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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-11-13
KILL THE POOREST PIGS FIRST.

1t often happens ON every farm that
the pork barrel gives out early and the
farmer is obliged to resort to his pigpen
for a fresh supply. 1t is almost equally
common for the inexperienced farmer to
select the most thrifty pig in his lot for
killing first. This Is nearly always a
mistake. The lack of thriftness is not
cured by age, and when one pig is eighty
and the other hundred-weight, the in
crease is likely to be 800 and 200 if both
are kept long enough. The stunted pig
should be killed as soon as it is in fairly
good condition. A thrifty pig will pay
for keeping until it rolls in its own fat,
and will often pay better between 1OO
and 200 pounds that at any early period
of its growth. Boston Culticator.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-11-13
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
HENS AS scAvnSeEns,

The hens save much loss on the farm
by finding and appropriating material
that might so to waste. 1t is u large
annual loss of grain at times of harvest
ing, threshing aud bagging, and this is
all saved by the poultry. Small pota,
toes and turuips, seeds of grass, and
many other articles, are thus converted
into poultry and eggs, and sold, that
could not be disposed of in any other
manner Farm and Fireside.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-11-13
MY SLEEPING CHILD.

My sleeping child, how holy seems
Thypure face, smiling, as in dreams
or angels, who are but thy kindl
All! In what sermon can find
Such light as that which from thee streams
To pierce throughout my souls extremes.
Whose sad and Nsavy darkness teens,
With sullen care and passion blind'
Although my own heart little deems
Me worthy such jewels CLEANS,
Thou'rt mine, and, in my soul enshrined,
Thou keepest guard DER soul and mind.
My sleeping child!
-frederiek 4, Stokes, in the Cosmopolitan
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-11-13

Philadelphia is becoming noted for its
large number of physicians aud the num-
Der is rapidly increasing.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23

and so dear to all in that household
from the days of childhOod'S earliest
recollection. Yet between the Rocky
mountains and the Pacific coast there
are hundreds of thousands of homes
where children are growing up without
glimpse Of their own or any other
child's grandmother. They know moth
ing of the dear old face, the soft, gray
hair, the quaint figure Of that patient
little woman who, day after day, sits in
the quiet corner of the old home knit
ting, knitting, and still knitting, while
her thoughts are wandering far away
into the long ago OF her childhood.
They know nothing Of her gentle child
ingS. nor can they appreciate the quiet
and kindly amusement in the household
at grandmother'S expense, when after
searching the house for her specs"
she is reminded. in response to
her anxious inquiry, that they are UNI
der the frillS of her cap. Then, there
are the quaint old songs of long ago that
even the fathers and mothers OF the
present day know not, but which grand
mother, with a quavcr in her voice, will
hum and sing when she thinks no one is
near to hear. The children of the far
West never hear the old-time New Eng
land and Southern cradle songs, for the
mothers of the present day hardly know
even their fragments. Nursery rhymes,
nowadays, change, as do the fashions.
And think of Thanksgiving without
grandmothers. Why, in the land OF
grandmothcrS it is she who on that day
has first claim upon all our galantry
and chivalry. 4 white-haircd belle. on
that day at least, with gray-haired sons
and daughters, and troops Of happy
children around TO do her honor and
bring to her comfort and cheer. Thou
sands of western boys and girls know
nothing of this. A grandmother is to
them almost as much of a myth as the
heroine of fairy story. a little boy
in the Rocky mountains on beng told
some events about his grandmother in
the far East actually asked what kind
of being Il grandmother was. 1t Is
true there are some grandmotherS in
the far West. but they are imported
from the East and South. For most of
them the West is too far away. No
doubt their hearts often reach out ten
DERBY toward their grandchildren in and
beyond the Rocky mountains.
As to native-born grandmOtherS they
are very hard to find west of the Rocky
mountains. With the exception of the
early settlements in the Oregon coun-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23
of civilization that has thus far bee

