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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04
CITY VS.. Country.

Put down in judicial frame of
mind, says an Exchange, the relative
advantages of town and country, and
strike balance; your ledger page will
lead something like this: In the
country, nature: in the city, human
nature. In the country, quiet; in the
city, activity. In the country, vege-
tation; in the city, emulation. In the
country, leisure, but no advantages;
in the city, advantages, but no leisure.
In the country, danger of rusting
out; in the city, certainty of wearing
out. In the country, life sometimes
wearisomely slow: in the city, lifa
painfully fast In the country you
make friends, in the city acquaint-
ances; in the country you know all bui
few neighbors, in the city jostle
against innumerable strangers; in the
country you live in undress, in the
city you are always on dress parade: :
in the country you rest, in the city YOU
work; the country is Gods Sabbath,
the city mans weekday. Tho coun-
try is God-made, the city man-made,
in the country are birds, in the city
orchestras; in the country flowers, ir
the city dresses; in the country sun.
sets, in the city art collections; in the
country stars, in the city gas-lights;
strike your balance.
The English folk are wiser than the
Americans; they live in the country
and 90 to town; Americans live in
town and go to the country. The
rush of the age is downward. Rural
life is at a discount. Country cous.
ms are pretty jest. "Countrifed"
is term of reproach. Town and
city populations are on the increase,
rural homes on the decrease; and with
them home-life. For homes are ex-
pensive luxuries in town; hotels, res
taurants, boarding houses, flats, tene.
ments, afford poor substitutes. We
raise no protest against the tendency
knowing it will be useless. We assure
our country readers that they are
better off than their envied city
cousins. The country is the place to
live in. The country makes men; the
city uses them up.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04
The Grass Tree.

Down in Australia, that great island
where the Creator seems to have planted
the seed of many of His wonders to be
found in the vegetable kingdom, grows
a tree that is little heard of by the out
side world, but which is of inestimable
value to the native, who depends more
upon the productions of nature for ex-
istence and happiness than upon the
creations of art and science 1t is the
grass tree. 1t is of small growth, being
hardly more than shrub. At the top
are tufts of foliage resembling palms,
from the center of which long slender
spike shoots out, covered with flowers of
varied and beautiful hues. The base of
the leaves of this tree furnishes the ma
tive with food, it being very palatable
when roasted. The sap of the tree is
a balsamic emulation, which when ex-
posed to the air becomes hard and dry.
This is one of natures best tonics for
dysentery, diarrhea and other intesti-
nal maladies; it is also used by the ma
tives for healing wounds, which it does
very quickly; and when it is mixed
with alluvial soil, it forms very tena-
cious cement, which is used for caulk-
ing canoes.-Health and Home.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04
PRICE THREE CENTS.
Spoken After Sorrow.

know something sweeter than the chime
OF fairy bells that run
Down mellow winds; oh, farer than the time
You sing about, in happy, broken rhyme, =
Ofbutterflies and sun
But oh, as many tabled leagues away
As the Tomorrow, when the east breaks gray,
Is this which lies, somewhere most still and
far,
Between the sunset and the dawn's last star,
And known as Yesterday.
know of something better, dcarcr too,
Than this first rose you hod,
All sweet with June, and dainty with the dew
The summers golden promise breathing
through
Its white leaves tender fold
Oh, fairer, when tho late winds, gathering slow
Behind tho night, shall, moaning sad and low
Across the world, make all its music dumb.
Oh, dearer than the earliest rose to come,
viii be the last to go.
knew of something sadder than this nest
Ofbroken eggs you bring,
With such sweet trouble stirring at your breast
For love undone: the mother birds unrest,
That yesterday coald sing.
My little child, too grieved to want my So,
Do forget the sweetness they will miss
Who built the home! Ny heart with yours
makes moan;
But oh, that most from wh'ch the birds have
ilown,
Is sad'ler fur than this
-Juiiet C.. .Uarsh, in Harper's Magqztne'
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

