The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-07-01
EAST DORSET.

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feeble health for considerable time.
Mr. Waite moved here from the east
side of the mountain some 40 years
ago and built a somewhat elegant
home where he resided till he reach
ed his journeys end. He was an ex-
emplary citizen and good man, re-
spectacle and respected.
Hoeing and moving are too near
together to please the farmers.
Good three days old calves three
dollars apiece.
G. +. Griffith has COW that has
given SO l.2 pounds Of milk daily the
present June.
The scribe's nephew, Charles S..
Torrey, son of Prof. E. H. Torrey
of New York, is member of the
18th regiment, company c., New
York Infantry, now at Camp Thomas,
writes that he wants to "get whack
at the Dons." Isn't it Notifying
that some of our pets at Washington
are sick abed with Grover Cleveland
all having the night mare in the day
time habout territorial expansion
Possibly our mammas when we were
puking, pulling infants, could have
cut out and fitted the clothes for us
when we became adults. Possibly
when sour fathers brought forth on
this continent new nation" they es
tablished the stakes and stones most
wisely for their descendants for all
time. But the wisdom of this world
passeth away, of the antediluvian
kind little is left.
Miss Eleanor c. Torrey, prirci-
pal of one Of the city schools of Du-
luth is at home Also Miss Amelia
Griffith who has just graduated from
Kimball Union academy and with her
II friend. Miss Anna Davis, of Con-
nectieut.
Schools of the east part of our
town except one closed Friday of
last week. Saturday the pupils had
a basket picnic at lake Bebee, A
considerable number Of others were
present. Nature seems to have form
ed that lake and its environments for
just such gatherings Only two or
three minutes walk from a railway
station, superabundance of room,
wild with evergreen shade, shut in
closely on the east and west most of
the day from the sun with boat house
and boats it is delcctable spot for
an outing
Brief reports of two schools are as
follows: Number of pupils in South
village school 16 Attendance ex-
cellent after the measles died out.
Five, Willie Brown, Mamie Brown,
Mary Naveau and Helen Wall passed
80 per cent and over in. their month
" examinations. Higher department
village school, number of pupils 81,
average daily attendance, 49, Not
absent Agnes Bowie, Catherine Nc
Dewitt and Agnes McKeegan. Aver
aging 30 to IS per cent. in the month.
ly examination, Bessie Bowen, Mil,
dred Rebee, Agnes Bowie, Mary
Dunn, Margaret punn, Charles Me-
Daniels and William Whalon.
Dorset pupils captured quite share
of hoEors the past year at Burr &
Burton Seminary. The following
may not be all Second prize in
German, Graves prize in spelling
and above 80 per cent of "high hon.
ors," John F. Petty also above 80
per cent of high honors, Robert H.
Lee, Mary S. Bowen and Katherine
f. MeDevitt. Above 50 per cent. of
high honors, first prize in science and
"Skinner prize for scholarship" $50
in gold, Lucy D. Wall. Miss Wall
also captured the measles OF the be.
ginning of last term. "As a rule
Dorset pupils are excellent students
and have won large share Of
honors." So we found out by in
curing al the seminary.