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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25

Judge Thurman said in his Fort
Wayne speech that the tariff had been
raised from 20 to AZ per cent, and
then innocently asked if wages had
been increased in the same proper
ton? Yes, you dear old Roman,
they have. Statician Dodge of the
department of agriculture, says:
"The rate of wages per month,
paid wholly in cash, forty years ago,
was approximately s13.25 a month.
In 1866, when currency was inflated
and all prices high, the average was
s26. During the monetary depres-
sion, as reported in 1879, the average
rate was S16.16. In 1882, when la
Dor was in a normal condition and
paid in currency at par, the average
rate per month was s1S5S-an in
crease of 40 per cent. during the era
of industrial development"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25

Various devices are resorted to. Two
such are most in favor, the "melnafas"
and the "appareils cypriotes The former
consists Of cotton or wooden cloth of q
very rough surface. which is spread over
the ground. The locusts are caught in
the coating, are shaken together and
are turned In deep bitches or stamped to
death. The "appareils cypriotes" are
sheets of muslin about 200 feet long and
3 feet wide, stretched over frames and
placed upright along the path of the In
vaders 1t Is the habit Of the locust not
to turn In its progress, but to endeavor to
surmount every obstacle in its way. It
will try to climb the cloth, whichis beaten
by sticks. The insects fall to the ground.
are swept together and destroyed. The
artillery also fires heavy charges Of blank
cartridges into the swarms, the cavalry is
employed to stamp the insects into the
ground, and the native troops are not fur
nished with rations of meat in order to
stimulate their appetite for the great
national dish, stewed locusts. broiled
locusts and locust raw.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25
The Man Who Has Money.

The keeping of money is a harder job
than the earning of it. The old adage
may not always be true, that any fool can
make money, but only wise man can
save it. Those who save money fire.
quently cannot keep it, for their very
thrift frequently becomes blind. There
is perhaps no fact so quickly known as
an individuals possession of more money
than he requires for Ms living Men
who save are frequently vain of their sue.
cess at thrift, and let out the fact that
they are further ahead of the world than
somebody else says or supposes. In a
little while, especially in our metro.
politan society, so called, the man
who has this money is mysteriously
waited upon. A bright minded man is
pursued. He is entreated to come
out little more into the world and enjoy
himself, and not let his exceptional wit
and ability be hid under bushel Per
hsps in the course of few months his
own wife will acquaint him with the fact
That there is great deal of money in
some STOCK, mine, mortgage or scheme;
tho piper and steerer have got around on
the bllndest side of the man and made his
wife believe that her husband can sud
denly become three times as well off as
ne Is II he would only take sure chance,
as II any chance can be sure Individu.
ais of his family will brighten up and saw:
Well, Jones. If | had your money l
would not let it lay out at s per cent
know thing or two myself. Cath" in
Cincinnati Enquirer
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25

The U. S. Supreme Court on Mon
day rendered decision through JUS
tice Lamar, sustaining the constitu-
tionality of the Iowa prohibitory law.
The point at issue was the right to
manufacture Intoxicating liquors sole
ly for expectation to other states, des-
pite the state law, and it was pleaded
that the prohibtory feature, in so far
as the manufacture for expectation is
concerned, was in conflict with the
constitutional provisions giving Con-
gress the sole right to regulate inter-
state commerce.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25

The mule is very rarely sick-not near
so often sick as is the horse Its hoofs
are much sounder. It is not SO apt to be
injured, not being SO easily frightened
1t will do the same amount of work on
two-thirds the amount of food required by
the horse 1t will eat coarser food When
properly bred and handled it is full as
trustworthy and Industrious as the horse,
and more docile than the horse. The do
cility and patience of the ass is proverbial.
The mule endures exposure better than
the horse. 1t will endure heat better, and
l have never been able to perceive that 1t
did not endure cold as well, though the
notion that it cannot is general. But there
is no good reason why 1t should not endure
the weather of the northern states. While
the mule is most used in warm climates,
1t is also used in regions where the temper
AZURE is full as low as In our northern
states, and there lasts longer than do our
horses.-Country Gentleman.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25
What women Can DO.

