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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

Edgar F. Boyd, Bennington con.
tractor, has skipped the ranch leav-
ing a wife and $4,000 Indebtedness.
He appears to have converted every
possible thing that he could into
money, which he took away with
him, even taking that which was in
the house and not leaving his wife a
penny. There is no knowing at
present how much he is owing out of
town. The last person who saw
Boyd when he went away was man
to whom he owed $500. They met
in the postoilice about O'Clock Tues
day night and Boyd told him to come
the next day and he would pay him.
Another man also came II miles
Wednesday after 5000 that was due
him only to find Boyd gone.
Boyd must have carried way.from
$1,000 to $4,000. Most of the credi-
tors can i'll afford to lose the amounts.
Some property is left behind on
which, as far as known, there have
been no transfers. The local credl-
tors have levied on this. There is
no clew to where he went after leav.
ing Williamstown.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27
money MADE or Gum,

The oldest money in the world is
coined by the mint officials of the Malay
peninsula. 1t is thin disk or wafer of
hardened vegetable gum, which is OBJ
tanned from the bola tree and mixed
with emery sand. These coins have the
smallest exchange value of any medium
in the world excepting, perhaps, the
shell money of the west coast of Africa.
No other piece of money can be &C.
quired with so small an expenditure
of time On goods as the bola gum coin,
and when a mana European-hap-
pens to come into possession of some
millions of them he is not esteemed
rich, but unlucIy. Some idea of the in
fnitely small value of one of these coins
may be gained from the statement that
a copper cent can be readily exchanged
for 10000 of them.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

The wife of Mr.. Leonard Wells of
East Brimleld, Mass, had been SUITE Ing
from neuralgia for two days, not being
able to sleep or hardly keep stlll, when
Mr.. Holden, the merchant there sent her
bottle of Chamberlains Pain Balm,
and asked that she give it thorough
trial. On meeting Mr.. Wells The next
day he was told that she was all right,
the pain had left her within Two hours,
and that the b, tile of Pain Balm was
worth $500 II II could not be had for
less. For sale at 80 cents per bottle by
g. l.. Richardson, Peru and Weston,
l.. c. Bolster, Bondyille.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27
DUMMY FOR ATHLETES.
How the Princeton Football Player Learn
to Tackle,

How the Princeton Football Play ers Learn
to Tackle.
Jack McMaster's (Princeton's foot
ball trainer) pet scheme for teaching
the Tigers" how to tackle is his So
called dummy. BY means of it the play
ers are drilled in tackling with the
dummy player at rest and in motion.
The dummy is suspended by the neck
on the pulley by a rope, with bag of
sand on the other side to hold him up
about foot from the ground. As the
men tackle they pull the dummy down
to the sod, unless they get poor hold,
when the weight jerks him from their
grasp.
In the running tackle one of the play
ers takes the hand rope and runs to
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

He was appointed rural dean of Alnwick
by Bishop Lightfoot in 1879, and on the
formation of the diocese of Newcastle
in 1882 he was made honorary member
and examining chaplain to the bishop.
In 1884 he was elected to the newly
founded professorship of ecclesiastical
history in the University of Cambridge.
Rev. Mr.. Creighton has frequently acted
as public examiner and select preacher
in the universities Of Oxford and Cam
bridge. AS an author he has gained
much renown, his works being largely
OF historic character. They include
1.-The Age of Elizabeth" THE Life of
Simon de Montford," cardinal VOL
sey" and History of the Papacy During
the Period of the Reformation" He
was founder and first editor of the Eng
fish Historical Review, the first number
OF which appeared In January, 1886. In
1890 he was appointed crown canon of
Windsor, but before entering office was
appointed bishop of Peterborough, and
was consecrated by Archbishop Benson
April 25, 1891. He has had conferred
upon him the degrees of d. D., LII. d.
and ID. c. L. He represented Emmanuel
college at the two hundred and tiftieth
anniversary celebration of Harvard
college, Massachusetts, in November,
1886, and was elected a corresponding
member of the Historical society of
Massachusetts.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

