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Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-10-06
Granes In a Jail Yard.

In the court yard of the county jail
stands grape vine trellis, just under
the grated window of the first ward.
Turnkey Blakely says that all manner of
devices are used by the prisoners to
coax the fruit within their reach. Broom
handles are split with knives, and con-
vict will strain and wrench himself for
hours at time in the endeavor to cap
ture stem of grapes in the cleft, break
it off with an adroit twist, and safely
land it on the window sill. Strings are
weighted and slip-noosed, and swung
back and forth, until they twine them
selves around bunch and reward the
patient thief within. Many grapes are
also devoured by the prisoners as they
pass to and from the court room in
charge of the officers. and the latter
wink at these trifing breaches of law
Detroit Tribune.
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teen, my aunt returned home and found
me out. Since then have been her
charge, and the kindest love was lavish
ed upon me- mo until, at her death, ] be-
camc tho guest Of my friend, Mrs. Hur-
sey. hope you will pardon mo for TAX
ing up so much Of your time; and II you
desire, with Miss Pierson, to decline tho
further acquaintance Of workhouse
girl, I can only accept your decision with
some regret for deceit that was only in
accordance with the wishes Of the dead" "
"Stay q moment" said Lord Frede-
rick Seymour, as the friends Of the
beautiful girl would have pressed more
warmly than ever around her; "let me
speak one word. by the request Of Miss
Worthington, I have retained from men-
tioning the honor she has conferred upon
me, and which is the crowning pride and
happiness Of my life. When I asked
her to become my wife, to give me the
priceless treasure of her love, she told
me the story you have just heard, and l,
too, joined my entreaties to those of her
aunt. "Not, he added, haughtily, "that
I valued my future wife the less, but
that I understood that, even in our So
ciety there are some ignoble enough to
count her early misfortunes as shame
full fact, and is more the beauty of char
acter that could keep her noble, pure
and true, even in the lowlv home to
which the misfortunes of her parents
condemned her. Miss Worthington will
you take my arm to the conservatory p
you are pale, and need rest"
With an air of tender affection, OF fond
pride, he led her through the group Of
friends who spoke warmest words as she
passed.
Finding her seat near the fountain,
he said, in low tone "I am glad they
all know it, Essie, for secret is a
troublesome burden"
"But, you-oh, Fred, if it shames
you
"Hush I never honored you so
highly, or loved you so fondly, as I did
when that girl found insulting taunts
answered by your own dignified frank
ness. We will not speak Of it again.
Rest here till bring you an ice, and we
will return to our friends"
"Maude," Cora said, as the girls un-
bound their hair in their own room be-
fore retiring, ~ don't think your little
scene was altogether success. From
the warmth of her friends, when Esther
Worthington returned to the drawing
room, and Lord Frederick Seymour's
devotion, I really imagine you placed
that lady upon higher pedestal Of favor
than ever, in your amiable endeavor to
take her down."
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-10-06

A Minnesota exchange says: A large
rattlesnake was killed in Breathitt coun-
ty few days ago that proved to be n
curiosity. 1t was perfectly formed,
save it had two well-developed necks and
heads. The prongs of the necks we're
about four inches long, and the snake
used both heads at the same time, strik-
ing with both, and thrusting out its
tongues in spiteful manner, and had
the appearance of two snakes-so much
so that the person who killed. it did not
discover the deformity until his snake
ship was dead.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-10-06
Items Of Interest.
The work OF rebuilding in Pittsburgh
goes on very rapidly.


