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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22
Evil COMMUNICATIONS Corrupt Good
Morals.

Evil Communications Corrupt Good
Morals.
Editor Sitter The above trite old
saying never had a better illustration
than in the case of Hon. f. L. Wa
terman, whom you have aptly styled
post-office broker. Mr.. Water
man, up to his going to Brattleboro,
had kept his political skirts reasona-
bly, clean, so his course during the
past few months has been very disap-
pointing to his friends in the north
end of the county, and can only be
referred to his "evil communications.
That your "old smirched gang" have
used him as tool to pull the chest
nuts out of the fire for them admits
of no doubt. 1t is as plain 'as the
nose on your face" and it seems in
comprehensive that he should not
have seen it. This gang knew that
they had no influence with Gen.
Grout so they put Waterman forward
to pull the postoffices out for them.
In this they have been successful at
your place and at Wardsboro but,
thanks to the SITTER, the jig is up
now, for if Gen. Grout hasn't got his
eyes open the people have and it's the
old story, "another good man gone
wrong" another stick added to the
rotten political timber of Brattleboro.
Yours &c.
JAMAICA.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22

urday morning. She was undoubted-
ly insane, her malady having been
aggravated by the recent death of her
mother.
The Vermont National Guard is
now in camp at West Randolph and
has for visitors, Maj. Gen. John M.
Schofield, commanding the U. S. ar
my, Secretary Of War Proctor and
other regular army officers.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22

''Laugh and grow fat" is an old
saying, and whether true or not we
shall have the laugh, and enjoy it,
too. That old story is made to do
duty once more, namely, that the
SITTER is going to the demnition bow
vows, and all because it strikes out
from the shoulder at the frauds and
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22

B. H. Allbee of Weathersfeld
Center has bought the Vermont
Monthly Magazine, which has been
published by W. S. S. Buck of West
Randolph. 1t will be published by
F. W. Stiles at the Reporter office
in Springfield, sufficient guarantee
of the excellence of it's Typography.
A history of the large business houses
of the state will be begun in the
September number. The attention of
the magazine will be chiefly directed
10 Vermont affairs. The editorial
Office will be at Weathersfeld Center
for the present.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22

The following clipped from the
Boston Journal is commended to our
local readers as applicable to the post
Office in this place. 1t is sound COM
mon sense:
Incompetent students are dropped, in
efficient officers are court-martialed, and
so 1t should be in our civil service. A
man who is not adapted 10 the work he
engages to perform should not expect to
hold his position. He would not be re-
tanned in bank or a mercantile house.
Why should he think that the same rules
are not applicable to Government employ
es, and why should the community ask
immunity for man untitled for his task
when, as individuals. they would not
grant it to an employe OF their own"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22
WAS He MURDERED?

Is question often asked. when per-
son is found dead that had previously en-
joyed good health. The verdict often is
"Apoplexy or Heart Disease" Samuel
Carvitt of Fairbanks, Me-, says; Last
August ! was taken with the palpitation
of the heart; / Could not lie in bed; had
to sleep in rocking chair; procured
bottle of Anti-Apoplectine; it relieved
me at once so l could lie down and have
good nights rest, and have ever since"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22

A perfect complexion, free from
pimple or blemish, is very rarely seen,
because few people have perfectly
pure blood. And yet, all disfguring
eruptions are easily removed by the
use of Ayers Sarsaparilla. Try it,
and surprise your friends with the re-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22
SOME FOOLISH PEOPLE

Allow a cough to run until it gets beyond
the reach of medicine. They often say,
80, it will wear away" but in most cases
it wears them away. Could they be in
duced to try the successful remedy called
Kemps Balsam, which is sold on a posi-
tive guarantee to cure, they would imme-
diately see the excellent effect after TAX
ing the first dose. Price SOC and Sl.O0.
Trial size free. At all druggists.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22
ENTITLED To THE BEST.

