The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-10-11
ODDS AND ENDS.

A Maine man has raised blue pig,
which he will exhibit at the state fair.
II is said to have been Boston wo-
man who, on board yacht, spoke OF
q motherly zephyr, meaning thereby q
spanking breeze.
The smokeless powder that Austria is
using makes such fearful smell that
it will have to be abandoned. At
recent practice shoot several men faint
ed from it.
The Astor library in New York city
now contains 100000 volumes. The
new catalogue, in four volumes of
1000 pages each, has just been COM
pleted at great expense.
A young woman of Southport puts
the most deliberate method of suicide
on record. She walked into the water
and sat down. After while she lay
down, and the tide rose and carried
her off.
Matthew Walton, Of Wyandot coun-
ty, O., recently dug up the remains of
a sword, supposed to be the same that
George Washington presented to Col.
Crawford, one Of the heroes of the In
dian war. It was found near the spot
where Crawford was burned at the
stake 107 years ago.
At Sandersville, Ga. last week M.
H. Bird was engaged in placing
spoke in the hub of a wheel when it
broke from the tap of hammer, and
a minnie ball fell out on the floor.
The spokes came from North Carolina,
and it is supposed that the ball has re-
manned in the wood since the trying
days Of 1861 and 1865.
The late John Edward Redmond, M.
P, for Wexford, great uncle of the
present Parnellite member of parlia-
ment, asked gentleman named De-
vereaux for his vote and interest. II
had rather vote for the devil" was the
indignant reply. "But in the event of
your friend declining to stand" sug-
gested Mr.. Redmond, may count on
your supports'
The largest county in the United
States is Custer county, M. T., which
contains $4,000 square miles, being
larger in extent than the states of Yer
mont, Massachusetts,, Connecticut,
Delaware, and Rhode Island. One
tenth of our present population could
find means of livelihood in this one
county, and then it would not be so
populous as Belgium.
The idea of adopting a national
flower is claimed by Virginia F. Town
send, former editress of Arthur's Maya
zine, who suggested it in poem, from
which The Boston Globe took it up
and gave the subject widespread no
toriety The golden haired beauty
should be crowned queen of Column
bias flowers and worthy to represent
her among nations.
There is college for horses in New
York, where horses are trained for the
fire department service The college
is in charge Of veterinary surgeon,
DR.. Sheer. who says that in his opin-
ion horses and boys are very much
alike, both amenable to kindness. A
whip is never used in the college.
The discovery of the curious ice
saye in Ashley valley, in the Rocky
continues to attract atten-
ton. Tom Mitchell, who has just re-
turned to Salt Lake City from there,
says that in the latter part Of August
ae found in the cave section Of ice
twenty-five feet high and thirty feet
;hick at the base. A small lake was
also discovered. One of the rooms in
he cave was over 1900 feet long. The
party who went in with Mitchell were
pound together much after the fashion
If Alpine climbers.
The lower animals are said to be
greatly terrified by earthquakes, and
heir excitement beforehand is some
lines sufficient to foretell the event.
No doubt they know we'll that some
hing terrible is taking place. During
he Toxic earthquake of 1880 cats ran
lbout the houses trying to escape;
oxes barked, and horses attempted to
lick down the boards combining them
o their stables.