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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-12
Picked Up, Dished Up and Made Palata-
BILE for Sitter Readers.

Mrs. Susan Wilbur is visiting in
Townshend.
Mrs. S. S. Lyon is visiting in Brat
tleboro.
The NJ, E. Ladies Aid met yester.
day with Mrs. Fred Vale.
Cast your eye on Pollard & Alb
dott's ad.
Miss Minnie jenkins who has been
in Andover at work is now at home.
The Landmans announce blood
less victory. Go in and ask them a.
bout it.
Miss Inez Ross is riding a new BIZ
cycle the gift of her brother of New
York city.
Thirteen persons from this town took
in the excursion last Saturday to "old
IT,"
A. G.. Robbins Of Wilbraham,
Mass, stopped here over Friday
night on his way to Peru where he
formerly resided.
Mrs. James F. Corey of Maiden,
Mass, who is visiting friends in town
was the guest of Mrs. Gibson, Sat-
urday.
Rev. M. H. Smith of Athens will
preach at the M. E. Church next
Sabbath, exchanging with Rev. Mr..
Evans.
DR.. Will Chase of Akron, O., who
is now visiting Eastern friends, stop
ped Tuesday night at .Glebe View
and the next day took bicycle ride
to Newfane where he has relatives.
A. S. Barrus of North Orange,
Mass, is visiting with his brother,
L. X. of this village.
The Ladies Aid society of the Bap
tist church are making preparations
for picture sale and entertainment tC
be given at the town hall Friday eve
ming, Aug. 26.
Druggist G. G. Smith and his
daughter, Mrs. M. Severance, start
ed Monday for Saratoga, driving
through. Mr.. Smith will return il
two weeks. Mrs. Severance will re
main longer, her husband joining he
before Mr.. Smith leaves.
George Judd of Mlllb Jury, Mass
who went to California last fall for hi
health has returned somewhat improy
ed and is now visiting with 0. c
Halls family in this town.
Parties from Worcester have bee
in town this week buying horses an
are meeting with success. They ex
pect to secure in this neighborhood
car load. Only good horses are taker
Clyde, a six-year-old son Of Nj
and Mrs. Clark Hulett, ,came nes
meeting with fatal accident Nor
day at the residence of o. S. Stuar
He was drawing buggy,around wit
a younger brother in it and goin
down a grade 1t got away from hi
and forced him against an apple tire,
injuring him internally, but apparen
y not seriously AS he has been slow
improving since.
We publish in this issue the cor
plete quardennial appraisal of Il
real estate in the town of Londo
derry as filed by the listers in Il
town clerks office, believing it wou
be of interest to taxpayers. All C;
now see for themselves and if dispo
to kick do it intcligently.
One Minute Cough Cure, cure
A. -,S..x ts Dc for-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-12
POSt-Omce.

Mails arrive at So. Londonderry every eve
ming, Sundays excepted, by stage from Chester
and Manchester at AS; by railroad at I :55.
Mails close every mOrhing, Sundays excepted
by train at As; by stage at 1000
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-12
PRICE THREE CENTS.
WAR NOTES..

The Spaniards attacked the Amer
lean forces at Malate, near Manila,
on the night of July 3lst and were
repulsed with heavy loss. The Amer
leans lost 10 killed.
Garcia has the Spaniards cooped in
Holguin and the surrender of that
place is expected.
Peace negotiations are liable to
come to head any hour.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-12
What He Denied.

"That translated letter is a miserable
attempt to misrepresent mel" said the
Spanish diplomat.
do you contradict the assertion that
you are chief of spies?"
NO"
"Can you refute the charges that you
have assailed men high in the affairs
of your own government"
II do not wish to-"
What is 1t, then, that you deny?"
"The grammar"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-12

Mrs. Ed Sterling of Weymouth,
Mass, who has been visiting S. Lon.
donderry friends for several weeks,
started for home yesterday.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-12

Among the arrivals at the Pea
body House we note Miss E. S. Hay
of Portland, Me. Miss Howe left
Wednesday for Spafford Lake.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-12
WESTON.
L. I. & W. H. LANDMAN

Mrs. Hephzibah Crocber died on
Sunday Aug. 7th and was buried on
Monday the Sth inst. Rev. H. F.
Forrest officiating.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-12
HOW TO MAKE MONEY!

