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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-07-06
RaiIroad-CcntraI yermont.

New London Northern Diyision,]
Trains depart from and arrive at So. London
derry every day, except Sundays, as follows
Leave Arrive
Mail, 645 a m. 1855, p. m.
Mixed, II p m. II 10, a. m.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-07-06

After three weeks heated term we
have change, this morning the mer-
curry marking 46. 1t is very dry and
crops are suffering.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-07-06

W~Old gold and silver. pay the
highest Cash price for all kinds of gold
and silver. j. III. SCoTT, Jeweler.
So. Londonderry.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-07-06

Flelchman's Compressed Yeast sold at
j. Hills, Bondville.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-07-06
THU
Londonderry Sitter.
So. Londonderry, Vermont.
THE
@~Address all communications, sign
ed by your proper name, to
The Sitter, So. Londonderry, VT,
Church Calendar.

as- Entered at the Post-oflice at So. London.
derry as second class matter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-07-06

~J. F. Coolidge Of Peru has Il
extra good pigs, A weeks old the 23,
for sale.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-07-06
J. H. SCOTT,
* JEWELER. :.
Watches, ClOcksand JeWelry.

With is years experience, l can guar
antee work promptly and correctly DONE
Prices low.
SMITHS BLOCK, SO. Londonderry,
vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-07-06

&B~Ice-cream parlors open every Sat
rday evening in SITTER block.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-07-06

~ For sale-One yearling colt and
some fresh COWS.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-07-06

portunty.
1t is said that more people need
glasses than are now wearing them.
Ifyouare one ofthese without know
ing it, little optical help just at pres
ent may save you a world of eye
trouble later on. We have very
good assortment of eyeglasses, and
will test your sight if you wish, atany
time you will call on us. That will
cost you nothing and you might as
well embrace the opportunity
We have stock of tasteful
jewelry beside silver and plated
ware, clocks and watches.
CARLETON & LUGENE
Manchester, Centre.
Work will be received and returned by
Stage
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-07-06

North Windham, Vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-07-06
AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH.

Rev. n. A. Wood spoke from Is
chapter and 10Th verse of Colossians.
"For it was the good pleasure of
the Father that in him should all the
fullness dwell" (Revised version)
The Apostle makes this profound
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-07-06
LOCAL MELANGE.

See Second page for Editorial Matter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-07-06
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Different patterns of Outing Cloth
saved out at the recent fire in Boston,
10 to 20 Yds. each, worth at wholesale
price l5c. and zoe, per yard our price,
while they last,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-07-06

Our 25c. Tea cannot be beat. Our 40c.
Tea is equal to any sold in town for soc.
Canned Peas l0c., Lima Beans l0c., To-
matoes &c., Corn &c.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-10-11
Story of Tragic Scene ON a brooklyn Troll
ley Car Which Might BE True.

A very stuat old Brooklyn gentleman
squeezed himself past two women on
Putnam avenue car and welged i'll be-
tween one of them and man at the
other end of the seat. The fit was such
tight one that the women held their
hreaths and assumed pancake appear
ance. At the corner where the car turns
into Putnam avenue the fat man turned
like big turrct and put up chubby
finger. The car stopped.
putnam avenue; Grand avenue ana
Fulton street, shouted the conductor.
The fat man settled back and resum-
ed reading newspaper. which he had
dropped in his lap.
WANT TO get out here:' asked the
conductor. with his hand ON the bell
rope.
The fat m;.n shook his head. There
was an angry twang Of the cord, and
the trolley began to whiZ.
At Nostrand avenue the chubby I'm
ger went up again. The car stopped
Nobody moved. Then the man who rings
up the fares got angry.
'See here" he exclaimed after he
udu sup III 'hO 'h'N
of the car until he was opposite the
fat man, what do you mean by telling
me to stop for when you don't want to
get OFF,
why" responded the mountain OF
flesh as coolly as such mass of adipose
could be cool, THE car Jolts 80 that
couldn't read this paragraph, which Is
slightly blurred. | merely wanted to
have the car stand still until l had fin
ished it. That's all. Now, if you can
go along slowly without jultlng, | will
be able to get along very nicely, but II
[ come across another bad line or t.'t
I'll put my hand back Of my head, and
you stop. Its too much trouble for ms
TO turn around "
The conductor eyes twittored III the
Jrhits He placed his hand to his hcac
and uttered sh,iek after shrek. Rcasoi
was shattered. lie EGd become cross
eyed and insane. " - York Mail anC
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-10-11
TOO DIGNlFlED ENTIRELY.
How He Overdid the Thing and Brought
Confusion on Himself.