A higher duty is won by kindness
than can be secured by fear.
1t is more honorable to acknowledge
our faults than to boast of our merits.
There is no knife that cuts so sharp
ly, and with such poisoned blade, as
treachery.
No great characters are formed in
this world without suffering and self
denial.
Rest satisfied vii tn doing well, and
leave others to talk of you as they
please.
Do not lose courage by considering
your own imperfections, but instantly
set about remedying them.
Virtue will catch as well as vice by
contact; and the public stock of hon
esty, manly principle will daily accu-
mulate.
A cucumber is bitter: throw it
away. There are briers in the road
turn aside from them. This is enough:
Do not add, and why were such things
made in the world?
He that sympathizes in all the
happiness of others enjoys the safest
happiness; and he that is warned by
the folly of others has attained the
soundest wisdom.
Happiness dotes on her work, and
is prodigal to her favorite. As one
drop of water hath an attraction for
another, 50 do felicities run into
felicities.
The hours we pass with happy pros
poets in view are more pleasing than
those crowned with fruition. In the
first instance, we cook the dish to our
own appetite; in the latter, nature
cooks it for us.
The head truly enlightened will
presently have wonderful influence
in purifying the heart, and the heart
really affected with goodness will con-
duce to the directing of the head.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.

There are over 1900 Smiths employ
ed by the government, 400 of whom
are John Smiths. There are over 800
each Jones and Johnsons.
A horse which trots mile in 2:10
goes at the rate of 81 9-l3 miles per
hour--nearly the speed of railroad
train.
The first circus in the United states
showed at Newburyport, Mass, May
3, 1872. The managers were Italians,
Cayetano & Co. Purdy Brown was the
next, 1926.
There are only five genuine sigma
lures Of Shakespeare known to be in
existence. One is in the London
Library, the other in the British
Museum, one attached to his will at
Doctors Commons. and two in posses
sion of private collectors.
1t is said that the Eastern prophet
Mohammed was so fond of his favorite
cat that, when he fell asleep on his
robe one day, he cut off the sleeve
rather than disturb the slumber of the
cat, and it is said that to this day,
almost every Mohammedan in those
Eastern countries has a cat in his
house which he loves and makes to
share all his comforts.
During the tenth century persons
accused of robbery were put to trial
by piece of barley bread, on which
mass had been said, and if they could
not swallow it they were declared
guilty. Sometimes slice of cheese
was added to the bread. The bread
was to be made of unleavened barley,
and the cheese made of eN es' milk in
the month of May.
Some OF tne IaVOrlte dlSheS IN EllZ-
ebeth's time were curious enough.
Seagulls were eaten. There were pick
led goose with cloves and ginger,
soused turkey boiled in white wine and
vinegar and soaked for month, and
pear puddings, containing no peals,
but made of cold fowl or turkey chop
ped up with flour, currants and eggs,
and then fashioned into the form of
pears and baked. The stalks of tulips
cooked like peas. omelettes of mallow
stalks, hartshorn jelly, pippins pre-
served in jelly, apple syrup and ounce
cheese were also among the delicacies
of the age.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04
The Newsboy.


Want any paper, Misteri
Wish you'd buy 'em Of me-
Ten years old, an a family,
An bizness dull, you see
Fact Boss. There's Tom, an Tibby,
An Dad, an Nam, an Mam's cat,
None on 'em earnin' money
Wat do you think Of that'
Couldn't Dad work. Why yes, Boss,
He's working for gov'ment now
They give him his board for nothin'--
All along Of drunken row.
An Nam? Well, she's in the poorhouse-
Been there year or SO;
So I'm takin' care OF the others,
Dom as well as know.
oughtn't to live sol. Why, Mister,
What's fellor to do?
Some nights, when Pm tired and hungry,
Seems as if each on 'em knew
They'll all three cuddle around me,
Till I get CHEEKY, and say:
Well, p'raps I'll have sisters an broth rs,
An money an clothes, too, some day.
But if do get rich, Boss,
Gan lecturin' chap one night
Said newsboys could be Presidents
II only they acted right);
So if was President, Mister,
The very hrst I'd do,
dbuy poor Tom an libby
A dinner-an' Mans cat, too!
None O your scraps an leavins,
But good square meal for all three;
If you think I'd skimp my friends, Boss,
That shows you don't know me.
So 'ere's your papers-come, take one,
Gimme alift if you can
For now you've heard my story,
You see Pm family man!
E. T. Corbet.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04
a#s# LONDONDERRY, SEPTEMBER 1884,

