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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-08
PRICE THREE CENfS.
Carried His Ear In His Vest Pocket


Occasionally one reads thing so
ridiculous that he cannot help laughing,
even when the article he reads is most
solemn. l was reading an account of a
murder at st. Joseph, Mo-, in which
an account was given of young man
killing his wife. Everything about it
was CHASTITY, particularly description
of tho characteristics Of the murderer.
He was son of respectable parents, but
was tough. One thing mentioned in
regard to him struck me as particularly
ridiculous. In fight year or so ago
he had an ear cut of, and since then he
had carried the car in his vest pocket
as a mascot" and il he was playing
cards or shaking dice he would take the
car out Of his pocket and LAY it on tho
table to give him luck. II anybody
kicked on having the dried-up ear
around the owner of it would draw his
revolver and mako the kicker apologize
or fight. If man apologized he was
compelled to kiss the ear. What COM
panion such man would be for tea
party! 1t is said that he would take his
ear out of his pocket at the breakfast
table in case the steak was tough, or
the biscuit lacked shortt ming, or the
pancakes were heavy, and his wife had
to look cheerful and pleasant or he
would draw his revolver and shoot at
her earrings. She finally got enough of
him and his dried ear and left him, and
he followed her aud killed her. Men
will have their little fads, and the prac-
tice of carrying around dried ear or a
rabbits foot must be overlooked
Pcck's Sun.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-08
Diary of California's Gold Discoverer,

Sunday, Dec. 26, 1S47 Last week l
worked five days Gn the California
hills. On Christmas a party of us
climbed a peak, from which we could
see many mountains covered with snow,
and from which we started many large
rocks rolling down iato the steep canon.
For dinner besides bread and meat, we
had apple and pumpkia pies.
Sunday, Jan 2, 1S4S. MIR. Marshall
has been away for some time, and now
the cook saves the pumpkin pies and
so forth for herself and the second ia.
BILE.
Jan. 11.-Rain began on the 9th and
continues to fall.
Sunday Jan. 16.-The river is very
high. Since Monday the weather is
clear. Marshall left us month ago to
get the mill irons and has not returned :
Mr.. Bennett has got out of patience
waiting for him.
Sunday j. .n -Tassl&'' haY'dg
arrived, we 5. pcgmisaioa 80 build
a small house aa a.,e mid, SO gs to +
lid of the pa
ourselves. We n..ea iaio Il on san
day last. h week M Marshall
found some pieces OF (as we ali sup
pose) gold, and he has gone to the fort
for the purpose of finding out what it
is. 1t is found in the race in small
pieces; some weigh as much as $5
piece.
Sunday, Feb. 6.-Marshall has re-
turned with the fact that the metal is
gold. Captain Sutter arrived on
Wednesday with Johnston for the pur-
pose of looking at the place where the
gold was found. He got enough to
make ring. He brought bottle of
whiskey for us aud some pocket knives.
This morning l found my basin and
knife in their proper place. Johnston
had hidden them away, though he de-
MED knowing anything about them.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-08
LONDONDERRY. THURSDAY. MARCH g. 1888
Where the Heart Is,

Some day, at the sunset the feet shall
rest
: On the height whose rugged ascent
Hath filled with heart-weary throbbings the
breast,
Aud the bloom Of the cheek hath blent,
With the whiteness of moon-kissed SHOWS
Resting there, then, in fame's radiant
glow,
The traveller shall sadly look down,
Beholding the vale where loves blossoms
grow,
And longing to yield fame's crown
For one breath of loves tender rose.
For, ever it seems, where the hill tops lie,
A most glorious place to be,
With the white-capped clouds swift hurrying
by
And the break of griefs throbbing
Far sounding as in misty dreams.
And the snow-touched blossoms that
crown the height,
Seem the fairest of all that blow;
Yet the feet that climb are weary at
night,
And the vale that lieth below
Sings of home in the sunset CLEANS.
lola Toph in Courant.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-08
Unlucky Names.

