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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure Deafness, and that
is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube
When this tube gets infamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed Deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored to its
FORMAL condition, hearing will be de.
stroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but
an inflamed condition of the mucous sur.
| faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars fol
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrhl
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrf
| Cure. Send for circulars, free.
FL. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
N-Sold by druggists, 75c.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

There is time for everything; and the
time to attend to cold is when it starts.
Don't wait till you have consumption
but prevent it by using One Minute
Cough Cure, the great remedy for coughs
colds, Group, bronchitis and all throat
and lung troubles.
c. E. Bacon, Londonderry, F. E. Smith
Jamaica, Jonas Hill, Bondville, G. lG.
smith, So. Londonderry and F. B. Pier,
Jacksonville.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

The following is from an Independ.
ence Day address delivered in Wash.
ington by Hon. Benjamin Butterworth,
and is worthy Of careful consideration:
''There is not legislature today under
this flag that has not its organized
banditti within its midst who buy and
sell legislation, and there is not mu
nicipality under this flag but that has 9
band in it who for sum Of money will
guarantee to block or hasten legisla
tion."
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

Don't nauseate your stomach with
teas and bitter herbs, but regulate your
lliSer and sick headache by using those
f.o-.ous little pills known as De Wits
Little Early Risers.
c. Z. Bacon, Londonderry, F. E.
Smith, Jamaica and Jonas Hill Bond
vile, G. G. Smith, So. Londonderry and
F. B. Pier, Jacksonville.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16
THE
Sitter John. Editor.
Copies of THIS paper caa be obtained
a! the Brattle6oro Ne,cs rooms, Elliot
Street, Byattle6oro.

If past commander A. l. Howe is
correctly reported by the press, there is
good reason why the Vermont Division
of Sons Of Veterans should show great
loss in membership. 1t ought not to
grow under such commander. We
emphatically deny that young men can
do better in the great cities or 'on the
broad fields Of the great west" than
they can in Vermont. The same en-
ergy, push and perseverance here will
win as sure and certain reward as any
where outside of Vermont.-Burling.
ton Clipper.
1t is commendable for newspaper
or an individual to stand by ones own
town and state. 1t is a policy that the
SITTER thoroughly believes in, but it
is equally praiseworthy to tell the truth,
although it may contravene the above
doctrine. Sometimes town or state
may be benefited by having the truth
told about them. The above from the
Clipper is hardly correct. 1t is not
true that "The same energy, push and
persevei ance here will win as sure and
certain reward as any where outside of
Vermont" 1t cannot be so from the
very nature Of things-opportunities
are not so great. 1t might just as we'll
be said that one by energy and push
could get dollar where there wasn't
any as easily as where the shining coins
were lying around lose; or, to bring the
matter home, would our brother say
that the young man could gain wealth
in Somerset just as readily as he could
in Burlington. Now when comparison
is made between Vermont and New
York city, for example, as to chances
for business and accumulating the dis
parity is greater than between Somerset
and Burlington.
Again, business chances in Vermont,
as a rule, are managed upon the same
lines that govern the politics of the
state. If there are any plums the old
liners get them. In business if there is
anything sugar coated the young man
must wait just as he has to if he aspires
to office. His mouth may water until
his eyes are sore but all the same some
old, fat sow will come along and swal.
low the coated morsel
The SITTER could name score Of
young men who, within a few years
past, have left Vermont and gone to
business centers east, west and south,
nearly every one of whom has attained
a prosperity that never could have been
hopCu lOl at uUiuC IL Is Sdlu lila
Windham county lost two million dol
lars by the Minneapolis failure. Had
this money that the Kelleys squandered
been invested at home some, at least,
of these young men might have been
with us to day.
In our humble opinion the young
man i'll Vermont, who is blessed with a
fair share of brains and has longing
for something better than chopping
wood and wallowing in the snow, is a
consarned fool if he doesn't go where
people invest their money in home en-.
terprizes instead Of squandering it in
the West in vain effort to get big in.
terest.
If this is SANDER make the most of it
1t is the truth.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

