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SPRING

Affections are cut close, are worn by old
and young, and are equally becoming to all.
They are useful for everyday wear, for hill
climbing and rock-scaling. They come
mostly in the old decided colors, and are
worn long or short to suit the taste or con-
venience of the wearer.
Honor is beginning to be considered a
somewhat antiquated goods. Several large
houses are selling out below cost, prepare
tory to going out Of business, "as there is
no profit in it," they say. Large stocks
have accumulated on their hand, as they
found few purchasers for even the finest
quality. Some apparently heavy dealers
have failed entirely, and closed up for want
of capital.
Generosity was much worn at the holiday
season. 1t is not IN imported goods, but of
home manufacture, and comes In all prices
and grades.
Intellect is much sought after at certain
shops, where it is supposed to be found A
i" shoddy' % article is often pallned off upon
shoppers, a quality with a cotton back and
satin figure. But those really DESTROYS OF
purchasing can always find a genuine arti-
Gle. and it is within the means of the poor.
Fraud, though not as popular as it was
last year, is occasionally worn as a negligt
by those retiring into bankruptcy and al
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the reception of creditors by their two per

WIZ T. VI SiCdlouiS NY IllCIi CWO p0l
cent. debtors.
THERE'S another garment shown at the
openings which promises to be as great a ia
vorite this spring as ever. Its common
name is Love. 1t comes in suits, prices rang
ing from one hundred to many thousand
dollars per suit. Tt is made to order when
desired. Sometimes much profit is realized
on the sales. Many who have purchased
say that it can be turned and made over for
another season. There is much counterfeit
in the market. 1t requires a practiced eye
to detect the false. Only the real will wear;
the frail imitation soon gets shabby by dust
and friction. / am told that some of our
leading fashionables invest in the cheap ma
terial, and trimmed up nicely it is thought
to look as well as the genuine.
Policy is one Of the most popular over
garments of the season. 1t seems to be worn
by all ages and classes. It is considered tile
'correct thing" for court, business or soci-
ETY. Some skill is required in wearing it, SO
that the lining, which is often of a different
texture, shall not show. Those designed
for ladies are often trimmed with a Devil
dering combination of puffs, bows folds
those for gentlemen are ornamented with
red tape.-Scr55ner for MAJ.
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YACOB.

Yacob was the name of an Arab boy in
the Oriental city of Cairo. He was poor,
and, like most of the poor boys of that city,
his chief ambition was to W a donkey and
hire him out to the travellers to 90 to the
pyramids and other places Of interest in the
n~eighborhood of Cairo. AS it was, he was
only the driver of another mans donkey;
that is, when the animal was mounted by
the traveller. he ran behind, poking the quad
ruped with a sharp stick to keep him in a
brisk trot.
One day, while Yacob' was standing in
front of Shepherds Hotel in Cairo, wishing
he had a donkey ofhis own, an English tray
eler on the veranda beckoned to him and
asked him why he looked so wistful, and
Yacob answered that he was unhappy be-
E cause he had nc donkey.
And when the Englishman heard his sto-
ry, he called his servant and TOLD him to
bring up Mafisl. which was an old sleepy
donkey. Then he said to Yacob:
Would you be happy if you owned that
donkey, my lad?"
"Oh, master, | would be happy with any
donkey! n"said Yacob.
s Them said the Englishman, che is
yours-l make him a present to YOU"
When he said this, the other travellers
gathered around, with smiles on their faces
for it appeared that the Englishman was q
man much given to making fun. He told
Yacob to get on the donkey andride him uE
and down in front of the hotel a few times
to show his gait. Yacob got astride of him
and found that he was stiff in the legs ant
moxed slowly notwithstanding the sharl
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~D1D you ever break q yoke of four-year-
old steers ?" asked a farmer of young chap
who wanted to marry his daughter. "No
I never did, was the meek reply, shut !
have rode a mule in a circus, and had a good
deal Of other experience in the world" "No
other experience" said the farmer, "could
qualify you, young man, for trying to ham
die that girl" and the sad youth departed.
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THE Il NJ CIRCLE.
THE OLD SCISSORS soLILoQUY
By PARMENAs MIX.

