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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
EAST JAMAICA.

Mrs. Thankful Johnson of
Northampton, Mass, is at E. S.
Aliens.
Mrs. E. M. Butler is OH the sick
list.
Mrs. Charles Simonds is some
better.
Mrs. Martha Howard is no bet
ter.
Miss Jefts of Newfane is work
ing for Mrs. Frank Leonard.
Nellie Underwood is spending
some time i'll Brattleboro.
Carroll Doane and wife spell
Sunday at Geo. Doane's.
Peter Patterson is moving his
family On to the Stone place.
L. A. Ballou of Chester and
Will Reno of Bratt1eb6ro were re-
cent guests at Mrs. Martha How
ards.
Frank Patterson was home over
Sunday.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
GRAFTON.

w. E. L. Walker was in Boston
last week ON business.
Mrs. F. M. Prouty, who has
been i'll the past few weeks, is gain
ing slowly.
F. G. Redfeld is spending his
vacation with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. M. c. Redfeld.
Rev. c. R. Upton returned last
week from his vacation which was
spent in New Hampshire.
G. M. Taylor of Washington,
D. c., was the guest of his sister,
Mrs. Helen Hamilton a few days.
Floyd Hemenway of Boston is
spending his vacation with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Hem
enway.
Rev. w. M. Walker of Philadel-
phia joined his family at F. O.
Merrifeld's for the summer last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Randlett
and Miss Sadie Randlett of New
port, N. H., have been visiting at
O. l.. Wilson's.
James L. Duncan of New York
City has rented Mason Walker's
house for the summer. Mrs. Dun
can arrived last week.
F V. Higbee and family and Mr..
Doughty of New York City ar
rived in town last week Monday
and have rented E. H. C1arke's
house for the summer.
Mrs. Butler will occupy Mrs.
Chastina TIL ompson's house this
summer.
A. J. Davis has bought the place
of Everett Clarke recently occupied
by his father, Henry Clarke.
Mrs. Chastina Thompson and
May Thompson have gone to Bel
lows Falls where they will make
their home with E. c. Fairbank
for an indefinite period. Their
many friends, while regretting their
departure, extend many wishes for
their new home.
Miss Nellie Kingsbury closed
her school in Springfield, June 10,
and commenced a school in this
town, in the Eastman district, the
24th.
Ernest Tuttle and Miss Maid
Edwards were married by Rev. c.
r. Upton, June 26.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
WoMAN's SENSE OF HUMJR-.
Whsn Highly Cultivated Often Be
comes An Avenging Weapon.

Woman, as a whole, is considered
~ have no sense OF humor.
In fact, her lack Of appreciation
the men folk.
They write funny stories about II
and get paid large prices for jokes
In comic papers. And all because
goman's sense of humor does not lie
along the same lines as their own.
The real truth of the matter IL
that men don't want woman to have
a sense OF humor. They are afraid
of the woman who is very quick
to see a joke.
They feel that as she is so quick
to see the ridiculous side of things.
she will be equally quick to see the
ridiculous side of them. and that
no man can stand.
Voltaire, who so thoroughly I'M
derstood mankind. prayed God.
make my enemies ridiculous"
A keen sense of humor makes life
much easier for the person who pos
sesses it. but in the case of woman
there is great danger Of sacrificing
her lovableness at the alter Of her
humor.
1t is better for a woman TO be
sympathetic than humorous.
The person with a very keen sense
of humor is apt to laugh in the
wrong place, and is constantly hurt
Ing the feelings of others. The
funny side always strikes first.
know of Homan who always sees
the funny side of every person. It's
intensely amusing to listen 10 her
comments, bat you can't help but
have an uneasy consciousness that
you take yolr turn with her other
victims.
As an entertaining woman she is
sought b. all men. but no one lnan
seems to fall in love with her. They
fight shy of that highly developed
sense of humor of hers
a man OF my acquaintance says
his chief amusement in life is his
wife's failure to see the point in a
joke. She IS so deliciously at
sea-" he says. And when she does
grasp a point 1t is never the ~one
you mean"
That mans sense of humor is eK-
ceedingly well developed. / should
say, when he is able to see a joke
in what would drive some people
to distraction or divorce.
Humor frequently makes enc
mics; sympathy invariably makes
friends.-New York World.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
DORSET VALLEY.
Good rains keep the crops grow

