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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-18
iLATIvE NOTES.
OF bills have already
led. We note the fol-

led. We note the fol-
lowing:
House bill 80, by Mr.. Mann of
wilmington, authorizing the Govern
or 70 appoint a commission of three
or five members, who shall collect au-
thentic and complete statistical ipfor-
nation in regard to the agricultural
productions of the state. its livestock
interests and the prices of farm prom
erty and labor and make comna,i-
son OF the same with like statistics of
other states and countries and the leo
isiative means employed by them.
And, in like manner, to consider the
developed and undeveloped manufac-
turing interests of the state, and re-
port at the next session of the Legis-
iature; appropriating $4,000 for the
use OF the commission in making ex-
periments as they shall deem best cal
culated to bring the agricultural and
manufacturing interests of the state
to the knowledge of the people of
other states and countries; allows
commission to report bill embodying
the results of their conclusions as to
the establishment of bureau of i'm
migration, etc. commissioners to re-
ceive actual expenses and S. per
diem; to the Committee on Manufac- |
lures.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-18
LEGAL NOTICES.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
500 fremont st.
ESTATE OF HARRIET BUXTON.

ESlAIE OF HARRIET BUXTON.
We, the Subscribers, being duly ap-
pointed by the Hon. Probate Court for
district of Westminster, commissioners
to receive, examine and adjust all claims
and demands of all persons against the
estate of Harriet Buxton late of Lon
donderry in said district, deceased, and
also all claims and demands exhibited in
offset thereto; and six months from the
first day of September last being allowed
by said court for that purpose, we do
hereby give notice that we will attend to
the business of our said appointment at
the office of A, E. Cudworth in So. Lon
donderry in said district on the first Mon
day of November and January next,
from 10 O'Clock a. m. until O'Clock, u
M, on each of said days.
3 3. s. $. w Mslsn'y' Commissioners.
Londonderry, Oct 8, 1888.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-18
Didn't Appreciate tn. Opportunity.

what q chance for you" said friend
to one Of our bonanza princes, Just com.
pleting his new house. "What a chance
to buy some fine paintings. Blank, the
broker. has collapsed. and is selling his
collection. You're very kind in your
Intentions. am sure, said the bonanza.
but my wife wouldn't care to buy
second hand paintings. San Francisco
Examiner.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-18

A terrible railroad collision occur
red last Friday night on the Lehi
Valley Railroad at Mud Run, Pa.
A locomotive ploughed its way
through a passenger car killing about
fifty persons and injuring nearly as
many more.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-18

Our Democratic friends say the
"tariff is tax" and that the people
pay it, and it doesn't make high
wages and many other like declara-
tons; and yet they say they are not
free traders and only propose a very
small reduction from the present
rates. If their declarations are true
they ought to favor a sweeping re-
duction.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-18

The preliminary examination of
lnman, charged with the murder of
sennott of Poultney, was held at
Rutland Friday and Saturday, and
resulted in Inman's being held for
murder in the first degree.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-18

And would like to know which is
the easier attaching part of its half
sheet edition or paying $50 for dead
rabbits. Whose money was it any
way? Ha, ha ha!
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-18

1t is said that 10000 people came
out to see and hear Blaine at Indi-
annapolis, last week.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-18

Judge Thurman is finally out with
his letter of acceptance. Fortunately
we are enabled to give it to our read
ers entire: "The tariff is a tax"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-18

Eternally opposed to all rings, ciiques,
clans and factions--The Peoples Organ.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-18
HEADO UARTERS
FOR PICTURE FRAMES.

when you go to Brauleboro call on a.
WILDER, rear of Reformer office, who has the
argest stock of Mouidtngs in town. Price
Low! Work neatly done.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-18

The SITTER has put on an inch of
good fat in the last week. Ha, ha,
ha
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-18
Liberation Notice!

This is to certify that l give to my
son, Bert II. Stark, his time during the
rema nder of his minority, and shall
claim none of his earnings or pay any
debts of his contracting aftcl this date.
CHAs. H. STARK.
Wnhall, Vt, Sept. 20, 1888.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-18
THE
Sitter John, Editor.

