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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15
A Nice Distinction,

Fall River, Jan. "a rescript
from the supreme court has just been
handed down affirming the decision in
the case OF the town of Rehoboth VS.
the town Of Swansea, involving a
principle of considerable interest to
Massachusetts farmers.
. A swansea man owned property
close to the Rehoboth line. His
house was located in Swansea and
his farm in Rehoboth. Some parts
OF the year his cattle grazed in Swan
sea, but IN winter they were stalled
In Rehoboth and were watered in the
other town.
w HeH uaNes were IevIeu Uue S,,ysn--
sea assessors were expected to collect
Tor all personal property. The town
OF Rehoboth levied on the horses and
cattle, contending that as the mans
residence was across the town line II
had nothing to do with the assessment
on his personal property.
The amount of money involved was
80. The superior court decided that
the horses could be justly taxed, but
tnat the cattle could not, as they gra
zed and were watered in the other
town.
The supreme court has sustained
the decision of the lower court.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15

lhe trustees of the soldiers home
al Bennington have not yet taken anv
definite action in regard to the build.
ing of hospital.
COL klnsman says they will soon
advertise for bids and will give the
Rutland contractors a chance to oct
'ne job The building as proposed
VIII cost about $4,000 and contain 20
beds.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15
Solved the Servant Cir, pron,.m.

The Society of Berlin Housekeepers
recently celebrated its eighteenth ami
versary and distributed rewards to faith
to cook aWaESy 53 nhttf The first prize went
marck for forty years; Helene Kroner,
who has been thirty-six years with one
family, got the second prize, and the
third went to Johanna Pohl, who has
record OF thirty-five years as scrut
woman. The society is said to have
solved the servant girl problem in Ger.
many.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15
HENRY BILLINGs BROWN.

lived nearly all his life at Detroit, and
has been lawyer since he graduated
from Yale in 1856. He was born at Lee,
Mass, i'll 1886. He married in 1860 the
daughter of the late Samuel Pitts, of
Detroit, but has no children.
Judge Brown is noted as pedestrian
and horseback rider, as well as for the
soundness of his legal decisions. He has
hosts of friends, who are rejoiced at his
promotion, and who declare that the
president couldn't have done better"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15

The people of Colorado desire to have
an exhibit at the Chicago Worlds
fair that shall ''knock the spots" off any
competitor in the line of novelty. Some
of the wealthy residents of the Centen-
NAL state have organized the '.Ameri-
can Underground Mining Exhibit com
pany. Their plan is to sink a shaft 50
by IL i'll the clear to the depth of 800
feet. AT the bottom is to be big clip
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15

The New York Sun tells of a lit
lie boy who has q great opinion of his
father. There was a great sorrow in
the chiid's face when he heard the
story OF Moscow, and his eyes suf-
fused with tears as he said: Wasn't
it too bad, mamma? Oh if papa had
only been there !"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15

1t cost 5000 a year to keep an In
dian but three or four dollars to bury
him. The SIrRFR is decidedly in ia,
vor of economic measures in this
case.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15

pae hS 10 tuo itZS,
Probably but few
of those who saw
the interview
know who "Et
Howe, Of Atchi
son, Kan,," is
Ii g first al
tracted attentiq
in 1884 ms the AZ
thor of a nov,
The Story Off
Country Town
The tale WI
printed in the q.
Go nf rI,hn AAaI
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15

A serious coasting accident occur
red at Rutland last Thursday eve
ming. One boy received broken
nose' another fractured leg, and a
third had his bowels penetrated by a
piece of ice.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15
Getting Points.
w atclnan :

Waterman
Professor Walter Balentine of the
Maine State College will soon visit
western colleges to study the various
systems of instruction in agriculture.
What are the professors of agricul-
ture at Burlington doing to get
"points," or do they know it all?
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15
THE NEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICE

lie Has Been Lawyer and Judge OF
Good Repute for Years.
Henry Billings Brown, recently nom
mated by President Harrison to fill the
vacancy on the supreme bench of the
United States caused by the death Of
Justice Miller, is a resident of Michigan
and judge of the circuit court for the
eastern district of that state. He has
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15
The Lord he Praised,

