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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01

In society in which women were all
pecuniarily independent, were all fully
occupied with public duties and intel
lectual or social enjoyments, and had
nothing to gain by marriageons regards
material well-being, we may be sure
that the number of the unmarried from
choice would largely increase. 1t would
probably come to be considered de-
graduation for any woman to marry
man she could not both love and esteem,
and this feeling would supply ample
reasons for either abstaining from ma
Rage altogether or delaying it till a
worthy and sympathetic husband was
encountered.
In man, on the other hand, the passion
OF love is more general and usu lily
stronger; and as in such a society as is
here postulated there would be no way
of atifying this passion but by mar
rage, almost every woman wouli re-
ceive offers, and thus Il powerful selec'
tive agency would rest with the female
sex. Under the system of education and
of public opinion here suggested there
can be no doubt how this selection would
be exercised. The idle and the selfist
would be almost universally rejected
The diseased or the weak in intellect
would also usually remain unmarried
while tt ose who exhibited any ten
dency to insanity or to hereditary
disease or who possessed any congenita
deformity would in hardly any case fine
partners, because it would be considered
an offence against society to be the
means of perpetuating such diseases OIL
imperfections.- r. Wallace il
Popular Science Monthly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01
The Naming of the Months.

In looking up the peculiar names
given each of the twelve months of the
year it becomes necessary for us to &c
back to the old Romans who have i'm.
posed upon us a set of names equally
as absurd as those which the Norsemen,
the Scandinavians and Sayons applied
to the week January is named from
Janus, the god of doors and gates, be
cause the month opens the year; some
say that he is Il two faced god, and
could look back on the last year and
forward to the coming February i.
from februo. to purify. March was
originally tho first month. and wa.
named for Mars, the god of war. Apri
is from aperire, to open, because the
buds open in that month.
May is from Main. goddess; JUNE
is from Juno, the patron Of marriage
and is, therefore, the favorite month
for weddings. July was named fol
Julius Cesar and August for Augusta.
Cesar. Originally August had but
thirty days, and February twenty nine
in the common year and thirty in LEAF
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01
THURSDAY EVENING, JAN. |. 1891.

gan, and the assistance asked for was
always granted. III there was murder
and there were many OF them In those
wild days, Gagan was invariably called
uron to preach the funeral sermon. III
I'll ne was celebration, Gngan was al
ways The orator OF the day. Gagan was
l,Lcral liver and when the mood came
OVER h m, which was often, ha would
II into a saloon, and purcNasA the
contents And invite u crowd in from
the street to help themselves. lie was
tall, slightly built, agile man, and he
dressed in the most faultless style.
His hair, as black as night, frl ABOUT
his shoulders and his waNed mustache
aud pointed imperial gave him the APP
peai ance of a quack doctor OF the pres
ent day. He was generous to fault.
and one time a smallpox eptiomic
struck the town, Gagan bought u build
Ing, turned IL into n iospital, hired nur-
ses, bought med cine and paid the bills
out If Is own pocket, His good luck
got the best Of his sense and ~ tn end
of three years Gagan found tho end OF
mis- purse strings and the Herald sus-
pended.
By that time the placers were nearly
exhausted, and but n few hundred people
remained in the town. Nfhe last issue OF
the Herald came out on tho morning of
July g. 1856. The column rules were
turned and the paper was heavily drlpel
In mourning. Under the announcement,
at the head of the editorial colunn, that
that would be the last issue of the
Herald, were the following scriptural
quotations:
AS for man, his days are as grass;
as q flower Of the field so he flour
isheth."
For the wind passeth over 1t, and it
Is gone; and the place thereof shall
know it no more"
Two days later the remainder OF
Meadow Lakes population, with Gdgan
at their head, left the town, and when
the Sacramento Valley was reached tho
members of the parry separated and
went to the various mining camps.
Gagan went to San Francisco and < t
employment as printer, IL worke /
at his trade in the various printing
offices on the coast until 1877, when he
died in the hospital at Sacramento, pen
| niless.
Remarkable stories are told of Gagans
| extravaganza while he was in the mines.
| He was in the habit of standing on the
| street corner in Meadow Lane in the
evening and throwing small sacks Of
| gold dust into the roadway to be fought
over by the young urchns of the town.
| On one occasion, the Fourth of July, he
printed special edition of the Herald
and paved every street in Meadow Lake
with them. No teams were allowed on
the streets that day.
The Herald plant was never removed
from Meadow Like, and to-day the
press and engine, rust eaten and worth
| less, stand in the Herald office just as
they were left nearly forty years ago.
| st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01