THURSDAY EVE, OCT. IS, 1888.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-18
Notice..

Londonderry, Oct. 8, 1888.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-13

of that spot. It has its origin off Chi-san,
a cape about eighteen miles east by
south of Haining, and travels to six
miles above the city of Hangchow, q
total distance of forty-two miles. Under
combinations of wind, spring-tide, and
rains up country, it commences as far
east as Chapoo, and retains its distinct
i've character to about thirty miles above
the city, a total distance of over ninety
miles. The general height of the bore,
that is, the crown of the cascade, varies
at spring tide from seven to eleven feet.
1t has been seen much higher on the APP
proach of a typhoon and consequent
backing up of water in Chapoo bay. The
water raised by the rebounds of the sea-
wall, especially that mentioned in the
foregoing remarks, mounts to the height
of twenty feet or more above the level of
the river in the same spot five minutes
before.
cat neap tides the bore sometimes
does not attain a height of over three
feet, but the speed of its progress still
renders it too formidable to be en-
countered by the largest boat. Naviga-
ton for ships in the Tsien-tang is not
practicable, though the depth of water
is sufficient-if time and tide is regard
ed-to reach Haining from the ocean in
vessels of fifteen feet draught, and to
anchor off the Pagoda."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-13
The Waste Of Southern Pine.

It is probable that the greatest of all
wastes made in the manufacture of lum-
Der is that of the long-leaf, yellow-pine.
While there are large quantities of
lumber used in ceiling, the most sub
~stantial use is for flooring, and a large
per cent. of the lumber sent to the
Eastern market is not what they want.
This may arise in some instances from
the hit or miss strips cut from the sid
ings Of a timber order. 1t is sent to
market, and when piled up on the dock
or in the yard the uniformity is shock
ing to the eye Of q Western man. The
different lengths are nearly countless.
But this is only the least of the troubles.
The most of it is plain sawed when it
should be rift sawed. Unless it is, it is
really of little more value than Norway,
and no better than Carolina pine.
Cargoes for this stock are shipped
from the milfsya adby-tAe-marketle-.
port 1T is seen that 1T sells us low as $1S
per thousand. Were it rift sawed it would
be worth considerable more than it is,
and the mills should look well to the
matter, and have at least one-half the
lumber designed for flooring and ceiling
rift sawed.
1t will, of course, cost a triie more
10 do this, but it will be found to pay,
and less of the valuable product go to
waste. It comes simply to using good
Judgment in manufacturing and ship
ping, and this must come from a full
and comprehensive knowledge of the
business from the stump to the market.
-SoatheT'n L2tnbeTnGH.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-13
"reminiscences Of TraYers.

MIR. Travers was a kind and indulge nt
father, but was pleased to see his bows
manifest ample pluck like himself.
Apropos of this Characteristic, n of his
boys came home n day with a big
blacked eye.
"Where-w-w-where d-d-did you g-g-g-
get th-th-that?" inquired the father,
anxiously.
In a f-f-fght, sir" replied the son,
who had a similar impeachment in his
speech.
"D-d-d-did y-y-you w-w-whip the
other f~-f-fellow?"
"Y-y-yes, sir"
"Q-q-q-quite r-r-right. H-h-h-here's
q d-d-dollar f-f-for y-you. Always WV
whip the other f-f-fellow."
His wit, like that of Tom Hood, did
not forsake him even in his last hours.
While on his deathbed at Bermuda q
friend called to see him, aud said:
What a nice place Bermuda is for rest
and change"
Travers replied: "Y-y-yes, th-the
walters g-get th-the exchange, and tn
she h-h-hotel k-keepers th-the r-T-rest."
The closing refrain of every friend of
this famous wag always sounds the
same: eve shall never see his like
again"
A foppish swell, whose polished bald
head was conspicuous in n of the
clubs, begged Mr.. Travers to advise him
what character he should take in a COM
ing masquerade.
"W-w-why d-dont you p-p-powder
your head and g-g-go as a p-p-pill?" re-
piled Travers. = Cosmopolitan
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-13
A Heifer Rides on the Cow Catcher.