Bristol Herald:
No extra session Of the Legislature.
We are glad Of it. So are thousands
of others. 1t was q narrow escape,
though.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15
Trouble in the Camn

This time it is in the Alliance camp
out IN Kansas. 1t had just been
made public that Congressman Tur-
ner, an Alliance member, had offered
$4,000 to be elected to succeed In.
gals when the sad news comes that
one OF their agents was defaulter to
the tune of $4,000. Verify it looks as
II The Alliance should add another
plank to their platform that of COM
mon honesty.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15
New Uses for MILK and El.., ;.

An insurance man of long experience
declares that milk is the best obta inable
exlnguisaer for petroleum fra. Ii
milk is not at hand flour viii answer
nearly as well for putting out tho flames.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15

Gen. L. B. Tyer, ex-postmaster of
Baltimore, died at his home near CAL
verton, Nd, last week. He was 20
years old. He was department COM
mander of the Grand Army of the
Republic for three successive terms.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15
THE
Londonderry Sitter.
So. Londonderry, Vermont.
SITTER John, Editor.
This is the season of dead locks.

Associate Justice Charles Devens,
one of the oldest Judges on the Mas
sachusetts supreme bench, died sud
denly last week, Wednesday.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15

The New York Press suggests
that young Matthews committed sui
cide-when he accepted the postmas-
tership at Carrollton, Miss.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15

The pope has made an. appeal to
the faithful throughout the world for
money to carry on missionary work
in Africa.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15

Teacher-Suppose, Tommy, you
were president of the United States.
what would you do ?
Tommy would not let ANYBODY
wash my face Or comb my hair any
more.-Texas Siftings.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15

The New York Press predicts
that there will be tin pail brigade in
the next political campaign.
Very likely.
AND the party that carries the tin
pals Will be pretty certain to win the
presidency.
Which will it be?
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15

Mystic encampment, No. flo.
- - was instituted at Poultney last
Friday evening.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15
THE MAN WHO MIGHT.

Something About an Author Capable a
Writing the Great American Novel;"
In recent interview w. ID. HOWELL
is reported as saying that ED Howe, oil
Atchison, Kan iscapable of writing tho
great AmerieDn foyel hnt ha Il zoo l,.,. ,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15

Secretary Window Friday APP
pointed r. S. Cooke of New York
special inspector of customs.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15

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??, 1891-01-15
HE HAD AN OBJECT IN VIEW.

How DR.. Schiiemanr Obtained His Rank
as an ArchaoIosist.
DR.. Heinrich Schlienann, who died
recently at Naples, must be accorded
rank among the worlds foremost archie
ologists. He was born in 1922, at An
kershagen, Mecklenberg, and his father,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15

