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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01

in which master and slave enjoyed relax
aticr from every care. True there are at
present family gatherings at which egg
nog and all the good things are dispensed
with generous hand: the little people
have their Christmas eve and Santa
Claus pays his midnight visit; the small
boy regards 1t as his religious duty and
ancsent right to usher in the day by fill
ing the air with tirecrackers and making
all the noise on toot horns of which his
lungs are capable; marvellous dinner
is eaten with the usual result of pills
and paregoric; charity trees" abound
in the church chapels and some OF the
large mansions, from which useful dona-
lions are made to the poor and the peo-
pie perpetuate the memories of the time
IN many ways, but the old order of
things, the genuine plantation Christ
mas, has long passed into the realm of
legend and tradition.
Christmas in the country then meant
a great deal, for every planter kept open
house, and the idea of his city friends
spending the season in town was some
thing not to be entertained. Prepare
tons were begun early in December.
With hog killing time" came the great
stores of hams, spareribs, sausages and
cracklings that went to enrich the
larder. The chosen turkeys, geese and
ducks were Enclosed in special pens, to
be fattened for the sacrifcial day; the
ainties who presided over the kitchens
plunged into the depths of ancestral re-
cipes, and housekeepers busted them
selves in piling upon the pantry shelves
assortments Of preserves, jellies and
other delicaces that were to tempt the
tastes of guests.
When these arrived the mansion was
usually filled to overhowing, but ncom-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01

We attract hearts by the qualities W,
possess.
Life as we call it, is nothing but the
edge of the boundless ocean of existence
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
To most men experience is like the
stern lights to ship which illuminate
only the trackit has assed.-~Coleridge.
Prejudice and selfsufficienty natur-
ally proceed from inexperience Of the
world and ignorance of mankind
Addison.
Its often more necessary to conceal
contempt than resentment; the former
being never forgiven, but the latter
sometimes forgot. Chesterfield.
The generality of men are wholly
governed by names, in matters of good
and evil, so far as these qualities relate
to and affect the action of men.-South.
That man is to be accounted poor, of
whatever rank he be, and suffers the
pains Of poverty, whose expenses exceed
his resources; and no man is, properly
speaking, poor but he.-Paley.
fla young lady that has discretion
and modesty, without which all knowl-
edge is little worth, she will never make
an ostentatious parade of it, because
she will rather be intent on aco,,irino
more than on displaying what she has.
More
We listen to whom we know to he of
the same opinion as ourselves, and we
call them wise for being of it; but we
avoid such as differ from us; we pro-
nounce them rash before we have
heard them, and still more afterward
lest we should be thought at any time
to have erred-Anon.
Manhood is salvation. The power of
resistance of evil belongs to the strong,
Labor Is strength; and there is nobil-
lty In labor that comes from healtbf,l
action of all the organs of the BODY.
The most perfect was Christ. For
thirty years he toiled to help support a
large family Of which he was a member
engaging in the common duties and a.
bors of life before he manifested himself
to the world and spoke those exalted
truths that shall ring down the ages TO
the end Of time. Christ experienced
all the cares and privations and hard
ships of life and brought himself near
to humanity by his perfect examples.
Rev. j. G. Townsend.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01
Whom the Gods Love.

"Ah, Miss Young" simpered the
old professor to the pretty scholar,
you are a favorite of the gods,
think"
"Yesa" she responded, with d ques
tionihg blush.
Yes, my dear" he said, coming a
little closer; ''and-and with mortals
too, he stammered.
"Yesa" she replied again.
"And-and with one especially, "
he said insinuatingly.
"YesG"
And nd-Miss Young, will you
barry mel" he exclaimed.
She let him take it, and with an
arch look she said conclusively:
No, professor, no. Whom the
Gods love die young"
The lesson in philosophy went on
as before. Detroit Free Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01

