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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22

Appropos of the hankering of GER
tain folk for office good story comes
to the STTER-too good to keep, A
few years ago it was discovered that
vacant Judgeship was about to oc-
cur in Texas United States dis
trict. Word was sent to Vermont
and one Theopilous Grout, brother
of the Major, who aspires to be gov
ernor, Immediately gathered together
his worldly effects and emigrated TO
the lone star state and commenced
the practice of law. In a short time
a great cry went out from Texas that
the people desired the appointment of
Theopllous TO this vacant Judgeship.
1t is astonishing how quick things of
this kind will get around sometimes
and it is wonderful how apt the peo-
pie are TO call for a dyed-in- the-wool
office seeker, but nevertheless they
will do it as witnessed now by their
vociferous calls for Josiah for govern
or. But to the Judgeship. OF course
Theoplous.was willing to be sacrificed
on the peoples altar Tut it was nee
essary to do something to satisfy the
President, the appointing power.
Recommendations were sought. A
friend at Washington took the mat
ter in charge. Papers were sent for
signature to the members of the Yer
mont Supreme Court, with what re-
suit we are not advised, but every
thing seemed to be working satisfac-
tory until Judge Powers was struck,
The Judge said, mo sir, he isn't q
big enough man." About this time
the climate of Texas became unheal-
thy and TheopiIous came back to
Vermont and is now waiting his turn.
The SITTER doesn't vouch for the
truth of this story but tells it as it
was told to us. Perhaps it is q wick
ed invention of some Stickneyite.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22

Bland went to Missouri, lived in that
state five years and then went to Cali
fornia and later to Utah. He practiced
law among the miners and had ample
opportunity to study the mineral in
terests and the relative output of silver
and gold. In 1865 he returned to Mis-.
souri, and settled in Rolla, Phelps coun.
t.. In 1869 he removed to Lebanon
which is his present home. He was
first elected to congress in 1872. He
took his seat the following year after
the demonstration of silver. AS early
as 1877 Bland began to fight for free
coinage. He was in congress for %
years, and his most noted measure was
E bill providing for the free and I'M
limited coinage of silver, restoring 412H
grains of standard silver as the dollar
and the limit of value. The bill passed
the house and was amended in the sen
ate. President Hayes vetoed it. Since
his defeat in 1894 Mr.. Bland has cult
waited a farm near Lebanon. Mo.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22
The Olympic Games.

Messrs L. S. johnson q Co., % Gus
tom House St, Boston, the proprietors
of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment, have
published souvenir of the Olympic
games at ancient Athens. This book
let is elegantly illustrated with half
tone plates of all the competitors from
Boston. The descriptive story tells of
the first games, and which are supposed
to have begun 776 B. c. and continued
until 394'A. D. 1t will thus be seen
that the revival is over 1900 years
later, The story is full of interest, and
was prepared by James Shields Muir
ply, editor of the Golfer, who in line
of continuous service as sporting writer
is the longest in the service of any in
this country. In the booklet are bio.
graphical sketches of the American
athletes, with what they have done pre-.
vious to the Olympic games, and what
they won at Athens, making the book
worth keeping for reference. Any one
interested in athletics of any kind car
find much to interest them in this book
let, which will be sent to any addres,
free by the publishers.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22

There is more Catafrh in this section
of the country than all all o,her diseases
put together, and until the last few years
was supposed TO be incurable. For a
great many years doctors pronounced it
local disease, and prescribed local rem
edies, aud by constantly falling to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it in
durable. Science has proven catarrh to
be constitutional disease aud therefore
requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure ON the market. 1t is
taken internally in doses from 10 drops
to teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system
They offer one hundred dollars for any
case it falls to cure Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address
f. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo 0
H-Sold by Druggists, 75c,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22
GERMS.
They Exist Everywhere Now-a-
Days.
In the Air and In Our Food and Drink.
No One is Free From Them
for n Moment.

