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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
WARDSBORO.
Tuesday.

Late arrivals: From Brattleboro
Minnie Rawson at 7. f. Johnson's
Angie Bishop at her mothers; From
Troy, N. T., Mr.. and Mrs. Chester
Dexter at the Dexter House; Mrs.
Betsey Taylor is visiting old friends
in town. Frank Martin and wife from
Brattleboro at A. j. Martins, NJ. ID.
Leonard, wife and two children and
MIS-. Payne from Springfield, Mass,
at s. S. Phillips Mrs. Fanny Reed
from Townshend at Z. d. BARRIERS.
DR.. Webster came from Brattle-
boro the first of the week to see Mr..
E. d. Barber who is not improving
in health as his many friends desire.
Ada Barber from Hyde Park is
spending her vacation with her father.
Nellie Rice has returned from the
Worlds Fair.
I. F. johnson is building himself
barn.
Chas. Rice was hurt last week by
falling in the barn.
Farmers are rejoicing over an
abundant harvest of hay.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
WEST WINDHAM.

Mrs. DeKraft and four children from
Philadelphia are at Dea. A. 0. Prem
tiss' for the summer. Rev. Geo. f.
Prentiss and wife of Bridgeport, Conn,
Chas. r. Prentiss, wife and daughter Of
West Brattleboro and Geo. Butler and
wife Of New York city are also there.
Ada l. Howe, who has been work.
ing in Walpole, N. H., since last De
cember, has been home on short va
cation but has now returned.
Mrs. Fannie Spaulding of New
York city is at her fathers, Calvin
Stowell's.
Although West Windham is consid
cred by some very 'out of the way
place. we are pleased to note that z
D. Howe finished his haying this week
Tuesday.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21

During the past year Druggist G.
G. Smith has sold about 1000 bottles
of "Smith's Rheumatic Cure" wholly
through advertising the medicine in
the SITTER, coupled, of course, with
the merit of the article. In this time
hundreds have certified to its efficacy
in curing the too common complaint,
Rheumatism But, after all, testi-
monials do not present SO strong
proof of its curative powers as the
fact that the sale of the ARTICLES dali
ly increasing with no further adver-
Using. He has just received an order
from Madison, So. Dakota for a gross
of the medicine, from lady who had
daughter cured by it.
Under such circumstances the SIF-
TER feels entirely justified in recon-
mending this remedy to any of its
friends and patrons who may be afflict-
ed with this uncomfortable disease,
and further to say that Mr.. Smith is
an old druggist and thoroughly I'M
derstands the compromising of medi-
cines and conscientiously looks to
everything put up by him.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
WINHALL HOLLOW.

A. L. Wetherell and daughter
Jessie, are at A. D. Hulett's.
Mrs. Sarah Dean and two children
are stopping at L. c. Shattuck's.
Miss Lucy Martin has joined hel
brothers at Joshua Barnard's.
Miss Stella Taylor of Manchester
Centre recently visited at C. v. Bry.
ants.
Mrs. B. L. Williams has gone tc
So. Londonderry to visit friends be-
fore returning to her daughters in
Townshend.
Mrs. Lucretia Batchelder visited at
n. R. Hewes' this week.
Among the haymaker's helpers are
Mr.. Hart and Harry Benson at JOSH
ua Barnard's.
Geo. Bronson of SALISBURY at O..
L. Hewes'.
Frank and Arthur Bolster at j. G..
Barnard's.
J. McWain OF Pawlet at c. ".
Bryants
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
ANDOVER.

Herbert Dunn is helping Geo.
Farrar in haying.
The Andover dairy association have
declared a dividend of Is cents per
hundred for May and Clarence says
the patrons are well pleased.
Your scribe and family received a
pleasant call from neighbors and
friends few evenings since.
Mrs. Root and children, Laura and
Willie, of East Hampton, Mass, were
the guests of Mrs. Dunn last week.
Leverett Benson has built a new
fiat boat IS feet long 5 IL wide it is
well and staunchly built, but Lev
isn't it trife too wide for Andovel
creek!
Mr. Martyr and wife of No Spring
field are stopping while with Abne
Felt and wife of this village.
Burns makes the scotch lassie sa,
whussul and I'll come. Now ALFRED
goes whistling by here for all he il
worth oft at eventide. You shouldn'
whistle SO far from the (Bars) Al
fred.
The work of our road commissions
and his men deserves more than
passing notice it is a great, gooc
thoroughfare clear across the town o
Andover.
Mrs. E. M. Beattie is visiting will
her sister, Mrs. j. S. Lambert.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
HOUGHTONVILLE.

