Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-12-23

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A man ia always about 10 knock tn
ashes OF his cigar when he discovers
that they have fallen between his vest
and shirt front.
| "Matilda, I am young aud rich.
can make you suprcmoly happy" "Yom
can, George, by leaving mo forever. "
He went his way.
Advertising is the bull's'oye Of trade.
The successful business team is TINT
| which advertises most. Now is the timo
10 make the shots tell. ,..t... ....-
A saying prevails in Turkey that it
takes two Turks to swiudle n Crock two
Crooks to swindlo Jow, and two Jews
TO swindle An Armenian. .... mot
The deposit Of rock salt. in found to bo
enormous in Nevada. In recently
opened quarries il is sawed out like mar
bic, and is almost pure. 81. 0-
Why longer hesitate, Young man
Your chances of wedding girl with a
glass eye are only one in eight thous-
and. Statistics show it.
A man OF sixty and a woman OF fifty
clopcd in North Carolina, not because
anybody opposed their marriage, but for
the sake OF the romance.
A Detroit man, who died miserable
death In garret the other day, declared
that his drst downward step was acting
rs Judge at baby show.
The grand council of the Mystic Band
OF Brothers adopted ut their last annual
session, in Hoboken, N. j., M entire
new ritual, and Oh nged the name Of tho
order to Mystic Brothers.
An editor offered to mako his "devil"
a Christmas present OF his printing
Office but the boy declined it. with the
remark that he had rather work for two
dollars week than to run in debt nine
hundred dollars year.
A new industry has started in Han
cook county, Misunderstanding tannin
from sweet fern. From ton Of sweet
fern barrel of extract tannin is made,
worth 1872, and also barrel of second
quality, worth $3.50 per barrel. 10
The happiost moments in a wonan's
life are whom she is making her weallng
garments; the saddest when her hn'H
band comes home latp at night and yells
to her from the front steps to throw him
ont some keyholes, assorted sizes.
The number of French marshals is
limited to six in peace and twelve in
war. Only four gene rails are now hold
ing that high rank paraguay d'Hilliers,
Canrobcrt, McMahon. the president OF
the republic, and LIE B@uCr.
Lord Chancellor Campbell, few
days before his death, met barrister
aud remarked "Why, Mr.. =. you
are getting as fat as porpoiso. " " FIT
company, my lord, for the great sea"
was the ready repartee. +. 81
There arc seventy Protestant churches.
with 100000 registered members, IN
Eastern Turkey; in Central Turkey,
twenty-six churches aud 5000 members;
and in Western Turkey twenty four
churches and 5000 members.
Aooor;l;ne TO tho Afee7ionl -H,rns,ai,ler.
mustard and cress are nm excellent reme-
dy for scurvy, and may be grown on
board ship during long voyages, as Tho
seeds easily germinate on w4t blankets
in moderately warm atmosphere. +.
A revolution has broken out iu San
Domingo, but for the sake Of history it
should be stated that it is noG tho sano
one that broke out last week. That one
was captured and put in the lookup be-
foro the new one had fairly started.
The Rome Sentinel says This Loui- I
siana business is porverting the morals
and humanity of the nation. A Rono
cat lust week returned count Of seven
kittens, and then the lady of tho hoGso
assumed ministerial and clerical powers,
and threw six OF them out. ..l ...
Admirers OF a former mathematical
professor at Dartmouth cite. as proof OF
his wonderful gift of calculation, that.
when he went to Europe, he estimated
his expenses 80 accurately that he took
just enough money to pay oil his bills,
and returned with one cent left. .,'.t.
A gentleman who had tarried late at
his club found his wife awaiting his re-
turn III a high state of nervousness.
She said: "Here I've been waiting, aud
rocking in the chair till my head spins
round like a top" "Jess SO, wife,
where I've been," responded he; "it is
in the atmosphere" r| isS,'
Tho London Economist notices as a
fact that the American gov
ernment has, directly or indirectly,
brought 92O0, 900 Of silver ip tho L2Pl-
don market for the purpose Of coming,
and shows that the export Of silver from
the United States to England has teadlly
decreased since 1874. ..... ........
Some boiler makers in Dubuque put
q boy in boiler to hold hammer lead
to the rivets as they were driven in, and
when they were all completed he WAS
found too big to come out OF the hoie.
He stripped and creased his skin, but it
was Of no use, and it took six men on .
hour aui half to cut him out. ...,.t. f-
They had been engaged n long time,
ani one evening were reading the paper
together. "Look, love-" he exclaimed.
'' only fifteen dollars for q suit OF
clothes 7" "Is it wedding suits" sho
asked, looking raively at her lover.
SO Oh, no |" he replied. "It is bust
ness suit." Well, meant business"
she replied. ,.,. h,.lral is,.T-
Canaris, the Greek admiral, who oyer,
City years ago, with fostytwo conf
rades, took the sacrament and then de-
voted himself to death, sailing two fire,
SHIPS lpDO bllS UItiSe "a tHF i'tNS
1t Scio, succeeding in destroying The -
oasha's ehip and lhunditsls of men, is
living at Athens, hale old man OF
sighty-two years.
atlterrible disease, cancer, is grow.
ng more fatal in England. In 1874 it
,arried of more than II coo persons,
more than two-thirds of whom were
Cancer spares the young.
Most Of the deaths occur at ages aboyo,
orty five, and it is noticeable in the
ears returns that nnder that age moro
males than females died. .,i.......i
1t is claimed by the English that last
'ear they completed the longest bridge
a tho world, in their East India pos 7
sssions. Tt iconsists of fifty four. .spa,:s !,
4 l42 feet each, thus making 300 feet
II more than one and threo Quarter ~
niles long. It is all built Of brick and :
ron; tho masonry amounts to 5000, COO,
ubic feet, while the iron g;rderswoish
200 tons. 'o... '.-.. .l't.. -.