The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-10-22
EAST DORSET.

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ago has since buried her father, her
father in-law and one sister-in-law
and her husband and seven children.
The remains of the last one, a ten
months old babe adopted by her
brother was brought here from Rut-
land for burial last week.
Mrs. S. G.. Brown, who was in
jured by fall some weeks since, as
before reported, is holding her own
first rate.
w. d. Herrick lost a good work
horse last week.
Daniel Dunn has sold the Charles
EdgeIton place in Fredleyville to
John Mclaughlin and moved to Rut-
land. Consideration, 500.
F. R. Eggleston is putting up a
shop at Browns lower dam on the
Brock brook and has it we'll on the
way.
George H. Reed is loading a car
of cider apples paying ten cents a
bushel. He has lately bought con-
siderable standing timber on the
Wheelerville mountain and has let
the job getting it off to Earnest Sey-
mour.
S. A. Shelter & Son have a con-
siderable force of men cutting and
skiddiug logs to stock their mill the
coming winter.
One of our villagers came danger
ously near having a novel and under
sirable house warming few days
ago. Chimney swallows had built
nests in chimney that took a notion
to burn out and the nests burned like
big chunks Of coal making it alarm
ingly hot.
-Four of our young gentlemen, who
are supposed to have bought liquid
refreshments of Benoni F. Roberts
of North Dorset, were summoned to
appear at Montpelier at 8 a. m,
Tuesday to give evidence In the case
| Uncle Sam vs. Benoni +. Roberts for
selling the same without government
license.
1t may not be too far fetched fol
| some readers of the SITTER to report
that S. L. Griffith of Dandy, the
lumber King of Vermont SO called
has a somewhat extensive fish hatch.
cry at his lumber works near the
south line of Mt. Tabor. The hatch
cry has some eighteen tanks having
a large number of trout graded &C
cording to size from fingerlings tc
five Founders. Into the water sup
ply of these tanks some party Frida,
night of last week put Paris greer
killing large number of the trou
and endangering the lives of some 81
persons who use the water. 1t is un
derstood that the fresh water guard
an angels of Vermont's fnny tribe
have accorded Mr.. Griffith specia
privileges not enjoyed by Others 70
capturing stock for his hatchery from
Otter Creek and other waters
Whether this accounts wholly or il
part or not at all for the poisoning i
probably bosom secret to but one
the arsenic man.
Doesn't it beat all what resem
blances hunters will see and what ex
cellcnt trigger fingers they have whel
brimful of Eifel-tower whiskey
Twelve men shot in Maine the frs
day of the "open season" becaus
their ears looked like antlers. Else
where one man shot because he look
ed like a woodchuck, another becaus
he looked like a squirrel. Lots 0
others because they resembled som
wild animal or other not named. Blu
"die we may and die we must" an,
there is no newspaper wall over tn
record. But "cosset" deer are be
ing "slaughtered" and this brings
Hood of tears from the eyes Of sun
dry newspapers and from those 0
president Titcomb. The law lettin,
loose the "butchers" during Octobe
IN each year was great mistake an,
should be repealed. Possibly the
will not petition Gov. Grout to cal
an extra session of the legislature t
repeal it, but they will, without
doubt continue to weep till the mex
regular session and till then sstim
will but the impression stronger max
as streams their channels deepe
wear" The report to the next legis
lature of the slaughter" of thes
"cosset" deer and the recommends
ton of the repeal of the law allowin
it will doubtless be very pathetic an
possibly the first sentence will be
} IF you have tears prepare to she
[ them now" These "cossets" ar
treacherous and dangerous and W
hate them with hate that is pure
ardent and abiding and if we eve
meet one, no matter when or where
we have a gun we shall snap it 10 hi
face and if he "slumbers in this