Still another torpedo, this one the in
vention of an Aust ian Count, Buano-
corsi by name, las made its app 'arance
in the European naval and military
world. According to official and private
reports of the trial of this instrument
they were eminently successful, giving
results superior even to those obtained
from the Whitehead. The motive power
is compressed air, acting directly from a
reservoir upon the propeller without
any assistance or intervention from
machinery. The propulsion is effected
by twin screws working inversely and
giving a velocity greater and more
continuous, it is contended, than any
obtained in other torpedoes. One remark
able feature of this invention is the~fae-
ulty of automatic guidance, which
enables it to avoid protective nets and
shields, and to dive any distance before
rising to give its blow,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01
Timely Hints About Taking Cold.

What do we mean when we say we
have taken cold? In a literal sense we
have done no such thing, and a modern
writer has suggested that what is called
catching cold" would be better eX-
pressed by the phrase, catching heat.
What actually takes place is something
as follows: We expose some part of the
body to draft the surface becomes
chilled, and the circulation, to some ex-
tent, is arrested; the blood and other
fluids are sent in another direction.
What should have been thrown out
through the surface is turned in on the
mucous membranes, and as the parts
become congested, sneezing takes place;
there is an abnormal quantity of fluids
thrown upon the mucous surfaces, and
the system makes an effort to get rid of
it.
This taking cold may be caused by
sitting for few moments in strong
current of cool air; it may be the back
of the neck that is exposed, or 1T may be
some other part of the body. Holding
the hands in very cold water for con-
siderable length of time will often cause
one to take cold. Or sitting with cold
feet will do the same thing, especially if
the general circulation is feeble. Cloth
and another part too little, will fire.
quently give one cold. Anything that
arrests the free circulation of blood and
sends it in on the mucous surface may
produce this effect.
The most frequent cause of all, per-
haps, of taking cold is the one stated
that of catching heat" Sitting for
hours in a room where the temperature
is eighty degrees or upward, and then
going out into colder climate, fire.
quently produces a cold. This is par
ticuarly the case where the air is not
only hot but impure. In fact we think
the impurity has more to do with it than
the heat, and the two combined will
rarely fail to cause an influenza or a sore
throat, sometimes full-hedged pneu-
monia By exposing ones self to hot,
foul air the whole skin is debilitated, and
on reaching cooler atmosphere tho
blood is driven from the surface and
congestion of the mucous membranes
will almost certainly follow. Either
there is cold on the lungs or sore
throat or there is an attack Of acute
catarrh.-St. Louis Magazine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01
THE SUN OF EARTHLY LOVE.
The sun OF earthly love may rise,
To cheer llfs's wiutry day;

The sun OF earthly love may rise,
To cheer llfs's wiutry day;
But from the youths doluded eyes
The sun shall! fade away.
The moon OF frier dship DER this night
May shed h r beams serene;
But soon, full soon, her placid light
Shall leave the lonely scene.
The stars OF science may perform .
Their visionary dance;
But, quickly 81 all the midnight storm
OF ignorance advance.
The flowers OF happiness may show
Their blossoms to the vale;
But soon by nipping winds laid low,
They wither in the gale.
II thou woultrst seek the sun Of love,
Or friendships moon divine,
Oh! turn thine eye 10 heaven above
In heaven alone they shine.
And II thy anxious heart desire
True science and true bliss,
Thy longing bosom must aspire
To words more pure than thisl
Charles Constantine Piso.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01
Only Partly.

"Are you posted on the antediluvian
period?' he smiiingly asked of a saloon
keeper on Michigan avenue the other
day.
"Only partly" was the reply.
How partly?"
"Why, know that in the far back
ages there was beer.
Certainly"
And men to drink it.
Yes"
And the man who didn't pay for his
beer got it in the neck
Exactly. just my sentiments. Can
you spare me drink OF wateI please?"
Detroit Free Press.
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01