Twenty-Five thousand women have
registered in Boston to vote at the
coming election and thousands more
will register. What does it mean 2
Simply this, "when women will, they
will" Silently but surely the subtle
influence of our mothers, sisters,
sweethearts, has shaped our country's
end, causing them to be respected as
are no other women on the face of the
earth. Then why deny them the
right to vote! If a women can teach
school better than man, why pay
her ten dollars a week and him
twenty? And so on in other ayoca-
tons. just as surely as that wom-
en- can tend baby better than aman
just so certainly can she care for any
animal better raise flowers and eggs,
tend chickens, etc. A man, living
near Boston, clears $4,000 yearly
raising poultry and eggs. Two wom-
en-, living at Auburndale, formerly
school teachers on small salaries, now
bid fair to outstrip the man before
mentioned; their eggs, always fresh,
have become famous. Every wife or
daughter living near village or large
market, can make many dollars each
year raising eggs. For example,
Mrs. Eunice Goodwin, East Liver
more, Me-, says: SIN four weeks,
last autumn, my thirty hens laid ~
eggs. l then fed them Sberidan's
Condition Powder, advertised to make
hens lay and in eight ,oeeks they laid
AS. Having sold twelve, the re-
mainder laid S15 eggs in eight weeks,
by feeding Sheridan's Powder. /
sold the eggs for Sl5.93 making clear
S13.3S from only eighteen hens in
eight weeks. | am satisfied the Pow
der is excellent. One of my Polish
hens which l could not buy for s2.CO
would have died but for Sheridan's
Powder. So much for it sure.y The
new edition of book just published,
called the Farmers Poultry Guide,
contains much information upon the
above subject. l. S. johnson & Co. ;,
% Custom House Street, Boston,
Mass, (the only manufacturers of
Sheridan's Powder. to make hens law
will send a Guide, postpaid, to any
address for % cents in stamps or
two 25-cent packs Of Sheridan's Pow
der and the book for 60 cents; five
packs, 81. A large 2 IA pound can
of the Powder land the Guide sent
for S1.20, postpaid six cans, S., ex-
press prepaid. A testimonial circu-
lar free.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25
Vermont News.

Willie P. Durkee, lad IA years
old, has been sentenced at Barre to
the Reform School at Vergennes
during his minority for burglary.
A soldiers widow, Mrs. Sarah A.
Davis, committed suicide Thursday
evening by drowning in the Missiquoi
river at Richford. She was a wom-
an much respected but subject to fits
of melancholy and had before made
an attempt at self destruction.
Superintendent Dunsmore of the
ST. Adams hospital has received
word that all the buildings on the
farm in Cambridge given to the hos
pital by Mr.. Chauncey Warner were
destroyed by fire on Oct. 16, and
with them large quantity of hay and
grain. There was only light insur-
ance on the buildings and contents
some $2100 all told.
Albert Dukett of Bridport, aged
10, shot himself through the head.
The report is that young Dukett had
been for few days on a vacation
and on his return home entered the
house and taking up his revolver, put
the muzzle to his temple and fired.
1t is rumored that the reason for the
act was some love affair. He died in
about half an hour.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Vermont and Canada
Railroad company, held at st. AL
bans on Oct. IS, the following direc-
tors were elected for the ensuing year:
John l.. Mason of Richmond, Jed
P. Clark of Milton, j. Gregory
Smith of St. Adams, Edward C.
Smith of st. Adams, Thomas II.
Perkins of Boston, William G. Shaw
of Burlington, Augustus Russ of
Boston.
Fire in Gaysville, in the town of
Bethel, last Monday destroyed the
Gaysville Manufacturing Co.'s mill
and store house and the store of +
B. Kimball.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25
Work Of q story Writer.

In beginning to write story, It Is well
to have basis resting upon fact, either
In circumstance or personality, For this
reason the author should DO able TO dis.
sect human nature with keen analysis.
No trait, no eccentricity, no expression.
In the broad volume which mankind con.
stantly opens before him should escape
his attention, but everything he sees
should be stored up as valuable material
In his literary laboratory A fitting com.
bination Of individual traits in different
persons can be assimilated in one mental
creation, although just consistency must
be observed, 1t is often amusing to an
author to find his stories read and dis,
cussed by the very persons whom he has
embodied In his hero, with never sus.
picion, on their part, that their own char
acteristics have formed ground work for
the interesting fction.-Virginia q. FL,
lard In The Writer
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25
Begrars. but No soan.

