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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-31
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PLOWS AND FLOWING.
Helpful Hints Concerning This All I'm
portant Subject,


Helpful Hints Concerning This All I'm
portant Subject
When the soil is full of moisture and
there are no stones to bother, almost any
human biped can 'plow," if the nipple
ment is properly 'set up" before leaving
the factory. Even then some of the
above named bipeds think it necessary to
loosen few nuts and change bolt or
two, to show their mechanical skill, A
plan advised is to understand the me-
chanical arrangement of the tool before
going to work. Study it over thoroughly,
and understand every bolt and piece in
its construction. Use the factory cata-
logue and keep it ON file for future ref
erence. Should there be any point about
it you do not understand, ask your dealer
or write the manufacturer regarding it.
Thus writes correspondent to the Ohio
Farmer. He says:
The old fashioned hand plows have
about outlived their usefulness. Nearly
all of our successful farmers use the
plows having reversible point and re-
versible share. The trouble with the old
style pillow point was that in dry time
|, it cost too much to buy so many new
points. If not changed as soon as need
ed, we did considerable Swimming"
This would never pay any farmer, no
matter how fertile his soil might be. AS
soon as we found that the new "combi-
nation" was success, we took our old
pillow back to our dealer and traded for a
new Bissell, with reversible point and
share. A great many of our neighbor
farmers did the same thing.
We use the new point until the lower
edge is rounded off, then reverse it. This
is followed up two or three times, max
ing one point, costing two-thirds as much
as the old style points, last three times as
long The same with the share. aim
to have my hitch as low as possible, so
that the draft will be nearly in line with
the power exerted by the team. The
wheel should run just hard enough to
hold the plow bottom steady. keep the
bearings well oiled with axle grease.
keep my pillow well balanced and my fur
rows straight.
AS to the Solid Comfort sulky pillow,
but few of these implements are in use
in this neighborhood. have none my
self, though | have tried several other
kinds The sulky pillow that has no
tongue is my favorite. The principle is
nearer in line with the hand pillow. and
there is no pole to worry the team.
Last year DR.. Chamberlain tried the
combination pillow on his experiment
farm in Ohio. He did not like it as well
as the old style point. After giving it a
thorough trial he sent it back to the
factory and exchanged for the standard
bottom. This shows that no one style
of plow sent out from the factory will
work in all localities and explains the
reason why the catalogues show up so
many styles.
do not believe that any certain rule
to plow very deep or shallow will apply
in all cases. Each farmer must deter
mine for himself. One rule should be
followed, with no exception whatever,
and that is to pillow well and thoroughly
every furrow and to keep your pillow ad-
| justed all the time to do the work re-
| quired.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-31
Great jews,

The French publication, Revue DIES
Deux Mondes, has taken up the Jewish
question and shows how much the world
is indebted to the Hebrew race in the
field of intellect and genius. AS states
men are mentioned Disraeli, Gambetta
and Ferdinand Lassalle, the latter now
glorified in Germany as the "adored re-
deemer of the toiling masses" Herschel,
the astronomer, was Jew. fact not
generally known.
In art the race has taken still more
prominent place. The greatest sculptor
Russia has produced so far, Antomol-
sky, belongs to the race she is driving
with such ruthless cruelty out from her
borders. Of renowned musical compos-
ers the list is so long that only IA few can
be named-as Meyerbeer, Halevy and
Mendelssohn. Pauline Lucca is Jew
ess. OF that race also may be named
Rubinstein. Joachim and Sir Michael
Costa. 1t lis true shat Michael is rather
an unusual st name for Jew, but the
blood is sl. IN Costa's veins. The
Revue mig, mention among actresses
two of the greatest ever known--Rachel
and Saran Bernhardt. 1t is quite right
in declaring that of men and women of
genius this race has produced probably
more than any other.
In all the CENTURIES of modern times
the worlds aous fnanciers have been
almost wil-out exception Jews. The
Revue probably never heard that some
authorities affirm Jay Gould himself, our
greatest American money getter, to have
been of Hebrew extraction, and that his
name can be easily traced back to the
original Jason Gold" Another profess
sion neglected in the article in The Re
vue is that of the journalist Among
prominent newspaper men in America
are the Pulitzer brothers in New York,
the De Youngs in San Francisco while
across the water the proprietors of the
London Telegraph. among others, show
how able the Jew is as newspaper con-
ductor. To the charge that Jews lack
ideals and idealism The Revue replies
beautifully:
Whatever he may be now, through him were
transmitted the ideals our souls have lived on
for 1000 years and more. The prophets of
Ephraim and the apostles of Galilee were the
heralds of idealism to the whole world.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-31
How to Fight Monopolies.

