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Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-05-08
George w. Prescott, I'd,
George II. Wilson.
In Chancer,y
Orange County,
June 'rerm,lS75,

George w. Prescott, I'd,
y.
ceorve n. WlisOn, In Chancery
Hnv,nond C. Witherspoon, }Orange County.
and Harry 4, Fletcher, june Term, 1870.
Administrator of
Joel p. Fletcher.
Whereas George w. Prescott. I'd. of War
rem. in the County of Grafton and State OF New
HAMPSHIRE has filed his petition for a fore.
closure, in the Clerks Office of the court OF
chancery, in and tor said Orange County on
the 10th day Of April, A. ID. 1873: setting
fourth in substance that George H. Wilson, OF
Newbury, in said Orange County on the 3oth
day OF May 1871, duly executed to the said
q corge.W w. Prescott. I'd, o mortgage deed OF
certain lands. situated in said HeTb S ae-
certain tract of land in said Newbury, being
the Atwood grist mill and privilege connected
Herewith, situated in South Newbury and all
the privileges (said WILSON, now own IN con
M ct,vp Herewith, and also all my interest IN
Halls pond. SO called. Conditioned for the
payment Of certain promissory nete, dated
May 90, iR7i, executel by the said George Il.
Wilson, tor The sum # thlse hgpdrsd and IT,
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llNsTABLE'S NOTICE.

vINhe non resident, proprietors of the town
~fTopsham in the County of Orange. are
hereby notified that the taxes assessed by said
town within the Years Of Our Lord, one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy two and one
thousand eight hundred and seventy four. ar
either in whole or in part unpaid, on the fol-
lowing described lands, in said town, to wit:
Lands decided by Moses Ring and Sally I. Ring
to james Ring by deed dated March 9th, 1877,
and now owned by the said James Ring. and
described US follows: Being one hundred and
five acres, more or less, III Range s. Lot No. a
in the town of. Topsham, lying in the north
west corner of said lot. Being the same prem
Uses decided to Moses Ring by John and Betsey
Berry and l.. o. Dickerman by deed dated
April oath 1869. Reference to their deed and
oil former deeds for more particular descrip-
ton Of the premises. and so much Of said lands
will be sold at Public Auction, at the dwelling
house, on said premises and now occupied by
Albert +. Downing in said Topsham, on Satur-
day the 29th day of May, a. d. 1875, at one o.
clock in the afternoon, as shall be requisite to
discharge said taxes with the costs, unless
previously paid. -,
Dated at Topsham this 2lst day of April
1875.
EZEKIEL WHITE, First Constable
49W3
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Bradford, VT, May 8, 1873.
Deterioration Of the Green.
ing Apple.

AAs0 ~ARRAOs
: A subscriber to the PloMghn,an OF
March, Goth eutiOned the deteriOr.
alton Of the Baldwin apple. We
can make the same complaint in re-.
gard to the Rhode Island Grcening
We have noticed the fact and talk.
ed with old fruit growers, and they
have told me that any apple OF
standard merit will run out by cou-
tinually grating it upon inferior
stock, and the consequences is that
Greetings can be found in Rhode
Island of every flavor.
We know an orchard where the
Greetings will not keep beyond
January LIST. We know another
orchard close by where the apples
will keep until May. 1t excited my
curiosity so much that l inquired
into the matter, and learned that
the nurseryman who raised the
trees of the last mentioned orchard
was very particular to raise his
stock of late varieties of apples
from the latest keeping fruit he
could procure that when hs graft.
ed the Greening upon any other
stock, lie was sure to put it upon a
late keeping variety and of a sour
order he said it kept up the flavor
He worked sweet apples the same
way. The result has been that his
fruit is uneXcelled for keeping quail
tiles.
Another nurseryman raises his
stock from an apple between sweet
and sour, aud a poor keeping one
at that. You have no idea, Mr.,
Editor, what difference there is in
the flavor of his apples Of the same
name with those of the other nur,
serymen. The keeping qualities
are as remarkable. Now it is a
well.known fact in grating that II
sour apple upon a sweet stock will
reduce the sour flavor. If this is
repeated three times sour apple
will become sour.
Now take late apple and work it
upon an early one, and fall apple
is the result after three or more re,
movals. We have a fall Greening
brought about by these means.
Now it is well known that our fall
apples in varieties outnumber all the
Others, and it is very easy to ac-
count for it. We hope that nurs.
erymen hereafter will look into this
matter, and that in the future this
grating upon unknown stocks will
be discarded. We admit the fact
that Greetings planted will not pro.
duoe greening fruit as large as the
original, but will produce stock that
will produce sour fruit; the same
holds good with sweet fruit.
We think tree is worth as much
as COW, taking the lifetime of each
for a standard. Certainly then it
stands to reason that we should be
more careful in our selection, and
we hope the subject in future will
receive the attention that we think
Is its due. J. N. A.
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Probate Courts.
BRADFORD DISTRICT.

