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

Almonds are a good product for this
section. The tree is a thrifty grower and
a heavy bearer. At three years of age it
begins to bear, and at five is making
good yield. A number of young almond
orchards have been set out in this
vicinity, which have been prompted by
the unusually heavy yields of scattering
trees all over the country.
The almond is very hardy tree, an
will grow and fruit where almost no
other tree will. AS an example of this i
a case in point on S. Osborne's place in
the foothills at the base of the mountains
on the west, where an almond tree grew
by chance on the steep side of a rocky
hill The tree grew without care or pro-
lection, and is each year loaded with
nuts. We do not say, however, that the
tree would not do better on good soil,
for we believe it will; at least it will do
as well.
Henry Moore, north of Orland two
miles, has number of bearing almond
trees, which have an average yield of
about so pounds to the tree. At the
present price of eight cents per pound,
this would give 81 to the tree, and with
100 trees to the acre it would give $500
to the acre. 1t would not be a bad re-
turn at half that-$200 per acre.
In setting out almond trees the better
way is to plant the nut in the fall, put
ting out two nuts about six inches apart
where the tree Is desired, and afterwards,
should both nu grow, transplanting or
pulling up one Of the trees. In this way
the tap root, which will go to moisture,
is not disturbed, and better and
harder tree is secured. Afterward the
trees can be grated or budded, but it
has been found that the Seeding almond
will average equal to the standard va.
| ricties. At three years of age the trees
will bear and any Objectionable or in
ferior variety can then be grated.
1t is not every part of the State where
| the almond is success, but here clean,
well developed and rich favored nut is
invariably produced, and the crop is a
sure one. A number Of per ons con-
template setting out large almond
orchards the coming season. Orland
| (Cal.) No,os.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
Thirty.Two Coins in His Stomach

A curious case of death resulting from
the swallowing of silver occurred in
Canton recently, says the Chinese Times.
man who was employed in lottery
office, "Pei-ko -piao,' was in the habit
of stealing ten-cent pieces by swallowing
them. For long while he continued
the practice without being detected or
suffering internal disorder of any kind.
During two days, however, when his
greed had become emboldened by i'm
punity, he swallowed an unusually large
number of these coins. Suddenly he
suffered the direst pain. He at first
privately doctored himself, but finding
all his efforts unavailing, he called in
the services of a native physician. The
latter's skill was also inadequate to pro-
cure a removal of the disorder, where
upon the patient, becoming alarmed, re-
yealed TO his colleagues the cause of his
difficulty.
Upon the advice of his friends he
went to foreign physician, but after
about three days treatment he died. An
autopsy was performed on his body,
which was found to contain thirty two
10-cent coins in the intcstines, two of
which, having lodged in the pendix
vermiformis, probably caused his death.
Such are the wages of unhallowed
greed
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02

One night, the son of Colonel Dodge,
while sleeping in camp upon the ground
next to his father, and lying on his
stomach, was awakened by disagreed
BILE cold tremor running through him.
He called to his father and said s:
Father, there is something the matter
with me. Think have got chill. I
have a cold sensation in the small of my
back, very strange, unlike anything |
ever felt before, and l am frightened. y
To this, the father, suspecting the truth,
replied: 'Lie perfectly STILL" then
jumped from his own place of repose,
stood a few feet away from the boy with
his pistol in his hand, and said to him:
"When l count three, want you to
jumpp The boy replied, "All right.
The colonel then counted three, and
Frederick jumped to his feet, dislodgin9
from his back an enormous rattlesnakc
which had coied there for warmth, and
the colonel shot the serpent before he
could strike the b5y.-Argonaut.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02

At sewing school in this city one of
the teachers finds it requires a good deal
of perseverance to instil knowlede in
the minds of members of her class. 1t
is the practice to give them clrds upon
which is verse or text they are required
to learn. Upon one card we've the words
"Givc thanks away" One little girl
said this over and over after her teacher.
'Now, remember that until l return,
said the teacher, as she left the girl fol
short tine. On her return she asked
Now, Mary, what is your text9' The
little one hesitated for moment, and
then looking proudly, said: 'Iknow
always say please. "-Kingston (N y,
Freeman.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
Odd Names for Towns.

