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Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-09-23
Indian Runners.

A correspondent in the Sioux country
writes: This system of Indian runners s
seems to be little understood. If i'm
portant news is to be carried an Indian
gorges himself with meat. takes short
nap, mounts one of the feetest of their
ponies, and rushes along like the wind
until his horse requires feed, when he
mods few times while hishorse satisfies
its hunger from the luxurious meadows,
when the ride is renewed. The runner
needs nothing for his pony and takes
nothing for himself but his arrows and
blankets, and will in the manner indi-
Gated ride two Or three days and nights,
passing over from sixty to one hundred
miles in each twenty -four hours. When
the nearest camp is reached his story is
taken up by other Indians, and in like
manner carried in every direction. The
speed with which the news travels de-
pends upon its Importance, but in this
way the Indians often beat the tele-
graph, and their first reports, if they
come direct, are usually to be relied
upon. The runner who brings great
news is feasted from one tepee to an
other, and it is not until the story be-
gins to grow old that he let's loose his
Imagination and adds to the original in
order to keep up the interest in him as
the bearer of great news. There are al
ways volunteers, and frequently two or
three will start for the same point, but
the one that gets in last is bound to tell
the biggest story. if he has to deny the
statements of his rivals or cut his story
out of the whole cloth in order to do 80.
Hence the conflicting reports.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-09-23
The Minnesota Bank Robbers.

The inquest on the bodies of the two
dead robbers and Haywood, acting
cashier of the bank, was held at North.
field. The evidence shows that when
the robbers jumped over the bank coun.
ter and commanded Haywood to open
the safe, he answered that it was a time
lock, and could not be opened. Then
one Of the robbers went into the vault,
when Haywood sprung forward and
shut the vault door. He was dragged
away, and, with knife being drawn
across his throat, he was threatened with
death if he did not open the safe. Once
he did break away, and, running toward
the door, shouted murder. He was i'm
mediately knocked down, dragged othe
safe door, and again commanded to
open the safe. Again refusing, one shot
was fred at him, evidently for intimida-
tiOn. Then Bunker, assistant cashier,
ran out, and was wounded by shots fired
at him.
During all this time, which was but q
brief time, however, the five robbers
outside were riding up and down, keep
ing up continuous fire from their pis-
tolls, shooting in the dir, and at people
who begun to come with arms. Then
one rode to the door of the bank, shout
ing: "The game is up. We're beat.
Come out. The three men inside
sprung over the counter, rushing for
the door, Haywood staggering from the
vault to chair. The last robber, as he
jumped over the counter, turned with
his hand on the coun er, deliberately
aimed and fired the shot which killed
Haywood.
Wilcox, the third of the bank men,
was paralyzed in his chair during these
occurrences by pistol held steadily in
his face. On the body of the shortest of
the two robbers killed in the streets of
Northfeld wasfound fine Howard gold
watch, a pocket map of Minnesota
bought at Minneapolis, a pocket CON-
pass, $5. rs in money, a gold sleeve but
ton with an enameled leaf on the face
and gold ring. On the larger ones
bod yeXas fdaqppAR ghd MAlfeae,lppng
of an Arabian horse, maxims cut from
Minnesota paper last winter, with "a.
s. Caywood," or Haywood, 1929 Elev-
enth N. w." written on the margin.
Among the citizens who fred on the
robbers in Northfield were Mr.. Man.
ming, merchant, J. B. Hide, the Rev.
Mr.. Phillips, L. Stacey and Henry !
Wheeler. Manning killed one and
the other, while the one wound
cd was also Mr.. Manning's victim. This
fellows horse was killed, and he rode off
behind one of his companions,
to whom he had appealed after limping
some distance, saying: "My God! boys,
you're not going to leave me. I'm
shot," Manning was armed with d
Henry rifle, the other citizens with shot
guns and pistols,
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-09-23
On Account of his Family.

