Middletown transcript., 1871-12-23


Holidays arc npproachinv and each little hoy's
and girls face u buoyant with hops thst Santa
Claus viii iil their stockings with goodiss.'
Ssaisess. ---Sorrowfalness and gloom seem 10 bs
depicted on all faces, because they 70 soon will
sing the requiem OF 1871.
pali;e School,. Miss Martha Biddlc has bccn
quite indisposcd, but has not abandoned the du-
ties Of teaching, aud the IIayard School and A.
cadcmy are Aoarisbng and have on their regis
ter nearly two hundred scholars. The schools
are managed By Miss Biddlc and four assistants.
She Is very ambitious aud if 4 school docs not
work well under her care, VIC venture TO SAY II IL
passed redemption.
Eceiesiasfica,.- J. y. Kidney 10 holding q
series Of meetings, and his preaching has been At
tended with somc success. The Prcshy ytcriaus,
fearing n strong wind might come aud blow
down their sanctuary, erected back building
for their sunday school. II certainly tas not ad-
dcd TO its appearance but their object was 10 do
good not 10 please the eye.
Hp.-Thcrc was grand hop at tho Manor
House last week. We have no, heard the names
of the reignng bellies.
Out Of Pockd --Dr J. V. Wallace, who honpit
for the knights who displayed their .alor at 81.
Augustine one gold watch, thus FAR ms has been
asccriaincd, has not received one cent. Can
soinc one tell the cause
Small PoT .--onc rasc Of smallpox has made
It's appearance, hu, through the skillfnl manage
mcni Of pr. J. Y. Wallace. the disease did not
spread. As soon rs IL was known abroad, every
mother was running TO the doctors for vaccine
matter What u pity that parents must be driv-
1 en- 10 duty.
! iurror,mcn.. twenty uew buildings
have been erected in this town, among which are
three stores. lie who has the spirit of improve
m'ni, let him locate n, Chesapeake City, for we
/ have no droncs IN our hive.
! Matrimonial Several OF onr Young men and
women and widows aud widowers have taken u
] for ife nd Ia Ia IN I
close, wc doubt not that many have been taken
/ by squalls
4 Carridg, Fjciorn Our townsnau. Jacob Metz
Esq. intends 10 engage IN the carriage business,
which has been So greatly needed IN this town.
The firm will be Metz & Src,t. All who want n
new carriage. lei them call rs soon rs their fac
tory is finished, aud il they do not please the
purchaser, they will continue 10 rebuild UEii,
| satisfaction Is guaranteed.
Tapcranco The Good Tcmplnrs aud Cold
Water Tcmp'ars are prospcring, aud Intend hold
4 ing m exhibition the first week OF January.
| Tradr.-insincss has not cn,ircly suspended In
Ihs Canal. Boats pass and rcpass ON their usua
| trips.
Biis'.-Chcsapcakc can boas, of more mar
I ragct,llc ladies than any other town we know
Of. The ladies should petition the next Lcgisla
'ure for u remedy for young men to stay within
our own border To take wife, aud no, seek the
farmers daughters.
Rsrnv.-No ease in court from Chcsap apcakc
no fight no assault and battery. Certainly VI,
town has improved under the pastoral care OF
T.. Kidney.
Beat n--One widow lady in town asserts that
she has paid five town taxes IN two years. This
will account for the great Improvement in ouI
town.
Ra,m NWs.--lt Is rumorei that another run
mill is TO lie added To our town. We have nov
four regular licensed grog shops We need IL
this town n respectable temperance hotel fo
where whiskcy is now sold more or lcss rowhy
ism is carried on.
Iromi,caons.-M Aionzo Buullcn has sol,
his livery business To Henry Fowler. Al VIII,
wish 10 hire just call on Mr.. Fowler, and he vii
he as courteous AS his predecessor. Turkeys ar
plenty. Butter good price. Instead Of mudd,
roads We will soon have i, slashy.
NEWARK LocAts.-According to promise
; Friend Transcript, ! send You few jo''ing
about Newark.
+ Chismas (which comes hut once year, is n
bou, 10 make Its annual appearance, ,hring giug dc
light To- the hearts of the little ones. Santa tlau
pops his iunuy little head out OF Mr. :. H. O. oat
chimney, exhibiting toys innnmmcrablc 10 hi
hosts OF in'aniinc admirers. aud promises wei
filled stockings "un the night before Christmas
uur merchants have all filled up their shelves
'nd made due preparation for suppl, .ng the ne
ccssAry turkey aud trimmings. Every branch ,
business bears Indications ui the holidays nn
, in no place will Christmas lie more heartily en-
joyc,i Than Newark, for even stern justice hi
p woven n garland oi green around her scales an
Squire Mckcowau sits daily in his office with ili
msilcioc over the door and the shamrock on hi
breast.
Ne,r Bmidings.-Thc handsome cottage of $
: e. Finley, E-q. is nearly finished inside MS We
, as nni. |, is OF the Gothic style of arehi,cc,ur
nnl contributes pic'ly 10 the appearance Of III
, town. John Miller, Esq. our efficient and n,
house erected on the foundation oi the onc bun
. last spring, snd were |, No, for the neal trim
. mings around the cornicc aud gables one wunl
n never know The fire had occurred, but could ini
n cy the old house had sprung up ;" Ph1nix liz,
l, irut tho ashes. Hn! walk in usual. II
. | Presbyterian Church, the Newark Anaconda
!. drags It's weary length along, hut hen done "
+, lie \ credit 10 the congregation and n splcnd
A place io air our good clothes. Mcssrs. Dean
l., Son have rebuilt their dry house recently dc
:. troycd ly ire;nud carefully avoided the mis,ak
"a in the construction 9. the old one
Is lee Nns'i.-Thccold snap hts produced nm
II huuann' ice harvest, aud our people hnvc e.
s. braecd the opportunity, and now the ice hous
- are full.
:. flrmcrs TiuL.--Thc Newark Agriruliur
l. Club Is again under way for the winter. III
A officers are y. j, Murphcy Pres. Geo q. kcr
IN Vice Pres. and Wm. Reynolds, See aud Trca
~ The weekly exercises consist of an essay upon
AZ tfeb o"'Jc''f Nuu ruhsttucnt Ne
d essa,is,, Jos. ilossinrer, Esq Subject wn
know about farming
4. EJhithion,.-Thc Delta Phi Literary Socc
IA of Delaware College, gave an entertainment
m Tuesday evening last, in the College Orator
? consisting oi declanaions by the students OF /
!, College (mcniicrs of the society aud mgsc
4. the College band. The performances were
:, cidedy crsdiahle TO the young gentlemen al
Il. such MS can bc repeated with pleasure TO
n. concerned. The ladies Of the Newark Prcsb, I,
.. ian Church will give an entertainment of TIA
ne lcaux Vivanis In the College Oratory, Frid
II evening. That |, will prove success Is only
rs guing OF the future by the past. Onc scene "
ncsscd at rehearsal | will give you .-Gulli,
nj on the island Of Lillrut, with Mr.. &. Janvicr
=. Gnilivcr. You shall have full description
or time for your next Of all the scenes, cosium
n etc.
~ Sutton's Han-Mr. ]. Il. Sutton has Jus,
~ ishcd u large aud substantial carriage f,cio
= with wagon aud smith shops attached. In
second story OF his factory he has fitted up a co
modious public Hail. which was duly opened
few nights since with Ball, given by the Bro
e. crbood Of the Cnion which, like all similar ,