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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22
Popular Fallacies,

The Dismal Swamp is not a swamp
neither is it dismal nor unhealthy
1t is beautiful stretch of pure water
and "the healthiest place on the
American continent"
The East river, flowing between
New York and Brooklyn, is not a
river, but sea strait connecting Long
Island sound and the ocean.
The declaration of independence
was not signed on July 4 by the rep
resentatives whose names have be-
come historic. 1t was given to the
world on Monday, the Sth of July,
1776, with but two signatures-John
Hancock, president of the congress,
and Charles Thomson, secretary.
The signatures of forty-fve delegates
were affixed to a copy of the original
paper on Tuesday, the I'd of August,
1776.
There was not bearded face
among all the signers of the declara-
ton. "All the signers," says the
record, chad smooth faces"
The word "God' does not appear
in the constitution of the United
States, nor is there any reference to
creeds or church beliefs.
Three delegates to the convention
would not sign the constitution.
These were: Elbridge Gerry of
Massachusetts, George Mason and
Edward j. Randolph of Virginia.
Gerry feared civil war; Mason a
monarchy, and Randolph objected
to the powers conferred on the pres
ident. -
Benedict Arnold was not.>,-16e first
or only traitor during TIE revolution.
His predecessor inthat "Judas office"
was DR.. Benjamin Church of Rayn-
ham, Mass, arrested, tried and i'm
pr'soned at Cambridge, Mass, in
1775. He had been an active mem
her of the provincial congress and
was trusted as an ardent patriot. He
was released from prison in 1776 be-
cause of failing health, embarked for
the West Indies, and he and the
vessel in which he sailed were never
afterward heard of.
The following states have not a
state motto: Indiana, Mississippi,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, North
Carolina, Ohio and Texas.
The head of a man does not appear
on any coin of the United States.
Eight states do not observe New
Years day as legal holiday seven
states do not class Washington's
birthday as a legal holiday.
Friday is not an "unlucky' day for
the United States. At least forty
great events in United States history
fell on Friday.
The American Indian is not .svan-
gushing race. There is very nearly
as large an Indian population in the
United States to-day as at the time
of Columbus.-Best Things.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22
An Hour With Our Exchanges
Just the Size of it

Vermont Sentry:
In 1888 the voters were driven into
voting the straight republican ticket
from Governor to Justice of the
Peace like so many cattle, by the cry
OF the demagogues of the party in the
state, that they must do so or the re-
suit would be disastrous to the ma
tional election and the country would
go to smash sure. By those tactics
the Old rule was continued in many
places where it would have been Sc
riously crippled and the result has
been bad for Vermont as results have
clearly shown. In 1892 the Same
plan will be put into operation. aud
we shall hear the party bosses and
whippers in, shout at the top of their
voices "Vote the straight ticket" but
will it be needed? We doubt it. The
Legislature of 1888 was wholly in the
hands of the old ring power and the
legislature were in line with their u.s.
ual policy only a great deal worse.
Again in 1890 they held the power in
the legislature and the result no hon
est son of Vermont cares TO contem-
plate. The record of the past two
legislatures is hardly such as will
commend itself to the average inteli-
gent voter and when in 1892 the old
set of rulers start out they will hardly
meet with a friendly greeting from
the mass of voters.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22
state Convention of Vermont Young
Mems Chafstian Association.
f. w. Gibson.

Mems Chaistian Association.
Bennington, VT, Jan. 15.-The
~Z4th annual convention of the Young
Mems Christian association of YER
mont opened this evening in the Sec
ond Congregational church. A large
audience was present.
Among prominent workers already
here are Col. Julius j. Estev of
Brattleboro, who presided this eve
ming; Luther Gulick, physical in
structor at the training school in
Springfield, Mass. W. j. Van Pat
ten of Burlington; f. Il. Lawrence,
state secretary; +. W. Watkins of
New York city, and W. Fl. Fuller
of Brattleboro.
The prospect is fair for the most
interesting and profitable session ever
held by the convention. Each DAYS
exercises will be enlivened by large
choir led by Prof. Rawson.
This evening addresses of welcome
were made by DR.. Charles b. Jen-
nlngs, president of the Bennington
association, and on behalf of the
evangelical churches by Rev. Chas.
X. Seymour, pastor of the Congrega-
tional church here, with the response
of the convention by Mr.. Van Pat
ten.
Mr.. Watkins delivered lecture,
illustrated by some seventy-five ster-
eopticon views of association build
ings.
The subject was "Why / like the
Young Mems Christian association.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22
Foreign Notes.