Il know a man." says Mr.. James
W. Scott, who recently went home
from a club function at a scandalously
late hour, or, if you please, at an
equally scandalously early hour He
had a wholesome regard for his better
half, so he entered the house very dig
nifiedly, hung up his hat in its proper
place and mounted the stairway to his
apartment with exemplary precision.
He struck IA match softly, lighted the
gas and was exceedingly cautious about
di>robing and in placing his garments
in Just such order that his wife should
have no possible occasion TO reproacb
him next DAY. Indeed he conducted
himself with that nice particularly
which is not infrequently born of con
sciousness that too much wine has been
imbibed.
We'll, when he woke up and dressed
and came down stairs, his wife received
him smilingly.
" i watched you carefully, said she,
and | don't know that ever before you
were so dignified and orderly. | was
particularly charmed by the decency
with which you put away your cloth
ing.
Yes, said the husband proudly,
L fiatter myself that | did acquit my
self handsomely for a man who had been
out to dinner.
Yes, my dear, continued the wife,
but there was one thing that | could
not understand Why did you light the
gas in broad daylight Chicago
Record
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-10-11
MEN CHEW GUM TOO.
A Feminine Observer Makes n Discovery
That Nindicates Her Sex.


Is the chewing gum habit purely
feminine:
| think not now. though the time IL
not so far gone when the practice was
limited to children and young misses
1t is different now. base my Gale Ia
tion on a recent episode that occu frec
on a train leaving the Grand Cen-ral
station.
Hardly had the cars started than the
train boy made his appearance. To each
person, irrespective of age or sex, a
package of gum was handed. The WON
en- took the small packages with an air
that betokened thorough knowledge Of
the contents. The men handled the foil
wrapped sticks gingerly. Ii was evil
dent also that they had seen them before.
One old, bearded fellow, who doubt.
less thought his age an apology for his
actions soon had his jaws working,
and others followed his example. There
were 80 men in the car, fewer women,
but a generous supply Of children. The
women expected would buy the sticks
and divide with the children, but as
surely the habit has outgrown feminini.
ty when ! 8 men out of a total OF 30 in
dulge in public in chewing gum.
On inquiry the train boy told me
that the percentage of men buyers was
much larger in that purely masculine
retreat, the smoking car. TITS the best
selling article we carry" he said, land
the men use more of it than the WON.
en-. New York Herald.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-10-11

short delay the field was sent away on
nearly even terms At the half Mr.. H. g
colt was leading and running easily.
He simply kept it up and romped past
the wire an easy winner by four or five
lengths. After all the excitement of the
day / felt very much fatigued and start
ed to return to the hotel
In leaving the stand | noticed Mr.. III.
and another gentleman talking very
earnestly together. They were separated
from the crowd, and their conversation
was animated. The old feverish curiosi-
ty of the morning again assailed me,
and very soon | was within earshot
must have arrived just in time, for
heard Yr. II. say:
WHY, / knew all about it several
DAYS ago. / knew that if l made the
matter public there would be more OF
less scandal, so l determined to give
Mr.. d. a very strong hint, which he
has been sensible enough to take. Nc
wonder the colt won all his races last
year, carrying weight as a 2-year- old
when he really was 3-year-old Well,
the Whirlwind will never start again.
Mr.. d. will have to put him in the
stud.
Having heard this solution of the
matter l turned TO leave the track, wher
suddenly a man, running very fast
bumped into ME with great violence
knocking me to the ground, and
awoke-I had been doing on the hote
piazza, and my chair had tilted over
1t was only dream, after all, but, lik'
the wager, a peculiar ones B. w
in New York Telegram.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-10-11

Miss Addie McDermott, whose home
is in this city, but who has been teach
ing school in the northern part of Alba
ny county, with party composed Of the
Hon. Kirk Dyer, NJ. T. Bennett and
Fred Berry Of the Little Medicine, en-
countered large bear near Mr.. Dyer 5
ranch Instead Of being frightened Miss
McDermott asked to take the first sho,
at the animal This privilege was ac-
corded her, and her nerves We're sc
steady and her eye so true that she sent
q bullet to fatal point at the first shot.
Laramie (Wy.) Boomerang.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-10-11
+ FEDERAL
DISTRICT.

