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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31

fattened, and partly because the amount
OF grain eaten grows larger as the animal
increases and the cooler weather comes
on. If such farmers could have scales
upon which they could weigh their ami
mails each week, they could easily ascer-
tain whether the pounds gained were
more than paying for the grain or not.
OF course other considerations may
make early slaughtering desirable, such
as the prospect OF the meat being lower
in price later In the season, when stock
is brought forward from the West, or If
the meat Is for home use, a dislike to
have it too fat. And low price for
tallow may make very fat beeve
sell comparatively lower than one mod
erately fat. OF these things the farmer
can Judge for himself, but he must also
remember that q poorly fattened OK will
shrink forty-tive to fifty per cent. from
the live weight, and a very fat one
thirty-fve per cent. or less, so that every
pound of gain made now is nearly so
many pounds of merchantable beef.
There are not many more pounds of ofTal
in hog that weighs 400 pounds when
very fat than there was in the same ami
nal when he weighed 800 pounds
Boston Cultipator.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31
Tho Horse Knew the Drill.

The following story is told by Fred
Grant: In his last year at West Point
he held the position of captain Of artil
lery. One day the visiting officer, who
happened to be his father, General
Grant, held an inspection and drill.
After the cadets had assembled on the
parade ground it was decided to give the
commands by bugle call. The officers
wouldthen deliver them by word ofmouth
to the men. Fred Grant had VIGOROUSLY
bad ear for music. He had never been
able to master single tune, and, worse
still, had no idea of time. When the
announcement of the mode of giving the
orders was made he rushed up to q com.
rade and said:
"Great goodness what shall dol
can't tell the difference between the
charge and the retreat"
His friend advised him to change his
horse for Mazeppa, horse of one of the
sergeants. She would carry him through.
He hastily did so, and watched every
moment of his animal during the ensuing
evolutions. When the bugle sounded
forward" the knowing animal ad-.
vanced; and the command was accord
ingly given to the men. When the cal
of "halt" came, Mazeppa stood like a
rock, and the proper order was issued
by the officer. In this way the horse, by
its ear for music, told its rider the or
ders for the day and carried him safely
through the complicated movements OF
the drill.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31
Drinking a Farm.

My homeless friend with the chromatic
nose, while you are stirring up the sugar in
that 10-cent glass of gin, let me give you a
fact to wash down with it. You say you
have longed for years for the free, indie
pendent life of the farmer, but have never
been able to get enough money together to
buy farm. But this is Just where you are
mistaken. For several years you have been
drinking good improved farm at the rate
of 100 square feet gulp. If you doubt this
statement figure it out yourself. An acre of
land contains As, $50 square feet. Estimating
for convenience the and at si3 So per acre,
you will see that it brings the land to Just
one mill per square foot, one cent for ten
square feet. Now pour down the fiery dose
and imagine you areswallowing a strawberry
patch. Call in five of your friends and have
them help yougulpdown that 500-foo garden.
Get on prolonged spree some day and see
how long it requires to swallow a pasture
large enough to feed a COW. Put down that
glass Of gin; there's dirt in it-l00 square
feet Of good, rich dirt, worth S43. 56 per acre
Robert Burdetts
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31

men of the tribe at the agency Of what
had happened, and chief named
Lame Deer, accompanied by three bucks,
came after the things. II was explained
to him that the men had threatened my
life and were in ambush to shoot mo
down, and Lame Deer took pull at his
whisky bottle, looked mo over with a
grunt of approval, and said
Observation-Disclosures Fast do just right.
Iniun must let him alone. Who got
smoke toback for Lame Deer2"-Neso
York Sun.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31
THE MAIDEN.
There's a poem In the lily
With ita InxyIv- handiny haah,