In the Air and in Our Food and Drink.
No One is Free From Them
for a Moment.
One reads so much about germs,
these days, that he becomes almost
afraid to drink glass of milk or wash
his face in a basin of water. Yet
those who are most competent to
Judge tell us that there are many dis
eases now known to be caused by
germs; and probably other diseases
will be discovered to be due to germs
also.
If you sow wheat in dry dust and
keep the soil in that condition, the
kernels will not sprout and grow.
And if you should SOW the grain in
very wet soil it will not grow then,
but would mould or rot. Therefore
we must not only have proper seed,
but the soil must also be exactly right
for the growth of the seed, if we
expect results. Take consumption
germs, for instance, you may inhale
these germs and yet no harm follow;
because the soil in your lungs was in
such healthy condition these disease
germs cannot grow there. Then,
again, you may have exactly the right
kind of soil in your lungs for the
germs of consumption, and yet not
have the disease because you have not
inhaled the germs. 1t is certainly
true that thousands of persons inhale
the germs of consumption, and yet do
not have the disease. The fact that
this soil must be suitable to germ-life,
explains the reason why some children
have severe stomach and bowel
trouble, and yet others in the same
house be unaffected.
There are a number of complaints
which may not be due to germs; and
yet the principle we wish to establish
is the same. Some take cold more
easily than others; have frequent
attacks of indigestion become easily
exhausted; and show in every way
that the body is not strong. What is
the best weapon with which to fight
germs? A strong constitution. How
can you prevent many of the ailments
of everyday life? By keeping the
body well nourished and the nervous
system substantially reinforced.
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil
with Hypophosphites will do all this.
1t feeds. 1t nourishes. 1t builds up.
1t invigorates. 1t fortifies. 1t shields
the body from the enemy, and brings
victory even in the face of defeat.
1t is pleasant to know that such a
remedy can be prepared in a form
agreeable to the palate and the
stomach. 1t does not nauseate. 1t
does not cause diarrhea. 1t does not
produce those disagreeable eructations
of gas. 1t does not necessitate bribing
or threatening the children. Best OF
all, it does not have that fshy taste.
SCOTS Emulsion contains more pure
Norwegian Cod-liver Oil than any other
emulsion in the world, that will stand
the test of time as being perfect in
separable emulsion. Ask your doctor.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22
Sifterlets-ShOrt and Snappy

It's dollars to doughnuts that the
man who started the rumor that
Chicago was about to lose the demo-
cratic national convention, because
of failure to put up promised cash,
was an envious New Yorker.
1t may be unnecessary to say that
the two typewriters stolen by fast
young man of Washington were ma
chimes, and not girls. Even the gid
dicst young man has TOO much sense
to try to steal two girls-at one time.
Mr.. Benjamin Harrison knew too
much to allow himself to be thrown
under the wheels of the Mckinley
chariot.
There are people-lots of 'em-who
would not swap the signature of
George Gould at the bottom of
check for that of the greatest dead
man the world has produced.
The distinguished gentlemen who
leave their homes to tell the political
conventions of other States what TO
do have not been intoxicated with
success this year; several Of them
have given good limitations Of the
fellow Who had big dose of knock
out drops" given him.
The queerest democratic combina-
ton yet suggested is Cleveland for
candidate on a free silver platform.
Gen. Weyler gave Spain an ex
cellent chance to get rid of him when
he threatened to resign if the men
captured aboard of the Competitor
are not executed.
1t seems to be difficult to realize
that it is only 2S7 years since the first
settlement in America, but the 2S7th
jamestown anniversary has just been
celebrated, on the spot.
Old man Bismarck must have been
feeling unusually humble, OF else he
was sarcastic, when he wrote in
answer to bit of the Kaiser's taffy !:
81 beg to lay my most respectful
thanks at the feet of your high might.
mess"
Our 'steemed contemporary the
Grams Horn" says it is easier TO be
content without wealth than with it,
We know all about trying to be con
tent without, and would like to have
60 at trying to be content with it !;
then we could decide.
Even the funerals in Washington
are "fast." The other day carrlag e
in a funeral procession ran into an
other vehicle and smashed it all to
pieces and nearly killed a man who
was in it.
A great metropolitan newspaper
used four columns to tell its readers
that Gov. Mckinley had refused tc
be interviewed on the financial ques-
ton, and they call that "enterprise. >
Rudyard Kipling's new name IL
Afraid Of his brother-in-law. He
swore to it. Another time that Eng
} land was afraid of America.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22