I an lying at rest In the Sanctlm Tonight
The place is deserted and still
To my right lie exchanges and manuscripts white,
10 my left are the ink and the quill
Yes, the quill, for my masters old-fashioned and
quaint,
And refuses to write with q pen,
He insists that old Franklin, the editor saint,
Used q quill, and he'll initiate Ben.
Ilove the old fellow-together for years
We have managed the I" Farmers Gazette"
And although / am old, PM his favorite shears
And can crowd the compositors yet.
But my duties are rather too heavy, I think,
And l oftentimes envy the quill
As it lazily leans with its nib in the ink
While I'm slashing away with q will.
But when I was newt remember it we'll,
Though q score OF long years have gone by
The heaviest share of the editing fell
On the quill, and | think with q sigh
OF the days when I'd scissor an extract or two
From a neighboring EDITORS leader,
Then laugh in my sleeve at the quill as it flew
In behalf Of the general reader.
am being paid off for my merriment them
For my master is wrinkled and gray,
And seldom lays hold on his primitive pen,
Except when he wishes to say:
eve are needing some money to run this machine,
And subscribers will please to remit;''
Or, "That last load Of wood that Jones brought
us was green,
And SO knotty it couldn't by split
He is nervous and deaf and is getting quite blind
Though he hates to acknowledge the latter,
AndI'm sorry to say it's q puzzle to find
q Head or fail To tIe most OF his matter.
The compositors plague him whenever they see
The result of q luckless endeavor,
But the darling old rascal just lays it to me,
And 1 make no reTnonstrance whatever.
Yes, I shoulder the blame-very little 1 care
For the jolly compositor's jest,
For l think of q head with the silyery hair
That will soon, very soon be at rest.
He has labored full long for the true and the goot
Mid the manifold troubles that irk US
His only emolument, raiment and food,
And-a pass, now and then, to the circus.
Heigho! from the past comes q memory bright
OF a lass with the freshness of clover,
Who used me to clip from her tlesses one night
A memorial lock for her lover.
That dear little lock is still glossy and brown,
But the lass is much older and fatter,
And the youth-he's an editor here in the town
Pm employed on the staff of the latter.
/ am lying at rest in the sanctum Tonight
The place is deserted and still
The stars are abroad, and the moon is in sight
Through the trees on the brow Of the hill.
Clouds hurry along in undignified haste
And the wind rushes by with a wall
Hello! there's q whopping big rat in the paste
How Id like to shut down on his tail!
t#8B @#8 -Scribner's Magazine.
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A sHREwD old Yankee said he didn't be-
lieye there was any downright cure for lazi-
ness in a man. "But," he added, "Ive
known a second wife to hurry it some"
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A youth by maiden fair caressed,
A stalwart man with care oppressed,-
An old man silver gray
Is all in life we know:
a joy, a fear
A smile, a tear
And all is DER below!
Speak fifty or be silent wisely.
1t is when to-morrow's burden is added
to the burden of to-day, that the weight is
more than a man can bear.
1t is more delightful to pull down a
branch and pluck a fr~eshsapple, than to pick
one from a carved dish.
As the bee collects nectar and departs
without injuring the flower, or its color and
scent, so let the sage dwell on the EARTH
Like a beautiful flower full of color but
without scent, are the fine but ~fruitless
words of him who does not act accord
ingly.
Believe me, upon a careful observation
you will often find in the literary as we'll as
military world, most powerful abilities con-
ceaIed under a rustic garb.
Trials teach us where We are; they dig
up the soil, and let us see what we are made
OF; they just turn up some Of the i'll weeds
to the surface.
Experience teaches, it is true but she
never teaches in time. Each ever brings its
lesson, and the lesson is remembered but
the same event never occurs again.
If life had its fixed beginning and end,
we could finish our works or our affairs, be-
fore going into the other world but as ev-
erything is begun when we come to the
earth, nothing is ended when we leave it.
What would be wanted to make this
world a kingdom of Heaven if that tender,
profound sand self-denying love practiced
and recommended by Jesus were paramount
in every heart ?-KramnnaacAer
1t is in the whole people that we must
put our hope and trust-the whole people,,
as they shall be operated upon by slowly
advancing ideas of truth, justice and purity.
He that follows the Lord fully, win find
goodness and mercy following him c%ontin,
ually. If ever God had failed one who trust
ed in him, we might doubt; but he never
has, therefore we should be confident.
There are four bad smothers who have
%tourebad daughters.:-Truth hath hatred
prosperity hath pride; security hath peril,
and familiarity hath contempt.
1t were q great thing for MAJ if his.
family could truly say to hin " He never,
brought afrown of ~unhappiness across his
threshold"
Sense shines with a double lustre when
it is set in humility. An able and yet hum
BILE is a Jewel worth a kingdom.
Our Lord Jesus Christ is d place of Sc
cure refuge to every soul that flies to Him. !.
The moment a sinner believes in Jesus he is
safe, and continuing TO believe he remains
safe in life. safe in death, safe in Judgment,
safe in eternity. The passing out of self
righteousness into confidence in Christ is the
act that saves the soul. When thy faith
doth lay its hand upon the horns of the altar
of his sacrifice, then is thy soul secure,
] and nothing can destroy its
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pokes he gave him with his stick.