There's poem In the lily
With its lowly bending headt
There's poem In the sunset
With its brilliant tinge Of rcd,
There's poem in the forest,
In the lofty mountain wall;
But the poem Of the maiden
Is the sweetest Of them all.
She is tall or she is slender
With the lily's face OF white;
She is lovely as the painting
Made by sunsets rosy light;
She is noble as the forest,
As the lofty mountain wall;
All, the maiden. Of all nature;
Is the sweetest gem of ALL
Let the cynic rant on fashion
And its catalogue Of whims;
Let him tell of the flirtations
At the church between the hymns;
Let him point at coquettes' costumes
In the operate stall,
Yet, the maiden, Notwithstanding,
Is the sweetest gem Of all.
VIM Hosea Baliou, IN Journalist
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31
FARMERS FOR HIGHER DUTIES.
Vermont Agriculturists Complain of
Being UnderSOld.

A petition presented in the senate by Sena-
tor Morrill,, from Vermont farmers urges
congress to increase the duties on various
farm products The farmers of the United
States, the petition says, are undersold in
many cities and towns by the products of I'M
paid foreign labor. Onions from Spain and
Egypt appear in markets as far west as Chi
cago Tobacco raised by coolies in Sumatra,
and imported by tricks and frauds lessons
clipped by slaves by convicts or by creatures
,carcely less degraded, stops wool growing
by an army Of American farmers, and sends
100000 OF sheep annually to the slaughter.
Potatoes and cabbages by the cargo fro
places where women work daily in the fields
come here as ballast, with eggs by the slip
load from Hollsnl, cattle from M xico and
barley from Canada
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31
photographers Who Make Fortunes.

l don't know how it happens, says a
writer in the New York Sar, but it
seems to me that more telegraphers drift
into Wall street and achieve riches there
than any class am acquainted with. A
few evenings ago l was at an uptown
club with some gentlemen, when one of
the party had a telegram delivered to
him. He opened it, looked at it doubt
fully, and then said that it was unintel-
ligible. The operator, in fact, had
"bulled" it badly, and as it was about
subject of Importance to him, he was
somewhat annoyed. Another member of
the party, prominent stock exchange
man, quietly took it, and without word
iotted down the message as it was writ
ten in the Morse alphabet. He then
separated the characters somewhat diff
ferently from the bungling operator who
had received it, and gave the other gen.
tleman what was evidently the correct
wording of the message. "Where did
you learn anything about telegraphy2"
asked some one He looked up and
laughed. "Why, fifteen years ago
was working operator at si5 month. +"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31
ROCKED BY AN EARTHQUAKE.
Colorado People in Terrible State
of Terror,

Information just received from Rou t, Col,
shows that that portion of the state has been
treated to genuine earthquake The shocks
commenced on the afternoon of the 18th inst
and at 4 o'clock there were violent ones,
which rocked small buildi lgs, detac ed large
ma ses of rock from the mountains and great
ly frightened people ard animals; The cat
tie were especially terrorized, and ran fran
tically back and forth. Thunder preceded
the shocks, but there was no rain.
peculiar phenom non was observed at
Hot Springs, below the government bridge.
The shock was productive of great gushes OF
water and gas. Fully three times the ordi-
nary amount of water and gas was thrown
out, and accompanying it was most sulphur
rous stencil, which made the people sick, and
caused birds to drop to the ground. When
the commissions ceased, the water receded,
and there was a sound like the rushing OF
great river The course of the shock was
northward
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31
Care of Cattle.

There is no economy in keeping cattle
in the pasture now; even where there is
considerable grass it has been frostbit-
ten, and has lost its nutritive power. 1t
may ''help to fill up" as the farmer said
who mixed sawdust with his meal for
his fattening hogs, but it does not assist
much in making either flesh or milk
In the moving fields there is not likely
to be any more grass now than will be
needed to keep the roots from winter
killing, and all that is fed off this month
if likely to come out OF next years hay
crop. Fodder corn, millet and green
oats are SO easily grown that farmer
has no excuse for being short of forage
to winter his stock, if they are put in
the barn as soon as cold weather begins.
A little exercise each day in yard where
the sun can shine and the wind cannot
blow upon them may be beneficial to
them, but they are better off and can be
kept much cheaper under cover than
they can when exposed to cold winds
and storms. This is as true Of young
animals as of mich cows.
Crowd all the grain for the fattenirg
stock that they can be made to eat, and
keep close watch to see whether they
aIe gaining flesh fast enough to pay for
it or not. Many farmers kill their fat
cattle and swine Just when they are
making the greatest number of pounds
of meat for the bushel of grain, partly
because the gain does not show as
plainly after the animal is pretty well
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31
THE MILL.wHEEL'S SONG.

