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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26
Could Tell the Difference.

Could Tell the Difference.
eve do quite business in the sale Of
truffles, mushrooms, ETC."
do you know the difference between
poisonous fungi and mushrooms2"
"Oh, yes; that's easy. If the customer
eats them and lives they re mushrooms, but
if he dies they're fungi. i."-Philadelphia
Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26
More Truth Than Poetry.

More Truth Than Poetry.
Poet-Did you read the two poems left
here last week.
Editor-I did.
"Well, er-what-er-do you think of
them9"
"The first one was dreadfully simple, and
the other one was simply dreadful. Texas
Siftings.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26
Indian Decorative Art.

When the Sioux go on the warpath
in anything like reasonable weather
they exercise great economy in dress.
They paint their ponies with red and
black paint in crosses. They also wear
their hair loose and flowing, and put a
liberal allowance of red and black paint
on their faces. Decorative art prevails
largely in their make up. Bugs, rep
tiles and animals, as nearly as the rude
ly artistic mind of the Sioux can con-
tive, are painted on their foreheads
and chins, while cross of red and
black paint adorns each cheek. Denver
Republican.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26

We are gratified to learn that oul
supreme court judges received theil
annual passes this year, as usual.
Poor overworked judges, they should
have little of this life's comforts.
Never mind, the next time Vermont
is blessed p with a reform legisla-
ture two more judges will probably be
added, then they can have a little
rest, once in great while.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26

The Windsor National Bank goes
into liquidation. Two much Western
investment for good health. That's
all right. If banks in Vermont can't
live without going into wild cat Wes-
tern jobs the quicker they close up
the better.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26
Why He Kicked,

Rivers-You want an equal division
Of wealth, hey' Do you know that il all
the property of William Waldorf Astor
were divided among the people of this
country your share would be only about
Sl,15P It's fact. Then what are you
kicking about'"
Brooks-Pm kicking for the sl.15.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26

The cotton mill of Joel H. Gates
at Winooski was burned on Tuesday.
The flames spread to other buildings
and the total loss is estimated as high
as 100000
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26

Hi there, Brattleboro Levi K.
Fuller, astronomer, electrician, in
ventor, doughnut eater, hero OF
Gettysburg, son of the Revolution
and member of the Grand Army OF
the Republic, is going to be candi-
date for Governor of Vermont next
year.
That's no news, eh !?
o, "git out p
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26
Ton RrAah

Where are you going, my pretty maid?''
ITO salt the cattle, sir" she said.
May go with you, my pretty maid7"
''You might absorb it, sir" she said.
New York Herald
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26

How often we hear middle-aged people
say regarding that reliable old cough rem
edy, N. H. Downs Elixir: "Why, my
mother gave it to me when was child,
and use it in my family; it always
cures" 1t is always guaranteed to cure
or money refunded.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26

The President has nominated and
the Senate confirmed ex-Gov. Chas.
Foster of Ohio to the secretaryship of
the treasury.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26

Senator Blackburn of Kentucky
thinks Cleveland's silver letter has
cooked his, Cleveland's, goose. Well,
you can't most always tell, Mr.. Sen
atOr.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26

Gov. Page and staff attended the
two days school of officers of the
Vermont national guard, held at Brat,
tleboro Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26

So Charley Foster steps into Win
dom's shoes. Two to one that the
said shoes will slip at the heels every
step Charley takes.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26

Let's see, we were promised one
cent letter postage. Are we going tc
get it? If we do it will be by the
grace of a Democratic Congress.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26

Her Opinion.
Ethel-I heard compliment for you to-
day, Mr.. Legitimate.
Mr.. Lghtwaite- indeed, Miss Ethel,
you make me positively vain, Pray what
was itS
Ethel-Dr Porus said If you didn't stop
smoking cigarettes you might have paresis.
-Harper's Bazaar.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26

Senator John Sherman proposes
to retire to private life at the close of
his present term.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26
Nothing Like Perseverance.

Allow are you coming on in your liter
ary enterprise? Meeting with much success:
Bob, yes, the outlook is very encour-
agingl At first the editors paid no atten-
ton to my communications, but now get
my contributions back regularly-some-
times by the return mail-Texas Siftings,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26
MARRIED.