To cure all old sores, TO heal an indo-
lent ulcer, or to speedily cure piles, you
need simply apply DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve according to directions; Its magic
like action will surprise you.
c. E. Bacon, Londonderry, F. L Smith
Jamaica, Jonas Hill, Bondville, G. G.
Smith, So. Londonderry and F. B. Pier,
Rawsodyille.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

their wants. Consequently, provis-
ions and supplies f all sorts for the
miners must be frtched from the State
of Washington or from California,
involving great cost. The expense
of transporting machinery is proper
Tomato, and thus it comes about that
the workers employ the most print
tive means of securing the gold.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27
A Plant That Intoxicates,

The laughing plant of Arabia pro.
duces small, bean-lke seeds, small
doses of which, when dried and
powdered, intoxicate like laughing
gas. The person indulging in the drug
dances, laughs and shouts like mad
man for about an hour, when he be-
comes exhausted and falls into death
like sleep, which often lasts several
hours.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

"Excuse me-" observed the man in
spectaclcs, "but ] am surgeon, and that
is not where the liver is" "Never you
mind where his liver is" retorted the
other. "If it was in his big toe or his
left ear DeWitt's Little Early Risers
would reach it and shake it for him. On
that you can bet your gig-lamps."
c. E. Bacon, Londonderry, F. E. Smith
Jamaica, Jonas Hill, Bondville, u. G.
Smith, So. Londonderry and F. B. Pier,
Jacksonville.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

The length OF life may be Incl eased by
lessening its dangers. The majority of
people die from lung troubles. These
may be averted by promptly using One
Minute Cough Cure.
G. E. Bacon, Londonderry, F. L. Smith
Jamaica, Jonas Hill, Bondville. G. G.
Smith, So. Londonderry and F. B. Pier.
Jacksonville.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

at special town meeti G held in
Brattleboro Saturday afternoon it was
voted unanimously to issue 10 bonds
OF $1,000 each to pay the towns out
staining orders, notes, bonds and cou
pons, and 80 bonds of $1,000 each to
the Indebtedness incurred by repairs
and additions 10 the town houses, the
hrst two to become due July l, 1902,
and three ON the 1st OF each succeeding
January. The bonds are to bear 4
per cent semiannual interest. Bids
must be made before December Is.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

Secretary Morton says New Jer-
sey carries more farm mortgages in
proportion to area than any other
State, and that the North Atlantic
States have more farm mortgages
than the same number of States in
any other section.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

The men who wish to begin the
Presidential campaign Of 1900 now,
and to keep it going, mean we'll,
but the thing won't work. That man
hasn't been born, and never will be,
who could keep the interest of our
people at campaign heat for four
years.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

The consumers Of tea, coffee, spices,
cocoa and mating, all now on the free
list, will not be likely to fall over each
other in trying to aid Senator German
in carrying out hisidea of putting duty
enough on them to raise S4O,0O0,OO0
year.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

Here is wheat trust scheme out,
lined from Washington;
A conference of nations on the sub.
ject of the worlds wheat market is un.
derstood to be desired by at least one
OF the great foreign wheat growing en-
pires. 1t is stated in official circles
here that Russia is particularly friendly
to such an idea, and is believed to be
making overtures, not only TO the Uni
ted States, but 10 England, the Argen-
tine Republic and Australia, which
are the principle wheat growing nations
of the world.
"The idea suggested, as outlined
here, is that these nations, should they
see fit to unite in an agreement upon
the subject, could fix price for wheat,
to be maintained uniformly through
various seasons of overproduction and
unsatisfactory crops, caused by drought
or continual rain, and thus make the
principal grain staple upon which the
of consumers depend for food
almost as interchangeable in value a.
gold itself has become.
This would enable the producer, in
the event of an unusually large crop,
to store his wheat, and obtain thereon
a loan, that would tide him over until
the wheat was in demand in the
worlds markets, when he would receive
a full fair price for it."
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

