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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-12-17

There are seven sisters in New York
Who possess COS inches of raven hair,
and a statistician recently computed
that their combined hair, if placed in
single strands, would reach over 160
miles. They put their hair in silk bags at
oight to prevent it from tangling. The
father of these girls, Rev. Fletcher
Sutherland, has been pastor of Metho-
dist Episcopal churches in Geneseo,
Lyons and Lockport, n. Y, and is the
only survivor of President Buchanan
inaugural dinner given at the Ma
!ional Hotel in Washington, at which
some forty guests were p ned.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-12-17
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

According to the statement of n
Madrid music journal. 10 professional
pianist became a victim of the cholera
epidemic in Spain. One can easily un-
derstand that some piano playing
would scare off even the cholera.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-12-17

In paper on the rule of the road,
from scientific standpoint, Sir George
Campbell, member of the English
parliament, maintains that the most
natural and convenient method for all
right-handed people is to turn to the
left on meeting others in the road, as
is done in Great Britain, instead Of
turning to the right, as we do in this
country. He opposes the proposition
to make a change in England.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-12-17
The Snow storm.

Lightly and whitley
AS wheat from the grain,
Thickly and quickly
As thoughts through tho brain,
So fast and so dumb
DO the ow-flakes come;
Swift, swift as the lays drop
From glad poet-lips,
Soft, soft as the days drop
From Times iinger-tips.
Oh, so many, so many!
Yet no sound from any.
Oh, so last, oh, so fast!
Yet no track where they passed.
Oh, so fragile, so trail
Yet no force can prevail
To speed them OF stay them.
10 prayer can outweigh them.
They fall where they must,
Through the fathomless gray,
And bring to earth's dust
What OF heaven they may.
Grace ID. Litchfeld, in 81. Nicholas.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-12-17

A village in Switzerland, more than
1--WE thousand feet above the sea-level,
and surrounded on all sides by snow
clad mountains, with climate where
the thermometer oftel stands at
twenty degrees Fahrenheit in the day,
and below zero at night. does not
seem to be quite the right place for
consumptive patients to winter in.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-12-17

DR.. Barthelemy Of Paris is of opin-
ion that the symptoms of hydrophobia
in man are manly dueto the magma
tion and the irritability of the patient.
He himself had introduced his finger
into the throat of mad dog and drew
1t out covered with frothy saliva; in
drying it he observed that he had IL
slight excoriation on his finger. He
lightly cauterized it, but. ten days
after, he experienced a sense of con-
striction about the throat He felt
alarmed; the difficulty of swallowing
increased until he ceuld not drink
anything. and the sight Of water
caused spasms. The will, However.
was strongly exercised, and at the end
of three weeks the attack was mas
tered. This is not an unsupported
experience, there being at least one
other notable cure by sheer will
power. Will-power, by the way, has
also been successfully eXerted to over
come the effects of a venomous reptiles
bite.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-12-17

The statistics laid before the
Eational Butter, Cheese and Egg AS
,ociation at its late meetingin Chicago
must have made its members feel that
they were something more important
than flies on the country's coach
wheel. 1t was asserted in those
statistics that the annual value Of
dairy products in this country was
s100,000.000 greater than that of the
entire wheat crop, and Sl2O,000,O0O
greater than that of the cotton crop;
while the amount of capital interested
in COWS was said to be greater by
S40,000.000 than that invested in bank
stocks.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-12-17

In the cotton mills of the United
States in 1870, there were employed
l34, 1850 people, men, women, and chill
dren combined. The amount paid in
wages per head, on an average, was
S2SS.10 for a years labor; or at the
rate of 90 cents per day for 3l3 days,
the number of working days in the
year. In 1880 there were employed in
the cotton mills 172,544 people, and
they received in wages for their years
labor $243.65, or s44.45 less than in
1870, or about 80 cents per day. Now,
if we allow for a 20 per cent Of a
reduction in wages since 1880, it
would leave the average wages of
each operative GA cents per day; while
the consumption Of cotton between
the two periods of 1870 and 1880 had
increased 40 per cent per head.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-12-17

According to the latest official state
nent published by the authorities of
Russia, there are in that country not
less than 14,000 square miles of oil
producing land, but Of this vast terri
tory the field at Baku is the only one
worked, and even this covers only the
limited space OF some three and one
half square miles. The output is
enormous, and tie fact is stated by
one who witnessed the opening of q
well in that locality that column of
oil spurted to height Of 100 feet,
carrying great stones with it, the flow
continuing until large lake of petro-
leum was formed. The product is re-
fined on the spot, the residue being
used as fuel for steamers and rail
ways.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-12-17
CHE ion0unorrrn Sitter.

ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING
FROM
eh-cr cn1ce, So Londonderry, VT.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-12-17

Horses an. Carriages at all hours. Persons
carried 20 al surrounding points upon arrival
Of rains. Special accoinmoda ions 10 excul.
eion pa ties. Good teams and attentive di
vers. "
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-12-17

TERMS.-lHE LONDONDERRY, VI, SITTER
will be furnishc to al subscribers everywhere,
at tho extremely low price of One Dollar per
annum, invariably in advance. Outside OF
Windham Co., in single wrappers, $l,l6 year.
! ADVERTISING RATES.-Fiily cents per
inch, first insertion, rs cents tor each addi.
tional insertion. Nothing inserted for less than
SO cents.
Additional information furnished upon appli-
cation. Births, Marriages and Deaths, pub
lshcd free. Obituary N~ticcs, Cards # Thanks
ETC., 80 cents to Sl,G0.
SITTER OFFICE, LONDONDERRY, Vt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-18
FURNISHING n STUDIO. (
The Enthusiasm of Young Women Artists
Over Battered Relics.

Over Battered Relics,
Philadelphia Times.
'Hows businessr was the question pro-
pounded to South Fifth street dealer in an
tique furniture yesterday.
II don't know as l can complain" he re-
piled, as he dipped paint brush into a can of
mahogany stain preparatory to putting coat OF
the stuff on neatlycarved high clock case
made of white pine Folks are lust as crazy
after old things as ever they were, and then
have a big trade among the artists. Young lady
artists come down mere nearly every day and buy
the queerest kind of things-old chairegs or bro
ken tables. They don't care whether q things
worth ten cents or ten doars-they'l take the ten
cent thing just as quick. Say they want to paint
'em. It looks to me like pum fooishness, but
guess they know their business"
There is growing colony of young women
artists in Philadelphia. They come to this city to
study at the Academy of Fine Arts, and in many
cases they remain and establish studios. The
furnishing of studio, whether the artist is poor
or rich, is a matter which takes much time and
hard work to accomplish. No two chairs must
be alike. They must be of all styles, from the
common Windsor to the aesthetic Queen Anne.
The room must contain everything which We'll
organized curiosity shop would have, and ittakcs
time to start curiosity shop.
The girls go around the auction stores, to
secondhand dealers shops, and into their the
girls) grandmothers' attics searching for studio
filings" They Will buy any kind of broken
instrument except piano. They delight in
bones and skulls. and II sweet young girl artist
can manage to secure an articulated skeleton
she is supremacy happy for week.
'Do they come here" exclaimed well-known
auctioneer, the other day. We'll, | should say
they did They come in droves One of them
bought old pitcher, with the bottom knocked
out, the other day. She was the only bidder
and it was knocked down to her for five cents
Well, sir, that girl was tickled to death with her
bargain. She said it was love of a ever what
ever that is, and she was awful careful about
wrapping it up. They buy pistols, too, old ones
without any hammer or trigger things that amt
any use TO anybody. They'll bid high for an old
fnt-lock musket or sword, and do believe they'd
buy cannon if they could take it home with
them"
How can you tell that they are artists"
ION, easy enough | never saw one yet who
didn't have sketch book in her hand, and they
generally have long pointed pencils stuck in their
buttonhoes. That's where they carry them.
Second hand theatrical costumes are much
sought after by the studio furnshers. At the
Academy of Fine Arts last winter large lot Of
fancy costumes, which were used in former years
for draping models were put up for sale. There
was q great demand for them among the stu
dents, and they were all sold in very short
time. There is nothing upon earth that artist
won't accept to put in the studio property room.
If it is not really wanted it will do to barter for
something else belonging to some other studio
maker.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-18
Jenny June on Underwear.

