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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13
JAM AICA.

Fine planting weather for a few
days and farmers are busy.
L. M. Barry is quite sick and moi
Improving.
Henry Hulett and wife are rejoicing
over the birth of a daughter, Saturday
morning, May 7.
Miss Nellie Joslin of Chesterfield.
N. H., is here stopping with her broth.
err, W. H. Joslin.
Mrs. Albert Cheney of Brattleboro
is visiting friends here this week.
Rev. S. H. Taylor went to New
York, Monday, to pass few days but
will be back here Sunday.
Miss Maud Howard has returned
from North Hatfield, Mass, where she
has been all the spring with her sister,
Mrs. Leland Wight.
Foskett and Clark has just drove in
81 good cows that they bought at
Brandon and surrounding towns. They
are, most of them, coming in between
now and winter. Most of them are 60
ing to stock their pastures.
The Ladies Aid society met Thurs.
day p. m. at Mrs. Fannie Towards.
The Ready Workers will have an
ice cream festival Friday evening at
the Baptist Vestry. Come one and all
and enjoy pleasant evening.
j. c. Daggett has had the roof o
one of his barns covered this week with
Srong's freproof roofing.
w. L. Barnes is having the roof of
his house raised one story, Moses Skin.
ner and Clarence Tory are doing the
work.
A. L. Howard came in Tuesd AZ
with 40 cows to stock his pasturers.
Most Of them are coming in in the fall.
Rev. S. H. Taylor changes pulpits
with G. d. R. Meacham of Towns
bend, Sunday; May 10Th.
All the sick are improving except
L. M. Barry.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13

Photographic illutrations Of events
and scenes in the war this counry is
waging are as valuable as they are
rare. The B ,ston Sunday Journal is
conspicuous among newspapers in its
its using these expensive illustrations in
its illustrated Weekly, the high-class
publication given free with the Boston
Sunday Journal. These pictures, which
are exact reproductions of photographs,
give knowledge of the armies and
navles aud what they are doing that
can be obtained as well in no other way.
Particular attention is paid to the SOL
diers and sailors Of New England.
The Boston Journals Illustrated
Weekly, together with the New Eng
land Home Magazine, which is also
given free with the Sunday Journal,
saved, form an admirable pictorial his.
tory Of the war.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13
HOUGHTONVILLE.
Harrison Abbott from Londonderry
was in town recently.

Harrison Abbott from Londonderr,
was in town recently.
Mrs. A. c. Nourse, accompanied
by her grand, daughter, Angie Gal
lup, aud Lou M. Page visited il
Peru Saturday.
q. w. Hall from Chester was in
town the first of the week.
Edith Gould came over from Ches-
ter on her wheel Saturday, returning
the forepart of the present week.
E. E. Jackson was home from
Putney over Sunday.
c. F. Buffers went to Wlndham
recently.
There is great call for potatoes
for planting here.
1t seems your scribe from Dorset
Valley has something to say about
our liquor law. As we see it the law
is well enough if enforced and from
some personal experience there is no
difficulty in suppressing a rum hole
even if a majority of the inhabitants
Of the locality are like the man who
was in favor of the law but against
is enforcement. A little backbone is
Nj that is required. If town grand
Jurors won't move states ATTORNEYS
must and will. If you have occasion
ry it brother scribe ard see if | am
lot right.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13
WEST TOWNSHEND.

This whole community has been
saddened by the death of Eva Bar
rett, which occurred on Saturday
morning, May It'll The funeral ser.
vices on Tuesday were attended by
nearly all the people of this place and
by many friends and relatives f rom
other towns The services were con.
Quoted by Rev. M. F. Hardy of
Townshend, assisted by Rev. Mr..
Meacnam. Many of her friends and
schoolmates from Brattleboro were
present and assisted in the service.
An abundance of rare and beautiful
flowers were given by loving hands.
She was a beautiful girl of most love-
ly character, and all who knew her
mourn her loss. Her mother and her
sister, Charlotte, have the heartfelt
sympathy of all her many friends in
their affection.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13
DORSET VALLEY.

