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Assistant Adiutant General.


Mousmees, rickshaws and tea houses
are the three institutions one associates
with Japan. ,Kipling has made the rick
shaws hardly more of phantom than
the three-horse car, while Sir Edwin Ar
mold and Pierre Lott have pictured the
gentle mousmee with such exquisite
finish that people ignorant of the mean
ing of the word few months back are
in love with her quaint beauty and raw
ishing smiles.
Tea houses are simply inns or restau-
rants where the principal refreshment
(often the only one) is tea. In the cities
they are the favorite evening resorts, for
there you can hire the gaudy Geisha
girls to dance and sing or play the samo-
sin and koto between the intervals of
love making. She is mistress of this
art. Nara, one of the most beautiful
places in Japan, has no other accommoda-
ton, and notice must be sent the day be-
fore to tell the owner how many guests
he is to accommodate.
Rickshaws laden with supplies start a
few hours ahead, the coolies who draw
them acting as cooks and house servants
during your stay. Slowed in these use
full vehicles is all you require-food and
the utensils for cooking and eating it.
The teahouse supplies nothing but chop
sticks, fresh eggs and rice. The little
teahouse at Nara was like white parch-
ment box with wooden corners, and
stood in the shade of a crystomoria
grove. In the heat of the day the parch.
ment walls disappear mysteriously into
the wooden corners; then the entire
house looks like platform, with high
wooden corner posts, raised few feet
frsm the ground, covered with dazzling
white mating. Week.
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Letters from the People.
Critticising the Critics.


Mr.. Editor. 1t don't seem to me
that "we" of the Marlboro Mass. J
Times need have any fear of being
forced into Heaven. Where did they
get their ideas of Heaven, and that
peerless society they wish to mingle
with in the "Sweet bye and bye ?"
Are they drawing conclusions from
nature, from the Bible, or some other
trea tise on the future life =? 1t can
not be the Bible for l Cor. vi, 8, 10 ;
Gal. V, 10, 21; Rev. xxi, Is and
other passages stand in the way.
Some people delight in throwing mud
at religion because, now and then a
"saint" p uses it as cloak for
deviltry. Some people delight in ex-
cuses for not being good themselves.
By and by at the great assizes Won
der if these heartless critics and per-
secutors of the saints will rejoice over
the downfall of poor weaklings
Possibly, in "that day" they will
have a little reckoning of their own
to attend to. j. L. L.
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PRICE THREE CENTS.
A PLAIN, EVERYDAY MILLIONAIRE.
Jay Gould's Lack Of Style Surprises tn
Observers at the Hot Springs.

Jay Gouid's Lack Of Style Surprises the
Observers at the Hot Springs.
One of the shabbisst hacks IN Hot
Springs bumped and ssstia Aosu ~
road ia froat Of the Park hota ipst rs
the smaA band Of baseball cranks were
returning with hodrse voices and per-
spring hands from the field where the
st. Paul team had snatched victory
from the Cincinnatis. The hack was
open, and on the back seat sat a little
man with a great many wrinkles in his
face and gray hairs in his dark beard.
Beside him sat very pretty girl with
sailor hat and a jaunty air to match.
Then vis-a-vis was q young man OF
very small importance If appearances
were to be trusted. The dust raised by
the shuffling horses and rickety rig had
not subsidized before New Yorker
among the baseball cranks said irrever
emily, There goes old Jayw
Everybody turned at once, and as if
to crafty the curiosity of some of his
subjects Mr.. Gould hooked his umbrella
into the hackmau's neck and signaled
him to wheel about. Then as they
passed we all had good look at the
Little Wizard, and the New Yorker
further identified the pretty girl and
the commonplace young man as George
Gould and his young wife, about whom
thousands of young men raved when
she adorned the stage as Edith King
don.
Another hack of equally plebeian as
pect--the climate will be colder here
when the supply of motheaten chariots
and spawned steeds runs out-followed
in the wake of Jay Gould's, containing
Miss Helen Gould and DR.. John P.
Mum, of New York, the physician who
accompanies the railroad magnate on all
his journeys. The Gould party arrived
on their special car, and they got into
the hackman's hands of course. Even
the wonderful strategic skill of Mr.
Gould could not save him from the
common fate of all who get out at the
Hot Springs terminus.
1t is my belief that Mr. Gould visits
Hot Springs from time to time to study
the hackmen, the druggists, the hotel
keepers and the rest of the fnanciers
here. Anyhow he drove all over the
town and looked at the new hotels the
building boom, of which many new
stores are the result, and paid the
hackmen without a protest, which as
tonished them no doubt.-Cor. Pitts
burg Dispatch.
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The Historic NAs.

