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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-06-12
WEST TOWNSHEND.

Fernando Gale of Lacon, H., is
visiting his son, George, at G..
Taft's.
Emmett Gordon and wife of Brat
tleboro have been visiting his father
who is quite feeble.
Mrs. r. Benson and Mrs. Dwin-
ell of Saxtons River were in town
last week.
Our pastor will have sermon es-
pecially for children's day next Sab
bath.
Drs. Kenyon and Ray removed
sixteen punches of cancerous nature
from the person of David Burroughs
last week. He is doing as well as
could be expected.
B. S. Taylor and wife of Bond
vile visited friends here last week.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-06-12
Melendy brothers are repairing their
River Street tenement.

Melendy brothers are repairing their
River Street tenement.
N. B. johnson is attending Ma
sonic meeting at Burlington.
Mrs. Il. s. Wilder is visiting
down country.
S. NJ. Holden and Alfred Howard,
the latter of Jamaica, started off with
six yoke of oxen this week.
G. I. Abbott is repainting his
residence, II. d. Tyler pushing the
brush.
Mrs. Abbie Sheldon started this
morning for Adams, Mass, to visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Whitman
of that place.
Henry Gleason of Landgrove is as
sisting Elmer Lampson in finishing
Winchester's barn.
Londonderry hasn't any abandoned
farms nor none to give away. Its in
habitants are enjoying prosperity.
Come and see us
AT the convention of the order of
Independent Railway Conductors
held at st. Adams Tuesday M. Sew
erance of the narrow gauge was chos-
en- chairman of the executive COM
mittee.
That same old Coon-Rev. Chas.
Coon and Mrs Emily Butler af ia
maica were married on Wednesday.
Congratulations brother Coon, may
you live long and wax strong.
Mrs. Cora Newkirk of Glovers-
vile, N. Y, is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Bostwick, in
this place.
Lawyer Cudworth has been in at
tendance on the Bennington county
court, in session at Manchester this
week.
DR.. p. S. LOOMS, dentist of Man
chester Center is in town and ready
for business. He will remain but 8
short time.
How is it about your sugar bounty
Have you made application for Ii.
cense? If not and you desire it now
is your time. Write at once to C. S.
Forbes, St. Adams, vt. License
must be obtained prior to July LIST.
Quite number attended the straw.
berry festival given by the ladies Of
the M. E. Church, Wednesday eve
ming. The occasion was pleasant
one and the financial part satisfactory
The past week has been unevent
full, locally. No runaways, no whips
stolen OF ladies' garments found, an(
local items are as scarce as homes
politicians. The weather for the mos
part has been warm and toda,
Thursday it is as hot as topic
ought to be for the camfort of its den
liens. But we'll try and not be cas-
down for the 4th of July will sool
be here, and the lake is but mile
distant, and without any doubt TIN
"Komodore" will provide something
attractive, as is his usual custom.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-06-12
GRAFTON.

The hotel is covered with new steel
roofing.
There are several summer boarders
at the hotel.
j. L. Butterfield is in Boston.
W. S. Hemenway was thrown from
a wagon and severely injured last
Tuesday evening.
DIR. Locke is spending a few days
at Burlington.
L. S. Walker is having his house
painted.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-06-12
EAST DORSET.

