The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-12-03
A fine display of mcteoric showers

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We're visible last Thursday and Friday
evenings. A, T.. Cudworth, Eaq., coun-
ted over 80 in driving less than mild.
A Downward Dip.
The clerk of the weather took hold
of the old machine, thanksgiving eve,
in dead earnest and sent the mercury
down to from two to four degrees
below zero on Friday morning, and
on Saturday morning from four to
six below. After this there was 'let
up" until Wednesday morning when
zero was again reached. This morning
is again miIder,3 inches of snow hay
ing fallen during the night,
Landlord Patterson, the genial pro-
prietor of tho Londonderry hotel, had
65 couples at his thanksgiving ball. Mr..
Patterson is disposed to give credit, for
this large attendance, to the SITTER;
but we suspect that his well earned
reputation for getting up good suppers,
the good music advestised and his
known ability to pleasantly manage
and cater for Il large company, brought
them out. AT auy rate he had them,
and the SITTER congratulatcs him, and
the citizens of Londonderry, on the
very pleasant occasion.
We are pleased to learn that the
johnson Brothers are having good
success holding musical conventions
in New Hampshire. The Antrim
Reporter says:
johnson Brothers of the Chica-
90 Convention Company, are instruc-
ling a class of about forty pupils in
this place this week, and the class
will give a public concert on Friday
evening to which all are invited.
The Kecnc Observer, in giving an
account Of u silver wedding at Mar
low, says: The hunger Of the guests
being appeased, the johnson Brothers
of Londonderry, Vt, who were hold.
ing musical convention in the place
responded to an invitation to sing, and
no doubt aided digestion in way tc
save numerous doctors bills"
Mrs. Greeley improves slowly from
her recent injuries.
Herman Griswold is getting building
material out, preparatory to building
new barn.
CLAYTON, THE FORGER.
We have received a letter from j.
II. Nicely, postmaster at Norwich
Iowa, in reference to Leon Clayton
now in State prison for forgery. Mr..
Nicely says Clayton resided there fol-
q time and suddenly decamped taking
with him four hundred dollars of his
Neeley's, money. This occurred Oh the
9th Of last May. Nicely kept coun
try store, and during last winter
Clayton made it u loafiug place. The
money was taken from pocket book
living on Il shelf under the postotiice
during the temporary absence of the
postmaster, the store being in charge OF
his wife. Clayton at once ''mad'
tracks" and was heard of but once, a
st. Joseph, Mo, until his arrest here
A. L. Peabody and son, of Ches
ter. have sold their Londonderry farm
to Lyman NJ. Randall of Spring
field, who will take possession at once
The Mcssrs. Peabody have reserve,
the hill pasture.
Exlinc, Iowa, Oct. 20, 1885.
EJohn, the Sitter Thinking it ma,
interest some of the many readers o
your excellent paper to hear from al
old townsman, who has been absent q
years, | write this letter. Many vii
remember me rs the boy who ran g
thrcshing machine for nine successive
falls, previous to 1851. Although Il
years of age. last March, my health is
as il always mas been, good.
Since my visit to the East, three year
ago, | have lived with my sister, Mrs
; r. Mecker. I have been running he
four fortics, alone. put in 20 acre
of coru, / of bucllwheat, | Of bean
and II acre of garden. Ny corn will
turn out from 80 to 50 bushels to til
acre; 'buckWheat 10 bushels. Had l.:
acre planted 10 potatoes, but owing to
: Che dry weather only raised 70 bushels
"Gardcn sass" in abundance. Summc
squashes for four months steady, OH
? watermelon that weighed 10 pounds
? ! cut 80 acres Of meadow. two tor
to the acre. This section cant be bea
t for grass between the Atlantic an
n Pacific. We have l2j bushels wintc
fruit. Our corn crop was injured b
+ drought; yet had 10 pail the stalks
V III husking, to reach the ears.
NourS firmly & II Rirbor1Cpn