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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17
Southern California,

What the fertile plains of Lombardy
were centuries ago to the northern bar
barians who descended upon them south.
ern California appears to be. 1t is in.
deed far more fertile and beautiful than
those same plains of Lombardy are to-
day, for its extraordinary fertility is
maintained by irrigation, while in an.
Gent Lombardy the woods have been
cut away, the brooks and rivers are in
consequence dry much of the year and
the once teeming lands parch brown and
barren every summer.
A writer in the Chicago Tribune, who
may or may not be the secret agent of
some enticing land company, reminds
us that Holland, which has less arabic
land than southern California, yet sup
ports 100000 people. When the re-
sources of southern California are fully
developed they will maintain more in
habitants than the whole of Holland
does, according to our writer. This
wonderful region grows no less than
eighty different kinds of fruits veg
etables and grains. The orange season
lasts five months in the year. and during
the busy part Of it an average of 225
carloads of oranges per week is shipped,
making three oranges apiece to every
inhabitant of the United States. More
over, the orange producing capacity of
the land is not nearly developed yet.
The sweetest orange that grows is that
from Florida. The California product
is slightly sourer.
Besides growing every kind of semi,
tropical fruit known, and vegetables for
shipment east and to the neighboring
states, this happy region is also rich in
minerals of dozen kinds, it beats the
world on honey and poultry and it is
equal to any other place known for live
stock in general. The climate-well, we
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17
A Jolly Old Tory

1t will interest the American citizen
to know how the average British Tory
regards this republic. In Blackwood's
Magazine one of these amusing old fell
lows "soars on his opiniona" like Ike
Partingtons American eagle and holds
this republic up as an awful example to
the other British conservatives. The
writer claims to put before his readers a
thoroughly moderate and temperate view
of the social horrors of the United States.
And he says, among other things:
Two-thirds Of the whole population of the
United States never enter church. Even of
those who do attend church it is safe to hold
that most of them have very quaint ideas of
the attributes of God. and are in fact idola-
tors. Children in the public schools get no re-
llgious instruction, and only a comparatively
few attend Sunday schools. Their moral back
bone is weak. The number of good men and
''->'"' VII" ~" "r~or~ia vi hla The chill
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17
FERTILIZER FOR TOMATOES.

Tests Which Indicate That Nitrate of
Soda Is Valuable for This Purpose.
Field experiments with nitrate of soda
on tomatoes in 1889 and 1890, made at
the New Jersey station, indicated that
this material, under proper conditions of
use, was valuable fertilizer for toma-
toes. The experiments in both years
were carried out upon the same farm,
the soil of which was considered we'll
adapted to the crop, viz, deep sandy
loam in good state of fertility. In the
consideration of results emphasis was in
both cases placed upon the necessity of
a suf1iciency of the mineral elements,
phosphoric acid and potash, either in the
soil or applied, although in 1890 the di-
rect application of these elements was
not found profitable.
In 1891 in order to, if possible, more
clearly demonstrate this point, two ex-
perlments were made, one on sandy
loan in good state of fertility and one
on land apparently deficient in all the
essential plant food elements, though in
general character adapted to the growth
VI Hdihet SdIueH pfOuuce. Early varle-
ties were used in both cases. Each ap-
plication of nitrate of soda was distrib-
uted evenly over about one-half of the
space occupied by the row.
On the sandy loan the yield of early
tomatoes was very decidedly increased
by the use of nitrate of soda, both alone
and together with phosphoric acid and
potash. In the trial on the poor land
nitrate of soda alone was on the average
not profitable, merely paying for the
nitrate used. AS summed up in the spe-
cial bulletin, the average results secured
under the varied conditions of soil and
season included in the three years of
experiment seem, however, to warrant
the conclusion that under conditions
considered favorable for the growth of
tomatoes-that is good cultivation and
previous liberal fertilization-the appli-
cation of 100 pounds per acre of nitrate
of soda alone will be uniformly more
profitable for early tomatoes than com.
binations Of minerals, barnyard manure
or complete fertilizer
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17
Dear, Dear!

