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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-27
A Lonesome Little King.

The King of Anam, now under the
protectorate of France, is boy nine
years old, Thank Tai by name. He lives
almost alone He studies not 4 little,
however, and lately, when one of his
tutors, in reading to him out of an ORR
entail book of philosophy, faltered and
stumbled in attempting to explain pass
age, the child-King said to him, seri-
ously, but without severity: "Had you
not better, before undertaking to explain
those books, look them over and see
whether you comprehend them yourself9"
In order to brighten the young Kings
existence, the French Government re-
Gently sent to him from Paris number
of toys of "a very interesting and ingen-
ious sort. Previous to their arrival,
King Thankful had no other way of
amusing himself than by watching, hour
after hour, the red gold-fishes swimming
about in small pond near his chamber.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-27
SAYING THE PASTURES.

There are two times that by little
carelessness pastures are often severely
injured. One is early in the spring,
when the grass is just starting to grow,
and the other in mid summer, when the
weather Is hot and dry.
II the stock is turned out in the spring
before the grass gets good start the
stock derive but little, if any, benefit
from it; and the grass plants are often
seriously injured-so much so that the
small amount of feed secured will rarely
pay for the damage. The better plan to
avoid this is to keep the stock up and
feed on dry feed a little longer. A very
few days will make considerable differ
ence in the growth OF the grass, and after
it gets good start it will furnish much
larger amount of feed than if it is fed
down close from the start
During the first part of the growing
season the grass generally will furnish a
larger amount of feed than at any other.
AS the weather becomes warmer, dry
weather usually sets in, and in conse-
quence the grass does not make as good
growth, and less supply of feed will
be furnished
In order to keep the stock growing
something else must be supplied. In
many cases the wheat and oat stubble
fields, and the meadows after the crops
have been taken off, can be used, but
the same influence that cut down the
pastures will keep these from furnishing
as much grass as they would under much
more favorable conditions. Hence the
better plan is to prepare ahead, SO as to
be ready in an emergency, or rather if
needed to supply something else. This
can be done BY arranging, when
planning out the spring crop, to plant a
patch of corn or sorgham on purpose to
cut off and feed at this Tine. If it is
not needed it can be cut up and be stored
to feed during the winter; but in ma
jority of cases, if stock is kept in good
condition more or less of it will be needed
before the season is over, and in addition
to keeping the stock in better condi-
ton, it will aid materially to preserve
the pastures from being killed out II
eaten down close while the weather is
hot and dry many of the grass-plants are
killed outright, when by letting them
have better opportunity to grow they
will live through.-Prdirie Farmer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-27
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The throat telephone is operated by the
vibrations which take place in the throat
when one is speaking.
Fuel gas made by electricity from crude
petroleum is said to be made at cost CT
seventeen cents per thousand
At thirty of the worlds observa-
tories Photographic apparatus is now used
for meteorological observations.
The English propose to make expert
ments at acclimatizing American clans.
They will be planted at several places
along the coast.
France now has nearly 1900 miles of
waterway navigable for vessels drawing
six and one half feet of water, 1850 miles
being in canals.
A peculiar black paper, made from the
bark Of certain trees, serves the purpose
of states in Siam and Burmah, the writ
ing beng erased by means of betel leaves
instead of with sponge.
A St. Louis man is building steamer
which may be used for either river or
ocean navigation. There are two hulls
with an adjustable keel that may be raised
or lowered like centre-board.
A rival to the now celebrated "Wolse-
ley" sheep-shearing machine, has been
tested in Melbourne, Australia, with salts
factory results. This machine is called
the "Silver," and with it an expert can
shear 200 sheep per day.
The weight of the Greenland or right
whale, is said to be 100 tons, or 220, 900
pounds-equal to that of eighty eight
elephants OF 440 bears. The whalebone
in such whale may be taken at 1850
pounds, and the oil at from 40 to 170
tons.
A curious feature of the artificial teeth
industry is the variety of color required
| for different countries. The United
States, for instance, demands teeth of
snowy whiteness, South America those of
yellow color, and China only black
teeth.
A new kind of shoe is being tried in
the German army. The sole consists of
sort of wire trellis, while the spaces be-
tween are filled w with gutta percha and
resin. This new preparation is said to
be cheaper, more durable and more elas-
tic than leather.
DR.. Bokal, Professor at the Klausen-
burg University, Germany, claims to
have discovered an absolutely certain
antiseptic for hydrophobia, destroying
the virus at the seat of the bite. 1t con-
sists of solution of chlorine, bromine,
sulphurous acid and permangonate Of
potash, with oil of eucalyptus.
Glass-blowing by machinery is being
performed successfully at Ellenville,
N. Y. The machine consists of an
iron upright, around which revolves
arms fitting with molds for shaping the
glass. A pipe supplied with a current
of air and readily manipulated by the
operator does the work of blowing. 1t
costs but about 5000 and will take the
place of two skilled men, who command
from IS to 81 day each.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-27
A Cowboys Charity.

