The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
SELECT sIFTINGs.

] A canvasback duck is said to be able to
fly eighty miles an hour.
London is to have an exhibition of
'santiaue and historical shoes"
The cattle in the vicinity of Westpha-
liza, Kan, are "dying of brain fever"
Rural towns in Pennsylvania indulge
in what they call a ''tea and coffee
splash"
A fat girl at Louisville, KY, reduced
her weight sixty seven pounds by drink
ing vinegar.
A Pennsylvania man who ran needle
in his foot has had it drawn out by hold
ing it near a dynamo.
As to the cause of suicide, insanity,
whether incipient or declared, furnishes
the largest contingent.
During heavy thunderstorm at Con
zales, Texas, flock of wild geese were
struck by lightning and seventy eight of
them were killed.
Peach stones at Sc a ton are being
utilized in California in the vicinity of
,canneries for fuel. These are said to pro-
duce an intense heat.
Unique jewel cases are covered with
leather made of the natural skins OF
lizards, chameleons, coons, elk, reindeer,
moose, calf and alligator.
A box of firecrackers costs sixty-fve
cents in China, each box containing $500
crackers, neatly packed and sub-divided,
all ready for the retail trade.
A Georgia man committed forgery be-
cause starvation stared him in the face,
and then starved himself because the
forgery stared him in the face.
A burglar arrested in Boston had on his
breast an Indian ink picture of grave
stone, on which was marked: SIN men,
DRY of my father and mother"
The British steamer Earl of Ulster, on
her way from Fleetwood to Belfast, ran
into lighthouse and tipped 1t over. The
keeper was rescued with difficulty. The
steamers injuries were trifing.
"a superior house parlor maid who
can teach elementary music" and ga
plain cook under twenty five, who knows
|; shorthand" were advertised for in re-
cent issue of an English paper.
The children of the public schools al
ATHENS, Ca, took flowers to school with
Ethem in such an abundance that they be-
came a burden to the janitors, and ar
order had to be issued forbidding the
Epractice.
/ A scientist has promulgated the theory
that natural gaswill gradually turn blonde
hair dark. He says the gas generates ar
ammonical vapor, which combines with
the sulphur in the hair chemically an6
produces sulphuret of ammonia.
A Cincinnati father bought his boy {
drum. The boy paraded and drummed
on his drum. Five of the neighbour
went to law about it and the drum was
hung up and the boy sent to the country
The court held that it was public nui
sance.
In place of the yellow button which
usually surmounts the top of the cap of {
mandarin of high rank, the Chinese
Minister at Washington wears magnif
cent opal as large as pullet's egg, sur
rounded by circle of two-carat dia
monds.
When an Emperor comes to the throne
in China he gives name to the reign tina,
it is his favor to inaugurate, and that
name designates himself and his dynasty
and he may give different names to differ.
ent periods of his dynasty. Khang HI
meant Peaceful Joy and Khlen-long
meant Aid from Heaven, and were ap.
piled in advance, as men are named.
though not always so prophetically.
The output of iron is about $50, 600