Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-03-24
From The White Mountains.

From The White Mountains.
The delightful weather still con
tinues, although March has been as
sorting itself this past week. Wed
nesday night the mercury stood ut
q below zero, Thursday the winds
were high and violent, Friday heavy
rain and the AmmOnoosuc forgot It's
place, and there were also several
quite serious washOuts on the Port
hand and Og,lensburg II. r., but
those were all repaired yesterday.
To-day the mercury has been about
20. We think of some Vermont
sugar.places with II Southern expos.
ure that must be running, these
spring" days.
Well the holidays one hy one have
left us--Washington's Birthday the
last. Some one mentions st. Pat
rick's Day and April LIST as vet I'M
celebrated. We are not sufficiently
Hiberanian to enjoy the former and
the latter to us is u terror knowing
the latter to us is terror, knowing
our fate iulI well.
The season of Lent is upon us.
The Catholic element in this vicni.
ty is large enough for us to fully re.
alize the fact. There is some change
of diet but not much fasting. The
average workman whether Papist or
Protestant generally eats what he
wants in quantity. Our Catholic
friends across the way are holding
services to-day, and the little priest
with his ulster trailing is climbing
up a little icy pitch to a private
house where mass is to be celehrat.
ed, a devout member proceeds him
with 4 small trunk, and another fol
lows carefully carrying the sacred
robes. A neighbor has just been
in to borrow a pair of candlrsticks,
but oh, they are so far from silver {:
how shocked Pope Plus TX. would
he to see them connected with the
holy ordinances of the True Church I!
The Portestants have Congreea
tiOnal services every Sabbath in the
boarding. house sitting room, nave
not missed one since October last.
AS we are several miles from regn
lar churches, these meetings are
very welcome and have done much
good. Mr.. +. II. Bartlett, an An
dover thcOlogian, is our leader and
an able one too.
Town and State elections in n.
FL. this coming week. The propcs.
ed amendments to the State ConSti-
tuition Of course are the subject of
much conversation. In relation to
the biennial sessions they are deSir-
able perhaps, judging from Yer.
mont, also the change of time from
spring to fall, but as regards the re.
ligiOus test we think it u credit to
the State rather than "a blot. as
many consider it. To be sure it does
not agree with the Constitution of
the United States perhaps, but even
that great document was not draw
up by infalibility. so whether trea
sOnable or otherwise, we give this
opinion on the CatllalIc question of
New Hampshire.
We are glad that Bradford's MI
cal Convention was a success. We
think that Littleton's was hardly
equal to former years. IT evident
~ needed Barnabee or somebody
else to make it less dirgelkc. AL
though the ontside talent employed
was fine and popular, a change is
for next year.
Deer are quite plenty about here
this season. One of our npighbors
has seven. they are lovely creatures
and in much better order than those
caught last year. He says he ex
poets to get twenty-five dollars
apiece for them, but sold two small
Ter ones yesterday for thirty-two
dollars pair,
Logging it is thought will con
tinue through this month. 1t is
hoped so, by those whose contracts
are not yet fulfilled.
During the past week we have
had brief visits from Henry Witch
pr of Newbury, and j. II. McLam
of Topsham. They were skipping
about the mountains, in the worst
weather we have had. If they
we're up here 10 spy out the land
We can very easily snrm.sc, what
heir report will be when they reach
he plains of Newbury and the
strong hold of the Topshamitcs.
VERMONT Err.
IT is with no slight feeling of
regret that we are called on to re-