Beggary is an epidemic of fearful extent
in Spain. but is most noticeable in CASTLE.
where the soil. once so fertile. yields .
bare subsistence and where there are no
commercial enterprises to employ the
idle.
We had heard so much Of CASTLE soap
that an ardent desire possessed us to in
vest In a large supply upon its native
spot, but the most persistent demands for
CASTLE soap failed to produce any, nor
could we hear of factory in Burgess
Cor. Home Journal
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25
Beauty of Baltimore Girls,

The beauty of Baltimore girls is due to
the purity of their stock, and to the CON
ditions of life in their pleasant old city.
They lead comfortable lives, with plenty
Of recreation and excellent food As q
class they are remarkably independent,
and are fond of the open air. They ride
well, walk great deal, play lawn tennis
from spring until late autumn, and dance
clear through the programme. As con.
sequence they are well developed, have
good color, good forms and good muscles.
There are fewer great beauties in Balti-
more than there used to be, but the crop
Of girls who are pretty and bright shows
no diminution and the years debutantes
of the coming season will more than sus.
tain the fame Of their sex.-Baltimore
Cor. Detroit Free Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25
The Verdict Unanimous.

w. d. Suit, Druggist, Rippus, Ind,
testifies: 81 can recommend Electric
Bitters as the very best remedy Every
bottle sold has given relief In every case.
One man took six bottles, and was cured
of Rheumatism of ten years standing"
Abraham Hare, druggist Bellville, Ohio,
affirms: 1.-The best selling medicine /
have ever handled in my 20 years expert
ence, is Electric Bitters." Thousands of
others have added their testimony so that
the verdict is unanimous that Electric
Bitters do cure all diserses of the Liver.
Kidneys or Blood. Only half dollar a
bottle at g. G. Smiths, So. Londonderry
or at F. f. Smiths Jamaica, vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25

While in Brussels, Belgium, last
summer (said Eli Perkins,, I saw
some skilled laborers making spiral
steel car springs, such as we use on
our freight cars. They receive sixty
cents per day, while our blacksmiths
receive 50 for the same work. / ask
ed THE Belgian proprietor why he
didn't pay more. He SAID: 81 am
handicapped. When ! get 500
worth of car springs into New York
harbor (for l sell my car springs in
America) l have to salute your Yam
kee flag and give up $50"
"Where does that come FROM" I
asked.
cit comes off my mems wages" he
said.
"But suppose America had free
trader"
Gree trade !" he exclaimed; "why
l would flood the Yankees with car
springs. l would treble nv works
tomorrow"
"But wouldn't that break our steel
Car springs makers up?" I asked.
eyes, for while"
"How long?"
"Why till your men worked for 60
cents per day as our men do"
This tells the whole story. How
any wage-earner in the country can
vote for President Cleveland's reel
ection, is more than 1 can under
stand. Bread, meat and clothing
should be more to any man than even
lifelong utilization with any party
whose policy becomes antagonistic to
his best interests"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25

In the matter of handling passengers
baggage on railways there has been
marked improvement in England since the
writer's last visit, three years ago. If
you are in London and about to proceed
to your steamer at Liverpool. the London
and Northwestern will give you check
for your trunk at their station in Euston
square, forward 1t to Liverpool, place 1t
on board the steamer, and if you don't re-
quire the trunk in the stateroom you need
never give it thought until your arrival
In New York.-Home Journal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25
ANODYNE PEARLS

Are boon to those of worn out nerve
energy, They cure Neryousness, In,om-
MIA, Nervous Headache, Opium H bit,
Painful Mensi uation, and -perma tor
rhea. warranted not to contain one par
ticle of Opium, Morphine, Assaeietida
Yalerian ar Hyoscyamus, and vet pro-
duce refreshing sleep, AT your drug
gis's, price only so cents. Send for ties.
timonial to DR.. F. S. Hutchinson Co
Enospurg Falls, VT.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25

