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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-03-27
ONE ENJOYS

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasan'
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, ita
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in Soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand viii PRO
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SEnUp co.
SAN fsAgcIeoo. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky AsW YoR1 NY
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-03-27

Men and women permaturely gray
and whose hair was falling, are en-,
thusiastic in praising Halls Hair Re-
newer for restoring the color and pre-
venting badness.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-03-27

&S@lF you are looking for situation,
why not go to work for r g. Chase &
Co., Nurserymen, % Pemberton Square,
Boston. Read their ad.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-03-27

&SHWANTEp.-Ag good farm hand for
the season-one vino knows how 10 work
and is willing to work, Inquire of
A. +, CUDWoRrH.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-03-27
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

WE. THE SUBSCRIBERS, being duly ap-
" inted by the Hon. Probate Court for the
District of Westminster, Commissioners to re-
ceive, examine and adjust all claims and de-
mands of all persons against the estate OF
JOHN AIKEN, late of Londonderry, In said
District, deceased, and also all claims and de-
mands exhibited in Offset thereto; and six
months from the fifth day of March last, being
allowed by said Court for that purpose, We do
therefore hereby give NOTICE, that we will at
tend to the business Of our said appointment, a
the late dwelling of said deceased, In London
derry, in said District on the fourth day of
April and twentieth day of June, next, iron one
O'Clock, P. M until four O'Clock, P. M, on each
of said days.
J. w. MELENDr, Commissioners.
j. L. Martin, Admir-.
LONDONDERRY, VT, Mar. 18th, A. D. 1880.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-03-27

&B~NoTlCE Alper,ons having unset
tied accounts with me VIII fluid the sam,
with f. Winchester, TO whom they are
requested to make payment
IL u Hal u
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-03-27
THE
Londonderry Sitter.
So. Londonderry, Vermont,
special Notices..

@g~ Lumber, Drag Plank, Shingles
and dimension Stock,
Slide yokes and sleds made to order,
Job work done on short notice at Weston
Island Mil by
~ q,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-03-27

@y~CALL at J. Hills, Bondyille, amC
get package of Perfection Buck-whea
Flour.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-03-27
For 1889,

For only sl.t5 you can have, by
sending The money to this office, the
SITTER aud e. aer the Boston Weekly
journal. Bos On Adve ser. New
Yorl Ma and ENp,e,>. New lo X
7 bJne Or New " 7 IS f"- oie
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-03-27

For Jewelry and Silver Ware 90
to Chas. A. Trip & Cos. Blatie-
boro.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-03-27

BE- For RENT.-The Crossman farm
800 acres Terms, 500, Or one half the
produce; stock and farming tools fun
ished NJ. J. Hap good, or G. L. Richard
son, Peru, Vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-03-27

&g@ COPYING AND ENLARGING.-If you
have pictures of your friends or relatives
that you would like copied, bring or send
them to A. A. Whitman, Londonderry,
Vt, aud get good work, and at very
reasonable prices | am also prepared to
take views Send in your orders a t once
as | may be in the place bnt short time.
Londonderry, Mar. l4th. 1890.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-03-27
GIBSON e Co.'S.
Londonderry, Vt.
NOTICES!

NOTICE is hereby given that all per
sons holding orders against the iowa of
Landgrove 10 an amount not exceeding
fftv do las, to prescott them TO the town
treasurer W tnn the next thirty days. as
40 interest Will be allowed after that
date.
w. W. WILEY, Town Treas.
LANDGEovE, VT, Mar. l0th, 1890
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S@WANTED.-A compctcnt house
keeper. To such Que good wages WI
be paid, and constant employment given
Adj eSS, Mrs, ". ), NEWTON.
Bratlleboro, Mar. 18Th, 1890.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-03-27

d. d. WAIT & Son.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-03-27

&s~A fine lot of shouts, weighing rom
IS to 100 pounds, for sale mt ne
LOWELL LAKE FARM.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-04
The Art of Stacking.

