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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
TONIC FOR MOTHERS
DR.. WILLIAMS PINK PILLS ARE
SAFE AND RELIABLE:
An Auburn Woman Tells how they Be-
SAME her Favorita Hcusshola, Rerts
edy for all Common Troubles.

Motherhood may be the GROWING
blessing of woman'S life or it may
bring grief and sorrow. Mrs, M. j.
Wight, Of ITO Seventh Street, Auburn,
Maine, relates her experience after the
birth of her daughter in 1901, as fol-
lows: 81 was all run down at the
time the baby came and did not inn
prove in health rapidly after l was
pale, thin and bloodless. My stomach
distressed me being full of gas all the
time and my heart fiuttered so that l
could scarcely breathe. I didn't get
my strength back.
Finally | remembered that a friend
had recommended DIR. Williams Pink
Pills to me SO / commenced using
them. / gained In strength rapidly
while the baby throve also. When /
expected my next child l started talk
ing the pills again as tonic and
strengthened and had NO such diff
Guilty as before. l got up better and
my strength came back much sooner.
A year ago last winter 1 mad an at
tack Of rheumatism in the hands which
went from one hand to the other. The
Joints swelled up and were so stiff
could not move them: Ths pain ex:
tended up through my arms and
shoulders; l felt sick enough to go to
bed but did not do SO; This. attack
lasted for several months. tried sew
eral remedies but finally came back
to using the pills which had done. me
so much good before and found that
they benefited me almost at once. I
have not been troubled since"
Dr., Williams Pink Pills are not a
-cure;all' but they have a wide applf-
cation in the most common ills be-
cause they act directly on the blood.
When the blood is made pure and rich,
the nerves become strong, the digest
ion good and every organ of the body
toned up to do the work that nature
expects Of 1t. DR.. Williams Pink Pills
actually make new blood and assist
nature in bringing about cure. II
you are afflicted write the Dr. VII,
1ams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N.
Y. for proof of what the pills have
accomplished in cases like your own.
Ali druggists sell DR.. Williams Pink
Pills, or they will be sent by mail
postpaid, on receipt of price, 80 cents
per box, six boxes for $3.50:
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
ETHICS OF, GOOD DRESSING.
AS Regards Income and Ase-Thl
Livery of Years.

A gentlewoman never by any
chance leaves her style of dressing
open to the wonder of how she NAM
aged to afford it, says The Beauty
Book. She leaves that wonder 20
class of women with whom she has
little, indeed, in common.
And a gentlewoman is never silly
as to hope by her style Of dressing
TO belle her age any more than her
income. There are many women
now called fashionable who dress
themselves at so as they would at
rs, but they are not elegant women,
however much they may pay for
their clothes or for their steam
yachts.
A gentlewoman dresses girlishly
N her girlhoOd, and young matronly
N her matronhood, and keeps on
his, wearing the livery CT her years
With a sweet dignity that makes the
foolish pretense of the grandmother
IN lingerie hat almost hideeus.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
Farming as a Business.

The business of farming is one
that requires good sense and tudg-
ment and the closest attention to
make a fair return for our labor. and
this fact farmers aree beginning to
unde i as they never before have
done. man who keeps a herd of
COWS, AID fails to know at the end OF
the year whether they have brought
him In a fair return for their keep
and his labor, or is pretty sure that
they have not done so, usually will
spell failure in large letters, soccer
or later. And yet there is no branch
Of farming that pays better than
dairying under favorable conditions
and wise management, and, strange
to say, none that is usually conduct
ed In so slipshod a manner.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
Knew His Progenitor.

Camp-meeting John Allen. the
grand father of Nine. Nordica, was
for many years a picturesque figure
among the Methodist ministers In
the state of Maine. A mania tor
attending camp-meetings was not
his only distinction. He was good
deal of a wag, and his utterances
were much appreciated by both saint
and sinner.
At one time, having gone to Lew
iston to attend quarterly meeting,
he was approached by several young
men who were evidently out for .
good. time
"Camp-meeting john" said the
spokesman, "who was the devils
grandmother"
1.-The devils grandmother" re-
r,ied the old man IN the quick, sharp
tone so characteristic of his speech,
"the devils standardization do
you expect me to keep your family
record: "-Boston Herald
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
HlPPOS' BREATHING PLACES.
South African Lake for Which Bla
Beasts Have Liking.

