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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-07-19
Determined Not to be Pleased.

A bright little story told by Fran
.cisque Sarcey, if true, shows how diff
cult it is to satisfy great composers or
dramatic authors, for, though Meyer
beer appears as the actual subject OF the
anccdote. he really figures therein as q
type. The story ,uns in effect:
"Robert lie Diable" was in prepara-
tion at the opera. Meyerbeer, who was
not yet famous, nor imbued with the
power backed by wealth which after
ward enabled him to rule the entire es-
tablishment, complained to the director,
Dr.. Veron, that ho was too niggardly in
his stage appointments
"Ah," said he, bitterly, "you arc
afraid to spend money; you have no
confidence in my music"
Dr.. Veron made no answer. He had
an idea of his own, and had ordered,
unknown to Meycrbeer, the famou,
scenery for the apparitiou of the nuns
which was so long considered marvel
in its way; he wanted to surprise the
composer with it and enjoy his as
tonishment. At the dress rehearsal the
curtain went up on the scene, and there
arose one cry of admiration from the
few spectators scattered through the
house. Veron smilingly threw a qucs-
tioning glance at Meyerbser.
"Ah," said the composer, 'the
scenery is too beautiful; you have no
confidence in my music. c.'-[Chicago
Tines
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-07-19
A Cannon to Shoot Twelve Miles.

1--WE are now," said the director of
the Pittsburgh works, making a
cannon for the American E nensite Com
pany. 1t will be used to demonstrate
the value of that new explosive. 1t is
smooth bore, inches in diameter and
100 inches long, and will throw six
inch she'll with emensite from 10 to 12
miles.
In ordinary rifled cannon the she'll
turns IA times in the length of tho
gun. This gives it terrific to.tional
strain and necessitates a corresponding
thickness and strength of the shell and
a proportionate reduction of space for
the explosives In other words tho
internal space for the explosive is re-
duced one-half to secure the necessary
strength. Now the re lsite Company
proposes to avoid this trouble by re-
turning to the old smooth bore cannon,
and at the same time to secure the
necessary range by the increased power
of their explosive. This new gun they
expect to throw dynamite shell as far
as rifed canp 49, IPittsburg Dis
match.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-07-19
The Crime of Intemperance.

Bishop e'and, in a late address upon the
evils Of intt importance in the United States
and the influence of saloons thereon. and Of
alcoholic drinking as present curse of man
kind, eloquently mathematical the evil
wherein he said, alcohol, delnon-li.e IN cum
ming and malicious INTENT courts admission
to the mouth amid smiles and promises. The
craving for alcohol, begotten OF alcohol, ever
wakes stronger, and the moment comes when
it is a wild passion. 1t commands and OBJ
tains the most fearful sacrifice. In slavery
to it woman forgets her honor and the hus-
band pawns the cot of his dying wife. Old
age at its bidding puts on the garment of
idiocy and closes its earthly journey in dis
grace and sin. Intelligence will not ward
off its arrows and piety does not withstand
the fury of its breath. By it the sacred
home is made desolate. The poisonous breath
of alcohol passes over it; it is the passage of
death. The drunkard's soul exhaies hatred
and sin, and the hearts of wife and mother
break in anguish. Infancy is joyless; the
atmosphere OF shame and crime leavens the
whole nature of soils and daughters The
drunkennes IS of an employe endangers whole
industry. Crime stalks forth suggested and
emboldened by drink. Drunkenness is a
heinous sin, which unrepented of, forbids the
doors of parad Sc to oDen--Prairis Farmer
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-07-19
From Within.


Not by the sea tide,
Nor the swift river,
Nor the stars that sweep thro' waste Of
heaven,
Side by side
Forever and ever,
Do we mark mans life with its loss and
gain.
Not by the leafs fall.
Nor by spring rain,
Nor the atoms that drift thro' endless forms
Changing all
Tho they changeless remain,
Do we count mans life with its hap and
bane.
Net by the strong things,
Nor by things sweet,
Nor by the fair light of sun that speeds far
On swift wings,
Nor the wild winds that meet,
Do we time mans life with its dusk and
day.
But by the strong will,
But by the souls grace,
But by the yearnings that thread night and
day
Soft and still,
Till they glow in his face,
Do we tell mans life forever and aye.
-[George LIE Moine in Overland.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-07-19
PRICE THREE CENTS.