1t is quite time that women understand that
there are certain parts Of the attire which
should not be subject to the law of fash
ion and change. Underwear, for example
should simply cover the body-not enlarge
deprcss or compress it. The finest French
underwear, excepting skirts worn next the
dress follows this rule. Even hens are
not allowed and there are no gathers. The gar
ment is curved in at the sides and center, the
edges are hand embroidered, and the fit is per-
feet. Women who buy underwear made
at slop shops simply because it is cheap, without
regard to its form or style, sometimes wearing
it gathered in, sometimes loose, sometimes
shaped, can never have their dresses fitted with
precision or elegance. The corset is even more
important; whatever this, it ought always to be
of the same cut and style, the same depth over
the hips, the same lines enclosing the bust The
modern corset is anything but an object of ter
ror. 1t yields necessary support to the soft
and fleshy parts of womans figure, and serves
as flexible frame on which to build the dress.
1t is scientifically cut and curved TO the body,
and supplied with elastic sides or cores
which adapt 1t TO delicate women and growing
girls. There are summer corsets OF trans
parent, lace-like fabric, traversed by slender
plant lines of whalebone forming the frame,
which are luxury even to look at, and may be
worn on the hottest day with ease and comfort.
But there are still straight, shapeless heavily
weighted stays" machinemade coarsely-corded
and charged with steel bars that quite alter the
hgure of the wearer, who perhaps thinks she is
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-18
The Alderman's Frightfui Dream.

Detroit Free Press.
One of the aldermen who was going down on q
Michigan avenue car yesterday looked so pale
and worried that friend felt compelled to ask
if he were i'll. 'No, not exactly iii" was tho
reply perhaps you arc in trouble" 1T all
comes from dream had last night. dreamed
that was sitting alone in my Office when little,
sharpfaced man, dressed in black, walked in.
sat down at desk, and as ne helped himself to
pen and foolscap, he quietly said Wed better
begin at the beginning Beginning of whatl
said |. OF your official corruption, he says look
ing as cold and cruel as iceberg l wanted to
rise up and put him out, but had no strength
to do 1t, and he writes away for a minute and
then asks How much have you made out of
the pavement ringF Three hundred dollars
replied, fool that l was And from the sewer
ring About 800 And the electric light
ring Five hundred And the street railway
ringF he goes on. his eye looking straight
through me. Well, $50 in cash. Very well,
you will new sign this confession, he says, as
he gave me the pen But you didn't do it,"
exclaimed the friend. But | did / was just
fool enough to write my name there" We'll it
was only dream, and Of course there is moth
ing in it. l shouldn't feel bad. 'Welll" II
dunno. You see, l also dreamed that after
signed the confession reporter grabbed on to
it and ran away, and I'm looking for the whole
thing to out in cold print any morning"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-18
In the Sweet By-and-By.


Ion, George!" said Sylvia to her future lord
and master, as he Tapped the powder off her
cheek, II do lovo you, but cannot go to the
rink with you any more And why not,
pray" said George. THE minister says it is
wrong replied Sylvia, sobhing. "Since when
have you become so attentive to the minister's
counseR 1t was only yesterday that you called
him meddlesome old fogy" But want to,
go to heaven, George 80 do we all l hope"
But, George, dear. l cannot go to heaven If r.
go to the rink But why this sudden longing;
for heaven2' "Oh, George" said Sylvia YOU
ought to have heard Mr.. Tame read the lesson
yesterday. There is to DO sea of glass there. n
''Well, what of thatP "And we are never to-
last forever" ''Yesl" "Oh. George, think esS
the daisy skating there will be-"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-18

improved because she is martyred in wearing
them, or selects them because they are few
cents cheaper. This is self-murder for q less
inducement than would be accepted by the COM
monest assassin, and destroys the effect of the
finest costume.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-18

A strawberry grower says some strawberry
plants are naturally barren, and should be pulled
out and treated Us weeds. He goes over the
patch when the plants are in blossom and pulls
up all the plants that have not blossomed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-18

