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The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23
Mohammed Ben All

Slew the Janizaries. Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters slays the dragon of disease. 1t
roots out malarial complaints, dyspepsia,
rheumatism, neuralgia and constipation,
rehss.:sc inactivity OF the Kidneys, rein
forces an enfeebled system. This medicine
Of varied uses is sometimes initiated avid
cheap, fiery, local Bitters and demanj the
genuine Hostetter's.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

Produced from the laxative and nutritious
juice Of California figs, combined with the
medicinal virtues Of plants known to be
most beneficial to the human system, acts
gently. on the kidneys, liver and bowels,
effectually cleansing the system, dispelling
colds and headaches, and curing habituai
constipation.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

The Only One Ever Printed-Csn You Find
the Wordf
There IL inch display advertisement
words alike except one word. The same is
true Of each new one appearing each week
from the DIR. Harter Medicine Co. This
house places q "Crescent" on everything
they make and publish. Look for il, send
them the name of the word and they will
return you book, beautiful Autographs or
samples free.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

The complexion becomes clear, the skin
free from eruptive tendencies, the appetite
and digestion improved, aches and pains
cease, the body grows stronger, sound sleep
every way better when Dr. John Bulls Sar-
saparilla Is made use Of
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

THE crack shots Of the country do not
lead an aimlcss nfe-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

ALL cases Of wealor lamc back, baclkache,
rheumatism, win find relief by wearing one
Of Carter's Smart Weed and Belladonna
Backache Plasters. Price 25 centA Try them.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

THOSE who wish to practice economy
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

The hotel waiter con always point out thu
Typical guest-Boston Gazette.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

The family tree cannot be depended or
for board.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

THE Public Awards the Palm to Hale's
Honey OF Horehound and Tar for coughs.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

THE trouble with the man after your own
heart, young woman, is thss he isn't.-Bos-
ton Transcript. --~s
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

WHEN lightning tries to DO funny it is
very liable to make even the strongest oaks
split their sides.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

TRY the IA. B. G. Bohemian Bottled Beer,
Iiade BY the American Brewing Co. Of St
Louis. Pure, golden, sparkling, nourishing.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

IT Is natural for kitten to act ds-mewer.
ly.-Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

ThE clock tells tho time by its own dial.
ect-Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

THE dyer can easily hue to the line
Pittsburgh Dispatch
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

NURSES make the meanest kind of white
cap gentry, for they will even hold up
babies.-Baltimore American.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

IT Is not considered On offense for {
switchman to 1ag at his work.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

The women writers are modern witches ;
at least they indulge in ink-antations.-
Binghamton Republican.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

Mr.. BIGGs-.I putmy foot right down on
the whole business" Mr.. Nggs-"You
V-toed it, eh?'
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

IT Is singular how q surgeon retains his
popularity when he so often cuts his friends.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

HORSE sense is pretty good thing to
have at times. It teaches . fellow to say
neigh.-ROchester Post.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

TEE whistling buoy is Of much moro value
than the whistling girl ,s
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

A DOG out in idaho tn led into oone and
died. He died hard.-Yonkers .S,atesman.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

EVERY baby bear passes through a pc
nod Of In ncub-ation.-Binghamton Repub-
lican.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

TIE young women. Of this country are in
favor Of . better hinilnigrstior lsv.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

The zoologist finds topic Of absorbing
interest In the spouge.-W Washington Star.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

WHEN man has apartments in hotel,
his favorite song should be Home, Suite
Home. .''-Texas SiftingA
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

WHEN giraffe gets sore throat It must
expect a long sickness.-Yonkers States
man.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

A NAN may think he's only skeptical
when he's really foolish Columbus Post
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

A FALL opening-An uncovered coal hole.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

OARsxEN should be in row bust health.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

A HELPING hand-One with money in IL
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

AEADsrRoxe-The goat
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23

AN eye for an eye-1he glass variety.
The Colfax chronicle., 1892-01-23
Free to January, 1902.