Prolmte Courts will he holden within and
for the District of Bradford.the ensuing year,
as follows:
At the Trotter House, in Bradford, on the
Second Tuesdays Of January. May, July and
September.
ond Iu, days Of February. June, August and
November.
At the Probate Office, in Newbury. on che
Second Tuesia,s of March and October and
last Saturdays in January and August.
At the Probate Office in West Fairlce, on
the Second Tuesday of December and April
and last Saturdays Of February and Septem
ber
ALvAH BEAN Register.
West Fairlee. December lst lS74.--28yl
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

THE SUBSCRIBERS, having been appoint
ed by the Honorable Probate Court for tina
District of Bradford, Commissioners to re
ceive, examine and adjust all claims and de-
mands of all persons against the estate OF
Daniel II. Saunders late of Tbetford in said
district. deceased, and all claims exhibited IN
offset thereto. hereby give notice that we will
meet for the purposes aforesaid, at 7. +.
Howe's store, in North Thetforl on the 25th
day of May, and 18Th day of October next,
from 10 o'clock A. NJ until o'clock ?. NJ. Of
said day and that months from the 18th day
Of April A. d. 1873. is the time limited by SAID
Court for said creditors 10 present their claims
TO us for examination and allowance.
Dated ut Thetford this Goth day Of April
A. u. 1875.
,sw. 53HE k5S $. HAE,cu, com'rs.
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Mrs. JOhnsOn's Mistake.

My friend, johnson, has an establish
ment for the manufacture of jewelry
and silver. ware in Boston. Some time
ago he sold bill of goods to deal er
in Augusta, Me. About 8 month after
ward his partner was on visit to Ban
gor, and while there johnson wrote to
him to this effect:
'I have heard nothing of that iewelry
I sent to Augusta. If you are around
that way stop and inquire if it was re-
ceived all right"
He put the letter in his pocket and
forgot to mail it. Next day he left the
coat at home and Mrs. Johnson, as
usual, went through the pockets, and
she found the letter. When Johnson
came home that afternoon and opened
the front door he was amazed to see
Mrs. johnson with her bonnet on and
an umbrella and handbox in her hand,
sitting in the hall on trunk. looking
as il she had about twelve hundred
pounds pressure of rage to the square
inch. He said:
"Why, Emeline, what on earth are
you doing ?"
"Tm waiting for cab to take me to
my mothers, you brute !"
"To your mother's2 Why, what's
the matte p"
"Matter-matter? You know well
enough what's the matter, yen wretch.
I'll not live with you another hour !
Oh, don't talk to me, if you please /
Go and talk to Augusta-go talk to her
if you're 30 fond of her. I've done
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Havana Women,

