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Smyrna times., 1869-12-22

We have received from Rev. s. L. Gracev.
of Wilmington, formerly of this town. neat
little book Of over 200 pages, of which he is
the author entitled Anniversary Gems -
IL is q work designed especially for Sunday
School concerts and anniversaries, and contains
addresses, reeitations, conversations and Scrip
sions. It's book thai every Sunday School
needs; L Is published by Perkinpiue & Hig-
gins, Philadelphia. 49,
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NOTICE.
~ -
4N OFFICE OF THE KENT Co Mutual TNsURANCECO


~ OFFICE OF THE K ENT Co Mutual INSURANCE Go
Dover, Dec. Is 1867
The annual meeting Of the policy holders OF he
hent County Mu,ual Insurance Company Will be he
at the office OF Jessee ). Huntingdon IN Sm at "
O'Clock, on MONDAY, JANUARY ,th. iOr The pur'
pose OF elecilng l9I NINE DIRECTORS 10 serve The
ensuing year.
The annual list Of Premiums due January Isl, Will
BE IN The hands OF the following persons on or heOe
december 3lsI: L J. Vanhlnkle, Delaware Chy; jas
Clements, Smyrna; The Treasurer Of The CCG
pany, Dover; Alexander jackson, Camden; John w.
Reynolds FELTON, and Harrington Y. FOulk Nil
lnrd james Ponder. MIlhn; Paul A. DAVIS. Lewis
7. A Rawlins. Brdgevile SealOrd and FedeIa s.
Ourg; James X. B. Powell. Farmingtun; James Csn'
non, Salisbury, Md; Wesley Stack. Greensboro MuT
IL. i. Downing. Georgetown.
dividend OF per cent will be allowed 10 inc
policy holders The pr, npt payment OF lhtlf n'e.-
est All policies expire the first day OF Janusf!
al IL O'Clock, NJ. BY order of The President
dec22 1t GEO B. DICKSON, Secretary
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FIRE.-Two frame houses belonpino n Pa-
ter +. Causey, Jr., situated in Mill st. Milford
were destroyed by fire last Tuesday morning
week. One Of them was occupied by Solomon
Holmes, and the other by Johr Cannon Sr
Holmes lost everything he possessed, including
$50 in money. The furniture of Cannon was
saved. The entire loss is estimated at $1,000
The families were turned out of doors and had
to be cared for by their friends.
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Registers Office,

Dover, Kent Co., Delaware
December 10Th, 1867
Upon application of VIM. COrbit Sproance,, -
ecutOr of Lydia SPruance, late OF Duck Creek A.,
dred in said County, deceased ii is ordeFeu a"1
rected by the Register, that the said Executor go
Notice of the granting of Letters Testamen'l'i
upon the estate OF the said deceased, by causing
vertisements to be posted within forty days from ~.
date of such letters, in six of the most pubic
of the County of Kent, requiring all persons na''"s
demands against the estate to present the sa,o I'd
abide by an Act of Assembly in such case ~
the SMYRNA TINES, newspaper published III '1'-
county and continued therein four weeks.
Given under the hand and seal Of office OF ',lS NV
lL' S. Register aforesaid, at Dover, Kent OounH
aforesaid, the day and year above wr''e"'
NJ. HARRINGTON, Register
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DEATHS.

HINkLE-Near Dover the 7h tRt Horace W, son o
B. A. and George s. Hinle. aged ygrs months aud Y
days.
aged Is.
RICkARDSIn Dover. the evening Of the 18th inst after
aprotraeted illness John RickaIds aged about
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THE TIMES" is published Wednesday afternoon by
JosEPR H. HoFFEcKER Editor Proprietor at Smyrua
Delaware.
$500 advance or $3.50 II
not paid till the end Of the No paper discontinued until
all arrears psid-only at the option Of Publisher
ADVERTISEMENTS will I've inserted at the Seven Cents
aline forth first insertion; subsequent Three
ahSf cents. liberal discount made quarterly semi
nual and yearly allyertisers.
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Ward & Phillips have just received fresh
lot of Ready Made Clothing, consisting Of
Over Goats and Fancy Cashmere Suits 4
nice lot of Fancy Scarfs-the Latest STYLE
Gnd a JM line Of Gents Furnishing Goods, all
fresh for Christmas
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NOTICE.