A few miles from Muhokya we
came to Kikarongo, d circular lake.
6nce crater, about half mile wide,
saws d writer in the Westminster Ca
zette from Uganda. The water ID
slightly salt, and is greatly appreciat-
ed py the hippos, who come here IN
large parties from Lake Ruisamba to
battle. The lake is shallow for a few
yards oily and then deepens rapidly
SO the hippos; wis do not like feep
water, never go very far from tbs
Shore.
6n a still day it is an amusing pas
tine to sit by the lake and watch the
great brutes enjoy themselves. For
a moment nothing is seen, then sud-
denly a score or more of huge hends
burst through the water with loud
snorts and squirting jets OF water
through their nostrils: they stare
around with their ugly little pigliks
eyes, yawn prodigiously, showing a
fearful array of tusks and cavernous
throat, then sink with satisfied CUR
gle below the surface, to repeat the
performance a minu or two after
ward.
Sometimes one stands almost up
right in the water; then he rolls over
with a sounding splash, showing a
bread expanse of lack like huge
borpoise. Or too venturesome
20 ng bachelor approaches select
circle of veterans, who resent his in
trusion and drive him away It'll
roars and grunts There Is somethin Z
irresistibly suggestive OF humanity
About their ungainly gambols. Only
bathing machines are wanted to COM
plete the picture:
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
EAST JAMAICA.

Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Grout and
daughter are at E. M. Butler S.
Mi. Croft will so on his farm
about May 1.
Harvey Howard and wife have
gone to Putney to live:
Mr.. Vail is at work for Peter
Patterson.
May Robinson is at w. S. AL
Lens.
Ethel Butler is at home for East
er vacation.
Mrs. Martha Howard is not as
well.
There we're revival meetings at
the school-house the past week.
Mrs. Roe Robinson is visiting at
her fathers, Geo Doane's.
Crows have spent nearly all win
ter with us, chipmunk was seen
the 10Th of March, a woodchuck
was killed the 23rd and frogs were
heard the past week.
Harry Howe is at work in Taft's
mill in West Townshend.
Norman Allen has bought a pair
of horses.
Harry Howe has sold his hor ses
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
Zenda Pudding.
ODIOUs COMPARISONS.
His answer was sufficient to Over.
whelm the Lawyer.

A new York lawyer was cross
questioning a negro witness In one
Of the big justice courts not long
ago, says the Philadelphia Press. and
was getting along fairly well until
he asked the witness what his occu-
patton was.
Use a carpenter, sah."
What kind of a carpenterf
''They call me a jack-leg carpen-
ter, sah.''
What 10 jack-leg carpenter?"
He is a carpenter who is no. .
Arst-class carpenter, sab"
We'll, explain fully what you I'M
aerstand a jack-leg carpenter to
be-" insisted the lawyer.
Boss. / declare / dunno how to
'splain any mo- 'cept to say hit am
5es' the same diffunce 'twixt you and
o. hrst-class lawyer"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
WARDSBORO.

Carl Woodward and Frank TN
derwsod from Londonderry visited
in town last week.
Belle Fletcher is homie ffon1 Cas-
Teton on vacation.
Easter exercises at the NJ. E
chtirch Sunda5 evening.
Mrs: Robinson is improving slow:
II:
H. E: Howard seems to lead the
army 81 sugar MAX ELS
J. Z. Gleason gave sugar eat
Monday night to his many friends
in town.
Frank St. Marie is repairing his
house.
Vermont Grange attended the
funeral service OF tn, If brother, AL
bert 7. Doo!ittle, last Wednesday
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolutions on the death of AL
bert Doo'ittle, a charter member of
Vermont Grange r3e, Wardsboro,
March IS, 1907:
Whereas, disease and death have
entered our order and removed a
wol thy mem Der, Albert T. Doolit-
tie, therefore be it resolved:
That we, as brothers and sisters,
extend Our heartfelt sympathy to
the befeaved family in their deep
affection: There is ever a sting in
death nothing can take away.
Resolved, as our BROTHER has laid
down the implements Of labor to en-
ter a higher field of development,
we, as a Grange, shall miss his
voice in our councils where he was
an active worker and ever willing
to aid i'll its advancement.
Resolved, that our charter be
draped in mourning for sixty days
and that this testimonial of our
sympathy be forwarded to the fami-
ly of Our departed brother, also be
entered on the minutes of the
Grange, and copy be sent the S1F-
TER foI publication.
Mrs. A. l.. Wiley, !
Mrs. Mrs. A AHai5 x msTfome' Com.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
Green Cut Bone the
Cheapest Poultry Food.

