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Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-11-24
A Way They Have.

Chow many thumbs?" smilingly asks
the sitting-room carpet, looking up at
it's colleague, the battered stove-pipe.
With wink in it's disjointed elbow the
stove. pipe, riveting its gaze on it's friend,
replies "Only three, but I've raked
enough skin off the other knuckles to
make pair of boots" Chuckling re-
spends the carpet: "Not so we'll as you
did last year. got couple of finger
nails, two whole trousers knees, started
a COED crop Of hang-nails on every finger
in the house, and I think I have di.
vorce suit pending" "That'sa a pretty
good spread, replies the pipe, and then,
turning to an exhausted tack-hammer
that was resting itself on the window
sill, asked: "How is your score ?"
"Oh, don't ask me-" gasped the tack
hammer. "I've been buster than the
masters gavel on a. chapter night. 1
haven't missed but one knuckle since I
started in, and then I caught the ball OF
a thumb plumb centre, and raised
blood blister as big as walnut" And
the graceless trio smiled in silent chorus
and an old, rheumatic mop that was
standing on the porch listening to the
conversation through the keyhole
pumped itself against the door in an
ecstacy of delight and fell fainting across
the wheelbarrow with one leg that was
waiting on the walk for somebody to
come along and fall over it.-Burlingtoa
H1,Dkeue
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-11-24
Remarkable Lakes.

On the top of ridge of mountains in
Portugal, called Estralia, are two lakes
Of great extent and depth, especially one
of them, which is said to be unfathom-
able. What is chiefly remarkable in
them is that they are calm when the sea
is SO, and rough when that is stormy. 1t
is therefore probable that they have a SUBJ
terranean communication with the ocean;
and this seems to be confirmed by the
pieces of ships that they throw up,
though almost forty miles distant from
the sea. There is another extraordinary
lake in this country, which, before a
storm, is said to make frightful rumb-
ling noise, that may be heard at dis
tence of several miles. And we are also
told of pool or fountain, called "Fer-
vencias," and twenty miles from Coim-
bra, that absorbs not only wood, but the
lightest bodies thrown into it. such as
cork, straw, feathers, etc., which sink to
the bottom and are never seen more. To
these we add a remarkable spring near
Entremos, which petrifes wood, or
rather encrusts it with case of stone;
but the most remarkable circumstance
is, that in summer it throws up water
enough to turn several mills, and in win
ter it is perfectly dry.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-11-24
An American in Distress,

One rarely sees q fellow-countryman
in distress in Paris, writes Edward King
in the Boston Journal, but I did meet
one day before yesterday. He came up
to me on the Rue Scribe, where if you
are not IN American you are supposed to
be, as nearly every Office on it is in some
way connected with Yankee trade, and
observing me sharply, he said
care you an Americana"
I proudly acknowledged that I was a
citizen Of the republic.
"Wal," he said, "can you tell me
where I can get some chewin' tobacco ?"
I said no, of course no one chews in
France-didn't know personally any
American resident who "chawed."
"Wal," he said, sadly, "it's all very
we'll for them that don't chew but I've
got to have some can't live without it. ."
And he stepped out with determined air,
looking for another American to whom
he could put his despairing question.
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A Wonder Of PrecOcity.

Christian Heinecker was born at Lu-
beck on the 9th of February, 1921.
When only ten months old he could re-
peat every word that was said to him
at twelve months he knew the principal
events in the Pentateuch by heart; at
two years he learned the historical parts
of the Old and New Testaments; in his
third year he could reply to most ques-
tions on universal history and geography,
and in the same year he learned to speak
Latin and French in his fourth year he
employed himself in the study of religion
and the history of the church, and he
was able not only to repeat what he had
read, but also to reason upon it, and ex-
press his own judgment. The King of
Denmark wished to see this wonderful
child, SO he was taken to Copenhagen,
there examined before the court, and
proclaimed to be wonder. On his re-
turn home he learned to write, but his
constitution being weak he shortly
afterward fell Ill. He died on the 9th
Of June, 1725.
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t" News rs Is News"

