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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29

Too Loud.
Tailor's Boy = Does Mr.. Highstyle
board here?
Woman-Yes, little boy.
Tailor's Boy-We1l, here's new pair
of pants for him.
Woman--You can't leave those here,
little boy. There's very sick woman
in the house, and we've got to be abso-
lutely quiet. -Munseys Weekly
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THE
Londonderry Sitter.
So. Londonderry, Vermont.
Special Notices.

No. All accounts due me MUST be
settled on or before Feb, LIST, 1891. In
terest viii be charged ON ell accounts not
then settled from date of bill, and collec-
ted.
All bags not returned by Feb. LIST 1891
having my mark, or any other, If obtain
ed from me, the sum of 20 cents Will be
charged and collected.
Must have Cash or ready pay after
this date, unless by special contract will
parties.
0. S. STUART.
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WESTON.

Must be Senled-All accounts due
Sprague & Richardson of Weston must
be settled on or before Feb. 10. And all
notes held by them must be paid before
the first of March-Due attention to this
may save you costs.
Il. III, Richardson.
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Weston, VT.

&S~FoR SALE One upright 20 horse
power Engine, nearly new, built by the
Fitchburg Steam Engine Co. Call on or
address, j. j. Duane, Ian dgfove. VT.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29

H. P. Yearly has purchased fine
pair of colts of C. D. Farnum.
o. w. Howe has been on the sick
list for few days, but is now better.
Mrs. Roscoe Marsh of Cambridge
port is visiting friends in this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eddy of Mechan-
icsville visited friends in this place
last week.
o. A. Kingsbury and wife visited
in Chester last Saturday and Sun
day.
Mrs. Marshall of Landgrove is
visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Da-
vid Babbitt.
Jeremiah Clark of Andover is WIS.,
iting with Asa Howe, at Thompson
burg.
E. A. Brooks is absent with car
load OF potatoes. Mr.. Brooks has
shipped number of car loads this
winter. He is now paying rs cents.
BY reference to our special notices
it will be seen that O. S. Stuart is
after his debtors. Guess we'd better
pay up.
We wish to express our gratitude and
thanks to the Baptist Society for the
very acceptable gifts which we have re.
received. johnson Bros.
Charlie Stuart came up from Brat.
tleboro Tuesday night, to attend his
grandfather's funeral.
Fred Dorset has bargained for the
A. L. Wilson farm, the reported
price being $4,000.
Mrs. Phoebe Churchill started fol
New Hampshire this morning to visi,
her sister, formerly Mrs. Sargent
who is ill,
Norman johnson has let his farm
for the coming year to Asahel Fuller
who for the past year has resided il
Hinsdale, N. H.
Who was it left the scarf at Dea
Lyons on the evening of the 9th
And do they want il !? If SO call al
this office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Aldrich OF
Spafford, after visiting with theiv
friends in this place for several days
returned to their home on Tuesday.
The annual donation party, held b,
the M. E. church, Tuesday evening
was largely attended and the occasion
was very pleasant one. Receipts
sixty dollars.
While portion of our neighborine
states and some others received from
e to ID inches Of snow last Sunday
we had pleasant day, very littl,
snow falling early in the morning.
Uncle Nathan Buxton died yester.
day at the residence of Dea. f. F.
Rugg, where the old gentleman has
had good home for several wears
Had MIR. Buxton lived to the 12tl
day OF next March he would have
been 50 years old. He was one O.
the old landmarks of the town. Flu
neral services will be held at the Bap
fist church next Saturday at l p. m
Further notice next week.
At the annual church meeting O
the Baptist church, So. Londonderr,
for 1891. Tie following officers wer,
elected for the ensuing year: E. F
Rugg, clerk; Mrs. o. P. Fuller
Asst. Clerk; Josiah Pierce, Treas.
+. +. Rugg, Auditor. Ministerial
committee, Z. F. Brooks, H. f
Griswold, E. F. Rugg. Ushers
VIM. Albee, Josiah Pierce, A. A
Jaquith, C. R. Griswold.
AT the annual society meeting
Josiah Pierce was elected clerk, Johi
g. Barnard, Treas. S. S. Lyon, A
A. Jaquith and c. R. Griswold, pru
dental committee S. S. Lyon, so
ilcitor and collector.
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A large number of our citizens as
sisted in packing Union Hall last
Friday evening to witness the presen-
tation of the "Two Orphans" All
speak in the highest terms of the en-
tertainment. Unlimited praise is be-
slowed upon Mrs. E. f. Arnold and
Miss Eta Gibson who represented
the two orphans, and upon Mrs. w.
L. Gibson and C.. E. Eames, F. W.
acted their parts to perfection-in
fact all did well and Londonderry has
reason to feel proud of its dramatic
club, as one of the best 10 the State.
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j. B. johnson, Teacher.