"She amt young" said he slowly,
"and sho amt pretty; but I tell you,
Leonidas, you're going to get a smart
wife--yes, you arel'
As for Maria, she could hardly com.
prehend the ups and downs of her own
ortuno. She had lived such dreary,
arid life since she was child. She
had tasted so little of the sweets of love /;
aud now late in the day, as it were, the
flower of existence had burst into bios
som at lastl
'Every one says ought to have been
. man." said she to herself, with q
smile on her lip and a tear in her eye;
''but If I were man, never could be
so happy as l am now, in mans
lovep
For there was good deal Of the wo.
man about Maria Poole, after an. -[Sat.
urday Night.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-07-19
En- Pnssant.

There passed one day, adown the way
That led beneath the old elm tree,
A maiden fair, without care,
Singing, laughing, joyous, free,
With pail in hand she went TO bring
Some water from the clear, cold spring
1t chanced that day, as oft it may,
A traveller, long and dusty road
The mock espied and turned aside :
To where the crystal water flowed.
And there beneath tho cooling shade
He met the startled, pretty maid.
Full fair was he, as she could sle,
And as he stopped with manly grace
To fill her pail, he did not fail
To note her pure and lovely face.
And as they stood moment there, !
The traveller loved the maiden fair.
She hastened home, he soon was gone,
But with him in his thoughts he bore
The image bright that met his sight,
And won upon him more and more.
While she oft saw in fancy's dream
The traveller by the limpid stream.
The years soon fled, they both were wed;
He, to fair and high.born dame;
While she with joy, farmers boy
Accepted for his honest name.
And like some tale of minstrel lay
Are spring and nook and summer day:
-[Cincinnati Times Star.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-07-19
"GirlS to Pack Robes"

'Girls to pack robes' was the queer
advertisement that attracted a New
York Sun reporters attention, and this
is what Henri Chagray said about it:
'There are about 800 girls packing
robes in New York City. A robe is a
lady's dress. It is garment for sum-
mer wear, made of white cloth and or
namented with imported embroidery.
A few ears ago, when the fashion was
new, these rob:s were made abroad en-
tirely, the importers brought the cloth
and the embroidery done up together in
boxes ready for sale. These goods were
expensive, costing from $40 to $25 and
more dress. Then there grew up q
demand for lower prices and varied
styles. Some importers put up their
robes in various ways to suit their GUS
toners.
"Of course, all the ladies liked the
beautiful robes. Competition setin and
new ways of getting them up came in
vogue. One cut after another was made
in the prices, until now you can buy q
robe with imported embroidery for fifty
nine cents. 1t is done up in neat box,
there is the exact amount OF cloth neces-
sary to make tho dress, and fashion
plate showing how it looks when made
up-all for fifty-nine cents. should
say there have been as many as half
million of these robes sold in single
year. We begin to get out the next
summer styles in February.
But the importers found that they
could not do the packing in their own
places as we'll or as cheaply as can do
= with my machinery and my trained
My hundred girls will pack as
..any as twice the number of incxperi-
enced hands would. They cut the cloth
and fold it neatly, and fix in the en-
broidery and fasten it skilfully, and drop
in the fashion plato in taking way, so
that the woman can't help buying the
robes. The poorest woman can buy q
| fifty nine cent robe that looks little
like the expensive affairs that were first
imported. The latest dodge is to put In
American cloth. Tho embroiderics can
not be made in this country. do not
know why, but the attempt to make
them has not yet succeeded. OF course
the packing requires girl who is neat.
quick and handy, and they get to be
very expert. The wages are as high as
in any other branch of manual labor"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-07-19
Easily Discouraged

'Yes," "saii a base ball man, 'Tm
discouraged, and have given up the
business forever. Why. in the very first
game they got onto me in the second
inning, and pounded me all over the
field"
"That ought not to discourage you.
Mary pitcher has had similar luck"
''Ycs but wasn't the pitcher; was
the umpire. York Sun.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-07-19
A sunday-scool on Beer Kegs

