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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30

Capt. Gardner ID. Pratt, company
L, lst regiment, Vermont national
guard, has resigned and his resigna-
ton has been accepted. Capt. Pratt
has served in the national guard of
Vermont continuously since May 20,
1881, and as commissioned officer
since April 20, 1886.
The home for friendless women, an
institution incorporated by the Yer
mont legislature of 1890, is located at
"A Adams street, Burlington, and is
now open to receive inmates. No
charges are made, but it is expected
that each inmate will aid in household
work, and.learn to be self-supporting.
Any woman who is willing to comply
with the rules and requirements of
the home, after signing the applicants
blank and being accepted by the board
of management, becomes an inmate
for one year, unless otherwise provid-
ed. All applications should be made
to the superintendent, Mrs. Martha
A. Holden, "a Adams street, Bur-
lington.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30
Ills an old theory that new

wood is entitled to three coats of
paint, bnt many new houses have but
two coats of Chiffon Paint, and are
then allowed to stand two and three
years before they are painted again
and then only one coat. Can you
not profit by this suggestion? In
painting your house this year get es-
Inmates on one, two and three coats
If the house is in fair condition and
there is not too much difference be-
tween the shade you are to put on and
the one on the house, probably one
coat will suffice. If not one, two
coats will surely answer. WSat is
the use then of putting on three? We
have had painters tell us that they
had painted houses with Chiffon Paint
where the honse looked better after
two coats than three-upon being
asked why then they put on three they
answered that they were obliged to as
the contract called for three. Word
your contracts SO you can stop when
you have gone far enough. Put Chill
ton Paint over dry surface only.
Chiffon Paint Co., New York and
Boston.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30
stores without TIucs.

There has recently appeared Il fresh
illustration Of what knowledge is of
mo worth in the dangers that come
from the pitiful ignorance of the sim
plest facts Of science still prevailing
among presumably well informed per-
sons. Certain patent fuels" have been
put on sale, to be used'in stoves without
chimney connection and are advertised
as being entirely harmless. The natural
result has followed Gy;llible merchants,
ministers and even doctors have been
buying them and nearly emothering
themselves or their friends with the gases
which must result from the combustion
of any form of carbon. The makers of
these fuels state that ventilation is re-
quired with their apparatus, but their
customers reason, Why let in the cold
air if The fuel is harmless? or they mag
inc that one opening from a room into a
hallway secures ventilation"
Probably most of the victims of the
patent fuels have read about the process
Of combustion, but they have not learned
it's nature from experiments that would
make this knowledge real to them. Their
education has been of the antiquated
but not yet abandoned kind, which sub
stitutes the study Of books for the study
of things. Popular Science Monthly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30
MANCHESTER CENTRE.

Robert M. Sylces of Brooklyn is
visiting his parents.
H. L. Adams is clerEing at Burton
G. Co.'S.
Rev. G. T. Sutton and family of
Bondville are occupying the Baptist
parsonage.
The lawn party for the benefit of
the soldiers monument netted about
$1,000.
The village schools closed Friday
on account of scarlet fever, two cases
are reported.
b. Y. Mattison and John r. Camey
went to Cambridge Sunday on their
bicycles.
Several from here contemplate go
ing to South Londonderry the 4th of
July.
Mrs. w. A. Adams visited rela-
tives in Londonderry last week.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30
PRICE THREE CENTS.

