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Lady T.enden's JInsssying Hate.

III the will Uf the Counters Of
London, wlo died ID England re-
Gently, was found . clause directing
that her right hand be cut off and
buried ID the park at Castle Den
hillgtou, At the bend Of the bill to
the 'rrel.t, with q small cmss over
il, hearing the motto, II hyde my
tyne." The expla'iation OF this sin
gular request shows that the Coun.
tess, who had been . lifelong enemy
Of Queen Victoria, desired to carry
her implacable hatred Of Victoris
beyond the grave. The place Of
burial ms sioled oyerlu,ks one Of
the Queens country seats. The
skeleton hand with its threatening
epitaph was meant To point its slow
anwavering finger at the QneeD,
reminding her Of the injustice done
long years ago ,oa younger sister
Of the Countess. In the early
queenhood OF Victoria the sister
mentioned was q maid OF honor.
Gay and thoughtless, the Young
girl had o freedom Of manner which
gave the gossips Of TIE day an op-
prtunity, all tto well abused, Of
blackening her fame, which had
been tarlliShed by no criminal acts
Of hers. The Queen larkened to
the slauder, and banished the
beautiful but ilnliHreet girl from
her househ I'D. The falsity Of
the scandal was shown, but not
until the poor, dishonored maid Of
horror had died Uf q bEuken heart.
The Countess Of London blamed
the Queen for her sisters untimeIy
fate, and determined 70 Fesetige !
that sister's wrongs. Never after
did she appear at court, and upon
every royal tete day kept closely
immnred. Her post-mortem pur-
suit of the Queen is ghastly but inn
potent.
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IN their minds as well AZ if'tl,ey had
slMkeu, for the light Il Isaac's lam
tern fell full on tl.eir faces. "Tldw.
ever, | don't wish t, be lland uINn
You, and on one cmsliticA | will
free the cYws and forgive you the
debt"
"What Ia that?'' Both imke.i
the question, but did hot AK it.
he 6 aliti"n is that you prom.
ise TO put . g@Nl new fence il place
Of the ohl olie that separates your
estates, dividing the c,st between
you, and that l,e,re'urtI YIN will
live lsaceah y t"gcther AZ tar an III
y"n lies Do yn ln,mise?"
"i'es," mutiere,l both, III a voice
scarcely audible
hake l'anls upon it, them" said
Miss I.etitia.
They did 80.
"Now lei the cows ont. Isaac !;
it's time they were milked," said
she. And the two men went away
driving their animals before them,
whit. shame'aced air greatly IN
contrast u the look Of triumph
with which they had last quilted
her presence.
The fence was built, and the
strife ceased when the ca,,>c was
removed, bnt it was long l,ekrre
Miss Ietitias part of the affair
came to the public ear; for she her.
Felf maintained a strict silence con-
cer''ing it, and elioined the Fame
upon her msn.Servant Isaac. -
Kouth's Companion.
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Queen Victoria Endorses MEP. EaF.
tOria.


The Washington correspondent
Of the N. Y. Jomn0I Of CON-
merce writes:
"Mr. Sartoris il a descendant of
the Huguenot refugees. His father,
q conservative and one of the best
known members OF the Carlton
Club, is a promieut merchant, and
does a large East Indian business
Ills uncle, Mr.. Samuda, NJ. r,
also Of the Huguenot refugees, is
known as the largest ship builder
on tie thames, and an authority
in the navy debates III Parliament.
u Is not generally known that
Queen Victoria, as Uon as she heard
Of the proposed marriage, made 10.
quiries regarding Mr.. Sartoris, and
wrote Q letter to the President in
which she confidently indorsed him.
The letter probably arose from the
sincere personal attachment which
the Queen felt toward Miss Grant,
~
and the esteem she felt for the Pres.
ident Of this republic in his official
capacity. It is limited by those
Cognizant Of the situation that the
royal heart will be moved to some
especial mark Of appreciation IN con-
ncction with this marriage. II is
believed among EngliShnen who
know, or affect to know, q little
about the court, that the Queen
will invite the couple to visit Wind.
sor Castle and confer some title Of
nobility upon the bridegroom.
There il ! Confident belief that
President Grant will visit Europe
after his presidential term; and the
idea Of rendering him che freedom
Of the City in such event is already
hvorably talked ofin The London 2
clubs"
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The FGecs Of Good Acting.