he got it square on the snoot and fel
all in heap.
Some time ago j. ID. Rockefeller
the Standard oil magnate, testified in
court that he couldn't swear to his ex.
act fortune by at least 10000, ZOO
or Sl2, 000,00O
Cc-education of the sexes is a sue
cess in Columbia college, Mo-, AZ
marriage engagements having been
reported so far between the bows and
girls of that institution.
Senator Carlisle's grandson and
namesake, although only two years
old, insists that his friends shall not
call him "John" nor "Johnnie" but
"John g."
The order of railway conductors of
America will meet in st. Louis, Mis-
souri,, on the second Tuesday in May.
This will be the twenty third annual
session, and it is expected to be the
largest gathering of conductors ever
brought together.
Mrs. Maggie Van Colt, the old
time Methodist revivalists, is now
holding meetings in Chicago. She is
81 years old and for quarter of
century she has been active in church
work.
One Of the few herds of buffalo
still left in the country is owned by
Senator Pettigrew. He has 20 of the
animals pastured near Sioux Falls,
where he has also a thriving menag-
cry of deer, pararie dogs and moose.
Southern CALIFORNIA; orange crop
this year is estimated to be worth
s2,60S, 900.
Senator Joseph NJ. Carey of the
the new state of Wyoming is phvsic-
ally the largest man in the United
States senate.
A. doll has been found in the cat
acombs. Children always were chill
dren.
Montcalm county, Mich, paid
bounties on S617 (dead) sparrows
last year.
The report is current that Senator
ingalls, has been offered $500 a
year 10 edit Frank Leslies illustrated
paper, which is owned by w. j. Ar
kell and Russell B. Harrison.
Mrs Cleveland has just declined a
check for $500, which was enclosed
III d iote from ieaurug muso1ri.o,
requesting an article on "Personal
"reminiscences in the white house,
To settle bet man in Van Vert
county, Ohio, wheeled wheelbar-
row containing $50 cats for three
niles over muddy country roads.
The Royal Hotel at Moscow was
burned Friday night, and nine persons
'mong them Russian general, were
ata!ly injured.
The shirt fronts of the best dressers
'ie as PLAN as plain can be. They are
imply wide, and the collars on the
iress shirts are attached.
Lord Woiseley has stated before . II
ai committee that if only r
w. ooo men were landed in any part of ;,
he would not be able to nra- u
eht Their capturing London. 81
Two tablespoonfuls of grated cbooo fl
ate dissolved in half cup of boilin, if
'ater, added to the mixture for baked :
= boiled custard makes n deIioltfnl y
essert.
The gardener of the Kew gardens n
tier numerous failures. has at last suc.
aeded in growing the coco de mer or OF
ouble cocoanut, which often attains n fl
eight of $50 feet, with a smooth trunk No
bout foot in diameter.
Among the latest oddities seen in tbe n.
'oeer shops are preserved nuts-cbest. -
nts, walnuts and other kernels put in IS
'ttles just like fruit. 1t is a German
ga, and they are said to be delicious
r dessert. tb
m,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15

STATE OF VERMONT, I
Westminster, SIS. The Probate
Court for said District, To all whom it
may concern, greeting. Whereas Jennie
Wilson, Administrative of the Estate of
Adamantha Wilson late of Londonderry
in said district deceased, has represented
that:
The amount of debts due
from said deceased is Sl3I6.76
The charges of admistra-
ton, estimated $4,000
Sl36G.76
The value of personal
estate is S1090.5O
Of which has been or may
be assigned the widow $4,000
S590.50
Balance of debts charged.
BILE on the real estate of
said deceased, S576.26.
Praying for license to sell so much of
the real estate of said deceased, as is
necessary for the payment of said debts
and charges of administration. Where
upon it is ordered that the same be heard
at the session of said Court, to be held at
the probate Office in Bellows Falls on he
10th day of January, \. D. 1891, when
and where you may be heard in the prem
Uses if you see cause.
Chas. B. Eddy, Register.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15

ana OuySSey ms DIX. ii. SCHL1EMANN.
resolve was fixed. The first step toward
the goal of his ambition was the at
tainment Of wealth. He toiled along
in many climes as clerk, a sailor,
a hnguist, a Spectator, banker
and a merchant until 1868. Then. rich
beyond the limits Of his early hopes,
ne began his work of exploration. He
located and unearthed the remains of
ancient Troy. He brought to light many
relics of races long since extinct, and he
received honors such as are conferred on
but few men.
He made his home at Athens, married
Greek woman and lived in the splen-
did style of a HELENE of the golden age.
his children were named Andromache
and Agamemnon. He rechristened his
very porter Bellerophontes, while the
governess was known as Danae and the
nurse as Polyxena.
A fact not generally known is that
DIR. Schliemann was a naturalized citi.
zen of the United States. He put up the
first fireproof building erected at Sacra-
mento, Cal, and occupied it for years as
a banking house.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15
ESTATE OF IRA FARNUM.
THE ESTATE OF IRA WHITMAN.