Dwight Sykes had some hot solder
fly into his eyes last week. He is
better now and it did not spoil his
eyes.
The silent wheel is again skinning
along the roads without bell or head
light. The authorities will compel
their use or stop the wheeling, as foot
passengers and teams have still some
highway rights left. So if you ride a
wheel put on your bell and light.
Did you ever think what good
thing it would be for the state to ex-
empt fifteen hundred dollar home
stead to an actual owner and occu-
pant instead of exempting that
amount in savings bank 1t
would help build up our back places
and save the loss in rural population
make a home for wife and children
and keep our money in the state, and
why not exempt home as we'll as
bank
How lucky Dewey was to be in
command of a squadron in far away
China seas where the mail and tele.
graph service is poor-so he could
light as Vermonters always do to the
finish. And how lucky it was the
cable was cut so old procrastinators
could not stop the fighting Dewey
did nobly and SO would Sampson
and the others, doubtless, if they
could get out of reach of telegraph,
and with an order to fight to the
finish.
Bowen has taken the agency for
New York auction house to sell lot
Of goods cheap for cash and will de-
liver the same from wagons.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13
500 REWARD 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been a.
Bile to cure in all its stages, and that is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being constitution
al disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blool
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of the
disease, ard giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers, that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails
to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address, F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
E1-Sold by Druggist, 75c.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13
Our Neighbors
what They are Doing-Hriefly Told by
the sifter's Intelligent staTof
Correspondents.
LONDONDERRY.

Marion Gibson was home from Ches
ter over Sunday accompanied by
Annie Olney and Elva Mack, return
ing Tuesday morning
Mrs, IL, A. Hayward came home
Tuesday eve from Arlington, Mass.
where she has been since last Septem.
Der.
New seats have been put into the up
per room Of the village school house
and painters are engaged in further re.
pairing the room. 1t is expected tina
the school will be graded at the an.
nouncement of the fall term. This
should have been before for the good
of the scholars.
Mrs, F. E. Stevens is on the sick
list.
Mrs, Sutton and Josie returned home
Thursday.
The Ladies Aid gave popular
social at the home of H. A. HAYWARD
Thursday eve.
The May Festival given by the
young people at the hall was we'll at.
tended and goodly sum realized.
The entertainment furnished, consist.
ing of tableaux, singing and speaking
was OF unusual merit and all enjoyed |
the evening.
Paul Sears Of Ludlow was in town
Saturday.
Miss Lura Walker is home from
Ludlow.
Attic Waite is at work for Mr. Far.
well in Chester.
The Drama, "The Vagabonds," will
be presented by the Falka Club at
Union Hall, Friday eve., May 20.
Specialties will. be introduced ..
the scenes. This is sure to
,lease. Admission zoe. Children I'M
Ter y, Toe. Music will be furnished
or dancing after the entertainment
If the season.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13

Co. modore Dewey is not the only
Vermonter in the U. S. navy. Besides
him are Capt. Charles E. Clark, com.
manding the Oregon; Comdr. George
A. Converse of the Montgomery; Lieut..
Comd,. George p. C)lvocoresses of the
Concord; Lieut.. Henry I, Mayo OF the
Bennington; Lieut.. William B. Fletch-
er of the Vicksburg; Lieut.. Theodore
q. Dewey of the Massachusetts; Eusign
George G. Day of the Yorktown and
Cadet Jonas II. Hidden, who was on
duty as clerk to Capt. Sigshee at the
time of the destruction of the Maine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13

When Whittier was thirty years
ola, some what trained ia newspaper
work by editing the HaverAill Mass \
Gazette, he was elected secretary of
'he American Auti-Slavery society,
says the New York Sun. The next
year he removed to Philadelphia,
where he edited the PENNSYLVANIA
Freeman during the years 1889.
While livingi a boarding house in
Philadelphia a young woman fellow
ooarder was a great torment to him.
because he was possessed of an ex.
ceedingly shy and sensitive tempera.
ment' When she went away Whit.
tier complied with the request to
write in her album. A friend of the
woman who owned the album has
transcribed the lines from memory
Thou art going hence, God bless thee,
Thou art going hence, farewell
May the devil neer distress thee,
May the wide world use Thee well
Thou art going hence forever,
Aud thou sheddest not tear;
It's well, for tears shall never
Lament thy leaving here.
Yet some will not forget thee,
A torment as thou art;
And some will cen regret thee
Who do not weep to part.
lhey Will miss thy merry laughter,
AS The schoolboy does his rod,
And the jokes which follow after
Thy visiting abroad.
Farewell the Lord be with thee
In thy future goings on.
And the pious shun and fear thee
As thy Quaker friend hath done
my lie. may nothing vex it,
Thy years be not few,
And at thy final exit,
May the devil miss his due.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13
FRIDAY MORNING, NAY 13 1898