"When | was por girl" re.
latcs Mrs. Scott Siddnns, the &C.
tress, "working very hard for thirty
shillings . week, | went down to
Liverpool during tile holidays,
where I was kindly received. |
was to perform in new piece
sometling like those pretty little
affecting dramas they get up now
at the minor theatreS--ald in my
character | represented q poor,
frieldless orphan girl, setluced to
the most wretched poverty. A
heartless trsdeslnan prosecutes the
sad heroine for a heavy debt, and
insists on putting her IN prison un-
less some olle will be bail for her.
The girl replies, '.lihen | have no
hope-I have not q friend in the
worldp 'What! will no one be
bail for you to save you from prisoo?
asks the stern creditor. shave told
you | have not q friend on earth,
was my reply. But just as | was
utteriug the words ! saw q sailor
in the upper gallery spriuging over
the railing, letting himself down
from one tier to another, until he
bounded 9 ear over the orchestra
and foot-lights, and plcced himself
beside me IN a moment. Yes, You
shall have one friend, at least, my
poor young womanl' said lie, with
the greatest expression in his honest,
snnburllt countelance. i will 60
bail for yon to any amount! And
as for yon, tnrniug to the frightened
actor, it'you don't bear a hand and
shift your moorings, you lubber, it
will lie the worse for you when |
come athwart your bows Every
creature IN the house rose; the np.
roar was perfectly indescribahle-
peals OF laughter, screams Of terror,
cheers from his tawny messmates ii
the gallery, preparatory scrapillg of
violnls IN the orchestra; and amid
the universal din tliSFe stood the
unconscious cause Of il sheitering
me, the poor distressd young wom-
an and breathing defiance aud
destruction against my mimic pros.
ecntor. He was only persuaded to
reliDquish his care ot me BY the
managers pretending to arrive and
rescue me with b pVOtnsioniOft ftheat-
EiCal bank notes."
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lie did, hey"
You can 'alcy the riot they
male. | declare Isaac was al'nu4t
ready to use proa'~ language. I'm
not sure that he didl,'t Nay ''le,lce,'
AMI Pm certain lie did tay 'dan;'
and after all. ! cm dn't teel to re-
preach him very severely, for the
pains he has taken with that gar
den is smcihing amazing; work.
ing in it. Mr. l}alrck, early anl
late, weediug, aud digging. and
watering; aud m'w to @e it ali
t"rn and trampled 30 that you
wouldn't krow which wa> leets
aud which was cucumlprs; it's
enough TO rouse a~ybody's tenn.
per-"
!" Ii is So" said. Mr.. Bamock.
Aud that isn't all. for by the
looks of things they must have been
rampaging a full hour IN the nr-
chard and clnver.ield before they
git into the garden. Just yol
come aud see;" aid putting on
her sunhonnet, Miss Ietitia showed
Mr.. ISalGock over The damaged.
precinct
"Yor don't happen to know
whose animals did the mischief 2"
sad Nr. Balr,ck.
Well, | dido't observe them III
particu ar myself, but Isaac sail
there was ole with a peculiar white
mark, Smething like a cross, on
her haunch."
"Why, that's Smsll's old Brin.
DEL" cried Mr.. l'alcuck. "I know
the mark as well as | KNOW the
hose ON my face. She had balls on
her horns, didn't she?"
Yes, 50 Isaac said"
And kind Of hump on her
back ~
"A perfect dromedary," said
Miss lctitis. 81 noticed that my
self"
"l'hey were SmaIl's cows--no
doubt about it at ALL" said Mr..
l'abc.rk, rubbing hiS hands. "No
sheep with them, hey?"
"Well, mw | think Of it, there
acere sheep; they ran away as soon
as they saw Isaac. Yes, certainly
there were Sheep" said Miss Lcti.ia.
Il knew it-they always 60 with
the co s; aud what you wish Of
me -"
''Is to fix the damages said
Miss l4etitia. GAS | said before,
wome" folk are no judges about
such matters"
Mr.. Babc,ck meditated a mo-
ment, and then said
swell, wouldn't take q cent
less than seveuty.6ve dollars, if | |
were you-lot a cent"
"Sevemy.iye dollars! Isn't that
a good deal, Mr.. Babcock +? You
know | don't wish to be hard on
the poor man; all | want is q fair
compensatlonfor the mischief done"