Round and round the mill wheel goes,
From early morn till night;
The millstream turns 1t as II flows,
And then runs out OF sight.
But there the old mill, wheel remains,
And lets the mill stream run,
And IL II shines, or IL it rains,
1t sings, at set Of sun;
Drip drip, drip, drip, drip drip, drip
Many wave from off Of me will bear gal
liant ship!
Drip, drip, drip drip, drip, drip, drip,
But for me the miller in the tavern could not
sip,
Round and round cannot GO
When the bleak winter comes,
And wind and snow do bravely blow;
And when the brown bee huns,
Ihear the children laugh and play,
hear the cracking corn.
And merrily, all through the day,
The gay wind blows his horn:
Turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn,
make the fires in the cots upon the hill side
Turn, turn, turn, turn. turn, turn, turn,
When man is older than the world he need
not live to Learnt
Round and round gaily turn
From spring till autumn flies,
My humble role do not spurn,
Nor pass my life in signs.
do the very best can,
And try to be content;
And, since my modest life began,
I've sung, when day was spent:
Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish,
swish,
clothe the good wives children and fill the
good wives dish!
owish' swish, swish, swish, swish, swish,
swish,
Inc corn | crack pays for the good wives
meat and bread and fish!
hound and round I do not pass
When long days 60 to sleep;
Not when the lads have each lass,
AS down the road they creepl
sometimes catch the whispers low.
And sometimes catch kiss,
as by the old red min they go
Next day Using like this:
Dash' dash, dash, dash, dash, dash, dash,
uayly now turn the yellow corn to yellow
cash!
pash, dash, dash, dash, dash, dash dash,
just listen to the song sing as waters from
me splash!
John E. Mccann, in Once a Week.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31
DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE.
Capt. Wheat, a Bay State Veteran,
Wants the Position.

About the first of the candidates for the
position OF doorkeeper of the house in the
next congress to appear in Washington is
Capt. J. L. Wheat of Racine Wis, Capt.
Wheat was born in New York but he en-
tered the Union army as q sergeant in the I'd
Massachusetts cavalry During the time
that Col RUSSELL had command of
the 9Th Massachusetts, cavalry Wheat
was promoted into that regiment and subse-
quently s,rved under Col c. F. Adams, Jr.
He lost one arm during the war, and after
wards went to Illinois where he served for
some time as sergeant-at-arms of the state
senate. Several members of the New Eng
land delegation have expressed willingness
to indorse his candidacy, and at least one
Massachusetts, member is working indus
triously in his behalf.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31
Cannibal Two-winred Flies.


The larvae of certain insects are bene-
fetal to man, because of their habit of
feeding upon the bodies of, and thereby
causing the death of their hosts. CT
these beneficial cannibals there are two
classes, one of which deposits its eggs in
or upon the body of its victim, where it
matches, and the larva feeds upon the
living tissues of its victim; the other
catches its prey and devours it piece
meal, or sucks its juices out aid casts
the more solid portion aside.
To this latter class belong the larvae of
certain two winged flies of the Surplus
family. The adult flies closely resemble
bees in their color, and indeed, in some
parts of the country they are called
"sweat bees" by the boys. Their larvae are
particularly fond of plant-lice, and few
sights are more interesting than to see the
footless maggot carefully cropping about
until within reach of its victim, when it
stretches out its pointed head, pierces
the louise, and, holding it aloft, sucks out
the juices from its plump body and casts
the carcass to the winds.
A species of these '1}e tas.
apple-root lou #.a.l.- sf's...
louise found on ~. ,-7... .-r.
attack the lice v7 ir-
plants. The Il 90 ~.ln. ~.
have been know ..
of the lice pecnl Ga tD H.. ... u.,
have caused tn .. r ta
prevent the inse I.a....
piled to the tr - ..aunlng them,
these lary,p are particularly useful in
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31
FARM AND GARDEN.
A Cheap Snow Plow.

