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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-01-03
See Second Page for Editorial Matter.
LOCAL MELANGE.
Picked Up, Dished Up and Made Palata
BILE for Sitter Readers.

Postmaster Fletcher and wife of
Chester passed Sunday at Glebe View.
Quarterly meeting at the M. E.
Church next Sunday.
Chas. Alexander has been in Reads
boro this week.
Don't fail to read Pollard's big ad
this week. 1t will bear it.
Several Brattleboro parties attend
ed the dance Wednesday evening.
A heavy rain Monday night brought
West River up to flood tide. No
special damage is reported.
Daniel Davis of Chester is spend
ing short time with his Londonderry
friends, who are always pleased to see
him.
Engineer Baldwin and bis sister
bave returned from their holiday Wis
it with friends in Sharon.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H Castle Of
Jamaica visited yesterday with F. F.
ChurchilPs family.
Lost-a bunch of II or Is keys
Will the finder please leave with G
G. Smith or at this office.
Miss Fanny Sexton, who works ir
Brattleboro, spent the holidays witt
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. H
Sexton, returning yesterday morning
Mr.. and Mrs. Weber and child, Wis
itors with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs
N. B. johnson, returned Monday tt
their home at New London, Conn.
The presentation of the Deacon a
town hall Wednesday evening drew
a fair audience Notwithstanding tn
rough going. A big dance FOLLOWED
some 40 couples participating.
Geo. S. Curtis and family lef
Saturday for Boston to make ney
home. Mr.. Curtis will open lodg
ing house in the city. Many friend
here who have known him and hi
good wife since childhood hope for thei
success and prosperity.
Eugene Hall and family Of Wor
cester, Mass, are visiting with hei
So. Londonderry friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brockingto
Of Brattleboro are visiting with Mrs
BIS parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H
Belden, and other friends.
| Arthur Bowers and family return
ed Monday night from passing Christ
mas with friends in Fitchburg, Mass
| Chas. Walker, the big furnitur
dealer of Chester, has contracted wit
the SITTER for years advertisiD
and makes commencement thi
week. See fonrth page.
The mail train was two hours lat
Wednesday evening, being detaine,
at Williamsville through an acciden
to the mixed train going down.
Charlie Evans of Townshend mad
his old So. Londonderry friends
brief visit this week.
DR. Millington received telegral
Sunday from st Clair, Pa, announc
ing the death of his father and Mon
day morning he and his family start
ed for that place to attend the funer
al. They are expected home to
night.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-01-03

A January thaw is always more pro
ductive of colds and coughs than a JAN
uary freeze. Then is the time Ayers
Cherry Pectoral is needed and proves so
extremely eflcacious. Ask your druggist
for it, and also for Ayers Almanac,
which is free to all.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-01-03

Dr. Shields, an eminent physician of
Tennessee, say s: regard Ayers Sar-
saparilla as the best blood-medicine on
earth, and i know of many. wonderful
cures effected by its use." Physicians all
over the land have made similar state
ments.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-01-03

H~To let on shares my dairy farm for
one or more years. For two seasons past
the milk has been sold to 90 to Boston
and taken at the door.
For particulars, address,
o. r. HADwEN, Springfield, Vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-01-03

&S@The Boston journal is only
sent, upon these termes, to Vermont
subscribers, other papers go to any
state.
Ng~Please do net ask us to trust 70 u
at these club rates. We cannot do it.
N. B. we shall send in names re-
ceived every Tuesday morning. Those
not in every Monday night will be
obliged to wait for the club paper a.
mother week with the exception Of the
Rutland Herald. For this one We
will send every Wednesday.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-01-03
$500
Every Man Should Have One.
$500
The Blickensderfer Typewriter

The BlickenSdeffer type. writer
No. 5.
This is the latest and most scientific
machine now ION the market. 1t com
bines simplicity of construction and dur
bility, Equals any of the high-priced
Machines in Capacity and Quality of
work, and excels them all in convenience.
Weighs only six pounds, takes paper
eight and one-half inches in width and
contains less than 200 parts. Clear i'm
pressions and perfect alignment.are two
of the great essentials of this machine.
J. B. SIMONDS, Agt.,
So. Londonderry, vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-01-03
MARRIED..