Perhaps Senator Wellington thinks
President Mckinley ought to allow
him 10 fill in all the Federal commits
sions that are TO be given to Mary
land men and then sign them with
out question. 1t is his right TO dc
that sort Of thinking, but that is ri
the good 1t will do him.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

The Bennington Banner and the
Hardwick Gazette have been sold, the
former to j. S. Holden and Harry T.
Cushman, the latter to Chas. Lamond
Allegheny, Pa. 1t is said that the
Banner was sold, or bought, for politi-
cal reasons. If this is SO it foreshad.
ows the certainty that Bennington
county will enter the next gubernatorial
race with a well groomed candidate.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

1t may be that Pat Dolan was cor
rect when he said: "There are too
many coal mines; not too many mi
ners." In other words, too many
men who are trying to get rich by
manipulating the product of the
mines.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

Miss Hegemen, who was so nearly
married to her uncle and guardian, Mr..
Chauncey Depew, by the newspapers
is going to be married, by those having
authority, to Baron, who is an Officer
in the French army. More good A
merican money gone to Europe.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

Greece must not be so bad off as ii
has been represented to be, else it
would not have been able to negotiate
a new loan. Capitalists do not loan
their money unless they have the best
of reasons for expecting to get it
back, either to individuals or nations.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

The new Montana anti-gambling
law, which it is said is being strictly
enforced, is stricter than any other
State has. A construction of the At.
torney General says it prohibits play
ing cards for prizes at social gather.
ings.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

"They don't make much fuss about it.
We are speaking OF DeWitt's Little Ear
ly Risers, the famous little pills for con
stipation, biliousness, and all stomach
and liver troubles. They never grippe.
c. Z. Bacon, Londonderry, f. E. Smith
Jamaica, Jonas Hill, Bondvilie, G. G
Smith, So. Londonderry and F. B. Pier
Jacksonville
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

U. S. Senator Isham G. Harris Of
Tennessee died in Washington Friday.
The hot wave extended west as far
as Kansas. Numerous prostrations re.
sulting in death occurred in all cities
east and. west.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

Fairs this fall that may interest
our readers will be held as follows:
State Fair, Burlington, Aug. 81,
and Sept. l., 2 and 8.
Vermont and New Hampshire In
ter-State Fair, White River Junction,
Aug. 24,-27.
Battenkill Valley Industrial Soci.
ETY., Manchester Center, Sept. Is:
16 and II.
Rutland County Fair, Rutland
Sept. Ia, Is and l6.
Springfield Agricultural Society
Springfield, Sept. IA and Is.
Valley Fair Association, Brattle
boro, Sept. 30 and 80.
Windsor County Agricultural So
ciety, Woodstock, Sept. p, % ant
%.
One Minute Cough Cure, cures
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16
which sha,iitRe,

Norwich University has conferred the
degree Of LII. D upon Congressman
Grout and Powers. Now how shall
these gentlemen be designated, as doc
tors or Congressman? Lord, how the
world moves! Who can keep up with
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

Residents along our sea coast
should lose 20 time in building bonn
proof attachments to their houses, as
old man Bismark says we have got
to fight England, Spain and Japan
combined.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

The medical gentleman who stated
that appendicitis has increased so per
cent among bicycle riders may be right,
but the bicycle is too firmly anchored
in public esteem to be frightened by a
little thing like that.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

When you hear a man indulging ii
indiscriminate abuse of newspapers yor
may be sure that he has made an un
successful attempt to use some editors
columns.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

The great powers Of Europe made
the present defiant attitude of the Sui
tan of Turkey possible; they, therefore
deserve no sympathy in their efforts to
scare him out of it.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

"Old-take-everything-i sight is the
name conferred on Gen. Nelson A.
Miles by the British officials who had
charge of the Queens jubilee arrange
ments.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