"Seventy-fve dollars is fair,
ma'am-in fact, ! may say it's low;
| wouldn't have a herd Of cattle |
and sheep tramping through my |
premises in that way for q hun.
dred."
"There's one thing | forgot to
state: the orchard gate was oren
or they couldn't have got IN; that
may make a difference |
"Not a bit, not a bit. You'd a
right to have your gate open, bu:
Small's cows had no right TO run
loose. | hope Isaac drove 'em all
to pound, didn't he?"
II heard him say he'd shut 'em
up somewhere, and didn't mean to
let 'em ont till the owner calls for
'em. But, Mr.. Babcock, what ii
he should refuse to pay the dam
ages? should hate to go to law
about It."
"He won't refuse; it he does,
keep the critters till he DW pay.
As to law, | guess he's bad about
enough Of that"
"I'm sure ! thank you tor your
= said Miss LetitiA, "and II
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letter."
Mid Mr.. Batc.a-k t,a,k hin lea. q
wltha very harry expression oI
cullntenahce.l
scarcely was he ont sight when
Miss letltia sent a Summons TOR Mr..
Small, which he olayetl as promptly
as I,ls l,eigllhr Lad dme.
She male 10 him precisely the
same statement size Lad made tu
Nr. l'aM,ek, shaved him the III.
.jnrel property, aid asked him t,'
fix damages.
Il was remarkable that before he
did this, he slnmll ak t'e same
question Mr.. falr,ck had asked,
namely, whether she had airy >,,s-
piciou to whom The animals be-
lo,.gsl.
swell, one Of them I observed
had terribly cracked lmrn."
''l'W'iely; i,'s alpek's leifer.
] should know her anna,g q tl'ous-
and. she was black and white,
wasn't she?''
swell, mw | think Of it she
was; one el,l"m sees 50 clear q
black and white on a cow /"
"ro he sure, they're lalc'ck's
animals fast enough Well, let me
zee, what y'n want il just about a
ia 7 estimate, ! suppoSe::"
"Cerlsinly.'
"Well, ! should NY ninety dol
lars was as low a. be ought to be
allowed 10 get off with !"
20, hut | fear that will seem as
It meant u take Advantage. Sup
pOse we ca | it--ray Seventy-tiye Z"
"Jnst a. you please, Of course !;
but hanged ifTd let him off for
less than hundred, if twas my
case"
"And It lie refuses to ray3"
"Why, keep his animals till lie
c mes round. that's ALL"
"But there's one thing I neglected
to mention: our gate was standing
open; that may alter The ease"
"Notr at all; there's no law
against your keeping yonr gate
ol@n; there is against stray ami
mails"
every we'll; thank you tor yunr
advice" said Mrs Lelitia; and MIR.
Small departed with as smiling a
countehalce as MIR. Babcock had
worn.
Bnt at stMilking-time that night
he made orange discovery; old
Bnidle w. missing!
At about the same hour Mr.. Bah
cock made a similar discovery; the
black and white heiter was nowhere
to be found!
A horrible suspicion seized them
both--a suspicion which they would
not have made khown to each other
for the world.
They waited till it was dark, and
then MIR. Babcuck stole round to
Miss I.etitia's, and meekly asked
leave to lm,k at the animals which
had Committed the trpSpa.s. lie
would have done il without asking
leave, only that thrifty Miss Ietitla
always locked her barn doors at
night.
While lie stood looking over into
the pen where the cows we're con-
tiled, and trying to negotiate with
Miss I4etitia for the release OF the
heifer, alohg came Mr. Small IN
quest of Brind'e. The two men
stared at each other Tor All Instant
in blank dismay, then hung their
heads in confusion. II was useless
to assert that the damages were too
high, for had they not fixed them
themselves? It was useless to oplead
that Miss Letitia was IN a manner
responsible for what had happened,
N account Of the open gate, for had
they not assured her that circum-
stance did not affect the case. L.
was useless to say that she had no
right 70 keep the cows in custody,
for had they not counse'ed her to
10 SOP As to going to law about
i, would they not thus become the
sport Of the whole townY
"'He that diggeth q pit, he HIM
elf shall fall into it, said Miss
Ldtitia, who read what VA passing
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-10-03

