National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-10-03
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.
JOB PRINTING
Items OF Interest.

A man died lately at Nashville, from
the bite of small spider having a
small red spot on his back"
A hearty response has been made to
the afflicted people Of Shrevepo ;, La,
from all sections of the country.
When female neighbors quarrel now
a-days, they don't spring for each 9TH
er's hair Things have changed.
Very fewlhorses eat corned beef, but
we saw one standing the other day be-
fore store with a bit in his mouth.
A full-freighted schooner, the name
of which il unknown, suddenly sunk in
the Mersey, carrying down all on
board.
A New York chemist says he can re-
duce boot legs to beefsteak. Some
landlords have had ten years the start
Of him.
The yellow fever is reported mt Full
ton, the terminus Of the Cairo and Full
ton II. r., also at several of the smaller
towns in Northern Louisiana.
No actor has yet been able to counter
felt that expression of joy which man
shows when discovering ten-cent
stamp in his paper of tobacco.
A tea merchant at Peoria had his ad-
vertising wagon follow funeral pro-
cession, and it was very properly tip
ped into the ditch by the mourners.
The man who doesn't like Mount
Washington, because he can't stand the
climb it, should keep quiet. He will
find it precious hard work to run it
down.
Three years ago a person was privi-
legged to view all parts of the Falls OF
Niagara by paying fifty cents to cross
the bridge to Goat Island. Now it
costs SLIGO.
A peculiar throat disease in Luzerne
county, Penn, is mentioned by the
Scranton Times of Saturday last as hay
ing proved fatal to upwards of sixty
children within the space of fort
night.
A doctor of Portsmouth protests
against the tolling of bells at funeralq
He thinks the sound has depressil
effect upon tho sick, and can not prove
a source of much enjoyment to the de-
parted.
How the heart of Horace Greeley
would have been delighted with the
little piece OF cable news, that one hun
dred tons of American bar iron sold at
Liverpool at Ell 10s., thus underselling
the English market.
The engineers on some of the Penn
sylvania railroads amuse themselves by
earring tame trout in the water-tanks
of their locomotives, where they are
said to flourish, spite of the constant
motion to which they are subjected.
An Essex street man bought pig
Saturday. "What do you feed your
pig ?" asked neighbor. Corn" he
said. "Do you feed it in the ear p
asked the friend. ''Do you think am
n fool?" said the Essex street man,
sarcastically.
There was violent storm on the
Black Sea whichFproved very destruc-
tive t shipping. Seventy vessels were
wrecked near the mouth of the Bospho-
rus, and nearly all on board perished.
At one point on the coast over two hun
dred and sixty corpses have been washed
ashore.
Farmers will be interested to know
that an agriculturist has discovered an
insect that will destroy. the potato bug.
There is one slight objection to this new
bug, however. 1t bores into the potato
to lie in wait for the other bug. Natu-
rally the potato suffers. The agricultu
rist fondly hopes to discover another
bug that will destroy the bug that de
stroys the potato bug.
"The Human Frog" is the name
given to a deformed inmate of the
Orleans county poorhouse, near Albion,
in n. Y. State, who was born in the
building twenty eight years ago, and
has never but once moved outside It's
yard. His legs and arms are con-
tracted in such n way that he hops
around after the manner of the animal
from which he takes his name, and his
only enjoyment consists in dying in
the sun covered with muck and dirt.
The latest snake story is told by the
South Bend Gnd.) Tribune: "Henry
Jaouith showed us this morning a
greenish-coored snake, or reptile,
about four inches long, which was
found in hens egg bought in Staples
grocery by his son, Andrew Jaquith.
The reptile had q rough or corrugated
appearance, and when the egg was
broken open it was alive and moving
in the albumen. How it got there is
a mystery we will not attempt to ex-
plain.
A medical man, discoursing upon
sleep, makes this remark: "One man
may do with little less sleep than an
other; but, as a general rule, if you
want a clerk, lieutenant, lawyer, a
a legislator, Judge, presi-
dent, or pastor, do not trust your in
terests to any man who does not take on
the average eight good solid hours of
sleep out of every twenty-four. What
ever may be his reason for it, if he does
not give himself that, he will snap some
time just when you want him to be
strong"