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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
COURTSHIP AFTER MARRIAGE.
Many Think WedIock a Paid Up Poll
icy for Happiness.

Some men seem to consider their
marriage certificate as a sort OF fully
paid up policy OF happiness. They
act as II the courtship days were
those of paying premiums OF compli-
ment, cheerfuiness. courtesy. con-
sideration and chivalry, and that
marriage cuts off all these premiums
of lover-like attention.
The only way to get an absolutely
guaranteed insurance on matrimony
is to keep paying the premiums.
Many first class matrimonial policies
lapse just because of these suspend
ed payments.
There is a tendency to assume that
this love is known and recognized. SO
why speak of 1t? This is a danger
Gus taking for granted of what
should be made real, pulsing and
vital in thought, word and deed.
There is little danger of overtell-
Ing this story; it is often the wine of
life and inspiration to one hunger
ing and thirstIng for the little ten
derness of affection.
There are more people on this
great. big, rolling earth huneering
for sweetness, tenderness, and words
OF appreciation. genial confidence
and generous affection than are
starving for bread.
With husband and wife these dell
cate messengers of affection cost sc
littlc-sometimes only a thought
but is is the thought that is all.
Continued courtship after mar.
riage preserves the lover in the hus
band and the sweetheart in the wife
But courtship is not solitaire; like Q
quarrel, 1t requires two to make IL ,
1 success.
II is not the wife alone who needs
| the gracious sweetness of concen
| trated comradeship, for husband
| who are built on the right lines have
the same. hunger for loving kindness
and kindly loving.
Courtship. is vessel OF promts'
| that is often wrecked on the shoals
| Of matrimony Courtship means tw'
| mates without a captain: marriag
sometime: becomes two captain
without a mate.-Delineator.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14

The state commission in charge
of the Vermont exhibit at the
jamestown exposition has decide d
to erect building representing a
Summer Home in Vermont. It
will be about "a by 81 feet and a
story and half high. The lower
floor will be one room set apart to
receive visitors and will be finished
III hard pine and furnished appro-
priately. A broad piazza will face
Hampton Roads. A writing room
and toilet rooms will occnpy the up
per floor. The Connecticut build
ing will be on one side and New
Jersey on the other. The building
will cost $4,000 and $4,000 will be
used in advertising the state Elk
hibits will be made of maple prod
ucts and dairy goods; while leading
manufacturers and quarrymen will
be we'll represented.
The plan is perhaps as good as
any if a typical summer home is rep
resented; but if it is to be a com
promise-a cross between mansion
and a boat-house-the commission
had better omit the erection of q
building, and spend the money in
pamphlets, circulars and photo
graphs showing the desirability of
Vermont for q summer resort
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
DORSET VALLEY.
Deferred from last week. J

The sun on Candlemas day did
not cut much ice, so according to
the cid saying the big cold end of
winter has gone and we shall have
nice warm weather hereafter.
Old ST has got so be goes with
out crutch or cane. You ct be
feels good, but he doesn't venture
out much yet.
Henry Marvin was here last Sat
urday and drew us load of nice
wood.
Ed Bowen and his mother were
in Mancl ester Saturday on lusi-
ness.
Mrs. Moses Tiff was here last
week and called at Brookside.
IIulda Bowen has returned from
Manchester Depot where she spent
week
The Forcsters hold their meetings
in the large dining room at the
quarries. Several from West Paw
let were over to their last NEE ing
Mr.. Cool, general agent for the
Walter A. Wood Co, Hoosick
Falls, called here last v eek and en-
gagged A. L. Bowen as a srecial
agent for their agricultural zoos
Ii you have cash you want to swap
for their goods he will call OH YOU
The ice harvest is about ever.
We use Jordan river ice here and
don't have to send 10 the Holy
Land for it either. But it is only
used 10 cool Sc fit drinks with The
bard stuff goes down clear, hot or
cold, early OF late, summer or win
ter.
Tie town of Pawlet, having under
he Jaw been compelled 10 pay SO
much for advanced scholars attend
ing school out of town, has use up
all the school money and with about
bali the local school year gone the
selectmen have stopped orders lie
ing drawn on the town for schools.
These persons who appropriate mon
ey far exceeding the supply will in
the end tin / there is no more to a cat
than ii ski. These Sc ectmen are
right.
After the legislature had sat long
enough to kill three men and mai
everybody in the state sick, then TO
have such botch as the law pam
phlets forced upon us is damrable,
no one knows what is law. The
way the contract is being let to
print the books they will be little
better and wont come out till spring.
What are we to do till then? /
wrote to Game and Fish Commits
sioner Thomas to construe some of
the hunting laws and he writes me-
'put the laws in force on all parties
without discrimination, but he
dot tell me what the law means,
and that is where his head is level
for no living man can decipher what
it means,
81 CLONE.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14

