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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10
WINHALL HOLLOW.

Mrs. ID. II. Hewes was not as well
last week but is gaining again.
n. r. Hewes is at work in Peru.
Geo. Bronson and family and lady
friend are at o. l.. Hewes' for few
days visit.
Miss Izetta Stewart visited at Geo
Barnard's the first of this week.
A. l.. Harrington is at C. V. Bry.
ants.
H. Alexander is out again from
sick spell.
j. L. Martin was in town Tuesda,
also Miss Lucy Martin and lady
friend were at Mrs. j. Barnard's.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10
WINDHAM.

Mrs. Ransom Rhoades is spending
a few weeks with her mother at
Chester.
Mr.. Parkinson Of Chicago visited
his daughters at Ashael Uphsm's last
week.
Mrs. Ledger Of Boston will preach
at the church in this village next Sun
day morning and evening.
Geo. A. Harrington caught last
week Thursday twelve Of the hand
soonest trout ever seen in these parts.
The largest one weighed 10 OF. and
the twelve 8 1-2 lbs.
An underground fire is burning on
the farm of Sarah Howard just east
Of the village, set by lightning strik-
ing tree some four weeks VI more
ago. Smoke is seen issuing from the
ground and occasionly blaze. Sew
eral large trees have been uprooted.
The Misses Grace and Sadie Fos-
ter returned to their home at Boston
last week.
F. M. Harris is putting up quite an
addition to his store buildings, Earle
Eddy doing the work.
Miss Agnes Fairbanks and Miss
Jennie Chapman Of Grafton are Wis.
ting with Miss Bertha Abbott.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10
The Elshing Girl.

An authority on sports says if you are
on fishing bent when off on your sum
mer vacation you must provide yourself
with linsey woolsey skirt, with knick-
erbockers to match. Every article of
underwear must be wooden, and the
boots must be hobnailed, as they will
cling to the moss covered powders and
logs. An easy Norfolk jacket overflow
ing with pockets, chatelaine bag hold
ing compass and fishing tackle, soft
felt crush hat, and the flsherwoman Is
prepared for all emergencies. If she
only has the courage to bait her own
hook and detach the wriggling fish,
providing she catches them, she will do
yery well.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10
LATEST NEws-sTATE and GENERAL


Ex-Gov. Blair Of Michigan died
Monday.
Many Indians are starving to death
in Labrador.
Brooklyn had $4,000 fire Mon
day.
A dispatch from Kansas City says
Reports just received from all parts
of the West indicate that with the
exception of Iowa and Nebraska the
corn crop was not damaged by last
weeks hot winds so much as was at
| first feared.
Alabama went Democratic Monday
by about $4,000. Both tickets fol-
state officers were Democratic. Oates.
elected governor is of the straight va.
rlety, his opponent, Kolb, being tri.
colored with populism and other her.
etical notions.
The Windsor county summer schoo
for teachers opened at Chester Mon
day, 1872 teachers being present, the
largest registration for a first day OF
any school ever held in the state. A
reception OF the town hall in the eve
ming was largely attended by botf
teachers and citizens. Several noted
instructors were present from Yer
mont and Massachusetts.
The cotton manufacturers associa
ton of Fall River, Mass, voted will
practical unanimity Monday Afternoon
to reduce wages in the local mills, thu
reduction to 90 into effect August 20
The reductions vary from 10 TO Il
per cent. A strike is threatened.
C. A. Stevens & Co.'S WOODEN mil
at Ware, Mass, employing $50 hands
will again shut down Saturday for al
indefinite period.
] The latest news from Alabama place
Oates majority for governor at 40, 600
The American yacht, Vigilant, has wol
two races this week in British waters.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10

Chicago has over fifty converts and
seventeen different orders of isis
ters."
There are snakes in Ireland. One
over three feet long was recently kill
ed at rramore Douglas, and several
have been dispatched in Vernon
Mount. Call back St. Patrick.
100000, 200 worth of useless cables
are buried beneath the oceans depths.
The number of immigrants booked
by ocean steamship lines this year is
60 per cent less than last year for
the same time.
One out of 100 inhabitants of the
United States owns Or rides bicy-
Gle.
One share of the New York
Tribune stock recently sold for $40.
900.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10
Our Neighbors,
What They are Doing Briefly Told by
the sifter's Intelligent staifof
Correspondents.
LONDONDERRY
EdNor Sitter :.

