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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21
GUIDES TO HEALTH.

Olive oil is not good for massaging
the face; 1t is too strong
The right use of powder will be
found to be of great advantage with
an oily skin.
To whiten the hands rub them
first with lemon juice and aftcrwarri
with dry salt
Don't fill your bedroom with
knickknacks and draperies Have IL
plain, clean and dust free as possible
Soft soap is yellowish-gree jel-
ly, made with olive oil and causti;
potash. Hard soaps are made witt
soda. not potash. =
People with dry, sealy si<in3holl
avoid the use of too much soa;
Neither should they steam the face
Lemon juice or stronger apDl
cation made of colorless iodine VI
remove brown 6. OTIS from the ski3
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21

A dairy of seven cows netted its
owner, F. f. Smith, of Milton, an
average of $50 cow last season.
Evey one of the fourteen lodges of
the fourth Masonic district was rep
resented at the annual meeting held
in Brandon Wednesday afternoon
and evening, there being about three
hundred Masons present.
A big elm tree cut down in Ben
nington last week made nearly three
cords of wood.
The combined output of the Barre
granite quarries for 1906 is coDserv-
atively estimated at gain of over
20 per cent over the previous year.
Fred C. and George G. Willard,
living about two miles fro m Barre,
who run dairy of twenty five COWS
and who had been furnishing Bar
re milk dealer with the product of
their dairy, recently declined to fur
nish milk until their herd was found
free from disease. This commend
able action was taken after the
Messrs. Willard had killed fat cow
for their own use and found it bad
ly diseased with tuberculosis.
Over fifty families in Springfield
desire tenements. 1t is said that
fully sixty new houses are planned
for the coming spring and summer
Last year houses were built on
nearly every street in the village.
Judge Charles HI. Burritt, of the
Philippines, formerly of Manches-
ter, VINO is now on the way to the
United States, has just adopted
sixteen-year-old Filipino girl as his
daughter. He did this with the
full consent and approval of his
children.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21
ROADS
AND 81
ROAD MAk1Ns,&<A>
drop ROADS IN THE SOUTH.
They Would Save $4,000 a Year

They Would Save $4,000 a Year
ON the Cotton Crop Alone.
In an address by John Craft of Mos
bile it was stated that the cost to the
farmers of the South is so cents per
bale of cotton for an average haul OF
eight miles.
II there were good roads the cost
would be reduced to 16 cents bale.
Estimating a crop at a million bales
this would mean d saving of S340,
900 annually.
1t costs under present road condi-
lions rs cents to haul ton of fer
tilizer a mile. With good roads the
cost would be cents a ton.
Il have studied for some years the
problem of working convicts on our
public roads," said Mr.. Craft, land
they have proved to be the most
economical road builders to be had.
The convict has long passed the ex-
perinental stage for road making.
Judge Fave, of Georgia, who has
had twenty years experience in work.
ing convicts as road builders, says:
They are the best and cheapest road
builders. While working convicts,
lot single overt act was committed,
or q single child, woman or man mo-
Tested. or one dollars worth Of
property deprecated on.
Mecklenburg county. North Caro-
lne; has the finest macadamized
roads, and it is being done with con-
Wet labor. 1t costs an average of 25
cents a day to guard, feed and care
or convict labor when 1t is man
Q ged on business principles
AS for the convict himself. sta
tistics show that 90 Per cent. of those
who are worked in the open air,
their families and cease to be a
charge or a menace to the State,
while of those who are kept in pris-
on or are worked in mines, sawmills
or similar places, IS per cent. be-
one hardened criminals.
Nor do | think 1t right to put the
honest wage earners in competition
it'll convict labor, or the manufac-
ring industry in competition with
lie one that hires cheap convict Ia
Dr..
Indiana has more than 1900
dies of good gravel roads. l re-
lembcr when Indiana was consid-
red one of the illiterate States in
g Union. To-day she is prosperous.
I'D her people are no longer igno-
ant, but the State is dotted with the
nest schools and colleges.
Massachusetts spends more mon
y than any other State on her pub
C roads New York has just voted
issue $5O,000,000 for her roads
be spent in the next ten years.
CIV Jersey has fine roads. which have
aon of great benefit. and are the
ast investments the State has. Mis-
nlri is agitating a bond issue OF
25,000,000 for her public roads.
10 province of Ontario. - afass
1850 miles of good roads. and
ON that phenomenal improvement
IKE been the results of prosperity
is farmers"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21
FREE TO FARMERS

To any Farmer who will write us,
mentioning this paper, we viii send
free postpaid, several formulas for
making a first class fertiizar at
home, together with the cost If the
Ingredients, directions for mixing,
etc.
The Vermont Experiment Station
in its bulletin No. lI6 has tie fol-
lowing TO say with reference to the
value of home mixed fertilizers as
compared with the ordinary COM
mercial brands: "On every account,
however, financial, educational, agri-
cultural, it is better to buy the crude
stock and home-mix if one uses a
ton or more.
All up-to date farmers should be
interested in the subject of home
mixed fertilizers and we are IN po-
sition to help them. Address.
CARROLL S: PAGE, Hyde Park, VT
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21
Neighbors Got Fooled.

