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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05
See Second Page for Editorial Matter.
LOCAL. MELANGE.
Picked Up, Dished Up and Made Palata
BILE for Sitter Readers.

| Village schools close this week.
Rich, the photographer is here
again for short time.
A new saw mill is going up-the
Clough brothers will run it.
Work on the old blacksmith shop
seems to be in quiesent state.
The'open season for suicide seems
to be on just now.
A thoroughly soaking rain fell
Monday night and Tuesday.
Landlord Strong reports business
booming-never better.
Archie Russell is working for the
winter at Glebe View.
Our neighbors, the milliners, report
business very good for the times.
The weather continues fine for the
season.
A new lot of Ladies wraps at Land
mans.
Mrs. F. W. Melendy is Oh the sick
list.
W. H. Wellman of Manchester
Depot is in town this morning.
The Methodist Ladies Aid Socie-
ty met Wednesday afternoon with
Mrs. John Ramsdell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Livermore of
Townshend are visiting S. London
derry friends.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Jonas Hunting and
Mrs. Phelps recently visited in Bel
lows Falls.
Henry Wood, late resident of
this town, now of No. Springfield,
visited with friends here during the
paSU Nech'
Mrs Moore of Athol, Mass, who |
has been visiting with her brother, L.
K. Barrus, left for her home Monday,
Mr.. Barrus going with her as far as
Orange, where he will remain until
next Monday.
A real estate transaction-Win-
chester and Tyler have sold their ten
ement house on lower main street,
known as the Dea. Kinsman house,
to John Russell of Peru.
A hunting party, namely, +. H.
Howard af Brattleboro, A. +. Adams
of Newton, Mass, VIM, Pray and
Henry c. Warren of Boston, came
up Monday and are guests at the
Peabody House. They left this NOR
ming.
Dear reader, you don't know how
we love you, but nevertheless if you
owe this office anything we'd love you
ten times as much if you would pay
up. See.
Will and Fred Aldlich, who have
been at work at Worcester, Mass Il
recently visited at home. The for
mer will remain here at present. The
latter has returned to Worcester.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Munson and
Miss Luna Lockwood of North Spring.
field visited last week with S. London
derry friends, and during the time Mr..
and Mrs. Munson and Mrs. Harlow
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Mehuron
at Pixies Falls, Jamaica.
W. g. Bebee, the marble dealer
at East Dorset who advertises In the
SITTER, has just erected monuments
for two of our citizens, L. A. Dry
den and Walter Castle, both in Peru
cemeteries. The work is exception
ally satisfactory to the parties, being
done, like all MIR. Bebee's work, in
an artistic manner and according to
contract.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05
WANTED A Live,
Active man to take charge of our goods
in this part of Vermont. Address
GRAND UNION TEA CO.,
Springfield, Mass.

Here am again at the old stand.
This time until Nov. goth and no
longer. If there is anything you
want in my line l will try and please
you. l have all the negatives made
last spring from which l can make
duplicate photographs very low.
Come. H. W. Rich,
So. Londonderry, VT.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05

There is no need of little children be-
ing tortured by scald head, eczema and
skin eruptions. DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve gives instant relief and curesIper-
manently.
c. E. Bacon, Londonderry, F. E. Smith
Jamaica, Jonas Hill. Bondville, q. G.
Smith, So. Londonderry and F. b. Pier
Rawsonville.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05

Disagreement for life by burns or
scalds may be avoided by using DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Sslve, the great remedy for
piles and for all kinds of sores and skin
troubles.
G. E. Bacon, Londonderry, F. E. Smith
Jamaica, Jonas Hill, Bondville, G. e..
Smith, So Londonderry and F. b. Pier
Rawsonville.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05

A frying-pan, however soiled, may
be rendered beautifully bright if it be
cleaned with ammonia. Make strong
solution Of ammonia and water and let
the pan soak in it for several minutes.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND
w ACTIVE gentlemen or ladies 10
travel for responsible, established house
in Vermont. Monthly $4,000 and expen-
ses. Position steady. Reference. En-
close self addressed stamped envelope.
The Dominion Company, Dept Y, Chicago
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05
Killed by a RamrOd.