The problem of finding cheap
poultry food that will increase egg
production during the winter when
eggs are high, has been solved by
those farmers who purchase Green
Cut Bone for their Poultry. G. S
Page of Hyde Park, Vt, grinds
many thousand pounds annually of
this article and is this year selling it
for SO. so per barrel of 200 pounds
freight prepaid to buyers railroad
station. There is now no necessity
for going without this staple Poul-
try Food. If you cannot use a bar
rel yourself, get some of your neigh
bors to join in with you. You will
find it valuable egg producer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
EittPrr,f s. In MI

bitterness Of milk may be due to
a popularity that sometimes occurs
toward the close of the milking pc
Rod, partic 1larly so In tie winter
time on dry feed. Occasionally COWS
under sach conditions give milk of
q peculiarly bitter favor. for which
no cause or remedy can be assigned.
In regard to the trouble in churning,
the difficulty probably comes from
the small size and hardness of the
fat glob lies, together with an in
creased viscosfty of the milk Great
err care sholld be taken in ripening
the cream, and pains should be
taken to secure 4 sharp development
of Tactic acid in reasonable time.
The cream should be kept at uni
form temperature as near fifty de-
grecs IS possible until enough is
secured or churni1g. 1t should
then be warmed Zip to about seven
ty-fiye, or in extreme cases eighty
degrees and kept as nearly as posi-
BE at that temperature until 1t is
sharply acid which should be in
about twenty-foIr hours. - Field
and Farm.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
Introduction of Caoutchouc.

Caoutchouc was introduced to TSu.
rope by M. De la Condamine on his
return from Peru in 1886. 1T is"
said it's discoverer, "a most singular
resin, as much by the use to wnIcnit
IS devoted as by its nature, which Is
a problem to our most expert chem
is: !. 1t flows from tree growing in
several parts of America and is CO led
caoutchouc by the Indians on tbs
banks of the Amazon"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
Easy Test for Corper.

A German publication states that
copper can easily be detected under
the microscope by means of cesium
chloride, which gives the copper q
double salt in TIE form of handsome
red crystalline needles or prisms
These crystals are observable when
only extremely small proportions OF
copper are present. If much cesium
chloride be added. yellow crystals
form, which becomes red on the addi-
ton of a little cuprous chloride. Co
bait somewhat affects the distinctness
of the reaction; lead and. bismuth are
Indifferent.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
HOME COOKING.
Glazed Sweet Potatoes.

bifStu fOtdtOeS.
Five sweet potatoes, one egg, half
cupful of sugar, half teaspoonful of
salt, one tablespoonful of butter.
Pare and cut the potatoes in strips;
steam until nearly done. Remove
from the fire and cool Dip in egg
beaten with the salt, then in the
sugar, coating each strip thickly.
Place In the pan with the butter
and bake rich brown.
Virginia Sweet Potatoes.
Boil the sweet potatoes for 20
minutes, remove from the fire, peel
and cut them into slices. Put q
layer of sweet potatoes. then cover
with sugar and cinnamon: continue
this until the dish is full, making the
last layer of sugar. Then pour over
the top a teacupful of hot water. in
which has been melted a tablespoon
full of butter. Bake in the oven
until brown.
Ginger Pudding.
Mix together four ounces each Of
bread-crumbs, suet and preserved
ginger, with two well-beaten eggs.
Add two tablespoons of ginger syrup
and steam three hours.
Zenda Pudding.
Two ounces of -four, two ounces
of bread-crumbs and two OF suet;
mix with four and a half ounces of
grated cocoanut, two ounces of
sugar, the yolks OF three eggs and
half gill of milk. Steam one hour
and serve with foamy sauce.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
Steam Plant Accidents.

During the IL months ending June
80, 1905, IA persons were killed and
40 injured from British steam plant
accidents; in the United States $50
persons were killed and SIS injured.
The number of steam boilers in the
United States does not exceed by
more than so per cent. those In
Great Britain, SO that, in comparison.
the actual percentage is ten times
as great In the United States as In
England.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
Shed Their Mustachec.

