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DRESSED BY MRS. L. P. MORTON.


other prominent patrons of the good
work were Mrs. Madga Eeaaal Count
Guaccimanni. Lillian Russell, Mrs.
Wymess, Mrs. E. G.. Gilmore, Kate
Claxton, Mrs. Alex Taylor, Isabel Ewes
son, Sadie Mariinot, Mrs. John Gilbert,
Mrs Eugene Clarke, Mrs. Arkell, Mrs.
Alfred Thompson and "Bab," who is
better known to the world at large by
this nom de plume than by her own
name of Mrs. Isabel A. Mallou
The great collection having been made,
the display followed. Large apartments
on two floors of The Judge building
were devoted to the needs of the show,
which closed at tac end of six days with
an auction of the most costly contribu-
lions. The ladies had done their share
to make the undertaking a success, and
the hour had arrived for men of proni-
hence to distinguish themselves
Among the volunteer auctioneers were
Chauncey NJ. Depew, thecelebrated rail-
road president and orator; w. II. Crane,
She comedian; Edgar W. Nye, the hu-
morist; and Russell D. Harrison, the
publisher. They showed much skill in
their temporary vocation, and secured
large prices for the dainty wares they
placed on sale. Mrs. Harrisoa's doll
brought 800, Mrs. Cleveland's sll5,
Mrs. Morton's $50, Mrs. Gould's $50,
while Ellen Terry's was disposed of at
private sale for S175. Mr.. Nye attempt
ed to stimulate the bidding ON two of
the dolls he offered by himself becoming
a competitor. The momenthe advanced
the price the audience gracefully with
drew from tho contest, and, rs a result,
he is now the owner of a neat little
couple known as Priscilla and John
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ject of tenderest affection or dcruelty
and negligence; whether clhed in
silks and carefully guarded fra every
i'll, or clad in skins and sbjected
to all the vagaries of the eUents.
the girl child seems end ~ By
nature with the maternal ms H. and
lavishes u wealth of affection pon her
doll, In the first instance, he doll
may be won lerful creation ofnechan-
ism and ingenuity, crowned With real
hair, endowed with eyes that oen and
shut, possessed even of ability toalk, and
garbed in robes as gay us thoe which
adorn the form of decentralization.
In the other, the doll may be hereby a
gnarled stick or worthless Dor, which
its little owner has tricled ut with
leaves, bits of bark or cloth, and to
which she is as much devotedss if it
We're the most gorgeous production of a
Partisan dealer. Savage or ivilized,
sick or well, the tiny maiden acres and
cares for her silent conpanio with a
solicitude equal to that which in later
years she Iltty 10 eApecleu " lavish
upon an equally helpless but ar more
vociferous infant.
Recognizing the universally of this
maternal instinct, and the important
part which it plays in child life, two
well known gentlemen of New York
city, Messrs. Russell B. Harrison and w.
}. Arkell, some time ago originated an
enterprise which was destined to glad
den the hearts of thousands of little
girls confined by sickness, misfortune OF
orphanage to the various hospitals and
institutions situated on or near Manhat
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08
The Grand Canon of Colorado.

The Great Granite Gorge is about
forty miles in length. That portion from
it's head to the Bright Angel Creek, some
fifteen miles is narrow, dark and gloomy.
1t stands at the upper gateway OF the
great canon as IL by it's very frown to
keep back the intruder, and guard from
vulgar eyes and sordid greed the gran
deur, the beauty, and hidden treasure Of
the lower canon. At the Bright Angel
Creek everything changes-the granite
slopes are flatter, they are Of softer
black granite, cut into sharp pinnacles
and crags, and seem more as If formed
of very coarsely stratified slate.
The canon grows more and more
picturesque and beautiful the farther we
proceed. The granite has lost its awful
and threatening look, and slopes back in
beautiful hillsides of variegated black
gray and green.
At the side canons, and from the bends
of the river, the upper portions of the
whole gorge are brought into view
showing the great marble and sandstone
cliffs, benched back far away from the
river, while mountains jut in close be-
tween the side canons and washes nearly
mile In height. AS we look down the
river, or up a low side canon, with the
placid water between its polished walls
Of black. and gray, and green, for fore
ground, there rise above the dark sand
stone tier upon tier, bench upon bench,
terrace upon terrace, and higher, and in
immensely of height and proportion
seeming to tower almost over our heads.
First above the dark sandstone come
the fattened slopes of the lime and
mineralized matter, in horizontal layers
of yellow, brown, white, red end green.
Then rise sheer walls of stained marble
one thousand feet or more, the lower
portions yellow, brown and red, the
colorlng of red growing brighter as 1t
nears the top. Above this smaller
benches of marble, at the top of each a
little mesa covered with green bunch
grass and bushes, and above these a
dozen or more terraces of scarlet and
fame-colored sandstone, stained on
their outer points with black. and the
little benches between them relieved by
tue bright green of the crossword and
bunch grass, the whole crowned with
perhaps a couple of thousand feet of the
lighter gray. yellow and white sand
stone lodges, capped by pinnacles and
spires, turrets and domes, in every
imaginable shape. size and proportion
Scribner's Magazine.
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Egg I,nreh..I In q ynleanc.