The new United States Postoffice Guide
for 1889 offers many curiosities. The
religious enthusiast could select from any
of the following: Eden, Paradise, Bap-
tistown, Brick Church, Canaan, Genesis,
Jerusalem, Land of Promise, New Hope,
Old Hundred, Pray, Promised Land, Old
Church, Sabbath Rest, Zion, Bible Grove,
Three Churches, Stone Church, Saints
Rest The military genius could be suited
at Battle Ground. Broken Sword, Cavalry,
Camp Ground, Cannon Store, Encamp'
ment, Little Warrior, Headquarters, War
rior's Mark, Seven Guns, Stuart's Draft,
Tenth Legion, Union Camp or Warrior
Stand The baseball crank would be In
terested in Ball Play, Ball Town, Catch
all, Two Runs, Umpire, Best Pitch, Sly
Runs or Ball Ground, and the medical
profession was thought Of when thcst
towns were named: Doctortown, Al
Healing, Curcall, Healing Springs, Medi
cine Lodge, Mount Healthy and Wate
Cure PHILADELPHIA Pross.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
cH1rr cAnsE or CRIME AMONG WOMEN.

The matron of 1.-THE Tombs" of this city,
Mrs. McAulifre, asked, in a recent Inter
view, concerning the chief cause of crime
among the women under her care in the city
prison. replied very promptly, Cheap drink
The women often tefl her that they can get
trust for all the drinks they want at sa-
looms" They serve short sentence for be-
ing drunk, go out, ''and probably the next
the matron. sis the root of all evil. Every
crime, every wrong deed is the result of drink.
And sending women to the Island does more
to promote the evil than anything else" mo
woman she adds, ''who serves term on the
Island ever reforms" These unfortunate
women become helpless slaves of the drink
appetite, and sacrifice everything for it. The
State owes them protection by closing the
doors of temptation, and sheltered homes,
with Industrial opportunities, should be pro,
vided for them. They are neglected ana
ostracised by society at its own peril.-Ney
TOrl, TrDlferufcc IdrOcutc.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02

Mr.. G. A. Sala tells us that the Ma
oris are great in oratory. On one occa-
sion he was welcomed to Maori town.
"NTay your boots, said the orator of
the day, "be lovely on the hills"; in
which G. A. S. dimly recognized a re-
vised version of ''How beautiful upon
the mountains are the feet of him that
bringeth good tidings."
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
MANY People Refuse 70 Take Cod

:"
Liver Oil on account Of its unpleasant taste.
This difficulty has been overcome in SCoTT's
EMULSION of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophos-
phites 1t teing as palatable as milk, and the
most valuable remedy known for thu treat
ment of Consumption, Scrofula and Bron-
Children, Chronic Coughs and Colds, has
caused physicians in all par.s of the world to
u.e it. Physicians report our little patients
take it with pleasure. Try Scots Emulsion
and be convinced -
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
Preparing for the Locusts.

Energetic and organized efforts are
this summer to be made to combat the
plague of locusts which last year devas-
tated large tracts of fertile country in
Algeria, 1t is an ill wind that blows
nobody any good. The preparations al
ready made have occasioned the pur-
chase OF materials amounting in value to
a very considerable sum.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
100 Ladies' Wanted,

And 100 men to call daily on any druggist for
free trial package OF Lanes Family Medi-
cine. the great root and herb remedy, discov-
cred by DR.. Silas Lane while in the Rocky
Mountains. For diseases of the blood. liver an
kidneys it is positive cure. For cons IL alton
and clearing up the complexion it does won
ders. Children. like 1t. Everyone praises 1t.
Large-size package, 60 cents. AT all drug.
eiutnt
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
DYSPEPSIA.

SICK HEADACHE, FOUL STOMACH,
BILIOUsNEss, will be avoided, and
tho food that is eaten contribute its
nourishing properties for tho support Of
the natural waste Of tho body. SOLD
By ALL DRUGGISTS. Price Csc. per
box, OF, ON receipt OF price, will be
sent by mail. s boxes for One Dollar.
RADWAY & CO., az Warren St., N. Y
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02

To the Edttor-Please inform your reader.
that have positive remedy for the above
named disease which ] warrant to cure the
worst cases. So strong is my faith in its vir-
tues that will send free sample bottle and
valuable treatise to any sufferer who will give
me his 2 0. and Express address. Resp'y,
H.G. ROOT. N. C.. 1s3 Pearl St. New York.
Work for workers Arc you ready to work.
and do you want to make money! Then write
to b. F. johnson & Co., of Richmond, Va, and
see II they cannot help you.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02