A friend of mine happened to be
with Marion Crawford recently in
England, and during the converse.
ton happened to tell club" story
to the novelist.
II would like to work that into a
short story, if you don't mind, +" said
the novelist,
My friend told Crawford that one
of the objects of his visit was to Sc
cure If possible short story from
him.
Very well, said the author, You
amuse yourself with my books, and
III let YOU have the story. About
1000 words, you saidi All right"
And within two hours time, to
my friends establishment, Crawford
handed him the manuscript of las
perfect little gem of a story as you
ever read. And Crawford had
harned 5000 between breakfast and
lunch Cor Nashville American.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01

WE. the Subscribers, being duty appoin;eu
BY the Hon. Probate Court for die Dis,riCt OF
Wcs,m'nster, tommi iore-s 10 receive, cN
anime and adjust all tlaims and demands Of
all per.ons alal s. Ire estate Of JENN +
NJ. I.ADp. lFe of Londopde - in said
District deceased, and also all claims and de
mands eyh1hie in or.ct thereto; and six
months from ne 2lst day Of Nov. 1891, being
a lowed by said Coult FOR that purpose, We 30
there ore hereby give NOTICE, that we win a
tcud 10 ,he Ul.iness of our sad appointment, at
the lnn of John p. FaIweil in Londonderry
in said Disulet, on the last Tuesday in pee.
aud Saturday, The q dav OF MAY next, from ten
O'Clock, A. NJ, until four O'Clock, NJ, on each
OF said DAYS.
" V, r w Has1rn Commissioner.
h. s. WAL, Admir-.
Londond my, Va Dec. ,, A. d, 1871
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01
REFORMING A psAoAeAp.
An English Method ~ Treating u Chroni,
Evil That Is Tiresome.

An English Method ~ Treating Chronic
Evil That Is Tiresome.
The deadhead, pure and simple,
used to be my great amusement, l
was in the habit of hunting him and
bowling him out, and many spar
have had with him in days gone by.
One afternoon d card was brought
IN to me bearing the name of DIR.
Glenville," | asked him into my
room, and he told me he was sub
EDITOR of a Manchester daily paper,
pnd MS he had to stay the night in
London he asked me to give him a
box or stalls. / was rather suspi-
cious, but told him il he came down
Mt night would do my best for him.
On his departure teleSraphed to
my friend, the editor of the Man
chester paper, mentioning the facts;
in an hour or so wire came back,
Know nothing of DR.. Gleuvilie; HE
IL fraud
About s o'clock at night DIR. Glen
VILE presented himself. asked him
distinctly what his claim to a box
was, and as / gave him the ticket I
asked him if he knew my friend, the
Manchester editor. OF course he knew
him intimately, then showed him
the telegram He was rather sur
brised, niumbling something about
mistake, and saying he would fetch
his friends who were below waiting
for him, he went downstairs.
A sudden idea struck me that he
did not intend to come back, so I
went after him. l saw him ahead of
me, running down the street | went
after him, caught him by the scruff
pf his neck, and ANONYMOUSLY
dragged him back to the theater and
into my room. Isent an attendant for
the policeman belonging to the
theater, and shutting the door stood
face to face with DR., Chenille. He
first clustered, and finding that I'D
good he abused me. threatened to
give him in charge,
He thereupon demanded on what
ground, as he had not used the box,
had him arrested; but as | suggested
that he had obtained a piece of card,
value one halfpenny, on false pre-
lenses, he saw had hold on him.
About this same time the constable
knocked at the door and asked if l
wanted him | said, Yes; take this
person to Bow street police station
and ! will come up and charge him.
Upon this he broke down utterly.
He burst into tears, begged and
prayed for the sake of his wife and
family that | would not prosecute
him and finally he fell at my feet.
I made him tell me who he was and
all about himself, and he confessed
that he y. u hl,.d clerk in mer-
chants office in the city, lived at
Haverstock Hill { Id was of good re-
pute.
He toll me tina he had done it at
the insti alton of 4 friend, who told
him how easy it vas to get boxes for
theaters and lie i I'd been successful
III two instance before he came
across m. ImaS him give me his
word of honor'th he would never
try the s@ne f2'aul again, and he de-
parted wiser aid sadder man. =
London i t-Bits..
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01
Caste Still Exists.

