National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-06-06
Items OF Interest.

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cane in Central Iowa.
Drug stores in Indiana sell whisky
on Sunday under the name OF "laven-
der"
Fourteen persons were injured by
the overthrow OF an accommodation
trair near Janesville, Wis.
Little woman (hugging her new dolD.
"Isn't she darlingP I'd give her to
you, only-she's my own +
Cincinnati has determined upon an
other musical festival, to take place in
1875, and to have Theodore Thomas rs
director.
A farmer in the San Joaquin Valley,
Cal. has put in, thirty-eight thousand
acres of wheat, and this, too, upon his
own land.
Details OF the murder of DR.. P. r.
Baker, of Warren, Me-, fasten suspicion
upon Miss Mink, in whose house the
body was found.
The real wants OF nature are the mea-
sure of enjoyments, as the foot IS the
measure of the shoe. We can call only
the want of what is necessary, poverty.
The United States Consul at Belfast,
Ireland, writes that during April $500
of the flower of the youth of the agricul-
tural districts left that port for the Uni
ted States.
The chap who could do all the busi-
ness he wanted to without advertising,
has been compelled to advertise at last:
The new advertisement is headed
Sheriff 8 sale"
A good man, who has seen much OK
the world, and is not tired of it, says:
"The grand essentials to happiness are
something to do, something to love, and
something to hope for"
Ex-senator Pomeroy, of Kansas, has
been offered lucrative position IN n.
Y. City, and says, whether he accepts
it or not, that he will hereafter have
nothing whatever to do with politics.
A Little Rock editor is pathetic about
the loss of exchanges, and says that
anybody may steal his wardrobe, eat ms
luncheon, or take his empty pocket
book, if only his exchanges can be
spared.
A Sparta CWis.) boy amused his
leisure hours by boring hole through
the dam just to see the water squirt.
His satisfaction was great when the
valuable mill up above went through
fifteen hours later.
A Vermont man who caught the small
pox four years ago and communicated
it to some neighbors, has just been
sued by them for damages on the
ground that to his carelessness was due
their infection.
The Postmaster General has inter-
dicted the circulation through the malls
of newspapers having any writing on
the wrappers except the full address.
It is not lawful to add initials, nor even
to write enc newspaper on the wrap
per.
A TROY minister and one in Cortland,
for a wear or two, excited comment by
their freouent exchanges. The mystery
has been recently removed by the mar
riage of the Troy clergyman to lady
in Cortland, and that of the Cortland
man to lady in Troy.
Nashville young lady explains that
she writes to the man she likes best only
once a day, and says she doesn't think
that any too often, now that the days
are too long. She is willing to admit,
however. that it would be too frequent
for the short days of winter.
A lady travelling in Europe writes: "A
German professors wife will appear at
ler ease in her wedding dress fifteen or
;wenty years old, and entertain you in
your own language while you sit per-
'ectly ignorant OF the Language, OF the
country where you are visiting
A Pittsburgh merchant declares that
le knows of thirteen first society ladies
Who steal his goods whenever they can
ret a chance. In this connection 1t
nav be mentioned that it is ell-ascer-
aimed fact that wealthy Washington
women frequently pilfer laces and other
,osty articles from the dry goods stores
when they have the money to pay tor
hem The Chronicle says that the
have hitherto spared the
"ladies" out of compassion,
,ut will hereafter nab them without
pity.