of civilization that has thus far bee
MED to her.
Thanksgiving without grandmothers
is dreary indeed; but the Western
grandchildren forget them not. The
grandmothers in the East, in far away
New England and in the Southern land,
may rest assured that the hearts of their
Western grandchildren go out to them
as tenderly as if they had known them
and been rocked by them in the cradle.
1t is a kind of desert spot in children'S
lives not to have seen a grandmother
and felt her tender caresseS.
The birthplace of some OF those
earlier grandchildren was, in pioneer
days of the far West, in the old freight
wagons and prairie schoonerS. On the
Oregon, California and Pixies Peak
trails. many baby was born in an old
canvas-covered wagon. and all honor
to the mothers OF the Nation, who CEN
turtles ago brayed the dangers of almost
unknown seas To establish American
homes from the New England coast
TO the Georgia shore. Then over the
| Alleghanies they came. and then
across the Mississippi river. But Amer
lean women stopped not there. They,
too, braved the wilderness of plain and
desert, and dangers OF unknown noun
tain passes. The children, whose first
! sight of the world was from canvas
wagon train, and who are now grown To
manhood and wOmanhoOd, can not look
back to a mansion or vine-clad cottage
as their birthplace. There is no such
sacred home for them TO meet in for the
happy reunion on Thanksgiving. But
! they are proud Of their birthplace on
the ileeting trails of Western empire. at
time when brave men were blazing
Il pathway for new commemorative
TO the Pacific, and still more heroic
wives went with them. Sometimes
this story was a sad one. a grave
was dug: coffin was made from
a few pine boards torn from the
wagon bed. Her SiSters-for 1T such
times all women are siSterS-madc what
preparations they could: mother and
child were buried in the same grave,
and the caravan moved on. Neither
minister nor priest was there; the board,
with the name rudcly carved thereon,
has rotted away, and the drifting sands
have long since obliterated what else
could have marked the spot.
No wonder, then, children born amid
such surroundings have grown up into
strong, self-rcliant and courageous men
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23

have been so silly as to fetter myself in
such way cannot imagine, but having
given my word, of course | must keep
it, and since | am now thinking of mar
rying-or at least of asking a lady to
marry mel must beg you TO let me
know when / can meet you and the
other two victims. Please let it be to-
morrow, if possible, as am much press
ed for time. and for heavens sake let the
discussion be short one. | am sure
you will understand how very diSa-
greeable this tomfoolery is to me under
the circumstances.
Ever yours.
"PERCY THoRoLp."
Eustace Moretons note was even
more concise:
DEAR GUIsE:-I couldn't find you
last night to tell ycu that / want meet
ing of that blessed anti-marriage club
of yours summoned at once. I'm going
10 offer my heart and hand to somebody,
| if you'll kindly allow me. I'll tell you
all about it when we meet, and | hope
none of you will be ill-conditioncd
enough to put spokeS in my wheel.
l
own. Yours in haste,
"EUSTACE MoRETON.
Mr.. Schneider wrote nj greater length
and in more carefully chosen language,
and this was what he had TO say for
himself:
MY DEAR LORD GUIsE:-When |
joined you and our friends, Thorold
and Moreton, some months ago in an
agreement that we would none of us
offer marriage to lady without previ-
ouSly submitting her name for approval
TO the other members of our society |
did not. confess, think that | should
be the first TO claim the requisite per-
mission and authority. Fate. however,
has decrced that it should be SO, and |
feel osure that | may count, at least,
upon your sanction. You may have
your own opinion of the lady in qucS-
/ ton, and it may not be all that | (who
am possibly little better acquainted
with herr could wish it to be: yet it
would hardly, think, be consistent
with the views which have heard you
express were you TO oppose a nnion re-
commended chiefly, if not solely by con-
siderationS of worldly prudence and adj
vantage. | will not say more upon this
subject now, as hope to have an early
opportunity of laying my case before
you all.
My time, as You know is very much
occupied at present, and | may at al
most any moment be compelled TO go
north. | am therefore mSt anxious To
bring this matter to an issue a> soon as
possible, and if you could make it suit
your convenience and that OF our
friends to meet me in the course OF to-
morrow | should be greatly obliged. Be
lieve me. my dear Lod GuiSe. very
truly yours. ~ SCHNEIDER.
If there was one OF these miSSiveS
which made Lord GuiSe hugh more than
another it was the last. Upon what ladies
the choice of Thorold and Moreton had
respectively fallen he did not know,
though he had suspicious with regard
TO Moreton: but aS to Mr.. Schneider
selection he was in no uncertainty. and
the solcmnity of that e'ltlcman's style
delighted him.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23
CHAPTER VII.
THE SOCIETY PROTECTS ITS MEMBERS.

