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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13
That silly Side.
Mortified News:

Mortified News:
The Brattleboro Reformer says
that Col. Fuller is sort of Jekyll.
Hyde person. He has his sound and
his simple moments. In the former
he evolves great business projects,
such as the ssuniform pitch" of which
we hear SO much. When Mr.. Hyde
has possession, however, the colonel
is irresponsible for his actions. He
is just as apt to wander off into drivel
like the "Battle of Keyes' Farm" as
he is to pose as Grand Army man.
In fact, he Is simply unaccountable !;
a very genial gentleman, very talks
glibly, is well read and energetic in
whatever he undertakes, but lacks a
balance wheel. Jekyll-Fuller may be
making great hit by his wisdom and
eloquence when, alas up comes the
other side of the teter-board and the
Hyde-Fuller spoils it all by some
streak of folly unbecoming a school
boy. Now does Vermont want this
man in the governors chair Or
does she want man who is a man
intellectually "a hours in the day and
every day in the year ?
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13
The Best Education.

An inqulrlng person who has been in
vestigating the typewriting occupation
finds that she who gets the best paying
place, with the easiest hours and the
most privileges in city establishment,
is the country girl. This is because the
young lady from the rural districts is
better educated than the city girl. She
knows grammar and spelling, and has
been used to writing compositions and
punctuating since she was a child. She
therefore knows how to prepare matter
either for correspondence or for the
press in much better shape than the
average city girl can do.
This is strictly true. Our best public
schools today are in the country. City
girls from infancy go in for clothes and
shows, seeing so much of both around
them. The girl in the quieter, health
ier life of the country finds her greatest
pleasure III the public school and the
village literary society. Young men
and women in the country are consid-
cred sufficiently educated for practical
purposes when they can pass examina-
ton and obtain a teachers certificate.
This is their diploma of good common
school education. In the term "coun-
try we include the country town. 1t
is probable that of the same number
ten in the rural district could pass ex-
animation for public school teachers
certificate in ordinary English branches
where two could do it in a city. There
are in the city not the same enthusiasm
and reverence for learning that reign in
the country. 1t is partly because there
is so much more to divert the city child's
attention.
The superior education of the country
young person is also owing partly to the
fact that in the country there are COM
paratively few foreign children to cor
rupt the language and muddle young
IDEAS
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13
VERMONT NEWS.

Ex-senator Edmunds, wife and
daughter sailed from New York for
Europe last Saturday,
Luke Jocelyn, aged 80 years, an
old resident of Waterbury, dropped
dead at that place last Monday.
Heavy rains in the West last Sat
urday and Sunday did considerable
, damage in Iowa, Missouri, Oklaho-
ma, and northern Indiana.
DIR, William S, Hopkins, we'll
known physician of Vergennes, died
there Sunday of heart clot after a
sickness of three weeks.
One Samuel Tuller and sons are
on trial at Montpelier for fraudulent
dealing in the sale of holses. A
press dispatch says, this case prom-
ises TO be interesting and to be Que of
some magnitude. 1t is charged that
these men have for long time been
buying horses, giving chattel mort
cages upon them for the amount of
the purchase money, and then, dis
posing Of them in remote parts of the
state OF in New Hampshire and Can
ada, would put the price in their pock-
cts and skip, after which the holder
of the mortgage would appear and
demand the horse or the amount due.
The mortgage seemed to have no
trouble in finding the horses.
VIM. Borden, night watchman at
the house of correction, at Rutland,
narrowly escaped death at the hands
of the prison barber, "Pop" Davis,
one Of the prisoners. Davis cut a
cash in Borden's throat, just missing
the jugular vein, that required six
stitches to sew up. No reason is
known for the act and Davis claims
that it was accidental, but this seems
improbable and Borden says he knows
he lies. The fellow has served nine
different terms in the institution,
mostly for drunkenness. His present
term had nearly expired.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13
The simple Question Is