The work Of rebuilding in Pittsburgh
goes on very rapidly.
shipka means wild rose-and wild
roso the yells Of the terrible Turks.
The Rochester Democrat thinks Char.
Icy Ross was deposited in Chicago
savings bank.
A husband, who only opposed his
wife's ill.humor by silence, was told by
a friend that he twas afraid Of his wife.
"It is not she that am afraid Of" re.
piled the husband; "it's tho noise."
No endearing tones, no help Of loving
nands, no ministration however gentle,
no aid however kindly intentioned, is Of
the slightest benefit to man when he
is engaged in getting into tight-itting
shirt.
A pair of boot lasts have been made
for Leonard Wilcox, of Rome, N. Y,
who is seven feet in height and weighs
600 pounds. The lasts are twenty-five
inches in length, seven in height, and
eighteen around the instep.
There is no heart but feels subtle
sensation of melancholy in looking at the
hectic flush of autumn on the face OF
Nature; but the pang of actual realiza-
tion does not come to q man until he
strikes the first moth-hole in his last
winters Aannels.
There is report that Brigham Youngs
mother, now ninety-eight years old, is
living at Martinsville, Ind. Her facul-
ties are yet bright. She is in very hum
BILE circumstances, and dwells with some
bitterness upon the fhct that k-r son,
who so greatly prospered in this worlds
gear, should have forgotten her, leaving
her to m old age Of penury and want.
1t was little hard on the young man,
for he meant well and had a sincere ad-
miration for the girl. They were sitting
at the table with company of others,
and as he passed her the sugar he MUIR
INJURED in MI undertone: "Here it is,
sweet, Just like you." The compliment
was little awkward, to be sure, but he
meant it, and it seemed more than cruel
when in moment later she had occasion
to pass the butter to him, she drawled:
&C. Here it is, soft, just like you"
While the wife of Mr.. G. J. Langdon,
a brother. in-law of Mark Twain, was
riding near Elmira, N. Y, with her
child and nurse, the horses ran away,
and were stopped by colored man
named John F. Lewis, who was reward
ed by q present of $1,000 from Mr..
Langdon, $50 and a set of books from
Mark, and $25 from another person, be-
side quit claim for mortgage OF $4oo
on his farm, due to gentleman who
thought the decd worthy of further
reward,
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A Battalion OF Bats.

A Western paper says that tho house
Of Mr.. 7. J. McAtee, Of Dog Prairie,
81. Charles county, Missouri. has re
Gently become infested with bats. He
noticed large number Of bats flying
in the direction Of his house and con.
cealing themselves in the corners Of the
windows and under the weather board.
ing. He immediately began IN on
slaught on them, and in few minutes
ho had killed seventy, this number be.
ing all that he could reach with such
weapons as he then had at hand. Next
morning none were to be seen, but at
twilight they returned in such vast num-
bers as to appall him. His attention
was FIRST directed to the neighborhood
Of his front gate, at which point he
heard innumerable fitting noises like a
storm in the distance. Looking that
way he saw what at first he took to be
black cloud approaching, but as it got
nearer he realized that it was horde of
bats. As the swarm neared the house
it lowered and many Of the bats entered
the open doors and windows. Mr.. McAtee
and his hired man at once set about to
kill the bats, and succeeded in making
away with two or three hundred. Hav-
ing rid the house of nearly all the bats,
Mr.. McAtee went out doors again to see
what the prospect was there. He was
surprised to find the dir filed with
myriads of bats, flying and circling about
in all directions, and darting against
each other with audible force. A huge
and writhing mass had settled on the
window sill, and the entire frame, as
well as the wooden part of the sash, was
covered with them. The weather board
ing, for at least five feet on each side of
the window, and from the bottom to the
top of the house, was covered with the
black throng. Every outhouse was
either invaded or surrounded. As Nc
Atee walked through the yard the air
was black with bats. and he had to keep
up continuous fighting with his hands
and arms to keep them from striking
him in the face. Overcome and con-
fused by the phenominal visitation Nc
Atee at first did not know what to do,
but finally conceived a: plan which re-
suited in the capture and death of OF
least very large number of them, Tho
result, by actual count, was 4, ,103 dead
bats, and their carcasses filed large
barrel which holds over five bushels.
Though this onslaught greatly dimin-
shed the number of invaders there were
still hundreds, and perhaps thousands,
If them left, though owing to the dark
less, it was found impracticable to
make further war on them. Next
morning when McAtee awoke not o bat
was to be seen, oil the survivors having
MS mysteriously as they
'ame. They have, however, since in
'aded the house, and all attempts to
zeep them away are fruitless.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-10-06
Curious Effects Of TOrnadOes.

