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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

STATE CT VERMONT, | The probate court
Westminster, IS. for said district, to all
persons interested in the estate of Joel
Thompson, deceased, greeting: whereas E.
w. Melendy has presented to this court an in
strument purporting to be the last will Of said
deceased, for probate You are hereby no.
tilted that this court will decide upon the pro-
bate of said instrument at the session thereof
to be held at the Probate Office in Townshend
in said district, on the first Wednesday of July
A. D. 1855, when and where you may appear
and contest the same if you see cause.
G. B. EDDY, Register.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04
SIGNING THE FARM AWAY.

Fine old farm, for hundred years
Kept in the family name;
Cornhelds rich with golden ears
Oft as the harvest came;
Crowded barn and crowded bin,
And still the loads kept coming in
Rolling in for a hundred years;
And the fourth in the family line appears
Orchard covered the slope Of the hill;
Cider-forty barrels, they say
Sure in season to come from the mill
To be tasted round Thanksgiving day
And they drank as they worked, and they
drank as they ate,
Winter and summer, early and late,
Counting it as great mishap
To be found without barrel on tap
But, while the seasons crept along,
And passions habits into grew,
Their appetites became as strong
AS every drunkard knew!
And they labored less, and they squandered
more,
Chiefly for rum at the village store,
Till called by the sheriff one bitter day
To sign the homestead farm away.
The father, shattered and scented with rum;
The mother, sick and pale and thin.
Under the weight Of her sorrows dumb,
In debt for the bed she was dying in;
0h;-4 saw the wrecked household -afot.nd
her stand
And the Justice lifted her trembling baud,
Helping her, as in her pain she lay,
To sign the homestead farm away!
All, how she wept! And the food ef tears
Sweptdew her temples bare!
And the father, already bowed with years,
Bowed lower with despair!
Drink Drink! 1t had ripened into woe
For them and all they loved below,
And fore ed them, poor md old and grey,
To sign the homestead farm away.
Oh. many sad scenes have ! met in life,
And many a call to pray,
But the sad;iest Of all was the drunkard's
wife.
Signing the farm away!
Home once richest in all the town,
Home in the fatal cup poured down,
Worse than fires or floods dismay-
Drunkard signing the farm away
Rev. W. R. Cochrane, in Congregationalist.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

The gains made by Malone in Vir-
ginia must be peculiarly discouraging to
the democrats in view of the fact that
they got what they wanted in the way
Of fourth class postmasterships for the
strengthening of their party. 1t may
perhaps, at length begin to dawn upon
the intelligence of the average party
manager that politics do not always de-
pend upon post Offices. Boston Record.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

A press dispatch from Burlington
says:
at is generally understood that ex-
Governors Smith, Proctor and Stewart,
ex-Congressman Poland and Judge
Powers of the supreme court, are cam
didates for the senatorship, to succeed
Edmunds."
Can't there be few more trotted out!
As Edmunds is will be his own success
sor it will make the aspirants feel well,
on the principle that misery loves COM
pany, to have a goodly number to share
their grief. 1t would seem that Wind
ham county might furnish one, or half
a dozen for that matter. "Whoop'er up,
gentlemen aud give the old mugwump
fits.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04
The editor of the Philadelphia Silver

The editor of the Philadelphia Silver
Chimes saws:
ave were permitted to spend the
past week in Kent County, Maryland,
where the local-option law prevails.
We had been along the Jersey shore
where rum flowed as freely as the tides
of the ocean. What delightful change
it was! A whole week without see
ing a drunken man or woman. For
some years this law has prevailed there,
and the absence of strong drink is every
where manifest in the conversation and
habits of the people. Intelligence,
neighborly kindness, aud goodwill a.
bound. 1t was one stepat hasttowagds
ideal life"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04
NEWSY CLIPS.