The editor of German American
newspaper calls attention to the fact
that the small business man is more and
more crowded to the wall and being
ruined by the present system of great in
dustrial corporations. Capitalists unite
their funds and their intelligence to man
ufacture and sell articles more cheaply
than the small maker or dealer possibly
can. They put their goods on the mar
ket and ruin him.
1t is the history of one industry after
another until at present a large proper
ton Of the great branches of manufac-
ture all over the country are consolidat-
ed, each under one management. 1t is
true that under this management the
manufactured articles are of good quail
ity and the price of them is in some cases
cheaper than it was before. But the in
jury. done to the individual tradesman
or manufacturer is the serious and I'M
pleasant feature of the present tendency.
But there is no use fighting the cur
rent. The consolidating tendency of in
dustry at the close of the nineteenth
cei iury is one of the most significant
signs of the times. 1t is literally the
idea of cooperation applied in the ways
that are not always right or agreeable.
But the poor worlangmen, the small
tradesmen. have the rem edy in their own
hands. Let them not oppose the CO.
operative current. They cannot do it
1t is too strong for them. and they viii
only break item against it. Let
them swim lake 1890 work
ingmen IL tt contrib
nte $40 apiece lDele would be "a work
ing capital of $1,000. With this they
could start cooperative store or grocery
or coal business th4t would be the be
ginning of a great success. Or let thel
pay 800 ii ~
would be il 5000
cleus of capital ta, uald BE- tic be,H
ming of a gr eruiAge success.
Whatever vcrhiug people
Of any town or cay want to do in the
way of trade and manufacture they can
do by uniting. The present bloated mo-
nopolies which are complained Of were
made by few rtafr III 7aroe cgpital
INTELLIGENT i the
same men
r-.4t,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-31
Queer Earth In California.

They are dredging some very queer
stuff down at McNear's basin. They
struck tia few feet below the surface
and have cut through about 12 feet in
depth of it thus far. It is the very en-
bodiment Of toughness. 1t requires to
be cut into shavings, as it were, by one
passage of the machine, and then in dis
engaging and lifting it the 3OO-horsepow-
er machine is strained to the utmost. 1t
Is very much like dredging stratum of
india rubber. The same machine would
make at least five times the speed and
Roadway through the friable rock that
underlies our principal streets. Besides
being tough, indicating very large per-
centage of aluminium in its composition,
it Is remarkably heavy, much more SO
than the hardpan or ordinary clays Of
the vicinity. -Petalums Courier.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-31
An Inhuman Nurse,

Parents who are in the habit of putting
their children out to nurse will do well
to ponder over the following case re-
Gently tried in police court at Paris:
From the testimony it appears thatsa
nurse woman was in the habit of giving
a baby in her charge an artifcially
healthy complexion by cruelty painting
the infantile face with cosmetics. The
child progressed SO nicely that its weight
increased in an astonishing manner, ow-
ing, it is said, to some shot which the
nurse placed in the baby's clothes. Final
ly the cruel fraud was detected, and the
woman received two years imprison-
ment.-New York Telegram.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-31

The sensation of statesman suddenly
out of job mast at first be rather a
queer one. From having invitations to
dinner, cards sent to him, railroad passes
thrust upon him and Difference shown
him by all office boys. clerks and colored
porters, he finds himself leveled in a
night to the plane of common citizen,
with none to look up to him. If he is
intrinsically great man. he picks up
and goes ON again and regains his place
whether he is in Office or out of it. But
if he is little man it is only TIE oilce
which makes him great. snl lie il noso,sy
ever again.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-31
Methods of Seeding Wheat.

