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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17
Roast Horse in England.

There are many people who prefer
horse to beef, but as it is point in
dispute, practical step for solving
the doubt is being taken in Manches-
ter. A hundred horses are slaughtered
in that city every week, and cut up
and sold as "butcher's meat" The
trade is carried on in the poor dis
tricts, where the steaks find ready
purchasers at prices ranging from five
pence to eight pence per pound. There
can be no pretense for saying that the
flesh Of healthy horse is not fit for
human food. There are epicures who
prefer it to the choicest beef, but it
has been their rare good fortune to
get dainty dish which does not ordi-
narily come into the market.
The question is not whether the
flesh is fit to he eaten, but whether a
wholesome animal is killed for sale. 1t
will not pay a butcher TO buy healthy
horse to slaughter and retail at prices
lower than is paid for beef, and it may
therefore be safely assumed that the
animals which find their way to the
shambles are either diseased or so used
up as to render them quite unsuitable
for poor mans table. There is no
doubt, then, that cruel fraud is per-
petrated upon the buyer of this stuff
by the butcher who deals in it, and the
only way to check it is by regulating
the same under specific conditions
and this is what they are trying to
bring about in Manchester. When the
restrictions are enforced it will be in
teresting TO note whether horsenesh at
eight pence per pound can compete
with American beef.-LiuerpooL COu-
; gjsr
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17
PRICE THREE CENTS.

arrest and publicity. you would hardly
believe it; but it Is so. His father
made good the amount. Almost every
week some one manages to defraud us
some way, and it is only once in six
months we ever report the case to the
authorities. In the first place, it hurts
a banks reputation to get caught too
often; but the principal reason for our
silence is, it wouldn't pay ust to COM
plain. In nearly every case the cul-
prit is friend or relative of some in
huential customer. That is the way
he manages to secure his credit, and
the customer nearly always talks tur-
key when we go to him about the
matter. Use as much precaution as
we can, we have to trust some people.
OF course we can, as rule, protect
ourselves against professional sharpers
and strangers by requiring identifica-
tion, but there is no way of prevens-
ing our customers from defrauding us
by too-close scrutiny of their checks.
That might drive away good business.
and we have to take our chances as to
the paper being all right.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

A good book is a good companion.
The sunniest lives have seasons OF
shadows.
Do on all occasions just what seems
your duty to do,
He that would soothe sorrow must
not argue on the vanity Of the most
deceitful hopes.
The very nature of love is 10 find
it's Joy in serving others, not for ones
own benefit, but for theirs.
1t will not always do to say what
you think, but you had better be care
full always to think what you say.
Any one may do casual act of good
nature. but continuation of them
shows it to be part Of the tempera-
ment.
Whenever you are angry with one
you love. think that that dear one
might die that moment, and your an
ger will vanish at once.
Acquire habits of observation; we
live in a world of wonders; and a
thousand objects appeal to our obser'
walton, and will repay it.
If good people would but make
goodness agreeable. and smile instead
of frowning in their virtue, how many
would they gain to the good cause.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17
A Desert Tribe.

