Middletown transcript., 1868-08-22

we JOOk rlue, on w euHcSuay, III |
company with several gentlemen, to see
the celebrated Peach Orchard of Mr.. Ed
ward G. Fenimore, situated in Appoquin-
mink Hundred, not far from the mouth
of Appoquinimink creek. This name, we
were told, is the Indian term for Z" Grip
pied Duck" but judging from the looks
of the beautiful country through which
our route lay, we should say that, finan-
cially speaking, there are very few Grip
pied ducks there. Certainly Mr.. Fcni-
more is not one of them, nor is he likely
to be, while his orchard of 100 acres is as
prolific as it has been for the last eight
years, in no season yielding him less than
800, 900, and some years rising conside-
rably above that sum. When our party
arrived at his wharf, about noon, he had
just finished picking for the day, and his
steam-tug, which he employs at $25 per
day, was gliding down the creek with a
schooner in tow, and 235 baskets of lus-
cious peaches on board, bound for New
Castle. His crop, this year, will amount
to somewhere between six and ten thou
sand baskets, which are bringing him from
81 to $50 per basket according to quality,
and earlier in the season they brought as
high as $40 per basket. Mr.. Fenimore's
orchard presents most flourishing and
healthy appearance, and gives evidence of
having received the most careful attention
Some thief went into Mr.. Charles Ad-
ans Ice House, about a mile from Mid
dletown, on Friday night last, and carried
off, as he supposcs, about three hundred
pounds of ice On Saturday night, a
will-barrel, which he had left on the
premises of Mr.. J. B. Deakyne, Middle
town, was carried off. Not long since,
Mr. Adams found one of his hogs nearly
dead, one morning, from the compression
of stout wire, which had been twisted
tightly around its body, just behind the
forelegs. The presumption is, that it was
the intention of the miscreant who placed
the wire around it, to take the hog away.
These parties may ere long find them
selves in the clutches of the law, unless
they refrain from mcddling. with other
peoples property.
KILLED.-The Dclawarean says "A
white man named Joseph Outten, resi-
dent of Milford, said to have been drum
ken, disordcrly character, was instantly
killed near Bowers Beach, last Saturday,
by being run over by an OK cart. Outten,
it seems, being drunk, got in the cart,
which was passing him on the road by
some means he fell out, heavy wheel
passed over his neck and broke the bone.
There was a grand hop at the Pier
House, on Tuesday night last Sixty
couple were present, many from this vi
cinity, and ''good time" generally. An
other took place at ''Vacancy Grove" on
the Manor, on Thursday ght The last
hop of the season at Collins Beach, will
come off ON Thursday next.
Mr.. B. F Kanely met with an accident
in Middletown yesterday evening while
driving along the street, in his buggy, hi.
horse shycd and ran the carriage against q
tree by which the carriage was upset anC
Mr.. Kanely thrown out bruising him con
siderably. His harness was also much bro
ken.
KILLED.-The Delocarean says that ,
boy living with Mr.. Donaphon, on Mr.
Charles Browns farm, about four mile
from Dover, on the Smyrna road, wa
killed last Wednesday by kick from I
mule.
The Democrats of Brandywine Hundred
raised a handsome hickory pole at til,
Practical Farmer on Monday night
They will soon adorn it with fine flag OF
which will be emblazoned the names o
Seymour and Blair.
ACCIDENT TO THE ODESSA SrAaE-Or
Tuesday the dashboard of the Odcss;
Stage was broken off by the ponderosit,
of one of the +" solid men" of that town
The accident occurred in Middletown
The Smyrna Circuit Camp near Black
bird, commenced ON Thursday. Their
are two tents from Middletown, and ON
or more from the vicinity of Odessa.
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| CuRIoUs DIsoovERy.--A gentleman il
one of the Departments at Washington ha
made a curious discovery, which we pub
lish below. lie numbers each letter of TIL
alphabet, and then adds the numbers cor
rospoding to the letters composing tn
two tickets, Seymour and Blair, and Gran
and Colfax. The result shows 1T fo
Seymour and Blair, and 40 for Gran
: and Colfax, the total being 317, which. i
the number of votes in the Electoral Col
lege; thus:
A...... S.....l9 Ca.
b.. 2 L ..... 8 R....l9