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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16
MANCHESTER.

Mrs. A. Reaulo, who has been sick
a long time, died quite suddenly on
Monday morning, Dec. 18th.
The marriage of Miss Nellie May,
third and youngest daughter of 0. G.
Felt took place Thursday Afternoon
Dec. 10, 10 Heman j. Dyer.
Mr.. William Hawley of Perry Cen
ter, N. Y, has Leen in town the pas
week.
Good sleighing and good winter
weather with the thermometer at 3 a
bove zero Tuesday moruing.
Miss Anna Purdy is visiting witt
relatives at Perry, N. Y.
Rev. j. B. Felt Of Carthage, N. Y
is speeding a few days with his rela
tives here.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16
Teaching Blind Chinese.

BY a system of mineral type, invent
ed by the Rev. w. H. Murray, of Pekin,
originally Scotch workman, the blind
neople of China are now taught to
read and write in less than three
months, and this in spite of the fact
that there are 40S distinct sounds in
the Chinese language. By a special
adaptation of this system the blind are
nov actually teaching sighted pupils to
read.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16
A Frogs Vitality.

A grass snake of about twenty -four
inches, kept in captivity, had not fed
for three weeks. 1t was then given a
very large specimen of the common
frog, fully grown. This was swallowed
at once, in the usual way, by taking
the hind leg first. In about an hour
and half, the frog was about third
of the way down the snakes body.
Then on the snake being played with
and handled, after some minutes the
lump began to move rapidly toward the
head of the snake, the mouth opened
and out slid the frog, rather off color
and not very happy locking, but quite
able to hop about in shutting fashion,
though decidedly shaky on his legs.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16
LANDGROvE.

The school in GAINESVILLE commenced
Dec. 5, c. S. Marden of Londonderry
teacher.
The social at F. and NJ. hall last
week was we'll attended and proved a
success, socially and financially.
Mrs. W. R. Davenport has gone to
Ludlow.
II. W. Abbott is in Bennington at !.
tending county court as petit juror.
Daniel Eddy has been i'll with rheu.
matism in his neck and shoulders.
Harlie Holden has returned from
Stowe.
Arthur Motif has gone to Mary
Fletcher hospital at Burlington fol
treatment.
Charles Cahrenger ha- moved inf,
the Bailey house for the winter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16
MANY PEOPLE cannot Drink

coffee at night 1t spoils their sleep.
You can drink GrainO when you please
and sleep like a top. For Grain-O does
not stimulate; it nourishcs, cheers and
feeds. Yet it looks and tastes like the
best coffee. For nervous persons, young
people and children Grslin-O is the per-
feet drink. Made from pure grains. Get
a package flom your grocer today. Try
it in place of coffee. 10 and Csc.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16
Significant,

Two country clergymen had agreed
to exchange pulpits on certain date,
One Of them made the following solemn
announcement to his congregation on
the Sabbath previous to the event:
my dear brethren and sisters, l
have the pleasure of stating that on
next Sunday morning the Rev. Zacha-
riah B. Day will preach for you. Let US
now sing two verses of hymn No. 4S9,
That awful day will surely come
And it took him some time to dis
cover why the congregation smiled.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16
Your Danger Now


Is from the overworked condition of the
liver and kidneys which are unable to ex-
pei impurities from the blood. This
causes rheumatism. Hoods Sarsaparilla
has been wonderfully successful in cur
ing this disease. 1t neutralizes the .acid
in the blood and permanently cures the
aches and pains which other medicines
fail to relieve. Hoods Sarsaparilla is the
best winter medicine because it puriies,
enriches and vitalizes the blood. 1t gives
help just where help is needed. 1t tones
the stomach, stimulates the liver, and a.
uses and sustains the kidneys. 1t
colds pneumonia, fevers, bronchitis,
aud the grip.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16
Not in Our Bible.