The Analgamated Association of |.
ron Workers are on strike. $4,000
men are idle in the Pittsburg district
and 81, 900 west of the Alleghanies.
Ex-President Arthur is said to be
suffering with Bright's disease.
The Chicago city council have declar
cd Harrison reelected mayor.
Two women and three children were
Crowned, Monday, at Wilmington, N
L terrific thunder storm visited Chi
c-co, Tuesday. Four persons were
killed by lightning.
Bad Accident.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

English authority is good for the
statement that the chemist Chevreul,
one of the men France is proud of, is a
total abstinence man. If he lives till
August, he will reach his hundreth
year, and now in his uenety-ninth is in
full possession of bodily senses and vig-
or, often lecturing to students.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

at which the associa
ton was organized
there was a heated dis
cussion on the allah
sorbipg topic Of roller
skating. OF the thirty
nine members present
fourteen denounced
the popular amuse
ment as vulgar ant
prejudicial to health
and the opinions o.
ea-rrol nol;a~ n1,,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

One argument urged against prohibi-
ton in Canada was based on the idea
that people will drink more liquor I'M
der prohibitory Legislature than under
the license system; but now the coop
ers of Toronto are organizing to oppose
the act on the ground that they fear to
lose employment, and this on the hy-
pothesis that prohibition does prohi-
hit -
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04
MARRIED.

At So. Londonderry, May "a, by Rev. "
H. Wight, Martin c. Huntlcy and Eta A
Babbitt, both of Londonderry.
AT Simonsville, May 90, by Rev. w. IL
Wight, Elmer E. French of Londonderry,
and Sarah Andrews of Andover.
At w. Townshend. May 81, by Rev. X.
ID. Metcalf, Ronell Wheeler and Mary Boy
den, both of W. Townshend
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

Tell boy that he is Ounce, and he
will soon be one. Tell a girl that she
is fretful and disagreeable; she 4ill
soon be such. Helping, and not hin
dering, is what humanity needs. A
llalf-drunken man went into a temper.
ance meeting in Chicago, which was
led by women. He signed the pledge
The next morning, as he was about to
drink, he found the pledge-card in his
pocket. "Did sign that last night?
he said, reading his name. "Well, if
Mrs. r. thinks l can keep it, l CAM
and kept it he has for nearly ten years
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04
G. B. EDDY, Register
STATE OF VERMONT, | .

,
The Hon Probate court for the district of
Westminster: to whom it may concern. You
ure hereby notified that f. w. Melen6y,
guardian of Allison Cole, an insane person,
residing in Londonderry in said district, has
presented his petition to this court, setting
forth that his ward is the owner of certain real
estate situated in said Londonderry, and that it
would be beneficial to his wall - sell the
same, and has prayed for licersa 10 sell said
real estate and it is ordered TINT said peti-
ton be referred for hearing and decision to
the session of said court to be held A, tis Pro-
bate Office in Townshend. in sail district, on
the first "Wednesday Of july, .A.b-i3Ss, waen
and where you cen be heard IA ';re Pr .G.i,es
if you shall see cause,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

Senator Edmunds has been called to
England to testify, before the British
House of Lords, upon points of inter-
national law. And this is the man
whom few idiots in Vermont wish to
supplant, in the U. S. Senate, with one
j. Gregory Smith.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

kn eight years old son of Ethan Al
le-, CO Emsden got hold of cartridge
c.-c--de-, put up for blasting, and ex-
r,cS'-r :. injured one hand 50 badly
r-tIt rad to be amputated. The other
nd escaped with the loss of the thumb
and one finger.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04
FOR SALE!
The Subscriber wishes to sell his
HOUSE, BARN AND LOT,
Situated IT, the Village of Bonneville.
Bondville, Vt. Mar. 10, 1885.

Also a quntity of Furniture, consis-
ting, in part of the following articles:
Bedsteads, Bedding, Chairs, Tables,
l Bureau, 8 old fashioned Chests, 9
Pork barrels, a lot of taliow, TIN, Glass
and Crockery ware, and great many
articles too numerous to mention.
If you wish any of the above articles
they can be had at bargain.
JoNAs Hull, Bondv lille, VT.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

Mrs. Parson, president of the Not
tingham British Woman's Temperance
Association who not long since made a
tour of the United States, since her re-
turn to England in speaking of the W.
c. I. U. of America, says: at is one
of the grandest and most wonderful in
situations ever organized, and that Miss
Wizards name will be handed down to
future generations as one of the great
pioneers of temperance.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