If you are out of employment and want
position, paying you from $50 to 500 month
ly clear above expenses by working regularly
or, if you want 10 increase your present in
come from $500 to $500 yearly, by working
at odd times, write the GLOBE CO., 723
Chestnut ST., Phila, Pa, stating age, wheth-
er married or single, last or present employ
ment, and you can secure a position with
them by which you can make more money
easier and faster than you ever made before
in your life.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-12

Fred Winchester, wife and daugh-
ter are this week with their friends in
Pawlet.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-12

G. l. Wolcott of New York city
is visiting S. Londonderry friends.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-12
Our Club List for 1903.

Advance paying subscribers to the
SITTER can have one or more of the
following papers by the additional
sum set to each:
Rutland Herald, $3.50
Boston Journal to Vermont SUBJ
scribers, only, 0.50
Mirror & Farmer, 0.4O
New York Tribune, OPS
Thrice-a-w World, 0.65
Troy Semi Weekly Times, 0.8O
Demorest's Magazine 0.S0
Terms cash in advance and no de-
Walton,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-12

The Melendy family are entertain.
ing friends from New York city-H.
A. Newell and members of his family.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-12

HS- Entered at the Postofiice at So. London
derry as second class matter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-12
For Sale.

The property formerly known as the
Whitman & Goddard carriage shop and
machinery, main building is 3Ox55 feet
two story with store room 30x40 feet
two story. A good tenement connected
with shop of twelve rooms. The ma
chinery consists of one is inch palmer,
one buzz palmer, one band saw, one
rounder, for rounding felloes, one butting
machine, one saw bench and saw, boreing
and mortising machine. Machines and
belts in good repair. The above proper
ty Will be sold cheap. Inquire of
w. R. ALDRIcH,
So Londonderry, vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-12
DeWitt's Witch Hazel SalVe
Cures Plies. Scaids. Burns.

Angora cats for sale, beauties in
ary color. Address
Mrs. G. P. Eldred,
Slmonsville,
VT
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-12
VOL. XIV, NO. 81.
Business Mention.

Business notices inserted under this head for
one cent word. Nothing inserted for less than
| 25 cents.
II you have anything to sell or wish to buy
anything here is chance to make your wants
widely known at trfing cost.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-12

aSee Second Page for Editorial Matter.
LOCAL MELANGE.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-12

FOR SALE-A good iron cart for
oxen or horses. inquire of
c. W. HATCH & Son,
Weston, VT.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-12
EH~Address all communications,sl ,slsign
ed by your proper name, toI A aLa
The Sitter, So. Londonderry, ".
HRaiIroad-CentraI vermont

New London Northern Division.l
Trains depart from and arrive at So. London
derry every day, except Sundays. as follows:
Leave Arrive
| Mail, 6 80, a. m. 7,55, p, m.
Mixed l2I5, p. m. IL 10, a. m.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-12

One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
1hst 10 what Il was made for.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-12
Quadrennial Appraisal.
Town of Londonderry-1S9S.

The following comprises the complete
quadrennial appraisal of real estate in the
town of Londonderry as filed by the lis
ters.
Abbreviations used-a, acres; l b.
lease land betterments; h l, house and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-24

duck gets into water 1 was a bellboy jn
the famous old St. Charles Hotel in New
orleans in 1858 and 1854. / saw the idols az
the South, the high and mighty men In
the state and nation, playing poker and
faro there l heard my father and mother
at home extol those same men, and it
was natural that n boys ambition should
have been inspired to sit and play for the
stakes the way they did. Among the
early poker players I remember having
seen at the st. Charles when I carried
fancy drinks to the party were such men
as Judah p. Benjamin, then United States
senator and afterward Secretary of State
in the Confederaey; l.. Q. c. Lamar who
died Justice of the United States SUI
preme Court; Sergeant S. Prentiss, the
most wonderful of all Southern orators,
and even blum old Sam Houston of Texas
/ have stood behind the chair of Senator
William l.. Yancey a dozen times in my
boyhood, with glass of whisky on a
tray. waiting until hand at poker mad
been played and the idol Of Alabama was
ready for his refreshments Is it any
wonder l became a gambler and learned
no other pursuit for livelihood?
whats the biggest gambling 1 ever
saw? 1t was in Virginia City, New, at the
time the Bonanza lodges on the Comstock
were being developed. That was along IN
1872, and 1878. There are a multitude of
gamblers nowadays who are incredulous
of the truthful stories of the games played
every night in the week for about a year
from June, 1872, TO July, 1873 l confess
that l sometimes wonder whether l was
really a participant in those golden DAYS
In gaming, or whether have dreamed all
that l reeollect about them. When l was
in England a few years ago ! heard of
some big games in Australia along in the
COS, but none compared with those we
bad In Virginia City.
you remember that for months the out
put of gold from seven mines on the Com
stock yielded together $4,000 clear profit
every day. John w. Mackay, James G.
Fair and James Flood became mud-mll-
lionalres in fourteen months, while Sha-
ron, Hobart Ralston, Cobb, O'BrIen, and
q dozen other men leaped from poverty to
millions In the same time Common labor
ers and camp cooks of a few years before
had incomes from mining stocks Of $50 and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-24

