Smyrna times., 1859-09-22
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. SONDAf last was the Quarterly meeting o
cason for Smyrna circuit and station. On Il
circuit at Kenton church, there was lare
turn out " of people. The Presiding Eide
Rev. Mr.. Murphy, preached there in the morr
ing' and In Smyrna at night.
" GENTLEMAN known TO many of our citizens
- now travelling in Europe, in letter to frien
by OF ours' says that, in Edingburgh, peaches wer
he selling, at the time he wrote, at fifteen dollar
dozen. Rather more for one peach than ou
e. people are willing to give for whole baske,
and that too of the best quality. Pine apples
the same gentleman writes, were selling at foul
dollars piece.
= The little girls of the M. E. Sunday School
i OF this town, who were delegated by the Rev.
Mr. Hughes, on Sunday week, to collect funds
for the "Seamen's Friend Society,"" reported
on Sunday last the clever little sum of S22 II.
as the fruit Of their efforts. Their winning
smiles and earnest manner of importuning
could not be resisted, and many "outsiders {"
gave, doubtless, more TO please the little dim
pie faces than of aiding in the efforts to evan
gellze the sailors. This, with the collection
taken In the church, will amount to about forty.
three dollars sent from this Society 10 aid the
Seamen's Home Mission.
| IHE Wilmington papers are complaining OF
burglars. The Journal of Friday, says: Z" To-
days pa per chronicles number of ofdepredations
and robberies committed, and in all or nearly
all the cases the rascas have thus far escaned
detection. Cannot something be done to sion
this growing evil! Our police are active and
VlgIant but as yet have made no arrests that
we know Of"
MAKE CIDER-Farmers should take the first
opportunity they have to gather the apples that
lie on the ground, for this purpose. The storm
OF Saturday whipped off the trees hundreds and
thousands Of bushels, which are fit for nothing
else-the apples being too green and the sea-
son too early to put away for winter. Then,
IN addition TO the pleasure that would accrue
from The engulphing of the juicy potaton, our
citizens might be supplied with good cider
vinegar-an article as difficult TO find now-a- q
days as "genwyne" brandy. :
We are indebted to Mr.. VIM. C. Mitchell. of
his town, for lot of superior Heath peaches b
he finest, by far, of this variety that we have b
seen the present year. They were raised on j,
MS farm near the Steamboat Landing, the
peaches from which have always commanded =
he tip-tOp" prices of the market C.
A WAC suggested the other day, while the a
1qulnoctial storm was raging and the floods =,
descending e. the bottom having fallen out ~, Il
hat the sun could certainly cross the line this g
ime without getting wet.
THE fodder was so badly ".ibboned " by the "a
ate storm, that the farmers generally think it tc
INIT to top and blade, and consequently are CT
uttlng the corn off at the ground and shocking o'
t. Fortunately, about one-thrd of the fodder ,
vas saved before the Storm
Mr.. E f. LUMMIs, now at Wards Hall, has
AIKEN over seven hundred ambrotype likenesses al
n this town, during the past ten days. He OF
1ll doubtless reach thousand in the course of be
he week. of
OrR Dover correspondent gives us an inter- W
sting article on Improvements in Delaware IN
lso, excellent reflections on peach culture II
lee first page.
Ir is estimated that one hundred thousand ~
oung peach trees have been budded in Sussex l
ounty the present season, in addition to the al
lany thousand trees carried there from the III
eighboring States the past spring. I'll
THE Wesleyan Female College, at Whining =, =,
IN, has taken fresh start, larger number of
;holars having entered the first of this session
ian at any time previous.
SOME of the most influential citizens of Mid es
letown have formed themselves into a Band CT
nd are about purchasing a splendid set of in liz
ruments. They have procured the services tn
Prof ]. L. Beggs, of Wilmington, as teacher. II