pokes he gave him with his stick.
81 shall give the donkey a name that will
draw custom for YOU" said the Engishman
as thelad rode up to the veranda.
4acob was much pleased that his benefac-
tor should give the donkey a name, for he
had seen some Of his companions who hired
their donkeys more easily than others, on
account Of fortunate names given them by
travellers.
Il shall be much glad to call him what
my master pleascs,'' said Yacob.
"Then his name shall be Lightning
said the Englishman, and the other travel
ers laughed.
Yacob did not know what lightning
meant, and he continued to- call his donkey
by that name after the Englishman went
away. He did not nave much difficulty in
hiring his donkey; but when the travellers
started on their journey, they told Yacob he
was a hrmbug, and that he had imposed on
them with his animal. So that they only
kept Lightning for a few minutes, and the
same people never hired HIM twice.
OIC NaJ dS liz leu III Old uCl1hCy toWdlu
the hotel veranda, after being called a little
humbug by an angry traveller, who refused
to pay him for hire for half a hour, he was
spoken to by a fat man in a long black coat,
who told him he ought to call his donkey
Slow-coach.
After that Yacob called him Slow-coach,
not knowing any more about the name than
he did about Lightning. But this change
Of name, instead of n1ending matters, made
them worse. In short, no one would hire
his donkey any more On any condition, and
Yacob and Slow-coach were a rueful pair, as
they stood idly before the hotel.
One day, as he stood thus, the Prince of
Wales came out from the veranda (the Prince
was then on his way to the West Indies).
mounted SloW-coach and rode hum two OF
three yards, and then got off and took an
other donkey. Thereupon Yacob bemoaned
his bad luck in hearing of an American sit
ting in a tilted chair on the veranda.
"Yacob,'' said the American, "youl
donkey shall be hired as much as any other
but hereafter his name must be the Prince
Vi 0dlcS,
The American had a certificate drawn III
and sworn TO before the American Consul il
Cairo, to show that the Prince of Wales had
without any doubt, mounted Jacobs don
key and when the lad wanted to hire tn
animal to any man, woman OF child iron
England, all he had to do was to show thi
certificate, and they straightway engage
him, Notwithstanding his moping gait an
stiff legs. They. engaged him for who'll
days, fondled him, and begged Yacob mott
poke him up too sharp from behind. The
fed him with whatever he would eat, and tn
only drawback to the donkey's pleasant Lii
was that his tail was plucked a good des
for mementos.
Yacob said, and says still, that the1uckies
, day Of life was when he was spoken to b
! the American gentleman in a tilted chair.
: -Albert Rhodes IN st. Nicholas for May.
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A TRAVELLER on the Continent, visiting
the Cathedral Of, was shown by the
Sacristan, among other marvels, a dirty,
opaque glass phial. After cycling it some
time, the traveller said. "Do you call this
a relic? Why, it is empty" EMPTY"
retorted the Sacristan Indignantly. "Sir, it
contains SOME of the darkness that Moses
spread over the land of Egypt"
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TURNING POINTS.