Mrs. John Bowie and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Morse and their little son
returned from Canada last Saturday
and with them widow Frank Morse,
her husband having died the Sunday
before.
Willis Brock is home on his vaca-
ton from New York where he has
been street car conductor for four
years.
One of the Freedleys was here on
Tuesday of last week and ordered
their marble mill and works shut
down. Many of the employees have
already scattered, some to Middle
bury, some to Proctor, eight to the
slate quarries in Granville, N. Y.
and others to places not within our
knowledge. The Freedleys pay roll
was $500 a month and of course
some homes and faces are less cheer
full than heretofore.
Harry Grout writes from Tucson
that the mercury climbs up to 1000
daily.
Mrs. William C. Landon has sold
her place to Patrick Lovett for $500
and expects to start for Tennessee
next Monday.
The administrators sale of p. f.
Buffum's personal estate came off as
said in the last SITTER. George X.
Davis was auctioneer and worked hard
to give us poor bargains. Sometimes
he beat us and sometimes we beat
him. Taking it altogether it was
about an even thing.
A "touch of nature" on Friday
morning of last week came near max
ing our cultivated vegetation sal
akin" We have had several cold
nights since but not cold enough tc
do any damage. But they remind
the scribe of more wintry experience
later in the season and before mos
readers of the SITTER were born. Ir
the year 1S41 or AZ, we think the
later, there was quite fall of snow
on the 18th day of June. In oul
valley much of it melted as it fell bu
it covered the ground and in place!
there were drifts several inches high
Considerable Of the ground where on
village now stands was planted t
corn which was frozen and supposed
to be entirely ruined but where lie
alone fair crop was harvested
"Look out for snow about this time
was printed in Connecticut almana
against that 18th day of June as tn
scribe has somewhere heard or read
1t was printed by mistake and the er
ror was not discovered until it wa
too late to correct it. The almana
maker was in deep trouble. His rep
utation as weather prophet woul
be ruined thereby and his sales les
sened. But when the day came an
the snow also the converse was realiz
ed-his cloud had ga silver lining.
The scribe cannot vouch for tn
| truth of this almanac item, but wha
he has stated about the snow storm
} legion of graybeards can hold up bot
l hands and corroborate.
An NJ. d. is said to have charge
one of.our citizens, lately, for about
five-minute examination and writin
r prescription, five dollars. This is
a reminder of the boatman's charge {
500 for giving two travellers an hour
ride on the sea of Galilee and the n
mark of one of the travellers that /
t didn't wonder now that Christ wake
on the water.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-06-12
LOCAL SUMMARY.

Liveryman Howe lost his horse,
Ned, last Monday.
The cheese factory is now receiv-
ing over 5000 pounds of milk daily.
Geo. Bromley of Pawlet visited
this week with his sister, Mrs. f.
Winchester.
Montague Hobart is visiting with
friends in Westminster and will be
absent for couple of weeks.
Ed McAllister takes the cake on
hens eggs. He brings one in that
measures whole inch in circumfer-
ence. 1t was cold spring egg.
Mrs. Chas. Hoskins returned to
her home at Leominster, Mass, on
Tuesday after pleasant visit of two
weeks with friends in this place.
An additional 500 gallon vat has
been put in the cheese factory. This
was made necessary by the increased
quantity of milk received.
DR.. D. H. Marden has opened his
house to accommodate boarders and
now has fve.-
The annual meeting of the B. &
W. stock holders will come off next
Monday at Brattleboro.
In digging for the foundation for
Winchester's new barn a small Mexi-
can coin of the date of 1898 was dug
up.
Miss Oracle Hoskins Of Bondville,
who has been visiting friends in this
place, returned home yesterday.
Children's day will be observed by
both of our churches next Sabbath
The exercises will occupy the time
usually devoted to the Sabbath
School.
Geo. II. Hilton will open the Lake
House at Lowell Lake next Monday.
During the day a picnic party from
Landgrove will be present and a
dance will be held in the evening ac-
companied by one of Hilton's sup
pers.
Conductor Severance of the mar
row gauge is absent this week being
in attendance upon the first annual
convention of the Grand Division OF
the Independent Order of Railway
Conductors that convened at ST.
Adams on Tuesday.
Silas Axtell and wife will spent
the summer with Luther Perry ant
wife at Bondville. This is brought
about by the poor health of Mrs
Axtell.
The new dance hall at Lowell Lake
will be dedicated next Monday
The services will be strictly orthodox
No DR.. Briggses need apply.
Mrs. Abbie Livingston of Burling
ton has been visiting with her father
Henry Wood, of this town.
Miss Ida Cuishman of New
York city is visiting with her cousin
Miss Hattie Lyon. Today they bot
60 to Pawlet to visit friends in tina
town.
f. c. Gale of Lacon, ILL.,, is Wis
iting with friends in this part of tn
state and spent few days this weel
with his aunt, Rev. Mrs. w. A
Bryant.
George Taft of West Townshen,
visited few days ago with his youn
friend, Carl Farwell of this place.
G.. G. Smith will place in his dru
store in few days an arctic sod
fountain-a decidedly cool opera
tion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-06-12
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The Best Result.

Every ingredient employed in produc-
ing Hoods Sarsaparilla is strictly pure,
and is the best of it's kind it is possible to
buy. All the roots and herbs are careful
ly selected, personally examined, and on
ly the best retained. So that from the
time of purchasing until Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla as produced, everything is carefully
watched with a view to attain the best re-
suit. Why don't you try it?
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-06-12
LONDONDERRY.