The Alta California thinks that the
name San Francisco which is
to be given to the cruiser
building on the Pacific, comes under the
condemnation Of unlucly names, as four
vessels bearing that name have been lost
either by laundering at sea or by being
cast ashore. So far as our navy is con-
cerned California names would seem to
be unlucky, for the Sacramento was
wrecked in 1867. Tho Alta enforccs
its remarks by quoting tho case of tho
British Wasp, and that namo certainly
appears to be one of i'll omen in our own
service as we'll as that of England. We
have had four vessels bearing it; ono
was destroyed in Delaware bay in 1871
to prevent it from falling into the hands
of the enemy; another was captured in
1912, and third was lost at sca with
all hands in 1914.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-08
How New Haven Got Its Name.

A convention of the settlers near
Quidipiac, Conn.,, was held April 13,
1888, in barn at that place. After
some discussion the Bible was adopted
as the constitution of the new colony
and settlement was established
which was named New Haven. The
Bible remained the constitution for sew
eral years. = Burlington Free Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-08
The Leopard's Spots,

Keeper Ito stranger looking at the
animals) ''Do you observe, sir, how
restless the leopard is, and how cease
lessly he changes his position from one
spot to anotherp
Stranger: "Yes; but gosh, mister,
I've alters heerd that leopard couldn't
change his spots. -lEpoch.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-08
Altogether Too Previous.

Naomi-George, you know this is
leap year, and women are accorded a
privilege to exercise which at other
times would seem inmodcst. Now,
want TO say to you-
George nervously)-Really, Naomi,
this is extremely sudden, and-er-you
know, that am already engaged.
"What have l to do with thati l
want to say to you that would rather
die an old maid than ask man to
marry me, even if it were customary to
do o.n-tNebraska State Journal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-08
Locating a Bullet by Electricity,

At a meeting of the College of Ply
sicians in Philadelphia, Dr. John Grid
ner of New York exhibited, by invi-
tation of the college, for the first
time, his telephone probe, and cx-
planned its mode of application. The
instrument is used to locate bullet or
other metal substance that has become
lodged in the body. 1t is operated by
the natural electricity in the patient 1t
consists of three parts-one sort of
audiphone, which is placed over the
physicians ears, a steel probe and a
steel bulb. The bulb is placed in the
patients mouth and the probe is in
serted in the wound. If the probe
strikes piece of bone it makes no re-
sponse, but if it strikes the meta
which caused the wound it gives dis
tinct clicking sounds.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-08
Pinto EnicurcS.

The Piutcs are fcasting on rabbits
nowadays, the bounty on their scalps
being an incentive TO the red men to
kill them. Pincnut soup, concoction
made OF the oily nuts and rabbits, Is a
favorite dish with the Indians in cold
weather, and they say it makes them
cheap fat."-[Ncvaia Silver State.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-08
An Oregon Patriarch.

The oldest married couple on tho
Pacific coast lives at Greenville, WASH
ington county, Oregon. Peyton Wilkes
was born in 1891, and SO will be 81
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few pe9sloaa-e Of t'.a .&5 Of l61g. lis
-rffa 3na /" '-.s is ueeis oi, sud
~ gae
acsoz the osa,as ic ST., and aetllcd n
u Washington coaatg IL 1855, Tboy
w..s .o.A uoIn III Dcuioru county,
Virginia, came to Indiana in 1920 and
to Missouri in 1889. In following
the star of empire they kept ahead of
the iron horse until he overlook them
at tho jumping off place. )"
They have three sons living, twenty
seven grandchildren, forty-one great
grandchildren, and eighty great-great-
grandchildren living. - Portland (Orc.)
Dispatch.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-08
COmnarat;ye Guilt

Father---What do you think of boy
that throws a banana skin on the side
walkl
Sor---I don't know. What do you
think of banana skin that throws a
man on the sidewalkf
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-08
Sufficiently Refreshed,

Gagley. Won't you have some re-
freshments, Miss Wigglef'
Miss Wiggle. -" Thanks, no. I'm
sufficiently refreshed now. Miss Howler
has stopped singing. Judge.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-08

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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-08

Never trouble another for what you
can do Yourself.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-08
TIE LONDONDERRY SITTER.