The Nile is a remarkably different
stream now from what it was in the
days of the ancient Pharaohs. Its
waters are still wanted for making the
land of Egypt fertile each year, but
they can no longer be depended upon
at least not to the extent desired.
During three months of the twelve the
river does not flow into the Mediter-
ranean at all, and the department OF
public works is engaged ON the ques
lion of storage reservoirs which will
hold back some of the surplus water al
Hood time and let it out more leisurely
hs needed by the agriculturist. But a
Survey shows it to be impracticable to
store water north of the first cataract,
hnd the government design for build
ing dam at Philoeat a cost of s., GAO,
BOO would only give one-third of the
water wanted, while it would involve
the submefgence of the ruins at that
point. Chicago Tribune.
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Com fort for COrpses.

Among the inventions that commend
themselves to public notice during the
last fifty years are those relating to cef-
fins, graves and burials. One of these is
intended to furnish the tenant of grave
who has been buried prematurely with a
means of escape or arousing the neigh
borhood. This invention is simple af-
fair, being merely an open tube provided
with rope ladder and bell and cord.
Should the occupant of the coffin awake
from the trance he could climb the lad
der and make his way back to the world,
or pull the bell and alarm the township.
For those whose only fear is that they
may not be allowed to rest undisturbed
a considerate inventor has provided a
torpedo grave which, if disturbed, ex-
plodes at once and scatters the vandals
to the winds.-Chicago Times.
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d. L. MORGAN,
Department Commander.
OFFICIAL,
G. KINSMAN,
Assistant Adjutant General.


HEADQUARTERS DEPT. OF W.,
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC,
| Rutland VT, June 26, 1891.
The following arrangements have been
made for the transportation of the men,
bers of the G. A. R. Department of Yer
mont, their families and friends and men,
bers of the Woman's Relief Corps, to
the twenty fifth National Encampment,
G. A. R., at Detroit, Mich, August 3D.
Sth, 1891.
RoUTE.-The route selected for the out
ward journey is via the Central Vermont
r. r. to Norwood, N. Y, R., w. and
O. Division of the New York Central
and H. r. r. R. to Niagara Falls, Great
Western Division of the Grand Trunk
Ry to Detroit.
RETURNING, via the Grand Trunk Ry.,
to Kingston, Ontario, connecting there
with the RiChelieu and Ontario Naviga-
ton Company's steamers, passing down
the river st. Lawrence by daylight,
through its furious rapids, to Montreal,
thence Grand Trunk Ry. to st. Johns,
and Central Vermont r. r. to starting
point Those desiring can return direct
via Grand Trunk Ry. from Detroit to
Montreal
EXCURSION RATEs.-Round trip excu-
sion tickets, via the above route, will be
sold from the principal points in Vermont
to Detroit and return at $500
Tickets will be good going from July
31st until August 8, inclusive, and good
for return passage until August Is, in
elusive, 1891. The time limit for return
tickets will be extended, if desired, on ap-
plication to the joint agent of the termi-
nal lines, at Detroit, to be good for re-
turn passage not later than September
30th, 1891.
SLEEPING CAR AcCoMMoDATIoNs.-T
Wagner Palace sleeping cars have been
chartered more will be secured if early
applications warranD-to run through
to Detroit, as follows:
One sleeper will leave Rutland on the
| Central Vermont north-bound express,
train No. Ga, on Saturday, August 1st,
at 4 :05 p. M, joining, at st. Albans, the
other sleeper. leaving that point at Z 7:l5
p. H., on No 66 train, via Swanton,
leaving there at :33 p. M, running via
Norwood, Syracuse and Buffalo, arriving
at Niagara Falls, n. Y, 8: 80 a m, Sun
day, Aug. I'd. The day will be spent
here, leaving Niagara Falls on special
train that evening, arriving in Detroit
Monday morning, August Sd.
APPLICATIONS FOR SLEEPING CAR AC-
coMMoDATIoNs.-The price in the above
cars for each berth (Which will accom-
modate two persons), whether lower or
upper, will be four dollars (s4OO) Through
to Detroit.
Applications for berths, accompanied
by check or p o. order for S4OO each,
must be made at once to S. w. Cum
mings, G. 2. A., Central Vermont X. r.,
St Albans, VT, who viii reserve berths
/ in the order in which received. As these
cars are chartered, no berths can be re-
served unless the request is accompanied
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prominent merchant savs