Killed by a RamrOd.
Joseph Bisel, of Portland, Ind, took
down his rifle and started to clean it,
preparatory to going hunting. The
weapon was discharged and the ram
rod pierced Bisers breast, killing him
instantly. His wife and son witnessed
the accident. The farm bell was rung,
and neighbors came to heassistance Of
the family.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05

Ihe people of the little hamlet OF
Jacksonville were shocked early Sat.
nrday afternoon and little helpless
FAMILY distressed beyond measure by
the suicide of Ernest l.. Bolster.
pr. Bolster, with his family, CON-
posed of a wife and two children, one
Z years old and the other but a few
months, resided with his father in.
law, Charles Landman. Shortly af-
ter dinner he left the house and going
Immediately behind the barn shot
himself through the heart with a re-
|Volver. When the family arrived up
on the scene, but a few moments af.
Ter, but slight signs of life remained.
Mr.. Bolster had been in poor
health for some time and latterly
thought he was going into consump-
ton. This depressed him very much
and the care of his family, to which
he was much attached, gave him
much concern. He had never been
successful financially and at this time
small debt was being pressed
against him. These are believed to
be the reasons for the rash act.
In the forenoon of the fatal day be
went to Bondville to see his father,
Lyman c. Bolster, a reputable citi.
zen and merchant of that place. Up.
on his return he seemed particularly
depressed and just before leaving the
house fondled his little baby and said
that he wished that he could do some
thing for it. When he left the house
his wife told the little girl that her
father was feeling blue and she had
better go out with him and cheer him
up. She put on her cloak and start.
ed but before she reached his side the
fatal shot was fired. She ran scream.
ing to the house saying that her un.
Gle had shot her father. This came
about from the fact that she knew
that her unAe was hunting in near.
by woods, and had no thought that
her father could do such a thing.
The revolver was found where he had
dropped it, by his side.
About year ago he had his life
insured tor 81, 900 but as the policy
provides against suicide for a space
OF three years it is not likely that it
viii be paid.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday, Rev. N. A. Wood ofiicia.
ting. The deceased WAS 81 years of
age and pleasant, genial man among
his friends and associates.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05

The funeral ceremonies Of Henry
George, held Sunday and Monday was
the most imposing that New York has
seen for many a day.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05

Here is connundium from a tomb
stone epitaph;
Here lie
Two grandmothers, with their two
grand daughters;
Two husbands, with their two wives;
Two fathers, with their two daughters
Two mothers, with their two sons;
Two maidens, with their two mothers;
Two sisters with their two brothers;
Yet but six, in all, lie buried here.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05

Any one desireing the services of a
first class mason at live and let live
prices would do well to call on or ad-
dress, E. M. Shufelt, S. Londonderry.
Ornamental work speciality.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05

For SALE.-A nice lot of Chester
White Pigs. so White and Brown Leg
horn hens. Nine good dairy cows.
HENRY LAMPSON,
So. Londonderry, Vt
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05
THE
THE
Londonderry Sitter.
So. Londonderry, Vermont.
H~Address all ommunications,i isign
ed by your proper name, to
The Sitter, So. Londonderry, vt.
RaiIroad-Central vermont.

New London Northern Diyis!on.l
Trains depart from and arrive at So. London
derry every day, except Sundays, as follows:
Leave Arrive
Mail, 80, a. m. 1855, p. m
Mixed l2I5, p. m.a II l5, a. m
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05

ES~For sale one nice full blood Jersey
bull, months old. Inquire of
GI M. Hurd, Pixies Falls,
Jamaica,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05
IbOSt.OmCe.

Mails arrive at So. Londonderry every eve
ming, Sundays excepted by stage from Chester
and Manchester at AS; by rail, Dad at : 30.
Mails close, every mOr1ing Sundays excepted
by L ain at 6 As; by stage at I :O0
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05

WANTED-A secondhand saw-mill.
Must be right hand mill in good re
pair. Call on, or address,
F. B. PIER,
Rawsonville, VT.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05
VOL. XIV, NO 40.
Business Mention.