THE SOCIETY PROTECTS ITS MEMBERS
On the next morning but one after the
events chronicled in the last chapter
Lord Guise received three letters by the
same post which afforded him predictions
amusement. The first of them that he
opened was from Percy Thorold, and ran
as follows:
MY DEAR GuIsE:-l dare say you
haven't forgotten that one evening aI'er
dinner you induced me and two 0tner
idiots to join what | think you caiieo
Bachelors Mutual Aid and Protectlon
society, and that we hound ourselves 10
abstain from proposing to any women
until we should have received one an
others permission to do so. How can
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23

try. the Mormons in Utah, and the oc-
casional home of the earlier trapper in
the mountains. or ranchmen in Call-
fornia. the civilization Is too young lor
native-born grandmotherS.
1t was only forty years ago that the
great rush was made to the gold fields
of California, and not until ten years
later did the tide OF immigrati0 n start
for pixies Peak. Possibly, California
NAV produce few very youthful grand
mothers. about, say, forty years OF age;
but Won could scarcely find native
born grandmother of even that age IN
Colorado. Nevertheless the State mas d
nonulation of nearly two millions. Ne
hraska. too. has hardly grandmother
~ the manor born. Those two States
wore waste OF prairie and plain thirty
six wears ago, the home OF the DuiiiIo
and the Indian, where the face OF a
White man was hardly known. In the
older .new West" consisting OF Mime
sofa Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, LouIsl-
ana and Texas, they have grandmothers
of their own. n 49,. ,s,
rogion west of the States bordering i'm
mediately on the west side of the Mis-
sissinpi river, and Texas, as having
scarcely a native-born American grand
mother among millions of people. mat
region includes more than one-half Oh
The land over which the flag OF the Re-
nnbIic will float on Thanksgiving day
yet = native grandmother can scarcely
no found. If the far West can do so
much in building an empire without
ara ndmothers what will it not do when
: has rrandmothers of its own, and
their kindly influence for good is every
mbere felt, No better mothers can De
found in the whole country than the
mothers of the West. Many OF them
hove reared model families In the lace
Of Of almost overwhelming obstacles. we
have only to look forward few years
70 see them peaceful, kindly, loving ana
S to grandmothers. Then, indeed
wilI the far West be at last In full pos
session of one of the greatest blessings
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23

Whose funeral?' she asked wonder
ingly. Not mine, hope?"
NO, mine I'm going to cut my
throat. Did you ever happen TO set eyes
on man who was utterly and quite
seriously in despair? If not it might in
terest you to take a look at me, because
that is what l am
Lady BelvOir awaited herself of this
permission. and there was great deal
more of tenderness and compassion than
of wOnderment in her gaze.
Poor boy she exclaimed, 'thiS is
what becomes Of fancying ones self a
cvnic before ones beard is well grown.
II serves YOU right and yet I'm sorry for
Won. What woman has been treating
you so cruelly?"
AS If you didn't knowl
How can / know if you won't tell
me?" Lady Belvoir asked. with slight
smile. ''Come-whO is She?'
Il can't tell YOU, answered Moreton,
mindful of his obligations. AT least.
can't tell YOU now, and | don't think |
ever will. II wouldn't be of the slight
est use. She is a great lady and a great
beauty; there's no harm in admitting
that much. Well, you know what | am
an impecuniOuS nobody. OF course.
she would laugh in my face if had the
audacity to tell her that | loved her.
Added 10 which she has only been
amusing herself with me; she doesn't
really care two Stra IS whether cut my
throat or not.
Great ladies and great beauties" re-
marked Lady Belvoir penSively, "are not
always so inhuman as they are thought
10 be by young cynics. Am great
lady? Well, | suppose | am, and have
been told that am not altogether plain.
In fact, you yourself have told me so, |
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23
NO GRANDM MOTHERS.
ONE FEATURE LACKING IN THE FAR VESTS
THANKSGIVING.
Children Whose Only knowledge Of the Woman
Most HonOred in Eastern HCmesteads is
Derived From What They
Hear.
lCOPYRIGHTED.