Sheriff A. Fl. Thompson went to
New fame Wednesday to put into
operations plans made to keep he
prisoners there ut work in accord
ance with an act passed by tie last
legislature. This winter the pris-
oners will devote their time to work
ing up wood. The sheriff took with
him a good supply of axes, wedges,
saws, elc so that the prison
grounds will soon be the scene of
busy activity under the watchful
eye of an armed deputy sheriff. In
the spring the prisoners will p oba-
bly, lie put 10 work on the highways
DR. F. McKibboD, of Shorthar +,
has pen of thirty-three Rhode Isl
and Red pu'lets which laid 522 eggs
in the month of January.
Cavendish village is the mecca Of
provision carts Each week mea
carts visit it nine times, bread carts
five times, fish carts twice.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
NetghbOrs Got Fooled .

Il was literally coughing myself to
death, and had become too weak to
leave my bed; and neighbors predicted
that would never leave it alive; but
they got fooled, for thanks be to God
was induced to try DIR. Kings New
Discovery. 1t took just four one dollar
bottles to completely cure the cough
and restore me to good sound health, :"
writes Mrs Eva Uncapher. of Grover
town, Stark Co., Ind. This King of
cough and cold cures, and healer of
throat and lungs, is guaranteed by G.
G Smith, Druggist soc. and Sl.00
Trial bottle free.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
Windsor County Gourt


In Windsor County court divorce
cases the following decisions have
been given:
Frank S. Coburn of Weston
against Lo:tie E Coburn. Divorce
for desertion.
Daisey E Gee of Ludlow against
A len j.. Gee. Divorce granted for
'eglect and refusal to support
Estha W. Westmore of Hartford
against Ella F. Westmore. Di-
vorce for desertion.
Stella M. Shepard of Springfield
against Arthur M. Shepard. d.
vorce granted.
Annie J. Daniels against John
Dray, petition to annul. Judgment
that the marriage is null and void
and that the parties ere not husband
and wife, hut twain.
Daniel ID. Peck from Almira
Peck. Bill granted for willful de-
sertion.
Mary L Martin against George
A. Martin. Divorce granted for in
tolerable severity. Custody of mi
nor children decreed to petitioner.
Edna A Sumner against VIM.
IL. II. Sumner. Granted for re-
fusal to support.
Ada l. Alexander from VIM. B.
Alexander for intolerable severity:
Freeman H. Gibson from Carrie B
Gibson for wilful desertion: Harley
j. Currier from Bertha Currier for
wllful desertion Lena E. Flanders
from John r Flanders for intolel-
able severity. Emma Macy from
Edward Macy for neglect and re-
fusal to support Herbert E. Kid
der from Mary Kidder, Alice L.
Clifford from Walter H. Clifford.
Guy Baker from Emma Baker, and
Wallace j Gould from Catherine
Gould, for adultery.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
ALL SORTS.