Do the republicans of Vermont
want to roll up an old fashioned ma
jority of $4,000 to 10000 in Septem,
ber, as pointer for the Presidential
election in November ? And if SO,
will they nominate man for govern
or who is opposed by more than two
thirds of the republican papers in the
state, and who will surely sink the
majority ten or fifteen thousand be-
low what it should be ? There are
thousands of republicans in the state,
and many of the young men, who
cannot by any pressure that can be
used, be dragooned into voting for
him. If you don't believe this, you
have only to try the experiment, and
you'll get an eye-opener that will
make you stare to the end of your
days. Don't forget that party lines
are drawn much less tightly than for
merly, and thousands can easily be
emancipated from party trammels by
the unwise or corrupt management of
bosses, who are a stencil in the nos
trels of honest men. And here is
just where the danger lies now:
There are thousands, yes many thous-
ands, of republican voters in the
state, who, right or wrong, honestly
believe that Levi Fuller is not fit to
be governor of Vermont and, conse-
quences or no consequences, they sim
ply won't vote for him. They don't
believe in giving money and cheek the
right of way over brains. integrity
and fitness, and they'll act according
ly, and don't you forget it. Give US
a good and clean man, like Fletcher,
Spear, johnson or Prouty, and we'll
roll up magnificent majority. Give
us Levi Fuller and take the conse-
quences of your blindness and folly.
Amen.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13
The Fuller Boom.
Rutland Herald:

A man hired to stand on the corner
and declare that he is for Fuller; an
other man hired to listen and then 90
about telling of the enormous Fuller
sentiment prevailing; both men and
some others hired to look out for the
caucus and to hire men to attend it; an
other man hired to run up and down
the state and hire all the rest newspa-
pers hired right and left to print en-
gaging Fuller fiction of one sort and
another, including a dirty little demo-
cratic sham sheet which gets S125 and
is hired to change its politics in the
bargain-does any man with eyes to
see and ears to hear doubt that Fuller
is running his campaign in just this
way? Certainly not. The disgraceful
money operation is notorious from one
end of the state to the other, and in al
most every town. There is hardly a
voter in Vermont who cannot today
call to mind action for Fuller which
he knows in reason must have been paid
for in hard money and directly. The
Herald has a constant stream. of reports
Of such things coming to it, confidential
and otherwise.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13
Briefets By Wire.

A big strike among the granite
workers is in progres. Barre is one
of the sufferers by it.
Scores of people in Nebraska are
reported as driven from their homes
by the floods, and levees on the low
er Mississippi are breaking away and
much damage is feared.
A coal mine explosion at Roslyn,
Wash, last Tuesday caused the death
of nearly fifty persons.
Snow continues to fall in Wyoming.
Roads are impossible.
John W. Breckenridge, son Of Vice
President Breckenridge under Buchan-
an, is dead.
The worlds fair managers have made
up their minds to sell liquor on the
fair grounds at Chicago even if it takes
special act of the legislature to make
liquor selling possible.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13

Shall it be Fuller, with republi-
can majority so small as to be aprac-
tical defeat and encouragement fol-
November, or shall it be Fletcher, or
some other fit and acceptable man,
and majority of 10000, which will
put life and confidence into the Pres
idential fight, and be the sure fore
runner of magnificent national re-
publican victory in November Vo-
ters, which shall it be :?
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13
and caucus packer.

The over-zealous clergyman of
Brattleboro, who acts as chaplain TO
Fuller's hireling boomers, has most
extravagant and hifaluting eulogy
on his patron saint in the county pa
pers, copied from the Free Press.
If the reverend gentleman will con-
suit the records of his own church,
or carefully question some ofits older
members, he will be likely TO stumble
on to information that will compel
him to reverse his views about the
alleged integrity, purity and truthful
ness D-especially the truthfulness,
of his model parishioner. Better go
slow, parson, and use your whitewash
brush more sparingly. There are
lots of people who know Levi Fuller
better than you do. You mean well.
no doubt, but you zeal out runs your
knowledge and judgment.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13

Hon. j. L. Martin of Brattleboro
and his lumber partner, Holden, were
securing the towns in this vicinity,
tile fore part of this week, lookin G
for lumber-boards wherewith to
mend Lewis "fences." BY the way
the SITTER learns that Hon. j. L..
was up the Passumpsic a shorttime
ago. Can it be possible that Col.
Fullers fences up that way need a
few boards ?
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13