Il was literally coughing myself to
death, and had become too weak to
leave my bed; and neighbors predicted
that l would never leave it alive; bat
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, y
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 Saith, Druggist. soc. and S1.OO
Trial bottle free.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21
Poetry Worth Reading.
Eatin' for Premiums.


There's lots more cookin' at our
house than what there used to
be,
Cause now we know bout pre-
miums, an arm EN-, don't you
see?
There amt no meat an taters, an
there amt no beans an peas.
Fer mother says that premiums don't
ever come with these.
She bakes great lots NV biscuits out
Nv Patent Feather-Light.'
An we eat all kinds NV cereyuls
from mornin' until night;
Why, we almost died frum eatip' fer
some silver napkins rings.
Cause we knowed it wuz our duty
fer to help git the things.
Twas only jest this mornin' that l
heard my father say,
II wonder wot in thunder we air
eatin' fer to-day"
An it kind o. riled my mother an
she answered sharp and quick,
You air eatin' now, Josiar, fer
silver candlestick."
SEE he, Il want some bacon with 4
streak NV lean an fat"
But, 'sez she, you foolish critter,
premiums never come with that:
You jest wait an see your table,
twill be furnished like Kings.
Eff you eat all you air able fer u
help to git the things"
Now father sets at table with I
frown upon his face,
An glares at mother savage Ike
while she's a-saying grace.
An when we got to laughin' and di
it right out loud,
Because she said the premium list
when all our heads were bowed,
Father he never smiled at all, Dot
with a awful frown
He said that he wuz eatin' fer 4
golden harp an crown,
Cause he lowed we'd sool be angel;
with Patent Feather wings,
Havin' died frum overeatin' fer thcrl
pesxy silver things.
Ciarice W. Riiey
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21
Table Service.

In entertaining il is better TO ser
simple meal perfectly than to :
tempt a more elaborate one i,nre
fectly prepared.
In waiting at table, pass disl"s
the left side and hold them i,
enough for the persons served =
help themselves with case.
All soiled dishes shoald be X;
moved from the left
In passing a plate on which t..
food has been placed. put it on thu
table in front of the person Cor ghori
1t Is intended DO not wait for It i
be taken from the tray.
Soup is served by the hostess; FISH,
roasts and entrees by the host.
Hot dishes-Be careful that hot
dishes are served thoro lghly hot,
and on hot plates, as few things are
SO Objectionable as food that sioll.l
be hot being served lukewarm.
Salads are mixed and desserts
served by the hostess, while vcgeta-
bles and side dishes are usually
served from a side table, the guests
helping themselves.
Everything needed for the table
should be at hand so that there may
be no unnecessary delay In serving.
Finger bowls, extra cutlery. silver,
cracked ice and an extra supply of
bread can all be at hand in case they
are required
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21
Wearing Teeth for Charms.

Sig. Mascagni and his wife wear
watch fobs alike and these have
been the occasion OF much curious
comment. They are common Italian
coins, each punctured with six holss,
In which are set bits of some white
substance, the nature of which is not
apparent except on close examina-
ton. These are, In reality, the teeth
OF the first two Mascagni children.
the teeth of the mothers charm be-
Ing the first of her little daughters,
while the proud father wears in his
charm the milk teeth Of his first born
son.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21
Buttcr Tests i'm Great Er:t:in.

The British customs took 1875
samples of imported butter last year,
the consignments coming fro Il foar-
teen countries. and the London Com
mercial Intelligence states it as re-
markable that, except for one doubt
full sample from the United States,
Holland provided all the bad and
doubtful shipments. seyenty-one in
number, were of Dutch origin, and
the commissioners expressed a regret
that the penalties imposed in the
prosecutions which followed were on
several occasions insignificant In
amount. even in cases in which the
aduIteration extended to large con
signments of considerable value.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21
NJ .irtenancc Cf Gravel RoaGs.

In order TO maintain gravel road
1 good condition it Is well 10 keep
Hes o. gravel alongside at frequent
:aseryals, so that the persons who
witho~t going too Ear for it. AS soon
as ruts or hoes apresr on the sur
face some of this good fresh mate
ria s;:oIld be added and stamped
into position or kept raked smooth
NIL properly consolidated.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21

Registration papers have been fled
IN the offide of the secretary of state
at montpelier for the Tim Co. of
Troy, N. Y, enabling it to do bus
mess in this state This firm as a
capital stock of 5000 and man
ufactures linen collars, cuffs and
shirts. It's principal Office will be in
Rutland and Nellie L. LaBombard,
of Rutland, is named as the person
in this state on whome processes
may be served.
Junius Barnes, of Burlington, has
been granted patent on switch
operating mechanism for cars.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21
Many Children are Sickly.

