Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-08-05

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A Newark girl hastened tho departure
OF lingering gentleman caller the other
evening by remarking, az she looked out
OF the window: ~ think we shall have
q beautiful sunrise"
A Georgia nan offers to pay a reward
Of $500 for information which will lead
to tho conviction OF M individual who
broke up the engagement between him
self and his sweetheart.
"Has your son Timothy failed9 in.
Gubbcns OF Stutoens, tie other day.
"Oh, not at all ; he has only assigned
over his prop rty aud fallen back 10 take
q better position, was tho reply.
The society for the protection Of life
from fro commenced its labors in Lon
don with only six escapes forty years
ago. 1t has now 1876 escapes, and saved
TAI lives during the last ten years.
An ineb,iated man, walking along the
street, regarded the neon with sovereign
contempt. "You needn't feel so proud"
he said; "you arc full only once
month, and I am full every night"
San Francisco now claims a popu-
lation OF 272, 900, an increase the past
year Of about $4,000. This estimate
gives San Francisco rank with New Or
leans, Cincinnati, Baltimore and Boston.
Clergyman to Tommy" What shall
I give you for PRESENT." Tommy,
who respects the cloth, also truth, un-
hesitatingly ell think I should like
a testament, and know should like
popgun nl"
Professor OF mathematics illustrating
to freshman that the sides of a prism are
its surface, not its contents) y" When q
tailor makes for me- suit OF clothes,
does he make the mani" Freshly, with
avidity-"Ycs, sir !"
The national debt of England is about
80, $50, 600, 900; OF France, about "a, 700,-
600, 900; OF the United States (Which,
however, is gradually being paid Off,
about $2,240, 100000. These are the
heaviest national debts.
A minister asked boy what o'clock
it was. "About twelve, sir" was the
reply. "Well." quoth the minister, II
thought it had been more" "1t's
never any more here" said the boy;
it just begins at one again."
Tho Bank of England clips every
light sovereign that it receives. The
weighing is done very quickly, 5000 an
hour being weighed by one machine.
In 1875 the bank weighed 422, 100000
worth of coin, and rejected f84O,00
The Pine Bluff (Ark.) Press Gays:
ga lady just returned from Louisville
tells us that it is all the fashion now for
the ladies' in that metropolis to paint
each morning, while arranging their
toilet, black streak under each eye"
Should man frequently calculate his
income and expenditure he would es-
cape many bitter reflection, for he
must be- lost to every generous feeling
Of pride and honest principle who wan
tonly incurs debts he cannot discharge.
In 1875 the United States had in opera
tion 74,658 miles of ra.lroad, costing
81 ,658, 1929, $50, and earning $403, ,329, 708
D year. They transported thatyear over
200, 900, 900 toms, and passengers num-
bering more than five times the poprla-
ton Of the country.
Mr.. Martell, of Cognac, France, is
travelling in this country. We do not
wish him ill, but we would be pleased
10 have him sample some of the brandy
that is sold as his. He would then OBJ
tain an idea OF how vast in resources,
now infinite in ingenuity the human
mind is.
An apparatus for reviving persons
nearly drowned is exhibited in Paris.
The body OF the drowned patient is put
N m air-tight vessel, with his head pro-
;ruding. A pump then draws the air in
md out of the vessel, which tends to
make his breast heave and bis lungs
move, as in breathing.
A letter with the following address
passed through the Troy IN. ~ post
,ffice:
Away, away, at q rapid rate,
And span the breadth Of the empire State,
TO Eighth street 60, two twenty-five,
And seek the proudest man alive
That street, the classic street of Troy
J.P. the "pa" Of that Colby boy.
A curious incident happened at tho
representation of the drama "Fate,"
II Liverpool, recently. A lady in tho
lress circle was seen to watch the play
With intense interest, and at the point
vhen one OF the female characters gives
he "villain hush money, that he may
lot reveal her identity, the lady cried
mt: "It's lie; she gave him nothing"
Mr.. Forsyth said in Parliament in a
ecent debate that tho present law OF
marriage in Scotland was a crying scan
Ial. At present, if man and woman in
scotland, perhaps half tjpsy, said before
witness, "This is my wife," " This is
nv husband" it is a lawful marriage.
there wasa we'll known storyof the eldest
on of Scoth peer, having quarreled with
lis father, went into house of bad re.
uto in Edinburgh and acknowledged a
roman there as his wife. This was held