A prominent merchant says. II
have sold Megrimine for over a year
and guaranteed it to cure any head
ache without bad after effects and
nave not found single case it did
not relieve" Samples free. The
Or. Whitehall Aegrmine Co., South
Bend, Ind. Sold by G. G. Smith.
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The latest news in regard to the
health of Secretary Blaine is to the
effect that he is very sick man.
That he is improving daily.
That he will never attend another
cabinet meeting.
That he is the most rugged man at
Bar Harbor.
That he is dying from Bright's dis
ease.
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HEADQUARTERS DEPT. or W.,

HEADQUARTERS DEPT or W.,
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC,
Rutland, VT, June 26, 1891.
The twenty-fifth Encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic will assem-
BILE in Detroit, Mich, on Monday, August
8. The Parade viii occur on Tuesday,
August 4, and the business session of the
Encampment will begin on the following
day.
This encampment is known as the "Sil-
yer Anniversary" and Vermont, highly
honored with the Commander-in-C Chief,
should be largely represented on this oc-
casion.
The Executive Committee of this en-
campment have made ample and excellent
arrangements for the accommodation and
entertainment of all who may attend.
Hotel rates vary from $3.50 to $5 per
day. Board and lodging in boarding and
private houses will be from $l.50 to So
so per day. Lodgings from so cents to
81 per night. A large number of eating
houses and restaurants will furnish meals
at reasonable prices.
Free Lodgings for Comrades will be
furnished at the Detroit Exposition
Buildings, with bunk and mattress for
each man. Comrades must provide their
own blankets. Buildings have been ex-
pressly prepared for General Quarters
and will be found to becommodious and
comfortable with perfect system of san
itary and lavatory couveniences as well
as ventilation and lighting. The grounds
are high and rolling with charming out
look upon the beautiful Detroit river,
where the passing view is one of constant
delight and pleasure, both by day and by
night These quarters are conveniently
accessible by street cars or steam ferries.
The journey both going and returning
as now arranged, with nearly a day at
Niagara Falls on the outward trip, and
the steamer ride down the st. Lawrence
on the return, enlivened with that jollity
and enthusiasm which always character
ize G. A. r. excursion, cannot fail to
be most delightful and interesting.
1t is now expected that COmmander-in-
Chief Veazey will accompany the Ver-
mont delegation in special car, and that
the Departments of Maine and Massa-
chusetts, who have arranged to go via the
Central Vermont r. R., will unite with
US and that this train will be the National
Headquarters train into Detroit. Com
rades, let us rally in large numbers at
Detro
Railroad fares, routes and time tables
are fully explained in the circular here
with attached, and any further informa-
! tsen desired on these matters can be OBJ
tanned of Comrade S. W. Cummings,
st. Albans, vt.
Comrade William Clark, Post No. 56,
is hereby appointed Aide-de-C Camp on the
Staff of the Department Commander,
and will be obeyed and respected accord
ingly.
ID. L. MORGAN
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The Direct Tax and the Drafted Man.
Editor Of the SITTER: l see by the
papers that it is now an assured fact
that Vermont is going to get her
part of the direct tax refunded to the
States by act of Congress, and l
will second the motion of the SITTER
to use this money to refund the three
hundred dollars paid by the drafted
man. The right and justice of re-
funding the amount so paid by the
drafted man has been so forcibly
shown through the columns of the
SITTER by G. w. of Bondville and
F. W. of Arlington that no words
of mine could make it any palmer.
The drafted men are so few in num-
bers and have so little political in
iuence and have seemed so indiffer-
ent themselves in the matter, never
once raising their voice to demand
their rights, that the powers that be