1t requires now much more to make a
thoroughly equipped newspaper CORE.
spondent than it did a generation ago.
Photography has come to the aid of
Journalism to such an extent that news.
paper letters without illustrations are a
drug on the market. Every correspond.
ent, therefore, needs to be a photogra.
pher, to catch pictures of what he writes
about. He must also either understand
typewriting and prepare his copy on the
machine himself or have somebody else
do it for him, for typewriter manu-.
script is SO easily read that it finds a
reader sale than that written with a
pen. If the correspondent is also an
artist and can make drawings for the
illustrations in his letters, then, and
then only, can he be considered to have
tiptop chance in the start in journal.
ism. Besides that, it is unnecessary tc
say that in our day clean collar, gen.
tlemanly manners and sober habits are
essential. The old time Bohemian in
journalism has gone out and given place
to the gentleman.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17
Is There a sea serpent?


Yes, there Is, answers Mr., j. b.
Holder in The Century Magazine, and
he boldly tarEles It. He QUo,es in 80
beginning tire remark of Colonel Peg,
kins, Of Boston, when asked by Sir
Charles Lyell ii he believed in the s,.l
serpent, unfortunately have steel
it,"
The evidence seriously and scientific
ally gathered from various times and
places by Mr., Holder sufficiently proves
the existence of such marine monster
That is to say, it would prove the exist.
ence of anything except sea serpent or
a ghost For some reason the creature
appears to have prediction for the
New England coast, particularly off
Boston, Agassiz believed in the sea
serpent, and number of Bostonians
have seen it, 1t is known absolutely
that in the Indian and Pacific oceans
are true ocean snakes, more or less
venomous
In 1917 the undoubted testimony of
some Of Boston's best citizens is to the
effect that gigantic sea snake appeared
off Cape Ann, Massachusetts. One who
saw it was Hon. Amos Lawrence, who
had a cottage overlooking the bay. It
was of dark chocolate color and was
judged to be from 90 to 100 feet long,
1t had caterpillar motion in the water.
In 1919 many saw it again, among
others Nathan d, Chase, of Lynn, Mass,
who was within 100 feet of the monster
as it wriggled past at about the speed of
an ordinary steamer.
But the most tangible evidence is OBJ
tanned from the following:
In the spring OF 1885 the Rev. Mr.. Gordon, of
Milwaukee, president Of the United States HUI
name society, CHANGED to visit in the course of
his duties a remote and obscure portion of the
Atlantic shores OF Florida. While lying at
anchor at New River inlet the iukes of the
anchor became foul with what proved to be
carcass of considerable length. Mr. Gordon
quickly observed that ii was vertebrate and
at first thought It probably a cetacean. But |
on examination 1t was seen to have features |
more suggestive of the saurians. Its total
length was forty-two feet Its girth was six !
feet. The head was absent; two flippers, or |
forelimbs, were noticed. and somewhat slen- |
der neck, which measured six feet in length.
This was the real thing, sort of |
snake lizard The carcass was drawn
up on the shore out of reach of high tide,
and arrangements were made for trans
porting the bones to New York. But
before this could be done there came a
tide and swept every vestige
Of this eternally elusive sea serpent out
to sea.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17
Man has lost in nervous sensitiveness

Man has lost in nervous sensitiveness
through civilization and it is question
able whether his gain in other directions
makes up for his loss in this. Even the
pig in a field can now detect when a
storm is coming and prepare for it bet
ter than man by his unaided senses can.
Before the clouds pour down there is
diminished pressure of the atmosphere
for several hours. The clouds could not
pour If the thinned air did not let them
The pig, by the sensitive nerves in his
snout, by the feeling all over his rough
ungainly body, can perceive the di
mlnished pressure of air upon him,
Through the instinct gained by centuries
and ages OF the swine race before him
he knows that storm is coming and
prepares for it accordingly. The same
fact is true of other animals in the fields
and of birds. But man has denaturalized
himself so long through his civilization
that he cannot now tell by his nervous
sensations when a storm is at hand.
Rheumatic and neuralgia joints give
him twinges, to be sure, and his civil
lied corns ache, and that is one way he
knows sometimes when it is going to
rain, but ON the whole he would rather
not know it at all than through that
kind of nervous sensation.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17

An organization of women that meets
with approval from the most conserva-
tive is the Housewives union, of Ger
many. 1t has effected reforms in Ber-
lin from which the whole city has bene-
fitted. At one time the price of food
supplies became exorbitant. The union
organized systematic boycott of those
at the head of the high price movement
and brought down food supplies to
moderate rates all over the city. Next
the women took up the food adultera-
ton question, established laboratories of
their own and beat the food prisoners
utterly. They have established also
cooking school, a free intelligence Office
and diet kitchens.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17
THE
Londonderry Sitter,
So. Londonderry, Vermont,
IrIE
a Month OF Eire and Flood.