Last evening tall, well-formed man,
with long hair, wide brimmed SOM
brero and otherwise of the typical cow
boy appearance, was attentively studying
the bill board and pictures in front of
Niblo's Theater. His hat was turned up
in front, his teeth held firmly a cigar
angled at forty live degrees, and his gen
cral demeanor indicated that he was I'M
der the influence of liquor. Presently a
miserably clad woman, with child in
her arms, came along. She looked wan
and poverty stricken In the extreme, and
her gown was of old and thin stuff, ut
terly insufficient to protect her from the
chill of the night.
She saw the cowboy and hesitated.
Then she approached him and silently
extended her hand. He saw her and
took in the situation at once.
"Tl be hanged if faint too bad
Hold on" he exclaimed. He ran over
to the flower stand and bought the most
expensive bouquet in sight. "There
take it-s'all right" he said, handing it
to her, and turning on his heel, rushed
into the theater.-NeU York Telegram.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-27

good place to think. Whicha He was
as much at sea as ever, and was walking
along disconsolately, trying, manlike, to
lind some solution by plunging his hands
deep in his pockets, when he heard the
unmistakable sound of sobbing near him.
He stopped abruptly and then went
quickly toward the spot whence the
sound came. Here was Dorothy, sitting
on bench in an an abandon of grief.
"Miss Dorothy cried, in alarm.
'What is i'll"
Dorothy jumpedHo her feet and showed
rather distorted countenance. As she
nervously made little dabs at her eyes,
with a very moist handkerchief, she
stammered
"oh, I didn't think any one would
come. IL am sorry, but l couldn't
help it,"
He looked puzzled and was at loss
for words, when she broke forth with a
fresh one:
"0h! did look forward so much to
this It's the first real dance I've ever
been to, and had new gown and
everything. It's babyish to cry, know"
and she Strengthened up determinedly
-"but | did feel so badly. But didn't
tell you, did II The heel came of my
slipper"
She held out the slender foot in its
dress of creamy white, looking, certainly,
little odd in heelless slipper.
"Why don't you send home for an
othera" he asked, much relieved.
"Why, haven't any more. We sent
to New York for these l couldn't put
on black ones, you know. If stopped
to go home, anyway, l shouldn't get
back"
And she sat down again with CULVER
ing lips. Louis had felt strangely moved
at her incoherent recital, somehow, and
now he sat down beside her. 1t seemed
very natural to take the little white
gloved hands in his, and he was quite
surprised when she drew them away,
blushing.
"Why, what's the matter2" he asked.
Then he happened to think of something
that astounded him. "Why, Hove you,
Dorothy" he said. "Didn't you know
it2 Can't you care for me, Dorothy2
Tell me, darling9"
And Dorothy's confused answer was
such that the condition in old Mr..
Worthington's will was satisfied. The
| Ledger.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-27
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
HINTS TO pAIRYMEN.