The universal observance of Memo
rial Day at the North prompts the
Charlestown. S. c., News to say:
Those who fell on the federal side have
been carefully gathered together from
every wood and field and buried in
cemeteries that are well tended and kept.
The bones of thousands of Confeder-
ates, the men who died in the assertion
of the right of self government which
was asserted and won by the colonies in
"thc rebellion Of 1916" are lost and
scattered, or lie bleaching in the sun
and rain.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

Boston with a liquor license nearly
doubled in price since last year, has IN
creased its burden of dram shops by
one hundred and thirty-three The
high license, licenses, 1t is also an nc.
knowledged truth that more than ont
thousand non-licensed does not regu.
late.-U, s,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

Miss Willard spoke in fremont Tenn
Pile on Monday afternoon, May 4, to a
full house. Her plea was for the scien-
tiflc temperance instruction bill, now
before the Massachusetts legislature.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

The newest dodge with escaping Grim
inals is to engage as a clerk in store
that don't advertise. No danger of be-
ing found, but what lonesome time
they must have?
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04
Memorial Services.

Memorial day was generally observ-
ed throughout this section. AT this place
Hooker Post, Camp Foster, $, of ".
and the Woman's Relief Corps assem-
at Grand Army Hall at O'Clock n. m.
and shortly afterwards, led by the drum
corps, took up the line of march for the
Yearly cemetery where the resting pla-
cc5 of the silent heroes We're decked, af-
ter the ritualistic ceremonies of the e..
A. II. Returning to the town hall an
excellent and bountiful repast awaited
them, to which due and proper respect
was paid, then the way was led to the
Baptist church which was well filled.
No speakers, from abroad, We're engag-
ed, the Post relying upon ''home tai
lent, which in this instance was not dis
appointing, A. Il. Cudworth, Esq.
presided. Mr., Cudworth's opening re-
marks are summarized as follows:
The thoughts engcndered by the re-
turn OF this day, set apart for memori-
nj services, are of mingled sadness and
rejoicing.-Sorrow that those whose
deeds and death We commemorate by
our offering of flowers and garlands
have died, and rejoicing that they died
not in vain; that in the perils that beset
our land four and twenty years ago she
had sons to defend and protect the ma
TONS life. 1t is not alone to testify to
these surviving veterans that we appre-
ciate the tolls and suffering they and
their fallen comrades endured.
One great lesson of the day to us all
should be that we best celebrate this
day by pledging ourselves one and all
to that which our country demands of
us, then while the nation endures there
will not be wanting a proper obser
vance of memorial day. Peace has her
perils for a nation, like ours, as well as
war. To-day she calls upon all for the
development of a full and perfect
manhood: a manhood looking beyond
self, beyond the bounds of party Yer.
mont's green hills sent forth, to answer
the battle call, soldiers whose superiors
never shouldered a musket or drew q
sword, Let her not fail in time of peace
to raise such men as make a free people
great in all the better elements of man.
hood. As representative of this man.
hood he had the pleasure of introducing
DR.. n. p. Wood as the
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

A wicked Chicago sheet says there
are two things ii hears of about once
every four ycars--Whitc River june
ton, Vt. and Henry l.. Dawes, OF
Massachusetts,.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

siciaus of the city were read to back up their
argument but as twenty-five members
voted In favor of roller skating it is likely
a rink will adjoin the gymnasium. The
club members will also form q riding club
in the sweet by-and-by. but whether they
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

Democratic simplicity is restored at
the White House. The President has
dismissed his French cook, and hired
"an intelligent young Irish woman.'
So like "the rest of us.
-RoSton Herald
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