Good rains keep the crops grow
ing.
Field strawberries have been re-
markably large and plenty.
Haying is in full swing with
/ more than an average crop.
The Taconic valley rail road has
organized and the survey is in prog
ress. Good men have been elected
to the various Offices and the road
seems to be an assured fact. R.
NJ: Campbell has untiringly de-
voted his time and money to push
the enterprise, and we hope to
shake hands with him on the first
train through to Granville, N. Y.
Some people complain of dull
times, but ST Clone is not one of
them. He is continually on the
road doing people good with photo
camera, or new harvesting machine.
An honest worker is never out of
job.
It is reported that the mill at the
Depot will have two new rubbing
beds in sixty foot extension; also
lew machinery in this valley and
that the marble business will go
ahead again larger than ever.
Much excitement prevails over
the way the towns of Winhall and
Manchester buried Daniel Brad
shaw, a colored man, who commit
ted suicide by drinking quart or
more whiskey. The authorities
don't seem to like it.
Burial of James Bradshaw.
No useless coffin enclosed his breast,
Or in sheet or in shroud they bound
But he lay like an African taking his
rest
With his dirty old clothes around him
They washed not his face or combed
his hair,
Nor embalmed or scented or shaved
him;
But they tumbled him into a rough
pine box
just as the authority found him.
Likely they will mourn for the whiskey
he drank,
And o'el his cold ash s upbraid him;
But naught will he wreck if they let
him sleep on
In the grave where the twin towns
tn laid him.
ST Clone.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
Restless Women.

We all know such women-know
them-admire them-and tremble
for them! AS they stagger to and
fro, striving vainly to overtake the
tasks which our modern life imposes
upon them, we think with sympathy,
first of all, for them, and then, IL
they are wives and mothers. for their
husband and children. We own
til claims of hospitals and sew
Eyeglasses and kindergartens that
drag them bither and thither; but II
we were to speak to them in that
Western veTnacular which cried out
TO the parson who took an hour to
preach twcnty-minute sermon,
Brother, don't spread your butter
SO thin" we should entreat them
to concentrate rather than to scatter
their often wasteful, though always
weii-meant endeavors. - HarpeT's
Bazaar
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
SPORTING NOTES.

May Sutton of California AGAR
won the Welsh tennis championship
at Newport, Wales, by defeating
Misa Lowther, 60, rs, AS this
is the third time the American has
captured the title, she becomes the
absolute possessor of the 1920 cham
pionship trophy presented by the
late Marquis of Butte.
Brattleboro defeated the Hins-
dale IN. H. team; s to 5, at Brat
tleboro Friday afternoon in an in
teresting game. The game was
we'll played, but the Brattleboro
team excelled in fielding
Jerome d. Trayers of New York
won the national amateur golf cham
pionship Saturday by defeating
Archie Graham of New Jersey by
up and to play.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
ALL SORTS.

A 5000, 900 structure along the
Allegheny river to prevent floods is
planned.
The negro death rate in nine Vir-
ginia cities greatly exceeds that of
the whites.
Midshipman H. G. Phinney of
Manchester, N. H was dro wned
Friday while under instruction in
swimming at Annapolis with other
members of his class. He entered
the naval academy only four days
before. Heroic efforts to rescue
him were made by Midshipmen
Grafton and McFee. Up to a late
hour last night the body had not
been recovered.
Co education having proved a
failure at Wesleyan, it is now
planned when President Raymond
retires next year to change the in
stitution into woman's college.
A milk dealer of Woonsocket, r.
| claims that certain dealers in that
city are selling an article of milk
and water combined and colored to
look like the real article. They
have to pay 500 for the formula.
The annual report of the Kurn
Hattin Homes shows So boys in the
two institutions. Eighty-one ap-
plications for admission were re-
ceived during the year, more than
four times as many as could be &C.
commodat ed. Beyond the prod
ucts used at the homes, sales have
been made from the farms amount
ing to 81, AL.
Giuseppe Zeciola, an Italian, was
arrested in Boston, Saturday,
charged with the murder of Charles
Reed, at Watertown. The police
say the man confessed to killing
Reed, saying Reed had killed his
cat and some of chickens.
A stitch ip time may close the
n ont bA Of pipo oCcciDo
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
TOWNSHEND.
Deferred from last week. J

