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cess and does honor to s'the BOYS" All seemed
to e'sjoy themselves until early Friday morning
si:.: " a,t,inctuE Pleasure Cl.::, .d Z good
ti''lc II: ('ses:ucbauuis Hall Tuc:'iuy evening.
The IYlnlloe Club were entertained Thursday
evening BY Miss Gregory, No. 660 West Monroe
street.
The Idle Home Club met Wednesday evening
at the residence Of Mr. J. II. Browne, No 80
Aberdeen street.
The third hop of the South Side Reception
Club was given at Martine's South Side
Academy Monday evening.
=, The Queer Clu9 met Wednesday evening at
the residence OF Mrs. Peironnet, No. 663 West
Monroe street, Eitzgerald's orchestra furnish
at Mrs. Hills, No. 113 Park avenue.
The Cinders met Friday evening at Marines
North~Sidc Hall. There was very large at-
tendance, and the music BY Hand s. Frelberg's
pieces. People were present from the South
and West Sides.
The socials given under the auspices OF Chi
cago Commandery No. l0, X. T., arevery enjoy
able affairs. second to none given by any club.
The fourth OF the series took place last Tuesday
Tn gTynenlng: About S ninety couples participated.
Dec. Is. at Martinc's Hall, Ada street.
ANNOUNCEMENTS. :
The third regular party Of the Pail Mall Club
wtll occur Thursday evening next at the Gardner
House
The second party Of the Charity Club Will oc~
cur Monday evening at Martinc's South-Side
Academy.
The Surprise Club will give party Monday
evening at the residence OF AIr. Fred Reid, No.
SOL West Adams street.
The Noncsurh Club will give their next party
nt the residence OF Mr.. a. W. Plattenburg, no
West Jackson street, Thursday evening.
The Garden City Lodge, No. III, A. F. aud 4.
A., will give their annual sociable next Thurs
day evening at Marines West Side Academy.
The Vesta Club will give their next party at
the residence Of Miss Jennie Abbey, No. 637
West Washington street, Christmas night, Dec.
25.
The first Of series of parties to be given
under the auspices of the ladies OF Unity Church
will occur next Wednesday evening at Martlne's
North Side Academy. -.
, 1876-12-17

lhe Fa1ragut Boat Club is giving some Of the
pest amateur theatrica1s that have ever been
knoEn in our social circles. The members ct
tAfs Organization are we'll connected, and their
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-06
Mud Volcanoes.

The mud volcanoes of the Crimea are
situated midway between the village Of
Bulganak and the town Of Yenikale, and
consist of hillocks which are of color
between yellow and gray. Upon the
sides of the hillocks are to be seen nu-
mercus furrows, down which the mud
has made its way into the plain, and the
approaches to these volcanoes are rather
dangerous, as there is q risk of being
engulfed in the slime. The largest OF
these volcanoes has crater perfectly
round and about forty feet in diameter.
At the sides of this crater the mud is
very thick, while in the center it is
quite clear and very liquid. Bubbles of
gas, at tile rate of fifty minute at GER
tain times, are discharged from it, and
as they burst they emit sound like the
crack of rifle. 1t often happens that
oxen and camels which have found their
way to the edge Of the craters have been
drawn into them, and the Tartars who
inhabit that district state that the erup-
tions are dependent upon the state of
the sea, increasing in frequency and vio-
lence ss the sea gets rougher, and sub
siding as its goes down. Near this
group of vJlcanoes are others which
have been extinct for many years, and
which are now covered with a thick
growth of vegetation. The chemical
components are in all cases indentical-
sulphur, naptha, and phosphoric acid
being the main elements.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-06
Not Like Hard Times.

II did not look much like hard times
when the six four-in-hand drags rolled
up Fifth avenue. The streets was filed
with handsomely dressed women ex.
pensively attired the progress Of the
coaches interrupted by smart vehicles
of all sorts drawn by well-governed
horses, and at the park great throng
Of carriages. 1t was a gay scene, and
one that could not be got up by an i'm
poverished city. New York is not i'm
poverished. The rich people have a
plenty of money-more than they know
what to do with, in fact. The trouble is,
that not knowing what to do with it, in
these days of torpid enterprise, they
leave it in banks and trust companies,
drawing three or four per cent. interest.
Meanwhile the people, and they are the
vast majority of our citizens, who are
only prosperous or evenly decently COM
Portable or Just kept above want when
money is in rapid circulation and enter
prise is lively-these people are in
trouble. But that does not prevent
those who have the money from using
it for their own pleasure and comfort.
It is better that they should do this, so
far as it keeps their money in eircula-
tion.-Eeu York Sun.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-06
Publishers Notice.

