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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23
roads moderately free from dust.

roads moderately Tree IRON uuSt.
These road scrapers, by the way
the Spectator is convinced, 40 at
present used do more harm than
good. They are lazy mans easy
way to do much harm in very little
while, They were invented to shape
up a properly formed dirt road, a
road tolerahly, il not entirely, free
from stones. AS now used they
scrape into the sod between the road
way proper and the ditch, and throw
all of the material-sod, stone and
dirt-into the very middle of the
road Through this the horses must
founder and the wagons be painfully
dragged till this material is washed
back to the place whence it had been
taken. Then the road is much inn
proved. That is, the road is much
improved when the work of the road
scraper has been undone and the road
is again in the condition that it was
before it received the unkind but well
meant attentions Of the road over
seer. When dirt road has been
placed in proper condition, the road
scraper can be used to great advan-
tage and with much economy, The
experience of the old overseer, 1who
has been quoted in the first paragraph,
proves that, without more money than
is usually spent on road repairing, in
one season thoroughly bad road
may be made excellent, and this with.
out using a scraper at all.
A good dirt road should have
slight crown, so that the water will
drain each way from the center to the
side ditch; and there should be no in.
tervening strip of sod between the road.
way and the ditch. The second re-
quirement is most important, and it is
almost universally disregarded- The
sod is tougher than dirt, and it also be-
comes niger. The grass being permit.
ted to grow. its edge forms a ridge
which interrupts the drainage, and then,
when the rainfallis heavy, there is sure
to be gully above the ditch-a gully,
which in little while will extend into
the roadway and make it more or less
impossible. The crown to dirt road,
or to any road for that matter, should
be higher on grade or hill than OF. a
level stretch. The rainfall on hill
side runs off with greater velocity, aud
therefore does more damage; therefore
it should be diverted from the surface
OF the road even more quickly at such
places than where the grade is level"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23

AT last actual war exists between
Turkey and Greece and daily fighting
is taking place on the Thessalan Dor.
der. The sympathies Of the worlds
best civilization is with little, heroic
Greece.
What the final outcome will be no
man knoweth but it may be confidently
expected that ere midsummer all the
great powers Of Europe will be engaged
In the pastime of cutting each other
throats. Should this, if it takes place
result in the weakening of all engaged
the world will be the gamer while they,
the powers, will only be harvesting
that they have been sowing for half a
century.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23
FRIDAY MORNING, APR. %, 1897.
Correspondence.
The Problem Of Life.


The problem of life is one that
mortal man has never solved, and
nothing in this age Of profound
thought and mental commotion indi-
Gates that he ever will. The human
race is being constantly annihilated
and replenished BY the forces of ma
ture with no purpose any more ar-
parent than is seen in the creation
and destruction ever going on in the
animal aud vegetable kingdoms Wa
come we play our brief part in the
drama of life, and pass away. Out
from an eternity of the past springs
an individual spark Of consciousness
which feels and knows it's existence,
only to lose it and be lost in the eter-
nifty of the future. When conditions
are right, nature creates and when
conditions are wrong or unfavOrable,
she destroys just as readily, her labor
never being attended with approval
or regrets. but always with sublime
indifference. Man, natures so called
highest handiwork, is blotted out as
relentlessly as insect, serpent, Or
wild beast The logic OF life and
death is beyond the grasp of human
science.
| As night follows day, and action is
succeeded by period of rest, so all
progress seems at times to cease in
human affairs, and the world of hu-
manity rises only to fall and relapse,
as history and the ruins of once pop
ulous empires testify. That civiiza-
ton has prevailed on this globe in a
higher state than any known today,
is no doubt true and as nature sport
ed with the "lost Atlantis" so may
she again in her mysterious moods
produce similar or greater changes,
Therefore, when We reflect on the
vast and varied mutations, historic
and prehistoric, which have attended
the birth and death of untold millions
of human beings on this planet, we
may well ask aud wonder regarding
the problem of life, and the object OF
nature in her efforts that seem with.
out purpose.
PESSIMIST.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23

