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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-10-24
How Boston Grows.

Boston and the four towns surround
ing II, which were included in the an
nexation movement, voted upon the ac-
ceptance of the act. Boston decided
favorably for all the applicants for an
nexatiou by an average vote of nearly
six thousand, the opposition vote av-
eraging about fifteen hundred. Charles
town, Brighton and West Roxbury
polled large votes also in favor of an
nexation. Brookline refused to be abb
sorbed by Boston. Brighton and West
Roxbury becoming part of Boston,
Brookline is placed in an awkward geo
graphical position. Touching the
Charles River and the west side of the
Back Bay it completely separates Brigh-
ton from Boston, while Brighton u the
north and West Roxbury on the south
almost surround Brookline.
Charlestown, Brighton and West
Roxbury will become part of Boston
on the first of January next. Charles
town is, probably, in area, one of the
smallest cities in the world, for, not
withstanding its dense population, it
has less than thirty-three thousand in
habitants. West Roxbury and Brigh-
ton are beautiful towns, with popula-
tons respectively of about ten and five
thousand. BY the addition of these
places Boston will have population of
more than three hundred thousand.
But the gain to the city, says the
New York Evening Post, is much great
er in commercial and political advan-
tages than in population. BY absorb
ing Charlestown it gains entire control
of the harbor, thus settling many ques-
tons of jurisdiction which in times past
have caused needless delays and ex-
pense. Besides this, it obtains new
and admirable water-supply, which
Charlestown has provided for, with
very little additional cost, and this is
one of the necessities of Boston's fire
department as well as its manufactures.
By the union of Brighton, Boston will
control the great stock-yards and
slaughter houses, extend its jurisdic-
ton over the Charles River, and be
able, therefore, to make important SAM
tary and commercial improvements. By
the union with West Roxbury it will
obtain the desired territory for parks,
which are so much needed by the city,
and the influence of class of voters
who will give better tone to city poll
tics. On the whole, Boston will be
largely the gamer by taking in all these
towns
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-10-24
A Family Club House,

Mrs. King, at a late meeting of the
British Association at Bradford, Eng
land, gave an idea of what she calls CO.
operative houses in which number of
families should live together in sep
arate apartments, and have their cook
ing. cleaning, and other household
work done by one staff of servants
So far, the design differs little from the
present well-known arrangement of the
apartment houses. But Mrs. King goes
a trifle further. In her new plan she
proposes to consult the welfare not only
of the housekeeper, but of the servant
as well. Servants, she thinks, in mod
ern civilized society are little better
than slaves, and in the present organ
ization of the household are not only
obliged to work much too hard, but are
denied their fair share of the social en-
joyments and amenities that make life
tolerable. SO, in her cooperative sys-
TEN, the servants are to come in relays,
one set from 6 in the morning till | or
o'clock in the afternoon, another COM
ing in then and remaining till 8 or 10
in the evening, when they are replaced
by one or two "night guardians" who
take charge of the house until the fol-
lowing morning. Each family in the
house would thus have the advantage
of n large and well-drilled staff of SER
wants, for less than the present expense
of keeping one or two; and a large
number of girls, well qualified for the
purpose, who are unwilling to go into SER
vice permanently or to give up their
own homes and families, might be set
free to undertake this daily work.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-10-24
Welded Life Only the Beginning.

According to the love-idyl of the
PERIOD" writes Z. b. Aldrich, "when
Laura and Charles Henry, after unheard-
of-obstacles, are finally united, all cares
and tribulations and responsibilities
slip from their sleek backs like Chris
tian's burden. The idea is a pretty one,
theoretically, but, like some of those
models in the Patent Office at Wash
ington, it doesn't work. Charles Henry
does not go on sitting at Laura's feet
and reading Timothy Titcomb to her
forever; the rent of the cottage by the
sea falls due with prosaic regularity;
there are bakers and butchers and
babies and tax collectors and doctor S
and undertakers, and sometimes gen
tlemen of the jury, to be attended to.
Welded life is not one long amatory
poem, with recurrent rhymes of love
and dove, and kiss and bliss. Yet when
the average sentimental novelist has
supplied his hero and heroine with
their bridal outfit and attended to that
little matter of the marriage certificate,
he usually turns off the gas, puts up
his shutters, and saunters off with his
hands in his pockets, as if the days
business were over. But We, who
are honest dealers in real life and dis
dain to give short weight, know better.
The bushes is by no means over-1t is
Just begun. 1t is not Christian throw
ing off his pack for good and all, but
Christian taking up load heavier and
more difficult than any he has carried. "
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-10-24
A Test Case.