Few understand the art of stacking
hay so that rain will not get into the
center. says Mr.. W. II. Doane in the
Orange Judd Farmer. One great
enemy to keeping of hay is the wind.
especially in Kansas. Many times the
farmer gets his hay and grain stacked
up in good condition, and along comes
gust of wind and all his labor is
swept away, as far as the keeping
qualities is concerned. Enough hay
goes to waste every year on many
farms to pay for lumber to cover it.
In Illinois, years ago, stacks of hay
were roofed with three-eights or five
eighths inch ceiling. They were hip
rooted MA king them as solid as light
material could make them; then to
hold them in place four AKA inch posts
were set in the ground fourteen feet
high, with four plates at the top to hold
the posts III position and keep them
plumb. The roof was placed in
position hcfore the posts were set
up. having the corners at the
cave ends of the roof gained in to per-
NIT the roof to slide up or down on or
between tt posts. Holes were bored
in the posi- to put in pins to hold the
roof up. When it is time to begin
stacking fasten the roof at the top of
the posts and begin the stack between
the posts. Build to finish. or in case
there is not enough hay to cut, put in
what there is, stopping work on the
stack for any length of time. take out
the pins and lower the roof down upon
the hay. leaving the hay level, or
nearly so. AS the stack settles the
roof will follow the hay down and pro-
tect from rain and wind. fl were GO
ing to build one l should build it for
ticks instead of stacks; it would be
cheaper in the long run in cost of lum-
Der and the work generally. Then
when not in use as covers for hay they
could be used for storing of farm tools.
wagons or anything that should be
housed from sun or rain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-04
An OleO Test.

The best and simplest test ever de-
vised for detecting oleomargarine was
given to the public some years ago by
Professor Thomas Taylor, of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture. The test is very easily APP
piled, and consists in combining tie
sample with su phuric acid. in the pro-
portion OF one grain of the substance
to two drops of the acid
When pure butter is combined with
sulphuric acid in these proportions it
changes Immediately to an OPAQUE,
whitish yellow. Within five minutes a
change in color, beginning at the edge,
takes place, and it becomes very
pale shade of scarlet. In thirty min
utes the color deepens perceptibly.
But fresh olemargarine, made from
beef fat, when treated with sulphuric
acid, becomes at first a transparent
amber color, and in the course of
twenty minutes changes to a deep Grim
son. When the beef oleo is stale or
decomposing it turns under the acid
treatment to dark opaque brown.
Fresh oleo, with lard basis. when
first treated changes quickly to a trans
parent amber, a shade paler than beef
oleo, and in half an hour becomes a
deep brown. Butter oleo mixed will
show this in proportion to the quanti-
ties of each.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-04
Flowing in Peru.

The land is plowed in the following
manner: From six to a dozen teams
of oxen are put at work in a single
field of twenty or thirty acres. The
oxen are ''yoked' by tying heavy
beam across their foreheads. To this
beam the pillow is attached, ali the force
being applied by the head instead of
the shoulders. The pillow is a crooked
stick or branch of tree the point
faced with iron. The Hebrews, when
they titled the soil in the time of Moses,
had d pillow made in the same way. In
telligent Peruvians contend that they
do not need to pillow more than two
or three inches deep-simply enough
to loosen the soil SO as to enable the
seed to take root. The water used in
irrigating is said to be rich in plant
food, further obviating the necessity of
deep blowing. 1t may also be added
that improved plows, suitable for this
country. are now manufactured in
Europe and the United States, but it
goes without saying that they are very
different from the pillow used by an
American farmer. They are light aud
small. having close resemblance to
the original crooked stick. Another
peculiarly of every Peruvian pillow is
that it has only one handle. The
driver carries in one hand a large
goad, twelve or fifteen feet in length.
with which to touch up his team, and
he manages the plow with the other
hand. -Minister Hicks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-04
BOYS and Girls in Holland,