Our farmers are now in the midst
of the hay harvest and all report a
fair crop.
Mrs. II. j. Nourse and little
daughter from Springfield called on
some of her old acquaintance in the
early part of the week.
B. Angie Gallup returned to her
home Monday.
A. d. Corbet who has assumed the
duties of night watch in the mill of
Sanders & Co. seems to be the right
man in the right place.
Miss Georgia Capen of Boston,
Mass, who has been spending few
days with her friend, Miss Zuill, has
returned home.
Alfred Austin has left the mill and
is going to Rutland.
j. @. Wellman of Windham com
menced work IN the mill last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Porter returned to
their home in Massachusetts last
week.
Frank Buffers of Saxtons Rivel
has done the haying on the farm o.
S. H. Graves, who has been i'll TO
some time.
One Ed Parmenter who is supposed
to have a home in Chester was in thi
burg one day recently and as he sa
in his wagon he seemed top heav,
not so much from the force of circum
stances by which he was surrounded
as by something he had inside o
him.
Isaac Nichols of Pawlet visited a
w. A. Crandall's the past week.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
WESTON.

Mrs. G. H. Gilmore and children
from Springfield, Mass, are at A. d.
Gilmore's.
Mrs. Addie Kendall from Boston is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
S. Foster.
Geo. Rogers from Readsboro is in
town for couple of weeks.
VERNE Foster is so as to be out
again.
Prof. Trask goes to East Walling.
ford, Cuttingsville and Mt Holly once
a week to give instructions in vocal
music.
The game of base ball between the
Ludlow and Weston mines resulted in 6
score of 16 to 10 in favor of Weston
the Ludlows not being able to get 6
score after the sixth inning.
w. S. Foster has sold his farm t.
Mrs. A. P. Shattuck, writings to be
made today, Wednesday.
Warren Turner is in town for {
short time.
Strong nerves, sweet sleep, good APP
petite, healthy digestion, and best of all
PURE BLOOD, are given by Hoods Sarsa
parilla.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
LONDONDERRY.
Haying is progressing finely.

Haying is progressing finely.
New potatoes are appearing on the
table.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ara Whitman have
had the pleasure of receiving to their
home the past week four OF their child
rem. Their son Leando is making his
parents visit after an absence of eight
years. His home is in Chicago.
Their son, Asa, his wife and child have
spent a week at the old home returning
to their home in Brattleboro last week
Friday,
Mrs. Emma Howard, also Mrs.
Artie Wilkins and children of Putney
are visiting the old home.
We are pleased to report an increase
in the attendance at the church service:
for the past few weeks. The Y. p. S
c. E. now numbers 90, with 10 active
members, absent, 5. Associate mem
bers, "a, absent 8. The young people
have manifested much interest in at
tending the church services and have
earned the love and respect of theil
pastor.
Mrs. w. r. Curtis Sunday Schoo
class had their annual picnic Wednes
day p. m, in Ara Whitman's grove
About % were present and merr,
time was enjoyed by all present.
David Cleveland of Pawlet ha
been in town supplying his customer
with honey.
Mrs. L. P. Sheldon and son, Nol
man, returned to their home in Nc
Bennington last Friday having enjoye
their visit to full degree.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21

Cholera infantum has lost its terrors
since the introduction of Chamberlain
Collie, Cholera and Diarrh@a Remedy.
When that remedy is used and the treat
ment as directed with each bottle is fol-
lowed. cure is certain Mr.. A. w. Wal
tiers, prominent merchant at Walters
burg, ILL.,. says: 1t CURED my baby boy
of cholera infantum after several other
remedies had failed. The child was so
low that he seemed almost beyond the aid
of human hands or reach of any medi-
cine" 25 anu so cent bottles for sale by
Goddard & Gibson, Londonderry.
Richardson & Leonard, Londonderry
and Peru.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
Mowers,
Tedders,
Horse Rakes.

| sell them and at reasona-
bic prices.
The Osborne Mowers. the
Osborne, all steel, self dump
rake, the Royal self dump
rake, strong, durable, easily
handled, extra strong wheel.
The Royal and the Thomas
Tedders.
1t has been my aim to get
the best, and farmers wishing
to purchase will do well to call
and examine. Every machine
guaranteed.
w. l.. GIBSON.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
LANDGROVE.

