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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04
Scan Your Dollars,

Maj. NIcIlrath, chief of the New England
secret service, reports that dangerous coun-
terieit silver dollar has made its appearance in
different parts of New England. 1t is very
neatly executed, has good ring and appear
ance, but can easily be detected by weighing,
as il is "a grains light er than the required stand
ard. Also it is too thick to pass a tester,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04

About Two years ago, prominent citizen OF
Chicago was told by his physicians that ht
must die. They said that his system was 50
debi!itated that there was nothing left to
build on. He made up his mind to try new
departure lie got some of DR.. Plerce's
Golden Medical Discovery and took it &C
cofiing to directions. He began to improve
at once. He kept up the treatment for some
mcnshs, and is today well man. He says
he Discovery saved his life.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04
Took a Tumble,

Emperor William, while riding in Babels-
burg Park. Berlin, lately met with an accident.
His horse stumbled over a wire fence and
threw him into field on the other side, doing
little injury, however, except to his muscles,
which we're crushed and slightly strained. He
ma allie to ride back TO the castle.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04

uDREPARED with the utmost skill from IMPoR-
l. TED GINGER CHOICE ARoMATICS AMI
the purest and best OF MEDICINAL FRENCH
BRANDY. from the world renowned winners,
Messrs. oTARD, DUPUY 4 CO., CoGNAC, rem
dering 1t vastly superior all other "Ginsers" all
of which are made with common alcohol, largely
impregnated with poisonous rus oil and strengthened
With cayenne pepper
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04

Nictins OF youthful mdiscretions suffering
from nervous debility, lack of self-contiden'e
should nd three letter stamps for large Illus
orl.cd treatise, giving means Of certain cure,
with numerous testimonials. Address World S
Dispea5ary Medical Association, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04

Ddymen often wonder how their more ia.
vored competitors get such high prices for their
butter the year round. 1t is always by having
uniform gilt edged article, To put the "gilt
edge" on, whom the pastures do not do it, they
use Wells, Richardson & Co.'S Improved Butter
Color. Every butter maker con do the same
Sold everywhere and warranted as harmless as
salt, and perfect in operation.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04
I..tnutly Relieved.

Mrs Ann Lacour, of New Orleans, La,
writes; 81 have a son who has been sick for
two years; he has been attended by our lead
ing physicians, but all to no purpose. This
morning he had his usual spell of coughing,
and was so greatly Frustrated in consequence,
that death seemed imminent, We had in the
house bottle of DR., VIM. Halls Balsam fol
the Lungs, purchased by my husband, who
noticed your advertisement yesterday, We
administered it, and he was instantly re-
lievedn
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04

HAY-FEvER. After trying in VAN for eleven
years to cure my Hay Fever, purchased n
bottle of Ely's Cream Balm, which entirely
relieved me,-R. w. HARRIS, Letter Carrier,
Newark, N. j, Price so cents,
For twenty years | was sufferer during the
summer months with Hay Fever. procured
a bottle of Ely's Cream Balm, and was cured by
its use. CHARLOTTE PARKER, Waverly, N. Y.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04

KEELER & Co., the leading Furniture deal
ers OF Boston, issue special catalogue of Fur.
niture which will be mailed upon application
So to 81 Washington street, corner Elm.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04

Thy coffee fields of Brazil cover
1000, 900 acres, with 800,000,000 trees
that is 400 per acre. Each tree av-
erages one pound of coffee per annum,
the industry employing 100000
hands.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04

A New York clothing house makes
suits to order for SIS or $40 and takes
them back at the end of thirty days at
half price for similar suit made new
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04
SANFORD'S GINGER

TINRIPE FRUIT. Impure Water, Unhealthy Gil
~ mate, Unwholesome Food, Malaria Epidemic
and Contagious Disea es Cholera Morbus, Cramps,
Pains, Indigestion, Dauhtel Colds Chills Smpe
Fevers, Exhaustion, Nervousness, or loss OF Sleep
that beset the traveller or household at this
are nothing to those protected by a timely use OF
sANFoRD'S GINGER, the Delicious Summer
Medicine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04

