The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-04-16
LONDONDERRY.

"A large amount mas alreauy peeh
made.
School teachers are very plenty and
wages are consequently low.
Meal is selling for Sl.Sb per hun
dred. 1t must be McKinleyed.
Miss Lillian Childs has returned to
Stoneham, Mass, after months stop
among friends and relatives.
E. W. Hardy has finished work for
P. r. Holt and will work for j. p.
Farwell during the coming season.
John Walker, Jr. is at woIk in the
mill taking f. E. Stevens place.
f. f. Stevens goes to Boston next
week where he has position as at
tendant to an invalid.
Village school is to commence Mon
day, the goth.
The usual amount of spring repair
ing seems to be in progress.
Roads are getting dry and travel
becomes more of pleasure.
Lyman Tower will 60 on to the
road selling marble for B. M. Wiki
ms during the coming summer.
Remember the dance at FarwelPs
on Friday evening.
Burt ODER of Boston is in town for
few days.
Miss Marion Jennison of Walpole,
N. H., will teach the village school.
Miss Josie Sutton is to teach in
Dist. No. IL and Miss Lena Jaquith
in No. 4.
More masons and plumbers arrived
from Boston Tuesday and are at work
on the Paine house.
The ladies of this village and vicin-
itv will hold necktie festival at
Union Hall on Friday evening, the
oath. Ladies are requested to wear
print aprons while the gentleman will
be provided with neckties to match.
A supper will be provided after which
games will be INDUCED in and a pleas
ant social time the order of the eve,
mig. A cordial invitation is extend.
ed to all. Admission free. Supper
25 cents. Neckties 5 cents each
Ladies are expected to bring each 6
tie to match their aprons.
DR.. Geo. H. Payne of Boston was
in town this week looking after his
interests here.
| C. H. Union of Boston is in towr
finishing up the masonery work at DIR
Payne's house.
The Londonderry Dramatic Clul
will again present the ''Two Orphans
about May 18th. Further announce
ment of the event will be made mex
week.
Although your correspondent il
well aware that it is impracticable t.
enter into any controversy that vii
SOW seeds of dissension or tend to dis
unite the tissues Of friendship tina
bind community together, he mus
venture out far enough on the roat
that leads to it to assert that the ar
ticle in the last issue of the SIFqEl
under the caption, "Ladies on tn
War PATH" was simply and purel
an attack on the agency and, as such
it was without cause. That there j
needless use of the vile stuff canno
and will not be denied, yet when W
lay all the blame on to the agency W
90 outside the lines of reason an
common sense. By this let it not b
said that your correspondent seeks i
anyway to defend the obnoxious us
made of alcoholic beverages, for n
one deplores more than he the damna
BILE influences of the traffic.
If the "ladies' who penned the al
ticle are really in earnest in their dc
Z sire to root out the evil that is under
mining our social system, they dc
serve the cooperation of all homes
citizens in their laudable purpose
The liquor agency, let us remember
is not an impertrescible institution
on the contrary in its position betwee
two other avenues of public contain
nation, and being the only know
place where liquor is sold, it is espeC
tally open to attack. Let us also re
member that gallons of liquor com
into town, consigned to private partie
by wholesale houses outside the state
t These private parties are the yer
: ones who are unable to get anythin
+: at the agency and are, therefore, yer
| willing that the agency shall bear a
the blame. Remember, too, this
there is more than one United State
license for the sale of spurious liuuc
held within this town, and for n
e other purpose than for the dispos
y ton of the worst kind of liquor. No
e to the "ladies." Why don't you d
n rect your virtuous rant against tines
+ "kitchen dives" that cause twice IL
! amount of trouble than is caused /
v the town agency ? Why didn't yc
e sign your proper names, "ladies