A letter from a lady travelling in
Holland tells how they distinguish the
boys from the girls in that country.
They are all dressed alike in dark
full skirts and gay bodices. All have
long hair and long thick bangs trained
to stand out under the tight caps like
little visors to shade their eyes. We
began to wonder why they were all
girls, when suddenly the guide seized
one. crying, Do you think this a boy
or grip When we said girl be
whisked the child around and pointed
to little red and white crown piece in
the back of its cap. No he said.
Girls caps are plain. Until the chill
dren are years old you can't tell boy
from girl, except from the back of
their heads BY asking the children
their names we found the guide was
right and we all wondered what
Young America would say if he were
obliged to dress like his sister till he
was wears old
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-04
ScaD on Sheen.

MIR. Cass, of Kansas gives the follow.
ing on this plague of the flock:
Scab is caused by spider-like para.
site called the acarus. 1t is acarus
which produces itch in man and mango
in other animals, but the sheep acarus
or scab mite viii not live on any other
animal. A female acarus viii burrow
into the skin of a healthy sheep and
within ten or twelve days lay eight to
fifteen eggs, which are quickly Matched,
and the young in turn are laying eggs
within the next ten or twelve DAYS, I'M
til within three months the increase
from one female has, according to re-
liable authorities, reached the vast
number of 100000.
a close observer will detect the first
indication of scab in about two weeks
after exposure to contagion. One
thorough dipping with tobacco and sui
phur, or other safe dip, will kill all
living scab mites on the sheep. A
second dipping ten days later will kill
all that were unmatched at the first
dipping and leave the flock clean, pro-
vided the work has been properly
done. Some, to insure success, give a
third dipping ten days later. After
the first dipping the sheep must be re-
moved to fresh, unaffected yards,
pastures, ETC., or all the labor of dip
ping will be lost; they will again be-
come infected. Frost, only. will effect
ually cleanse a barn, yards, or pastures
from the infection of scab.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-04
The Value Glover.

The value of clover as food for
nearly all kinds of stock is attested by
chemical analysis, as it had already
been discovered by practical expert
ment. Good clover hay, we'll cured,
contains more nearly a perfect food
ration in proper bulk than any other
one thing that the farmer grows. Corn
is too concentrated, and contains be-
sides an undue proportion of heat
giving and fat-forming nutrition. All
grain is too concentrated to be given
alone, though the larger proportion of
hull in oats makes this less likely to be
INJURIOUS if fed largely than any other
grain. Good clover hay, however, con-
talns bulk and nutriment in the right
proportions for cattle, horses, or sheep.
1t needs less grain to thoroughly IA item
any animal with clover than with any
other forage. With such concentrated
nutriment as there is in corn, clover
should always be added to the ration
even for pigs. 1t will not only distend
the stomach, but will supplement the
deficiencies of corn as food for max
ing of bone and muscle.-Americdn
CxEtiUGtOr.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-04
The Population of Spain.

The results of the Spanish census of
1887 are now being made known. The
total population was Il, 550216, or an
increase of 951, 9Ol since the census of
1877, or "a per cent per annum. Be-
tween 1860 and 1877 the annual in
crease was only So per cent, and the
greater increase in the last decade is
attributed not only to the absence of
political turmoil, but also to the better
hygienic conditions of the larger towns.
The increase in population was lowest
those provinces which are poor and
ii provided with COMMUNICATION. such
is Soria, Teruel. and Almeira, while
was greatest in Huelva and Biscaya.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-04