cu end with ndadd
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-02-19

The boss lodger at the East Sixtv-
seventh street police station is stalwart
German, who employs his leisure hours in
the daytime as II dishwasher in a down
town restaurant and his nights on the soft
est plank in the station house. He has
acquired his position us boss" of the lodp
ing room by force of arms, and none of his
fellow dodgers dares to dispute his author.
ity.
As is usual among the tramps who seek
lodgings in the station houses, they gatbar
about the building in the earlier hours of
the evening and await the signal for ad-
mission given by the doorman on dutv.
when there is rush for the most desirable
Places on the sloping boards which form
the rude couches provided for them But
this boss" of the lodging room disdains
to subject himself to any such rule. He
marches into the station house at Cor 10
O'CLOCK at night, or at any hour that NAV
best suit him, gives military salute to the
sergeant at the desk and retires to the
plank which is always reserved Tor his oc-
cupation. He is allowed this extra privi-
lege because he preserves order among the
other dodgers, and is at the beck and call of
the doorman on duty, running errands for
MN, assisting him in cleaning the house
and making himself generally useful.
When his duties at the station house are
ended the German betakes himself to the
eating room, where he earns his meals and
a little pocket money by dishwashing and
doing chores. For many months he has
this mode of life, and seems
more happy and contentcd with his lot
than thousands of others whose lines have
fallen in pleasanter places New York
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-02-19
Saved Her the Trouble.

Becky Is a colored girl, born and
brought up in the extreme south she
came north onlNJast fall. One frosty
morning not long ago she hung some
clothes ON the line to dry. Later,
when she went to bring them indoors,
they We're frozen stiff, shirts with
their arms at right angles to the
bodies, other things able to stand
alone. When Becky had set her
basket down on the kitchen floor she
rushed into the parlor where her mis-
tress was and exclaimed in tones of
delight, ooh, missus, hung de clo'es
out dis mornin an de Lo'ds come
down an clean starched dem all while
l wasn t a-lookin. New York Times
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-02-19

successfully cashier of dry goods firm,
bank clerk and paying teller, In 1864
Mr., Hamill became silent member of a
prominent pork packing firm just here
an anecdote illustrating the mans high
sense of honor may not be amiss.
During the month of June, 1864, Mr.
Hamill made verbal agreement with a
Quartermaster of the United States
army, giving the government an option
on great quantity of pork, Gold sud
denly jumped 100 per cent. The quar-
ternaster called for the meat, and Mr.
Halnill unhesitatingly, but regretfully
complied with his part of the verbal con.
tract, although by failing to do so he
would have realized Il further profit of
$4,000 on the pork, on account of the
sudden rise in gold
MIR. Hamill has been connected since
that time with some of Chicago's largest
commission houses, and 1.-The world has
prospered him." He is lover both of
art and music, and is considered good
judge of fine etchings. He is the owner
of a magnificent collection. which was
almost miraculously saved from destruc-
ton at the time of the big fire. Mr.
Hamill has been connected with the
formation of several musical organiza.
tons, and it is principally as the result
of his efforts that Theodore Thomas was
induced to make Chicago his home. He
it was who organized the grand musical
festival which the great conductor went
to Chicago in 1882 to direct Mr.. Ham.
ill is vice president of bank and has
held scores of offices of trust and honor
but never one of profit He has large
and interesting family.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-02-19
Must BE Tested by war.