School in Dist. No. taught by
Miss Minnie Jenkins closed July II.
Visitors in town the past week
Horace Fem of Boston at Miss Helen
Fenn's, Mrs. Ina Walker and son of
Ludlow at j. S. Thomson's, James
Bisbee of Massachusetts and Mrs. +.
A. Cook of Castleton at jacob
Smiths, w. o. Blood of Gardner,
Mass, and Miss Agnes Cook OF
Manchester at Myron Bates.
Miss Lizzie Swallow is visiting in
Manchester.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
PERU.

Arrivals in town; Miss Mary Bean
from Lawrence, Mass, at Dea, o..
p, Simonds' VIM. Burroughs and
family from Winchendon, Mass, at
W. b. Simonds' Frank +. Batchelder
and family from Boston at his faith
er's, Chas. Batchelder's Mrs. S. H..
Dutton, better known as Martha
Phillips, from New York city at her
fathers.
Mrs. M. B. Lyon has been called
to South SALISBURY to care for hel
sister who is quite sick.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
MANCHESTER.

The Equinox House is doing a
good business for July.
Henry S. Allen of Winchendon,
Mass, stopped here over Sunday on
his way to the Worlds Fair.
Mrs. d. f. Purdy is building a
large new barn in place of the one
blown down last April. Henry o.
Hayes is also putting up a barn.
Miss Hattie j. Felt is passing Q
few weeks with relatives in Proctor.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
Written for the SITTER.
THE RIVER OF LIFE.
ny J.. 4. pALLou,

ny l.. A. BALLOu,
Slow fades the light in the western sky,
The cool night breeze with moaning sigh
Through hedge and trees went whis-
Ting by
With doleful sound,
All nature wearled at days close,
From real care or fancied woes,
In Morpheus arms found sweet repose
In sleep profound,
No sound was heard but the winds low
howl,
Except the note of some distant owl,
Or call of some nocturnal fowl
In vocal minstrelsy.,,
For sweet repose sought my cot,
Meditation deep engaged my thought
In things that are, though seeming not,
solemn mystery.
AT last kind sleep, the friend of man,
My eye-lids touched with her magic wand,
| was transferred from this mortal strand
10 perfect llSht.
Brightest of suns were shining there,
And sweetest song birds singing near,
Reflected rays in water clear
Dazzled my sight.
A mighty river or crystal stream
Whose fountain source no eye hath seen,
From heights obscure, sublime, serene,
1t moved along.
While in its crest with seeming pride,
All moving, hcaving with the tide,
Continually and swiftly glide
A mighty throng.
Then spake voice in accents low,
81 see my friend you fain would know
From whence these come and wher,
they so
On this broad river
But those embarked can't tell you why,
Nor for this voyage did they apply,
They are passing on as time passes by
And know not whittier.
lnlS mighty TlNeT bldb you sec,
Which moves along majestically,
Flows from the mount Eternity
From springs unknown.
And those who float upon its tide
Must pay the price the laws provide,
OF certain death to all who ride
f Nor favor shown.
The helpless babe on its mothers breas
+ SO kindly cuddled, kissed caressed,
( Is torn away from hearts distressed
Flung in the spray.
Or decrepit age with tottering form,
= Whose only hope in life's dark stream,
Their manly son away was borne
g The debt to pay.
: And so it is with every other
D Father, mother, sister, brother,
Husband, wife, sweetheart or lover
Soon must go down
: This dreadful stream whose onward flo
So full of joy, so full of woe,
j Its final past no one can know,
!, Yet hopes abound"
And so gazed while the tale was tolt
The placid stream grew dark and cold,
Il Each joyous face looked pinched and Of
d So changed the scene.
Upon these waters must / ride,
And by such fate must abide
l moaned, | groaned, awoke and sighed
It's but a dream .
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21

"Gentlemen,' said an indignant
passenger on a Third Avenue car
yesterday, will none Of you get up
and give this old lady seat?'
"i'Il thank you, sir, snapped the
lady, "to attend to your own affairs.
| am not SO old as you are by 20
years, if | am any judge Of a PERSONS
age"
The indignant passenger got off at
the next station Texas Siftings.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
Central Vermont Railroad,
Special Notices.

