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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24

Bottled beer is much stronger in
alcohol than beer on draught.
Over 200 onmibuses in London are
now fitted with electric lights.
Charlemagne wore on state occa-
sions a silk gown worth $4,000.
There are only about thirty mem
bers left of the once mighty tribe, of
Choctaws, near New Orleans.
All the gold in the world could he
stored in a room twenty-four feet
square and twenty-four feet deep.
Forty-five years ago canned toma-
toes sold at fifty cents can, while
now the price is about seven cents.
Bees never store honey in the light,
because honey thus exposed granu.
lates, and is thus useless to the bees.
The average weight of the Chinese
brain is said to be heavier than the
average weight of the brain of any
other race.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24
lie LONDONDERRY SITTER,

BY a collision on the Fitchburp
railroad, near Athol, Mass, early
Sunday morning, d. f. Taylor for
merlyproprietor of the Jamaica House
at Jamaica, and l.. G. Adams of
Guilford, a brother-in-law of Taylor,
were Instantly killed, Taylor and
Adams had been to Boston to pur-
chase horses, having them aboard the
train, they occupying the oaboose
which was telesooped by an extra
freight train following. Twelve cars
were wrecked.
Mr.. Taylor was well known in this
vicinity. He married daughter OF
c. Nj. Farnum of Peru, by whom he
leaves two children.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24
The roten, Hawaiian Pick-me-up.

INC ottut ich-hnC-ups
Poi is made from the root of the tago
plant. The tago grows in the water, and
its broad leaves float upon the surface.
It has root very similar to the turnip,
but Of more elongated form. It is pre-
pared by grating it upon a slightly hol-
lowed volcanic stone upon which water
is poured from time to time. The whole
eventually forms paste, which under
goes slight fermentation and is pleas
ant to the taste. There is a drink on the
islands known as ''poi cocktail" 1t is
made by stirring the paste into glass Of
milk. Its virtues were discerned many
years ago by Europeans. For the head
which follows nights debauch there is
nothing like it.
When the stomach absolutely refuses
anything known to civilization; when
the throat is dry and burning, the voice
husky, the temple throbbing and the
hands shaking, the poi cocktail is swal.
lowed. It is almost instantly assimilated
A delicious feeling Of calm and rest
steals over the patient. The paste COW
ers the infamed walls Of the stomach
and protects them The throat becomes
once more of flesh, not fire, and the head
ceases to ache in 10 minutes Pttsburg
Dispatch
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24

Unusual interest attaches to the
coming town meetings on account Of
the doings of the late assembled. !"
A road commissioner, to have entire
charge of the roads in town, and
clothed with authority to draw orders
upon the town treasurer to pay all
bills for labor and material, is to be
elected. This is an important mat
ter and deserves the serious consider
alton of voters. The men chosen by
the several towns to this position
should not only be capable of doing
the work economically but should be
thoroughly honest as the chances for
stealing will be first class.
Three, or more, school commission.
ers are to be chosen. These will have
entire control of all the schools il
town, and should be men of sounG
judgements and having progressive
ideas, capable of giving us the best
of schools at the lowest costs consis
tent. Voters should thoroughly con
slider these matters before coming tt
town meeting and be prepared to vott
intelligently and without prejudice.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24

The senior proprietor of this paper has
been subject to frequent colds for some
years, which were sure to lay him up If
not doctored at once. He finds that
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is reliable.
1t opens the secretions, relieves the lungs
and restores the system to healthy con-
dition. If freely used as soon as the
cold has been contracted, and before IL
has become settled in the system, it great
w lessons the attack and often cures in a
single day what would otherwise have
been severe Northwestern Hotel
Reporter, Des Moines, Iowa. 25 and 81
cent bottles for sale by
Goddard & Gibson, Londonderry and
Richardson & Leonard, Londonderry and
Peru.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24
A Cure For insomnia.

