The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-12-24

more OF our young people are eAPe0'e'
this week.
Mrs. Sarah Russell has gone t
: Natick, to spend Christmas with he
s son Frank, also visiting other relatives
No new cases of scarlet fever as yet
Susie Lakin has gone to S. Derry tt
t work for DR.. Millington.
Mrs, George Q. Davis from New
York has been visiting relatives here.
John Coolidge is at Bennington al
petit juror.
No sleighing, no snow, no frost even
until very lately.
G. o. Davis and wife have been
visiting their parents at the hotel.
The tracks of three bears were dis
covered last week on the mountain and
several hunters followed them to near
Buffum pond. Tracks were also seen
near Hiland Sheldon's.
! The lecture of the Rev. Mr.. Smart
at the church upon the history of the
English Bard was fine production.
The attack of your East Dorset cor.
respondent upon the present method of
teachers examination, show its absurdi-
ty upon the very face of it. He has
selected out what he deems as the most
useless questions. Now as we understand
it, the party of the present school man.
agement is to have teachers of good
intelligence, teachers who read the pa
pers and know what is going Cd in the
world. In such a light it is not un-
reasonable to expect that competent
teacher will know the name of some of
our foreign ambassadors. A teacher
who cannot name five persons "who did
the most to make this country historic
is not fit to take charge Of one of our
schools; also who cannot name events
that took place in the years mentioned.
If these questions were exceptionally
bad how highly excellent must the
others have been. The trouble is that
there are too many persons seeking nu-
triment from this green earth who are
down on everything that is anyway,
whether school, politics or religion.
At last the long looked for opportun-
ity has arrived and your correspondent
has come face to face with genuine
Vermont deer. While crossing the
mountain from Dandy to Mt. Tabor
just beyond the Devils Den the dog a
head gave sharp yelp and looking up
there he was, perhaps ten rod off, out
in the open, standing broadside to and
looking with the greatest interest at me.
We seemed to be mutually attracted
towards each other and eyed one a
mother to our pleasure. He was as
large as a two year and as he stood
with head raised and poised nose the
very embodiment of grace and beauty
although with my rifle could have
riddled him at his vitals. | would no
more have shot that deer than | would
have chopped my hand off.
But anxious to see his gait, | stepped
out of the cutter and carefully approach
ed him. As if anticipating my wishes
he deliberately turned his head, gave
halt dozen sample leaps broadside
towards me, then stopped, turned
towards me again and inquired "There
how do you like that?' Well no words
can describe how | liked it! | after
wards measured some of his strides in
the soft snow and they were good ten
IT. and yet they were made with as
much ease as the leap of kitten across
the kitchen floor. Time and again
started up and followed that deer across
the broad opening at the lime kiln.
Just so far, yet within easy rifle shot,
he would stand and watch me lust as
long as | would stand and watch him.
Yet he would brook no familiarity, II
would have given my hat for the priv.
llege OF patting his thickly coated neck.
And had it not been for my unfastened
horse, now we'll out Of sight, l might be
CHASING that deer now. So asking him
for one grand closing exhibition, upon
my giving quick start forward, he
leaped into the brush and was soon out
of sight.
The many young people from our
town who are pursuing their studies a.
broad are nearly all at home for the
holidays. We note G. B. Whitney.
Lura Whitney, Mary and Martha
Lyon, Lois Batchelder. Wav;e St;los
Ella Farnum, Della and Susie Han
good. These young people combined
with those at home will unite in getting
up concert and recital at the chu,ch
for Friday evening, Dec. 81. Miss
Phillips from Arlington, who lately
read before the Boston Art Club, is
also expected. A fine entertainment
is assured. Admission has been put
down to only 10 cents SO as to be with.