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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-13
so. LONDONDERRY THURSDAY,

Two weeks from that evening, Rich.
mond Grey came home with tiny little
bouq ct of hot-house flowers in his hand
and a new book under his arm. 1t was
the birthday of his wife.
"We are not happy" said Grey, "but
perhaps it is partly my fault. If l go
back to the manners and customs of old
counting days, perhaps the old charm will
return. At all events, it is worth trying
for"
As he opened the door and entered his
wife's boudoir, curious sense of vacan-
cy and dcsolation smote upon him. Nc
ono was there; but upon the table lay a
small note addressed to him. Mcchani-
cally, he opened it.
"When you read this" were the words
that saluted his eyes, 81 shall have left
the protection of your roof forever.
feel that we cannot make each Other
happy, and it is useless longer to keep ur
the farce of social happiness and mutual
esteem. Ishall return to my uncle and
aunt. You are free to select your own
path in life. AGNES"
Richmond Grey dropped the cruel bill.
let as if an arrow had smitten him to the
heart.
"Agnes!" he gasped. "Agnes, my
wife, my darlingw
For never until this moment, in which
he learned that she was gone, did he
comprehend how dearly he loved her,
how necessary she was to his happiness.
He sank pale and half paralyzcd with
horror, into his seat, covering his face
with his hands
"Agncs! Agnes" he gasped, 81 cam
not live without you"
"Richmond
He started up with low cry. Before
! him, dressed in black serge, like a pale
and lovely nun, stood his lost wife.
Il could not go, Richmond" she
sobbed. 81 could not leave ycu when
the moment for my final decision came.
l did not know how deeply rooted was a
wife's love for her husband. And I be-
gan to realize that l had been naughty,
cold and capricious-that had not al.
ways treated you as l should. Will you
forgive me, Richmond? Will you let US
begin our married life over again2"
"My darling Agnes" was all that he
could say, but the tears that glittered in
his eyes spoke more eloqucntly than any
words.
That was the night of their new be-
trothal, the end of all their married mis-
cries. And the key to all the mystery
was very simple-to bear and to forbear.
81 thought it would all come right il
time" said Miss Tilly Handley, triumph
antly. .-Ne,o York Sun.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-13
PRICE THREE CENTS.

ones alive forever, nevermore to weep, never.
more to part, nevermore to die,
May the God Of Peace that brought again
from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great
shepherd Of the sheep, through the blood Of
the everlasting covenant make you perfect
in every good work, to do His will and let
this brilliant scene Of the morning transports
our thoughts to the grander assemblage be-
fore the throne. This august assemblage is
nothing compared with it, The one hundred
and forty and four thousand and the great
multitude that no man can number soma
of our best friends among them, we, after
a while TO join the multitude. Blessed an
ticipation.
"Blest are the saints beloved of God
Washed are their robes in Jesus blood,
Brighter than angels 10, they shine,
Their wonders splendid and sublime.
"My soul anticipates the day.
Would stretch her wings and soar away,
To aid the song, the palm to bsar,
And bow, the chief Of sinners there"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-13


The year 1885 witnessed considerable
falling off in the number and value Of
sheep in the United States. In the first
respect, sheep furnish an exception to
other live stock, which have increased in
some instances twenty-five per cent. In
the second respect, there has been a
great depreciation, the greatest being
that in swine, and the next in sheep.
In the latter the decline has been eleven
per cent, or from an average of $2 IA per
head to one of s1.91 per head. The
aggregate value of live stock is reckoned
for last January at So, 355, Isl, ,s62, being
decrease of the figures of the previous
year of sol, 266, 121. In this aggregate
the value of sheep is placed at S92, 443, =
S67, or less than four per cent, the lowest
in the scale of valuations. OF the wool
growing States, Texas suffered more than
any of the others in loss of numbers,
it being at least ten per cent as compared
with the year previous. The States be-
tween the Mississippi and the Ohio lost
considerably, Illinois being the greatest
sufferer. Ohio and Michigan fell only
three to four per cent under last year.
With the exception of Iowa, Missouri,
Oregon, Colorado and Texas, all the
States and Territories west Of the Miss
issipri add to their number Of sheer
one-Nebraska to the extent of twenty
per cent. The present number of sheep
in the United States is reckoned at AS
1872, S3l, by the Department of Agri.
culture, with an average value of Sl.9i
I per.h head.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-13
Tie ITSn of Natural Gas.