Ing, and the other crying. Naturally"
he says, II dreaded this strange double
face, with its one side smooth, plump.
comely, like girls cheek; while the
other was all SCARED by the smallpox.
This side Of the face denoted churlish-
ness, and while the other bore smile.
this BODIED mischief"
The same authority is also RESPONSE
BILE for the following story: IL was
once sitting in "a cool underground
saloon at Leipsic, while without people
were ready to die from the heat, when
new guest entered and took seat
opposite to me. The sweat rolled in
great drops down his face, and he was
kept busy with his handkerchief. until
at last he found relief in the exclama-
tion. Fearfully hotr I watched him
attentively as he called for cool drink,
for l expected every moment he would
fall from his chair in a ct of apoplexy.
The man must have noticed that was
observing him, for he turned toward
me suddenly, saying: Il am a curious
sort of person, am not?' 'WhyP l
asked. Because / perspire only on my
right side,' he responded. And so it
was. His right cheek and the right
half of his forehead were as hotas fire,
while the left side of his face bore not
a trace of perspiration. had never
seen the. like, and in my astonishment
was about to enter into conversation
with him regarding this physiological
phenomenon, when his neighbor on
the left broke in with the remark:
Then we are opposites and counter
parts of each other. for l perspire only
on the left side This, too, was the
fact. So the pair took seats opposite
each other, and shook hands like two
men who had just found each his other
half,-CUTTent
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04
A Few Facts About Cannibalism,

The frightful story of the extremi-
ties to which the Greely party were re-
duced in the desolate regions of the
North Pole has caused considerable
discussion of the subject of cannibal-
ism. Many eminent archaologists as
sert that without any doubt the primi-
tive ancestors of all races of men were
cannibals, and it has taken a consider
able time and very potent arguments
to induce the FIJI Islanders to dispense
with their favorite dish of human
flesh. King Thakambau, who was
feted by the Queen and the aristocracy
of England few years ago, was an in
veterate cannibal until short time
before his visit to Europe and invent
ed many refined methods of cruelty
toward his unhappy prisoners, while
they were yet alive, in order that his
astronomical tastes should be graft
fed. Nowadays the missionaries take
great pride in introducing one of their
dusky converts with the explanation
He was formerly cannibal," as if it
were mark of distinction. 1t is said
that the severest test to which the
missionary's pupil can be subjected is
to induce him to take the pledge
against cannibalism, and, like reformed
topers, the islanders have to be watched
closely lest they backslide into their
horrid orgies. The light of Christian
ity spreading over the earth has gradu-
ally dispelled all the abominable prac-
tices of barbarism, and now we hear
only of cannibalism in cases of the
direst extremity, such as the unfortu-
nate Greely party was subjected to-
Neto York Telegram.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04
HUMOROUS.

Good figures-A dancing master.
Has an optician an eye to busi-
ness?
A deep laid scheme-an ocean
cable.
A coachman is the saddest of all
men for his life is full of whoa"
Latin is "dead language when
an inexperienced drug clerk fools
with it,
Sometimes when man falls down
he is said to have slipped up. Such are
the Inconsistencies of our language.
Professor Proctor says the earth is
still in her youth. That explains why
she goes around so much and is out 50
late Of nights.
''Holdup" is the name of new Ari-
zona postoffice. 1t is scarcely neces-
sary Ia add that road agents look after
the males out there.
Some one says that the most direct
way to some mems pocketbooks is
through their stomachs. The doctors
evidently discovered this some time
ago.
(Which side should person sleep
on?' asks a correspondent. Well, if
she hasn't locked the door you might
as well sleep on the inside
Life is like harness. There are
traces of cares, lines of trouble, bits as
good fortune, breache of good man.
ners, bridled tongues, and everybody
has tug to pull through.
An American lady married to an
Italian prince year ago has already
left him. Some American girls are
too proud to travel around with a
tambourine all day.
1t is said that Bartholdi's Statue Of
Liberty was modelled after his mother.
1t will be noticed, by examining the
pictures of tee statue that Mrs. Bart
holdi used to hold the shingle in her
left hand.
DIFFER FROM MAN-"Five thou
sand molecules can sit comfortably on
the point of pin" Herein the mole
cule, differ materially from man. The
latter couldn't sit comfortably" on
the point of apin, to save his life.
"You ought to put sign over that
hatchway," said policeman to store
keeper, cor some one may tumble into
It," "A!l right" replied the merchant;
and he tied one of his Fall Opening
placards to the railing.
A cyclone in Kansas carried away
bank building. but as the cashier had
departed in an opposite direction the
day before. it wasn't thought worth
while to hunt after the bank.
The soprano wanted the tenor turn
ed out of the choir because, after hear
Ing her run up and down the scale six
or seven times in one breath, he re-
marked that she was very successful
as wind-lass.
My child" said Rather to his
youngest, Il always eats the crusts Of
my bread"
IL know it, papa" lisped the incor-
rigible, I'm saving mine for you, too"
Baby has been forbidden to ask for
dessert. The other day they forgot to
erve him, and as baby is very obedient
he remained silent, although much af-
fected. Josephine" said the father.
pass me plate" won't you have
mine, papa?" cried the baby, ''it is
very clean"
81 don't like these Shoes" said
lady customer, "because the soles are
too thick" "Is that the only objec-
tion?" blandly asked the shopkeeper,
Yes" was the reply. "Then, madam,
if you take the shoes, l can assure you
that that objection win gradually wear
Way"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04