Probably SO persons out of 100 be-
lieye that the familiar expression,
"Esau sold his birthright for mess
of pottage," is Scriptural; but they will
look for it in vain in the authorized
version. It occurs in the chapter
heading of the Geneva version Of Gene
sis, XIV, and it is owing no doubt to
the popularity of that version that the
phrase has obtained so wide currency.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16

When you ask for De Wits Witch
Hazel Salve don't accept counterfeit or
imitation. There are more cases of Piles
being cured by this, than all others COM
bined.
C. 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??, 1898-12-16
No Nonsense About ThI. wooer

"And what did papa say to my mar
rying Rough Rlder?"
"He didn't say nothin'. had my
gun pulled before he could open his
mouth"
But didn't he struggle little bit
against giving up his only child"
Struggle? guess not. lassooed
him fust thing Of ALL"
"And you got his CONSENT"
SCOT his consent an thousand-dol-
lar check on account"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16
Awkward.

"Dey means well" said the newly en-
listed colored soldier Il hasn't no COM
plant ter make bout der intentions. "
"Who is yer troublin' 'bout?"
de brass band leaders. When the
white troops goes out dey plays white
folks chunes, like Farewell My Own
True Love- an Her Bright Smile
Haunts Me STILL but when us troops
goes out dey plays All Coons Look
Alike to Me- an I Don't Care if You
Neyvah Comes Back and sich like"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16
No Beef for Chinese

Beef is never seen at Chinese table,
oxen and cows capable of working the
plough being accounted too valuable to
the farmer to be consigned to the
butcher. Very severe penalties are
attached to the slaughter of these ami
mails, the punishment for the first Of
fence being hundred strokes with a
bamboo.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16
TOWNSHEND.

Thermometer registered Is degrees
below zero Wednesday morning.
y H. Rutter, who has been on the
'.oA ,'' re or six weeks is gaining
slowly.
Reuben Phillips W. ...o. isl -.
collie while doing his cho. ~,
morning of the l4th and died ear.
the evening.
In spite of the prophecy of L. '
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16
Made No Difference.

Plunkville Bugle; Just as we went to
press we noticed that the IS" and the
"g" had dropped off the ends of the
first word in our head line on Smelling
the Spanish Camp" but the difference
made was so immaterial that we con-
Guided to let it go as it stood.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16
TIL
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During the Spanish-American war The
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value by the promptness, thoroughness
and accuracy of it's reports from all the
scenes of important events. 1t was as
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1t prints the news of all the world,
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We offer this unequalled newspaper
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16
Romantic.

The autumn days are becoming hazy,
The half-chilled birds through the
breezes fit,
And the maid plucks the wings Of the
frost-nipped daisy
And murmurs; HE loves me; he
loves me nit"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16
Instruction of Youth.

Johnny-The verbiage was so bad I
couldn't ride my wheel.
His Sister-What are you talking
about?
well, when l saw the word YER
biage''in the paper and asked pa what
1t meant he said wind"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16
Rheumatic Fever
VOL Known Hotel man Tells what

Hoods sarsaparlIla Mas Done.
William f. Davis is the owner of
beautiful farm in Chelsea, Vt.
During the summer months he holds
the position of steward at the Profile
House, Franconia Notch, N, H., and
in winter is steward of the ST. James
Hotel, Jacksonville, Florida. lie says:
"My wife had severe attack OF rheu-
matte fever. Her feet and ankles were
terribly swollen and she suffered intense
pain. We knew about the merits of
Hoods Sarsaparilla, and she concluded
she would try it. The first effect of the
medicine was to increase her appetite and
she soon had more strength. Then the
swelling in her feet and ankles began to
diminish and the pain gradually left her.
Che kept on taking Hoods Sarsaparilla
until she was completely cured. She has
had no symptoms Of rheumatism SINCE"
WILLIAM F. DAVIS. Remember
Foods SarsapaYilla
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16
SOckless.

