Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-06

was long, presided unu nOVereu over
by anxious mammas in black satin
and white b0nnets. What fun 1t
was to be hidden in the photograph.
ers' closet, and among the villainous
smelling acids aud chromates, and
peep out ut the tableaux aud the
gorgeous little sitters as they were
taken.
SOMETHING ABOUT PICTURES,
The gallery of the late VIM. 7.
BlOdgett sold ut auction this week
for over 800, 900, a tidy sum to have
locked up in pictures. Mr.. Taylor
johnson, whose private gallery is
one of the choicest In New York,
opens it to the public in his own
house in aid of the Women's Cen
tennial Fund, charging 800 admis.
sion, and tho chance is eagerly
sought. 1t is expected that Mr..
Stewards pictures, for which he
paid fortunes, and which he kept
jealousy guarded from the public,
will now be accessible. Those who
do not care for pictures On any 9th.
er account will have some interest
in this collection, knowing that il
represents value much above
100000.
THE FASHIONS.
The medieval linens are some.
thing for which the present has to
thank modern skill and old design.
They are stout damasks, in natural
and halfbleached shades, relieved
by soft dull colors, and form a dc.
sirable class of fabrics for use. cool
ness, and artistic merit, as they have
much the appearance of antique bro.
cades, copied from old pictures. Lin.
ems are taking their place at the
heal Of textile Fabrics, not except.
ing silk, fer no other material takes
more variety, or can be adapted to
more purposes of utility and beauty.
1t rivals brOcade in lustre, and cot
ton in service, while it is now made
to resemble wool in finish and com.
fort. The heavy furniture brocades
and tapestries, used in art furnish
ings, which look like silk and wool.
en-, are, one is surprised to learn, of
linen, durable, and what is worth
every other consideration, whole
some, as they will not absorb dust
and bad odors as reps and broca.
telle always do. The Venetian car
pets, largely made of fax, are hand
some as the choicest patterns of
brussels, and wear wonderful lily,
while they are clean and sweet lon.
ger than wool carpets can. Fine
mixed cotton and linen lawns are
sold at the low price of 30 cents a
yard, and make most comfortable
underwear for summer, while for
dresses they do up like new every
time they pass through the laun.
dress hands.
Moody and Sankey have gone.
and the ministers of the city church.
es have undertaken to carry on the
work that they began. That is to
say, they are endeavoring to run re.
vivals on their own hook, in the
same manner that the evaneelists
did. They have employed better
singers than Sankey, to sing San.
keys songs, and as they all think
they are better orators than Moody,
they. believed they could carry on
the work better than did these men.
They have all failed. The fact is
they may preach better than Moody,
and their paid singers may sing bet
ter than oankey, but it don't "mvumt
to straw. They have not the soul
in it that the evangelists had, and
soul is what counts. Moody and
Sankey were in earnest, they be-
ieve in what they are doing, and
they were successful. They agon.
lied ; they never ate or slept while
at their work, and having no clap.
trap or nonsense about it, they did
good everywhere; revivals by ma.
chinery won't do, and never did and
never will. 1t won't answer to put
an opera singer in the place of San.
key, for while he may be a better
singer than Sankey, he will sing it
as an opera singer, and not as a man
who feels that he is responsible for
the salvation Of men. 1t is sad,
but it is true that with the going of
the evangelists, the interest in relig
ious matters in the city is gone.
New York will have to 60 on in it's
sin till they or some other equally
Jealous men come to lift it out.
BUSINESS
Is as dull as it can be. There is lit
tie trade going, rents are falling day
by day, thousands are out of EN-
and the outlook is gloomy.
The interior cities are doing better.
it is only the metropolis that is suf.
|ering. Take courage outside, and
pity us who are sweating here. Per.
laps it is as well, for big cities are
great curses after all. PIETRo.
A LETTER from a prominent Dem.
,crat, who has spent the last four
months travelling in the South, says:
Democrat as am and have always
been. | am candid in nv belief that