All are entitled to the best that their
money will buy, so every family should
have, at once, bottle of the best family
remedy, Syrup of Figs, to cleanse the
system when costive or bilious. For sale
in SOC and 81 90 bottles by all leading
druggists.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22
BIRTHS,

In North Windham, Aug. 18th, Ray,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Griswold,
aged years.
In North Windham, Aug. 10, Mrs.
Ada B., wife of o. NJ. Rhoades, aged
% years and 10 months.
In Wardsboro, Aug. 10, Chester Ben
son, formerly of Bondville, aged 81.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22

Friday, Sept. 9Th, the fourth an
nual reunion of Co. I, I'd Vt. Vol.
Association will be held at Mechanics
vile with red hot campfire in the
evening. Open to all, especially to
old soldier. At 2 o'clock p. m. bust
ness meeting for the election of Off
GERS at which time the Historical
Committee, Comrades Albert A.
May, Peter S. Chase and Lorenzo
A. Dodge will interest the company
in the historical days of 1S61-5. Fifty
of the 1913 men of the company met at
Ludlow last year and it is expected
that a still larger number will be
present this year. P. S. G.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22

John l.. Sullivan, the prize fighter,
was sentenced last week at Purvis,
Miss. to one years imprisonment.
The case, however, was appealed and
Sullivan is in Boston under $1,000
bonds for his appearance in Missis-
sippi. He, probably, will never ap-
pear,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22
NOTICE!

This is to forbid all persons from har-
boring or trusting my wife on my account,
as shall pay no debts of her con rae
ting after this date, she having left my
bed and board without any just cause or
provocation.
F. BABBITT.
So. Londonderry, Vt, July 26, 1889.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22
BuckIen'S Arnica SalVe.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin eruptions, AID posit-
lively cures Piles or no pay required. 1t
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price 25 cents a box.
For Sale by G. G. Smith, So. London
derry, and f. L. Smith, Jamaica: VT.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22
DON'T READ THIS
Unless There Is

Spavins, Ringbones, Curbs, Spllnts, "Swee.
ney" aud all soft lunches can be positireiy and
permanently cured by using DR.. Milier's Spav.
In Ointment, ne " remedy that is positive
No failures yet. Il. A. Woodbridge, Spring
Hill Stock Farm, vergennes, VT, says at is
the best remedy In the market for the cures it is
advertised to effect and the only SPAWN and
Ringbone cure worthy of the name" Send your
address on postal for books of treatment and
testimonials. The right remedy is worth $50. to
you. We have it. Price 81. per box, and only
one box required for cure. At druggists.
Use no other.
THE CITY DRUG STORE.
yergennes, Vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22

Supervise. Hall sends us the fol-
lowing announcement Please give
notice in your news items that l will
hold special examination of teachers
in the high school building in Brat
tleboro on Tuesday, August 9th.
l trust that all teachers who have not
been examined, will be present at
that time.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22
-THE-
]LONDONDERRYsIsSIFTER, I
HENRY M. SHANKs, PUBLIsERH.

Terms, 0l.OO Year, Strictly in
advance. Persons outside of Windham
County who receive the paper in single
wrappers must send 10 cents in addition
to pay for wrapping and postage,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

We, the Subscribers, being duly appointed by
the Hon. Probate Court for the District of
Westminster, Commissioners to receive, exam
Inc and adjust all claims and demands of all
persons against the estate of Alonzo Stevens,
late of Londonderry in said District, deceased,
and also all claims and demands exhibited in
Offset thereto; and six months from the cath day
of July, last, being allowed by said Court for
that purpose, we do therefore hereby give no.
tice that we will attend to the business of our
said appointment at the Hotel, at Lowell Lake
in Londonderry, in said District, on the 18th Of
August and 2Sth of September nezt, from ten
o'clock, a. m. until four O'Clock, p. m. on each
of said days.
Nv Meendy, Commissioners.
Josiah Pierce, COMMISSIONER
A. A. Stevens, admir-, Londonderry, July 81,
A. ID. 1889.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22

He that hath trade hath an estate,
and he that hath a calling hath place
of profit and honor. A plowman on
his legs is higher than gentleman on
his knees.-Franklin.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22
PHOTOGRAPHER'S
:. l.. HOWE & SON,