A remarkable incident recently oc-
currel on the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railway, between South
Orange and Wyoming. The engineer
If ne train which reaches South Orange
about 4 o'clock, eastward bound, OBJ
served q young heifer on the track, di-
rectly ahead of him. He slowed up and
whist!ed, in order to enable the creature
to get Off the track, but it maintained its
position as calinly as if the locomotive
were q pigmy. The train was not NOV
ing very fast by tllo time tho spot was
reached ami the cowca cher struck tho
heifcr. The engineer and fireman looked
On both sides OF the trecG and, not see
ing the animal, concluded that it was
under the wheels and the train was
stopped. To their establishment they
found the animal sitting complacently
o. the coweatcher licking its forelogs,
which had been severely scratched. The
heifer was removed to the side of the
track aud the train resumed its journey.
--NoVa1k (N. ~ AGUertiSeg'.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-13
Rails That Rest on a Cavern.

A sink-hole has been discovered On
the St. Paul and Duluth Road at Mis-
sion Creek, a few miles south of Hink-
ley, Mimi, by workmen who were rails
ing the grade. Soon after the filing
began the track sunk nearly out of sight.
The track must have been sustained on
a mass OF roots and vegetable matter
floating on the water below, aud tho adj
ditional weight put on the mass broke
down the support. For three weeks
past more thar one hundred carloads of
filling o day have been dumped into a
space not more than ninety feet wide,
and the track is in fair shape again at
this point, but another spot n short dis
lance away is sinking out of line.
The surface of the swamp is scanned
and cracked in all directions, and in
some places upheaved and turned CON-
pletely over. In one placeap pile of ties had
been carried forty feet away. In holes that
have been opened sounding lines have
b en- dropped down thirty-tive feet with
out finding bottom, and n number of
curious specimens of fish have been
caught. 1t is believed there is a sub
%terranean river, rs the fish caught do
not live in the swamp pools.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-13
Inducements Of the Deep Seas.

There is reason to believe that under
currents exist in all, or almost all, parts
of the deep sea; fornever in any instance
yet has the deep sea line ceased to run
out, even after the plummet has reached
the bottom. If the line be held fast in
the boat, it invariably parts, showing,
when two OF three miles of it are out, that
the u~ndercurrents are sweeping against
the blight of it with what some seamen
call "a swinging force" that no sounding
lire has yet proved strong enough to
Withstand. The equilibrium of all the
seas is preserved to a greater or less ex-
tent by this system of currents and
countercurrents at and below the sur
face. Some interesting experiments
upon the subjects of submarine currents
were made by Lieuts. Walsh and Lee,
OF the United States navy, while carrying
on observations in connection with the
wind and current charts. A block of
wood was loaded to sinking weight, and
by means of @ fishing line let down to
The depth of from n hundred to five
hundred fathOms, at the will of the eX-
perimenter. 4 small barrel, as a float,
just sufficient to keep the block from
sinking further, was then tied to the
line, and the Whole let go from the boat.
70 use their own expression, sit was
wonderful, indeed, to see this barrel
move off, against wind aud sea and sur
face current, at the rate of over one knot
per hour, as was generally the case, and,
on II occasion, as much as o knot and
three-quarters.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-13
Flowers in the Hat.

It is the custom in the Tyrol for a
man, when he Is engaged to be married,
to wear a bouquet in his hat. The dam
sci gives him, every day or two, a fresh
bouquet, picked from the fower-pots
in her window. Should she prove
tickle, and jilt the swain, the other
young men ofthe village assemble under
her window and throw down the flower
pots. A stranger wonders, on seeing
so many men with bouquets stuck in
their hats, why they do not marry,
especially as not a few of them are what
we call "old bachelors" The expla-
nation is that the village commune will
not allow any person to marry unless he
can show that he has laid by o sum of
money sufficient to support a family.
A lady, travelling through Tyrol in a
stellwagon, a cross between a diligence
and an omnibus, overheard the driver
talking to q man at his side on the box,
and complaining of his occupation. He
had worked hard for many years, he
said, to get money enough to marry,
but the sum was far below what it must
be before the commune would give him
permission to marry the woman to whom
he was engaged. It increased so slowly
that he did not know if he should ever
get the coveted permission. Sometimes
a dozen or more of engaged young men
and women, despairing of even get
ting money enough to secure the com
mune's permission, go on a pilgrimage
to Rome, begging their way on foot.
When there, they are married; but,
on their return to the native village, they
are fined as a punishment for breaking
The law.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-13