N-Entered at the Post.ofioe a. South
Londonderry, rs second. .olass matter.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-17

No single disease has entailed more suffer
ing or hastened the breaking up of the consti-
tuition than Catarrh. The sense of smell. of
taste. Of sight. of hearing. the human voice.
the mind,-on or more, and sometimes all,
yield TO its destructive influence The poison
IL distributes throughout the system attacks
every vital force, and breaks up the most
robust of constitutions. Ignored, because but
little understood. by most physicians. impo
tently assailed by quacks and charlatans.
those suffering from it have little hope to be
relieved of il this side of the grave. 1t Is
time. then. that the popular treatment of this
terrible disease by remedies within the reach
Of all passed into hands at once competent
ana trustworthy. The new and hitherto IN
tried method adopted by DR.. Sanford In the
preparation of his RADICAL CURE has won the
hearty approval of thousands. 1t is instsn-
taneous IN affording relief In all head CO ds,
sneezing. snuffiing and obstructed breathing.
and rapidly removes the most oppressive
symptoms, clearing the head. sweeteniug the
breath. restoring the senses OF smell. taste
and hearing. and neutralZing the constitu-
tional tendency Of the disease towards the
lungs. liver and kidneys.
Sanford's radical Cure consists Of one bottle
of the Radical Cure, one box Catarrhal SOlv-
ent and an Improved Inhaler; price, 81. Potter
Drug and Chemical Co.. Boston
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-17
FRONT ELEVATION.

The floor plans which are here presented
are for a ten room house, five room below
and five above. The reception hall is l3
feet by Il feet 6 inches, and has d
window seat in the front end. In the other
end is large closet lighted by an outside
window A closet on the first floor is Ger
tainly nice thing to have, especially if it is
large and well lighted. In this case there is
room for wraps, as well as space for a
small chest of drawers. Ore thing that is
not often thought OF in arranging q. closet
is to place a row of hooks SO that the smallest
children can reach them. This arrangement
wculi save a good many steps on the part of
the mother or those in care of the children.
From this reception hall we can go into
the parlor, sitting room or dining room. Be
fore leaving it, ] would call attention to the
crate in this room. 1t is nice thing TO como
into a hall on cold winter evening and see
fire in a CRATE, even if it is very low one
1t is CHEEKY, and if there is an ash pit below
there is not great deal of trouble in caring
for it. If there is a furnace, as there
should be in house of this size, a few
Jumps of coal will do all of the service re-
quired. The parlor is Is by Is feet and he's
CRATE in the corner. The sitting room is
connected with the parlor by sliding doors
1t also has corner CRATE All of the CRATES
in this part of the house are in a common
stack, though each has a separate flue. TIE
bay window, which projects from the sitting
room, gives view to the street The size of
this room is II feet inches by ID feet. There
Is an outside rear entrance to this room from
the Dorch
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-17
THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN

Are born into the world every day with some
ecZenIatous affection. such rs milk crust. scald
head. scurf. or dandruf sure to develop into
An agonfZing eczema, the itching, burning and
designation of which make life q prolonged
torture unless properly treated.
warm bath with CUTICURA soar, an exqui-
site SKIN Beauti1er, and single application
of CUrICURs, the great Skin Cure, with a little
CUrICURA REs0LvEST. the New Blood Purifier,
is often sufficient to arrest the progress of the
disease. and point to speedy and permanent
cure.
Hence, no mother who loves her children,
who takes pride In their beauty, purity and
health. aud in bestowing upon them a chiid's
greatest tinherltance,-a skin without blem-
ish. and body nourished By pure Hood
should fall to make trial of the CUTICURA RIM
EDIEs.
Sold everywhere. Price: Cuticura, 80 cents;
Soap, . cents; Kesolyent. si.00. Prepared by
the Potter Drug and Chemical Co, Boston
sS-Send for "HOw TO Cure Skin Diseases"
81 pages, 80 Illustrations and 100 testimonials.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-17
JERSEYS FAITH, CURE CHURCH.