How weak words are, you say; yes, if
you want to paint with them, or play
fiddle, or form statue, true; but to ex
press thought they are perfect.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
be president has signed the commission

Tne president has signed the commissions
Of the following postmasters: II. K. Par
sons, Florence, Mass: B. H. Williams, Am
herst, Mass: ]. W. Knowlton, Bridgeport
Conn; b. E. Smith, Stamford, Conn Miss
Maria Wilton, Stafford Springs Conn. /;
William Caruthers Norwich Conn.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02

John Fl. Baker of Ind ana, who has been
appointed a member of the Cherokee COM
mission TO fill the vacancy caused by thu re-
fusal of Gov. Long and of Gov. Robinson of
Massachusetts, to serve was for many years
a representative in congress from that state.
He is man of ability, and made some
speeches in congress demanding that justice
should be done the Indians. He is lawyer
with a judicial temperament and was re-
garded as one Of the ablest men ut the time
from the west.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02

A Comanche Indian clergyman is reported
as saying: ''What VIC need is the Bible taught
in a plain manner, instead of the whisky.
flask
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
TEE ORIGIN

For sPRAINs, BRUISES, BACKACHE,
PAIN in the CHEST or SIDES, HEAD
ACHE, TOOTHACHE, or any other EX-
TERNAL PAIN, few applications act
like magic, causing the PAIN to IN
STANTLY STOP.
For CONGEsTIONS,INFL
SORE THROAT, BRONCHITIS, COLD
in the CHEST, RHEUMATISM, NEU-
RALGIA, LUMBAGO, SCIATICA, PAINS
in the Small of the Back, etc., more ex-
tended, longer continued and repeated
applications are necessary TO effect =
cure.
All INTERNAL PAINS I'm the Bowels
or Stomach), CRAMPS, sPASMS, SOUR
STOM ZACH, NAUS A. VO MITIN q
HEARTBURN, DIAL ii G A, collie,
FLATULENCY, PAINTING SPELLS. arc
relieved instantly and QUIC X LIZ
CURED by taking internally as direct.
ed. Sold by Druggists. Price, SOC.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02

At Buenos Ayres gold commands a pre-
n,ium Of 80 per cent
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
AFTERNOON TEA.
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"Our pretty hostess yonder,
In Andt red famousr emedy,
q so for unndme
is PincesFa Prescrp
For mndown" debitaed and ovworkd
prescription
those Chronic Weaknesses and Diseases peculiar
and
cures weakness of stomach Indigestion boatng weak back
debility carefully
nneed and skf physician and adapted to won delicate organization
Faoe Prescription the only medicine for sold by druggists
under positive satisfaction
This has been printed
out for
copyrighted by ASSOCIATION propreton
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02

\ grand coal palace is to be erected at
Trinii al.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02

N. e. Eighteen.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02

The Vienna street railways have resumed
operation. The municipal authorities decid-
ed that the tramway officials should forfeit
their $25, 900 secur ty and pay 5000 penalty
daily until travel was resumed. The leaders
of the strike were re-engaged and the wheels
were set in motion.
The Vanderbilt roads east of Chicago will
in great measure abandon the running Of
freight trains on Sunday.
1t is reported that the French Government
will arrest anyone found leaving the coun-
try with lett rs for Gen. Boulanger, on the
ground that it is breach of the postal mo-
nopoly.
Teemer and Gaudaur have signed articles
to row three races, the first near st. Louis,
June s.
A dispatch from Bucharest says that King
Charles has received the municipal authori-
ties. He officially announced to them that
his nephew, Prince Ferdiand, had been Sc
lected as heir to the throne of Roumania,
and that an offiial residence was being pre-
pared for him in the capital
At the auction sale of the library of the
late Robert Lenox Kennedy in New York, a
copy of the first Shakespeare folio Q623l was
sold for $1400. But few copies of this edition
are in existence, and Baroness Buriette-
Coutts paid 5000 for the one which she poss-
esses
General Manager Hickson of the Grand
Trunk railroad has ordered that no freight
trains be run on Sunday with the exception
of those carrying live stock and perishable
goods.
The Maine Shore railroad company have
given a notice of acceptance to the town of
Cherryfield, Ne, accepting the SIS, 900 voted
in aid of the construction of the road.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
CONSuM TlON

have positive remedy Tor the above tistass ny 70 Us
thousands of the kind and OF standing
have been cured. So strong my faith In It's efficacy th,s
] will send two bottle Tres, together With vauable
treatise this sufferer Give Express and
p o. address. I. A. aLOCoM n G., la PesrlSt. N. Y
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-11-07
MOLE CATCHING.