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-
ness, 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??, 1907-02-21
VERMONT NEWS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Putnam, of N il
ton, have an infant six months old
which weighs thirty-three pounds.
A Bennington man has cut his
smoking during Lent from thirty to
fifteen pipefuls day, but his wife
says he has changed pipes and is now
useing one that holds as much as a
fair sized teacup.
Gregorio Fare Roig, of Benning
ton who came to this country from
Barcelona, Spain thirteen months ago,
reads, writes, and speaks fuently the
Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese
Catalonian, and English languages.
Mr.. Roig's father was formerly gov
amor of province in southeastern
Spain. Mr.. Roig, who went to
Bennington six months ago, has
learned the English language since
that time. At present he is employ
ed as a tailor by G. W. Peterson
D. r. Sargent, aged 81 years, who
died recently at his home in Ludlow !,
was a member of Company G, Six
teenth Vermont Regiment, in the
Civil War.
W. II. Lang, for many years a
resident of Burlington, is now in the
heart of the Sierra Nevada noun
tains in California, at about 1900
feet above the level of the sea, his
headquarters being at Vallecito, Cal
avera county. He is in charge of the
installation for the Union Construc-
ton Co. of hydro electric develop
ment, which consists in part of the
construction of four large dams; fiji
teen miles of fume through the
Stanislaus canyon that will require
about 2O,OO0,00 #. of lumber, all of
which will be turned out direct from
the forests by the company's mills;
twelve miles of railroad; several miles
of steel pipe line, useing over 1000
tons of steel; large power house;
and the installation of electric gener
ators and water wheels of $4,000
horse power capacity, the water
wheels to operate under 1900 feet
head of water.
The new law regarding commit
ment of prisoners prosecuted for in
.oxication and breach of the peace i'll
countieswhere convicted is showing
It's effects more and more ut the
house of correction in Rutland So
lar i'll February there have been only
three commitments. Assistant Sup
erintendent Daniel Bree says that Ill
fifteen years experience he has no,
| seen business SO light,
Henry G. Ide, former governor
general of the Philippines, who has
just been passing few days at his
old home III st. Johnsbury, it being
his first visit to Vermont since his
return from Mania, has returned t.
Washington An informal reception
was rendered him Monday night al
the Wayslde nome OF his niece, Mrs
George M Gray.
Vermont is to be represented at the
sportsmen's show i'll Boston by trout
.aken from Crystal and Willoughby
lakes by q. W. Tenney of Barton
State Fish and Game Commissioner
h. q. Thomas, of Stowe, has given
permission that this be done.
DIR. G A. Brown, of Plainfeld,
mad u bitter experience with the cold
the other night when his exhausted
horse sank in snow drift and the
doctor had to walk home at 2 clock
in the morning. He summoned aid
by tele phone as both his feet were
badly frozen.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21
To Keep Cake Fresh,

Cut a slice of new bread about an
inch thick and place in the tin with
the cake. This will help to keep the
cake fresh for some time. The bread
must be renewed when stale, says
Home Chat. An arp!e placed In the
cake tin will answer the same pur-
pose as the bread. and should also
be renewed when withered.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21
Tcmperatrre AGcctln. Cream.

There are times #hsn. cream seems
to resist all efforts to make 1t, come
to butter The difficulty is usnaBy
laid to the ripening of the cream but,
the trouble is greatest when two o.
three patches are put together which
have ripened at different tines. The
temperature of the cream, however
has usually more to do with the case
than any other factor.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21
Hunting .or Trouble

I've lived in California % years. and
and am still hunting for trouble in the
way of burns. sores, wounds byils. cuts.
sprains. or ease of piles that Buck
lens Arnica Salve won't qu ckly cure.
writes Charles Walters. of Alieghany,
Sierra Co No Use hunting. AIr. Wal
tiers; it cures every case. Guaranteed
at q. @ Smiths drug store 25c.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21
Pure Blood Is n Defense,

il means safety. A person whose blood
is in an impure and impoverished con
dition is i'll the G teatest danee r of catch
ing any infectious or epidemic disease.
DR. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy is the
mild, st, s .fest md surest purifier of the
blood, thus striking at the root of Kid
ney, Liver and Bladder diseases. $1.00
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21

If the devil told a woman she was
pretty she woul know h had a
good heart in spite of his business.
When a man swears off he acts
worse about it than if he hal been
blackjacked and robbed by thugs.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21
STATE OF VERMONT. !