wood OF the Middle States takes time
for which we can not wait: or. at b9st,
by beginning now, we can only hope
10 obtain this result as a luxury for
our children. After some thought and
considerable solicitation in my mind
in behalf of these people on the plains
and what they were to do for fuel,
blundered upon an idea that | trust
may be of some value to them. 1t is
scheme to grow annual crops Of actual
fire wood. For this purpose let an
acre or so of the best and most
productive land on each farm be Sc
lected; if in the sharp bend of some
small stream, ravine or even canon,
all the better. Let it be in good state
of cultivation, and planted with YEAR
ling ailantus trees, four or five feet
apart each way. and let them be well
and thoroughly cultivated, as a crop
of corn or patotots ought to be. or
let the whole be mulched sufficiently
well to keep down all weeds. At the
close of the first years growth, or at
least before the second one begins, cut
all down close to the ground, and con-
tinue the cultivation or mnlching
whichever is most desirable to the
owner. II the ground is too thin. put
on plenty of manure; if too dry, and
located on such bottom as mentioned
above, it may be helped by an over
flow of water from dam across the
Water-course.
The second year after planting, three
or more stalks may be expected to
grow from each plant or hill, and they
should be from the size of broom
handle, to that of fork handle, or I'M
der the most favorable circumstances,
even much larger These may all be
cut off in the fall, winter or early
sprlng-only to be followed by another
crop of the same sort each succeeding
year.
These annual growths are easily and
rapidly cut into suitable lengths for
use in the stove, and will be found
equal to the best split hickory, beech
wood, far outranking cottonwood, elm
and all other soft woods and contain
ing no small brush.
The semi-tropical foliage of this tree
is quite pleasing to the eye. 1t is per-
fectly at home so far as the hot sun
shine and the other vicissitudes of our
climate during the summer months are
concerned, and it is withal free from
all insect pests. 1t does not, however,
always endure our severest winters.
and therefore when wanted for per-
manent tree it should be planted on
less fertile soil, or the culture and
maturing be less generous than when
the annual crop of firewood is the end
to be obtained.
This tree is easily grown from the
seed without preparation, and should
be planted about the time of planting
corn in well-prepared ground. 1t can
also be grown with much facilitity
from root-cuttings. Let no one at
tempt to grow it on the sod. or on
ground that will produce nothing else,
for in such case | am sure my scheme
would be about as much of failure as
hill Of corn or potatoes would under
like conditions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-04
A Plea for Shorter Hours.

When the workingmen are striking
all over the land for less hours of la,
Dor, the farmer who is his own master.
should not be tempted to overwork
himself, his hired men or his teams.
A little planning, little calculation il
saving unnecessary labor says the
american CUltiCatOr, and a little extra
energy put in during the shorter hours,
will often accomplish quite as much.
Ii the total crops are not as large the
short crops must bring an increased
price. These are the arguments of the
mechanic. and they are equally APP
plicable and equally true for the farm
er. 1t is true that the farmer cannot
always limit himself to eight hours or
to ten hours, as there are times when
a few hours of overwork will save a
crop, but if he has saved his strength
by shorter hours on other days, he will
have a reserve to draw upon, which
will prove useful in those times of
need.
There is no reason why the farmer
should toll from sunrise until sunset,
and then have an hour or two to spend
In ''doing chores" to produce that
which the mechanic will buy with the
labor of eight hours, or perhaps Il lit
tie less time. Particularly is this ap-
plicable in the spring, when the char
acter of the work to be done is diff
ferent from that which has been done
during the winter. A new set Of mus
Giles is brought into play, and although
they feel vigorous and strong at the
start, they ret tired and sore aud the
speed must s!acken to give them "A
chance to recuperate. Do not work
yourself c. Your teams so rs to get
''harneSs-chafed" and have to lie idle
to get over it. but take lesson from
the professional ballplayers, and from
those who train the racehorse. Put
yourself in training before you try to
do all that you are capable of. Re-
member. too, that four-fifths of the
farmers and gardeners would accom-
plish best results in the year if they
did not try to do so much. There are
always crops that do not get properly
cared for. and tasks begun and not
finished. Begin in the spring with
determination that whatever is be-
gun will be finished and whatever is
planted will be taken care of.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-04
JudiciOus Farming PAYS.