Paris families into mourning is now a mat
ter Of history and gay colors are begin
ming to be seen again.
Yet you do see the girl in black.She wears
= black crepe de chine made over white
SIX lining. Her skirt is very stiff and
stands out full over a magnificent lace pet
ueoat. Her waist is made in points which
extend well UP over yoke of black chif-
lon' Her sleeves are the merest shoulder
straps of black satin, finished with big
stiff loops of satin. She carries a big black
fan.
You may depend on it that between-her
oeVotions the Lenten girl has been paying
frequent visits to the conturireres. After
the ordeal Of choosing an Easter gown had
oeen gone through, then came the all-im-
portant question of choosing dance gowns.
Nov, while the gauzy materials are so
much in vogue. a society girl finds that
me must have her wardrobe replenished
several times during the season.
The same transparencies. Of course, do
outy a number OF times, but the perisha-
oie GAUGES nets and tulles used are con-
SANITY being replaced.
ones first thought Is how simple and In
expensive this seasons dance gowns are,
out when one considers how little wear
one may get from one of these airy, fluffy
creations. their costumes is rather upper
most IN ones mind.
matron Of the old school who furnish
Is four daughters with these gauzy dance
Gowns groans over the fashion. She longs
Tor days zone By. when debuiante was
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-24

was most elaborate barroom. The win
dows were of The finest French stained
glass, and represented Baccanalian and
Roman scenes. The bar was OF solid onyx,
and the floor OF Italian eolored marble
The lamps were solid silver set of by gold.
Mirrors Of heavy plate glass reached from
door 70 ceiling, and was held In place
by hooks of solid silver There were COB
let's &c solid silver. and delicate drinking
vessels OF glass aud gold, The pyramids
Of cut glass decanters and bottles at the
back of the bar cost $1,000 In Paris Then
the expensive way of running the house
was probably never equaled. In the eX-
elusive poker rooms bottles OF champagne
wero opened at the expense OF Gentry y
Crittendon whenever "a jackpot was OPEN
ed. l have seen dozen bottles of cham
payne that cost In that mining town Sc a
bottle served free 10 an asemblage be-
cause some one told a new funny story
or because a new rich vein had been
struck down at the mines The house
used to reserve $500 a month from It's
profits for the entertainment of its guests.
On the occasion of the visit OF the Duke
of Sutherland to Virginia City the DO
nanza firm of Mackay, Fair, Flood, ana
O'Brlen must have paid for 500 bottles of
champagne drunk and poured on the car
pets in one day and night at Gentry &
Crittendon's house.
81 have sat in games OF poker In the
house many a time when the cheapest
chip was $50. I once played for a, few
hours when the chips ranged from $50 up
ward, but It was too big for me to play
my best. / was so nervous that 1 could
not Judge my opponents as / should. Sew
eral times ! saw poker games there that
lasted all night where the chips ranged
from $40 to 500 each. But II would be too
severe a strain on me to play long at
such a game. Perhaps twenty or thirty
times ] have known men to get up from
an all-night poker game with $4,000 win
nings. Winnings Of $4,000 IN a night or
an afternoon were not uncommon at Gen
try & Crlttenden's. Once / heard OF
gambler named Jack Sherwood, from De-
troit, Mich, who went away from Vir-
ginia City with about $4,000 that he had
won in two weeks. believe he quit gam
bling and went into the wholesale tobacco
business in Detroit on his capital. He
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-24