In So. Londonderry Jan. LIST, M.
Severance and Mrs. Florence L. Far
well.
In Weston, Dec. 2S, by Rev. G. n.
Krook, Ieverett Benson and Mary
A. Chase. All of Weston.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-01-03
POst-omce.

Malls arrive at So. Londonderry every eve.
ming, Sundays excepted, by stage from Chester
and Manchester at 6 As; by railroad at 755.
Mails close every mOraing, Sundays excepted
by train at AS; by stage at 700.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-01-03

Improper and deficient care of the scalp
will cause grayness of the hair and bald
ness. Escape both by the use of that re-
liable specific, Halls Hair Remover.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-01-03

~~If you wanl a CUTTER now is
your chance to get your choice out of a
car load just received of the finest that
have ever been brought to this place.
Prices to suit the tmes... Inquire of
w. c. LAMSON,
Manchester Depot VT
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-01-03
VOL. XIII, NO. 4.
Business Mention.

Business notices inserted under this head for
one cent word. Nothing Inserted for less than
IS cents.
If you have anything to sell or wish to buy
anything here is a chance to make your wants
widely known at trfing cost.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-01-03

The body of Charles Buffum, who
disappeared nearly two months ago
WAS found Wednesday afternoon in
some bushes back of the "Barrett
shanty" in Mt Tabor.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-01-03
THE
Londonderry Sitter.
So. Londonderry, Vermont.
M~Address all communications, sign
ed by your proper name, to
The Sitter, So. Londonderry, Vt.

as- Entered at the Postofice at So. London
derry as second class matter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-01-03
DEATHS.

In Cambridge, Mass. Dec. 26, W
w. Boynton, formerly Of Jamaica.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-01-03
RailrOad-Central Vermont

New London Northern Division.l
Trains depart from and arrive at So. London.
derry every day, except Sundays, as follows:
Leave Arrive
MAIL, 80, a. m. 1855, p. m.
Mixed, l2I5, p. m. IL is, a. m.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-01-03
Manchester Depot, :

NHWanted at once. A bright, active
young man from Is to 2l years old to
drive bakers wagon, must write a fair
hand, be good at figures and be highly
recommended as to honesty and sobriety.
Good wages and good home and steady
employment will be given such man by
Chas. Z. Abbott,
Baker and Confectioner,
DAG Eiphth Ayenue N city
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-01-03
IVoRYSoAP
9044oo PURE

1t little more but with chapped hands and clothes
weakened by the free alkal in common soaps the house
keeper soon Ivory Soap the cheapest in the end
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-01-03

OUR CLUB LIST.

To all advance paying subscribers
both new and old, we make the follow.
ng terms for the coming year;
The SITTER and N. Y. Tribune, $l.25
" N. Y. Press, $l.25
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:" N. Y. Daily
Advertiser inclu.
ding Sunday, $500
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" Troy Times, $3.50
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-01-03

Get your clocks cleaned, oiled and
repaired by MARTIN HosKINs,
So. Lodonderrv, Vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-01-03

&S-For Sale.-My place in the village
of So. Londonderry, contains ten acres
of nice land, in good state of cultivation,
with new two-story house with l., a
two tenement house, good barn, never
failing running water to house and barn.
Will sell cheap, For further particulars
address or inquire of
Elmer w. Lampson,
So. Londonderry, vt.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-11
The Election Frauds in Tennessee.

1t will be long time. evidently, be-
fore the Southern Democrats will deem
it proper to treat the colored voter Just
like white folks" Conversely to treat
white folks just like black folks is very
Objectionable to say the least. There
was strong measure of indignation at
the time Evans was cheated out of
the governorship of Tennessee and
much the same feeling prevails re-
specting the frauds perpetrated to de-
feat Tillman for governor of the state.
But as both were Republicans the in
dignation could scarcely be expected
to assume such righteous phase and
fervid heat among Democrats, as would
have been were those who suffered of
their own political faith This is well
Illustrated by the burst of Indignation
on the part of the Chattanooga Times,
over the frauds perpetrated in the 10th
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-11
A SenseIess Cry.