Revivalist Moody is level headed:
he is now conducting series of meet
ings for Church members in New York
city. Similar meetings might be held
elsewhere with profit to Christianity al
large.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

Westminster has been excited dur
ing the past ten days by the finding
OF human skeleton by a man while
blowing in his meadow. It's thought
that the body was buried as long as
forty years ago. Tie latest press
dispatch says:
Many stories of mysterious disap-
pearances and legends Of early his
tory Of the town have been revived.
Most of these were new to the pres
ent generation. The theory most
generally accepted as explaining the
matter is that advanced by few of
the very oldest citizens, who remem-
Der story current in their early DAYS
and believe that the bones are those
OF q woman well advanced in wears
who disappeared. She lived on this
very farm on which the skeleton was
found Dr. Carmen who, examined
the skeleton when found, says the de-
scrlptlon corresponds with hers. He
also found in the left side of the skull
just in front of the ear a small round
hole filled with dirt, which may have
been caused by bullet. The posi-
ton of the body, together with this
hole, indicate foul play and hasty
burial, but as all parties connected
with the affair have been many years
dead, an investigation seems useless,
and it is thought the matter will be
dropped.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

The great lottery fortune inherited
by Miss Annie Howard, of New Or
leans who was about - become the
wife of Mayor Carter Harrison, of
Chicago, when he was assassinated,
will go to England. Miss Howard
has married Britisher named Parrot.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

The mere fact that the British gov
eminent expresses perfect satisfaction
with the treaty providing for the ar
bitration of the Venezuelan boundary
dispute is of itself enough TO create A.
merican suspicion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

Bismark may not be as powerful as
he once was, but he has just demon
strated that he can still stir up the
animals in the royal European me.
negerie, whenever so disposed, by
letting out few diplomatic secrets.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

one side, pulling the dummy on the pull
ley, which slides on the fixed rope. The
taclSler overtakes it or meets it or
strikes it from the side. Then the
dummy is pulled to the ther side in the
same manner.
1t is an excellent plan, and gets the
players tackling properly much sooner
than they otherwise would.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

The public school-teachers of Georgia
will not enjoy their Thanksgiving day,
unless some means of getting money
enough into the empty State treasury
to pay their October salaries is found
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

The Sultan of Turkey seems TO have
satisfied for time the great powers of
Europe, but a great many people in
the U. 5. are still bowling Tor his
deposition.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

There is food for thought in the adj
mission of Hon. j. j. Belden, of
New York, that it cost him $i3, 900
to get elected to Congress, $4,000
more than the salary he will receive.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27
Monkeys Like Cigarettes.

Lighted cigarettes were distributed
the other day among lot of monkeys
at the Zoo in Paris by some mischievous
urchins. The animals pyffed away at
the weed with evident enjoyment until
the advent of the keeper, who put
stOD to If
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

Another rival to the horse and the
mule entered the field when Buffalo
street cars began being hauled by pow
er furnished by Niagara Falls.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27
STATE NEWS.

The legislature tookits biennial bout
in killing the woman's suffrage measure
last week. This time the usual order
was reversed, the senate passed it and
the house killed it.
Six inches of snow is reported in st.
Johnsbury and four in Vergennes.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

After awhile any old office will be
good enough for a majority of the men
who are having themselves mentioned"
for the Cabinet.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27
If Your
Eyes
Pain, smart or water it is their plead
ing for help.
SPECTACLES!

No matter If somebody does Try to dis
suade YOU. Yours is the pa'n ard dan
ger. We do not charge auything for ex-
aminations of the eyes and if an oculist's
care is needed we frankly tell you. If
your ele>ses 3 e crooked OF bend o. pinch
we " sci he,u 'ght for nothing
Class, 5 sent by mail OF stage will re
ceive our prompt attention aud vii be
returned the same day. People wishing
glasses and are not able to call on us send
at once for oar test cards with instruc.
tons to use same.
Carleton n Lugcuc
Manchester Centre VT.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27
Cross as q Signature.

