Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-04-01
Items Of Interest.

Items OF Interest.
A railroad meeting-The collision o
two trains.
Old bachelors work with singlencx
Of purpose.
Au honest meal cannot be made from
a boned turkey.
A mans temper Is most valuable tt
himself. and he should keep 1t.
When birds soar, they warble but
when threats sore, it doesn't.
Mile. O., Of the Palais Royal theater,
said to Hyacinth Gracious, but
have cold, What do You do when you
have q eoldi "I." said Hyacintb, 81
cough"
"Do they ever bark :" asked old Mrs.
Dorkins, gazing at q pair Of stuffed sen
dogs in the museum. "No, mum, y
e~;a nl.s~ti.-.s "-.t ~.--- UL-;- ---L
is on the sea-"
The recent census gives these figures
New York, 1000, 900; Philadelphia, 800,
600; Brooklyn, 607, 900; ST. Louis, 45O,
600; Chicago, 40, 900; Boston, 100000;
San Francisco, 900, 900.
A piece of scroll ivory veneering, sixty
feet long and ten inches wide, contain
ing nearly fifty square feet Of surface,
was sawed from an elephant tusk the
other day at Deep River, Conn.
Louis Bois, Of Quebec, must have
boisterous home. He has had thirty
children, Of whom twenty four are living.
Singular to relate some OF them arc
girls, though they are all Bois.
A feature Of the Dallas (Tex.) Mardi-
Gras procession was team Of one hun.
dred Texas oxen. The car drawn by
the team was forest Of pine trees, typi-
cal Of the eastern belt OF Texas.
We don't suppose there is any truth
in the report that the pickpockets have
applied for permission to erect build
ing on the Centennial grounds. Moya-
mensing is good enough for them.
A jury at Harrisonburg, Va, has
given Mr. Farley $4,50O damages in his
suit against the Valley railroad company
for in Jury to his leg. His horse was
scared by passing train, ran away and
threw him.
A clever but Incorporate sculptor
having died at Montreal, leaving three
months board unpaid, the proprietor OF
the boarding house recovered part o. the
debt by selling the body to dissecting
room for 1926.
II your geraniums don't flourish, just
graft them upon tomato vines and see
how that works. A Los Angeles man
tried it, and his geranium, or tomato
it's hard to tell which-is growing thrift
". and blossoming beautifully.
In speaking Of friend who possesses
\ very rubicund countenance, some one
said the other day 81 don't think he
drinks; in fact, know he does not, for
be told me so but he probably sleeps
in bed with very red curtains"
A clothier in Dnnbury excited public
by having large apple paint
I'D on his sign. When asked for an ex-
he quietly inquired: elf it
hadn't been for an apple, whero would
he ready-made clothing stores be TO-
1ay"
Breathes there man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
will family paper take,
Both for my own aud children's sake?
II such there be- let him repent
And have this paper to him sent.
A story is told of venerable colored
nan in Iowa, who was on trial for an
,ffense against the State. When tho
,ase was announced in court: "The
state of Iowa vs. Sampson Cesar" he
acclaimed "What the whole State
II Iowa against me? Then 1 surren.
lers." ..'.''' 10 9i'.
One Of the streets In Virginia City,
Nev., has been steadily sinking for
everal days, though there are no mines
n that part OF the town. In some places
he street sunk ten or twelve feet, but
he residents felt no anxiety, as similar
,henomenon occurred several years ago,
loing no damage. ......... ~
The Chicago Tribune, alluding to the
raise which Eastern newspapers have
to Governor Rice, of Massachu-
etts, for picking up q poor woman's
undle, rather spitefully says: "The
animation is that most governors of
would have knocked the
Id woman down and run away with the
ackage."
Thirty years ago there were but 551
ewspapers issued in Great Britain. OF
lese fourteen were dai les. Now there
re 1,642. OF these England publishes
,276, Scotland 152, ireland 1873, Wales
fly seven, and tho Isles nineteen.
here are ninety eight daily newspapers
England, sixteen in Scotland, nine
zen in Ireland, and two in Wales.
One friend to another, who has just
,turned from trip abroad: "Did you
,joy your European tour" "Very
uch, indeed" "Did you call on any
the big ones" !" eyes; 1 called on
70 queens one evening"" "Called on
70 queenss Was it a pleasant affair 2"
No, not very for after called I
und the other chap had three kings"
The right to print and sell tho official
'talogue of the Centennial exposition
rs been bought for 800, 900 +; $40, 600
paid for the right to establish restau-
nts in the main building; soda water
.ivileges bring the finance board $52,-
TO-; cigar stands, $18, 900 ; and it is
timated that with royalty on beer of
rec dollars q barrel, $50, 600 will be
allied. ..-.
The Mendoza m.) Me,0s recently
larged the county coroner with having
zen drunk at an inquest. The official
,nied the charge, and called for proof.
) the editor produced the affidavits Of
rec saloon keepers to show th..t on the
y in question they had sold tie coro-
y, for home consumption, about forty
'e drinks, it is not likely thu! the libel
it will be pressed.
=" Economy, my dear, economy" said
}. "It's all right for you to have
ants, and all that, but there is reason
all things, and there isn't particle Of
nse in paying fifty cents for flower
It when there are dozen empty c;gar
'xes about the house )" and, taking
e last "Havana" from another box,
handed her the box to put an olean-
r in, lighted his cigar, and went out.
A Good Trick.
The latest amusement is termed the
printar'a Da1iUht and il DerfOrmed