During the early part of 1868 the gen
erals division was quietly settled in quar-
tiers In it's camp south of Murfreesboro'
| While there he related this curious Incl.
dent:
Col Conrad, Of the Fifteenth Missouri,
| informed me that he got through without
much difficulty; in fact, that everything
had gone all right and been eminently
had been mortified by the conduct of the
two females belonging to the detachment
and division train at my headquarters
These women, he said, had given much
annoyance by getting drunk. and to some
extent demoralizing his men. To say that
| was astonished at his statement would
be mild way of putting it, and had | not
known him to bea most upright man and
Of sound sense, should have doubted not
only his veracity but his sanity Inquiring
who they were and for further details,
was Informed that there certainly were in
the command two females, that in some
mysterious manner had attached them
selves to the service as soldiers that one
an East Tennessee woman, was team
ster in the division wagon train and the
other private soldier in cavalry com
pany temporarily attached to my head
quarters for escort duty
While out on the foraging expedition
these Amazons had secured supply of
apple jack" by some means. got very
drunk, and on the return had fallen into
Stone river and been nearly drowned
After they had been fshed from the
water. In the process of resuscitation their
sex was disclosed, though up to this time
1t appeared to be known only to each
other. The story was straight and the
circumstance clear, SO. convinced of Con
RAIDS continued sanity. directed the pro-
vost marshal to bring in arrest to my
headquarters the two disturbers of Con
RAIDS peace Of mind After some little
search the East Tennessee woman was
found in camp, somewhat the worse for
the experiences of the day before but
awaiting her fate contentedly smoking
cob pipe. She was brought to me, and
put IN duress under charge of the division
surgeon until her companion could be Sc
cured. To the doctor she related that the
year before she had ''refugeed' from East
Tennessee, and on arriving in Louisville
assumed mans apparel and sought and
btained employment as teamster in the
quartermaster's department. Her feat.
ures were very large. and SO coarse and
masculine was her general appearance
that she would readily have passed as a
man. and in her case the deception was no
doubt easily practiced
Next day the she Dragon was caught
and proved to be rather prepossessing
young woman, and though necessarily
bronzed and hardened by exposure.
doubt if, even with these marks of cam
paigning, she could have deceived as
readily as did her companion How tho
two got acquainted never learned, and
though they had joined the army indie.
pendently of each other yet an intimacy had
sprung up between them long before tho
mishaps of the foraging expedition They
both were forwarded to army headquar-
ters, and. when provided with clothing
suited to their sex. sent back to Nash.
vile, and thence beyond our lines to
Louisville. Gen. Sheridan's Book
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25

We beg to suggest to our Legislators
that before they get through with
tinkering the school laws, that they
insert clause changing the time of
the annual meeting from March to a
more congenial month. For fully
two-thirds of the state worse time
for getting out could not be named
than the last Tuesday in March.
Why not make it September?
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25
TO ROBIN eoopFELLoW,

see you, Master Bawsy-brown,
Through yonder lattice creepin
You come for cream and TO gaze me dream.
But you dinna find me sleepin',
Th- moonbeam that upon the floor
WI crickets been a-jinkin',
Now steals away fra her bonnie play
WI roster bile, I'm thinkin',
l saw you, Master Bawsy- thrown,
When the bluebells went a.ringin'
For the merrie fays o the banks an braes
And kcnned your bonnie singin'.
The gowans gave you honey sweets,
Ana the posies on the heather
Dript draughts o. dew for tn fiery crew
That danct and sang together,
But posie bloom an simmer dew
And ither sweets o. faery
Cud ma gae down wi Bawsy. brown,
Sac nigh to Maggie's dairy!
My pantry shelves, sac clean and white,
Arc set wi cream and cheeees-
Gaze, gin you will an take your all
OF whatsoever pleasos.
Then wave your wand aboon my cen
Until close a-wearie,
And the night be past sac sweet and fast
Wi dreamings o my deare.
But pinch the wench In yonder room,
For she's'na good nor bonnie
Her sleeves be dust and her pans be rust,
And shc winkit at my Johnnic
Eugene Field In America
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25