French cooks have way of bleach
ing aged chicken so that when nicely
broilel and daintily served, they mas
guerale nicely as the spring article
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04
"rraiIy. Thy Name I. wo-sr."
That she is frail, often in body,
"'lls true, tits true, It's pity

Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" Is the
best restorative tonic for Physical frailty IN
women, or female weaknesses or derange-
ments. BY druggists. Price reduced to one
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04

'KOugh on Pain"
Cures collie, cramps, diarrhea; externally
aches, pains, sprains, headache, neural in
rheumatism. For man OF beast 25 and SOC
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04

FoRR,rss FOR aIvsrr,s.ns Iatl,s paper, iphyt.A
publisher. %"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04

The Hope of the Nation.
Children, slow in development punS ,scrawny
and delicate, use "Wells' Health Remover"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04

A natural oil, clearly, one that will not b,-
come rancid, one that Is penetrating, one th'.s
combines all these qualities is Carboline,
the most elegant hail-dresser and restore
Try IL
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04
KEEP 1T PURE.

kEEF IL TUNE.
The Life Is tho BloOd-Prevont Diseaso-Sur-
gerry the Last Resort-A Telling Letter.
1t is conceded that Or. DAVID kENNE-
DY'S FAVORlTE REMEDY, of Rom
dout, N. Y, Is the most effective preparation now
in use for all diseases arising from foul or impure
state of circulation. Hence 1t is more than
likely that if the writer Of the following letter had
habitually taken "FAvORITE REMEDY" ten years
ago he would never have suffered from Cancer.
PITrsTIELD, Mass, March q, 1884.
DR.. D. Kennedy, RondOut, n. T.:
DEAR SIR: About six years ago was obliged TO
resort to external treatment for the removal Of a
csncerous growth on my lip. On my return home,
I became sensible that my blood needed thorough
cleansing. My whole system, too, required toning
up While casting about for the best medicine to
90 this, your "EAvORITE REMEDY" was so
highly commended in my hearilg, that / resolved
to try it did So and the result surprised me. 1t
was effected SO quickly and comptetey. seon got
the depression produced By the
KEMEDYn which have continued to take in small
doses has kept me in such health and strength as
never had before, nor expected to have. 1t 10 the
best blood purifier In the world. an sure Of that.
Yours, ETC., MATTHEW FARRELb,
"a Adams Street.
L. all cases when q consultation Is deemed desi-
rable address DR.. David Kennedy, Rondout, N. Y.
But, II you have not done so, adopt 'EAVoR-
TIE DE nae nYv a. a household friend
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04

A London bill-poster goes about on
a tricycle. with brush and paste-pot
attending to his business.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04
High Priced Butter.

Porous and strength ening, improved, tbs
best for baokachs, pains in chest or side, rheu
aatism, neuralgia. 25o. Druggists or mail,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04
"Reusn ON Pain" Plaster.

Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is a certain cure
for that very obnoxious disease.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04

Headache, fever, chills, malaria, dyspepsia,
cured by "Wells' Health Remover" 81.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-07-03
Didn't Know Jim.

Some time ago prominent Northern
gentleman was in the mountains of
western North Carolina, with q view of
purchasing some mineral lands. One
night Just at shutdown he came upon a
mountain hut. A venerable tar-heel
met him Mt the door with customary,
site, stranger. He asked if he could
stay there that night, and being an
swered in the affirmative he lit, went in
and took seat by the fire while the
old man went to put up his horse.
Presently he returned and took seat
beside the stranger. Then taking a
chew of long green tobacco, he looked
the stranger over and asked:
"And what mout be your name, stran-
ger?" Being told, he spit and con-
tinued:
"And whar are we from?"
"The city of New York." replied the
gentleman.
Radical, 1 reckon?" splitting and
looking up at the gentleman.
yes, sir; have always voted the
Republican ticket"
"Were you in the WARP"
"Yes, sir, 1 served about four years
in the late war;
"In the Yankee army, was you?"
ayes, SIR"
well, by golly, my boy Jim was in
the Yankee army; you know'd him L
reckon?"
mo, sir; I don't remember of having
met him"
what You in the Yankee army and
didn't know Jim Miller?'
Il don't think / ever heard of him be-
FORE" answered the stranger.
The old man gave him good look
all over, then got up and went over to
corner Of the cabin where his wife
and daughter were, and said in low
voice: "lou uns keep your eyes skinned
tonight; that fellow says he was in the
Yankee army; and he didn't know Jim.
I'll be mule he's one of them darned
revenue felers, and I'll just step over
and tell the Tompkins boys to lay low
for o day or two. "-PecES Sun.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-07-03