1.-The republican party gentlemen, tpiH
aert JaH engulf this country, Tel you,
gentlemen, that The republican party 'oiH
90 to The polls and speep this country as
John c.. Fremont s,eept il in 1860
Extract from speech of candidate Fuller
before the February League meeting at
Burlington.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13

1t has been suggested to the SITTER
that should Senator Morri's seat be-
come vacant by resignation or other
wise during the next governors term
and Col. Fuller should be the incum-
bent that ii would be altogether likely
that he would appoint one of his
Brattleboro friends to fill the vacancy.
Quite possible. And this may ac-
count for the active interest taken by
a distinguished gentleman of that
place. "You tickle me and I'll
tickle YOU is the first commandment
in the decalogue of the political trader
and caucus packer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13

A correspondent Of the French paper
La Nature E..s buen able to take the
photograph Of land torpedo at the mo-
ment Of explosion. The result is an
interesting one The ascending jets of
earth resemble in the black and white
picture punches of growing plants. But
from such photographs engineers will
be able TO calculate how much soil tor
pedo of given size can dislodge.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13

1t has been supposed that diamonds
came upon the earth in meteors, there
being no known geological processes
that quite fit them. But lately guam
tity of gold has been found in the iron
and other metals of large meteor, SO
that gold comes from the heavens as
well as from the earth. 1t would be in
teresting to know whether the inhab-
itants of the bursted up worlds whence
these chunks fall were as fond of gold
as the inhabitants of our planet are.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13
PRICE THREE CENTS.
MARRIED..

In So Londonderry, May S, by Rev.
w, A. Bryant, w. II. Landman of So.
Londonderry and Nina II, Cobb of Raw
sonville.
In Peru, May ., by Rev, VIM. Dugan
Walter Castle of Jamaica and Ida A.
Farnum of Peru.
In West Wardsboro, May A. by Rev.
Z, B. Earl, David S. Coy of Boston,
Mass, and Minnie b. Coy of Frederick
ton, New Brunswick.
In So. Deerfeld, Mass, April 81, AL
phonso II, Melendy of Sterling, Mass,
and Mary r. Jackson of So, Deerfield.
Both were once residents of Peru.
In Springfield May 3, John L. Porter
of Chattanooga, Tenn, and Eleanor E.
Hodgman of Springfield,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13

81 great many great men haze been
to Europe, dear children, and never
come back. They haze died there.
But, dear children, ] haze been to
Europe and come back dliUe'-Speech
of Levi X. Fuller, self-eonstituted
candidate for governor, before his
Sunday school class, just after his re-
turn from Europe.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13

The river and harbor bill passed
the lower branch of Congress on
Monday. 1t is thought that it will
entail an expenditure of fifty millions.
This is the biggest steal that has ever
passed the House. There is hopes
that it may not become law, either
by disagreement of the Senate or by
the Presidents veto.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13

1t is stock argument with Levi
Fuller's supporters that he, having
lots of money, would be able to do
immense things for the state at
Chicago. Yes. He might engatlf the
windy city, or possibly the whole
northwest.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13

The shipping bill, admitting two
of the Inman line steamers to Amer
lean register upon condition that two
more be built in this country, has
passed both houses of Congress and
has received the signature of the
President. The two steamers are the
well-known City of Paris and City
of New York.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13

A good steel bowed, nickle plated,
cork nose eve glass for 90 cents, at
CHAs. A. TRIP & CO., jewellers,
Brattleboro, VT.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13

In Henry & Johnson's Arnica and Oil
Liniment is combined the curative proper
ties of the different oils, with the healing
qualities of Arnica. Good for man and
animal. Every bottle guaranteed.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13
DEATHS.