FRANK MoULrON INDICTED FOR
LIBEL. 1t is certain that the Grand
jury of the Court of Sessions OF
Kings county, on the complaint
of Miss Edna Dean Proctor, have
found true bill against Francis ID.
MOulton for malicious libel in con
Meeting her with the Beecher scan
dial by certain averments in his last
published statement. The indict-
ment has been presented to the
court, Judge Moore presiding. Moul.
ton has not been arrested, but been
notified to appear and give bail in
100000. He will now either have
to prove his statements in court, or
be convicted criminally of Malici.
GUS libel. Although the issue is
technically side one, it can hardly
fail to reopen the Beecher cOntrO-
versy, and a considerable addition
to the literature of the scandal may
be looked for.
In the first place the Judicial in
quiry, if it be thorough and search
ing, will show whether there ha-
been a conspiracy against Beecher.
In the second place it will show how
far MOultOn and TiltOn are credita-
BILE witnesses. and the test will af-
feet their truStwOrthiness not only
% the Proctor story, but as to the
)ther branch of the case. In the
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-10-03
THE GRAFTON COUNTY FAIR was

The GRAFTON COUNTY FAIR was
held at Plymouth, N, H., last week.
The show of stock was unusually
large and fine, while the display of
fancy goods was not rs large rs on
some previous years, but made up
in quality what they lacked in guam
tity. There was very large attend
ance on Wednesday, the day that
Beecher spoke. On Thursday the
walking match and the trot for the
Society's purse drew another large
crowd. "Rattler" owned by Pike
s. Bowen of Haverhill, N. H., took
the first prize the best time 2.32t.
The fair was success both as an
exhibition and financially. The of,
fccrs know just how to do it. They
make free use of printers ink. so
that the people know there is to be
a fair. Then they get the railroads
to carry passengers for a mere song,
attaching to each railroad ticket II
cupon admitting to fair, so that
every person who goes over the
road at reduced rates pays to go in
to the fair. They advertise some
thing novel each year to draw Il
crowd. The result is that the num-
Der in attendance is nearly or quite
as large as at the State Fair. While
all connected with the fair acted
well their part, special mention
should be made of Mr.. &. NJ. Whit
tier, the Treasurer, who seemed ON
niprcsent.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-10-03

IT has been made clear in the
course of the testimony which has
so far been given as to the Fall Riv-
er fire that the proprietors of the
Granite Mills had made no provi
sion whatever for the escape of those
employed in the top floor of the
building, and that the fire.escapes
which were supposed to render es-
cape from the lower stories possible
were of no value whatever. 1t is
also probable that many lives were
lost through the incompetence of
those in charge of the Fall River
fire department, who rejected all
offers of assistance from men having
their senses about them, and who
delayed placing the ladders togeth-
err until it was too late to attempt
to save the inmates of the mill.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-10-03

LAST week an agent of the Prns
sion Government visited Connect
cut Farms in Union county, n. j..
and perfected arrangements for the
purchase of Lake Weewanapee from
the Ownsrs for the purpose of rails
ing leeches, trout and salmon, the
latter to be sent to Prussia to stock
the waters of the rivers and the
former for medical purposes. The
lake covers 200 acres. its waters
are as cold as ice during the summer
and comparatively warm during the
Winter. This is the first instance
of a purchase by a foreign govern
ment Of territory in New Jersey, or
perhaps the Union, and the venture
is looking upon with interest by
pisciculturists and others.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-10-03

THIS is what the Woodstock Post
has to say about it: "Probably not
five hundred men in all the district
would have named Denison as their
first choice for the place. Wind.
ham county has a deep seated ankle
ty for the office, and, probably, three
quarters of all the voters in the dis
trlct would prefer Wheeler, but
DenisOn has the field, Wheeler is
not disposed to 60 into a fight. and
so Royalton is liable to get it. Mr..
Denison will probably not do any
very alarming thing in congression-
al halls, one way or the other, but
we can console ourselves and
damn him with faint praise-by
saying that as to both ability and
decency he is infinitely the superior
OF Hendee and Joyce"
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-10-03

HERE is a remark from a subscri.
Der directing a change in his adj
dress. which we wish to comment
upon:
Continue my paper until the subscription
expires. presume l should continue it lon
ger if had not been provoked by your poll
ties and temperance views. l don't think
your position is right for doing the most good
Now the writer of this may be
right in his view, and he may not,
but he has an undoubted right to
his opinion, in either case, and it is
not to discuss the question of who
is right that we refer to the matter.
The question is: Has the Post,
right or wrong, a ri ght to its opin-
ion? To this all men will certainly
answer, Yes, but do they all believe
it? Everybody likes the notion of
an independent newspaper, but when
the independent newspaper comes
and happens to disagree with the
readers notions, such reader is liable
to drop that paper and pick up some
other. And he certainly has right
so to do. A man is under no more
obligation to buy a newspaper he
does not like than to pay his mon
ey for corn shelter that he disap-
proves of, but the paper has never.
theless right to exist and. within
decency, to have its own notions of
things and to express in its own
way. And yet nothing is more com
mon than to see man ''prOvoked"
because his newspapers notions dis
agree with his own upon some politi-
cal question upon which the wisest
and best informed men come to dia.
metrically opposite conclusions
The best definition of ''right" which
any man can give is his own notion
of the thing, and a newspaper is of
course judged to be Fright" when
the reader agrees with it, and to he
wrong at all other times; but it is
also true that if the point in ques-
ton happens to be one upon which
both paper and reader have decid-
ed opinions the reader is somewhat
liable to imagine the papers deflec-
ton from the good and true to be
sinister and malignant,
and he not only concludes to get his |
news somewhere else, but loses TEN.
ger as WE'LL WOOdstdck Post. !
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-10-03