Editor SITTER
Contention l dislike, but when
assailed | stand ready to defend.
Your Londonderry correspondent
of last week seemed to have some
very eXtravagant ideas about the
moral standing of this community,
and wonders if Christ should come
here, and was made acquainted with
this mud singing, hypocricy, spite
and abuse of one another, that he is
so free to speak of, making our vii
lage to be a hell on earth, would say
He is not expected to make visit to
that place however so we need not
fear reprimand from him, but if he
should, his first mission think would
be to visit this correspondent and
ascertain who those wicked people
were and if he was not setting this
out stronger than facts would bear
him out in and accusing the place more
harshly than it deserves, and if a
satisfactory answer was not given, he
might be told that he had committed
the greatest sin of all by advertising
this uncalled for matter to the world
in the Londonderry SITTER, that BY
him the beautiful village of London
derry with its bright, intelligent,
peaceable and moral inhabitants had
been foully blackmailed and insulted
and that that course was not advis-
able in order to reform the trans
gressor. Then he wonders what
strangers who come here will think i:
| will answer by asking what will
strangers think and what will all those
who have gone out from this vicinity
to other states think when they read
in the SITTER the despicably low con-
dition of the Inhabitants of their ma
tive village as represented where we
are Informed its citizens make it a
profession to vilify respectable citi-
zens. With the rest of his wild TRADE
it would make us think that some
thing worse than strike or cyclone
had hit the place, which has hereto
fore sent forth name to be proud of,
as well as men and women of the
highest order, and why he should
have or express so distasteful ar
opinion of place and people is more
than | can comprehend. Being 6
resident of and fully acquainted with
the people and interested in theil
welfare, feel it my duty to deny the
impression which his article is in.
tended to convey, | know full wei
that those evils exist in all communi
ties, and that this is not an exception
but that this place will pass as neal
par as the average am we'll satisfied
and if friends or strangers come, they
need have no fears but what they viii
find ladies and gentleman whose Gus
toms will not contaminate nor dis
please.
/ write this in the interest of every
person included in the article referred
to, that no such idea may be fostereC
in the minds Of any; believing too
that the writer Of the article upon re-
Election is ready to admit that bis as
ertlons were premature and uncalleC
for.
A. A. CURTIS.
Londonderry, VT, Aug. Z. 1894.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10
WE CARRY THEM.
ny CELIA N. REYNOLDS.

by CELIA M. REYNOLDS.
We carry them with us, the words that
are kind,
To make for us sunshine of heart,
To tighten full often our burden Of
mind.
Or keep us from folly apart;
We read In them hope for the time Of
despair,
We draw from them strength when
we faint,
We follow them up from the sinners
To the higher estate Of the saint.
Kind words that are given us we cherish
a. sweet;
Let us give Of our own to each sou
that we meet.
We carry them with us, the speeches
unkind
That cut like knife to the heart,
That tighten like cables new burdens
to bind,
That cause our hurt spirits to smart
We carry them sadly as hindrances sore
To joys that our God bids us seek,
And find them like clogs on our lives
evermOre
Holding down to the earthly and
weak.
Hard words from another make heavy
our feet
Let none pass from us to one SOU
that we meet.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10

l., ID, Curtis of Dixmont, Maine, is
visiting with his son, Rev. w. r..
Curtis.
Mrs, Jewett is having the roof of
her house shingled.
Edison Jewett has been working for
j. IL. Hathorn in haying.
Miss Clemic Leonard is visiting her
sister, Mrs. May Wyman.
Unlversalist services at IL O'clock
Subject-'The Human Will or the
Divine Will in the Final Destiny of
Mankind.
The Y. p. c. U. will meet at Z 80
p, m,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10
In GrippS,

During the prevalence Of the Qetpps
the past season it was q neticssble faot
that those who depended upon Dr.. Nng'l
New Discovery, not only had speedy re.
covery, but escaped all the troublssone
after effects Of the malady. This re.asdy
seems to have peculiar power in efIeot.
ing rapid cures not only in cases Of Ia
Grippe, but in all diseases Of Throat,
Chest and Lungs, and has cured GASES Of
Asthma and Hay Fever of long standing.
Try 1t and be convinced. 1t won't disap-
point. Free trial bottles at Geo. G.
Smiths Drug Store.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10
A. A. CURTIS.
Londonderry, VT, Aug. Z, 1894.