pershable dance gowns need constant at
tention. Then the great number Of trunks
that a society girl must needs travel with
Is another point contra these delightfully."-
fluffy creations.
Nearly ell Of these sheer materials boast
appliques of lace or they are spangled and
embroidered.
A dance gown Of pale grey spangled tulle
over q transparency of the most delicate
shade of gray satin was delightful. The
skirt of tulle was made double so as to in
sure a bouffant effect. 1t was trimmed
with three graduating hounces of heavily
spangled gauze that were carried up to the
waistband on the left side. There they
were caught with a trailing bunch Of
bright orange nasturtians that gave be-
wtchlng color note to the gown.
The corsage was full blouse OF the gray
tuHe over a close-htting lining Of pale
gray satin. 1t was trimmed at the front
with three narrow frills of the gauze put
on to give a sort Of bolero effect. The
two topmost frils continue over the shout
ders 70 form sleeves. They were held
I'm place with orange velvet shoulder
straps tied in high stiff bows.
A trailing cluster Of the nasturtians was
caught at the left shoulder The narrow
ceinture was Of orange velvet. Both the
frlls on the skirt and those on the waist
were heavily spangled with strass along
the edges
dress that looked remarkable well by
caslight was made OF two shades OF yell
low. The transparency was Of pumpkins
colored satin. The oyerszirt OF primrose
point d'esprit was exceedingly full. IL
was edged around the bottom with ruches
Of pumDkin-colored point desprit and Just
above that there was a trimming OF the
ruehes eniwined ~ an original way.
Tine corsare OF the satin waH covered
full With the point d'esDrlf. II was draped
from che right unaer arm sedm and was
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-24

was a very sensible man. The chances
are fifty TO one he would have gone broke
IL he had played there a month longer.
1.-The biggest game / ever saw was at
Gentry g. Crittendens in the summer Of
1872. Lucky Baldwin, now Of San Fran
cisco, Henry M. Vance, who made for
tune with Melgs in the Andean Railroad I;
Senator BIZ Smith, and a man from ST.
Louis, sat IN the game. / withdrew when
the game got too big for me. / won't play
IN an unlimited game with reckless mill
ionaires, and the honest man of small
means who does is sure to go broke.
We'll, the game began at about o'clock
one evening. The chips were from 500 up
ward. 1t lasted until 3 o'clock In the
morning. There were jack pots started
at 500 and $3.50. az the deal went around
the table once there would be $1,000 and
perhaps 5000, In the pot. Several times
the deal went around twice, and there
was 5000 In the pot. One pot contained
ll200C when II was opened. Not a word
was spoken and the silence was oppres-
sive. Those millionairos handled thou
sands as common cheap gamblers do
halves and quarters. Raises Of 500 were
common, and once ! saw the men raise
each other s., 800. There was $4,000 In that
one pot. Talk about quick thinking and
concentration OF the mind. Talk about
lightning calculation OF chances and an in
slant reading OF ones inmost thoughts.
tell you that was a crucial test. Cham
payne was served once an hour, and the
playing was resumed. ] saw three fives
win $4,000 that night. Once ! saw Sena-
tor Sharon raise Lucky Baldwin $1,000
ana scoop IN a tidy sum OF 5000.
Take IT, was all Baldwin said 10
break the stiffness Of the room.
-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-24

$500 day for two years. Lots of mining
laborers who could not read or write had
bank deposits In Virginia city in those
wonderful days of $4,000 and $4,000. have
seen hundreds of men in cheap red shirts
and grimy overalls haul out buckskin
bag Of g, COO or so with no more heed TO It's
value than when one produces 81 nova
days. SO you see what an extraordinary
field there was in the town for gambling.
I never saw gambling 80 common and so
open as IN Virginia city. There were forty
or fifty gambling games running there dan
and night Poker was too slow and requir-
ed too much thought for most Of the sud-
denly rich men. Roulette and faro were
most popular.
'Srhe most superbly appointed gambling
place | have ever seen outside OF France
and Austria was there. II was not so large
as Morrissey's at Saratoga, or as Lynch'
In New Orleans, but It must have cost
thousands of dollars more than either Of
these. IL was owned by Hiram Gentry and
Dan T.. Crlttenden. They were both men
OF education, and they planned 20 establish
a Monte Carlo there. Crittenden was ne
phew of United States Senator Crittenden
of kentucky. They were backed by Sena~
tors sharon and Nye, William c. Ralston,
and one OF two other mlllionaires. They
had credit at the Califognia Bank In san
Francisco for $4,000 For about year
their daily deposits averaged 5000 The
building was frame-like all others In Viz
glnia city. Downstairs there were four
large rooms, and upstairs there were three.
one room was especially devoted 10 Ne
vada and California state officials. sena-
tors and congressman
Another room was for miners ana cattle
men. SIN another and larger room was
a general gambling room for men OF small
stakes. who played 10 a 50 limit every
night. There were poker. roulette, and
faro rooms, and connecting With all these
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-24