The other morning hungry looking
man was bothering the melon dealers at
Detroit market to find a five cent
melon. One of the dealers became an
noyed at the strangers persistency. and
called out:
"Why don't you invest fifteen or
twenty cents in nice melon and take it
homea"
81 will at once tell you why I don't, "
was the soft reply. 81 should kinder
hate to take a melon home and sit down
and eat up all before my wife and chill
dren. Seems to me it would lock kinder
hoggish not to give them all piece
around, and SO will buy one and eat it
here"
"And I hope the seeds will choke
you |" shouted the dealer.
"But they won't. I am always very
careful to spit 'cm out I"
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-09-23
MOOnstruck,

A Cincinnati Gazette reader wants to
know whether the changes of the moon
have any effect on the weather, and, if
SO, why. He also asks whether lunatics
are influenced by lunar changes, and, if
not, why they are thus called. In re-
gard to the first of these points, that
paper says, modern men of science are
about unanimous in denying that the
moon influences anything but the tides.
The popular impression from time i'm
memorial has been to the opposite.
From this impression madmen derived
their name. Whatever may be the fact
in regard to the moon having anything
to do with insanity, the writer can affirm
that he has seen one case, at least, where
a man became a raving maniac at the
full of the moon, recovering his senses
when exhaustion had put an end to his
wild demonstrations, and continuing in
apparent soundness of mind until few
days before the full he experienced pre-
monitions of his approaching paroxysms.
He was person of intelligence. aud
we'll off pecuniarily, and was voluntary
inmate OF an asylum, being free to go in
and out except during this week or SO of
each month, when he was bereft of his
reason. We state the case as it was,
leaving its explanation to psychologists
and Psychologists. There is a wide
spread belief that the moons rays are
inimical to health. This, we think, has
been pronounced superstition by men
of science. We are not prepared to dis.
pute their verdict; yet an instance that is
we'll authenticated seems to Justify
doubt in their infallibility. Some forty
years ago, in an Eastern State, two little
girls, cousins, occupied the same bed.
They retired in apparent health, but
woke in the morning dead lame. One
was never able to walk afterward, while
the other, after using iron supports to
her ankles for few years with Partial
success, was compelled to give up all
attempts at locomotion. There was no
cause that could be ascribed for this
double visitation with any plausibility,
except that the moon was very bright
on the nnlucky night, and that its rays
shone full on the bed where the girls
lay. It was always believed that they
were moonstruck ;" if they were not
no one could assign reason for their
lamenesa
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and heads protruding from the stones
which had vainly been thrown there to
hide them, and poisoning all the air.
Ahmed Aga, who commanded at the
massacre, has been decorated and pro-
noted to the rank Of Yuzbashi.
These atrocities were entirely unnec-
essary for the suppression of the insur-
rection, for it was an insignificant rebel
lion at the best, and the villagers gener.
ally surrendered at the first summons.
Sackfuls OF heads were emptied in the
street before the italian consul's door.
There was steep descent there leading
down to the little river that runs through
the town, and the he,ds rolled down
this little hill, tumbling over each other
in horrid confusion, as though trying to
escape from the dogs that Immediately
pounced upon them. 1t is very true
that forty young girls were not burnt
alive at Novo Selo. This occurred at
Batak, and there were not forty, but
two hundred girls, women and children
bulnt alive.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-09-23
The Case OF Roster.