1t is time for all this buncombe about
1t is not only baseless but it is disgust
ing in light of facts. Practically every
laboring man, who places the least con-
fidence in it, doesn't do so on his own
account, but because he thinks some
other fellow is coerced. An example
worth noticing is that of great South
ern railway system. controlled by
New York syndicate at the head of
which are men who would be termed in
Bryanite parlance as "plutocrats and
enemies of their country" They were
among the "plutocrats' interested in
the success of sound money The en-
ployes hitherto had been Democratic
and had eXerted marked influence
especially in Tennessee and North
Carolina. Some thought they would be
for sound money. The vote demon
strated that they We're not They
worked and voted for Bryan in direct
opposition to the men in whose in
terests they are employed. Had their
influence been on the other side the re-
suit might have been different in one of
those states. Under the existing bal
lot laws it is practically impossible to
coerce intelligent white voters and we
have yet to hear of it's being attempted
Unfortunately in the Bryan states
there was chance to coerce, ,ntimidate
and cheat colored voters and it was
done, and but for this Mr.. McKinleys
electoral plurality would have been
larger
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-11

years to come. The great uprising of
1894 broke the backbone of this cur
rupt organization. Since then it's de-
cadance has been steady. Another
thing that has weakened its grip has
been it's change of leadership. Tweed
Kelley and Croker We're all men of
brains; but Sheehan is a light weight
an intellectual Lilliput whose in
capacity for leadership was strikingly
shown by the bungling manner in
which he handled his forces on cleo
ton day. Few events would be hailed
with greater delight by the patriotic
people of this country than the death
of the Tammany organization that has
always been a menace to whatever was
clean and honorable in political life,
and, at all times a menace to our free
institutions.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-11
Prospective Tariff Legislation.

Already some difference of opinion
is making itself apparent upon what
the policy of the Mckinley admins
tration should be with regard to the
tive members of the Republican party
are disposed to insist that any revis-
ion of the customs duties should be
made with view solely to the rails
ing of the revenues necessary for the
current expenses of the government
and they insist that within the scope
of policy SO circumscribed will be
ample room to give American indus
tries all needed protection. They
claim that revenue tariff. with the
present expenditures would be suffi-
cient to furnish all necessary protec-
ton and they feel that such policy
would enlist the support Of the sound
money Democrats, who acted with the
Republicans on the currency issue in
the late campaign. and who contrib
uted so powerfully to the great victory
for Mckinley and Hobart.
There is every reason to believe that
all matters pertaining to the tariff
will be given the fairest possible con-
sideration and that there will be no
disposition to take precipitate action.
The indications are that the work of
preparing the new tariff measure,
whatever it may be, will be in the
hands of Hon. Nelson Dingley, Jr., of
this State, whose continuation as
chairman of the ways and means
committee is conceded by all. No
man in the country is better
qualified to deal with this ques-
ton. and none has more COM
plete or thorough mastery of all it's
details. 1t is entirely safe to say that
whatever tariff measure he may re-
port to the new Congress. will be most
carefully prepared, and in harmony
with the best interests of the whole
country
We do not imagine that such a
measure would be limited to the
mere providing of revenues with
which to meet the current ex-
penses of the government. This is a
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-11

