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Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

:, AN EASTERN SHoREMAN's OPINION OF
SMfRNA.-A gentleman from Wicomico CO. ..
Nd, who has been travelling in New Castle
County, and publishing sketches in the Will
mlngton Commercial, thus speaks of SMYRNA ::
next went TO Smyrna to see the SMYRNA
and Bombay Hook Railroad did not see it
with the eye of sense; only by faith Wonder
how narrow ats guage will be, or will it be on
the velocIpede plan-One rail on the ditch
DankE Some one of the seven wonders of the
world Will have to give place to that grand
fotia which is to convey loaded trains across
the Delaware and Chesapeake Bay. The
Maryland oyster navy might be detailed as an
escort.
Apart from the lunar railroad, however.
Smyrna is large and pleasant town. with
numbers OF fine residences and sociable deni-
zens. The town hall is very creditable build
ing, and ITS increasing and well used library
speaks well for the intelligence of the citizens.
The NJ. Il. Church since its enlargement. is a
superior structure, elegantly furnished, and is
a real monument to the enterprise and taste q
the congregation worshping in it. The country
around Smyrna Is more beautiful than that
around most OF our Peninsula towns. There
Is more woodland the surface is more rolling
and picturesque, while the dwellings on manv
OF the farms bespeak competence and refine.
ment.
BY the invitation of one of the most ener.
getlc citizens of the town, Mr. Cavender. I
rode out, with him to inspect one of his farms
of $50 acres in New Castle county. saw
number of good farms, but none to compare |
with this.
After enjoying the hospitality of Mr.. C. for
two or three days, and the society of some Of
Smyrna s fair sex, (for | inherit from NV
maternal parent a natural proclivity in that
line, y an awful confession for b!chelor, owing
to the severity, of the weather l wended nv
way homeward, with accumulated food fcr
pleasant memories. WIcoMIco
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

A REMARKABLE SURGICAL OPERATION
A few years ago William Abbott, of Milford
severed two of his toes with an axe and carried
them several miles in his pocket. T. A. Polk,
our accommodating druggist, fastened them on
and they united to the stumps, and with the
exception of slight scar give no evidence of
their trip in their masters pockets. We
believe there is no other case on record where
toes united to the stumps alter being entirely
cut off.-,Seaford Record.
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7-3O GOLD LOAN.
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD Co.
One Million 7-3O's were sold
During December,
And january opens nth an Active Demand.

These Bonds are issued 10 denominai' lions Of from
SlVO 10 81 OOV CoUPON and 500 To $4,000 RKGls:
TINED nave thirty years 10 run, bear an interest o.
~ per cent IN GOLD, and exempt from UnlIeu
States tax
They are secured by FIRST AND ONLY MORTGAGs
upon the Railroad, It's Franchises and all the Lano'
ahd Properly now possessed by the Company I"
wOlch u may hereafter acgaIre.
The bonds are offered al par and accrued nteres'
In currency, aud with their ample security ana mon
RATE or INTEREST there 10 investment aceesslOe
10 ihe people which Is more profitable and raie r
The present most unusual opportunity Tor the pro-
liable conversion of Government Bonds into COrp0f,
ate Securities Of undoubIed reliability cannot long
continue. Government and corporate disbursement
iOr interest and dividends The ninety days VIII
Slsengage some Two Hundred aud Twenty Millions
Oi capital, mOsl OF which will at once seek TeinVesl
ment. Really desirable investment securities SIC
scarce compared with the present and probable Oe
mahd Tor them. hence early advance their Vaiu0
Is morally certain The 80 Gold Bonds OF tho Norm
ern Pacific Railroad being rapidly absorbed Y
the people and these facts suggest prompt action on Inc
part st those who wish TO exchange securities IN lIms
10 proht by the esent premium FIveTwenlies shu
the present low price OF Northern PscIfcs.
U zOs. Delaware Slate Bonds and all marA''
o'e securities taken in exchange at full market rs
John McLear & Son, BaDkP"S
No. 6O2 Market ST., Nsyef'
Wilmington, Del.
interest allowed on deposits. janIf'm
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

~, LETPSTc seems to be improving morally.
There has been quite an interesting religious
revival there the past fall and winter many
of the old residents, as we'll as a great many Of
the young folks, have been converted. The
young. men have formed Young Mems
Christian Association, and the ladies have
commenced ladies' prayer meeting, under the
direction and leadership of their highly re.
spected and much beloved pastor, Rev. c. W.
Prettyman.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