Many disease germs enter through an
open mouth. The mouth was not made
for breathing, but for eating and speak.
ing. The nose was made for breathing,
and the air, passing through the long,
moist nasal passages, is purified, and
leaves behind dust, disease germs and
various impurities, while the air is
warmed and tempered for the lungs
But when the mouth is left open, dust,
dirt and disease rush down into the lungs
and, fastening there, develop and destroy
the whole system. Boston Budget.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25

The Berlin Borsen Zeitung vouches for
this statement: '1n 1878 the Crown
Prince Frederick William caused twelve
copies to be taken by a copperplate process
OF the diary which he kept during the
Franco German war. Of these copies he
presented one each to persons who par.
ticularly enjoyed his confidence, the plate
being afterward destroyed. The recipi-
ents were requested to take special care
that the diary was on no account pub
ished until fifty years after the death of
Its author. Foreign Letter
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25
An Excellent Remedy.

They were returning from the theatre
81 am troubled with a slight sore
throat, Miss Clara, he said, land think
it would be wise if should button my
coat tightly around my neck"
81 would, indeed, Mr.. Sampson, re-
piled the girl with some concern. "At
this season of the year sore throat is
apt to develop into something serious.
Are you doing anything for it2''
mot so far" he replied 81 hardly
know what to d."
81 have often heard papa say" shyly
suggested the girl, that raw oysters
have very soothing and beneficial effect
upon such trouble. New York Sun.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25
The Editors "Blue Pencil"

Editors commonly use blue pencil in
editing copy, because the marks 1t makes
are clear and easily distinguishable. The
easiest mark to make with blue pencil
is double y, cutting out from the man.
uscript superfuous paragraph or page.
For this reason the blue pencil has come
to mean something that writer's dread.
Further than this the color of the lead In
the pencils editors use has no significance
whatever. Some writers seem to have an
idea that editors have series of peculiar
symbols, used in marking manuscripts,
which are generally understood by other
editors. and which prejudice their judg-
ment. Those who are posted know that
this belief is altogether without founda.
tion.-"W. H. H." in the Writer
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25

One of the spiciest, grittiest little
sheets we have seen for a long time
is the working woman" issued from
the National Capital by Charlotte
Smith, president of the Women's
National League of America. Char
lotte makes the fur fly when dealing
with Grover and his subordinates.
Keep it up, that's dear good girl
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25
Whom does It Eject.

OF the articles of growth and man.
ufacture affected by the Mills tariff
bill S9l, S70,794 worth are grown or
made in the South, whereas the pro-
auctions of the North affected reach
the sum of $1,715, 400,51S, or nearly
10 times more. Yet our Democratic
friends insist that Mills, Carlisle and
other Southerners know better what
we need than we do ourselves.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25

Col. II. M. Pulsiter, one of the
principal owners of the Boston Her.
aid, died last Friday. 1t is thought
that he purposely took an over dose
of some opiate. Business losses
through stock speculations is thought
to be the cause.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25

Ex-senator Eaton, Democrat. of
Connecticut, said in the House of
Representatives in May, 1884, that
protection 'has cheapened everything
under Gods heavens that men, wom-
en- and children use in this land
everything" And by way of illus
trating this fact, he told the follow
ing story of professor in his county
who gave lecture in a manufacture
ing village:
There was farmer standing by a
. post in the lecture room, and the pro-
fessor thought he might be a good
subject to operate upon. So he said
to him:
''My friend, you are farmer?"
eyes"
"You live here?'
eyes"
DO you know these manufacture
ers in this village are robbing you? ?"
"Why, no; 1 do not know it.
How can they rob me? came here
ten years ago with $500; bought a
farm, running in debt $500 for nv
farm and stock. / went to work
raising truck for this village. l paid
my debt and have got money in the
savings bank and do not owe any
man a dollar. How have they ruined
me?"
The professor said, "Well it seems
you have been a hard working man
and have lived it through. But you
pay six cents yard duty for the
very rich cloth your shirt is made of. ="
"Well, Professor" replied the
farmer, ''you may think SO, but you
cannot prove it by your algebra or
your logarithms; you cannot prove it
unless by Esop's Fables, for I did
not give but five cents yard for the
cloth !"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-25

Our Legislators are at present en-
gagged in introducing bills looking af-
ter the foxes, woodchucks and skunks
the four legged kind-they never
touch the two-legged ones-taking
their usual rides about the state, &c.