The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-08-07
EAST DORSET.

Weather with us nowadays is at
White heat. Many if not most far
mers are through haying or on the
home stretch. A better crop than
last year is reported. Forty years
ago, in old stage-coach times, it was
common when riding through our val
ley to see farmers haying in Septem-
Der. But tools for securing that
most valuable crop have since under
gone radical metamorphosis- great
~ to the benefit of the average far
mer.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Herrick of
Dandy A corners were here last Sun
day and took home with them Myrtle
and Flossie Brophy of Rutland who
were visiting their grandparents here.
Mrs. Kate p. Dewitt and Mrs.
John Koran, who have been quite
poorly for long time remain about
the same.
John Cunningham met with a Sc
rious accident last week while work
ing on the Freedley quarry and was
obliged to visit an occulist in Albany.
The occulist gave him hopes that he
will recover the sight of his eye but
that there will be q cataract grow
over it that will have to be removed
in about year.
Picnicers continue plenty at Lake
Bebee and some of the prettiest and
most bewitching young ladies in the
commonwealth of Vermont may be
seen there. But single gentlemen
who have susceptible and hair-trig
ger hearts are advised to shun that
locality unless they don't care darn
if they get entangled in the soft
meshes that preeede engagement
rings and family cares.
We read that W. j. Bryan will
leave his home in Lincoln, Nebraska
on Friday of the present week for
New York to receive formal notice of
his nomination by the Democratic
. party for president of the Uuited
States. He has his speech of ac-
ceptance mostly written but will have
the Democratic National committee
run the critics eye over it before it is
delivered. Mr.. Bryan is commonly
credited with large amount of lip
and with being thoroughbred free
] trader voting while in Congress fol
the measures that President Cleve.
land denounced in unmeaeured terms
and refused to sign-measures that
have knocked most of the industries
of the country in head and kept then
knocked. But if we assume that Mr.
Bryan is all right and that his silver
theories are correct, what then
I What has the Democratic party evel
done in war or peace since the Re
0 publican party was born in 1856 tt
recommend it for the suffrages Of
t thinking intelligent voters While
the war was yet going on, while ou
boys were yet keeping step to Yankee
Doodle as they marched TO the can
mons mouth that party in Nationa
convention resolved that the war was
failure and demanded that it SHOULD
cease. -Four years ago it got int
power, not on account OF its record
not on account of anything it hat
ever done but on the popular trust i,
its precious promises. But soon a
it was in power the times became
more and more pinchiug and meane
Il and meaner every day and have ST
" continued to the present time. Tn
government ran largely in debt ever,
n day and thousands and thousands haC
n to subsist on charity, free soup, etc
e Republican gains in the elections il
states North, East aud West showed
" what the people thought of democrac
and free trade. In New York stat
~ if remembered Alright a Democrat
;, governor was succeeded by repub
lican whose majority was 100000
But to cap the climax the late Demo
cratic National Convention at Chica
!, 60 passed resolution dlsapprovin
= Of the present administration. Th
old free trade promises of years ag
don't win votes anymore SO are ignol
ed. But Mr.. Bryan's mouth is load
y ed with brand new batch of yer
II precious and light complexione
rs promises which he will fire off in Ne,
York next week and if his party
a allowed to renew its squat in the pres
to idential char the whole country frol
e ocean to ocean and from the lakes t
er the gulf will probably be deluge
e. with milk and honey, Immediately.
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