National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-04-11
Items OF Interest.

Southern farmers find the productiO
, OF peanuts more profitable than eithe
wheat, corn or tobacco.
, Only fifteen per cent. OF the land O
, Cuba is under the plow, vet her annua
, exports reach ninety million dollars.
,, A st. Lous paper recommends al
ambitious debating society in that Stat
,, to decide Which is the butt end of
goat?"
A man died in n New York town tn
other day. and in his will left that ol,
liar and tattler, the widow Jones, tw,
cents"
A Pittsburgh brides dowry latel,
consisted of two barges of coal, which
her father thinks ought to secure herre
ceptit.' by the ton anywhere.
Contrary 10 what would naturally bt
supposed, deep-sea telegraphs do moi
"pay." Ont of more than so different
lines only five pay dividends.
There is woman at Duluth who
weighs 800 pounds. At little distance
it is difficult to tell which is the larger
of the two, the town or the woman.
substitute for ivory and bone veneers
has recently been discovered, made from
goat and sleeps bones, the feshing OF
deer skins, parchment parings, etc.
The Chicago Tribune, says that the
Legislature of Illinois was in session
eleven weeks when it had passed two
bills, one OF which was adopted to en-.
able the other one to go into effect.
A St. Paul jury has brought in yer.
dict that a husband and his wife have
each suffered cruel and inhuman treat.
ment at the hands Of the other, and that
consequently each is entitled to di-
vorce.
The attendant in the gentlemen's
dressing room where n first class party
was given recently, ut New York, dis.
covered that almost every overcoat in
his charge had loaded revolver in the
pocket.
It is estimated that the strawberry
crop OF Long Island during the coming
season will be at least 100, 900 quarts, or
nearly 4, 900 bushels. At Mattituck the
crop is expected to be at least $1,000
quarts.
A big ruffian in Boston undertook
the other night, to bully servant girl
left alone in house into getting him
dinner. She went for him with carv-
ing knife, and he went away as hungry
as he came.
A village paper, speaking of the pres
ent depression of it's town, says it il
caused by lack of unanimity, lack OF
sociability, lack of home pride, distrust
Of one another, and great desire for
braggart display.
The president of a Nashville street
railway responded to demand for fare
by saying, 81 own most of this road"
md got this reply: "Well, you won't
'wn it long if YOU don't pay me your
are; that's all I've got to say about it,"
A Winona paper tells of snow-drift
st. Peter and New Ulm, Min
lesota, on which four hundred shovels
we're engaged for days. The snow was
rom 25 to 80 feet deep, and the cut
through the drift was twelve hundred
eet long.
New Hampshire Republicans and
Democrats alike seem to commend the
raceful action of Gov. Straw in ap-
ointing to seat on the State Bench
Ion. Ellery A. Hibbard, the defeated
Democratic candidate for reelection to
congress.
After fifteen years experience, the
maha publishers have come to the
inclusion that the newspaper business
legitimate one, and they have cut
+ their deadheads and given notice
lat free putting has also ceased. All
'ev ask is to pay and be paid like white
lks.
Mat. Tarpey, who was hanged by the
nchers near Monterey. CAL, made q
i'll giving $1,000 to Nicholson, the
lsband of his victim. Nicholson wit
'ssed the lynching, and Tarpey beg
ID his forgiveness, and asked him to
nee his hands on his head as he knelt.
icholson granted the request.
An outrageous case of cruelty to ami
ais recently occurred at Somerset, VT.
man drove team of horses through
e deep snow until they stopped from
baustion, then left them on the road
eking with perspiration, and went to
leighboring house for the night. In
G morning he was so enraged at find
g one of them dead, that he termina-
/ the sufferings of the other by stab
ng it with knife.
Troy has its sensation. This time q
nth who loved lady $3.50, 600 WORTHY,
guiled her into sleigh ride, and
ught the house of clergyman, sew
Il miles from the city. He then first
clared his love, and told her she must
lrry him. She fatty refused, and he
d her she might walk home. The
icky girl started to do so, but the
led fortune hunter relented, and car
d her back to Troy. When in the
y, she slapped his face, leaped from
, sleigh, and ran home. Names are
;hheld for the lady's sake.
l Syracuse gentleman and his wife
home, few days ago, for an ex-
ded Southern tour, intending to
nd the spring months in Florida.
ey got as far as New York, and in
iting one of the theatres there the gen.
nan was robbed of his wallet con-
hing the several hundred dollars
h which he was to defray the ex-
ses of the trip. In the rear of that
tleman's Syracuse house may be
n thoughtful man chopping wood
his shirt sleeves, while a sad-eyed
nan within pats butter and sighs.
solicitor who had recently been en-
ed by a prominent life insurance
/, returned to the Office of his en-
'ers, the other day, and complained
he had been snubbed by gentle
on whom he had called "Snub-
+" cried the manager, "snubbed!
:, what did you do that he should
} snubbed you! 1 have solicited