The undersigned, Executor named above, HEREBY
gives notice, that Letters Testamentary were grapt
ed to him on the Tenth day of December, 1867; 81
persons therefore having demands against the ue'
ceased estate, will present the same, properly ."
tested, on or before the Tenth day Of December
1870, or abide by law in this behalf.
w. C. SPRUANCE. Executor,
dec22.A New Castle, Del
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DEATH OF Mrs. MCCONAUGHY.- Mrs. Re
becca S. McConaughy, editress of the CLayton
Herald, died at the residence of her father,
Rev. J. B. Ayars, Germantown, Pa, on Mon
day last. Her disease, of which she had been
suffering for several months, was dropsy. She
was about As years of age. BY the establish
ment of the Herald Mrs. McConaughy gained
an extended reputation, both in this State and
elsewhere. With penchant for editing and
an Unsuitable desire to accomplish certain re-
suits for Clayton, and break down opposition,
she commenced this enterprise, and few per-
sons could have shown more determination or
energy in the accomplishment of a purpose
AS writer she was generally antagonstic, COM
bative and sarcastic in her style, and aimed
more to overcome opposition than to adyoca te
any particular cause. She was a woman of
remarkable energy, determination and self
reliance. When once she undertook an enter
prise, as she frequently did, she threw her
whole energy into it, and never looked on the
adverse side. She never contemplated failure.
Had she exercised more forethought, and
given heed to more prudent advisers, she
might have been more successful. In private
life she was unobtrusive; rarely appeared in
public or from home. She attended to her
business matters with great industry, aud tho
she occupied an anomalous position for a lady
she claimed no especial rights for her sex, we
believe. She was warm in her friendship and
forgiving in her disposition.
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Errors OF NOMth.

gentleman who suffered for years from Nerve r.hIi,y
LII Decay and alI the ELECTS youthful udi>c
MI oT e SAKE OF suffering huIHty Sri.i free all r
H. lnc receipt and directions OrIiiakin. the np!c rnli
nc WAS cured sufferers wI,tip. profit III ,
dCucr, ~ ~ ~ ~ "'''' 'I,,iiiiS :, e9.Fr,' & NJ:
myl9ly n, 10 C.i.r''i.,,.H. - ,''hEN.
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LIBRARY ELECTION.

The Annual Election Of officers Of the SMYRNA
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Will be held at the Libra.
~ Room at O'Clock P. NJ. on Thursday, January
6Ih, 1870. JAS. r. HOFt ECKER
dec22 TIM Secretary,
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Merit Soon NOised Abroad


II is but six years ALIENS LUNG BALSAM r.s e.
o"ereu Tor sale Its good qualities was soon made known
hoe and very soon its fame far and near now
% u nearly every Drug Store in the United StAes-North
East South and West No similar medicine stands hb
the people 1t is we'll known Pacific coast and liberal
demands Tor In San Francisco Sacramento in California and
Forand oregon; even from Australia large orders are ro
eeved for it, Aud throughout Canada IL Is wei. and favhI
known, aud sold everywhere.
READ WHAT CAPT. FOSTER aOrites:
-, - FoRT BURwELL, March 23d, 1869.
SIRs:-I am pleased to notify you of the
benefit which have received iron, ALLEYS Loso B,ts1M
been troubled With cough several years past the
sn was recommended to me. Immediately procured it,
anu louhd TO relieve cough readily than
suits. -
Yours very truly,
Capt d. FOSTER.
Capt Foster is ship and builder residing at Port
Burwell, Canada.
Sold by JAS. 7. IIOFFECKER, Smyrna Dol nol.tm
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
TO CONSUMPTsVES.