At the Ohio station the results from
drilling wheat at depths of from one to
four inches as compared with those from
sowing broadcast are very favorable to
drilling in 1892. The average results
for four seasons at the same station also
favor drilling Cross drilling has given
better results than drilling one way.
The roller following after each hoe Of
the drill did not add materially to the
yield of grain.
Tabulated data are given for an ex-
pertinent at the Indiana station, in which
wheat was sown in drills on four plats
at depth of from one to four inches, and
ON five plats at rates of from one-half to
two bushels of seed per acre. The depth
of the drills seemed to make little differ
ence in the yield, but in general the
yield increased with the amount of seed
used.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-31
She Is In Dead Earnest.

Lady Florence Dixie has taken off the
gloves, if may so put it. The time has
come, she declares in her latest mani
festo, for woman to assert herself and to
dethrone that too long worshiped and
dreaded tyrant-man! And there's only
one way, cries Lady Florence, in which
this can be done. Women, as women,
can never hope to effect the desired revo-
luton. Women, if they wish to do
anything, must disguise themselves as
men," patriotic mothers" are invited
''to train up their girls" with view to
this new plan of campaign. "If had a
girl added Lady Dixie, 81 would doit. ="
UNFORTUNATELY" she adds, my two
children are boys."-London Truth
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-31

A serious drawback to the cause of
higher education for women in the Eng
lish universities is reported from Oxford,
The cost Of "chaperonage" has risen.
The older women, who are considered
indispensable escorts to the girl students
who attend examinations and lectures,
are demanding and receiving higher pay
than ever before. In many cases the
students cannot afford to meet this in
creased expense, and a daring reformer
has suggested that chaperons be dis
pensed with. While this has Mortified
the conservatives, it has pleased the indie
pendent young women, who are begin
ming to realize that there is no lurking
peril in the streets of Oxford.-San Fran
cisco Argonaut.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-31
IMPROVING WORKOUT SOILS.
How This May Be Done With Commercia
Fertilizers and Green Crops.

How This May BE Done With Commercial
Fertilizers and Green Crops
A Missourian, insa letter to Prairie
Farmer, says that one way to help run
down land SO that profitable crops can
be grown il by using commercial fer
tilizers These, if properly applied, will
often materially increase the growth and
yield of the crops, but it is questionable
if they add any appreciable permanent
fertility to the soil. There is one way
however, by which the use of this class
of fertilizers can be made an advantage,
and that is by increasing the yield of the
crops, larger amount of feed is secured
and this affords an opportunity of max
ing more manure, and the more animal
manure that can be secured the better
the chance for building up the soil
Clover is one of the best materials that
can be used to build up the soil. and
wherever clover can be grown the land
is not past redemption. But some soils
will not grow clover. 1t is so devoid Of
vegetable matter that the clover plant
will starve out, and in this case either of
two plans can be followed. One is to
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-31
ANCHOR ICE.
A Strange Formation of Ice Crystals at the
bottom of Harbors.


The "anchor ice" by which the steam
err City of Boston was imprisoned in the
Thames river at Norwich, is one Of the
strongest of wintry phenomena. Itgoes
byvarious names. West of New Eng
land it is known as "slush ice," and
abroad it is called ground ice," "bottom
Ice" and "loppered ice." 1t is not formed
upon the surface of water, but collects
on the beds Of streams. This Is the most
remarkable thing about it. Many theo-
ries have been advanced to account for
its formation, One scientist claimed
that it was the result of radiation of heat
from the river bed, and that it was de-
posted on the same principle as dew.
Another stoutly maintained that it was
produced by little spicule of hoar frost
falling from the atmosphere into the
water.
The most acceptable hypothesis, how
ever, is that the whole body of water in
which it is found is thoroughly chilled
by mechanical action of the currents
Of the stream, and that the anchor ice
then naturally forms on the stones and
other rough bodies at the bottom After
this general cooling of the water to a
temperature in the neighborhood Of 80
degrees Fair, the anchor ice will speed
lily coat a pole, for example, that is low
cred into the stream. The nucleus hav-
ing once been formed, the small masses
of ice that cling by adhesion to the asper-
tiles of the river bed grow in size and at
length attain sufficient buoyancy to
loosen their fastenings and rise to the
surface. In doing this they frequently
tear up small stones and clumps of
gravel.
The anchor ice is clearly crystalline in
structure, and in the water resembles a
kind of fungus or vegetable growth. AT
times stream will be seen full of little
masses of anchor ice floating along NEAR
or at the surface. Its consistency is
often very slight, so that if an attempt
is made to grasp it in the hand it readily
melts and disappears. 1t is confined
mainly to swiftly running streams hay
ing gravelly or stony beds, and it is a
feature of the winter that proves trouble
some chiefly to mill owners.
1t collects on the head gates of the
canals and on the racks at the entrance
of fumes, and if it is allowed to pass into
wheel pit is liable to stop the wheel, as
it etfectually stopped the paddles of the
steamer City of Boston in the Thames
Boston Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-31
ODDS AND ENDS.
Gum camphor keeps off moths.