Delegates to the Republican Nation
al convention are now all chosen. Thir-
ty-two states and territories are for Nc
Kinley, though three of these are con-
tested. If these are thrown out McKin-
ley will then control 20 states. The
convention, if full, will have 91S men,
bers, making 460 necessary for a
choice. Gen. Grosvenor's estimate,
which is probably correct, gives Nc
Kinley 592. He says:
"lt all the contested delegates in all
Of the states which are for Mckinley
are thrown out and the votes of the
contested delegates given solidlv to
some other candidate it will not affect
the result | stand by my estimate
OF more than two weeks ago that if
there shall be a complete roll call Nc.
Kinley will have 600 votes"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22
For Clean Methods.

1t is moreover, the plain, unvarnish'
ed fact that nominations to the more I'M
portant political offices have in most
cases been directed in quiet manner
to be sure but none the less eiectually'
by a small number of influential men
with a considerable reference to debts
and future rewards and punishments'
The candidacy of Major Circuit is OF
this nature, y x x x
Mr.. Stickney represents the element
opposed to this kind of politics. His
candidacy is the recent outgrowth of a
general desire on the part of men OF all
conditions throughout the State who
know his sterling qualities t, have him
elected, coupled with protest against
cut and dried politics, His life public
and private, is without reproach, and
he possesses good, sound common sense
to a degree that ranks him among the
first men in the State. No political
bargains are charged to his account,
and he is under no obligation to deliv-
err goods to political allies. He is the
embodiment of clean politics. In the
appointment of important committees
he has never yielded to the pressure of
conflicting interests, and has passed
through two terms of the speaker-ship
with record of manly independence,
unfinching attention to duty and keen
judgement that stamp him as a man of
unusual ability and high sense of
honor. Waterbury Record.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22
WILLIAM S. LINTON.
The Favorite Presidential Candidate of
the American Protective Association.

The leaders of the American Protec-
tive ociation-commonly known as
the A. p. A.--have about decided to
run Congressman William Seelye Lin
ton as their presidential candidate.
Mr. Linton, who lives at Saginaw, repre-
sents the Eighth Michigan district in
congress. He was born at st. Clair,
Mich, February 4, 1856; was educated
in the public schools at Saginaw; at
the age of Is he began clerlling in a
general store at Farwell, Mich, and
soon afterward became manager of his
fathers sawmill and lumber yard in the
same place; when 81 years of age he be-
came superintendent of large lumber
ing industry at Wells, Bay county,
Mich; in 1879 he again removed to
Saginaw, and has since resided there,
engaged in the lumber and salt bust
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22
WILLIAM SEEIYE LINTON.

ness; in 1883 he was elected member
of the East Saginaw common council,
serving two terms, at the end Of which
he was elected representative to the
Michigan legislature of 1SS7-SS; in 1890
he was the candidate for lieutenant
governor on the republican state tick
ct; was mayor of Saginaw for two
years, 1S92-94; and was elected to the
Tifty-third and reelected to the Fifty
fourth congress as republican.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 90. 1096
Alfred +. Waite, aged 81, for man,

Alfred f. Waite, aged 81, for many
years prominent Brattleboro farmer,
committed suicide by hanging, Satur-
day, in his sisters barn on North Main
street, Brattleboro. Mr.. Waite owned
one of the best farms ON West river UNI
til few months ago when he became
financially embarrassed by signing
Others paper, He became respondent
and was committed to the Braitleboro
retreat, but was discharged few weeks
ago, since which time he and his wife
have lived with his sister. He was a
brother of the late Silas M. Waite and
Charles Waite. The latter was form
erly proprietor of the Breevort house
ct New York. Mr. Waite leaves two
children.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22
How TO Treat II wife.
(From Pecific Heal journal.