The eheesy taste of butter is due to
the imperfect cleansing of the butter
milk. This cannot be done completely
by the common method of churning, in
which the butter is gathering in Jumps,
and is largely mingled with buttermilk
All the working and washing which can
be done cannot get rid wholly Of this
sour milk when it is so intimately closed
in the particles of butter. If the churn-
ing is stopped when the butter is in small
grains, and before the butter is in COM
pact mass, and the buttermilk then drawn
off from the churn, and water poured in
and changed until it is no longer colored
by the buttermilk, and the butter is then
salted and mixed, so as to get rid of all
excess of water above that which is
needed to keep it moist enough to dis
solve the salt, which is about ten to
twelve per cent. of the weight of the
butter, there will be no cheesy taste.
Mixing milk is injurious to the yield Of
butter. This is well known to milkmen
and butter-makers. If milk which has
been set for some time, and on which the
cream has partly risen, is stirred, the
cream never rises again fully, and there
is considerable loss of butter. Orange
Judd Farmer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-27
nARr DIES OF ALCOHOLISM.

William Albert Heaslip four years old,
died suddenly under peculiar circumstances
Sunday morning at his parents home on tho
top floor of No. 39s Fifth avenue. He was
the younger of two children of John and
Alice Heaslp, who have the care of tho
apartments and offices at this number. The
child when very young was subject to
cramps and to relieve his pain the mother
gave him small doses of whisky. A taste
for alcohol was thus early planted in the in
FAINT, and when he learned to talk he would
cry for whisky. Though the cramps were
soon outgrown. the fondness for alcohol re-
manned and was kept up by the parents every
now and then yielding to the boys abnor-
NAL and unnatural taste
Some friends called upon the family Sat
urday night and whisky was opened. When
they left, bottle containing heavy toper's
'swig' was left uncorked on the table.
While the parents were asleep. BERTHE arose
early Sunday morning, and, sighting the
bottle with the familiar odor, drank the con-
tents. When his parents awoke about
O'Clock they found the child very sleepy and
hardly able to stand He was put to bed
and quickly fell asleep When he awokc
couple of hours later his appearance alarmed
the father, who hurried for DIR. Charles II.
Gulick. The doctor saw at once that it was
a hopeless case of alcoholism. The child died
in an hour.-Nec York World
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-27
PROVIDE FOR THE FRESH COWS.

The wise dairyman, says George E.
Newell in the american Agriculwist,
will make provision in advance for ext
gencies thai arise in the care and man
agement Of stock. He can employ few
spare hours to no better advantage than
in preparing few stalls for cows during
parturltion. The too common custom of
leaving cows sanctioned up to the
moment of calving, and often SO con-
fined through its throes, is as inhuman
as it is unwise. The females of all ami
mails instinctively seek seclusion during
these trying periods, and that seclusion,
with care and comfort, should be freely
given them. Unless the dairy is a very
large one, it will not require more than
two or three stalls for the purpose indi-
Gated. There is generally spare room
enough for these in the average stable,
but if not, erect them elsewhere in warm
quarters. Build an ordinary box-stall,
with bars opening on the stable. The
dimensions of the stall need be only suf-
fcient for the free movements of the
animal. Make the stalls snug and warm,
keep them dry, and well Uttered with
straw. The COW should be turned loose
in the stall few days prior to parturi-
ton, and kept there till after the expul-
sion of the placenta. Isolation Tor a
longer period would be still better. Con-
suit the farm record, or memorandum
book, to see when the natural period of
CESSATION will expire, and keep careful
watch of the COW. She may calve before
or after her time; her symptoms and
appearance must govern in this regard.
New mich COWS, in the severest weather
OF our harsh Northern winters, can be
made even more profitable than in mid
summer. They require warm quarters
and abundant food. In the early spring,
when the greater number Of dairy cows
are coming in, stalls are indispensable
not only for the comfort Of cows, but to
insure their safe passage through this
trying ordeal. In these matters, the best
that man can do is to assist nature.
Cows that run down at calving time, and
are ill cared for and neglected, will be
profitless to their owners the rest of the
season.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-27
A Varied Experience.

