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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18
Autumn Cultivation.

Theoretically there is nothing better
than autumn cultivation, and this is oft
en- spoken of as practice that may be
followed in any season. The weather
controls the extent to which it can be
carried out, and though when well exc
cuted there is nothing of greater value,
yet injudiciously effected more harm
than good may be done. Perhaps the
greatest good can be done on heavy soils,
as they are then turned over when'fn a
dry condition, and soils inverted when
dry rarely run together, however much
wet falls on them during winter; conse-
quently they turn out dry and easily
worked in spring, whereas, if plowed
out in winter, the condition in spring
is more suggestive of bar of old fash
Toned soap than of material from which
mellow seed beds are made. The lighter
soils can of course be worked advanta-
geously in less favorable weather, so !
longer season remains for working them;
consequently an apparent backwardness
may often be made good But whatever
the evil there is no doubt that, where
possible, it is an advantage to go for
ward with the tilling in autumn.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18

According to Statistician Dodge, the
range of yields of ten years for corn has
been from 20 to 81 bushels per acre. The
report for wheat gives the state averages
of yield per acre, ranging from 81 to %
bushels and averaging IL bushels. The
averages of the principal wheat growing
states are as follows: New York, IA. 81;
Pennsylvania, l4.4; Texas, 1873; Ohio,
1872; Michigan, 14.7; Indiana, IA; Hi
nois, AT; Wisconsin, Ills; Minnesota,
lit; Iowa, Ills; Missouri, 1911; Kansas,
II; Nebraska, 1876; South Dakota, r. 5;
North Dakota, 1879; Washington, 1874;
Oregon, l5.7; California 1873.
The average yield of oats is 24.3 bush
els.
The average of the estimated state
yields of rye is 1877 bushels.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18
The Relation of Sounds, colors and Taste.

The peculiar association of a color
with sound by which a certain sound
will at once wildly arouse definite
color is a physical phenomena quite
frequently mentioned in medical works.
The association of color with smell and
taste is, however, of much rarer occur
renee. DR.. Fere gives an account of a
woman who, after taking spoonful of
vinegar, saw everything red for few
minutes, when there was sudden
change, everything appearing of a bright
green for the next hour. Drs. Mason
and Kline say that this is due to a
similarity in the subsidiary emotional
effects accompanying the sensations and
communicated to the nerves of hearing
sight and taste simultaneously. st.
Louis Republic.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18

The veterinarian of the Louisiana ex-
pertinent station in report recommends
for the horse bot attending to the gen.
eral health and condition of the animal
by thorough grooming and cleanliness.
and improving his appetite and diges,
ton by the use of some mineral or vege-
table tonic, such as gentian, ginger, Gin
chona bark or some Of the salts of iron.
Under the head of the screwworm fly an
interesting case is given, in which the
screwworm rendered valuable assist
ance in removing a morbid growth in a
hoof crack of mule brought to the in
Urinary of the station for treatment.
The worms removed the growth COM
pletely and the veterinarian then re-
moved the worms. Nothing is recon-
mended for the OK MARBLE except the ap-
plication of tobacco juice and 9 per
cent solution of carbolic acid to pre-
vent the deposition of the eggs.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18
Potatoes in Storage.

1t is curious to note the differences and
the opposite methods insisted on in GER
tain points. For instance, one believes
it an advantage to let the potatoes lie on
the ground when dug and dry in the
sun; another believes "the burning rays
of the sun soon injure them for keeping
and their quality as WELL One believes
in digging them early, another late. One
sprinkles them with lime; another de-
clares that he "never uses any disinfect-
ants" as though the bare suggestion
was repulsive to him. And SO it goes.
One has one method, and his neighbor
has another. But, as The Orange County
Farmer remarks, all agree that the pota-
toes must be kept in cool, dry place, a
well ventilated cellar being considered
best The general opinion also favors
the use of air Stacked lime as light
sprinkling over the tubers when storing
them.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18
STORING COMB HONEY.
How to Keep 1t So That 1t win he Ret
ter Than When Taken from the Hive.