DR.. Hoskins, of Vermont. says it is not gener
ally known that gooseberries can be perfectly
preserved the year round in common bottles
with pure water. See that no broken crushed
berries go into the bottles but all sound. perfect
fruit; then fill up with cold spring we'll water,
cork tight, and set away in cool cellar. No
scaling is necessary.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-04-11
a WAR ON McCORMTTE

Hart, of the Wheeling mtellaqen.
Ger is in Washington, attempting to
build up the republican party OF
West Virginia To do this he is do,
ing his best to knock the pins from
under Collector Mccormick, brow.
beat and defeat Mr.. Cowden. Chair
man, and Mr.. Schofield, Secretary.
Of the State Republican Committee.
1t is brilliant movement of the
editor Of the leading republican pa
per of the State. 1t will harmonize
his party and secure great strength
in the event Of his succeeding to out
one Nc and put in the other Nc.
Verify, Hart is man of brilliant
parts. He has seen the President
and the President has seen him and
has actually conversed and consult
ed with him about West Virginia az
fairs. The President behaved him.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-04-11
Wars all Around.

The whole world appears to be in
feverish condition of strife. En-
gland is resounding with martial pre-
parations. She already has one per,
picking war upon her hands and is
girding up her loins for another,
France is similarly bellicose and the
explosive elements of Paris threaten
to add intestinal troubles to foreign
conflict In Russia million dissatis-
fed and reckless Nihilists are waiting
for the Gar to reopen the old fight
in South Asia. From the heart of
Africa to the great plains of our own
Northwest the telegraph brings the
news OF instruction and strife.
The little cloud of war no bigger
than man s hand which has sudden.
ly appeared on the Canadian horizon
may yet grow into a storm that will
drench the frontiers with blood.
Riel, the half breed leader of the re-
volt, is SO far as Canada is concerned.
the Ell Mahdi of the Northwest, and
he has in Manitoba over thirty thou.
sand Indians, who are only too ready
to join any leader who promises
plumber
And simultaneously with this
comes the news of the burning of AS
pinwall on the Isthmus, and the fresh
outrages of the insurgents in that al
ways distracted country.
No one can predict with any GER
tainty what the issue of these trouble
times will be. There are dangerous,
abeyant elements in Europe that are
only waiting for war to make them
selves felt, and they are, unfortunate
~, an unknown quantity in any con-
juncture that is hazardous.
The people of the United States
ought to feel gratifed that they are
exempt from these troubles and can
celebrate the peaceful season of Easter
with no immediate prospect of war
~ Y. World
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-04-11

mass meeting of the miners OF Sunday
creek valley and vicinity was held at Corn
ing, o. 1t was understood that it was finally
agreed to accept the further reduction of ten
cents and so to work Immediately at fifty
cents per ton, though it seems not to be def
nitely known by even the miners themselves
what action was certainly taxen.
Work has been resumed, at the
smelling works of Sanger, Ninlick 81 Co,
Pittsburg, and at the rolling mills of Kim
berly q Co., Greenvile, Pa.
A strike occurred among the miners EN-
ploycd in tho coal mines of Freeman &
Whitleetch, at Vinton Furnace, o., on az,
count OF the proprietors reducing the pri,s
per ton from sixty-fve to fifty five cents
The river coal miners strike in western
Pennsylvania ended by the operators conced
ing the miners an increase of wages. Six
thousand miners have returned to work
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-04-11

Two little boys at Erie. Pa, were
dread fully burned while inficting a
cruel death upon litter of kittens.
They tied their tails together, and after
pouring benzine over them, applied a
match. One of the kittens, while
rolling over in it's agony, fred the can
of benzine, and the blaze set fire to
the clothing of the boys They are
not expected to survive their injuries,
and their mother was severely burned
while trying to rescue them.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-04-11
VAR INEVITA BILE.