Announce until further notice, that they will
reduce the price of frst-class Cabinet size Photo
craps from 5000 per dozen, to $500 per
dozen-dupncate orders, $500 per dozen. In
clubs of 10 members, si.OO per dozsn. This
drop in price win not effect the quality OF our
Pictures. They will be kept at the same high
grade that has madeour work the standard of
excellence for over 80 years in This vicinity.
We believe by this means we can make il an
object for more people to come to us from Is
tance, extend our business, and thus give all a
better bargain. We make all sizes and kinds OF
Pictures worth making, at as low rates as really
good work can be done. We have the most
help, best facilities, largest experience, and
will give you the best value for your money of
any one in the business in Brattleboro-
RESPECTFULLY,
& &c. l.. HOWE & SON.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22
Letters from the People.
Not Built that way.

Rockingham, vt. Aug. 10.
Dear Sir Il am glad to see that
you hit strong and hard on the So.
Derry post-office. We know a little
something about its management,
ourselves. Last spring we had lit
tie business transaction with a gen.
tleman in Landgrove. The person
referred to remitted by money order
from your post-office for the sum of
five dollars. But when we got the
letter instead of finding the money
order enclosed we found the letter of
advice, which should have been sent
to the postmaster at Springfield, the
office on which the order was drawn.
Onpresenting the "advice" at Spring
field we learned that the money order
had been sent there. So you see the
"natural order" of things was COM
pletely reversed. H. W. Goddard
was then postmaster at your place
but the initial &C" below the name
of Goddard told the story. Although
the delay occasioned by this blunder
was but trivial, it with all the others,
demonstrates that Mr.. Chase "was
not built for a postmaster"
Right you are. And there has
been so many of these little things,
and many big ones, that they make
up a MIGHTY whole. And it still
goes on. Since our last issue several
cases have been brought to our notice,
one where letter for gentleman Of
this village was sent out three miles
and did not get back until the next
day. And this gentleman is daily
patron of the office and is as well
known to Mr.. Chase as any one in
the delivery of the office, besides no
one else in town bears his Christian
name. Ed.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22
Vermont Academy.
One Of the Best in New England.

Students in every college in new Eng
land. thorough preparation. First
class facilities in English. Buildings
new, large and attractive. Laboratories,
Gymnasium and all facilities. Able
teachers. Terms moderate. Fall term
begins Tuesday September 10th. Ad-
dress VERMONT ACADEMY, SAX
TONS RIVER, VT.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22
Wool Carding.

The Subscriber would give notice that
he has made arrangements with Geo. G..
Smith, (merchant), of So. Londonderry
and also with James Osborn, (miller), of
Weston, by which all persons in their vi
cinity having wool they wish
Cleansed 4 Carded into Rolls
can deposit the same at either of the
above named places, every bunch plainly
labeled with name of owner and town,
and with full directions on each parcel.
l will call and take the wool at the
commencement of every month and card
the same into rolls and return it to the
place from whence taken at the COM
mencement of the following month.
Prices, per pound, the same as charged
for the last three years by myself and also
by Isaiah Heselton of Weston.
WILLIAM GRAHAM.
Ludlow, VT, June 5. 1889.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22

Celery is said to have been introduced
from France into England in 1704. From
England it later found its way to Amer
ica
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22

Col. Hooker, who is president of
the State fair, says that no liquor
shall be sold on the fair grounds.
Correct, Col. Hooker. The SITTER
congratulaies you on being right,
once.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22
Liberation Notice!

This is to certify that l have given
my son, Milon B. Goddard his time du-
ring The remainder of his minority, and
that I shall pay no debts of his contrac-
ting nor claim any of his earnings aft r
this date.
Josiah A. Goddard
Wa ardsboro, VT, Aug. %, 1889.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22

aS-Entered at the Post. office at So. London
derry as second. class matter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22

Try "The Acton" 1t is the best
DC cigar on earth. :
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22
Sitter John, Editor.

