The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-26
TIE LONDONDERRY SITTER,
EAST DORSET.

On Sunday morning when break
o'day glistened in the east it was fair
Then we had round snow, then round
snow and rain, then snow, then sun
shine and at twilight rain accompani-
ed with high wind, The outcome of
the falling mixture was a little show
of sleet, The outlook for good going
on Christmas is rather shady. But
that day will be observed mud or
snow, rain or shine. 1t don't visit us
only once year and is always made
the most of. OF course Santa Claus
is the first love Of the little folks,
Already the nimble scissors are busy
among the evergreens to festoon the
churches, and there is to be Christ
mas tree in the Union church. Alb
sent ones are arriving in almost every
train. All our students are home
from Burr & Burton Seminary, An
ma Dunn from the Castleton Normal
School, Edward Griffith from Dart
mouth and John l. Cochrane from
Harvard.
Andrew j. Loveland, who lately
became spa" has taken Robinson
Andrews farm to work on shares the
coming year. He can hardly taii to
do well. The farm is a good one, is
easily carried on and will keep 10 OF
20 COWS, and team summer and WIN
ter.
The Cochrane Cheese Factory has
made the patrons cheerful this year.
About ten thousand dollars have al
ready been divided among them ana
about two thousand more will be dl-
vided, making in all twelve thousand
dollars net.
Louis Dufrane, who had the bad
luck of late to have his steam saw
mill destroyed by fire has new mill
up and running, and is pushing the
lumber business with large force OF
help.
The Landon saw-mill is occupied
by F. r. Eggleston, who is pushing
the wood spoon business, but the mill
yard is piled with some 10000 feet
of ash plank the property of Geo. h.
Reed.
Our mining company's hearts beat
high with hope, for they are finding
more and more favorable indications
every day. They are now in about
600 feet, but it is expected that wori
will be suspended during the holidays
The miners say that since they wer'
fairly in the mountain they haven
found stone as large as man,
e tist-nothing but clear ocher.
Alonzo Streeter, lately caught
S fisher and mink, but he alone o
' our sportsmen has had any luck Q
t late. Smith Jameson keeps two 10
: hounds, Chas. Crandall one, III
e Bartlett one and Ed Mechanics one
e but not so much as a rabbit has bee
seen dangling from the hand OF any
d one of them for long time.
a The scribe was pleased to notice
II the last SITTER that Hon. Ira X
/ Batchelder has written the history
Peru and hopes to have the pleasul
S of subscribing fol ald reading one
his dollar books. The author Is [:
Il miliar with the town, has often vleV
S ed its landscape, knows whether 1t
J. higlf and dry, rolling and healthy
Il low and malarial. Knows wheth'
o the climate is temperate, semi-trop
If cal or semi-Spitzbergen. Know
whether the inhabitants have to dri
around on wheels two or three montl
of the year, or whether sleigh be!
are heard during the major part OF u
summer solstice. Has analysed Il
soil and studied the relations of
= fertility to the elongation OF veget
. ton. The knowledge an author h
of what he writes about is a most a
tractive feature of a book, and t
history of Peru will, Oh this very a
count, be awaited with impatlen
and read with avidity by the scribe
. I.
East Dorset, Dec. "a, 'S9.
~ WINDHAM.