The Journal enjoyed a very pleasant
call yesterday from Hon. w. w.
Thomas, Jr., of Portland, ex-United
States minister to Sweden. Mr.
among the Swedish voters Of Mime
sofa, and South Dakota, in the
late campaign. In many in
stances where his audience was
wholly made up of people of this ma
tionality he spoke to them entirely In
their native tongue. He carried to
them the greetings of New Sweden,
Maine, where not a single Democratic
vote was cast. coupled with the old
Biblical injunction "go thou, and do
likewise
A most forceful illustration of the
evils of the free and unlimited coin
age Of silver at the fictitious ratio of
IL to l was made by Mr.. Thomas, by
reference to the adoption of the free
coinage of copper at similar ficti-
tious ratio in Sweden in the reign of
Charles XII. The suffering entailed
upon the people by this act was almost
lndescribable. Notwithstanding that
their legal tender power was so strong
by law that it was made a prison Of
fence to refuse to take them, these
coins. nevertheless, deprecated in
value to the mere commercial worth
OF the metal they contained, which of
course was only very small fraction
OIL their face value. These coins at
once drove all other forms of money
out of circulation, and put the circu-
lating medium of the country unon
a copper basis. When this law was
repealed the greater part of these COP
per coins were held by the farmers
and iaboring men, reducing them al
most 10 beggery. and imposing great
hardship and suffering upon them
Mr. Thomas made his clear and e,o-
quent presentation of this interest;n.
ehapter of Swedish history, all the
more forceful by exhibiting some ~
these mischievous copper coins which
ne mad sent and obtained for the mr.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-11

pose from the Swedish national mu-
scum at Stockholm.
The facts of this rash free coinage
experiment were known in a general
way. to many of the Swedish voters
who came to listen to Mr. Thomas
The effect of it, and of the clear pres
entation which Mr.. Thomas gave of
the issues involved in the campaign
was magical. His meetings We're
crowded. and the converts exceedingly
numerous. So effective was the work
of Mr.. Thomas with the Scandinavian
population of South Dakota, that the
Republican leaders of the state tele-
graphed the national committee ask
ing that he be permitted to put in the
last week of the campaign there, in
stead of in Illinois where he had been
assigned. This request was granted
and Mr.. Thomas continued his labors
there up to the practical close of the
campaign Saturday night.
All who have ever listened to Mr.
Thomas know his clearness and force
as an orator, and will understand
something of the good work he was
able to accomplish in the advancement
of the great cause which the Republi-
can party led to such a triumphant
victory
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-11

very narrow scope for any customs
law. In addition to this we believe
that such a measure should be so
framed as to provide not only suffi-
cient revenues for. the running expen-
ses of the government. but also a sur
plus to be applied to the payment Of
outstanding bonds, and the reduction
of the national debt. A tariff law
framed for all those purposes could
easily be adjusted so as to afford all
needed protection to our industries.
The people have grown heartily sick
and tired of seeing the bonded debt
of the country Increased in times Of
peace. They have ionged for the re-
turn of a debt paying" administra-
tion, and any tariff law will fall far
short of the mark which does rot en-
able the Mckinley administration to
fill this bill
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-11
Where Organism lncubates.

1t is true that there are many prom
lnent Populists who will derive no
benefits from the returning prosperity
that has come with the election. They
are cross-road orators, men who de-
light to kick their heels against the
cracker barrels at the corner grocery.
and tell just how the government of
the United States should be con-
Quoted; men who have never had
the industry of thrift to achieve
business success for themselves.
but who feel entirely competent
to conduct the business affairs
OF 6O,O000O0 of people, They are men
who toll only with their mouths, and
whose one dream in life is to settle
comfortably into some political sine
cure and do "the heavy looking on
Prosperity or stagnation are alike to
men of this stamp, for they neither
proht by the one, nor suffer materially
by the other. 1t is pleasing to know
that practically all Of these cracker
barrel statesmen, and professional
loafers and agitators are now in the
Populist party. They are Bryanites
to the core. The hum of prosperity
Will not affect the flow of their elo-
quence. Facts never bother them.
Thought never comes to weary them.
II is mere matter of words so far as
they are concerned. and, like their
more active leader they know how to
sleep soundly. These fellows will prob
ably continue to demand that the gov
ernment shall do something for sill
Vers-or in other words coin gratis
the bullion of the rich and powerful
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-11

mine owners at the fictitious ratio of
Is to l. But what would such
course profit them? We fail to see,
unless silver money being in general
contempt, would. they think, be cas-
ier to borrow. 1t is certain that such
men will never work for it, or any
other kind of money, unless, possibly,
il might be a case of life or death
Even under such circumstances we
are inclined to think that death would
have no sting for them.
1t is we'll that birds of this feather
should flock together. The American
people will have no difficulty in put
ting the proper label upon them and
their influence will count for exactly
what it is worth.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-11
Seveniy.first Birthday.