A. r. Stewart, OF New York, recently
sued Christopher Martin TO recover
Sl54. 66 of the defendant for bill OF
dry goods sold TO his wife on the 23d of
last May. Mrs. Mary A. Martin testi-
lied that she was the wife OF the defen-
dant, and resided at No. 1873 Jersey
avenue, Jersey City; that on the 10th
OF last April her husband abandoned
her, giving her at the time $40, and that
he gave her no more money until the
Court decreed her Sls week during
the pendencv o! the suit for divorce
that she received this amount from the
Goth of May mp to the Goth of August,
since which time she has received moth
ing from him that her husband owned
a house in Jersey City worth 80, 900, one
in Harlem worth $1,000, Central Park
lot, and thirteen lots in Brooklyn, be-
sides stand in Washington Market.
The articles which she purchased from
the plaintiff, she said, were necessary
for herself and her child.
The defence was that the articles
were not necessary, ms the term "neces'
sary" is understood in law, for the use
Of the defendants wife, it being proved
that they lived separately, and that in
a case where goods were sold TO the
wife without the knowledge or consent
If the husband, he is not liable to pay
Tor them.
The Court instructed the jury that n
husband is liable for necessary articles
furnished to his family ii he does not
supply them himself with the necessar-
es of life, and in this case il was purely |
A question of fact for the jury to deter
nine whether the goods were necessary
for the wife and child at that time; and
if they found that they were, the plain
tiff was entitled to recover such amount |
rs the jury saw fit to give him, with in
crest from the time the goods were
,old.
The jury returned verdict for the
plaintiff for the full amount claimed.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-10-24
The Battle of Business,

Henry Ward Beecher lectured in
Music Hall, Boston, on the "Battle of
Business. He gave it as the result of
his observation that so other occupa-
ton made such demands on the nervous
energy of men, was to beset with in
ducements to dishonesty, as mercantile
life. The fault is not that men do not
want to be honest, but that the MAORI
ty of them do not know how to be.
They think it is all right to do as 9TH
ers do; or. more likely, they initiate
without thinking at all of the mo-al
quality of the act.
stock gamblers. saying that they de-
served the halter if any criminals did.
The only consolation in reviewing the
career of those men was the assurance
that few of them kept their ill-gotten
wealth long. He had lived to see six
or eight Kings of Wall street dethron-
ed. In the strife of business men re-
gard only the end, and do not scruple
much about the means. Ii it seems
necessary to bay a Legislature to insure
the prosperity of their schemes they
buy one. All the great corporations
know the price of the old members Of n
Legislature, and quickly find out what
the new ones can be had for. The
men who are bought the easiest over
the cheapest-are the farmers, not be-
cause they are in fact more venal, but
because in their simplicity they are
compromised and involved before they
know it. The lawyers and merchants,
more accustomed to the arts Of schem-
ers, are more wary, They have to be
tished for more patiently, and are only
secured at a large expense.
Speaking of the power of the great
corporations of the country, Mr.
Beecher declared that if the New York
Central, Erie and Pennsylvania Cen
trail Companies should conspire to do
it, they could elect the President of
the United States. This was the first
delivery of this lecture.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-10-24

A PRovIpENTIAL MAN.-This title
now Justly belongs to physician who
has added to the list of medicines a
new remedy, which appears to include
all that is most valuable in the old
pharmacopnia, and not to include any
of the drawbacks with which the so
called specifics Of the Faculty are
chargeable. The Providential man is
DIR. JOSEPH WALKER, OF California,
whose VINEGAR BrrTERs have achieved,
in the short space of two years, degree
of popularity never before attained by
any advertised preparation in this coun-
try. We have too much confidence in
the shrewdness Of the American people
to suppose than this sudden and sur
prising celebrity is the outgrowth of II
delusion. Indeed, we have reason to
know that it is founded on innumerable
and well authenticated cures OF almost
all the bodily ills that flesh is heir to.
Not the least among the merits Of the
famous Tonic and Restorative, is its
entire freedom from alcohol, rs we'll as
from all mineral drugs. 1t is composed
exclusively of rare vegetable extracts
[ mn
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-10-24
Sport In the Sandwich Islands.