Colonel Lonsdale Hale. of the British
army. is of the opinion that one of the
effects OF the many recent improvements
In small arms 30 increase the difficulty
of leading men. Smokeless powder, in
his opinion, will make minor acts of sur
prise. partahing of the nature of ambus-
cades, more frequent. Colonel Hale also
thinks that in the future there viii be
more intimate relations in action be-
tween the infantry and cavalry, the
latter of which will be employed in very
small bodies. The penetrative power of
small arms has been increased to such
an extent of late that all observations in
recent wars are now practically useless,
and it viii require actual fighting to
demonstrate their effectiveness.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-02-19

After twenty years experience in han
ding bees. let me say to the beginner not
to attempt it without smoker in good
trim. Go in froE, of the hive and blow
in the entrance three or four strong puffs
of smoke, then rap with the knuckles or
small stick half dozen times, then
two or three more putfs of smoke in the
entrance. after which remove the cover
OF the super or hive, and raise the corner
of the quilt and puff smoke in from the
top, gradually drawing back the quilt or
cloth, and cover the sections or frames
with smoke. Remember that the reason
some of the bees are cross and will sting
Is that they have had no smoke. Be
sure that every bee in the hive has been
smoked and you can handle them as you
please, writes Il Pennsylvania correspond
ent in The American Bee Journal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-02-19
Truck Farming,

The Importance of truck farming in
the United States is made manifest by
the statistics furnished in bulletin
issued by the census office. From this
we learn that there are upward of $780,
100000 invested in this growing industry
and that the annual product reaches a
value of over $l75 700, 600. Truck farm
ing, according to the authority quoted,
occupies 534.440 acres of land and en-
ploys 2l6, 765 men, 1884 women and
l4,S74 children. aided by 1885 horses
and mules and Ss,97l ,206 worth of i'm
PIGMENTS Cabbage, which covers the
largest acreage of truck, occupies Al ,OA
acres Celery is named as the most ex-
pensive kind Of truck for the farmer, and
at the same time the most profitable.
The most important locality for truck
farming includes the states of Pennsyl-
vania. New Jersey and New York.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-02-19
TESTIMONIALS,

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virtues of The PERUVIAN NERVE COMPOUND.
Three years ago was on the point of succumb.
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prescribed for me. The effect was wonderful
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came conscious of II buoyant joyous sensation
rarely experienced by any person not In viyo.
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secret of some long forgotten alchemst, solved
Its mystery, and arc now benciiting mankind
with 1t.
l wish l could feel sure that might have
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eau say with perfect TRUTH that never have
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ducc,i exactly the effect that this Compound
docs, and il is rot merely upon one person. but
upon all whom nave known to have used it,
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-02-19

Statistics show that there is an in
crease OF sheep In all the northern states.
The average production of wheat for
1871, as reported to the department at
Washington was Is l-3 bushels per acre.
These statistics are furnished by the
agriculture. department at Washington
as representing the aggregate production
of cereals for 1891 Corn, 2,06O, 154, 900
bushels: value $3.50. 439. 22S. Wheat,
6ll ,sSO,000 bushels. value. $5l3,412, III.
Oats, 735. 1874 900 bushels; value, $685.
3io.2G1
At the late annual meeting of the
American Forestry association these
officers were elected. President, William
Alvord. San Francisco: treasurer, Henry
M. Fisher, Philadelphia: recording Sec
rotary, DR. Eggleston. Washington; cor
responding secretary Edward Bowers,
Washington, vice presidents from the
several states We're reelected, with few
changes
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-02-19
Gypsum az a Fertilizer.

Gypsum is not fertilizer in the or
binary sense Of the word, but it does
perform valuable service by freeing
by chemical action the potash salts Of
the soil. Hence it has long been es-
teemed as ii valuable application to
clover, which requires a large amount
of potash Since the introduction and
general use of acid phosphate, however,
gypsum has declined in public estima-
ton. This is solely because acid phos-
phate. as prepared by dissolving Charles
ton rock, or raw bone, contains one-half
its weight in gypsum. Gypsum is sown
over the young clover in spring as soon
as the first leaves are well grown. Three
or four bushels per acre is the amount
usually applied to clover Some farmers
have found 1t profitable to apply gypsum
to young corn when the plants are a
few inches high, dropping teaspoonful
directly on each plant. probably before
the dew is off. Southern Cultivator.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-02-19
legal Notices.

