. Heart rhymes with dart aud smart,
love with dove aud above, as is usual in compo.
sitlons which hardly boast more Of the divine
atilatus than lid Ncrtlant Greens:
" But now 10 bed must be going soon,
Aud 80, good night to thee, y Moon
"Altars with hearts smoking aud transhNc,l by
darts are not infrequent, Neither are the OLD
fashioned ones Of 4 man aud u young woman
! pacing with majestic step through avenues Of
/ trees towards the rural church, where stands
awaiting parsOii, with bell, book AMI candle all
complete. Some Of these are quite beautiful,
and whoever sends a handsome box with val.
entine Inside may he sure Of at least one thing
| that whatever be the fate Of the sentimental
contcnts, the box Itself will serve admirably for
/ handkerchief or glove case
| And still another adds:
"The miracles Of dainty gliding aud cunning
| lacewOrk which arc now being exhibited are
calculated TO strike terror to the hearts Of the
economical No costly byRbpHRirrc, which can
at least serve the purpose Of holding sweet.
meats, and even more substantial things, In case
| Of an emergency, can OutdazZle these utterly
| useless articles which are so crammed with
lace and artificial flowers and emblnzoncd
| poetry as to be utterly unable TO hold ANYTHING.
| The people who pay the highest price for these
articles are the sOutherncrS, who cling to old
| Of the North"