The presence of moles, says tlr Mark
Ldne express, is generally regarded rs i'm
dicative OF good soil; yet the farmers
first object on acquiring such soil is to
get rid Of them. They are destructive
TO drains, and deadly enemies TO the com
mon earthworm, which Darwin has APP
praised at high value as n medium of fer
tilization in the soil Indeed, their food
consists mainly of the common earth
worm, though other insects such MS mag
gots, which fall into their tunnel are
readily devourcd. These latter no person
will grudgc them, but they work irrepar-
able havoc TO crops ghey usually in
habit strong, good land. It is contcndcd
by some people that they assist in the
work of aeration, so necessary for the
successful management OF land Doubt
less they open up the soil, but, unless
when digging well down in pursuit OF
grub--and then they interfere with the
drains diyerting the water-they should
by all means be kept down, and if posi-
Bile, stamped ont.
This subject has been suggested to us
bya query from a correspondent: GLOW
can best get rid Of the molcg" There
arc various systems Of mole catching.
Traps Of various kinds arc used The
wire tray has been in vogue for well nigl
thirty years, and IL an eTectual method
" care is taken to use IL in proper part
Of y fresh tunnel In some instances the
wire trap, however, has been thrown aside
superseded by the use Of poisoned
worms. This system is held by its advo.
Gates to be equally as sure ~ trapping
while IL is lighter work Either of thes,
methods in the bends Of % ski,lfu mole
catcher will effect complete eradication
Of the little foe, but the mole-pest is MOI
now so prevalent throughout th,
country as 10 has been earlier in the cen
tury.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-11-07
WasIlinpfon.

PRESIDENT HARRISON has appointed John
G. Slocum, OF Florida, TO he SurVeyor-G len
eral of Florida.
SECRETARY TRACY has awarded the con
tract for the building Of the new 2OOO-ton
cruiser 10 the Columbia Iron Works and Dry
Dock Company, of Baltimore, at their bill Of
81, ,225, OCO
PRIVATE SECRETARY HALFORD has re
turned 90 Washington from Fortress Mon
roe, and resumed his duties at the White
House
JoHS FIELD has been appointed by Presi-
dent Harrison Postmaster at Philadelphia.
ACTING SECRETARY BATCHELLER has de
cided that Chinese laundrymcn are laborers
within the meaning Of the Chinese restrictive
net, and are therefore prohibited from land
ing in the United States. no matter whether
they have been here before or not.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MILLER has ap-
pointed james H. Van Rensselaer, to be As.
sstant District Attorney for the Southern
District Of New York.
REAR ADMIRAL WALKER was entertained
at dinner by his friends in Washington; and
Admiral Franklin, IN the same city gave u
dinner TO the delegates TO the Maritime Con
ference.
THE annual report Of Brigadcr- General
Nelson a Miles commanding the Division
Of the Pacific, has been received at the War
Department. He recommends appropria-
tions Of s30, 900, 900 for sites, plants and guns
SECRETARY BLAINE has acquitted Consul
Lewis Of the particular charge made against
him by Ramon Azogue interpreter at the
Tangier Consulate, Of Withholding money due
the latter.
THE President has appointed William y.
Sheppard Of Florida. Collector Of Customs
At ApalachicOla, Fla. also the following
Surveyors Of Customs John MahoOd az
Galena, m William H Alexander at
Omaha, Neb. Henry G. Macarthur ~ Lin
coin, Neb
THE Government Directors Of the Union
Pacific Railroad in their report 10 the Secre-
tary Of the Interior say that the interests Of
the United States demand early action 10 Sc
cure the payment Of the company Indebted
ness 10 the Government.
l.. =. DAWSON, son Of ex Education Com
missioner Dawson, Is under arrest in Wash
iugtOn for stealing postage stamps from the
rooms of the bureau.
POsTMAsTER-t GENERAL WANAWAKER has
made public an order fixing rates on Govern
Inent telegraph messages f0r tho current
fscal year.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-11-07
srAnrrNa A POULTRY Yam.