1t is said that the use of natural gas at
Pittsburg, Penn, for manufacturing pur-
poses, is so general as to remove from the
city its dirty and smoky appearance. In
stead of smoke pouring forth in clouds,
the sky is clear. The gas costs 90 per
cent. less than coal. The profits of the
business are immense. One company has
capital of S., 600, 900 invested, and its
revenue is 81, 800, 900 a year, affording
dividends of 1 per cent. per month,
while great surplus i, being heaped up.
Some wells have been yielding gas from
fifteen to twenty-five years, and are still
supplying all that is required of them,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-13

People do not generally realize how
many Washingtons there are in the
United States. The "OAlcial Postal
Guide" shows one each in Arizona, Arkan-
sas, California, Connecticut, Georgia,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Ken
lucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts,,
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas,
Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
-twenty-eight out of the thirty.eight
states and two territories; and this is ex
elusive of the Washington Bars, Wash.
ington Centres, Washington Harbors,
and so on, sprinkled around equally
promiscuonsly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-13

The will of the little dwarf, known all
over Europe as Madame la Marquise, con-
tains novel feature. She says: 'My
dresses, and linen, and everything that l
wore, must be far too small for the lit
tlest child; but in order that some poor
girl may he happy, desire that the sum
of ten pounds sterling may be applied to
the purchase of twenty dolls of my size,
which shall all be dressed from my ward
robe and given to orphans"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-13

A gentleman who was engaged fol
years in searching Chinese steamers
states that he often saw Chinaman
land at the dock, in San Francisco, with
nothing in the world in the shape of
capital, except a fishing net. In about
a month the same Chinaman would ap-
pear as shipper of from three to ten
tons of fish. He had associated himself
with four or five others; they had secured
second hand boat and gone to work.
In few months he was not only ship
per, but an importer, receiving large lots
Of rice, sugar, dried fowls, and other
articles of Chinese food, as well as cloth
inp.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-13

An astonishing "fsh story" comes
from the tropics; to wit, that ship
which had n hole knocked in her side
was saved from sinking by a large fish
that came alongside and was sucked into
the aperture by the rush of water and
stuck there. Commenting on this trc-
mendous yarn, the New York Commercial
says: GLOW mlucky there were not a
few whales off Sandy Hook when the
Oregon was struck After this every
well-equipped ship ought to have whale
or two in tow, ready to plug up holes"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-13
The Biscuits We're Heavy.

At the tea table:
Phasecius-.'My dear, l have a sugges.
ton to Offer
Iavina-"Wcll, what is it, prayl"
Phasecius- is that we have these
biscuits adorned with painted decorations
of japanese design, apply for copyright
and get some wholesale stationer down
town to introduce them to the trade as
Mikado paper weights. What do you
say!'
But she was silent. Detroit Free Press
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-13

There Is new pest for western far.
mers to fight in ths shape of yellow
worm which develops into black fly
about the eighth Of an inch in length.
1t is very thrifty in some parts of tho
Willamette Valley, Oregon. The insect
is known to entomologists as the "wheat
,isosoma." 1t has appeared in Kentucky,
Illinois and Missouri. There is only one
hraa1 q veor
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-13
Should Remember the Difference.