Business notices inserted under this head fol
one cent word. Nothing inserted for less thar
25 cents.
If you have anything to sell or wish to buy
anything here is a chance to make your wants
widely known at tr1ing cost.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05

II q Cautious Constable,

Kentucky is the home Of up-to-date
officers. ]. P. Wooten is constable in
Breathitt county, Ky. In the same
county there are any number od moon
sinners. In order to cope with these
outlaws OF the mountains, whose aim
Is invariably true, Constable Wooten
has just purchased an absolutely bullet
proof steel shirt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05

&S-For Sale-Ovcr 40 hogs of all
ages and including some good breeding
sows. Fred A. Boynon,
Londonderry.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05

We are selling James Pyles Pearlinc-
The best washing compound in America
Large packages reduced to l0c.
L. T. & w. II. Landman.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05

aS- Entered at the Postofiice at So. London.
derry as second class matter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05

Gen. Blanco has arrived in Cuba
and donned Weyler's cloak. Time
will tell how we'll the garment fits.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05
Another Suicide.

Daniel W. Bromley, a we'll. known
Pawlet hotel keeper and the father Of
Mrs. Fred Winchester of So. Lon.
donderry, shot himself through the
brain Saturday afternoon. Mr.. and
Mrs. Winchester, having been mott.
fed of his death went to Pawlet Sun.
day returning Wednesday.
The cause of the act is attributed
by his friends to a disordered brain
caused by disease. For the past year
his brain had been affected and he
feared paresis, having near relative
who died from that cause, and had
been heard to say that before be ar
rived at the condition of that relative
ne should not be here. On the day
OF the fatal act he was apparently as
well as usual and showed no signs of
breaking up.
Mr.. Bromley had kept the Pawlet
hotel for thirty years, was a promi-
nent Mason and had widely extend
ed acquaintance through the state.
Funeral services were held Monday
and was attended by large bodies of
Masons and many other friends.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05

Several bloody riots occurred in
Kentucky election day some half doz-
en- persons being killed.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05

A fire in a Scranton colliery Satur.
day cost eight lives.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05

One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That Is what It was made for.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05
Your
Attention
For a r1Onent,
Please.

Through the month of September,
specially during our County Fair, we
will make special prices on
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05
New Goods
Just Received.

You can buy them now cheaper than
month later. They consist of
Serges, Cashmeres, Flan-
nels, Outings, Plaids.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-05
Full Line Of Dress Trimmings

Ginghams, Prins, Cotton
Cloths, Ladies' Wrappers,
Carpets, Oil Cloths, Straw
Mattings, Ladies', Gents,
Misses, Boys and Children's
Shoes, an elegant line, prices
low. Wall Paper, Curtain
poles and Curtains, Paints and
oils. Special Floor Pant.
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AN ADDRESS 10 MARS.

Oh, Mars, please tell us truly. is 1t really
cool up there,
And can you somehow manage it TO get q
breath OF air?
And when it's night. by throwing wide
each window. vent and door.
Oh can you sleep in bed or do you toss upon
the floor?
And is your brow as ours is, from morn till
evening. wet
With beads of perspiration which just com
mon folks call sweat?
And is the air so very full of heat and dust
and dirt.
One day is quite enough 10 razzle-dazzle
any shirt?
And when the day is chilly does the ice
man leave a lot
And just a tiny bit of fee when days are
sizzling hot?
And when your brow is beaded with hum
bred drops of dew
Dares anyone inquire; rs it hot enough
for your?
And is there real good fishing in your lakes
still unexplored?
And, by the by. what do they ask for first
class summer board?
We do not like the earth real well, its heat
is simply vile!
If you've a snap wen all be glad to come
and stay awhile.
Nixon Waterman, in L. A. w. Bulletin.
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Pertinent Advice.