In all the German papers Of Angus;
1893, appeared an ordinance signed by
the King of Bavaria fofbidding civil
iaps, on any pretext whatever, to wear
mustaches and commanding the pc
lice authorities to arrest the offenders
and shave them by force. Apparently
this was not necessary, for, accord
ing to a French account of the time,
"mustaches disappeared Immediately,
lile leaves from the trees in autumn !;
everybody made haste to obey the
royal order and not one person was
arrested"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
DORSET VALLEY.

The quarries are again rtinning;
you cannot keep them shut down
long wien marble is as good as gold
and everybody wants ito
VIM. Mcbride, Dan Daley, the
Towsley boys, Fred Stannard, Geo
Kendall, Fayette Colvin, Frank
Osteguy, Jerry lie Carey, Sam
Lambert, Tom Hill, Jim Bowen,
Joe Mcbride, O. Han1an, B. Con-
nell, and J. K. Burnes are pushing
the Lucky Strike job successfully
A big stone crusher is to be placed
in the Lucky Strike mill to crush
marble for plazo finish.
A. l.. Bowen is furnishing pa
roid no tar roofing for several large
jobs. He sold out the furniture at
the Fair View House last Satur-
day at auction.
Uncle Joe Taylor Dead
On Friday, March 20, they laid
to rest one of Gods useful men; a
man who earned his bread by the
sweat of his brow, honest, quiet,
friendly; a man who never created
any disturbance, a good, kind hus-
b nd, father, and neighbor. Hav-
ing pa ,sed the rinety mark he had
passed from active life and lived
quietly with his son, Ellis B. Tay-
Tor, until the worn out body gave
up the spirit and passed over the
divide from which no traveller re-
turns, nourned by all who knew
him, and especially by his son, FL
lis, with whom he was a constant
companion always. He leaves, al
so a dutiful daughter, Emma, wife
of S. Amidon, and several grand
children and great-grandchidren.
He was of the old stock of Yankees
who are fast passing from among
us.
ST Clone.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
PaDa Was Wise

Pretty Daughter-But I'm sure
you misjudge Reginald, papa. He
Is very ambitious.
Her Father-How do you know he
is?
Pretty Daughter-Oh, I've often
heard him talk of things he was go
ing to do.
Her Father-Huh! Did he mem
ton my Chicago News
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
BRATTLEBORO.

Mr.. and Mrs. George Birch have
been engaged by j. L. Stockwell
to take charge of the town farm in
place of Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Hes
cock whose resignation took effect
April l.
DR.. f. r. Newell has opened
dental Offices iii the AMERICAN
building.
Henry 1. Hartman Of Hyde Park;
Mass, one of the men who have
dealt with the Connecticut
River power company in the nego-
tiation for the construction of dam
across the Connecticut, was in Brat
tleboro Thursday, accompanied by
one of the capitalists who will fur
nish the funds for completing the
project. They made an examina-
ton of the proposed site of the dam,
power-house apd canal. Mr.. Har-
riman states that the work of build
the dam will be given to some con-
structiot company, and that the
pond will be filed year from the
coming summer or possibly next
winter, if the conditions next sum
mer are particularly FAVORABLE.
An inspection of the Brattleboro
street railr6ad PROPERTY was made
last week by 1: Il. Meloon Of New
York, general manager of the Ma
tional heat, light and power coin
pany, which controls the road.
The work of installing new boilers
the electric plan of Arch street
will be begun in few days, and it
is expected that in two months or
more the source of power for run
ming the road will! be transferred
from the power station in Centre
vile to the Arch-street plant.
An effort is being made to secure
Festival hall for basket ball game
between the Newport Athletics and
the Washington Guards of Fitch
burg to decide the New England
championship contest. Each team
has won two gaines in the series.
James Fl. Evans began Saturday
night as acting chief of police, suc-
eeeding William l.. Warren. Mr.:
Warren has handed his resignation
to the village bailiffs. and finished
work. He will carry on farm
Mr.. Warren has been chief of police
two years. The bailiffs will not APP
point successor, DIS the ahntal vil=
lage meeting for the election Of new
officers is near at hand.
Liveryman Henry r. Brown
stepped in front of one of his horses
Saturday afternoon to prevent ruin
away and was Knocked down aid
badly bruised A cash was cut over
one eye, which required medical at
tention, and the horse stepped on
one of Mr.. Browns feet, tearing off
the shoe The force of the collision
threw the horse to the ground. The
horse was being ridden by small
boy. The lad was thrown off, but
was not hurt.
Arthur Adams, an employe in the
Estey organ company, narrowly es-
capped being fatally hurt at the Els
tey plant Saturday He fell from
car of lumber and struck on his head
and neck on the ground. His head
was forced forward so that two YER
tebre were badly sprained and his
neck barely missed being broken.
He is doing we'll, although for
time he was unconscious.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
Oil Wells In ltaIv.