Can you imagine, in these closing
days of the year, with Thanksgiving
close upon us, whole land without
grandmothers? That seems almost in
credible in the long-settled communi-
ties of the East and South, where no
family reunion is complete without at
least one venerable figure, so familiar
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23

Operatives who are
: closely confined in the
3 mills and workshops;
4 clerks who do not
4 procure sufficient ex-
y ercise, and all who
|, are confined indoors,
! should use SULPHUR
II BIrTERs. They Will
A not then be weak and
II aicklv
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23

and women. Their hearts go ont in this
Thanksgiving season to the grandmoth-
ers of the East and South, to whom they
claim kinship. Who among the chill
dren of the far West would not love TO
see one dear and venerable face in the
old homestead on Thanksgiving day?
WILL c. FEREIL. n
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23
fro BE CONTINUED. ]

Fen though the face be not so fair
And beauty may be all but flown,
Dear ladies. YOU need not despair,
IF SOZODONT you make your own;
And brush your teeth and mouth with skill
Von,ll fascinate and conquer stu.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-11
Mixed Politics.

County politics are getting terribly
mixed Another ticket, il is said, is to
come out with Hugh McLaren as a can
didate for sheriff, III. Ill. Phillips for clerk,
G.. II. Crandall for prosecuting attorney,
j. +. Concoran for treasurer and Drs.
Brcck and Darling for coronors. Politics
are not visible and it is TO be known n
the peoples ticket" Rumors are rife OF
still another ticket coming into the field.
II will contain the name OF John Peter
son for sheriff.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-11
CRYSTAL FALLS

Fred. Woempner vs.. Florence Iron
River Company, assumpsit, appeal from
justice court. Jury trial-verdict Tor
plaintiff for S34.S6.
johanna VI. Quinn vs.. John Finn, forci-
bile entry and detainer. Order for furth-
or returns from the Justice.
Darius Faulkner vs.. Victor Demongo,
assumpsit. Continued ON motion OF de-
PENDANT.
John Asplund VS.. Iron Star Company.
Case continued on motion OF defendant.
John Morrison vs.. Alexander MacKin-
non, assumpsit. Verdict for 1852. 2i for
plaintiff.
John Linke ct al w. Peter Sheridan.
Continued ON motion OF defendant.
John Mcdonald vs.. d. G. MacKinnon,
assumpsit. Continued 10y consent.
Catherine Charbonneau vs.. Moses
Charbonneau, divorce. Decree granted.
Horace 5. Miller vs.. Nellie Miller, di-
vorce. Decree granted.
Lizzie Benson VS.. Alexander Benson,
divorce. Decree granted.
Amelia c. Lorenz, vs.. Charles Lorenz,
divorce. Decree granted with custody
Of minor children and 81 900 alimony.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-11
Bell Boy Frightfully MangIed.

Mike O'Brien met with most unfor-
turate accident last night at the Great
Western mine. Mike. who is boy Of
fifteen years, has been doing bell boy
duties at this mine since last spring
How the accident happened could not
be learned i'm town this morning. His
right arm was fractured, the fleshy part
OF the thumb OF his right hand was torn
open ~ deep as to lay bare the socket
and two fingers Of his left hand were
taken off. The young lad has been u
great source OF help TO his mother. One
year and hall ago the boy was made
blind in one eye by the explosion OF a
giant powder cap at the Dunn mine
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-11
Glove Contest.

The glove contest Saturday night, be-
tween Jim McCormic and an unknown
WIS decided in favor OF the former Mt the
end OF the second round. the unknown
having drank too much whiskey to be able
to stand longer before the famous heavy
weight. The sparing, however, between
Messrs. McCormic and Young furnished
sport for few minutes.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-11
VILLAGE BOARD.
[oFFIcrALT.

[oFFIcIALT
October Injecting called TO order nv
the president. Present, d. G. Lockwood.
president and Trustees j III. Parks, A.
Ufen, John Fisher, VIM. Doucet; absent
VIM. Russell and James Brown. Minutes
OF meeting OF September . read and on
motion approved. Bids for one thou
sand cords ofwood for the village opened
and read, there being hut two as follows.
j. b, Schwartz, S2l2 y; A. Justified,
S2.70. Parks moved, Uren seconded
that the bid Of j. II. Schwartz be accep &
ed and that the president and clerk be
authorized To draw up a contract with
the said lowest bidder. Parks moved
that the president appoint committee
OF three, the duty Of which shall be to
grade the electric lights and set prices for
the same, purchase all necessary supplies
and see TO the work OF putting in the
lights md To frame an ordinance cover
ing the work OF the committee The mo-
ton was seconded and carried. Com
muncation from G.. j Schwartz, asking
nm increase OF salary ms nightwatch read
and on motion prayer rejected. Moved
that q. s. Main be allowed $4,000 per
year for extra services rendered the viii
lage.-Carried. Doucet moved that. the
village tax for the year 1890 be one-hali
OF one per cent.-Carried The president
then appointed j. II. Parks, VIM. Dou--
Get and John Fisher ~ a committee to-
attend to electric light matters. The pay
roll for work done by the street commits
sioner during the month OF September
and the following bills were allowed:
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-11
NUMBER 90