The cross mark, still used occasional
ly instead of signature, did not origin
ate in ignorance. 1t was always APP
pended to signatures in medieval times
Is an attestation of good faith.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

Precept is good thing, but example
always convinces more people in the
long run.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27
Sitter John. Editor.

Copies of This paper caa be obtained
at the B,'dtfleboro Ne,oS rooms, Elliot
street, Brottle6oro.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27
Remarkable English Bird.

A white hedgesparrow, with pink
eyes and yellow legs, has been captured
alive this season near Northampton,
England.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

The campaign liars all seem to have
beeu employed on that Spanish war
scare.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27
Hark! Hark!!
DON'T You Hear The Fire Ren

Doh on Hear The Fire Een.
Ringing!
heep insured in the old reliable Yer
mont Mutual and New England Fire In
surauce Companies.
A Large New Stock of Caskets New
styles from Bristol, Rock Falls. and
RIO ence, Mass. F. G. Cones yorni, h
CT solid oak, plain cloth, cloth with vel.
', set or sateen combination, drtped cloth
pack pack and white embossed plush. Sterling
Shire ca>ket
thereafter all cloth caskets will be COW
cred ON chestnut shells, extension handles.
Shrouds, embalming fluid.
j. @ CRAGIN, Agent,
Weston Vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27

That Spanish war is like the ever
beautiful castles in Spaln-all in
your eye.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27
FRIDAY MORNING, NOV. o. 1896

The apple crop in Grand isle county
is estimated at $4,000 barrels.
Styles Mcmillan of St. Adams
claims that he was 100 years old the
10Th of last July. He recently walk
ed to South Royalton.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27
rHE.

Londonderry Sitter.
Is sued every Frid ay Morning, Terms
$l,00 year at offices where bundles are
sent. $l,l0 where sent in Single Wrap
"ers. Address
The Sitter,
So. Londonderry, Vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27
PETIB0NE & Co.
Manchester Depot, Vt.
A Full Line of
Patent Medicines
and
Druggists Sundries.
We carry the
n. Y. Elastic Truss

Which is without excep ion he best and
en- 9pest on the ma; ket.
0lrs o k OF Drugs and Chemicals is
now complete end OF he fig,t quality.
P-e>cr.ptions receive our careful at
ten ion.
0 de Ivy MAJ or otherwise are
p opnt Y and "a aetogily fled.
1t WI pay you 10 give us a trial.
, Ps.ees, Rock Bo tom,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-27
BISHOP CREIGHTON.
Regarded as the Most Scholarly Church.
man In England.

Rt. Rev. Mandell Creighton, lord
bishop of Peterborough, who was men,
toned as a probable successor of the
late Edward White Benson, archbishop
OF Canterbury, is regarded as the most
scholarly churchman in England. He
has gained distinction not only in the
church, but in literature, and as
tribute to his learning he was given
the honor of representing his country
at the coronation Of the car of Russia.
Hewas born at Carlisle in 1s43, educated
at Durham grammar school, and elect
ed postmaster at Merton college, Ok
ford, in 1862 -Four years later he was
made fellow of the college. He was
ordained in 1870, and priest in 1873.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-14
THE BRIDGE BROKE.
AWFUL RAILWAY DISASTER IN
CALIFORNIA.
Four Passengers Killed, Forty or Fifty
More Injured, Sixteen Very
Seriously.

