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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-01
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
THE ATTIC,

There is not one house In ten that has
an attic, and more than one-half of the
houses that have one, there Is no way to
get into it. They are always source of
anxiety to the good housewife, for she
never knows when the house may catch
fire in that very place, and no way to get
to the fire to put 1t out. Even when she
steps out for few minutes chat with
her next door neighbor, the attic Is sell
dom out of her mind.
She tells the children to be sure not to
make fire, In case the chimney should
catch fire and she generally turns pail
Of water into the stove before going away.
There should be way to get into the
attic, no matter how small the attic is.
It would not be very expensive to have a
door made, and hung; or trap door
would be better than none. The house.
wife could then inspect it once month.
Brush down all the dust and cob webs
there is nothing that catches fire so easy
as cob webs and they will shoulder ever
so long, and see that there Is no defect in
the chimney.
Once or twice year 1t should be
rubbed with damp cloth. Take an old
broom and tie cloth over it and wash
the walls, but do not have the broom too
wet; it will clean it so it will not smell
musty, as attics generally do. The cham
bers are thus made healthier and more
pleasant to sleep in. The housewife will
then go round with smile of content
ment on her face instead of the weary
look of anxiety that was there before the
door to the attic was made.
Some women will, when they have &
large attic, have it full of things, such as
the spinning wheel, and swifts and box
of patchwork. Now this should not bt
done. Have nothing in the attic thai
can be avoided.
Twill now tell you an excellent remedy
for bugs, and that is common salt; put
anywhere SO they can eat it.-Farm
Field and Si3ckmdn.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-01
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,

''Can you tell me-" asked clerical friend
of mine of candidate for missionary work,
'what justification isY' The man gave to
the question satisfactory reply. 'And
what" pursued my friend, lis sanctifca-
tionf' ''Sanctification, said the candidate,
the fire kindling In his look as he spoke,
'sanctifcation is a God-possessed soul, sir"
No truer answer could be given. 1t is one
thing to possess Christi is very different
thing to he posses ed by Christ In the one
case we have life, but in the other we have
life triumphant. If God i in possession,
Satan is cast out for what concord hath
Christ with Belal, and what agreement hath
the temple of God with idolss' q Cor,
6-10)
1t is to be feared that of this most blessed
and high privilege of God-possession, many
Christians know comparatively little; yet it
is the one secret both of holiness and of
safely, for where God is not there sin and
Satan are, just as where Ii sht is not there
darkness inevitably is. Amid the ten thou
sand snaros that besot our path heavenward
there is absolutely no security exc pit to obey
our Lords own words "Abide in me, and
in you,n to be- as some one has put it at
nee, "Christ-inclosed and Christ-indwelt."
The Reu Z. w. Moore.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-01
SELECT SIFTINGS.

Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, died at the
age of thirty-nine.
The flavor of frogs leg is cross be-
tween chicken, squirrel and fish.
There is one Smith in every eighty
two persons in the United States.
The church on the little island of
Atufa, in the South Seas, includes all the
adults on the island.
The old chair in which Horace Greeley
sat for years has been given to the Ameri-
can Historical Society.
A pie factory is the latest Baltimore
industry. The projectors propose to
bake 1000 pies per day.
A block of rock, 30 feet by 6x5 feet.
has just been taken from the Sespy quarry
in California. 1t weighs forty tons.
The Shah of Persia attended the opera
in London, the other night, wearing
Jewels and a costume worth 81 900, 600.
Doctors in China, who get as high as
twenty cents visit in the cities, come
down to ten cents a visit in the country.
A cat at Port Jervis, N. Y, digs
angle worms, and after biting them into
small pieces feeds them to young canary
birds.
Thirteen per cent. of all the men mar
ried in Pennsylvania last year took for
their brides women older than them
selves
An observer of human nature has dis
covered that when Chinaman is pleased
he takes off his shoes and opens his
mouth.
The men of Berlin have set COM
Portable fashion Of carrying japanese
fans and sunshades through the warm
weather.
A Mussulman woman has just died in
Meean Nicer, India, credited with being
$50 years old. She died in the house
of grandson who is over eighty.
A Boston man brags that he has
lived on thirteen cents per day, but that
isn't extraordinary. They keep 'em at
Sing Sing Prison for less than ten.
The ''scow," sea bird familiar to
the Georgia coast, has become SO numer-
Gus that the boys ON the wharves at
Brunswick knock them off the houses
with short sticks.
A South Carolina convict who made a
break and knew that the dogs would take
his trail used two pounds of strong snuff
to sprinkle in his tracks, and the dogs
let 90 and returned In disgust.
When the spire Of the First Baptist
Church at Waldoboro, Me-, was taken
down few days ago, chew of spruce
gum covered by a copper cent was
found stuck to the top Of the vane.
Kenilworth Castle, owned by the Earl
of Clarendon, is kept by him in very
good state, although # has been neces-
sary to strip some Of the ruined towers
of ivy to preserve them. The'admissiOr
| fee, three pence, is lower than any other
o.ruination price" in England.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-01
GOOD BUTTER MAKING.

1t may be A. D. 1915 before the CO.
operative creamery, in some of its forms,
win have superseded farm butter making,
however DESTROYS we may be of its earlier
adoption by dairy people in general In
the interval, an immense amount of but
ter will continue to be made at the farm
homes. That this butter would make a
motley collection as in the past, none can
dispute, but there is after all constantly
increasing amount of good butter put
upon the market. If people could be in
duced to discard their individuality in
making, and adopt some few, definite
rules, so that butter-making could have
system and sameness about it, there
would be great advance made. Too
Jew realize that their way of making is
not the method by which the butter is
made which brings the highest price. Nc
one is selling butter now at advance, and
paying prices, who still clings to "Grand-
mothers" way Of making. Neither does
the market put premium on butter made
from actively sour cream, nor butter with
Rt"nounceu ou''ot-aiih haVol, VI "hue
sharp with over-saitlng. Butter, to bring
nign prlce, must De OF cream not ovel
tnirty-six hours old, slightly acid. y
must be washed free from butter-milA
with weak brine, and sailed not to ex.
coed three-quarters OF an ounce to the
pound. Butter also needs to be packed
In some OF the cheap but tasteful pack.
ages now obtainabie, and sent to the mar
ket Immediately. Long-keeping buttel
Is no longer called for. Butter is made
TO sell, not to keep, and the consumer
says, ITO eat fresh, not held until devoid
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-01
THE OLD CANOE.

Where the rock1 are gray and the shore is
steep,
And the waters below look dark and deep;
Where the rugged pine In its lonely PRIDE
Leans gloomily over the murky tide;
Where the reeds and rushes are long and
lank,
And the weeds grow thick on the winding
bank;
Where the shadow is heavy the whole day
through,
There lies at its mooring the old canoe.
The useless paddles are idly dropped,
Liko sea-bird's wings that the storm has
Topped,
And crossed on the railing; one DER one,
Like the folded hands when the work is done,
While busily back and forth between
The spider stretches his silvery screen,
And the solemn owl with the dull too
whoo,"
Settles down on the side of the old canoe.
The stern half sunk In the Shiny wave
RIOTS slowly away in its living grave,
And the green moss creeps DER its dull decay,
Hiding its moldering dust away,
Like the hand that plant, DER the tomb q
flower,
Oh thei ivy that NANTES the falling tower;
While many blossom of loveliest hue
Springs up DER the stern of the old canoe.
The currentless waters are dead and still,
But the twilight wind plays with the boat at
will,
And lazily in and out again
1t floats the length of the rusty chain.
Like the weary march Of the hands of time,
That meet and part at the noontide chime,
And the shore is kissed at each turn anew,
By the dripping bow of the old canoe.
Oh! many time with careless hand,
I have pushed it away from the pebbly
strand.
And padded it down where the stream runs
quick,
Where the whirls are wild and the eddies
thick,
And laughed as l leaned DER the rocking
side,
And looked below in the broken tide,
To sec that the faces and boats were two,
That were mirrowed back from the old
canoe
But now as l lean DER the crumbling SIDE
And look below in the sluggish tide,
The face that SOC there's graver grown,
All the laugh that hear has a soberer tone,
And the hands that lent to the light skiff
wings
Have grown familiar with sterner things,
But love TO think of the hours that sped
As / rocked where the whirls their white
spray shed
Ere the blossom waved or the green grass
grew
Der the moldering stern of the old canoe.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-01