At Weston, Feb. 23, by Rev. A, G.
Austin Dexter A. Coolidge of Land
grove and Mrs. Mary E. Buchanan of
Ludlow.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26

"a stitch in time saves nlne," and if
you take Hoods Sarsaparilla now it may
save months of future possible sickness.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26
Cough, Cough!

1t takes your strength, You arise more
exhausted than when you retired. More
than all 1t often times leads to serious re-
suits.
My Universal Cough Syrup will cure
nine cases out of ten. 1t is made from
Roots, Herbs, Barks and Gums. No OPT
um or injurious substance of any kind
enters into it. 1t will not harm child
1 have sold it for ten years. 1t gives ex-
cellent satisfaction. The bottle is large;
the price is small.
G.. G. SMITH.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26
Sitter John. Editor.

Copies Of this paper can be ob-
tanned at Carpenters Ne,os Rooms
IN Brattleb0ro,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26

Cause for Thanks.
Go To the ant, thou sluggard, see
How much she labors uselessly;
And then your thanks to heaven tell
That you how to rest 80 well.
Washington Post.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26

The best five cent cigar sold in this state
is branded in plain letters on each cigar,
1.-The Avenue"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26
HISTORICAL "REMINISCENCES.
inquiring Aner the Ha.en Poetry.

lnquiring After the Hazen foetry'
Windham, VT, Feb. 25.
Editor Sitter There is living in
our town Mr.. Gardner Upham, aged
92, who in his younger days lived on
the southern slope of Glebe mountain
not very far from where "these two
Hazens had frail with bear" He
we'll remembers the circumstances
and in the main agrees with ellis.
toricus," but adds that after Hazen's
wounds were healed he took the
bears paws and a song composed by
Esq. Arnoldin commemoration OF the
event and went into the north part OF
the state, and was away at the time
his wife received injuries while help.
ing the boys roll logs, and he asks
that if any one has the song, line Of
which is above quoted, they give it te
you for publication.
Reader.
Another of the Same Mind.
Editor Sitter Il think there was
piece of poetry composed on Ha'
zen's encounter with the bear. l re-
member hearing my grandfather re-
peat it and the following lines are al
/ can recall of it:
I'll drive her down to Harrington's,
He'll help me quick l know;
SO he undertook to drive her
Just as he would shoat;
But the old bear was ugly,
And never had been broke.
King David says he killed bear
When he was very young,
So after that he made king,
And so may Hazen's son.
Can any one give the piece in full
Mrs. j. G. Robinson,
Jamaica, vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26
BIRTHS.

In Weston Feb. 10, daughter to Mr.
and Mrs. Kit Haskins.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26
Overacted.

She Gin the backgroundeI wonder
who those people at the other table are.
I'm sure it's bridal couple.
He-Why?
She-Well, they look as if they didn't
know each other.-Life.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26

New York Store
Offers yon this week the following
Bargains:
Ladies' blk all wool Hoes 10
cents a pair, worth 2jc.
Ladies' blk cotton Hoes, Sc.
fast black.
Ladies' Cloth Jackets, $1.5O.
Mems Jersey Shirts, lace front, 70
Mems red all wool Shirts and
drawers, 75c.
Mems heavy brown duck over
aIIs, 29c a pair.
Misses Cloaks, $1.OO to $3.50.
Boys Overeoats, 81. 90 to $500
Light Prints, fast cOlors, &c.
Ito at. Dish Pans, l2c.
10 at. Tin Pals, l3c.
Decorated Chamber Pals,
with cover, 25c.
Tin Nutmeg Graters, lc.
Tubular Lanterns, 29c.
|Dust Pans, full sixe, SC.
Bluing, large boxes, lc.
lShoe Polish, worth sc at 10.
Library or hanging Lamps, complete,
$1.4O.
Glass Sauce Plates, s for 1Oc
Plated Tea Spoons, 6 for 1Oc.
60 feet clothes lines, big bnrgoins, &c.
each.
Gilt Band China Egg Cups, DC.
Large Size Tin Wash Dishes sc.
Mems Woonsocket Rubber Boots, 2.25
Taoo Good Brooms, for 25c.
Hamburg EmbrOideries,
Large lot, beautiful goods, bought at
a bargain, selling for half their value.
500 yard spool cotton, for basting, lc a
spool. Decorated Tea Sets, Sc Pieces.
Decorated Toilet Sets, 10 Pieces.
Our 25c. Jap Tea suits every one.
100 lbs. cut plug Tobacco, zoe. a pound
We invite your attention to our Stock
of Dress Goods, Prints, Underwear,
Clothing, Hosiery, Fancy Goods,
Crockery, Glassware, Groce-
ries and Flour.
Terms Cash or No Trade.
|BLACKMER'S
New York Store.
Manchester Depot, VT.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26
THE
THE- .
1LONDONDERRYssSIFTER. Il
HENRY M. SHANKs, PUBLISHER.

