The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-01-06
Sifterlets-ShOrt and Snappy.


heading of an article in an exchange
on the corner in whiskey. Well, ever
a worm will sometimes turn; whiskey
has long been making men tight"
Champion Jim Corbett is demon
strating anew the difficulty a man has
In being a gentleman and n prize fight
er at one and the same time.
The Christmas gifts which a number
of prominent gentlemen expected TO re
ceive from Mr.. Cleveland were prob
ably lost in the mails.
Some words of advice to the numer.
Gus office-seekers: Take advantage Of
the season and swear off; it will be
money in your pockets, to say nothing
of peace of mind.
The articles in the newspapers about
the "chpsen seven" do not refer to Mr..
Cleveland's cabinet, but to an eccentric
religious sect which has been started in
Michigan.
At last some use has been found for
the cheap watches that meyer keep time.
A Jealous lover used one of them to
fracture his sweetheart's skull. Why
net arm the police with that brand OF
watch?
A terrible warning to those who use
alcohol externally was given by New
York man the other day. While rub
bing himself with alcohol he caught
fire and was awfully burned.
One detective has found out some
thing; he was an Irishman and he kick
ed dynamite bomb. A big funeral
was given the portions of him that were
found.
Capt. F. C. Crugan, U. S. A.,
commandant at Fort Schuyler, N. Y,
is charged with having driven his
soldiers to death. Humph isn't that
one of the things for which private
soldier enlists?
The man who spends all of his time
bemoaning the departure of the "good
old times and failing to appreciate the
good of the present time cannot be call
ed wise man.
The silver question with the tramp
How can get dime?
Those Idaho diamond fiends may be
all right, but what has been made pub
lie about them carries earmarks that
are suspiciously like our old friend, the
real estate boom.
There is too much snobbery in this
country. Why should detectives watch
over the President-elect? This is not
Russia, and Russian methods should
not be countenanced by people of COM
mon sense.
The egg throwing fever broke out
among the students of the Washington
State Agricultural College the other
day. None of them died, but some of
them had smashing time.
The French are living up to their
reputation of being the most mercurial
people on earth.
At this time of tie making O.
good resolutions those politicians who
have been monkeying with the financial
system of the country for political pur-
poses would better make at least one,
and live up to it.
There is one kind of speculation in
which the pauper and the millionaire
are on the same footing-guessing at
Mr.. Cleveland's cabinet.
1t begins to look as though Uncle
Sam might have to choose between
making love to Miss Canada and
thrashing her.
To Secretary Foster; Why not try
the gold cure for those pains in youl
gold reserve fund.
We trust that our readers will con
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place that is said to be paved with goot
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