The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-01-07

tory Point, Peru and Landgrove Tuesdays, Thurs
| days and Saturdays at s p. IN. ohice hours from
| I 80 a, IN, TO 8 p, IN. Sundays, from IL tai.
, Telegraph and telephone offices at A, Curtl'
store,
RELIGIOUS SERVICES,
Coso. CHuRcM,-RevsD, II. stroug, pastor.
SOCIETIES.
West River Lodge, No. 81, +. and AN. Wed
nesday, on or before the full oft moon.
Londonderry Library Association. Open ever,
| Saturday afternoon and evening. Mary Bigelow
Lrbiaran
Miss Mary Emmons is at home af.
ter long absence.
Mrs. Goe. Hobart has been visit
ing friends in Bellows Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. =. Reynolds were
the gn ests of Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Whit
man, on New Years day.
Miss Oracle, daughter of Niles How.
ard, is very sick with diptheria.
The Ladies' mite society will give
''Pink Tea-party" at the residence OF
Mrs. L. S. Arnold, Wednesday after
noon and evening, Jan. 18th. A pleas
ant time is anticipated and cordial in
vitation is extended to all.
Mrs. Frank Stevens has gone to Bos.
ton to visit Mrs. DR.. Paine who il
very sick.
Mrs. Smead of Mass. is visiting hel
daughter Mrs. ID. II. Strong.
In speaking, last week, of the Christ
mas tree we omitted to say that F. M
Leonard generously donated forty nice
oranges, which were hung on the tree
for the benefit of the children. W.
dare say the little people highly appre
ciated his kindness.
Gilbert Rider had the misfortune tt
loose the end of one of his fingers
while using hay cutter, last week
Ice cutting and handling at this place
was in order last week.
Mrs. Amy Tarbell is wishing her aun
Mrs. d. w. Parker.
Ara and Bradley Howe are cutting
timber for Mrs. Mansfield, on her Col
burn farm, she intends to have some
sort of building put up next summer
We have been told by those who have
visited doth places that the scenery
from Mrs. Mansfeld's place fully e
quals that of the White Mountain re
gions.
There was grand rush of fisherman
at Lowell Lake last week, many get
ting on to the lake before daylight,
and one man is credited with staying
on the lake all night for the sake of Sc
curing favorite place to set his lines
in the morning. Report says: not
withstanding the great number of line
set at the lake last week comparativel,
few fish We're taken. Geo. Crocker OF
Weston Island has had the best success
fishing of any one yet reported, hav
ing caught and sold twenty-five dollar
worth of sinners this season.
On what ia Enow., as birch island a
Lowell Lake has, the past season, beef
erected all old fashioned log house ant
barn by Mr.. Woods who is of Frencl
descent, he is over eighty years of ag'
but is very strong and active and ia
nous wood chopper. Mr.. Woods ant
his wife occupy the log house, and Mrs
w. piles the wood her husband chop
and it is said in a very superior manner
she also makes baskets. The log hous
and its occupants are attracting consid
cradle attention.
The weather for the past week ha
been unusually mild for the season ant
we have been favored with severa
fine sunny days. The sleighing i
gone and it seems far more like Apri
than January, how delightful and com
Portable it is. Monday night there wa
heavy rainfall which raised the waite
rapidly and it has not been so high a
this place but once for five years, tn
road east of Richardson and Leonard
store was impossible for teams Tues
day a. IN. and the high water badly in
iured the dam at the machine shop, bu
after the storm. sunshine which is trul,
glorious, COUSIN NELL.