We called attention the other day,
says the New York Tribune, to q scene
Which lately took place in Dayton, Ohio,
ata hanging. Quite as remarkable a
one occurred in Philadelphia at fu-
neral, and one equally suggestive of Pc
4Quliarities in our present condition of
civilization. A young man WAS to be
buried, aged twenty, the son OF poor
aud obscure people. "The streets about
the house," weare told, "were blocked for
hours by waiting multitudes, eager for
glimpse of the corpse. A large police
force, by well devised arrangements.
were able to CRAFTY them. Lines were
formed, and many thousands were en-
abled to pass through the house and to
view the body" The crush became 80
tremendous at last, however, that only
a favored t W societies were permitted
to look at the dead hero. For locker
on would have decided that the dead
man must have been hero, and that of
no mean rank. What great deed or
noble service to humanity had he done
that this mass OF people should have
been 40 moved, aud that thenewspapers
the next day should contain minute
account of the funeral ceremonies The
boy was prize fighter, and his claim to
notice the fact that he had been pun.
meled to death. The curious multitude
could see the blackened, bloated face,"
surrounded by wreaths and crosses of
immortelles, and the "hands stripped
of flesh, holding an inscription which
testified that the dead lad was now
"safe in the arms Of Jesus; safe on His
gentle breast"
After all there is nothing in the hor-
rible comedy to wonder it, The crowd
which surrounded Rosters dead body
was crowd which would form itself to
cheer a great deed or jeer at hanging.
1t was the great unreasoning majority |
which runs hither and thither on the |
streets for the excitement which other
men find in the theater, in social life, or
in whisky-the multitude that eighteen
centuries ago strewea palm branches in
the Masters way and Knocked him on
the cross. We lava no fault to find
with the crowd any more than with any
other brainless creature which can be
here or there to its own undo
ing. How it has been whistled in this
case, and by whom, it is not hard to
discover. The full particulars of this
Weldon and Roster fight, and of every
other combat of equal magnitude, were
reported in detail in newspapers which
profess to guide public opinion. The
lead lads father, when put upon the
'tand, swore that his son "was a good
10Y; neither drank, gambled, nor had
my s Rss ntc gttitnas ita' lass sc la lhnd
md after he was beaten was SO laughed
It in the papers that he said he must
light again. He came to kiss his mother
Goodbye before going out to meet
Weldon; he said he must do it, not for
money, but satisfaction" :"
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-09-23
The Danger Of Lampblack.

Within two years there have been
three shoeshops lost iu Massachusetts,
from lampblack. A hand damp with
perspiration, a drop of water, a bit of
grease, or a sprinkle of oil will create
the composition that will start lampblack
aglow like charcoal. In lampblack fac
tories, while precaution is taken to pre-
vent fires, rainy day or a sharp frosty
day will start dampness upon the in
side of window pane, and the flying
PARTICLES of dust lighting upon this
create the spark, which, communicating
to this pile, sends a glow of fire with
wonderful rapidity through the galleries
of the shop. In cleaning up the smoke
galleries, if the men let drop of per-
spiration fall into pile they instantly
scoop up the black in and about where
it lodges, and take it out of the house.
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THE SNOW FLOOD.
A TALE OF EASTERN SIBERIA.