The first woman appointed by the
government as superintendent OF nurses
in the Civil war was Miss Dorothea
Dix of Worcester.
Labor about ones home grounds al
this season brings rich returns later on.
The old silk dress may oftentimes he
reburnished into fairly smart petticoat.
Serious rioting has been going on in
Italy this week. 1t looks like reyolu.
ton. 1t is said that 1000 persons
were killed at Milan.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13

Vermont SEIZED the opp,rtuaity,
through the recent special military ses
sion of the legislature, to save the be
loved Central Vermont road frou the
clutches of the Grand Trunk. No alien
railway, it was erected shall hereafter
own stock or title in any railway com
pany organized under Vermont laws.
Now let the Vermonter build up a
railroad strong enough without laws to
keep out of alien hands. Elk.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13

The human machine starts but once
and stops but once. You can keep it 60
ing longest and most regularly by using
DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the famous
little pills for constipation and all stom-
ach nd liver troubles.
e. E. Bacon, Londonderry. F. E. Smith
Jamaica, Jonas Hill, Bondville, G. G..
smith. So. Londonderry and F. B. Pier,
Jacksonville.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13

EDITOR 5IFTER:-Of all the Chris.
tian countries on the face of this green
earth, for cruelty and illiteracy, Spain
stands at the bead. 1t is her boast
that she has been first, last and always,
thus far, the most ingenious in the use
: rot human torture. The Spaniards are
more skilled in that particular respect
than the red Indians whom they ex
terminated in the name of God. They
came to America with crucifx and
shovel. On the little island of what is
now called Hayti they put to death
within thirty or forty years 100000
slaves. 1t is related that one day
native chief was gasping in the unutter-
able tortures of the Spanards. Gre
pent!' cried those tends who stood by
to mock his agonies. Repent and go to
heaven. )" care there Spaniards there?'
he groaned. Surely, yes; they re.
piled. "All Spaniards 60 to heaven.
"Then | prefer hell. And he died.
Thus it is that the Catholic power
hes always been allied with the tyrants
OF earth. The Spaniards have forfeited,
by their cruelty and treachery, all
claim TO our regard. The worlds SYM
pathy is for the oppressed, not the OPP
pressor; and the time has come for the
world to cast out this barborous nation.
Spain has impoverished herself by her
avarice; she has wasted hundreds of
millions in trying to maintain her pow.
er where she is not wanted. She is the
pauper nation of Europe. 1t has cost
her S360,000000 since the struggle
began in Cuba in 1895. That beauti.
full Island has been dremched with
blood, its irhlbian robbed rich. AID
left, and all to support ngdom an d
the papacy, s36 100000 having been
sent from there for that purpose in
1894. The home debt of Spain for
last year, exclusive of the Cuban debt,
to S1,660, 1000, How
much longer can she stand such an ap.
palling drain? Spanish gold is already
at 80 per cent premium.
What crimes have been committed
in the name of religion F? What tor.
lures inflicted What suffering endur-
I'd and lives sacrificed to perpetuate it !
That is the real struggle between Spain
md the United States today. There is
10 religious liberty-there never will
De while religion exists. What passes
or such is merely compromise, and I
zoe be to this country should the time
,ver come when Catholicism pre-
dominates, for with the advent of such
| power ends all our liberties of speech
md action, peace aud enjoyment, all,
n fact, that makes life worth living
or. 7. M. D.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13
Varying Testimony of Eyewitnesses

