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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-09-30
ODDS AND ENDS.

Socrates was the son of day laborer.
Women love to believe the lies men
tell them.
Shoemaking machines were invented
by Gallahue in 1858.
A tree which supplies butter grows in
Ashantee, western Africa.
For every foot of stature man should
weigh twenty-six pounds.
The father of the great Tintoretto was
matchmaker and jewoler.
The circular saw was devised by Bent
ham, an Englishman, in 1900.
The rent of land in England 300 years
ago was about a shilling an acre.
If green blinds are dingy and faded
wash and rub on little sweet oil.
The French eat frogs, snails and the
larvae of several species of caterpillars.
There are 800 mountains in the United
States, that exceed 10000 feet in height
If there be many falling stars on a
clear evening in the summer there will
be thunder.
A person naturalized under an as
sumed name can give title to property
in that name.
Strawberries one foot in circumference
are claimed to be quite common near
Colville, Wash.
However witty you may be, never
pun upon any name but your own, and
seldom upon that.
Macaulay was forty-seven when he
began the brilliant fragment known as
the History of England"
Rather more than five matches per
head for the whole population are used
daily i'll the United States.
The father of Collins was a halter,
who used often to reprove his son for
lack of attention to business.
Poplar trees are being cut down in
Fresno county, Cal, because they draw
too much on the fertility of the soil
In California peach stones are found
to burn as well as the best coal, and
weight for weight to give out more heat.
A tribal law in Mashena, central
Africa, DEGREES the death by drowning
Of twin babies Immediately after they
are born,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-09-30
LUST AND LOVE.

We lett the swart bank OF tho sluggish Mia.
Whese fleets of traffic block its gaping
mouth,
And over many a tedious inland mile
We journeyed toward tho south.
AT last we came beside stony pile
That reared its head above the drifted
sand,
Looking across the ages with smile
leould not understand.
lgazed upon that sight weary while,
A woman's head, with body OF beast,
And vainly tried the twain TO reconcile,
Until the night had ceased.
We fioated back by lotus lake and isle,
And watched the ibis take his MONDAY
rest
Beside the scaly sluggard crocodile,
Our riddle still unguessed.
But 10, the storms of lust at times defile
My body couehant where the sandbeds
drift;
And yet above the vicious and the vile
A skyward face lift
The lions body Of bestal guile,
The human face that loves, believes and
thinks,
Unlock the puzzle Of the quaint old style
That built the symbol Sphinx.
William Rico Sims in New York World.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-09-30
Tired of His Talk,

At a recent trial in Scotland certain
lady got into the witness box to be ex-
amined, when the following converse
ton took place between her and the op-
posing counsel:
Counsel-How old are you?
Miss Jane-Oh, weel. sir, am ain un-
married woman, and dinna think it right
to answer that question.
The Judge-Oh, yes, answer the gen
tleman. How old are you?
Miss Jane-W eel-a-weel, am fifty.
Counsel-Are you not more?
Miss Jane-Weel, am sixty.
The inqRisitive lawyer still further
asked if she had any hopes of getting
married, to which Miss Jane replied:
"Weel, sir, 1 Wilma tell lee; hinna
lost hope yet scornfully adding, "but
| widna marry you, for l am sick and
tired o your palaver already" London
Tit-Bits.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-09-30
The A merican,s Toast

Benjamin Franklin was dining with
small party of gentlemen when one of
them said:
Here are three nationalities repre-
sented. l am French, my friend here is
English and Mr.. Franklin is American.
Let each propose toast"
The Englishman rose and in the tone
of Briton bold said, "Here's to Great
Britain, the sun that gives light to the
nations of the earth"
The Frenchman was rather taken back
at this, but he proposed, Here's to
France, the moon whose magic rays
move the tides of the world"
Franklin then rose and with an air of
quaint modesty said, "Here's to George
Washington, the Joshua of America.
who commanded the sun and the moon
to stand still-and they stood STILL
Spare Moments.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-09-30