William H. Wiles, of Gardiner, Me-,
is man who has had a varied experience.
He has narrowly escaped death from the
sting of bees, has had terrific encounters
with serpents in the Southern cane
brakes, and passed through other perils,
and though now seventy-four years old,
has aspirations for more adventures and
says he would like to go on an ex-
ploring expedition. He says he feels
young yet, and why shouldn't he, when
he has a grandmother living9 She is in
England and he gives her age as lis
years. His philosophy of life he gives
in these words: "When you're alive be
alive, and when you're dead, lie there. "
-Lepiston (Me) Journal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-27

thus disposed of, the mass lodges in the
gullet in its passage to the stomach and
the animal suffers considerable pain I'M
ill the obstruction is removed. Sliced
roots, unless cut very fine, are more
liable TO cause choking than when whole;
in the former case the animal is able to
pass into the gullet piece sufficiently
large to obstruct the passage, while
where the roots have to be cut by the
teeth there is little danger of large
pieces being bitten of. Chopped grain,
particularly barley and bran, is liable to
choke an animal il an attempt is made to
take large mouthfuls.
The general symptoms of choking are
manifested by pronounced uneasiness.
The animal works its jaws, opening the
mouth frequently in the vain attempt to
swallow the obstruction which is causing
no little pain. The breath is drawn
with difficulty and the stomach some-
times appears to be distended mot owing,
however, as it is generally supposed, to
air that has been swallowed, but to gas
that has been formed through chemical
changes occurring to the food in tho
stomach, If the obstruction is situated
in the upper part of the gullet the head
is held low and extended, with the nose
and neck Strengthened to their full length
forward. The eyes appear glaring and
bloodshot and show evidences of great
pain. An examination will reveal the loca.
ton of the cause of the trouble. but care
should be taken not to confound the
nstural unevenness of the throat at its
junction to the head with the obstruc-
when situated as above it can usually
~ removed by the hand; a balling iron
or its substitute, big pillow clevice,
first having been put in tina mouth to
keep the jaws apart and admit Of the
passage of the hand.
Another form in which the obstruc-
ton is found in about midway between
the head and chest; the swelling in this
case being usually very pronounced upon
| the left side Of the animals neck. The
symptoms are not so severe rs in the
former case; there may be a free passage
of liquids and no bloating.
The third form in which choking takes
place is when the substance lodges at the
lower end of the gullet, near its entrance
to the stomach. Bloating usually &C.
companies this form and the animal may
die by pressure of the stomach ON the
lungs.
In relieving cases of choking most
painlessly cheap and simple instrument
known as a probang is necessary. This
instrument is spiral spring about five
feet long, covered with rubber of leather,
and having cap-shaped head on one
end and perforated ball on the other.
This, wnen oiled, is passed into the
throat and the offending substance forced
downward. In the absence of the pro-
bang gentle manipulation with the hand
may suffice; harsh manipulation to be
avoided. An improvised probang may
be made by well oiling piece of new
rope. As the proper instrument is hol-
low it is of value when gas has col
lected in tine stomach. Soft food should
be given the animal after elief.-Mari.
time Farmer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-27
Planting Trees Upside Down.

1t is sometimes said that the branches
of very old trees are, properly speaking,
roots, and that if planted upside down
the trees would flourish. Herr Kny, a
German botanist, has recently investi.
gated the mater, by planting vines and
ivy with both ends in the ground, and
subsequently cutting them at the arch.
The experiments were fairly successful,
though not In every instance; and Herr
Kny intends to continue them with other
plants on trees, such as willows, poplars
and roses
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-27
He Eats Lamp Chimneys.

