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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18

There are" said Mr. wingleby
certain household odors that are in
separable from true home. Thus
wouldn't give much for a home in
which you did not get regularly every
morning the delightful odor of fresh
ly ground and freshly made coffee
an appetizer for breakfast, and
expect one regularly once a week. on
Mondays, the permeating odor of hot
water and soap that marks the weekly
washday.
During period OF a few weeks re-
Gently. when there was a temporary
vacancy in the household staff. | miss
ed something. What 1t was | couldn't
guess, but when the time for it came
! was conscious Of something wanting.
| know now what 1t was. It was the
Monday morning soap and water.
For time Mrs. Wingleby had put
the washing out, but now that the do
nestle staff is filled again it is once
more done at home. Once more on
Monday mornings now get the soapy.
steamy SMELL. and home is home
again."
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18
A PAIR OF "HlaAWATERs.'
Good Story of the Sh, rtening of Johns
Trousers In Th.ee Jobs.


, Trousers in Three Jobs.
Recently divine from Chicago lect-
ured before the Congregational club of
Indiana. He had about him breezy
delivery, reminiscent of the Windy
City. What the subject of his lecture
was is not to the point, but 1t was long
drawn out. and he became conscious of
the fact, he said, that an audience
might nave too much of q good thing,
ike the man who bought a pair of
ready-made trousers that were six in
ches too long. He did not discover
this until he had taken them home and
tried them on. Then he asked his wife
to cut off six inches from the legs. The
wife was about to go to prayer meeting.
I'm no tailor" said she, with toss
OF her head, as she crossed the thres-
hold Il know nothing about shorten
ing trousers" The mans sister and
mother overheard the conversation, and
In their hearts pitied him.
Johns wife don't treat him right"
said the mother while his sister was in
the parlor entertaining caller. "I'u
Just fix up those trousers" She cut
Off six inches and then folded them up
Just as they came from the store, in
tending that he should have pleasant
surprise the next morning
After the sisters caller was gone she
got to thinking of Johns ungrateful
wife. Poor fellow" said she, Il must
tx those trousers for him." She like
wise cut off six inches, and then rolled
them up again as neatly as when they
came out of the store
Now, it happened that Mrs. John was
touchoed at the prayer meeting, and on
her way home got to thinking what a
good husband Mr.. John was, how
thoughtful and considerate he had al
ways been. and how he had often sac
rificed his own pleasure and comfort
for hers, and her heart was smitten
with remorse
L will not sleep this night" said
she, until have fixed the dear fell
lows trousers"
once again the shears were applied,
and six inches more were cut away
from the bottom of the legs.
Johns dismay was great in the morn
ing when he put the trousers On
again, expecting to roll them up Lon
don fashion at the bottom.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18
A Belliperent


Yeast-What kind of paint does your
wife use?
Crimsonbeak-I think 1t must be war
paint
One of the old residents in the rural
community had been intently watching
the TWO young men from the city as
Ihey played chess. The game was a
long one and he ventured to interrupt:
Excuse me; but the object of both
Of you is to get them wooden objects
from where they are over to where
they ANTI"
That partially expresses it," replied
one.
And you have to be continually on
the lookout for surprises and difficult
ties?"
Constantly"
And if you amt mighty keerful
you're goin' to lose some on 'em?"
Yes"
An then there's that other game
that you dress up odd fur an play with
long sticks an a little ball"
you mean golf"
l think prob'ly that's what l mean
Is that game amusin'?"
It's quite interesting, and the exer-
else is very beneficial"
We'll, reckon it's mighty good
joke on me-"
What do you refer to?"
The way I've been havin' fun with
out KNOWN anything about it. If you
gentlemen want to- rely enjoy your
sells you come over and git me to let
you drive pigs. You'll git all the walk
IN you want, an the way you have to
watch out fur surprises an figger SOS
not to lose 'em would tickle you to
death"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18

NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING IN THE UN
TED STATES. A book of two hundred
pages, containing a catalogue of about
six thousand newspapers, being all thai
are credited by the American Newspaper
Directory (December edition for 1897
with having regular issues of 900 copies
or more. Ais, separate State maps OF
each and every State of the American I'm.
ion, naming those towns ouly in which
there are issued newspapers having more
than 900 circulation. This book lis
sued December Is, 1872 will be sent,
postage paid, to any address, on receipt
of one dollar. Address The Geo p.
Rowell Advertising Co., 10 Spruce ST..
New York.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18

How true that murder will out
People acquainted with Spanish his
tory never took any stock in the sin
cerity of the autonomy offer to Cub.
and the effort to negotiate CONNER
cial treaty with the United States. l
was believed by such persons thai
these were mere subterfuges to enable
Spain to throttle the rebellion, which
done autonomy would go to the winds
The truth of this has now come out
almost If not quite officially. The
Spanish minister at Washington, De
LONE, wrote letter to Senior Can
alejas at Havana in which he ridi.
culed autonomy, calling it and the
proposed commercial treaty schemes.
lie also severely crihsized President
Mckinley. This letter was stolen bv
the Cuban Junta, the manner of
which is shown in another column,
and made public. Minister Wood
ford, at Madrid, was cabed instruc-
tons to request of the Spanish gov
ernment the recall of De LONE, but
the latter was too sharp for this in
that he cabled his resignation and it
was accepted before Woodford got
around.
The affair has created quite
breeze.
AS to De Lome's criticism of Presi.
dent Mckinley thousands of patriotic
Americans will see in it poetic JUS
tlce as we'll as further insight into
Spanish character. The Mckinley
administration has labored, almost to
getting down upon the Bonded knee,
to convince Spain that 1t was friendly.
1t has boosted that it has spent over
TWO millions in efforts to prevent aid
from this country reaching the strug-
ling Cubans who are fighting for lib
erty-to throw off despotic foreign
yoke. Now the viper has turned and
it its sting is felt so be it.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18
Keep Your Boy on the Farm

No boy is likely to remain on the
farm after reaching the age when he il
entitled to regard himself as being at
his own disposal, unless farm life fur
nishes reasonable amount of enjoy-
mcnt OF the good things of life, nor
will he remain If farming, as he knows
1t, and as he has been taught to see it.
is failure as business and the farm
failure as home. What are you do
ing to keep your boy on the farm?
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18
FRIDAY MORNING. FFB r. 1919


Miss Rita Wildwood is the richest
woman coffee planter on the Hawaiian
Islands. She is only twenty-three
years old. and ten years ago was a
stenographer in a law ONCE with but a
capital of $1,000. This she invested in
her venture, and, in partnership with
her brother, whose capital was about
the same as hers, she took up 26o acres
OF land at "a an acre. The two have
already realized considerable profit,
and in a few years expect to earn an
annual income of several thousand dol
lars each.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18
THE LONDONDERRY SIFTFR

discarded it. The fight against poly
gamy lasted third of q century. The
fight against slavery lasted, in one
phase and another, over two-thirds
of century. Both had to go, how
ever, as every intelligent person knew
long before the fight against them
ended Their analogue, silverism,
can not escape their doom.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18

That law compelling every can
dldate for matrimony to pass a physi
cal examination showing them to be
free from such diseases as dipsomania,
insanity, hereditary tuberculosis, OF
consumption, before being allowed to
marry would be taking a step towards
the millennium is doubtless true, but
we DO not expect the bill providing
therefor, which has been introduced
In the Ohio legislature, to become a
law in our time.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18
DR.DAYIO i Gavaszi...., c:
aENNEDyS Hpxng7pGos
The one sure cure for
The Kidneys, liver and Blood
Tonight and TO-Morrow Might.