The Fancier's Monthly has this to say
about leghorns: "On the Atlantic coast.
In the middle states, sonth and west, and
on the Pacific coast, Leghorns, if not the
very foremost of all, are invariably
found close TO the front. At some eastern
shows they are, it is true. quite often well
down on the list, but if poultry census
could be taken, few families of fowls
would surpass in numbers the Leghorns.
They are in this respect the Smiths of
the feathered tribe. Black Lcghorns are
again to the fore with a full tiedged
Black Leghorn club to back them, and
the number Of breeders taking them
up is rapidly increasing. And they de-
serve popularity on more accounts than
one. As egg layers nothing snlpasses
them. All they usually lack is size,
and that skillfull breeding will increase.
AS to the Whites, good wine needs no
bush. and they require no praise"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-09-30
"ln fivem minutes they will be- here" but

"ln five minutes they will be here" but
they were not.
Glousseux paced up and down impa-
tiently and Monpate smoked a cigar in
sullen silence, Ten minutes passed, fif-
teen, twenty-five, and yet the combat
ants did not come. Glousseux looked
at his watch, held it up to Monpate and
said IN slightly ironical tone:
Your man has not arrivedw
Nor yours" retorted the other.
He has been detained, that is all. Be
quite sure he will explain satisfactorily. :"
$50 will mine"
at is hardly probable that both should
meet with delay" muttered Glous-
seaux.
VERY true, but why not NJ. PeignotY"
Sand why not M. Ramonet?"
slow do ! know that he intended to
come at all?"
"Sir? | can answer for my friends
honor"
"But not for his courage! Very likely
he is now seated in his armchair at
home"
"And where is your friend, may
askY'
"Your tone is insulting, sir, and do
not brook insults any more than my
client does"
"lf you are not more ready to resent
them than he Isl
IN. Monpate, it is enough. demand
satisfaction"
Certainly, you shall have it-when-
ever you wish.'
81 wish it nowr'
The next instant they had thrown off
their coats, seized the swords and begun
to fight. Just then Ramonet and Pieg-
not appeared on the scene. They were
walking arm in arm and conversing
cheerfully, and when they caught sight
of the combatants they exclaimed in
surprise: stop! Stop"
AT the same moment DR.. Rousselle
arrived, breathless but radiant at
will be delicious" he began, and then
added in dismay; $50 they have begun
it without waiting for me
stop themw cried Ramonet and
Peignot, and the combatants, hearing
them, left off brandishing the swords.
"Ah, here is the man you suspected
of cowardice,' cried Glousseux, and
Ramonet exclaimed, absurd" with an
air of great dignity.
Here is he whose honor you as
sailed" said Monpate.
"He was speaking in jest" observed
Peignot calmly.
The two seconds looked at each other
for minute and burst into peal of
laughter.
"What is the use of our fighting with
each other in defence of these two cow
ards? cried Glousseux.
Permit me- began Peignot, but
Monpate interrupted him with:
81 will permit you to do nothing ex-
cept pay for the dinner"
'The ducks are roasting, and the
matelotte is excellent" said the doctor.
Come, let us go, or everything will be
spoiled. Everybody's honor is vindi-
Gated, l am sure"
ernest, are you satisfied" asked
Ramonet.
Perfectly SO, Alfred" was Peignots
reply.
Then the whole party shook hands and
went off in high spirits. Translated
from the French of Jules Moinaux by
Isabel Smithson for Romance.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-09-30
ECONOMY IN FEEDING ANIMALS.