STATE OF VERMONT,
District of Westminster. To all persons inter-
ested in the estate'3t~ Ira Whitman late of Lon
conderry deceased, Greetings Whereas, Jo-
siah Pierce has presented to this Court an In
strument purpOrting TO be the late VIII of said
deceased for probate You are hereby notified
that this Court well decide upon the probate of
said Instrument at the session thereof to be
held at the inn of A. f. Coombs in Townshend
in said District, on the 4th day of Feb. A. d.
1891, when and where on may appear and con-
test the same, If you see C, use.
Chas. Is. Eddy, Register.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15

a poor clergy
man, could give
him nothing but
an education. AS
q lad he read the
story of Troy
the divine" and
Homer's stirring
tale influenced all
h i S future life.
Frola the mo-
nent he had mas
tered the HAD
and Odyssey his
resolve was fixed.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15
CALIFORNIA; PILGRIM FATHER.
A Monument to he Erected to Padre
Junipero Sierra

Padre Junipero Sierra, the founder of
civilization and Christianity in Califor-
MIA, is soon to be COMMUNICATED in pol
ished granite at Monterey--on the very
sand knoll where he first landed and set
up the cross. The old wooden emblem
still stands, having been preserved 100
years, but there is no other memorial of
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15

One dollar pays for this paper one year.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-15

Among the latest oddities seen in the
grocer shops are preserved nnts-cbest.
nuts, walnuts and other kernels put in
bottles just ike fruit 1t is a German
idea, and they are said to be delicious
for dessert.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-03

The manufacture of ordnance has become
science There IS required the same gen
ius, the same skill, the same delicacy of
manipulation on the part of artisans, which
acentury ago was required to make watch
Picture the preponderous machinery re-
CURED to make twelve-inch riled gun for
the Monterey, and compare it with the del
lcacy of the machine which turns out a
Waitham or Elgln watch. Both are
beautiful, both run nolselessly, both are
controlled by a man in blouse repre-
senting the very acme of development
In American skilled labor The great and
more imposing difference is the magnitude
OF the operation. The machine which
makes the watch, or its various parts, could
be put into Kodak case; that which turns.
bores rifles and polishes the great artillery
TO defend Uncle Samuel, afloat and ashore.
weighs hundreds of tons. Yet both sets of
machinery work with almost equal precis-
ion OF touch and perfection of result.
Commander O'Neill of the navy loves to
show how big twelve-inch gun is finished.
lie is at the head of the big gun foundry.
he IS on duty at the Washington navy ward
as inspector of ordnance If ANYBODY
came along with an interest in such things.
Captain O'Neill usually details a young of.
ficer to show everything Ensign Armi
stead Rustis the young gentleman who hest
mis- the assignment according to Captain
O'Neill's idea Young Rust knows all
about the new guns. One of these DAYS he
will be big figure in naval ordnance
probably as big figure as Commodore Fol
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-03
OUR GREAT GUNS
Details in the Armament Of New
War Ships.
A RANGE OF ELEVEN MILES
The Maine, the Miantomah rthe Monterey
One of the Greatest Gun Foun-
dries In the World.

WASHINGTON, April 80, 1S91.-TSpecial
correspondence of THE HERALD.l-If the
materialized spirit of old Rear Admiral
Dahlgren, who, thirty years ago. was with
General Rodman Of the army, mighty
power in the science OF ordinance, could re-
visit the scenes of his old triumphs in the
Washington navy yard, he would see some
strange things. Thirty-five years ago Cap
tain Dahlgren, Of the navy, and Lieutenant
General Rodman, of the army, filed large
portion of the worlds eye. Both were at
work on monster guns for their respective
branches of their country's service. Dahl
gren had then perfected his eleven-inch
champagne bottle' smooth bore for the
navy, and Colonel Rodman had gone him an
inch better and had mounted twelve inch
gun upon one Of the Notifications in New
York harbor
These were great ordinance triumphs,
and army and navy publications of the day
were filed with elaborate and graphic de-
scriptions of the lawful destroyers. !"
Even foreign governments made note of the
enormous strides" in gun manufacture by
1.-THE inventive genius of America and
fOOA SdpJe1lH anu
suddenly found themselves in possession Of
worldwide fame.
There was very little difference in their
respective guns. Both possessed the same
mediterranean weight of metal in the
breech. Colonel Rodman's gun was shorter
than Dahlgren's and it was a little heavier
In the breech. 1t was also shaped slightly
different. OF course. both inventors made
their guns of cast iron. One or two OF the
pits are yet in existence in the Washington
navy yard where, under the personal and
frequently profane direction of Captain
Dahlgren, the moulds of sand were formed
and the moulten lead poured in. 1t did not
take long to make a gun in those days. Two
or three weeks at the most was enough in
which TO turn out monster Of the period
Those nine and eleven inch Dahlgren's did
splendid service during the war. With
them, weak and inefficient as they would
now be regarded, Farragut won all his
splendid victories, and the navy generally
covered itself with glory.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-03

