Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-01-06
Items Of Interest.

s"hN W. s"sNss"S
Many of tho Hebrew citizens OF New
York city celebrated Christmas, not as u
religious ceremony, but as n recognition OF
general feast day.
"In Norway drunkards are compelled
to sweep the street as n penancc." That's
nothing. They have to hold up lamp
posts in This country.
Surprise is said to be tho essence Of
wit, but it is difficult to make n married
man believe it after he has put on three
shirts and found that there isn't n collar
button on any OF them.
If you care to. know what became of
the campaign cape, You must examine
the color and texture of little Tommy's
new breeches. The torch has gone for
chandelier in the hired girls room.
Every infant, says the Scientific
AmGrican, can say "no" several years
before it can say Eyes" Whercupon it
should be remembered, though, that in
fants arc not invited to "take something"
A man who advertised for an "nmiable
wife," and has had the supposed treasure
for one week, expresses himself thus OBJ
scurely "She hadn't been in the house
twenty-four hours before the milk
soured."
Two young brothers may be as devot-
elly attached to each other as were Da-
mon and Pythias, but you will never hcnr
of one snatching the scuttle from the
hands of the other and insisting upon
going down cellar to bring up the coal.
The prefect of the Lambourg district
in Switzerland has been condemned to
ten months imprisonment, with court
costs and to four years of privation from
political and civil rights, for having al-
lowed his decisions to be influenced by
bribcs.
! "Why in the world don't you 20 to
work ?' inquired citizen of a lazy fellow
who was trying to borrow some money
of him. "Go to work ?" echoed tho
man, chow can do anything till know
for certain who is going to be the next
President ?"
There's something abnormal III Indian
apolis. The newspapers there praise
the quality of the gas furnished the city.
The question which now agitates the
community is 4: Does the gas company
own the newspapers, on do the news
papers own the gas company?
If you lounge down into q rocking
chair and tilt back across the toes of a
man in neat fitting boot, don't ask him
if he's hurt, or say anything else calcu-
lated to make him speak. just let him
stand up and smile for few moments,
until he gets his voice under control.
A cousin of Eugene Sue recently shot
himself in cemetery in France. He
held position of pecunialy trust, and
was laboring under n delusion that he
had misappropriated moneys and was to
be prosecuted An examination of his
accounts showed them correct TO the last
sou.
Our lady readers will be pleased to
learn that the fashion plates for gentle
mems slippers show no changes from the
styles of the last fifty years. They will
continue to display breed of dogs hay
ing blue ears, cardinal red eyes and
bodies the size of balloon afflicted with
dropsy.
Hydrophobin appears to be alarmingly
on the increase in England. The num-
Der of cases credited to it from 1860 to
1864, both years inclusive, was twenty
five from 1870 to 1874 it was ZIG. And,
says the Sanitary RerieW, there is also
every reason to believe that last year and
this year will be found, when the reports
are complete, to have been marked by
further increase.
At the last hiring fair of agricultural
servants for the winter half year held at
Carlisle, North of England, second-class
men got $7O@75; third-class, $5O@6O;
lads, $35@45; second-class women,
$4O@45 girls, $25@$35 all were hired
at these rates for the half year with board
and lodging. First-class servants did
not offer. At fair held in Yorkshire,
shortly afterward, prices ruled rather
higher.
The st. Louis Republican, in response
to an appeal from an afflicted corrc-
spondent, suggests several exl edients
for repelling the social pirates who or
ganize surprise parties and prey upon
their hapless neighbors. A bulldog
does very well grease on the front steps
is quite effective pals of water flung
out of front window dampen the ardor
of assailants an electric battery attached
to the bell wire works nicely; a small
pox placard is not to be despised.