A Farmers Conclusions Derived from
Practical Experience.
Where corn is one of the staple crops
1t will always be largely used as food
for stock; indeed, it is question if any
thing can take its place lin connection
with the grasses) in the production Of
pork and beef. With well bred hogs
ten and eleven pounds of pork can be
made from bushel of corn, and on
good grade steer 100 bushels Of corn
properly fed to him will increase hi
weight 400 pounds, and in addition max,
200 pounds Of pork from the waste. Such
is the experience of Mr.. Joshua Wheeler
who, in q paper read before the Kansas
state board of agriculture, further said
We think it is good economy in feed
ing steers and hogs to give them the run
of tame grass pasture-clover an
timothy. We have never tried what
called summer feeding of steers, but W
have found that the hest gains are MAJ,
in the early part Of the season. VIE
the animals have plenty of grass in COT
nection with their corn, pork can
made at less cost from May to ScI,
Der where the swine have the rln
good clover field.
The Importance of plenty Of
grass in the raising and fee,l,y
cannot be overestimated The
clover in the production Of pori; l
already referred to. Good, wei,
hay is just as important for thcoysa
ical wintering Of stock For mila,
good, bright. well cured cioyrr
great value. Nothing we h,ip
tried in the shape of fodder is r4a
it in the production of milk. We
lieve that stock cattle can be brons
through the winter in good condition o,
good timothy and clover hay and good
corn fodder, with but very little grain
hence we consider it the best of economy
for the stockman to spare no pains in
securing his hay crop We believe it
would pay better to plant fewer acres of
corn so as to give more time to secure
the crop of hay.
We consider oats and wheat bran valu-
able and economical for stock. There is
no better ration for horses, milk cows
and calves than cornmeal, ground oats
and wheat bran in equal parts. This
ration will cost less than corn and oats
fed without grinding. One hundred
pounds of wheat bran is worth as much
for feeding as three bushels Of oats.
These figures show quite saving in the
use of bran. A good ration for horses
not working too hard is equal parts of
cornmeal and bran. This is also good
feed for milk COWS and calves. All the
straw raised upon the farm can be used
to good advantage in the feeding of
stock. Good, bright oat straw is of
equal value to prairie hay. The wheat
straw can be used to good advantage as
If it is cut at the proper time
it will be eaten very well by stock cattle.
Corn fodder cut at the right time and
cured, Mr.. Wheeler classed
among the best feeds for stock cattle,
but he deplored the too common habit
Of turning stock into a field of corn
stalks.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-09-30
A Shining Example.

1
| Weddings would be robbed of half
their terrors if all the world would con-
sent to be married as Miss Ashley, of
Ohio, and young Edward Cooper Hewitt
were. Here were two members of the
undoubted Four Hundred. Their social
| standing was SO unquestioned that they
could and did do as they pleased about
their wedding. They were pleased to
get rid of ninety mine hundredths of the
torment and bother that attend most
weddings. The bride got only two new
dresses. One was her wedding gown,
tie other a dinner dress. Then she and
her gallant young husband departed
quietly for Europe ''to continue their
studies together" we are told. A more
delightful honeymoon could not be
passed. There is no sympathy that wears
30 well as Intellectual sympathy.
The inference is that Miss Ashley.
like other American young women in
good circumstances, had already good
supply OF clothes. She preferred to con-
tlnue to wear them, just as she had been
doing before she became Mrs. Hewitt.
md avoid the fearful nervous strain of
being fitted by a dressinal1er for twenty
to forty new gowns that would grow old
fashioned in a year or two and have to
be made over or thrown away. Wise
Miss Ashley, fortunate Mr.. Hewitt!
The days are past when woman's
wedding outfit was to last her for life.
In the middle ages it was expected to do
30. Getting wedding clothes enough to
last till a bride is an old woman is
therefore a survival of the middle ages.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-09-30
The DISMISSAL of Weeds.

Where weeds have been allowed to
grow until late in the season burning
them is the best preventive of reproduce
ton. On all farms there is large
amount of rubbish anu vegetable matter
which should be cleared up and raked
together in the fall. and as a general
rule it vii. in the end be found more
profitable to burn it than to permit it to
decay III that state In the burn heap
both Ike seeds Of weeds and the eggs of
insects will be destroyed. The remains
of farm crops, especially lcguminouS
plants. are generally plowed under.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-09-30
What the Photo-chromosoon. :.

The photo-chromoscope is compact
and simple apparatus for Transforming
photographs made transparent into re-.
alistlc pictures. These are rendered per-
feet in detail, in perspective, in light
and shade and in perfect tints and srs.
ceptible of variety of natural and
pleasing changes of effects, giving to
the photograph a life and reality that
have not hitherto been attainable. The
photo-chromoscope will furnish artists
and students with valuable aid to not
only copying photographs on any en-
larged scale, but studying the various
combinations of light, shade and color.
New York Telegram.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-09-30

1t is said that The celebrated Kentucky
blue grass will be represented at the
Worlds fair by a display of sod and
grasses from the home of Henry Clay
and OF her historic spots.
Thirteen Thousand nine hundred and
seventy-two lriesian wells are reported
west of the nincty-seventh meridian,
which irriSa.e more than 100, 900 acres
of land; 0Dofri.G00 gallons of water
often flow from Il single WELL
According to the London Live Stock
journal. during the first six months of
the current year there were imported
into Great Britain PAT ,346 head of cattle,
or nearly 24,000 more than in the period
of 1891, but more than &c 900 below the
number for the first half of 1850
AT the recent international millers'
exhibition in London, England, the
champion gold medal for the best wheat
was awarded to an exhibit of Red File
from Manitoba.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-09-30
One September Anniversary.