The governor Observation-Disclosures
considerable blame when lie vetoed the
bill requiring physical culture 10 be
taught in the public schools. Few intel
ligent persons deny that fome kind Of
physical culture is wanted. But till the
advocates of physical culture agree on
some one method which can be depended
on to do the work properly it is hardly
worth while to waste time ON the thing.
We find professors of physical culture
ready to fly at one another's throats
over their respective methods, while the
rising generation in the schools grows
to maturity crooked backed, handy log
ged, hollow ohested and awkward. Per-
haps while the professors are dsputing
the military drill fer both hoys and girls
might be adopted with advantage in the
public Schools
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30

The New York Press revives this
old story of the late Jim Fisk, and il
is probably just as true now as it evel
was; Fisk was born in Brattleboro,
and his body was buried in the ceme-
terry there. Once, when Fisk was in
Brattleboro visiting the scenes of his
youth, he was approached by com
mittee of citizens with a request for a
subscription to build new fence
around the village cemetery. The
old one had fallen down in many
places and was in dilapitated con-
dit,1n- generally. Fisk, it is stated,
refused to give the committee any
thing. "What's the sense in having
a fence around the grave yard any
.way:" he is reported to have said.
"The people who are in it can't get
out, and those who are outside don t
want to get in."
The races at White River junction
this week were not largely attended
owing to the rainy weather.
Mortified is having holiness
camp meeting.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30
PhilosOphically Put.
NicetoMn Nemesis


The confidence man is the man in
whom it is wise to have no confidence.
What paint is to passe woman
bunkum is to the self-helping patriot.
The man upon whom the devil holds
a first mortgage is generally risky
investment even for the mortagee.
He may experience religion and plead
the baby act.
Women may not have pockets in
their gowns, but they frequently know
how many pockets their husbands
wear.
More people would direct their
steps toward heaven if there was half
as much fun as there is on the road
to the other place.
Whiskey is the Dutch metal with
which some men try to gid the mile
stones of life.
Experimentation did you man
age to get worlds fair job? Have
you got q "pull?"
Theological student-My friend, if
| had what you call a ''pull," ] think
you would be pushing one of these
chairs at Sc week? Go tol-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Parker never can be induced to
study up his genealogy because OF
the scandal in his family.
Was there one?
Oh, yes, indeed Adam and Eve
were never really married, you know.
Exchange.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30
would See her later

Coming over from the east side the
other day q. university Car was filed
with all sorts and conditions OF passen-
gers. conspicuous among them being a
crowd of jolly university students. OPP
posito the boys sat hard featured fe-
male evidently on her way from meet
ing at the exposition. Next her sat a
bright faced woman talking with a
friend. Naturally the talk drifted upon
the subject Of the revival meetings, and
the friend asked, Il suppose you have
been to some of them:" mo, have
not, the other replied, II haven't had
time" and as she spoke she signaled tie
conductor to let her off the car At her
words the hard featured female sitting
next her quickly turned. and leaning for
ward said ii solemn tones: 'HaTeI't had
time! VIII you have time to so to hcllY'
The car had stopped. and as the lady
reached the door she hurriedly rotortel,
III | have, I'll see you later Then she
stepped into the street perfectly con
scious of having been able to squelch Q
woman who didn't know enough TO mind
her own business. Minneapolis Tribune
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30

1t is likely enough that had the second
empire lasted France and not England
would have been selected by the Ameri-
can millionaire ns his European refuge.
Paris, not London, was the pllce TO
which it was said that good Americans
went'wheu they died ard to which
Americans good. bad and indifferent
used to ilocii il former days. At the
court Of Napoleon III eminent citizens
and cisiccpesses of the United States
wero always especially welcome, and the
court of Napoleon III created and con-
;roiled Persian society. At that time.
toe, Americans were, above all things,
urba1 IL their tastes aud pursuits. With
the asports and rastinies in which English
men Of rank and fortune occupy thom-
selves they bad little or no sympathy,
end hotel in Paris was infinitely more
IN their line than such rural retreat MS
sir. Astcr purchased from the Duke of
Westminctcr
\ palace on the banks of the Thames
would then have been about the last
place in which one could have expected
to tndaa american millionaire. aud the
Champs Elysees, not Cliveocn. would
have been ;3 far into the country as he
would have cared to go. Only quarter
of . century ago two well known citizens
of New York, Mr.. William Butler Dun
can and ~. Samuel r. Barlow, were
much wondered at for having each
bought retreat. one at Staten Island,
the other at Long Island, TO which they
were in tho habit CT retiring from Satur-
day to Monday and there entertaining
their friends. What the astonishmens
would have been if not Long Island, but
the island of Britain had been the site of
their acquisitions it is not easy to imag-
the.-Londcn World.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30