This is good time of the year for be.
ginners in the business 20 commence keep
ing poultry. A correspondent OF the
Orange Judd Farmer has written the fol-
lowing hints for beginners. He saws:
Let me here indicate in brief, from my
own experience and observation, what
you ought to do for success with poul.
try:
Never set your hens with the laying
fowls. have done this and suffered loss
10y it. Sitting hens should be kept quiet !;
no one should go near them but the at.
Attendant.
/ One cock is sufficient for the same flocI
of hens. usually give one 20 ten hens
Keep an egg record. BE accurate in
this. Keep an account of profit and loss: /:
this will help you in many ways.
Have II warm, dry house facing south
BE particular about this in our climate.
Always isolate n ack fowl. A mistake
here often destroys the whole flock.
DO not overfeed your birds Feed just
what they will use up without waste Fat
hens are poor layers. Too high feeding
renders the digestive organs weak and in
duces disease more than anything else.
Do not change blood too frequently.
II will run your hens out to do so every
year. You can improve your stock in
this way Each season pick out say five
of your best pullets and one cockerel and
breed from these. Next year take the
same plan. After doing this three years
you can change the blood by buying a
pure breed cock from some reliable
breeder. Never mind II you pay good
price, as the dearest is the cheapest in the
end. This is my experience.
See that your hens have good run, so
that they can take enough exercise. Idle
ness leads TO mischief in the case of hens.
rs in the case of higher class of bipeds.
Never breed from hens over three
years old, as the stock in such cases is
usually weak. Make up your breeding
pens early in the season.
My experience with Leghorns has
taught me that chickens hatchcd in April
or May do the best, as they grow rapidly.
You don't want "Asiatics" so early, as
they feather slowly. May, and even
June, will do for them in this climate.
You, as beginner, may now be in
clincd to say "This is too much work 4"
Let me, from an experience Of twelve
years, state the simple fact That sue
cess in poultry raising depends largely on
these seemingly trifing details. Every
little detail tells in the result desired.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-11-07
South nnd West

FIVE mon are 20 bo hanged In Hancock
ronn., ON December %, FOR the murder OF
Henly Sutton, prominent stock buyer. The
murder was tho result of family feud, and
tho Tennessee Supreme Court has confirmed
the sentence of the lower court.
MR. AND MRs. MILLER, an old couple who
ivcd near Unadilln Ga, were brutaliy muir
dcrcd 10y thieves, and their house ransackcd
and robbed.
T, M. AnrHuR was reelected Chief OF
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at
the convention at Denver, Col.
OLIVER GARRIsoN, seventy-nine years old.
who built the first steamboat to ply between
Now Orleans and St Louis, has committed
suicide at the latter city.
SERGEANT I. G. BARON, Thirteenth Regi-
ment, u. y. A., was fatally wounded by n
butcher named Taylor during "a drunken
brawl In Guthrie, Indian Territory.
FIRE in the packing-house of Armor & Co,
I'm Kansas City has caused a loss of sl10, 900.
GREAT excitement exists at Lexington. N.
g., ON account of the arrest of thirty white
men, charged with tho recent lynching OF
Robert Berrier, who murdered his mother
in-law.
FIVE Chinese lepers have boon shipped back
to Hong Kong from San Francisco.
TuE forty-third nnnual meeting of tho
American Missionary Society opened in Chi
cngo
The drug establishment of O'Ncil q Dyas.
at Akron, Ohio, has been destroyed by IRE
The loss is estimated at S25OO0O.
THE United States ship Monongahela
which arrived at San Francisco from Samoa
brought the body OF Captain G. NJ Schoon-
maker, of the United States man-of- war
Vandalin, who was drowned in the great
torn OF March 10.
THE Indiana State Board of Health has re
ceived information that hog cholera is preva-
lent in the northern and northwestern coun-
ties OF the State.
ONE of the large boilers OF the Bellair blast
furnaces ut Bcllair Ohio, exploded with ter
rible force, cracking two other boilers in the
main battery and wrecking the boiler-room
The damage TO the mill aud adjoining prop
erty is S2OOOOO. No ono was injured.
WHILE n portable engine was being worked
ON farm near Hamlet, Ind. the boiler ex-
ploded, killing Adam Mann and seriously
scalding five others