They're up, tell you, and out in
force, aud there will be blazing roofs,
and blood spilled all along the Chinese
frontier, from Kara Sou to Dostvernik.
We are safe enough, of course, here in
Kiachta, behind our strong stockades
and brass cannon. But there is scarcely
post to the eastward that can be called
secure, now the Mongols are over the
border"
"Sure]y, however" said !, looking
up from my desk and the invoice in
which was duly recording packages of
brick tea, coarse silk, the white sonor-
ous brass peculiar to China, and other
imports to the Flowery Land, "the
Mongols will content themselves with
sweeping off some focks and herds, and
not venture on attacking any of the
settlements. The Russian military
power
cts a far cry, as they say in my
country, to st. Petersburg, or even to
the Wolga," grimly rejoined the first
"These Tartar thieves know we'll
enough that. short of Irkutsk, there are
but some weak detachments to bar their
way. Even the sotnia of Cossacks has
been withdrawn, and, for the moment,
the whole of eastern Siberia lies at the
mercy of the Mongols."
I, Frank Richards, had been, during
two ont of the three years which I had
passed in this out-of-the-way corner of
the Russian dominions, a clerk in the
firm of Merton & Paulovitch, the man
aging partner of which resided at Irk-
utsk. Mr.. Merton was one of those
Anglo Russians of whom many are to
be found in the higher mercantile So
ciety of St. Petersburg. lie was man
of considerable property, and member
of the Fur Trading Guild.
1t was with anger and annoyance that
the rich merchant learned that his clerk
was in love with his only daughter, El-
len, and that the sentiment was recipro-
cal. Mr.. Merton, as was very natural,
had other views for his daughters es-
tablishment in life.
81 like you, Richards" the merchant
bad said to me, not unkindly: "and if
you, and Ellen, too, will be but resson-
able and promise to forget this folly
All l we'll, then, there is no help for it,
I see."
And thereupon we parted.
On the fourth day after the outbreak
of hostilities there arrived in Kiachta a
group of Englishmen, engineers and
Cornish miners, from q valuable mine
on the further bank of the Amoor, the
whole plant of which had been wantonly
destroyed by the Mongol raiders. They
reported the station of Cherinsk, with
all its factories and dwellings, to be in
flames, while the European residents,
with such Of their property as they
could contrive to save. we're slowly re-
treating, under the protection of mill.
tary escort, toward Irkutsk.
Toward Irkutskl" I exclaimed, in
credulously; "you mean, surely, to-
ward Kiachta. It would be running
into the lions mouth TO attempt the
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Beranger and Lafayette.

The following poem IL translation from III
French Of Bsrangsr, and celebrates tho Arriv,
Of Lafayette In the United statss on the 600,
sion Of his visit fifty years ago, when Americ
gave the hero reception worthy Of his sol
Woes to freedom In the old world and tn
now. As . warm tribute TO America from tn
bard Of the French people 1t deserves not
Just now In connection with the ceremonies O
dedicating new statue to Lafayette.
LAFAYETTE IN AMERICA.
"Tell me what hammered barge is hithe
sweepingi'
"A warrior old unto our shore II brings"
Bears he kings high pledge in solemn
keeping2"
He kinded the undying ire Of H ,gs."
"And 10 he mighty" "Lone he crossed the
ocean,
"what has no done2 Broke chains-the
bond made free!
GLORY to him who's won two worlds devotion !
Triumphal days shine out DER land and Sea |!
"Chid Of old Europe, here whore loud re-
soundeth
Tho glad acclaim that countless thousands
raise,
scrfless and strifeltss, broad the reign abound.
eth
OF law and labor. peace and homely ways.
Touching this shore tn oppressed are slaves
no longer;
Yea, tyranny has peopled waste and lea.
Here stands tn Almighty twixt man and his
wioneer.
Triumpha dsys rhine ont DER land and
zeal"
"What Llood it cost, whit long days of disae-
We reeled in gloom, but Lafayet tped here,
Pointed to France. had Washington for mas.
Fought conquered and the English fed in
fear.
Since for fair France, for liberty the ssinted,
He's grown the greater in adversely.
Well smooth the furrows Austrian fetters
printed,
Tiiumphal days shine out DER land and sea ~
"He whom our Father priced this friend and
chief, let
Men'ry tell while welcome shakes the morn
Bessed fifty years agone--frst bud and leaf
let
The tree Of liberty, then newly born
But look to-day thick leaved it spreadeth,
Braving fire bolt aud icy blast, our tree;
He Comes to rest beneath the shade it she'd
deth,
Triumphal days shine out DER land and sea !"
Around him gathered see our chiefs and
cages,
Each feature scanned by comrades of his
fame;
A mighty nation in his praise engages;
The redskin comes at mention of his name.
The sacred tree has shade enough to cover
This host, meath branches ever green to be;
The wind its seed shall spread the wide world
Triumpbal days shine out DER land and sea ~
10 who had heard these fervid words ortpour-
ing
Followed conqror, served the need of
kings;
Fore whom the slave-bound peoples knelt
adoring;
A free lands homage grander honor brings.
Alas = he said, and Ger wild waves that
blossom,
A far, dear cline he sought out wistfully,
May virtue draw the two worlds breast to
bosom,
Triumphal days shine out DER land and sea !"
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-09-23