OnDsSARy ADVERTISEMENTS taken at the rate OF
NC0 per square one insertion, and twenty Ave cents
each subsequent insertion. One inch Fpace In q
square.
SPECIAL CONTRACTS made with yearly advertisers
on application.
DEATH AND MARRIAGE NOTICES inserted free
OnITuARY NOTICES including poetry hve cents
per line.
EDIroRnL NOTICES In reading columns ten cents
Ter line.
Advertisers who have contracted fora years space
must pay Transient rafes In order 10 have their
advertisements discontinued before the expiration
Of the time.
All orders for advertising from strange Advertis-
ing Firms must bc accompanied with the cash In
order to receive attention.
Advertisements. or changes for Advertisement,
must be handed In % early o. Wednesday morning.
All arrearsges must be paid by subscribers deslr-
ing 70 discontinue this paper. In cass1hsy are not
paid the discontinuance will be optional with the
publisher. The financial :, sponsibilty Of the party
duly considered.
LxoAL NOTICES inserted at statute rates.
All bills due the OPINION once for advertising
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April, July and October.
Transient advertising must be Invariably paid for
in advance.
All Job Work must be paid for on delivery
Address all communications TO
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Publisher OPINION. Bradford. Vermont.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-06
The Copper PrOdnct of 1875.

Copper mining in Lake Superior has
proved to be profitable business. The
Northeastern Mining journal pub
fishes list of assessments and dividends
from which it appears that 1870, 900
have been assessed, SIS, ,070,0 900 have
been divided, and there is in the treasu-
ries of nine mines "a, ,668, 900. The total
profit, therefore, since 1874 has been
$12, 1868, 900, if these figures are COM
plete. Mining in that region is however
in peculiar condition, for one mine, the
Calumet and Hecla, produced 86.6 per
cent. of the copper mined in the district
in 1875. The total yield was IL, 800
tons, and the principal mines contributed
as follows: Calumet and Hecla, 86.6
per cent; Osceola, 4.8 per cent; Allou-
ez, 3.6 per cent; Franklin, 20 per
cent; Pewabic, 1.3 per cent. and At
lantic little less than one per cent. The
importance of the Calumet and Hecla
mine may be seen from the following
figures of the English copper production
in 1874. Great Britain in that year
smelted from home ores 6, 24O tons, and
from foreign ores 20, ,956 tons of copper.
The Calumet and Hecla therefore pro-
duced twice as much as all the mines in
Great Britain together.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-06
RELICS Of A DEAD RACE.
wsaderful Dlseeveries by an Artist II d
M Caves Of the Ozark Msuutaius.

Wonderful Dlseeveries by m Artist II the
Caves Of the Ozark Msuntains.
Tho Missouri Republican eays
Mr.. A. j. Conant, the artist, returned
recently from Ozark mountains, where
he passed week in exploring some re-
markable caves on the Gasconade and
tributary streams, lying principally in
Phelps and Pulaski counties. Mr.. Con.
ant about two years ago made some in
teresting discoveries in the regions men
toned Of human skulls and skeletons,
supposed to belong to q people who ex-
listed before the historic period, and as
IL is understood that he has been en-
gagged since 1861 in collecting the ma.
terials Of work on archaology, II may
be we'll supposed that he is enthusiastic
in following up his discoveries.
He and his party first visited Bruce's
cave, 80 named after ono of the early
settlers, who made saltpeter from the
cave deposits. The cavern is in the
limestone formation, with an entrance
about one hundred and thirty feet in
the bluffs above the Gasconsde river.
They first entered spacious chamber,
but as the passage narrowed, the party
were forced to get down on their knees
and crawl some distance. They next
made a nearly perpendicular ascent of
fifty feet, when they entered large
chamber sparkling with stalactites of
snowy Wilderness like alabaster, with
hundreds of bats hanging in festoons
from the roof. Having explored the
caverns, the work of excavating begun
at the mouth Of the cave. where bones
and implements were found. They
made vertical section Of six feet, and
studied the stratiacation of the soft
deposits, The layers changed from q
BLACK, rich roll, to ashes, alternating
with strata composed Of soil and ashes
intermixed. 1t was in these strata that
human bones and fragments were found.
The skulls exhibits : low facial angle,
and the teeth, some of which dropped
out, are well preserved. There is the
skull of on old man, known from the
knitting together Of the sutures, and
also one of an infant of almost wafer.
like thinness, and the several parts sepa-
rated at the sutures. Beside the skulls
we're also found arrow and spear heads,
flint implements, knives and avis for
sewing skins, made Of bone, very hard
and polished also the bones Of the
turtle, deer and wild turkey, inter
mingled with various fragments Of car
nivorous and browsing animals not yet
identified. Great care was required in
these remains, as the skulls
we're liable to be broken by the pick.
The second cave explored was about a
mile distant from the former, and is
ocally known as Ash cave. from the fact |
hat there is deposit of ashes from the
,altpeter manufactured there about
thirty years ago. These, saltpeter opera
ions have so far disturbed the original
deposits that nothing satisfactory could
1 'e obtained, ,bi. except one corpse, which
rnees drawn up nn the face. With this
corpse Was also found the nearly entire
keleton, very much decayed, Of an elk
" large sized deer.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-06
A Singular Accident.