American people must go to the other
side of the Atlantic to hear news of
home. Here, for instance, is the Inde-
pendance Beige informing q puzzled
World that Mr.. Randall has renouncetl
the speakership "and the President
will probably be reelected" If for
"has renounced" we read "has been
renominated, and then read that it is
likely that the Speaker will bere-elected,
we shall perhaps get at the sense of the
paragraph. Then about two weeks ago
all Paris was agitated with the news of an
enormous confagration in the United
States, the New York Opera House hav-
ing been burned" In point of fact we
have not had the fire, nor have we in
deed, when we come to think of it, the
opera house. e.-New York World.
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10 u good mat Wo 40, lot ~ 40 u,
Giving soul and our strength TO the deed
Lot - pisees the hard rock and pass through Il.
And compass the thing that We need.
Docs Yats, - dark cloud. hang over.
And cover our heads from the light2
Dsss hate mark tho heart Of the lovcr2
Must wrong be the victor Of rightg
Yet In Fate there IL freedom for each ono
To make or TO mar a. he will;
And The bolts OF III fortune that reach one
May main, but they never shall kill.
Ever onward aud upward pursuing
The aim that 10 thine for the day,
Adding strength to thy strength by thy doing,
Thou shalt gain II, nor faint by the way.
And though thou art busiest with small things,
Though meniai thy lbsr may be,
DO thy utmost In that and In all things,
Thou still shalt be noble and free.
Dost thou iovo2 lot 1t be with full measure;
Nor mingle with ooldness or hate
or Others tho Joy Of thy pleasure,
The passion that crowns thy estate.
BE to every man just and to woman
De gentle, and tender and true;
For thine own do thy best but for no man
Do less than brother should do.
So living thy days full to number,
In peace thou shalt pass to the grave;
Thou shalt he down and rest thee, and slumber,
Aia'ovsd by the good and the bravo.
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A Reminiscence Of Senator Morton.

A correspondent gives this reminis-
cence of Senator Morton in the Cincin-
natl Commercial One of the pleasant.
est occasions of that visit to California,
when your correspondent had the honor
of accompanying Senator Morton and
family, was q trip to Virginia City.
Among other places OF interest we
visited was the Consolidated Virginia
mine. Very agreeable arrangements
were made to convey the Senator down
the shaft into the mine. The platform
was covered with canvas and seats were
provided for the party. At the last he
declined going on account of his wife
not being quite strong enough, but he
came and seated himself by the side of
the shaft to witness the descent of other
members of the party. When add
that the ladies were obliged to don a
complete suit of male attire, some idea
will be formed of the undertaking. The
ladies were three in number, two lovely
young girls, the daughter and niece of
Senator Cooper, and an elderly lady,
Mr.. Mackey and another gentleman
comprised the party. The costume of
the ladies was dreadnaught overcoat
worn over blue flannel shirt and cloth
pantaloons. Heavy shoes and slouch
felt hat completed the outfit. On &C.
count of the intense heat of the mine,
the overcoat was worn only in descend
ing and ascending the shaft, and in the
absence of suspenders the pantaloons
we're tied with a tow string tightly
around the waist. The costume of the
gentlemen was not less striking, and no
one enjoyed its ludicrous aspect like
Senator Morton. He laughed immod-
erately, and had the patience to remain
seated until we returned, flushed with
heat and dripping with perspiration.
There was not the suspicion Of curl
left in the locks Of the young ladies,
and they looked as fresh and pretty as a
child Just out Of the bath. Senator
who relished the exit even more
than the departure, said they reminded
him of the old song of the rose just
washed by the rain.
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UThe Admirable CrichtOn."

