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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11
CHESTER.

A general time for .clioosing offic-
ers the past week. The Y. +. S. G.
f. 1.-THE ladies' society and church so
ciety all INDUCED in new officers anr
reelected The old ones.
AT the auction sale.iof the three
acres Of meadow laadod,elongiag to
G. A. Giant some lively bidding was
Witnessed. Mr.. Grapt was the. AUG
lioneer. The successful cmpettOr
was l.. a Baluu, he paying the sum
of 1882 Whereby Mr.. Grant. re-
allied a neat little rise on the proper
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11
EAST DoRsEr

Our late storm Of snow aud wind
blew off and pulverized the roof Of
+. G. Harwood's saw mill.
Unfavorable news comes from Rut-
land about Leon Brophy's health. !,
Burt A, Kendall OF Grand Har Dor,
No. Dakota, arrived the last day Of
the old year.
1t is reported that Timothy Dacy,
Jr,, has won in the case in which
Timothy and Catharine Dacy were
plaintiff and in which the town Of
Dorset is interested fiaancially.
A gaiety party numbering sixty or
more was had at our town farm Fri
day night Of last week. The fatted
calf wasn't killed but the festive oys-
ter, and the fiddle and the bow and
miscellaneous fun made the prodigal
sons party, in comparison, a quaker
meeting.
"Vermont Public Acts, 1894"
Thanks. No. ID. Towns must pro-
vide text books in the public schools.
Wrong in several particulars. 1t will
tax pockets that ought not to be tax
ed thusly, it will make unnecessary
trouble and expense and will be inju.
rious to the schools. One Of the bes,
and most useful habits in child's
education is the proper use anti care
of his books and Of other things
This habit will most easily and surely
be formed where there is ownership.
No. q. And the temperance ply
siologies are donated to the towns
All right. They have cost the STATE
not less than $4,000 and feathereC
somebody's nest in dandy style
There is great hankering among some
to have the state furnish all tex
books in the public schools but we arr
spared that infection at least for two
years unless we have an extra session
of those "most noted for wisdom"
No. 14l. And this act lays fiv'
per cent. tax on Bennington count.
for sundry purposes. Dorset has jus
paid such tax. Both taxes amour
to between 5000 or 500 for us to pa,
in four years.
No. al. This is an act to Gre
lieve the congested condition of tn
Vermont State Asylum for the insan
at Waterbury. 1t appropriates 1857,
900 and gives the trustees and lieu
tenant governor five dollars per da,
each in the discharge of their dutie
and their travelling expenses. Thi
makes 4 fellow want to lose his mlnt
and go to Waterbury.
Let us hope and trust that ere lon
we shall send men to Montpelier VIII
will pass an act to "relieve the con
gested condition" of the pockets G
taxpayers.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11
MANCHESTER

BURR & BURTON SEMINARY.
The Seminary commenced Thurs
day with large attendance.
Among the scholars from out of
town are: Messrs. Cook and Miller,
Wallingford; Misses Phillips and
Warner, Arlington miss Houghton,
Swanton Miss Brownell, Essex
Junction; Miss Bromley, Dorset !;
Messrs. Hillard, McWayne, Williams,
Simonds, Dorset ;Winship, Mcintyre,
Dandy; England, Magnolia, Miss
Thornton, Philadelphia Baker, New
York.
The Misses Snyder spent their va
cation with friends in Burlington.
C. C. Stroud attended Tufts Col
lege commencement.
A correspondent of the Centre
sends the following:
A few weeks ago an item appeared
in the Manchester journal to the
effect that if any boy or girl should
skate or throw sticks or stones in the
reservoir that they should be showed
to the full extent of the law. Now
the managers of the Manchester, VT,
Water Co. has put band Of men
and Dagoes on, cutting ice. The
Dagoes, no doubt, use tobacco; they
also use horses for cutting ice, which
does not improve the water to be used
next summer. Some person has said
that the water in the reservoir is only
to be used in case of fire, and that the
pipe from the spring did not enter the
main that supplies these two villages
Now suppose that next summer there
is dry time like there WAS last sum.
mer, the people Of Manchester Cen
tire and Depot will be obliged TO ust
the stale water of the reservoir. w.
think that the people of the Fire Dis
trict should attend TO this.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11
BONDVILLE

New Years ball at town hall went
off all right. The dancers took sup
per at landlord Stockwell's.
Earl Benson is home from New
York on a vacation.
January 8, II degrees below zero.
The court last week all fell through.
Seven inches Of snow fell last Sun
day with little crust on top to hold
it down. No meeting at the church.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11
PERU.