In this remarkable year of anniver.
saries gray heads will remember that IL
was just thirty years ago Sept 20 that
President Lincoln issued his emancipa-
ton proclamation declaring that on
Jan. l, 1868, all persons held as slaves in
any state or part of state in rebellion
against the United States should be
"then, thenceforward and forever Free"
Che must go back to the history of
that time to understand the awful pres
sure brought to bear on Lincoln before
that proclamation was given out. For
months the abolitionists had been ding
ing it into his ears that the war would
never end VIGOROUSLY for the Union
army till slavery was destroyed. On
the other side all the eloquence of the
loyal border states was brought to bear
on him to show him that if he issued
this proclamation the Union was dead
forever, as the border states would in
stantly go with the seeding ones 1t
was during his months of doubt and
anxiety over the question that he wrote
the letter to Horace Greeley in which
occurs the immortal words, 81 shall try
to correct errors when shown to be
errors, and | shall adopt new views SC
fast as they shall appear to be true
views"
Delegations of preachers, north and
south, called on him, each morally GER
tain that he knew exactly what was
right One can detect the quiet humor
which lurked in the martyr presidents
reply to one such delegation. 81 am ap-
preached by the most opposite opinions
and advice, and by religious men who
are certain they represent the divine
will. l hope it will not be irreverent in
me to say that if it be probable that God
would reveal his will to others on
point, so connected with my duty it
might be supposed he would reveal il
directly to me-"
At last, however, all doubts in his mind
We're at rest, and he issued the proclama
ton, the first draft of which he had made
as early asAJuly. 1t was the occasion of
infinite rejoicing among tie negroes
who understood its purport. Today the
best thing their descendants can do is
to let politics alone and go to making
money Lincoln had hopes of them
which have not been fulfilled, or he
would not have said of the emancipa-
ton proclamation, "If my name ever
gets into history it will be for this act.
and my whole soul is in it,"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-09-30
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M(aAA(RMe F0t3hD
SggR HuA GARDEN
TREATMENT OF MANuREs.

Experiments Showing the Value Of the
Liquid Manur" Commonly Wasted.
With the object of calling the atten-
ton OF farmers to the loss resulting
from the waste Of manure from barn
yards and tho loss of urine, so universal,
The Iowa experiment station composted
the different manures from several
stables in the spring, mixing the heavy
and wet with dry straw so AS to prepare
the whole for application, and when
rains came causing a sediment to flow
from the heaps, This was dipped into
barrels and applied to one of the corn
heids; the rows were carefully marked
and received the same cultivation as
did the remainder of the field. The
rows that had the liquid manure
sprinkled over them yielded S2.02 bush
els an acre. The same number of rows,
husked for comparison, growing beside
them yielded 59,06 bushels per acre,
The manure from which the LIQUID
seeped was common to most Iowa farms
and was made from feeding corn with a
little bran and oilmeal. From ten bar
rels of liquid applied the increase was
within fraction at the rate of twenty
three bushels Of corn an acre as pay
ment for the work.
Another effect from the liquid ma
nure is mentioned us very striking. The
corn field had spots where the crops suf.
fcred from drought, or bacteria, or soil
conditions that caused a whitening of
the lower leaves aud produced yellow
coloring on the higher leaves. One of
these affected spots lay contiguous to
the rows sprinkled with the liquid ma
nure. The disease, whatever it was,
stopped at the first row where the liquid
was applied. On one side was an affect
ed foliage, on the other dark green,
healthy, vigorous foliage 1t was evil
dent that the extra nutrition of the corn
growing Oh liquid manure enabled it to
resNt what affected that growing in the
next rows.
AT the Ohio station cement floor and
cistern designed to save this valuable
fertilizer WIS put into the main barn,
and the liquid manure from thirty cows
was collected from Dec. 25, 1890, to
May |, 1891. The cows We're well bedded
with straw, which of course absorbed
much of tho liquid, so that the amount
saved represents what would otherwi
have gone to waste. Chemical analysis
showed this to contain fertilizing ma
terials worth forty-seven dollars, as fer
tilizers are sold in Ohio. At this rate
the saving in six months, the time cows
are usually stalled, would amount to
seventy dollars, and would be at least
20 per cent. per annum on the necessary
cost of the floor and cistern.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-09-30
NOTICE.,