Eureka, Cal. Sept. 14.-Four persons
were killed and sixteen seriously in
jured as the result of a wreck on the
Arcata and Mad river railroad about
five miles north of Eureka last even
ing. The dead are Miss Annie Holland
of Riverside; Miss Kirkham, Bluelake;
Fanny Gregory, Eureka; Sandy Cam
eron, a brakeman. The accident oc-
CURED to the regular passenger train
consisting of an engine and two cars
which connected at Arcata wharf with
the company's ferry boat Alta leaving
here at $3.50 p. m. bound for Corbett,
the terminus of the road about twelve
miles above Arcata. The scene of the
accident is at the company's bridge
across Mad river about half way be-
tween Arcata and Corbett. The train
had run out on the first span of the
bridge when, without warning, the
stringers gave way letting the whole
train drop forty feet to the gravel bed
of the river, where the coaches were
smashed. In the coaches were be-
tween thirty and forty passengers,
and all these, with the exception of
one man who jumped from the rear
platform, went down with the train.
The fortunate man was Louis Ever
dine, one of the owners of the River
side sawmill. All others were injured
and ten or twelve were fearfully mang-
led and are not expected to live. A
relief train was sent out from Arcata
as soon as the news of the accident
was received and extra medical help
was sent from Eureka and from Area
10
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-14
Price, $500 a Year.
ALASKA WANTS ATTENTION.

Chicago, Ill, Sept. 14.-Congressman
Aldrichs of this city, who has just re-
turned from a six weeks trip to Alaska
brings the news that the people of that
distant territory think it has outgrown
it's swaddling cloths and it wants to
govern itself.
Demand is made for a regular terri
torial government, a new set of up to
date laws and the privilege of sending
a delegate to congress like Arizona,
New Mexico and Oklahoma. The rest
less Alaskans have already caused to
be introduced in the national house of
representatives several bills to bring
about these projects, on which they
have set their hearts. There are many
Americans in Alaska who point with
unconcealed disgust to congressional
neglect, and then to the jealous care
with which the British are fostering
the interests of their citizens on the
Canadian boundary of Alaska.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-14
CANAL BUSINESS.
ERIE CANAL VS.. THE RAILROAD
ROUTE.
English Syndicate Will Push Grain to
Liverpool Over the Erie Canal and
Lakes by Electric Power.

New York, Sept. lathe World this
morning says: Negotiations for the
sale of the Erie canal electric franchise
to an English syndicate, will result in
the Insulation of a complete system Of
electric traction within a short time.
What has interested English capital
in this enterprise is the possibility of
shipping grain from the northwest di-
rect to Liverpool by an allwater route,
including a great saving in time and
freight charges. Only one transfer
will be required, and that will be in
New York harbor without the neces-
sity of elevator storage. The saving
will be not only in high railroad freight
charges, if the grain is brought to New
York by rail, but on the old water route
of elevator charges at Buffalo and
and slow haul by mules through the
canal with more elevator charges at
this port.
The use of electricity to run canal
boats is but a part of the extensive
plan to cheaper routes from the west
to the east and thence to Europe. II
contemplates a direct service from
Chicago and Duluth by the use of steel
canal boats after the type of the six
built last year in Cleveland which made
one trip to this oprt. With the aid
of floating elevators the canal boats
can be unloaded into ocean steamers in
the harbor without the necessity of
storage. This was the plan that the
New York capitalists had in mind
when they secured as gift the fran
chise that Englishmen are to pay 49,
900 for. They did not get very far
along before they met the all powerful
opposition of the New York Central
railroad and the allied trunk lines that
monopolize the freight traffic into New
York and which have been steadily
running the canal. A few figures tell
the story. In 1885 the canal carried
69, 600, 900 bushels of wheat from Buffalo
to New York. Last year it only car
ried 100000.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-14
TO STOP THE GOLD.

London, Sept. 1.-THE directors OF
the Bank of England have advanced
the banks rate of discount from 2 per
cent. to az per cent. This is the hrst
time that the bank has increased its
discount rate since February %, 1884.
The action of the directors Of the bank
was unexpected, and is regarded as
precautionary measure to check the
drain of gold to the United states ana
the continent. The immediate erect
of announcement of the increase was
to cause a decline on the stock ex-
change of consols, home railway shares
and American railroad stocks.