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Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-12-22

It is curious fact that the English
language has separate word for the
designation of particular groups Of ami.
mails. Thus e group of one class OF
birds is called differently from q group
of another class. Such words as fight,
muster, flock, herd, swarm, etc.. are
really separate words, having a single
meaning, namely, group. The following
shows in q concise manner how these
various terms are applied to various
classes of animals A covey Of par
tridges, nide of pheasants, q wisp Of
snipe, bevy of quails, fight of dove,
or swallows, muster of peacocks, Z }
siege of herons, q building of rocks, .
brood Of grouse, plump Of wild fowl,
q stand of plovers, a watch Of nightin-
gales, clattering Of choughs, flock OF
geese, cast of hawks, trip Of dottrell,
. swarm of bees, . school Of whales,
shoal of herrinss, herd Of swine, a
skulk Of foxes, . pack Of wolves. q drove
Of oxen, . sounder Of hogs, q troop OF
pride Of lions. q sleuth
bears,
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-12-22
ut might have been me. Dollie but
! believe Mr.. knight forestalled me-"

ut might have been me. Dollie but
believe Mr.. Knight forestalled me-"
Alice blushed painfully. Frank Mer-
rill walked over TO the door, and taking
down the wishbone said:
"The fortunate suitor who would win
the lady fayre. must possess the magic
charm. Twill fight fate and fortune for
her."
"And will be her valiant knight,
and therefore claim the badge" said Mr..
knight, putting out his hand and play.
fully wrestling the little bit Of bone from
Mr.. Merill's hand.
Everyone laughed again, but only n
few felt there was, perhaps, more than
a joke in the little passage at arms,
When il came time to depart, Mr..
knight asked permission 10 call again,
and he came 30 often after, that Alice's
old lovers saw at last that there was no
hope for them.
When little Dollie was told that cousin
Alice was going to marry Mr.. Knight
and 60 away, she looked up from her
picture book and said {:
at was all the wishbone wasn't it,
cousin Alice ?"
"Yes, Of course, ! suppose so,"
laughed Alice"
Dollie went on with her book, reading
aloud:
"A, ate it; B, begged il; G, cut it;
E, eyed it; F. fought for IT,
eyes," interrupted Bertha, "and q
certainly got it,"
"Whatl" asked Dollie, looking up
again. "The apple pie?"
"Oh, no, only the wishbone-and
Alice !"-Dena0rest.
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Prairie Dogs and RattlesMakes.

1t has been heretofore stated that
prairie dogs and rattlesnakes form part
nerships and live together in the house
of the former. A gentleman Of St.
Louis, who has carefully observed the
habits and customs of the prairie dog
villages, says that this is mistake. He
says that in the prairie dog village there
are many houses that, for one reason or
other, have been abandoned by the
dogs, and that rattlesnakes finding these
vacant take possession and use them for
their dens. At first sight there seems to
be peace between the snakes and the
dogs, but this peace is only truce.
The dogs are SO much more numerous
than the snakes and fight SO bravely in
defence of each other, that the
snakes are afraid to make war on them
about the villages. The prairie dogs are
so peacefully disposed that they never
attack any animal except in defence,
consequently rattlesnakes are tolerated
and let alone. Hearing a prairie dog
making great fuss near thicket, past
which he was riding, this gentleman says
that on accommodating he found prairie
dog defending her young from the furi-
GUS attack of rattlesnake. He dis
mounted and killed the rattlesnake,
which was FIVE feet in length, the two
dogs, meanwhile, hiding in the thicket.
Retiring behind the thicket, he watched
results. The old dog came out first
from her hiding-place, and, approach
ing the snake timidly, soon satisfied
herself that it was dead. She then ran
to the thicket, and returning with the
young dog, they ran about the dead
snake with every expression of delight.
Leaving the young dog on guard, she
ran away to the village, and soon re-
turned leading troop Of at least one
hundred dogs. They had noisy meet
ing over the remains ..of their enemy,
many of them spitefully scratching the
dead body, after which they conducted
the rescued mother and son home at the
head of what was quite like triumphal
procession.
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Saved by Bad Spelling.