we were poor enough In those days,
said an eminent publicist, once, in talk
ing to friend about his early married
life, with its hard struggles, its plain
living, and high thinking. 1--WE were
poor enough. and we lived upon baked
beans with no pork.
Some folks didn't like beans with ne
pork to season them; but mother
any apologies. When company came
she put on an extra plate, and said din
ner was ready, just as cheerfully as il
there had been ten courses.
IF they liked us well enough t.
come again they were always welcome
1t was q kind of test. If they pre-
ferred pork, they stayed where it was
plenty"
To our thinking, this frugal house
wife proved her claim to be considered
lady more conclusively by making NJ
apologies than she could have done il
almo~t any other way. Does the
chronic apologiner ever stop TO think
how selfish she is, in considering the
petty annoyance of being in this OIL
that direction less perfectly appointed
than she could wish, rather than the
ease and comfort of her guest?
For what guest can be at ease having
been made to feel that he has come n,
an inopportune time-that some Other
day his hostess would have been more
ready and, therefore, more glad to see
him?
A lady well known to the society 81
two cities is chronic maker of excuses
If you go to large dinner-party Mt hei
house you feel by some spiritual mag
netism the unrest of her own spirit
the wearing anxiety lest everything
should not go off we'll which makes il
impossible for her to be quite at hel
ease.
Il beg your pardon" she says, at the
end of your prettiest speech, showing
that her thoughts have been other.
where.
If you 60 to a family lunch or din.
ner, she does wish you had been there
yesterday, when the soup was better,
or that you had come tomorrow, in.
stead. when some other dainty would
have been attainable.
"Do you often go to see Mrs. So-and-
SOP" one friend asked of another, in
our hearing.
mo, 1 DON'T" was the answer; "Tm
7orry, too; she is such a kind little
woman; but 1 could not stand hen
apologies. They always make me feel
that I had come ut the wrong time"
If the thought could be present to @
hostess that to apologize profusely is,
inevitably, to make her guests feel that
they have come "at the wrong time,
surely she would avoid this error. since
the very essence of good-breeding is
that genuine kindness of heart which
strives to make people comfortable and
not uncomfortable, happy and not I'M
happy. YOUTHS Companion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-07-03

wood and draw the curtains. Now
we're suugl'
And snug they were, with the shaded
lamp glowing softly ON the table, and
the bright wood FIRE leaping and crack
ling mp the chimney. Dorothy drew
o low Ottoman 30 the side of Mrs.
Emory, and sank comfortably down
upon it. She made very pretty figure
as she sat there, her golden hair un-
fastened and falling in ringle,s over
her shoulders, dressed in blue, with a
knot of blue ribbon tangled somewhere
in her FURNISHED hair, and her great
blue eyes turned wistfully toward the
old lqdy's kce.
what was that you we're saying
about going beck to New York. my
love?' asked the lady, remorsefully.
Il just want 10 tell you that You can't
go. l can't let You go. You belong
to me-"
She put one arm around Dorothy's
neck, and drew the round cheek down
upon her lap.
do you love me, Mrs. Emory ~
asked the girl, earnestly.
~Love you, darling? / cannot en-
dure the thought of getting along with
out you. 1t is beyond possibility" said
the old lady, spathetically. @Can
you not live with me, dear? Don't
leave mel"
IF you wish it, dear Mrs. Emory, 1
will 1--we with you always. But have
something to tell you am not"
"Oh, what is that ?" cried the lady,
excitedly rising to her feet. THAT is
not altogether the noise of the naples.
Listen My boys STEP" and she rushed
into the hall, to be joyfully caught to
the breast of her son Eustace.
But yon are not alone, mother p he
said, glapcing through the partially
closed door at Dorothy's profile on the
| wall.
mo, my son. Let me introduce"
But, to his mothers amazement and
horror, her son was ut that very mo-
ment embracing and pressing his mus
tached lips to Dorothy's blushing face
"This is my promised bride. mother ?"
"And my name is Dorothy as well
as Daisy, dear Mrs. Emory" exclaimed
Daisy. please, will you not forgive
me?"
A reconciliation soon followed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-07-03
He Made Fortune Swapping Jack.
E.liYeS.