Every country place where much snow
fslls should have snowplow in readi-
ness to save most of the slow and labori.
Gus work of shoveling snow. With such
an implement one man with horse can
clear out oil the paths that may be neces-
sary in an hours time, that would take
all day with shovels. All that is wanted
Is two pieces of heavy boards about six
feet long and fifteen to eighteen inches
wide, set on edge in the form of the let
ter A with braces across to keep them in
position. Bind the forward ends of the
planks together by mailing on irons bent
to suit and with hook for the while.
tree.-Nep York World.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31
Nitro-Glycerine in Kidney Disease

Nitro-glycerine bids fair, says the
doctors, to become an important remedy
for diseases of the kidneys; and expert
ments are now making in cases Of
Bright's disease. Nitro glycerine of 9
pure quality, possessing all the explosive
powers of the substance, is prepared in
alcohol (which removes the explosive
quality in the proportion of one part Of
the nitro-glyceriue to ninety-nine Of
alcohol, and is then prepared with sugar
or milk in tablets. A patient in Phila-
delphia hospital has had the dose ID
creased until now he is taking eighty
grains day. He has Bright's disease,
and the effects are said to be highly
satisfactory,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31

1t is calculated that there are over
200, 600 lepers in British India the ma
jority of whom have places in aims
houses and asylums, the others roaming
over the country and subsisting on
charity, !
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31
Apoplexy in Swine.

Apoplexy is usually disease of fat
hogs, although an animal that has long
been thin or suffering from excessive
irritation of the intestinal canal would
also be predisposed to it. 1t must be
understood that the process of fattening
an animal in few weeks destroys the
equilibrium of the system, and in one
sense the fairness is in itselldisease. The
storing up of fat in the animal economy
is always at the expense of muscular de-
velopment. The muscles become weak
and tlabby. All the blood vessels of the
system are surrounded by strong,
tough, muscular coat, that in state of
perfect health will resist any force that
the hearts action can put upon these
canals. But the fattening process weak
ems these fibers; sudden or unusual
strain ruptures one in the brain, and we
call it apoplexy. 1t is not as common
In the hog as one would expect, but oc :
ours so often that the breeder should
understand it and know the right thing
to do. 1t is impossible to foresee when
this is going to occur. If the rupture Is
a very small one, when the blood is
oozing out in tiny drops, the hog will
sometimes be found lying insensible and
breathing heavily. No effort will arouse
1t. 1t is more usual to find a big, fat
hog lying dead, with no external marks
or signs of the cause of death. Cut
open the skull carefully, and clot of
blood of greater or less extent will be
found insid.. If alive, however, tie a
stout cord above the knee, and with a
stick take twist IN the cord, until on
the inner side of the leg below the knee
the braehial brain can be felt. Open it
with a sharp-pointed knife, and if the
blood will run take pint and half OF
quart. Don't guess at it. An ounce
of blood spread over the ground or on
the floor has been mistaken for a pint.
If the bleeding is to do any good there
must BIO considerable taken II the
broken vein is small one, and the case
is observed soon after it occurred. the
animal may be saved. If it partially
revives it will be proper to evacuate the
bowels. A large stock syringe would be
valuable here to throw up quart Of
warm water. In most cases. however,
the owner will have chance to sell the
animal for soap fat.-Neao York Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31

Opponents of the bill for the admission of
Utah as a state hope that minority report
favorable to the bill will be made in order to
anoanrare Immigration.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31

Michigan salt wells have yielded Q
grand total of As, 1872, 1913 barrels Of salt
Ssnce 1869,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31
Currying and Brushing Horses.