Here is something from an exchange
that should be of interest to bicycle
riders:
Condemnation of what is known as
the "bicyclc stoop" is becoming gen.
eral, and rightly 50. That eminent
authority, the London Lancet, has
pointed out the serious damage to the
spines and chests of bicyclists which
the prevailing habit of bending low
over the steering bar of the machine
must inevitably produce. AS health
giver and muscle developer the bicy-
Gle is unequaled, if properly ridden.
But there are, unfortunately, large
number of wheelmen who seem intent
on pervcrting it into means of de-
formity and disease. The awkward
and unnatural STOPPING position while
riding is copied from the attitude as
sumed by bicyclists on race tracks in
order TO gain the utmost purchase
possible and lessen the resistance oil
the wind. In racing it may be useful
Elsewhere it is inexcusable. The
silly stoop over the handle bars in or.
dinary riding is not the attitude of Q
gentleman, aud no rider who aspires
to he thought a gentleman should per.
NIT himself to fall into this vile hab.
it.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30

The Chicago exhibition must be like
some scenery which, being TOO vase for
the human eye to follow, Of itself de-
stroys the impression Of beauty and
leaves nothing but vague astoaish-
ment as much mixed with pain rs pleas
ure. 1t is no more possible to SEQ ii as a
whole than to see Gny otnag district COW
cred with houses. aud it is difficult even
10 visit it, for 70 enc. not even an Eng
ishman, can walk the distances. The
topography las to bo learned, Ike that
,f some great city. and the art icial
means Of conveyance are al crowded
beyond their loTsc. Houses wit hout
end. statues e.t.,ol1 .iainbcr. distinctive
fags III thoEs;;i,ti;;, l}taH;ilgl aiit, curious
objects ii i:.r3ic,ls, al.ect&eors il iroves,
i roar rs Of LONDON i midday, :. hurry
as of Ken catching lie morning trains
can all that tenl TO mako lhe ;aaseut;on
which eli are sumuels3 to ply of th3
slightest villr,e iGr tl!sir inture ho;T:: If
the visitors ajoy it, weil ant good. The
enjoyment is not vicious, though it is
low. But for the result, taf man who
has hinisel, rowed out milo into Lake
Michigan and there thinks of all lie has
escaped and It's meaning will obtain far
more.-Lcnlon Spectator.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30
Siflerlets-ShOrt and Snappy.

An Alabama man has refused
$4,000 federal office. Let him have
monument at once, and a big ont
too.
Mr.. Cleveland is finding fat to be
even more troublesome than the Of.
ce-seekers, and harder to get rid OF.
Dignity, like "hand-me-down'
coat, does not set we'll on everyone
who tries it.
If there is anything in eternal fit
ness Great Britain should change the
name of the Camperdown to Ramer-
down.
An Asbury Park revivalist has gone
crazy. The man who inspects the
women's bathing suits is still sane.
A praying band has come over
from London to convert Bob Inger-
soil. If they will make the effort in
public twill be worth seeing.
1t is dangerous for some men to do
their own thinking, and it is noticeable
that such fellows always follow the
lead of the bosses.
The political boss is not the prod
uct of any one locality, nor is he
monopolized by any city or state.
Wherever there is public patronage
and big Doodle, there will he be
found.
After all it was the much abused
farmer, and not the professional finan-
cier, who stopped the flow of gold to
Europe. American wheat seems to
be doing the business.
Don't lock up your cash. Keep
your money in circulation. If you
can't do better pay your newspaper
subscription. Then it will be certain
not to get locked up.
Miss Lizzie Borden is receiving o
bushel of letters day, which shows
that the sense of fairness is strong
with the American people, and that
it is a losing business with state Off
cials to keep a woman locked up for
ten months without any evidence OF
guilt.
How an American editor can work
himself into a fever over the question
of whether Mataufa or Malietoa ought
to be king of Samoa is more than we
can understand, but lots of 'em are
doing it.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30
Terrible Naval Accident.