"No," said Fogg, 'T'm tired of gong
out visiting. If l call on Brown he's
sure to bore me to death with his ever
lasting brag about his dog; if 90 TO
Blacks, ,hc'll talk of nothing but that
confounded horse of his and at Whites
l shall hear of nothing but his hens.
Therefore l prefer to stay at home and
enjoy myself" But, my dear, inter-
posed Mrs. F., 'the conversation will
hardly be more improving if, as usual,
you dilate on pipes and tobacco" "Yes,
my love-, replied Fogg, "but YOU should
remember the difference. / do the talk.
ing. ."-Boston Transcript.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-13

Everybody must notice how large pro-
portion of men die nowadays from
kidney troubles. 1t has been said that
nearly half of all the diseases of civiliza-
ton come directly or indirectly from such
cause. And yet it was not even suspcc-
ted, physicians say, that the kidneys
were ever affected until DR.. Richard
Bright, himself sufferer Che died in 1858
in his Goth year( published his "Origi-
nal Researches into the Pathology of
Diseases of the Kidneys" He was the first
to describe the affection of the kidneys
since associated with his name. The issue
of his important work wrought a great
change in medical treatment. 1t ex-
planned many inconsistencies, and myster-
les to professional mind, previously as
cribed to dropsy and heart disease,
which really proceeded directly from the
kidneys. For centuries mankind has
been afflicted with various affections of
the kidneys, although until forty or fifty
years ago the most skilful and learned
doctors had no conception of the fact.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-13

The United States photographic office
is continuing its interesting and very
useful investigations into the practical
effect of pouring oil on the troubled
waters" The facts the Office is collect
ing show conclusively that the use of a
very small quantity of oil will break the
force of the most terrific storms. Several
instances are given where ships have re-
Gently been kept from laundering simply
by this means.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-13

A black or blue pencil mark oppo-
site this paragraph indicates that your
subscription has expired, while red
mark shows that your subscription or
renewal has been received.
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VOL III. NO. "a.
THE LONDONDERRY SITTER.
Issued Every Thursday Evening from
SITTER Omce.
so. IIondo on derry, VT.
TERMS.

To subscribers in Windham County and
elsewhere where bundles are sent, only OsI
DOLLAR year. Outside of Windham County,
in single wrappers, ONE DOLLAR AND Ten
GENTS.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-13
Satisfied.

After the toll and turmoil,
And the anguish Of trust belied;
After the burthen of weary cares.
Baffied longings, ungranted prayers.
After the passion, and fever and fret
After the aching of vain regret,
After the hurry and heat of strife.
The yearning and tossing that men call
'life;"
Faith that mocks and fair hopes denied,
We--shall be satisfied.
When the golden bowl is broken,
At the sunny fountain side;
When the turf lies green and cold above,
Wrong, and sorrow, and loss and love;
When the great dumb walls Of silence stand
At the doors of the undiscovered land;
When all we have left in our olden place
Is an empty chair and a pictured face;
When the prayer is prayed, end the sigh is
sighed,
We-shall be satisfied.
When does it boot to question,
When answer is aye denieds
Better to listen the Psalmist's rede,
And gather the comfort of his creed;
And in peace and patience possess our souls,
While the wheel of fate in its orbit rolls,
Knowing that sadness and glaflness pass
Like morning dews from the summer grass,
And, when once we win to the further side,
We-shall be satisfied.
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N-Entcred ut tho Post-oiiice at South
Londonderry, as second class matter.
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Advertising Rates

furnished on application. Births, Marriaget
and Deaths published free. Obituary notice,
cards of thanks, etc., cents line.
Address SITTER OFFICE, South London.
derry, VI.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-11