A mill built in 1850 is still running
in New London, Conn.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04
Che Londonderry Sitter,
BUSINESS CARDS.

Entered at the Post-office at South
Londonderry, as .ocond-c ass matter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04

A story comes from India that a
monster snake was recently shot with
a rifle in Travancore 1t me ,sured
fifty-seven feet in length and eight
feet in circumference. \ native ply
sician cut open certain parts to take
fat from them, but found that the
huge reptile was to young to have fat.
1t was the largest serpent ever seen in
Trayancore.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-09-04

We have it on the authority of DR..
Karl Muller that in his boyhood he
knew a man who, Janus-like, had two
totally different faces. one side laugh
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-05-29

The Indian Appropriation Bill
as returned by the House to the
Senate on the 18th instant. con-
tains the following items of appro-
priation For Chickasaws, for per
manent annuity, s., 900; trust funG
interest, s19, $50. For Chootaws-
Under all heads, S30,OS2. so; trust
fund interest general fund, So, COO
For Cherokees-Trust fund inter
est national fund, $4,000; trust
fund interest school fund, 81, 40.
For Creeks-Under ali heads. s69. :
$3.50. For Delawares-trustfuEd
interest, $500. For Seminoles-
Under al heads, s2S, so. The
trust fund interest arises from
bonds stolen before TIE war, OF
loaned to Southern States, which
have failed TO pay interest, and
Congress makes good the amount.
The larger part of the interest due
the Cherokees and Delawares does
not require an appropriation By
Congresses II is collected and paid
directly upon the bonds belonging
to them held in trust by the De-
partDent of the Interior.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-05-29
Troublesome "Boomers., .

WAsHISGTOS, May 23.-The toll
lowing telegram concerning the
movements Of persons who have
been trying TO force their way into
Oklahoma have been transmitted
by the acting secretary Of war to
the secretary Of the interior:
FORT RESo, I. T., May 9.-To
the Adjutant General, Department
Of the Missouri: A carrier lust
from Lieut.. Day, who Is on the
Cimmaron, reports that The intru-
ders made serious resistance to
Lieut.. Day. He has arrested %.
but many mole are coming, and
they may overpOwer him by num-
bors. / sent Capt. Carol with all
available cavalry at mT post this
afternoon. Have asked the COM
manding officer az Fort Sill for two
troops Of cavalry At his post.
lSignedl DENIES,
Major, Commanding.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-05-29
DR.. neFerrin's Cestenary Memories.

At conference, IN the autumn of
1897 called IN the Minutes 1S2S),
held at Tuscumbia, was admitted
into full connection and ordained
= deacon by Bishop Soule.
The first Office conferred on me
vas that Of doorkeeeer. The Con-
ference IN those days always sat
with closed doors during the exam-
ination OF the character of its men,
bers- The dOor-keeper was not al
lowed to permit any one to enter or
remain but the members of the
body, or travelling preachers in full
connection from other Conferences.
Much time was taken in the exam
inGfion, and every indiscretion and
impropriety was corrected 4
preacher had TO walk uprightly, or
he would answer TO his brethren,
before the whole BODY. I tried to
magnify my Office, Considering il a
post Of honor, as well as responsi-
b.lity. It was q little hard, some
times, to keep out an old layman
with a roundbreasted coat, but the
law was enforced
The Rev. Peter Akers was pres-
ent as an agent for Augusta Col
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-05-29
Additionally