"Say, friend" asked the commercial
traveller, "how tall are you in your
stocking feet?" 81 hain't got none," an
swered the guileless Kentucky noun
taineer
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16

"My husband had rheumatism so that
he could not walk without crutches. He
took Il few bottles of Hoods Sarsapa-
.rilla and has had no rheumatism since.
l have taken it myself and my health is
now better than for over twenty years.
Mrs. John T. Wadleigh, Box 1911, Wes-
ton, Vermont.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16
DeWitt's Little Early Risers,
The famous little pills.

l paid 50 for the same kind of
spectacles you sell for % cts.' Chas
A. Trip Il Co., Jewelers-Advt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16
NJ. 0. Cholera Cure

is remedy that should be found in every
household 1t has never yet failed in
one single instance to cure DiarIh9a,
Dysentery, Cholera Infanlun and all
Painful and Relaxed Condition of the
bowels, when taken in Sc ison. Specially
recommended to old Veterans for Chron-
ic Diarrh9a.
Every bottle carries with it the strong
est kind of guarantee that if it fails to
meet the expectations of the pur chaser
the price will be cheerfully refunded. All
dealers handling it, are requested to see
that this guarantee is made good.
Prepared by
GEORGE G. SMITH, Druggist,
S. Londonderry, Vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16

Late to bed and early to rise. prepares
a man for his home in the skies. But
early to bed and a Little Early Riser, the
pill that makes life longer and better and
wiser.
c. F. Bacon, Londonderry. r. +,
Smith, jamaica and Jonas Hill Bond
vile, G G. Smith, so. Londonderry and
F. B. Pier, Rawsonville.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16
WALL PAPER

DO yoa expect to do any paperins?
will send you free large selection of samples
from Sc. per roll up, all new colorings and
novelties up to date.
We Pay Freight
We want an ayeut in ever, town to sell on
commits ion from large sample books. No cap
ital reuulrcd. For samples or particulars, ad-
dress
s. WOLF.
7i7-753 Ninth Ave., IN. Y. City
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16

IL Hoods Pills cure all liver ills. Easy
to take, easy to operate; reliable, sure.
05c
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-16

Bangs-Whatcher yo' stand on yer
head for when yer takes er nip?
Jangs-Well, yer see de fluid has to
go up hill, an it tastes good longer.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-02
Educated Tfnkers.

A leading Australia paper calls at, tendon to the fact that Bulgaria would offer a much larger market for agrl- cultural machinery If there were some reliable repair shops for such machin- cry in the country. If there Is but the smallest repair work on such a ma chine to be done nobody can be found to do 1t, and in many cases German ex- perts have been called for. The Eco nomical Society of the Bulgarian capi- tai has just now submitted a memorial to the government asking for the state appointment of some 75 to 100 capable mechanics able to do this kind of work. The ministry supports this scheme, and decided that these mechanics should have to instruct in the first place the rural population in the application of improved agricultural machinery and implements.
 This impetus will doubtless result in large increase of the imports of all kinds of agricultural machinery.-Phil- adelphia Record.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-02
SimIa's Idea of Fur.

One of the most amusing incidents of the recent Simla season was the imper- sonation of two foreign noblemen by two gentlemen we'll known in Simla so- ciety, one of them posing as the war correspondent of the Italian paper Roma. Skillful was the disguise, and so admirably were their parts kept up that the two distinguished foreigners spent the evening with party in the con- mander in chiefs box and afterward had supper on the stage with the actors without their identity being discovered. At supper the count appeaNd to find the wines of the English more potent than those of his own country, and the speeches. horror of the mamma when he commenced to pay marked court to her daughter very nearly caused the baron to die of suppressed laughter and apoplexy. Next day, when the hoax was discovered, there was some futter- ing in the dovecots as to what they had said to the foreign noblemen and what the wicked count had said to them. The rest of Simla roared. ed.-Lahore Civic and Military Gazette.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-02
SCriDtural Names.