| Stephen A. Buxton state of Vermont,
vs. Windham County
| Robert Il. Snowdcn, Clerks Office, in
i:ytla +. Snowdcn, Chanccry, January
+. S. Easily, IA, 1892.
| bine, in the county of Harrison and state
of Iowa. has this day filed in this office
his petition against Robert b. Snowdcn
| and his wife, Lydia +. Snowdcn, Of
Brooklyn, county of Kings and state of
New York and F. S. Easttyof Babylon,
county of Suffolk and state of New York,
setting forth that on the Goth day of No
vembcr 1887, the said Robert B. and
Lydia p. mortgagcd to him certain land
in Londonderry, in said Windham county.
heing the same land conveyed by said
Stephen A. and his wife to said Robert b.
by deed dated Nov. II, 1887, recorded in
Londonderry land record book l6, page
1911, CONDITIONED for the payment of
promsnry note for 500 90 given by said
Robert b. to said Stephen A. dated
Nov. 81, 1887, payable on or before Nov.
Il, 1890, with interest annually. which is
now due md unpaid. And further set
ting forth that said F. S. Easily claims
an interest in said premises, which inter
est, If any exists, the petitioner SAYS is
subsequent to aud subordinate to his said
mortgage. aud praying that the equity OF
rc'lcmpi ion of the said Robert b. Snow
den, Lydia p. Snow,lcn and F. :. East
~ in the premises may be forrclosrd,
which petition j. rcinrnahle 10 the next
term of the Court of thanccry to he held
at Ncwfanc in aud for said Winlham
county on The Second Tuesday of March
y. ID. 1892, and it appearing that the said
d' fcmdanI> I'LL reside without this Stale.
5" that the ordinary prurc>S of the court
cannot be served upon them. IL is ort1crrd
that the petitioner notify the defendants
OF his p, iill"n. and of the term of the
court to which he same is rcturnable. bv |
publishing The substance thereof, with |
thl- order, for three weeks >ttcccS>i lively |
in the L"NDOADEERY SITTER, printed at
said Londonderry, the last publication to
be at least twenty days previous to said
Text March term of said court which |
Iublica ion will lie deemed sufficient
n 'Iirc I" said defendants /" appear and
make answer To said petition.
royal TYLER. Clerk
A. +. Cudworth, Petitioners solicitor. |
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-02-19

MAYOR GRANT. SECRETARY HOLLY.
Harvey, the millionaire lumberman, ad-
vanced him five dollars on a set of books.
Lawyer E. q. Mason gave him twenty
i've dollars as an advance on some news
paper files, and Professor David Swing
agreed to advance forty-fve dollars on a
set of books, but fortunately had no
money, and the impostor did not venture
to use a check. He is evidently talented
rogue Sometimes he personated Cap
tam Andreas, and sometimes represent
ed himself as the captains brother. He
made quite large haul in a few days
and disappeared
A resemblance altogether amusing
was that between Adam Forepaugh, the
Snowman, and Chauncey NJ. Depew.
Still another is that between Mayor
Grant, of New York, and his secretary,
Mr.. Holly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-02-19
GOV. FLOWER.
MIR. HAYS.

has given the world proverb, though
oddly enough it commentaries the two
Dromios, instead of their twin masters.
During Grants administration a quiet
gentleman from the west arrived in
Washington and was everywhere taken
for the president. People wondered why
General Grant was lounging about sa-
looms and gazing at the federal build
ings, but when they drew near to speak
to him, the youth of the subject unde-
ceived them. He was, in fact, a lad of
very retired life and unnaturally timid
or modest, and when he found out why
people were gazing at him he fed from
Washington us if he had committed
crime.
A recent and very amusing case is
that Of Mr., Ben Hays. of the Metropoli-
tan hotel in New York and the West
End hotel at Long Branch. Strangers
not well acquainted with either are con-
stantly installing him for Governor
Roswell T. Flower. 1t is not that the
men look SO much alike, but Governor
Flowers portrait is the perfect likeness
of MIR. Hays. During the recent cam
paign he received all sorts of personal
suggestions and prom
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-02-19
Mrs. Maybrick's Grandfather.