Marlboro. SIS.
BY the Probate Court for : aid District
TO all persons interested In the estate Of
Almar w. Slattuck late of aitleb8r0.
in said District, deceased. Greeting You
are hereby notified that this Court will
decide upon the allowance OF the ccount
OF 6. T. Shanks. Admnist rator upon
the Estate of Almar w. Shat II X, late
of Brattle'oro, i'm said District, deceased,
and decree distribution thereof to the
persons entitled thereto, at the sessi n
thereof to be held a. the Prolate Office
In Brattleboro, in said District. on the
last Saturday of February, 4. ID. 1907.
when and where you may be heard ia tile
premises, il you see cause.
II. L. EDDY. Register
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21
jewels ard Coninieyions.

The girl who is caref IL of her ap-
pearance matches her jewels to her
hair and complexion these days.
She doesn't wear diamonds near
her face. as they dim her eyes and
make her teeth dull
She doesn't wear rubies, eneralds
or sapphires with any shade of red
hair or any shade of red gown
She affects Tearls on all occa-
sions and in all forms. They are the
prime softeners of the complexion
anu eyes.
Opals also receive her especial ap-
prevail, notwithstanding the super
stition attached to them.
She evinces a profound preference
for corals If her coloring is of the
brunette order.
She won't wear rings on an ex-
quisite hand or necklace on per-
feet neck. 1t is only when hand or
throat are on the betwixt-and-be-
tween order that she attempts any
display of Jewels
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21
G. HI. Dinsmore.

The annual strife over license and
no-license for the town of Rocking
ham is already on 1t being freely
predicted that the town will go no.
license this year because of the ac-
ton of States Attorney Robert c..
Bacon in shutting out the so called
North Walpole, N. H. beer carts.
Last year it was freely argued that
inasmuch as these carts were dis
tributing all kinds of liquor without
interference from the officials the
town mi ,ht as we'll have few saloons
of it's OVID and secure little revenue
from licenses. This year the carts
have been shut out and no such ar
gument can be advanced.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21
What Others Say.
What Are the Advantages of High
School?


School?
Despite the great wave OF educa-
tional sentiment that has spread over
the whole country, the above ques-
ton is often raised in small villages
like Weston, and others similarly
situated.
The several hundred dollars re-
CURED to maintain the high school
seem sometimes like the last straw
added to an over-taxed people. Let
us, however, look the matter square
ly in the face.
The State now makes it obliga-
tory upon the towns, to either sup
port high school, or be to the
equally heavy expense of paying the
tuition in some larger place, of ev-
cry pupil, old or young, who has adj
vanced beyond what the law now
calls elementary schools, and who
chooses to get some further degree
of education.
THIS is the only choice that lies
before the people. Now let us see
which is the better alternative for
the community.
First let us ask ourselves will any
of the young people, who spend a
term of years in the high social and
literary life of these larger places,
ever be content to come back to tn
home town and spend the remainder
of their lives among associates who
have had no educational adyant-
ages !?
No We know this cannot be
Is it not better to spend the mon
ey in such way that the young
people, who stay at home and pre-
pare for a rural life, shall receive
this educational prize?
In fact, would not refusing to sus
tain the high school be most direct
~ and effectively saying to ever,
young person in the community,
who has intelligence enough to de-
sire an education, that the town will
give hundreds of dollars to send
them to some other locality from
whence it knows they will probably
not return; but would not give the
money to sustain literary institu-
ton at home, that might have be-
come a center of higher education
and culture, and which would equal
ly prepare them for home life and
environments.
While the whole country, and par
ticuIarly the agricultural portion of
it, is having more prosperity than
was ever before known, in this or any
other nation, look at the abandoned
farms along the upper West River
and then decide if it be best to give
the young people an education here
at home, or 10 adopt more drastic
measures to force them into other
communities.
G. II. Dinsmore.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21
Pages Perfected Poultry Food

may be obtained of the following:
l.. L. Landman, s. LOndOnder-
ry, Williams Bros, LOndOnder-
ry, VI.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21

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
125-pound sack for $500 or a 60
pound sack for 200.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21

II. L. EDDY. Register.
The daily tribune., 1907-03-13
msnt apsns tonight Il Hossten opera
houss-don't forget.
ABOUT YOUR NEI0nBORs
AND YOURSELVES

MRS. Janss Collins hss ssssrn.
Cd from : visit wish friends II Den
YER.
-. r. Warner and family have
moved Into tbs Simon hosss on
West Third street.
--MiM katherine Mcconnell has
returned from Denver. Mis- Anna
will remain there few days longer.
-Aissss Mary and Bertha Pride.
formerly Of this city, but recently Of
virsinia. are IN ths city tbs guests Of
Mrs. y. p. Mcconnell and family.
nxNGERn1fC MTCTxKE