Marriage is unquestionably as decided a
turning point i'll humandestiny as can be. 1t
is, however, a turning point which, least of
all, should be left to mere blind chance.
Everybody now recollects how Lord Byron
staked on atoss up whether he should make
his offer to Miss Milbanke or not. Mr.. Grant
asserts that there is an English duke now
living, who wrote the following letter, when
marquis, to a friend with whom he had
Acre: 1t will not be necessary to meet me
tomorrow, to go to Long Acre to look for
a carriage. From a remark made by the
duke CHS father) to-day, fancy / I'm going
to be married." Not only had the marquis
left his father to choose d bride for him and
to make the other necessary matrimonial
arrangements but when the intimation was
made to him by the duke that the future
marchioness had been fixed on, he seemed
to view the whole affair as if it hadbeen one
which did no concern him in the least.
We have a singular anecdote of the late
Duke of Sutherland. On the morning of the
day of his marriage, a friend of his found
him leaning carelessly over the railing at the
edge of the water in st. James's Park, and
throwing crumbs of bread to the ducks. His
friend, surprised to see him at such a place,
and so engaged, within two hours of the APP
Ipointed time for his marriage to one of the
first women in ~England-one in whose veins
the blood of the Towards Notwithstanding
al. tWhat. YOU here to-day! / thought
you were going to be married this morn
ing?" eyes," was his answer, given with
the most perfect nonohalamce, and throwing
a few more crumbs to the ducks, without
moving from the railing on which he was
leaning yes, [ believe Nam."
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PLAToSIcs.-Mr. G. I'll. Lewes, Geo. Eli
OTIS husband) says that the common notion.
OF a Piatonic attachment is the affection
which a man has for a girl whom he. cannot
or will not marry. WhatPlato says is, that
the soul goes forth in its search for beauty-
which seems sentimental enough-but then
Plato Identifies beauty with truth, which Is.
not SO sentimental. Plato does not intro
duce any considerations Of sex into his the
ory. In the Phadrus and elsewhere, Plato
gives MS his, notion of matters, and If any
one thinks that Plato's dialogues are en-
lightened with much love talk, he can have
done but little in, that. wilderness of dialects.
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One VIEW OF MARRIAGE.-As a general
proposition it has been often stated that there
is more misery in the world than the world
knows. This is especially true of marriage,
and it reminds Us of an absurd story which
was told of a Roman Catholic boy who, on
being examined in his catechism, replied to
the question, /" What is matrimony?" by
saying, "A middle state, IN aohich people suffer
for a time ON account Of their sans." Hiscon-
fusion between purgatory and matrimeny
well expresses what must be in the minds Of
many persons who have made a,false move
in the lottery of life, which, if it does not
make their life a hell upon earth, has atleast
converted it into a purgatory.
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GOLDEN EAvES.

An infant Oh its mothers breast,
An eager boy at play,
A youth by maiden fair caressed,
A stalwart man with care oppressed
An old man silver gray
Is all in life we know:
A joy, a fear
A smile, a tear
And all is DER below!
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-02-05