"There's a man." said the oracle, as
he walked down broadway with the
New York JVOrlds own listener, "who
deserves great deal of credit"
He pointed, not at q man, but ut
battered sign on the other side of the
street, which indicated that business
in diamonds was carried on within.
THAT man," continued the oracle,
"began life by swapping jack-knives.
He used to go around the streets with
little bundle of cutlery under his arm,
and his method was to approach and
ask O man if he didn't want to exchange
his old penknife for new one of first
class Sheffield make. About nine times
invitation. Then the peripatetic dealer
in blades would open his bundle and
negotiations would begin. The end of
it generally was that the stranger re-
ceived good. new knife in exchange
for his own blade and gave the dealer
q little something TO boot The old
knives were cleaned, polished. and sup
piled with new handles, and snapped
over again. The idea was novel, and
its originator made good deal of mon
ey out of it. VIII n he had amassed a
snug little capital he set up diamond
loan business over there, aud he is
worth cold million now. When the
dudes want money they go in to see
him and raise the WIND on their dia-
monds. He won't take any other kind
of security, and he makes money hand
over hand"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-07-03
Stories OF Webster.

Mr.. Webster used to consider Piney
Point, on the lower Potomac, q delight
full retreat. He could find relaxation
from the turmoil and anxiety of state
affairs-comfort, quiet. and merriment
were to be found in the magnificent
groves and spacious saloons of this ro-
mantle region. Fishing was his great
pastime. One day, on his return from
an unsuccessful effort to capture
"sheep's-head," he remarked, in reply
to a question, that she had only secured
ono sheep's-head, and that was his
own" "Were such sheep's-head as
yours to be caught here" remarked the
proprietor of the Pavilion, Il would be
angling or drawing the seine all day"
Mr.. Webster had a very vague idea of
the "Great West of his day. On one
occasion when he was in the Senate a
proposition was before it to establish u
mail route from Independence, Mo-, to
the mouth Of the Columbia River, some
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-07-03
Pugilist and Preacher.

What calling do you pursue in or.
der to gain that which perisheth-that
which taketh unto itself wings and
fieth away?" inquired a minister of @
broad-shouldered, muscular man, who
occupied the same seat with him on @
westward-bound train.
"Whatteryersay?" chirped the strong
man.
"Oh-I-um-tha is, / mean to ask
you what do You do for living?" ex.
planned the discouraged dominic.
I'm slugger."
"A what?"
"A pri1e-fghter, sir"
With perceptible SILVER the pastor
drew himself into as small a space as
possible and sat for some moments in
silence. Suddenly he said:
ado you believe in future state?"
Il guess so; and I'd put up the
ducats against the best man in the
country if there's no law against fight.
ing there"
Again there was subdued, sicken
ing sort of silence. and then the pastor
propo inded the conundrum
do you know what is the golden
rule?"
"Oh, yes; it's my regular motto"
"What is it ?" said the spiritual shep.
herd.
AS near as / can remember" re.
piled the FOUNDER, with grin, I'll
strikes out in this way: TT is better
to give than to receive. '"--Drdke's
TrdUeiers' Magazine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-07-03

Tho Result. ~ IL Usual I'm Such Csscs
Was Not Satisfactory.