EVE, AUG. 22, 1889.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22
Your Life

Is in danger while your blood is impure.
Gross food, careless personal habits, and
various exposures render miners, loggers,
hunters, and most frontiersmen peculiarly
subject to eruptive and other blood diseases.
The best remedy is Ayers Sarsaparilla. A
powerful Alternative, this medicine cleanses
the blood through the natural channels, and
epaadily affacts a aura
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22

Eternally opposed to all rings, cliques,
clans and factiOns--The Peoples Organ.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22
Leland & Gray
Seminary,
Townshend.

'I'OwnShend, VT.
Fifty.fourt year opens August 27th Three
Terms, each IL weeks. Location beautiful,
Academy building newly repaired
DAVID G. smyth, A. b., Principal, aided BY
competent assistants. His gent emanly and
Christian cha-ac,er his advanced and thorough
holarship are well attested and merit nper.
a. pasropage.
TUITION.
Common English, $3.50.
Higher $500.
Greek and Latin, 500.
French and German, each(extra) 5000
Music, $1,000.
Use of Piano, $500.
Board, per school week, s2O0; by the full
week, on the most reasonable terms. Winter
Term opens December 8, 1885, Spring Term,
March 4, 1ss0. For further particulars address,
Hon. l. X. BATCHELDER,
Townshend, Vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-22
CHESTER DEPOT.

Several of our people attended the
camp meeting at Lake Pleasant, last
,,aal,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-13
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

a well built hen house is worth paying
FOR; it is the cheapest in the end
Keep the pigs growing; fat them early.
Small pork brings bigger prices than
large pork.
Late Matched chicks, while not consid-
cred as good as early Matched, are laying
when the others are moulting and nest
ing.
\ man who has no creamery, and who
loves his wife as man should, ought to
carry his milk to a factory in his vicinity.
if for no other reason than to save his
wife
Corn that is fresh and dry Is excellent
food for growing poultry. Better give
them a good feed of it alone at night; it
heats and keeps them warm these cool
nights.
Cuineas are good burglar or chicken thief
alarmers. A pair if kept in the poultry
house will never allow danger to Turk
about; their voice can be heard for con-
siderable distance.
When the frost has killed the tomato
and bean vines, pull up the stakes and
poles and lay away till wanted in the
spring. In this way they may be made to
last for years. Throw the vines upon the
compost heap.
The folly of drawing fresh earth into the
highway in late autumn with the idea of
is repeated every year, al
though men who pursue the practice
know very we'll that it is road spoiling-'
not road making.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-13

end will remedy this speedily. Both Of
these points may be all right, but the
growth Of the plant IS too loose and IN
slightly; then the more compact and
dwarfer growers are the ones to save from.
Take the case Of the old zonal, or horse
shoe geranium. For years it went by the
name Of the scarlet Ceranium, and only
that color was known, and ragged at that,
with single flowers only. Now we have
scarlcts, whites and pinks Of the clearest
shades, both double and single. with in
Vulnerable Intermediate good qualities,
shades and blendings. These cha. geS
came one at a time. One year would be
a white, then rose color. then a double,
and so on. All has been brought about
by selection, and mostly little alta time.
What has been done in one plant can be
done in many others. The field IS oDen.
Very simple flowers, as now grown, may
have many hidden beauties - pay those
who pursue them. It is fascinating 20
those who enter the lists. and often com
bines pleasure with prott.-Hortjcn5t.Hm
Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-13

\ Iarge part of the flower loving peO-
pie probably take no account Of seed saw
ing and depend each year upon the seeds
nncn for their supply of flowers. This is,
perhaps, Jus: as well, provided care is
taken to select only from the best. Choice
improved varieties of almost anything
nave lost some of their seed producing
qualities by artificial growth or cultiva-
ton, hence, the best varieties of flowers
are always the highest in price Besides
it takes time in the selection, all of which
goes to make up the cost at which a thing
can De put upon the market. 4 seed
raiser roots out all poor specimens from
his beds as they show themselves, so that
crosses from poor flowers do not occur.
If any new color, size, quality or other
peculiarly worthy of perpetuating is OBJ
Servable, the seed is saved separately
from these. The next year, in towering
the regularity, it is perhaps more pro-
nounced. This followed fora time forms
new strain and some distinctive name is
given to the improvement. All free
Towering and seeding plants may by this
process be changed and improved from
their condition in a state of nature. Some
have the direction conferred in one part,
others III another. The variation may be
that the color of the flower is satisfactory.
but the substance of the petals is too thin;
then the selection goes to such as are
hrmer and thicker. Then, again, the
form perhaps is ragged and wants shape
bfeealng from the best looking to this
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-13

