Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-12-30
Items Of Interest.

Dutcner slBu out Wesp reuus no A"'
lows; "John Jacobs kills pigs Like his
father"
Dundreary said "They SGT hup u
'oTid howl, you know, and called ita
hcagle."
The cost Of maintaining l,021 convicts
in the Virginia penitentiary was about
seven cents per day per head.
If in conversation you think person
wrong rather hint at difference OF opin.
ion than offer contradiction.
Two PittsbuYghers have just died
from handling mattress from house
where there had been smallpox.
II YOU are going to educate your son
for the life insurance business, you must
instill in his mind that modesty is not the
best policy.
There is much less OF obtaining money
under false pretense than formerly.
probably owing to the difficulty Of OBJ
tanning money under any pretense.
A corresp espondent of the London Times,
writing from st. Petersburg, says that
the government Of Russia is bent on
peace, while the people are passionately
bent on war.
In English military circles it is rumor-
ell that thirty thousand French volun-
teers will Join the British army in case OF
war with Russia, tempted by the bounty
and the pay.
A Paterson IN. J. man recently dis
puted about ten cents in carpenters
bill. Suit was brought, and he won his
case after Il cost to himself OF s. 25 and
to his opponent Of $s. How precious are
our rights
A hint to mothers: Begin as early as
possible to teach your infants to gargle
their throats. The work will be difficult,
but the value of it would be apparent i'll
case of II visitation from diphtheria or
scarlet fever.
The scientific journals are discussing Il
new process of making gas, the cheap
ness of which will admit of its use for
fuel. It is said that it might be deliver
ed in residences for fifty cents or less II
thousand feet.
A girl at Sunderland, England, while
running to look at funeral, fell down,
and n hairpin ran into one OF the aper-
lures of the spine through which tho
nerves pass causing inflammation OF the
spine and ultimately death.
Washington society has some peculiar
wrinkles. A X on Il lady's visiting or i'll
vitation card signifies that the lady is the
wife of member Of Congress,
members daughter, and / other. lady
relatives or friends inmates of mem
ber's family.
The number Of square miles i'll the
United States is 2,OSS, ,963. The real
and personal property in the United
States is 1929, ,S42, IT'S, 443 The number
of persons who cannot read are 4, Ill.,
SOB. The number OF those wlp cannot
write is 5,559,311.
Three -year-old happered to have Il
want to be attended to Just rs his mother
was busy with the baby. 500 away; l
can't be bothered with you now."
"What did you have so many children
for, if you can't bother with 'em?" he
unexpectedly inquired.
Six Rhode Island men have made per-
haps the queerest election bet on record.
Each of the losing three must eat, within
two hours, three plates of soup made OF
one hind leg of dog, one hind leg OF
cat, four rats legs, six chickens legs,
and ton frogs hind legs. The seasoning
and vegetables will be discretionary with
the cook, who must be paid $25 by the
losers.
A novel suit has been commenced
against one Of the commercial agencies
in New York by mercantile firm III
that city. 1t is an action of libel not for =
speaking evil of the complainant, but for
saying nothing at all about them. The
charge is that the agency in its printed
book gives the firm no rating as to CAPT
tai or credit. The annual damages are
laid at $4,000.
The london EInaacie,' says that bank
srs could if they chose tell a good deal
about the growing prosperity of Ireland.
They have for some time past been
struck by the magnitude of the deposits
odged with them by persons OF appar-
,ntly very humble means. The old ten
leney to hoard and hide money in the
'oof is declining, and the people are
gradually investing their savings.
In the old prison Of Amsterdam, Hol-
and, the beam riveted in the wall, upon
which capital offenders were formerly ex-
,cuted, has never been removed, though
he death punishment has long been
lbolished by the Dutch government. 1t
S a noteworthy fact that the number OF
has since steadily de-
reased, and no question is to-day raised
n Holland touching the advisability OF
the gibbet and the rope.
A man from the State OF Maine visited
he Centennial Exposition. On entering
he grounds it was apparent, from his ap-
that it exceeded his expecta-
ions. Approaching the Main building.
nd pointing toward it, he accosted one
# the policemen with the query: "Say,
what's that p who, in reply, said: e.
. Why, that's the Main building" " With
satisfied air end nod of the head he
Ias heard 10 say: "Wall, Maine has
one well, hain't she p