Tho Result. ~ IL Usual In Such Cssos.
Was Not Satisfactory.
A hardware man took the agency for
q new kind of ice-box for preserving
cold vituals. It was pretty good
thing. he thought, and il was only nec-
essary to enlighten the public re-
garding its real merits and indisputable
advantages over everything else of the
kind to cause q tremendous rush of
customers eager to purchase; so he
counseled with himself and soliloquized
thusly:
THAT refrigerator must be brought
man to do it. Don't talk to me about
your newspaper advertisements. I'll
show you how to advertise without cost.
You don't ketch. me paying paper for
advertising; not 1. I'm too old for
that, and I'll show folks O new idea. +"
Then he laughed satisfied l.ugh, and
at once set about making practical
test of his new method of diffusing in
formation. He mixed up pot of black
paint, procured several large sheets of
cardboard, and after much expert
menting and repeated attempts, finally
succeeded in producing two signs that
read as follows:
Fifty dollars to the man who can
prove that any two things put into this
ice-0hest will taste one of the other"
He had a refrigerator run out to the
curbstone, hung sign over each side,
and retired indoors to wait the expect
ed run of customers. People passed
up and down the street, jostled each
other in their hurry, glanced ut the ice
box and its signs, and-went on. After
hours of disappointed hopes and ex-
pectations the dealer saw O pedestrian
halt, calmly peruse the wonderful an
nouncomont, and rather hesitatingly
advance to the door.
"Do you mean lt?" he inquired in an
anxious tone, pointing over his shout
der to the signs.
"Yes stree" emphatieally responded
the dealer.
"Put your money up?" insinuated the
stranger.
"No, sir" replied the dealer, in pom
pous style; my word is as good as the
cash."
"All right, I'll take you," responded
the stranger, as he departed. Some
time after he returned with box under
each arm.
Stick to your agreement?' he que
ried.
"Of course I WILL" answered the
dealer, wondering what in the name of
Christopher Columbus the man had in
view.
The stranger set his boxes down on
the sidewalk, and crowd began to
collect. He told the dealer that he
was afraid that he (the DEALER would
back out of the bargain, but the latter
asserted his readiness to put up the
stamps if necessary. The stranger
opened box. lifted a cat out
and placed her in the refrigerator
then he opened the other box and took
therefrom a wire cage containing a
large rat.
"Now, mister" said he, "you just
shut that door in q hurry when 1 flop
the rat inside, and I'll go you another
fifty that one will taste of the other III
less'n five minutes"
The crowd yelled, and the dealer
slammed the refrigerator door and slid
into the store, with remark about
fools and swindlers. -Denrer Repatb-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-07-03

three thousand m1las across plans and
mountains, about the extent of which
the public then knew no more thar
they did OF the interior of Thibet. Mr.
Webster. after denouncing the measure
generally. closed with few remark
concerning the country at large
~What do you want" he exclaimed
with this vast, worthless area? Thi'
region OF savages and wild beasts, OF
deserts, of shifting sands and whirl'
winds of dust, of cactus and prairie
dogs? To what use could we ever hop,
to put these great deserts or those end.
less mountain ranges, impenetrable
and covered to their very base with
eternal snow. What can we ever hope
to do with the western coast, a coast
of three Thousand miles. rock bound.
cheerless, uninviting, and not harbor
on it? What use have we for this
country 2"-Ben: Pertey Poore.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-07-03
A New Kind OF Assets.

II am quiet, transformations man,
and never harm nobody" said the in
truder, moistening the palms of his
hands and taking tirmer grasp Of the
AK helve, "but if you don't come down
with SIT to soothe my located feelings,
there will be trouble here in Austin.
"Was the boy bitten so very badly by
my dog?" asked the terrified owner of
the animal, who was one of the most
timId men in Austin.
He was bitten just SIT WORTH" re-
piled the intruder, swinging the weapon
around his head.
Here is your money!" replied the
owner of the dog. The intruder put
the money in his pocket, and was about
to leave, when the proprietor of the dog
remarked:
Il hope your son was not bitten
badly?'
"Why, he amt my son. I havn't got
any SON."
"Whose son is he then, and how did
you come to demand money of me-"
"He is the son of friend of mine,
who owed nae SIT, and he didn't have
any money. The only available assets
ue udu were JuOSe uOB dues vi Ills
sons body, and he turned them over to
me for collection, and 1 have collected
them"
SWELL, / declare"
"And stranger" continued the man
with the ax-handle, eff you or any of
your family ever get bitten by dog,
and you want the damages collected
promptly from the owner of the dog,
let me know, and will do it for you
for % per cent. net, and furnish my
own ax-handle. NJ er1S Siffinos.