James CrichtOn was human prodigy.
Before reaching his twentieth year, he
had run through the whole circle of the
sciences, and was b master Of ten Ian
guages, which, from his vast memory,
were as familiar to him as his mother
tongue. Nor was his fame confined
merely to literary excellence +; heseemed
to combine the most discordant qualities,
and was without rival in all corporeal
exercises. It is reported of him, that in
fencing, he could spring at one bound
the length of twenty feet on his antago-
mist, and could use tho sword in both
hands with equal dexterity. He had also
fine voice, and great skill in playing on
musical instruments. His person and
countenance were alike eminently beau
tiful, which served to set off his accom-
plishments; for even virtue never fails to
be still more acceptable in q graceful
form. For the victory he gained on the
4th of February, 1879, over the learned
men Of the University of Paris, he had
conferred upon him the title of cad
mirable." The very next day he attended
fitting match at the Louvre, where, in
the presence of the Court of France, he
bore away the ring fifteen times sue
cessively. The last adventure in which
he was engaged, displayed his extraor-
d'nary spirit and skill in feats of arms.
Rowing about the streets of Mantua one
night during the carnival, and playing
on the guitar, he was attacked by six
men in masks. His courage did not de-
sert him on this critical occasion F; he op-
posed them SO stoutly that they were
glad to fly z; and their leader being dis
armed, threw off his mask, and begged
for his life. How must it have wounded
the sensibility of Crichton to discover in
the suppliant vincentio di Gonzaga, the
son of the Duke of Mantua, whose pre-
ceptor he had been chosen. Instead of
merely granting the forfeited life, which
was all that ought to have been required,
he fell on his knees, apologized for his
mistake, and presenting his sword to the
prince, told him that his highness Was
always master Of his poor existence, and
needed not to have sought his death by
treachery. The brutal prince, either
irritated by the affront which he had re-
ceived, or stung with jealousy, grasped
the profered instrument of destruction
and plunged it into his tutors heart.
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Fooled nv a Bottle.

The other night, says the Santa Barbara
(Cal.) Press, a house near the beach was
entered by burglar, long after the in
mates had gone to sleep. The only
occupants were a woman and two
little girls. The man obtained an en-
trance through the window of the room
in which the children slept, and in get
ting in woke one of the girls, who called
out to her mother that a man was in the
room. The mother soon realized the
fact that something was wrong, and
called out to her little girl that she
would get pistol and come in. She
accordingly came in with small bottle
in her hand (she not owning pistol,
and was Just in time to see man crawl
from under the bed and make hurried
exit through the window. The woman
displayed an amount.of presence of mind
and courage not often exhibited in an
emergency like that, even among the
sterner sex.
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The Growth of a Dead Mans Hair.

DR.. Caldwell, of Iowa, says that in 1862
he was present at the examination of
body which had been buried two years
before. The coffin had sprung open at
the joints, and the hair protruded
through the openings. On opening the
coffin the hair of the head was found
to measure eighteen inches and the
whiskers eight inches. The man had
been shaved before being buried. In
1847 similar circumstance occurred in
Mercer county, Pennsylvania. In dig
ging q grave the workmen came across
the skeleton. of q man that had been
buried ten years. The hair was as firm
as during life, and had grown to length
of ten or twelve inches.
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FARM GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Recipes.

| WoCbDeos
RAxRpMAcARoNI.-Use about half a
pound Of macaroni, break UP in pieces,
put it in boiling water and stew gently
for twenty minutes; salt it little; drain
we'll; have ready buttered pudding
dish; place alayer Of the macaroni in
the bottom, then cover with grated
cheese and few Jumps Of butter; then
another layer Of macaroni and more
cheese aid butter until oil is used rpj
add wineglass of cream or milk; bake
covered for half an hour ; then re-
move the cover and brown nicely; servo
it in the bake.dish.
To BOIL TuRKEY.-A delicate hen
turkey should always be selected for
boiling. Pick and draw il, taking great
care not to break the gall-bladder; when
it is singed, cut through the skin round
the first joint of the legs, and draw
them out by fastening the feet to a
strong hook and then pulling the bird
away from it; take of the head and
neck, wash it clean, and wipe it dry; fill
the breast with veal stuffing; in trussing
1t, draw the legs with the body, break
the breastbone, and give the turkey DIS
plump an appearance as you can; put
it into plenty Of hot water and boil it
very gently for about two hours; served
either with celery sauce or good white
sauce.
DRIED APPLE CAKE.-Soak three cup
fuls dried apples over night, then draw
off the water through sieve; chop the
apples slightly, then simmer them in
three cupfu1s Of molasses for two hours;
after that add two eggs, one cupful
sugar, one cupful sweet milk Or water,
three-quarters cupful butter or lard, one
teaspoonful baking powder, flour enough
to make pretty stiff batter; add cinna-
mon, cloves to taste.
GRAHAM BREAD.-Three pints Of gra-
ham -four, one and half pints of white
-four, one-half pint of n1olasses, little
salt, one cupful yeast; mix rather wet
with spoon.
Indications of Good Butter Cow.
It is said that the color of the inside
of the cows ear affords an infallible
guide to the selection of good butter
COW. If the skin on the inside of the
ear is Of rich yellow or orange color
and the lining of the ear is covered with
IN oily secretion, the CON will be sure to
give good quality of milk, rich in
butter.
Cows that produce high-colored but
ter have large amount of the secretion,
the inside of the ear being of an orange
tint. On the other hand, Gght-colored
butter makers present a scanty, thin,
pale yellow secretion, in some cases
found only at the bottom Of the ear,
while the inside lining is Of CORE
spondingly pale, underlined color.
Every male of the bovine family has the
power Of secreting certain amount Of
this oily matter. If the quantity be
large, secretion will take place
freely in the mammary glands, the ear
and the skin. As the test is simple and
costs nothing, it cannot fail to prove
q useful auxiliary to the aairyman and
farmer in their selection of rich mixers.
Indiana Farmer.
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Another Formidable Russian Foe.

