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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-10

Thsrs Is way that seemsth right unto q
man, but the end thereof Is death. III all the
victims OF an impure life In all lands and
ages could be gathered together they would
make . host vaster than that which Xerxes
led across the Hellesspont than Timour led
led across England, than Abou-Bekr led
across Syria; and II they could be stretched
out In single file across this continent,
think the vanguard Of the host would stand
on the beach OF the Pacific while vet the rear
guard stood on the beach Of the Atlantic.
I say this not because expect to reclaim
any one that has gone astray In this fearful
path, but because ! want TO utter warning
for those who still maintain their integrity.
The cases of reclamation OF those who have
given themselves fully up TO an impure life
are 80 few, probably you do not know one OF
them. i have seen good many start out on
that road. How many have seen come
back, Not one that now think of. IL seems
as II the spell OF death is on them and no hu.
man voice or the voice Of God can break the
spell. Their feet are hoppled, their wrists
are handcufYed. They have around them q
girdle of reptiles punched at the waist, fas-
tening them to an iron dome; every time
they breathe the forked tongues strike them
and they strain to break away until the ten-
dons snap and the blood exudes; and amidst
their contortions they cry out; Take me
err Take me home! Take me homer
Do ! stand before q man to-day the locks
Of whose strength are being toyed with, let
me tell you to escape lest the shears Of de-
struction take your moral and your spiritual
integrity. Do you not see your sandals DO.
ginning to curl on that red hot pathi This
day in the name of Almighty God I tear
OF the identifying veil and the en-
broidered mantle Of this old bag Of
lniquity, and / show you the ulcers
and the bloody ichor and the cancered LIP
and the parting joints and the macerated
Hmbs and the wriggling putrefaction, and
cry out; Oh, horror of horrorsi In the still
nen Of this Sabbath hour / lift . warning.
Remember It Is much easier to form bad
habits than to get clear Of them; In one
minute Of time you may get into sin from
which all eternity cannot get you out.
Oh, that the voice of Gods truth might
brown the voice Of Delilah Come into the
ways Of pleasantness and the pathes Of peacs
and by the grace Of q psrdoning God start
tor thrones Of honor and dominion upon
which you may reign, rather than travel the
road to . dungeon, where the destroyed
grind In the mills of despair, their locks shorn
md their eyes out,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-10
AUTUMN WEEDS.

Many an otherwise good cultivator
says A. b, Allen, in the New York
Tribune, is very careless as to destruction
of autumn weeds. thinking his crops are
so well grown that letting them alone
can do no particular harm. But if we
consider that the heads are rapidly
ripening seeds by the million, to be
blown over the land in every direction,
to terminate the following spring, we
would undoubtedly be more careful in
not permitting them to stand. One need
not necessarily take time to root the
weeds out during this busy season; he
has only TO resort to the much quicker
and lighter task of clipping the seed
heads from their stalks. This should be
done before or Just as they begin to bios
som, for il cut in full flower many seeds
will form and ripen from the nutriment
they derive from the cut stalks.
One man will easily pass over several
acres day with sickle or scythe, cutting
close up to the blossom-heads on the
stalk, all of which will rot well during
winter and act as beneficial mulch to the
soil and as fertilizer to the crops the fol
lowing spring and summer. All annual
weeds may be thus treated, but the pc
rennial must be extirpated by pulling or
blowing out their roots. In doing this
care should be taken to secure even the
smallest tibrcs, as these enlarge rapidly,
some even during winter, and make
Hourishlng plants not easily cxtirpated
the coming spring. Sheep may be bene-
dcially turned on various parts of the
land, especially among corn, when the
ears grow so high they cannot reach
them, and will be content by nibbling
the weeds so close to the ground as TO
effectually destroy them.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-10
EARTHING UP CELERY.