An instance has recently occurred in
France where a mans life was saved by
bad spelling, and it is probably the only
case in history, recorded or unrecorded.
where. GEOGRAPHY proved itself benef-
cial. Haas, desperate convict, who
murdered jailer at Poissy, was found
guilty, but the foreman in writing the
verdict, eyes, by majority" spelled
the word "majority with "g" in
place of the 81" in the last word. On
this error the case was carried to the
court of cessation, and, it being held
that the misspelling of this word consti-
tuted fatal error, a new trial was
granted. The second jury, animated by
q feeling of sympathy for the prisoner,
who had been kept in suspense for an
unusual length of time by the various
proceedings, brought in verdict of
guilty, "with extenuating circum-
stances" This clause is always ife-sav-
ing, and Haas was sentenced to penal
servitude for life.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-12-22
Long Names.

Whittier we turn, East or West, we are
confronted with hard names. The Mon
treal Witness, of recent date, says:
Jean Baptiste Tekanakenseroken, farm
er, is held on a charge of assaulting
Laxare Ahionwokes at Caughnawaga.
So much for the East, which is pretty
good considering the distance from
Russia. Now for the West. The Ha-
waiian Gazette, which has Just been re-
ceived at this Office from the Sandwich
Islands, says: The second birthday of the
Princess Victoria Kawekia Kaiulani Ka-
laninuiahilapalapa Kaleiohawaii, daugh-
ter Of her Royal Highness Miriam
Likelike and Hon. A. s. Cleghorn, was
celebrated yesterday BY grand luau
ct Waikiki. The Sandwich Island prin-
cess gets rather the start Of the Canadian
farmer. She beats him by twenty-seven
letters, which on q cognomen, ss Bard
we'll Elote would say, is "a large major
ity."-Detroit Free Press.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-12-22

There's bachelor, over the river,
With cabin and plenty Of means
Hs asked mo TO marry him, mother,
And I an but just In my teens.
He has oat, and COW, and piggie,
Two hens, and barrel Of beans,
He said, Just enough for . starting;
And what II am In my tsens2
There are Katie, and Susie, aud Sarah,
Aud Jennie, and Dorothy Deans,
We're not done with crockery playthings,
And scarcely had got In their teens,
TIL they had been married twelvemonth.
And now would like TO know why
can't have beau and wedding,
And not live maid till I die.
There are some things In life quite unoel
tain,
As mamma, you very we'll know;
And not in the least ere the chances
OF getting aud keeping beau.
There's no qse in saying he's older
Than am by nearly score
He had al those years 10 be learning,
And shall be potted tho more.
And no use TO talk Of our waiting,
For John wouldn't do Il, know;
He'd marry some other young lady,
And be left minus beau.
So now I'm in haste for the wedding Il
I'm earnest, and can't be denied
Twill seem such beautiful romance
To be called I" the little girl BRIDE"
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-12-22

The latest report Of the criminal ad-
ministration Of France contains O very
curious series Of statistics relative 10 the
suicides committed in that country in
the year 1874. 1t appears that during
that period 6,6l7 persons killed them
selves, and that this total is greater than
had ever before been reported. OF these
unfortunates seventy.nine per cent. were
men and twenty-one per cent. women.
OF 105 suicides the ages could not be do
termined, bat Of the remaining 5,512,
twenty.nine were under sixteen years of
age, 198 between sixteen and twenty
one. l, AT between twenty one and forty.
2,2l4 between forty and sixty, and /, 800
over the last mentioned age. Leaving
out those who committed the fatal act
while laboring under mental disorders,
in all 1922. 1t is interesting to compare
the condition Of the suicides with the
cause which impelled them to make
way with Themselves. How prolific a
source Of suicide unhappiness in the
marriage relation is, is indicated by the
fact that forty-eight per cent. Of the tota
were married people, and that out of
5,136 suicides, regarding which authentic
particulars were obtained, 7O1 killed
themselves because of family troubles.
It will also be noted that the greater
number of suicides were people past the
prime Of life, indicating that dissatisfac-
ton with wasted or unsuccessful ex-
istence determined their putting an end
to it. This is further substantiated by
the fact that out of the 5,136, $50 are
known to have killed themselves because
Of reverses in fortune.
seven hundred and ninety-eight peo-
pie died to avoid physical suffering, and
489 because of various unclassified trou.
blss. The fact that out of the 815 who
were brought to self-destruction by dis
sipation, 572owed their misery to drunk
enness, is in itself powerful temper
ance lecture. 1t is not easy to under
stand why spring and summer were the
seasons in which most suicides occurred.
The percentages are twenty-three for
winter, nineteen for autumn, thirty-one
for spring, and twenty-seven for sum-
mer. This would seem to negative the
statement which has been made that
most cases of self-murder occur during
gloomy weather, which aids in depress-
ing the spirits, for certainly there are
more dark days in winter than in sum-
mer and fall. Again, it might be sup
posed that the privations incident to
winter would lend an especial impulse
toward the crime. As to the mode of
death chosen, more than seven tenths
preferred either strangulation 2,472) or
drowning Q.b14). showing that. while
The suicides were willing to throw away
their lives, they probably shrank from
any mode Of so doing which involved
mutilation of their bodies. .-.Scientifc
american.
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The Legs and Feet OF Horses.