Some gardeners preserve their celery for
winter by banking it up in the rows where
it grew, throwing a covering on each
side up to the tips. This is the least
trouble, but it may be frozen in just at
the time when it IS most needed for
market The better way is to store it in
trenches, where it may be taken out at
any time 4 trench is dug in a dry
place, foot wide and as deep as the
plants are tall, the length being suited to
the quantity to be stored. The celery is
set in this in rows across the TRENCH and
setting the plants close to one another.
As cold weather increases the celery is
covered with leaves, or marsh hay, and
finally with earth. The use Of short
boards over the litter will facilitate get
ting out the celery if there is a heavy fall
of snow.-Americul AgriculturiSt.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-13
GRASS IN YOUNG ORCHARDS.

After apple trees get to bearing many
farmers seed them to grass as means Of
keeping the fruit from soiling by Cling
on the pIowcd and wet ground. The
effect of sod is to check too vigorous
WOOD growth in rich soil, and thus make
the trees more fruitful. But after lit
tie the sod rots the trees of both plant
food and moisture, 50 that they cannot
produce anything but wood, and not
much of that. The manure applied to
the surface goes mostly to the grass, I'M
less the top-dressing is so heavy as to
smother it. In wet season like the
present, grass grows luXuriaEtly every
where, and in orchards is harbor to
mice, which burrow under the snow in
winter and gjrdIe apple trees by eating
the bark around them under the snow
line. Nice are very cautious about ex-
posing themselves above the snow, ae
they are preyed upon by owls, weasel%
and other vcrmin.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-13
BREEDING PIGEONS.

Counting from the laying OF the sec
ond egg the Matching period with pigeons
expires on the seventeenth OF eighteenth
day. II from any cause the young should
not be out Of the she'll in reasonable
line after the expiration Of the Matching
period, and the eggs are open you can
3ssist it by breaking loose and moistening
he shell little When the birds have
ncen sitting about eight or ten days ex-
anime the eggs by looking through them
toward the light, and if they are clear
they will not hatch, and should be
THROWN away, and the birds started lay
irg again, but if they look dark, that is.
Won can see the light through them they
are fertile, and Will in all probability
hatch all right After the hen has laid,
ito not separate the cock from her, as yoU
office that he Will sit upon the eggs
qually with the hen. The hen sets from
o'clock in the afternoon until 10 o'clock
in the morning. The cock sits the re
mainder OF the time.
As | have said before. do not modest
The pigeons during Matching time, for in
most cases they Will defend their nests
by Tapping their wings and pecking at
vou, and III doing this may break the
c&gs or trample on their young. Also
avoid making any unnecessary noise by
pounding or otherwise, as this may in
jure or kill the Young i'll their eggs
Fllral, Ftel3 ulld St0c3mau.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-13

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward FOR
any case Of CatarrA tha- cannot be cure BY
taxing Halls CatarrL Cure.
r. J. CHENEY & Co. Props. Toledo. ..
We, the undersi n ed. have known r J.
Cheney for the last - years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
lions. and financially able 10 carry out any Oh
legations made bv their firm.
West & TTuax. WI olesale Druggists. Toledo q.
Walding. kInnan & Marvin, Wholesale Drug
giSts, Toledo. Ohio.
l.. II. Van Hoesen. Cashier Toledo National
Bank. Toledo, Ohio.
Halls CatarTh Cure i taken internally. act
ing directly upon the blooi and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price. 15c. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists.
EMPEROR WILLIAM i called by Lis subjects
King Go" a sObrigUet won by tie way lie
rushcs about from place 10 place
If afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thom0-
sons Eye-w water. Druggists sell at DC. per bottle