L rom IeCtuC 11CJlt IL JOul udl.
First, get wife; second, b. pa,icn'
You may have great u.al> and pc pix
t'cS ia your business, buJ do no. there
fore, carry TO YOU nome a ,louoy or con
trac ed brow. Your VIE may have jria>
which, through o. les magn ude, may
be hard for her 10 bear. A kiud wo d, :
iender look, VII do wonders in chaS Nc
from her brow all clouds of gloom.-rt
this we would add always keep a bottle
of Chambe laiD's Cough Remedy in the
house. 1t is the best and IS sure TO o'
needed sooner or later. Your vile Wi
then know that you really care for he
and wish 10 protect her health.
For sale by
G. l.. Richardson, Peru and Weston,
l.. C. Bolster. Bondville.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22

Josiah Grout of Derby is the ring
candidate for Governor and is posing
as a farmer candidate. What rot,
Josiah is lawyer and all-around Off
ce-seeker who does a little fancy farm
ing, besides doing the will of the ring.
Let us see how this farmer" has car
rled sail heretofore, and we'll say moth
ing about his packing legislative COM
mlttee to defeat practical railroad
commission bill. Four years ago the
people desired the nomination CT Henry
A. Fletcher of Cavendish, a practical
lifelong farmer and a man throughly
qualified for the governorship.
Where was farmer Grout then?
Was he at work for his brother
farmer, Fletcher?
No!
tie was putting in his best ticks for
Lew Fuller-doing the will of the
ring.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22

A burying ground belonging to the
late stone age has recently been discov,
cred near Worms, Germany. Up to the
present about 70 graves have been ex-
amined, but not the slightest trace of
metal has been found. Arm-rings OF
blue and gray slate were buried with
the bodies. In hardly a single case was
there missing from the women's graves
the primitive corn-mill, consisting of
two stones, the grinding stone and the
grain crusher. The mems graves con-
tanned weapons and implements, all OF
stone, with whetstones and bones for
sharpening purposes.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22

In Nevada, Mo-, young catalpa tree
about 20 feet tall, is growing with 6
section of coal stove CRATE firmly at
tached near it's roots. The tree has
grown through the bars of the CRATE
from the seed and, as it increased il
diameter, the wood Tapped over anc
under the bars, holding it as in a wise
The CRATE was lifted off the grouno
several inches as the growth of the tree
progressed
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22
Hark! Hark :!
Don't You Hear the Fire Bells
Rju.ing!

Keep insured in the Old reliable Yer
mont Mutual aud New England Ere In
surauce Companies.
A Large New Stock of Caskets. New
styles from Bristol, Rock Falls, and
Flo ence, Mas. f. G. Cones varni>h
ct SOLD OAK, plain cloth, cloth with vel
vet or sateen combination, draped cloth
back aud White embossed plush. Sterln:
Shire ca~kct
Hcrca ter all cloth casketS will be GOV.
- ed onchestnut shells, extension handles
Shrouds, cmbalming fluid.
j. Q. CRAGlN, Agent,
Weston. Vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22

Mr.. ID. 2. Davis, prominent livery
man and merchant of GoshelH'Va., has
this to say on the subject of rheumatism :
Il take pleasure in recommending Cham
berlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism, as
/ know from personal experience that it
will do all that is claimed for it. year
ago this spring my brother was laid up
in bed with iufammatoiy rheumatism and
suffered intensely. The first application
of Chamberlains Palm, Balm eased the
pain aud the use of one bottle completely
cured him. For sale by
G.. l.. Richardson, Peru and Weston,
L. G, Bolster, Bondville,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22

Now Mr.. Grout may be the best
qualified of any man in Vermont for
this office, but the people rightly object
TO him as a candidate of the 'ring.
They do not like cut-and-dred politics,
made up to order for them, years IN
advance. That is not their ideal OF
government for Vermont. According
", there were year ago mutterlngs OF
discomfort with the Grout plan. A
leader was wanted TO antagonlze 1t. A
fit one was found in the person of Mr.
Stickney. The announcement OF his
candidacy threw the politicians into
CONSERVATION. "Oh, he is a good man,
but let him wait his turn" they said.
Now this turn business is just what
the people object to, and when Circuit S
supporters refer to it as they usually do
it shows how different are their ideas
We do not believe that the Republic
cans of Vermont want TO see the gov
ernorship turned INTO a sort of barber
shop where a list of eligibles get into
place and await the command, Next
They want to be unhampered and left
free to make whatever choice they see
fit. We believe they are right, too.
Mr.. Siickney has the same right to as
pire to the govemor>hip this year as
though he had been considered pro-
pecjive candidate for four years past,
but the bosses look upon him as an
interloper. He will not be waved
back to his seat at their beck, but III
sists upon letting the people decide the
question. Is he righ.?
We look upon the issue as a square
one. The politicians want Grout; they
don't want Slickney. Whom do the
people want?-Randolph Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22