The Youths Companion will cele-
brate its seventy-first birthday in 1897.
Among the many attractive announce
ments of the Companion for the COM
ing year is an article of exceptional
value by Mr.. Andrew Carnegie, on
The Habit of Thrift" Successful
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experience. and valuable to the old as
well as to the young.
Stories will be given by Ian Mac
laren. Rudyard Kipling. Stephen
Crane. Harold Frederic and Clark
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Herbert. Senator Lodge. Hon. Carl
Schurz, Postmaster General Wilson,
DR.. Lyman Abbott, Hon. Theodore
Roosevelt-these are a few of the two
hundred names that figure in the lat
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The non-partisan editorials and the
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New subscribers sending $1.75 to the
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Columbus Ave, Boston, Mass
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-11
A Prevalent Disease.

There is no disease so prevalent in
America as dyspepsia, and certainly none
which has so generally bafiled and de-
feated the skill of the medical profession
The only remedy for this distressing COM
plaint is a pure medicated stmulant
Hostetters Stomach Bitters. whose essen.
tial principle is pure spirits. is admitted
Dy medical practitioners to be the only
aiterative. corrective and restorative on
which they can rely. The Bitters are the
ness. waterbrash irregularity of the bow.
els. and all indications of confirmed
dyspepsia. They do not excite. but sootn
the irritated stomach and bowels. am
cate and sensitive organization. who are
unpleasantly affected by the use of the
ordinary stimulants of commerce. Though
so mild and beneficent in operation. as to
be suitable to childrenas well as to adults.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-11
DAY OF THANKSGIVING AND
PRAISE

Refraining on that day from all un-
necessary labor and business, let US, in
the temples of worship, and at the family
fireside, offer grateful tributes of praise
and song, for Gods gracious favors.
And in the reunions of families. kindred
and friends, may the love of home and the
affection for our Commonwealth be
strengthened, and may the sincerity of
our thankfulness and gratitude find eX-
preston III deeds of charity and kindness,
towards the poor and unfortunate.
Given at Augusta, this fourth day of
November, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-siX, and of the Independence
of the United States of America
the one hundred and twenty-first.
HENRY B. CLEAVES.
BY the Governor
NICHOLAS FESSENDEN,
Secretary of State.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-11

congressional district to defeat Patter-
son. who received the support of the
regular sound money Democrats and
Republicans. The Times is for sound
money. though strongly Democratic
and supporting Taylor, Dem.) for gov
ernor, consequently what it has to say
is OF interest and we publish it else
where
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-11

There was rumor floating about
the streets of Augusta on election day
that Senator German of MARYLAND
had telegraphed Hon. Arthur Sewall
congratulating him upon his election.
If this is correct it only adds another
proof of Mr.. Germans astuteness as a
politician. He appreciated the very
great Importance in view of all the
circumstances, of early felicitations.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-11

1t is pretty well Known by what
despicable means Chairman Butler
suppressed Tom Watson's letter of ac-
ceptance; but it is difficult to see how
ne managed to suppress Tom Watson
nfmseif. We have been waiting pa
''ehtiy for the long-haired Georgia
statesman to rise in the majesty of
ms outraged dignity and declare. in
so'eihn sepulchral tones that "Sewall
did it."
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-11

Mrs. Helen NJ. Cougar who predicted,
as result of her keen and penetrating
observations in Ohio. that Bryan would
beat Mckinley three to one in that
state, seems to be slightly discredited
by the returns as a political prophet.
How would it do for Mrs. Cougar to go
out OF that business and try cookery
and housework for a change?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-11

Mr.. Bryan carried the larger portion
of the old solid South" his own state,
the six mining camps, and Bleeding
Kansas" That appears to be about
the best he was able to do for the rich
mine owners whose collar he wears
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-11

Some of the papers have felt impelled
to caution Mr.. Bryan against over
confidence in 1900. The chances are
that in 1900 Mr.. Bryan will be merely
q "reminiscences