It is a well-known fact that horses
will work and stand sound for many
years with legs apparently much out of
order. Enlargements take place in the
sheath of tendons after strains, also from
blows, where the parts become lined
with thick coat of lymph, and some-
times the body of the bone itself is found
thickened, from disposition of bony
lamina over the original bone. When
all this has been in progress, we ques-
ton the propriety of any active meas
ures, unless, as is generally the case,
feeling of soreness is expressed after
work by shifting or favoring Of the
limb or limbs in the stall, or by "feel-
ing" manner of going on first quitting
tbe stable. When the legs are really
callous, little impression can be made
upon them, unless by active measures /;
but rest and proper attention are the
best preservaA> yes of these most essential
members of tlie horses frame, with the
friendly auxilSries of hot water, flannel
bandages, andl freedom in q box stall
after severe work, and good shoeing at
all times.
Provided no internal diseases attack
the feet, they will not only be as sound
and healthy, but in better form, from
having been properly shod, than if they
had not been shod all: Some hoofs,
however, having greater disposition to
secrete horn than others, and thus called
strong feet should never remain more
than three weeks without being sub
jected to the drawing knife of the black
smith, and the shoes properly replaced.
Neither should stopping with damp tow
be omitted; as moisture, not wet, is
beneficial to the health of the foot. Do
what we may, however, horses that are
required for work on hard roads, or to
ego the pace" will always be more or
less subject to diseased feet, quite un-
connected with shoeing. The action Of
the hinder legs of horses reminds us of
one useful hint to those who have to use
their horses on long journeys. If we
allow a we'll formed horse, with the free
use of his limbs, Oh road upon which
his footsteps are imprinted, We shall
find that the hinder foot oversteps ,the
fore feet in the walk, but falls behind
it in the slow trot. Exclusive of relief
to the muscles by change Of action, then;
it is safer to vary the pace from walk
to slow trot on a journey, as causing
less fatigue to the hook joint, by which
curbs and spavins are frequently thrown
out. Add to this, the slow trot is the
safest pace horse goes, because his
step is shortest. st.-Prnirie Farmer.
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Items Of Interest.