Frem the rcginno OF 10, ard snow, and
of poaehars an smuyslors, II . cut.
tor Ru IA ,mns. H,r half-doz N guns
wera In rhine cond on. not nav,
ng hecn tired an the thin, nnd ppr hold
was moi laden with the spo - uf seq ire,
But she brought iu,crcstingNews.
The most ,ntrre sting result of the trip
of the Rush was n visit paid by the
oiIlncrst 10 Bogoslov Island, where Is the
mous volcano Of that name, In CONVEX
sat on with one of the OH ers an inter-
ting resume was obtained OF the dis
coveries and data cleaned by the visit.
Bugoslov Is sixty miles west southwest
Of Oonalaska. 1t originally consisted OF
one island with two craters, one OF
which first sprang into activity In 1872.
List winter the island was he scene OF
n strange convulson OF nature. The
second crater, now known as New
Bogoslov, became active. In some
powerful CONFUSION the sandspit which
had connected the two parts OF the
island was submerged and one crater
was separated from the other by several
fathoms Of water. II Is thought that
during this CONFUSION changes occurred
In New Bogoslov below the water line /;
that assures were opened, through which
volumes OF water made their way into
the caldron within. This accounts for
the immense quantities OF steam which
the officers OF the Rush saw escaping
from the crater at distance OF fully
sixty miles.
OF the two craters, New Bogoslov
offered the most interesting field of
study to the officers Of the Rush. They
ascertained the crater to be only 200 feet
above the sea level. The peak had dis
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08
A Costly Bssiness,

Rutland, Vt, Jan, l,-One OF the
largest liquor cases ever heard in the
courts of Vernont has just been com
pleted in Windsor county, Justice
Thompson of the Supreme Court pre-
siding The respondent, George +,
Kibhng, of Norwich, was engaged in
die liquor trade at Hanover, n. H.,
until he was driven out by the Dart
mouth College overseers, He then
opened a liquor shop in Norwich, on
the Vermont shore of the Connecticut
River, at the end of bridge connec-
ting the two towns. This location
gave him the Dartmouth students
patronage. The college overseers
did not propose to be beaten by this
Yankee trick, and they moved upon
Kibling and his rum shop so vigorous
ly that in the trial that has just closed
over one thousand offenses were
proven. The jury, however, com
promised on 7l5 sales.
Kibling was fined $4,000. Judge
Thompson's charge to the jury was
particularly vigorous and able. One
or more of the faculty of Dartmouth
College were present constantly dur
ing the trial. The new Justices of
the Supreme Court seem determined
to break up the delays in the trial of
liquor prosecutions and to execute the
phohibitory law to the letter.
The Commissioners of Internal rev.
enue has ordered the Office of stamp
deputy at Burlington discontinued
and new one established at Bellows
Fall,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08