We need
Rain.
Side walks through our village.
Paint on our houses.
A slight Improvement in the way
of fences.
A little more sense of the eternal
fitness of things.
We may need
Street lamps as ornaments.
A new hotel,
A 4th of July celebration.
A few acres of land where one
could buy building spot for a fair
price. Here where land seems broad
enough for all it cannot be bought in
the village for love or money, Are
there hidden oil wells or gold mines
that it is so priceless
Frank Stevens and wife have re-
turned from long visit in Boston.
Frank Stowell and wife drove from
Manchester N. II. with their own
team. Mrs. Stowell intends to spend
the summer with her mother.
Lu. Richardson was in town last
week.
Mrs. Joshua Parker returned from
trip over the mountain on Monday.
Mrs. L. P. Sheldon who has been
quite ill is convalescent.
Is there no remedy for the evil COS.
sip which creeps into our midst and
blackens everything it touches ? A
whisper starts into life, a mere breath
of defamation, it is carried on from
mouth to mouth until the last contid.
ing tongue tells story of marvellous
growth-it has become a very whirl.
wind of scandal. Why should we
make a bad example worse by re-
peating in detail noXious story
Honest open hatred for an existing
evil is much better than the hypocrit'
ical methods of news mongers whose
only business is to spread the disease
from house to house. These people
may find truth-ln the Arab proverb
Courses are like young chickens, an(
still come home to roost."
M.
DR.. w. r. Woodward visited il
Pawlet last week.
Rev. w. R. Curtis is attending
the State Convention of the Domesti
Missionary Society held at Brattle
boro this week.
The Y. P. S. G.. E. will have
membership of 80 by next Sunday.
Children's day will be observed a
the church by an appropriate sermon
by the pastor and concert at ) ~
p. m.
Bishop Beals will speak in Uuiol
Hall next Sunday at 1880 a. N
Written questions answered. l 80 ?
m. lecture, subject: "Does death en-
all 2"
Miss Carrie Hutchins of Andove
is at work at Fred Hubbard's.
| Charles Farr of Windham visite
at f. r. French's Saturday.
Erwin Edison, wife and son sper
the Sabbath with d. F. Davis.
There were thirty took supper wit
Mrs. F. M. Leonard at the ladie
meeting Wednesday p. m.
Annie French returned to Bosto
Monday.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-06-12
After Honest Goods !
IBy Green Mountain Telephone.

Uncle John-Halloo, South Derry !
So. 'Derry-Halloo !
Uncle John-Give me my wife's cousin,
Terra Ann, up on Church St.
So 'Derry-All right, go ahead.
Uncle John-Halloo, Terra Ann
Terra Ann-Halloo
Uncle John-I heard some one say that
Smith kept the best stock of Boots and
Shoes in your place. How is it a.!
Terra Ann-Well you are just shouting
now. He's got some of the nobbiest foot
wear for Ladies and Misses that 1 ever
saw in this town. was in there yester-
day and saw some Ladies' Kid Polish
with Cap Toe which just took my eye.
They were fine as silk. Then he showed
me some Misses Spring Heels of the
same quality. Next, saw some Ladies'
Dongola Oxford Ties with Fancy Tip
which were beauties for only $l25. Also
a Patent Leather Oxford Tie with Ooze
Top. Then for men 1 noticed Congress
shoe with seamless upper, fancy cap toe
and fair stitch for only $l.50. told him
l guessed he stole them and he didn't
deny it. Then he had some shoes for
men wide enough for stone boats. He
said they We're for cornfields. Why don't
you drive down?
Uucle John-Well, I've got to after
planting. Matilda Jane is hankerin' for
a new pair of shoes, and marin is just
about barefooted. I'll be down in day
or two. Goodbye.
Terra Ann-Good-bye.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-06-12

BE- SPECIAL NoTICE-All tin bills are
past due and must be paid before July
LIST, as need and must have the cash
before that date. +. WINCHESTER.
P. S. A full Car load of Furniture ar.
rived today and will be sold as low as
at any place in this state, F. w.
So. Londonderry, June TO-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-06-12
HOUGHTONVILLE.

