The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-03

Elmer w. Turner has returned af-
ter spending three weeks in Land
grove assisting his father through
haying.
Arthur Bragg of Ludlow visited
the past week with his uncle, N. b..
Johnson on Church street.
The SO. Londonderry ball team
went to Weston Saturday aud played
a game with team at that place.
The score stood 27 to 20 in favor of
the former.
Hiss Grace Winchester gained the
prize at tie Geographical social held
at the town hail Friday evening.
Two deer were seen Wednesday on
top of the mountain on the road to
So Windham.
Fred Landman of Townshend made
call on his So. Londonderry friends
this week.
Elbert Lackey returned Monday
from visit with friends in Pawlet.
His wheel conveyed him to and from
where wheels could go.
H. II, Howe came near meeting
with serious accident Saturday. He
had backed up his team near the pre-.
cipitious bank just below the carriage
shop and while engaged in throwing
over the bank some rubbish with which
he was loaded the horses began to back
and Howe barely saved himself before
horses and wagon went down the
bank. Fortunately no great damage
was done.
A. w. Shattuck, fireman on the
mail train, is taking vacation, and on
Saturday he and his wife went to
Springfield on their wheels and visi-
ted with friends there until yesterday
when they returned.
George Dudley will attend school
at Springfield this fall and Harry
Walker will 60 to the academy at
Saxtons River and his sister to the
Northfeld, Mass, school. Johnny
Moran will attend the seminary at
Barre after making brief visit with
friends in Holyoke.
Preparations are under way to give
the Windham county veterans So.
Londonderry welcome next Wednes-
day. The committee in charge ex-
pect to feed between seven and ten
hundred people that day and for this
purpose solicit, as the substantial
part of the feast, beans, doughnuts,
pies, white and brown bread. That
none may be slighted we are request
ed to extend the invitation to every
one to contribute something in the
edible line.
The Selectmen yesterday appointed
A. G.. Gibson town treasurer.
Miss Mary Pierce returned Saturday
from her visit to Saratoga.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. z. Chase returned
Wednesday from visit with friends in
Keene, N. H.
Mrs. Ella Howe of Rockingham is Wis
iting with her mother, Mrs. L. N. Vale,
and her brother and sister.
Mrs. Chas. NJ. Hoskins, who has been
visiting several weeks with her father
in-law, Martin Hoskins and family, re-
turned Monday to her home in Albany,
NY.
M. NJ. Shine and wife of West Yards
boro visited the latter part of last week
and first days of this with their daugh-
ter, Miss Millie, at the Peabody House,
and with their nephews, George and Ed
Shine.
The pleasant home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chandler Gale was thrown open Thurs
day afternoon to the ladies of the NJ
E. Benevolent society, and the meeting
proved successful one both socially
and financially, twenty ladies being pres
eut at the five o'clock tea.
The sick child of Mr. and Mrs w.
Aldrich remains much in the same con-
dition. Mrs. Aldrichs father and moth
eri Mr.. and Mrs. N. M. Brown of Mid
dletown Springs are now with the fami-
ly.
| Moments are useless if trifed away
and they are dangerously wasted if con
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