are willing to simply neglect doing
them justice.
Now, Mr.. Editor, 1 wish to say
to the drafted men of Vermont,
through the columns of your paper,
that if you ever expect Or desire to
have justice done you in this matter
that the time has now come for you
to throw off your seeming indifference
and let your voice be heard through
every local paper in the State de-
manding your rights and to petition
the Legislature when it meets to re-
fund the three hundred dollars paid
by you under the draft, and l be-
lieve that Vermont will not suffer
such an injustice to be done to any
number of her sons, when thus
brought to her notice, but will place
you on an equal footing with your
friends and neighbors who were saved
from draft by heavy taxes falling
equally upon the drafted man with
those that were not drafted. |
would also say to the men that were
not drafted look at this matter sober
ly and then say if you can that the
drafted man that paid his three hun
dred dollars besides bearing equally
with you all other pecuniary burdens
of the whole war should not have the
three hundred dollars paid back to
him, thus placing the pecuniary bur-
den equally upon all alike.
A LOVER OF JUSTICE.
Brattleboro, VT, July 6, 81.
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Is Gov. Smith in it ? Well, you
bet he is, just as the SITTER predict
ed when Edmunds sent in his resig-
nation. Will he succeed All, that
would be telling.
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Farmer Hooker having bugged his
potatoes and wormed his cabbages,
started out the other day with Brat
tleboro base ball nine to capture the
state. Result, his usual luck, got
whitewashed.
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We have received marked copy
of the American Journal of Educa-
ton, published at st. Louis, Mo.
containing lengthy editorial urging
ex-Gov. Smith for the U. S. Senate.
This is far-off gun but it gets here
lust the same. At some future time
the SITTER may have word to say
about it.
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Those fellows who went to heaven
by telegraph from Sing Sing, Tues
ignored the great monopoly and took
the Westinghouse line.
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THE-
E1LONDONDERRYslsSIFTER.1 i.
THE
~HENRY M. SHANKs, PUBLISHER.

Terms, $l.OO Year, Strictly In
advance. Persons outside OF Windham
County who receive the paper in single
wrappers must send 10 cents in addition
to pay for wrappers and postage
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We call attention to letter on this
page urging the justice of the COM
mutation mems claims. There is no
doubt about the business of this claim.
But there is one difficulty, mentioned
by GA Lover of JUSTICE" namely,
there isn't voters enough behind this
matter to enlist the sympathy of the
patriotic legislator. And this will
ever be SO. Leastways as long as
men vote for every jackanapes party
managers put forward.
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Copies Of this paper can be obtained
at Carpenters Ne,cs Rooms an Brat
IebOrO,
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aSEntered at the Post-oaice at So London
as second class matter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

by the amount required to pay for the

by the amount required to pay for the
same.
III order to accommodate all, appllca-
tions for berths desired should be made
as directed above, at oncei AMI must all
be received by Comrade Cummings not
later than Tuesday, July 2Sth, after
which date, owing to the great demand,
no more sleeping cars can be secured
ID. L. MORGAN,
Department Commander
. C. c. KINSMAN,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Baxters Mandrake Bitters cure ind
gestion, Heartburn, Costiveness and all
malarial diseases. Twenty-Five cents per
bottle.
If you are troubled with "hacking
cough" Downs Elixir will give you re-
lief at once. Warranted IS recommended
or money refunded.
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Telegraph Operators!
ATTENT|ON!!
A Member of your Fraternity
Speaks.