Hilo is ono OF the very few places on
these islands where you can see truly
royal sport-the surf board. 1t re-
quirel a rough day and heavy surf,
but with q good day 1t 10 one OF the
finest sights in the world.
The surf board is n tough plank about
two feet wide end from six to twenty
feet long, usually made OF the broad
fruit trees. Armed with these, party
of tall, muscular natives swim out to
the first line of breakers. and, watching
their chance to duck under this, make
their way finally, by the help OF their
undertow, into the smooth water far of
beyond all the surf. Herethey bob up
and down on the swell like so many
ducks, watching their opportunity.
What they seek is very high swell,
before which they place themselves, ~
ing or kneeling on the surf-board. The
great wave dashes onward, but as its
bottom strikes the ground, the top, an
retarded in its speed and force, breaks
into huge somber, and directly before
this the surf board swimmer ispropelled
with speed which we timed and found
to exceed forty miles per hour. In
fact, he goes like lightning, always Just
ahead of the breaker, and apparently
down hill, propelled by the vehement
impulse OF the rearing wave behind
him, yet seeming to have q speed and
motion of his own.
1t is very surprising sight to see
three or four men thus dashed for near
ly mile toward the shore at the speed
OF an express train, every moment about
to he overwhelmed by roaring breaker
whose white crest was reared
high above and just behind them,
but always escaping his ingulf-
ment and propelled before it. They
look, kneeling or lying on their long
surf boats. more like some curious and |
swift-swimming fish-like dolphins
racing, as it seemed to us-than like |
men. Once in while, by some mis-
chance, the cause of which we could |
not understand, the swimmer was over
whelmed; the great comber overlook
him; he was flung over and over like a
piece of wreck, but instantly dived, and
reappeared beyond the outside of the
wave, ready to take advantage of the
next. AS uccessful shot launched them |
quite high and dry on the beach far be-
You'd where we stood to watch. Occa- |
sionally man would stand erect upon
his surf-board, balancing himself in the
boiling water without any apparent
difficulty.
The surf-b board play is one of the
ancient sports of Hawaii. We were
told that few of the younger genera
tons are capable of it, and that it is
thought to require great nerve and
GOODNESS even among these admirable
swimmers, and to be not without dan
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-10-24
Young Mechanics.

There is no class of the community
upon whom the future welfare of the
country more essentially depends than
upon the rising generation of young
mechanics. If they are intelligent,
sober, industrious, and consequently
Independent, able and accustomed to
Judge for them selves, and governed in
their conduct byan enlightened view of
their own best interests; if they are
men of this sort, the mechanics, and es-
pecially theyoung mechanics, will form,
in conjunction with the young farmers
of the country, bulwalk against mo-
nopolies and corrupt politicians, and
save the republic. If, on the other
hand, they are ignorant, idle, dissolute,
and, consequently, poor, and depend
ent upon those who are willing to trust
them-if our mechanics should unhap-
PLY become such class-they would
soon be converted into the mere tools
of few rich and artful men, who, hav-
ing first stripped them of every sense of
self-respect, and every feeling proper to
virtuous citizens, would use them as
passive instruments for promoting their
own ambitious objects, and for the en-
actment of laws which are beneficial to
nobody but the artful few and base
demagogues with whom they originate.
1t is true of the mechanical arts as of
any other profession that knowledge
is power. Shoe and Leather Chroni-
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-10-24
Brutal Murder of q BOy,