JEhSEt OOhk hCh.
had paralysis in the neck and a lame leg.
The two were rendered still more miserable
by having drunken son. All claim to have
been cured by the faith healers, and so deep
was their gratitude that Eisey built the
church to commemorate the blessing that
had been conferred on the whole family.
At the first healing service held there,
an invitation was extended by the min
lister for all who were in any way afflicted to
believe, stand up and be prayed for, and be
healed. At the conclusion Of the service
seven persons stepped forward to the altar and
were anointed with oil by Rev Mr.. Pierson.
Mrs Pierson followed the minister and laid
hands OH the heads of the afflicted and
prayed for their relief This ceremony and
these prayers were kept up for half an hour.
The first one who went to the altar was the
stranger from Brooklyn. He was a man
about 40 years Of age and was led down the
aisle by his daughter.
Have YOU faithf' asked the minister.
"Glory to God / have, and ! believe the
word of God in the sixteenth chapter of John,
which says: BE thou anointed by the elders
of the church and thou shalt be healed"
He was asked what his disease was, and he
said that he had been blind for two years
He was told to pray for himself. The min
lister began to pray, and dipping his hand in
a cup of oil, placed it on the mans head.
The man remained at the altar till after the
"thers had been attended to, and the meeting
closed, his daughter remaining seated near
him. Young John Elsey, the son of the
founder Of tho church, and Mr.. Piersen,
stepped to one side of the church with the
blind stranger. They all knelt, and for half
an hour took turns at prayer. Mr.. Pierson
then again anointed the mans head with oil
Here the man arose and said that he could
sec the light, though he could not distinguish
objects. His daughter took him out of the
church At the afternoon service he re-
turned and walked down the aisle and took a
seat without any one to lead him This par
tial cure has attracted much attention in
Jersey City. L. r.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-17

This remedy is becoming so well known
ard 50 popular as to need no special men
tiOr. All who have used Electric Bitters
sing the same song of praise.-A purer
medicine does not exist. and it is guaran-
teef to 10 all that is claimed. Electric Bit
ters will cure all diseases of the Liver and
Kidneys, will remove Pimples, BOils, Salt
kheum and other affections caused by I'M
pure blood--Will drive Malaria from the
system and prevent as well as cure all Ma
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stipation and Indigestion try Electric Bit
ters.-Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or
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Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-17
lNFANTiLE
SKIN DISEASES.

Our Oldest child, now six years OF age when
an infant six months old. was attacked with a
yirulent, malignant skin disc asc. All ordinary
re nedies failing. we called sur family physi-
lower portion Of the little fellows person,
from the middle of his back ~n TO his knees,
WAS one solid rash. ugly. painful, blotched and
malicious. We had no rest 1t night, no peace
by day. Finally, We were advised to try the
CUrICURA REMEDIES. The effect was simply
marvellous. In three or four weeks a complete
cure was wrought, leaving tie little fellows
person as white aI,1 healthy IS though he had
never been attacked. In my opinion your val
liable remedies saved his life, and tod sy he is
strong, healthy hid, erfectly well, no rep
etitton Of the disease having ever occurred.
GEO B. SMITH,
Atty at Law and Ex Pros. Atty: Ashland. 0.
Reference: j. q. Welst. Druggist. Ashland, o.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-17

On the second floor are five bedrooms. The
family bedroom has a projecting bay win
dow, large closet and a crate. There are
two bedrooms for children, and a guests
room. The front part of the house is discon-
uected from the rear part by door. In the
rear hall is linen closet. The back room is
accessible from the front hall. One could
arrange two rooms in tho rear part of the
house if desired. The passage to the attic is
over the rear stairway. One should not
think of living in house of this size without
a furnace or other central heating apparatus.
A furnace is economical as heater, both as
to the cost of heating and as to the labor in
volved. A house of this kind would cost
about 50, 900 without CRATES, mantles, gas fixt-
ures, furnace, plumbing or outbuildings.
LOUIS H. GIBSON
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-17
Grnins.

''Do you know that delightful Mr.. Ever
ard-the one who took such high honors at
college some years ago! he is brilliant
fellow, and can converse charminsly on al
most any subject"
NO, don't know him Is he a lawyerr
Lawyer! How can you ask such thing
Mr.. Eyerard is much too refined a man TO
make his living out of other peoples quar-
rels No, indeed! He breeds horses and
dogsn-Life.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-17
A FAITH CURE CHURCH.
I. is Located I'm Jersey City, and Is the
Only One in Existence.

