The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-09
EAST DORSET.

Our vessels were in dry dock in
the first of our late storms. No
wreckage or loss Of life. The storm
itself was no account storm and
would not have been referred to here
in but for its fearfully destructive
character elsewhere. High gusty
wind Sunday night with some three
inches of snow fall and the prefer
ence isenow for runners instead of
wheels.
Marble man, w. G., Bebee, was in
Connecticut in the first storm as
above and reports seeing drifts seven
feet high, When East Dorset aud
the valley OF western Vermont suffer
just a little from wintry storms they
invariably have plenty of company
elsewhere.
The Catholic fair Thanksgiving
week was, despite unfavorable wealth
er, a great success. The attendance
from home and abroad was large, a
jam, every one of the four nights aud
some $3.50, net, were scooped up.
People will swap money for fun, they
are built that way, that is those who
have good healthy bodies and the
dyspeptic and solemn visaged frater-
nifty that resist will be overthrown.
George Fl. Reed VS. E. M. Tor
rey & w. O. Wilcox; George H.
Reed VS. E. Nj. Torrey; George H.
Reed VS. E. NJ. Torrey and W. d.
Herrick. The latter last week. "For
want thereof take their bodies
Well, George, any time you want
Torrey's body for emitting timber on
his own land just give him time to
throw his arms around "Ma" aud
kiss her goodby and he will go with
you just "as pleasant as basket of
chips"
John Griffith slew fox last week
and the mortality among rabbits and
some other game was considerable,
Our boys own some of the best sport
ing guns made and have good fox
and rabbit dogs.
The investigation of the expenses
of certain State officers upon the Wi
nooski was wide eye-opener, but of
course the auditor of accounts wasn't
instructed and empowered to collect
moneys paid out by ex-auditor Hale
and others without authority of law
The bigger the foot in bear trap the
easier it gets out.
Well, bruisers Corbett & Sharkey
have had a tisticuff since my last in
which the latter took first money and
the former retired pugilistic relic
He has won large money exhibiting
himself as the "greatest show on
earth" but he will hardly draw any
more. We have never had any "ring
men" here or hereabouts but we have
probably had stronger men than any
of our Champion pugilists, Thomas
johnson, who worked building the
Notch road won a bet shouldering ID
hundred of meal with his teeth. The
late Hartwell Kendall and Zeb eau
dette and Luke Conner who is said
to have backed barrel of -four over
mile through the snow to his family,
at the quarry putting it down but
once to rest were men of double
strength. 1t is told that the late
Shepard Aldridge of Peru was in the
best of life man of pIodigious
Strength ana lnat harvey Stone, oil
the same town, at Vermont State
fair some years ago twitched the bull
ly stick puller on to his feet twice in
succession with one hand.
"Society girls have taken to the
new fad of having Wallets instead OF
maids now. 1t sounds improper, and
maybe it Is, but they say that it ISM
and that they don't care anyway
N. " Press, Dec. 3, '9S.
Who says this isn't happy ant
progressive age Look out for i
soft job, young man, when the but
terfles come next summer.