Judge seventh Judicial District ........
....... Hon G-o. X MiiburU. Mile tfty
Official Stcuographnr... ..--.........
........ ~. Fred ". Krridlor, Miles City
COUNTY.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-10-11

ALDERMEN.
First ward-H. W. McIntire, G. S, Whitney.
econd Ward Cbas. .:O'Neal, ". H. Bullard
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-10-11
The sunny Side.

Every one knows what purifier the
sun is and what healthful influence il
has. Why, during the war two men
shot in precisely the same way would
be brought into q hospital. One man
placed on the southern side of the house
would get well; the other on the north
ern side would die. Doctors all agreed
that the sunny side was the healthier. -
philadelphia Ledger.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-10-11

California has one of the most re-
markable timber belts in the world, en-
bracing 4, l25 square miles AID contain
ing l32, 600, 900, 900 feet of lumber
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-10-11

What is said to be genuine bust OF
Herod. found in Palestine some years
ago, has been bequeathed to the Her.
mitaee gallery at St Petersburg
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-10-11

This Paper is kept on file at Z. c. DAKES
Advertising Agency, "a and IS Merchant Ex-
hanse, San Francisco, Cal, where:contrac :
or advertising can be made
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-11
WHY THE JUROR HELD OUT.
The Extraordinary Secret Impaired to q
Chief Justice In England.

The Extraordinary Secret Impaired to q
Chief Justice In England.
The most remarkable case of Jury
standing OUT against what seemed
lrrefutable testimony, and all through
the resolution of ono man, occurred be-
fore Chief Justice Dyer many years ago.
Ho presided ut II murder trial in which
everything went against the prisoner,
who OH his part could only say that on
his going to work III the morning he
had found the murdered man dying and
tried to help him, whereby he had be-
como covered with blood, but when tho
man presently died he had como away
and said nothing about it, because he
was known to have had quarrel with
the deceased and feared he might get
into trouble. The hayfork with which
tho man had been murdered had the
prisoners name on it, In other re-
spects his guilt appeared to be clearly
established, and the chief justice was
convinced of it, but the jury returned
verdict of Not guilty"
This was Chief Justice Overs case,
and he put some very searching Ques-
the acQuittal, said the official, was I'M
doubtedly tho foreman, farmer of ex-
cellent character, esteemed by all his
neighbors, and very unlikely to be OBJ
stinate or vexatious. "Then," said the
judge, I must see this foreman, for an
explanation of the matter l will have"
The foreman came, and after extracting
from his lordship promise of secrecy
proved at once that the prisoner had
been rightly acquitted, "for, " said he,
it was myself who killed the man. "
1t had been no murder for the other
had attacked him with the hayforl1, and
as he showed-scverely injured him,
but in the struggle to get possession of
the weapon he had the misfortune to
give the man fatal wound. Ho had no
fears as to his being found guilty of
murder, but, the assizes being Just
over, his farm and affairs would have
been ruined by Il confession. through
lying in Jail SO long, so he suffered mat
tiers to take their course. He was hor-
rified to find one of his own servants ac-
cuscd of the murder. He supported
his wife and children while in Jail;
managed to be placed on the jury and
elected foreman. He added that if he
had failed i'll this he would certainly
have confessed to his own share in the
business, and the judge believed him.
Every year for Is years the Judge
made inquiries as to the foreman S eXis-
tence, and ut last, happening to survive
him, he considered himself free to tell
the story. London News.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-11
An English "Xynter Witch. ~