Intelligence has reached London
that on March 30th, General Komar
off attacked and defeated the Afghan
forces on the Kushk River and occu
pied Penjdeh, killing 500 Afghans
and taking their standards.
Intense feeling of dismay and in.
dignation prevails in England at the
news from Afghanistan, and war with
Russia is considered inevitable.
The prospects of war created great
excitement in all the European money
markets.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-04-11

self in the editors presence magni-
ficsntly well. Mr.. Hart thus records
the interview and the behavior of
the President
He is good listener, and while
he listens he bows his head, drops
his eye and turns an ear towards the
speaker He shows no sign of being
in hurry, but | noticed that when
he was through he had q polite way
ofindicating next" The President
asked me if / thought Collector Me
Cormick ought to be removed. / re-
piled that / did, for the reason that
he ought never to have been appoint
ed. ! added that in my judgment
bis appointment was an offense to the
Republican party and to the people
of West Virginia, though / assumed
to speak for myself alone; that the
removal Of General Duval was Vi
cious and indefensible, and that Mr..
Mccormick was put in that place for
the express purpose Of offending the
great body of West Virginia Repnb-
licans, who in the exercise Of their
right had dared to prefer Mr.. Blaine;
and that he was appointed also be-
cause Of the service he tried to rem
der President Arthur. / suggested
to the President that certain letter
on file in the Treasury Department
(already published in the "Intelli-
gencer) would throw a great deal of
light on the subject | must not
forget to say that Mr. Mccormick
had been repudiated by his own re-
publican county of Taylor and by
the Republicans of his own district,
and that he couldn't be elected dog
pelter where he lives. This ! ex-
planned, in part, by saying that Mr..
Mccormick is narrow, selfish, dys-
peptic man who has great facility in
making enemies and is an adept in
the art of doing his party harm.
Moreover, | said that / had infor.
nation that Collector Mccormick
had succeeded in getting his office
into great confusion, but the matter
was not of my own knowledge and |
thought the reasons for his removal
sufficient without making point of
this. y
Such is the status of affairs and
we have no doubt the influence of
Hart with the man of the bowed
head, the dropping eyeand the turn
ed ear will succeed in decapitating
the republican ofiice-holders of West
Virginia. Go it, Hart, let the Mar
tinsburg Postmaster hold your hat
and coat.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-04-11
GEN. GRANT.

Grant still endures the pangs of the
dying patiently and hsroically. The
physicians have no hopes of any very
long continuance of life, though one
or more constantly remain with him.
The dispatches state that on Thurs
day he passed quiet day. A gen
tleman who has seen him daily for a
month past, expresses the opinion
that he will live at least week, prob
ably two weeks, and possibly into
next month.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-04-11
The Supreme Court of West

THE Supreme Court of West Vir-
ginia has been sustained by the Su-
preme Court of the United States IN
Its decision in the case of Auditor
Miller VS.. c. & 0. r. r. Co. The
question raised in this case was one
OF constitutionality, the company
claiming that its property should be
exempt from taxation, SO long as its
earnings amounted to no more than
ten per cent of its capital.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-04-11

Mr.. JOHN N. PARKINSON. OF this count,
departed this life April 3, 1885, aged Is
years, months and 22 days.
Mr.. Parkinson was member of our
sayiour's Church Militant, and gave great
testimony OF his preparation for seat in
the church triumphant.
Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep,
From which none ever wake to weep.
In Martinsburg w. Va, April Bird. 1883
of brain fever, Mrs. ANNIE VIRGINIA
GERHARDT, wife of Mr.. Harry Gerhardt,
aged 70 years months and 7days.
At his residence in Martinsburg, Abr ]
Bird, 1885, of pneumonia, j X. JENKINS, in
his 10Th year.
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Mrs. Sarah Terrell, g widow aged sixty
three, who lived ON a farm near Bloomfield.
Ind, went out to put out 3 fire which had
started in the dry grass and was working
toward her fences. Her clothing caught fire
and she WAS burned to death.
cyclone struck Waverly, DO, destroy
ing the residences of J. S Webb and w. Ii.
Fletcher and four houses belonging to J. II.
Bellamy, besides other property. The roof
of the Christian church was blown off and
carried long distance No person seriously
hurt Damage to property estimated at
$4,000.
Peon Joyce, ssventy-five, Miss Rice, forty,
and a thrse-year-old child were burned to
death at Ashvills Tenn, in their dwelling.
Murder is suspected.
A falling Pittsburg sign fatally injured
two young ladies going to Sunday-school.