The city council of Portland has
voted to offer the State of Maine
100000 to remove ITS capital there.
s.. John W. Russ, leading shoe
manufacturer of Haverhill, Mass !,
has been severely bitten by u horse
suffering from the rabies
The Assumptionist College for
the education of French young men
for the priesthood, the first of its
kind in the United States, has been
opened in Worcester, Mass. Here
tofore French young men have been
sent to Montreal for their education
Mrs. w. Fl. Steele, a daughter
of the poet, Bret Harte, has been
taken to the poorhouse in Portland,
Me-, frierdless and penniless. Her
husband is somewhere in the West
but claims she was so extravagant
he could not support her.
A colony of half starved cats left
by wealthy sammer residents of
Pine Orchard, Conn, are causing
great annoyance to the people who
live there the year around. One
resident says it is hardly safe to be
out after dark owing to the fierce
ness of the half famished animals.
Gov. f. d. Proctor, who is 9
graduate of Amherst, College, class
of '82, attended the third annual
banquet of the Sons and Daughtels
of Vermont in Amherst, Mass.
Monday.
/ The war department has sent t,
tie Senate an estimate that $780,
05S will be needed as an additiona
appropriation for the support of the
army for the coming year by reason
of the passage of the bill to reorgan
( ize AMI increase the efficiency of the
artillery corps.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
States Attorney Bacon Causes Arrest o.
Daniel Graham in Bellows Falls
and Siezes a Case of Ale

A half days visit of States At
tt1ney Bacon Tuesday of last week
resulted in freeing Bellows Falls of
the SO called North Walpole "beer
carts, at least temporarily, and if a
court decision to be given later goes
the right way, the deliverance will
be for all time. This will leave
Rockingham free to regulate its own
rum traffic as it sees fit. No license
will mean no-license and license will
mean that those who pay the license
fees will have the benefit of the
trade.
The states attorney was accom-
panied by Deputy Sheriff Davis OF
Brattleboro Daniel Graham, who
drove delivery team belonging tc
the Crescent Bottling company
was arrested while driving through
the Square. The team was taken
to Erost's stable and Graham was
escorted to the lookup, but was
shortly released on bail of s5,G fur
nished by Fl. D. Ryder.
The states attorney said he ex-
pected to be able to prove IL or Is
cases against Graham in the county
court, and that the penalty for each
offense proved was fine of not less
than s3t . nor more than $1,000, OF
Imprisonment of not less than sc
days or more than one year, or both
Graham was bound over to the
April tenn Of the Windham count,
court.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
No Pardon for Ketchum.

John W. Ketchum, who is serv-
ing seven years sentence for COM
pllcity in wrecking the Farmers
National Bank of Vergennes has re.
ceived an official notification that
the department of justice had re-
fu Led to consider his application for
pardon. A petition for pardon
had been signed by several thousand
prominent citizens throughout the
state.
Ketchum will re-enter the news
paper business at the expiration OF
his sentence June %.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
STATE OF VERMONT, !
MarlI,0rO Sc

BY the Probate Court for id Dist let
10 all persons interested in the estate Of
Almar w. Shattuck late Of b attleboro.
in said District, deceased. Greeting You
are hereby notified that this Court will
Iecide upon the allowance Of the account
Of G. T. Shanks. AdmInist IA tor upon
the Estate of Almar w. Shatiu X, late
of BraitlebOro, in SAID District, deceased,
and decree distribution thereof to the
persons entitled thereto, at The stsSi n
thereof to be held at the Probate Office
in BrattIeboro, in said District, on the
asst Saturday of February. A. ID. 1907,
when and where you may be heard ia the
premises, If you see cause.
fl. f. DDY. Register.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
VERMONT NEWS.