bother him, and it would be more charit-
able and generous in the American press
to drop such arraignment, and give him
the same encouragementth they themselves
would like TO have il placed in his posi-
tion. No man is wrong-proof, hence no
man should cast a stone at this man, un-
til under our laws he forfeits his right to
protection from his native land. The
Tribune quotes the New York Times as
comparing the case OF Bennett, OF the
Herald, who was mulcted in $685. 900 for
libeling Field. There are no parallel
points in the cases. Field and Bennett
both carry on business in England under
English license laws, and the libellous
matter in the Herald was cabled from
London. The suit, too, was q civil one.
Had a criminal prosecution for libel been
made against Bennett, he would have
caused its immediate withdrawal as he
would have right to do. Being wealthy,
he would rather pay the fine than expend
more in defending it, and even now, the
chance of collecting the fine is purely
a visionary one. Cutting is poor, and
though he had been horse-thief or any
other form of criminal in his past life
he was n sovereign citizen of the United
States when he was arrested on criminal
charge, and tried and convicted against
the protest Of our Government that sucl
u law could not be enforced against on'
OF its citizens. The country is bound to
protect all alike, rich or poor, the man
with friends and the man without, ant
even il our Government did see fit to con
sign this man to his fate without inter
posing to help him, the same journals
would be the first to plume themselve
on the fact that Democratic Admins
tration failed to protect its citizens. TIL,
continued hot weather produces curiou
effects OH the editorial mind, by reaso
of its constant employment in weighin
public men and measures, but it is hardl
fair to indirectly saddle the blame fo
being condemned to such laborious lif,
on poor devil, who is in the clutches
the meanest gang on earth. 1t would b
more manly to withhold abuse OF him fc
past misdeeds, until he comes over tn
border free, and then open on him an
pour out all the walls of wrath provoke
by the heat, flies, mosquitoes, wate
brash, and wind collie, until the welki
. rings, and he is driven up tree in sci
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-11
CHAIRMAN fuckers BROTHER.

The Republican organ in this city,
while the Utah question was being con-
sdered in the Judiciary Committee OF the
House. made the statement, both in its
special Washington dispatches and edi-
torially, that Il brother of Chairman
Tucker was paid attorney OF the Nor
mons at the Capital. Although this was
denied by the Chairman and also by the
representatives OF both the Gentle and
Mormon people at Washington, at the
time, the Salt Lake Republican organ
within the last few days reiterated the
assertion, which it must, or, at least,
should have known was untrue. In
proof of the falsity of the statements, we
publish the following from the printed
testimony before the Judiciary Com
mittee. A copy OF the paper refer
red to having been produced before
the committee, the following extract was
read
1t is stated that the chairman of the
House Judiciary Committee 81. Randolph
Tucker, of Virgnia), and which committee
has now under consideration the Edmunds
pl, as IL ;s In ;, yh hns ,,ea,, re, rS !,
oroi,e, ,h ,,a;a II, ot,ray nf tba Mnr,nnr Shr"h
us s,'e pa'u "V'oi"oy Vi V'o NioV ~, c"'o"
The eChairman-One moment. Ihis Is an
anti Mormon paperp
Mr.. West-Yes, sir; the organ of the
element represented by Mr.. Baskln.
The Chairman-l do not intend that that
extract shall go into the record with that
statement IN regard to my brother without
correction.
Mr. Baskin-I am no more responsible fol
that than IS the gentleman.
The Chairman-l do not care who Is re
sponsible for 1t; l merely want to say tina
the statement that my Drother mas been re
tanned as PAID attorney oil me Mormon
Churcn ~ aps0iuteiy iaise'
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-11

packages as above described, or who packs
III any package contrary to law, or who
falsely brands any package or affixes stamp
on any package denoting less amount OF
tax than that required by law, shall be fined
for each offense not less than 500 nor more
than 81 900, and be imprisoned not less than
six months nor more than two years.
The remaining sections of the bill deal
with foreign oleomargarine, and the vari-
Gus methods OF collecting and applying
the tax. That the whole measure is
! tyrannous and unconstitutional there can
be no doubt, and that some dealer will
break the law to force test case there is
also no doubt. The section which en-
powers the Government TO appoint an
inspector and microscopist, and they to
appoint deputies, savors strongly OF n
disposition to place an espionage on trade
which was never meant to exist by the
Constitution. The difference in cleanli-
ness between so-called butter and oleo-
margarine is aptly shown by the follow
ing from the Michigan Dairyman, u jour
nal confessedly in the interest OF butter
A gentleman who signs himself "a Victim
of Store Butter" sends in the following
pertinent inquiry: | would like to know if
the product produced by dirty, slovenly
woman, milking half-starved COW, in q
greasy pail, using greasy pan covered with
flies and their little trade marks, churned in
the dirty kitchen, washed with unceaI
hands, placed in moudy tubs, and covered
with an old shirt flap has ever been namedi
Some call it butter, and it is so written on
my grocery bill, but it is not butter.
The whole measure is class legislation
and is destined to meet its downfall in
the next Congress by repeal.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-11
THE CUTTING CASE.