insist upon furnishing the latters II one
cannot make fine article and get good
price for II, either change methods, quit
the business, or, what Is better, patronihe
cooperative creamery. There the ma
terial of whole neighborhood can DO
masscd, rules of production adopted so
that substantial uniformity will be Sc
cured, and final product turned out that
finds Its way-at popular prices-to con-
sumers of good butter, The one Is
money losing; the latter is money making.
Which shall be the choicea-Amerieas
d1ricultuJist.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-01
uAnd l love YOU. |"

y
Simply as child, she told the truth OF
her own heart. He was not q man for
any outburst of rapture. Tenderly ne
folded her in his arms, saying softly
"Thank God, darling" j.
Nobody but Matte and her betrothsd
knew why Ned Gordon resolved to pur-
sue his studies In London instead OF re-
manning with his father in Greyport, but
years later, when he came back to the
country town to take his fathers prac
tice, the Rev. Harvey Stillman felt, with
grateful emotion, that the good resolu-
lions had not faltered, but had ennobled
and purified the entire life of his old RI
val, while Matte gave cordial welcome
to the pretty blue-eyed wife, who had won
and kept the heart of her old lover.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-01
The Latest and Largest Steam Engine.

The largest steam engine in the world
is that, constructed for the new
new italian cruiser, Sardegna. 1t
really consists of four triple expansion
engines, which can be used together or
separately as desired, the entire combina-
ton being capable of developing a force
of 90, 900 nominal, or IS, 600 actual horse
power. The ship is driven by twin
screws and two engines are connected to
the shaft of each screw, but one screw
can be stopped altogether if the vessel is
to be turned around, or, for ordinary
sailing, one engine only may be used for
each screw; but, in case it should be nee
essary to increase the speed, the other
engines can at once be connected and the
full power exerted. As usual with naval
machinery, a large number of auxiliary en-
gines are used On the Sardegna there are
no less than 30 compound auxiliary engines
for feeding the boilers, keeping up
the draught and so on, besides "A great
variety of single-cylinder machines
American architect.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-01

A Christian should always be in praying
frame. "How much time shall | spend in
my devotionss" Is sometimes asked, The
Psalmist said, Evening and morning and at
noon will pray and cry aloud, and He shall
hear my voice. Daniel when in great dam
ger, ''kneeled upon his knees three times a
day and prayed, and gave thanks before his
Godn Are not these good examples to fol
low? Instead Of going before their Maker
thrice a day now many profes>ed followers
oil Christ scarcely spen aquarter of an hour
in the twenty-four in secret devotion. Can
such persons grow in grace?-and are they
prepared to go out into the worll, to resist
temptation and to set a worthy example be-
fore their neighbors and friends? Are they
ready to do unto others as they would have
others do unto them? Are they prepared to
resist temptation?-to return good for evil?
to suffer rather than to bring reproach
upon the cause of Christ? OF course, it is
not convenient for many to retira at noon to
seek an interview with their Saviour but
cannot they lift up their hearts in secret, for
few moments, at their places of business, In
walking to and fro from their meals, or even
when engaged in their regular employmentsp
If the heart is right there will be no trouble;
opportunities will be presented through the
day, when the Christi n will tlnd time to
converse with his Maker. Who will ever re.
gret, when life closes, the time spent in
prayer and dew tion?-ReligiouS Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-01
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
pIsBupplNe HORNS.

