National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-14
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A man who owns n 800 acre Con
uccticut River farm sends lis an adj
ycrtiscmcnt Offering his farm Tor
sale. which he asks us to inSertjree !
Il such touching expressions OF large,
hearted generosity and nobleness OF
soul move us to our inmost being.
It is in such acts of appreciation and
cncoura cement as this that we iind
the inspiration of jon rnalistic life,
nnd the ''stamps" to run our "ma-
,h,ncw Oh, large hearted. most no
N ,le and generous soul stay not
rour beniicence until you have
lIpadc clad the heart of some other
PRINTER with the sight of that adver'
Basement to be inserted free! Only
v one word of caution Guard against
that extrayagant bcncvolence which
a in such an organization as yours,
mioht lead you to inIpoverish sour.
s self by mjudicious contributions for
"a the benefit Of the press, in paying
II for what You get trcm the press.
The Trottcr House has been rent.
cd to II. T.. Harris of Brattlcboro.
who takes possession about the first
IL If March. We understand that
N Mr.. Harris has had considerable OK.
n pc,icnce in hotel keeping, and is
descrycdly popular with the travel
81 ing uubIic. We understand that
IN. b. Stevens a. son, who have run
III the house 20 acceptahly for some
IN time. will retire from the hotel bust.
u ness, ior while at least.
Our town has been particularly
4 favored this winter in the absence
n Of epidcmics. Many towns about
IA as are having scarlet fever, measles,
small pox, &c.
We can hardly remember n case
of burglary rs having happened III
n town; but case occurred the other
u day. hen The bradford Bank was
u not exactly broken into hut broken
4oyt Of An old gentleman from
4 faillcc was sitting tilted back III a
chair near the front window of the
4 bank, aud Getting little excited III
"A ceiling Il story. lost his balance and
y ,tnncd Il backwards somcrsanlt
4 through one of the large squares of
4 glass in the low window, landing in
the snow outside. 1t only cost
81 about 500 to repair damages.
Whitncy's singing school at Town
#llal, draws crowded houses. y
#four horse team brought down a
Dad from Newbury Oh Monday
.ht, to attend.
Seventy two teams were counted
AS in our streets 10 one time on Mon.
81 day.
"a Our side walks ars getting SO icy
~ that even the wicked cannot always
stcnd on slippery places.
IN \ houSe,full at the "sociable' at
"a Mrs. J. i. W. Prichard's on Tues.
day evening, and a very sociable
company it was. The next enc will
# be held at Mrs. j. NJ. Warleu's Feb.
m 18th.
81 Another spasm over our Union
81 Graded School. A meeting is
called in Dist. No. >, for the 2lst
s !nst, to see about Withdrawing that
~ District.
IN NEW MISUNDERSTANDING
| publish this week in our Business
5s% ''''''l'lN tuc SHl'iS u tNtUIU buS'
yN TN, Dental Surgeon, Chelsea; and
IL. l.. Bixby, Photograph Artist.
Chelsea b. Sheppard, Watches,
Jewclry, &c, Newbury. We would
also call attention to the new advcr
III llsements OF Stevens & Baglcy, Dry
Goods, Groceries, &c. &c, and no'
8 llce ofclosing up accounts Of Orange
"a County National Bank of Chelsea.
William Grant of Waits River
has left at our Office a sample OF
some oats raised from seed origin
#ally obtained from some straw
winch was used in packing some
Steel sent from Germany to the
MessrS. Fairbanks at St. Johns
buy. They are very fine locking,
and weigh AZ pounds per bushel.
From The examination we have Civ
en- them We should judge that it
would pay any farmer to obtain
some of the seed at the moderate
pnce forwhich Mr.. Grant sells them.
EAX
81 some Of our exchanges have pub
l1sned an item stating that "the