The pension bureau has $4,000 claims
unadjudicated.
Another hog with two hearts las been
killed-this time In Indiana.
Milan, in Italy, is going to have IN in
ternational exhibition in 1879.
A Kentucky inn. keeper offers to enter.
tain eloping couples at half price.
The last st. Louis grand jury advised
the restoration Of the whipping post.
A Maine lady has refused $4,000 for
her tresses, eight feet one inch long.
Russia complains Of scarcity Of
doctors. She has plenty Of patience,
however.
A hand in the bird is worth two in the
bush, especially il it happens to be
brier- bush.
elbows your husband this evening,
Mrs. Quaggs "No Improvement,
doctor, one way or the other"
Missouri farmers are shipping cattle
from Colorado to feed with the abundant
corn crop of the.former State, which 1t
will not pay to ship.
The other day Bohemian, a Granger
stopped at the Boone county, Indiana
poor farm to get his dinner. A Bohs.
mian servant girl at work there was call
ed to talk with him. They talked half
an hour, when the girl gave up her
place and said she was going to get mar
ried. The two people went to the court
house, got q license, and were married
in less than an hour from the time when
they first saw each other.
Lorenzo Baker, thirty-two inches in
height, and twenty years old, is min.
strel performer in Kentucky. Alice
Cough, thirty-one inches in height and
eighteen years old, is the daughter Of
wealthy farmer. These little folks are
in love with each other, and desire to
marry, but the girls parents, disregard
ing the peculiar fitness of the match,
refuse their sanction on account OF the
social difference.
"There is not," wrote tho editor Of
the Deadwood Daily Champion, ga
quieter, more peaceful, well regulated
and orderly community in tho western
And then, as the Office Roy
entered to say that somebody wanted 10
see him, he took his bowie knife between
his teeth, put a Colts new pattern seven
shooter on the desk in front Of him, and
then said "Jim, get out another coffin
"a plain one this time-and let the
critter come in"
The Arizona Miner tells laughable
story of two friends who were recently
by Indians in that State. They
were both ON mules and the ARROWS were =
whistling by them in clouds. The mules
were of unequal powers of speed, and
the foremost man sang out, "Joe, why
don't you come along?" Joe, whose
arms and legs were flying in the air like
q runaway windmill, replied, as an ar
row grazed his ear, "Do I look like
man who is throwing OFF,"
The cosmopolitan makeup of Ameri-
can citizenship is shown by the character
Of the naturalizations now being made
in New York. Among the applicants
for the privileges of citizenship of the
United States, one week recently, were
Germans, Irish, French, Danes, Turks,
Russians and natives Of the South Sea
Islands. In addition to these one China
man took out his naturalization papers,
and another applicant, Of a different
race, solemnly renounced all allie
glance to foreign potentates and princes,
but more especially to the Emperor OF
Dahomey." 'tt.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-12-22
Fortunes In Oil.

A letter from Oil City, Pa, has the
following Who has not heard Of Johnny
Steele, otherwise known as Coal Oil
Johnny. He awoke one morning and
found that he had come into possession
of a farm, near this city, upon which
numerous prolific oil wells had been
struck. He had retired poor teamster
he awoke millionaire. He soon be-
came the greatest spendthrift ever
known in this country. He travelled,
bought the hotels where he stopped,
gave them to their previous owners in
the morning-in short, disbursed his
immense fortune with lavish hand un-
til it was all gone. He then retired and
is now contented farmer in one Of our
Western States. His is only one of
many very similar stories told.
As the opposite of Coal Oil Johnny,
the case of Dan Goethe, an oil specula-
tor Of this city, is cited. Only few
years ago he was bootblack in this
city. He then delivered telegraph mes
sages, aad finally engaged in the oil
business. He is now only about twenty
six years old, but in that short time has
acquired a fortune Of several hundred
thousand dollars. In the mean time he
has supported widowed mother and
several brothers and sisters. He made
his money by buying and selling oil,
and is now one of the most influential
men in the business. Only week before
last he took the bull side Of the market,
with a powerful company on the bear
side, and worsted them. One sale of
his was of 80, 900 barrels at 032. The
trade was made, certificates representing
it exchanged for check, within ten
minutes. The amount involved in the
transaction was $163,0OO. This was
only one of lis sales. During the day
he sold nearly 5000 barrels. He is a
short, thick-set man, unassuming and
very liberal. His gifts to the poor are
large. He is temperate, and possesses
in an eminent degree that qualification
generally termed sand.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-12-22

"what is your chief consolation in
life9" asked q pastor of a young lady in
his Bible class. The young lady blushed
and hesitated, but on the question being
repeated, the ingenious maiden said |:
"I don't like to tell you his name, but
I have no objection TO tell you where he
lives"
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-12-22
THE FALL OF PLEyNA.
The Tswn Capssred by the Russians after
Desperase Fish.isA- Over Fsrty Thou
saad Prlssaers Taken.