Our LEVY COURT which on Thursday week
ignored long petitions and influential men in
the party, and appointed men without re-
commedation, over those who had their
pockets full, perpetrated good joke upon
itself in appointing Trustees of the Poor. Tn
filling the appointment for Milford Hundred
the Court elected Jas. B. Davis, an earnest
Republican, He was altogether surprised at
the selection Of himself, from so Democratic
body, but in as much as he holds the certi6.
cate OF appointment he proposes to "stick.
notwithstanding he has been requested to resign
by the partisans that elected him, and gets no
pay for his services. 1t seems that Jas Davis
without the B., was the man intended for the
Court to elect, but it elected Mr.. Davis cjth
the b., and its this B. that's caused the
blunder AS there are intimations of lavish
expenditures in the Board of Trustees per.
haps Mr.. Davis will be the heaven to purify
the lump.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

THE CHESAPEAKE PENINSULA. On the
third page of this issue we give copious
extracts from the article of George Alfred
Townsend in Scr'bners Monthly for March,
entitled "The Chesapeake Peninsula" The
extracts, though somewhat lengthy, will doubt
less be read with interest, being as they are
the impressions of an estranged individual who
has again visited his native heath,' in which
he still claims an abiding interest. Some
points of the article will be, of course, dis
sented from, as many of them were doubtless
sketched from car window, but bis illusions
to the customs and idioms of the people are,
In the main, true to nature. The oldest part
OF the article is the title. Residents of the
section would hardly recognize it by that name.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21
NOTIONS AND STATIONARY

Buttons, Spool Cotton, Knitting Chiffon "
Skirts, Balmorals. Ladies' and GbIJ'.o"' InoOp
Mems Hose, Candle Wick, Lamp Wictn ~ Hose
Neck-ties, Handkerchiefs, Hooks and Fns, TioVes,
Trimmings, Tape, Skirt Braid, Combs Gnn feIEe %e
Hair Pins, Buckles, Pms, Needles, Sri,1o.a ISPs'
and Vest Binding. Thmblcs, Collars Cm9, 49, Goat
Fwine, Kid Gloves, Machine Sew,nU S'n nU''el',
Spool Silk, &c. &c. Letter, Foo,s.csp ,,n, Nm, snd
Bill Paper, Pens. Pen Holders, Lad P,nlH' Se ehO
and Pencils, Envelopes, Pass Books. Ink, Poc."
Books, Spelling Books, Copy Books, Muc,Isyr &vr &a
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

PIGEON SHOOTING is the sport of this part
OF the State: A match come of between Mid
dletown and Milford at the former nIace on
"Wednesday last, which resulted as follows
each party shooting q birds Mildletown-
Cochran, IA; Wilson, ll-25 Milford
Davis, II; Radcliff, l3-24
A match between r. Il. Cochran and Jen-
nnings Hood, of Millington also took place at
Middletown on Saturday last, when the former
Killed birds out Of and the latter 4, winning
the $50 stakes.
A match also came off in this town last Fri
day afternoon the contest being between
Smyrna and Middletown. The score stood
thus-ive birds to each individual:
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

THE TIMES" is published every Wednesday afternoon nv
JOSEPH H. HOFFEcKER, Editor and Proprietor at smyrua
Delaware.
year $500 in advance or
not paid till the end year No pappr
All arrears are paidonly at the option of the Publisher
ADNERTlSEMENTS will he at the rate of
ane orthe first inserOu subsequent insertions
cents liberal discount made quarterly semian
nual and yearly advertisers
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

A NOVEL DEMAND.-A number of ovster
and fruit packers OF Baltimore were in Wash.
l1gton last week for the purpose of having
Congress force packers of canned goods to nnf
their own names on the label. They saw that
cans are put up in Cincinnati and elsewhere
with VIII a small amount of oysters and vegetables
aou iarge amount OF water, and marked with
names OF prominent Baltimore packers Tbeu
say the result is that consumption of tho ne.
cles is largely decreased " '"e "r'i'
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remnra, nnn i,fezARErro "a The resolution for the
some spot to be selected fnrtbar da d.eo 20
TH1ver, H at Iinicum, Reedy Island or uIS% Romt tne
ilooki and used in connection with DsIary
dnu pna New Jersey, was debated at length in the
lem dde,nnsylyanla House, Thursday, amended anS nS
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