The advertiser having been restored to health in E
by simple remedy after having suffered several
with severe lung affection, and that
tion anxious to make known fellow sufferer tb
of '"'ie ei tue means
T9 all who desire II he will copy of the
uSe Vsee OF chage with the directions for preparn and
using the same, WHICH they will find SURE iRF r,'s
SUMPTION ASTHMA BRONCHITIS. etc. The object ~,
s " stnu tht prescription is to benefit the anlicte ga
spread information which he cOnccves to be % UNI
ne hopes every sufferer VIII try his
nothing and may prove a blessing ~ VI" cOst them
Parties wishing the prescription. will nlcase oAl...
mayl9-ly Williamsbnra Nv ~ wa ARD A. WILSON,
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Ii. RoBT. PENNINGTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
SMYRNA, DEL.
oFFICE-At residence, Main ST., above Methods,
nOvl0 lV
NeedIes' COmpound HemIocI. pInsfers

acute S "a giving relief and often perfect radical cures in
fts o PAIN Inflammation
inasmmston az Lum6ago Kidney Diseases Weak BACK y
iI, ot Lungs, Peursy, Acute Dysnensia SwoIInn
Asthma i""'Se"eht oil the Liver whoOping Cough and
name in me genuine come in yellow envelopes with printed
h in my trade mark ian eipse). sizessInaii me ,s
anu large Retail at 60 IS cents each ' eNu'a
Made by g. H. NFpnt no -. -.
iOnn
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Our FIRE ENGINES.-We notice that during
and after every fire in this town. our fire en-
gines always get " a good cussin' from manv
of those who indulge in percussion English, be-
cause they regard the machines as worthless.
The practice has been INDUCED in so long that
It has become to be looked upon as next thing
to duty. But the fault is not with the en-
gines; it's with the people. Both engines are
in good working order, and could be made to
throw a stream of water over any house in the
town-that is if the trial were to be made on
wager instead of at a fire. But it takes a
certain number of men to work the beams and
certain number to keep the machine supplied
with water. To get these numbers is the trou-
bic during fire. 1t requires about thirty men
to work the 'big engine" But, during the
excitement of fire, there are those who want
to dc such work only as will render them con-
spicuous; others are so excited they can't do
anything, and there are others who can't stav
long enough in a place to do anything, lest
they fail to see all that is going on. Between
oil these it is difficult to concentrate thirty
men, or even half the number, at one thing
This is why the g big engine" never "soui,ts
worth durn." Hence it is never brought
out during fire. The little engine" how
ever, being easily managed, can be used to
good effect if kept supplied with water. Five
or six persons can work it, and all that is ne
cessary is to keep up this supply of water
This sometimes fails, and then comes the abuse
But it is generally this little machine that ex-
tinguishes our cOnfagrations, and if our citi-
sens would do their duty as promptly as it does
1t would be better for both our property and
our morals.
What we wish to show is, that it would be
better for the town to either have small en-
gine In place of the large one, or have what is
better, fire organization. As it is now, with
each man fighting the fire on his own hook.
sufficient number cannot be brought together
TO work the Friendship" or even pull it
from the engine house to the fire, but another
small engine, like the Smyrna" could be
used with advantage. If the Friendship"
could be exchanged for another small one we
think the Commissioners would do we'll to
strike the bargain
Smyrna times., 1869-12-22

CoUGHs AND CoLDs.-During the changea.
bic seasons Of Fall and Winter, when coughs
and colds are so prevalent, no person should
be without some reliable preparation for their
cure. They should recolect that neglected
cough or cold frequently terminates in Con
sumption. Hctsson's Compound Syrup of Tar
Is the best and most reliable aEticle known for
the cure OF coughs, colds, hOarseness, chronic
catarrh, sore throat, asthma, and ali diseases If
the throat and lungs. No person should be
without it. Price so cents. Sold bv j w
Denny Druggist, Smyrna, and at Drug stores
everywhere. RUSSELL & LANDS,
decl-3m Proprietors. Phila
Smyrna times., 1869-12-22