This tribe of Indians, which con-
tains, according to Chief Cabezon's
own statement. about one thousand
souls, has its rancheria near Walters
Station, about 125 miles from this
place, on the line of the Southern Pa
cGc railroad, west, in California.
This tribe is sometimes called the
"Cahuillas." They were Christianized
in the early days by Catholic padres,
and maintain to this day a church or
ganization and schools to educate their
young. Their dialect is peculiar to
the tribe and is not understood by
other Indians. They are governed by
a single chief, who rules the tribe with
absolute sway. This tribe takes its
name from the title Of the line of
chiefs, which is "Cabezon." The father
of the present chief was called Gerya-
clio Cabezon ~, and died about two
years ago, according to all authentic
reports, at the advanced age of l40
years. These Indians own considera-
BILE stock of all kinds, and do more or
less farming, and are, therefore, self
sustaining.
Chief Gervacio Cabezon NJ, accom-.
panied by some fifteen of bis men and
their wives. visited Yuma last week.
The present chief is an intelligent
man, about 50 years Of age, and is
quite up in our system of government
and laws. AS his name (Cabezon in
dicates, he possesses a large head,
which, from his manner and versatility,
must be well stored with Indian know
ledge and traditions. In conversation
with him, he informed us that all his
tribe were very friendly to Don Diego
| (L. J. F. Iaeger), who resides across
the Colorado river on the California
side They have great faith in him,
and regard him as seer and man
of most extraordinary ability and
knowledge. Mrs. Jaeger is regarded
among them doctress of most won
derful healing powers, and their jour
ney here is mostly for the purpose of
securing medical aid from her. After
visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. Jaeger for
a few days, and receiving what medi-
cal aid they needed. they returned
home by last Thursdays freight train.
Cabezon and number of his tribe
will visit Yuma again soon for the
purpose of consulting Don Diego as to
their future movements and to have
some of their children doctored by
Don Diego's wife, in whose great heal
ing powers they have the most Implicit
faith.-Yuma { (Arizona) Sentinel.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17
Luck and Labor.

If the boy who exclaims just my
luckp' was truthful, he would say
"just my laziness" or just my mat
tention." Mr.. Golden wrote proverbs
about Luck and Labor. 1t would be
well for boys to memorize them:
Luck is waiting for something to
turn up.
Labor, with keen eyes and strong
will, will turn up something.
Luck lies in bed and wishes the
postman would come and bring him
the news of a legacy.
Labor turns out at six o'clock, and
with busy pen or ringing hammer lays
the foundation for competence.
Luck relies on chances.
Labor on character.
Luck slips down to indigence.
Labor strides up to independence.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17
Catching Huge Turtles.

With the summer the green turtle
and the great loggerhead show their
heads near the Keys, says a Florida
letter to the New York Euening Post.
The first moonlight night they fur
lively inspect the shores. Lie con-
cealed little after nightfall, and the
expelled breath of the turtles is soon
heard as they touch bottom, and eau
tiously peer out to see that all is quiet.
The huge creatures now come forth,
and reaching the topmost portion of
the beach, proceed at once to dig with
hind flippers place for their eggs.
Once fairly at work nothing but ab-
soiute force will prevent their accom-
plishing this purpose. Indeed, we
have, while seated on the back of one
of the huge loggerhead turtles, taken
its eggs, seriatim, until the whole COM
plement were deposited. At this juno
ture the creature quickly rushes for
the sea; not, however, until she has
carefully replaced the sand by the
powerful sweep of the hind hippers.
She has done her duty, even if her
nest is robbed of every egg. and she
troubles herself no more Now is the
time to "turn' the great reptile, if you
care to use her flesh for food, and in
the days of the garrison turtle meat
was welcome item in the subsistence
department. Parties found much in
terest and excitement in this turtle
turning" Usually two or three men
were required. Once on their backs
the reptiles are helpless. Some exam
Piles weigh 500 pounds. The hawks
bill, from which the beautiful shells
are taken, is common in these waters,
as the green turtle, SO highly priced.
Key West is the grand station for the
latter, which are caught in the creeks
among the mangroves, and kept for
the market in pens called "crawls." :"
Most of the turtles of the New York
market are from this region.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17
A Garden of Gu Citations.