The Tswn Captured by the Russians after
DcsVerase Fishtius- Over Rsrty Thou
sasa Prissaers Taken.
The capture Of Plsvna by the Rus
slams is thus described in tn, cable dis.
patches /: Osman Pasha crossed the
River Vid. and at half-past seven
o'clock in the morning assaulted and
carried the outer lines of Fort Dolny
Etropolje, minor work defending the
road to Widdin. It was not very strong
ly.garrisoned, the supports being massed
some distance in the rear Of the fort
and the attack being made in such a
dashing waythst reinforcements could
not be got up before the first line was
carried. The grenadiers Of the Imper-
ial Guard were promptly on hand, how
ever, and the redoubtable Osman hurled
his troops against the best men of the
Russian army. The Russian grenadier
corps were holding the line of invest.
ment on the left bank of the River Vid.
The attack was made with desperate
energy, and a portion of the Turkish
troops did, in fact, again penetrate the
line Of entrenchment and batteries, but
all attempts to break through the posi-.
tions Of the grenadiers were Intellectual.
After five hours severe fighting the
Turks were defeated. The Russians
and Roumanians were hurried up from
Susaria and Bukova. After terrible
carnage Osman attempted to re-enter
Plevna, but it had meanwhile been oc.
cupied by Roumanians and Russians
from Gravitza.
Osman on finding himself thus sur.
rounded, although wounded in the foot,
personally conducted the negotiations
for a surrender. He expressly an
that he surrendered uncondi.
tionally to the emperor.
simultaneously with the main sortie
the Turks made feint against the
Roumanian positions on the right bank
of the Vid, but this was feebly con-
Quoted, and the Turks in that quarter
surrendered almost INCREASINGLY. The
whole Turkish artillery train was cap
tured in the immediate neighborhood Of
Plevna. The Russian and Roumanian
armies made triumphal entry into the
town at half-past three in the afternoon.
The czar, after the surrender of Plevna,
placed his own carriage and escort at the
of Osman Pasha.
Reports from the scene Of the battle
place the number of prisoners at over
40, 900 and 400 guns. The ground on
which the engagement took place was
strewn with thousands of dead and
lying, but no accurate estimate of |
The dead has yet been received. Of |
The prisoners, 20, 900 are sick or wounded.
All kilograms agree in declaring that |
The attempted sortie of Osman Pasha
rom Plevna toward Widdin was made
With desperation which has won for
1im the respect of his enemies. His
men had endured all manner of priva-
ions within the invested town. They
1ad suffered terribly from cold, owing
% insufficient clothing from disease
neither doctors nor medicines being at
land-and from famine.
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GthTly SPthkihG.

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! h" vows liIil trIn. heart biui:
Nm" gently tiI"nish,r hrr,mI- Ii"w
hir'ji"n - ."Ic, l. kind.
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IT. iu," b" sure 10 -aiIt,
lr,rh Il III a"r'uI- ~"if an! mtih.
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" III hnvr enough tu b,...r-
Iu.- Ihrnu-i TINS lite a. best rhev MAJ
LIS lGii ~ ANXIOUS c'tI.
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',IIeI" moi the s:ar" worn heart.
II. 7.,na7 at IIic ne nearly ruu--
Let SUCH in peace d'rAItt
~n,ak @~nrly. kindly, To- th, poor;
Lat ~ irir-h ton" O" hrAl',
Ia"y NAV" enough fh,y must cndur".
" Gth"ui an unkImd word
speak gently to tia" rTrIn- know
lnrN Eay have ."ii'd IN VAN;
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T. b-u'i Hiu' = -rubpuru VIII.
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SAID t" th-In, Peace. BE- sim 80
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Drni.p'.i 80 Lac hr.u.'- dep well
The G"ui. H., inE which II NAV hIu4
+ --rnirJ -h..u tell.
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WILLIAM YOUNG.

~ NlH practice hi~ profession "A al! 81 tn
courts ut Lafayette county amt the courts 81
RrcyCl IA the state on" over Au.!'s Sank
t-1,yy.er-> Old >r-uu 4! business promptly
attended to ja!Io-Iy