G. P. ellison on his recent visit to
st. Lawrence Co., N. Y, purchased
nice pair of black horses which
stand 16 hands high, weigh 2200 lbs.
and are very handsome, stylish and
speedy. They drew Mr.. ellison and
his horse buyer, Mr.. Todd, full
mile on the ice in 2:58, and are said
by good horsemen to be the best pair
of matched horses in st. Lawrence
Co. Mr.. Todd will arrive with car
load of horses some of the first days
in February which will be advertised
in this paper.
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ENTERTAINMENTS,

Dramatic-at Bondville, Saturday
eve, Feb. 9TH.
Masquerade-at So Londonderry,
Feb 9th, under the auspices of the
Sons of Veterans.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29

MS-FoR SALE OR EXCHANGE my stall
lion, Mambrino Jet, Jr. For particulars
call ON or address,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29

Singing School Concert at town
hall Wednesday eve, Feb. A. Adj
mission, one price, 10 cents. l hope
to see all parents of pupils present,
and feel an interest in their children
as the concert is not merely for tinan-
cial gain but to give young singers
confidence to sing before the public.
Also solos, Duets, male quartetts and
songs for the boys will be rendered.
Select reading is expected. Com
mences at AS.
j. B. Johnson. Teacher.
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LOCAL SUMMARY.
AUCTIONS.

Feb. "a, at Weston Island, B +
Sterling-home farm, pasture lands,
stock, farming tools and household
goods.
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THURSDAY EVENING, JAN. %. 1891.

ID. b. Goddard guarantees that
one Sc. bar of Brussels soap is equal
to two &c. bars of rosin soap.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29

Geo. P. Foster Camp, No. 10,
S. of V. installed their officers Jan.
The Iola register., 1891-10-23
Personal AND PERTINENT.

Louis Kossuth is in poverty and is
bind. In this age of hero worshi pers
he presents picture OF pitiable neg
lect.
Hon. Cassius ". Clay AYERS that he
cannot eat enough to satisfy his hun
ger. He says that he never knew a
time when he was not hungry.
Henry Clews has a bathroom that
cost $40, 900. He says that he doesn't
enjoy bathing in it half as much as he
enjoyed the swim of his boyhood in the
old muddy mill pond.
man who has practiced medicine for p
years, ought to know salt from sugar; reaw
what he says:
TOLEDO, o., Jan. 10, 1857.
Messrs F. ]. Cheney s Co.-GeDtlemen:-I
have been in the general practice Of medicine
for most 10 years, and would say that In al
my practice and experience have never seen a
preparation that could prescribe with as much
confidence of success as can Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by you Have prescribed
IL many times and its effect is wonderful, and
would say in conclusion that have yet 70 find
a case Of Catarrh that II would not cure, II they
would take il according to directions
Yours Truly; nm
Once 2l5 Summit st.
We will give 500 for any case of Catarrh
that can not be cured with Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. 5. CHEENY & co. Props, Toledo. o.
= Sold by Druggists. 40
The Iola register., 1891-10-23
MINING IN OLD MEXICO.
A Great Industry.

Mr.. A. w. Clifford, an old Kansas
newspaper man. who has spent ten
years mining in the country, says Few
people in this country comprehend the
magnitude of the developed mining in
terests of Old Mexico, saving nothing of
the thousands OF INDICATED claims lying
dormant in well defined and proven
leads that have yielded millions of dol
lars. A few enterprising Americans,
Englishmen and Germans who can see
the magnitude of the coming mining
wave for Mexico have visited the coun-
try and purchased valuable properties
that will undoubtedly yield handsome
returns during the next three years. |
am partial to mining In Mexico. | think
it the greatest field on this continent.
1t offers greater inducements than all
others. The bankers and business men
of Pittsburg, Kansas have purchased a
big gold mine recently, and organized
the Pittsburg- Mexican Mining Co, and
are Offering the first twenty-five thou
sand shares at only 81 per share. In my
Judgment this stock will be worth from
SO to s. per share within two years.
The Iola register., 1891-10-23