When you read in Circuit paper an
article that tells you that it is all up
with Stickney and that the major from
Derby has "a dead sure thing" you
want to remember that the man who
has the bobtailed flush always puts up
the biggest bluff. Barre Leader.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22

A genuine reform would be law
making forfeiture of position the penal
ty forany Federal office holder, includ-
ing the President, Vice President the
Cabinet and Members of Congress, who
attempts to control, manipulate or take
part i'll a political convention.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22
A Card.

We the undersigned agree TO refund the
money on Fifty cent bottle OF Greene's
Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure your
cough or cold. We also gumantee a
Twenty-Five cent bottle to prove salts
factory or no pay.
L. I. and W. II. Landman, So. Lon.
donderry, G. G. Smith, SO. London
derry, c. E. Bacon, Londonderry, L. C
Bolster, Boudyllle, +. l.. Pier, Rawson-
vile, F. E. Smith, Jamaica, II. l.. Gould
Windham
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22

The Free Press editorially alludes
to the Rev. Talmage as pulpit aero
bat and religious contortionist. Exact
ly right, and this is probably why GER
tain Vermont newspapers publish his
stuff. They want to give their readers
side-show. Harris Weekly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22

In the Spring young mans fancy
lightly turns TO thoughts of-De Witt.
Lutte Early Risers, for they always
cleanse the liver, purify the blood, and
lnVleoraie the system.
e. E. Bacon, Londonderry. F. f.
smith, Jamaica and Jonas Hill Bond.
Vile.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22
Rot.

Looking at the two candidates from
most any fair standpoint Mr.. Grout
is better qualified for the position
than Stckney. Major Grout is a
broader minded and better balanced
man, with a wider experience than
his opponent and is in perfect touch
with the different sections and diff.
ferent people of the state.-Wilming-
ton Times.
What mess of rot Josiah Grout
in touch with the people A ring
office-seeker sin perfect touch with
the different sections and different
people of the State" Ye Gods !!
he was in touch, wasn't he, when a
few years ago the people were clam
oring against railroad Determinations
and were demanding law compelling
these corporations TO carry our farm
er's freight to Boston as cheap as
they brought freight from the West
Josiah Grout was speaker of the
Vermont House of Represe natives
at that time. He had the shaping, in
great measure, of legislation. He
did shape this, through his committee,
and the people got an emasculated
bill, one entirely satisfactory to the
two RS, the railroads and the ring
That was "touch down" for the
ing.
In touch with the people !! Wha
do the people know about Josial
Grout, except what the papers have
told them in the last few months
Nothing. He lives in Derby, tow
bordering on Canada, and two third
of the people of the State know nj
more about him, with the above ex
ceptlon, than they do about Josial
Greaser of New Mexico.
But they are learning about him
learning that the politicians, the ring
want him for governor.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22
Ruehien's Arntca Salve.

The BEST SALvE In the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe
yer Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
claims, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re
auired. 1t Is guaranteed to give perfec
satisfaction or money refunded. Price
rs cent? per box. For sale by Geo, G
Smith
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22

Flowing water is at once a picture
and a music, which causes to flow at
the same time from my brain, like q
limpid and murmuring rivulet, sweet
thoughts, charming reveries, and mel
ancholy remembrances. -Alphonse
Karr.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-22
1t is related of Fighting Bob Evans. ,

III Is TeIHteu Ol 'Hghlmg Dob EVans,
the commander of the battle ship Indi-
ana, that he told Secretary Olney that
if he could be allowed to handle his
ship as he pleased mo language but
Spanish would be spoken in hell for
the next five years" Without doubt
the Spanish language is well adopted to
the locality named and it is great pity
that fighting Bob can't have a
chance, and he could if we only had
an American administration.