Mrs Maybrick, the American woman
who is in prison in England on life
sentence for the murder of her husband,
is the granddaughter of the founder of
the city of Cairo, in Illinois His name
was Holbrooke and he died in 1858. His
widow has recently died, and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. May mother, the Baron
ess Won Rogues, of Rouen, France is
suing in the New York courts the trus-
tees of the estate for an accounting
The baroness says she will use the
money to pay the English lawyers who
are trying to secure for Mrs Maybrick a
new trial
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-02-19
FRIDAY MORNING, FEB. 10, 1892.
COST OF GROWING WHEAT.


The American MILLER Says That No Fixed
sum Can I've Named and Tells why.
Some Of our agricultural contempt
raries rre still at II discussing the Elusive
problem NJ the cost of growing bushel
OF wheat, That the discussion is unprofit-
able is instanced by the figures given by
various wheat raisers, and the items of
cost enumerated show that no fixed
amount can be named as the cost Of rails
ing bushel of wheat even in the re-
stricted bounds Of one state. One farmer
in Benton county, Ind, gives seventy.
two cents per bushel rs the cost figured
from his accoupt book, with every detail.
itemized Another farmer gives his ex.
perlence, showing that 66ss cents is
fair cost price of producing bushel Of
wheat and getting it to the station. An
other farmer in the same state puts the
cost AT forty cents, and he figures five
dollars per acre rent as part of the ex.
pense, while the man who itemized the
cost at seventy-two cents included only
three dollars per acre as rent. Still an.
other Indiana farmer gives the result on
three fields Of five, fourteen and twenty
acres as costing. respectively, twenty.
eight forty-nine and tifty-four cents.
Still another gives 3l1a cents as a fair
cost OF raising wheat in his part of the
state.
The point that strikes reader of the
various estimates which are given by the
practical men rs to the cost of farming
operations is their wide diversity. If one
man can raise wheat for 81 4 cents per
-bushel the farmer who spends seventy.
two cents is woefully extravagant or ex.
travagantly wrong, But another thing
to be noted is that some figure on basis
that would surprise most business men.
They include the rent of the land which |
they own, pay themselves wages for their
work and include this as part of the cost. |
FIVE dollars rent on ground worth, say |
nifty dollars per acre, is 10 per cent This |
is NOT depreciation, AS might be argued
IN case of factory or mill. but rent. The
whole question Simmered down seems to |
be whether man can rent land at 10 per
cent, hire all the work done, raise wheat
and make money. Probably not; at least
in states where land is valuable. But it
makes a difference what the yield is
made by good farming or chances to be
by the happening of good year. Certain
It Is that no man can name a cost at
which his neighbor can produce wheat.
The figures already given show that one
man figures ont comfortable profit
where another scores a loss to the pro-
lucer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-02-19

The industry and ingenuity of WON,
ans mind is fathomless, One specimen
of her intense intellectual activity is an
arrangement for holding burned match.
es. 1t would take half a day to make
the thing 1t is richly embroidered and
Topped with ribbon, and is gilded, sill
vered or bronzed in expensive style
quite a work of high art The tinshop
man would have sold matchbox for
five cents, with one side for live, the
other for dead matches, which would
have been much more handy and every.
body would have known at sight what
it was for, but this would have afforded
no scope for the intense activity of the
feminine mind, hence the ribbons and
silver gilt embroidery.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-02-19
Office of Hollander, Bradshaw & Folsom,

dlo Washington ST., Boston, May H. 1880.
Standard Medicine Co.
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tried various specifics given for such conditions
but without much relief short time since 1
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POUND, more In the way of an cXpei iment, for
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am now gu my thirl bottle, and feel well As
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