The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-10-06
Slrterlets Short and Snappy.

trains!
The unconditional repealers are
long on promises but decidedly short
on performances.
Senator German should beware.
The business of prophecying what
Congress will do and when it will do
it is safe enough for newspapers, but
very dangerous for politicians.
Claus Spreckels would have shown
wisdom had he remained away from
Washington. His personal interests
in Hawaii are too great to make his
advice either acceptable or useful to
President Cleveland.
The goddess of liberty didn't get
her head turned the other day when
100000 people stood at her feet to
help celebrate the centennial of the
laying of the cornerstone of the Cap
itol building, a building upon which
the goddess is very much stuck.
The editors who are worrying them
selves sick trying to prophecy what
will follow repeal would save wear
and tear upon themselves and their
readers by waiting until repeal is an
assured fact before deciding what
shall follow it.
The Mayor of Roanoke, Va, who
ordered the military to fire on the
mob which tried to break into the jail
to lynch a prisoner, would have got
more glory out of the affair had be
remained at his post instead of run
ming away.
The wise man will think twice be-
fore he indorses thing he knows to
be wrong, just because it is being
used to help his side of a controversy.
In his fight against silver President
Cleveland seems to have borrowed
the Jesuitical motto-"The end JUS
tifies the means"
Whatever may have been the cause
of his getting the nomination, it has
become so clear that he is untitled to
be u. S. Ambassador to Italy, that
the Senate should not hesitate to re-
ject Mr.. j. j. Van Aliens nomina-
ton to that position. We had far
better have no representative in Italy
than one who is ashamed to be called
an American.
Theosophy is positive boon to
those in search of something beyond
the comprehension Of the ordinary in
tellect, Its American devotees are
in one respect like the members of the
Browning Clubs, so popular in the
eastern section of the United States
some years ago-they don't under
stand.
Upon what small things does fate
turn. When Mr.. Van Allen, who
has since been nominated Ambassa-
dor to Italy, was introduced to Pres
ident Cleveland he, upon the advice
of one of the shrewd Astors, put his
monocle in his pocket, instead of in
his eye. Had he worn that monocle
he might have escaped office. 1t is
charged by the democratic N. Y.
World" that Van Allen once said !:
"America is no fit place for ladies
and gentlemen to live in Can that
be the reason he IS to be sent abroad
If railroad employees are to shoot
to kill the train robbers will find it
safer and more profitable to 60 over
to South America and organize a rev.
olution.
All of the statesmen are not in one
party, nor are all of the demagogues
in one party, notwithstanding the as
sertions of party organs to the con-
trary.
The old Standard Oil trust has
gone out of existence and new trust
with larger capital has been formed
by the same parties. This may be
reform, but
If it be possible to tax beer so high
as to put it out of the poor mans
reach the proposition would find
many supporters among the wives
and childrenof beer drinkers.