Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-08-26
Facts and Fancies,

. Losses are profitable which cause men
= to be saving.
| The course of bark at sea is shaped
8 by the dog star.
Tn" signature on a promissory note is
a sign of promise.
When the heat increases the thermo.
, meter rises to explain.
The man .s~l.>~.ey-,..ppy.
Lightning struck Pennsylvania ri,
we'll and increased the flow OF on srom
ten to eighty barrels day.
Lieut. Cameron says that The whole Of
Africa ia ono vast slave field. The trade
is increasing instead of diminishing.
Steel ropes are being introduced on
English men. of-war rs substitutes for
the clumsy hemp hawseis now in use.
Iowa juries hold that in case mar
riage engagement is broken, the parties
must return all presents, or their worth
in money.
Wherever I CO." said an elderly
traveller, the other day, " 1 find men
wearing ont their old clothes and hats;
but the ladies, almost without exception,
have brand new and expensive dresses. !"
A Young man in Chelsea de termined,
the other evening, to avcnge tho slaugh-
ter of Custer. He took three drinks Of
Medford rum, and the next morning
there was not tobacco sign visible in
the city.
San Francisco has a strong man who,
with 400 pounds on his back, 400 on his
breast, a 200 poundsbar on his neck, and
O man OH each end of the bar, dances,
wearing shoes that weigh seventy-fve
pounds.
Whaleboneis no bone at all nor does
it possess any properties OF hone. 1t is
q substance attached to the lower jaw of
the whale, and seems to strain the water
which the creature takes up i'll large
mouthfuls.
A one armed switchman, in Nashua,
N. H., named Thomas Brown, is con-
tented. His brother died in Massachu-
sets and left him money; but he sent
back word 81 don't want the money.
I've got oil need"
Those three Cinnamon who took
watermelon home and cooked it say
that they feel able to worry along on
rice short time longer without fooling
with any more new tangled arrangements
in the vegetable line.
The Catholics in Boston have wisely
decided to discontinue the hiring of car
RIGGS for funeral professions, except for
the chief mourners, and to give the
money which costly funeral requires
to the widow and children.
Nevada's population is not more than
60, 600, and yet the Legislature numbers
seventy-fve, or one to every eight hun
bred inhabitants. Fot long since it was
estimated that one out of every fourteen
voters was candidate for office.
A California paper says: Pork packers
in the East are sending to that coast
"new wrinkle" in smoked meat-small
pigs being cured entire, SO that the pur-
chaser obtains from the same package,
done up in canvas, hams, shoulders,
and bacon.
At ono of the great hotels of Chicago
the walters politely hand each guest
morning paper after he has given his
order for breakfast. Tilis keeps about
sixty papers moving around for three
hours or so, and pays inpopularity more
than it costs.
Three brothers, CONS of the Siamese
twins, Jointly cultivate fine farm in
Jackson county, Missouri, making
handsome profit on large crops of to-
bacco. They seldom refer to their pa
rentage, and this makes their nearest
neighbors seem to be ignorant of their
history.
Said Denver prisoner to his honor:
"You've sent me up every summer for
four years, and I've missed the fourth
of July every time. Now want you to
make it short this time. Make it so
l get out before the fourth. This is the
last Centennial I expect to spend on
earth, and don't want to spend it in
JAIL"
The czar of Russia has abolished pub
lie executions, which have hitherto been
preceded by an exhibition of the con-
DENIED criminal on black cart with
placard round his neck throughout the
principal streets of the city, besides
parade for ten minutes under the gallows.
In future executions will be within
prison walls
A fire in Hamburg, Germany, destroy
ed the large theater called the Central
Halle. Itbeing Sunday, and the weather
favorable, the theater and gardens were
crowded, and when tho fire broke out a
panic was created, women fainting, and
children crying piteously and about
dozen people were crushed and burned
to death. Several o: the ballet girls and
some of the actors were severely burned.
1t is the boast of Lydia Tetreau, of
Washington, Mass that in thirty seven
years of married life she has given birth
to twenty-five children-ten boys and
fifteen girls-with but one pair of twins.
Sixteen are living, two having died in
and seven after getting their
growth. The grandchildren already
number thirty three. Mrs. Tetreau was
one of family of sixteen, and married
at that age.
The railroad robbers who recently
q train near Ottervjlle, Mo,
and plundered the express car of its
are in fair woy of being cap
tured or killed off by the officers OF the
law. One of the gang has turned States
evidence, and it is believed that his tes-
timony will lead to the arrest of some
others, The celebrated James brothers
are implicated, but they will resist cap
lure to the death.
Preventive of bydrophobia in dogs:
Boil three tablespoonfuls of salt and an
ounce of carbolic powder in pint of
water, squeeze lemon, and then let a
piece of meat simmer in the mixture to
i've it attractive taste. Take out the
neat and put the liquor in cool place.
Then while the remedy is cooling, lead
he dog cut behind the barn and shoot
lin between the eyes with Remington
life. One pint Of the liquor will be
ound enough for one bundled dogs.
The Paris Figaro recitt story in
raise of the politeness Of leading
ctor in Paris. He is a capital swimmer,
nd was displaying his skill in the Seine,
lear Paris. A lady walking on the bank
vas SO lost in admiration Of his grace
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