A man walked into a queensware
house in Asheville recently, and pur-
chased lamp chimney. He took from
his pockes handful of crackers, called
for cup of water, and before the eyes of
the astonished clerks proceeded to make
meal of the glass. 1t was apparently
relished, and after finishing his strange
repast, he thanked the attendants for
their kindness and withdrew.-Asheriib
IN CO. Citizen.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-27
A Sparrow Lynched.

Suspended from the cornice over the
main entrance of the Mutt House in
Charlottesville, Ind, is an English spar
row. One end of piece of Irvine ten
inches long is tied securely about the
birds neck and the other is fastened to a
nest. The sparrow was hanged by its
fellows, and the execution was witnessed
by the guests of the hotel.
1t futtered at the end of the string for
ten minutes before it died, the other
sparrows picking and pulling at it all the
time and keeping up great chatter
PittsJuFg DISPATCH.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-27
CHOKING IN ANIMALS.

Many ANIMALS, particularly when quite
hungry, will bolt their meal or roots
without the necessary mastication and
the result is, that if a large quantity is
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-27

During last year 1864 dogs were killed
officially IN Berlin.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-27

one ever put IL Oh, DuC rODo OF
Christ, richer than that, the poorest and the
wanuest and the worst may wear Where
Sin abounded grace may much more abound"
"Oh, my sins, my sins y said Martin Luther
to Staupitz my sins, my sinsp The fact
is, that the brawny German student had
found Latin Bible that made him quake,
and nothing else ever did make him quake;
and when he found how, through Christ
he was pardoned and saved, he wrote
to a friend, saying; "Come over and
join us great and awful sinners saved
by the grace of God. You seem to be
only n slender sinner, AMI you don't
much extol the mercy of God; but we that
have been such very awful sinners praise His
grace the more now that we have been re-
deemed" Can it be that YOU are SO des-
perately egotisticaI that you feel yourself in
first rate spiritual trim, and that from the
root of the hair to the tip of the toe you are
scarless and immaculate? What you need is
q looking glass, and here it is in the Bible.
Poor, and wretched, and miserable, and blind,
and naked from tine crown of the head to the
sole of the foot, full of wounds and putrefyiug
sores. No health in u.s. And then take the
fact that Christ gathered up all the notes
against us and paid them, and then Offered
Us. the receipt.
And how much we need Him In our sor.
rowsl We are Independent Of circumstances
il we have His grace. Why, He made Paul
sing in the dungeon, and under that grace
Sc. John from desolate Patmos heard the
blast of the apocayptic trumpets. After
all other candles have been snuffed out, this
is the light that gets brighter and brighter
unto the perfect day; and after, under the
hard hoofs of calamity, all the pools of
worldly enjoyments have been trampled into
deep mire, at the foot of the eternal rock the
Christian, from cups of granite lily trimmed
and vine covered, puts out the thirst of his
soul
Again, remark, that Christ is above all
in dying alterations.
have not any sympathy with the morbid
ity abroad about our demise. The Emperor
Of Constantinople arranged that on the day
OF his coronation the stone mason should
come and consult him about the tombstone
that after while he would need. And there
are men who are monomaniacal on the sub.
iect of departure from this life by DEATH and
the more they think of it the less they are
prepared to go. This is an unmauliness not
worthy of you, not worthy Of me. -.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-04-22
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Total Disbursements. 81 ,574 40
TREASURER'S BALANCED

Cash in Treasury Jan. /, 80, to
The credit of tho various iundy az
follows:
p"htS Il huu.-.s. s.'-....,s.........S
Judges Salary Fund .................
General County FUND. 6,14a 40
Esbn contingent Fund. 4412 %
dihulRehI DICK Fund................ 2.i75 ~
Shlary thnd :...-.................. 2O2 43
Eouhty School tund. .............., 2g3 nT
GIEo special School Funi... ...... II
luschorS do .......... 5D3 81