Reports of a brutal murder have
reached here from Polk township, one
of the back towns of Monroe county, Pa.
The locality being so isolated, minute
particulars have not been received. 1t
seems that boy, aged ten years, named
James Muffiey, was visiting at his
grandmother's, Mrs. Hawk, in Polk
township. The old lady, going out in
TO field at some distance from the
house to dig potatoes, left the lad in
charge of the house. When she re-
turned toward evening she found the
house locked up, and looking through
the window saw that the place had evil
IDENTITY been ransacked. She procured
assistance, the door was forced open
and brief search discovered the body
OF the little boy lying in the cellar in a
pool OF blood, with the throat cut from
ear to ear. A further search through
the house revealed to Mrs. Hawk that a
sum OF money, amounting to $40 or $50
was gone from bureau drawer, and also
that quantity of clothing was missing.
The contents of the bureau drawers were
thrown about the floor, and the whole
house had been ransacked. 1t is sup
posed that the crime was committed by
two tramps who had been about some
days. Search has been made for them
without success,
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-10-24
A Desperate Struggle.

Two rope-walkers, Kolter and Pergo-
witch, had mortal combat on their
rope during n late exhibition in Hun
gary. The acrobats were to meet mid
way, and then to pass each other.
When the clock struck IL the acrobats
emerged from their respective windows
dressed in tights, and without balance
poles. Pergowitch suddenly uttered an
angry exclamation, and dealt Kolter a
terrible blow on the head. Kolter stag
gered and fell, but in so doing succeed
ed in clutching the rope with one hand,
while with the other he grasped the left
leg of his assailant. Pergowitch now
fell likewise, but passed his right arm
around the rope, so that he hung upon
it in comparative security. And now
began life-and- death struggle. Kol-
ter, with his right hand, tried to drag
Pergowitch from the rope, while Pergo-
witch kicked Kolter with his right foot,
and with the left hand endeavored to
loosen his antagonist. The struggle in
mld-air lasted perhaps a minute, when
Keller suddenly uttered last cry and
lost his hold. He fell to the ground,
striking it violently, and expiring in
stantly. While the people gathered
round the corpse of poor Kolter, his
murderer on the tight rope managed to
get on his feet again. With diabol:sal
expression on his face he uttered yell
OF triumph.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-10-24
The President Appointing a Day OF
National Thanksgiving.
BIZ the President Of the United States
of Auerica-A Proclamation.

BIZ the President Of the Unned Stdtes
of America-A Proclamation.
The approaching close Of another
wear brings with it the occasion OF re-
newed thanksgiving and acknowiedg'
ment to the Almighty, Ruler OF the
Universe of the unnumbered mercies
He has bestowed upon us. Abundant
harvests have been among the rewards
OF industry. With local exceptions,
health has been among the
blessings enjoyed. Tranquility Mt
home and peace with other nations nave
prevailed. Frugal industry is regain
ing it's merited recognition and Its
merited reward. Gradually, but under
the providence of God, surely, hs we
trust, the nation is recovering from the
lingering results OF dreadful civil
strife. For these and all the other
mercies vouchsafed to us 1T becomes us,
as people, to return heartfelt ana
grateful Acknowledgements, and, with
our Thanksgiving we may unite prayers
for the cessation of local and Temporary
suffering.
/ therefore recommend that on Thurs
day, the 9th day of November next,
the people meet in their respective
places OF worship to make their ac-
acknowledgements to Almighty God for
His bounties and His protection, and to
offer to Him prayers for their continu-
ance.
In witness whereof | have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal OF the
United States to be affixed. Done at
the City of Washington, this l4th day
of October, in the year of our Lord
1873, and Of the Independence OF the
United States the ninety-seventh.
BY the President U. S. GRANT.
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-10-24
A Caution 10 AuctlOneers.

We understand, says the Hberty
Frederick county, Nd Banner. that
our county court last week decided a
point that particularly interests the
auctioneer, the bidder, and the person
making the sale. The case was this
A farm was "knocked down to bid
der. who afterwards refused to comply
with the terms because no one Du' inc
auctioneer bid against him. The case
was taken into court. The auctioneer'
who was witness, testified that the
purchasers statement was correct, and
the court declared the sale fraudulent
one and not valid. The substance OF
this decision is, in plain words, that an
auctioneer has no right to run up
property on bidder simply to make a
good sale.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-10-24
Cheap Substitute for Double Windows.