perusal OF our exchanges shows n
fine array OF opposing opinions on the
question of raising war about the treat
ment OF such disreputable man as A.
X. Cutting is said to be. In the same
paragraph, however, in which such con-
Trajectory opinions appear, all OF them
agree that the principle involved should
be asserted and maintained by our Gov
ernment, knowing that il it is so main
tanned, either Mexico must undo all she
has done, or war must come TO determine
the matter. 1t is somewhat singular
that intelligent newspaper men should
hold up the present worthless character
OF the man as means oi proving that
his rights as II citizen OF the United States
should not be maintained. Suppose any
respectable merchant or dealer OF FL
Paso to have done the same things Cut
ting did, would it then be right to defend
him? OF course it would, and SO it is
in Cuttings case, and nothing proves
the great power OF our Government more
than its ability togoto the extreme OF war
in order to protect the humblest OF its peo-
pie, and nothing gives the American citi-
zen abroad more pride or pleasure than
the knowledge that he is always under
the wing OF the home Government, ex-
cept he shall commit crime in foreign
country, and then he knows he forfeits
protection. Let some OF the gentlemen
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-11
ODD FELLOWS LODGES.

TITAN LODGE NO, IL. o. o. F; MEETS
~ every Thursday, at 800 p. m, in Odd Eel
lows Hall, Union Block, Salt Lake city. odd
Fellows In good standing are invited TO attend.
JOHN GREELY, n. q.
J. J. THOMAS, Secretary.
GAIT LAKE LODGE No. 2, /. o. o. F.
= Meets every Friday, at 90 p. m. in odd
Fellows Hall Union Block. Odd Fellows in
good standing are invited to attend
4, w. WHITLEY N. q.
j. NJ. DAgLISG, Secretary.
JORDAN LODGE No. 3, /. o. o. F.-MFETs
~ every Monday, at 500 P; m, in odd Eel.
lows Hall, Union Block. odd Fellows in good
standing are invited to attend.
Il. CAFFALL, N. q. .
b. W. L. JRssEss, Secretary.
DIDGELY LODGE NO. 9, OF o. F.-MEETs
III every "Wednesday, at 100 p. m, in Odd Eel
lows Hall, Union Block. Visiting brothers
made welcome. L. l.. HOuGHTON, n a.
w. NJ. CLARK, Secretary.
UNITY ENCAMPMENT No. 2, /. o. o, f.
~ Meets the second aud fourth Tuesday Of
each mouth at 500 y. m, in Odd Fellows Hall
- - 1, r. ~ |. |.
nre invited to attend. PHIL KT1PPIE, e. r
w. ID. GABY, Scribe.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-11
Beast:

Mustang Liniment IS 0'u'. a,. and
most men, and useo ""
more every year
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-11
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.

GALANTHE LODGE NO. o, X. OF REG.
y ulat conventions every Monday, at Castle
Hall, Walker Opera House, at 500 D. m.
Visiting knights inadewelcome.
q. b. LAEG. X. of X. and
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-11

- francisco Weekly Alta win
D. mi any address thirteen weeks
o. G''l -r S5 cents. Splendid premi.
''.- ~" olsred 10 yearly subscribers.
tsG WEEKLY ALTA,
San Francisco, Cal,
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-11
MAIL LETTINGS.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Postoffce Department

WAsnINGToN, u. C., July /, 1886.
Proposals. will be received at the Con
tract Office OF this Department until 4
T.. III. Of September IL, 1886, for carrying
the mails Of the United States upon the
routes, and according to the schedule Of
arrival and departure specified by the
Department, in the Territory of Utah.
TrOIH Jhh0hy T, 1871, 10 71InT m, rT'1n
LASTS Of routes, with schedules Of arrivals
ana departures, instructions 10 bidders,
wllli lorms Tor contracts and bonds, and
All other necessary information, will he
furnished upon application to the Second
Assistant Posimaslert iencral.
WILLIAM H. Villas,
POstmaBler-G General