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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-17
ODDS AND ENDS.


rrof' ~or Garne. says that gorillas do
sot converse with chimpanEees.
Three ont of the first four presidents Of
mo United States married widows.
Workmen in Italy wear boards as a
rule, owing to the cost Of shaving.
The jewelers. wheel was employed BY
Greek artisans in cutting canoes from
agate.
During Victoria's reign India has coin.
cd es,oOo,oo0 in gold and a9oe, 0OO, 900 in
silver.
Don't growl because It's raining. lit
was dry weather, you might get sun.
struck.
1t is computed that 1000 cattle give 81
tons of beef and 1000 sheep 12a tons Of
mutton.
The Chinese claim to have possessed
the art of enameling metals from at least
1000 B G.
All the glaciers in the Alps would not
equal In size one of the largest In the
territory Of Alaska.
Since the dawn Of human life NADIA
gascar has been inhabited by at least 70
species of gigantic birds.
An advertisement In Chicago paper
describing a lost dog stated that ths ami
NAL has gold capped tooth.
There are in the world more Il an 100.
600 blind people, not counting the shop
keepers who do not advertise.
Counting out Sundays and HOLIDAYS
the people of this country work 800 days
to produce tl2, 500, 900, 900 Of wealth.
American buggies are superseding
those Of English make in London and
Paris. The only light, graceful vehicles
In Europe come from this country.
At Lommatzsch. Saxony, woman of
"a has received ten blows with a stick
by order of the burgomaster, and in the
presence Of doctor, for habitual drunk
efiness.
Walter Besant. among other reasons
Tor his opposition to woman suffrage.
says that men have to do the conquering,
the defending and the providing, and
they ought to do the governing.
Joshua Thomas of Baltimore. who
was member of General Lees staff.
has given to the Maryland Confederate
home the camp chair used by the gen.
eral. It was originally captured from
the Federal troops.
New Orleans. with population of
over $4,000, is said by The National
Police Reporter to have a most made
quate police force. The city is patrolled
ct night by not over SO men and by day
by 81 men. During last year two mem
beers of the force were murdered and II
seriously injured in the discharge of
their duties.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-17

The Windham county Democrats
have joined their fortunes with the
state Prohibitiopists and Caledonia
county Republicans by not having
filed with the county clerk their GER
tificate of nominations thirty DAYS
prior to the election, as the law re.
quires. As the Windham county
Democrats claim the fatherhood of
the Australian ballot law the laugh is
fairly upon them. As their candi-
dates names cannot be printed upon
the official ballot they will have to be
written in by the voter. So far as
this county is concerned it will make
but little difference as but very few
will desire, this year, to vote that
ticket. The poor prohibs will suffer
and the Caledonia Republicans will
have to institute writing schools at
once.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-17

Two weeks from next Tuesday
Vermont will voice her political status
That it will be emphatic goes without
saying. 1t should be overwhelming
and will be if Republicans do their
full duty in bringing out full vote.
Inc state ticket is unobjectionable
and is receiving the unanimous sup
port Of the Republican press backed
by the party leaders in every town.
County nominations, generally have
been excellent. In Windham county
no better ticket has been offered the
voters in many years. Not a name
should be scratched. Under these
circumstances, taken IN connection
with the depression felt in the oppo-
sltlon ranks, the only question is,
what shall our majority be ? This
wholly depends, this year, upon the
amount OF work the lay members of
the party are willing to put into it,
and this work can be summarized in
brief sentence: See that YOU and
your neighbor 60 to the polls.
AS Vermont is the first state to hold
a fall election all eyes will be natur-
ally turned towards her. This. if
nothing else, should excite the pride
OF every true Republican to an ex-
tent sufficient to fully accomplish the
requirements above stated. But this
is not all. The opposition party has
been in full control of the general
government for eighteen months and
that period has been marked by
business depression never before
known In the history of the country.
lhls party has shown it's thorough
lncompetency to such an extent that
II deserves rebuke from every CITY.
town and hamlet throughout the great
industrial North. Vermont Republi-
cans up and at them
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-17

A terrible railroad accident occur
ed Thursday of last week near Lincoln.
Neb. Eleven persons we're killed.
The train was crossing the Salt Lake
trestle when it was derailed and went
down 40 feet, the whole taking fire.
Desperadoes, it is believed, tempered
with the rails.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-17

The general passenger agent of the
Central Vermont railroad saws that
tourist travel over that road during
the month Of June and the first half
OF July was % per cent heavier than
during the same period last year, and
that altogether the season will be the
best In dozen years.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-17
Wonderful.