And each day and and night during this
Balsam for the Throat and Lung. ac.
knowledged TO be the most successful
remedy ever sold for Coughs. Cronp
Bronchitis, Asthma and Consum )ton.
Get bottle to-day and keep it always in
the house, so you can check your cold at
once. Price 25c. and soc. Sample bottle
free.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18
DEAFNESS CANNOT RE CURED

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure Deafness. and that
is by constitutional remedies. Dea is
caused by an inhamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eu,tachian Tube
When this tube gets infamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed Deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored to its
FORMAL condition, hearing will be de-
stroYed forever; nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but
an infamed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by calarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
aS%Sold by druggists, 75c.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18

A Frenchman has discovered that
butter may be preserved fresh In.
definitely by kneading into it a solu.
tion composed of 1000 parts of water
and five to twenty per cent of fluoride
OF sodium, sealing Theoretically and
leaving a space at the top of the re-
ceptecle which is filled with the solu-
ton. Butter may thus be preserved
for years in the hottest climate, and
when wanted is kneaded in fresh wa
ter, which removes the huoride.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18
Try Grain-O! Try Grain-O,

ASK your Grocer to-day to show you pack
age of GRA1N-0, the new food drink that takes
tne place OF coffee. The children may drink il
without injury as well as the adult. An who
ny 1t, like It, GRAIN-o has that rich seal
brown OF Mocha or Java, but it is made from
pure grains, and the most delicate stomach re.
ceiVes 1t without distress. II the price of cot.
fee' l9c and . cts. per package. Sold by all
Groeers.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18
A Colonial Landmark.

A tablet placed by the Society O.
Colonial Danes on the old whitefiel(
house in Guilford, Conn, was unveiled
a few days ago. This stone house wa.
built in 1889, and is the oldest in New
England. 1t was used for years as q
Westinghouse.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18
PulImar's First sleepinc Car

The Pioneer, the first sleeping car
Pullman built, passed through Kansas
City a few weeks ago to its old home
at Pullman, Ill. 1t was pressed into
service during the Christian En-
deavorers' rush to San Francisco. 1t
cost about $4,000.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18
Farmhouse Interior Ecopomv

The improved labor-saving appliances
that should be found in every farm
house are quite inexpensive as com
pared with farm machinery, yet on
many farms that are well eouipped
outside, household facilities are sadly
lacking
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18

Young Edison is still talking won
ders instead of doing them. His
latest scheme is an old one, often
tried but never successful to get
power from the waves of the oce,,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18

Hon. W. H. Martin cold Howdy")
OF Texas, the only Congressman
known to have blown the gas out, in
Washington hotel, died the other
day. HIS wrestle with gas nearly
Killed him; he was unconscious for an
hour after his rescue.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18

Perhaps after all that has been cold
ABOUT his new wife and baby Hon.
benjamin Harrison still entertains
political hopes.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18

The Chinese will find outlater what
tne rivalry between England, and
Germany and Russia, to furnish the
money for China's new loan means ;.
others know now.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18
CALIFORNIA
EXCURSIONS
Quickest Time. Lowest Rates.

The Union Pacific Railway is the
only line running Daily Tourist Car
Excursions from Chicago to Colora-
do-California- Portland, Ore. and
Alaska points. Special rates to
klondyke. In addition to this ser
vic Personally Conducted Excur-
sion leaves Boston every Wednes-
day at 8 p. m via Boston & ALBANY
X. H., arriving at San Francisco the
following Monday at 8 40 a. m..
eleven hours ahead of all competitors,
Los Angeles 7:3 a. m Tuesday.
Excursion managers accompanies
parties through from Boston to Los
Angeles, thus making it the only
ronte for Ladies and childrea tiavel.
i1g alone. For rates add Illustrated
matter address,
JAMES $ SMITH, T. P Agent,
Union Pacific Railway. ) STATE st !,
Boston, Mass.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18

Mr.. James Lane Allen, the Ken
lucky author, isn't the first man who
has found Washington better place
Tor play than for work many Con.
gressmen have had the same expert
ence.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18
Mountain Salt,

In the island of San Domingo there
is remarkable salt mountain, nearly
four miles long, estimated to contain
nearly ninety million tons, and so
clear that medium-sized print can be
read through block a foot thick.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18
A Great Star Photograph.

