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

Fortune is like market, where many
times, il you wait, the price will fall.
Lisbon, N. H., raises loo, 900 bushels
Of potatoes year, which are converted
into starch.
The Legislature OF Maine has deter
mined to sell all the islands OF the coast
owned by the State.
A seam OF fine hard coal, nine feet
four inches in thickness, has been struck
at depth OF five hundred feet at Nanai-
mo, British Columbia.
Rev. Brooke Herford, Of England,
says that what mostimpresses aforeigner
visiting America is the half finished ap-
pearance Of everything.
A recent marriage notice ends with
the singular expression, probably added
by waggish friend 4" May their future
troubles be little ones"
A survey OF all the large merchant
steamships has been made by the British
government, with the view to their use
as n part of the royal navy in case Of
foreign war. .'r..
A Portsmouth baby which recently
died was mourned by a father and mother,
two grandfathers, and twog ograndmothers,
three great grandfathers, and three great
grandmothers.
During the reign of the present czar
Russia has gained 30, ,347 square miles Of
territory and 22,546, 600 souls in popu
lation, and reduced the national debt b~
80, 600, 900 roubles.
A purchaser Of riverside property
asked the real estate agent If the river
didn't sometimes overflow its banks.
"Well," responded he, sit isr't one of
those sickly streams that are always con-
fined to beds"
Bad luck is man with his hands in
his pockets and his pipe in his mouth,
looking on to see how it will come ont.
Good luck is a man Of pluck with his
sleeves rolled up and workingt to make it
come ont right. w. n."'1 ''i+
The Farmers club of the..American H.
stitute have asked Congress to make the
subject OF tree culture and cconomy.a a
standing branch OF study in agricultural
colleges receiving aid or support from
the government. ,u..
A Middletown compositor hos calcu-
lated that in the course OF years type
setting the average compositor will put
up more than 1000, 600 separate pieces,
which, with their distribution, requires
10, ZOO, 900 motions of the hand.
By the German census, taken Dec. /,
it appears that the population OF Berlin
has increased since 1871 about 1877 per
cent; Breslau, fifteen per cent. Ham
burg, 1888 per cent; Frankfort, thir-
teen per cent; and Leipsic, eighteen
per cent. .......
A young woman looking for situa.
ton was attracted by an advertisement
for some one 70 do light housework.
She called at the address given, and in-
quired where tho light house was and If
there was any way of getting on shore
on Sundays. ID, .....,.t ..r..,
Thirty-three mines in Colorado have
been opened to depth Of from one hun
dred to nine hundred feet since 1859.
Five Of them were idle last year, but the
rest produced ore valued at nearly $2,-
900, 600. Since their discovery they have
yielded $26, $50, 900. r9.
A man in Providence, who was recent
" bitten by o mad dog, has adjusted all
his business affairs, ,lpaid all his bills,
made his will, had room constructed
for his own use, and made other arrange
ments for his own and his family's bene'
ct when he shall be attacked with hy-
drophobia. @"..
When the wind storm that recently
devastated TETON pass began there were
100, 900 sheep feeding on the plains,
thousands of which were blown into the
gulches and buried by the driving sand.
Over 1000 sheep were lost. On the
San Emido, cattle which took refuge in
beds Of streams were in some places
buried out Of sight.
Two brave men, having fought and
shaken hands, are the last men in the
world to cherish small animosities
against each other. No point in any
drama is more heartily appreciated by an
English or American audience than that
in the Lady Of Lyons where Colonel
Damas remarks how much q likes
another man after he has foao ht with
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