Joe Bingim closed his work on
Sanders office, Saturday, and return
ed to Chester. II
Charlie Cummings returned from
Brattleboro last week where he has
been at work in the insane asylum
and went to SaXtons River Monday
to work for Mr.. Bancroft, where he
worked last summer.
A. G. Nource and wife went tc
Peru Saturday to spend few days.
c. f. Buffers has moved into
Henry Graves house.
N. c. Zuel is about to make quite
an addition on his barn and shed.
George Martin was obliged to &C
on crutches most of last week on &C.
count of his limb being badly swoller
and very painful.
Chas. Williams went to Winhal
Monday to see his brother, Lewis
who is very sick with Bright's disease
CO WJNDIJA
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-06-12

LADY HARCoRT, the historian Mot
ley's daughter, is one of the cleverest
women in London society. She is
very handsome, and has more than a
local celebrity because of her wit.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-06-12

&S"BUY THE BEsr-Stephen Hough-
ton is selling the Granite State Mower.
Is also agent for the Head Tedder and
Yankee Rake. Please call and see them
at his farm two miles south of the south
village in this town.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-06-12

EsTRAY NOTICE. Came into the inclo.
sure of the subscriber, June 4th, one
yearling bull, dark red, star in face, tail
white part way, The owner will please
pay charges and take it away.
NELSON +. RAY.
So. Londonderry, June, 8, 1891
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-06-12

&sn Now is the time to get your Now
ing Machines repaired and be ready for
haying, do such work at my Machine
Shop at Weston Island.
III. A. HAYWARD.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-06-12

&~FoR SALE OR TO RENT-A good
blacksmith shop and tools well located in
the village of So. Londonderry. Call on
or address
Silas Whitman,
So. Londonderry, VT.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-06-12

Wool wanted-Highest price in
cash paid for wool every day in the
week. Present price 25c.
f. Winchester.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-06-12
THE
special Notices..

&g~FoR SALE-The Abbott house,
nearly opposite the SITTER office, So
Londonderry Vt. A desirable ivillage
residence, Address or apply to
G, T, Abbott,
So, Londonderry, Vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-06-12

w~NoTEE-All accounts due me not
paid before July LIST 1891 will be prompt
ly collected without further notice.
III. o. HOLT,
Is Bishop St., st. Adams, VT.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-06-12

PWool, pelts and calf skins TAX
en- in exchange for goods at
j. Hills, Bondville, Vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-06-12

One dollar pays for this paper one year.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-06-12

Headache and neuralgia like dreams
fade away before the magic influence
Of DR.. Whitehalls Megrimine. Sold
BY Geo. G.. Smith, druggist.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-25

A mans right to call any particular
notion his, depends upon the fact that
he has put something Of his own per-
sonality into it. He must have pur.
posely created the link by which two
ideas are joined before he can claim
the resulting Notion. Notions are the
fruit of intended observations; ideas
are the result of mere exposure No
lions are thegame the sportsman bags
with skill and toll; ideas are The birds
that come out of the impenetrable void
OF darkness and dash themselves against
the light Ideas come without invita-
ton; notions are the result of conscious
effort Very fortunately, in the realm
OF thought possession is never exclu-
sive. AS notions may be BIS or C's as
we'll My proprietorship does not ex-
clude yours, nor does either impair the
completeness of the other. The estate
of them is that of tenants in common
unity Of possession but severalty OF
title. Chicago Inter Ocean,.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-25
A Yankee on Westerners.

The people of the west are darker
than those of the east. 1t is easy to
zee that. They live more in the open
air. They are Drowned by the sun and
roughened by the winds of the prairies.
This is as true of the women as of the
men. West of the Mississippi you see
very few fat men. Even middleweight
men are rare. The rule is, tall, dark,
dark-haired, brown or black beard,
thin. What is it that makes so many.
men of the prairie west shoot up more
than six feet in the air and yet keep
their weight down to one hundred and
sixty and one hundred and sixty-fve
pounds / could not discern. But any
one who travels much in that region
must have noticed the remarkable
stature of the men as a whole. Of
course the average of humanity in tn
west is more uncouth than in the east.
In the hotels and in dining cars you
see more men, and more women, too,
eating with their knives or with nap
kins tucked under their chins West
Of Chicago you will hear three times as
many persons sucking soup out of their
spoons as east of that point. But in
kindness, true, sincere politeness, alb
sence of affectation and piggishness.
the westerners beatsus every time. II
you go out from the east and think to
take them up for hayseeds or pun ..
kins you will make a sad mistake
Augusta (Me, } Chronicle,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-25
PATS FREE DINNER.
He Thought He Had Landed in q Good
Country.