E. E. Allen is away on business
trip.
Walter Brown and fance of Boston
are stopping at the Hermitage.
The Highland House is filing up
with boarders.
Rev. MI. Martin preached again at
the Cong. Church last Sunday.
A large audience greeted Rev. Mr..
Cardall Sunday evening to listen to
his able sermon on "Hell."
W. S. Richardson and family of
Ashburnham, Mass, are spending a
few days in town visiting friends and
relatives.
G. M. Eames returned to his work
in Springfield, Mass, Monday.
n. A. Howard has gone to Man
chester, n. H., where he has secured
position.
John McGrath of Charlestown.
Mass, is spending few days with
friends and relatives here.
The check list for this town lust
posted contains the names of 321
voters.
A. H. Stowell's well cultered gar
den of flowers is an ornament to his
fine residence and grounds.
Miss Lura Walker, Miss Castars
Brooks, H. A. Rabbit, Everett Vale
and +. w. Gibson are attending the
Chester summer school for teachers.
Mrs. p. II. Weaver and. two chill
dren have returned to their home in
Howard, r. L., after spending 6
month here visiting friends Mrs. M
A. Larabee accompanied them.
between pencil and typesetter oul
item of last weeE relating to the con-
dition of affairs existing here was
somewhat disigured. However such
mistakes are excusable and especially
in this case, as it worked its purpose.
The language used may possibly have
been too strong, andif SO we are ready
to take adverse criticism as far as de-
served.
The Londonderry ball team went
to Weston Saturday and PLAYED the
local team at that place The score
resulted rs to % in favor of Weston
Much dissatisfaction was expressed
with the decision of the umpire which
gave the game to the Weston nine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10
CHESTER.

Monday evening at the reception
given in honor of the teachers an d
instructors attending the Windsor
county school, in session here, ice
cream was served and the next morn
ing about o'clock. fifty or more Of
our citizens were taken i'll. Nearly
all have recovered.
The school took drive to Caven
dish gorge Wednesday afternoon.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10
JAMAICA.

Miss Lizzie AmSden is to work at
Henry McLean's.
Mrs. Inland Sanders of Westfeld,
Mass, is visiting with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. p. Kellogg,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Ruby, for
mer residents here, but now of New
Milford, Conn.,, are visiting friends and
relatives in this place.
Miss Rose Amsden, who has been
at Brattleboro this season, has returned
to her home here.
Mrs. Hurbert Willis and son, AL
mon, are passing a couple of weeks at
Stratton where they formerly lived.
Henry Day of New York city is
visiting at his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
S, Day.
Mr.. Laing and daughter, Matte, Of
Worcester, Mass, are visiting at w.
II. Castles.
H. III. Reed is making quite ex
tensive improvements on his mill il
the village.
Rev. f. B. Earle has Withdrawn
his resignation and will remain her,
through the year He begins his labor
again as pastor of the Baptist churcl
Sunday, August 18th.
Maj. H. H. Holton and family 0
New York city are visiting their man,
friends and relatives in this vicinity.
Harry Morse of Brooklyn, N. Y.
is passing few days here.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10
Thompson's Swell Dinner.

George Thompson, colored, mailing
from ST. Louis, was arrested yesterday
for stealing a lot Of sponges. He told
Sergeant Peterman that he had nothing
to eat for three days except some of the
sponges he had stolen. He was without
friends or money, and to save himseli
from starv rg had eaten the sponge
and then filed up with water. -Phila
delphia Record.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10

"Boston," says the Rev. |. }
Lansing, of that city, sis the highest
in culture, and the lowest in morality
During the 18th century gambling
invaded all grades of society in Eng
land. In 1869 there was drawing
in st. Paul's Cathedral which con.
tinued day and night for five months
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10
Rev. sarah NJ. Barnes.

Rev. Mrs. Sarah NJ. Barnes, pastor Of
the Un!versalist church ut Junction
City, Kan, was 10 years old OIL June
81, and the anniversary was celebrated
by her friends gathering at the church
in the evening There were choice gifts,
good wishes, music, poems and all that
makes n birthday time OF pleasant re-
mornbranCe.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10

If you want a reliable dye that will color
an even brown or black, and will please
and satisfy you every time, use Bucking.
hams Dye for the Whiskers.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10

Nervous debility is common complaint
especially among women. The best med
ical treatment for this disorder is per-
sistent course of Ayers Sarsaparilla to
cleanse and invigorate the blood. This
being accomplished, nature will do the
rest.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10
Windham County Teachers
Examinations.