CoNsIDERATE. -" Considering that
the mosquitoes are making their fall
raids, and are particularly lively just
now, my DEAR" said Jones to his wife,
"don't you think it would be a good
idea to bring the baby's crib into our
room9 We might divert the attention
of the vora.ious insects little from our
selves. hate to be broken of my rest,
and baby can sleep all day, you know"
Mrs. Jones went in search OF the touge
at once.
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RED OR BLACK ANTs.-May be driven

RED OR BLACK ANTS. be driven
away by line of solution of corrosive
sublimate, drawn with brush around
the edge of each shelf in the store
room, and around the outside of each
pail or jar standing upon the floor. No
jar, nor anything, should be allowed to
touch the side walls, or the ants will use
snch vessels "a bridges to cross the line
OF poison. l always use the prepara-
ton myst If, to insure its being thor
oughly done, and to prevent accider ts
from the careless use of 60 deadly .
poison,
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-09-23

PRIVATE THEATR1cA1s.-"Yo You would
make most beautiful actress in the
drama of life," whispered q poetical
Chicago youth to his inamorata the
other evening" "indeed 'tis so-you
would be star" "And you" murmur-
ed the fair one, as she leaned her frizzes
on his shoulder. "w-wouldn't you Like
to support mel" 80 he arranged it
right there. How could he help III
Cards, Of course.
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hIppy husband Of Ellen, and q junior
prtner in the thriving house Of Mer-
tn 4 Paulovitch, although our sphere
ofbusiness has been removed to less
rdnantic region than that of eastern
Siberia. or the fate of Count Annenkoff
and the caravan under his charge no
survivor ever returned to headquarters
70 tell the tale.
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DEEDS OF BASHI.DAZOUKS.
Tho Awfal Story ef Murdcrs In BULGARIAN
viilaGes...An Omciai Report - tht
American Nltnister In Ceustantineple.

Tho Awful Story sf Murdcrs In Bslaarian
viilRGes...An Oaciai Report % the
American Nlinister In Csnstantinepie.
The following is the report of Mr..
Schuyler, the American consul general,
to Horace Maynard, the American minis
ter in Constantinople
SIR: During the last winter and
spring agents Of the Bulgarian COM
mittee at Bucharest made an agitation
in Bulgaria for an insurrection against
the Turkish government, and met with
considerable encouragement among the
younger part of the population. Owing
to the betrayal of the plot. the insurrec-
tion broke out prematurely on the first
"T The a bsys y. I oI philippopolis and
Adrianople practically seized on the
government, and armed the Mussulman
inhabitants Of tho towns and of the
country, arms being sent for that pur-
pose from Adrian0ple and CONSTANT
nople. These armed Mussulmans, called
irregular troops or Bashi- Bazouks, were
then, together with the few regular
troops at hand, sent into q campaign
against the Bulgarian villages, for the
purpose of putting down the insurrec-
tion, and of disarming the Christian
population.
The insurgent villages made little or
no resistance. In many instances they
surrendered their arms upon the first
demand. Nearly all the villages which
were attacked by the Bashi-Bazouks
were burned and pillageo, rs were also
those which had been abandoned by the
terrified inhabitants. The Inhabitants
Of some villages were massacred after
of the most ferocious cruelty.
These crimes were committed by the
regular troops as well as by the Bashi-
Bazouks.
The number Of villages which were
burned in whole or in part in the dis
tricts of Philippopolis, Roptchus and
Tartar Bazardjik is at least sixty five, of
which the names are as follows
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-09-23
F. H. EVERETT

(Successor to DIR. ]. N. Clark),
nENTIST HAS ALI. THE MODERN I'M
IL proyements. All work warranted to give sat
is'act IN. Inquiries by mail promptly answered.
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