In the winter Of 1898 the water run.
hing down hill near Barnsboro, Wis.
was frozen. James jackson, the owner
pr the land. was much surprised one
morning to see black headed drake
coasting down the incline. jackson,
who Is very thin, hid himself behind a
sapling and waited. Presently he saw
seven ducks fly to the top Of the hill
and go sliding down after the drake,
They repeated this 20 times, all the
while quacking with delight. New
York Mail and Express
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-17

Madeline Breckenridge of Kentucky
has found jealous defender in one
Rev. j. p. Mullalla of New York
city. The Reverend thinks that "if
penitent David was fittest to be king.
penitent Breckenridge may be fttest
to be Representative" Well, well /!
This gentleman doubtless would take
kindly to the tambourine variety of
religion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-17

A vacant scholarship in Norwich
University is now open to some Wind.
ham county boy. This scholarship
carries with it free tuition and room
rent, and is within the gift of our
state senators, Col. Haskins of Brat
tleboro and Hon. F. p. Ball of Bel
lows Falls. Application should be
made to one of them at once.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-17

Il have never been able to under.
stand" said DR.. Z. I. Glenarni Of
Denver, why it is that tho pain result
ing from burn with IL redhot irvn is so
much greater than when the flesh is
touched with an iron ut a white heat,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-17
Sitter John. Editor.

Copies ofthis paper cao be o6ioiacd
dthe Bratfie6oro Ne,cs rooms, Elliot
street, BraHlebor0.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-17

Coxey's army numbering SO have
been arrested and given three months
each in the Maryland house of cor
rection.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-17
FREE THOUGHT Column.

Under this head win be published brief com,
mnnicalions, II couched In good, PLAIN English,
from any who may have IDEAS to present
whether agreeing with the editor or not,1
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-17
The Globe Manufacturing COM
pany of New Hampshire thinks of
locating at st. Johnsburv.

Work was resumed at the Pullma n
car works last week. 1898 men re-
ported for work.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-10-25

ers and yet, comparatively speaking,
great mixers. While both the Ayr
shires and the Kerries are expected to
live on harder fare, and are subject to
greater climatic hardships than the
Channel islanders, the experts in dairy
cattle judging are, and have been, in
sisting upon having the Ayrshires and
Kerry cattle with the same narrow
chest development as is found in the
Jersey. All practical cattle breeders
know where this must end. Sorry tales
are already told of the constitutional
weakness Of one of the bree DIS, and 1t
is only a matter of time, and that
very little time, when the effects of
such system Of breeding will show
themselves. Is it necessary to have
narrow chests in dairy cattle? How
does the matter stand with Shorthorn
csttle-cattle that, after all that is
said or can be for other breeds, are
the dairy cattle Of England2 Every one
who has had experience of stock of
dairy Shorthorns can look back upon
many . wide-chested, deep-milking
COW. They can quote many COW as
giving from four to Ave gallons Of
milk day, milking steadily month
after month for five or six months,
and gradually settling down till she
was dried off after being in milk ten
months. They can tell of lean COW
after ten months milking and q COW
full of flesh and substance at next
calving time, SO full Of flesh as to be
mistaken by many for one of the beef
bred sort. Such is no fancy picture;
1t is one that tens of thousands of
dairy men and farmers couid, and
doubtless would, willingly attest And,
with regard to Shorthorns as dairy
cattle, it can be confidently asserted
that, rs they at present exist, they are
phenomenally better than could have
been expected of them considering
that they have been bred in such
haphazard way, SO far as their capa-
bilities are concerned We may all
look forward to a systematic and care
fully worked out management in dairy
cattle breeding in future. We have
improved appliances by which, with
the quantity of milk 9 COW may give
can be determined, but q definite esti-
mate of the quality Of such milk can
be ut once obtained. The tendency
has been to over value . class Of cows
that at calving, or soon after, have
an extraordinary bag development,
when in every day experience these
big bsgged cows may, and often do,
fall short in two very importan.
points. They may give a great guam
tity Of milk for short time, but after
being again in calf they may and
many do, go of quickly. And, again.
although giving = great quantity Of
milk, the quality may be SO poor that.
for all other purposes except milk
selling, they are less thrifty than
many Of their neighbour with a
lighter Izsll< record.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-10-25