SUNS rays OF Dy Tue stopping Oh TIE
whole planetary system do not know
and do not care. l leave it to the
Christian scientists and the infidel
scientists to settle that question, while
tell you have seen the same thing.
What" say you, mot the sun stand
ing still" Yes. The same miracle is
performed nowadays. The wicked do
not live out half their day, and the sun
sets at noon But let man start out
in battle for God and the truth and
against sin, and the day of his useful
ness is prolonged and prolonged and
prolonged.
THOUGH DEAD THEIo WORKS DO FOL-
LOW THEM.
John SuInmerfeld was consumptive
Methodist. He looked fearfully white,
| am told, as he stood in old Sands
Street church, in Brooklyn, preaching
| Christ, and when he stood on the an
niversary platform in New York plead
ing for the Bible until unusual and I'M
known glories rolled forth from that
book. When he was dying his pillow
was brushed with the wings of the angel
from the skies, the messenger that God
sent down. Did John Summeriield's
sun set? Did John Summerfield's day
endl Oh, no. He lives on in his
burning utterances in behalf of the
Christian church.
| Robert McCheyne was q consumptive
! Presbyterian. 1t was said when he
preached he coughed so it seemed as il
he would never preach again. His
name is fragrant in all Christendom,
that name mightier today than was
ever his living presence. lie lived to
preach the gospel in Aberdeen, Edin
burgh and Dundee, but he went away
very early. He preached himself into
the grave. Has Robert McCheyne',
sun set2 Is Robert McCheyne's day
ended2 Oh, no. His dying delirium
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-01

years, Augustus was jealous that
Julius month should have more days
than his own; therefore, he took one
from February and added il to August.
September October, November, De-
cember are so called because they were
originally the seventh, eighth, ninth
and tenth months of the year, The
names are inappropriate and rank mis-.
nomers as now applied. Exchange
oid Times Recalled by u Prairie Schooner,
There was an interesting sight on
Broadway last week, and il brought
back to many the thoughts of days
long, long ago Ii was nothing less
than prairie schooner" with canvas
top and sides, barrel of water between
the wheels with bucket dangling be-
Meath the feed box, and all the other
necessanes for journey across the
plains. The picture was complete in
every detail, for the cumbersome wagon
was drawn by three horses, with rope
harness, and n little colt trotted de-
murely behind. On the seat was a
brawny looking man in ilannels and
overalls, with his wife attired in cotton
dress and big straw hat on one side,
and freckle faced boy on the other.
The journey had evidently been a long
one, for all were travel stained, and
were watched and commented on by
all they met. They went slowly up
Broad way and San Pablo avenue
toward tia foothills. Oakland Trib-
unc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-12
CHURCHES:

CATHOLIC CHURCH, Arcadia College
and Pilot Knob. l.. c. WERNERT Rector.
High Mass and Sermon at Arcadia College
every Sunday at s O'Clock A. NJ. Vespers and
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament At 4
O'Clock P. NJ. High Mass and Sermon and
Benediction at Pilot Knob Catholic Church
at 10:30 O'Clock A. NJ. Sunday School for
children at 1 80 O'Clock P. NJ.
NJ. E. CHURCH, Cor. Reynolds and
Mountain Streets, isaac BORTS, Pastor. Res
idence: IrontOn. Services every Sabbath
at Ii A. NJ. and 1:45 P. NJ. Sunday School
$3.50 A. VI. Glass Meeting Sunday afternoon
at 8 O'Clock Prayer Meeting Tuesday and
Thursday evenings. All are invited.
NJ. z. CHURCH, SOUTH, Fort Hill,
between Iront0n and Arcadia. Rev. \. L.
TIDwELL, Pastor. Preaching every Sunday,
morning and evening. Prayer meeting eve
ry Wednesday evening. Sabbath School at
$3.50 A. NJ.
BAPTIST CHURCH, Madison street,
near Knob street, e. VI. SHOUsH, Pastor.
Residence Ironton. Preaching on every
Saturday before the first Sunday of each
month at 80 P. NJ and on the first and third
SUNDAYS at II A. NJ. sunday School every
Sunday at $3.50 A. NJ. and Prayer Meeting
every Tuesday evening at $50 P. NJ.
LUTHERAN CHURCH, Pilot Knob.
Rev. OTTO PFAFFE, Pastor.
A. NJ. E. CHURCH, Corner Shepherd
and Washington streets, Ironton. A. ABB
ANATHY, pastor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-12
"i)on't Pass Around the Hat"

Not long before the death Of General
Sherman, he expressed himself freely
to his old friend. George w. Chiids, of
this city. about his funeral, his grave
and his monument. He wanted mil
itarv funeral becoming his rank tut he
said with the emphasis com mon to the
brave, blunt old soldier-"Don't pass
the hat around for me when L am
dead"
General Sherman was si"sened by
the spasmodic but ever Intellectual ef-
forts to erect monument over the re-
mains of Grant; he revolted at the
speculative po.np displayed at the fun
eral of his Chief, and he freely express
ed himself against making show OF
his body and then putting it away on
the Hudson or some other advertising
lot to take care of itself.
These ideas are made mepuatory in
his will, as just made known by Lieu
tenant Thackara, his son-iu-law, of
this city. The will defines the monu-
ment to be erected over his grave to be
paid for by his estate, ami it prescribes
it's cost and the exact letters to be on
it, viz.-the simple date of his birth
and death, his army rank with the
words True aud Honestn added.
The veteran hero of the March TO - G
Sea was as sensible In death as he was
in life, and his reguest-"Don't pass
the hat around for me when j am
dead.n will be respected by all Phil
adelphia Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-12
Life of General Sherman.