and silk were attached. The necessary
strength was given to the gauze skirt by
cutting it double. It was trimmed around
the top with q broad entire deux of Bruges
lace over a strip of violet satin ribbon.
Around the bottom OF the skirt there
were three graduating frills Of the gauze
that were narrow at the apron and in
creased in width as they approached the
back of the skirt. The topmost fr1ll was
ornamented with deep purple violets ct
tached to form graceful garland along
the heading.
The corsage was cut square necked with
a narrow yoke Of the Bruges lace at the
back and front. The taffeta lining fitted
close into the curves of the figure. and the
gauze was gathered TO the yoke so that
there was only slight bit of fulness to
be gathered into the belt.
AT the gack and front Of the corsage
there were two broad box plaits Of the
gauze that extended from the top OF the
yoke and boused a bit over the waist
band. The sleeves were composed Of three
frills OF the gauze. over the left sleeve
there was a bunch Of deep purple violets.
The narrow ceinture was studded heavily
with strass.
Some OF the fans that are carried to the
dances are the tiniest. daintiest things i'm
aginable, made OF white gauze and cover
ed with appiiques Of Brussels lace heavily
spanRled with Gtrags
The fetching little fan bags too that are
carried BIZ the dancers are considered nee
essary 70 a finished toilette. They are
shown Ga the greatest variety by the
houses that make fans speciality.
Did j mention the patriotic cOtlliions
which are now feature Of every dance?
Nina Goodwin.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-24

caught up to the left shoulder, where it
formed jabot that fell below the waist
band. The neck was cut square and edged
with full ruche of the pumpkin-colorec
point d'espirt. Satin ribbon of the same
shade formed shoulder straps. 1t was
knotted in TO high stiff bows. The ceinture
was Of the ribbon.
The new combination of parme blue and
violet Is as popular with the dance gowns
as it is with street and visiting toilettas.
A gown that boasted this combination
had a wonderful air of chic, though it lack
ed the attrac, fluffy effect that was so
striking in most Of the dance gowns shown
me.
The skirt of Parma blue taffeta was COW
cred plain with sauze of the same shade
so that the effect was as if the gauze
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-24

expertness at billiards. and his almost
ceaseless reading OF French novels as he
sits day after day among the shrubbery
in the hotel park. people might have set
him down as a Methodist presiding elder
Of the old school. Indeed, he has been
pointed out several times as a certain dis
tinguIshed Baptist preacher OF San Fran
cisco. His somber clothing. his black silk
cravat, his clean-shaven face, his careful
speech, and his retiring ways gave him
clerical air. Nevertheless, the man Is
George w. Wright, one OF the wealthiest
gamblers in the United States and the
most famous west Of the Mississippi river.
He has been spending two years In travel,
and while he does not say that he has re-
tired from the green table. he probably
has done so. On a pointer from his old
friend, Senator Taber OF Denver, he In
vested In the Little Johnnie mine at Lead
vile. Col. some years ago, and the invest
ment yields a small fortune annually. He
owns a block of stores in New Orleans,
hotel at Manitou Springs, Col. and stock
in prosperous street-car line In New Or
leans. For two years he has not sat IN a
professional game. Last winter he was In
Honolulu, last summer In the City Of Mex
leo, and next summer he win probably be
at some Canadian resort. He Is a bachelor
about 81 years age and his companion is
a son OF his dead sister. He provides for
the college education Of three OF his neph-
ews and last year be sent a niece on a trip
10 Europe.
How did 7 become b gambler I drifted
into II az naturally a. the glercotyped