Mr.. WILCOX has for years held the re.
sponsible position of operator at Rochester
Union Depot, which is junction for four
railroads. O.
ROCHESTER, n. H., Nov IS, 1890.
DANA SARsAPARILLA Co. -
AeSsrS. Il wish to tell you what DANA'H
SARSAPARILLA has done for me by taking .
months vacation and using the Sarsaparilh three
times day.
When 1 went away the first of October l
couldn't sleep nights or work days. Iwas
nervous, had no appetite, and felt all tired out
from morning until night. Had no ambition to
work. My kidneys were swollen and ached
that was unable to sit down, or lie down. and
take any comfort, So thought it about time to
take a rest and see if / could obtain help.
| bought two bottles of DANA'S SARSA-
PARILLA, and three weeks from the time | COM
menced to take 1t, had gained ten pounds. My
back was greatly improved and my nervousness
had left me. l could eat as much as any well man
ought to eat. And best of all no ache or pain
comes to disturb my nights rest. take DANA'S
SARSAPARILLA every day, and it has done
wonders for me, and saved me lots of expense
fyom doctors.
remain, hastily,
CHAS. A. WILCOX,
W Q. Telegraph Operator.
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To Be Lived Down.
You Take No Risk

You Take No Risk
In buying Hoods Sarsaparilla, for it is
every where recognized as the standard
building-up medicine and blood purifier
1t has won its way to the front by its own
intrinsic merit and has the largest sale
of any preparation of its kind. Any hon
est druggist will confirm this statement.
If you decide to take Hoods Sarsaparil-
la, do not be induced to buy anything
else instead. Be sure to get Hoods.
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men vote for every jackanapes party
managers put forward.
A friend, writing from Middlebury
suggests that the direct tax money to
be refunded to the state be divided
among the towns according as they
contributed to the original fund. This
is certainly uot bad idea, especially
if supplemented with provision that
each town should use it in establish
ing and maintaining free public Ii
brary. Undoubtedly the final dispo-
sition of this fund will 60 over to the
next legislature, so there will be
abundant time to discuss this and
other propositions that are sure to
come up.
On Tuesday at Sing Sing prison
four murderers, Slocum, Smiler,
Wood and Jugiro were executed by
electricity. The meager reports
given out would indicate that this
method of state killing was success,
full so far as its rapidity and painless.
ness was concerned. But it was
strictly private affair of the Rus.
sian despotic order. No reporters
were admitted. In fact the warden
put an armed guard about the prison
who were instructed to shoot anyone
approaching. A few select witnesses
were called in but these were placed
under pledge to reveal nothing Of
the secret proceedings. This indeed
seems strange to Americans, and il
is not to be wondered at that tht
New York Press the next day said i
eff such circumstances had beer
reported by a correspondent as having
occurred in Russia the civilized worl(
would not have been surprised, but i
is i marvellous proceeding even il
New York, where the worst of dem
agogues, under Tammany rule, are
our despots, and where official AFRO
gance reaches height unknown else
where in this country"
If the laws of New York admi
of such star chamber proceedings thu
sooner they are amended the NOR,
creditable will it be for the state.
Ethan L. Allen of Pittsfield wa'
seriously injured Saturday by th'
premature discharge of a cannon.
1t seems that about dozen mel
and boys were engaged in firing ;
cannon on the hill in Pittsfeld villag,
in celebration of the Fourth. 1t wa
successfully fired several times, an(
Allen was printing the barrel, whel
the cannon exploded, throwing him in
to the air about six feet. His fac,
and hair were filled with powder ant
his left arm broken near the shoulder
so badly that it had to be amputated
A piece of the broken cannon passet
between his arm and body, tearing ou
the flesh and exposing two of the ribs
1t was learned yesterday that Mr.
Allen rested well Sunday night, ant
through in a critical condition thing
seemed to be more favorable for hi
recovery. He is 80 years old.-Rut
land Herald.
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Sitter John. Editor.

FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 10, 1891.
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RrietletS RY Wire.

II LON Eh UF JUSTICE
Brattleboro, VT, July 6, '91.
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