Varying Testimony of Eyewitnesses
group of lawyers was discussing
evidence in the office of the Marshal
OF the Kansas City Court of Appeals.
One lawyer said it was strange how
three or four witnesses of the same
thing would get ON the witness stand
In court and tell entirely different
stories of how it happened.
There's nothing remarkable in
that said another lawyer 1.-THE five
of us here may walk together down
the street and see two men fighting.
We will stop and listen to the quarrel
and watch the fight, and see one of
the men kill the other, and yet no two
OF us will agree precisely in our stor-
les of it, and some of us will differ
widely on most material points"
THAT reminds me-" said Judge
Smith, "of strange experience of
mine; one that l could not explain
then apd which has been a mystery
to me ever since. It was in a small
town of interior Mis- kuri. l was then
attending court. The courthouse was
In square in the centre of the town.
During recess OF the court l was
looking out of window of the court
house and saw two men fighting in the
street. l saw one of the men draw a
knife and stab the other, who imme-
diately drew his revolver and shot the
man with the knife dead. If l had
been subpoenaed in the matter |
would have gone into court and sworn
that | saw the man draw knife and
stab the other; and yet those who
stood close to the two men testified
that no knife was drawn or used, and
no knife was found. 1t was an optical
illusion on my part, and it goes to
show that man may be sure he sees
thing and yet he does not see it."
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13
THE LONDONDERRY SITTER
Anna and Menora Edgerton.

-<N't9''eVhs
Miss Lizzie Kucher of New York
city is visiting at George Lugene's on
North street.
The funeral OF Mrs. Jerusha Bar.
nard took place at her home IN Win.
hall, Saturday at 10 o'clock. The
interment was in the Delwood ceme-
terry. Mrs. Barnard was well known
in town having visited here frequent
ly.
Mrs. A. w. VanDoorn and Miss
Lucy TORI of New York city are WIS.,
iting Mrs. II. V. X, Harris.
Charles Bruso has moved into Miss
Susie Lawrence's house,
NJ l.. Utley has returned from a
visit with his sons in Deerdeld, Mass.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13
From Baby in the High Chair

to grandma in the rocker Grain-O is good
for the whole family. It is the long-de-
sired substitute for coffee. Never upsets
the nerves or INJURIES the digestion. Made
from pure grains it is a food in itself
Has the taste and appearance of the best
coffee at IA the price. 1t is a genuine
and scientific article and is come to stay.
1t makes for health and strength. Ask
your grocer for Grain-O.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13
National Tribute to Dewey.

fttllhg tribute was paid BY the
Senate Monday to Commodore Dew.
ry for the magnificent victory he
achieved IN the la tie Of Manila bay.
A message from the president was
received Recommending that a vote Of
thanks be extended by Congress to
Commodore Dewey and the gallant
officers and men of his command
Without word of debate aud with.
out a dissenting voice the Senate
passed resolution carrying into eff.
fect the recommendation of the pres
ident. The Senate went further even
than that: A bill was presented in
creasing the number of rear admirals
n the navy from six to seven in or.
der that the president might nominate
Commodore Dewey to the highest
position in the Lavy within bis GIFT.
and this was passed without dissent.
In addition joint resolution was
unanimously adopted directing the
president to present Commodore Dew
ey sword of honor aud to raye
struck, in commemoration of the bat
tie of Manila, a bronze medal for
each OF the officers and men who par
tlcIpated in the gallant fight. The
resolution appropriated $4,000 for
the purpose name
This action was unanimously rati
fed by the House.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13

one minute is not long, yet relief is OBJ.
tanned In half that time by the use of One
Minute Cough Cure. 1t prevents con-
sumption and quickly cures colds, croun.
bronchitis, pneumonia, lagrippe and all
throat and lung troubles.
Y. t. Bacon, Londonderry, F. E. Smith
jamaica Jonas Hill, Bondville, G. q.
smith, So Londonderry and F. B. Pier,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13

American Citizen Indignantly :
See here, madam, l want you to see
that that boy of yours sits down once
in while and reads the papers.
won't have such an ignoramus about
the house. The idea of boy of his
age asking such ldiotic questions.
Cilizeness-Why, my dear, what
has he been asking :?
Citizen-The young numskull
wanted to know if the "Hon." before
a congressman's name meant honest.
New York Weekly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13
STATE OF VERMONT, l
Westminster, SIS.