of course they were dear friends, but
they we're not on the best of terms, a
condition of affairs that is possible only
with the fair sex.
"Of course one is never thanked fol
giving advice. no matter how good il
is said the young maid, but If ! were
you"
"Well?" returned the maid who was
not so young.
"If / were you." continued the young
maid, "and was still looking for good
opportunity to get married, | would
give my attention 10 that branch Of
knowledge that seemed to promise be$l
results under the circumstances"
(which is?" said the maid who was
not so young. iDquiringly.
THE study and practice of hypnot-
ism. Chicago Post.
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While no kind of grain as feed can SUI
persede corn in cheapness and value,
sorghum is a formidable rival TO it for
fodder. especially when put up in the
silo. 1t stands drought better, which Is
likely to make it popular in the arid
portions Of the west, where corn Otter
fails. The SORGHUM has TOO tough a
stalk TO feed green. but when cut and
put in the silo there is enough fermen-
tation to soften the stalks so that they
can be eaten. The sweetness of the
sorghum furnishes carbonaceous nutri-
ment just as does the starch of corn
grain, and in even more palatable form.
Wherever cane sugar is made in the
south the worlsmen who attend the
grinding always grow fat from the
sugar they eat.
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AN UNW[LCOHE GUEST.
This HOteI-CIerk Cannot BE
Blamed for Ejecting So
Troublesome q Visitor.

After the battle OF Waterloo, when the
allied forces lay in and around Brussels, every
conceivable sort of coin was in circulation.
One day an Irish soldier walked into hotel
with a British shilling and asked the clerk
if it would 90. GOOD for anything have, "
was the reply. The Irishman took him at
his word and ordered dinner When he had
gotten outside Of an astonishing amount OF
wine and victuals he rendered the shilling in
payment. Explanations followed, and the
clerk, taking in the situation, said,
Here, nv good man, misery loves COM
pany. Keep the shilling, my friend, and
play the same game on our neighbor, down
the street" As the shilling was pocketed
the owner coolly replied: Cant, my friend,
! worked it on him yesterday, and he sent
me to you to-day" Now this anecdote has
nothing earthly TO do with Mr.. G. Carl
Smith, clerk at the Williamson House,
Lebanon, n. III. We merely introduce him
in this manner so that the readers of this
paper, VINO have regular visits from relatives
Of the guest in question, will know how TO
dispose of the intruder. Read what Mr..
Smith says: II was troubled for a year or
more with weakness in the small of my
back. If ! did any lifting or STOPPING my
back would feel lame and sore, or if |
turned around quickly ! felt sharp twinges.
Though | used more or less plasters they
only helped me for the time being. / was
feeling very bad last winter when / had my
attention called to Doans Kidney Fills, and
got a box at a drug store. felt the effects
Of them in a few days, and after ! had
finished one box my back felt much better
and stronger, and they gave me more energy
in doing my work Doan's Kidney Pills are
certainly a good kidney remedy They have
my endorsement, and / will be pleased TO
recommend them at any time.
Doan's Kidney Pills are sold by all dealers. |
Price, 60 cents per box, by mail on receipt Of |
price, by Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, n. y, |
Sole Agents for the United States.
Remember the name, "Doan's," and take |
no substitute.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-10-14

The costliest macadam on record ono.
paved the streets of Kimberley, South
Africa. This celebrated roadbed was
studded with diamonds. and hundreds
OF valuable gems were taken from it. 4
peddler. 30 years ago while hawking
his wares from farmhouse to farm
house. found a shining stone by the
wayside. and, thinking it might be of
some value. sent it TO a geologist. who
at once recognized it as fine diamond
That was the beginning of the great
Kimberley diamond mines.
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Sam wanted the elite at his wedding
jess did not object. but she said not one
of her poor friends should be sighted
for the very greatest of them. The night
of the wedding homespun and imported
brocade rubbed elbows" Jim Bos-
well was not forgotten. but ne stood
outside until the ceremony was per-
formed. On entering the room he
walked over to Sam and said aloud:
"Sam Bruce. you have won a noble
woman for a wife. /. too. love her. but
not as you do. The alteration and
worship that a good Christian man
would give his Creator give her. The
one that won my mans love now sleeps
beneath the daisies. When She, Jess
and myself played together as children.
| loved both of them. When shes the
one of my heart, left me. feared not for
my life. so went from bad to worse. All
my old-time friends Stunned me. but
your wife always greeted me kindly and
she was not afraid to grasp my hand in
friendship and give word of advice.
which kept me from doing wrong many
a time"
Jim took from his coatpoeket a
handsome jeweled watch and presented
il to jess. saying: take If. Miss Jess:
honest money earned in the sweat of
my brow and bought for YOU. Take il
and God bless You and s."-Chica-
so News.
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~: Ro :lA. ).
Nslzn SSJgJ
IMPROVEMENT.
ECONOMY IN HAULING.
Loads and Roads in Europe and in
the United states.

