The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-08-08

| II. Idii1S Oh KOCneSter, N
Y, was in town Su nday and Mon
day.
Horace Dryden and bride re
passing few days at S. W.
Cones.
Charles Hoskins of Troy, N.
Y, is visiting his father, Martin
Hoskins.
Lightning struck All apple tree
on the H. H. Collins farm Friday
afternoon.
G. A. Coonlbs went to North
field, Mass, Saturday to attend
the Moody Conference.
Eight members of Farmers
Grange attended Pomona grange
i'll Chester yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. o. Stuart and
Mrs. Smith returned to their home
in Leoninster, Mass, Monday.
It is reported that John Stuart
has bargained for place in Ches-
ter at Factoryville.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Hulett of
Salem, Mass, were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. E. A. Melendy yester-
day.
Herbert Huntley has purchased
of M. S. Moore a house and lot
adjoining the former hotel lot in
Chester Depot.
Judge J. L. Martin has pur-
chased quantity of timber of L. |
o. Wilbur which will be sawed in |
his new mill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Howe of |
Springfield are guests at Pansy
Cottage, the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. I. Shanks.
r. H. Corey and the writer,
while jou.neying to the North vii
lage, Tuesday morning, had the
pleasure of viewing at close range
three deer that were quietly feeding
in A. H. Holden's moving just
above S. w. Cones house. They
were not at all alarmed at the ap-
proaeh of the team, nor when it
stopped that we might have three
minute stare at them from dis
tancs of only four or FIVE rods.
The disposal of the loose cobb1es
in the roads and the clearing away
the rubbish by several citizens has
made a decided improvement in the
looks of the village. Much can be
lone yet during this week in the
way of making the place take OH its
1eatest appearance for Old Home
w, TX. Do not leave it for someone
Else to do; everybody lend hand.
Charles F. Waite has filed a
petition with the court of claims ;
IT Montpelier, asking that the court
-efund to him $500 which he paid
n 1904 as fine for violating a sec
ion of the law relating to the sale
IF cider without license, the sec /
ion having been since declared ;
unconstitutional by the supreme
,ourt. Waite also asks to recover /
he costs and interest on the fine.
Our remarks in the last issue Of {
he Sitter concerning the looks of
,ur village schoolhouse has brought
,ut a protest from the Middletown s
district that their schoolhouse has
more neglected appearance than
,urs, and that is certainly true in
egard to the exterior but the con-
rary is true of the interior. The t
yillage schoolhouse needs sheathing,
md that in Middletown needs paint \
ng. This is not saying that those c
wo buildings do not need overhaul. |
ng. We understand that some re- t
,airs are to be made Time is get /
ing limited though. f
Saturday Lewis Austin and son, J
4ewis were arrested for intoxica- S
ion and brought before Justice /
Dean for a hearing. The son S
dead guilty and was fined IS and Il
osts. He took the pledge and o
of the fine is suspended. s
Me father plead not guilty, was n
ried by court, convicted, and fined b
s and cost. He declared he should "
ever pay it and on Monday morn W
lg was taken to Newfane by Dep f;
ty Sheriff Melendy to serve the
lternative sentence of fifteen days G
1 the county Jail. L. R. Pierce @
ppeared for the state and O. R. u
layton for the respondents. In