A man who saw the partial destruction
of the Omaha bridge by a cyclone des-
cribes it as dense black cloud coming
down stream, carrying forward water
column standing on the river with its
head in the clouds. In front the air is
filled with hail, streams OF fire run along
the iron bars and columns Of the bridge;
but the moment the whirling water
column strikes it the whole is lit up by a
binding electric glare, the bridge van
ishes, shoots up to great height above
the piers, and then is dashed with incon-
ceivable velocity back into the river.
Large stones are torn out of the rip-rap-
ping, and shoot up perpendicularly sixty
feet to the top of the railroad grade
This description is regarded by many as
fanciful; but Prof. Tice of st. Louis
says it is not, and adds: 81 was charged
with laboring under an illusion when,
in the summer of 1858, I asserted that the
steeple of the Baptist church first shot
up into the cloud. Not until the archi-
tect declared it must have been so, and
could not have been otherwise, was the
correctness of my statement admitted.
The architects opinion was based upon
the fact that the steeple, when construc-
ted. was let down by braces twelve feet
long into the tower, and this braced
frame was pulled up and out without
disturbing a stone in the tower. The
large stone cross in the Calvary ceme-
terry, weighing several tons, that went
down in the North st. Louis tornado
last year, went up first, for there
was the upright iron dowell that had
been in the socket of the shaft. Houses
always 20 down when caught in the
vortex of a tornado, but those caught in
the center invariably first go up. When,
in the East st. Louis tornado, the cloud
snatched up locomotive, carried it over
a pond, and dropped it down, right side
up, the wise by tradition pooh poohed
at the assertion that it was carried, and
declared that it was blown into the pond,
not trace of such &C
tion could be seen in the smooth and
level sand over which it must have roll
ed if such had been the fact. How did
it happen, then, that the tiny electric
cloud that was arrested over Langley
pond, South Carolina, on the twelfth of
August, 1874, formed waterspout,
which lasted for about ten minutes, In
which time it lifted to the clouds over
214, 900 tons of water, and the cloud,
enlarged and distended, walk
ed off with it without spilling drop?'
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WHY He Carried q Wooden Pistol.

A war correspondent writes from
Varna I found crowd of officers who
were examining rough wooden revolver
that had been taken from the belt of q
dead Russian lieutenant. It had no
trigger, neither were barrels followed
ont, merely block of wood shaped out
rs revolver. An old Pole was asked
for a solution of the. mystery, and his
opinion was very soon given. The
young man had been a gambler, had
sold his revolver, and to hide the fault
from his commandant had had wooden
ones made to fill up the holsters.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-10-06
Ida Lewis, ,

A Newport (R. IL correspondent
writes: On my last day had sail and
fish all alone in the bay, and I i'm.
proved the occasion to pay my respects
to Miss Ida Lewis, the heroine who has
saved over dozen lives at sea amid
storms before which the bravest quailed,
and where stout-hearted men did not
dare to venture. Miss Lewis is no long
er young, and she has an honest wealth
er-beaten face, but her manners are
graceful and those of lady-quiet, na-
tural and unassuming. She converses
easily and only telks of herself when
questioned. I was sorry to hear from
her that her health was failing her. I
heard from other sources that she had
married not long ago and been disap-
pointed in her choice. I could not but
feel for her great pity united to the
greatest respect. The evening before I
had seen one of those silken, unnatural
rich women of fashion, such as they have
at Newport, sitting in her chariot array
ed in her laces, founces, ribbons and
diamonds, with puppy dog in her fair,
taper arms, the object evidently of her
tenderest solicitude, and, the day before
that, another woman in railroad car,
travelling about with cat. And here
was this good, quiet, brave little woman,
living the livelong year off in the rocks,
shut off for most of the year from
any society except her mother, yet con
tented and happy in the practice of duty,
keeping brave watch for the suffering
and putting out in her boat thu ough the
raging storm, periling her own life to
save the lives of those who were utter
strangers to her, and all the while bear
ing her honors as meekly as if she had
been some simple village maiden.
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Men Who WIN Not Pay.