Early in May the great floods in the
northwest assumed alarming proper,
tions, May 8 the rush of water was Sc
overwhelming that the fact was tele-
graphed throughout the country and
generally commented ON. Thence on
the floods ragged in increasing fury, till
they covered tract extending from
Minnesota on the north to Texas and
Louisiana on the south, and from Iii,
nois on the east to Kansas and Nebraska
ON the west, Such deluges of water
were never before known over so large
tract of country, and the loss of prop
erty from northwest to southwest
amounted to not less than $50, 1000, 900,
Unprecedented, too, was the length of
time the water remained, as indicated
by swollen banks and bursting levees
in the lower Mississippi, long after I'M
der ordinary conditions the flood would
have subsidized.
While this flood was at its height came
the terrible fire at Spokane, in which
much Of the town was laid in ashes and
number of lives were lost June 8,
one month after the date when the floods
in the west were at their worst, the
tiourishing new mining town of Creole
was visited by fire more destructive
even than that at Spokane. A million
dollars of Creede's newly earned pros
perity went up in smoke.
The flood and fire wave meantime
rolled eastward. On the same day
June 5-of the destructive fire at Creede
came the calamity on Oil creek, Pa,
calamity which in its terrible pictur-
esqueness exceeded anything except a
volcanic eruption on great scale. Oil
creek was sheet of flame for eighteen
miles, from Titusville to Oil City. Three
hundred lives were lost and again mil
lions of property. Its cause was the
flood, the awful flood. A cloudburst
near the head waters of Oil creek swelled
all the streams; dam broke seven miles
above Titusville; the waters swept away
oil and gasoline tanks; the gas caught
fire from furnace, and then sheol broke
loose That other Pennsylvania dis
aster, June |, 1899, three years ago,
oddly enough, was likewise caused by
the bursting of dam.
The saddest part of the Oil creek dis
aster, next to the loss of life itself, is
that so many were drowned and burned
to death whose names will never be
known, as they were poor families of
and the annals of the poor
are ever scant.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17

1t is difficult to believe that Queen Vic
toria, nearly as broad as she is long, rid
ing heavily about the garden in donkey
cart, with big groom leading the don
key, is the same queen who fifty years
ago was SO extravagantly fond of dane
ing and danced all night through sheer
JOY and lightness of heart. Yet it was
So Half a century afterward, when
her majestys grandchildren were taking
dancing lessons of the great Taglioni.
she sent kindly message to the teacher
one day saying that in her girlhood it
was Taglionis grace that filled her with
such a passionate love of dancing, and
that this grace had been an inspiration
to her. 1t is hard to understand how the
British queen could ever have been SO
impressionable.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17

Eighteen hundred and ninety-two is
thus far year of fire, flood and tornado.
If it could be proved that there was some
electrical connection between these dis.
asters and the sun spots that now occu.
Ply the attention of astronomers it would
be an important advance step in meteor
ology. The sun spots are increasing
rapidly, and are expected to reach Their
maximum in 1898.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17

Old. 1t Is a cheap place TO nve, uul moi
so very cheap region in which to buy
property. There is much undeveloped
land still, but if you want to purchase
good orange grove and settle down on
your income you must pay 81 900 an
acre for it. Still, it is to be remembered
that twelve acres of orange grove will
afford handsome living.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17
Fewer Reptiles Than Form erIy.