1t is quite true that horses will live
without the use of the currycomb and
brush, but they will live and do much
better with it. The skin of any animal
is continually exuding matter Of various
kinds-the waste of the system and the
dead surface, which is always being re
placed by new growth. This must be
removed In some way, and in its natural
condition the horse rolls and rubs itself,
and as well as it can gets rid of the exu-
dation from its skin. A domesticated
horse has not these opportunities, and
the owner must afford a substitute, which
is best done by the currycomb and a
stiff brush. A clean, slick-coated horse
is always in healthy condition, and the
skin is a very satisfactory indication of
the health of the horse. A horse that is
working should be Dly ne.
both morning and n "7e el D.
card or currycomb t ad --
Neto York Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31

Two Corydon Ind farmers gathered
10g and III bushels of corn respectively
| from two acres.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31
Deep Soil +

IN relation TO dee la .H.
me Country Gentlemen says. o..vu.-
and corn differ in one important par
ticular. A severe drouth of temporary
continuance, causing the leaves Of corn
to wither, does not seriously Affect the
amount of the crop, while it may greatly
reduce potatoes. Corn planted on in
verified sod, plowed only five or six
inches deep, will yield more than on a
seven or eight-inch sod. On the con
trary, potatoes are best on deep soil.
We have known sub-soiling to increase
the potato crop over thirty per cent. as
compared with contiguous land not sub
sol ed. A row of potatoes over filled
ditch yielded double the rows in other
part of the field The roots of potatoes
run deeper than those Of corn. Potatoes
require a continued supply Of moist.
ture. and deep soil will drink in a
copious rain and give it out to the crop
in time of drouth.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31

Woman's Educational and Industrial
Union of Syracuse, N. Y, sent out fifty,
seven graduates during the year just
closed. This is said to be an unusually
large class.
A Woman's League has been formed
in New Orleans. One Of its objects is tol
look in large and practical way after
the interests of women-as to how they
are treated in asylums, prisons, stores,
station houses, etc.
A Maine historian says that in old.
times the fine ladies of Eastport, then Al
very gay, fourishing town, used to-
acquire beautiful compilations by sleep;
ing with their heads out of the windows
in foggy weather.
Of white dress fabrics there is no end.
Brocades, plain or striped velvets, watered
silks, benealne, ottoman silk, faille,
Irish poplin, embossed satin and Henri
eta cloth are obtainable in white and
make up very effectively.
In spite of the oft-repeated assertion
that cloaks alone will be worn by
fashionable women, there are innumer-
able short wraps in velvet, bengaline
| ClOlu, UloCliC anu pAuoh W w oVCu VA
fashionable thoroughfares.
The startling intelligence comes across
the water that {, ueen Victoria has dis
missed her corset LAGER. The Queen, it
is supposed, will solace herself here
after with the reflection that she is say
ing the wages of corset LAGER.
RThe humorous editor of the Boston
1runsrip, is in quandary. The craze
for whistling among girls is seriously
troubling him. He says it is almost i'm
possible to tell whether the girl is solicit
ing kiss or only preparing to quicker.
A very convenient garment for house
wear is gay little acket made of dull
blue or old red fleecy flannel. 1t fits
quite smoothly at the back and has full
vest of silk gathered and parted at the
throat and waist High collar and cuffs
accompany the jacket.
A novel and beautiful watch is being
manufactured for presentation to Mrs.
Harrison. The case plates are of
transparent Brazilian pebble or rock
crystal. Holes are drilled in the crystal
plates for the screws and fittings. The
piyots are set in rubies and sapphires,
and the plates are held apart by sapphire
pillars.
Miss Lucille Eistun, of Cincinnati,
could whistle tefore she could talk, and
when she gicw Into girlhood her parents
tried to break the habit, but without
success. shc continued to whistle, and
when she began her studies in music she
found it he p. of late years she has
praciiced whisiling instead of singing,
although she recently received gold
medal for the h CHEST proficiency in the
theory and practice of music,