THE CALEDONIA COUNTY FAIR
The three days of the Fair were
the best of the year. On Tuesday
nearly all of the stock and articles
for exhibition were brought ill.,
Something like five thousand gath
cred on this day to witness the
Fair and to see and hear Henry
Ward Beecilcr. The stock pens were
considerably well filled. The differ
ent breeds of cattle were nearly all
shown, and among blooded stock
were several beautiful Devon cattle
from Messrs. Batchelder Of Dan
vile, w. ID. Bronson of Hard wick i.
Chas. Gates of Peacham, Il. and T.
Fai, banks Il Co., and several others
exhibited valuable stock.
The amount Of Dur!lams was not
great but fair in character. In Ay-
ershires, A. X. Drury of Greensbo.
70, James Gilillian and others,
showed several animals. The show
of sheep was not great but there
were several fine ones, of the diff
ferent varieties. Hogs are looking
up, and the show in this department
was quite good. The poultry de-
partment was full, and embraced
all kinds of hens-from the pigmy
Bantam to the terrible Shanghigh.
One of the chief attractions on
this day, was the three superior
strings of oxen from Waterford,
Barnet and st. Johnsbury. So
nearly equal in weight were they,
that it required the scales to tell
the difference. The committee could
not decide as to the relative merits
of the three strings, and awarded
each first premium. In the Wa
terfOrd string was one pair of fat
and beautiful cattle, that weighed
1910. In the Barnet string, one
pair that weighed 1900. The aver
age weight of the Waterford oxen,
was 300 a yoke the Barnet string
averaged $500; the st. Jonhsbury
string, $3.50.
a very large crowd gathered on
Thursday which was chiefly devoted
to the show of horses. The driving
horses were good and numerous
Jerry Drew got the LIST premium ON
these, ID. B. Gushing & Co., of East
Burke also got a LIST premium on
horses. Geo. Idle Of Lyn-
don got LIST premium On stations.
The first horses, trotting for county
purse, did fair work making a mile
in a little less than three minutes.
Il. Bugbee brought out the cold
mare' and got the LIST premium.
H. Kinnie took LIST premium for
trotting four year old colts.
Mr.. Leslie gave an exhibition on
the tight-rope well calculated to
disqniet the nerves of the audience.
He also, on Thursday, gave two
performances, consisting, among
other things, of walking the rope
and cooking eggs on
the rope.
The show in the Mechanical de-
partment was net great. but the
machines exhibited were good.
Floral Hall always attractive was
better filled if possible than hereto
fore.
Thursday was devoted to fast
horses and racing.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-10-03
ORANGE CUTTINGS ESTATE.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

THE SUBSCRIBERS, having been appoint
ed by the Honorable Probate Court, for the
District of Bradford Commissioners to receive
examine, and adjust all claims and demands
Cutting late of Fairlec in said District,
deceased, represented insOlvent and the term
of months from the 18th day of july 1874
being allowed by said Court to the creditors
Of said deceased, to exhibit and prove their
respective claims before us: Give notice that
wewill attend to the duties of our appointment
at the dwelling house of john CloGston in
Fairlce in said District on the first Wednes-
day of September and of December next at
one o'clock, in tho afternoon, on each of said
days.
Fairlee. Vt, July IL, 1874. 1879
WILLIAM KIMBALL, }
HARVEY DODGE, : Commissioners.
Y. NJ. TAYLOR,
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-10-03

The NJ. & w. II. r. A stockhold
ers meeting of the Montpelier and
Well River Railroad was held at
Montpelier on Tuesday afternoon.
The meeting was lively one, and
considerable sharp talk was in
dulged in at times. Finally com.
mittee of five consisting of c. w.
Willard and Samuel Wells, of Mont
pelier; A. T. Baldwin, of Newbury ;
d. B. Smith, Of Plainfeld, and j.
r. Darling of Groton, was appoint
ed to thoroughly investigate the
condition of the road and make
such recommendation to the stock
holders, as to what course had bet
ter be pursued, under the circum-
stances, as to them should seem
hest, at an adjourned stockholders
meeting of the company, to be held
IN Montpelier, in tw o weeks.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-10-03

THE folly of the late reduction of
the army is already becoming pain,
fully apparent. General Sherman
reports that he finds his hands tied
by the concentration of troops in
Louisiana, since Colonel Miles is in
danger of being outt1anked by In
dams in his rear. And the worst
Of it is that both the Indians and
the rebellious elements in the South
seem to know Of the embarrassment
Of the country.