lraVeler'S story FROM ALASKA.
dventurous individual, who was
stanley in Africa some yeas ago
S lately returned from an explora-
Alaska, tells a rather marvellous
f that distant part of Uucle Sans
|. he accompanied an expedition
emit into the interior Of Alaska,
| the Mount St. Elias Range,
h the Cnilcat Pass, the only route
own to Americans. The party
on through glaciers and ice fields
y fifty miles, and then, accord
his individuals account, emerged
delightfully."- green and fertile re-
where rich meadows stretched
far as eye could see.
travelling long way through
easant country the Yukon River
,ched, and here the party divided,
If returning homeward via the
while the other sailed down the
River to the ocean. This latter
ment the person who relates the
accompanied. So perllous and
t was the navigation that it re-
ten days to make fifty miles.
tplorer maintains that interior
has great possibilities as graz
mining region. One obstacle to
alopment has been it's inaccessi-
Chilcat Pass will answer for
Exploring parties, but it is too
: for the purposes Of commerce.
explorer, however, insists that
discovered new and easy route
interior, by means of which
ads of acres Of meadow and
land may be Immediately opened
cement. Tine will determine
UGH there is Of truth in this
story, and how much that is ex-
mt. At present it must be con-
nat it bears an unfortunate re-
nee to those apochryphal tales
twenty or thirty years ago re-
% the rich and verdurous expanse
n the North Pole was said to be
lded.-St. Louis Globe Demo-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08
All Sorts.

India takes the palm for free post
age. Postal cards cost half a cent
each, and letter goes for one cent.
A citizen of Manistee, Mich, has
a clientage of 1000 children, who get
a pound of candy each from him on
New Years day.
The Christmas present of the
Plainfield, N. j., Methodists to
their pastor was silver mounted
bicycle.
There were employed about 4S, 900
census enumerators for this years
United States census, and the aver
age pay was about S74 apiece.
Nine hundred and ninety-tv wom-
en- registered at Cheyenne, Wyo.,
for the recent elections. Several
women rode 26 miles into Cheyenne
to vote.
A lady who advertised for a girl
"to do light house work" received a
from an applicant who said her
-. demanded sea air and asked
the lighthouse was situated.
;. Grundy looks through specti-
wisdom and says: After all,
best society is composed of
who pay their bills, shun MOTOR
w d occupy their pews in anti
nable churches.
President Hayes has been Il
mt visitor to CINCINNATI of late.
lr is white now, but his step is
nd vigorous. He keeps alive
emory of his part in the civil
nalways wearing the tricolored
,.u Of the Loyal Legion and by
lg with old army comrades in
rridors of the Burnet house.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08

tan island, They projected and carried
to successful issue, with the aid of Mr..
A. B. De Frece, a charity doll show. the
like of which was never befo.e seen.
They procured n vast nnss.i,r a, is.en7t,
ana Uien called upon the distinguished
women of America and England to dress
them
The response was worthy of the occa-
sion and within Il few weeks the unat-
tired forms came back, clothed in quaint
and costly robes. One china divinity
had grown imneasely in good looks be-
cause of the d2ft care bestowed upon its
wardrobe by the wife of President Har-
rison. Another hal blossomed into a
society beautr bel3ath the skillfIl ma
nipulatioa of M:s. Levi P. Morton.
Little Jay cane from Mrs. George
Could 1t was the counterfeit present
ment of her baby boy, so far as size and
clothes were concerned, the latter being
duplicated even to the tiny. undressed
leather leggings. Mrs. Grover Cleve-
land sent doll as big as a 5-year-old
child, which wore n ball gown Of white
satin. brocaded in roscbuds, and trimmed
with white empire frills around the decol-
ete corsage.
From London Ellen Terry, the famous
actress, forwarded a doll notable for the
simple elegance of its attire. and among
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08

Gen. F. E. Spinner died at Jack
sonville, Fla, last Wednesday. Gen.
Spinner was U. S. Treasurer from
1861 to 1875 and one of the best the
country ever had. The millions of
greenbacks circulating during this Pc
Rod familiarized the people with his
queer signature and made his name a
household word throughout the coun-
try. The general was a native of
New York, and his remains were in
tered at Mohawk in that State.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08

E. Brown. and settled near Pontiac, Ills.
He was prominent in the Farmers move
ment of 1872, and WIS elected vice presi-
dent of the Illinois Peoples association
for the Eighth Congre ssional district.
In 1880 he removed to Nebraska. On
the organization of the Alliance he be-
came a member He was elected judge
of Webster county in 1894, and was a
candidate for congress against james
Laird in 1885, receiving 1G,813 votes to
1873 cast for Laird. In 1890 he was
the unanimous choice of the Alliance or
Independent convention held at Hast
ings, and likewise received the unani-
nous vote of the delegates of the Demo-
cratic convention held at Superior. He
was elected by a majority of $4,000.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08
THE LONDONDERRY SITTER,