Old Captain Billison and his wife Han-
nah Of Nantucket had lived in peace and
comfort together for 20 years, the cap
tain having left off going to sea early
in life and adopted home staying ptr-
suit, but at the end of all these years, in
which he and Hannah had not been sep
arated for single day, he was unexpect-
eddy called to Boston on necessary bust
ness, to be gone month.
One of the neighbors called few days
afterward. well, well, Hammer" said
she, Il sh'd think 't'd'be purity lonesome
Twin here without the cap'n.'
"Lonesome!" exclaimed Hannah. Il
cd stand that, but laws a-massy! How
wus to go to sleep nights without hearin
Elnathan snorin2 Fust two nights
couldn't sleep, nohow l cd fix it."
"Go to sleep now all rightY
Yes" -
How'd ye manage it,"
well, you see, Maria Folger she keeps
boarders next door, an got her to come
in an rig up her coffee mill t the foot !.
the bed, an every night she comes in az
grinds her coffee jest after I've gone to
bed. Mercy You couldn't tell it from
Elnathan's snorin. an Of course go right
off to Sleep
Hannahs eyes twinkled, and we feal
she loved joke more than she loved the
truth. Youths Companion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24
Written for the SITTER.

Written for the SITTER.
BY MARVIN L PIPER.
In the battle of life when
Defeat seems nigh,
And thy hopes have vanished
Like mists in the sky,
And foes have triumphed till
Thy heart doth cry;
Then look aloft my boy,
But never say die.
In the voyage of life when
The great waves roll,
And the tempest beats down ON
Thy sadden'd soul,
And the pillows toss the till
Shipwreck seems nigh,
Then stand firm at thy post,
And never say die.
Tho thy hopes have vanished,
Yet life will last;
The sun will shine bright when
The storm is past;
And the loving ones above
Will hear thy cry;
Then take courage my boy,
And never say die.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24

The bodies of one or two of the cholera
patients that died on the infected steam
ers in New York bay last autumn were
buried in quicklime. The bodies were
placed in pine box; the box was filed
with quicklime, slaked with water. By
that means the infection germs were de-
stroyed and the corpses rendered harm
less. If bodies of those dying from such
diseases as smallpox, typhus, cholera
and diphtheria were disposed of in sim
liar manner, the poisoning of air and
soil through deadly contagion would be
greatly diminished. Such burial would
not shock the sensibilities of those hay
ing a prejudice against cremation. EN-
inent medical authorities have decided,
however, that cremation should be the
method of disposition of such corpses, in
all cases, if possible. The burial in quick
lime would be an effectual means of get
ting rid of the bodies of animals that
had died OF contagious diseases, such as
CHAMBERS, plcuro-pneumonia and swine
plague.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24

Perhaps you know it already, but if
you do not you will be astonished to be
told that in this intelligent republic, in
the dying days Of the 10th century, there
are living along the mountain ranges
from Virginia to Alabama nearly $780,
900 people "who have never received or
written letter and could not read one
if it were printed and sent to them. :
They are not negroes either. but white
people, with good old Scotch and HUI
guenot blood in their veins. Their an
cestors came to this country in the col
onial days.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24

The following epitaph can be
found on tomb stone in cemetery
at Groton, Mass:
Mrs. Abigail Kendrick widow of
Capt. Kendrick left her pleasant
home in Newton and came to her
daughter Mary's in Grotton on ac-
count of We civil war and Sept. 9Th,
1775 aged rs was removed by dys-
EMERY to that place where the wicked
cease from troubling and the weary
are at rest.-Fitchburg Sentinel.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24
SIMONSVILLE.