whether have any comfort or not. No
wonder m taken for man seventy five
years oldr'
Three times q week, after Mr.. Bowser
is in bed, Mrs Bowser removes the but.
tons from his shirt, places them in q
clean one and hangs the shirt over the
back OF q chair. The other one is taken
away to the hamper in the clothes press,
and she remarks:
You'll find your clean shirt right
here when you get up"
Yes"
Morning comes and Mr.. Bowser gets
| out Of bed. He feels around with his
feet; no shirt. He paws around under
the bed; no shirt
Now, why on earth did that woman
go and take my shirt downstairsf he
growls as he gets up and goes hunting.
By-and-by he finds the clothes press:
then he finds the hamper; then he fishes
up the shirt and continues:
ITS either got to stop, or I leavel
Talk about systemi Why. that woman
knows no more about housekeeping
than bootjackl There it is again not
one single button in nv shirtl Mrs.
Bowserl Hellol down therep
"Yes-yesl What's the matter, Mr..
BowserI"
"Matterl Natter he hoarsely whis-
pers, as she arrives at the top of the
etairs-"look at meat this shirtP'
Mr.. Bowser, do you see that clean
shirt on that chairf" she sternly asks.
Didn't fix it last night2 Isn't every
button in placef You are the queerest
man ever heard OFF,
Il am. ehl Queer because I want
shirt buttons In my shirt. Queer be-
cause can't have patience with your
lack of system. Queer because put up
with million times more than any
husband in New York. Mrs. Bowser,
IL you had some men to live with you'd
soon find out what was whati Perhaps
can stand it three or four weeks long
er, buff
But she is gone, and he taxes it out in
Kicking over q chair and knocking
everything of the bureau before he IS
finally dressed and ready to 60 down to
breakfast and inquire why in the name
OF common sense his knife and fork
were put on the left-hand side of his
plate instead Of the right.-A Quad, in
~ Y World
The Iola register., 1891-10-23
Advantages of s.the Smart Set. !"

One does not realize the advantages
OF having good foothold in the smart
set until you calmly sit down and re-
feet how many human beings are daily
working hard racking their brains and
spending their money to administer to
your enjoyment; to entertain, and make
the fashionable period brilliant; how
many beautiful women, cultivated,
graceful, charming in form and feature,
beautifully dressed pass daily In re-
view before you. Society throws open
her doors to him on all occasions.
The social power is not to be despised.
II is a force. and accomplishes more
than the business man dreams. But
little in this world is done for nothing,
aside from works of charity. which are
even in certain sense selfish. For by
them, literally, one is laying up for
himself treasures in heaven-heavenly
instead of earthly deposit placed to ones
draft. We are, then, all called on for
an equivalent for almost everything we
do for one another. The man OF fash
ion must have friends in business cir
cles. When he hiss availed himself OF
such friends in the serious acts OF his
life, he in turn gives an equivalent for
their business ability by taking by the
hand those who are powers Al $Ieir own
spheres but powerless in the social
world, and by giving them privileges
and pleasures tor which otherwise they
would vainly seek and ask.
Again, no mean ability is revuired to
be successful man of fashion. For to
haYe the power of entertaining the wo-
men of our land. ladies highly cultiva-
ted. to pass hours in dealing forth airy
nothings, which. however, interest and
hold a woman's attention, and which,
although scattered talk. still are of in
terest and require, possibly, not a high
order of ability, but yet surely certain
amount of social tact. a wise man
once said to me: Indeed, one must be
bright acd clever to interest a society
woman" In conversation women are
oftimes ADLER than men. quicker at re-
partee. So that to hold your own with
them you must be equally quick.
To impart information we'll is a talent
which a society man must have. con-
tend that fashion CLEANS from one or
other source all kinds OF information on
every subject which iterests the world.
Its votaries seek Information for the
use they can make Of it. Fashion has a
good rusume always of all that is hap
pening. and has a power to appreciate
and value tbs good and useful.-Ward
McAllister in the New York World.
The Iola register., 1891-10-23
German
Syrup"
We have selected two O
Group.

We have selected two OF
Group. three lines from letters
freshly received from pa
rents who have given German Syrup
to their children in the emergencies
of Group. You will credit these,
because they come from good, SUBJ
stantial people, happy in finding
what so many families lack-a med
icine containing no evil drug, which
mother can administer with con-
fidence to the little ones in their
most critical hours, safe and sure
that it will carry them through.
ED. L. Willis, of Mrs. JAS. w KIRK,
Alma, Neb. l give it Daughters College,
to my children when Harrodsburg, KY.
troubled with Group have depended upon
and never saw any 1t in attacks of Group
preparation act like with my little daugh-
it. It is simply mi ter, and find it an in
raculous. valuable remedy.
Fully one-half of our customers
are mothers who use Boschee's Ger
man Syrup among their children.
A medicine to be successful with the
little folks must be a treatment for
the sudden and terrible foes of child
hood, whooping cough, Group, diph-
liberia and the dangerous inhamma-
tons OF delicate throats and lungs. q
The Iola register., 1891-10-23