In Rawsonvi le., May s, Ward C,
Kingsbury, aged &C.
In Rutland, May 8, A. A. Allbee, aged
about "A.
In Waterford, Wis, May 3, Ezra
Brown, aged about so.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13
Gospel Truth.
Hardwicb Gazette

Hardwicb Gazette:
If telling some disagreeable truths
about man, truths that admit of no
possible denials or explanation, is
abuse, then Col. Fuller has been
abused otherwise not.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13
by C, NJ. REYNOLDS,

Phoebe, singing in the light
Ofthe glad spring day,
Underneath the blue sky bright,
Sing, o sing away
Phoebe Phoebe ! happy, free,
Sing your plaintive notes to me.
Sing that Winter wends his way
Over northlend SHOWS,
Seeking haunts where hoar frosts play
Shivering as he goes,
Leaving us to carol praise
To the queen of SUMMER days.
Sing of buds and blossoms fair
Growing into sight,
Greening hill', and balmy air,
Woods that wing invite,
Streams unbound in softening cline,
Beautiful awakening time.
PhGbc singing as you sway
On the wind-touched bough,
Sweetly through the shining day
Thrills your glad song now.
Phoebe . Phoebe happy, free,
Still of spring ime sing to me.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13

The Republican conventions to
choose delegates to the national coz
vention have about all been held, and
it seems morally certain that Harri-
son will be the nominee.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13

Copies Of his paper can be obtained
at Carpenters Ne,cs Rooms IN Brat
Ue6Or0.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13
THE
Il 1LONDONDERRYssSlFTER. I
HENRY NJ. SHANKs, PUBLISHER,

Terms, SI.OO Year, Strictly IN
advance. Persons outside of Windham
County who receive the paper in single
wrappers must send 10 cents in addition
to pay for wrappers and postage,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13

Our esteemed neighbor, the Bel
lows Falls Times says it is well un-
derstood why the SITTER opposes
Levi Fuller for governor. Undoubt-
edly. 1t is simply because the SIF-
TER knows that he is an unfit and un-
worthy candidate. This is all plain
enough, but it is not so plain why in
telligent journals, like the Times,
support such notoriously unfit man.
Still, the old saying that money
makes the mare 60" the world oyer
aoia pop into the mind in this coz
neetion, and men who smother Truth
and cruelty Conscience by backing
up such man as Levi ought, at the
very least, to get good pull on his
money bags. While we don't say,
out and out, that the Times and other
blatant Fuller organs have this pull,
it is hard. to conceive any other plaus-
ible motive for their acts, especially
when it is universally known that
Lewis barrel is on tap. Nobody
surely can afford to do the kind of
work they are doing for nothing, and
they ought at least to get their
"thirty pieces of silver" and full
weight, too. The wear and tear of
conscience must be enormous, always
assuming that they possess conscience.
N. B. Do we owe you anything
more, dearly beloved Times, for
your kind insinuation against the
SITTER, or shall this stand as re-
ceipt in full If not, please send in
your bill, and it will be duly honored.
-<>~~s---
The Atkins and anti-Atkins fight
that came off, in the state convention,
last Thursday resulted in a triumph
for Hiram, though it will forever le-
main disputed point whether that
triumph would have been complete
but for a providential occurrence.
During the afternoon session Mrs.
Atkins died suddenly from heart fail
ure. Word was at once sent to the
convention and Mr.. Atkins was taken
from the hall, ,prostrated with grief.
At this announcement resolutions of
sympathy were unanimously passed
by the convention and the ants, ris-
ing 10 true manhood, withdrew all
opposition and the unfinished busi-
ness of the convention was concluded
without contest. The following
state ticket was nominated:
For Governor, B. b. Smalley of
Burlington.
Lieut.. Governor, Hon. Geo. M.
Dearborn.
Treas, Alex Cochrane of Grot-
ton.
Sec. of State, John j. Enright of
Burlington.
Auditor, Elisha May Esq. of st.
Johnsbury.
Delegates at large to Chicago con-
vention, DR.. j. ID. Hanrahan of
Rutland, John Robinson of Benning-
ton, DR.. j. Henry Jackson of Barre,
Col. Ii. +. Folsom of Lyndon.
The first district delegates are j.
Ii. Donnelly, Vergennes, B. f.
Brigham, Bakersfield.
Presidential elector, p. J. Farrell,
Newport.
Member of Congress, F. W. Nc
Gettrick, st. Albans.
In second district the delegates are
o. c. Miller, Newport. II. E. Fitz-
gerald Brighton.
Member of Congress, Geo. w.
Smith, White River junction.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13

"a stitch IN tines often saves con-
sumption. Downs Elixir used in time
saves life.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13
Read This.

