The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-10-21
rg7Subscriptions, for this paper,
received by W. IL. Goodrich, also
by W. Ill, GcddiS, Rrattichoro.


camp of the "Frcc Pass Brigade" and
into the ranks of the political trickStcrs
and caucus packcrs-thcsc fellows that
day and night, week in and week out,
year after year are plotting and plan
ming to cheat the people by wriggling
and wormimg themselves or their pals
into office. This grape and canister
was not refined and polished shot, tut
the pure and native ingots oftruth, and
Us they went crashing into the ranks OF
the peoples enemies, doing fearful eX-
ecution, the masses said, amen. and the
SIFTERs circulation went ZIP, and III,
and Up. That this fusilade from This
''screech owl paper did its work well
was abundantly proven when the State
vote was counted on the 7th of Scplem-
Der. Levi Fuller, the republican can
didate for lieutenant governor, and
one of the class above referred to, was
short at least 500 votes within the mar
row limits of its circulation. And now,
six weeks after the election, and when
the SITTER has quoted down TO putting
the growers of big potatoes and tarnips
(no reference is intended to Col. Hook
cr's Jamaica cabbages), and the edit
ing of estate notes. with the scissors)
up hobs one of these wounded fellows
and, through the medium of their favor
ite organ, the Rcformer, gets off the
following:
South Observation-Disclosures Reformer:
Those who have been so unwise during the
past year as to read the Londonderry Sitter
have doubtless noticed the appearance from
time to time of articles in its editorial columns,
which seemed not to be the product of the pen
the golden and poetic pcn-of "Siitcr John.
"Sifter John is neither graceful nor logical in
his utterances; he is merely a mechanic, or,
more properly speaking. a cobber in literary
sense What he doubtless calls his sentences,
are dsjointed, spasmode and hysterical' They
seem to exude from a diseased brain, or,
Uranium, as it is merely presumed that he has
brains; we have no tangible evilence OF 1t
Sometimes, however, there appears IN this
little screech owl paper an article which does
not chime in with "Sifter Johns idiosyncra-
studied, are partially logical and are made to
use the ''Aowers of Speech bunglng enough,
to be sure. but successfully enough for so liter
al and unpoetic a journal as the Sitter is.
Three writers other than "Sifter John" are re-
sponsibe for its libels Three at least per-
haps. occasionally still more, but one can fol-
low three through tie devious intricacy OF its
morbid columns. Who compose this trinity of
implacables? BY whom is the Sitter edited'
Would it not be ludcrous in excess, were it
discovered, that to launch so frail and crazy a
boat as the Sitter is upon the sea Of journalism,
it took three learned citizens Of South Lon
donderry. all ofwhom had axes to grind.
WEST RIVER.
The above, it will be seen, appears
under the head of South Londonderry,
but we venture to assert that no citizen
of this place wrote it. He may have
lived here once, and he may think he
still holds mortgage on the good peo-
pie up here. However, we do not
know. and, as to that matter, do not
care, but it is evident that he Is a
''wounded bird" and like the Irish
mans toad, may have been handsome
before his feathers were shot of. AS
to his charges of our mgraceful and
illogical uttcranccs, and being a Glitter
ary cobbler," we cannot raise an issue
with him, in fact are half inclined to
admit, but arc content, never having
set ourselves up as ''suprcmc wisdom
nor been able to make the "eaglc scream
from the top of Mount Glebe," or "thc
sword of Bunker Hill to rattle against
the WALL" but hare told the voters
many truths, couched in plain and
homely phrascology, and received the
thanks, therefor, of hundreds of them.
And this is where the "shoc pinchcs'
"West Rire,'" as he assays to run up
stream. But to the latter part of this
artistic ''literary" production we pro-
test, wherein it is charged that three
citizens of So. Londonderry are ere
sponsible for its libes.' 1t may not be
graceful but all men will understand us
when we say "West River is LIAR,
and further, he is cowardly puppy to
make such charges, ANONYMOUSLY, and
we call upon him to make them over
his own signature and tell who these
men are
Now what is this fellow with this
wet cognomen after? What has he got
i'll his head? Evidently something
and lots of them too, but we were not
taught to call them "idiosyncrasies" but
by plain monosyllable. Haven't these
fellows got enough? If not they can
have more, the SITTER has not exhaus-
ted its supply of truth, and "pitchforks"
won't save them, although weighed in
the balance. Again is it "tangible evil
dcnce" of brains, on this fellows part.
if indeed he has any, that he wastes his
wit and brilliancy upon $50 frail and
crazy boat as the SITTER is" with its
brainless editor? Bah! "'West River
you are humbug. You'll never be a.
BILE torm up stream in this world, and
in the uext, you'll just be wet enough
to sizzle good,
In conclusion let lis assure your high
wettiness that we do our own writing.
such as it is, and it seems to be good e.
nough for the common people, fol
whom we labor, and commend TO YOU
the plain homely saying 'that you cant
always tell by the looks of toad how
far he may hop"
DON'T you want to read - of DR.
Talmage's sermons the coming year