Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-03-18

Moody and his wife are the guests
of VIM. u, Dodge, Dr., of the firm
of Phelps, Dodge & Co., aud Li'
sons have lately been placed ut ono
of the best schools on Fifth avenue
their expenses being betrayed by
wealthy friends. The evangelist
do not receive anything for their Ia
bors, but their friends take care
that they shall have rs good a liv
ing as New York can give. Tie
money made by the sale of hymn
books goes to the Young Mems
Christian Association. 1t is said
that the dt bit Of this body haSsDeen
extinguished, and the fund from the
Sankey hymn-book will be availa,
BILE for charitable work. The space
given this theme is not out of pro
portion to the interest il excites
here. The fashionable talk is what
is done ut the Hippodrome, the
newspaper squabbles, and the fash.
ionable efforts for the Centennial
fund. The women of New York
have managed to get by the ears on
this, as they always do when officer.
ed by the pert-nOsed, ambitious
creatures, whose names are forever
in the newspapers, and who are far,
very far from representing the best
society.
SPRING FASHIONS.
The warm weather allows the
greatest latitude in the matter OF
fashion. 1T is not uncommon to see
thick jackets discarded, and the
black silk suit worn with a lace fic.
hu, or the bead fringe cape of last
fall; again, suits in two shades OF
gray or brown debege, will be the
first change for good, and with these
are Over-dresses of soft striped, basA
ct woven or wool matte cloths, in
large stripes of indefinite shading,
or subdued cOlOrs. Checks are
found in all fabrics, wool, silk, cot.
ton, black and white, brown and
white, blue and white, but small and
modest though clear. The hats for
the half season, just before we take
to absolutely spring array, are white
felts, with colored velvet face tim.
ming, worn with q Grape or lace
veil of the same shade, folded about
the head, closely, as a slight protec,
ton against neuralgia while March
winds threaten. They will soon be
laid aside for the soft chip hats, of
every shade of tinted.white, pearl.
white, pink white, cream. white, to
he trimmed with lace scarfs of the
exact tint of the straw hat. Girls
will DO glad to hear that long polon.
aises and turbans, the old favorites
in dress and head wear. are settled
styles for the year to come.
POLITICAL.
The Union League Club. which
the unofficial end of the
party of this city, has
felt impelled to express itself. 1t
has resolved that no man should be
who is not entirely above
suspicion of dabbling in specula-
lion, and who is not entirely free
rom complications that would lead
1im in that direction. This is some.
what ambiguous, but there can be
10 doubt as to it's meaning. 1t is a
Zig at Grant and at Roscoe Conk-
in, and protest against the inter.
erence of custom house and post
,ffice employees in politics. 1t is a
lemand for throwing overheard
IF the professional politicians, and
\ call for new men to come to the
ront, men not involved in entang.
ing alliances, or mixed in any way
With what is known as "manage.
nent." Belknap has played the
lickens with the regulars. The
people are not in the humor to be
ooled with just now, and the ac-
ion of the Union League Club is
ignificant. The members do not
propose to quit the party, but they
10 propose to clean it. They will
ave none but clean men. The third
ERIN idea, which had, at one time,
ONE strength here, is as dead as a
melt. Right or wrong, there is a
errible feeling Of distrust of the
Id stagers, and a desire for new
1en. The country will do what it
i'd in 1864, when Sherman, Colfax,
surlingame, aud the now old lead
rs of the Republican party came
0 the surface. That Congress was
lade up almost entirely of new
len, and so will the next be. He
ill he very clean man who sur
ives the impending storm. Bel
nap, Schenck, and the other con-
icted as well as suspected ones,
ave done the young aspirants of
ue country an immense service.
BUSINESS
Dntinues as usual. New York is
itting down with folded hands, and
eating itself up, There is no bus
less whatever-in fact the doing of
usinesS is rapidly becoming one of
he lost arts. The spring time is
oming, and it is hoped that there
ill be revival, but we have been
, hoping for three long dreary
ears. Rents are falling every day,
nd landlords consider themselves
lcky to have their buildings Occu-
led at any rent at all. 1t is very
ad. There were 1l2 failures this
eek.
THE HEALTH
T the city is bad. The unrcasona
10 weather-it is as warm as an
rdiuary June-haS brought inf1u-