1t is hard to eradicate old customs.
Public education in India labors under
special difficulties through the various
caste distinctions. For instance, the
low castles in the public schools of the
central provinces are trea ed like pariahs
by the teachers and the pupils of sll-
perior rank. They are o! iiged to Turk
about he doors or windows, are never
allowed near IA map and their states are
throws to them us if they We're dogs
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01

the quarters Mt night, an event in antici-
patton of which the mouth of every hand
on the place has been watering for a
month II has been foreshadowed for
weeks by the fattening OF geese and
chickens, the hunting Of 'possum, SOUR
rels and wild ducks, the killing of "the
fatted calf-the gift of the master. and
the accumulation of eggs and sweet
taters for pone and pies. The long
table, built for -the occasion, has been
spread, and Old Alex has dug his
grave, and started the barbecue. He
has thrown fat lightwood splinters and
huge sticks of hickory into the pit, and
now there is bed OF red Goals from
which stream of hot air arises.
Across the opening are laid poles, from
each of which is suspended by strong
Irvine side of pork or kid or beef Near
the pit stands big bucket containing
mixture of butter, salt, vinegar and
black and red pepper, with which and
a mop, mixed with the drippings from
She browning meats, he constantly bastes
the toothsome articles simmering in the
vault below. Stands have been erected
in front and all through the yard, upon
which thick layer of earth is piled and
fat lightwood knots kiudled. Old Aunt
'Riah goes up to the house to report prog
ress to her "missus. "La. honey" she
says, "darll be chicken pie an later
pudd an shannon beer far ,.eln niggel's
ter eat an drink twel vo'll no sick or do
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01
Wire Fences as Lightning Conductors

Wire Fences as Lightning Conductors.
The data collected by insurance
companies that issue policies on cat
tie show that distinct increase il
risk is caused by the use of wire.
fences on farms. The number of
cattle reported as killed by lightning
Is very large In the majority of
cases the cattle were near the wire
fences at the moment of then. being
struck, and so convinced are the
companies that the metal strands by
acting as conductors of electricity
increase the chances against the life
OF the cattle that they are making a
modification of the conditions on
which such insurance is given. New
York Telegram.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01

A Washington special says: "a
few nights ago Mr.. Blaine told Sen.
ator Washhurn that he had made his
decision, that if the party wished him
again to he candidate for the presi-
dency he will not decline the honor.
II at the time of the convention his
health is as good as it is at present
There is to be no formal announce.
ment from the secretary that he is q
candidate for the nomination for
which the democrats are CRYING. for
MIR. Blaine is not in any sense =
candidate. He feels that he has no
real claim upon the nomination next
year, that he has been the party can.
didate once and can ask for no moro
honors in that line. But if the n,rtv
extend to him a unanimous cali be
Will accept it. President Harrison
knows what Mr.. Blaine's views are
upon the matter, and there is no clash
or conflict between them. Circum.
stances and conditions may arise be-
tween now and the time of the con-
Ventlon that will induce the secretary
10 change his present view, and in
'ilis case OF course the nomination
would be rendered with the same
unanlmlty to President Harrison
ihere will be but one name presented
10 the convention for president. Upon
that point the president and Mr..
Blame are agreed and decided
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01
A Drug at the Paw nshops.

Once a hero, now hardly reminis-
cence! The memory of General Bou-
LANCER receives scant respect from tie
tickle Parisians. for the busts and por-
traits which his admirers once bought
up so early are now flooding the monts-
de-piete, or pawnshops. Even my
aunt does not value handsome bronze
bust of the late popular hero at more
than two dollars.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01
cess In Ne,y York,
The Press is NstionaI Newspaper.

