Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-12-02
Items Of Interest.

Men arc not what they seem unless
they seem foolish.
II is the passion that is in kiss that
gives to 1t sweetness. t....l..
A soft voice is beautiful thing when
ii says eyes at the right time.
The leading hotels in New York city
have reduced their prices 81 per day.
Here is oonundrum in rhyme:
A sountry merchant bought Z. N.
What did he purchase, il you please.
Tho shop girls Of Boston number
nearly one-tenth Of the entire popula-
ton Of the city. r.. .3a wli
England has lost $500, 00O, 900 by
Turkish, Spanish, Egyptian and South
American defaults.
II You want to diminish your weight,
exercise /; II you want 10 increase It, eat
heartily and do nothing.
A writer, in describing the last scene
of Othello," said "Upon which the
Moor, seizing bolster full Of rage and
fury, smothers her."
Twenty-Five Chicago drunknrds &C.
cepted Moody's invitation to be talked
to in room by themselves, and twenty.
four OF them subsequently announced
that they had been converted.
Il is now reported in certain circle
in England that Arthur Orion has been
found alive in Australia, and that sur
vivor OF the Bella has also been found.
This may lead TO more Tichborne itiga-
ton. ..,.-.... ..... ...5 A.,
Awitty Frenehman writes Paris paper
that "a French major is man who has
three decorations. The third was given
him because he had two, the second be-
cause he had one, and the first because
he had none" t.5... q.
Il is related of DR.. Garth, in his last
illness, when he saw his fellow doctors
consulting together at his bedside, that
he raised his head from his pillow and
said, with q smile Dear gentlemen,
lot me die natural DEATH"
Names potato crop is very large this
year. It will probably reach 1850, eOO
bushels, worth $1,000, OOO.. A starch
mill in Aroostook county will take from
900. 900 to 100000 bushels. A great
many thousand bushels will be exported.
Al q White House reception Mrs.
Sartoris wore q very handsome steel
gray silk, embroidered with rows OF red
fioss. shaded into pink, and further gar
nished with loops of cardinal ribbon.
She is looking plump and rosy and very
happy. ........
A Canadian, who had been acquitted
of the charge Of cattle stealing, was
tried again on charge Of receiving the
stolen property. Then it came ont that
he committed the original theft, and as
he had been acquitted on that, there
was nothing to do but let him go. n
A Sunday school teacher was giving
lesson in Ruth. She wanted to bring
out the kindness Of Boaz in command
ing the reapers to drop large handfu!s
OF wheat. SNOW, children, she SAID,
"Boaz did another nice thing for Ruth;
can you tell me what it vast" "Married
her I" said one OF the boys. ' @
An exchange says: The printers hand
takes up and sets down $4,000 letters
per day, and assuming that his hand
moves the distance of two feet to and
from his " stick" it travels 1900 feet
each day, or nearly ten miles, or from
here TO Europe every year. They ought
to receive prompt pay for their labors.
Two seniors, diligently ponying
Plato's Apology, met the sentence: "To
fear death is nothing else than to seem
to be wise when you are not. First
senior, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES does that
meant" Second senior, tho1ghtfully-
"Well, don't see; but we had better
not fool with it, for it may lead to Pan.
theism for all we know. Lets go on"
One night we were sitting out Of
doors in the moonlight. unusually silent,
almost sad. Suddenly some one-a
poetic looking man, with a gentle,
lovely face-said in low tone "Did
YOU ever think Of tho beautiful lesson
the stars teach usi" We gave vague,
murmur, but some soulless
clod said !" No i; what is it, "How
to wink" he answered, in q sad, sweet
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