4 VIII I in LipplncOtt's, speaking OF
Htv rnA ciety, says " The ug mess OF
'he women amounts to vice, and is un-
redeemed by any quality such rs some
tunes paIllates plainness of features.
[ have cried alond for the beautiful
Cuban, but in vain. am assured that
she exis s am told, " My dear fellow,
you never made a greater mistake in
your life am pooh po0hed IL various
ways, bnt cannot find her. I hear it
SAIL that owing to the political chaos
here she has retired from public view :;
but it is not denied that she will go to
the carnival and TIE opera. l Was
warned not TO expect her at the bali in
AlfOnso's hopor at the Spanish club,
and certainly 1t vas timely warning.
Fancy long hall of colored marble
pillars running the length of it, form
ing arcades balconies on both sides
hanging over the streets, and full of
young men smoking cigarettes men
parading up and down the hall and
quizziug the women, who were all
seated-two rows of them, hundreds
all together-seriously contemplating
the male procession enamele5, pow
dered, attired in the wealth Of the In
dies, saying nothin ,, doing nothing,
not smiling nor blinking, just sitting
there, au awful array of hideousness.
After the band struck up and the dane.
ing began l remained long enough to
lose in the music the horrible impress
sion of the opening scene, and then
hurried home. At the opera and the
carnival it is not so positively unen-
but handsome face, or a
pretty face, or even an intelligent, ex-
pressive face L have not seen in q
woman in Havana and at this season
Of the year, if Havana is Cuba, I don't
condemn them-I merely give my
luck"
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She was very pale and her hands we} {
tightly clenched. The drivers cast
ominous glances at her.
81 don't half like the locks Of the
woman |" heard muttered, and l
think the sight of her filled every one
with ssnse Of fore boding.
As soon as the basket was 1QWn to
the logs we saw him step out upon
them, and thence to the rock. From
moment to moment the mist hid him,
and transient jets of water, from be-
twixt the logs, squirted high oyer his
his head. Guardedly he planted g
boot, shod with the sharp corka, upon
one Of the large logs-the one he Judged
it best to cut away first ; the other foot
rested on the rock. The basket he
had placed on his back. Wa were
holding it steady from both banks,
ready to pull it up when signaled. Be-
fore and beneath him ragged the cata-
ract We saw him raise his az and
strike it into the log. The brigAt steel
flashed in the narrow chasm. AT the
fourth stroke the great log cracked.
He threw the ak and clutched the
basket. A mighty crash rang up. The
jam had started-was moving-going
down-madly splintering g-thUndering
into the glut The wet hplinters
all along the rapids went up hundred
feet in air. On both sides the gangs
were running backward, hoisting the
basket" It rose twenty feet & second!
A hundred and fifty strong men pulled
with might and main AS he rose he
waved his hand to us.
Ah, God we were too slow 1t was
all done in trice, One great stick,
ending over like fagot, barely missed
the basket. Another longer log, whirl-
ing up struck the warp farther cut, and
hurled him down with it The cable
was torn from our hands Gone like
fash, into the gulf belowl Ftom the
one great human heart on either bank
a groan of pity blended with th8 roar.
"Too bad y they cried out, in all
sincerity, and stood staring.
Then all eyes turned toward the poor
fellows mother. She had thrown up
her hands when the timber swept him
down, as il to shut out the sigot, then
dropped them on a sudden; with a
moan.
O1bCu ucF SOuo one buOuGGu.
HALF dozen standing nearest sprang
forwArd-for she was standing on the
very verge of the rocks. Her eyes had
fallen on old man Villate. They were
like the eyes of one in mortal agony
The blotched and bloated old rum butt
turned his face aside and downward,
and thrust out his hands as If to fight
off fame. For their lives the nan burst
not lay hold of her. She seemed to
waver in soul betwixt grief and fury.
A moment after, the men gave loud
shout She was gone from where she
had stood, and the echo of a sa1othered
shriek-tribute of woman's heart to
death-came to cur ears. We sprang
to look over. There was a glimpse of
the bright shawl whirled amid the
foam.
"Did she fall p some cried out.
"Throwed herself down p said those
who saw it.
We never saw trace of either of them.
But the jam went out, to the: last log.
Two hours later the gangs were follow
ing the drive down the stream-on to
Montreal! But the men hsd turned
sullen. Scarce laugh Or o CHEEKY
shout was heard for three days.
Scribeer.
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with you. Tnis winds you np viii
mei'
"What DO you mean aaHlaw
You're behaving ridiculously."
d" [ know [ al Abuse me !! keeI
on abusing me Knock me DOM &uc
stamp on ne Augusta II like it,
dare say I wish l had her here now,
the wretch ! ia give er taste Of this
umbrella I'd scratch her eyes ont p
"Reallg, EmeliGe, this is the most
extraordinary conduc. Will you tell
me, my dear, what yOu--'
"Oh, don't dear me, if you please!
Save your rubbisoing sweetness tor her.
It's tJo late to sOft-sawd4r me-. I'm
going home to mothers. You can't
give me clothes 10 be decent, but Au-
gusta gets all she want of course.
go s!ouching aroun this house in an
old calico dress. but Augusta, [ dare
say, has her silks and satins. I can't
get decens breast pin, but you can
give Augu> ia a cart-load of 'em. It's
Infamous T.
"Emeliue =
We'll, what ?"
"Did you read the letter [ left in my
coat e,terday?'
Eyes, [ did, and that's the way I dis
covered your villainy."
Emiline !"
"WelI, what a you want?'
"That letter referred to some i-welry
| sold to man in Augusta, Maine.
Emeline !"
"Well?"
"You've been making fool of your
self"
"Was it really Augusta Maine? Oh,
William I'm afraid have. I'm afraid
-boo-hoo boo hoo p
Here MIS-. johnson broke down and
wept profusely over the lid of the band
box, while Johnson put her umbrella
gently in the rack and carried her trunk
upstairs, while she gave play to her
feelings. She didn't go home to her
mother. Bat that night she fixed
dozen of Johns on's shirts that he had
been trying in vain for month to in
duce her to repair.-N Y. Weekly.
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Rejected SuitOrS.