Four miles west of Bridgeport,
Conn, centre is "Waldstein," the home
of the late Rev. DR.. Samuel Osgood,
for many years the pastor of the
church of the Messiah, in New York
city. When DR.. Osgood purchased
the place. some thirty years ago. it
was wilderness, covered with cedars
and stones, and suitable only for a
pasture lot. Upon it he built a cot
tage, and it was soon transformed,
There was upon a portion OF the
grounds a ledge of rocks, oddly ar
ranged, which DR.. Osgood made use
of to testify his admiration of the
great poets of the world. On seper-
ate rocks at various angles he carved
in the most graceful manner the
names of Homer, Virgil, Dante, Tasro,
Petrarch, Shakespeare, Milton, Cor
nellie, Alferi, Schiller, Chaucer,
Goethe, Wordsworth, Keble, Scoot,
Emerson, Longfellow and Bryant, and
surrounded them with trees and shrub
berry in most beautiful and pictures
que combination. Over them is
placed the inscription: "The groves
were Gods first temples" Upon an
other rock near the path is carved the
saying, "Know Thyself," inscribed
over the entrance to the temple at
Delphi.
Another portion of the grounds is
devoted to religious subjects. One
rock is inscribed ITO God" the next
to sour Father" and third "In
Christ" Three other stones compose
an outdoor pulpit, on one side of
which is carved the words "God Is
love" and on the other words "Glad
Tidings.' Here are also to be seen
upon natural monuments of stone, va
rious quotations from the bible. At
the base of knoll, in letters of stone
may we read the words, "To do justly.
love mercy, and walk humbly with
thy God," which DR.. Osgood consider
ed perfect description of the Chris
tain character.
On a long stone under bank are
seen the wol ds, "Consider the lilies Of
the field how they grow" In anoth-
er place dedicated by him to senti-
ment, on the rock he carves "Psyche,'
and on another. Strong Son of Gods
Immortal Love-" from Tennyson's
"In Memorlam." Another group of
rocks near the road bear the names of
alfred" Lincoln" and Washing
ton." On another great rock is cut in
most prominent manner the inscrip-
ton, God and Our Country, 1862. y
The whole place thus wrought into
grottoes. recesses and monuments is
certainly a unique and beautiful con-
ception. Boston transcript.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17

A Tramp In q r0wder.House.

"They tried the gum game on me
down in Pennsylvania" said the old
tramp, as he got fresh brace on the
fence for his back, "but came out
ahead, considerably ahead"
"How was it2'
"Well, l struck the town of York
one day, and l didn't look a bit like
gentleman. My duds were old, my
complexion ruined, and | was all run
down at the heel. Ever in York;"
"No."
"Well, the people In York neither
send money to the heather in Africa
nor waste sympathy on the tramps in
America. struck thirteen houses in
succession and didn't get bite, and l
was looking around for scrap-iron to
stay my stomach when along comes an
officer and gives me the collar. He
was taking me to the cooler when a
wagon drives up and the chap on the
front seat calls out that he will give
steady job for 81 day
"What at?"
"You wait a minute. l didn't hank
er for work, mind you, but didn't care
for the jug, and so, as the officer was
willing, l climbed into the wagon and
away went. That job was in the pow
der r-houses which blew up the other
day, The manager thought he had a
big joke on me, and though didn't
like the idea of working over a volca-
no, turned to and put in three days
before Iquit."
"Why did you quit?"
"Well, on the third day, as l was
carrying powder to the storehouse, the
manager came into the building.
There was busted keg on the floor,
and 1 was smoking my pipe. He
didn't notice this until he got past me
and l had him cut off. Then l sits
down by the busted keg, pulls away at
my pipe, and says |:
'Mr Manager if we get there
at the same moments you must give
me fair show"
CIV where?' says he, his face whit
er than snow"
"'At heaven gates l answers"
with that he wanted to know if
hadn't rather take $50 in cash-all
the money he had with him-go west
and run for office and become great
man, and didn't know but l would.
He tossed me his wallet, remarking
that the train would leave in about
five minutes, and | picked it up and
walked off. ! reckoned OH being per
sued, but he didn't even yell after me
The last / saw of him his legs were
giving cut at the knee, and a snow
landscape was no comparison to his
complexion. He may have picked ul
another tramp since, but ! guess no
i guess not" ."-Detroit Free Press
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17
Tea Consumption.