Deferred from last week.
Holly Wilson and Ray Shine
were in town recently.
Mrs. L. B. Curtis and daugh ter
| Marie, have taken rooms at Mar.
tin Sparks where they will remain
during the summer. Rev. L. B,
Curtis is expected to join them
later.
Mrs. Coolegde, daughter and son
and wife, from Fitchburg, Mass.
were in town for few days, stay
ing at the hotel.
Judge Rugg, wife and child from
Worcester, Mass, visited at Susan
Ross last week. They left Mon
day morning.
Mr.. Dorm, a piano tuner, from
Boston is at w. A. Eddy's this
week.
Rev. D. Mcintyre, wife and SOIL
started Monday morning for a
carriage trip to Darlington, N. H.,
the home of Mrs Mc(ntyre's par
ents. Mr.. Mcintyre will be away
two Sundays while Mrs. Mcintyre
expects to remain a number of
weeks The pulpit will probably
be occupied i'll his absence one Sun
day by Rev. Mr.. Vincent and the
other by H. w. Lewis.
Annie Osgood of Brookline COM
menced work Monday for w. A.
Eddy.
Beulah Timson of Williamsville
is working at c. H. Wizards.
A number of citizens of the town
moved the common and put out
the swing chairs this week.
The Fourth passed very quietly
here. One would hardly realize
that it was the Fourth of July I'M
til towards night when there was
little noise and few fireworks by
private individuals. Not even the
usual racket was made the night
before. The Townshend base ball
nine went to Londonderry and
played two games of ball. Both
games resulted i'll favor OF London
derry.
The Grange held a strawberry
eat at the town hall Saturday night.
There were plenty of stra xberries
and cake, There were only thirty
six present but pleasant social
ev .ling w IS spent.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
WINDHAM.

Maj. and Mrs. c. G. Gould anc
daughter, Margaret, of Washing
ton, D. c., are i'll town for the
summer.
Mrs. L. B. Chapman returned
last week Thursday from her visit
in Shoreham.
Mrs Keziah Kemp of Lebanon,
Conn, is spending the summer
with Mrs. H. S. Prentiss.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. S. Axtell of
Wardsboro recently visited their
children.
Mrs. A. M. Goodell is visiting
at w. c.. Adams.
Misses Ginevra and Rowena
Harlow are visiting at F. H. Harris
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Coffyn and
two children of Ludlow are visiting
at H. L. Gould's.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
WARDSBORO CENTER.
Fine hay weather now.

Fine hay weather now.
E. J. Farnham and wife visited
at Fred Chatman's and George
Farnham's Sunday.
Abbie Kilburn of Brattleboro
visited at Naher Sage's recently.
Mrs. DeLapp remains about the
same.
Charles Cannon has finished hay-
ing on the Lyman Newell place
which he has recently plircha sed.
Theodore Holland called oil
friends here last week.
Mrs. Esterbrook is staying for a
time at her sisters Mrs. Marshall
Haskins.
Dennis Busey and wife of Brat
tleboro have been visiting at L. J.
Fosters.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
ILL FROM OVERWORK
NERVOUS PRoSTRATioN CURED
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and Good Spirits.

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life loses its joys. Not only ID the ner-
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Nervous breakdown is often gradual.
appearing at first to be merely an unu-
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Mr.. w. w. Munroe, of IS Hazel Park.
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For two months l grew steadily worse
l lost in weight and strength and had nc
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
TO Improve Mince Pie.

Mince pie. that ever popular dish
ma" be made much richer and more
attractive, If intended for festive
occasions, by sprinkling each pie
before putting on the upper crust
with a few finely chopped figs and
walnuts. The housewife who origin
ated this idea for improving a plain
pie uses claret instead of cider for
moistening. A cranberry pie, with
the addition Of a few raisins, makes
a nice change.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
Dairy Notes.

