The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-05-07
EAST DORSET.

the "soiemn brood OF care" plodded |
on as before except that numerous
hooks and lines, hobs and sinkers
were abroad in some cases as early as
2 o'clock a. m. A large number of
"speckled beauties" made fatal mis-
takes and hung by their gills motion
less and pulseless. Expert Charles
Crandall caught 10 lbs. and bettered
it the next day. Two much of a
good thing is poor thing. That's
what some of our people think about
shade trees and there has been more
thinning out than setting out this
spring. A nice dwelling in a jungle
is daisy, but "the sun is the physi-
clan of the great Father and the light
his universal medicine"
1t is reported that Edward Roberts,
owner of the Dorset Marbles Co.'S
property, died at his home in New
York at 10 a. m. on Saturday. This
is deep affection to his relatives and
friends here and will defer the hope
of soon hearing again our oldest pio-
neer mill whistle.
The house and barn of widow John
Stewart near William Tully's were
entirely consumed by fire with their
contents on Wednesday night of last
week. Insured, it is said, for $3.50.
An automatic weighing machine
was placed in our depot last Friday.
1t weighs from one to three hundred
pounds inclusive and is after the al
mighty dollar on the installment plan.
Step on its platform, give it one
cent and Immediately hand like the
minute hand of 4 clock leaves its nor
NAL place at zero and circles round
till it comes to your avoirdupois
weight. 1t is thought to have scoop.
ed in 100 cents the first twenty-foul
hours.
Gillie and George Wilson are
amusing themselves in their idle
hours nowadays riding horseback OF
a bran-new IS dollar bicycle.
More men are footing it around ou
village this spring with canes and thu
"Greecian bend" than we have evel
noticed before.
George H. Reed has just returned
from flying trip to Morristown t,
see "Allen Wilks." Says he is
7 "sleekie"
G. L. Clifford has lately had
5 wrestle with la grippe and with Dr.
Bartlett's assistance has won vic
e tory.
Mrs. William Landfear and son 0
Landgrove visited here last week.
The first basket picnic of the sea
son was that of Belle Eggleston an
t her friends up "Mad Tom" last wee
' on the 10th anniversary of her birth
: "And still they come those sainte
FORMS Bennington, Manchester
Rutland, Proctor, Middlebury, Bul
: lington, Morristown and st. Alban
each has now successor to Georg
t F. Edmunds. Dorset thus far ha
/ none though no town in Vermont ha
: better right to have one than she
S No law forbids filling Hoosac Tur
S mel with an empty wagon, Or make
mandatory to fill the track of an al
ger with plug of the same diameter
Still Carroll S. Page may reasons
bly, be expected to act in accordane
with Ethan Aliens "eternal fines
q of things" Suppose he does VIII
4 shall our coming senator be Pol
f tics aside why wouldn't Edward .
# Phelps do AS it is what is the ma
ter with the "marble king ?" Tt
q holy oil with which he was annointe
did not trickle down to his head fro
that of another. Whatever he is |
is in and of himself. His pay roll {
! $40, 900 or so month makes lars
), number of homes and hearts chez
!; full. We made him Governor. "
sent him to our last republican nj
, tional convention where as elsewhe
, he had his way and got his mai
, He makes good secretary of war
= he wears number Z "a hat and ey
% IDENTIFY, yea evidently, he was born
shave and sing bass. Should he S
down in the seat made vacant
Z George f. Edmunds Vermont wor
tip up. But the kingly gentleman
whom we write has one grave faul
He don't seem to distinguish prope
- ly between the hills and the "val
!, stretching in pensise quietness b
= tween" just think of it. He w
instrumental in making man Go
&c ernor of Alaska who was born
!. Somerset or Stratton and he cho
for his assistant secretary of war al
is acting secretary in his absence m;
er who was born in Winhall. Ye god
ne yea We gods /!
MANCHESTER DEPOT.