Examinations for teachers for Wind
IAN County will he held as follows:
At Jacksonville, Tuesday, Aug. IA.
At So. Londonderry, TUESDAY. Aug. Il
At Newfane, Wednesday, Aug. 10.
At Brattleboro. Thursday, Aug. 80.
At Bellows Falls, Friday, Aug. 81.
At Bellows Falls, Friday. Sept. Z.
ii. ID. RYDER, County Examiner.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10
WARDSBORO.

Late arrivals: Mr.. and Mrs. Way
land Watson and little girl from Sa-
vanah, Ga, at the Underwood house;
Mrs. Henry Harris and daughter,
Edith, from DesMoine, Ia, at her
mothers, Mrs. C. Harris; DR.. Chas.
Bliss, wife and two children at his
fathers; Flossie Fits from Brattle-
boro at E. Franklin's; Miss Haight
from New York and John Benson
from Jacksonville visited friends in
town last week; Miss Cassie Beers from
Dorset at her fathers, b. Beers; Miss
Eta Morse from Newfane at c.
Whites.
Julius Wilbur has gone to Cleve-
land, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Farnum are
visiting friends in Newfane and Brat
tleboro.
Aggie Wheeler has gone to Bellows
Falls.
Mrs. Silas May and Mrs. nj. Gleas-
on went to Greenfield, Mass, last week.
Effie Clark has returned to her work
at I. W. Barnard's, Brattleboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Gordon visited
her brother, A. Benson, in Townshend
the first of the week.
Mrs. John Ellis and son, George,
are visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank
Chase, in Somerset.
Hiram Cobb has gone to Vernon to
visit his daughter, Mrs. I. w. john
son.
The drought is very severe, some ex-
pert rain makers could find work in
this town.
Farmers mostly done having with an
average crop. @.
What do you take medicine for Be-
cause you are sick and want to get well,
of course. Then remember, Hoods Sar-
saparilla CURES.
The Russian crown and other state
jewels are valued at sll 100000.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10

What do you take medicine for !? Be-
cause you are sick and want to get WELL
of course. Then remember, Hoods Sar-
saparilla CURES.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10

Nagking, China, is the biggest
walled city in the world. 1t was built
600 years before Christ was born.
The railroad traffic of the United
States is spread over 5000, 900 square
miles.
An ordinary piano contains a mile
of wire.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10

The Russian crown and other state
jewels are valued at sll ,0OO, 900.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10

Hoods Pills cure liver ills, constipation,
siliousne jaundice. sick headache. indiRestiop
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-10

Farmers mostly done having with an
average crop. g.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-05-11
April Fool Day.

The custom of sending one on boot
less errand or otherwise april fOoling"
him ON the first day of April is very an
cient. Yet it cannot truthfully be said
that any one is equal TO the task of trac-
ing it to its origin. Some antiquarians
profess to believe it sNvival of the
travesty of sending the Saviour hither
and thither, first from Annas to Gaia
phas and then to PLATE and Herod. This
opinion is strengthened by the fact that
during the middle ages that very scene
in Christ's life was made the subject of
one of the Easter Miracle Plays" enact
ed on the chief streets of London and
other English cities of the first class
Even though the above opinion has re-
ceived the sanction of Brande, Moore
and Hone, it is not at all unlikely that
it is really relic of some old heather
festival, such as the Hull festival of the
HindOos or the Roman ''feast of fools. "
The custom, whatever its origin, Of
playing tricks and pranks of all kinds
on the first day of this month is univer-
sal throughout Europe and is also prac-
ticed in many other countries and un-
der various names. 1t is q curious fact
that the HindOo Hull festival, where
April fool tricks of all sorts are played,
is held on the night of the S1st of March,
and the orgies are not discontinued un-
til sunrise on the morning of April L.
St. Louis Republic.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-05-11
BERTHElOT AND HUXLEY.
Remarkable Contrast In the Recent Utte
ances of These Eminent Men.