I. Is Located I'm Jersey City, and Is the
Only One in Existence.
Special Correspondence
NEW YORK, March FL send you the
first good picture that has been made of the
new Faith Cure church over in Jersey. Ii
is not pretentious edifice; but it is certainly
a novelty.
There is doctrine held by certain theolo-
gians that if miracles were ever possible,
they are possible today. Hence the faith
cure sect. 1t has been reserved for New Jer-
sey, however, to have the first church edifice
erected to the new faith.
John Elsey, poultry dealer in New York,
recently erected the church in Jersey City
which bears above the organ in its interior
an inscription in letters of gold:
A memorial of gratitude
unto the Lord Jesus
for the healing of
Brother John and Sister Elsey's family
John Elsey and his wife were Methodists.
Mrs. Elsey was paralytic, the paralysis ex-
tending through the whole body. Mr. Elsey
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-17
A CONVENIENT HOUSE.
HOW IT MAY AND SHOULD BE
CONSTRUCTED.

The Architect Should Know Something
About the Requirements of woman's
work-PIans and Elevation OF Resi-
dence to Cost About $4,000.
Especial Correspondence.l
INDIANAPOLIS, March 13-The architect of
house should know something about house
keeping. There are a great many men who
have no aiequat idea of the amount OF work
required in carl ng for a house. The plan
ming of dwelling houses is work which may
well be undertak en- as a speciality, because so
much special int ormation is required in order
to meet all of tn. conditions of housekeeping.
A man must see and understand a womans
work Because of the character of the
knowledge required in house planning the
services of a woman in an architects Office
would be valuable.
The wear and tear of housekeeping, which
is so common, is because an impossible
amount of work is undertaken every day. A
constant state of nervousness and unrest is
the consequence This condition is not uni
versal, but it is common in communities of
moderate wealth. There comes point, how
ever, where immunity can be purchased. The
architect can do much to make housekeeping
easier This he cail do by studying the work
of the housekeeper and arranging the house
and its details in a way to save labor. A
lady las said that house will never be prop
erly planned by an architect until he has the
earnest assistance of a capable housekeeper.
The house and housekeeping conditions
should be closely allied in building. This is
rarely the case The knowledge CT house
keeping does not form a part of the
architects education. The result is dis
tressing Houses are built in which con-
venience and ease of doing the work
are not considered. This Indifference Or
lack Of knowledge makes work. We have
kitchens in which the sink is placed in a re-
mote corner of the room, where a table can
not be placed in connection with it, and
where it is so far from the stove and pantry
as to be of little benefit without many I'M
necessary steps. We have dining rooms with
no place for a sideboaTd, with the china
closet in the opposite end of the room from
the kitchen entrance, a place for the stove,
register or CRATE, where it will interfere
with the comfort of those at the table We
have bed rooms with no place for bed,
houses without a closet on the first floor,
linen closet OH the second, or a commodicus
one anywhere. We have long, dark passages,
steep stairways to the cellar and attic,
plumbing so arranged that the pipes are GER
tain to freeze, furnace placed at one end Of
the cellar and the coal bin at the other. To
look at this incomplete list of faults in house
planning it appears like an exaggeration.
Still there a re many houses built in
which all of these faults exist, and there are
few which do not contain some of them.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-17

Dairyman-Got any dairy farms for rentl
Agent-No, but l have few acres which
might do for one.
Grass on itl'
mo, nothing but clay"
'.Humph! Hasn't it ever been cultivatedi"
mo; it used to be a brickyard.
.What is there on it, anything at allF'
at has a never failing spring"
"rll take il itn-Omaha World.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-17

Ernest, a 5-year-old, was awarded first
prize for childrens sayings for the follow
ing:
Being sent up stairs with small basket of
potatoes, after tugging them up half way,
he set the basket down to get fresh hold.
An aunt of his standing at the head of the
stairs said to him: What is the matter.
Ernestl Is the basket heavyr NO." he
says, .'the basket amt heavy, but the taters
is"-Boston World
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-17
LOCAL NOTICES.


Read the following: Mr.. C. H. Morris,
Newark. Ark, says: "Was taken down
with Abscess of Lungs, and friends and
physicians pronounced me an Incurable
COnsumptive. Began taking Dr. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, am now
on my third bottle, and able TO oversee the
work on my farm. 1t is the finest medi-
cine ever made"
Jesse MiddIewart, Decatur, Ohio, says:
Had it not been for DIR. Kings New Dis
cOvery for Consumption would have died
OF Lung Troubles. Was given up by doc
tors. Am now in best of health" Try it.
Sample bottles free at Chas. Ludlow Il
Co. s drug store