ONE of the mistakes made Ia In not
culling the flock SO a. to retain only
the profitable hens. Many persons
become disgusted with poultry as .
business because they kept, at An ex-
pense, . lot of hens that were not
worth the room they occupied, and
which served only as an incumbrance
to those that were producers, and this
mistake is very common one with
those who buy . large number Of hens
with which to begin. as they are sure
to receive some that are useless along
with the best. Any system Of feeding
Ia expensive If the hens do not lay,
and the greater the number Of nom
productive hens the more cost is added
to the eggs received The fact that
there are many focks from which no
eggs At all are received is we'll known,
and this condition is one that should
receive attention. When q few hens
prove their superiority as layers they
should not be discarded, even II aged.
The annual selling Of the hens, and
keeping untried pullets, is at the bot
tom of the difficulty. All pullets that
are to be used for replacing old hens
should be Matched from eggs laid B..
the best hens, and the sire of the put
let's should not only be male from .
prolific bred. but also from family OF
good layera
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-10-25

dried. 1t is not advisable to milk any
COW within six weeks of calving, the
milk organs needing this time at lenst
to prepare for the birth Of calf. If
the cow is not near the time of calv-
ing, the fbrous milk indicates an In
famed condition Of the udder, which
is commonly called gsrget The
treatment for this is hot fomenta-
tions of the udder, with gentle knesd-
ing to soften the hard portions, and,
after ten minutes of this, the udder is
dried and well rubbed with camphor-
ated soap hniment No iodine in aI,y
form is to be used in such cases. A
pound of epson salts should be given
in some warm oat meal Cruel fthere
is difficulty in drawing of the milk on
account of its thickness, inject some
solution of carbonate Of soda with .
syringe, and in few minutes milk 1t
out, it will then have dissolved the
fibrous matter, which is to be got rid
of, and not left in the udder =
Exchange
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-10-25

DETECTING BUTTERINE. follow
ing method of detecting butterine Or
oleomargarine, which was devised by
DIR. Lehman, q Philadelphia chemist,
is extremely simple, and is said to be
absolutely correct: Aspoonful or two
of the sample to be tested is rapidly
melted in tin cup, or in test tube,
over = naked flame being best, quick
ly brought to . boil, and kept there
for some minutes If It be butter
1t will boil quietly and foam
up in mass Of fine bubbles, otter
overrunning the cup or tube, but If it
be butterine or oleomargarine, it will
foam up but little, and will sputter
and crackle rs it boils. After one. or
two trials any one can interpret with
certainty from the behavior Of the
tested sample whether 1t is pure but
ter or not
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-10-25

the most popular wives and daughters
of the merchants, lawyers and respect
ed citizens of Denver.
OF the many young ladies who ride
in bifurcated uniforms none have hit
on a more sensible, pretty and simple
costume than Miss Julia Spillane. who
is the travelling representative Of the
Cycling West of Denver. Miss Spill
lane has what might be called hap
py medium between knickerbockers
and divided skirts. Her uniform ts
not 80 scant that it can be called Inn
modest and yet not too full to be
troublesome in mounting and dis
mounting. She objects to leggings
for the reason that they are too warm,
especially on a long run, and besides,
an unnecessary article. As will be
seen by the cut herewith presented,
her uniform Is a neat and practical
dress and one which adds grace and
beauty to its wearer.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-10-25