Mr.. EDITOR: wish to say through the
OPINION that we were surprised on the after
noon of Feb |, by the appearance of quite .
large company. mostly young people, from
Corinth where | otficiatcd as Pastor Of the
NJ. f. Caurch for three and half years.
They were joined here by two families who
were former residents of that place. They
brought with them refreshments in abun-
dance, and of the incest quality, which, by
the way, those ladies know how to prepare
1t was a happy surprise indeed, thus to greet
and mingle with those who have proved
themselves friends to us in the past and es-
pecially now, since they left us solid tokens of
regard, to the amount of thirty seven dolla rs
Several who could not come, sent us presents
which are included in the above.
In return for their kindness they have our
many thanks, and prayer, that they may long
live, and realize the truth of Him who has
said "Give and it shall be given to you again ,
Bradford, Vt. A. B. HoPKINs.
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Mr. q. q. Chamberlin brother
of Moses II. and j, Il. Chambcrlil
died in Boston on Tuesday, Feb. |.
Thirty years ago he established
himself in Fan,ui Hall Market in
the butter and cheese trade and
has continued there ever sihce. At
the time of his death he was the
oldest dealer in Boston by five
years, Daniel Ellis being the next
oldest, He was one Of the origi.
nal directors OF the Faneuil Hall
National Bank, and held that pc,
sition at the time of his death.
He was highly esteemed by his
associates in the market; in social
life he was respected aud beloved.
His death was sudden, although he
had not been well for some time.
He leaves a widow, one son and a
daughter, recently married. The
officers of tho Fancuil Hall Nation.
al Bank held II meeting Tuesday
and passed appropriate resolutions
in honor of their deceased associate,
and the butter and cheese trade al,
so held Il meeting and took similar
action.
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Died IN Bradford, Jan. 18th, At
the residence of her sonin law, n
Il. Frary, Mrs. Prudence W., wife
Of the late Isaac Boymton, aged IS
years, 4 n o this, II days.
Mrs. Boynton was II native OF
Theitord and the last survivor Of
the eleven children of Richard and
Bathsheba Wallace.
The "HistOry of the Coos Coun'
try" makes particular mention of
this family rs taking prominent
part in the early settlement OF this
valley, and in the defence of the
country against the attacks of the
British during the Revolutionary
war, aud that Of 1912. Mr.. Wallace,
together with Ephrinm Webster OF
Newbury, swan Lake Champaign,
near TicOnderOga. ~ distance 0ftwo
miles on the night of Dec, 18th, 1872
10 carry important dispatches from
one to another OF our American
commanders. They nearly persisted
in the cold water, and by the hand
of the evenings sentinels. but
finally delivered their messages in
safety. Mrs. Wallace showed the
true spirit Of '7G in bravely defend
ing their property from wild ami
mails, and in caring for the crops
during her husbands abcrnse in the
defence of his country.
Mrs. BOynton Inherited mnch of
the vigOr of body and mind Of her
parents. She knew but little of
sickness even in her last days. Her
memory was remarkable. and she
would speak with great accuracy
not only of what TRANSFERRED in her
early days, but also of events of
the last few months. She seemed
much interested in the affairs of ON
nation, and kept herself well ac,
quainted with the action of our
government. She was very fond of
reading. Religious hooks were her
favorites. Her hymn book and
Bible were constant companions,
and with them she was unusually
t;,miliar, having committed large
portions to memory.
At the early age of seven years
she gave herself to the Saviour;
some wears later she united with
the Congregational church in Fair.
lee, and atierward removed her
church relation!o Post Mills. Dur
ing her long life she was "A very
uniform and cheerful Christian,
ever manifesting by her looks and
words the joy and peace of her
heart. She never seemed ashamed
to speak OF her love for her Saviour,
and welcomed every favorable OPP
for commencing His love
to others. In her later years she
found great pleasure in gathering
the young about her and impar;ing
to them, as in former days both
secular and religious instruction..
When brought to anticipate death
she had no fear, for she felt that her
Saviour would bring her safely |
through the dark river to her home
beyond, where she would join the
loved ones of her own and her faith
er's family who had preseeded her.
She went down to her grave like a
shock Of corn fully ripe. Her life
was useful and happy and her end
was peace.
Her remains were taken to Bos
cawen n. H., where much Of her
life had been spent.
Only two of her children survive,
three others died, after reaching
mature life, rejoicing in the hope |
Of the gospel.
"Blessed are the dead which die
n the lord from henceforth: Yea,
saith the Spirit, that they may rest
rom their labors; and their works
10 follow them"
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MARRIED.,

Jan, 9th, in Dublin N. H., at the residence
of the BRIDES father, Mr., S. L. Townshcnd,
Mr.. ). A. Haskins formerly of this town, now
"a residence of Sioux City, Iowa, to Miss CLARA
E. Townshend graduate from the school
in New London n. H., of the class of 10.
In New York City, at the church of the
Land and Sea, Jan. 18th, Charles ID. IIasl<ns
to Miss Margaretta Parker OF Utica, Ohio.
st Carroll, White Mountains, "Wednesday
evening. Jan g. by Rev. Royal Berry. Mr.
Frank WOrthingtOn SWEET of Carroll to Mrs.
L. Kinney Smith. of Concord. n. H., formerly
of Waits River VT.
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DIE d..

In Washington Jau. S5l, Mr. Eliza j.
Paine wife of Earl Paine and daughter Of the
late Haines and Jane johnson of Bradford
aged g. yrs. IL mos, and days.
At the residence of Henry H. Clark in Brad
ford, Jan. 2lst, 1876, Mrs. Eunice Clark wife
of II. II. Clark. aged SO yrs, 3 mos, and Il
days.
In Oxford. N. H.. Jan. Both, of consumption
Frank Bean aged "a years.
In Prairie du Chen. Dee. 10th, Mrs Martha
Willis Lovewell, aged 69 years, wife of Ne
heniah LOvewell, formerly of Corinth
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sit is the wounded bird that fut
ters," and the Bradford paper must
he sorely hurt. That the ARGUS
AND PATRIOT each week has more
than quadruple the amount of the
local news about Bradford and vi
entity, causes the Opinion to stake
on" very much like boy who has
stubbed his sore toe.-Aryus.
Persactly! But, good Lord, such
'slOcal news" Whow!