Gum camphor keeps off moths.
Amusement to children is like rain to
lowers.
Wholesome recreation conqusrs evil
thoughts,
If you are getting weaklyneed, take a
look at Elijah,
The coming man will fly when the
coming broom is after him.
Fortune does not change men; it only
Inmaslss them,-Riccoboni.
Most people are willing to do away
with vices-of other people.
The first silver coin was made by PHI
don, king of Argos, 800 b. @
In 1900 Volta made the first voltaic
pile of disks of zinc and silver
You always lose your bathing shoc
just before You tread on the clamshcll.
If all our wishes could be gratiiied
every beggar would be a pasha.
In the British kingdom some 80 square
miles of land are devoted to burial pur-
poses.
There are times when one feels that in
ventors, like immigrants, should be re
stricted.
If Spenser were the prince of poets in
his own age, Shakespeare was the prince
Of poets of all time.
A grumbler who has lived to be %
years old has decided that it's hardl
worth while after all.
Moliere was the son Of an~upholAerer.
who tried in vain 30 teach him the rudi'
ments of the business.
In Germany married men wear we'd
ding rings, custom which many writers
have advocated in this country.
Persons who suffer from govt or
rheumatism seem most liable to bad Ell
fects from eating Holsters or crabs.
People of sense manage to dress with
out going to extremes in either the direc-
ton of too little or too much black.
Cassius fell by his own dagger after
the battle of Philippi, the same dagger,
it is said, with which he stabbed Cesar.
A silver spoon which was lost by Hor-
ace Woodward of Dayull, Conn, who is
now so years of age, when he was G
years old has been restored to him, he
claims. 1t was found at the bottom of a
well which was cleaned out.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-31
The Origin of a Coat.

The origin of the Spencer" coat is
curious. Mr.. Spencer, an Englishman
particular in his dress, once remarked
in company that no fashion was SO ri
diculous but would be adopted if worn
by person of sufficient importance.
This was dissented from, whereupon Mr.
Spencer offered to bet that if he cut
off the skirts of his coat and walked out
with merely the body and sleeves he
would be initiated. The bet was ac-
cepted, the coat prepared and took the
fancy of a well known tailor. The ''Spen-
Ger" soon after came into general use
London Tit-Bits.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-31
THE
Londonderry Sitter.
So. Londonderry, Vermont.
THE
The United States now grows the best
rice and the best cotton in the world.

1t is far more honorable for even a
man high in Office to confess publicly
that he is bribetaker and beg pardon
of his country than for government to
try to shield official bribetakers. 1t is
the crime that is concealed which is
dangerous, not that which is confessed
and punished.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-31
Pies and IartS.

All tarts are pics. though all pies are
not tarts. Pastry is a generic term for
all culinary preparations that are served
on layers or in cases. opened or closed,
Of farinaceous paste. and pie" is the
contraction of this generic term. Tart
though, is paste twis, torta--into
fancy shapes. A pic. open or closed,
may be called tart when any porto /
of its paste has been twisted OF fanci
fully manipulated by the maker s.
that pies may consist of flesh or fish AMI
yet be tarts. and tarts may be of frui
and yet be pies. N otes and Queries
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-31
FOR SALE.