Grand Chancellor Commander Curtis
OF the Knights Of Pythias, OF Jackson,
this state, win be here next Tuesday
evening TO organize a uniform rank OF the
order OF Knights OF Pythias. The new
lodge viii give a banquet at the Lock-
wood house in the evening. The lodge
starts with good membership.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-11
Swedish Services.

AT the town hall tomorrow morning
and evening, services win be conducted
in the Swedish language. Morning SER
vices will commence at 1890 o'clock;
evening at 1880 o'clock. Commencing
with tomorrow, services will be held
every other Sunday.
III G.. BOWIE, pastor.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-11
Married.

Alphonso Leroy and Mrs. Josephine
Fountain were united in marriage IN the
Catholic church, this city, by the Rev.
Father }. II. Reynaert last Monday
morning at $50 o'clock. The event was
celebrated in the evening by dance at
the Montreal house. The contracting
parties have the best wishes OF THE DIA-
MoND DRILL.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-11
Putting in Electric Wires.

Messrs. Jackson & Fitzpatrick, the
electric light men, have all the orders Tor
"wiring" they can attend To for the next
thirty days. Every business house in
the city will use the lights and they will
also shine in many dwelling houses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-12
Complaint Against "a british Consul.

Mr.. Lyall. British consul at Galveston. Tex,
lately undertook 10 defend a man named Kelly,
an Englishman. who was convicted of burglary
in Houston. In Lis communications 10 Gov.
Ross of Texas concerning the ease he. accord
ing to the governor. was wanting in that tone
of proper respect which should obtain from a
foreign counsel 10 the executive of a state"
The governor transmitted the correspondence
% Secretary Blaine. who brought the matter TO
the attention If the British minister, with a
statement that, in the opinion of the depart
ment. the conduct of Mr.. I.yall has destroyed
his usefulness AS a consular representative of
her Britannia majcty's government in this
country. The British minister has transmitted
copies OF the papers in the case 90 Lord Sails
bury and the State Department is awaiting
further action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-12
ADJUSTMENTS.

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORcREsrRA.-The second
concert of the Boston symphony Orchestra
took place at Lincoln Music Hall last night.
The large and distinguished audience present
proved the high regard entertained in this city
for this excellent organization and the prog
ram was thoroughly enjoyed. The same intelli-
gent reading. delicate shading and uniform
ton which has before been mentioned AZ char
acteristic OF this orchestra were noticeable in
every number and the listener felt himself in
the presence OF q company of thorough ar
fists Perhaps the most enjoyable number
was the unfinished symphony Of Schubert, the
beautiful theme upon which this composition
is founded appealing to the tenderest sympa-
thles OF all lovers of music. The Saint Saens
concerto introduced Mrs. Fannie Bloomfield
Moore, pianiste whose praises have not been
too highly sung in other cities and who, by her
mastery technique and intelligent treatment
commanded the closest attention and elected
the most pronounced applause. The overture
to "Oberon' and Lists symphonic poem.
''Tasso Lamento Trionfo." formed the rest Of
the program and both were interpreted and ex-
ecuted as only can be expected Of this orchestra.
The seventh and eighth grades of the Weight
man School, Georgetown, will give concert
next Tuesday evening, 18th instant. at which
the attractions will be a minstrel performance
by the scholars in costume, an intricate fancy
drill arranged by Mr. Downs and the Philhar-
monte quartet, composed Of Miss Meads
Messrs. Skerritt, Whitaker, Barnard and Par
ker.
The young people Of Westminster Presbyte-
rian Church give quaker tea in the lecture
room this evening from to 10 O'Clock. Ad-
mission, IS cents.
The BEN Hur" tableaux will be presented at
Music Hall this evening.
Lecture on the Hawaiian Islands at Y.M.C.A
Hall this evening by DR.. V. ID. Collins.