A cow that fattens readily as a
rule is beef bred rather than of the
milk strain.
When a man gets a good dairy
bull there are always a lot of neigh
bors who say: It's too much
money" There's no steak on his
hind quarters" He's too thin"
There is just where they know
nothing about dairy breeds. 1t Is
not steak" that is wanted.
If the heifer calf shows incipicnt
horns, use stick of caustic potash
and water on them and kill the
horns, then they won't grow.
When drying COWS off give them
dry food and milk occasionally only,
making intervals between milkings
longer and larger. Feed no slops.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
SIMON SVILLE.

Mrs. Frank Burbank of Chester
visited Mrs. Hattie Stewart Thu
week.
Hon. and Mrs. Hugh Henry and
A. N. Chandler of Chester accom-.
panied DR.. Ray here Sunday il
his automobile.
Frank Burbank of Chester was
in the place Saturday.
Moses and Ed King are enter.
aiming a cousin from Louisvill
?. Q
W. w. Lilley visited his mother
Mrs. Eliza Davis, Sunday.
Mr. P. T. Marsh of CheSte
visited her son, J. A; Thornton
and family over SUNDAY.
Ralph Stearrs of Northampton
Mass is visiting his grandmothe~
MIS-. EllZd laws.
Rev. Mr.. Bissell spoke Sunday
afternoon at the church. He vii
speak next Sunday here
DR.. Ray was called Sunday to
see Mrs. Lydia Kingsbury, who is
sick.
E. D. Holden and family were
i'll Ludlow Sunday.
Mrs Graves mother, Mrs. Brown,
has had shock. Her speech is af-
fected.
Hartwell Haines of Bellows
Falls is working for H. F. Wig
gins.
Quite few people from Chester
attended church here Sunday.
May Briscoe of Ludlow is visit
ing her uncle and aunt, Mr.. ano
Mrs. c. B. Chase.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Virgins
entertained, Sunday, nearly twent,
guests. Among the number were;
George Warner and family OF
Windham; Clara White, Grace,
Lonn1e, and Eddie Farrar, Hugh
White, Merton, and Merritt Edison
and Eugene Virgins of Chester.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
ANDOVER.

L. R. Pierce of South London
derry was i'll this place Monday.
E. E Holton and family spent
Sunday at Lowell Lake.
D. S Dimick, who is at Ira Els
tl 5, is confined to his bed by lame
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Foster of Bellows
Falls are visiting their daughter,
Mrs. S. M. Benson.
S. S. RI rey was in Ludlow
Monday 10 consult a physician.
It is repor.ed that O. s. Flan
ders is i'll with spinal meningitis.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
Here Is Relief for Women.

If you have pains in the back, URN
airy, Bladder or Kidney trouble, and
want a certain, pleasant herb cure for
woman's ills. try Mother Gray's Aus.
lraiian-Leaf It is a safe and never
failing monthly regulator. At Drug
gists or by mail so cts. Sample pack
age FREE. Address, The Mother Co.,
Leroy, N. Y.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
A Memorable Day.

One of the days we remember with
pleasure, as we'll as with profit to our
health, is the one on which we became
acquainted with DR.. Kings New Life
Pills, the painless purifiers that cure
headache and biliousness, and keep the
bowels right. Csc. at G.. G.. Smiths
Drug store
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
The Genus MoIlYcoddle.

As he comes across the street
You will know him by his toddls;
He is shaky on his feet
And he has a funny waddle;
You will mark him by his dress
And his very slanting noddls.
And you will not fail to guess
He's a blooming mollycoddle.
Cleveland Leader.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
Uncertain Future.

Aren't you going to housekeep-
fng?" asked the friend OF the swell
young benedict.
NO" he replied; Il can't lease
the house we wanted for less than q
year, and we may be divorced in six
months, you know."-Catholic Stan
dard and Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
SOUTH WINDHAM.

Chas. Francis has returned to
New York.
Fred Lonsbury of Somerville is
spending a few days in town
Mr. end Mrs. S. Walker of Graf
ton visited Sunday at Lyman Jen-
ison's.
Mrs. c. J. Baker has returned to
her home i'll New York City. Her
son, Robert, will remain with his
grandparents during the summer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
Terrible consequences.