Mrs; Jenking is selling her handsome New
Style Toys at City Prces-from penny to
dollar: Also, all kinds of Groceries, of the
very best qualities, and cheap. Call soon if
you want bargains.
Smyrna times., 1869-12-22

The has been prosperous one for farmers
all the land While business has been dull IN the elites
and business have
the fruit aud have been abundant beyond
and looks as though country friends the
money this winter Il So we assure them that they find
better OF spending small their
putting into suit Of fine clothes grcat cloth
Ing establishment OF Wanamaker q Brown, Philadelphia
Smyrna times., 1869-12-22

John McIear & Son, Bankers, have for sale
100 shares of Delaware Railroad Stock at 500:
2O00 Delaware r. r. tgueranteed) bonds at o.
and Delaware State Bonds at 90, at their new
office, No. COZ Market St., opposite their for
mer place of business.
Smyrna times., 1869-12-22

j ust received, the finest assortment of Cloths
and Cassimeres in town, and at lowest prices.
by the yard or made to order, by w. Fl. Baggs
Smyrna times., 1869-12-22

PIaln and Fancy JOB Printing neatly done at
this Office. Orders by mail attended to.
Smyrna times., 1869-12-22

a new and Splendid assortment of Neck
lies at greatly reduced prices BY w. n. Rnrrs
Smyrna times., 1869-12-22

| have just returned from the city with
new invoice of Cloths and Cassimeres, and Won
will he astOnshed at the reduction in prices
Smyrna times., 1869-12-22

Ward 4 Phillips are selling Ready-Made
Clothing Cheap Persons wanting ANYTHING
In the clothing line would do well to give them
d call. decS
Smyrna times., 1869-12-22

Furnishing Goods, In abundance, at Ward
& Phillips.
Smyrna times., 1869-12-22
A GOOD SEASON.

Come andsee the Cheap Goods just received
by w. ii. Baggs.
Smyrna times., 1869-12-22

A splenlid stock of Genuine Buck Gloves
cheap, at Ward & Phillips.
Smyrna times., 1869-12-22

. Ward & Phillips are selling their Cloths and
Cassmeres at cost to close out their stock -
Bargains in Beaver and Black Cloths Doeskin
and Fancy Cassimeres.
Smyrna times., 1869-12-22

dec22.4t
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Memory.
BY rIr9 GREENE HALLEcB.

strong az that power, whose strange control
Impels tho torrents force
Directs the needle to the pole,
And bids the waves of ocean roll
In their appointed course;
So powerful are the ties that bind
The scenes of childhood to the mind
So firmly to the heart adheres
The memory of departed years
Whence i, this passion in the brest,
That when the past we view,
And think on pleasures, once possessed,
In Fancy's fairest cOlors dressed,
Those pleasures we renew?
And why do memory's pains impart,
A pleasing sadness to the heart
What potent charm to all endesrs
The days Of our departed years.
True-many a rosebud, blooming gay,
Life's opening path adorns'
But all who tread that path will say,
That mid the flowers which strew its way,
Are cares corroding thorns.
Yet still the bosom will retain
Affection ev'n for hours of pain;
And we can smile, though bathed in tears,
At memory Of departed years.
'Tis distance, our bewildered gaze
On former scenes beguiles,
And Memory's charms the eye betrays,
For while enjowments it displays
And robes the past in smiles,
Its ilattering mirror proves untrue,
Conceals the sorrow from our view,
And hides the griefs, the doubts and ioar.,
That dnrkened our departed years
Time, when our own, we oft despise-
When gone, its loss deplore
Nor till the fleeting moment nies
Do mortals learn its worth to prize,
When it returns no more
For this, an anxious look we cast,
With fond regret, on hours long past
For this, the feeling heart reveres
The memory Of departed years.
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DoNE.-A man in the dress of work
man was lately walking in the streets
of Berlin with package in his hand
sealed and inscribed with an address, and
note that it contained one hundred thalers
in treasury bills, As the bearer appear.
ed to be at a loss, he was aecosted by q
passenger, who asked him what he was
looking for. The simple eountryman placed
the package in the inquirer's hands, and
requested that he would read the address
The reply was made as with an
agreeable surprise, why, this letter is
/ for me have been expecting it for Q
long while !" The messenger upon thi'
demanded ten thalers for the carriage o.
the packet, which was readily paid, with
liberal addition to the porter. The new
possessor of the packet hastened to al
obscure corner to examine his prize but
on breaking the seal found nothing but {
few sheets of paper on which was writer
Ozone
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Ny First Lesson