DIR. w. Il. Davis, Medical Electrician,
of Springfield, Mass, who cured Emery
Aldrich of this town, the past winter, is
stopping at the Peabody House for IA
short time where he will treat the sick by
electricity. Consultation free. Terms
moderate.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21

A misstep viii often make cripple for
life. A bottle of Henry & Johnsons Ar
MICA and Oil Liniment at hand, will not
prevent the misstep, bnt used Immediate
" it will save being cripple.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
WALLINGFORD.

Eli Ward died very suddenly of
hearts disease Sunday.
The ground has been broken for
the free library building and work
will began soon.
c. A. Claghorn and family left
Monday for Chicago.
The dry weather is hurting the
crops especially the hay. The farm
ers on the bills report light hay crop
but on the creek it is much better.
Mrs. George Smith and Mrs. M.
r. Tracey and daughter arrived from
Boston last week. Mrs. Tracey will
spend the summer with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith.
The rate of pulsation is 100 per
minute in infancy, so in manhood and
w III Oli uSC'
Halls Hair Remover contains the nat
ural food and color-matter for the hair,
and medicinal herbs for the scalp, curing
grayness, badness, dandruf, and scalp
sores.
The death rate in st. Petersburg
exceeds the birth rate. From 1854
to 1888 there were 1890 900 births,
and 1 ,772, 900 deaths.
In Bengal, India, there are three
harvests reaped every year peas and
oil seeds in April, the early rice crop
in September and the great rice crop
in December.
Naltkenhoff, of Geneva, says there
are 81 900 blind persons in Europe,
mostly from fevers, and that rs pei
cent. would have kept their sight had
they been properly treated.
Eternal vigilance
Is the price of health But with all our
precaution there are enemies always Turk.
| ing about our systems, only waiting a
| favorable opportunity to assert them
selves. Impurities in the blood may be
hidden tor years or even for generations
and suddenly break forth, undermining
health and hasteni death. For all dis
eases arising from impure blood Hoods
Sarsaparilla is the unequalled and unap.
preached remedy. 1t is King of them all
| fiseor it conquers dase.
The PHILIPPINE Islands export more
than 100000 cigars annually, almost
5000 tons of coffee and 100000 tons
of sugar.
Aluminium is found combined with
1875 other metals. 1t is found in
every known country on the globe and
constitutes the larger part of the
earth's crust.
Queen Victoria is said to know the
names of all her household servants,
although there are over l25 of them.
A letter written in London made a
tour of the world in 81 days.
Valuable nickel deposits are be-
lieyed to be located in Oregon, Nevada
and North Carolina.
The dome of the new observatory
now in course of erection at Greenwich
will be made of papier mache.
Base ball is in such favor at Well
ington, Kan, that the mayor of the
town makes an address atthe beginning
of the games.
The marriage rate of Germany
rose 10 per cent. in the year follow-
ing the Franco-Prussian war. The
same phenomenon was observed after
the French war which ended in 1873.
Cholera infantum has lost its terrors
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21

1t was only bicycle but how won
derfully happy it made Ebert Lackey.
George Babbitt found valuable
Holstein cow dead in the pasture a
few days ago. No cause is known
for her death as she was apparently
in perfect health when turned out in
the morning,
w. Ii, Brown of Rutland, repre-
senting the New York Life Insurance
company, has been at work in this
place for two weeks and has issued a
number of policies.
Elmer Lampson has moved the
barn on the lot recently purchased
from c. ID. Farnum, across the en-
tire length to point near the rail-
road track. Mr.. Lampson proposes
to build a house near the same spot
this season.
G. C. Goodell and wife of West
Gardner, Mass, are spending their
annual vacation with friends in this
place and vicinity. AT present they
are stopping with their brother-iu-
law, N. B. johnson.
Mrs. Webster Rawson has been
suffering for week or more with q
lame shoulder from some cause I'M
known. She is now improving.
The cutting of the brush at several
points on the river bank has made
quite change in general appearances
More work of the kind is threatened
More of the kind is needed. Slick
up.
Exclusive of local and nearby Wis
itors the Peabody House Register
makes the following disclosures fol
the week;
P. L. Slack, Springfield; DR.. w
E. Davis and wife, Springfield, Mass.
E. j. Perkins, Burlington; M. H
Rutland and wife, Athol, Mass. DR.
H. A. Dalrymple, Rutland; Pete
Butt and wife, Buffalo, N. Y; Dav
S. Carey, Brattleboro; DR.. P. S
LOOMS, Manchester Centre w. E
Walker and brother, Grafton Con
ductor H. H. Sanders, Brattleboro
Fl. G. Hepworth, Boston; A. L
Stillwell, Ludlow; Will Lockwood
Bellows Falls; j. M. Watkins, Bos
ton; H. Hapgood, Boston Lyle B
Chase, Orange, Mass.
Many of our people who becam
acquainted with H. w. Rich, tn
] photographer who was here last sum
I mer, will be sorry to learn that he re
+. Gently buried his wife at Willimantic
Conn, where he now resides.
E. w. Gibson started Tuesday 70
the Worlds fair.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21