Several kinds of vegetables are not eat
able without undergoing the process Of
bleaching, which takes away an astring-
ent taste that plants exposed to the full
sun and air have. Some plants, like the
cabbage and lettuce, in the formation of
the heads perform this part without any
aid from the grower. Even the cauli-
flower, by its leaves bending over the
flower part, performs the same duty,
which, however. the grower will often
aid by bending back and half breaking
the leaf, which is for the same purpose.
The sea kale and CARTOONS are also use
less for the table without this process of
bleaching; but as neither are cultivated
to any extent in this country, they are of
no moment to this inquiry.
This process of bleaching renders the
plant more susceptible of injury-more
tender than when growing in its natural
state; hence the bleaching is done lust
or market In the hot summer months,
when growth is rapid, bleaching is very
quickly performed if the plant is deprived
of light, whereas, toward fall it takes
double the time. In the depth of winter,
with soil little above freezing. the pro
cess is slower, vet takes all the winter,
sometimes, to thoroughly bleach At
this time of the year, couple of weeks
will be sufficient; in the fall the same re-
suit will take month. Once hlcached.
it is best marketed or used If possible,
as the danger of rust is considerable. by
the. thoroughly bleached This is the
reason why gardeners do not earth up be-
yond sufficient TO keep the stalks from
spreading, until two or three weeks be-
fore wanted
As celery is now grown mostly in few
places, and shipped all over the country,
every means is used to cheaper the cost
of production. and the pillow aud horse
does, to a considerable extent, what used
to be done by the spade and hand. Ten
to twenty cents dozen is now the COM
mon price of celery. where formerly it
was twenty to forty cents. Prairie Far
Dlei;.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-10
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
A HEATED HAY NOW.

When the NOV is found to he heating
some recommend making deep holes near
together in the NOV by thrustinga sharp
eued pole from the top downward and
putting few handfuls of salt into each
cavity. The safest method, however,
is to remove the hay to some soaifold,
which will bring il to the air, and the
sooner il is done the better, If there is
not barn room to put it on scaffold
pitch il into the rack and stack il out of
doors few days il the weather is dry,
If the stack is well made and the top is
covered with hay caps it will stand heavy
rain storms with but little injury, After
remaining in the stack a few days 1t can
be returned to the NOW again when the
sun is shining, and will give no further
trouble. -Stochmda.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-10

they can be ready for market early in the
fall, and those farrowed in the fall can be
kept growing during the winter and fat
tened after clover gets high enough to
furnish good feed, says writer in the
Republic. After the weather gets cool
in the fall, and after settled weather be-
gins in the spring, and when grass has
made good start 10 grow are the best
times for fattening hogs, and so far as
possible the breeding should be timed SO
that the sows will farrow in the right
season. Pigs in the fall should come
early enough to give them time to make
a good start to grow before cold, freez.
ing weather sets in, Your pigs are easily
stunted, and u little exposure to severe
cold will often stop their growing. In
order TO be profitable hogs must make q
good growth from birth to maturity.
At the start one of the most important
items with fall pigs is to provide them
with dry, warm, comfortable shelter.
To attempt to keep them warm by feed.
ing corn win increase the cost so MS to
leave little il any margin OF profit. With
stock of all kinds animal heat can be
maintained much more economically by
providing shelter than by feeding corn.
Some corn will be necessary, unless the
shelter provided is considerably above
the average. Corn is one of the very
best materials that can be used to good
advantage all winter. At the same time
il should not be depended upon entirely.
The pigs will make better growth at
less cost and keep in better health ii a
good variety of food is furnished Wheat
bran, ground oats, aud barley will add
to the value of the ration and are much
better for the development of bone and
,pinscle than corn, and this is often quite
an item. 1t is possible to feed too much
corn, keeping even the growing pigs so
fat they will not make as good growth
as they should, Tire development of
bone and muscle is fully as important as
fat. Glover hay should be relished by
the growing pigs as well by the breeding
stock. Artichokes and small, unmarked
able potatoes will add to the variety.
A sufficient quantity should be sup
piled to keep them in good, thrifty con
dition, No reliable rules as to quantity
can be given. The best plan is to be
guided by the condition of the hogs,
After cool weather sets in corn car be
made the principal food, using the other
materials to make up II good variety,
Let them run out whenever the condi
ton of the weather will admit, but they
should have access to shelter all the time.
Growing pigs need plenty of opportuni.
ty to exercise, and will thrive better il
confined in ii close pen. Keep their
quarters clean, use plenty of bedding,
and change it every few days to prevent
it becoming foul. Filth breeds disease,
and it is very important with hogs, as
with other stock, to keep them in good
health.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-10
WHAT

