The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-24
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weekly sneet mas Deen issued from Whht
the owner was pleased to call the "Ginger
Publishing House," located in an sx20
room in one end of barn in the pleasant
village of Jamaica, and chrlstened "'rhe
jamaica Ginger" Its sole owner and ed
itor was one Henry Il. Mundell whose
stock in trade, not covered by chattel
mortgages, consisted of a massive cheek
backed by INSCRIPTIONS dishonesty and a
disposition to stray from the truth in so
the name of Ananias of old. Well, the
"Ginger". is no more! 1t has gone to
that undiscovered country" from whence
no Jamaica ginger ever returns. Its edi-
tor likewise, we are credibly informed,
has gone; has shaken the soil of his good
old native town from his feet and gone
out into the cold, unfeeling world to seek
for pastures fresh and greener, too, than
those found in jamaica.
1t is with no feelings of satisfaction
that we chronicle the demise of this sheet.
In no sense, although located in an adj
joining town, was it ever rival of the
SITTER. So far as this Office or paper
was concerned it was the least matter in
the world whether the little sheet existed
or not, and it is now referred to in the
first place because the closing of the
publishing House" by the sheriff is a
legitimate piece of news, and so far as
| that goes our readers are entitled TO it,
and in the second place to refer briefly to
the abuse of the SITTER dealt out by this
fellow and to state why it was allowed to
pass unnoticed, which fact may have been
thought singular by our bretheren of the
press, and, possibly, by some others who
were not acquainted with the character
of this fellow.
Three years ago the past winter Mum
dell worked in this office. While here he
received nothing but kind treatment and
was given the best home he ever had in
his life, and in the spring when he went
away had more money than he ever pos
sessed before. He went to Jamaica in
May, if we mistake not, and started his
little "Ginger." He Immediately "open-
ed" upon the SITTER, berating it's editor
in the lowest and vllest manner possible,
without any regard for decency or truth.
This he kept up at intervals up to the re-
cent gubernatorial canvass when fresh
start in the same direction was made and
the little sheet fairly bristled with low
dirty, lying abuse. Of course in this lat
was but the tool of men who, if no better
than he, were ashamed to come into the
foreground and who, it is believed, fol-
this service promised HIM the old print
ing press now standing in the old "she
, bang" To all of this the SITTER made
no reply, never mentioning or referring
either directly or indirectly, to the shee
or its editor. But during this time VIZ
did frequently grant him favors, that hi
had cheek to ask for, in the way of furn
ishing paper (25 cents worth at a time,
to keep his Publishing House" supplied
The first of this month he took a job Of
printing the Jamaica town report, some
thing that he couldn't do--didn't know
enough to do-even had he the facilities
He came up here and asked us, as an &C
commodation, TO get out the report, hi
staying and assisting. The favor was
granted. We got out the report, putting
} his imprint on the title page, at his re
quest. For this, and some o Their favorS
we have few dollars on INTERSTATE il
some respects for there will be no danger
that the listers will assess it, Landlord
Strong is also in the same fix so far as
his board is concerned while he was here
engaged on the report. To the intelli
gent reader enough has now been said tC
) show very clearly why this fellows abuse
was never referred to. But that the
matter may be perfectly plain we will
say that he is and has been known in his
own town, and partially in the surround
ing ones, as lazy, good-for nothing dead
: beat, all of his transactions being of thai
nature from the time that he obtained
from merchant Sherwin pair of breeches
to have his mother cut him pair by anC
put them on and wore them, and fol-
which he would have been lodged in jai
but that he begged and promised to dc
better, and the generous merchant releas
ed him, up to three weeks ago when he
was arrested by Brattleboro clothier fol
obtaining a suit of clothes under false
pretences. 1t will now be readily seer
that the SITTER could not reach so low 9
level as to notice in any manner a fellow
so entirely destitute of moral character
so low asnot to be even amenable tC
libel laws, for no jury would claim that
he could possibly injure anyone to more
than the nominal extent of one cent.
Citizens OF Jamaica are to be congrat
ulated if they are well rid of him. While
it may have been very convenient for the
people of that town to have little job
printing office they could not afford the
standing disgrace of Mundells "Publish
House" and his little Ginger"