Mrs. Aaron Lyon, who has been
in Brattleboro retreat for nearly a
year is expected home this week.
Miss Mary A. Lyon has resumed
her work in Greenland, N. H., as
principal Of the high school.
Miss Lois +. Batchelder attended
the commencement exercises at Cas-
Teton last week.
Misses Jessie and Erla Farnum are
at home from Castleton normal
school. Jessie graduated last Friday
with honors.
Wallace West has returned from o
two weeks visit with his brother and
sister in New York state.
The ladies' monthly missionary
meeting next Sunday evening.
Weston, VT, Jan. 8, '95,
M. j. HApGooD, ESQ. =
Dear Sr:-In looking over the
SITTER this week-date of SITTER
Dec. 2S, lS94-I read the item in re-
gard to Archie Russell's school at
tendance. That record has been
beaten in this town. My cousin, Miss
Nellie c. Haunum, daughter of ID.
l.. Hannum, began to attend school
when 5 years of age and she was IL
years old Dec. 81, 1894. She has
never had an absent Or tardy mark.
She has always resided in district No.
8. She attended every term from the
time she commenced until now.
Yours truly,
f. p. H ANNUM..
Deferred from last week:
The funeral service of Earl Whit.
ney was held in Congregational church
Tuesday morning, Mr. Crook. Of
Weston spoke fttingly to large audi
ence of mourning relatives and friends
Albert Lyon has returned to Boston
University.
Susie Hapgood spent New Years
with friends in Rutland.
Miss Della Hapgood resumes hel
studies at Middlebury College thi:
week.
Edna Batchelder is spending sever,
al weeks with her brother in Cambridge
Mass.
Mrs. Wallace Farnum and Mabe
Simonds attend the graduating exercis.
er of Miss Jessie Farnum at Castle
ton Normal school this week Friday.
Wake up Nickel Alarm Clock 81 90
Best make. Chas. A. Trip & Co., Jew
elers, Brattleboro. #t;
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11
FRIDAY MORNING, JAN. II, 1895.

ty which he bought for about si40.
about two years ago.
Frank Stearhs has some new ma
ehinery which he desigus TO set in
motion before long,
NJ. J. Hapgood from Peru wac in
town Tuesday.
Mr.. Fisher had 4 slight shock Of
paralysis last week Tuesday, but at
this writing is able to be out on the
street again.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11

It cures piles, 1t cures obstinate sores,
chapped hands, wounds. II does this
quickly. Is there any good reason why
you should not use DeWitt's Witch, Hazel
Salvcs c. Z. Bacon, Londonderry and
F. Z. Smith, Jamaica.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11

You ought to know this: De Wits
Witch Hazel Salve will heal burn and
stop the pain instantly. 1t will cure bad.
ly chapped hands. ugly wounds, sores
and well known cure for Piles. C. L
Bacon, Londonderry, F. E. Smith, ia
mairo
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11
WESTON.

in. Wait is on the sick list.
Mrs. q. <. Boynton has two lady
friendy from Maine visiting her.
Mrs. j. @. Cragin is under the
doctors care.
Frank Howe returned to Meriden,
N. H., Tuesday where he is ate nd
ing school.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11

There is good reason for the popularity
of Chamberlains Cough Rem, dy. Davis
& Buzard of West Monterey. Clarion
Co., Pa. says; at has cured people that
our physicians could do nothing for. We
persuaded them to try a bottle of Cham
berlain's Cough remedy anddhey now
recommend it with the rest ofe6s "25 and
80 cent bottles for sale by Goddard 6
Gibson, Londonderry, G. L. Richardson
Peru and Londonderry.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11
statesmen WANTED.

Permanent employment for Honest En-
ergetic Men to take orders for Trees
and Plants for one of the largest and
oldest. Nurseries in the United States.
Salarr.and expenses. pail from the start
Write as. for, terms. Established
1883, 49,. AM, 81, >
MrpIe Ar. Nprseries, West Chester, Pa.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11
The Greatest ON Earth.