We find the same equestrian position
always taken by the women of half civil.
lied nations, the Indians. the Kirghese,
the Tartars, ETC., and it only seems
strange to our unaccustomed eyes. The
Mexicans, too, as we'll as the iphabit-
ants of Albania, Roumanis, and remote
Austrian provinces find nothing strange
or remarkable in their women almost
always riding in masculine fashion.
Even in Germany it was the general
custom, until about the end of the
twelfth century Anna of Luxembourg,
wife OF Richard l., introduced the Eu-
glish side-saddle, which. with all its
been subsequently, used by ladies.
To turn TO the rider herself. She sits
tolerably firm on the side saddle, but is
always y ore or less dependent upon the
temper of her horse. She can only
leave the saddle with difficulty, draw
back that in case of fall or stumble is
often attended with serious conse-
quences. Only the left thigh can prompt
or lead the horses movements, so the
riding whip is an indispensable ad-
dition 10 her outfit. Consequently our
ladies are only provided with one spur
Tor the lett loot, while all other lntrl-
cate inventions, such as artificial spurs
connected by an electric button to the
saddle or a small spurwheel attached TO
the whip, are but imperfect substitutes
for the use of the right foot. Speaking
from hygIenic point we are assured
by the best medical authorities that the
straight position across the horse is in
fnitely better for the health and
strength than sitting sideways. Fur
ther, ever rider knows the difficulty of
getting we'll fitting riding habit, how
the skirt is torn and injured by the spur.
and that she is unable to mount into
her side-saddle without manly assist
ance. All these evils would be done
away with by the use of a gentleman's
saddle, and lady would be able, should
she care TO do so, to break in her own
horse. As for that noble animal. if it
has not sufficiently high. withers and
The Iola register., 1891-10-23

ne looks at it and growls. 1t is one Of
dozen he had made to order, and fits
him to perfection, but it is no sooner
buttoned than he gives it hitch and q
hunch and yark and roars out:
BY the great horn spooni but can /
never get collar to fit mel It's bad
enough to have to wear an old bag of a
shirt, let alone having my throat cut
with such collarsp
But they were made to measure, you
know"
Measure! measure! Do you suppose
there's a shirt-maker on earth who
knows enough TO measure mans neck?
The confounded cross eyed idiot proba-
bly, thought wanted to button 'em onto
my earsT'
Mrs. Bowser applies the soothing
syrup and the third collar is allowed to
remain. He growls over his necktie,
but gets it on after awhile, and is then
ready 10 inquire:
Il suppose the girl in the kitchen is
using my tooth brush for a poker isn't
she! I'd just like 10 know how this
house is run! It's no wonder that so
many husbands walk of and are never
heard. of again.
There's your toothbrush right in
front of your nosel' replies Mrs. Bow
ser.
''ohl it isl Mighty funny how it got
there all at once! Hair-brush isn't down
IN the coal-bIn, is itT''
ITS right there in plain sight. No
one ever disturbs your things, Mr.. Bow
ser"
They don't, ehl Didn't nobody git
up in the night and throw my shoes out
into the yard, suppose?
''Of course notP'
Then where are theyf I took them
of right here. but they are gonel Such
system Of housekeeping People
wonder that strong men become insane,
but there is a cause for it, Mrs. Bowser
"a cause for it. / sometimes"-
You took your shoes off downstairs
last night. Your feet ached and you
sat in your stocking feet"
And those shoes were not deliberate
~ picked up this morning and carried
down therei"
''0f course not Are you resdyf
81 suppose so. II not, I'll have to 60
as an- ] cant expect any one to care
The Iola register., 1891-10-23
MR. AND MRS. BOWSER.
METHODS PURSUED BY THE AMIABtE
LORD AND MASTER.
when Mr.. Bowser Falls Out of Bed In the
Morning There Is Sure to Be a Row OF
Some Kind.