My Farm, formerly the Newell Hunt
ing place. Said farm is in the town Of
Winhall joining Londonderry on the east,
Peru on the north, and on direct road
from So. London MsD.aa t-
Farm contains So, "aa0e n~ ,r... -u.l-
ably divided into pF .sgs .ui
wood land with as .4.g .u.rL orchard
of 500 trees.
The buildings &C OF large 'W0-
story house with J. H gu.s 'M.as.
horse barn and larar az. .. up.
buildings all in best of repair, running
water TO house and barn; also nice well
in cellar, all the land lies to the south,
and is in high state of cultivation.
Said farm is three miles from So. Lon
donderry sSd Twelve from Manchester
and near sch d. Farm cuts hay enough
TO winter fifteen head of cattle beside
team and can be bought low this fall on
account of poor health.
For further particulars enquire of 5.
M. Holden, So Londonderry, or the sub
scriber on the premises.
c. V. BRYANT.
Winhall, VT, Oct. 10, 80.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-31
FRIDAY MORNING, MAR. 81, 1898.

oats, which weigh less than the others
per bushel, have heavier kernels and are
more nutritious than the short oats. The
market, however, demands heavy oats,
II, then, we raise oats for market, the
Welcome class should be selected, If for
pur own stock, then the long, slender
oats should be preferred, says The Rural
New Yorker
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-31
Am Expenslye Honsehold.

The sultan's harem costs SIS. 900
yearly. About 100 women leave every
year to marry. and each has $37 500
dowry. Yet the number never falls be-
low 300. Every official struggles to get
his daughter in, for each has 10 servants,
carriage and four and possibility of
gaining influence over the sultan.-In-
dianapolis Sentinel
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-31

No question is asked any oftener than
Which is the best breed?" The aver
age poultry keeper-especially the begin
ner-has an ambitious yearning for n
general purpose fowl. Long as its al
vent has been expected, and frequently
as it has been announced, the perfect
combination breed remains an unknown
quantity There are some breeds whose
business it is to lay eggs, and they do it
There are others that at almost any age
make toothsome delicacy, but to find
a fowl that will at one and the same
time suit the broiler, the rooster and the
egg specialists is little outside of na
ture. There are, however, breeds which
when properly handled, come near
enough to the all around ideal fowl to
meet the requirements of large class
For the benefit of this class will be given
the opinion of several authorities on this
vexed question of best breed. The edi
tor of Farm Poultry says:
The best breed and the best cross is
difficult to answer. Among the best
breeds we rank the Langshans, Plym
outh Rocks and Wyandottes, but the
Langshans are black feathered and dark
skinned, hence less desirable for table
use ito sell in market.) Probably the
White Wyandottes come nearest to n
perfect all purpose fowl, as they are tle
very best of poultry and are very great
layers For crosses Brown Leghorn male
on Plymouth Rock females gives very
great layers, but Leghorn male drown
OF white) on Light Brahma females gives
better poultry. combined with great lay
ing qualities.
j.. K. Felch, after 30 years experience
with the various breeds, advises the
selection of Light Brahmas, Eeghorns
Wyandottes and Plymouth Rocks as
practical purposes. A correspondent in
The Country Home says, The nearest
general purpose fowls are the Plymouth
Rocks and Wyandottes." American Cul
tivator says, "Our American breeds, the
Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes. are
much alike in qualities and perhaps come
nearer general purpose fowl than any
others"
The well known English authority
Tegetmerier, writes in a London ex-
change: 'If both eggs and fowls are de-
sired, Minorca hens may be kept, that
will in their first and second laying sea
sons lay abundantly. If with thess q
good short legged Indian game is run
the chickens will be half bred, and thus
good eggs in abundance and good chick
ems for the table could be produced out
of the same yard"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-31

That old established cough remedy
Downs Elixir, still mole than holds its
sharp and active competition. 1t is a
'home remedy" and in this locality needs
no words of praise from us, SO well and
favorably known is it. 1t is the standard
remedy for coughs, colds and all throat
troubles. with great numbers of our peo-
pie, and heir continued use and unsolic-
ted recommendation of speaks VOLUMES
in its Burlington, VI, Free
Press, January, 26, 1892.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-31

There is no reason why children should
be allowed to suffer from loathsome
scrofulous sores and glandular swellings
when such pleasant, effective and eco
nomical medicine as Ayers Sarsaparilla
may be procured of the nearest druggist.
Be sure you get Ayers.