The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-13
THE LONDONDERRY SITTER.
EAST DORSET.

Monday p. m. When it gets deep
enough to leave footprints the poor
cowardly rabbits win have palpita-
ton of the heart. Now the cunning is
mostly for grey squirrels, partrides
and foxes one of the latter being
bagged on Monday by Daniel Dunn,
The guns used are high priced, up to
date, breech leaders and good to kill
at double the distance of the old
ilint-lock queens arm of the fathers.
DR.. Bartlett has one fox hound the
only real business hound in the vii
lage, but Jamie Griffith and Jennie
Colvin each are raising one for the
chase and Wallace Brock will have
another. For all of which those of
us who try to raise turkeys render
the investors sincere and heartfelt
thanks
Barrels for apples and cider are in
large demand. Probably there is not
enough of the latter to float the navies
of the world but there is plenty to
make us all millonaires every day in
the week for quite while. Apple
trees bore this year that never bore
before and those that always bore
bore the more.
Our ST. Jerome church people will
soon give an entertainment three or
four evenings in school house hall.
Mr., and Mrs. B. A Rogers with
their granddaughter, Vera Clifford,
lately visited brother, DR.. Lyman
Rogers or Bennington.
Miss Cassie Beers, one of our
,eachers, has closed her school in
Clarksville and is home for vaca-
tion and will not return till after
Thanksgiving.
Dorset's check list has 453 names.
Vote Nov. 8: Mckinley, 176; Bryan,
40; Peoples, 5; Palmer, 2. Some OF
US knew that Mac was in it long be.
fore dawn of the 4th and all soon as
we were up and out round. Nobody
was fighting mad and G. o. p. people
were like the highly cultured voting
lady $50 tickled-they were very
much pleased" Two republican "of
fensive partisans" mindful that q
NEW broom sweeps clean" ran uE
two, one on either side of our Nc
klnley flag, where they still hang. Of
course there had been some freak
bets. Report says that James O'Brien
a Bryan man, has got to get between
the thills of a wheelbarrow and whee
Ozro O'Buffum through Broadway ii
freedyville. Consequent upon the
above outcome there is already a con
siderable revival of business, many
thousands of the idle having been CIV.
en- employment, so say all the news
papers. Under the head, "Listenine
to the Hum of the Wheels" one pa
per has picture of Uncle Sam hi
face wreathed in smiles resting on,
cheek against the roof of factor,
held in one hand, "American Indus
tries" written on the gable end ant
under, "Uncle Sam-~That's tn,
sweetest music nation can hear.
It's too bad, too bad that the presi
dental chair wasn't foreordained o
predestined to be warmed the 4th 0
March next by Il popocrat that tn
gospel Of hate and new sectional line
preached by Bryan, Altgeld, Tillmal
u Co., didn't bring conviction, con
version, baptism and fruition. Blu
their vocal organs can now have va
cation, there are delightful pleasure
of the imagination, Mrs. Winslov
has "Soothing Syrup" Burns says
'But Mousie thou art not alone
In proving foresight may be vain,
The best laid schemes of mice and me-
Gang aft agley
And leave US naught but grief and pai
For promised JOY"
And Horace tells us that, "Parturi
r ent mountains have brought fort
muscipular abortions. So they hav
company.