Oh, what is the love or the hate of men,
What is their praise or their blamey
Their blame is a breath, hut an echo of death
And star that glows bright and IS gone
from the sight
All such is the vanishing guerdon of fame,
oh, what is the grief or the joy OF lifes
What is its pleasure or painS
the joys We pursue pass away like the dew;
And though hitter the grief, time brings re-
lief
To the heart that is wounded again aud
again,
oh, what is the loss or the gain of the times
And what is the success fair CROWN
The gain that we prize-lol it fades and ii
flies;
And the loss we deplore as quickly is DER.
There is little to choose 'twixt life's smiles
and lifeS frowns,
Oh, men they may love and men they may
hate,
II matters little to me,
For life is breath, and hastens death
To gather in all, from the hut and wall.
To the home that is narrow-the house
that is free,
Boston Transcript.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-10
Hunting With Tame Leopards in India.

The following account of hunting with
tame leopards, of the species called the
cheetah. at Dhar, in Central India, is con.
tributed to the Illustrated Loadoa NeoS,
''We were staying with the Maharajah o!
Dhar and one day he said we should see
cheetah- hunt; so we started on horse.
back about o'clock in the afternoon.
The cheetahs looked lovely and seemed
quite tame, following the shikaris like
dogs We went about five miles over
very bad ground. and il was exceedingly
hot. At last, to our delight, we saw
herd of deer about mile off. and we at
once stopped, while the shikari went for
ward with two cheetahs. Presently one
of the cheetahs stood still peered about
and lay down slowly whisking his tail
from side to side The men said he has
seen the deer. Soon he got up again
and went after his companion, and seemed
to communicate TO him that deer were in
sight Then they both lay down at once.
After q little time they got up and began
stalking the deer through the grass. Ii
was very difficult to distinguish the chez,
tabs, as they were much the same color
as the ground. Presently the deer be
came aware something was up and stopped
and looked bout; then suddenly they
all got together and began trotting off,
ollowed at once by the cheetahs, who,
although far behind, gained ground at
every stride. and we could see they had
each singled out black buck, taking NO
notice Of the rest of the herd tearing of
Ia all directions. Luckily. they came to-
ward us and we see one cheetah give II
high spring, about fifteen yards, and
seize his buck by the throat and roll il
over. We did NOT look any more: we
knew nothing would induce the cheetah
to leave its prey till the buck 5 throat was
cut, and the animal euticed away with
ladleful of blood. The other cheetah
having missed when it sprang gave up the
chase and came straight back to his mas.
ter with his tail between his legs We
were very lucky to see the hunt, for find
many old Anglo Indians have never had
the good fortune to witness one, and the
Maharajsh seldom allows his cheetshs to
indulge in this sport"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-10

A complete fertilizer is one that con
tsins in proper proportions nitrogen,
phosphoric acid aud potash. When in
tenaed for special crops manufacturers
vary the proportions somewhat to cor
respond in some degree with what analt
ysis has shown the different plants re-
quire. Thus there is great difference
in the amount of potash required by diff
ferent plants. As stated by the Ken
lucky Experiment Station, an acre Of
wheat yielding twenty bushels requires
about twenty-eight pounds of potash,
while an avarage crop of potatoes re-
quires 100 pounds of potash per acre, and
an acre of tobacco yielding $500 pounds
Of leaves and stalks require over 200
pounds Generally a worn out soil re-
quires all three of these elements to be
combined in fertilizer in order that it
may be useful; hence it is far safer to
buy such than to presume upon any one
of them being sufficient, Owing to the
wide differences in soils no rule Can be
given by which to tell what fertilizer is
the best for any particular crop, and this
question must be decided by actual
trial.
In regard to the manner OF applying
fertilizers, it is generally best to SOW
broadcast or drill and work we'll into the
soil before planting. When small
quantity is applied to each hill or row at
planting time it acts mainly as stimu-
LIANT to produce an early and vigorous
growth, which is considered necessary
for the tobacco crop, but oftener renders
it more sensitive to drought. Care
should be taken to mix the Fertilizer with
the soil so that it will not come in i'm
mediate contact with the seed or tender
plants. --New York World.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-10
Turkish Oppression.