st. Petersburg has population of
956, 226.
Another heavy snow storm is rag
ing about Rome.
Hurricanes are raging at Marseilles
and on the Algerian coast.
Official Russian reports show that
800 persons were transported to ST.
IBERIA in 1890.
Charles Bradlaugh, NJ. F., is Sc
riou-iy lit with an afTiiction of the
heart and lungs.
The body of the Duke of Bradford,
who died on Wednesday, was crema-
ted Sunday.
-Four of the wreckers of the Agri-
cultural Bank of Moscow have been
convicted and sent to Siberia.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22
THURSDAY EVENING, JAN. %. 1891.

into the newspapers Of their towns. He
seldom calls npoa the dramatic critics,
trusting to lac; ana t&cir good nature
under the manipulation of the local man,
ager for the appearance Of his sdsance
notices,
Now the agent who has had a journal
istic training works on an entirely diff,
fefent plan. One Of his first moves or
reaching town is 10 strike up an nc.
Quaintance with the local newspaper
men, with whom he is soon ON the hes
of terms, He has kept his eyes and ear,
open IN his journey, and ii usually gooL
for readable item apart from theatric-
al affairs, Ii the reporters are pushed
for time, which is common thing on
the country press, he sits down and
writes something acceptable for the news
columns, In this way feeling of good
fellowship is established, which results
in capital notices for his company
Newspaper men like to help one another,
and as rule will do more for the agent
who has graduated from their ranks
than for one who has no professional,
claim on their attention,
1t must not be inferred, however, that
the Journalistic agent finds his path
strewed with roses. The very fact that
advance notices come easier to him
brings trouble in its wake. Managers
and stars exist largely on adulation, and
continually cry for more. They demand
original notices at every stand. They
seem unable to comprehend that news
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22

1t is now claimed that tattoo marks
cannot be removed from the skin, and in
support of the assertion it is stated that
student at IA Baltimore hospital recent
ly cut from dead mans arm strip Of
skin upon which a coat of arms APP
peared. Beneath the skin the design re-
manned visible. By degrees 5he flesh was
removed, the design in I.:..ia ink still re
manning il, sight until finally the bo,a
was reached. After a thorough spong
ing, for the purpose OF removing til,
blood and pieces OF flesh remaining, &
was found that the representation stit
appeared. After cute--s sway small
section of the bone the india ink mart
was found to have not penetrated b
yond-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22
THE LONDONDERRY SITTER,
Letters from the People.
Editor SITTER;