Senator Aliens definition of the aver
age Fourth of July speech-"A kind
of burst, a blaze, a stream of glory, and
then tomorrow the same old story
was good enough-to keep going.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

1t is dull week when the "fastest
vessel afoat' does not make a trial
trip. The latest is English built.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

Jerry Simpson says he hopes to see
the day when American institutions can
be praised without lying, to which we
add: ditto, ditto our public men.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

500 men are thrown out of employ
ment by the burning of portion of
the Berlin Mill company's works at
Berlin, N. H. The loss is estimated
at 500, 900.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

One of the most aggravating things
about extreme weather, either warm
or cold, is its lubricating effect upor
the tongues Of the weather liars.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16
Another
Bankrupt Stock
Selling for Strictly Cash.
Is Derby Hats to Sell at SOC Each.


Regular price $500, 2.5o and 90
80 pairs Ladies' Lace and Button Boots 81 49, sold $500
800 and 90 pair
Al pairs Ladies' Oxford sold 90, %, 80 and co.
71cpr.
II pairs BOYS Tan Calf Shoes sold at 81 60 ard l75
$119.
% pairs Misses Shoes Tan and Kid sold at sl1o and 100
pr. SIC.
pairs Mems Goodyear and Congress, 1915 Shoes at
s.. 90 pr.
- pairs Mems Leather and Calf So co Shoes at
pr.
5 pairs Mems 81 90 Grain Shoes at S | 40 pr
Lot Children's Hats and Caps to close at lOc EACH
a Chldren's Rubber Circulars at S9c were 81 90 EACH
Mems Tennis Shoes, white or black, soc and 75c
Rows and Misses Tennis Shoes, white black 42c Every
par worth 40 per cent. money
Biggest Values in Bicycles, or second hand call OF
write for Prices.
w. B. GLYNN.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

AS soon as the little boy RECEIVERS
from his powder burns he will resume
his experiments with matches and the
gasoline can.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

A stlmulant is often needed to nourish
and strengthen the roots and to keep the
hair natural color. Halls Hair Renew
er is the best tonic for the hair.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

The proper way to build health is to
make the blood rich and pure by taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla, the one true blood
purifier.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

Now that all the parties are dead,
the midsummer liar is trying his hand
upon the "True Charley Ross Story"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

Eugene Debs is probably convinced
by this time that it is possible to over
advertise a thing.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

Philip X. Gleed, the honored citizen
of Morrisville, lately deceased WIS a
native Of Canada but was educated in
Vermont.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

- The American Silver Truss holds the
rupture with gentle hand like pressure
Nothing. as vet, can compare with it.
Mr.. S. E. Pendleton of Londonderry
like many others has had to wear truss
for 10 or ~ years. His case is bad
one, having two ruptures and requiring a
double truss. A few weeks since he was
filed with one and after testing 1t
thoroughly says;
81 have worn many different kinds OF
trusses but none gave me the satisfaction
and comfort which l now enjoJ by wear
ing the American Silver Truss.
S. f. PENDLEToN.
For Sale by
GEO. G.. SMITH
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

DeWitt's Little Early Risers,
The famous little pills.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16
saxtons River, Vt.
American
Silver
Truss

Remains where placed ano
holds rupture perfectly. causing
In many cases a complete cure;
II Is cool. durable, clean and
simple, being composed Of one
continuous piece of metal wire
without nuts. screws or ratchets:
Is easily adjusted and so light and
comfortable the wearer often
forgets his ailmept or that he
has a truss on. The hips and
back are absolutely tree from
pressure. hence may be worn day
and night. They are equally suit
able for infants or adults. The
Silver Truss has received the
hearty endorsement OF emf
nent physicians and surgeons In
England and America.
Manufactured At $50 Aain Street,
BUFFALO, n T., Q. 9. A.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-16

One Minute Cough Cure, cures
That Is what II was made for.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19
Shall Women Propose

