Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-12-30

to be gotten for them. know 9
man uptown, who took great pride
in exhibiting to his friends q collcc
ton OF ancient pottery, taken from
the excavations In Pompeii, for which
he paid $1,000 Of q "collector." Ill
was O little disguised at stumbling
upon an establishment in Crane
street, where such P0mpeian pot
terry is made in just such quantities
as to supply enthusiastic buyers
and more Disguised when he fount
that the collecor of whom he bOugh
his lot was the proprietor thereof
His wOrkmen could turn OUT NOR,
"rare" pottery in q year than wal
ever used in POmpeii. Antiqu,
coins are made in the same way
and when postage.stamp collecting
was the rage, there was factory
here that manufactured cancelled
stamps of all the governments il
the world. What difference did i
make, so that the amateur collector
supposed he had u genuine thingi
THE TROUBLE IN BUSINESS.
Contrary to all expectation bust
ness has not, as yet, picked up very
much, and for a time there was q
trouble to know why. "Why don't
you bny more?" wrote the New
York jobber to the retail customer
sour people are not buying any
thing, nor are they paying for the
goods they bought last spring.
comes back as an answer. "Why =
"Because they spent all the loose
money they had last summer at the
blasted Centennial, and they are
scrimping to make up the expendi-
ture." There is, doubtless, a great
deal of truth in this. The farmer
who took his wife aud two daugh.
tiers to Philadelphia, did not get
home without an expenditure OF
from $3.50 to $500. Some did it for
less, but that may be set down as
about the regular thing. Now, the
moment they got home, the ques.
ton was, elbow can we make up
this expenditure 7" The new dress
that Maria was to have had, she
did not get; the new coat that the
old gentleman intended to get, he
put off; and every pair of boots in
the family were made to do o month
or so longer. And when the bills
came in for what they had purchas-
ed, they were not paid very prompt,
ly-the money had gone to the Cen,
tennial trip. Aud so the retailer
does not bny, and, Of course, the
jobber does not sell. All this is
but SO it is; and it is felt
from Maine to Texas. Millions of
people went to the Centennial, and
the millions of lnorey that were
spent would otherwise have gone
into the regular channels of trade.
In one respect the Centennial was
a curse, but in others, it was a good
thing. 1t will pinch trade for a
while, but the people are infinitely
richer in knowledge and experience.
MOVEMENTS IN MORALS.
We are not to have any Moody
and Sankey excitement, this year,
but Mr.. WIN. e. Dodge and the 9th
er wealthy relieionists are making a
move on Satan in conjunction with
the churches. The objective point
this year will be rum. A temper
ance movement on very large scale
is being inaugurated, the effort be-
ing directed especially to saving
men. Mr.. Dodge and his
friends have Issued an address to
ladies, urging them not to provide
wines or liquors of any kind for
their New Years callers, and imme.
diately after the holidays an effort
will be made to hold a series of enor-
nous meetings, that an excitement
something like the old Washingto-
man may be gotten up. The hard
times will be a help to the temper
ance agitatOrs, for there is not half
the liquor used that there was three
years ago. One bar near the Post
Office, the daily receipts of which
used to be 5000 Per day, does not
average $40, and they are all growl-
ing. Then the consumption of Ia
ger beer has increased enormously,
and largely for the same reason.
is ten and fifteen cents a
lrink-beer five cents. The stimu
ator takes the five cent drink, which,
IS there is not as much alcohol in
t, is an improvement. But there is
plenty of room for reform. In
many quarters of the city there are
dozen rum mills to evey block,
md the poor people support them.
THE WEATHER
S Delightful for the season. Sleigh.
ng is good, it is not severely cold,
md altogether we are promised
pleasant holidays. PIETRO.