Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-01-08

"Work or walk is Ohio's greeting to
tramrs.
"Fifty cents for billed listers Z" said q
man at a restaurant. It's stew
much"
"Brevity is the soul of w.t." said the
criminal to the Judge; "your sentences
are too long"
James Gordon Bennett gave dinner
to twelve hundred newsboys and girls
in New York on Christmas.
Near Prescott, Arizona, in a locality
known as Happy Valley, is a military
station with the anomalous designation
of Fort Misery.
Kansas, the past fall, lost over q mil
lion dollars worth of property by prai-
rie firos. One tenth Of that sum would
have plowed and protected the land.
Steam is reckoned to be ninety times
cheaper than manual power, seventy
times cheaper than electro-motive
power, and ten times cheaper than horse
power.
To make fashionable muff, cover an
ordinary size tumbler with cloth or
velvet, and put fur or satin bows on the
edges. Put one thumb in, and let your
arm hang as if broken.
The French have adopted another
English word into their vocabulary.
"Skating rink is now to be seen used
in the Paris newspapers side by side
with "meetin :" comfortable" "club,'
and home"
There is said to be man at Harper's
Ferry whose name is Samuel T. 8. J. B
V. NJ. B. Case. It is strange that fol-
low will mutilate the alphabet in that
way when nobody hinders him from
taking the whole Of II.
Mamma, can 7 have some beefi"
asked q little girl at supper table. mo,
my dear but II you eat your bread and
milk, go to Sunday.school on Sunday,
and keep your apron clean, will show
you picture OF cow"
Frederick Hunt, of Vermont, cele.
brated his Thanksgiving by marrying q
girl thirteen years old. His own age is
sixty, and the number of his children by
his other two wives exactly coincide
with the number of his brides years.
The following verdict was recently
rendered by coroner's jury at Middle
town, Conn. Timothy Donovan
came to his death by hanging at his own
hands, while making an insane expert
ment, without intending to destroy him
self, but accidental.
During the twelve years Mr.. McPher
son was clerk of the United States
House of Representatives he disbursed
over SC, 100000. The other day, when
he had final settlement with the
Treasury department, it was found that
there was a balance of $1.66 to his
credit.
A Virginia girl took aim and pulled
the trigger OF her fathers double-bar
relied shot gun. Her truant lover fell.
She slipped quietly into the house,
stated the fact and was composedly eat
ing her dinner when arrested. She is
now in Jail awaiting the result of the
young mans injuries.
In one district in Bombay there is q
refuge for lepers, where now one hun
dred aud twenty miserable creatures are
huddled together in narrow cells. They
seem to be utterly abandoned, and are
uncared for, except what q handful of
rice is allowed them, on which they sus-
tain their wretched lives.
"Sleepin', Tonald2' said High
lander to a drowsy acquaintance, who
was Illuminating on the grass in hori-
zontal position. "No Tuncan," was the
.eady answer. "Then, Tonald, would
you lend me ten shilling9" was the next
question. cough, ough !" was the re-
'ponse, with heavy snore; "l'm sleep
n moo, Tuncan, my lad"
Seven years ago at Tilt Cove, little
ishing hamlet, near st. John, Newfound-
and, the first discovery of copper was
nade Since that time the mine has
,een worked with success by two capital
SITS, and now the dozen huts have be-
ome village of twelve hundred souls,
nd the mine itself is valued at from
800, 900 to $1,000, 900, gold.
Men are always good natured around
christmas times. Let poor fellow go
long the streets with long, scraggy
lemlock or spruce Christmas tree on,
lis shoulder, brushing the eyes and
loses of men, and they will not scold
lim. They think of how happy his
hildren will be; they gently push aside
he scratching sprays and cast their eyes
oward the striped stockings on the other
ide of the street.