Editor SITTER;
About a year ago we predicted
through the columns of the SITTER
that sooner or later monetary crash
would inevitably result from the out
flowing of SO much money to the
South and West, Today, the people
who are thus pecuniarily situated,
can realize the full length and breadth
of that prediction. Today we read
how lands are sold in Dakota for less
than half the value of the mortgages !;
how, in Kansas, the loan and trust
companies have decided to forclose
on the mortgages a million acres of
choice lands how lands are deprecia-
ting in value all through the boundless
West. Even Fort Payne stock, that
for time, offered such tempting in
ducements to Northern capitalists
has depreciatel so much in value that
holders have been compelled to con-
tribute to the funds of the several
concerns to preserve, temporarily, the
honor and standing of the men con-
cerned. Right here we might, with
propriety, ask: Where has this
money, drained from the hills and
valleys Of old New England, gone
Many farmer has sent the earnings
of many a weary year West under
a tempting offer of a high rate of in
terest, and he stands in way never
to again realize half its value. The
Western farmer to whom the money
was loaned is unable to repay it.
Where has 1t gone -? Win some of
tn ose individuals, functionaries of
trust companies, loan associations, or
banking institutions rise and explain =?
Have these companies been carrying
on their business for years without
pay or profit Now, in fact, have
not the people of the East been pay
ing for the running of institutions
that will prove their ruin, if they per-
sist in following their bidding +? The
shameless self assertion of individual
opulence is far reaching in its teach
ings and operations. From the ear
Hest times of antiquity down to the
present day, the object of mans life
has been wealth and honor. To pos
sess the latter, o?e must acquire the
former. TO acquire the former, one
must throw aside all distinctions of
right and wrong and plunge into the
world of strife, fight his way single
handed until death puts an end to all
human activity-then he loses all.
Thus, out of natural endeavor have
we been tempted by the alluring
dreams Of wealth, by golden schemes
never to be consumated, by bright
visions of the future never to be real
lied.
How much better it would have
been to have kept this uuthowing
wealth at home; how much better to
have expended it for the building up
of home industries, developing re-
sources, and protecting advantages
we hold, thereby realizing ourselves,
and transmitting to our posterity an
nconsiderate blessing.
+. w. Gibson.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22

eunle E, Spear wlndham County Court

Jennie E. Spear wlndham County Court
vs.
Henry j. spear March Term, 1891.
Whereas Jennie +, Spear of Brattle-
bolo, Ia Wiudham County, ha3iha this
day filed III the olllce OF tie clerk OF
Windham county Court her libel for a
divorce against her hu, band, Henry j.
Spear, relunahlc TO the tenn of said
court next to be held at Ncwiane within
aud for said county of Wjndham, on the
setting forth her marriage TO said libel
lee on the 25th day of May 1886, her res
idence in said Windham county, aud
praying for divorce by reason of The
wilful deserlion of her the said libellant
by the said llbellee on or about August
Is, 1887 And it being made to appear
that said libellee is now resident with.
out the State OF Vermont where the ofdl'
nary process OF the court tanhot BE SEW
ed upon him; it is therefore ordered that
the said libellant give notice to the said
libellee of the tendency OF her said libel
and the term OF court to which the same
is made reiuroable by publishing the sub
stance Of her said libel, together with
this order for three weeks successfully
in The Londonderry Sitter, a newspaper
published at Londonderry in said Wind
ham county, the last publication to be at
least six weeks prior to the term of court
TO which said libel is made returnable,
which said publication shall be deemed
sufficient notice for the said libellee to
appear and contest the same if he shall
see fit. Given under my hand at Brattle-
boro in said county of Wlndham, this
eth day of December, A. D., 1890.
ROYAL TYLER, Clerk.
Hasklns & Stoddard, Attys, for Petit
toner.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22
Something Should be Done,

Troy Times:
With rival legislatures in Montana
and rival governments in Connecticut
and Nebraska, and rival speakers in
Colorado the political air of the con-
tinent is kept in state agitation,
and the people are asking what cleo
tions are for if not to elect. There
ought to be way to settle such dis
putes fairly and satisfactorily without
clashing and without the talk of re-
sistance by force, which smacks too
strongly of old-time Mexican meth
DDS to be agreeable to Americans.
who love honesty and justice.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22

Senator Edmunds says, "The
country is suffering politically from
an attack of the grip" Guess the
old man is about right, and it will
take an awful grip to make a dollar
out of eighty cents worth of silver.
But then it will do to pay Western
mortgages. But what will the Eas-
tern mortgage have to say about it :
Heigh no
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22

The Mitchelstown Board of CUR
dams have refused to have anything
to do with the Balfour relief fund.
The Russian ministry has decided
to begin the construction of the pro-
posed railroad across Siberia to the
Pacific coast this year.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22

They do say that at the Dairymen's
meeting, held last week at ST,
Adams, there was more agricultural
college to the square inch than there
was butter. And it was the general
concensus of opinion that we must
have separate college.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22

We publish in this issue the pros
pectus of the New York Press, one
of the brightest, keenest and most
thoroughly protective Republican pa
pers in the country.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22

-Four thousand people in New
Orleans the other day witnessed a
fight, to the finish, between a Brook
Ign and an Australian brute. The
Australian won.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22

One dollar pays for The LONDON
DERRY SITTER for one year-the best
paper in Vermont.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22

The best five cent cigar sold in this state
is branded in plain letters on each cigar,
1.-THE Avenue"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22

Two men were burned to death in
a dye house at Palmer, Mass, last
Saturday.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22

A glass trust is being organized at
Pittsburg, Twelve firms are in the
combine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22
Sitter John, Editor.

