The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-11-27
Vermont News.
Rutland Herald, Nov. q.

The tobacco crop of Vermont i
ready for market.
About 5000 logs were burned on tn,
mountain in West Enosburgh recently
A spruce tree was cut in Belvider
the other day from which II 12-foo
logs were taken that measured 115l
feet.
There has been more typhoid fevel
in Vermont this fall than for a Ions
time. Low water is the probable cause
The Central Vermont railroad paw.
Middlebury 5000 per year for the wa
ter used by it at the station in that vii
lage.
Rocks are being blasted out of New
Haven river so that logs can be foated
to the Middlebury pulp mills with less
difficulty.
The Mortified News says that
Charles N. Cilley of West Berlin re-
Gently caught panther in fox trap.
He went to his house to get gun, but
when he had returned the panther had
disappeared with the trap.
Daniel AFRO Ashley Buck, eldest
son of Daniel and Content Ashley
Buck, born in Norwich, April 10,
1889, was the first native born speaker
OF the House of Representatives in
Vermont having held that position
from 1920 to 1923, 1926 to 1927 and
1929 to 1880.
The 22d annual meeting of the Yer
mont Dairymen's association is to be
held in Brattleboro about the middle
of January. Efforts are being made
to secure large list of prominent
speakers, and so far the principle
officers have been very successful in this
respect
II. B. Williams of the board of cat.
tie commissioners visited the farm Of
Joseph Cross at St. Adams Bay the
other day in company with DIR. c. L.
MORN, and ordered killed 20 hogs
which were affected with cholera
Twenty-nine of the drove of 40 had died
before the officials were notified
The st. Johnsbury Republican SAYS:
1.-The republicans of Brattleboro have
made a most excellent move and one
worthy OF imitation through the state
hight on top of the election returns thew
proceeded to raise $500 and lease rooms
Tor republican headquarters, and thew
propose to make things hum from this
time until the republican candidate for
president is elected next November.
One BrattleboroIyoung man expects
10 realize within few days that vir-
Tue is something more than its own
reward, In his case at least, says the
Phoenix. A year ago he casually re-
marked that he could give up smok-
Ing if he chose, whereupon his grand
father remarked that if he would do
so for year $25 should be his re-
ward. The young man has not touch
ed, tasted or handled the weed for
sou odd days, and is now stretching
out his palm in righteous anticipation
A few nights ago a Mr.. Roundv
from his house at Hardwick saw men
at work in the cemetery, and taking
a lantern went out to find out what
'ney were doing, but they fed as he
approached. A small mound Of
earth showed where the men had been
at work, and the use of shovel dis
closed grave containing salt box,
In which was the decomposed body of
an infant. The case is undoubtedly
a criminal one, and it is expected that
1t will be thoroughly Investigated.
That the waters of Deerfeld river
are likely in the near future TO be
used in Boston is a statement that
few will at first believe possible, vel
1t is thought to be possible, saws the
Deerfield Valley Times. Boston's
water supply is getting short and her
water commissioners have looked far
and near in vain for feasible source
Of supply, until they now think the
Deerfield river their best source. Ifl
-hey should decide to use these waters
IN immense dam will have to be built
near Shelburne Falls and a conduit
10 miles in length built. 1t will ne
,essltate an immense outlay of money.
'"Aren't you ever going to grow old.
Ike the rest of us?" asked a man of an
he hadn't seen for some
ime. ttWell, not so long as can nur;fr