Terms, 9l.OO Year, Strictly in
advance. Persons outside of Windham
County who receive the paper in single
wrappers must send 10 cents in addition
to pay for wrappers and postage.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26

LIGHT AND AIRY.

Two Lovers.
Sho . so,o, ,,. flowers,
Sho ""' '"'ei o honey;
II. ,o so,,h, - bowers,
money.
He plead not in trntb vain,
And great was his gsih' gnih
New York Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26

One dollar pays for this paper one year,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26

Costiveness can be permanently cureC
by this use of Baxter's Mandrake Bitters
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26

ssrEntered at the Post.ofice at So. London.
as second class matter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26

All yellow soaps contain rosin.
Brussels white soap contains no rosin,
and is sold by Gibson & Co.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-06
COUNTY NEWS.
Brevities.

The example of H. w. Schaidt, who
is the most stylish newspaper man in
the county, has induced considerable
care in the matter of dress at the Iona
coming Office.
Read d. P. Miller's advertisement
and see a chance for good investment
close home.
There was a good deal of flower
strewlng at Homecoming last Saturday,
but it seems to be generally under
stood that those beaten veterans,
Sample and Robinson, did not pelt
each other with floral evidences of
mutual esteem to any frightful extent.
References to Homecoming Star all in
type, but must go oyer. The Star
should blame the "Outside Pensioners
for missing its usual agony this week.
The county commissioners are in
session making the annual levy.
Only one accident occurred in re-
moving the machinery of the Iona
coming Star to its new quarters-the
editor fell from a loaded wagon.
What would have happened had the
wagon been unloaded is not stated.
The grammatical department, being
absent at school, was not injured.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-06
Extra Economy,

The JOURNAL inclines to the opinion
that the Council should provide money
enough to pay the floating debt.
Superfne economy has cost the town
a good deal.
Witness the following items:
The committee who drew the water
bill fixed the sum to be voted upon at
$4,000.
The Council felt it had to do some
thing in order to be heard of in con-
nection with the matter and reduced
the sum to $4,000.
The consequence is-the town is
securing around to see who will loan
it 81 900 more money.
The Council fixed the interest on the
bonds too lon-a piece of economy
which cost good deal.
To return:
In view of the fact that economy is
sometimes the most costly policy, we
want to ask
What will the town gain in dollars
by deferring indefinitely the payment
of a debt for the sake of 10 cents per
500 less taxation this year9
Will the gain in dollars compensate
US for the inevitable loss of credit
incurred =?
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-06

Nothing of the Name in the Universe.
The Cumberland Times charges sc.
A. r. a correspondent of the Coal
Trade journal, with error in speaking
of this as ''the Frostburg coal region"
and adds that Cumberland coal re-
gion was meant
After this very lucid translation of
&c. A. RS" intention, perhaps the
Times can now tell us what the Coal
Trade journal itself ''meant" when it
says:
There are no mines at or very near Cum.
berland but there are lines of railroad carry.
ing it from the mines to that city. The name
of Georges Creek coal is far preferable.
Which settles that.
But for the "G.n in &c. A. R." we
would take the Coal Trade Journals
letter as coming from Andrew Roy.
In which event it is to be said that
if there is man living who knows
there is no such thing above, under OF
on the earth as "the Cumberland coal
regioa," that man is Andrew Roy.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-06