| Another F0rmldaplo kusslsn FOe.
A bucharest correspondent writes A
thing Of greatet gravity then is generally
supposed-the spread Of Mihilism il
the Polish provinoes-is occupying the
attention Of Austrian, Russian, and
Roumanian statesmen. The sect Of the
| Nihtlistes has hitherto been confirmed
exclusively 10 Kussia proper. OF thu
precise nature OF their teuets and A.
pirations no one can speak positively, al
that il known being that, as their mains
implies, ..their creed is based upon the
negation Of everything involving the
principles of law in the State. Believ'
ing neither in God nor the evil one,
these people strike at the head OF all
authority, the sovereign. They cannot
be classed with the Communists, and
vet, to gain their ends, they are said ia
be affiliated to that great nursery OF
the Commune, the Internationale. Un'
like, too, the French Radicals, these
N,hiiistes recruit their numbers in all
classes Of society. Two thousand OF
them are at this moment in the prisons
of Moscow and st. Petersburgh, and
among these are found, not only students
Of the public schools, but respectable
merchants, high officers of the army in
active service, and even young girls OF
good family and, in other respects un-
tarnished reputation. These last are,
indeed, particularly fanatical and active
in the propagation of their dogmas, and,
according to the avowal Of their fellow
prisoners themselves, may be clssed in
the category of their most energetic
adopts. The act Of accusation against
those now arrested contains some de-
tails upon the organization of the
"circles in st. Petersburgh, Moscow,
KieAf, Kazat, and Odessa, but the CEN
tral committee has not Jet been dis
covered, and it would seem that all the
different sections of the society act in
dependently of each other, although in
accordance with a programme elaborated
in common. Among packet of letters
seized in the apartments of a medical
student in st. Petersburgh was found n
communicatisn==anonymous-from his
colleague at Kazan, in which il 10 urged
that, as the Nihilistes are not yet in a
position to act by force, they should
profit by the critical situation of the
government, whose authority has been
shaken by the recent military disasters,
and should work upon the public opinion
by political demonstrations at the funer-
ais of their comrades, and on the arrival
of the trains containing wounded SOL
diers. In consequence of this revela-
ton, and of others which caused the
arrest of many of the gang residing in
the provinces, the bodies of all the
prisoners who die in the military hos
pitfalls are inferred during the night
without other witnesses than the nurses
on duty in the ward. Considerably ex-
cited by the imminence of this danger,
so menacing to society, augmented as it
is by the feeling of discomfort which is
gradually pervading the masses, the
police are taking stringent measures.
All public meetings are forbidden,
domiciliary visits are made discretionary
with the police, and the press is sub
mitted to a censorship which is almost
arbitrary in its severity.
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Scope Of a Newspaper.