The remains of Franklin Mansur
of Weston were brought to this ceme-
terry last Friday for interment. He
was native of this town and resided
here for many years; he owned and
run saw and gristmill in Pease-
vile; moved to Weston nearly forty
years ago, where he has been engag-
ed in the mill business. He will be
greatly missed.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24

The worlds eyes will be on the result
of a lawsuit now pending at Atlanta.
A lady slipped upon a han;sn. peel Which
some malignant IDIOT had t'lrowl, into
the street and injured herself severely.
She thoreupon sued the city for dam
ages to the amount of $4,000 If she
gains her suit, it will be a warning, as
long as bananas continue to be eaten, to
the other malignant idiots who cast the
skins upon the pavement. Then cities,
knowing they would be liable for dam
ages, would fine the banana and orange
peel throwers, and everybody would be
happy.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24
Isabel Somerset,
Frances E. Willard.

Minister-Your wife takes a great
interest in our church, Mr.. Layman. |
should like to see her for a few mo-
ments.
Mr.. Layman-She's out at the sew
ing circle to-day, sir.
M.-What are they sewing to-day,
sir?
Mr.. L.-Sowing scandal, l guess.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24
The w. @. 7. U. Petition.

Brothers; We, your Petitioners, al-
though belonging to the physically weak
er sex, are strong Of heart to love our
homes, our native land, and the worlds
family of nations.
We know that clear brains and pure
hearts make honest lives and happy
homes, and that by these the nations
prosper, and the time is brought nearer
when the world shall be at peace.
We know that indulgence in Alcohol
and Opium, and in other vices which dis
grace our social life, makes misery for all
the world, and most oil all for us and for
our children.
We know that stimulants and opiates
are sold under legal guarantees which
make the Governments partners in the
traffic, by accepting as revenue a portion
of the profits, and we know with shame
that they are often forced by treaty upon
populations, either ignorant or unwill-
ing.
We know that the law might do much,
now left undone, to raise the moral tone
of society, and render vice difficult.
n We have no power to prevent these
great. inqulties beneath which the whole
world groans, bnt you have power to re-
deem the honor of the nations from an
indefensible completely.
We therefore come to you with the
united voices of representative women of
every land, beseeching you to raise the
standard of the law to that of Christian
morals, to strip away the safeguards and
sanctions of the state from the drink
traffic and the opium trade, and to pro-
tect our homes by the total prohibition of
these curses of civilization throughout all
the territory over which your Government
extends.
NAMES. NAMES.
The women's polyglot petition has now
been signed in more than 40 languages,
and has millions of names. 1t will be on
exhibition at the Worlds Columbian Ex-
position 1898, in Chicago from the first
of May to the last of October in the Tenn
perance Department of the great Fair.
If the names were written one under
the other, the Petition would be no less
than IL miles long, but we have them so
placed that the average is names upon
each line.
This is the largest petition in the his
tory of the world so far as we can ascer-
tain. 1t asks for the abolition of the traf-
fc in alcoholic drinks and opium; women
sign as regular petitioners and men sign
as endOrsers of the request of the women
This is perfectly understood and will be
explained everywhere the petition is
carried.
Lady Henry Somerset of England and
Miss Frances E. Willard of America
with commission of White Ribbon
women will go with this petition to every
civilized government within two years
after the Worlds Fair.
We ask all who care for the protection
of the home and of the tempted lives that
are there nurtured to cut out this petition
paste it on slip of paper and go ou
seeking for names. This is good thorough
temperance work. When you have Sc
cured as many as possible, send the rol
to Miss Alice Briggs, Rest Cottage
Evanston, near Chicago, Ill.
| May God bless those who seek ant
those who find !
j Isabel Somerset,
Frances E. Willard.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24
PERU.

No mail for three days, another
foot of snow just laid down with
more coming and the mountains to
the west roaring. Physicians can't
reach town; there are several sick
ones all reported better. Mrs. Dex-
ter Batchelder has been very low
with pneumonia but is improving.
Grub and good cider plenty, friends
outside need not worry.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24