Great difficulty is often experienced by
missionaries of the American Sunday-school
Union in securing rooms in which to hold
meetings in Dakota. One who has had great
success in planting schools during the past
four years writes of working two or three
days in removing freight in depot, SO as to
secure it as place for organizing Sunday
school. AT one place he secured of a saloon
keeper the use of an upper room in his build
ing, in which to organize Bible school-the
saloon-keeper kindly aiding the missionary
in carrying up beer kegs, which were used as
supports for the seats. That school grew
into church. and the influence of the church
closed up the saloon.
One year after organizing the Sunday.
school in the freight house, the missionary
was called 10 the dedication of new church
and the installation of a minister in that
place. Often he must lie on the floor of a
'Shack" or "Dugout' in families which have
not heard preaching or prayer in years,
wrapped in his buffalo skin robe with his
buggy cushion for pillow, but through all
the privations and hardshps he is glad t
carry the goepelto the destitute.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-07-19
A Singular Growth.

R. Compton, postmaster of Volo, ILL.,,
claims to have discovered peculiar
phenomenon in the woods in Fremont
Lake county. As described by him, it
consists of tho natural migrating Of a
burr-oak tree upon white oak. The
burr oak leans against the other from
the ground up, and is dead. The dead
trunk, however, seems to go right
through that of tho living white oak,
and the branches of both varieties of
tree, all green and vigorous, mingle to-
gether in about equal proportions. -
IWaukegan Qll.) Patriot
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-07-19
HUMOROUS

About the first thing lost at sea is the
sight of land.
To remove milldew PAY off what is
due on the mill.
A reign of terror is one that is mixed
with hailstones as big as hens eggs.
He'd you take me for foola Sho
---Excusc me; l am not open to any
marriage proposals at present.
We are told that the coopers are to
have paper printed in their interests.
We suppose it will bs barrel organ.
"John, did you find any eggs in the
old hens ncst this morninyl" mo
sir; if the hen laid any. she has mislaid
them"
Wife (whose husband is rcscuing her
from drowning)-Shall l keep my
mouth shut, Johna Husband Yes---if
you can.
1t requires push to succeed in bust
ness, whether it be running ncwspa-
per, keeping country store or wheel.
ing baby carriage.
Irate Student-'Don't you ever sweep
under the bed, I'd like to know2'
Calm Chambermail--- always do. ]
prefer it to dust pan"
/
Very often the man who ''boils with
indignation" one day SINNERS with re-
gret the next morning, especially if his
wrath be put in cold type.
A young lady teacher was completely
prostrated last week. Sho asked FIVE
year-old girl what the plural of trousers
was, and tho child answered, "Pants."
II say, old man, can you tell me
where is the first present mentioned IN
tho Bible2" "Give it up" "Why,
Evo presented Adam with Cain,
stupid"
'What an old, old story love is, Miss
Clarap he said, and he moistened his
lips and clutched his chair. Eyes, MIR.
Sampson" she shyly replied, "and yet
it i, no chestnut"
"Why does that Miss Jaundice
always wear lilies of the valey1" She
81 can't imagine - particularly as
flowers of tho plain would be SO much
moro appropriate"
Scientist Have you ever tried faith
cure for your rheumatisma" Patient
eyes; I'm trying it now. I've got in
my pocket tho left hind foot of grave
yard rabbit that was killed il the dark
of the moon, and l do believe it's
helping me-"
"You wouldn't think" he said, indi-
eating gentleman across the street,
'that that ordinary, commonplace per-
son has many times stared death un.
airchiugly in the fac,." "Why mol Is
he dcsper ate charactera' "Not very;
he's an undertaken"
A b d, revengeful little boy rubbed
fiac Cayenne pepper all over the back
of his jacket and we'll into the cloth,
and then laughed out loud In school,
for which tho master Hogged him severe
ly, but dismissed school soon aftcr to
60 and see an eye doctor.
"Where are you going this evening,
i Charley7' "Going to call on Miss
Clara" 'But you went to see Miss
Annie last winter" ''Yes. You see,
Annie doesn't like oysters, and Clara
doesn't like ice cream, and SO / 60 to
see Annie in the winter and Clara in the
summer"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-07-19
lntoxicants in EnsIand's Colonies