We smile at such Puritan names as "Praise-God Barebones" and "Hew- Agag-in-pieces-bef -the-Lord Smith" The Moors, 1t Is said, give similar names, but of course the phrases are chosen from the Koran. They are quite as singular as were the Puritan names, and are said often to be as bad a fit. Some examples of these names are giv- en by Mir. George D. Cowan.
 More than one owner of false weights of our acquaintance rejoices in the title, Slave of the Trustworthy" A former governor of Naha-detested throughout the province for his cruelty and extor- tion-answered to the name, "The Blessed One"
 There Is, too, in Mogador, a loafer whose fiery eyes, dark skin, strong lan- guage, and drunken habits have gained for him on the English steamers, where he now and then works, the sobriquet- Devil" whereas in his family circle and among the faithful he Is styled Pilgrim of Salvation"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-02

In Brooklyn fourteen-year-ol boy rode 120 miles over bad roads and with high wind impeding his progress on the return trip. Immediately after reaching his home he collapsed, and in spite of the best medical attention sank rapidly and died within few hours as the direct result of over-exertion. Near Toledo a young man attempted to ride hundred miles over muddy roads. At the eighty-seventh mile he collapsed, his body from the waist downward be- ing completely paralyzed. Physicians say he never will be able to walk a step. These two insances should serve as warning to all who are tempted to over-exertion on the wheel The value of the bicycle as a health giving agent is too well established to require discussion. But even so helpful an agent must be used with wise discre- tion. The fact that thousands of in- valids have found health and strength by using the wheel should not conceal the fact that over-exertion in any form Is highly dangerous. Use the bicycle rationally and it will prove a good friend, but leave feats of endurance for others who are fitted by training to at- tempt them.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-02
AIacMonnies. Studio In Paris.

Those who expect to find in the studio of Frederick MacMonnies in Paris a sumptuous apartment, full of rare and costly "objets dart" and hung with luxurious tapestries and brocades will be greatly astonished upon beholding it's almost barnlike severity. It is a workshop pure and simple, and it's very baroness is eloquent of the high and serious plaRe on which the sculptor puts his art. But those who have seen it pro- nounce it fascinating for all that. There is not even floor. One finds himself on entering on bare, uneven ground. In one corner is big cage, and inside is beautiful wild leopard, continually pac- ing up and down. MacMonnies is so fond of animals that he keeps this beast in his studio for the pleasure of watch ing the beauty of it's stealthy move ments. Scattered all around are numer- ous old casts of finished work, and also the uncompleted fragments he is now at work on. Among the former are the familiar Sir Harry Vane of the Boston Public library and the beautiful but un- fortunate Bacchante, and among the latter are parts for the colossal groups for the gateway of the Brooklyn park, to which he is now devoting all of his time. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-02
''Dressed Up 70 the Mines"

beg to offer a pure guess as to this expression. Perhaps others will guess something better. I think that it is merely variety of the phrase "dressed up to the eyes. This is we'll known expression. The "H. E. D." gives an example of 'mortgaged up to the eyes" We frequently find the plural eyne. In fact, it occurs in Shakespeare and Spen- ser. We also find neye for eye. I give 8 quotation for neyes (i. G., eyes) in "A Students Pastime," page 21. The "H. B. D." gives the plural nyen (i. G., neyne), but without reference. Halli- we'll gives a still more extraordinary plural form-viz, nynon, with a refer ence to the "Chronicon Vilodunense. !"
 The form neyne arose from the use of my neyne or thy neyne instead of myn eyne or thyn eyne. But it could also be used with the dative of the article, of which the Mid. Eng. form was then. This occurs in such phrases as at then ale (also atten ale, atte nale), at then ende (also at the nende), for then ones (also for the nones), Mod. E. for the ponce). Hence to then eyne is a perfect ly correct phrase, and to the neyne is a perfectly admissible variant of it. If this be spelled to the nine, the sense is lost, and the addition of "s' becomes necessary for suggesting the plural of the numeral nine, for the populace alwayO insists on an etymology and prefers an obvious one, even if it gives no sense.- Walter w. Skeat in Notes and Queries.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-02
Some Hair Cuta.