A recent reformer has written an ar
gument that the privilege of making
proposals rests with the wrong sex
hat women are the proper persons to
make the selection Of a life partner by
request, n not through the more linn
tied means at present accorded them.
AS an example for any shy and en-
barrasSed nader who might hesitate
as to the modus operandi in the unusua
position Of proposing. the writer gives a
formula for a letter. 1t contains the
following: Il have the highest esteem
for you character. l am sure you
would maze a good and affectionate
husband to a suitable wife. Our views
and feelings have often been mutually
exchanged in the most friendly and I'M
reserved manner and / have learned to
entertain a tender regard for you. If
you, as l fiatter myself you do. feel SIM
ilarly toward me. and think l could
make you a wife after your own
heart. I shall feel myself the happiest
Oma alive by your accepting me.
Should you consent to my proposal, l
shall be delighted to mention it at once
to your mother" The Complete Letter
Writer itself could scarcely have ac-
cOmplished SO maSterful and effective
a composition. What possibilities Turk
within this sort of an epiStle from wo-
men to men! Cordiality at greeting or
vident regret at parting would make
a man tremble with misery lest the
next post should bring him the terrible
letter.-The Illustrated American.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19
The Terrible hilcOtt Pass
ILLUSTRATED American.)

Here is a description of the White
Pass trail in a letter from one of the
vOyagers: "Thirty-five hundred people
are strung along for ten miles to the
summit, one half Of whom are selling
out and returning. Some are returning
to go yer ChilcOot, others are going
to camp at Dyea till spring, and some
are sitting IN their thumbs weeping,
and all in all the most miserable, dis
consulate lot of men the sun ever shone
upon" All along it's course lie the
broke up remnants of boats for the
lake. No prospectOr has succeeded in
carrying a boat across either pass,
though hundreds were brought. With
the boats lie the dead bodies Of horses,
either shot by their owners as they
stood mired to their TANKS in the mud,
or lying crushed at the bottoms of ra-
vines as they fell from the narrow trail
above. The mud is four feet deep in
places, and Overlies a foundation of
sharp stones which cut the feet of
horses and burros to pieces. Two
steady double stream of pack animals
pass each other, the one moving for
ward to the summit, the other back
ward to carry on the relays Of supplies.
it being impossible for a single animal
to carry the entire supplies Of one man.
AS few men have more han one horse
or burro, part Of the impedimenta is
carried to a certain point, unlOaded
there, and a return made for the rest.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19
A Com bfnatiOu:Farm Machine

A combination machine for farming
has been invented by X-COn-
gresham Murray, of South Carolina.
which has adjustable attachments to
be used on principles somewhat SINH
lar to those used on some sewing ma
chimes, and is destined to play an i'm
pOrtant part in farming throughout the
world.
The machine is a tricycle. set on a
frame 3x6 feet, one of the attachments
hat may be used as a mower meaSur-
ing fiv feet. It's cut is clean, and it
has a free and Easy movement, and is
light draught. The owners are willing
to test it with any other machine built
for that purpose. Other attachments
may be used to SOW all kinds of grain,
wheat, flax, oats, and other cereals, and
one as useful and unique as any is for
cotton. There are four distinct parts
to the cotton planter, one for opening
the row, another for sowing the cotton
by grail, an appliance for covering. and
a rOlltr to press the row, all of which
is dor simultaneously in one drive of
the hcT5es along the row. The machine
also Carries with it the most effective
potato digger yet discovered, as we'll
as eight or more hoe drills for drilling
wheat, all of which are worked upon
the same frame, drawn by two horses.
The cotton chopper Should also be
mentioned. 1t revoiutionizes the cot
ton chOpping business on the planta-
lions at the south. Indeed, it diSmisSes
the women from the cotton fields, and
the children need no longer be away
from the schools hat they may be en-
gagged in cotton chopping. The truth
is. two men with two horses, using
this machine. can chop many times
more in a day han thirty men. women
and children with their hands and
hOes.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19
WEYLER AND