Quartely meeting at the M. E.
Church next Sunday.
The young peoples League of the
M. E. Church will display at the
town hall next Tuesday eve, Feb.
2S, fortune tree with other appro-
pirate exercises followed with a
basket supper. An invitation is ex-
tended to all
Miss Louisa Babbitt, who has been
visiting with her brother, DR.. z. B.
Babbitt, of Washington, D. c., re-
tuSned last Tuesday night.
G. E. Livermore and wife have re-
turned from their visit to Boston.
Charles is now ready to serve his GUS
toners with meat, fresh fish and oys-
tiers.
Mrs. Julia Boynton, who resides in
the north part of town, has a cat that
beats trough on rats" A few days
ago she came into the house with two
good sized live rodents in her mouth
which she had managed to capture.
George Stone of Bondville has
moved into the house with his father
in-law, Scion Underwood, of this
town.
Lawyer Cudworth is still confined
to the house and is unable to walk
without assistance This is owing to
a partly paralyzed condition that the
diphtheria left him in. At first it was
thought that he would soon recover
from this, but it now looks, we are
sorry to say, as if it might be a mat
ter of months.
Running newspaper without mail
or telegraph is not so funny as it nigh
be. But then it has its compensation
it is kind of ga go as you please
business.
Col. Hooker declines to be a can
didate for selectman of Brattlebor
for the coming year, but insteat
wants the position of road commits
sioner. That's the stuff ! Col
Hooker knows good thing when b
sees it, and he knows that for th
next two years, at least, the office O
selectman is going to be small pota
toes and pesky few in the hill.
D. A. Shattuck and wife, VIII
have been visiting in Grafton an
Westminster, returned on Wednes
day, driving from Houghtonville
the severe storm of that day.
On account of the severity of tn
weather the donation festival, advel
tised for Wednesday eve, has bee
indefinitely postponed
Several entertainments in this v
cinity set on Washington's birthda
proved to be the wrong thing for til
wrong time. Birthington's wash da
was an old bliffer.
Mrs. Asa Hall, who has been i
for several months, is now much be
ter, and in fair way to recovery.
Are you going. to remember whe
you come to town meeting to dro
into the SIFRER Office and pay up?
Mrs. M. Hoskins has returne
from her visit to Albany, N. y
While there her son Charles was yer
il! with typhoid fever.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24
WARDSBORO.

Levi Howard and family have
moved from Saxtons River to their
home in this village.
Mrs. G. Harris, who it will be
remembered broke her arm last fall,
fell down the cellar stairs at H. C..
Bemis' last Saturday and was for a
time insensible.
A. j. Martin sawed his thumb
quite badly last week.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24

A genius has invented new kind of
paint which is yellow when it is cold,
but bright red when it is hot. A practi-
cal use is suggested for it as a coating on
machinery. When boxes and bearings
and other portions of machinery where
friction is engendered become hot, the
paint would turn red and give warning.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24

We have received the annual cata-
logue Of the popular seedman, James
Wick of Rochester, N. Y. This
handsome publication should be in
the hands of every gardner and all
lovers and cultivators Of flowers. 1t
affords much valuable information
and no more reliable seeds can be
obtained than from this old estab-
lished seedman.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24
"a fleet Of American beauties unex

"a fleet of American beauties unex-
relled in modern marine architecture" is
to ply regularly between New Orleans
and Liverpool. This journey with the
soft airs of TIE gulf of Mexico blowing
over the passenger will be the ideal ocean
voyage. The first two steamers viii be
10,00O-ton vessels and will he built a.
Newport News.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24
NEWFANE.

The entertainment and dance set
for Thursday evening has been post
poned, on account of the severity Of
the weather, to Wednesday evening,
March 1st.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24

- SHEEP For SALE-The sub
scriber has for sale 10 two-vear-old
grade eve sheep, in good condition.
F. A. Boynton,
Londonderry, vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24

o the people of Windham and
Hereafter nv gristmill will be
run only on Tuesdays and Fridays. I'M
less business should require,
w. H. HI. Burbee
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24

For SALE-300 almost new tin sap
5 and 200 newly painted wood
). Also good hard wood timber
J, E, Carleton,
Londonderry, Vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24
LOCAL SUNNI AIRY.
AUCTIONS.