"There are lots of men, says Phil adelphia barber, "who are very particu- lar about hair cuts, but wouldn't have a word to say if they didn't have to pass inspection before their wives when they go home. I know one woman who goes so far as to accompany her husband to the barber shop. There's regular cus- toner of mine who is always attended by his wife when he gets his hair cut, and she stands right back of me while l work. Every few minutes stop, and she looks over his head and makes sug- gestions about little more off here, , don't shave his neck and lot of such comments. The waiting customers en joy it pretty we'll, but I'll bet you he will want divorce in a year, if he hasn't asked for it already. "-Ex- change.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-02

Statistics seem to disprove the popu- lar idea that the average life of active railway men is only seven years, but they confirm the statement that the brakeman's lot is the hardest. A Louis vile road reports that in the last three years 1t has had only two men killed and 15S injured, and every one of the accidents in question occurred to per sons acting as brakemen. In this con- nection an interesting set of statistics recently compiled shows that the num- Der of trainmen injured during their first year of service is 12 per cent, dur ing their fifth year nearly 22 per cent, during their eighth year 215 per cent. In other words, the largest number of ac- cidents occurs after the employees have become sufficiently familiar with dan
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-02
The tide of war that rises now
 MLlll sAn nA L
"Re member the Maine"

At hcmOSI the D1a1nesp When the vengeance wakes, when the battle
 breaks,
 And the ships sweep out to sea; When the foe Is neared, when the decks are
 cleared,
 And the colors floating free; When the sQuadrOns meet, when It's fleet to
 fleet,
 And front to front with Spain, From ship to ship. from lip to lip, Pass on the quick refrain:
 Remember, remember the Maine." When the flag shall sign, Advance in line, Train ships on an even keel;' When the guns shall flash and the shot shall
 crash,
 And bound on the ringing steel; When rattllng blasts from the armored masts Are hurling their deadllest rain, Let their voices loud through the binding
 cloud
 Cry ever the fierce refrain:
 Remember, remember the Maine" Gods sky and sea In that storm shall be Fate's chaos of smoke and flame But across that hell every shot shall tell Not a gun can miss Its aim; Not blow will fall on the crumbllng mall, And the waves that engulf the saln Shall sweep tho decks of the blackened
 wrecks,
 With the laundering dread refrain:
 Remember, remember the Maine" Chicago Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-02
\ brazen boom of jarring guns;
Uncle Sam to Gomez.

am coming Brother Gomez, I am coming
 with my boats, An my boats are rammed with thunder, yes.
 Er-eei An I'm goin' to speak little piece think
 Is rather cute; l am coming, Brother Gomez Walt for me. aint much on palaver, an ain't no hand
 to talk, But my guns are fluent speakers, an their
 lungs are never weak, An they're coming down to help you In your
 argument of guns; They are coming, Brother Gomez, an they've
 got piece to speak. l am coming, Brother Gomez, an I've got a
 piece to speak, An no Spaniard will cry "Louderw I shall
 speak sufficient plain; An my little recitation will be heard, cal
 culate, An will be distinctly audible In Spain. l have got my piece committed, an I reckon
 that I'll speak, Though I'm not man to buster or to roar; But my guns have got two voices, an think
 I'll talk through them, An don't expect a call for an encore. New York Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-02
To the Spaniards.

 By the little ones that have died at theIr feet, By the cries that have reached our ears, By the pain they have wrought on helpless ones, We have measured their tale of years, And 1t Is black with evil deeds And heavy with women's tears For that they have been unmercifuIi For the wickedness they have done, For that they have fouted the gentle word The jaws of the rifed gun Shall speak to them, and tell the world That the murderers' race Is run. New York Press.