;, resolution has been adopted by the Eng
Iish House of Commons cal ing upon the
Government to suppress the sale of intoxi-
cants among native races in the Colonies. 1t
was also resolved to imp.ore the aid of for
eign governments to the same end. Speak
ing of these resolutions the LcnJion Spectator
says: There is no question OF liberty in
VOWED, for all evidence shows that dark men
DO not drink to be exhilarated, but to be rid
oil consciousness. and that alcoho. is to them
as dlrecta poison as opium or hemp Its sale
ought to be prohibited throughout Africa,
and al, taxed in India up TO the point at which
llhclt dlstlllation could be put down.h-Neu
York Observer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-07-19
Hay While the Sun Shines.

Citizen (stopping physician on the
street. )-"Just a moment, Doc: onlV
one word"
Physician-"Well, make it short, old
man; it's watermelon season, you
know
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-07-19
TIE LONDONDERRY SITTER.

N-Entorcd at tho Post-ofSoe a. South
Londonderry, ~ second .cass matter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-07-19
A SMART WOMAN.

BY HELEN FORREST GRAVES.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-08-10

The Idaho Independent says
"There was a time when our County
Commissioners returned to the county
treasury part OF the means allowed
them by law. They thought that wha,
they received was too much, consid-
ering the condition of those who had
to pay it."
Well, by the eternal bob-legged
snipe! Where did you get 'emi
Send Oneida county a board like
that and we will give them a life an
nuity and warrantee deed to hold and
have their Office eternally. We will
grant, bargain, sell and convey unto
them, their heirs and assigns all our
right, title and interest in the Offices
of County Commissioners forever. In
charity to humanity, send US speci-
men copy or sample bottle. We
had settled down to the belief that
the peculiar brand of county officer
produced by Bear Lake county had
become extinct with the expiration of
the pilgrim fathers. We thought
the last of that breed was spiked by
a British bayonet in the last battle of
the Revolutionary war. We have
spent years in the most arduous re-
searches trying to find trace of the
issue of said spiked individual, and
we never once thought of Bear Lake,
and we might have known all along
that they had come west to grow up
with the country. We are glad they
have been found. We felt that we
owed it to humanity to find them and
we have done it Idaho Enterprise.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-08-10

Lewiston TELLER: The Review
says the tin horn gamblers are alarm
ed over the crusade that has been in
augurated against them by the city
authorities. Chief Warren has DOM
ed his war paint, and the gentle
men ? in question will think that
Dakota blizzard has struck them-it
will be SO cold-before he gets
through with them. The action of
the chief is prompted by Mayor Hoov-
er, who is wont to recognize the fact
that the element in question is a dis
grace to the high standard of our So
ciety and the enlightenment of the
nineteenth century. An illustration
of the extreme measures taken of the
''tin-horn" fraternity to destroy the
foundation of human respectability by
encouraging the youth to follow in
their footprints of vice and iniquisy
was given in the police court. A
boy of tender years, Moore by name,
was arraigned as a vagrant because
of his lettering about the dens on
Main street, feasting his young soul
on the passions of gambling and ex-
tinguishing for all time to come the
desire to gain livelihood by honest
toll. The fact that the boy was al
lowed about gambling hells was suffi-
cient to convict the keepers.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-08-10

Boise STATESMAN: From a private
letter to one of our citizens from our
Delegate in Congress, Hon. Fred T.
Dubois, we learn that measures are
being taken to give Idaho fourth
Judge. Our Delegate is doing all
he can to bring this about with fair
prospects of success. Jack Carson,
an engineer in the employ of the o.
K. & N. Co., running between La
Grande and Huntington, was killed
near Weatherby Sunday evening.
He was on the engine tank shortly
after leaving Weatherby, when the
train struck sharp curve. He lost
his balance and fell to the ground,
breaking his neck and killing him
instantly. His body was taken to
Portland for burial.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-08-10
Notice to Creditors.