How to Keep II So That 1t win he Ret
ter Than When Taken from the Hive.
In answer to the question how and
where to store, comb honey during win,
ter q. NJ. Doolittle gives the following
advice and personal experience in
Gleanings in Bee Culture:
Comb honey should always be stored
IN warm, dry place during the fall
and spring months at least, when
great change of temperature is likely to
take place, but during the winter it may
be kept in dry basement room or cellar
where no frost ever reaches, provided
you are ON the lookout to take it out
when the temperature on the outside
rises much above that in the basement.
Otherwise the warm, moist outside air,
coming in contact with the surface of
the cold or cooler honey, will cause
moisture to stand in drops on the combs,
when the honey will rapidly deteriorate.
If were trying to keep honey of any
amount which wished to preserve in
salable form, would not let the tenn
perature of the room ever go below 60
degs., while from 70 to 80 dogs. would
be better.
once kept some section honey fol
three years, and found it better at the
end Of the three years than it was when
taken from the hive. This honey was
placed on shelf about four feet from
the floor of the sitting room, right back
of base burner coal stove, during the
time the stove had fire in it, while dur
ing the summer months, when no fire
was kept in the stove, the honey was
carried to an upper chamber facing the
south, where the sun made the room
very warm, in addition to the warmth
coming from the kitchen stovepipe,
which ran through this chamber. In
this way the honey never "saw" tenn
perature of less than go degs., while
from 80 to 100 dogs. was the rule much
of the time. When cut this honey it
was nearly lack wax" and for quality
it was not surpassed by any ever tasted.
have often thought that it might pay
to use this plan on whole crop of honey
during years when the production ex-
ceeded the demand, thus causing low
prices to prevail, while the very next
year might be poor one, so that thus
keeping it might double in price. When
combs of honey are to be given to the
bees the cracking of the comb does no
harm, for the bees will fix it up during
the next season so it cannot be told
where the cracks were.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18
Grow More Roots.

The advice is always being given to
grow more roots, and their advantages,
especially as cattle feed, are descanted
on, but southern Wisconsin woman,
writing to the New York World, thinks
there are two sides to this question. She
says: Granting their value to feed
there is no crop more laborious to raise
than roots. They must be often cult
waited to keep down weeds, and when it
comes to harvesting them it is the hard
est kind of work; then to feed them
properly they should be washed and
afterward sliced" Taking all this into
consideration it is no wonder that it is
easier to advise others to raise roots than
it would be for a person to raise them
himself. The roots ought to be very
valuable to pay for the trouble their pro-
duction involves.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18

Mr.. Herbert Gardner, Chaplin's sue
cessor as president Of the British board
of agriculture, is as badly afflicted with
the foot and mouth disease as Chaplin
himself was. In answer to deputation
of Englishmen who waited on him petit
tioning that the prohibition against the
importation of foreign live cattle might
be removed, Gardner replied that he
couldn't think Of it. The prohibition
must remain, because through its agency
England was the only country IN Europe
free from the foot and mouth disease
The real reason is that Gardner does not
want American live beef coming into
Great Britain in competition with the
home grown, Therefore the common
people there must do without beef
Well, one thing remains, and that is the
importation into Great Britain OF great
loads Of dressed beef in refrigerator
ships.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18
A NIGHT OF TERROR,
Two Portland Ladies ana Two Men Car
ried to Sea in an Open boat,

Two Portland Ladies and Two Men Car
ried to Sea in an Open Boat.
Friday morning two Portland ladies
staying at the Lawson House, Harps
well, accompanied by two young men,
one of them graduate from the college
at Montreal, left Harpswell in an open
boat for the city. The southeast storm
of the previous night had evidently
blown itself out, and there seemed to be-
signs of clearing weather. The party
reached Portland in safety, although
they found the sea heavy, for the wine
was strong enough to bring them along
quickly.
The party stayed in town but short
time, as they desired to get back to
Harpswell before night set in. If they
had possessed much knowledge of navi
CATION in these parts they might have
seen that the wind had shifted back into
the northeast quarter, and that the
signs We're good for tough storm. But
they started off, thinking they would
have no trouble. Before they had been
out very long the wind arose as they
reached the open places where the sea
had sweep, the boat began to labor and
the situation became serious.
In maneuvering the boat heavy sea
smashed the rudder, and for few mo-
ments the boat narrowly escaped swamp
ing. Before the control was obtained
the boat was swept out beyond the line
of the islands, and then most perilous
voyage began. The boat shipped seas,
and it required the constant efforts of
as if each moment would be the last
that the frail craft would remain ahoat,
tossed as she was at the mercy of the
storm. The hours passed as if they were
ages. The bowling northeast wind drove
the boat before it, and darkness e; III
cred, night came on, and the four occu-
pants of the boat, never expecting to see
home again, still strove to keep their
boat afloat and to keep up their courage,
About 4 o'clock Saturday morning
after being exposed for thirteen hours,
drenched all that time to the skin and
more or less bruised and battered by the
pitching of the boat, the great waves
lOSStNl lLtill liiuo SONCs Just
beyond Fort Preble. They were com
PEELED to leave their boat and wade al
most up to their necks before reaching
land, where they dropped on the beach,
AS soon as they could gather strength
they sought the first place of shelter, a
fisherman's house, and aroused the in
mates, who furnished them dry clothes,
3. 4
them thorough warming, and later in
the morning they came to town in one
of the barges that run from the cape to
the city. Their friends at Harpswell
supposed they were safe in town, and
their friends in Portland supposed they
We're in Harpswell. Some of the party
are suffering from the exposure. 1t was
narrow escape from death and night
of terror to all concerned. Portland
(Me) Press
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18
Good City Government.