Last Thursday afternoon British
fleet of five vessels were maneuvering
about five miles off Tripoli when ow-
ing to a misunderstanding of orders
one of the ships rams, the Camper
down, crashed into the iron clad Vic
toria sinking her very quickly. 1t is
thought that at least $50 men went
down with her. The Victoria was 8
splendid steel clad man of war, carry
ing two 110 ton guns. The accident
makes a profound sensation in nava'
circles, and raises the question as to
the value of heavy plate when forced
to stand the shock of the ram.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30

The following item, clipped fonm the Fl.
Madison( Iowa, } Democrat, contains informa
ton well worth remembering; MIR. John
Roth, of this city. who met with an accident
few days ago. spratning and bruising his leg
and arm quite severely, was cured by one so
cent bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm"
This remedy is without an equal for sprains
and bruises and should have place in every
household. For sale by
Goddard & Gibson, Londonderry.
Richardson & Leonard, Peru, VT.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30
Lieut.. Peary starts on his Arctic
expedition next Friday.
India has 131, 900 lepers.

Horsefesh is dearer than beef oil
mutton in Paris.
Sixteen ounces of gold are suflicien,
to gild a wire that would encircle the
earth.
In Norway persons who have moi
been vaccinated are not allowed tt
vote at any election.
Psychologists say that active exer.
else of mans arms and chest pro.
notes the activity of his mind.
The British soldier receives dali,
as rations A ounces of food Biscuit
20 ounces; meat, IA; peas or beans,
z; sugar, 2 cocoa, |.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30
ADVICE FROM AN AUTHOR.
He Tells Unpracticed Aspirants How to
Cpnstrnct IN Siam

He Tells Unpracticed Aspirants How to
Construct IA story.
Walter Besant's advice to the many
candidates for fame and fortune by way
of fiction who write him is to read and
to study some good story well told. The
best way to study the story is TO have it
told to you beforehand, and tine illustra-
yion he gives is IA true story concerning
On antiquary and Shakespeare student.
In the year 1895 the town was a; tonished
oy the production at the shop of the an
tiGuary Of various documents and papers
written by Shakespeare himself. There
were receipts, a confession of faith, an
improved edition of King Lear" and
inally complete new play in manu-
cript. Everybody went mad about
,hese things. HG.f tao world refused to
believe them; the other half declared
that they mus be genuine. Finally the
play was produced hy Sheridan at Drury
Lano and was promptly Kissed off the
tage. Then the dealers son confessed
hat he alone was tho forger of all these
documents. The father died soon after,
partly Of chnSlin at the ruin of his sup
posed treasures
Around this outline Mr.. Besant advises
his ambitious friends to write story,
with the old dealer and his son for the
two principal characters. "You must"
lie says, "show the enthusiasm of the old
man for everything that concerns Shake
spcare. In order to do this you must
take him TO Stratford You must sur
round him with other characters, real or
imaginary. You may Introduce him to
any antiGuary or literary character of
tbe day. Since the play was produced
at Drury Lane you may take us behind
tho scenes and introduce US to actors and
actresses. You must acquire the man
ners and customs and dress and language
Of the time. The construction of yorr
story is the first thing. Draw portrait
of every CHARACTER Make out as for
play u scenario showing every incidert
Remember not to Introduce single ia
cident or a word Of dialogue that draw
the readers attention aside for amp
nont.
"The grip of your story is the fl, t
thing to be studied. There is plenty ,f
grip in this if yen know how to tackle
it. suppose what follows will be
thought too hard condition. 1t is az
tually to write that story. For length
| advise you to be shorter than prac-
ticed hand would allow. Make it story
of about 20 chapters, averaging from
5000 to 1000 words each, but don't try to
write up to any limit or length. | have
always thought that the longest of Dick
ems shorter stories-about IL chapters
of that lengths the best that could be
chosen.
when you have actually written your
story-and rot TIL then--you may read
James Payns Talk Of the Town and
see how that story ought to be told.
And if you will take all this trouble you
will find that you have learned more
than if you had gone to work with
headlong pen and written half dozen
Wiahy washy attempts at the same time"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30