Careful, judicious farming pays, says
the Ottumwa, Iowa. Courier 1t paws
just as judicous investment backed by
hard work and intelligence pays in any
calling. We believe that if the census
could be taken it would show far
larger proportion of retired farmers in
the country than any other avocation.
Why, take it in Iowa alone. The little
town of Vinton, in Benton County, has
fifty retired farmers living in the town,
not counting those who have sold their
farms. This is true all over Iowa.
while hundreds of those who began
twenty years ago with small holdings
are to-day the owners of fertile estates
of two or three hundred acres. The
demagogues appeal to prejudice by
pointing out the alleged ''down-trod-
den farmer" This is 5osh. 1t is very
true that we would rejoice if the farm
ers lot could be made easier, if he
could get higher prices for his pro-
duets, if he could more fully enjoy the
larger opportunities of life. But he is
doing as we'll as any other class, and
his industry is fairly we'll rewarded.
He injoys independence and plenty in
the majority of cases, and to-day he is
recognized not alone as the great con-
sentative force in the Nation, but as
the really prosperous. substantial and
successful one.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-04
The Poor Mans Chance.

The Hon. l.. S. Coffin. writing to the
Fort Dodge Qowa) Messenger, says he
has resided in Iowa over a half century,;
that he has always been laboring man
and buyer of labor: and that in no
time in all these thirty-five years has
he known it to be so difficult as now to
hire good skilled farm and farmhouse
labor. The demand exceeds the sup
ply This time, then, is 1.-the poor
mans chance" Mr.. G.. adds that
within the past fifty years there has
never been time so favorable as the
present for young man or woman to
build a home, a competence, and
good name.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-04
Poultry Lice.

M. j. n, of Oneida, Kan, asks for
an effective method of getting rid of
chicken lice.
Eternal vigilance is the price of free
dom from this pest of the poultry yard.
An ounce of prevention is better than
all cures ever invented. And the first
essential in the way of prevention is
cleanliness. Then give the fowls half
a chance and they will keep off the
vermin. They must be literally sup
piled with Stacked lime, dry ashes, and
dust, in which they can wallOw and
take their dust-baths. But when the
pests have obtained stronghold upon
the poultry premises there are various
methods recommended for their ex-
termination.
The writer once upon time bought
a place, and with it a fine stock of light
Brahma chickens. The discovery was
soon made that the hen-house was
swarming with vermin, and the pests
were cleared out in short order. The
house was thoroughly cleaned, the m
side was whitewashed and the roosts
were literally saturated with kerosene
oil. Then the ground floor WAS covered
with clean, dry sand and gravel,
sprinkled with lime. Shallow boxes
were provided, filled with dry ashes
and road dust. Then each fowl was
taken and treated to an application of
kerosene oil. rubbed on the parts most
infested with the insects. That did
the business, and there was no repeti-
ton of the plague.
Another method said to be effective
is to close the house tightly (the hens
outside, of course) and burn therein
pound or so of the flour of sulphur.
placed in an iron vessel. The fumes
will penetrate every crevice and de-
stroy all insect life.
But the free use of kerosene applied
to the roosts and plentiful whitewash
will destroy the vermin most safely
and economically. A little crude ear
bolic acid mixed with the whitewash
will make it more effective.
When young chicks are found to be
troubled, apply little common grease
to the little fellows, and they will soon
be happy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-04
When a Woman is Well Dressed.

The general woman is the woman
you know and | know, you like and
like. She has wit and sense enough to
realize that the most expensive fashions
are often the keynote to the develop
ment of pretty coats and frOcks in less
costly fabrics. Ii she is wise she will
study out of the colors and stuffs that
suit her best. She will buy each frock
and gown with the thought to that
which is already in her wardrobe, and in
this way will avoid inharmonious eff
fects. Gowns, gloves and hats in har-
mony are what, after all, make we'll
dressed woman. They need not abso-
lutely match. but not color must, az
the French people say. '-swear at each
other" The general effect must be that
gained in a many-hued flower, each
shade blending into each other until
perfection is obtained. and the woman.
like a flower, is symphony in tints.
Mrs. INalloaa, IN Ladies' Home Jour-
nal.