Mrs, Garfield is said tobe oven,
whelmed by her correpndence,
Letters come from every n of the
country and on every concefble top
ic, Every crmmunicationshe re-
ceivcs is given careful atteon, and
frequently a pleasant letteSf some
lenath is sent in answer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08

1t is said that a military post is to
be established in Vermont. Good e.
nough! Hurrah for Sec. Proctor
The SITTER begs to suggest that the
Brattleboro blood-stained hero, his
excellency, Col. Levi X. Fuller, be
made commander and that the post
be established at So. Londonderry
with headquarters in the sold She
bang"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08
THURSDAY EVENING, JAN. 8. 1897.

Alden" The group designed by "Bab,"
and entitled "Three Men in a Boat, Not
Counting tho Dog" was purchased by
Mr. Il. II. Sothern, the actor, who
promptly forwarded it across the ocean
to Mr.. jerome X, Jerome, author Of the
quaint story which had inspired "Babs"
work.
The results of the charity doll show
proved highly gratifying to its projectors
and patrons, They had the pleasure of
placing timely holiday playthings in the
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08

The paternal instinct recently re-
ceived fresh illustration out in Mis-
souri,. One Sarah Flint, widow,
remarked, with an ante-nuptial con-
tract by which her children by her
former husband should become heirs
at law to the new husbands
property in case no children came of
the new union. The widow, under
this contract, became Mrs. Saxton,
but utterly refused to bring any little
Saxtons into the world, and in two
years time, with an eye single to her
chlldren's welfare, put on wings and
went scudding off to the shining
plains, leaving her children heirs to a
s2,000,0 900 estate.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08

A terrible scene was witnessed at
Wortley, England last week where
SIX children met death through flames
and many more were badly injured.
This occurred at school fete, where
a number of children in small dress
ing room, dressed in light material
and covered with cotton to represent
snow, were preparing for a tableau,
when, by some carelessness, their
clothing caught fire. A press dis
patch says:
Suddenly shrieks of terror issued
from the little dressing-room and the
audience sprang in alarm from their
seats, the male portion of the assem-
blage making a rush for the school
room stage. The gentlemen were
horrow-stricke to see a number 81
children rush upon the stage with
their ooetumcs on fire.
In moment the air was filled with
cries of terror from the children and
from the ladies in the audience, MANY
OF whom then knew their little daugh-
tiers to be in danger of death. Sew
eral ladies tainted, thus adding to the
confusion.
The gentlemen promptly seized the
burning children, threw them upon
the stage and smothered the flames
which enveloped their garments with
the curtains, mats, window blinds
anything they could lay hands on in
the emergency. Several of the gen.
tlemen tore off their coats and used
them to save the lives of the panic
stricken children. While the little
ones were being rescued shrieks OF
terror and groans of agony rang
throughout the building, the horrors
of the disaster being almost beyond
description
Provincial-If you fellows had any
public spirit you would have finished
that Grant Monument long ago
New York Alderman-Grant Mon.
ument, is it ? An pfwat do Hughey
be wantin' wild monument before he
bees dead, I'd know PIX.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08
Legal Notices.

Jennie +, Spear windham County Court
Henry J. Spear March Term, 1891.
Whereas Jennie +. Spear of Brattle-
boro, In Windham County, having this
day filed In the office of the clerk of
Windham County Court her libel for a
divorce against her husband Henry j.
Spear, returnable to the term of said
court next to be held at Newfane within
and for said county of Windham, on the
second Tuesday of March, A. D. 1891,
setting forth her ma rlagc to said libel
lee on the eth day of May 1886, her res
dence in said Wmdham county, and
praying for divorce by reason of the
wilful desertion of her the said lbcllant
by the said libellee on or about August
10, 1887. And it being made to appear
that said lbellee is now y resident with
out the State of Vermont where the ordi-
nary process of the court cannot be serv-
ed upon him; 1t 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 returnable 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 Windham. this
9th day of December, A. D., 1890.
ROYAL TYLER, Clerk.
Hasklns & Stoddard, Attys. for Petit
tionpr
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08