A scientific writer has published an
elaborate article on "The Fuel of the
Future" They used to tell us it would
be birthstone.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

n yPoAet N-'AoSo'I AAoAsSj hht'b6
the watering trough empty, turned on the
faucet with his teeth. and after drinking
all the water desired shut off the water in
the same manner.
A Norwich. Conn., man owns cocker
spaniel that refuses to take his breakfast
without having his face washed. He
takes his position before the sink. and II
his mute petition is UNDECIDED he rubs his
eyes with his paws and cries in q fashion
that is highly amusing.
People who believe the stories about in
telligent dogs will read with pleasure that
a lost dog in Norfolk, having seen his
masters advertisement in one OF the local
papers, promptly went home.
The following turkey and dog story Is
told by Il paper of Savannah, Ga. "A. p.
Wilks, who lived fifteen miles below Dub
lin, on the Oconee River, last week was
hunting some hogs in the swamp His
little dog kept trailing something about
200 ar!s off, He mt first thought it might
be deer and paid little attention. Some
tine aiterward hearing the dog bark, he
went to him and found he had caught q
lar-e isobbler. The turkey had dragged
the dog into a lake and was swimming
ACROSS with the dog hanging to its tail.
A brother OF Mr.. Wilks leaped into the
water, scared the turkey and carried him
home. The turkey weighed twenty-one
and half pounds after being dressed"
A lively air on violin will sometimes
set whole flock of geese wild with de-
li.At. On one occasion at country we'd
Il NJ was a witness of curious perform
sace by one of these animals. After din
ner /. lady entertained the guests assem-
Ill d Oh a lawn with music from an ac-
cJr,,eon. A flock of geese were feeding in
tae real Just below the house, and, with
ou:s;r, tciied necks, answered back with
rose Of satisfaction Soon white gan
nr good time to the music. For several
n Il les he kept up the performance to
tLe great delight OF tie company. The
e. rer. ulrnt was tried several times for a
wees o. more, and the tones of the ac-
eordeJn never failed to set the old gander
into lively dance.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04
NOTICE.

On account of sickness ! have not
been able 10 attend to my business for
about weeks, my bills have become
due and have got short of that great
staff of life, money! All having unset
tied accounts are requested to call and
pay the same as soon as possible, if the
amount is small, now is the time that
every little will help. Please don't forget
but call around with the necdful and
YOU will greatly oblige me.
Respt. Yours,
Jonas Hill.
Bondvillc, Vt. Mar. 10, 1885.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04
c. i. Eooy, Register
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

1bAl NJ tSOt1NEiN.o MOI IL.
We, tie sulscr,b,rc lein, duly appointed
BY the Hon Probate court for tie distri2t of
Westminster, commissioners toreacise, exam
inc and adjust all claims anil demand. Of all
persons against the estate Of Wu. I. Church
i'll, late of Londonderry. in said district, de-
ceased, and also all claims and demands tx
hibitcd in offset thereto; and six months from
the 10Th day of May, last, being allowed by
said court for that purpose, we do therefore
hereby give notice, that We viii attend 10 the
business of our said appointment at the dwell
ing house of f. +. Churchill, in Londonder
ry, in said district, on the ed day Of june
and 9Th day of October, next from 10 o'clock
four O'Clock, P. m. on each OF said
days.
j. ". Meleudy, Commits
+. a. Brooks, sioners.
5. NJ. Holden, Admir-
Londonderry, VT, My %, 1885.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04
10 CONSERVATIVES.

Of that dread disease, Consumption. by a simple
remedy, is anxious to make known to his fellow
sufferers the means Of cure. To all who desire il,
hcEillsend copy Of the prescription used, gFREE)
same which they will fEi a snse Curs for
Coughs, Colds, CONSUMPTION, Asthma,
Hrcnchstis, &C. Parties slsiias; ihc prsscfi:'-
ton. VIII plea e address lev L. a. WILSON, LA
Penn 81, Wilanlsburyh, y. Y
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04
ORATOR OF THE DAY.