A singular and inexplicable accident
happened at the plate-glass works at
Jacksonville, Ind. The watchman was
startled by hearing loud noise in the
setting-up room resembling the break
ing of glass. He feared that all the
glass in the room had been broken, and
on going there found about one thou
sand boxes of glass shivered. In the
room had been stored about thousand
boxes of glass. The boxes containing
the glass were standing on their erds,
about six inches apart, and by some
means they started falling like a row of
bricks, increasing with force as each
box fell and going as fast as a railroad
train until the end box WAS reached.
Nearly all the glass was broken.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-06
The Best Vegetables to Plant.

Acribner's Monthly is printing series
of timely and practical papers in its
"Home and Society" department, en-
titled Rural Topics" by the we'll
known horticulturist, P. T. Quinn.
The following is from the May number:
April and May are the two busy
months in a well-managed vegetable
garden. During these months, the
most important work of the season has
to be hurried through, for planting time
is short, and there are many small mat
ters that need prompt attention. First
of all is the selection Of choice garden
seeds of recent growth, and such as will
be found true to name. The surest way
is to select from each years crop q few
of the same to raise seed from. For the
rest, send to some responsible seed mer-
chant, and don't depend on the kind of
stock found in small boxes in the coun-
try grocery stores As matter of re-
ference for those not familiar with the
best sort of vegetable seeds and plants,
I append the following list, naming two
or three kinds of each to select from.
Dwarf Beans. s.-Early Valentine and
Refugee.
Pole Beans.-Large White Lima and
Horticultural Cranberry.
Beets--Dark Red Egyptian and Long
Smooth Blood.
Cabbage. Wakefield (early),
and p emium Flat Dutch and Drum
head Savoy (late).
Cucumber: White Spine and Long
Green.
Carrot. - Bliss Improved Long
Orange.
Corn Moore's EARLY and Stowell's
Evergreen.
Caulifower. EARLY and Late Erfurt.
Celery.-Dwarf Incompatible and
Boston Market.
Egg gPlant.-Improved New York.
Lettuce. Silesia and Butter.
Musk Melon.-SkiIlman's Fine Net
ted.
Water Melon. n.-Mountain Sweet.
Onions. -Wethersfeld Red and White
Portugal.
Parsnips. Smooth.
Peas.-Philadelphia Extra Early, Car
ter's First Crop, Champion of England,
and White Marrowfat.
Peppers.-Large Squash and Bull
nose.
Radishes. s.-Turhip Scarlet, Long
Scarlet. and White Spanish.
Squash. h.-Summer Crookneck, Boston
Marrow, and Hubbard.
In this brief list will be found the
leading kinds grown by market and
private gardeners near large cities.
With bush beans, peas, and radishes, it
is best to repeat the sowings every two
or three weeks, until the middle of June.
BY following this plan, a fresh supply |
of these sorts will keep coming on for |
table use until late in the season.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-06
Not Known.

Curtis Gould remarks that tomatoes
seem to be. but little known in England.
A friend, noticing that there were toma-
toes exposed for sale in country town
at which he was staying, ordered the
hotel landlord to provide some for his
dinner, and, in answer to the question
as to how he would have them served,
replied, raw. Imagine his surprise at
finding, when the succulent fruit was
served, that the cook had scooped out
the entire inside of it, leaving but thin
rind to be eaten.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-06
A Puzzled BOarder.