There are four women notari0s in
New York city. One of them, Miss
Westover, is private secretary to Street
Commissioner Beattie, and during his
illness superintendent the work of 800
men. She speaks four languages, is an
earnest student, and has delightful
ssntralto voice. She ia from the west.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08

The funeral of 80 soldiers, killed
in the bloody encounter at Wounded
Knee, took place last Wednesday at
the Pine Ridge agency. Is it neces-
sary that this great government
should send out a handful of men to
be butchered by savages Or are we
wrong, in terms, in calling this a
great government Rather. 1t is a
great country, but the government
part seems to be weak and dastardly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08
FAMOUS DOLL DRBERS.
DISTINGUISHED WOMEN ORMERlCA
AND ENGLAND DO HOMEWORK.
They Unite to Further the lerests Of
Charitable Enterprise, bd Have
brought Joy to the Heartof Thou
sands of Little Girls.

T is her doll
that tllittle girl
finds u dearest
delighnd chief
est joyShe may
be thelaughter
of weahy par
ents, sFounded
by the lkuries Of
civil ton, or
the ignant and
n egle % d Off
spring dhe YER
iact spysa Rpt
whethethe OBJ
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08

"BABY JAY" BY MRS. GEORGE GOULD.
hands of more than two thousand in
valid or friendless children, and also of
distributing n large sum of money among
the institutions in which these waits are
provided for
Two particularly handsome specimens
of artistic work arrived from abroad too
late for display at the show. One was
the Offering of Nine. Albani. and repro
duced in its attire the gorgeous robes
which the songstress wears as the heroine
of Verdi's "Otello." The other doll was
from Mrs. John Wood, and is supposed
to represent that actress as she appears
in the first act of The Cabinet Minis
ter" now running at the Court theatre,
London.
The costume is described as being of
gold and silver brocade, with very
long train attached at the shoulder and
lined with gold colored satin, embroid-
cred with ruching of yellow gauze set
with spriss of white hyacinths. The
train is turned over at the right side,
and ornamental with punches of Prince
of Wales feathers and yellow primroses
set on the revers. The front of the
gown is an ornamented tablier Of white
kid applique on lace with silver beads.
The doll wears little coronet of dia-
monds, three white feathers and long
tulle veil Her jewels are diamonds
and necklace of pearls joined together
by tiny gold chains, She wears high
heeled satin slippers and dainty silk
lingerie"
This doll is valued at $500, and to.
gether with Nine. Albani's donation
will be disposed of for the sane pur
poses to which the proceeds of the show
were devoted.
The illustrations appearing herewith
are REPRODUCED from Frank Leslie's IL
Illustrated Newspaper by courtesy of the
publishers. FRED e. DAYTON.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08

Gov. Page has submitted the ques-
ton rs to the division of the school
monies to the Supreme Court for
discussion. This, of course, will be
final.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08

What an amount of bosh and rot
has been said and written about the
school law. The new law is infinitely
better than the old one, and there is
but little doubt but the public money
will be equitably divided, and all this
powwow and hullabaloo is the veriest
nonsense.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08

The arctic owl has been seen further
southwark than for years before within
the last few weeks, aud us a consequence
the Canadian weather prophets predict
long and severe winter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08

Buffalo Bill in the show business
realized that the most original actors
in this country were oborignal.-Ex.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08
SITTER John. Editor.

1t looks now as il home rule for
Ireland was away off in the misty
distance.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08

One dollar pays for The LONDON
DERRY SITTER for one year-the best
paper in Vermont.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08


district of n e.
braska, was born
in Cum b erland
cou n ty, N. j.,
Jan. 10, 1912, and
W e mt to Fulton
county, His, in
1913. He remain
ed on his fathers
faTu till the civil
w;tr began, when
he enlisted under
Col. r. G. lnger-
soil. At the close
of the contest he
married Miss Lois
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08

The easiest way for prisoner to
escape from Jail is by filing his OBJ
jections.-Ex.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08

The best five cent cigar sold in this state
is branded in plain letters on each cigar,
1.-THE Avenue"