The total annual consumption of
tea, it is now estimated, is 5000, 900.
600 pounds; of coffee. 1,000,000,000
pounds; cocoa and chocolate, 100000
pounds; while similar drinks are used
by less civilized nations and tribes 1t
is the fav0rite drink of Russia, Hol.
land and England, the last country
annually importing l00.000,00O
pounds, or several pounds TO each
man, woman and child Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17
A Narrow Escape.

Army Officer Cat Washington y
Yes. i have been in the service now
nearly ten years.
Young LADY, suppose you have
had some narrow escapes?
Army Officer turning pale at ths
recollection )-I had a mighty narrow
escape only a short time ago.
Young Lady Observation-Disclosures
was it?
Army Officer--I came very near be-
ing ordered West.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17
A Name In tho Sand.

Alone walked the ocean strand,
A pearly sholl was in my hand;
Istooped and wrote upon the sand
My name, the year, tho day.
As onward from the spot passed,
One lingering look behind cast;
A wave came rolling high and fast,
And washed my line away.
And so, methought, twill quickly be,
With every mark on earth from me,
A wave Of dark oblivion's sea
viii sweep across the place
Where have trod the sandy shore
OF time, and been, to be no more
Ofme, my day, the name bore,
To leave no track OF trace.
And yet, with Him who counts the sands,
And holds the waters in his hands,
know lasting record stands
Inscribed against my name;
Ofall this mortal part has wrought,
OF fall my thinking soul has thought,
And from these fleeting moments caught,
For glory or for shame.
George ID. Prentice.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17

The lasso commonly used by cow
boys is made of sixty feet of rope, a
third of which forms the loop. When
thrown, it is swung over the head and
eft shoulder and then over the right
shoulder, with peculiar turn of the
wrist calculated to keep the loop open
until it encircles the object at which it
Is flung. Expert throwers do not pride
themselves on catching steer by the
horns, but try to so hurl the moose in
front of the beast that he will step
into it, this entangling his legs and
throwing him. In Wyoming exhi-
bition a cowboy repeatedly caught a
bull by any leg that the spectators
named.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17

A curious fact has come to light in
tbe matter of telegraph wires. 1t ap-
pears that Prof Morse proposed at the
very outset to put the wires under
ground. and that the stringing OF the
wires on poles was an after-thought.
The first line of telegraph in this coun-
try was run in the year lS43, the cities
of Baltimore and Washington being
then connected The wires were placed
underground between Baltimore and
Relay station, a plough being used to
cut trench into which the coil was
unwound; but at Relay the workmen
struck a viaduct of stone. whereupn
the plan to use poles was conceived
and put into practice.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17

Among the earliest and most i'm
portant matters to which the United
States Senate will have to direct Its at
tention when 1t meets, In December. is
the new extGadition treaty with Great
Britain. The negotiations In regard
to this instrument are now said 10 he
practically completed, and all that Is
needed To put 1t into operation Is Iatl-
fiication here and 10y the English Gov
ernment. The Canadian Government
has already given It's assent to the
provisions OF the proposed treaty, so
far as they affect Canada, and when 1t
is adopted by both the principals there
will be an end to at least one refuge
for defaulting bank cashiers and other
roguish financial officers. The new
treaty makes special arrangements
with regard to the class of criminals
who are given to embezzlement and
financial fraud of all kinds.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17

"Banks are constantly being i'm
posed upon," said the cashier of one
of the largest national banks in New
York city the other day, "and the pub
lie knows nothing about it. Why, if
l was to tell you that the son of one
of the largest dry goods merchants in
New York had presented two forged
checks to this bank within the past
month, got money on both, and escaped
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17