The large number of Turks who are
not Mohammedans, says New York
World correspondent, cannot enter the
army if they would. but they have never.
theless to pay an exemption tax amount
ing to $3.50 a year per male person. and
this tax is levied on the baby boy year
old as we'll as on the old man of seventy
five. When poor Armenian, Greek OF
Hebrew happens to have family of six
or eight boys his expenses are materially
increased, and the number of these for
eigners in Turkey is So large that this
species of tax income amounts to great
deal Scattered about the hills of Con-
stsntinople are barracks which look like
palaces and which are probably built
with this tax,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-10
FOR YOUNG PLANTS.

A very cheap and effective protector for
young plants may be made of the collar
for pipe tiles, which can be bought ut
nearly all factories of drain tiles. The
collars are in sections, about the same in
length as ordinary pipe tile, with grooves
partly separating the individual collars,
When broken apart the collars are each
about four inches long and two or three
inches in diameter, One of these is set
around each plant and pressed slightly
into the ground, so as to exclude cold
winds, cutworms, bugs and other enc.
mics. The collars are practically indie.
shuctible, and with reasonable care u
supply will last for years. Where they
cannot be obtained a very good substitute
is made by melting the bottcp..- tron<,he
tin can in which vegetables and fruit are
sold, and using the can in the manner as
above.-.dmericaa Agricutturia.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-10
THE DRINK DEMON.

In New YORK the other day, John Lynch
. cobbler, wound up 4 series of drunken
quarrels with his wife ~ shooting her fatally
few months ago they lived happily together,
he industriously working at his trade and sh.
taking care of their humble home and their
three little children. But she took to drink
and he initiated her exampls, frequent quar-
rels following. Result, wite-murder, the
scaffold or dungeon in the prospective, and
orphaned children. Isn't this terrible pict
ures 1t would be if it were not 50 common
1t happens every day. What can be done to
check the evil drink! 1t is the gravest ques
ton that this country has to deal with now.
What can break this awful bondsgei There
is hardlya corner in New York that hasn't
its saloon, and they are mainly supported by
the wages Of the poor. Wipe them out
Ir.Is SiffiaoS
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-10
POPULAR SCIENCE.

The Imperial University of Toxic hal
1873 professors and teachers, all but six.
teen being japanese. This years stu.
dents number 7ss.
When storm is advancing, the wind
blows to meet it. Thus q wind blowing
from the east or southeast indicates tho
approach of storm from the west.
The Belgian Government are now maxi
ing experiments with a new kind of
screw, which enables vessel to stop or
turn instantaneously to avert a collision.
The shortest time occupied by the tor
nado cloud in passing given point
varies from 'an instant to about twenty
minutes, the average being seventyfom
seconds.
A remarkable cave has Just been dis.
covered on the topof the Taygetus range,
in Greece. 1t is from ten to thirty feet
high and from thirty to sixty feet wide,
and contains thousands of stalactites in
wonderful groups.
From experiments made in Richmond,
Va, with electric heaters, il seems prob.
able that u passenger coach can be kept
warm at an expense of two cents an
hour, the current being supplied by a
dynamo on the locomotive or tender
A French stone mason has discovered
cement which he claims to be stronger,
cheaper, and less liable to damage from
the action OF the weather than any pre-
paration now in Use. 1t is not a plaster,
but heavy, viscous fluid, and is applied
with brush. Its composition is kept
secret.
Some experiments lately made at the
Royal Polytechnic School at Munich show
that the strength of camel's-hair betting
reaches 1915 pounds per square inch,
while that of ordinary betting ranges
between 2230 and $3.50 pounds per square
inch, The camel's-hai belt is unaffected
by acids
A sponge is point of coral rock by
the discharge of the earth's electric cur
rent through it, and only few fibres of
coral are left undecomposed. Every
sponge will disclose this fact if exam
ined. A part of every sponge is coral
and at the bottom of the object the coral
| still c,;poS to tho fhres of the snonoe
and is part of the sponge.
A new shapine tool has been invented
a machine in which two fat surfaces,
acting vertically or horizontally and NOV
ing in opposite directions, with adiusta.
bic lies fitted upon them. roll III one
motion piece of metal, regular or irregu-
lar in shane and of almost any desired
pattern. At single stroke of the
mechanism may be obtained a sphere,
cone, chair screw, bolt with thread
and head-in fact, an endless variety OF
mechanical forms.
Among the latest American patents is
one for process of obtaining dry feed
for animals from the refuse of starch and
Glucose The coarse refuse is first sub
;acted tn uressure to free it from water.
and to il is added the fine refuse, con
famine the qlutinous nitrogenous parts
If tb. Grain This combination is sub
;ac,ed +, nressure 10 eynress the greater
n,rt of tbe moisture and finally placed
un6er the influence of heat. for the pur
,,o,o If ov,nor,t;no the remaining moist.
nre
y wonderful invention ior rapid transit
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-10