We are indebted 10 Mr. ANDY
: ldingion for the following partic-
l1lars of an interesting roundup
had last Sunday, at Pilot Grove IN
the Indian Territory. At a meet
ing Of the cattlemen's convention
in the nation. Mr. Wm. Rosseau
was elec.ed Is boss of the roundup
and instructed 10 conduct the work
in as Just 4 manner as possible, and
TO prevent, If possible, the confu-
sion and contention usually incl
dent to such a work. This he
pledged himself 70 do. and being 4
determined sort of fellow, every
one believed lie would keep his
word. On Sunday last his cattle
coralled At Pilot Grove, and the
cattlemen of the district were there
cutting out their cattle In their
turn. Fifteen were allowed to
work az once for an hour and
half, and then another fifteen
would work the same length of
time Things were going on
smoothly until 4 party Of negros
living in the nation came up and
wanted to GO to work cutting out
their stock R9sseau told them to
20 over the hill with the rest Of
party, and await their turn. They
demanded TO be allowed TO go to
work at once. Their demand was
refused. Whereupon one of them
swOre he would cut ont his cattle
or die. Rosseau told him that he
would certainly die then. and the
fight opened. There were said TO
be about one hundred and fifty
whites and blacks engaged in the
affray and perhaps a hundred shots
were fired. No one was killed out
right, but one Of the negros was
wounded so badly that il is thought
he viii die. The white men are
blameless IN the matter, as they
were only following a well estab-
hshed custom of eowmen at their
round-ups. The negros are said to
be a hard lot, and not over honest.
-GaiResUille IndepeRdeHt.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-05-29

sCapt- D. L. PAYNE and about
seventy-five of his boomers are al
Arkansas City holding nightly
meetings and resolving to do and
die, die and do, or something OF
that sort. The Captain has re-
ceived his $3.50 per head from
them, and Of course he viii stay
with them while it lasts but when
that is gone he VIII hunt up an
other crowd of gullable people, and
work the same game On them
The party that were taken 10
Wichita were released on S25, 600
bonds 10 answer 20 two charges,
one of which, If convicted under.
VIII fine them $1,000 each, and the
other, two years Imprisonment and
$4,000 fine. The Arkansas City
Republican gives Payne as authority
for the Statement concerning fines.
etc.-CaldlrcH Journal.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-05-29

TzE Indias Champion, referring
to the action Of the Cherokees and
Chickasaws on the subject Of pas
lures, says that the discussion Of
these subjects should be dropped,
because the more the matteris dis
cussed, the more it shows the sal
legged weakness of holding the Ter
ritory lands as at present" +" That
Is certainly a remarkable conclu-
clusioZs deduced from remarkable
premise supported by no less re-
markable line Of argument If the
Champion thinks that the holding
Of Territory lands as at present Is
weak, why does It not say so, with
out speaking of it as alleged
weakness. The CHIEsTAIx has
referred to these questions, and ex-
pressed its disapproval Of meas
ures calculated TO render It practi-
cable for individuals or companies
10 unduly monopolize these or any
other rights or privileges belonging
In common to the Indians Of the
Territory. Nor does il consider
that in so doing It has endangered
any Of those interests. IF there Is
any weakness, real OF alleged, "
in the manner of holding lands or
anything else in the Territory, as
at present, the sooner it is made
known the better viii il be for
those whose rights may be in jeop-
ardy- It is certainly neither the
part Of wisdom nor duty of 4 pub
lie newspaper, which assumes to
enighfen It's readers among the
people Of the Territory, to close its
own lips and attempt 10 hush the
voice Of others on such subjects.
On the contrary, II should call at
tenfiOn to the weakness, and en-
deavor 10 point out the remedy.
To fail to do so is to shirk respon-
sibility, and TO acknowledge indi-
vidual "weakness. There IL no
weakness, in our humble opinion,
in the rights Of the people Of the
Territory, as held at present
Some Of them may need to be reg
ulated by competent authority and
this we believe can and should be
done without restricting enterprise
or improperly curtaiIing the rights
and privileges 10 which any citizen
OF the Territory may be fairly en-
titled, in common with his fellow
citizens We are for every person |
bearing his legitimate share Of The /
burdens of government, and en-
joying his legitimate share ofTights
and priFileges-no more, 10 less /