Experts in New York city deny that
food preserved in tin cans is liable to
become poisonous. They allege that
Ver six hundred million cans of pre-
erved food are annually consumed,
md that there is less sickness than
rom any similar amount of food not
canned. Corn was first canned in
Portland, Maine, in 1886, when the
Baltimore packers first began to can
oysters. If when cans are first opened
,he contents of the can are removed
Immediately to an earthen or glass
ressel, the food will remain sweet and
nutritious.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Credulous people elsewhere are being
swindled by new dodge. A young
nan serves papers on them, setting
!orth that legacies had been left them
~ relatives living in other states. He
,lalms to be a clerk, and on each paper
served he collects money, pretending
t is for registration fees, searches, and
,ther clerical work.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17

A bang-up affair "A dynamite car
fridge.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17

A singular decision is creited to the
mpreme court of Indiana. 1t is that
IN owner of property destroyed by fire
from sparks negligently permitted to
scape from locomotive may recover
is full value from the railway com
9any, Notwithstanding the fact that
he property was fully insured and the
insurance company has paid the loss.
In other words, if a person happens to
% lucky enough to have building
burned by a chance spark and also has
t insured in a solvent company, he
may get twice its value in solid cash.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17

The grocers. butchers, and small
raiders in many cities keep records of
'arious kinds, in which they enter the
moral and financial standing of the
people in their region. 1t thus often
happens that a wage-worker's name
will be marked in terms which will
cad the dealers to press credit on him
It every turn, while his reputably-rich
employer will be printed or written
iown as a good man to sell goods to
or cash. 1t is better, the Chicago
Current thinks, to be such poor man
han such a rich man.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17
Tbe Londonderry Sitter.

TERMS.-'lnE LONDONDERRY, VI, SITTER
will be furnished TO all subscribers, everywhere
at the extremely low price Of One Dollar per
Windham Co., in single wrappers, $l.l6 year
| ADVERTISING RATES.-Fity cents per
inch first insertion, Is cents ior each addi-
tional insertion. Nothing inserted for less than
80 cents.
Additional information furnished upon nppli
cation. Births, Marriages and Deaths, pub
lishcd free Obituary Notices, Cards ,f Thanks
ETC., so cents to Sl.00.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17
SITTER OFFICE, LONDONDERRY, VT.

sd" Entered at the Post-oflice at South
Londonderry, us Ccond-c Ass matter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17

They have shade trees in Dallas,
Texas, called the umbrella china"
which are like veritable umbrellas
10Th in shape and in effect raised over
he earth. The story runs that Mira
oeau Lamar, the second president of
Texas, produced this tree by reversing
he common china, putting the
branches under ground and letting the
'oots sprout. The branches are un-
commonly thick and closely inter
viLed, making very plausible ap-
pearance TO support the Lamar story
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17

Horses an. Carriages at all hours. Persons
carrIe,i TO all surrounding points upon arrival
Of trains. Special accommodations to exnur-
zion paities. Good teams and attentive dIi-
serb. IL
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1885-04-15

LA suite sur 10 qaatnsme paes.l
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-14
Wade FIampton,s Letter.

CHARLESTON, 5. c., July 1S.-The
News and Courier publishes long letter
from Gen. Wade Hampton, correcting
errors in the recent articles of
Gems. Johnston and Imboden. touch
ing the first battle of Manassas or Bull Run.
Gen. Hampton shows that the Hampton
legion. 600 strong. which he commanded,
arrested the victorious columns of Sherman
and Keyes, who were driving the COnfed-
crate forces back, and that the legion so de-
layed the Federal advance as to enable Con-
federate TeinfOrcementS to be brought up.
The News and Courier gives an elaborate
review OF the battle. the history of which it
learns is to be rewritten. Its conclusion is
that Hampton was to jackson at Manassas
what Jackson was to the whole Confederate
left. Hampton saved StOnewall Jackson as
Jackson saved the army. 1t was the mag
nifcent fighting of the legion under terrible
odds that gave jackson time to bring the
troops into position. Had he not had the
opportunity To form the NirginianS, who
afterwards stood like a stone wall, the
battle would have been irretrievably lost.
The opportunity to form these Virginians
was given TO Jackson by Hampton and his
men, and was given by them alone.