In Probate Court of Boise county
Idaho Territory:
In the matter of the estate of Louis
Wagniers, deceased:
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, executor of the last will and testa-
ment of Louis Wagniers, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having claims
against, the said deceased to exhibit them,
with the necessary vouchers, within four
months after the irst publication of this
notice TO the said executor, at his Office in
Pioneerville, Boise county. Idaho Terrific
nv, or the payment of the same will be
forever barred. BEN WILSON,
Executor Of the last will and testament of
Louis Wagniers, deceased.
Dated at Piopeerville, July 81, 1888.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-08-10
-DEAD-BEATMr
Weiscr Leader.

To get correct definition OF this
word we have carefully referred to
our Webster's Unabridged, aud were
disappointed. 1t may be possible
that some of our readers who have as
yet escaped from the tolls of these
human cobras would feel grateful If
we would undertake to define 1t as
sad experience kas taught US. To
give a correct definition to the pub
lie OF the various kinds, would ex-
haust the columns of a metropolitan
journal, and to treat of the most COM
mon type is what we will undertake.
We believe that there is no little
community of people, who have con-
gregated together, no matter, how
isolated, that there is not tolerated in
their midst 'fdead- d-beats''-drones.
who exist on the brains and purses of
the workers-who attach themselves
like blood-suckers upon the commun-
tiles they infest, and suck at their vi
talities; who ingratiate themselves
by trickery and fraud into the warm
hearts of good men and women, who
are of such standard that repulse any
distrust that momentarily may wish
to intrude itself upon their pure and
untainted organization. They are
ever present, always on the alert, full
OF infectious sympathies, wedging
themselves into the most sacrad pre-
cincts of any pure and unsullied
sanctum or enterprise that may pre-
sent itself to gain one breath or NOR
sci to sustain the life of their sepul-
chral carcasses. They are not as
rule uneducated or low bred; but it
seems that all that Dlviee providence
had endowed them with had turned
into filth and loathsomeness, into
cheat and dishonesty, whose end was
to entanglc and clogg all purity of
thought and action, to pollute by
their presence and touch any emma
ton of goodness, worth or usefulness
that was unfortunate enough to have
sprung into being in their presence.
These are the human cobras and CEN
tipedes that all good men and women
should guard against, for they are
subtle and wary and so low in the
scale of life that nature has not even
provided them with rattles to give
notice OF their intent and presence.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-08-10
Railroad Meeting.

The meeting at Fireman's Hall
Monday night to consider the propo-
sition of President Dickenson of the
Idaho Central railway, to bring the
road across Boise river and establish
the depot within the limits of Boise
City by the LIST OF November next,
provided the subscribers to the right
of way fund would give the Central
roilroad the right of way and depot
grounds from the race track east, for
merly procured for the Oregon Short
Line railway, was attended by forty
or more subscribers. After the read
ing of President Dickenson's PROPOSE
ton, Jonas w. Brown moved that the
proposition be not accepted, which
was seconded by Mr.. Pnde. A long
discussion followed, in which Mr..
Pride, Falk, Pinney, Brown, Lemp,
Perrault, and several others took an
active part. Messrs. Brown, Pride
and Perrault favored the resolution.
Messrs. Falk, Pinney and Lemp op-
posed the motion, and argued in ia
vor of giving the right of way through
the city to the Central railway com
pany. 1t was understood by all that
the Central railway company was will
ling to pay claim of some $1,000
against the right of way, but they
wanted all the lands from the race
track into and above the city, includ-
ing depot and machine shop grounds,
owned by the subscribers. Mr.. Per-
rault thought they might give the
Central a portion of the grounds and
still retain enough to give another
road the right of way through the
city. All parties seemed desirous of
making some arrangements to pay
the parties who had put up the money
outside of their subscriptions, and
some said they would rather give the
whole property to these persons than
give it to the Central railroad. The
motion was voted down by one ma
jority, fifteen voting for and sixteen
against the motion, several not voting.
Other motions were made and a run
ming discussion ensued, but it was
generally admitted that a vote of the
meeting could not legally authorize
the trustees who held the property in
trust for the subscribers, to make
conveyance or mortgage that would |
be of any validity. Each subscriber
must give his written consent to make |
It binding. This view of the question
brought the meeting to a close and |
nothing was done.-[Statesman.