OUR ScHooLs.-The Dela,cayeao IN oorD
mentlng very dispassiouately upon our state
ment that the Harrington public school has
closed for want Of funds, says that our school
system, which it " does not care to nra;so, y -
not at fault on this point, but that the peonle
are to blame. This is where the fault lies[;n
having no organized head TO conduct the system
out leaving it in the hands of 'the peonle .;
who have 40 time to attend to any specific bus;.
ness outside oftheir own private affairs. ..Wbs,
is eVerybody's business is nobody's business y
Inc Defdteoreaa says: "1he city of VIII.
mington has good schools under the san,e avs
TEN, with this difference only, that the peonIe
some years ago voluntarily surrendered some
OF their powers into the hands of a hoard "a
education of taeir own selection. and Others - -
the City Council, so that now the ouest;on :,
tax does not come before them AZ the scbooI
election. This " difference only is about All
that is required. What is good for Wilml,g.
ton is good for the whole State If Wilming.
ton could not get along without - this differ.
ence only, as it could not, neither can the
r,st of the S,ale, aud the friends ot education
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

EQUAL DIFFERENTIATION. WIN. Do,r
Esq, of Newark, a prominent Democrat ov
member of the Legislature, and large wooIon
manufacturer, writes letter to the DeIaworo
Journal urging that New Castle county ho
represented according to its population in the
next State Democratic Convention: that ;s
that it shall have as many delegates 90 Kon,
and Sussex combined. His letter is nupoont
and threatening. He SAYS:
do hope the men composing the uor,o
cratic party Of New Castle county will shnor
their manhood, by refusing to meet in S1a,S SHo~
EHopventlon, except with an equal number Of
ISelesates 3 IN proportion to population. Wnless
Scney VIII meet US on those terms I will ar",1o"
10Y myself only tLat will not meet with ,h.,
neither Will ! give the party that does nrni
WIN them my support, and should anv nart',
pe IormGd IN Ne" Castle county, | will he witS
S4eh. Hh. thInE ''.~ j. enough Demo,r,t" =,
NE" Castle county who are not WILLING for 81" ~
sake OF Office to be bought and sold That I'LL I'LL
form column of such strength that the man ,,
VINO control the Democratic party of the lower
counties will not dare oppose. am nor tat;na
tnls course with the expectation of o. TIM nS
omce, as have business that paws me much oh
peter than any Office 10 the gift of the neonIe nf
delaware. L have only done it because th;,I y
It right. "''"'e thihk
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21
DRY GOODs

VIZ: m,; silks, poplins' Alpacas, Challies, Anw,a
Delalnes, Cotton Delaines, and CalIcoes, win
OF the latest styles Cf Dress Goods (,inni.'g
Jeans, Osnaburgs, Flannes, Tckings, TabI, ssL'
Sack Flannels, Napkins, Sheetinys, PIIlow w.
MusIins, Swiss Striplngs, Cambrics, Pau.r W,.I" ~"
Denims, Checks, DrlIIIngs, Nankeen, Linen, "'h' W'
Inns, Plaids, Shawls, Diaper, Lawns, Cbsmh'a'' u''
Piques, and all the goods usually found in 's' s.
class country store. INST
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21
Wood and WiIIOw.Wara

Washing Tubs, Buckets, Keceys, Cburps R,o..
Clothes Pins, Clothes Brushes Hair Brnsbsa SO"
Brushes, Fancy and Market Baskets Cnr,ycaetu ,c'uo
Butter Prints, Butter Bowls, Wash Bo,;d, VVO; WOa
Brushes, Half Bushel and Peck Measures a., 1I
Cloths. Mats, and all sizes of Rope. ="
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21
Stock of New Goods.

which he intends TO sell cheaper than any ,oI5 ;;
this market for years, consisting of
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

Inc undersigned respectfully announces IN -.
clllzchs Oh Smyrna and vicinity that he has 'n0, m
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21
The Cloths and Cassimo,o.

are new, just bought, and comprise all the ls,di,
styles. 'e'u'hg
Smyrna times., 1872-02-21

IHE CosT OF RAISING STRAwBERRrEs.-At
meeting of the Milford Fruit Growers Asso.
cation, last week, committee which has been
req requested s TO make special report upon the
OF bearing the first crop, submitted the follow.
ing report made upon estimates obtained
vicinity" ''"'' l" ''i"'
We suppose the land capable of producinp
3? to AZ bushels of shelled corn per acre. Il
The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1872-10-05

vices-that the modest and unobtrusiv
Sutro is the only bloated capitalist who
can substitute his Congressional frank in
lieu of adhesive postage stamps; that the
coy and bl1shing Sutro represents the
only corporation that he would serve if
he should happen to be reelected? We
ask these harmless questions because we
propose to ''go for" Mr.. Kendall; and
We do not, as We feel quite sure that him
self and friends do not, wish him to be
and misunderstood,
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THE GRANT AND WILSON CLUB
MEETING TONIGHT.