At Landgrove Hollow, Mar. /.
W. R. Strong and F. E. Davis
Two horses, cows, wagons, household
goods, &c. &c.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24

$3.50 pays for the SITTER and
Rutland Weekly Herald one year.
Address this office.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24

have nearly all the negatives
So, Londonderry from which |
sh photographs at $3.50 per dozen
III. w. Rich,
SAG Main st,
Willimantic, Ct.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24

&S~SEssIoN LAWS of 1892 for sale at
the town clerks Office l5c. per copy.
III. ID. TYLER.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24
Special Notices..

N~CASH FOR BARE-The sub.
scriber, agent for Frank A, Cutting of
Boston, will pay cash for bark as soon
as loaded on the ears, delivered at any
station ON the narrow Gauge,
j. B. Worthen,
So, Londonderry, VT.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-24

Indiana Winter Wheat flour for
er barrel at j. Hills Bondville.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24
CAMDEN COUNTY MEETING.

Mr. EDIToR:-Camden County ALI
ance met with Shiloh Alliance, Jan.
18th, with w. S Bartlett presiding
Officers present: W. S. Bartlett, Pres.
ident, j. S. Needham, VIce-President
pro tenn. J. 3. Bray, Secretary pro
tenn IS w. Williams, Chaplain; Q. E
Lloyd, lecturer; S. 6. Squires, Treas
urer pro TEN {; J. @. Perkins, Door
keeper pro tenn. W, K. Burgess. Assis
TAM Door-keeper pro tenn J. G.
Steven, Sergeant alarms.
Brethren j. s. Bray, J. G. Perkins
and Isaac Whitehurst were appointed
a committee on credentials.
The fol owing delegates were present;
OLD Trap. j. B Bray, J. 6 Duncan, J.
S. Bray, Ed Ganent0n, \, K. Burgess.
Shiloh, J. B Frias.
Bros S. W. Williams, J. @ Perkins,
j. G. Stevens and w, s. Bartlett were
appointed as a committee to try to re
vive the Alliance at South Mills.
The next meeting will be held with
Lone Star Alliance, April 18th, 1898.
The meeting was a very pleasant
and profitable ore. Owing to the in
clemf ncy Of the weather some Of the
Subs we're not represented
The Order is about holding its own
with brighter prospects III the near
future. Yours truly,
J.B BRAY, Sec'y pro tenn.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24
THE A L

Mr.. EDITOR:-This dance was given
by the State at a cost of little less than
$500. At 1915 o'clock Wednesday
night a crowd of Raleigh's gallant
young men, accompanied by fair
young ladies, marched onto the waxed
floor at StrOnach's warehouse and
swirled in The giddy dance till 3
O'Clock In the morning.
One hundred nd fifty dollars having
been appropriated for music, you can
judge Of the surprise of all when it was
discovered that the music was fur
nlshed by a negro band, and that the
figures IN the lances and quadrills were
called by a member of the same.
While looking on | tried to imagine
how this dance had anything to do
with the inauguration of the Cover
nor how it was so essential a part Of it
that the people of the State must needs
appropriate money to pay the fddlers.
70 my mind there is a missing link
some where. | heard several members
Of the Legislature, who voted for the
appropriation bill, remark that if it
was possible they would reconsider the
matter and put the money back III the
State Treasury. One member in very
unpublished lAnguageasked to be kicked
for voting favOrlngthe DILL. Gov. Carr
did not participate in the ball, and we
believe had he been consulted regard
ing the matter he would have opposed
a so much uncalledfor waste of the
peoples earnings.
Think how much warmth and cheer
that $500 would have given the old
soldiers at the Soldiers Home. Think
of how many lit e orphans that might
have been understandable and happy
had thai bail money been rendered the
Orphan Asylum. The appropriation
is made, the money is spent, but re-
member, you who are on record as
voting for this appropriation, the peo-
pie will hold you accountable,
r. PEESTOCK.