C. P. ellison of West Chesterfield,
N. H., is to hold Camp Fire Satur-
day evening of next week. Goal"
has issued the following unique invi-
tation:
Camp fire with Comrade ellison on the
banks of the Connecticut river on Satur-
day evening, July 30. Two large bonfres
will be burning; beans will be baked in
the ground coffee made over open fire.
Served with tin cup, plate and spoon.
The bean hole will be opened at Z 80
so be on hand with your wife and daugh.
tiers, and witness once more the scene
once SO familiar to you. Fall in two
rank and march to the music of the Brat
tleboro High School Drum Corps. There
will be speaking, singing of army songs
etc.
Comrades, help me make this red let
ter day in our lives. Remember that this
is general invitation to all old soldier.
and their families. All the Darkies viii
be there, SO look out for them.
Yours in F., c. and L.,
G. p. gibson.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21

There are 49,6o5,o0o dwelling
houses in Europe and II 10000 in
the United States.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
Z. Z. 90

Pairs of Misses and Chdrens Shoes be sold for just
IIa what they worth Nothing wrong about them only
they are odd lots that to close out and SHALL if low
prices will do it.
Also several cases of
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
THU

Londonderry Sitter.
SO. Londonderry, Vermont
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-04
CANADIAN ANNEXATION.
Utterances Of Dominion Leaders
Condemned by the Press.
A SURPRISE FOh THE REPUBLIC
The Flame Of Annaxationism Reported to
He Growing Brighter and Brighter
Daily I'm the Big and Cold Country
Ieyond Our Norlhermost Borders.

TORONTO, Ont, Feb. 4.-The Empire, in
NJ editorial on "Annexation Talk and
Treason" says: "Utterances OF grit
leaders like MERCER and the American
policy OF Laurier and Cartwright, help to
fan the flame OF annexationism in the
United States. While tho Liberal party, a
a whole, is probably loyal, they have al
lowed their leaders to misrepresent them
and are now reaping the consequences.
"But the American press Is lot slow at
grasping straws and within the past week
twenty leading papers on the other side
of the line, have discussed the question ms
a matter to be settled very shortly. We
can assure our contemporaries In the Re-
public, as well as Prof. Goodwin Smith,
that the Canadian people are quite ready
to settle it any time, though in a way
which would probably surprise them
We have been very slow to enforce any
restriction upon the fullest liberty o
speech. But when IL developed into &C
ton, as in the case OF Rel, the end wa
inevitable. So it will be in the presen
instance
The Globe utters a protest against wha
1t calls Tory campaign methods. II says
$50 long as the reckless declarations o
Liberal plotting against the country re
manned q domestic matter, there was no
much Likelihood OF serious harm beinf
accomplished, but the statement that on
OF the great political parties Of the Do
minion is in favor OF annexing has o
abroad and the result, as seen in the jubi.
lations OF the lingo press OF the Unitec
States, who take these partisan declara-
tions without discount and make their
readers believe Canada IL ripe for being
plucked into the Union"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-04

idea OF Addie not wantin' TO marry
Nose. Why, it's ridiculous. Anybody
knows that she'd take him mighty
quick"
'Of course sho would" agreed Mrs.
Gilley, who had n marriagoable daurh-
ter at home. 'Of course she'd be glad to
git him, an | reckon sho kin, too,
though it's plain enough that no could
do a hoap better IL he wuz a-mind to.
He can marry anybody in the noighbor-
hood
yes, there's many a ono as would
make a better vito than Addic III ever
make. But as Nose is determined to
marry her, why, ! can't do no:hin' but
submit"
That's true, Indy" said Mrs Gil.
ley, consolingly.
But" continued Indy, 'ii he will
marry her, why, then, Of course I ought
10 feel an interest in her. It's material
and right that | should feel an interest
In n who is TO be = slster 10 me, an :
reckon It's my duty TO advise her and
help her to live such a life as Nose
would want her TO live"
"ies. it Is your right an duty" said