In my earliest years my dearest play.
mate was little Henry O., ola neigh.
boring family, sweet child less than
three years old. l loved him dearly
and his sisters often committed him to
my charge in our plays.
But little Henry was taken sick. Fol
two weeks he lay on his little bed, while
almost hourly crept softly into the
room, growing sadder every day to see
the dear sufferer unable even to smile
One morning when 1 rose | went to my
mother and repeated my daily question
"How is little Henry ?" With sad ten.
derness of voice, and yet with smile
still remember, she said," Little Henry
is well, my dear"
us he, mamma ?" said /, with 9
frightened face. "May go up and SEE
him?"
"Yes, dear, when you have taken youl
breakfast" AT last my mother took my
hand and led me to his room.
She drew me to the place where hi
crib was covered with white sheet, anc
turning it down lifted me to look on tn,
small form lying there cold and still
can feel even now the thrill which trembl
ed through my young heart as she said
"See, dear, little Henry is ,ceH r'
40, mamma, he is dead ~ and | laid
my head on her sholder and sobbed aloud
We sat there alone in my first grief, anC
my dear mother, in low, sweet tones, tolt
me how Christ had called the little one
blessed" how He said, "Their angels dt
always behold the face of My Father VIII,
is in heaven" She told me Of the flower
seed, planted iu the garden to die, anc
rise again to life and beauty. And thus
she said, would little Henry lie in tn
grave till the resurrection morn, when h
would be once more alive, sweeter, pret
tier, than ever, lovelier than the lovelies
flower and would never die again. 80
darling, little Henry is well, is he not
His soul is with jesus, and his body vii
sleep only till Jesus comes again.
For many years when heard of on
who had died, my first thought and m
first question were, " Is he well - Ne
| ondPg
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ARE PIGEONS OPIUM-PRooF DIR.
Wier Mitchell, an American physiologo-
ist, has made the singular discovery that
very large doses of black-drop may be
given to a pigeon internally, and solutions
of sulphate Of morphia may be inserted
under its skin, without producing sleep.
The last experiment made by him seems
decisive. TO a large pigeon, which with
in the two preceding days had swallowed
AZ drops of black k-drop, he gave, between
2 p. m, and 6 o'clock, 2l grains of pow
dered opium, in soft pills of three grains
each. Except the usual tendency to re
main quiet, none Of the common eviden-
ces of opium-poisoning appeared, and the
pigeon was well and active next day.
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SPECIAL NOTICE
USE RENNH's PAIN.KILLrNo
MAGIC OIL
'IT WORKS LIKE A CHARM.