A newspaper is a window through
which men look ont on what is going on
in the world. Without a newspaper q
man is shut up in small room, and
knows little or nothing of what is hap
pening outside of himself. In our day,
the newspaper keeps pace with history
and records it. A newspaper will keep
a sensible man in sympathy with the
worlds current history. 1t is an en-
folding encyclopedia and unbound book,
forever issuing and never finished. Al
ways bear this in mind, and never fail
to take, and, more particularly, pay for
your home paper.-FOgelsvitle pa.
MESSENGER.
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A Skillful Equine Operation,

Edging around in front of the animal
the reporter saw that sure enough tube
had been inserted in the windpipe mid
way between the head and shoulders,
through the opening of which the horse
was inhaling and exhaling oxygen with
all the force and capacity Of black
smith bellows. A little inquiry elected
the facts from Mr.. Woodin. The horse
"a fine large black had formerly been
used as a bus horse for the Bellows
House in Rock Island. Some two
months ago the animal had violent at
tack of epizootic-so severe, indeed,
that the larynx, or opening of the wind
pipe, had been swollen shut, and the
horse seemed likely to die of suffocation.
He was then taken to Matt. Fishers
stables, in Davenport, where veterinary
surgeon cut the windpipe as described
and inserted a siphon-shaped silver tube
about six inches in length, through
which the animal obtained his allowance
of air. The tube has thin facing, to
which the straps are attached which
keep it in place. The horse does not
suffer the least inconvenience from the
arrangement. and is as full of life as
ever. 1t will be seen that by this mode
of treatment all strain is removed from
the obstructed larynx, leaving it in the
best possible shape for doctoring. As
soon as the swelling subsidies and the
natural passage is again open, the tube
will be removed, the hole sewed up and
the horse is himself again. As we have
said the horse was used at the Bellows
House before his sickness, but when
Mr.. Jarvis, the present proprietor, took
charge, he shipped the animal down to
his Island Farm, in exchange for one
that was sound, which accounts for the
presence of the horse on our streets, and
consequently for this item.-Muscatine
IoWa) Tribune.
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Fashion Notes.


Winter bonnets appear in the revivef
coronet shape. Some Of these have tht
face trimming formed exclusively O
clair do lune beads laid on in close rows
Of gimp and dropping fringe. There
are less flowers seen as the season ad
vances. In their place are wavy plumes
birds, aigrettes. beads and iringes.
The latest importations Of trimmings
for costly dresses show still richer do
signs than the first, They como in large
feathery ferns, odd leaves, flowers,
palms, arabesques, stars and crescents.
All styles of architecture are initiated in
the heavy wide passementeries. Balls,
acorns and tassels of chenille and satin
are introduced in fringe and other orna.
ments and in other styles are shown all
of the colors found in the bourette and
Roumanian fabrics. Rraids and gimps
for wooden dresses show all manner OF
arabesques, geometrical designs in
squares and diamonds, coral branches
and blocks these may be used as head
ing to aounces, piaitings or to fringes
of corresponding style. Black laces
are beautifully ornamented with colored
silk embroideries, into which are inter-
woven the rainbow and clair do lune
beads. Guipure and thread laces are
still fashionable, and will be combined
with bands of far for trimming velvet
garments. French lace closely imitat.
ing Chantilly in design and quality, will
be used exclusively for full ruchings
and plaitings into some of these laces
cut jet beads are thickly interviewer.
The new black net wells are ornamented
with fringes and loops of clair de lune
or modore, and cut jet beads. The two
styles of wells come In the nook shape,
and in a scarf three yards long, which is
gracefully laid over the face, then
crossed behind and brought forward and
tied just below the chin in a large bow,
or fastened with gold luce pin. They
are made of plain and embroidered net.
Fashion has rarely offered so many
inducements for ECONOMY as this sea-
sea-so many pretty inexpensive ways to
make up inside and over costumes, and
SO many accompaniments to dress, unit
ing beauty to utility. One prin ciple
must be understood it is upon cor
rect contrast and harmonious associa.
ton, and not alone upon the absolute
beauty of the colors, that fine effect
depends. Combinations of materials are
still employed in dressmaking-the
foundation being composed Of solid
colored fabric with relief of some fancy
stuff, such as the Roumanian, Reuinelian,
and Turkish moss cloths, or any fancy
such as bourette, French cor
duroy, and soft twilled woolen stuffs.
The front and side cores must be of the
heavier fabric, and the train-which is
set in, in wide plats, in the centre seam
of the back-is of the plain material with
which the sleeves must correspond. Pip
ing, of some distinctive color, appears in
all the long seams, and adds finish to
the collar, cuffs, or wherever piping may
be used. This effect is also seen in the
polonaise, which triumphs over all at
tempts to put it down, and comes again
this season in another shape of exceed
ing grace-the long-waisted, slender
prinCesSe,