1t was late in the fall when our gooG
Mrs. Middlecrust went down to the mar
ket and selected tub of butter. She
always bought good butter. In fact, she
was determined that none of her board
ers should ever have just cause of com
plant against the quality of her provi
sions.
Madam" said the market man, &C.
would advise you to secure two tubs OF
that butter. I shall have none better,
and butter will be sure to rise in price
through the winter"
Mrs. Middlecrust bought two tubs,
and on her way home she bethought
herself how she could contrive to make
that butter last through to spring. All
happy thought; she would toast the
bread for supper, and butter it herself.
Buttered toast was the thing
Accordingly the good woman set out
upon her plan OF saving. For tea the
loaves were nicely and evenly sliced,
gently Drowned before the fire, and very
gently and carefully buttered. As her
boarders took their seats, she fancie1
that one or two of them were looking
for the butter, so she smilingly said:
"I have buttered the bread myself,
gentlemen. As it was toasted, I thought
it would be nicer so.
Mr.. Nipkins, bald-headed bank
clerk, wearing spectacles, took slice of
the toasted bread, and e1amined it long
and critically.
"Mr. Nipkins, is anything the mat
ter with your bread9" asked the land
lady.
"No, no-nothing is the matter with
the bread" And he turned it over and
submitted it to further examination.
"Mr. Nipkins," persisted the good
woman, growing red in the face, elf
nothing is the matter, why do you be-
have in that manner2 I like my board
ers to be frank with me-"
"My dear Mrs. Middlecrust," replied
Mr. Nipkins, looking up serenely, 81
will be frank. When I was boy, if we
wished to express a state of extreme
mental obtuseness, we were wont to say
of the obtuse one, that he didn't know
which side his bread was buttered on.
I think I must be losing some of my
perceptive faculties. I find no fault
with your provisions, dear madam; the
fault must be in me. I have lived aud
eaten two and-fifty years, and for the
first time in my life find myself un-
able to decide on which side my Dread
is buttered."
Mrs. Middlecrust left her boarders to
butter their own bread after that.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-06
Very Unhealthy Water.

In the recent report of the State geol-
ogist of New Jersey, some facts are men,
toned which show the danger of using
water from wells exposed to contaminat-
ing influences. The water from nine
wells in Princeton was analysed, and it
was ascertained that five of them con-
tanned free ammonia, albuminous matter,
and chlorides in excess and in tracing
the effects of these waters it was found
that in almost all cases diarrhea and
typhoidal fevers accompanied their use.
It is scarcely possible that the water of
any well can be pure when it is sur
by houses whose drains empty
into the contiguous soil.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-06
What is Worn.

Striped. cambria for the skirt with
checked for the polonaise, make very ef-
fective suits.
| Ties made :of silk thread in large,
square meshes, with fringed ends, are
fashionable. ,.....',..
Gray and blue and light and dark
brown are the favorite combinations for
children suits. ,.lrI
deeper than ten inches above the bottom
of the dress. .......D--
The apron overskirt, with long bows
and ends in the back, is still seen at some
Of tho openings.
!, Hamburg and hand embroidered
ruffles are both used for trimming ladies'
white underskirts. lD...ar l.l Sc.
Sashes made of alternate rows of lace
and ribbon, with deep lace ends, bid
fair to be popular.
3, White pique and Hamburg embroid-
cry are used in making kilt-plaited suits
both for girls and boys.
f Apretty gabrielle for child is made
Of Valenciennes lace and insertion, and
is to be worn over silk dress.
Cream colored evening dresses are
seed, mingled with red roses.
~ Partisan -dressmakers are discarding
the cuirass; their latest suits are made
either with basques or polonaises.
I, White batiste handkerchiefs, with ties
TO" match, have scolloped edges, en-
lhroidered in navy blue or cardinal red.
Parisian modistes are making all
dresses intended for midsummer wear
with the corsage cut to show chemi-
settes. !: .. .. t ."
Dresses made in Paris. to be worn in
America, are elaborately trimmed, but if
intended for European wear they are not.
Waterproofs, with sleeves, are made
with slit at the waist under the left
arm. TINS enabling one to hold up the
dress.
The new French kits for boys have
large pocket stitched on directly in
front, just below the belt, on the deep
box plat.
! The new thistle heading for fringe is
made Of crimped silk thread, tied into
round lunches, fastened on narrow silk
tape. '-'--
/. Some of the new ruchings for necks
and sleeves are made of an outer row of
cashmere lace, and an inner one of
crepelisse. a 4
Sleeveless batiste lace polonaises,
either entirely of lace, or lace and silk,
buttoned up the back, are worn over
silk skirts and waists. .u.. |...
.. A new trimming for linen suits is
heading of linen lace about half an inch
deep; rounded on the edge, and brown
silk fringe attached. 80 .a .
Dolmans or sacks made of strong
black silk net, with applique work Of
eaahmere or silk, edged with a heavy
fringe, are among the latest styles.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-06
A News Agency.