By the Probate court for said district, to all
persons interested in the estate of Alvarado
Cole, late of Londonderry in said district
deceased, greeting. You are hereby notified
that this Court will decide upon the allowance OF
the account of s. NJ. Holden Executor upon
said estate, and decree distribution thereof to
the persons entitled, at the session til reof to he
held at the Prob; te Office in Bel )ws Falls,
on the 4th day of June A. D. 1898 when ard
where you may be hearu the premises, If you
see cause.
ZINA II. ALLBEE, Register.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13
Elizabeth. NJ Oct 10 LOO

ELY Bros, Dear Sirs Please accent
my thanks for your favor in the gift of a
bottle of Cream Balm. Let me say /
have used it for years and can thorough
ly recommended it for what it claims. if
directions are followed. Your. truly,
(Rev.) II. W. HATHAWAY.
No clergyman should be without it.
Cream Balm is kept by all druggists.
Full size soc. Trial size 10 cents. We
mail it.
ELY BROS, So Warren St., N. Y. City.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13
PERU.
Remember the Maine.

ssN'"N"'oSi thC Nuiue.
Patriotic address at the church Sun.
day.
We understand that movement is
on foot to see that every school house
in the state is provided with flag.
The idea is getting around that patri
otism is the thing above all else to in.
still into the minds of the young.
Vermonters take the cake now in all
the states around. 81 ana Vermont
err" is the proudest exclamation one
can make nowadays.
Let lot more Vermonters be raised
light off quick and let their initials be
G. D., and where George" wont fit
call it "Gerusha."
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13

S. E. Parker, Sharon, Wis, writes >
Il have tried DeWits't Witch Hazel
Salve for itching piles and it always
stops them in two minutes. consider
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve the greatest
pile cure on the market.
Z. E. Bacon, Londonderry, F. E Smith
Jamaica, Jonas Hill, Bondville, G. G.
Smlrh, So. Londonderry and F..B. Pier
Jacksonville.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13

S. c. 2. Jones, Milesburg, Pa, writes :
Il have used DeWitt's Little Early Ris-
ers ever since they were introduced here
and must say have never used any pills
in my family during forty years of house
keeping that gave such satisfactory re-
suits as laxative or cathartic."
c. E. Bacon, Londonderry, F. E. Smith
Jamaica, Jonas Hill, Bondvile, G. G..
Smith, So. Londonderry and F. B. Pier
Jacksonville.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13
Poor and Weak
catarrh and Bronchial Trouble
Had no Appetite Now Better In
Every Way-A Delicate Child.

evosy Woy - SO'Sae0 Stuuos
"Some time since took a sudden cold
and could not get rid OF it. Being su bject
to catarrh and bronchial trouble coughed
terribly. lost my appetite and grew
poor and weak and l did not feel like
work. ! began taking Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. In short time the cough disap-
peared, slept well, had a good appetite
and was better in every way. Last
spring I was not feeling well, had no APP
petite and no strength. l resorted to
Hoods Sarsaparlla and soon felt more
like work. My little nephew was deli
cate child and had humor which trou-
bled him so he could not rest at night.
He has taken few bottles OF Hoods Sar-
saparilla and now he has good appetite
and Is ablo to sleep" Miss ABBIE ].
FREEMAN, South Duxbury, Mass.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13


Justice-You are changed with
committing an assault on this man and
backing his eye. What have you to
say, sir?
Gentlman-Your honor, my wife
lost a pet dog and | caught this fellow
bringing it back.
> Justice-You discharged; but as
for you, you miserable scalawag with
a black eye, the next time you steal
lady's dog and don't keep it I'll send
you up for six months.-New York
Weekly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13

Are coming rs necessary war measure,
and as consequence medicines viii be
advanced in price. II you have not vet
begun your course of Hoods Sarsaparilla
1t is advisable to lay in years supply at
once and begin to take 1t TODAY. BY
so doing you viii save money and regain
health Hoods Sarsaparilla is Americas
Greatest Medicine. BE sure to get Hoods
- "A :
Hoods Pills are easy TO take, easy
to operate, VOC
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13

There is man living within two
mil of Barton Landing who does not
read the papers. While in town last
week he learned for the first time of
the explosion of the Mime and that
there was some talk of war.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-13

The Cnban question and political issues
sink into insigntlcance with the man who
suffers from piles. What he most desires,
is relief. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
cures piles.
Z. h. Bacon, Londonderry, f. E. Smith
Jamaica, Jonas Hill, Bondvil.e, G. G.
Smith, $50. Londonderry and F. B. Pier
Jacksonville