No literary announcement of the year
is of greater interest to the general
public than that of comprehensive
Life of General Sherman, which Is
about to be published and sold through
agents by the noted house of Hubbard
Brothers, of Philadelphia. Admirable
biographies of Grant and Sheridan,
complete to the time of their death, are
already familiar to the public, but a
life of the third great commander, to
flush the series, has been lacking.
The various biographies of Sherman
hitherto published have necessarily
been incomplete; and even his own
memoirs, written in 1875, said almost
nothing of his intensely interesting
early life, and not word, OF course, OF
the more than twenty years OF social
activity and fraternity with old COM
rades since the war.
The work which is now to be issued
will splendidly supply the widely felt
demand for history of the great STRAIT
egic commander. 1t is being written
by General 0. 0. Howard, a man OF
fine literary attainments, who knew
Sherman better than any other OF his
comrades now living, and ranked next
but one to him in the army, and oy
Willis Fletcher Johuson, whose ability
as a historian is familiar to the reading
public of America through his former
unusually populsr works, which bave
bad millions of readers, and the sales
of their vast editions enriched an army
of book agents. That this history ol
Sherman, the last of the great GeDer-
ais, will surpass all others in popular
ity is not to be doubted.
The story of this great Generals ca
reer is Of marvellous march from the
mountains of time to the sea of eteru-
ity. Of the three great war heroes
Sherman was by far the most interest
ing personality. He was the best
kno xn to the public and the best low
ed for his genial disposition and warm
sympathy with the popular heart. He
has ioined his illustrious compeers In
the eetrnal bivouac of the dead. His
is life of study-to emulate-and is
profound inspiration. The forthcom'
ing volume will tell the whole story o
his maj vellous career, and from The
authorship engaged upon it, we are as
sured il will be told in a way that will
int ff
every reader from first to last. 1t is a
book every American Will want and
one every American youth should read
IT will doubtless be the best life of the
great chieftain published, and we pre-
dict for it wonderful popularity.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-12
FARMERS ALLIANCE MEETINGS.

aunaDoIis Alliance. No. 154, meets Satur-
daV AuriI 2Sth. 1SSS, and, after that, every
second Saturday, at .:3u P. NJ
]. NJ. BROWNE, Sec'y, Annapolis, Mo.
Arcadia Valley Alliance, No. l04, meets on
saturday evenings before the lst and Sd sun
days of every month, at $50 p. NJ.
JOHN LoTZ, Sec'y. Ironton, Mo.
EAGLE ALLIANCE, No. l32, meets on the
lat and Sd Saturdays of each month. All
neiChbors are invited.
FRANCES ALLIANCE meets at Hogan on
the od and 4th Tuesday of each month At
,olol NJ b. s. GREGORY, Sec'y.
MARBLE CREEK ALLIANCE, No. w. meets
every months on Saturday evenings oeioIe
the second sunday at Logtown, ana oatur
day evening before the fourth SUNDAY at tue
Red SchoolhouSe on Marble Creek.
W. +. SUTTON, Sec'y, lrohton' MO
ELM GROVE ALLIANCE, No. li', HTSl -
every other Saturday evening, at the E'Iil
Grove schoolhouse. Belleview,a AT o'ciock r.
n j. W. LAsHLEY, President
w l. RUSSELL, Secretary 80 -.
CEDAR GROVE ALLIANCE, No. aZV, neel>
.+the Cedar Grove schoolhouSe IN beileNie~'
the second and fourth Saturday at clock
p. NJ. VI. h, NJ NJ
T O. HARTMAN. Secretary
C,RNITEyIILE ALLIANCE, No. $50, ineet q
OF Workmen's Hall, Granitevilie, on ne ne "a
and 4th Saturdays of each month AT :3V r.
sh" " CHAs. ORRICk, Sec'y.
Carver Alliance, No. 59l, meets on the q
.,d Itb SATURDAYS in each month at : o'cloch
=, AT the Bollinger SchooihouSe.
r M 90 j. G. HUFF, Sec'y.
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the oath set out in section 1888.
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er occurs this year; only one ballot
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n BIT is the duty of the chair
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sessment and taxes. The chairman
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A. r. VANCE, County Com'r.