Again do We urge it upon the Republi.
cans of Carson precinct to present them
selves in numbers at the Grant and Viii
son club tonight. Certainly if that club
Is ever to be of any assistance in keeping
this party together; if the results sought
for by its organization are to be pro-
NOTED by any efforts of its members: if
itself is to be a live political propulsive
power and not a mere torpid illustration
of apathy and nOn-action; if GRANT and
Wilson are to be sustained by the special,
united action of the sworn opponents of
the Greeley movement; and if our people
are not willing to be considered as at
tempting to steal Liberal thunder and as
playing possum, let US either attend these
stated club meetings from this time on
or disband the institution altogether.
Moreover let us say: That those of the
party in this county who have signed the
Grant and Wilson club roll and who are
beginning to murmur against those can
didates who have declinedto put their
names thereto, have a right to complain
of the Inconsistency of such candidates.
Certainly every man who expects to be
voted for by Republicans must see the
expediency, if not the consistency and
propriety of making it known to all whom
it may colcern that he sustains Grant
and Wilson for President and Vice Pres
ident; and it is equally a matter of
course that no man who is heartily and
in favor of the Philadel-
phia nominees and intends to support
the Republican electoral ticket in this
State will decline, after having been invited |
to do so. to sign a pledge to that effect |
when such pledge is all that is required |
to perfect his standing in his party. At |
any rate, the more than two hundred |
of the Grant and Wilson club |
have right to insist upon it that those
who are asking the support and suffrages
Of the party to which they belong shall
exhibit as much loyalty to the head
If the ticket as they have We hope
hat this cause of complaint may not
.xist after tonight. 1t seems quite reas-
onable that the members of a Grant and
Wilson club should not be expected to be
cry enthusiastic for the election to office
# men whose soundness ON the main is
lie they are not assured of. Under the
active members of the club
We it to themselves to be OF hand to-
light.
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THE CINCINNATI CONVENTION DE.
SCRIBED BY A MASTER HAND.

In his magnificent speech delivered al
Platt's Hall, San Francisco, on Weines
day night last, Hon. Geo. c. Gorham
gave his auditors the following life-like
picture of the features and materials of
the Cincinnati Convention. ...-
Perhaps some of you have read the details of
that convention 1t had singular Lack of con-
s.ituencies. In only few instances were there
any elections delegates. For the most part
the delegates were self-ckoseu. Every man was
invited: ...WhOsoever viii let him come and par
take of the waters of Liberal Republicanism
freely. at Cincinnati. Laughter l guess
they pretty nearly all went there from appear
ances. including Rackerby. [Applause.I man
needed no Credentials for admission; he needed
but to expose sore and he welcome
laughter If he would unwind the political
fore-hnger Of his right hand and show his soee
rs have said, that WIS . sufficient creslential
If any NAN lacked influence enough to persuade
any human being To cooperate with him. Cincin-
natl was the place for him. fApplause.l And
thither he wendell his way. Ii any man had
been On hunt for office for lifetime, and never
had overtaken one. if he hatl stolen the funds
OF an Office. and had been expelled therefrom,
his march was onward for Cincinnati. Ii was
hopeful band-sn asylum for INSIDERS, anil DO
ltical hospital for the bruised and wounded. II
they had been left alone, what wall Of anguish
they would have set up at the corruption of the
republican party, in not feeding them with Of.
nee. How gaunt their sides. how luxuriously
they fed upon hunger ITSELF How delighted
they were that they had been mistreated that
they might grumble shout It. Theybelonaed to
that school n philosophers Who believe that
whatever is Is wrong. Applause. And there
was another motive To 60 there: it was the golden
Opportunity Never again. perhaps. durin. their
whole lifetime. would it occur that they could
occupy proud and notable POSITION befpre
the country; at their own instigation; at no mans
bidding but their own: every man his own con-
a.ituens I'm . RerilAtcAn body. But evil thinsa. i
in robes Of darkness, penetrated that house Of
mourning. The rogues II Tafnriiany had no
l hold it to be the stoutest and
most convincing evidence Of. total depeiVfty-
far exceeding anything that they ever did in
Sew io7k Gits,-thAs thssf, tnngy souls wee
:lrsin2s- unIiclested, They We're pOt. Il was
,boui she Only Convention that Tanmany could
Ird to go this year. no other convention
would tolerate the;s aR9rYaeh q allthose LIB
ntaadRd % put up man Of some stamina in
he country: some nnn who <zyuld cQnmand the
sspec, of the main body of quiet, thinking peo-
lie = 2hfy hsd tAlk,,d seriously r. Judge Trnn
NIL. ~ Illinois, very dis6aa1iS6ed SfafesalAn.
) We all know, . man VI undnestioned probity
.1LLz fAIzOA-i :. ~
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SOME QUESTIONS FOR MIR. KEN
DAI.L'S FRIENDS TO ANSWER.