For the fourth time in its history
the Vermont Marble Co, Proctor,
has distributed among its employ
ees in cash the total amount earned
during year as 1906 as a profit by
its three stores, at Proctor and at
West and Central Rutland. All
employees who had traded at the
stores in 1906 received at the Proc
tor store IL per cent. of the total
amount traded for the year; at the
West Rutland store, per cent;
and at the Center Rutland store, 5
per cent. as dividend for the year.
Thus s33 800 was distributed among
the help of the company.
There is an immense elm tree
near A. A. Herrick's house in West
Milton and about twenty feet from
the ground in the crotch of the
tree is currant bush which has
grown there for a number of years
and bears fruit nearly every year.
John T. Russell of Rutland has
been awarded large silver loving
cup by the Vermont Accident In
surance company for writing more
insurance for the company during
January than any other agent.
At the annual meeting of the YER
mont association of Boston the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Arthur
L. Robinson, president; Isaiah r.
Clark and Gen. Charles X. Darling,
vice-presidents; Fred T. Field, sec
rotary: DR.. Edmond A. Durham,
treasurer; Rev J Harry Holden,
Chaplain; Eugene N. Foss> Ira R.
Kent, William Craig, Wade Reyes,
Charles H. Bradley, Ralph A
Stewart, Giles W. Bryant, jaime S
A Frye and Harvey King, execu-
tive committee.
Fire which broke out in the Park
er store in Pownal Wednesday re-
suited in q loss of So 900 which is
covered by insurance The village
post Office is in this building, and
for time it was feared that the
mail would be destsoyed, butt was
removed from the building safely.
The Springfield Electric Railway
Co. has been notified by the Jones
& Lamson machine works that it
must he prepared to handle an in
crease of so per cent. in traffic this
year. This will necessitate new
cars.
The delivery team of IT. J. Up
ham of Ludlow ran away Tuesday
of last week, raced up hill, turned
into dooryard and dropped dead.
A copy of paper published in
the Island of Mindanao, in the
Philippines, recently received con-
Tins notice of former Benning-
ton boy, Walter Gavin, whose par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Gavin
are living in Bennington, and whose
father served for several years in
the British navy. Tie paper says
that worlds record has been brok-
en-, mountain guns having been
moved and fired in 3S 4-5 seconds
at Malobong. A letter recently re-
ceived with the paper says Walter
M. Gavin is the fastest mountain
gunner in the world. He is the
gunner of the Twenty-sixth battery
at Camp Keithley, Mindanao. He
has eight of the best drilled men in
the world.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
Hunting or Trouble.

I've lived in California 20 years. and
and am still hunting for trouble in the
way of burns. sores, wounds, boils. cuts.
sprains, or a case of piles that Buck
lens Arnica Salve won't quickly cure. "
writes Charles Walters. of Allegheny,
Sierra Co No use hunting. Mr.. Wal
tiers; it cures every case. Guaranteed
at q. G. Smiths drug store Csc.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
Many Children are Sieklx

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children. used by Mother Gray, nurse
in Children's Home. New York, Break
up Colds in "a hours, cure Feverish
nesss, Headache, Stomach Troubles,
Teething Disorders, and Destroy
Worms. At all druggists. 25c. Sample
mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Ohm
sted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
What Others Say.
Editor Sitter


Isn't it about time for the voters
of the town to begin to ask each
other. Who is the best man for our
highway commissioner Is the best
man the man who waits until June
before he goes to work, waits until
the melting snow, spring rains,
cIogged bitches and siuices, loose
stones, ETC., have done all the dam
age they CAP, nearly all available
help having secured work elsewhere,
and then undertakes to repair the
damage much of it needless) with
u few men?
Or is the best man the man who
engages his help early and takes
what men he needs and goes on to
the road before the snow is all gone,
turns out OF the road all the water
he can, and who gets ahead OF the
spring rains 10y hXlng somewhere
for the water to run besides in the
road, and who goes on the principle
that five dollars laid out before, is
better than ten dollars laid out two
or three weeks after the damage is
done, and one, who, when he repairs
a piece of road will not leave 1T s }
that the first rain that comes viii
wash out all he has put in and more
with it
Which is the best man?
A good road is the backbone Ct
nearly all our mountain towns, and
it seems to me that we should all
strive to have til EN- the best we can
with what we have to do with.
L. D. Garfield.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14