Chile, chile, doan yo' go git yo'
dander up" coaxed nanny.
But Annabel was not to be easily
placated.
Does yo' know wut happen to III
gal IL she done git her dander up7"
Annabel was sulkily interested
Huh, she gifts her dander up, an
she gifts her dander up. an den, fus'
she knows, she had her luby cad all
full OBJ danderuff, OATS wut she hab.
Oar now!"-Puck.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18

During the summer kidney irregular
tiles are often caused by excessive drink
ing or being overheated. Attend to the
kidneys at once by using Foley's Kid
ney Cure Sold by Il. G.. Smith.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
The Charming Woman

is not necessarily the one of perfec
form and features. Many plain WON
an could never serve as an artists mod
ell, possesses those rare qualities that all
the world adtnires; neatness, clear eyes,
clean smooth skin and that sprightli,
ness of step and action that accompan'
good health. A physically weak WON
an is never attractive, not even TO her
self. Electric Bitters restore weak
women, gives strong nerves, bright
eyes, smooth, velvety skin, beautiful
complexion. Guaranteed at G. G.
Smiths, Druggists. SOC.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18

A feature of Boston's Old Home
Week will be $500 Eiffel tower
ZIG feet in height from the top of
which powerful search lights will be
operated.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18

"By Jove, father, you do keep
this Office beastly hot-it's like an
oven"
TT need be, my lad; it's where I
m axe your daily bread. "-Lond on
o pinion,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18

A stitch ip time may close the
mouths of nine gossips.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-05-02
The Rich in Distress.

Recent New York dispatches give
it out that some of the f4OO'' were
relieved of swag amounting to way
up in the millions when the bears
raided the Change. Think of the
misery it is going to entail upon
lot of innocent people says the
Graugevil1e Free Press. Is it a
wonder we lucky cusses shud6er
when we stop to contemplate ii !?
Gladys dear may be forced to get
along with only forty-tive or fifty
nine French gowns and Harold may
be forced to worry through another
season with last years 500, 900
yacht; then, too, the monkey din
ners may be decreased on account of
this terrible calamity Mamma S
SIPS, 600 necklace may have to re-
main in the jewelers. window an
other season. And things
look mighty blue to pap9-how
many s1eepless nights will be
notched down in burrows on the
already wrinkIed brow by the
scheming of that blessed old man to
recover these few simoleans that
he, too, may drink of the rich, red
wine of folly,
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-05-02
Pointed Paragraphs

The position of a wornan's pocket
seems to worry great many men !;
the contents vorI les the women
The average growing boy is like
a boarding house chicken all legs
and neck, feet always in evidence
The real reason some men do not
marry the second time is because
their first wives s1told tales out
of school -
Lives attuned to service and
made vocal with love are the in
struments that fill the world with
music.
It Is difficult to convince the
woman who has escaped rnatrirnony
that she is to be congratulated, not
condolcd with
The worst spell of the blues any
man ever had can be knocked ou'
in one time and two motions D.
Mr.. ftGct Busy
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-05-02

The Denver Mining Record views
the future of Ely, Nevada, In an
optimistic light, as witness the fo'-
lowing from that journal Ely, IN
the estimation of people who a. =
well informed, is soon expected 70
be a city of not less than 50, ooo
people There is no city OF shh-
liar size in the United States "hefc
real estate is bringing the price
49, - e in Ely Lots along Alt
man street are bringing from $4,000,
TO $4,000 and good residence iot
on the side of the mountain cannon
be. purchased for less than $500 &c
$1,000. In order to advertise Ely
and its cope resources, Conafhit
tee of four was appointed ana II
six hours they raised $50, wv
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-05-02

Scaled bids will be received by
the board of county commissioners
of Eimofe county. Idaho, at an adj
journed meeting to be held on May
18th, 1907, for keeping in repair
and improving county roads in dis
tricts Nos 8, 4, S, and T. Each
bidder must reside in the road dis
trict for which he submits his bid
A good and sufficient bond must
accompany each bid covering double
the amount of contract price The
board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.