We have not the space to follow the
Doctor through his timely address but
must be content with brief abstract.
He thought the memorial services of
this year seemed to have an added and
peculiar signifi canoe, from the fact
that we as a nation, for weeks past
have been waiting and watching at the
bedside of your great commander. Paid
a glowing tribute to the old hero, and
said that serene and accomplishing he
awaits the word that will dismiss him
from our sight but never from our love.
Those who came forward to fill up
the ranks were not the refuse of towns
and cities neither were they the bro
ken down and disheartened men who
so often enter the regular army. But
the bravest and best, the bone and sin
ew, the representatives of our highest
culture, purcst ambition and most de-
voted prtriotism formed the rank and
file of the Federal army. You cannot
separate the fame of Sherman from
that of the bearded and bronzed veter-
ans who buckled on the knapsack and
shouldered the musket to join him in
march half across continent. You
cannot divorce the glory of Grant from
that of every soldier of the Army of
the Potomac whose cleaning bayonetts
formed wall of steel which pressed up
on and environed Lee, compelling him,
at last, to the surrender at Appomatox.
Their brave deeds only can be recor-
ded; their noble communings, kind ac-
tons and high resolves can never be
known. Faithful to the end, we will
wrap around them the mantle of char
ity and place above them the shield of
their valor.
When the call for men came the re-
spouse was like that described by Scott
when Rhoderick Dhu whistled for his
Clan-Alpine warriors. Spoke of the ia
cility with which the soldier put on the
habiliments of peace and concluded as
follows:
The privileges which we as citizens
Of this republic enjoy demand of us
special sacrifice in public service: that
we quicken as we can public life; that
we live as we may in public spirit.
They require Of us that we extend the
arts of benevolence and peace to all
mankind, which in blessed contrast to
the miseries and degradation of war
shall shine respondent with true glory.
That we diffuse the elevating influence
of science and literature; that we reveal
the gladness and beauty of true charity ;
the sympathy and comfort of divine
love. Then can we unite with the poet
in saying:
Though louder fame attend the martial sage,
It's greatea glory to reform the age.
Rev. O. p. Fuller was then intro
duced and spoke briefly but pertinent
to the occasion. The services were
closed by finely rendered song by the
choir.
Detachmcnts were sent out to deco
rate the graves at Thompsonburgh,
Londonderry and the cemetery near
the middle town..
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04
STORIES ABOUT ANIMALS.

A Newburyport, (Mass.) horse, finding
the watering trough empty, turned on the
faucet with his teeth. and after drinking
all the water desired shut off the water in
the same manner
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

The noteworthy incident among all
the celebrations was the marching of
Grand Army posts in New York city
past the home of Gen. Grant, with lif-
ted faces, barred heads and not few
tears, saluting their pale commander as
he stood and gazed upon them from an
upper window. There was inevitably
one thought in his mind and theirs
that by the next Memorial Day the
Grand Army would have another COM
handlers grave TO misunderstanding
field Republican.
Last week the Stockholders of the B.
& W. railroad met at Brattleboro and
went through their annual farce of e.
lecting a board of directors. We call it
farce because these directors have a.
bout as much to do with directing the
affairs of this road as Hottcntot has
in the management of an English rail
way. But all the same the Stockhol-
ders get free ride every year, and
after this, free dinner, to be paid for
out of the $4O0 set aside, annually, to
keep up the organization of the B. q
w. for SO years. By the way we
should like to know who dimes off of
the remainder of this sum, as . very
considerable portion will be left after
paying for the dinners of these seventy
five or hundred stockholders.
And the directors ride free the year
around, while the large shippers pay
for their rides. We are informed by a
gentleman who has paid freights over
this road, for three years, amounting to
from two to four thousand dolla.s a
year, that he can't ride from this place
to Winhall station without paying his
fare. We suppose this is developing
the recources Of the county, that we
heard so much about before the road
was built.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04
A FEMALE ATHLETIC CLUB.
The Latest Freak OF the Philadei.
phia Girl

A number of the young society women
of the Quaker City have organized an ath-
letic club The members will include two
~ or three sets of young
&HIA SssA 81 ladies prominent in
V3M$'F1AzYIN2Sli fashionable circles. A
IaxzANSfSIAIsse hall is to be engaged,
\ wy - and perfectly APP
pointed gymnasium. it is expected, will be
the feature of the place. At the meeting
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

Chicago News: 1t is gratifying to
note that our Illinoise legislature has
rendered coincidence to France on the
death of Victor Hugo. The sympathy
that goes out from the great palpitating
heart of our Legislature toward the be-
reaved republic across the sea is very
touching and beautiful. We would like
to know how many members of that
legislature know who Victor Hugo is
or what Meteor Hugo has ever done.