APPLE CHARLoTTE.-Rubt the bottom
and sides of . baking pan with butter
and line with slices of wheat bread OF
rolls; peel tart apples, cut small and
nearly fill the pan, scattering bits Of
butter and sugar between the apples;
CRATE Q small nutmeg over the apples;
soak a. many slices Of bread or rolls
as will cover, and ON this put plate
with . weight on top to keep the bread
close upon the apples Bake in . quick
oven. The proportion Of apples, but
ter and sugar to be used is: To half
a peck of tart apples, half . pound of
sugar and = quarter of a pound Of
butter.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-10-25
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
6oA gaoeessful Farmers Operate This
Department of the Homestead-Hints
- % the Care of Live Stock and
RoaltFy.
Conformation Of DAIRY Cowa.

Conformation OF Dairy CoWAs
A prominent dairy authority claims
that the English idea of . dairy COW
ia based on the outline of the Short
horn. and hence is more or less Of q
beef form. Answering this . CORE
spondent writes rs follows TO the
London Live Stock Journal:
There is an increasingly common
belief that an ideal dairy COW ought
to be, what may be termed, wedge
shaped, wide behind and narrow for
ward. This of course, means narrow
chests, and narrow chests means weak
cattle. Granted, for the sake of argu-
ment, that such is the proper con-
formation of the ideal dairy COW, it
may be we'll to consider what this
leads to. We all know the story OF
the ending of the experiment to get a
horse to live on nothing. How well it
succeeded up to . certain point, and
would have been entirely successful
had the horse lived; but, as luck would
have it, the horse died when only one
straw stood in the way of complete
success OF the experiment II we are
to breed cattle to be useful, we must
breed them with strong constitutions,
and, after all, it is not yet salts
factorily settled that we must breed
cattle with narrow chests II we are to
have high class milking sorts. How
does the matter stand, at present? We
have the Channel Island cattle; essen
TALLY milk breeds, and we have the
Ayrshires and Kerries- With regard
to the Channel Island cattle, we have
in them cattle whose milking qualifl-
cations have been most carefully at
tended to by generations Of breeders
These breeders, with their circum-
scribed boundaries, but favorable eli
matte situations, have produced class
Of small cows that give milk of greater
richness than that Of any other breed.
In the Ayrshires and Kerries we have
small sized cattle. small food consuue-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-10-25
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figa
It's excellence is due to it, presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevert
and permanently curing constipation.
Il has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it Is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug.
,yists in b0c and 81 bottles, but 1t 10 man.
ilfac.ured by the California Fig Syrup
10. only, whose name is printed on every
l,ackage, also the name, Syrup Of Figs,
; nd being we'll informed, you will not
ccept any substitute if offered.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-10-25

give this definition Dairy farming
consists Of having the dairy the prin-
cipal feature of the farm, and inakiag
all other branches adjuncts to this; or.
you may consider 1t a. special farming
II you SO desire. As all prospects, of
selling grain 1T remunerative price at
present have vanished, The farmer
must, Of necessity, direct his attention
into some other channel, and dairying
appears to be the branch that II most
consistent with our circumstances in
this particular locality. The demand
of consumers throughout the world
to-day is for concentrated value and
qualify, and to meet this growing
demand we must exert our energies
in the line of manufacturing instead
Of selling the raw. material, rs has
been done In the past, much to the
detriment Of the fertility Of our farms.
One of the great secrets Of ,u,cess in
farming is selling articles that do
not tend to impoverish the land We
find that the farmer, in selling at
average market rates, disposes of the
following:
In 200 bushels of wheat he sells e4s
worth of manurail constituents; in 5000
worth of hay he sells $40
worth of manurial constituents;
in 5000 worth Of cheese he sells
S1s worth of manurial consti-
tuents; in 5000 worth Of beef he sells
SIT horse at maturity, he sells $7.os
worth of manurial constituents; In 5000
worth of butter he sells only Is cents
worth of constituents
The foregoing shows that out OF all
the products sold of the farm, butter
is the most economical article. The
farmer who sells all the grain off the
farm, is selling his farm, not inch by
inch, but acre by acre; yes, selling his
farm and selling himself. You no
doubt have heard of people being
"sold." When you have sold your
grain you have sold yourself, and you
have been badly sold, too. Is there
any known or unknown method by
which the farmer can take from the
field . portion Of it and leave 1t as
fruitful as before? Can he take
the mineral constituents out OF
the soil and transpose them,
and trust that some miracle
of nature will replace them? Here
is where science plays no unimport-
ant part. We, as agriculturists, need
more knowledge, more vigilance, thar
any other class of people. In order s'
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-10-25
Hadn't Any Brains.