The variety of forms which reptilian
life now presents is small indeed COM
pared with what existed during that
vast period of time which interviewed
between the final formation of the coal
deposits and the formation of the chalk
which constitutes the north and south
downs of England. Review.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17
Sidney Dillon,

One of the last of the old style men
who became millionaires by hard work
and economy was the late president of
the Union Pacific road, Sidney Dillon
He began to earn his own living at seven
years old and also to save money. He
earned dollar week and his food, and
out OF the dollar week he saved enough
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17

We are going to have viking boa
at the Worlds fair, sent to us from Nor.
way. Some years ago genuine viking
boat was discovered in an ice foe off the
Norway coast. 1t was ages old-no-
body could tell exactly how old-but
was as sound and trim as if it had been
cast away but yesterday. The ice had
kept it while empires and dynasties rose
and fell. 1t was eighty feet long and,
strangely enough, had cross at the
bou
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17

Gladstone said thirty years ago that
tho proper age for statesman to retire
was sixty, while Mime. Bernhardt says
that fifty is the age at which an actor
should retire. But evidently both are
of opinion that exceptions to the rule
exist.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17

linen is washed and dried. There are more
murders during one week in the United States
than in the whole United Kingdom during one
year, and the period of one week might per-
haps be reduced to three days-aye, sometimes
to one day. The number of suicides is awful,
and reveals the fact that the United States are
full of suffering humanity.
Daar Daart
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17
An impressive and picturesque demon

An impressive and picturesque demon
stration was that made by Cincinnati
Republican club on it's way to the con-
vention at Minneapolis. The boys car
ried silk umbrellas in the national colors
and marched in line accordingly. The
long ribbons of red, white and blue gave
the effect of a tremendous moving
American flag.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17

home a haven of perfect rest. Although
he was eighty years old at the time of
his death, he was still man of uncom-
monty fine physical presence and ap-
pearance. No bodily ailment ever
downed him except the indigestion
which caused his death and which at
tackled him three months ago. 1t was
the sign of the breaking up at last of the
grand machine which had served it's
owners purpose so long Here is life
for the boys-who- Recommendation
aires series that will thrill the young
imagination as few such stories have
done.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17
5000.

Two lines warranted Genuine
Sawyers Suits, bearing F. A. & J.
Sawyer hanger, advertised by dealers
in town as bargains at sl2, our price
$40 and a Good Hat thrown in.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17
The TrOtting Bred Stallion
-:Allen Wilkes,:-

Will make the season of 1892 at the sta
bic of his owner, at
East Dorset, VT.
Sired by Mambrino Wilkes, 22S 3-4,
sire of Arthur Wilkes, 222, Mischief,
224 10, R. NJ. Wilkes, 225 l-2, &C., he by
Geo. Wilkes, 222; Isl dam by Kearsarge,
sire of dam of r. NJ. Wilkes, 225; I'd
dam by Gen. Lyon, one of 4 below go.
Allen Wilkes is sire of winners of 1St
and I'd money in 3-year old race and the
first 3-year-old to get record better
than 8 minutes in a race, bred in the
county, also one of the winners in three
year-Old class at Cambridge, N. Y, over
a large field of good ones. He was the
winner of first prize in the sweepstakes
for stations five years old and over with
their get, in 1891.
Call on or address
G.. H. r Fed,
East Dorset, vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17

How Mr.. w. ID. Wentz of Geneva, n.
L., was cured of the severest form of
dyspepsia? He says everything he ate
seemed like pouring melted lead into his
stomach. Hoods Sarsaparilla effected a
perfect cure. Full particulars will be
sent if you write C, T. Hood & Co.,
Lowell, Mass.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17
$500.

Two lines Scotch wool, dark and
light color, very durable. Good for
mill or meeting. Extra good wear
ers, and hat given you.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17

Every bottle of Arniea aud Oil Linf-
ment sold is warranted by the proprietogs
to give satisfaction or money viii be re-
funded.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17

The total pension payments for the
fiscal year ending June 80 will be nearly
or quite S143 100000.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17
500.