Nv. J. Hampton In Detroit Free Press.
All hail the power Of printers ink,
Which makes world of people think
That what 1t touches has new grace
or character and mind and face;
And that, what Is Of small account
Is magnihed to great amount.
How easily 1t reaches down [crown
To depths of nothingness and finds
Wherewith to ut the brow OF what
May be true greatness, may be not,
II has the power to paint bad, good,
To people every solitude, (skies
To make a thought, straight from the
Or otherwise, materialize.
1t breaches to the millions and
1t makes the stupid understand;
1t puts an edge on what is duh,
1t makes the ugly, beautiful;
1t charms the master, wins the slave,
1t cheers the living, decks the grave,
Its language is In prose or verse,
And speaks blessing or curse; 4,
In fact, dear reader, If you'll think,
There's nothing quite like printers ink 4
! Many stubborn and aggravatlng casas
of rheumatism that were believed to Ire
incurabc and accepted as life lcgacies,
have yielded to Chamberlain's Pain Balm,
much to the surprise and qualification of
the suffers. One application will relieve
the pain and suffering and its continued
use insures an effectual cure. For sale BY
Goddard & Gibson, Londonderry, GsI.
Richardson, Peru and Londondcfry, -
Mrs, Algernon Sartoris is living in
America now, and has charming
home in Washington, where she. gave
a "pink tea" few days since. She is
growing stout, and has lost none of hel
early comeliness. She has two little
daughters and tall son, who is grea
student, and whose heroes are Napoleon
and his famous grandfather. The cid
est daughter is called Rosemary Ellen
and is handsome girl with golden hal
and big brown eyes. -
The Good Man and His Flock.
"A country minister in certain hocl
took permanent leave of his congrega
ton in the following manner:
brothers and sisters-I come to sa,
goodby. don't think God loves thi
church, because none of you ever die
don't think you love each other, be
cause | never marry any of you.
don't think you love me, because yo1
have not paid my salary. Your dona
tions are moldy fruit and wormy az
piles. and 'by their fruits ye shall kno'
them."
| brothers, am going away to
better place. | have been called to b
chaplain of penitentiary. Where
go we cannot come, but go to pr
pare place for you, and may the Lor
have mercy on your souls. Goodby.
New York Herald.
| Esther Cleveland has all her teeh
can walk without assistance and ca
scream as loud as any ordinary bah
who was not born into politics.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11

Apropos Of the Bicycle.-"Begorra,"
aid Pat, "when I walk l prefer to
have my feet on the ground. Boston
Transcript.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11

Pure blood is absolutely necessary in
order to enjoy perfect health. Hoods
Sarsaparilla purities the blood and
strengthens the system.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11
AGENTS. WANTED

To canvas for abe Union Nurseries; Large
Stock Leading Specialists; Liberal Terms'
Salary or Commission. Write Geo, Mouison
Son, Union Nurseries, Rochester, n. u Es-
tablished 1873.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11

Clara-He has proposed three or
four times and 1 don't know whether
to accept him or not.
Maud would. Suppose he should
stop!-Judge
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11
.:WAN'TED!

Agents TO sell oar new book; Dictionary of
Unitrd. States Hisforyihy fsnf.fe. FRANK
LIN JAMESON Needed hyevsry teacher, supils
and family; Endorsed by press and public
Agents selling fifty books pei week. Successful
agents Will be made general agents. Big Pay.
PURITAN PUBLISHING CO., Boston, Mass.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11

Watches at about one-half price. All
kinds. Chas. A. Trip & Co., Jewellers,
Brattleboro. - '''s
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11

The name One Minute Cough Cure sug
gests a medicine that relieves at once,
and quickly cures. Its use proves it.
C. Z. Bacon, Londonderry and +. E.
Smith Jamaica.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11
LANDGROVE.