a young man of the name of Rodwell,
in the employ of the Grinton Coal com
pany i'll north England, has shown Won
derful powers i'll his occupation as pro-
fessional "water finder or water
witch" Professor E. r. Lancaster, the
great English scientist, stated very plain
ly i'll one of the journals that he doubted
the attributed powers of either the
witch" or the "divining rod" with
which he is armed in all professional
operations. This evoked the following
from DR.. Mcclure, the chairman of the
Grinton company: Il deny emphatically
that the lad is an impostcr He has been
tested time and again and has never
failed to locate veins of either mineral or
water, depending upon what the search
was being conducted for. The 'divining
rod which he holds only moves III obedi-
ence to the muscular contractions of his
hands and arms, and he can use Il rod of
any kind of wood or material, providing
it be what is known rs Il good conductor
of electricity Another oddity about the
lad, and one of which have never heard
i'll connection with water witching' il
this: The lad habitually walks with his
hands clasped behind him, and rs soon
rs he steps upon the ground directly over
mineral or water he is powcrlcss to un-
clasp them until he moves away from
the region of the lode or conduit st.
Louis Republic.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-11
How to Save slippers.

recent advertisement emanating
from bootshop reads like this: "Slip-
pers for ladies should never be used for
spanking purposes.
Careful mothers with unruly chill
dren will be presented with a fine, we'll
made rattan carpet bcater with every
pair of shoes. The wearing quality
of our slippers will not then DO endan-
gered by using them for correcting pur-
poses.
Bring your boy with you, and we
will show you how to use the carpet
beaten. Pearson Weekly.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-11
At tho Academy Tonight

The many admirers OF Archie Boy d
in the "Old Homestead" will give him
a warm welcome in his new play, The
Country Squire" said to BIO as good,
pure and enjoyable as any play of rural
life ever written. Tho tale is alive with
interest; the plot is well knit and
clearly developed, the dialogue is varied
and full of animation; the characters
are drawn, as they should be drawn in
drama, in the rough by point, touch
and turn of speech, by fash of thought,
passion and incident; tne actor is guided
without being cramped in his efforts to
make live in the flesh what the author
has indicated rather than portrayed in
the lines.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-11

The amount of common salt III all the
occans is estimated by Schafhautt ut
8,051,34 cubic geographical miles, or
about five times more than the mass of
the Alps, and only one-third less than
that OF the Himalayas. The sulphate
of soda equals 633, Gil.3G cubic miles,
or Is equal to the mass of the Alps The
chloride of magnesium, III, S11.S0 Gu
bic miles. The lime salts 100, $50. A
cubic miles. He supposcs the mean
depth to be about 800 meters, as esti-
mated by Humboldt Admitting with
Laplacc that the mean depth is from
four to five miles, which is moro prob
able, the mass of marine salt will bo
more than double the mass of the Hima-
layas. The weight of water III the oceans
equals 2,404, 800, 600. 600, 600 of tons,
and the percentage of common salt in
the oceans is 81. Therefore, the amount
of common salt i'll all the oceans taken
together is about 673, 1918, 200, 900, 900
of tons. Were all the salts of the oceans
precipitated and spread out equally over
the land they would, it has been COM
puted, cover the ground one mile deep
over an area of 1000, 600 square miles.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-11
A workingman.s Discovery.

Some years ago q tobacconist discov-
cred the utility of tinfoil for wrapping
tobaccos Heretofore paper had been
exclusively used for the purpose, but it
did not serve to keep the moisture of
the atmosphere away from the tobacco
nor preserve the natural moisture of the
tobacco from the effects of Il dry or
heated atmosphere. Paper also alb
sorbed the aroma Of the weed and was
not sufficiently lasting Therefore tin
foil was used for wrappers. But it be-
came costly and could only be rolled to
certain thickness or thinness, beyond
which the ingenuity of man seemed to
find it impossible to go. The fact was
that no rollers could be made to sustain
the pressure necessary to mashing the
tinfoil to leaf sufficiently thin to suit
the manufacturer.
Many ingenious inventors struggled
with the proposition for months and
gave up the problem as unsolvable, when
a simple workman about the shop one
day, after rolling two sheets to the Gus
tomary thickness, put the two sheets to-
gether into the rollers and made both
halves as thin rs they were before. This
was as simple as standing an egg on end,
but 1t created revolution in the manu-
facture of tinfoil for tobacconists' use
and made mint of money for the dis
coverer.-Philadelp Press.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-11