w. VI otdlt.l
We have very often thought of this
queer discrimination made at the north
etwee Weyler and Sherman, between
actual rebels in Cuba and so-called
rebels in the south; and we have as
often been tempted to show the incon-
sistency Of it. Yet after thinking over
it we have come to this conclusion. 1t
is too early yet to get the north to ad-
NIT that Sherman waged war like a
savage, therefore there's no use to try
to secure the admission. Condemnation
of Sherman would be condemnation OF
the north, OF the men who supported
him in his vandalism, who rejoiced in
his cruelties. The time for that Is yet
TO come. But the northern denunciatiou
OF Weyler for outrages akin to Sher-
mans is something gained; it is an ad-
mission in fact, if not in terms, that
Sherman was a brute and that his
methods were Infamous. One Of these
days, when impartial history shall be
written, h north will be confronted
with its laudation Of Sherman and its
damnation Of Weyler. and the admis-
sion will be forced hat what was viii
famous in the ne was villainous In the
other.
Let the north, therefore, go on pill
ing up its condemnation of Weyler. It
Is only laying stronger the foundation
for the futures damnation OF Sherman.
What matters present inconsistency,
so long as the ultimate end Is the tus-
ttce OF history?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19
THE COURT
George johnson on Trial for His Life-The
Testimony Being Taken-The Jury Lock-
ed Up for the Night

Pursuant to adjournment for recess
on Wednesday evening. the superior
court of New Hanover county met yes
terday at 10 a. m, his honor, Judge
Sutton, presiding.
The court took up the case of the
State against George Johnson, colored.
charged with committing a criminal
assault on Bertha Branch, colored. It
will be remembered that an excursion
arrived in Wilmington from Clin-
ton on the oath of July last and that
the girl who brings the charge against
Johnson came dOwn with the eXcur-
sionists. She met Johnson in the city
and went on the train with him to Ma
vassa, where he kept a little store.
They walked back to town, and in her
testimony she alleges that the crime
was committed between the bridge
over the Cape Fear river and the bridge
over the North East river.
Johnson was arraigned at the July
term of the court n he put in a plea
of not guilty. The case was then con-
tinued to this term. When the case
was called yesterday the court house
was packed with colored men and wo-
men who manifested the deepest inter-
est in the proceedings. Solicitor NJ. c..
Richardson and Congressman George
H. White, are prosecuting, the latter
having been employed by the girls
friends and many Of JOhnson's acquain-
tances at Navassa who contributed to
a fund to retain the colored lawyer to
appear with the states attorney
against their neighbor. The prisoner is
being defended by two colored law
yers, D. w. Evans and w. A. Moore,
who were appointed by the court.
The following jury was drawn and
empannelled to try the case: w. F. Le-
Gwin, Van Woodcock, Edward Hill, w.
A. Johnson, Charles I. Cline, T. M.
Earnhart, w. A. Eckle, w. A. Biddle,
H.. M. Foard, j. D. Russ, Walter G.
MacRae and John r. Handy.
The jury was secured by II o'clock,
and the taking of testimony occupied
the balance of the day. Several wit
nesses from Clinton, the home Of the
girl, testified to her good character at
home. About 4:3O p. m. the state rest
ed and the examination Of the defend
ants witnesses began.
The court at $50 p. m. took a recess
till 10 o'clock this morning.
The jury was ordered to remain in
the court III during the night.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19

the compensations for all the hard work
that a. seat on this bench imposes have
been the intimacies and friendship that
have been formed between its
Though we have often differed in u
opinions, it has always been an honest
difference, which did not affect u
mutual regard and respect. These
many years have indeed been years of
labor. and of toll. but they have
brought their own reward: and we can
all join in thanksgiving to the Author
Of our being that we have been per-
mitted TO spend so much Of our lives
in the service of our country
The courts reply, which is signed by
all the members. expresses deep regret
at the loss it has sustained and pays a
high tribute both to the character ana
ability of Justice Field.