National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-07
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Nav York money market Is q triAs
ensier
Cholera Is steadily travelling from the
far East towards the West.
On Wall street, railroad bonds have
lately taken start upward.
The mails 70 the Yosemite Valley are
carried twice O week by an Indian.
An Illinois hog, buried under hay:
stack. eat his way sa ousta " one huna1'a ~
days. "a. 80 -, .s~! vi
quoted at 1.14,-registered bonds o.
1.15..
An effort is making to reduce .: 8:
letter postage to two cents instead OF
three.
Hon. Timothy o. Howe has been re-
oIacteI United States Senator from
Wisconsin
II Adam is accountable for "conse'
auentiil damages" he Will have arouen
time OF 1t.
A woman who died few days ago in
Boston left nine helpless boys, hve OF
whom are deaf and dumb.
The Ohio Legislature has passed q
law making the vendors OF non'e1pio'
siyes responsible for the damage dohe'
! Josb Killings saws "If kin have
nIentv of makrel fur breakfast, ! can
generally make the othertw meals OUT
of water.
A little child has died in Allegheny.
Penn, and several others have Deen
III. by eating cake which had been
coiored by aniline.
From across the continent comes the
storv of eleven acres OF hops grown on
a california rancho, and yielding the
enormous quantity OF 1884 pounds 70
the acre. :.
A man at Ss. Louis has brought suit
for $40, 900 damages against the father
If the .ady he wanted to marry, for IN;
terfering and pcrsuading his daughter
not to have him.
At Seymour, Ind, a man was lately
caught by revolving shaft, ana aItes
being carried around few thousanu
times was deposited on his feet WITHOUT
the slightest injury.
II ia said that an Indiana man, whose
wife has borne him twelve sons and nj
teen daughters, wants to know II sucn
conduct on the part of lns wife isn't
sufficient ground for divorce.
A nervous youth in Louisville, atter
his marriage ceremony, slipped nickei
five.cent piece into the parsona hand'
instead OF five-dollar gold piece which
he had ready in another pocket.
The watering troughs in San Francis
co we're recently covered WIN tnin
coating Of ice, and next day all the ieao,
ing papers contained long. sensational
articles on the horrors OF winter.
A Nashville washerwoman, fndlng IN
n lot of dirty clothes II new-fashioned
sbirt opening at the back, sewed IT up,
cnt omen the bosom and sewed on but
toms. to the intense disgust OF her GUS
toner.
whe yacht Henrietta, famous ior ner
victory in the great ocean race with the
Vesta and Fleetwing in 1866, has been
wrecked near Ruatan. She was driven
ashore in heavy gale. The crew was
saved. =,
A Virginia editor has come to the
conclusion that man mlght as wen uu-
dertake to hold himself at arm iength
and then turn n double somersauit over
a church steeple as to attempt TO puDiish
n paper that will suit everybody.
A description Of toy in great demand
in London. lust now, consists OF
wooden turkey or goose, and 1t appears
that the fun to be chiefly got out o. TINS
uaonon of amusement consists IN seno-
inc Il to friend in hamper, and con-
ferring on him the privilege OF paying
for the carriage.
The latest statistics OF the patHes OF
Koniggratz, Gravelotte and sedan nave
onneered. In the first, 300, 600 Aus
trians and Saxons were engaged against
OH 600 Prussians, and in all Az, 0OO men
were killed in the second, l20,ooo.
Francb contented with 200, 600 Germans;
and at Sedan there were 1870, 900 French
men against 200, 900 Germans. These
are the figures as given by German
authority.
Charles Lamb gives some advice about
making speeches which might be appilea
with advantage to other occasions. ne
savs speaker should not attempt TO
eynress to much, but should leave some
thing to the imagination OF his audi
ence and he tells how, being called on
10 return thanks for toast to his health,
he rose. bowed to his audience, said
"Gentlemen." and then sat down, leav-
ing it to their Imagination to supply tue
rest
A Young Briton won bet on spiders,
in the following ingenious manner ne
waeered that spider which ne wou,u
produce would cross q plate quicker
than a spider to be produced bt,y
friend. Each spider was to have its
own plate. His opponents spider, now
ever. on being started, would not sur
while his rival ran with immense speed.
The bet was consequently lost and the
looser soon found out the reason why
his friend Ind hot plate.
According to an estimate. out OF
: Twenty-Five hundred and forty Emperors
J or kings ruling over sixty-four nations,
J two hundred and ninety-nine were de-
throned, sixty-four abdicated, twenty
committed suicide, eleven went ma9'
one hundred died on the battie-neid,
one, hundred and twenty-three were
made prisoners, twenty-five became or
were pronounced martyrs and saints'
| one hundred and fifty-one were assas-
, sinated. sixty-fve poisoned, and one
, hundred and eight sentenced to death.
| Total, nine hundred and sixty-three.
: A correspondent of the Michigan
Farmer writes: Fed my breeeing sows
! most of the time on turnips---The Sweet
Russia. or Jenny Linds, as they are
, called here. This was their food dur
ing the latter part of the Winter and
until grass grew, when they entered m
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