Tho horns Of young calves may DO pre-
vented from growing by the easy opera
Aon of removing the germ Of tho horn.
The akin Is cut and the flap raised to ex-
pose the small nub Of the horn, which Is
removed with a small sharp gouge or a
knife at its junction with the bone of the
skull. There Is no union as there Is
afterward when the horn grows to and
from the skull, and the nub may be
wholly removed. When this is done the
skin is laid back, and the wound smeared
with tar, and heals very quickly, The
horn is thus destroyed. York Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-01
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Don't forget the pickle barrel,
Don't forget to keep the strawberry
bed clean.
Keep the young trees mulched or well
cultivated.
Kill the weeds early; do not let them
go to seed.
Rub the sprouts off the fruit trees be-
fore they become tough.
Burdocks and thistles are best har-
vested before they bloom.
The grind-stono Is "cheap hand" In
the hay field. Use him often.
When you have the money in hand is
the best time to count the harvest.
Good oil, applied often, makes easy
work, and saves the machine for next
year.
Alsike gives smaller crops than red
clover, but the quality Of the hay is
better.
Japan buckwheat is one Of the "novel-
ties" that has come to stay. All reports
are favorable.
Treat all raspberry and blackberry
sprouts as weeds, unless you wish then
for setting out.
You can't mortgage your crop or farm
and keep on good terms with your credit
ors and family.
If you do not need the young beets fol
greens, thin them out anyway and givt
them to the COWS.
Have few bolts and nuts, also ;
wrench, chisel and hammer in the too
box of the mower.
If you planted your garden in long
rows, isn't 1t fun to run the cultivate
up and down themS
Vineyardists do not practice pinchinl
off the ends of vines or summer prunin.
as much as formerly.
Don't kill insect destroying birds
They will save much more than they de
stroy for any gardener or fruit grower.
Orchard grass is good drought re
sister. California farmers pronounce
superior to timothy, red top and blu
grass.
Botanists seem to agree that wheats d.
not cross readily; indeed, it has bee
held that they do not cross at all, but ar
self fertilizers.
To remove moss from the trunks c
fruit trees apply solution composed {
one pound of concentrated lye to thre
gallons of water.
Professor W. A. Stewart enumeratt
among the protein or heterogeneous fooc
for stock: Shorts, bran, oilmeal and CO.
tonseed meal, all rich in protein; viii
of rough folders clover hay is the riches
Shut the young turkeys in at nigl
and do not let them out on wet morning
, till the grass has dried off. Give the
water in shallow vessels. "Don't let tt
little turkeys get their backs wet till the
are feathered" is good rule.
| The first thing to look to after "
have made up your mind to keep bees
J pasturage. For, according to a be
keeper, a greater falsehood was new
palnled off on a gullible public than tn
selves"
The only trouble reported in the use
arsenical poisons for destroying insec
, in orchards is in the burning of the fe
iage by having the mixture too strong
putting it on too heavy; the, latter oft,
owing to the fact that the machine
used is not of the best
To exterminate raspberry bushes
pastures, cut with bush scythe and tn,
stock the pasture with cattle to brow
the sprouts. Neat cattle are much be
ter than sheep for exterminaiing bush
and the coarse-wooled varieties of Il
latter will do more toward that obje
than those of finer grade.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-01
Concerning The Crow.

