The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-12-23
Items of interest,

wakeful by eating two or three onions.
The effect ON the rest of the family is
not stated
Seven women hold the position of
County Superintendent of schools in
Illinois.
In Rock Island county, Ill.,, are two
citizens named Thomas Twelfthtree
and Joseph Gotobed,
Near Cedar Springs, Mich, is an
upturncd pine stump, from the upper
side of which two poplar trees axe
growing. All the nutrimcpt they get
is derived from the stump,
Twenty-Five New England cities and
towns win profit by the extension of
the free delivery system, provided for
in the bill which has just passed both
Houses of Congress.
a wedding ceremony in accordance
with the Portuguese ritual was per
formed in Philadelphia recently. The
couple stood under Il si,kon canopy,
which was upheld by four posts deco
rated with flowers, and at the conclu-
sion of the ceremony The groom crush
cd glass under his foot as a symbolic
act.
\ smcwd Chinaman has hit upou an
article of export from Germany which
has thus far escaped the attention of
the money getting Tcutons. II is
neither more nor less than cast of horse
shoes, of which some Berlin films are
about to ship some 5000 1000 tons. The
"hcathcn Chiuec" has found ont that
The wrought iron, of which horse
shoes are made, owing to the constant
and even hammering on the pavement,
together with The equine animal heat,
gradually assumes hardness of steel,
combined with great maIloabillity and
elasticity, qualities which lit them more
especially for the manufacture of
knives and sword blades.
According to the report of the Com
missioner of Pensions there arc 5000
disabled and needy veterans in the
poofhouscs of the country, and several
thousand more dependent upon public
or private charity for the means Of CX-
istencc. The Senate, at the last session,
passed bill relieving such persons, but
/ the House did not consider It. Thurs
day, in the House, Mr.. Atkinson of
PENNSYLVANIA offered an amendment to
the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill
/ increasing the amount for outdoor re-
| lief Of veterans under the direction of
the managers of the National Home
for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers to 50,
900, 900. The Republicans advocated
and voted for tie amendment, but it
was rejected By vote of l0l in favor
to III against, not half a dozen Demo-
Gratis voting for it.
California has at least one American
lied Chl}aman. In case at Oakland
against q tramp for theft one of the
witnesses was a tall Chiuaman dressed
in wel-iiItiig American clothing, who
gave his testimony in excellent English.
He came to this country i'll 1851 when
he was mere child. He never associ-
ated with Chinese; he cannot speak the
Chinese language; he reads and writes
the English language, and several times
has tried to becoms citizen. lie is
property owner and taxpayer, and has
taken The name Of Joseph Altman.
A mirage seen lately near Bismarck,
OAK, is thus described by L local pa
per: GAS the fog rose gradually from
the watcr strange and fascinating
vision appeared. Al first the river APP
pcarcd to be i'll convex shape. lis centre
rising high above the banks, but as the
mist assembled the stream Widened, I'M
Ill presented the appearance of vast
m0tiOnlUss lake. The buttcs on the
opposite side of the river seemed many
miles away, and tie numerous specks
OF foam and floating leaves were mag
nified into ships and craft of novel
shapes. This scene remained for over
80 minutes"
~ letter from Sassakawa, Seminole
Nation, Indian Territory, tells of the
recent death there of Mrs. Susanna
Warren, the oldestperson in the United
States, if not the world. She was born
in the old town of St. Augustine, Fla,
i'll 1850, and was therefore 1856 years
old when she died. She was born a
slave and was the property of Spanish
masters until 1918, when she, with 9th
er Spanish slaves, fled from the town
of Pensacola when it was taken by
Gen. jackson. She lived in the Sc
minolc country from them until the
second treaty of peace with the Semi
mole, when she was regarded as their
common property and was removed
with them TO the Indian Territory. She
leaves one daughter in Austin, Texas.
who is in her 9th year, and many
grandchildren, some of them nearly 70I
years old,