collected from springs on Pixies Peak, so
soft and pure in quality that poet might
well compare it to the nectar of the gods
Manitou, whose medicinal springs have
given all the region roundabout its fame of
healing afflicted humanity, isin the Ute pass,
five miles west of Colorado Springs. 1t is a
town of hotels, boarding houses and summer
cottages. With more humidity i'll the air
than out on the mesa, \ it is not so desirable
location for residence as the little city of
Colorado Springs, with its wide shaded
streets, level as a parlor floor and nearly as
clean, two lovely parks in the centre of the
city, elegant churches, best schools, fine
hotels and SO on. In brief, to the great
credit of the municipality be it said it has
done all that man can do to make town at
tractive, profitable and pleasant as place
of residence. 1t is behind no place of equal
size in the number and convenience of its
equipments. Then, there is in full view
a great stretch of majestic mountain scenery
all of which aid to divert the mind of the
invalid from his Affections.
In this connection it is safe to say that
two-thirds of the residents of Colorado
Springs and vicinity are exiles banished from
bright homes beyond the waste by exigencies
born of their own i'll health or that of some
member or members of their families, all of
whom enjoy the recompense of improvement
and in most cases complete restoration to
health
However there is dark side to every
scene The desolation of sand drives and
the seemingly illimitabe desert, reaching
from central Kansas to the Rockies, and the
deep, eternal silence that broods over all
those vast stretches of sunburned Nature are
most depressing To the heart, therefore,
that longs for home, home scenes and home
faces all the cheer of almost perpetual sun
shine the pleasures of city life and the i'm
pressiveness of Natures most stately handi-
work 60 for nothing.
SO that anyone with lung trouble who con-
templates change to dry, thin, pure air to
strengthen and lengthen the attenuated
thread of life should burn his boats behind
him and determine finally and inexorably
to forsake familiar scenes forever
*Mesa-pronounce maya; Spanish for
prairie.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-06
GENERAL ITEMS.
Colorado Springs.

The appended lines are taken from
a private letter written at Colorado
Springs, COL, one of the most famous
health resorts in the West, and a city
which bears about the same relation
to the malarial valleys of the Missouri
and Mississippi that Frostburg does
to the Atlantic seaboard:
must tell you something about Colorado
Springs, one of the prettiest towns in the
United States. There is but one other city
to be compared with it in the beauty of its
streets, viz: Washington, ID. c., and in
cleanliness it is very far ahead of the nation.
al capital. 1t is as a health resort, therefore
that it has commanding claim upon atfiict-
ed humanity, particularly that portion
troubled with lung complications, catarrh,
asthma, dyspepsia, etc. All the chronic all,
ments are benefited by stay here. For
estimates residence in this atmosphere eff:
fects a cure in nearly every instance, but
when these unfortunates come here to regain
lost powers of breathing they are compelled
to leave behind all hope Of return to former
homes. Still ''all that a man hath" says
job, "he will give for his life" There are
hundreds living along these mountain slopes
who have hidden final adieu to long IA
mliar scenes and loved friends-who have
made their homes where" they say with
fearful pathos 1--WE can get our breath"
Consumptives are here from every point
of the compass The writer was an eye
witness of two cascS-one from Maine, the
other from TGyas. The former, a young
man, arrived as "a last hops" November LIST
He was physical wreck, In February he
was working in the open ARA well man
in January the Texans cough and genera
appearance were prophecies of a funera
within week When | last saw him hi
was scarcely recognizable, tbs change for the
better was so radical.
IL il at Colorado Springs that Koch
lymph should be tried, as all the suggested
we are protected on all sides by the everlast
ing mountains, and in summer the heat i,
tempered by the cool waves Of air which
sweep refreshingly down from those same
gigantic attitudes. The atmosphere the yea
round is dry and pure and with the surface
cnAposed 81 dry, clean sand, there is abso
lutely no elemeuI IL OH natural conditions
TO fertilize baciL or bocteriq, or any If tn,
thousand and one germs Of which Weread a
insidinu- enemies ofhuman health Nothing
putrities In this fafesiaa air; it just dries up
When skim of snow or shower Of rail-
falls il disappearS at once So powerful is tn,
force of evaporation. The water supply il
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-06
Elizabeth RYAN.