The extraordinary cures made by the faithful
use Of this great remedy has excited the wonder
OF the world. Every city, and village, and iamily
and every hill top, IL echoing the glad song
which brings so much hope 10 the sufferng--use
Renne's Pain-killing Magic Oil. at works like
q eharm' The Very stones Of the streets are
redolent with this good advice. There il nothing
like II when it is used thoroughly as directed il
takes right hold Of poin and kills it, II does not
move It from one place Of the body to another,
but destroys it where it exists, by our "Flank
Movements" Grant adopted our theory closer
and closer on the enemy's own ground, until the
strong hold Of pain aud suffering yields, and the
patient is free from pain, and is happy. What a
blessing In a family. The husband and wife, the
children and hired help the cattle and horses I'd
the stranger within thy gates, all made comfort Ia
bls by simply using RESsE's PAIN KILLING Mag
Ic OIL. And more than this, II makes those who
sell II wealthy, gaining for them more and more
confidence Of their customers, because they keep
90 valuable a remedy In their store for sale. DO
YOU value your own interstt DO you love your
friends? Do you love yourself as you ought
Then don't neglect to purchase for timely uss this
sure remedy for Headache, Toothache, Neuralgia,
Cholie Pains, Cholera MOrbus, Sprains Bruises,
Rheumatism. Colds, Sore Eyes. Colds In the
Head, and all other painful complaints-but bs
sure and purchase the genuine, and keep 1t on
hand and be sure aud use 1t, and tell your neigh
bors about Its virtues, and advise them TO use IT.
and II your Merchant where you trade has not goi
II In his store urge him to send for IT, and II b,
will mot send and get for you, send for II your
sell. Be sure and have 1t. Sold by all druggists
merchants and grocers
WM. RRNNE, Sole Proprietor and Manu-.
Pittsheld, Mass.
2iyi A, 4 SHELDON, Druggist.
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= ostru.
Settlement of New England.


O little Fleet that on thy quest divine
saiedst from Palos one bright autumn morn,
Say, has old Oceans bosom ever borne
A freight Of Faith and Hope, to match with
thine
Say, too, has Heavens high favour given again
Such consummaton of desire us shons
About Columbus, when he rested on
The new found world and married it to Spain
Answer-Thou refuge Of the freeman's need,
Thou for whose destinies no Kings looked out
Nor Sages to resolve some mighty doubt
Thou simple May Flower of the salt-sea mead
When Thou vert waited to that distant shore
Gay flowers, bright birds, rich ojours, met thee
Stern nature hald thee to a sterner lot
God gave free earth and air, and gave no more
Thus to men cast in that heroic mould
Came Empire, such as spaniards never knew
Such Empire, ss besesms the just and true;
And at the last almost unsought, came Gold.
But He, who rules both calm and stormy days,
Can guard that peoples heart, that nationi
health,
Safe on the perilous heighths OF power and
wealth,
As in the straitness Of the ancient ways.
RICHARD MoNoKToS MILSEs (M P)
The HAL, Ba1ct,y. lfdy 30M 1854.
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SOLDIER Wr-We have read many
amusing specimens of soldiers wit during
the late war, but as good as we have seen
was the reply ofa Virginia cavalryman
to North Carolina infantryman. 1t
was on the march towards Adairsville, in
November, '63, cold bright morning,
while the troops were lying along the
road waiting for obstacles to be removed
in front. A fellow came jogging down
the line on an old flea bitten frame Of
horse, and as he passed, a chap greeted
him with
81 say, mister, you are mighty like a
brother Of mine the hogs eat up"
The cavalryman did not relax muscl
but gazing straighs in the face, repliede'
"Well, my friend, It's monstrous pity
they hadn't finished the family while they
war eatin," and moved on amidst shonts
oflaughter.
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\ Pennsylvania paper says; Any
person wishing to take this paper can do
so by bringing us potatoes, apples, butter
or anything to keep us from starving to
death"
John Onion is the suggestive name sl
an Illinois editor. When he peels him.
self and gets down heartily to his work
he must bring water to the eyes of his
readers.
What is that which a man does moi
want and struggles against having as
long as possible, but when he once gets il
he would not part with it for all the world
A bald head.
A Little boy having broken his rock
ing-horse the day it was brought, his ma
NINA began 20 scold, when he silenceC
her by inquiring "What is the good OF
hoss till it's broke p