When cold is contracted, cure it at
once. One Minute Cough Cure will set
you on the road to recovery in minute.
1t will cure pneumonia, bronchitis, Group
and all forms of lung and throat troubles.
c. E. Bacon, Londonderry, F. Z. Smith
Jamaica, Jonas Hill, Bondville. G. G.
Smith, So. Londonderry and F. B. Pier,
Jacksonville.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23

When men stop putting their hard
earned money into get.rich-while-you
wait investment concerns there will be
no such concerns in existence. The
green goods game has many DISCUSSES,
but its object is always the same.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23

Under a new Maryland law the
fines for violation of the liquor laws
are placed to the credit of the public
school fund. This shows the possible
ty OF extracting some good out of the
worst evil.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23

"Blood will tell" Elliott +. Shep'
ard, who married daughter of the
late w. H. Vanderbilt and was char
acterized by that gentleman as being
more kinds of a blank fool than any
man he had ever met, has married a
widow seven years older than himself
and an actress.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23

President Dole might be excused for
setting up the claim that the ex,Queen
of Hawaii is making clean bluff when
she asks that the United States allow
her to be candidate tor President for
Hawaii at free election.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23
THE LONDONDERRY SITTER.

The Maine Methodist conference
held at Portland last week had a sea-
son of silent prayer that President Nc
Kinley might become good Method
list. There's cheek for you. How
much better it might have been had
this body followed the SIFTER's pro.
gramme and prayed for brains. An
influx of this commodity might have
promoted good manners.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23

Senator Hawley called the European
powers which are monkeying with
Greece, jackasses, the other day, but
that doesn't seem to have made them
act with ANYMORE horse sense.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23

The argument Of Senator Mills, Of
Texas, in favor Of the application Of
the Reed rules to the Senate and a
gainst the same rules in the House is
just little bit puzzling to ordinary
minds.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23

AS we understand it the democratic
House caucus endorsed the republican
policy of combining the legislation of
the extra session of Congress to the tar
if, and then voted against the three
day adjournments by which the repub.
hcans are carrying out that policy.
Now guess where the House democrats
"are at"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23

We do not believe that President
Mckinley will agree with the asser-
ton made by New Yorker in a
speech, that the class of professional
politicians is comparatively small one.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23

And now they are accusing Mayor
Strong of talking one way and vetoing
another, in that greater New York bus.
mess.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23

A great to do is being made by
some newspapers because young WON.
an, OF Binghamton, N. Y, sold one of
her fingers, to be grated on the hand
OF another woman, for $1,000. If the
seller and the buyer are satisfied we
don't see what anybody else has got do
with it.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23

Colorado now has a law making
woman eligible for militia service, but
we do not understand that the service
is compulsory.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23

Germany is about the last country
that ought to protest against other ma
tons protecting their own products by
law. She not only protects her own
law, but in some cases stretches the laws
to do it. Its discrimination against A.
merican meat products and insurance
companies, for instance.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23
PEsSIMIsT.

81 have suffered with salt rheum but
Hoods Sarsaparil'a has almost entirely
cured me-" Minnie Estey Randolph, Vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23

Congressman Bailey, of Texas,
struck the ball Of truth when he said
to the republicans concerning their ef.
forts to restore prosperity: "If you
succeed, the democratic party might as
well not make a nomination in the next
Presidential election. If you fail, you
might as well not make a nomination. !"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23

Senator Chambers bill authorizing
the government to seize the armor- max
ing plants of the Carnegie and Bethle-
hem companies and make its own ar
NOR, leaving the owners to seek redress
In the Court of Claims, would be rather
hlgh-handed for time Of peace, but
these companies have been high-handed
as well as high-priced in all their deal
lngs with the government, and tit for
tat is very human game.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23

1t is dollars to brass buttons that a
big war will be under way before the
close OF the summer of 1897, and that
England will have finger in it. The
United States will sell either or both
sides everything they can pay cash for,
and for that reason we are not likely to
figure among the mourners.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23
If Your
Eyes
Pain, smart or water it is their plead
ing for help.
SDENTACUESl
SPECTACLES Z!