A recent bill of over s., 900 for main
tenance of Elizabeth Ryan at Montvue
hospital, Frederick county, was ad-
justed by B. A. Richmond on a
promise to pay $1,000. This gentle
man, however, continued his quest for
her identity until he has discovered
that the lady of that name sent from
this county in 1874 is a resident of
Cumberland. So that the Elizabeth
Ryan lately brought to Sylvan Retreat
by the Sheriff is not an Allegany
woman at all, and the county is not
now IN it for the $1,000. This makes
two sums of over that size that Rich
mond has saved the county.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-06
journalistic.

The hearty congratulations which
J. J. Robinson is receiving on all sides
upon his occupation of his own prem
Uses must be exceedingly gratifying to
him. He has been identified with the
Star from its origin, and, with the ex-
ception of brief span of two weeks,
he has controlled everything but its
grammatical utterances. All his inter,
ests and sympathies are with Iona
coming and he enjoys in that com
munity a respect for his sincerity which
inspires warm feeling of hope fol his
enduring success.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-06
Soldiers Day.

Decoration Day was set apart orig
inally for the exclusive honor of the
dead who had served the country dur
ing the late war.
But as such it is fast losing its sig
nifcance-fast merging into an oc-
casion where the virtues of dead fire.
men and band members vie with mar
tial prowess in the number and extent
of the memorial exercises held over
their graves.
The JOURNAL believes this to be
wrong.
The day is Il soldiers day exclusive
ly, and it should not be utilized by any
organization or individual for decora-
tive or memorial purposes.
The little flag should wave and the
roses shed their fragrance alone over
the graves of buried valor, for these
are on this day the nations elect in
Gods acre.
On Decoration Day these testi-
monials should index only the resting
places of those who endured the ex-
posures of the camp, the fatigue of the
march and who stood under fire when
death rode on the iron hail of battle.
But every year each cemetery in
this vicinity is becoming more and
more "a wilderness of flowers" The
soldiers grave must be sought to be
found, for its floral obtrusiveness no
longer wins notice by its beauty or its
fragrance. It's identity is lost in the
competing memorials of those who
died far in time and distance from the
bloody strife Of war.
1t is not designed herein to object
to the decoration of other graves-ex-
cept on or very near May 80. 1t is
intended only to insist that the date
named is Soldiers Day''-theirs by
presumption and theirs by every cor
rect consideration of the fitness of
things.
The Grand Army of the Republic,
the Sons of Veterans and the Women's
Relief Corps should unite III maintain
ing hereafter their rights in the
premises. They should appoint com
mittees and station them at the gate
ways of each cemetery, armed with
patriotic requests TO all Corners to lay
no flowers on other than s0Ldiers'
graves.
For each flower on each mound
should truly announce:
Here lies a soldier and | am to.day the
feeble expression of the country's grateful
memory of his heroic service.
Flowers can give no such testimony
of any other individuality on Decora-
ton Day.
At best they can touchingly attest
the veneration and affection of mourn
ing families. but the calendar fur
nishes 364 daysfor that sacred purpose.
The dead soldier claims only one
day..
Let him have it alone: let hia,
have it undisputed by any gross
| rivalry; let him have it unprofaned
by incense Offered to any inferior
shrine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-06

By order of John Sheridan, general
manager of the Union mining com
pany, June |. Harmon Brown, of Bar
ton, is invested with the general super
vision of all the company's mining
operations, both of coal and fireclay.
This promotion was not only necessary
but eminently deserved by one of the
best and cleyerest men engaged in
coal operations. The employees all
along the line, we understand, hail
the announcement with unanimous
pleasure.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-06
OurLOss their Gain,

In the "Cumberland' tonnage is included
West Virginia.-Coal Trade journal.
Which comes, of course, from the
accident chat railroads ship portion
.of that coa1 through Cumberland"
1.-THE upper Potomac basin" is thus
i'm great luck.
1t is able to bank on another regions
established reputation in the market
And the Georges Creek region is
tdoubly out in prestige and work.