Remarkable Contrast In the Recent Utter.
ances of These Eminent Men.
Two eminent men Of science, one
French and one English, have told Us
recently what they think Of the tenden-
lies of the times and the prospects of
The future. The Frenchman, II Berthe
lot, is SO visionary in some of his ideas
that they seem to be absurd. The Eng
lishman, Professor Huxley, is so con-
rervative that he is accused of extreme
pessimism. Berthelot discussed the fu-
ture triumphs of chemistry under the
tubiect of 1.-The World In the Year
2OOO." He declares that chemistry will
furnish deliverance from the social evils
of the present day. This will be accom-
plished in part by utilizing the heat Of
the sun and the central heat of the
earth. The latter will be obtained by
shafts two miles deep, and modern en-
gineers are equal to this task. Chemical
transformation will be easy with such a
source of heat at command.
When energy can be cheaply obtained,
food can be made from carbon taken
from carbonic acid, hydrogen taken
from water and nitrogen taken from air.
The work vegetables have so far done
science will soon be able to do better,
with far greater profusion, and indie
pendently of the seasons or microbes or
insects. There will be no passion to own
land; beasts need not be bred for slaugh-
I,o Il
The reign of chemistry will beautify the
planet, and there will be no need to dis
figure it with the works of the agricul-
turist or with the CRIME of factories and
chimneys. 1t will recover its verdure,
and the flora of the earth will be a vast
pleasure garden, and the human race
will live in peace and plenty.
Professor Huxley furnishes a sober
contrast to this talk by the danger he
sees in the present social tendencies.
His speech the other evening was in
protest against the proposed unifcation
of London. He had the greatest respect
for what is called the great heart of the
people, but had no great respect for what
is called the great head Of the people.
He imagined that in all things intellec-
tuality required guidance, and that uni
versal suffrage was not the way to get
at tIis guidance. The tendency of all
democracies, however great and good
they might be, was to believe in the
doctrine Of human equality. 1t was a
profound mistake, which, some of these
days, they would find out and should
rue the consequences. He thought the
existence of the corporation of London
was one of the conditions by which that
doctrine might be prevented from ac-
quiring the great domination which it
might otherwise have New York Sun.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-05-11
Was ShylOck a jew?

Eleven different versions of the pound
of flesh story exist in the early htera-
ture of Europe, none Of which is found
ed on historical basis, have one related
by the biographer Of Pope Sixtus V.
The original tale runs as follows: Simon
Cenada, a Jew, enters into wager with
Sechi, a Christian, stalking a pound of
his flesh against a large sum of money
of the Christian. The Jew loses the
wager, and Sechi insists ON his forfeit
The case is referred TO the governor Of
the city, who, in turn, places it before
the pope, who condemns both to lifelong
imprisonment, from which they are
finally released on the payment of a
heavy fine. An Italian, Giovanni Floren-
tino, in the sixteenth century, was the
first to change the roles of the Jew and
Christian, and in this altered form the
bard of Avon found the story. The poet
himself could scarcely have known any
Jews personally, since they were ex-
PEELED from England 500 years before
his time and were not readmitted until
after his death. From stage presenta-
tions, from descriptions in books or from
popular reports, which were always de.
rogatory to the Jewish character, the
poet derived his knowledge of the Jew.
-MenOrah.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-05-11
Hardy Climbing Roses.

In the prairie rose we have a class of
hardy native climbing roses often found
growing Wild in Michigan and the west
ern states, which we may plant with
confidence. Two of the more commonly
known roses Of this class, which are IA
vOrites everywhere ON account of their
hardness, free blooming, and the fact of
their flowers appearing just after the
other varieties are nearly over, are Queen
of the Prairie and Baltimore Belle, vari-
eties raised in the year 1843 by a rose
grower named Feast, in Baltimore, from
seeds of the wild prairie rose crossed
with some European variety. These two,
the former red and the latter white,
when grown near each other ON the same
porch or with INTERVIEWING branches,
heighten each others beauty by con-
trast. Both are of rapid growth and
may be employed to advantage for COW
ering any unsightly objects as walls, old
trees, old buildings, etc. Among the
most desirable roses of the prairie class
we have Annie Maria, vigorous, pale
pink, very few thOrns; Baltimore Belle,
pale blush, changing to white; Gem of
the Prairie, free, believed to be from
Queen of the Prairies crossed with Nine.
Laffay, rosy red, occasionally blotched
with white, large, fiat flowers, slightly
fragrant; Queen of the Prairies, vigor.
Gus, rosy red, frequently with a white
stripe, medium or large size, double, fo-
liage large, five leaflets, quite serratedi
Triumphant, vigorous, rosy pink, me,
dunn size, double or full, distinct, sever