A New York letter says: Asmoileus
was making some revelations the
other day about prominent men in
New York who never pay their debts,
and confess that he astonished me.
Having m intimate acquaintance with
literary aud professional people general
ly, he dove deeper into the heart Of the
mystery, and the result was that it was
infinitely more interesting than the peru
sal Of "How to Live on 81, 900 Year, "
or any Of those nice little brochures OF
impracticable economy. From his revela-
tions it appears that there is certain
literary man in our town who is notorious
for never paying any bills but those
which he is positively compelled to in
order to subsist. This gentlemen is re-.
ceived with courtsey both at home and
abroad, but it is certain that an instant
after he has grasped some great dignitary
by the hand he may hesitate to meet the
eye of his grocer. He never finches in
his course however he simply will not
does not pay. A jewelry house had a
bill of thirty dollars against him for
years no collector could obtain the sum
and the firm disliked to institute legal
proceedings for so trivial amount. At
last, however, the debtor sent in valu-
able clock to be repaired, and this the
firm promptly seized upon for liquidation
of the debt and retained. An even more
fagrant case is that of distinguished
professional man belonging to one Of the
best families Of the State. He lives in
handsome house, fairly encumbered with
works of art and objects of virtu, but
he lived religiously up to Pistols maxim,
"Base is the slave that pays!" He is
aided and abetted by a smiling house.
keeper, who, scenting creditor afar off,
opens the door herself, and with the
blandest possible grace answers all in
quiries to the utter defeat of the ques-
tioner. He may pay many visits to that
brownstone-front, but that little bill is
bound to 60 unsatisfed. This-pardon!
-aristocratic "dead beat has, withal,
the most luxurious and refined tastes
he will buy anything-provided that
immediate payment is not required.
For instance, let dealer call upon him
with some choice work of art. The host
will admire it and then say he would like
to purchase it but he feared it would be
impossible" the fact is, have no
money about me-" he would confess.
The dealer, impressed by the elegance and
taste Of the mansion and the name and
position. of its owner, cries that it does
matter; he will call again. He calls
many times again, but if he ever obtains
payment he is a noteworthy exception.
And yet my informant assures me that
the man who perpetrates all this wrong |
10 eilsuiarly hiuu-llearUeu, ana Is sur
rounded by dependents to whom it is
inferred he actually gives money, since
they are constant in their presence. "It
is possible that he gives them all he
has," suggested. But was assured
that he was wealthy man by byinheritance.
md, moreover, in receipt of handsome
income from his practice. He is simply
averse to paying anybody whom he can
"do." The world is his oyster, and every
month, according to him, has an r in it.
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"There isn't vegetable" says the
Worcester Press, "that can ketchup up
with the. tomato"
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,
SnAs DEANE,.
ARTHUR LEE,

This letter was in the handwriting of
Benjamin Franklin, and the transmits
sion of it was the first official act of the
United States after the Declaration of
Independence, the object of which
secured foreign recognition of the infant
Republic.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-10-06
An Interesting Document.

The following letter, lately discovered
by Mr.. Washburne among the archives
of the French government, has by per.
mission of the Minister of Foreign
Affairs been photographed, and copy
of it sent to the State department at
Washington:
PARIS, Dec. %, 1776.
Sir: We beg leave to acquaint your
excellency that we are appointed and
fully empowered by the Congress of the
United States of America to propose and
negotiate treaty of amity and commerce
between France and the said States.
The just and generous treatment their
trading ships have received by free ad-
mission into the ports of this kingdom,
with other considerations of respect, has
induced the Congress to make this offer
first to France. We request an audience
of your excellency, wherein we may
have an opportunity Of presenting our
credentials, and we fatter ourselves that
the propositions we are instructed to
make are such as will not be found un-
acceptible. With the greatest regard, we
have the honor to be your excellency's
most obedient servants,
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-11-10
ARIZONA SENTINEL.
Thin Gold.