/ Sell the Buffalo Phosphate and war;
rant it to be the BEST Phosphate sold III
the State of Vermont. Prices and terms
as good as on any kinds This is the
twelfth year it has been sold here.
9 6 6 6 &c 6 6 6 g Go g g 8 8 8, g. &
l sell the Yankee Plows, four sizes,
also Planet Junior Cultivator and horse
Hoe. Look at them before you buy else
where.
9 Q g 6 &c 9 9 8 8 6, 9 9 9 g G 6 6 s. g g
[ sell the Stevens All Steel, Arched
Frame, Spring Tooth Harrow. Also
Yankee Wheel Harrow.
8 8 6 6 8 8 6 & & 8 Q @ &C 8 & 6 g g
l sell all kinds of Farming Tools. such
as Manure Forks, Shovels. Hoes, Gar
den Rakes, &C. &C.
f;7f5 s s 6; 6 6 g 8 8 8 8 6 8 3 6; g g 8 8 g 8
| sell Oil Stoves, Crockery, Fruit
Cans, Glass Ware, Cutlery. Whips, Bird
Cages, all kinds of Tin Ware, wjre.sc,cen
Cloth, screen Doors and Windows.
s Go s {; & 8 & g 8 8 @ @ g g g g g. g.
just received brand-new Stock of
FISHING Rods and Tackle, Reels, Spoon
Hooks, Baskets, Bait Boxes. &c.
8 s g 8 6 6 8 8 6 6 & & e &c & g.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13

A meeting of the Republican coun-
ty committee was held at Brattleboro,
Tuesday, for the purpose of organiza-
ton.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13

The success of Hoods Sarsaparllla is
because it possesses true merit, and no
claim is made for it which is not fully
supported.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13

ss-Entered at the PostoBce at So. London
rs second class matter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13
Sitter John. Editor.

FRIDAY MORNING, MAY IS, 1892.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13
PRINTS.

1900 yards Good Quality and fast COL
ors at only 4 cents per yard
One lot Best Quality Ginghams at 5
cents per yard.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-01-22
Facts About Steam ships.

What was the name of the first steam
ship that crossed the Atlantic. and how
long did it take her? The Savannah, In
1919; twenty-five days.
What is the cost of steamship like tho
Majestic? Nearly $2,000,0 00
What steamship carries the largest num-
Der of cabin passengers? The Etruria, $50
What has been the greatest days run Of
any ocean steamship Five hundred and
seventeen miles.
How many steamships are there engaged
in the transatlantic passenger trader About
ninety.
What is the longest steamship now In
service in the world' The Teutonic, SOS GO
feet long
What captain has been the longest in tho
transatlantic service? Captain Brooks, Of
the Arizona, Guion line.
How many cabin passengers were landed
in New York during 1890? Ninety nine
thousand one hundred and eighty nine.
How much coal is consumed by one Of
the great liners in twenty-foUF hpiargf,
About $50 to 1886 tons.
What is the average expense of a single
voyage-New York to Liverpool and TO
turn? Seventy-ive thousand dollara-
Scribner's
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-01-22
Cloves Are Unopened Flowers.

Cloves are the unopened flower of .
small evergreen tree that resembles in ap-
pearance the laurel or the bay. 1t is ma
tive of the Malacca or Spice islands, but
has been carried to all the warmer parts OF
the world, and it is now cultivated in the
tropical regions of America The flowers
are small in size and grow in large num-
bers in clusters to the very end of tho
branches. The cloves we use are the flow
ers gathered before they are opened and
while they are still green. After being
gathered they are smoked by a wood fire
and then dried in the sun. Each Glove con-
sists of two parts of round head, which
are the four petals or leaves of the flower
rolled up, inclosing a number of sman
stalks or filaments; the other part Of the
Glove is terminated with four points, and
is in fact the fiower-cup of the unripe
seed vessel. All these parts may be dis
tinctly seen if a few cloves are soaked for
a short time in hot water, when the leaves
of the flower soften and unrou.