The Hltiian Messenger Of Calcutta sounds
warning note of eShGriation as follows:
We entrsat the Goverhment of Ia liza 10
put total stop to the liquor trIfi, in this
laul before the liquor msa eau have such
large msjorities on their slle here as theF
have in Pennsylvania aud Rho ls Island
The country is far FROM wholesale corruption
even vet. Let the rotten lirlb be csii oil ere
The disease spreads through the Whole boiy
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-10

On the day that Simon Cameron was
hurled the Court House bell at En-
porium, Cameron County, Penn, was
tolled ninety times. The bell was a gift
from him at the time the county was
forced.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-10

Desn and Pierre guarded the turnpile in
the woods, and the doctor found in the
Frenchman most tractable aud useful
assistant, Youths Companion,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-10
FALL. PIGS.

Many find it profitable to let the sows
have two litter of pigs, one in the spring.
re isonsbly early. so that bv pushing along
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-10

Facts and imsginations are not related
any more than angels can be embraced.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-27
LOSSES BY THE LYNN FIRE.

Boston, Nov 20 Special. The following are some
Of the heavy losses in Lynn, based on assessors ap-
praisas Mower Brothers, s33 600 on buildings and
$50 600 on stock; Bennett g. Barnard, 100000, OF
which $4,000 is on buildings and machinery; C. d.
Peckcr & Co., shoe manufacturers, $4,000 William
Porter & Sons shoes, $4,000 on stock ~ l. GOODWIN,
importer, building, $4,000 l..
On Unions STD. +; spinney Co., Slas 900 estate
of c. y. stevens, building, $4,000; A. Fuller ana
A. p Tapley on brick factory, S22 coo; A; Fuller.
on Liberty Square buildings, 40 200: Titus d Buckley
Union-st. furniture establishment S23 200; Consoii-
dated Adjustable shoe Company, 10000 samuel J..
Hollis shoes, 500 ,0O0 J. ; Bartlett &c Co., shoes,
1000; 81 Lynn tom newspaper. Horace n Hast
ings d Sons $4,000 Of which $4,000 was on Hoe
periec ting press; d. C. q Charles E. Buflum, shoes,
SEQ 800; J. n. Smith, shoes, GAO, 100
s75O,OoO Luther s. johnson, ,s37 900; Amos +.
Breed $22 900 HoughOn IL Godfrey, 81, 900; First
National hank Building. s945Oo; F. E. Abbotts
building, S22500
on Mount vernon-st--Central Congregational
Society. 100000 frank W Breed, $4,000
on Broadst.-P. p. Taylor d Co.. morocco manu-
facurers $5o $40 on buildings and stock in trade
sawyer Chase. carriage manufacturers, $1,000
S. X g A. H. Jones, shoes. $J7 600.
On Beach st.-s. n. Breed g Co., lumber, S13siOOo