of Colorado. While going up Georgia gulch
one day he encountered an old 1rishman
turning windlass Which brought up ore
out of shaft. 1t was his work to do this
all day long. His hat was OF and the Colo
rado sun was pouring down on his M SSnpT0 pro
Will injure your brain il you expose 1t in
that manner2" said the good man. The
Irishman wiped the sweat on his brow and
be doin' this all day long II l had any
brains?" he said, and he gave the handle
another turn.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-10-25
nuIr Earning.

At . Canadian convention, Walter
Carlan said: The fact Of dairy farm
ing'' being more profitable than grain
farming" is pretty we'll recognized in
all parts of Ontario For fear Of there
being any misconception - to the
mssniug Of dairy >fseming, I would
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-10-25
Tho Proposed M.rseiile.-R Rom. Canal

In a recent number Of ths"Reyue de
Geographic" N. Charles Roux discusses
seiiles and the Rhone. The terminal basin
is at the north end Of the Marseilles docks.
the canal is carried under the Chaine de
TEstaque to the Etang de BerEs, whose
shore 1t follows to Martigues. Thence 1t
Course Of the Aries Canal to the Etang de
oatejon, from whence it proceeds n 9
81 miles, Of which about ~ are tunneled
under ground. The average depth is 10 feet
between Marseilles and Port de Bouc, and
Is g estimated at Is, 200, 600 M. Charles Roux
shows the Importance of the Etang de
les to be besieged. This lagoon is a true
rcck-surrounded gulf. easily capable Of
being b IL en-, made SO feet deep by dredging: The II.
which would float the largest vessels, q
the most formidable obstacle. to the utill-
zation of this magnificent and impregnable
natural harbOr.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-10-25
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,

Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering 1t through the mu-
cous surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from repu-
table physicians, as the damage they win
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by +. J. Cheney q Co.,
Toledo, o., contains no mercury, and Il
taken Internally, acting directly upon the
In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine It is taken internally, and
made in Toledo, Ohio, by +. J. Cheney q
Co. Testimonials free.
q Sold by Druggists, price 75c. psr bottle.
Halls Family Pills, CSC.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-10-25
L,l. -sw.s. pen. tangled ou. of Tune"

Like Sweet Bells tangled Out of Tune"
Weak nerves respond harshly and inharmoni-
ously to slight shocks, which would produce no
effect upon strong ones. The shril1 outcry Of .
child, the slamming Of door, the rattling Of .
vehicle over uneven pavement and other trihing
disturbances effect weak nerves-sensitive
nerves, sorely. Nervousness is largely At
tributed to dyspepsia and non-assimilation Of
tho food, Q very usual concomitant Of sleepless.
ness. Digestion and assimilation renewed BY
Hostetters Stomach Bitters, soon beget nerve
quietude and sound repose The great alter
alive causes the liver and bowels to unite in co
operative harmony with the stomach, whereby
the general tone Of tho system is raised to the
true standard of health. In malsrial complaints
rheumatism and kidney trouble, tho Bitterf
produce excellent results.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-10-25

1t il the little things in poultry
keeping that minister to the profit.
One of these items is the care of the
manure. You must go to the trouble of
clearing it out frequently. anyway;
and SO while you are about it, why
|, rot take little more trouble and put
I where it will do the most good.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-10-25

The man who makes it . rule to
milk his cows in the stable is the one
who has the least trouble with them.
It takes but minute to put them in
and turn them out, and this time Is