A writer in the Home journal says
" A woman never quite forgets the man
VIII has once loved her. She may not
have loved him 4; she may, indeed. have
gwen him the No instead.of the Yes he
hoped for ; but the remembrance that
he desired a Yes always softens her
thoughts of him, and would make him,
We're he reminded of it, a friend for
ever. There may be girls who make q
jest of discarded suitors !; but they are
generally very young. and the wooing
has been something that did not be-
token much depth of tenderness. There
are mercenary offers, too, that only
awaken scorn and hate in q woman
wOoed for money and not for herself ;
but really to have touched a mans
heart is s9mes hing not to be forgotten
while she lives. Always she remembers
how his eyes looked into hers; how,
perhaps, lie touched her hand with his,
and how her heart ached when he
turned away without that which she
could not give him. She loves some
one else. Some other man has all the
truth of her soul-alWays has and al
ways will have-but she cannot forget
the one who turned away from her and
went his way and caue no more She
is glad when she hears of his success,
grieved when she knows that he has
suffered; and when some day she hears
that he IS married she who has herself
been married lorg years, perhaps !; she
who, at all eveots, would never have
married him-is she glad then? I do
not know. 4 woman's heart is very
strange thing. I do not believe she
knows herself. Glad? Oh, yes and
is his wife pretty and nice? And then
she says to herself that he has quite
forgotten, and that, of course, is best,
and cries little"
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I,HE COCOA TftEh;.

[Mr. Charles Warren StOddard has introduced
into his book of South Sea Tdyls the following
poem. It is little knOWn:l
Cast on the water by a careless hand,
Day after day the winds persuaded me;
Onward drfted till a coral tree
Stayed me among the branches, where the sand
Gathered about me- and siO~y grew,
Fed by the constant sun and the incorstant de =.
The sea birds build their nests against my root,
And eye my slender bodY's horny case.
Widowed within this solitary place
Into the thankless sea cast my fruit:
Joyous thrive, for may partake
All of the store bear and harvest for his sake
No more I heed the kisses of the morn;
The harsh winds rob me Of the life they gave;
watch my tattered shadow in the wave,
And hourly drO0p and nod my crest forlorn
While all my fibres stffen and grow numb
Reck'ninR the tardy ships. the ships that never
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A Spelling FrOIic.