The Democratic and Liberal support
ers and advocates of Mr.. Kendall make a
point of proc!aiming him the special
champion of the cause of the people as
against monopohes; and they have set
him up a. the man of all others to wage
war and never-to-be-mitigated hostility
against everything in the shape of capt.
tai except that innocent and wholly viz
tUous scheme, the Sutro Tunnel project.
We believe they do admit that the sweet
and persuasive Sutro has taken him and
his frank under the benign protection of
his inspiriting influence and advocacy
Bat, if we may be allowed to ask some
not inpertinent questions: How did it
happen. last Spring, when the much
reviied and misrepresented Goat Island
Bill came up for consideration in the
House of Representatives, that Mr.. Ken
dali was no: present TO vote upon it: but
wls-;S his critics and enemies might
say-iodsins the question in some con-
venient alcove OF by-plaee about the Cap
itol? Where was this constant lover of |
the people then?
Having satisfactorily disposed of this
question. as Mr.. Kendall 5 friends, will,
If they CAM let them inform that gentle
mans constituents as to whether he did
az did not vote, in Committee of the
Whole, in favor of increasing the subsi-
dy OF the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany from $500, 900 to 81 900. 900. We
don't say he id, mind; We only ask if he
didn't,
And now. one more little matter: Did
not Sr- Kendall know that in introducing
his bill for the reduction of freight and
passenger rates on the Pacific Railroad.
after the Pacific Railway Committee had
been called las it never would be again
during the SESSION. that he might as well
have introduced it into the British Par
lament? Does he not know that it is
Just as much violation of given or i'm
plisd p!edsesf for Congressman to be de
,isne,ily dilasory m Presenting his prom
sei measures to the consideration Of the
'ojy of which he is a member ~ it is to ,
mi. their pEesentation altogether And !.
7 our amiable Democratic Representa- !,
i've did dodge the Goat island Bill; if he !
~ give his vote in COMMITTEES of the s
Whole IN favor Of the the aforesaid Pa 4
itic Mail subsidy; and if he did thus ia c
lily proerassinate his action regarding (:
he introduction of his freight and fare =
i'll, Is, he not a little Inconsistent in 6,
.5isfnsto bet,genersiiy unaerssoua slsat u =
"a; noble ,nartyr TO the cause ofsthe "
onest miner, that unvarying and self m
.criiiGine friend u the worthy mechanic, q =
!o.ph Sutro Esq. represents the only p
onopoly which can command his 80. lss
a =
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Pending the building of the Ormsbv House,
r. Fred Brooks. the we'll known and popular
dealer in books, stationery. musical instruments
guns fishing tackle, toys, cigars, tobacco Jew
elry and fancy goods. has removed to Millard's
store, next door TO Rails hardware store, oppo-
site TO his old stand. sl4
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Nor1CE.-Our store will be closed on THURSDAY
the Sd Of October, in honor of the Jewish New
Year. OLCOVITCH BROS
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NoTIcE.-Hereaftert the Express Office of Wells,
Fargo 4 Co. will close at Oh o'clock PM Let
tiers deposited in the Letter Box up to 10 o'clock
P. n. will be forwarded by the night train
ssO-lw H. F. RICE, Agent
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PERSONS DESTROYS of renting rooms in private
residences are requested to let the same be
known to LADD KELLY, as there is continu.
ally demand for the same