National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-03-07

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on the Vermont Valley Road, Sat.
ur,la, before last, Mtwccn the en-.
CINE of snow. bound train, and I'M
engine sent up from Bra,tleboro to
help it out. The engines were con
sidcrably injured, and it took till 3
o'clock Sunday afternoon to get the
track clear.
j. Estcy 81 Go. OF Biattlcboro,
have sent a variety Of their Cottage
organs to the Vienna exposition.
Julia Brown, a st. Albans girl,
whose parents were mcddling too
much IN her love affairs, left home,
recently, and went to Lowell, where
she obtained work in one of the
millr. Here the lover followed her,
but before matters could he cOnsu.
mated, the cruel father appeared
upon the scene and arrested his dis.
obcdicnt daughter, bore her off be.
fore TIE lovers very eyes.
AcCiDEYT.-Gco. w. Alexander
of Pethcl, while on visit ut H. II.
Towards in Brain,rcc, fell through
a scut,lc in the barn floor, dislOcat.
ing his right shonldcr and other
wise severely brnising him. lie fell
about sixteen feet. The accident
occurred Oh Tuesday evening of
last week.
Brandon village is to have &c
houses erected the present summer,
to supply the wants of it's incrcas
ing business.
Tuesday morning of last week
the President Of the National Bank
at North Bennington, WAS unable to
unlock the safe. and after working
at it for several hours. tclegraphcd
to New York for IN "eXpert." The
man arrived any, after two hours,
labor succeeded in opening the safe
The trouble was caused by one Of
the tin boxes inside todching part
of the lock, and the wire that sur.
rounded it was strong enough to
resist the pressure of the lever
Constant working of the lever final |
~ bent the wire enough to allow
the lock to open.
On Friday, the llth inst, Nathan
s. Allen. of Charleston. had a
wound five inches long and an inch |
or more deep, made in the outside
of his leg below the hip joint, By |
the tusk of a vicious boar.
A son of Cutter Scaycy, of Bar.
ton. aged about eleven years, was
hit some months ago, while attend
ing school, on the head with Il snow |
ball, and has been an Invalid ever
since, and has now lost the use ofhis
limbs.
1t is a question whether bear
breeding in Vermont may not be.
come a large and profitable business.
The State pays a bounty of SlJ on
every bear killed, and there is no
exception us to private alilndlS.--
Here is the experience of Rutland
man on single bear transaction:
lie sold the hide for $50, the
meat tor $50, the bounty was 80,
and the grease brought the proceeds
up to 500. And this was private
bear, raised by the enterprising yeo-
man.
Oscar Burke of Woodstock has
lost by various casualties within the
last eleven months, five valuable
horses.
A. II. Colby of Tunbridge, has a
pair Of two years old steers that
gilth six feet and four inches, and
weigh 2400 lbs.
William Billings, Esq, has driven
stage from Woodstock 10 Bethel for
twenty-six years.
A lady ut Northfeld the other
day lett little child of Two years
PLAY ing ON the floor while she went
out for a few minutes. On her re-
turn she was Mortified to see her lit
tie girl toying with rat. which she
held in one hand while she caress
ed it with the other. With an eX
clamation Of dlsmay she rushed to
the side OF her little one, snatched
up the ''rat," and deliberately pro
ceedcd to do up her hair with it,.
i Argus.
Some twenty five thousand trout
eggs, says the Bellows Falls TINES,
from j. ID. Bridgman's ponds were
sent to California the first of the win
ter, and Il few weeks since were
heard from a, 49,. hing out finely. |
They were ordered 10y trout breed
ing association at San Francisco.
The demand fortrout spawn the past
season has been greater than ever
before.
"Halrs Band" Of Boston, got con
fined in IA snowdrift On Mount UOl-
". Friday night, so they didn't hit
the Engineers ball at Rutland.
We learn that a great excitement
has arisen in Norwich. over the |
conduct of the Congregational cleI-
gyman i'm that place. who has been
guilty of the grave offence of play.
ing "blnd mans buff" We are
glad to learn that the matter is to
be thoroughly investigated, a coun
ell having been called for that pur