The Baltimore American says "Out
west they are turning the :spelling-
matches into fun. A huge affair of the
kind in Cincinnati the other night was
nothing more than lot of grown folks
playing school. Some of the solid men
in business and politics first came out
as the infants class, and were put
through their PAGES on monosyllabic
words. One of the boys brought q
monstrous kite to school along with
him, and was duly reprimanded. Be-
tween attacks on the elementary speller
the class refreshed itself, and startled
the audience with fearful rendering of
the antique ballad concerning the ad-
ventures of Mary's lamb. Oae naughty
boy was detected in the possession of
an unlawful apple, and when She peda.
gogue pocketed it the houseful of peo-
pie seemed by their perceptihle laugh
ter to recognize the action as: rather
neat hit at the habit of the average
Cincinnati schoolmaster in the confs-
cation of crontraband property. Some
of the big boys ana girls took liberties
with Webster that would have made
Josh Billings open his eyes with won
der. One of the most amusing Incl
dents of the evening occSrred after
the intentional fun was over and the
spelling had commenced frs earnest.
The school had opened withsome forty
odd pupils one after anothsa had been
thrown in the photographed wrestle
until only the best dozen remained,
and the word cassinette' was given.
Now, there is nothing extraordinary in
the spelling of the word, but every one
of the twelve was yanquiahed by it.
They spelt all around it, but failed to
hit the right letters, and another VIC
tory for the dictionary was scored"
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ENLARGED POWERS OF WOMEN IN
MA1NE.-It is officially announced in
Maine that an woman WHO has been
ordained to preach for any recognized
religious denomination, OF proof of
such fact and proper recommendation
by any persons personally known 10 the
governor, will be appointed to solemn
ize marriage in any part of the state.
Any woman who has duties to DISCHARGE
in public or private Office, or in any
other position where the discharge of
the duties imposed upon her makes it
necessary or convenient that,she should
receive the authority, will be appointed
to take acknowledgement OF deeds and
affidavits, as well as to solemnize mar
riages, for the county in which she re-
sides, on presenting evideace of this
and furnishing the governor with ap-
propriate recommendations of citizens
generally known to him. The persons
appointed are to pay to thu state the
usual fee of FIVE dollars for the commits
zion. Go east. young womaal
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BRITISH POLAR EXPEDITION Nearly
all the petty officers who will compose
the crews Of the Arctic exploration ex-
peditionary ships have been entered at
Portsmouth, and allowed to go On leave
of absence until the ships are commits
stoned. Like the officers, the seamen
snd marines are all volunteers. Only
men of very good character and of tae
very best constitutions are taken. Tne
medical examination is especially strict.
The height is limited to between five
feet six inches and five feet nine inches,
and the age to bet 4 cen twenty five and
thir y one Years. IL Consequence of
this stan lad many young, active men,
and tall, powerful ones, are disapp3int-
ed in their wish 10 joia.
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A Cuban Proclamation.

The Diario de Ia Marina publishes a
proclamation by the captain-general
addressed to the people of the Cinco
Villas district OF Caba. He says:
The insurrection is of the same char
acter now as in the beginnings fight
between civilization and barbarism.
The insurgents in less than two months
have completely destroyed forty plan
tations and burned several ranches and
settlements. They rob you, destroy
your houses and leave your families
homeless. Society is threatened, and
it is the duty of all to save it; some
with their wealth, others by advis-
ing the troops OF the whereabouts of
the enemy, or by furnishing such aid
as they can to the government. Even
the ladies can help with bandages and
limits for the wounded. Let all unite in
one supreme effort to end the evil which
threatens all, and society will soon see
it's troubles diminish and rebellion will
again retreat to its ruggard mountains,
where pursuit and hunger will soon
finish it. Rebels who repent can still
obtain pardon. Those who remain OBJ
stInate in their criminal career will be
surprised by death sooner or later.
Loyal men and rebels have had oppor-
tunlties heretofore to know my system
of command in Cuba. It's purpose ever
was to protect the good and untiringly
pursue the bad. This policy will be
continued so long as I govern this
island in the name of the king.
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A THREE-YEAR-o1D youn sster saw a
drunken fello-7 " tacking " through the
streets Of Lowell, the other dav.
g Mother" said he, " did God make
that man 2" She replied Id the affirm
ative. The little fellow reflected a
moment and then exclaimed, ct
wouldn't have done it
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THE Jardtn d'Acclimatlzation, Paris,
has a ChImpanzee which measures four
feet in height, is perfectly tame and ex-
tremely gentle. While it's master lived
at Sierra Leone it performed in the
house the functions OF servant salut
ing visitors, opening the door for them,
escorting them out, and offering them
their hats.
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THE latest addition to the umbrella is
a pane OF glass, inserted in the front
breadsh through which the holder can
see his way.
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ACROSS The STREET.

l do not know 1t if she knows
watch her, as she comes and goes:
wonder II she dreams of it.
sitting and working at my rhymes,
weave her eunny hair at times
into my verse, or CLEANS Of 1t,
Upon her window-ledee is set
box of towering mignonnette:
Morning and night she tends to them.
The senseless flowers. that do not care
To kiss That straud Of loosened hair
AS prettily she bends to them.
II could once contrive to get
Into that box Of mignonnette
Some morning as she tends to them
Dear me! nee the sweet blood rise
And bloom about her cheeks and eyes
And bosom. as she bends to them