The Indians. bucks and squaws,
are now all in and ready to be fed by
Uncle Sam.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22

EX-Gov. Thayer of Nebraska is
seriously i'll with nervous prostration.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22
ESTATE OF IRA FARNUM.


STATE OF VERMONT,
District of Westminster. To all persons inter-
ested in the estate of Ira Whitman late of Lon
donderry deceased, Greetings. Whereas, Jo-
siah Pierce has presented to this Court an In
strument purporting to be the late viii of said
deceased, for probate You are hereby notified
that this Court well decide upon the probate of
said Instrument at the session thereof to be
held at the inn of A. +. Coombs in Townshend
in said District, on the 4th day of Feb. A. D..
1891, when and where GU may appear and con-
test the same, If you see CT use.
Chas. b. Eddy, Register.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22

DR., Gallinger will succeed Henry
w. Blair of New Hampshire in the
U. S. Senate.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22

STATE OF VERMONT,
Westminster, IS. The Probate
Court for said District To all whom it
may concern, greeting Whereas Jennie
Wilson, Administrative of the Estate of
Adamantha Wilson late of Londonderry
in said district, deceased, has represented
that
The amount of debts due
from said deceased is Sl316.76
The charges of admistra-
ton, estimated $4,000
sl3667e
The value of personal
estate Is Sl0g0,50
Of which has been or may
be assigned the widow $4,000
$500 so
Balance of debts chargea
BILE on the real estate of
said deceased, S576.26.
Praying for license to sell so much of
the real estate of said deceased, as is
necessary for the payment of said debts
and charges of administration. Where
upon it Is ordered that The same be heard
at the session of said Court, to be held at
the probate Office in Bellows Falls on he
10th day of January, A. d. 1884, when
and where you may be heard in the prem
Uses if you see cause.
Chas. B. Eddy, Register.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22
HAS TO BE A HUSTLER.
LIGHTS AND SHADES OF A THeAT-
RlcAl ADVANCE AGENTS LIFE.

What zone Night Stands" Mean To ,Ne
Man Who Has to hin Towns, Get Rates
and Make Contracts Much Work. Lit
tie Glory.
Copyright, by American Press Association
One of the most important factors in
the success of n dramatic enterprise "o,,
the ROAD is good management A
shrewd manager in fact counts more
than the play or the company, He is
not, as a rule, afflicted with any great
love for art, and the elevation of the
dramatic taste of the people," which
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-07
Nem advertisements.
II. I. WICHMAN,
Fort Street.

The SOUVENIR Spoon craze con-
tinues undated every hour of the
day there is a call for something in
this line. No one will be without
Souvenir Spoon if money can buy
one, and then of course the prettiest
to be had is the one wanted. It GER
tainly is pretty fad, this gathering
of a memento from wherever you
have been. What an additional
topic for conversation over your
dinner table, or at your afternoon
teas. Here is one from London,
another from Berlin, another from
Koeln with its tall cathedral spires,
others from France, Italy, Russia,
Greece, and every city therein which
you visited-each one history
within itself.
Leaving Europe You found dozens
of them in every city, every town,
every hamlet in the United States,
wherever you could find one you
bought one. With every spoon you
have an anecdote for your guests !;
how you ransacked every old curl
osity shop to get this one ; how you
we're positively informed that
Caesars great-grandfather once used
this one, and so on through the long
list. Now, 1 do not claim that
Kamehameha the First, or even the
Fifth, ever used any of mine but
do claim that my latest Spoon IS
the handsomest ever made. Many
new and original designs have been
made during the past year, and
thousands have been sold but by
far the prettiest Spoons ever made
by me are those just fnished-a
typical Hawaiian Spoon, made en-
tirely in the Hawaiian Islands. Not
a simple imported Spoon with an
engraving of some island scenery
but one that is as it should be-
truly Hawaiian Spoon. A limited
number are now finished, but we arr
) as bees, making them as fast as pos
sible. When you are around m!
way Just step inside and have lool
| at them you will like them every
one does.
I will also soon place on the mar
ket a SOUVENIR FORK, which will
1, have all the attributes of a trul.
: Hawaiian memento.
r Don't think for moment that
= have only spoons to show you
1 Everything desirable I hear or kno'
of as being in the market is imme
!, diately sought out and placed O
u sale.
H. F. WICHMAN.
e 1909
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-07
The Frisco Version.

