National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-10-24
JOB PRINTING
Items OF Interest.

tops and pull.
The first law of gravity-Never 70
laugh at your own jokes.
Spring chickens are in market. But
what spring is not known.
The pearl-fsheries on the Gulf coast
OF Lower California, it is said, are Ike
ly to be soon destroyed by the avidity
Of the fishers.
Ku-Kluxism in California takes the
form OF anonymous warnings TO employ
ers to dismiss their Chinese servants,
under pain OF direful punishment.
It is said to be symptom OF hog
cholera that the animals run often to
drink. Among human kind that is q
symptom of quite another disease.
Sheffield, late President OF the Mer'
chants National Bank of Dubuque, hai
mado up the amount of his defalcation
by surrendering all his property, inclu'
ding his homestead.
A country editor, writing to delin-
quent subscriber requesting him to pay
up his back dues, concluded with "If
Won paw up, you will oblige me; II you
won't, I'll oblige you"
OF sixty-three nurses and physicians
sent by the Howard Association OF New
Orleans to Shreveport, not one took the
fever. Eighty-six nurses have peen
sent by them to Memphis.
A family, consisting of a widow. three
sons, and two daughters, were all mar
ried at once in Cincinnati recently.
The Justice sold his services cheaper
when ordered by the half dozen.
It is our honest opinion, says an OK
change. that the fearful destruction
from the caterpillar, which annually en-
tails such heavy loss upon the South,
could be greatly alleviated by taking
care OF the birds.
The discovery is said to have been
made that it is not necessary to groove
a rifle barrel the whole OF its length,
but that few inches of growing near
the muzzle will give the bullet all the
needful amount Of spin.
A mouse, in Cleveland, Ohio, chewed
mp 5000 in greenbacks, and was after
wards found dead in its nest surround
ed by shreds of the notes. 1t is sup.
posed the coloring on the notes did not
agree with the animal.
At a public gathering lately. one OF
the gentlemen present was called upon
for speech, and this is how ne re-
sponded "Gentlemen and women,
amt no speecher. More'n twenty years
back I came here poor idiot boy, ana
now what are l p
The regents OF Michigan University
refuse to appoint professors OF home-
pathy, as ordered by the Legislature:
and the Circuit Court gives them until
November to show cause why man.
damus compelling their obedlense
should not be issued.
The late Rev. DR.. Kidd, of Aberdeen,
an eccentric hut popular preacher, OBJ.
served one Sunday, in church. man
sleeping whom he knew, and whose
wife was sitting beside him. The
doctor called out to the latter, go
home, Betty, and bring Johns night
cap."
The "wild man" of Southern Cali
fornia, of which so many accounts have
been published, has been captured, and
proves to be a species of nendescript
very like a bear, although it entirely
lacks arms and forelegs, and walks up
right like a man. Probably it is de-
formed bear.
A Berlin dispatch announces that the
betrothal of Prince Alfred and the
Grand Duchess Mary of Russia will be
celebrated at an early date. at Livadia,
according to the rites of the orthodox
Greek church. Lord Lotus will be
present. The marriage is fixed upon
for January.
The report of Carlist victory near
Crauaui is officially declared to be false.
Gen. Moriones reports that in the en-
gagement on that day the enemy was
defeated and driven back with loss OF
100 killed and 500 wounded. The CASH
alties of the Republican army were ID
killed and 140 wounded.
An important sale Of Southdown and
Sussex sheep was held few days since
at Glynde Place-the property OF the
Speaker of the House of Commons
near Eastbourne in Kent. Many buy
ers we're present, and the prices realized
were high. The rams brought on an
average ten guineas each.
Young lady--to beau of whose COM
pany she is getting tired-"I hope you
are not nervous, because that clock has
queer effect on people. All my gentle
men friends start when it strikes ten,
and it's just going 10 strike; SO If you
are nervous, perhaps you had better go
home before it begins" He went.
The fourth annual exhibition of for
eign wines will be held in London in
April next, under the auspices OF the
wine department of the international
Exhibition. The growers and wine
makers of the United States have now
an opportunity to bring their manufac-
ture to the attention of foreign markets.
The lace makers of Nottingham in
England are now on strike, and there
are no signs of settlement of the diff
Guilty as yet. The men in number are
about 900, receive now 3s. Cd day
for making alterations. They demand
IS. per day. The number of women
and children employed in the trade is
about 1000
"What is your name 2 asked the
clerk of a witness about to be sworn
before Justice of the Peace. "Otti-
we'll Wood" was the reply. How do
YOU spell your name ?" then, asked the
somewhat puzzled Judge. Mr.. Wood
replied 80 double T l double U E
double L, Double U double 0 D." The
astonished Judge thought that was one
of the most extraordinary names he
ever knew.
The high price paid for certain breeds
of sheep, few years ago, when "At-
wood merinoes" from "over the noun