No matter If somebody does try to dis-
suade you. Yours is the pain ard dan
ger. We do not charge anything for ex-
aminatious of the eyes and if an ocuiists
care is needed we frankly tell you. II
YOUR glasses are crooked or bend or pinct
we will set them right for nothing
Glasses sent by mail or stage VIII re
ceiye our prompt attention and Will be
retu, ned the same day. People wishing
glasses and are not able to call on US send
at once for our test cards with instruc-
lions to use same.
Carleton 4 Lugene,
Manchester Centre VT,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23
-THE
Sitter John. Editor.

Copies OF this paper coo be obtained
a the Brattle6oro Ne,cs rooms, Elliot
Street, BrdttlebOro.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23

DeWitt's Little Early Risers,
The famous little pills.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23
PETIBONE & Go.
Manchester Depot, VT.
A Full Line of
Patent Medicines
Druggists Sundries.
We carry the
N. Y. Elastic Truss

Which is without exception the best and
cheapest on the market.
Our stock of Drugs and Chemicals Ia
now complete and of the fir>t quality.
Prescriptions receive our careful -
tentiou.
Orders by mail or otherwise are
promptly and satisfactorily filed.
1t will pay you to give us trial.
Prices, Rock Bottom.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-04-23

The game of skinning the public is a
very old one, and it is by no means
confined to gamblers and politicians.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-13

A day laborer received two shill-
ings a day.
Imprisonment for debt was a com
mon practice.
There was not a public library in
the United States.
An old copper mine in Connecticut
was used as prison.
There was only one hat factory,
and that made cooked hats.
Books We're very expensive; "Lives
of the Poets costs $l5.
CrOckery plates were objected to
because they dulled the knives.
Drv goods were designated as
"men's stuff or "woman's stuff"
Virginia contained fifth of the
whole population Of the country.
A horseman who galloped on a
city street was fined four shillings.
A man who jeered at the preacher
or criticised the sermon was fined.
Two stage coaches bore all the
travel between New York and BOs-
ton.
Six days were required for a jour
ney between New York and Boston.
Stoves were unknown. All cook
ing was done before an open fire
place.
The parquet of theater was
called the pit, and was filled with
rabble.
Three-fourths of the books in
every library came from beyond the
Atlantic.
Many of the streets were not
named and the houses were not
numbered.
The whipping post and pillory We're
still standing in New York and Bos-
ton.
The Mississippi Valley was not as
well known as the heart of Africa
now is.
Quinine was unknown. When a
man had ague fits he took peruvian
bark and whisky.
When man had enough tea he
placed his spoon across his cup to
indicate that he wanted no more.
When a Virginian started on a
journey to New York he made his
will and blde farewell to his friends,
as though he never expected to see
them again.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-13
HOMEMADE SUNSHINE.

What care las the DAYS go by
Whether gloomy or bright the sky?
What care / what the weather may be?
Cold or warm-'tis the same to me.
For my dear home skies--they are al
ways blue;
And NV dear home weather (the glad
days throO
Is "beautiful summer" from morn till
night,
And nv feet walk ever in loves true
light,
And why? Well, here is my baby
sweet,
Following me round on his restless feet,
Smiling on me thro' his soft blue eyes,
And gladdening and frightening my
indoor skies;
And hahy's father, with fond, true heart
ITO baby and me, homes better part)-
His face is sunshine, and we rejoice
In the music heard in his loving voice.
So why should we heed-as the days go
by
The gloom or the light of the weather
and sky
OF the outside world, when we're busy
all day
not away?
With smiles, with kisses, with peace
and Joy
Father and mother, and baby boy
We are living each day in the sunshine
we make:
God keep us and guide us for loves
dear sake!
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-13
Blast From the Rams Horn.