Visitors in town are Mrs. w. X.
Davenport of Barre, and Mr.. and
Mrs. E. NJ. Lyon of Shushan, N.
Y, at j. S. Thomsen's; Mr.. and
Mrs. W. j. Loveland of Hebron, N.
Y, at D. A. Cooledge's; Mrs. j.
Walker of Londonderry at A. Chad
wick's.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. G. Eddy OF
Leominster, Mass, spent Christmas
with their parents.
School in district No. closed last
week.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11

II is natural when farmers get their
wood up, ready to be sawed, to want a
machine that viii Beat the World. You
wood sawyeIs who are in want of such a
machine will do well to call and examine
my St. Adams Drag and Circular Saw
Machine. nearly new.
JAMES M.sTARBELB, Agent.
/. Londonderry VT, Dee. 4, 'H.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11


/ We might tell you more about One
Minute Cough Care, but you probably
know that ii cues cough. Everyone
dies who has. used it. Ii IS perfect
remedy Tor c0u9h-, colds, hoarScness.
It i, an especial favoritc for children, be-
ing pleasant TO lake and quick in curing
c. Z. Bacon, Londonderry, F. E. Smith,
Jamaica.
Mrs. McEird-John, dear, why are
some grocers called green grocers?
Mr.. McBird-To distinguish them
from cash grocers, darling.-Vogue.
Gus Clamwhooper-So you are hap
PLY married to Miss Birdie McGinnis?
Peter Amsterdam suppose so. She
is happy and | am married.-Texas
Siftings.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11
Hoods; s,:;s;n Cures

year pat. Ihaye recommended Hoods 6aFsa-
parilla to others and shall always have . good
word for It on account Of the benefit 1t has given
me-" ALMoN p. COOLEY, Franklin Falls, n. h.
Ueod's pills cure liver Ills. constipation,
bIliousness, taundlce sick headache, indigestion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11

Wake up Nickel Alarm Clock $1.O0.
Best make. Chas. A. Trip & Co., jew
elerS, Brattleboro. Fl;
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-05-03
Revival of the Currew Bell.

There is to be a revival of the Cur
few in Canada, and if it proves sue
cessful in the cities and towns of hat
dominion it is not unlikely that it may
be used in some parts of the United
States. The law which has been
enacted by the legislatures of Quebec
and Ontario vas drafted by the Society
for the Protection of Women and Chill
dren, and provides that the municipal
councils in cities. towns and %incorpor-
ated villages shall have power to pass
bylaws for the regulation of the time
after which children Shall not be in the
streets at nightfall without proper
guardianship. The law also provides
that these councils shall cause a bell
to pe rung at or neal the time appointed
as a warning, to be called the curfew
bell, after which the children SO re-
quired to be at their homes or off the
streets shall be liable to be warned bv
any constable Or police officer to go
home.-Ladies Home journal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-05-03
Deafness Can Not Re Cnred

by local applications, as they can not reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure Deafness and thai is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube gets indamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed Deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to it's nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by catarrh. which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case OF Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that can not be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars. free.
Ed. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O..
~- Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills, CSC.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-05-03
FOND OF THE MELoDRAMATlc
Dickens Works Plentifully sprinkled
With Dramatic Sitna 4fon.

E&r48f AsA[&
With Dramatic Situations.
1t is curious what a penchant Dickens
nad for certain melodramatic situa-
tions, which seemed to his fancy sd
telling that he repeated and reproduced
them many times over. He had a lively
dramatic turn, says a writer in the
G~entleman's Magazine, and / always
thought would have had extraordinary
success as a dramatist. I once asked
MN Why he had not taken up this Zine"
seriously, and 1 think he made the ex-
cuse-it was long ago many years be-
fore his death-that he had not time
taste or patience. The real reason, no
ooupt' was that he could not work
Wlthout expanding, and could not.
carve upon a cherry-stone." A
nterary friend, who has his "Boz" at
ms myers ends, has with great acute
ness pointed out to me tina Nicholas
Nlcklepy was a genuine "Adelphi walk
ing gentleman his manner, heroic
bursts, protection of his sister,. beard
ing OF Ralph, ETC., were all elements in
the Adelphi melodrama. Ralph was a
regular stage villain. That his works
were all dramatic n conceived in the
true spirit of the stage is plain from
VI adaptations. EdCn STORY
mas peen adapted again and again, and
VIII bear the process admirably. The
method of winding up his plot, to which
ne was excessively partial. was the un-
masking of the villain owing to the be-
trayal OF some confederate. The parties
are generally brought together in a
room by the more v%irtuous members:
the confederate then energies from his
concealment and tells a long story of
Vlllalny. We have this denouement first
IN oliver Twist" where Monk makes
his revelations. In 'Nickleby'' Ralph is
confronted with the man Snawley and
Squeers. In THE Old Curiosity Shop"
Quilp is similarly exposed. In "Barna-
by Rudge," Haredale forces his heredi-
a enemy to make revelations. In
"Chuzzlewit," Jonas is confronted with
another betrayer. In David Cooper
field" Uriah Heap is denounced and ex-
posed by Mr.. Micawber. In ''Bleak
House." Lady Dedlock is similarly
tracked. In nearly all the cases the
guilty person goes off and commits
suicide.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-05-03
INTERESTING SHOE NOTES.
Some Perplexing Variations in Color
and Uses.