Mr.. Bowser isn't the least bit particu
lar about his shirts and collars and such
things-no husband ever is. Every
morning as regular as clockwork when
half-past seven o'clock comes, Mrs. Bow
ser, who has been up for half an hour,
looks in TO find him on the broad of his
back with his hands locked under his
neck and the bedclothes wrapped around
him like some giant mummy.
"Mr. Bowserp'
No answer.
Mr. BowserP'
"Umr
''Mr. Bowser, do you know what time
Il isr
'U-m-m-m!
Come, breakfast will be ready be-
fore you are. You wanted to get away
little earlier this morning."
"Whaz mazherT'
"Come-wake right upr'
'Lemme Toner
Mr.. BowserP
He opens his eyes, turns over with a
grunt and a growl, and 10 minutes after
she has gone downstairs be carefully
sits up in bed. He is all there. Then
he kicks the clothes down with his right
The Iola register., 1891-10-23

ieg--then with his left-knocks his
pillow of on the floor, and "sorter''
falls out after it with a growl like some
old sore backed bear trying to crawl
through a rail-fence Ten minutes later
Mrs. Bowser feels the house shake and
hears a voice calling:
Mrs. Bowser, are you alive or desd1"
what is il, dear2"
Don't what it dear mef'
is this dime museum. cider mill or
the home of hard " orking, respectable
man.
What is it?' she asks as she arrives
on the scene of the fatal disaster.
Look -a-tbere, Mrs. Bowser-look-
a-there!" he hoarsely whispers as he
holds out pair of suspenders in his
hand.
"Yes-I see. You broke 'em about a
month ago and mended 'em with piece
of string. They've busted again. Go
ahead and get on your collar and I'll fix
'em. There they are, and you'd better
buy a new pair to-day"
"Some mighty queer things around
this houseP he mutters, as he buttons
them on. Them suspenders was all
right when / went to bed last night.
Next time you want TO play circus take
g piece of clothes line. Where's my
front ollsr-buttonF'
You must have f1irted it out when
you drew on your shirt. Here /: is"
After this when you 60 prowling
around at night l wish you'd leave my
things alonel II you want collar-but-
tons just say so and I'll buy you cart
loadT'
Here's your collar. dear"
1t is beautifully clean and white, but
The Iola register., 1891-10-23

by lady of fortune when a child anC
lived in Paris. He gazed long on the
winning, witching face. Dear. me
but she is lovely" he said and sighed.
They had the portrait framed and hung
in the drawing-ro room. Formerly he
seldom entered the apartment, but now
he constantly wandered in and fensted
his eyes. Soon after dread maIady
developed itself and sorrow fell upon
them both. Cataract in both ewes.
which had threatened, now increased
with alarming rapidity, and blindness,
which would render his profession use.
less, was close at hsnd. Her love aud
tenderness increased, but he grew NOR
bid and melancholy. Then bis mother
died and left them 81 900 year, remov-
ing fear Of want But new and worse
calamity rendered the young wife miser-
able. He had grown cold to her, and at
last she OWNED the cause through that
superhuman penetration which comes
with love.
A sketch found among his papers. for
he was clever artist; muttered words
in his sleep in which the name of her
sister was ever present gave her the
clew, and she found out the rest. He
had fallen in love with her younger
sister, though he had never seen her, and
a diseased Imagination accompanying
his blindness had famed the flame.
Charles" she said one morning, II
should like to spend a week with father
in Jersey. and if you will consent will
write to Caroline in Paris, who can keep
house till l return
His face frightened and the young
wife's heart was heavy. He assented
with astudied air of indifference.
''She speaks but little English, l
fear" she remarked. but your slight
knowledge of French will enable you
to get on for few days without me-"
"Oh, yes, Annie" he answered, 1--WE
will manage for the short time you are
absent. Little does she know" he
thought, Into what sr are she is lead
ing me-" Three days after Annie left
by the morning train and Caroline ar
rived at noon. She addressed him in
French and then in very imperfect Eu-
glish, but her voice and presence were
full of passing sweetness. They seemed
fitted 10 the matchless face engraved on
his memory.
In three days his passion swept away
all sense of love and duty, and Caroline
seemed to be magnetized by the force Of
his ardor. She consented to fly with
him to Germany, where he intended 10
have his eyes treated.
Two months afterward they we're in
hotel in Berlin, and next day the BANG
ages were to De removed from his eyes.
He had never heard from his deserted
wife and felt supremely happy with
Caroline. The doctor arrived, aud with
him two ladies.
God grant him sightr' said the elder.
When the coverings were removed he
gazed around.
Mime. Dupont and my sister Caro-
Iine," said she. who had held his hand
and whispered soft words of love and
in broken English all
through his trial.
He saw a stout French woman and q
short, dark girl with fine features. but
1lsisured and pitted with smallpox.
Great Godr' he exclaimed, what a
fool have been"
so you never recognized your little
wife in all these weeksP' whispered |
Annie.
Il couldn't help loving her, you
Snow," he replied, with smile, ''she !
was so very, very like you. Besides"
ne added shyly, ''love is blind, you |
know. w.''-Chicdg0 Times.