The most wonderful astronomical
photograph in the world is that
which has recently been prepared by
London, Berlin and Partisan astron-
omers. 1t shows at least $4,000, 900
stars.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18

Ask for Aliens Foot-Ease, powder. 1t
cures Corns, Bunions, ChilblanS, Swoll-
en-, Sweating, Damp feet. Atall drug
gtss and Shoe Stores, 2jc. sam le
FREE, Address, Allen S. Olmstcd, Ic-
Roy, NY,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18

Ii Speaker Reed can prevent the
passing of River and Harbor hill
by The House, he can do anything he
pleases with that BODY.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18

Clean pastures, with good, clean wa.
ter and proper care. is the surest pre-.
ventive of bitter milk Weeds. espe.
cially ragweed, cause bitter milk.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18

Sitter John. Editor.

CoijcS Of WjS optr Gao be odieiaed
the BywHlebor0 NeIcS rooms, Elliot
rect, BrdtHe6oro.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18

The home orchard of fifty trees is
deserving of as good care as the com.
mercial orchard of 5000 trees but
mighty seldom gets 1t.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18

Senator Quay will doubtless soon
take to wearing his working mans
blouse and carrying his tin dinner
pail.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18

A prominent Windham county man
makes the following suggestion to the
SITTER:
While casting about for q new state
treasurer-provided there is to be a
change, which we hardly think will be
the case-why not suggest Mr.. Pres
ton H. Hadley, cashier of the Bellows
Falls bank.
Mr.. Hadley is a young man of
sterling worth and has served on i'm
portant financial committees as town
representative of Rockingham. He
possesses all the requirements neces-
sary to a careful performance of the
duties of the office and would lend
dignity and character to the place.
Now If the young men want an ideal
candidate for the place we know of
no one who can better fiji the office.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18
Where Did the Author Come fnY

Our fee for examining your manu-
script" said the manager of the liter
airy bureau, was So"
Yes"
And costs.''
Certainly"
Well, l am happy to state that we
nave placed it for you, and l take
great pleasure in handing you the edi-
tors check for two dollars and seven
ty-five cents"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18

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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18

SFdPol dtolS uSeu
Their success
phenomenal.
All trout bic
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Lime overcome.
No need to re-
verse cvapora-
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Read what the
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-18


Forty years after Seward proclaim,
ed the irrepressible conflict between
slavery and freedom the contest be.
tween the silver standard and that of
gold is found to have reached the
same sort of stage. The outcome
will be the same in the present case as
it was in the earlier one. Silverism
is relic of barbarism, as slavery and
polygamy were described to be by the
Republican platform of 1856. Every
important civilized nation in the world
except Mexico has abandoned silver
Ism. Every important half civilized
nation has abandoned it except China.
A few barbarous countries sticks to
silver, but as the light of progress
dawns upon them they, too, will drop
it. The silver standard belongs to
The shell money and bead money
stage of the worlds development. AL
most all the nations which are inn
portant enough to have a place on the
nap OF any of the continents have
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-15

