Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-02-20
Five persons were admitted to

Five persons were admitted tt
membership in the Methodist church
and one person in Congregational
church last Sunday.
We now have the fashionable
"chromO cards. In stock. The cards
make u beautiful present for teach
ers to give scholars, aud scholars,
teachers. We can print the name
upon them at short notice.
Remember the reading of Miss
Whites poem, "Horses and Hob
bies', at the Congregational church,
this friday evening.
Bailey & Co. want 81 men, boys
and youths to fit their Overcoats to.
Now is the time to buy them cheap
as Bailey is bound to close out his
heavy stock at some price.
Mr.. David Eastman, of this
place, who is employed by the Fair
banks Scale Co., started few days
ago for Buffalo, N. Y. He has been
engaged. for over four years in put
ting in the celebrated scales of the
above firm, and has travelled through
nearly all the Middle and Southern
States.
The closing select assembly in
Shepherdson's Hall promises to be
one of the pleasantest sociables ever
held in this place. The indications
are that there will be quite a num-
Der present from adjoining towns.
The committee of arrangements will
endeavOr to make it the affair of the
season, and success in every par.
ticular.
On Monday the trucks on the
Engine of the up mail train gave out
ust after leaving the Junction, so
hat an engine was sent from here
TO draw the train to this place where
t Was met by All engine from L.n-
lonville. Notwit hstanding the ne
;essary delay incident to the acct.
lent the train was only one hour
late.
The weather has been bitterly
bold during the past two weeks in
This vicinity, as in fact it has
throughout the northern range of
States, Several mornings in sue
:ession the mercury stood below
Is degs., and one morning at 80
legs. and another 40 degs. below
zero. The ground is frozen from
hree to six feet deep water pipes
ire frozen up, which necessitates
he bringing of water long distances.
The oldest inhabitant (now nearly a
hundred years old) "never seed
nothing like it BEFORE" and we real,
y hope he won't again for half a
century at least. But other places
'esides Bradford have felt the cold.
Over the river 1--WE mean the Con-
ecticut not Acheron, for if the lat
er river was in as cold region as the
Connecticut old Charon himself
Ouldn't keep a channel open to row
is boat in,) there has been some
cry cold weather as the following
ecord will show: Lancaster, Ply
nouth, Franklin and Baskerville, it
vas So dogs. below Suncook, 20
20 below; Meredith 33 below La,
onia 81; Gorham %; Hill 40, with
bout eight inches of snow, which
lockaded the roads; Tilton "a;
export 80; Claremont 80; White
liver Junction 80; Manchester IL
ashua 10.
The increasing demands for the
niger Sewing Machines shows that
re Singer machines supply the de-
and long felt in this vicinity for a
rst class sewing machine that will
, every kind of work, ard that is
ways ready. j. NJ. Warden is
gent, OF whom they can be bought
easy terms.
j. B. w. Prichard, Esq. has
ndly furnished us with the follow.
g sta tistics of births and deaths
the year ending December 81,
"a. We give them by Districts:
District No. |, born 0; died |.