1t is suggested by DR.. Oldtmann, in
a pamphlet on the care of health.
simply to add second set of panes of
glass, set in an inner rabbet, to single
sash, and thus inclose stratum of dry
air, about Oh to 04 of an inch thick.
The excess of cost, it is said, will be
more than covered by the economy of
fuel in winter; and at 90 degrees, in
summer, room thus protected will re-
main nine degrees cooler than when
supplied with ordinary windows. The
plan is also advantageous for hot beds,
etc. A good hard quality of glass; that
does not become dull by decomposition,
must be selected, especially for
southern exposure, since the interior
faces can not be cleaned. 1t is neces-
sary also that the glass should be per-
fectly polished, and not be soiled in
putting it in, but, since the air in
closed ought TO be dry, the glazing
should be done when the air is in the
best condition i'll that respect. Ice
crystals, of course, can never form on
such windows.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-10-24
A Costly Berry.Ing.

The Old Colony Press says Henry
Abbott, of Lakeville, few days since,
was out for bar-berries, and, having
filed his basket, placed it by wall
while he went to quench his thirst at a
spring. Returning, he missed his ber-
mes, and just then saw crossing an ad-
joining pasture, hunter whose game
bag seemed full. Abbott approached
the sportsman, asked what luck he had
had, and requested the privilege of in
speeding his gun. The Nimrod handed
over the shooting-iron," when Abbott,
cooking it, Numbered out. "Tbose her
ries you stole will be three dollars /"
The sportsman was badly hit. and
agreed TO pay. Not having the piasters
with him, Abbott retained the gun as
security, and it was duly redeemed by
the man, who has probably lost ali
relish for barberries.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-10-24
THE MAN Who SHOT PoMERoY

IHE MAN WHO SHOT PoMERoY.-Con-
way, the man who shot at ex-senator
Pomeroy, in Kansas, was elected to
Congress from Kansas in 1859, and
served during the Thirty-seventh Con-
Rress, acting as member of the Com
mittee on Indian Affairs. He was an
active participant in the stirring affairs
attending the settlement of Kansas, rs
a member of the first Legislature, as
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
under the Topeka Convention, and as
President of the Leavenworth Consti-
tutional Convention in 1860. He was a
printer in early life, and was prominent
in originating the National Topographic
cal Union, but afterward studied and
practiced law. He was born in Charles
ton about the year 1880. and had latter
ly spent most of his time in Washing
ton.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-10-24

THE EYEs.-Msny tender and beau
tiful things have been said of the eyes.
yet how inferior to the sweet things ut
tered by themselves! A full eve seems
TO have been esteemed the most express
sive. Such was the eye that enchanted
the soul of Pericles. The American
writer, Halliburton, declares that he
would not give piece of tobacco for
the nose, except to tell when dinner
is good nor farthing for the mouth,
except as kennel for the tongue: but
the eye-study thst, and you will read
mans heart as plain as book. If
there is any feature in which genius
shows itself, IL is the eye, which has
been sptly called the Index Of the
soul"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-10-24

DECLINED. - Geo. Wilkes, in his
Sporting Times, says: 1.-THE country
knows that we personally effected a
reconciliation between Gen. Grant and
Gen. Butler; but il does not know,
though We may as we'll now tell it for
the first time, that Gen. Butler, after
this reconciliation, telegrapbed to us
from Washington to know if we would
like to have the mission to Brazil, and
subsequently asked if it would be
agreeable TO us to fill vacancy which
would be created for us in the Navy
Agency by the removal of Moses II.
Grinnell-both of which suggestions
we declined"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-10-24
For looo IF Aonatita Dvs

For loss of Appetite. Dyspepsia, In
digestion. depression of Spirits and General
Debility, in their various forms, FERRo-PHos-
pHoRATED ELIXIR of CALIsAyA made by Cas-
WILL, HAZARD Il Co., New York, and sold by
all druggists is the best tonic. As stimuant
tonic for patients, recovering from fever or
other sickness, it has no equal If taken dur
ing the season it prevents fever and ague and
other intermittent feyers,-Om