The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-10
EAST DORSET.

Our cheese association checks for
September were distributed ON Tues
day-Sl.24 per hundred for milk.
Earl Andrus of Minneapolis, only
son and child of Robinson Andrus,
is breathing the pure, bracing atmos-
phere of the old home freighted with
all the exhilarating sweets that a
second honey moon can impart.
Dwight Stiles Of Denver, son OF
Samuel Stiles of Peru, lately made us
a visit, the guest of George II. Reed.
The said George IL. has just counted
the logs he has "skidded," 5000.
This number will be increased to
1000.
S. A. Shelter is cutting wood on
his Maltby ranch to supply our mar
ket.
Two of our town-farm barns and
the house are being repaired. One of
these barns was jerked partly off its
foundation and otherwise somewhat
damaged in a certain wind last spring
which quite number of us have
good reason to remember,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Gennette had
a bran new sonny this week-their
first.
st. Jerome's church will have a
fair on the evenings of the 10th, 18th
and 18th, this month.
Smoothey struck us last Sunday.
He attended the Union church in the
morning and was deeply impressed
with the droppings of that sanctuary
Later he bowed himself into the pres
ence of the overseer of the poor for
tea; later still he called on the pastor
for an explanation of a passage of
scripture quoted in the above service,
(which he did not quite understand. 3"
Returning he lodged and breakfasted
with the overseer. He was dressed
like gentleman except that he wore
dog day hat. He had been down
to get position in the Soldiers home
but Major Coffey refused to admit
him on some technical ground. So
he was following the winding of the
Battenkill and other creeks homeward
doing the towns on the way for his
board and clothes. SALISBURY and
Arlington didn't do worth a cent. In
the village of the latter town he step
ped down one evening in the dark
some three or four feet lower than he
expectd and sprained one of his mares
"a shanks mare. Up in Sandgate
he did better. There he saw beau
tiful young lady who was planning tc
act as bridemaid. She told him she
had never had an offer and he told
her if she would furnish him suita-
BILE suit and money to pay the minis.
ter and for the honeymoon, he would
have her. But somehow his proposal
didn't prevail and so he crossed owe,
into Manchester. There the clergy
and laiety gave him outside clothes
and money enough to buy quitea sup
ply of intimate underwear. Thence
to East Dorset. In his ''youth h,
studied the Bible instead of deviltrv.
He had put down the rebellion-haC
done most of the farming in northern
Vermont and had denuded most 0
the forest through which, when tn,
country was new, Benedict Arnol,
led his lank and lean tattered minion
Ito attack Quebec. Had he nue.
Zip 7 Enough for good size sew
| ing circle. To endure the ceasees
unwinding of his yarns one shoul'
have the long hairy ears of the pater
nal parent of mules. Like all of hi
class he is hunting for what he don
want and spunging his bread out 0
the sweat of other mems faces. H
is one of those strangers whom W
must not be forgetful to entertain be
cause forsooth some thousands O
years ago some thereby entertaine
unawares bipeds with wings.