Charles Francis Adams contributes to
The Forum an important paper on the
improvement of municipal government,
using as an illustration some expert
ments in that direction which have been
made in Quincy, Mass. Mr.. Adams is
certain that in the founding of our mu-
nicipal system grave mistake was
made. That was in modelling the city
government after the national one
A state represents a political policy; mu-
nicipal administration the mere trans
acting of business. Paving streets,
lighting and sewering them, taxing the
town for keeping up schools, securing
the safety of the community through
policemen, and making the town beau
tiful through public parks are matters
that each citizen cannot attend to on
his own responsibility. Therefore he del
egates these duties to certain of his fell
low citizens. That is all there is or
ought to be in municipal management
The cumbrous machinery of our city
governments, with their top heavy
boards of two houses and the figure
head of a mayor are the worst machin-
cry that could be devised to transact
public business. City government has
nothing to do with politics. The true
model for city government should be
the successful private business corpora
ton, with its simple machinery of presi-
dent and board of directors. These meet
and plan out the measures which will
bring most prosperity to the firm or cor
poration. Exactly so it should be with
city governments, the mayor represent
ing the president, single body of alder
men or councilmen representing the di-
rectors.
The ward SYSTEM Mr.. Adams thinks,
should be abolished, and the single
house voted for in a body, as presi-
Iential electors are, no one citizen being
allowed to vote for more than two-thirds
of the whole number, however. He may,
tuOuSn, COlC6llIdle LIS WuOle uulnDeT
of votes on few members. This would
allow the certainty of election for any
particularly desirable man in any one
locality. Finally Mr.. Adams would
make the best men in a community
serve as municipal officers, whether they
want to or not. Jury duty is compul-
sorry; why should not municipal service
be also?
The puzzle the charter reformer has to work
out, If he is going to get down to the root of
the matter, is some practical system which
shall secure the utmost political free play to
the individual citizen, and the representation
of minorities in municipal affairs; having done
this-having thus set individuals free and
made minorities potent-it will be for those
composing the minorities to put their hands,
as of DID, on the shoulders Of the best men,"
and exact of them compulsory municipal serv-
Ice those civic tours of public duty.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18
The Potato in Place of Soap,

There is great deal of cleansing
power in an ordinary Irish potato. In
many laundries boiled and mashed pota-
toes are used to produce snowy white
ness, and more than one camper out who
has found himself without soap has
fallen back on potatoes as a substitute
and washed out handkerchiefs and shirts
with them. As a matter of fact, pota
toes will remove stains which refuse to
yield to soap, and the chemical action 10
much less injurious to fabrics.-Ex
change.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18
A Poultry Breed OF Practical Merit.

The Plymouth Rocks have proved their
great adaptability to variable climates,
atmospheric changes and unfavorabe
conditions, says an exchange. They have
the ability to stand the summers heat
and winters frost, neglect, bad usage
uncomfortable quarters and poor food
without showing signs of deterioration.
They make good foragers when at liberty;
on the farm they become self reliant and
will provide for themselves good share
of their living for eight months in the
year. They will bear confinement well,
as they are neither wild nor of rowing
disposition They have a pleasing APP
pearance, one that would strike the or
binary observer with the idea of useful
ness, nor is this idea illusory, as they
embrace more practical merits than any
breed that we know of, according to The
Farmers Review, which thinks the
farmer will find them his fowl in every
respect.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18

81 had the honor to be born in most
remarkable year." says DR.. Oliver Wen
dell Holmes; 1.-The same year with four
Of the greatest men this generation has
known-Tennyson, Gladstone, Darwin
and Lincoln" But of these famous men
three Englishmen and two Americans)
only two are left-Gladstone and DR..
Holmes. DR.. Holmes celebrated his
eighty-third birthday Aug. 30. Glad
stones eighty-third birthday comes on
Dec. 80.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18
THE
Londonderry Sitter.
So. Londonderry, Vermont.