A circular letter has been sent GU,
in the interests of the Vermont I'M
provement Association by its secre-
tary, R. W. McCuen of Vergennes.
A large membership is desired, thus
getting moral support as we'll as fin
ancial aid from all parts of the state
This organization has unlimited
possibilities for the upbuilding OF
Vermont. It's probabilities for sue
cessful results will be just what the
organization itself makes them
With d dozen live members from
each town and city it cannot fail te
become a powerful factor in waking
up Vermont to its great possibilities
The circular in part is as follows:
"To carry out these plans success
fully and accomplish the desired re-
suits, the association must have
funds, and we hope to raise the nee
essary money Ey membership fees
and from private sources We are
DESTROYS of enrolling at least 1900
public spirited citizens rs members
of the association. Already large
number have joined and Sc me have
made generous cont ihutons, but
we want you also to become mem
her and assist in the work of the as
ISOLATION. There are no salaried
officers and all the money will be
used to develop the resources OF
. Vermont. Will you join? Believ
ing that you will do so a member
ship ticket is enclosed and an en-
velop to return to the secretary the
membership fee of one dollar, You
can also be of further assistance to
the new organization by interesting
your fellow townsmen and obtaining
the co operation of your local socie-
ty or board of trade. We believe
the association can be of much as
sistanee to you and we certainly
hope to get your valuable support.
The campaign of development will
begin as soon as possible and a
strong endeavor will be made to ex-
plot the attractions and resources
of our state, to interest outside cap
italists, and to keep Vermont capt.
al at home and employed in the de-
velopment of Vermont interests
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14

The Solomon islands, in the
South seas, were visited 10y a fearful
earthquake several months ago, in
which the earth was opened and
deep gorges created. The entire
appearance of the islands was
changed. There was no loss of life.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14

A bill has been passed by both
branches of Congress and is favored
by the president granting pension
of $12 month for each veteran of
the Civil War who has reached the
age of SO; $15 for those who are 70
or more and $40 for such veterans
who are rs years old or over; pro
vided the veterans served at least
80 days and received an honorable
discharge.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14

Not many weeks ago we were
reading that several railroad COM
panies were voluntarily increasing
the wages of their employees ten
per cent. How good they were !!
Now it transpires that these rail-
roads are taking action to reimburse
themselves for the recent increase in
wages. Eastern railroads controll-
ing more than 100000 miles of lines
are taking a vote on the proposition
to increase the rates on nearly all of
the main commodities ten per cent
by increasing the minimum which it
is permitted to load into a car.
There are lots of holes in a skinner
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
1t is, indeed, an unfortunate thing

1t is, indeed, an unfortunate thing
that some misguided sentimental m
proposes to erect monument over
The grave of Mary Rogers, who was
hanged for the mul der of her bus
band in Bennington. 1t is CRAFTY
ing to find people of warm heart,
but it is painful to to see them mis-
direct their sympathies'1n such mat
tiers. The best monument that poor
frail creature, whose life was folfe,t-
ed to the law, could ask of any
friend would he that both she and
her story e as quickly forgotten s
possible. Ii philanthropy wants to
spend some money to emphasize lis
interest in her pathetic case, let II
take the money now to be devote d
10 inan'mate stone and put it into
the Golfers of some institution or i'll
the directing power of some infu-
ence that is doing practical work
among fellow human beings in try
ing to save young girls from the ca
reer and the fate that befell thus
woman. st Adams Messenger.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14

A bill has been favorably reported
by the House committee on post
Offices and post-roads allowing ten
cents worth of postage stamps of
any denomination to be used instead
of special delivery stamp, proyid-
ing the words especial delivery be
written on the letter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14

TIE f; c. that the persons who are
q ecting a monument to Mary Rog-
ers to not want their names to be
made public is not surprising under
the Observation-Disclosures Free
p ess.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14

We want agents in every village
where our Poultry Food is not sold.
If it is not on sale in your village we
will send you, freight prepaid, a
1875 pound sack for $500 or 60
pound sack for 90.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14

A piece Of frozen ground, thrown
three hundred feet into the air by a
blast in. the gravel pit in Dummers-
ton Thurs lay afternoon, stuck II.
c. Yeaw of Bratteboro, on the
head in its descent, rendering him
unconscious. The blow inflicted a
scalp wound and injured one eye,
besides causing some unfavorab'e
internal symptoms. Mr. Yeaw was
taken to the Brattleboro Memorial
b spital. His physician thinks h.
VII be all right in few days He
was working with Road Commits
sioner p. S Eames of Brattlel orc.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
Pages Perfected Poultry Food

may be obtained of the following:
L. T. Landman, s. LOndOnder-
~, Williams Bros, LOndOnder-
ry. VI.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
Editorial Column.

Congratulations to Elk Gov. Hol-
brook of Brattleboro upon reaching
his Oath birthday anniversary in
such fine condition.