Sheep are sometimes taken over a
bad road to good pasture.
1t is easier for water to run uphill
than for selfish man 20 be happy.
Blessed is the man who knows
how little he knows of other peoples
business.
Every drunkard's wife knows that
there is devil.
Thought without purpose is like
seed spilled upon the ground.
God never made cow that gave
milch-punch.
Put the wicked in office and the
devil will rule the town.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-13
Some of the New Fancies.

There is a new hOmespun softer
and in more tender tints than it has
ever been produced, and there are
several exquisite new Scotch heath
er mixtures. 1t almost is lmpOssi
BILE for anything new to be imagined
in these well-loved goods, but there
is something almost as fresh as
the fields of gorse and heather about
them, and over the delicate heather
colors is thrown the faintest sus.
picion of a plaid, always clan plaid
that one versed in the lore of bOnny
Scotland could instantly name.
There is a sickness, at least in feel
ing, about these new mixtures that
makes them doubly precious. No
lady makes a mistake when she
buys a heather mixture, home
spun or Scotch cheviot. They are
the gentlewOman' own materials.
A new fancy is to have full jabot
or cascade of lace start from the left
shoulder and follow down that side
and on to the skirt for some inches,
more or less, or it may cross the bust
diagOnally and then extend down
the skirt to the feet. There may be
a full cravat or a sCanty but grace
full fall in the front. A pair of
bretelles is often made of lace as
well as sometimes draped bertha.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-13
Heart Disease !?

Quick pulse, palpitation of the heart,
short breath, swimming head-te terribly
frightened2 No danger simply symp.
toms of dyspepsia. Not one person in
five thousand has real heart disease.
Try DR., Deane's Dyspepsia Pills anC
see how quickly this kind of heart dis.
ease disappears. Mr.. b. Taylor Harris,
President of the Ulster Blue Stone Com
panv, ESQ Broadway, New York, writes:
About one year ago ! was troubled greatly with
dyspepsia. and was Persuaded Ey q t,5sHd to try DR.
Deane's Dyspepsia Pills which took strictly accord.
ing directions and derived immediate relief Since
then have made practice Of taking two or three a
week after hearty meals and find the result all that
could be desired"
DR.. Deane's Dyspepsia pills for sale at drug.
gsts, IS and so cents. White wrapper if eous,ipated,
yellow If bowels are loose
DIR. J. A. DEANE CO. Kingston. y Y.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-13
Woman's Opportunity.

Whenever your life touches an
other life, there you have Opportu-
nitv. The finest, the most irresisti-
BILE force lies in the mutual touch of
human lives. TO mix with men and
women in the ordinary forms of
social intercourse becomes a sacred
function when one carries into it the
true spirit. TO give close, sympa-
thetic attention to every human be-
ing we touch; to try to get some
sense of how he feels, what he is,
what he needs; to make in some de-
gree his interest our own-that dis
position and habit would deliver us
from isolation or emptiness. There
Is but one sight more beautiful than
the mother of family ministe"ing
happiness and sunshine to them all;
and that is n woman who, having no
family of her own, finds her life in
giving cheer and comfort to all
whom she reaches, and makes a
home atmosphere wherever she goes.
Though she has not the JOY of wife
and mother, she has that which is
most sacred in wifehOod and mother
hood Home Life.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-13

Not now, but in the coming years,
1t may be in the better land,
Wen read the meaning of our tears
And then some time, Wen under
stand.
Wen know why clouds, instead of sun
Were over many "A cherished plan,
Why song has ceased when scarce be-
gun,
IT'S then some time we'll understand.
Why, what we long for most of all
Eiudes 50 oft our eager hand;
Why hopes are crushed, and castles
fall,
Up there, some time We'll understand.
God knows the way. lie holds the key.
He guides us with unerring hand,
Some time, with fearless eyes We'll see,
Yes there, up there, We'll understand.
Then trust in God through all thy days;
Fear not, for He doth hold thy hand.
Though dark thy way, still sing and
praise
Some time, some time, Well under
stand.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-13