The distilleries in the whisky making
districts of the country have enormously
increased their manufacture of liquor
this fall, we are told. Perhaps this has
no connection with the reported scarcity
of water in many parts of the country,
but the fact is suggestive; it is indeed,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18

The precautions against cholera are
still to be continued to the extent Of dis
couraging immigration and imposing a
quarantine of twenty days on all who
have come from infected ports Rags or
other merchandise from cholera coun-
tries will be thoroughly disinfected or
forbidden to come into the country at
all. These precautions are taken in view
of possible outbreak of cholera next
sn,inn
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18
Agricultural News.

A winter course in agriculture begins
at Cornell in January. Readers inter-
ested can make written application to
Professor |. P. Roberts, Ithaca, N. Y,
for catalogue giving particulars.
1t has been announced that the Chi
cago fat stock and horse show is indefi-
nitely postponed. This means there will
be no fat stock show in Chicago this year.
The corn crop of 1892, according to the
Cincinnati Price Current, is 1,6l0, 900, 900
bushels. The seven great corn states are
II per cent. short of last year.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18

There are living three widowed Ouch
esses of Marlborough, not counting the
late dukes divorced wife, who is called
Lady Blandford. Mrs. Hamersley MARI
borough is the widow of the eighth duke,
The widows of the sixth and seventh
dukes are still living, and their support
comes out of the Marlborough estates.
Beginning with the latest widow the
three might perhaps be called dowager,
grand dowager and great grand dow
aper
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18

In India when an eclipse of the sun
occurs the natives regard it as solemn
religious event. and troop from all parts
OF the country by the thousand to battle
in the sacred Gauges while the shadow
is ON. 1t would not be bad idea if
some people had that kind of super
stition in the United States. They
would get bath at least once in their
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18
Preparing Bees for Winter.

A Minnesota apiarian advises plenty
of honey, young queens and number of
bees as the greatest considerations.
Where the hives do not contain at least
twenty pounds of sealed stores the bees
should be fed sugar strip up to that
weight. The feeding should be done as
early as possible, so as to be well sealed
before cold weather. The American
Bee Journal indorses the foregoing and
emphasizes "strong colonies, with plenty
of healthful stores, as important essen
tials in safe wintering of bees"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18

1t must have been sight worth see,
mg-Emperor William and Emperor
Francis Joseph throwing their arms
about each other and kissing each other
repeatedly, on the occasion of Emperor
Billy's visit to Vienna. 1t Isa good time
now for the nations of Europe to begin
to increase their ornaments.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18
Gents
SilVerOid Watch,

Open face, three ounce case, warranted to
wear and keep its color, stem wind and set,
Waltham or Elgin full plate movement, safety
pinion and expansion balance, warranted to
keep correct time il properly used. Usually
sold for seven or eight dollars. This is the
watch that has recently been sold so low in
Brattleboro, dealers advertising them at 50. so.
Price to our patrons only $50.
H-For sI.5o will sell popular styled,
rolled-plate chain, warranted for FIVE years
usually sold for $500.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18

When Mr.. Gladstone gets tired and
wants little rest he goes away and lee
lures somewhere about Greek literature
or medieval universities.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18

Do not suppose that because it is rec
commended for animals that Arnica & Oil
Liniment is an offensive preparation. 1t
will not stain clothing or the fairest skin
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18
WATCHES,
WATCHES ]!

GENTS GOLD WATCHES. Filled cases, warranted Is
years, dust proof back and beze wnder and
SETTER patent cap pull out bow sunk seconds engraved
or plain, eweled Waltham Elgn movement war
ranted with good usage to keep correct time. Regular
tail price everywhere from SIS $1S. Our special offer
Only S12.
Iy=Other styles of gents gold watches furnished at
low prices ASl
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18
1t may be that the increasing scarcity

1t may be that the increasing scarcity
of gold will be stopped for time at
least. The output from the South At
rican mines is growing larger. This
year they will yield nearly a million
and a quarter ounces. That is only a
little less than the gold mines of the
United States produce annually. 1t may
be that next year these South African
mines will yield more gold than ours.
In 1887 the output was not quite 80, 900
ounces. In 1891 it had increased to 729.-
213. Three years ago it was predicted
that these mines would prove extraor-
dinarily profitable, and it may be that
their full development is not even yet
reached. If they had been in the United
States instead of in Africa there would
have been tremendous boom, with
cities growing up in a fortnight and a
great population formed in two months.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18

Downs Elixir will cure any cough or
cold, no matter of how long standing.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-11-18
Ladies' Sviler Watch-Chatelain,

LHUItS cVIICT " NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Solid silver cases, open face, stem wind and
set good Swiss movement. With good usage
will last for years. Regular price $500.
Price to patrons of the Sitter So 90.