The tax payers of the town of Lon
donderry are hereby notified that l
have in my hands for collection a
town and state school tax of 145 cents
on a dollar of the grand list, a high
way tax Of 10 cents on said grand
list and a county tax of l cent on
sad list.
Therefore, know We that 80 DAYS
are given by law for the payment of
said taxes, and deduction of per
cent. on said town tax if paid within
said time.
Fl. d. TYLER, Treasurer.
Londonderry, VT, Sept. 2, 1892.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-09-30
Taking Along Everything.

A Saco barber, going out to shave an
invalid, placed his various Implement,
in his little grip and then looked around
to see if he had missed anything. Lets
see" he said, there is the razor. strap.
soap, brush, towels, comb, pomade.
magnesia = confound it, I've forgot
something-oh, yes, the alum. might
happen to bleed him." and he smiled al
he threw the alum in with the rest and
went off prepared for any accident
Bangor Commercial.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-09-30

~%.'S S"""o "a - "ohah hrms
There lives, or did quite recently, near
Columbia, S. c., a woman afflicted in a
manner that makes ones flesh creep to
think of it. For more than the third Of
century she has carried live snake
under the skin of one of her arms. How
the reptile first found Judgment in its
queer situation is as much of puzzle to
the old lady as it is to the hundreds who
have visited her for the purpose of view.
ing the long welt where the unwelcome
creature lies encysted.
When the lady first noticed the bow
shaped ridge on her arm it was of about
the diameter of pin, and less than two
inches in length. During the many
years that it has safely nestled in her
flesh it has grown from mere thread to
snake a foot long and as large as a
lead pencil. The eyes of the creature
are plainly visible through the skin, and
the scales can be felt by rubbing the
finger along the welt formed by its body.
Physicians pronounce it a most re-
markable freak, and have endeavored,
without success, to prevail upon the old
lady to have it removed. Philadelphia
Prase
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-09-30
500 Reward. 800.

The readers of this paper will be pleas
ed TO learn that there is at Least one dread
ed disease that science has been able to
cure in all lis stages aud that is Catarrh.
Halls CataHh Cure i the on,v positive
cure now known 10 the medical fraterni-
~. Ca;arrh being a cons itu ional dis
case, 'cqu'ge> constitutional treatment.
Halls GAIA ii Cure is taken Internally.
ac'ng Directly upon the blood and mu-
cou> surfaces of the system, thereby de-
>iroying the foundaion of the disease.
and giving he, patient s;rcu.;h by build
'ng up The con>i,lu on and assisting ma
ture in doing j work. The projectors
have 50 much fai,h in its curative pow
cgs, that they Offer One Hundred Dollar,
for any case that it fails TO cure. send
for list of Testimonials Address
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
&5-Sold by druggists. 75c.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-09-30
FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT. 80, 1892.
The law is now in force which give.

Tho law is now in force which gives
to each army nurse appointed by the
surgeon general in the late war a pen
sion Of twelve dollars a month. This law
was passed especially for the benefit of
the women nurses who gave their time
to caring for the soldiers in hospital. Up
to this time they have received no COM
pensation, even with the well known
liberal policy of the government in pen
sion matters. That they will get pen
sion now is chiefly due to the Army
Nurses association and the women's
Relief corps of the G. A. r.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-09-30
To Promote the Growth of Feather.

To make feathers grow The Foathered
World advises to damp the bare places
on fowls with acetic acid and add a lit
tie peas meal and pinch of flowers of
sulphur 10 the fowls soft food. Com
mcnting upon this advice The Fanciers'
Journal says 'rho advice is worth n
trial, but az rule high feeding with
good pasture produces abundance of
feathers. We have successfully used tar
oil ON bare places of fowls and tar itself
is excellent to use where growing chick
ems have been robbed by feather eaters
Of the new pulls. The latter are filled
with blood which invites feather eating.
A good dose of tar'will stop it, but care
should be taken to feed cracked fresh
bones to the flock"