Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-12-01


Ia adiourned.to Dec. 4th. 1t ia thu
engrossing topic Of conversation
everyw here. Scott Lord, the at
tOrney for the contestants, ia very
busy getting up testimony, and Il
pretty array Of it he has. He Az
serts that he can prove every point
mentioned in my last, and has a
mass beside that he thinks will not
be necessary to introduce. For in
stance, as far back rs 1854, there
was a check signed "C0rnelius Van
derbilt," paid for a lot of groceries
to be shipped to California. The
signature was forged. William II.
impressed his father with the belief
that it was Cornelius who had ut
tered it, and the two family physI'
clans got out a writ of lunacy.
and Cornelius was seized and hur
ried off to BloOming,lale Asylum.
Fortunately the Chief OF that AsN-
lum knew Cornelius, and refused to
receive him, knowing him to be en-
tilely sane. The con>pirat0rs eX.
cused themselves with the plea that
they did it to save him from a GRIN
ina prosecution for forgery. Cor
neIius demanded IA legal investiga-
ton, but at the urgent request OF
the Commodore the matter was
dropped. MIR. Lord expects to show
that for twenty years William sys'
tematically and continually con
spired with his tools to blacken Cor
nelius and keep him in disfavor
with his father, that in the end the
vast property the old man had ac-
cumulated would come to him. 1t
is probable that the will will be
broken, in which case the Wander
bit power will be gone. 1t is we'll.
800, 600, 600 is too much for one
man to control, and the most i'm
portant of the Trunk Lines from
East TO West ought not to be own
ed by one man. The public have
an interest in the issue of this bat
tie. Sympathy runs almost entire
~ with the contestants. And.
speaking of the Vanderbllts, the
great social event of the season was
THE VANDERBILT WEDDING.
The daughter of William II. Van
derbilt, the great railway king, was
married with great pompt and cir
constance last Wednesday evening
at st. BarthOlomew's, the ultra
fashionable church of New York.
Probably no wedding that could be
announced would he the subject of
more curiosity, and the display was
designed to reflect the consequence
of the brides family in manner
suitable to a fortune of ninety-fve
millions. But one order was given
regarding the wedding dress,-that
it should be the costIiest that ever
passed from the hands of the fash
ionable modiste, the same who fur
nished the wedding dresses for Miss
Garnt and Boss Tweed's daughter.
Numbers were hidden to witness
tie wedding at the church, but the
reception at the house was very Sc
ect. The bride is about twenty,
and blonde. She marries n Boston
gentleman named Twombley. The
father of the bride performed his
part 10y giving bis daughter dla-
mond necklaces worth $4,000 aud
" a million, which will take the
young couple comfortably throguh
the winter.
1t was as snobbish an affair as
ever New York saw, and precisely
the kind of thing that the mash
room shoddyites always do. The
gifts were advertised for days be-
before, the cost being very careful
ly mentioned in each case. Now
the real old families, who have
something besides money to laIl
back upon, never do this. Their
weddings are gorgeous enough, but
publicity is always avoided. The
newspaper reporter is not invited
to inspect the house and make notes
of everything from the diamond
necklace down to the brides outfit,
and if anything beyond the mere
announcement gets into the papers,
i; is because of the superior impu
dence of reporter. The Wander
bits and Stewards and that kind
are very careful to have it all bla-
Zoned forth, and it is done in the
true patent medicine style. 1t is a
mercy that such families don't last
long. The OStentatiOn bred of sud
den wealth very soon dissipates it.
FASHIONS.
The fashions of the season are
more for sense than for show. One
Of the stylish morning garments
for outdoors is long cloak of gray
cheviot, covering the entire dress,
and goled as closely as possible in
front and behind. A highly sensl-
Die addition for walking is a cloth
CATER strapped over the boot, pre-.
:isely like those worn by men, to
Keep the dust from entering the ,,
shoes. Embroidered waists of lie hit =
due or pink opera flannel are worn =
lnder the dress for cold weather. c
Bright red and blue shawls of plain
cashmere or stella shawls with Dor t
leIs are again worn as a sort of a
lalf dress, and add touches of pleas.
ng bright color to the streets. :
THE UIuAkMAKERS' STRIKE. +
The cigar-makers' strike cOntin. !.
les, and though the strikers affect j..
0 have confidence that they can !
Ompel the managers TO come to Q
heir terms, they are evidently dis j
About Thousand Chi k
amen have been brought on from u
IAN Francisco, and they are at :, :,
'Ork. But more serious danger ~
hreatenS them. The manuftctur.
is have discovered that a woman
an make fair cigar in two days, =
nd an excellent one in week, and u
new are taking them on by the Oh