This is strictly all-wool brown
check, an extra good all-purpose
suit for farmers and mechanics, and
a hat to 60 with them, free.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17

The highest praise has been won by
Hoods Pills for their easy, yet efficient
action.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17

In the towns and cities of this coun-
try per cent. of the inhabitants cwn as
much property as all the other 81 per
cent.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17

Spring Bargains
New York Store
Ladies' Jersey Vests, Sc.
Ladies fast black Hoes, Sc.
Ladies' Muslin Chemise csc.
Ladies' Muslin Drawers 25c.
Ladies Muslin Night Gowns so.
Window Shades with fix
lures complete, 20, rs & 35c
GOOD CARPETS.
II, 22, 2S and 3Jc.
10 qt. Tin Pals, 13c
10 qt. Dish Pan l3c.
Curry Combs, &c.
Lubin's Toilet Soap, lc. a cake.
Bluing, large boxes, lc.
Shoe Backing, per box, 1c.
Nutmeg Graters, 1c., Good Tumblcrs Sc
Clothes Lines sc.
Table Oil Cloths, 13c. Yard.
5 quires Note Paper, Zoe.
White Envelopes, Sc, bunch
Lead Pencils, SC. a dozen.
Shoe Brushes, SC.
Floor Oil Cloth, Csc. a yd.
Veneer Chair Seats, SC.
Chamber Pals, 25c.
Chamber or Toilet Sets, 1.25.
Curtain pole, & fixtures, 19c.
Best zinc washboards, 49,.
Decorated China Tea Sets,
worth S.. for So.
Mems Jersey Shirts,
Lace fronts; 25c.
Large size China Cups
and Saucers, Zoe.
Large size china shaving
Mugs 10c.
Brush Brooms, Sc. |
.ind many othec bargains at
The
New York Store,
Manchester Depot, Vt.
Terms Cash. Only.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-17
$12.OO.

Three lines nobby, stylish, light
uolored, pin checks, square cut; dan:
dy suits for young men, marked down
from SIS to Sl2 to close, and
brown Derby given you.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-07-28
CARNEGIE DENOUNCED.


English WCrkmeu Declare that They
VIII Accept no More FaVors.
LONDON, July 2j.-At a meeting OK the
labor leagues yesterday resolutions were
adopted condemning Carnegie's course in
Homestead affairs, and expressing the hope
that, should Carnegie Insult British work
uieu with further philanthropc efforts in
their behalf, they would SHOW their detesta
tion Of him by contemptuously refusing to
accept any Oilers Of help from HIM.
seventeen Hundred Men Struck.
NEW YORK, July 25. The board of walk
ing delegates struck their greatest blow to-
day against the Iron league and Binding
Material Dealers association, when general
strikes on the Waldorf Hotel end Fifth
Avenue and the new Netherland Hotel, Jjth
street and 9th avenue, vera ordered and
over 100 men quit work in body. The cause
of the strike was the employment OF non
union mon to handle the building material
and non union cartmen to haul it.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-07-28
ADVICE TO GLADSTONE.
THE TIMES SPEAKS OF THE HEAVY
WORK BEFORE HIM.
Physical and Mental Powers of the Grand
Old Man Not Equal to the Task OF
Carrying Home Rule Through Commit
tee-His Alternative.

LONDON July pa The Times In an edi
itorial, declared that the government Will
rarry ont the programme which it adopted
prior to the dissolution of parliament, and
will resign Immediately after vote of
mo confidence" is passed
Mr. Gladstone" it says, twill meet
with no obstruction from the government;
but before he thinks of selecting a cabinet
lie must consider whether he ought to
undertake the duties of tho cab met at all.
1t is idle to pretend that he is not showing
signs of the increasing pressure of old
age"
The Times then proceeds to dilate upon
the heavy work that will fall upon him if
he will insist that he himself shall defend
every part Of the home rule bill in debate,
1t says; Does any dispassionate observer
Of the modern conditions of parliame n tary
life believe that Mr. Gladstone can throw
on himself the task of carrying home
rule through committee without the i'm
minent risk Of a break down of his mental
and physical powcrsY'
Mr. Gladstone must either take the pre-
micrship with peeragc, leaving Sir Will
lam Vernon Hsrcourt to march through
Coventry with the motley majority of the
house of commons, a step which would
probably eXtiuguisn Mr.. Gladstone us
completely as a corouet did Lord Chatham,
or again undertake, at the age of 50, with
his ardent, uuresisting temperament,
duties that broke down (unless there ba
less agitating conditions) the tranquil ma
ture of William Henry Smith when he was
leader Of the house of commons.
No rtii on na