Hawaiian prince was arrested
her day in the islands for dis
ling a revolver, and almost clip
! off a missionary's whisker.
] he was discharged and told
] o do it again, or if he did, to
j a better shot at the cleric.
7siian princes have no reason to
+. the missionaries. Those fell
; have squeezed their country
bali it is worth. They imported a
ego Of bOnnets from Boston, and
ID preached that it was highly i'm
.Per for any Hawaiian lady to go
church without a bonnet, and
-g made a nice turn in head gear.
:,l. Paul Neumann, Paul the great
Ri only. was the only man who
Fg laid out the missionaries. He
Elght them the beauties of a seduc-
le card game known as "Four
|aEs," and they grew so interested
Ethis pa5time that they staked all
rsir possessions in fighting luck;
he venerable preacher gambled
97ay twenty reams of secondhand
.anOns against Mr.. Neumann's dol
b, and lost them. The only Pau
Pew what he was about, and made
Eqendid trade with a newly fedg
Parson, selling him the entire jot
sermons at an advance on the
,gnal COST S. L. News Letter.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-07
Sons of ST. George.

lie local branch Of the Society eff
&Sons Of St. George gave an IN
>.aion banquet at the Arlington,
%arday evening,
HE tables were beautifully decor
'~lvith flowers, and the flag that
Z sun never sets on draped with
s-ceful carelessness over and among
! growing palms in the center OF
Groom. Good, old fashioned roast
~ mutton, fowls, pork, tongues,
,.7 y and salads, with plenty of fruit
IT, y pastry, were provided to satisfy
~ delight the hearty Britishers.
N, tseches were made by the newly
y S'2Iled President, Thomas Wright,
a. reynolds, George Harris and
,ssis Songs were sung and toasts
- ~ited. Undoubtedly, the second
%.5SlIatlon of officers of the Sons OF
ueorge will be to them a memoir
a. n one. Thanks to the genial host
''ae Arlington.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-07
THE BIBLE CRITICISED.
Kew. DR.. RyIance Continues his
Remarks on the Subject.

New YORK, November 15.-Rev.
DIR. Rylance continued his discourse
on Higher Criticism of the Bible"
in st. Marks Church this morning.
Among other things he said The
popular idea of the Bible among
the masses is, that it has miracu-
lousy descended from heaven in its
present shape. [ ana ready to ad-
NIT that it's power and guidance
comfort is still all that is claimed
for it, but the notion of it's miracu-
lous appearing has been long ban.
ished by conscientious scholars and
educated men.
MANY argue that the Bible is
lnfallible, and quote st. Paul to
sustain them. But this citation
from st. Paul, as read in our
churches, is very misleading. Com
pairing the original we find it is
not written All scripture is God-in-
spired and profitable,' but 'All God
inspired scripture IS profitable
Now, much Of the Bible is founded
on uncertain traditions. | believe
that the Bible has infallible found
ations, but [ deny that there is any
verbal inspiration about the book.
at does not require much re-
search to show that David wrote
but few psalms, that Solomon's
song wasn't first sung by Solomon,
that the book of Esther contains no
religious sentiment, that the book
of Daniel was not written in baby
lonia but in Palestine, and is not a
book of prophecy but of tradition,
and that there was a greater and a
lesser ISAIAH"