Loads and Roads IN Europe anu IN
the United States.
An American farmer visiting France
and Germany will certainly be inter
asted. and perhaps somewhat amazed,
TO see the average country highways as
there existing-broad, smooth road
ways. splendidly surfaced with stone.
suitable for heavy traffic in all kinds OF
weather, and generally lined on both
sides with tall. stately trees, shading
the highway like park driveway. lie
would wonder at the money which had
been spent upon them. With solid
stone roadway, on which an ordinary
wagon tire would make no impression.
ii is not TO be wondered al that three
aud four tons of produce should be
loaded upon an ordinary farm wagon.
which is there built with tires four or
six inches wide. 4 French load of hay,
our American farmer
from a distance. would bring 10 his
mind a vision as Of moving hay stac!,
such a great difference is there be
tween the ordinary load of hay as there
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hauled to market and the load he is
accustomed to see among his American
neighbors.
Contrast such a system of roads with
those of our country, with which all OF
MS dwelling in a rural community are
so familiar. The law lays out a high
way &C feet wide. but it IS rare tha
more than 20 feet of this ground arc
appropriated for highway purposes
proper. The highway" such as it is.
is rough and uneven, and the ordinary
wagon passing over it travels through
an inch or two inches of dust in dry
weather and through three or four
inches of bog. very frequently, after a
rain Of no unusual severity. This is
the road on the level Where a hill ex-
lists conditions are even worse. for the
action of rain and snow washes away
the soil mt the top Of the HILL leaving
the surface covered with the toughest
of gravel, aud transforming the road
at the foot of the Hill into what, after
a shower, is a yeritable quagmire.
What wonder. then. that the average
wagon load as we see it in the United
States is so entirely different a thing
from that seen abroad! Travel over
road of this kind is necessarily slow
with any kind of load and as the dis
lance from the farm TO the market is
greater by far than in France and Ger
many, The farmer reduces the weight of
his load, that his team may make some
respectable progress without being
worn out during the first few miles of
the trip. Reducing his loads. the farm
cr's trips are multiplied in number, and
the result of it is that it requires three
or four times as long to market his crop
as would be consumed on European
highways.
The movement for good roads is con-
tinually and rapidly growing. Every
thinking farmer who has become ia
miliar with the publications OF the de-
partment of agriculture becomes at
once an advocate of better highways
and an advocate of better methods i'm
building them. The American people
have brought their system of water
transportation TO high state of perfec-
ton and we are the possessors of a sys-
tenn Of railroads which is unequaled by
that Of any other nation in the world.
1t now looks as if the American people
were seriously turning their attention
to the common country road, and ii is
safe TO assume that. once the movement
for better highways is led along definite
lines, we shall, before many years, have
\ system of country roads equal in every
way to our water and railway trans
portation faeilities.-Cleyeland Cycling
Gaze1te.
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Hcr NourIsIInw Water.

Higgins-lt seems incredible. but
nevertheless it is true. that have y
brother who has lived for the last seven
months without taking anything into
his stomach except water.
Wiggins-I don't doubt it. but did
not know he had been in Chicago that
long.-Up-to-Date
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Contugat Logic.

Mr.. Cutting-Go to-a quiet unmen-
tionable hot place.
Mrs. Cutting-Delighted, my dear, at
such an evidence of your affections
Mr.. Cutting-You seem TO think il
was one,
Mrs. Cutting-Wasn't it, when you
seem to want me to spend eternity with
you?-Brooklyn Life
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Canon Knox-Little told a good story
once at church congress. lie said he
remembered a lych-gate in front of a
beautiful church. which had been re-
stored and made very nice. There was
PAINTED over the door: This Is the
Gate Of Heaven" and underneath was
the large notice: 60 Round the Other
Way."-Household Words.
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4 Chance 10 Shine.

at shall be my ambition. father. "
said the young man who had finished
his education, ito keep the family name
free from stain"
"All right" said the old man. "relr
Mike to give you the whiting and am.
monia aud then you go out and polish
up the sign. indianapolis Journal.