ger himself. The nucleus of the big gun
OF to-day is not sand pit and a pot of mol
ten metal, but a tremendous solid cylinder
OF forged steel. 1t comes from the Bethle-
hem or the Midvale steel works, and it takes
several fiat cars to carry it. 1t weighs
about fifty tons. 1t gets into the Washing
ton yard on trucks of the Pennsylvania
road. and 100-ton crane jerks the thing
up as grocer's scale would lift pound OF
cheese, and puts it on steel carriage. Be
fore the big cylindrical block knows it.
huge tubular bore is at work at its vitals.
The bore cuts slowly but unerrinRly. A
core comes out in a solid mass. This being
bored in turn becomes the basis of the four
or i've inch gun. One set of machinery
cuts out this core; another set is at work
on the rear Of the monster, planning and
turning 1t for the reception of the jacket.
The jacket is the first reinforcement of the
gums strength. 1t is a huge cylinder re-
celved also from the Bethlehem or the Mid
vale works. 1t, too, is turned on the inside
to make its inner surface smooth. Then
when the great steel forging, now by the
action OF the boring machine become tube,
Is ready, the big crane comes along, lifts it
out Of the lathe cradle and carries it Off to
huge pit. where it is turned muzzle down,
seemingly into the bowels of the earth.
ing in its arms the jacket. The jacket is
lowered into a roaring furnace, built on one
side of the great pit, and there it is left to
its own reflection for some time, while
Satan and his imps get in their hottest
work. Nobody sees the fire. Nobody feels
the heat, but when all is reported to be
ready, Commodore Folger, Captain O'Neill,
Captain Bob Carmody and Lieutenant
"Regy" Nicholson get about. The skilled
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-03
ADMIRAL DAHLGREN's MIGHTIEsT TRIUMPE
THE OLD FIFTEEN-INCH SMOOTH BORE.

But if the ghost of Admiral Dahlgren was
stalking about now, the mighty high power
steel rifles which are to arm the new navy,
are not the only modern things that would
astonish him. He would find, for instance
the youngest chief of ordnance that the
navy ever had. How the old admiral would
wonder, and perhaps swear, if he were liv-
ing, TO find one of the youngest commanders
in the service at the head of the most i'm
portant ordnance plant, and the most i'm
portant establishment of its kind in the
world. Young Commander Folger was
given this position more than year ago.
He has a commodore's rank and pay, and
tie is the youngest Off GER that ever held that
rank in the United States navy. Commo-
dore Folger was yet midshipman at the
Naval academy wnen Lee surrendered and
Lincoln was assassinated, and was not
given an Ensign's rank until-1S But he
has a genius for ordnance, like the great
Dahlgren had before him, and hence his
phenomenal rise in his profession.
The Washington gun foundry is the most
important establishment of its kind in the
world. 1t does not cover so much ground
as that of the krupps in Germany, but it
has better and more improved machinery.
and turns out what is conceded to be the
best steel hlgh-power breech-l loading
ordnance in existence. Again, it is a ma
tional institution, manufacturing guns for
the United States government alone, while
krupps establishment is a private enter
prise making ordnance for anybody who
will buy. Perhaps one of the most inter
esting tributes paid to this magnificent es-
Enlistment was paid recently by Sir Win
fred Hope, Of the English artillery, an ex-
pert who was sent over here last year to
look at what young Commodore Folger was
doing. In long report which he made oc-
ours this gracious extract: