Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-06-17
Items OF Interest.

nial Oh Decoration day numbered A..
J. Ill.
!; In the second week of March there
\ were &c, ,S08 paupers in London, of whom
= = 36,9l5 were in warehouses;, and 40,893
: received outdoor relief.
The Benedictine monks are to estab
4 lish a monastery at Fort Augustus, In
/ verness-shire, Scotland, after nm absence
i of three hundred years.
A bill has been introduced into the
c Texas Legislature declaring drunkenness
. to be q misconduct, and making 1t pun
: ishable by fine Of 800.
The time is drawing near when anna
! teur gunners 60 out carrying their shot
Z in pouch, and come home carrying q
? portion of it in their legs.
The exports of France to England in
the first three months of the current
year amounted to $50, ,OO0, 900; those of
Great Britain to France, $1S,000,000
In Egypt three out of five children die
before reaching the ago of two years.
This is about the rate of mortality among
Presidential candidates in the United
States this year.
An old lady at Attica, Ind, just to
show what she could do, filed goblet
with rich cream, and with q teaspoon
churned butter enough for breakfast for
family of six.
The governor of Texas has issued
proclamation revoking all immigration
agencies heretofore established, as the
new constitution does not recognize any
bureau of that kind.
In Connecticut, last year, there were
4G6 divorces to $685. marriages, with an
average of about 36O divorces year for
tho last fifteen years, the prevailing
cause being "general misconduct"
In certain apothecary's shop of
Pittsburgh may be seen n notice recon-
mending certain patent medicine with
the dubious heading: "Try the box !;
moot her medicine will ever be taken."
Henry Wellman, rider in a circus,
cruelty whipped his horse in Great Bar
rington, Mass, because it would not
readily learn trick. He was sent to
jail for six months.
When Brigham Young finds that tho
biscuit are burned and tho meat over
done, he puts on his hat and goes ou1
and brings home new wifo. This
course is calculated to make his wives
careful.
In Exeter, England, policeman
wanted to arrest girl, but she prefer
red the canal to her misery, and jump
ed. He leaped after to save her, but
she clung fast to him, and both were
drowned.
eff there is anybody under tho canis-
ter of heaven that / have in utter excre-
scence," says Mrs. Partington, "it is the
slandarer, going about like boy con-
structor, circulating his colonel upon
honest folks"
The ex-president OF the Conundrum
club perpetrates another atrocity, viz:
"What is that which no man wants,
which, if any man has, he would not
part with for untold wealth ?" "a bald
head |"
In 1776 you could buy calico dress
for fifty cents. Oh! those good old
days Still, it didn't seem half as good
as to sit up with girl with brown
silk on, if we are correct in our reading
of history.
At a show, the other evening, gen.
tleman sarcastically asked man stand
ing up in front of him if he was aware
that he was Opaque. The other denied
the allegation. He was lot Opaque. His
name was o Brien.
Intelligent housemaid-" please
miss, there was young gentleman call
ed when you was out. He didn't leave
no card, miss, but can show you who he
is, because there's three of his photo
graphs in your album"
The consumption of eggs in the manu-
No albumen is equal to that contained
in an egg-and it consumes the lay OF
300, 900 hens to supply one of the large
calico manufactures in France.
An English writer says that in the case
of fire in buildings containing horses,
il the harness be merely put on, how
ever loosely, the horses will quit the
place without difficulty. A knowledge
of this may be the means of saving
many valuable animal
A bar of gold, valued at $4,000, was
carelessly thrown away with the ashes OF
the San Francisco mint, and the "fnd
was picked up by a seven year old boy,
from whom the officials Of the coin shop
have been endeavoring to reclaim it
without making the circumstance OF the
loss known to the police.
A clergyman created a hearty sensa-
tion while speaking i'll behalf OF most :
worthy object. Several people quietly
folded their tents and decamped. The
minister paused long enough to say
" We are not going to take up q collec-
ton; don't be in hurry" 1t is need
less to add that no others went out be-
fore the close of the service.
An Eastern man has been experiment
ing with potato bugs. He gathered
bunch from his potato vines, and put
them in quantity of water to drown,
but they skipped about on the surface;
alcohol only served to increase their ac-
tivity; kerosene oil produced little
stupidity, but they wouldn't die, so he
fred the kerosene, and the bugs gave
up.
"Nothing," said recent writer, "can
form a more delightful study for the
than the light of hope
and expectancy on the countenancc Off
maiden awaiting the coming of her be-
Owed. Pshawl The man who wrote
hat should Just sec tho expression ont
New Jersey potato bugs visage rs he
,its on clump of dirt watching for
he first sign Of the new crop to come
Up.
Adonis (after his guests have depart
,d) -"By Jove, Maria, what a hand
;ome woman Mrs. Jones is! She looks
,etter than cvcr!" His wife" Aheml
Well, it may be my bad taste, but I own
have hitherto failed to detect the
,eauty of Mrs. Jones. Now, Mr.. Jones
s good looking, if you like Adonis-
Jones good looking! Come-hang it.
Maria, Jones is very good fellow, and
ii that; but must say I've never rer-
eived his good looks" etc.
The carpenter may look with pride
lpon the technology of bis trade, for it
$ used everywhere. To say nothing
# old saws, We have heard of case
vhere lawyer split hair, shaved
tote, got up a case, made an entry,