In a recent lecture to the Sanitary
Institution of Great Britain, DR.. B.
W. Richardson considered the power of
the human body has been proven to
possess of storing up life to a prolonged
period. He stated the conditions favor
ing such storage in the following order:
Hereditary qualifications, the virtue of
confluence, maintenance of balance of
bodily functions, perfect temperance,
and purity from implanted OF acquired
diseases. Temperament has its in1u-
ence, the bilious and sanguine tempera-
ments being best for long life, and
the We Emphatic the worst.
What he termed all-round temperance
is the avoidance of everything that
stimulates the heart beyond its natural
activity, such stimulation being an I'M
natural tax that reduces the storage of
life.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-13
lawsuits Against Animals.

Tie law is held in greater esteem
nowadays than it ever was before, no
doubt, and yet it is improbable that any
one will ever again. in a civilized
country, imagine that it is something so
grand and awful that insects and ami
mails will obey its DEGREES. And yet
fnis seemed once to be quite a general
impression. There are many instances
in the history of formal prosecutions
against animals. The most common of
these cases are the lawsuits directed
against the grasshoppers.
One of the most celebrated of these
was a case tried in Savoy, in 1915, when
a suit was brought, in the name of the
people, against the grasshoppers which
were ravaging the country. A lawyer
was found to undertake the defence of
the insects, and he exhausted his in
genuity in pleading their cause.
No doubt he made out a very plaus-
IDLE case for their right to exist, for it
was finally proposed, on the part of the
government, officially to give and for
mally make over to the grasshoppers a
large tract of country, on condition that
they should leave the rest of the
country.
The lawyer took the proposition I'M
der consideration, and finally came into
court and declared that "his clients
could not accept his proposal, because
the land offered them was an abandoned
and sterile tract, producing little or
nothing suited to their uses and sus-
~tenance."
The court, however, decided the case
against the grasshoppers. and ordered
them to remove forthwith to the dis
trict set apart for them. They refused,
however, to remove, but remained in
the country until they had eaten up
every green thing in it.
If the courts were powerless to en-
force their DEGREES against the grass
hoppers, they made it up in the severity
with which they punished creatures
which could be seized and appre-
hended. In Meulan, France, in the last
century, a pig which had attacked and
killed a child was prosecuted for muir
der.
Every step taken in this singular
case was precisely as if the accused had
been a human being, except that the
pigs lawyer spoke for it in every case,
instead of the pig replying for itself.
The lawyer was permitted to urge
every possible argument in his clients
favor. But the pig was, nevertheless,
convicted, and sentenced to be strangled
in the market-place. Pending the exc
cution of this sentence, it was sent to
prison and confined there.
A few years before the French rev.
o%lution, a COW was tried and convicted
in the same way at Poitou. All the re-
cords in these cases are still preserved.
They prove either a more than childish
want of common-sense, or else al absurd
devotion to form.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-13
A CHINESE 'sBORE."
The GreaS Wave that Rushes Into
Hangchow Bay Twice a Day.