Some Perplexing Variations in Colors
and Uses.
There is no question that the retail
Shoe dealer finds it a little more diff
cult to toe the mark just now than
formerly, because of the swift kaleido-
scopic changes in colors and forms of
footwear, says Boots Shoes Week
~. When black reigned with undisput-
ed sway and the general form of the
shoe at the front end assumed but few
notifications, the present bewildering
maze OF Varlegated stock had no place
in the shoe store. The shoe mans reper-
TORE was simple then, and the clerk
could pass an examination without fear
and trembling. But now he must be
we'll up in geometrical figures, for some
of which it would have taxed Euclid's
ingenuity to furnish a distinctive name.
He must know all the fancy names for
these centi-toed shoes; and if he is
modest and given to blushing he must
also be perfect in color lore as "she is
spoke by feminine moderns; ecaus
from the dry-goods store to the shoe
store, in the mystic rounds of shopping.
it is only a difference in local apparel
now. The same esthetic shade samples
will very soon prevail, and the shoe
clerk cannot, if he expects to be in
favor with the gentle sex, afford to con-
found azure with moonlight blue.
nor to mix up "lettace' with Sage"
green. A dealer says about the con-
stantly changing toe Of the modern
shoe that this feature has it's disadvant-
ages for the retailer. If he could sell
out closely n style Of toe before an
other toe (and Woe) came treading on
the heels of that shoe, he could get
along nicely. But this, of course, is i'm
possible, n the consequence is that
there are likely to be a good many
"nest eggs in his boxes. Fol the sale
of these slightly "back numbers as
the fa~shionables would term them, the
dealer depends upon conservative buy-
ers. Many of these new toes are dis
tinctions without differences, and vet
each requires a las of it's own, and no
two of them will match to make a per-
feet pair.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-05-03
GOVERNMENT TAKEN IN.
Madison Manuscript for which 5000
Was Paid.

manson manuscript for Which 3 D
Was Paid.
In 1887 congress appropriated $50
600 to purchase from Mrs. Madison
the ..m~anuscripts of the late Mr..
Madison. After the lapse of half a
century the general public is permits
ted to know what was comprised in
that purchase, and No. A of the bulle-
tin of the bureau of rolls and library
OF the department of state contains 3
calendar OF the manuscripts.
A cursory examination of its CON
tents gives US an exalted idea of the
simplicity of the government officials
who performed the transaction. The
''gold brick and green goods ex-
changes are nearly similar. considered
from the standpoint of the purchaser.
We do not mean to assert that the
sale was a job. but the government
was certainly taken in. The attorney
general decided many years after that
Mrs. Madison was entitled to what
she retained, but we marvel at the
blindness of the official who dealt with
her.
The real Madison letters were scat
tered at auction two years ago. There
is only n series of letters to Madison
in the department calendar worthy of
note-the noble series OF jefferson
letters.
Turning to Washington. says the
Nation, we find copies of five or six
letters. The originals of many (nearly
4O0) usually long and interesting let
tiers from Washington, Pendleton, Ed
mund, Randolph, Joseph Jones, John
Armstrong and others were scattered
ut the sale just mentioned, and could
have been purchased for one-half the
sum paid for the collection obtained in
1887.
In historical value there could be
no comparison between the two lots,
and yet the government made no eff
fort to secure the moro valuable let
ters sold in 1891.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-05-03
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement
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 Figs.
Its excellence is due to it's presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas.
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; ef%ectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t 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
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will NOT
accept any substitute if offered.