National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-01-30
Items OF Interest.

Evil communications corrupt goot
manners.
Switzerland is to hold worlds fair
at Geneva in 1875.
According to Punch the bcst substi
tute for cold is warm weather.
There are said to be but three copper
smelling works in operation in the
country.
Tie New Orleans Times says that
taxation in that city is simply intolera-
BILE, unindurable, insufferable.
Key West is the only place in the
United States which never has frost,
and which produces cccoanuts.
1t is claimed that Utah has 1876, 200
white inhabitants, besides about 5000
colored men, Chinese and Indians.
Some young chap thinks it easy to
enter an old mans house, because his
gait is broken and his locks are few.
A woman was recently sent to prison
at Montreal, Canada, for two months,
fer collecting money on pretense that
she was nun.
One who knows how it is herself says:
"The man who is awfully urbane to his
wife before strangers is generally also
her bane behind her back !"
Those who think, said Lord Derby,
recently, that they have not time for
bodily exercise, will sooner or later
have to find time for illness.
The surrender of Cartagena is said
to have been precipitated by tumult
of the people, who were convinced of
the treachery of the leaders.
Mrs. Jerald, of Jacksonville, ILL.,, left
bottle of ether uncorked in her room
when she went to sleep. 1t was with
difficulty that either her friends or her.
self became at last convinced that she
was not dead.
A short time since memorial was
forwarded to the Bishop of Exeter by
Lord Fortesque, signed by 12,216 per-
sons in the diocese, praying the Bishop
to restrain the introduction of confess
sion into the Church of England.
The people near Farmersville, Liv-
ingston County, Missouri. were scared
nearly out of their wits, fsw days ago.
by the fall of an immense ferolite. 1t
now lies embedded in the ground, and
is said to be about twenty-five feet in
diameter.
Gov. Taylor of Wisconsin was born
in Connecticut, left a poor orphan in
infancy. went to New York at an early
age, and thence to Ohio, where he en-
gagged in farming and teaching. He
settled in Wisconsin in 1S48, and has
filed various public offices.
One reason why the workingmen in
New York were SO numerically club
bed was thus given by policeman :
" You see the Commissioners had held
The whole force in reserve for some time
On account of these fellows, thus de-
priving us of our regular rest, and we
we're determined to give them head
ache for it.
The Emperor of China has conferred
distinction on the memory of Hang
Chung, late viceroy of the province of
1unnan. This official hanged himself
when he found that he was unable to
'esist the Abels who beleaguered the
capital city, and his wife hanged her.
elf with him.
Notwithstanding all that has been
aid about fees and costs eating up
estates, well-known mer-
hant asserts that, if the Court and
very officer should act without any
whatever, the entire es-
ate surrendered by bankrupt will
ot, in the average of involuntary cases,
ay ten cents on dollar.
A wild steer at Springfield, Mass,
scaped from q herd and took to the
,oods, going out at night to steal from
he haystacks, and hiding in the day
me. When finally hunted down he
ought like hero, and only fell when
ying. Nine bullets were found in
i'm, his enemies having fred at him at
very opportunity during twelve weeks.