Capt. W. U. Moore, r. N, Of her
majesty's surveying vessel Rambler, has
lately been engaged in observing the
celebrated bore of the Tsicn-tang liver,
says the North CHINA Ners. Capt.
Moore regards this as one of the sights
of the world, which no resident III or
visitor to China should miss seeing. 1t
occurs twice in every twenty-four hours
being most remarkable at spring tides.
Capt. Moore favored us with the follow
ing notes:
"Ihe best place to see the phenomo-
non Is from the sea-wall at Haining,
about two miles east of tho Bhott
pagoda, where there is II violent rebound
of the flood stream, and consequent up
raising of the water behind the front of
the bore. the bore cat be seen APP
preaching from the upper gallery of the
pagoda about ton or twelve miles dis
tant; and heard, on n still night, one
hour before it strik"s. when 1t is twelve
or thirteen miles distant. 1t is highest
as a whole and most regular in form
opposite The pagoda, which it passes at
full change of the moor at a speed of
twelve to thirteen knots an hour, pre-
cisely as the moon crosses the meridian
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-13
Esquimaux Executions.

The Esquimaux laws are as severe and
merciless rs those of the Italian Malta.
A traveller relates that for a certain Of
Tense a native named John Bull was con-
demned to death, but, in accordance
with Esquimaux law, not informed when
the penalty would be inflicted upon him.
He was allowed to return to his home,
and he resumed his daily toll without at
tempting to escape. One morning, a
fortnight prior to the day his judges had
secretly agreed upon rs the date of his
execution, the culprit's wife was notified
of his approaching death, but threatened
with the capital penalty if she informed
her husband.
When the day arrived lie was decoyed
out of the village by two companions,
and, arriving at the place designated, he
was Frustrated on his back; then the
leader delivered a short speech and
called on the man selected to advance
and stab him through the heart, while
he opened the victims clothing and
pointed ont the place. The native first
chosen stepped forward, but became SO
nervous that his Leart failed him and a
second man was called upon to plunge
the fatal knife. Poor John Bull was
firmly held by the twelve assembled
friends, while he was literally butchered
and left on the spoS of the terrible act q
prey for polar bears and other wild ami
mails which infest the country. Officer
Jordan says the murderer often visited
the ships Mt anchor and was very careful
to avoid the presence of Captain Spicer,
whom he knew would be sure to wreak
summary vengeance on him were he to
know the circumstances of the death of
his faithful friend, John BuL.-Chicago
Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-13
BOardiDg-HOUSe Buns.

A popular boarder tale--I will settle
next week. -Binghamton Republican.
"Will the coming man use both
arms ?" asks a scientist. He will if he
carves a clearinghouse duck.-Dan-
riHe Breeze.
A clearinghouse mistress cannot be
too careful of her meats, for there her
reputation is often at steak.-YonkeT'S
Statesman.
In some boarding-houses there is
always a friendly rivalry for the best
cut of roast beef, while in others the
struggle for supremacy is always upper
most.-Americdn artisan.
The poor boarder who is fast wearing
out his store teeth on tough fowl has
the satisfaction of knowing that his host
will be obliged to give IN account of all
the tough deeds done in the flesh
YO9lheT'S Statesman.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-13

The question of female suffrage has agitated
the tongues and pens of reformers fol-, many
wears, and good arguments have been adduced
for and against it. Many of the softer sex
could vote intelligently, and many would, vote
as their husbands did, and give no thought to
the merits of a political issue. They would all
vote for DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, for
they know it is a boom to their sex. 1t is un,
euualed for the cure of leucorrhea, abnormal
discharges, morning sickness, and the count
less ills to which women are subject. It's the
only remedy for woman's peculiar weaknesses
and ailments, sold by druggists, under a posi-
tive guarantee from the manufacturers, that
IL WiICiye satisfaction in every case, or money
will be refunded. See guarantee on wrapper
around bottle.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-13

THE crusade which Mrs. Cleveland
began against the hustle has ended in
smoke. The fact is that Mrs. Cleve-
land has herself deserted the standard
of the antibustlers, and has resumed
her tournure. This fact was ascertained
by a Washington reporter who was
curious to know whether the Presi,
dents wife had permanently abandoned
the hustle. He had among his ac-
quaintanc2s a young woman who works
in a dressmakiDg establishment patron
lied by Mrs. Cleveland. After screw
ing up his courag9 to the sticking
point, the reporter asked the young
woman bluntly a few days ago: docs
Mrs. Cleveland wear a hustle ?" YES"
was the answer.