Even the Italians. it is said, are not
generally aware that important De
troIeum deposits have been discovered
in their country. in the Apennines
near Piancenza. The discovery was
made about 1893, and four years ago a
second syndicate of French capitalists
was formed to develop the field.
About ninety-flve wells are now in
operation, but 20 of them are already
nearly exhausted. and new ones are
being bored.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
Tire Swing Egg-Iieater.

Obviously the object of ali
lechsnical egg-beaters is to initiate
Re movement of the hand In beating
- the egg. So far no mechanical
over has been devised which
gals the hand beating. In
hese so-called egg-beaters the pad
les, instead of beating the egg,
generally revolve in a circular path.
yhich stirs but does not beat the egg.
he nearest approach to hand beat
ag is shown in an egg-beater IL
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
Paddle Moves Back and Forth.

Illustrated herewith, the invention Of
Wisconsin man. In this apparatus
the beaten does not revolve, but II
operated back and forth, obtaining
both the efficiency of the hand
beaten and the rapiIity of the
machine beater. 1t Is held In one
hand and operated by the other, ac-
COMP fishing the efficient beating Of
the egg in a very short space Of
time
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
Nun Butterfly in Bohemia:

The dreaded nun butterfly is ap-
pearing everywhere in Bohemia,
threatening the devastation of the
frrests. The neighboring woods of
5. ~ony and Silesia are also threat
els. Tie ministry of agriculture has
na.Aed a commission to investigate.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
An INsidinus hanger

One of the worst features of kidney
trouble is that it is an insidious disease
aud before the victim realizes his danger
he may have fatal malady. Take Fo
ley's Kidney Cure at the first sign of
trouble as it corrects irregularities and
prevents Bright's disease and diabetes.
Geo G.. Smith
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
The Price of Health.
ST Clone.

The price of health in malarious
district is just 25 cents; the cost of box
of Dir Kings New Life Pills. writes
Ella Slayton, of holland, Ark. New
Life Pills cleanse gently and impart
new life and vigor to the system. 25c.
Satisfaction guaranteed at q. G..
Smiths, druggist
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
A Minister'S View.

In bidding farewell to his congrega.
ton recently the Rev. e. H. Holiday,
pastor OF Gray's Baptist chapeI (Lon-
don SAID there were those who were
ever ready to find a blot on a minis
ters eseutcheon; and he called on
God to witness that if he had so sons
he would not send one of them into
the ministry:
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
Cold Calculation.

do you think the time will coma
when there will be no money in poll
tics?" said one boss.
81 don't know" answered the
other. "It won't be our fault IL 1t
doesn't. We have done the best we
could to take out all there was In
t."-Washington Star.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
a PrecociouS Hunter

The heir apparent of the Sirguja
State, a boy of II years, has developed
a remarkable aptitude for shikar. He
began to use gun when only years
Of age, and up to the present time has
accounted for seven tigers. six pan
theirs and two bears, not to mention
other large and small game.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
An Interesting Charity.

One of the most interesting little
charities is that of Yorkshire eng
land) stationmaster, who every week
of his life makes a toy railway en-
CINE At the end of the year he sends
the lot to a hospital for the use of the
boys in the institution.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
Sanitary Hairdressinu.

A register of sanitary hairdressing
establishments. with a penalty for
failure to comply with the regulations,
is a plan of the health officers Of
Budapest
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-04-04
COMPANY FOR TIL DOG.
Even in the Coal Fields His Comfort
is Considered.

A miner in the coal fields ofPenn-
sylvania not long ago surprised mis-
friends by marrying an extremely
unprepossessing woman. He had
been reckoned q confirmed hater Of
the other s"x, and so it was with con-
siderable curiosity that his friends
sought out the reason for his step.
What did We go an git spliced to
that old face for, Dick?" asked some
one
She amt no beauty-thaI's
right" agreed Dick. The fact is,
that there dog of mine, he WIS
simply pinin' for somebody to look
after him when 1 was away at the
pit. l couldn't bear to leave him by
hisself, so hits on the idea of mar
ryin'. She amt handsome, that cid
girl, but she's mighty good company
for the dog!"