The habits of the crow form an inter-
esting subject for the study of the orni-
biologist. The crow has larger brain
than most birds, and all his energies are
directed toward procuring food. Crows
will destroy the nests Of quail and other
birds, taking the young from the nests
in the absence Of the old birds. The
favorite food of young hawks is frogs.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-01

NO wore successful, SO ] come now 10 tho
door Of this gospel booth and Hook out. see
aocks of souls flying hither and flying thithor.
Oh, that they might como like clouds and az
doves TO the window. Come into the booth
Como rto the booth.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-01

In taking revenge, a man is but his enc
my's equal; in passing it by, he is his su-
perior.
He is doubly a conqueror who, when
conqueror, can conquer himself Modera
ton and mercy shed over the laurels of thu
conqueror the lustre of true glory.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-01

A woman in west of England town
makes a good living by killing cats.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-01

There are twenty-four chaplsins in the United
States navy of these nine are EpiscOpalians five
Methodists, four Bsptists, two Presbyterians. one
CongrezatonAltsk one Roman Cafholic.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-01

Strawberries as large IS tea cups grow
wild in Africa,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-01

v,
From this prison would fee;
All, gloryl that's for you and me-
My text brings up one step further. 1t
says, go forth into the mount and fetch olive
branches, and pine branches, and myrtle
branches, and palm branches, and branches Of
thick trees. Now you know very well that
booth or arbor made of slight branches
would not stand The first blast of the tenn
pest would PROSTATE it. So then the booth
or arbor must have four stout poles to hold
up the arbor or booth and hence for the
building of the arbor for this world
we must have stout branches of thick trees.
And so it is in the Gospel arbor. Blessed be
God that we have brawny Christianity,
not one easily upset. The storms of life will
come upon u.s. and we want strong doctrine;
not only love- but justice; not only invita-
ton by warning. 1t is a mighty Gospel; 1t is
an omnpotent Gospel There are the stout
branches of thick trees / remeln-
Der what Mr.. Finney said in a
school house in this State. The village
was so bad it was called Sodom, and it was
said to have only one good man in all the vii
lage, and he was called Lot; and Mr.. Finney,
preaching, described the destruction OF
Sodom, and the preacher declared that God
would rain destruction upon His hearers uu-
less they, too, repentcd. And the people in
the schoolhouse sat and ground their teeth IN
anger, and clinched their fists in indignation,
but before he was through with his sermon
they got down on their knees and cried for
mercy while mercy could be found. Oh, it is a
mighty Gospel; not only an invitation, but a
warning; an omnipotent truth, stout
branches of thick trees. Well, my friends,
what l have shown you here is the olive
branch of peace here is the pine branch of
evergreen gospel consolation, here the palm
tree branch Of usefulness and victory, and
here are the stout branches of thick trees
The gospel arbor is done. The air is aromatic
Of heaven. The leaves rustic with the glad
ness of God. Come into the arbor /
went out at different times with a
fowler to the mountains 10 catch
pigeons; and we made our booth and we sat
in that booth, and watched for the pigeons
10 como, and We found flocks in tho sky, and
after while they dropped into the net and
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-01

"But his love"-
II can never return she said reso-
lutely. "Pray leave me now Liam moi
WE'LL"
He left her. Only few feet from
the door he turned and retraced his steps.
He had satisfied his conscience; had
pleaded the cause of the younger, hand.
somer man. Faithfully he had placed be.
fore Matte all Ned's pleadings, all heri nfu.
ence might do for him, and be had won
only q steady refusal of the suit he urged
Movie set his teeth hard, and went
back. Now he would risk his own fate
But at the door he paused, for Matte
had thrown herself in deep arm-chair,
and with her face hidden, was sobbine
with perfect passion Of grief.
Was 1t for Nedg Did she already re-
pent her decision2 Irresolute whether X
retreat or advance. Harvey Stillmar
stood in the doorway till Matte neither
seeing nor hearing him, felt she was no
alone, and looked up. In moment sht
was on her feet, and for the first time thu
clergyman saw her eyes fash with anger
''Why do you come back2" she said
"Haye you not sufficiently Inundated
me2"
"1p' he cried. ~ humiliate youa"
"What else is 1t to come to me t.
plead Mr.. Gordon's love2 Is be an lido
that he cannot speak himself, but mus
make my name a byword by prating o
his love to every strangera"