Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-08-15
IN GENERAL.

ON O wager of $40 u drunken
man leape,l from the new bridge at
st. Louis, ninety feet, into the river,
the other day. He was fished out
uninjured. @a
"A fellow named James n. Dai.
ley, OF New York, has been black
mailing Uncle Sans officials by
publishing a cheap pamphlet filled
with trash he did not make his
fortune out of the speculation.
The New York Sun advised
clergymen to have no interviews
with ladies, except in the presence
of a third party. Hard on unlnar-
ried parsons. How would the edi.
tor of the Sun enjoy "sparking"
with some one round i-Ne,Cs.
The authorities are still at
work on tho mystery Of the murder
of Miss Ball at st. Adams, and
think they see q little light. Chas.
BaraboO, u Frenchman, about 80
years old, is of the many persons
arrested, and there is considerable
evidence against him.
Mrs. President Lincoln is not in
Paris, has not been there for years.
The report that she is there is sup
posed to he due to some impOster
passing herself off as that lady.
The Washington Chronicle speaks
~ ""ti.o";tS' ,~''"" IT. saws 80.
FRIDAY ut the Buffalo TrOtting
Park Goldsmith Maid succeeded in
beating her own hitherto unmatch-
ed time for a mile heat, ZIG, by II
half q second. The queen OF the
turf deserves u double coronation,
hut will soon begin, if she has not
before this, to feel lonely so far
ahead Of her competitors.
Says the Portsmouth Journal !:
"Him and her" we're in town on
Saturday forenoon, and, after wan
dering about hand-in hand, looking
into shop windows, they invested
five cents at one of our stores in a
glass of soda which they slipped al
ternately until it was all, all gone.
"Two beats with but one five cent
scrip" etc.
"A Scotch newspaper relates
that a beggcr wife, on receiving a
gratuity from Rev. John Skinner,
of Langside, author of Tull0chgo-
rum, said to him by way of thanks,
ooh sir, l houp that ye and a. your
family will be in Heaven the NIGHT"
"Well," said Skinner, "pm very
much obliged to you, only you need
not have just been so particular
about the time" n aY
-LasJ year coffee was the great
corner in which, as the duty went
off, prices went up. This year, and
just now, the corner is in pork and
oats. The best remedy is to use
just as little as possible of either
till the prices are regulated by the
production and quantity on hand.
An advance of fifteen cents on a
bushel on oats and the rise of four
or five cents a pound on bacon is
very ungrateful both to man and
beast, and is not that kind Of revi
val of business which people will
welcome.
Says the Detroit Free Press !:
Gan old man and his wife who came
in by the Central road, yesterday
morning, saw about thirty hacks at
the door of the depot, and about
thirty hac1men shouted 'hack' at
them. The man took it all as a
high compliment, and turning to
the old lady he said, Il tell you,
mother, they think we are some
thing great, or they'd never have
all these carriages down here to
meet us. l wonder how they knew
we was coming 2"
The Commercial Bulletin says:
Gone enjoys moderately funny af-
fair with a greater zest perhaps
when summering in the country or
Laying among the mountains, for
the reason that there is nothing else
to do but to make the most of ordi-
nary occurrences. 1t was thought,
however to be a little more than an
ordinary event, when the stage
coach halted tho other day in Mont
Vernon, N. H., to change horses
and one of the outside passengers
seriously asked the driver if he
should have time to walk over to the
buria! ground and visit the tomb Of
George Washington"