The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-19
THURSDAY EVENING, FEB. 10, 1891.
EAST DORSET.

Since our last was penned dull
routine has been broken by two we'd
dings-that of Frank Perry and Miss
Julia Lenway on the 9Th inst, and
that of John A. Leggett and Miss
Ada Benedict of Manchester, daugh-
ter of w. H. Benedict, Esq, on the
18th. The latter couple are off on a
honeymoon alibi and their return not
expected for several weeks.
John Heating has bought the
Daniel Sheridan farm. Consideration
some six hundred dollars.
Most of our teachers attended our
County Institute last week and report
favorably.
School exhibition in Dist. No. Ia,
Miss Torrey teacher, was fully at
tended-all the pupils speaking in
"public on the stage" The first
prize in the first class in spelling was
awarded to Lou d. Wall; first
prize in second class to Virgil
Nadeau; first prize in third class to
Maude Brown. Arthur Buffum and
Virgil Nedeau had each been absent
but one day during the term and
Maude Brown had been present every
day the last two terms. i
Edward Dalton of North Dorset
is the lucky owner of perhaps the
finest span of colts in the north shire.
They are gray in color, over sixteen
hands high and weigh over twenty
four hundred. They are well match
ed, and full brothers, sired by "Col.
Egbert," dam by old Highland Gray.
The Dorset Marble Co.'S plant
seems not likely to be soon divorced
from the late bad luck in it's owner
ship and management. 1t was some
how tangled up with the assets of the
Sherman brothers of Philadelphia who
lately assigned and is now in the
hands of receiver.
A report comes from New York
that DR.. Talmage, lately, greatly
disguised one of his admirers anC
church goers by remarking that the
republican and democratic parties
were both $50 corrupt" that they
couldn't "rot."
The queer sayings of children are
carefully noted by the students of s
high institution of learning in an ad
Joining state and treasured. TIT
savings of these and of those of thei
elders often fully equal or surpass il
comicalness the expressions of circus
clowns. Mr.. Lincoln's "augers tina
won't bore" applied to certain of hi
generals, are well remembered, a
also his, "Oh, how can l ever for
get you, your name SO nearly resem
bles that of our own Mrs. Parting
. ton p said on introduction to tn
; Marquis of Harrington whom he dis
liked on account of his Southern sen
timents. In similar line was Gen
Buffers remark to one of our Yer
mont regiments, the 9Th as ren'em
bered, that he chad rather have
barrel of pork than to have them.
Also the remark of an Ohio judg
during our late civil "dispute" tina
there was "no difference between
republican and a war democrat, bot
were links of one sausage made on
of the same dog" A little four yea
| old stroking nearly bald head tn
: other day, said, 900 ha'nt got niue
bangs has 90, grandpa ?" One c
our little folks when asked how b
. liked school exhibition said, sit wa
a real good show for nothing TO
/. in" A somewhat larger lad said thel
was "nothing he hated to do so ba
= as to fiddle with a buck-saw." Al
: other said of one who was little tc
e full the night before that he had tt
! Contamination of the swelled head
s Another threatened to "distress" a
+ OK team. Another to "pulverize"
s span of horses. A short distant
:. from here few years ago gentlema
:. came home little braced up, and
). setting his house in order said: 81
e let you know, madam, that old bros
IL ties up at the head" From a la
a print are the following: Yo