The Press is vstionaI Newspaper.
Cheap news vulgar sensations and trash
find no place IN he columns of The Press.
The Pre- 5 has The brightest Editorial
page in New York. 1t spark with points
The Press Sunday Edition is a splendid
twenty page paper, covering every culTeut
topic OF Interest.
The Press Weekly Edition contains all
The good things of the Daily and Sunday
editions.
For those who cannot afford the Daily
or are prevented by distance from early
receiving it, the Weekly is splendid
substitute.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01

Now is the winter of our discomfort
made glorious summer by Ayers Sarsa.
parilla. This wonderful medicine so in
yigorates the system and enriches the
blood that cold weather becomes positive
iy enjoyable. Arctic explorers would do
well to make a note of this.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01

iiRiSTMAS in
the south is moro
nearly essin,ilat-
ing TINT OF the
north every year,
but in antebel-
luin times II wills
a Season of fes.
tivity which, be-
ginning ON the
24th of Decem,
Der, did not end
until after New
iear's a nerio1
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01
To Faithful Reader

A subscriber asks why the spoon
looks so hollow and longfaced2
What, subscriber, is more often in the
soup?-Jewelers' Circular.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01
TEfE
Sitter John, Editor.

Mrs. Henry Willard has presented
TO Howard University, in Washing
ton, bust sf her father, William
Lloyd Garrison.
Congressman, McMillin SAYS that
Tor seven years he made it 3 practice
TO commit poem to memory before
breakfast every morning in order to
put himself in pleasant frame of
mind for the day.
Sawtell, the brutal murderer of his
brother and who was under sentence
to be hanged on the 9TH of January
died in the Concord states prison on
Saturday from apoplexy. Thus was
the gailows cheated of its just dues.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01
A POPULAR FAMILY.

without any teacher; you came to the rescue
when Miss Lainrge deserted her Delsarte class
so suddenly, and &c rtainly we are all improv-
ing in grace under your instruction.. heard
you telling Tommy Eames last evening how
his club made mistakes in playing baseball;
know just what to do under all circumstances;
you entertain beautifully; and in the last
month YOU have improved SO in health, owing,
you tell me, to your physical culture exercises.
Where do you get all of your information
from in this little out-of the way place for
you never go to the CITY,"
KATE: why, Jennie, you will make me
vain have only one source OF information,
but it is surprising how 1t meets all wants. /
very seldom hear of anything new but what
the next few days bring me full information
on the subject. Magic? Mol MagaZinei
And great treasure it is to us all, for it
really furnishes the reading for the whole
household: father has given up his magazine
that he has taken for years, as he says this
one gives more and better information on
the subjects of the day; and mother says
that il is that that makes her such a famous
the only really FAMILY magazine published,
as we have sent for samples of all OF them,
and find that one Is all for men. another all
for women, and another for children only,
while this one suits every one of us; so we
only need to take one instead of several, and
that is where the economy comes in, for it is
only STU year. Perhaps you think / am
too lavish in my praise; but win let you see
ours, or. better still. send 10 cents to the pub
Usher, W. Jennings Demorest. Is East 18th
Street, New York, for sample copy. and
shall always consider that have done you
great favor; and may be you will be cutting
us out, as you say we have the reputation Of
being the best informed family in town. II
that be so, it is Demorest's Family Magazine
that does It"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01
A PLANTATION XMAS.
HOW THE DAY WAS SPENT IN THE
SOUTH BEFORE THE WAR CAME"

vivid Description of the Festivities, in
which the Master, Guests aud Slaves
Joined with Heafty Good wili--Lots
of Fun and Lots to Fat.
Copyright, 1891, by American Press Associa-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01

Happy and content is home with 1.-THE Ro-
chester a lamp with the light of the morning.
fsyesfalsES<, write Rsrl4fs, Lart Co. Ne.y Ysyk
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01

In case of hard cold nothing will re-
lieve the breathing so quickly as to rub
Arnica & Oil Liniment on the chest.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01
THE PRESS

Within the reach Of all. The Best and
Cheapest Newspaper in .4mericd.
Daily and Sunday, one year, So 90
% - months $50
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01
The PRESS
IN EW YORK
Has Larger Daily Circulation than any
Republican Newspaper in America.
FOR 1892.
DAILY. SUNDAY. WEEKLY.
The AggressiVe Republican Journal
ofhe Me'ropo'is
A NEsPAPER FOR THE MASSES.
DAILY. SUNDAY. WEEKLY
Founded December Isl, 1887.
Circulation over 100000 Copies
DAILY.

The Press is the organ of no faction; pulls
The most remarkable Newspaper Sue
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01

has left the horses uncurried. and there
may be an Hnsteadiness about the foot
steps of even old Daddy Ben, But who
cares? Who complains? Christmas comes
but once u year,
f. Il. DE FONTAiNE.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01

Send for The Press Circular.
Samples free, Agents waited every
where Liberal Commissions.
Address.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01

Sunday, one year,
Weekly Press, one year,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01

night, including The big feast of the day,
every hour lie filled with its wealth of
enjoyment,
The great Christmas feature Of the
plantation, however, is the supper up at
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-01
THE PRES
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

POTTER BUILDING, IS PARK ROW,
NEW YORK
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-05-12

IT is denied by Mr.. Clarkson's
friends that he is incapacitated fol-
active service as chairman of the re.
publican national executive com nit.
tee. He will BIZ present at the Min.
neapolis convention and it is expected
that he will assume all the direction
of the campaign; if however, this
expectation should prove false, some
other worthy and we'll qualified re.
publican will be found to lead the
hosts of the G. o. P. to sure and GER
tain victory in November.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-05-12

Now that the Southern Mercury lie
running in independent lines it is re-.
freshing to hear it's judgment on the
old democracy. In its last issue the
Mercury says: "I'm democrat" has
put many a patch on the laboring
mans clothes, and run the supply OF
provisions extremely low. True, and
there would have been more patches
and the supply of provisions would
have been much lower for the work.
man had 1t not been for the protec-
tive policies of a republican govern.
mant.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-05-12

The complexion of the next house
of representatives is by no means as
certainly republican as that OF the
next administration. 1t is hardly
probable that the immense majority
that the democrats have in the pres
emit house will be completely wiped
out in the ensuing congressional elec-
tons. Were it simply fight between
the republicans and the democrats
this might be effected, but the inter.
ference of the alliance in many west
ern states naturally republican,
leaves the membership Of the next
congress in doubt. For some unex
planned reason the alliance men who
enter congress from republican dis.
tricts are always found ranged on the
democratic side of the house on all
questions of national policy.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-05-12

If the benefits of protection could
be differentiated so that they would
tall only upon the advocates of that
policy, debarring its opposers sfrom
any participation in its blessings,
there would be a sudden and. a
mighty accession to the ranks of the
protectionists. But unfortunately it
is no respector of persons, it sends
its blessings alike upon the evil and
the good, the democrat and the re.
publican,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-05-12

THE Iowa democrats are endeavor-
ing to put in their best ticks for Boies.
If they cannot secure his nomination
for the first place on the ticket, they
will accept the second for him. Fire
or second it makes no differen ce.
Placing Boies on the ticket as presi-
Dental or vice. presidential candidate
will be loves labor losr, the democrats
cannot carry Iowa this fall with any
candidate.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-05-12

New YORK society had its pince
neg in place, when Mrs. J. Coleman
Drayton reached New York with the
dead body of her father, to see what
sort of a reception she would meet
with from her flunky of a husband.
Drayton was on the dock, extended
his hand 10 his wifi, but received no
recognition from her, and the ILL
assorted pair, with the lady's mother,
entered their carriage and were
driven beyond the focused vision
of the curious crowd,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-05-12
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-05-12

IF the Tennessee lsborers are liz
diligently alive to their own inter-
ests they will vote solidly for the
republican ticket this fall and end
the infamous rule of the democrats
in that state, whereby the white
lsborers are brought into competition
with convicts and reduced to the
same degrading level as those who
are doing time for criminal offense.
rhe degradation of the white laborers
of Tennessee at the hands of the dem.
ocrats of that state is high handed
crime against labor and civilization
aud can only be effectively rebuked
by driving those who have been
guilty of it from the high places o.
the state.