She who usually finds it no effort
to write gracious, happy note, often
recognizes her limitations when a
letter of coincidence is required.
But such sad missives fall to the lot
of all as the years go by. No great
er mistake, however, can be made
than to feel that a letter is impera-
tive in every such case. When not
well acquainted with those afflicted
by death, a letter of coincidence
should not be sent, visiting card
doing duty instead. There should
be no writing on the card. In such
case a husbands card always
accompanies the wife's. When a
letter is a necessity it should be
short. A long and rambling letter
adjuring the recipient to bow to a
higher will, or full of religious
resignation and advice, is in the
worst possible taste. Any reference
to the religious view of such an
affliction may be safely left to the
recipients pastor. Let your friend
feel that you deeply sympathize
with her and that if you can serve
herin any way it will afford you
sincere qualification to do so.-Edna
S. Witherspoon in Delineator.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-13
THE LITTLE WIDOW.

She is cunning, sometimes witty;
Free aud easy, but not bold;
Like an apple, ripe and mellow
Not too young and not too Old
Half inviting, half repellant;
Now advancing and now shy;
There is mischief i'm her laughter,
There is danger in her eye.
She has studied human nature;
She is schoOled in every art:
She has taken her diploma
AS the mistress of the heart!
She can tell the very moment
When to sigh and when to smile.
Oh, II maid is sometimes charming,
But a widow, all the time
All, "old FOSSILS" nearly fifty,
Who are plotting, deep and wise,
We "Adonises" of twenty
With the love-light in your eyes!
You NAV practice all the lessons
Taught by Cupid since the fall,
But | know a little widow
Who can win and fool you all,
Frisco Town Talk
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-13
Save Your Life

By using "The New Great South
American Kidney Cure" This new
remedy is great surprise on account
of its exceeding promptness in reliev-
ing pain in the Kidney, Bladder and
Back in male or female. 1t relieves re-
tention of water, and pain in passing it
almost Immediately. Save yourself by
using this marvellous cure. It's use will
prevent fatal consequences in almost all
cases by its great Alternative and healing
powers. Sold by A. b. Rains, Druggist,
Columbia, Tenn. (febl2 1y.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-13

had been able tn rest, animal wise,
for time, and then TO exercise in
the open air that would send the
blood leaping through your veins to
do its digestive work, you might
have INDUCED in it with impunity.
Take those tonics and foods which
digest with least trOuble-fruits,
eggs and milk-and with such a
breakfast your brain will be clear.
Your luncheon, it you belong to
the sO-called brain workers, should
also consist of viands which are
stimulating and nOurishing with but
little digestive effort. A heavy
MONDAY meal induces afternO n
somnolence. Eat rather lightly
and eat simple food at noon. In the
evening, when your brain is off duty
for while, so that it will not need
so great blood supply, eat your
"hearty' meal.
OF course, when you eat but little
it is imperative that the little should
be nOurishing. Eclairs and meat
salads are not. Eggs, hot meat
sandwiches, clear soups, milk and
vegetables, salads have much to
recommend them to the brain work
err. Eat slowly, Diminishing trouble
some thoughts and counting cheer
full ones. That process will aid
digestion more than pepsin COM
ounds.-HOme Life.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-13

Don't thin your blood with sassafras
or poison it with blue-mass; but aid ma
ture by using DeWitt's Little Early
Riscrs, the famous little pills for consti-
patton, biliousness and stomach and
liver troubles. They are purely vege-
table. A. B. Rains. 1t
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-13

Not only piles of the very worst kind
can be cured by DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve, but eczema, scalds, burns, bruis-
ps, boils, ulcers aud all other skin trou-
bles can be instantly relieved by the
same remedy. A. B. Rains. Iy