The law Is Q curious i,iins. Haggerty,
the drunken foel Who recently Jumped
the Brooklyn bridge and swan ashore,
was seen by II dozen persons to go over
the rail. Many people saw hira turn som,
ersaults in lively way during his vault
of l20 feet through the air. Perhaps a
hundred individuals were looking at him
when he struck the water and came
sputtering upa dozen feet away from
where he went in. But tho court could
find nobody to swear that he saw Hag-
gerty take the grand leap. Because of
this the fellow was allowed to go free.
That he had jumped the bridge was as
plain as anything that over did happen,
yet the law could find 10 evidence that
such was the flct.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30

One Of the serious charges brought
against Americans by foreign newspaper
correspondents at the Worlds fair is the
disgusting habit of splitting. Even if q
lady takes wheeled chair to ride about
the grounds her enjoyment is turned to
torment and nausea by the tobacco juice
which the whcclman squirts over her
shoulder. Schoolteachers, in the name
of health, decency and common good
manners, train your boys so they will
never contract the beastly habit Of ex-
pectorating. It is habit and nothing
else. Only Americans are guilty of it,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30
!. gc;ior In Court,

A sailor was witness, ard the cross
examining lawyer asked:
"Do you know the plaintiff or de
fendant:"
AFitna5s-Naw.s What's thati
Lawyer oil don't know the meaning
of plaintiff and defendant?
"Naw."
"And YET you would give testimony
against tie plaintiff The witness is in
competcns from ignorance, your honor"
"Avast hoavin, shipmate. Stand
athwart ships and let me ask You a ques-
ton
"Go ahead.
"What is abaft of the binnacle?"
what has that to do with the case?
don't know"
"a pretty Lawyer ye be. Any bloody
land lubbcr ought 70 lnoN- that the COM
pass is sSa Of tao binnaclo. 7--Iezas
SifiiNys.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30
The free coinage of silver has bee

The free coinage of silver has been
suspended in India and the white
metal at once took a drop reaching
the lowest point ever touched, %
cents an ounce. This makes our silver
dollar worth, intrinsically, SO cents.
This will be a severe blow to the free
coinage cranks in America, and here
after all talk about maintaining the
parity of gold and silver will be abso-
lutte nonsense.
Later advices show a continued
dropping of the white metal, and it is
thought it will go so low as to de-
crease the value of our dollar to so
cents. There is CONSERVATION among
the silver miners of Colorado and else
where.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30

Goes the story of the excellence of Hoods
sarsaparilla and what it has accomplished
and this is the strongest advertising which
is done on behalf of this medicine. We
endeavor to tell honestly what Hoods
Sarsaparilla is and what it will do, but
what it has done is far more important
and far more potent. Its unequ' lied re-
cord of cures is sure to convince those
who have never tried Hoods Sarsaparilla
that it is an excellent medicine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30

Hon. W. V. Lucas, Ex-State Auditor of
Iowa. says 81 have used Chamberlains cough
Remedy in my family and have no hesitation
in saying it is an excellent remedy. believe
all that is claimed for it Persons afflicted by
cough or cold will find it friend" There
is no danger from whooping cough when this
remedy is freely given. IS and so cent bot
ties for sale by
Goddard & Gibson, Londonderry
Richardson & Leonard Londonderry
and Peru.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-06-30

Gov. Altgeld of Illinois has par
doned the three anarchists who were
serving term in the Joliet prison for
completely in the Haymarket riot in
Chicago, May A, 1886.