The Philadelphia Public Record says that Mir E. A. Outbridge, of the assay de- pertinent of tie Mint has, by means of a galvanic battery, succeeded in spreading gold into layers so thin that 1t would re- quire 2,79S,O00 of them to equal an inch in thickness. The gold layers can bc disen- gagged from the copper plate on which the galvanie current deposits it by dissolying the copper in a weak solution of nitric acid on which the gold leaf rema ns floating. The same series of experiments have shown that gold can be boiled and even vaporized by means of electricity, and that wien a cylindrical bar of silver is coated with gold and drawn into wire, one grain of gold can be made to cover a length of 7,3456 feet. The same authority states that tests of clay from the bed underlying Philadelphia show 40 cents of gold to the ton, and that the whole bed contains more gold than has yet been procured from Cal ifornia or Australia. A specimen of galena from Bucks county has also yielded gold in the proportion of 10 cents per ton. The thinnest leaves of gold produced before Mr. Outbridge's experiments are 367,5O0 to the inch.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-11-10
Do, Not Face the Light When at
 Work.

Statistics kept by oculists employed in infrmaries for eye diseases have shown that the habit of some persons in facing window; from which the light falls directly in the eye as well as on the work, injures their eyes in the end. The best way is to work with side light or, if the work needs a strong illumination, so that it is neces- sary to have the table before the window, the lower portion of the latter should be covered wit: screen, so as to have top light alone, which does not shine in the eyes while the head is slightly bent over and downward toward the work.
 In the schools in Germany this matter has already been attended to, and the rule adcpted is to have all the seats and tables so arranged that the pnpil never faces the windows, but only has the side lights from the left; and as light simultaneously thrown from two sides gives an inference of shadows, it has been strictly forbidden to build school rooms with windows on both sides, such illumination having also proved injurious to the eyes of the pupils
 We may add to this advice not to place the lamp in front of you when at work in the evening, but little on one side, and to never neglect the use of a shade so as to prevent the strong light shining in the eyes This is especially to be considered at the present time with kerosene lamps, with intensely luminous flames, becoming more and more common.-fM Medical Jour- nal
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-11-10
BEST CORRAL IN YUMA

Where teamsters and others can find amplsr accommodations for their beasts as
 well as themselves.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-11-10

feel under increased obligations for the patronage so liberally accorded me as the successor of the old and successful house of Wm. B. Hooper & Co.,, and while ac- knowledging this fact, allow me to add that those dealing with me will find as complete a stock as was ever offered by the old firm with all that is new and desirable in addi- ton.
 JAMES N. BARNEY
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-11-10
Gold Dust

Treasury Drafts, Legal Tenders, Soldiers Warrants, Bankers Drafts and Good Com mcrcial Paper, Grain, Hides, Wool and all Territorial and Mexican Products bought at value for Cash; or advanced on as may be desired.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-11-10
saIesxof Ores,

Gold, Silver, Copper or Lead, will be made at highest possible rates for account of owners. My long experience and con- ncction with buyers in the different mar kcts give me a very decided advantage over any one in the Territory in making such sales to the profit of those entrusting them to me. Correct and responsible assays obtained and submitted when desired.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-11-10


 DAVID NEAHR. Main Street, Yuma A. T. 40 California Street, San Fra, c sco. Wholesale and Retail Dealer iR GENERAL RaEac4AuDlsE. Invites attention to the best selected and most complete stock ever offered in
 this market consisting in
 part, of Grocerles, Provisions,
 Wines and liquors, Cigars and
 Tobacco, Hardware,
 Tinware, Creckery,
 Iron, Steel Miners Tools. Sporting Good,
 Wagon Lumber, et,.
 LADIES' and G ENT@' FURNISHING GOODS. Dry Goods, Fancy Goods,
 Boots and Shoes, Clothing, And is constantly and regu'a 'arly recciv- ing fresh California products, consisting of Butter Cheese, Bacon.
 Ham, Onions, Beans
 Barley Pcta oes, Corn, Wheat, Corn Meal Bucl<wheal Flour, California and Oregon Flour, Cutting 6c Co.'S Canned Fruits, Vegetables
 etc. etc. etc. All of which is offered at prices which
 tDefy Competition. Buyers will find it to their interest to call and examine my stock before purchasing elsewhere.
 All merchandise consigned to my care will receive careful handling and he for wardcd with dispatch and by experienced frcighters, at lowest market rates. GrccnbacIxs Taken at Far. FIVE PER CENT. PREMIUM paid in exchange for American gold coin. Goods sold at greatly reduced rates. Highest prices paid for all Arizona pro ducts.
 DAVID NEAER.