National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-02-20
Items Of Interest.
Ruled paper-The French press.

> Ruled paper-The French press.
: A train was wrecked and fifteen per-
sons injured, near Howard. Illinois. on
the Chicago and North Western Rail.
road. wD. tos.r.n4f sitlut
Chief-Justice waite's grandfather
reached ninety. His father was eighty
at the time Of his death. Both were
judges. .'........ ...l. ,.r
Housekeepers in Lswisburg are
spared the trouble of blowing up their
servants, kerosene being used there for
kindling fires. '.''.i "a"
Wilkie Collins can't see how an Ameri-
can can wash, sit down, eat dinner and
pick his teeth In seyen minutes, but it's
all in practice. Il.ai -, w
Seventy.fve per oent. Of the sickness
Of New York, and probably ninety per
cent. of crime, come from the tenement
house population. .,..,
An Indiana farmer drew$4O0 from the
bank. suspended it in the we'll to battle
thieves, and then fell in and broke his
neck while tying the rope.
A Western gambler, about beginning
the matrimonial game, so far controlled
himself as to say in the announcement
of his wedding, "No Cards." ''
A st. Louis paper states that during
eleven months last year four hundred
employees Of single railroad we're
killed or severely hurt while coupling
cars. u.... .7t
"Whv do you set your cup of cof-
fee on the chair, Mr.. Jones ?" said
landlady at breakfast. "It is so very
weak, madam, I thought would lett
They say that the American nation
is not jovial and hilarious; but If you
want to disprove it just slip down on
the icy pavement where the crowd is
thickest. ..,. .,
The present population Of New Or
leans is estimated at $50, 1886, an increase
of SO, 567 over the census Of 1870. This
makes it the eighth city in the Union, or
next to Boston. '.Ii} .t ...,-.3.
Quilp thinks il rather remarkable
that while several thousand feet are re-
quired to make one rood, single foot,
properly applied, is often sufficient to
make one civil. ..... ..-
A man who was trying to dead-beat
the Lake Shore road by playing deaf
and dumb was asked by the conductor
how long he had been so, and he replied:
"Why, man, was born this way I"
Railroad cross ties are the circulating
medium in portions OF Kentucky, being
taken in exchange for groceries and dry
goods, at fifty cents apiece-ten thou
sand having exchanged hands at that
price in the last three months.
015 DI,s,, Too,,1o of Drau&o,, Wouna
county, Pa, is seventy years old,
though remarkably vigorous, and looks
hardly fifty. Since eleven years of age
His favorite hunting ground is in Pot
ter county. ..-, .-- '..-
Marrying is pretty serious business;
but when couple go to graveyard,
and at night, to be married, as Penn
sylvania couple did, the proposition is
unavoidable that they ought to have
been divorced some time before the
ceremony. '} .'"
A sensible man: Lamartine was asked
by friend if he did not spend too
much time in advertising. "No," was
the reply, advertisements are abso-
lutely necessary. Even divine worship
needs to be advertised. Else what is
the meaning of church bells?"
The Northwestern railway have sent
a circular to all the newspapers pub
lished in towns in Illinois through which
their line passes, declining to issue any
passes to newspapers in consideration
Of advertising, and agreeing to pay for
all their advertising in hard cash.
The Piutes of Indian Territory are
as suffering severely this
winter. Much of the time without fires.
they crouch in their miserable hnts on
the bleak hills, and live on frozen food.
but natural toughness could
carry them through the season alive.
A little boy living near Kankakee,
Ill. was amusing his brothers and sis
ters by twisting towel around his
neck in imitation of hanging, when in
turning around his feet slipped. He
fell the length of the towel, which was
firmly attached to roller. His neck
was instantly broken.
A correspondent of country paper
complains Of young lady school,
eacher who permits one of the big
scholars to sit beside her and kiss her
The probability is that
10 has struggled for the position and
,een rejected, and that accounts for his
udden affection for the proprieties.
We consider about the middle of
February the best time for transplant
ng broad .leaved evergreens, and we
would let the trimming depend some
What on the root. If we got the tree
Up with a good set Of roots, we should
cave on more top, if we desired it,
han when the roots were scarce. In
IL cases it is best to remove most OF
he leaves.