Some years before tho electric tele-
graph was introduced in Europe, q
German OF the name Of Julius Reuter-
was busy transmitting commercial news
between Berlin, Paris, Brussels, and
Frankfort. When the first telegraph
line between the capital OF Prussia and
Aix.la.C Chapelle was opened, in 1849, he
extend his s. operations. spn atom ' On % England be-. a.
ing brought into telegraphic commani-
cation with the continent OF Europe, in
1851, he established his headquarters in
London, and tried for several years to
get access to the newspaper offices. His
offers were, however, invariably rejected,
until at last he proposed, in 1863, by
way Of trial, to supply for half a year
political news from the continent free OF
charge to several OF the London papers.
This being the time when French poll
tics attracted q great interest, Reuter-
succeeded in fulfilling the requirements
of the papers and in concluding con-
tracts with them. The italian war gave
him another good chance to bring his
kilograms into prominence, while the
seizure of the Trent, Of which he re.
ceived information before the English
government, had it, made of his agency
Q kind Of branch institution of the Eng
lish press. Every ono of the papers,
most of which formerly rejected his
offers, gradually agreed to pay him
one pound sterling day for the supply
of all he news he received. At the
same time, his agency becoming better
known. q large number of stock and
trade exchanges, al we'll as bankers and
merchants, became his subscribers for
commercial news. All this enabled him
to extend his communications beyond
the boundaries OF Europe and at the
present moment there is not on the
whole face Of the globe place of any
commercial or political Importance in
which Reuter- has not an agent.
With the increase Of his importance
the shrewd Reuter- made his subscribers
stand higher prices, and the London
papers pay him now yearly over 5000
apiece for what some ten years ago he
had difficulty in obtaining 81, 900. The
English colonial papers, the American
Associated Press, the London Press As
sociation (supplying foreign news to
provincial English papers), and most OF
VAAO AC0uAuH CN'lVlAOAUul RuPCIo WOAS
led to employ Reuters agency,
and the man, julius Reuter-, who was as
poor as Job quarter of a century ago,
is now baron, and the possessor Of an
income of something like $3.50, 900
year. Having become naturalized
English subject, he gave his agency the
prestige of an English institution, and
brought himself in close business rela-
lions with the various similar agencies
which have since established themselves
IN the other capitals, such as Havas,
Butler in Paris, Wolf in Berlin, Stefano
IN Florence, and the Erchange Gazette
It ST. Petersburg. All the telegraph lines
Ire at his service at reduced rates, and
,anae Of A;s aaa.s. haiuo t.l-e->rk
,lerks, valuable private news intrusted
10 the wire is frequently placed at
Reuters disposal free of charge.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-06
A Mistaken Notion,

It is mistaken kindness in mothers to
excuse their daughters from all partici-
patton in the work OF the house, since it
deprives them of exercise that would
benefit their health, and of habit OF
usefulness, highly valuable to girls OF
all classes. II this has been the expert
ence of our readers, we would advise
them, whilst they honor the disinterest-
ed affection that has spared them all
domestic labor, to change their habits
on leaving school, and to make point
of taking care of their own chambers at
least, il the arrangements of the family
do not render further exertion in that
way desirable.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-06
Parting.

Parting.
80 far-so fAv!" Nay. sweet nor distant
lands, .ut .s.rr.tsN h'
Nor breadth of waters can avail to bar Ia
Ny love from thee. Alas It's ever far, .D.
To yearning hearts, the smallest place that
stands h'
Beyond the compass Of outstretohins hands ;
And never noar-how close 20 Ger 10 each
True lovers be-if kisses may not reach
Across tho distance. Sinoe harsh fate CON-
mands, .... ...A,t a.f EH
Darling, farewell With fearful eyes ! 60,
Unknowing when the glad return shall be;
But will think-to mitigate my WOO
How loving souls Of time and tide arc free; !;
And oft, to greet thee, dearest, mine I know,
Exultant will o'erlsap The sundering sea!