The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24
LONDONDERRY.
Still it is dry,

Amos Jenkins of Bennington is
here for few days.
Mrs. Orion of Housatonic, Mass.
is visiting at A. A, Parker's.
A dance will be held at Union Hall
Tuesday evening, July goth,
Chas. Warner and wife left for
their home in Worcester, Mass,
Monday.
Miss Nellie Wells of Brattleboro
is stopping at Niles Towards.
A. b. Wait and wife of Des
Moines, Ia, is visiting his father,
b. S. Wait.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Arnold of
Bellows Falls are stopping at DR..
l.. S. Arnold's.
F. f. Stevens has twenty-one
boarders. Surely the White Cap is
Iprospering.
Mrs. j. M. Tarbell is very sick.
Hannum Leonard remains about
the same as at last writing.
All those interested in starting a
cheese factory at this place are re-
quested to meet at j. P. Farwell's
on Saturday evening, July 9th.
Everyone welcome.
Last week dogs belonging to o.
P. Newell and j. p. Farwell got
among Il. j. Jaquith's sheep and
proceeded to satisfy their appetite by
meal of mutton. The damages are
settled and the dogs have departed
for the "happy hunting ground, }"
where their canine appetite will no
longer be of trouble.
Mrs. P. j. Walker and daughter,
Lulu, of Chicago, ILL.,, and Mrs.
Will Simonds of Bennington are WIS.,
ting at l.. P. Sheldon's.
Geo. Cutler of Marlboro, Mass,
is visiting at John Cartoons.
Monday morning witnessed slight
frost which injured the gardens slight
; ly but not seriously.
People wishing new carpets should
call on Mrs. David Stowell, who is
employing her spare moments in this
. beneficial occupation.
A dance was held here on Tuesday
evening with fair crowd in attend.
ance. Another will be given soon.
Gov. Dillingham; and Commission.
: err Valentine will be in town this
week. They are on tour, inspect.
+ ing the Swedish settlements recently
made in this State.
n 1t was proposed a short time age
to build band stand for the benef
Il of the Cornet Band, but as little in
terest has been taken, it will in al
r. probability prove "fzzle."
T.. Last week was a memorable ont
O and if all events were enumerated
4 they would fill small volume. Som,
one had the brazen effrontery to stea
= some goods belonging to other parties
This caused a slight alteration and ;
black eye which adorns the phiz of ;
Il "young blood" Later on two O
u our citizens amused themselves ant
the public by indulging in the skillfu
art of applying pet names to eacl
other, in which :sBaby" Chadwicl
proved himself proficient.
There is yet q future for London
derry. Blank and unsounding fall
these words, but philosophy, common
sense and the experience of othe
- towns teach us that there is goot
Il deal of truth behind them, truth tina
exists not as prevailing idea but .
: fixed fact, standing in more livit
lines than Cicero could place it ant
e palmer than the powerful invectives
l. of Peter the Hermit could make it
1t such changes can be brough
: about in other sections, why can't TIT
/. same be made here, if on smalle
,. scale p! To do it we must have mel
= of brains, men of ambition and mel
of money. We need men who ar,
not afraid of working for the benefi
of others and who are willing to pro
claim it. TO be sure we have a few
. who are gifted with an ambition, bu
- they are handicapped by those VIII
sit around the village stores and com
PLAIN OF the hard times and yet d
nothing to better them, and by tn
easy-goingman who cares nothin,
. and reaps nothing. "We must no
only strike while the iron is hot bu
u strike SO as to make the iron hot o
the breezes of the next decade vii
k pass over us the same as to-day, an,
our futurity will be only passin.
If silence. When we look into the past
Al over the last twenty-five years W
a can see where our easy going ambi
+ ton has been detrimental to our in
, terests and the interests of the place
n When we look into the future we ca
f. see our faces reflected against til
al background of uncertain fortune