He Thought He Had Landed in Good
Country.
At many of the restaurants in Boston
metal check, very much like silver
quarter is given by the waiter to the
customer as ticket of what he has to
pay. A supplemented Irishman, who
had just arrived in Boston from Tip
perary, going into a well-known res
taurant on Washington street, called
for dinner. When the waiter had
brought it, he laid down the metal
counter.
Paddy astonished, said to himself:
"YBe jabers, this is the land for ME;
when man asks for some dinner,
they give him bit of money besides"
When he had swallowed his meal, the
delighted Paddy started to leave the
restaurant without settling with the
cashier, when he was stopped by the
waiter, with: Halo! where's your
money; are you going without pay
ing?"
why would ye be after giving me
the bit of money, at all, if we meant to
take it away again2 Take yer. dirty
money! Perhaps yell be. after wishin
me to return me dinner to we again?"
So saying Paddy threw the metal
check down on the counter and marched
off in a state of virtuous indignation,
leaving the waiter and proprietor stand
ing in a most amazed manner Boston
Traveller
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-25

kicked II off, and there, at the end Of
his big toe, was hole about as big as
nickel
II was intending to go to the thea
ter" he said, as he stood and pointed
at the hole, "but I can't get away this
evening. have got to stay home and
darn my socks. That hole there has
started corn on my toe this very day."
"Mr. Bowser, those socks were brand
new yesterday morning when You put
them onr' exclaimed Mrs. Bowser,
with good deal of'energy
20, of course! l probably cut that
hole with the shears l want darning-
needle and some string or something.
AS long as I've got to take care of my
clothes through the rest of my life, I
might as well begin tonight"
Mrs Bowser protested, but he
threaded a darning-necdle with piece
of red string and used up about eight
feet of it in darning the hole. He APP
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-25
A Wonderful Clock.

marvellous piece of mechanism has
recently been exhibited in Paris. 1t is
an eight-day clock, which chimes the
quarters, plays sixteen tunes, playing
three tunes every hour, or at any inter-
val required, by simply touching a
spring The hands go as follows: Ono
once minute, one once an hour, one
once a week, one once month and one
once year. 1t shows the moons age,
rising and setting of the sun, the time
of high and low tide, besides showing
half-ebb and half-food. A curious de-
vice represents the water, showing
ships at high water tide as If they were
in motion, and as it recedes, leaves
them high and dry on the sands. The
clock shows the hour of the day, the
day of the week, the day of the month
and the month of the year. The
mechanism is so arranged as to make
its own provisions for long and short
months. 1t also shows the signs of the
zodiac and the difference between sun
and railroad time for every day in the
year. Horn.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-12-25
Chicago's Great Road, tho Famous Maple
Leaf Line.

The Chicago, st. Paul & Kansas City was
the first railroad in the country to issue
special transportation advertising for the
Worlds Fair at Chicago. That is enter
prise and an illustration of the sort OF
management that within few years has
transformed the Chicago, St Paul u Kan
sas City from short and unimportant line,
to one of the most prominent and most
popular lines In the Northwest With
terminals in Chicago, Kansas City and st.
Paul, it unites.the east, the northwest and
the southwest The territory 1t embraces
is the garden spot of America. The great
states of Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa. Mis-
souri, and Kansas are tapped by its lines.
The equipment of the Chicago, St Paul
Il Kansas City is unexcelled by that OF any
road in the country. Its yestibuled com.
partment sleeping cars are models OF
luxury comfort and convenience. No other
| line west Of Chicago runs compartment
sleeping cars The dining car service is
| fully up TO the requirements of tho most
| fastidious and luxury-loving Of modern
travellers In short, the Chicago, St Paul
IL Kansas City is tho best line between
Chicago and st Paul, Minneapolis and the
Northwest, between Chicago and the
principal points in Iowa, between Chicago
and the Southwest. Persons going to
Chicago and beyond will do well to bear
these facts In mind Rochester, N. T.,
Democrat and Chronicle.