On the shores of Lake Rangkul, in
the Cashgar mountains, in central
Asia, stands the famous Lamp Rock of
Asia, which is SO called from cave in
its side from which a constant stream
OF pale, greenish light is emitted. Ney
Elias, the English adventurer, who pass
ed 1t in 1885, thinks it possible that the
light is due to some phosphorescent
mineral in the sides of the cavern near
Its opening. The natives of that section
have never attempted to investigate the
matter, each seeming content with the
story told by his father, which is this:
1.-The cave is the dwelling place of a
demon, who guards vast treasures stored
there, and the light is from a diamond
worn i'll band around his forehead. 4"
Elias explanation of tho mystery is
probably the true one.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-11
Miss Doran with Her Brothers.

Miss Jopine Doran, the Franklin
county girl who disappeared from home
m gsteriously and who was found work
ing as domestic on Luck street, has
been persuaded to go to the home OF her
brother, at the corner Of Eighth street
and Madison avenue n. W., where she
will remain for awhile. She was ex-
amined by DR.. j. t. Strickland yester-
day morning, who pronounced her mind
slightly unbalanced. Her health is not
good, and she will be allowed to remain
in Roanoke few months before going
to her home in Franklin.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-11

1t was plain that the dark man who
tossed uneasily upon the bed was Mt the
door of DEATH.
Already the light Of another world shone
In his eyes, and his breath came in labored
gasps.
II wish"-
The lawyer bent low to catch every word
that fell from the patients lips.
-"all my property to go to my eldest
daughter
The lawyer made n note of it.
II wisl"-
His voice was very faint now.
Ito die i'll the conviction that she will
get it. Is it asking too much of you"-
He turned his fevered glance appealingly
upon his legal adviser
Ito marry her?"
The lawyer was deeply affected and could
only reply by pressing the hand Of his ex-
piring client.-Detroit Tribune.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-11
Two Former Residents to Marry.

Roanoke people will read with in
/ ;erest the announcement of the ap-
preaching marriage of Miss Annie L.
flames, who was formerly teacher in
8ihe First ward school, OF this city, to
IL. Athole MacGregor, OF Baltimore,
3who was at one time connected with the
Roanoke city engineers Office. The
marriage will take place at the home
3,f the BRIDES parents, Mr.. AID Mrs. A.
flames, in Lancaster county, Thursday,
January is, at o'clock p. m.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-11
LIclDinp Her ONT
public.

NJ. WayIack-Great Scott! What
you got tic hired man plowin up the
front yard for?
Mrs ayback-Our darter saws that
the first pictur she takes with her new
camera viii be the house, and her book
OF instruction says she must break up
the foreground, but of course she can't
do that herself. Lowell Times.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-11
examination For Carriers.

An order has been issued from the
Postoffice Department. stating that the
Regular semiannual civil service ex-
Elimination for the grades of clerk and
barrier for this postotiice would be hold
Saturday, February 10. Applications
4 or these positions must be filed by
Monday, January 90. The Roanoke
board OF examiners is composed of K.
l.. Stone, president; George F. Rhodes.
Aecretary and N. d. Porter. who are
1t the postofjce, and will furnish appli.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-11
Trinity Churoh's Successful Social.

The sociable at Trinity Methodist
Church last night was attended by q
large number of mem bers and friends of
the congregation. who heartily enjoyed
tho social intercourse thus afforded
Among the pleasant features of the
evening were the appetizing refresh
ments served by the ladies of the
church. The object OF the entertain
ment, that the members Of the church
might become better acquainted with
each other, is laudablo one and prov, d
to be successful at the enjoyable affair
last night.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-11
Week of Prayer Observances.

At the week of prayer service
1T the First Presbyterian Church
: asst night the attendance was
hood, and the services, which we're
conducted by the pastor. Rev DR.. w.
p. Campbell, were interesting. The
topic discussed was home MISSIONS with
prayer for the evangelization of the
&ity, country and frontier; for increased
cooperation in the work, and for a
greater sense OF personal responsibility.
4 The subject tonight is foreign mis-
&ions.