bieie 8erpirrung, um ii4 9egen bic Sorbe@
rung gu tpe6ren. N6er Der &i9eniunge
aus Wien erfannte Iis genau, unO feline 4ugen
paren untriigli9. S6n tdui6te Die 9uut@
farbe ni9t, er fanb bic S9uIbigen beruus
unb mar audi in bieiem 8erufe tii9tig. Sft
nabm er cine @ipline unb bsgIeitete, I'M Ell
nige &reu3er gu berbienen, bic Sanger, tpel@
DE am 9afen lire Qieoer portrugen. Sas
bate einen b0beren Rei3 als bte &ii9e, unb
10 entf3GoB er fi9, nit elmer @eie1f9aft iOlz
Ger StraBentiinftle uuf einem SloB in bic
Stdote gu reifen, bic an einem Strome lie@
gen.. @inmal fam er in einen Srt, BON Sum-
ger unb 0urit gequdlt. @r ging gum 8runz
men, fanb bort Elm MdO6en, Oas er umeinen
S9lud 8aHer Bat. rS9muBiger Sunge!"
mar bic Intnort. Wer bat ni9t als 6alb<
pI4ftger gefiiblt, tpel9en @inbrud peibli9e
MtBu6tung in bieIem Otter berborruft.
PlOBli3 fab er fi9 in f9le9ten, %unfauberen
&leibern, NIT itruppigem Saar, berna9lGIz
itgt, 6erabgetommen. 9as Mnbenten bes
@~lternbaui les, bes 8aters unb Der Mutter
itteg bOr ibm auf, unb er bef9loB,
feline 9emiffion gu geben, ia er
3eigte ie Wi4t einmuG an urpb te9rte
ouf bas 6IOB niht mebr 5uriid. 8ei
einem paitor fanO er Hatb unb 6ilfe. 8aGb
9elang es ibnn, cine GteGle aGs 2e6rer gu Be-
fOmmen, unb pte ftOl3 mar er, in Ieiner
@mufe ben &inbern Die GeheimniGp 6pr
9aarz unD S9attenftri9e unb beg Multipliz
3irens beibringen gu biirfen. Ser SroB mar
gebro4en, er i9rieb ieinen @Gtern, bic i'm
our 6eimte6r einluoen unb freubig, bieIei9t
Elm tpenig ftOf3 aufnabmen. 0iefen Sugenb<
itrei9 tam er ieIbt6epuBt mitt6eilen unb
nO9 6in5ufigen, baB, tpie in eirem 2uit T.
Ipiele ale @etrennten gum @9GuFe pereint
perben, uu6 Die i90ne @iOline pieOer 3u=
riidgefauft puroe unb nod ieBt benubt
ptrb."
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-15
mdrftberiht.
Hanrperfdnfe.

MebI - Winter.9getsen YoteHts I'M Sag. 500
5.15; Gtroi9bts, 70; Spccial.8ranbs, barter
Trabtabrss ggei3eu patsnts, $500-5.50i 8afers', $3.50
"a. rs; &og9enmebL $250-2.60.
en-Rotber ITO. 6. i'm Spei9er, u
83c; rotber go. 2. Csc.
SraDtabrsmetaen - No. 8, i'm SpeI9er, 10
83c; $50. 2, 1880.
Dlats-9to. 8, i'm Store, 31A-SlAe; gelbsr So. 8,
Sl2c; No. 2, 32-32hc; 9eIber yto. 9, S2Ac; tpeiBer
@D. 8. 3lH-SlAe; psiBer $40. 2. 32A-s2he. aaf Der
BDrIe, ubne 2aeerfofteu. Eob Droben puroen %nsrfantt:
$40. 4, 30-3OMc; SO. 8, 32c; 9eIber SO. 8, S2h-32Ae;
peiBer No. 8, S2hc; gto. 2, S2hc; 9elber ITO. 2, S2%-
S34e; wsiBer $40. 2, SSc.
Safer-0o. 2. i'm Spst9sr, 24A2-4Hc; tuetBer $40.
8, 26X-27e. Nuf Der 8brTe, pbne 2agerforen, mad
grobeu nurbeu perfouft: gO. 8, 24e; ueiBer SO. s.
26A-27he; $40. 2, 2-24Mc; tpeiBer $50. 2, 27h-2sMs;
neiBer 9to. 4, s 6-26Zc.
go qqen-yt 2 fir ben Speiher. 43c; SO. 8, 42c.
@erfte MtittelmdBise bis quite WtaI3quaIttatsH
Sl-34; Suttereerite, 32h-33e.
@6mereteH 6labs SEQ. l.. ouf benz SeIeiie,
g~tortbweferH. 81. IA; Xtmotbg. fair bis fanep Gonntrs
bon 81. OO-2. 80; CUTE bis aus9etuabIte @ountrp' partleeH
bon RIse bon $500 bis $500.
RIeie-SsIt; @erfdufe purOsn su So. IS ab9ei9IOTeH.
Mt bbIt nes Setne @erfdute bert9tet.
be u-Gtartes ItnIotbo, s9.75-l0.5 50 be SoHne; ytn
/. So .Oo-9.5 so; No. g. $500; upIano PraIrIs, belteA
$40. O0-lO. so; mittIere Aualitdt. $3.50-9O0.
Ctr o b-gOs9en. bsites. S5oO-5.5O bic EOnns