Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-03-03

Meeting.-The Brandywine Hundred Horse
Insurance. Co. will meet al the Practical Farm
or on Saturday the Sth inst. . d, IA
In definitely Postponed Taylor who
occupies The farm Of George Clark, near st.
Georges. has concluded to remain on said farm
and consequently his sale Of stock and farming |
implements has been in definitely postponed.
Atte,tion.-All who wish to geta dollars
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1t is an established fact, and we fndit SO that
Humphrey & Sandt are selling better quality
| and style of goods than can be found elsewhere
| in the State. They manufacture their Silk Hats,
persons names inserted oithout extra charge,
fitted with the French Conformitery, and per-
feet fit guaranteed at the Hat Store No. 2l6
Market street.
Child M,rier.-Officer Choate of Newark,
found the body of colored child, concealed I'M
| der pile of brush In the vicinity of that town
with its throat cut from ear to ear. 1t was trac-
ed TO Mary Meteor, who admitted the commits
sion of the deed and assigned ss a reason for
the crime that she had been discharged from ler
place. and could not support herself Coroner
Winslow held an inquest and the jury rendered
q verdict in accordance with the admission of
the mother. She was arrested and sent to New
Castle. She made the following confession.-
My name is Jane Meeteer am about RI 1eteen
years of age, and was raised in the family of
Mrs. Musgrove, Of Newark; my child was 10
months old; its father was white man; could
not get home, as no one would give me a
home while had my child, it was so cress and
troublesome, could no get any one to take the
child, although offered II to several families;
did not know what to do; did not care any
a..
1t; cut it's throat and taking horse bucket
from Mr.. John Lewis barn pressed the body
into il, and hid it In the garden back of the
Bank, in the bushes
: A Tunultuous Meeting I'll Q Smyrna Time,
is authority for The following:
Dover assembled in town meeting on Friday
evoning, Dir. Jump in the chair, TO devise
means for building town hall. Things Went
smoothly enough until Judge Houston made q
motion that the Legislature he requested to pass
= a law enabling the town to issue town bonds
Il for the purpose. Between q motion to ''adopt'
and to "indefnitely postpone" the meeting go
a so warm that it had to adjourn until Monda.
!. night
At the Monday night meeting the question
Of indefinite posiponement was again pu
I'd and carried in hot haste, and amid fearful
c. tumult.
a. An enterprising citizen, Mr.. w. L. Cannon
re finding that the meeting was too mad to bull
town hall, suggested that new hotel Wa
"A needed and moved that the meeting try the hot
y, business, but he was voted "out Of ORDER an
q, was compelled to sit down, after offering SOC
~ to o hotel enterprise.
Va 1t was next moved to alter the town cha
ter, SO that it could build hall, and that W;
m lost.
ng The meeting, being unable 10 do anythin
- OH the hall question, and spelling TO do som
thing, finally resolved to ailiict the town wi
| commissioners instead of fpur and
mt gested that the "poliee" arrest the first man
lon, finds drunk the street, without process. II
he was as near to the hall could be got.
on. An Incident in Private History ora DeidwO
FamHy.-Many years ago gentleman the $
at of former Governor of our State, succeed
lg, in seducing quite pretty and respectful
er young lady resident, in one of the towns in o
lit of the lower counties. The produce of the
ductou was baby boy, who Ito conceal [
SON shame incident to the transaction) was pac
the with a farmer, i'll the neighborhood. The b
asst grew up, and bore the name of the farmer,w
,rs, raised him. The lady married one of the syio
his of an old Delaware family. She was to us
tic common term, "well to dc" in other words "
able TO live on her rents and interests. VIII
If the boy grew to be about twelve or fife
inc years old, he felt yearning to know
,to mother. He had been informed CT his histor
ate Accordingly he called upon her hoping to
dic. tam, an acknowledgements, private or public
Lar her relationship. But the lady was in no |
NOR TO compromise herself, and refused to
knowledge the stray waif Of her illicit love
will The hoy went away hurt and disappointed.
few | a later period he again called upon her hopi
rim that time had wrought change in her feelin
he y But the lady still refused to acknowledge Ii
offspring. Pride of character outweighed L
re- ternal affection, although she had 10 other cl
and den, and when she saw him enter she got
di- and left the room, only dcigning to make {
)cBs remark ''3less me now there is this trou
and come again" The boy then left. Years II
and by, the lady long since became widow.
and boy became man. lie moved to Whining
ing and learnt a trade, married and now la
family. Ills character was always irreproac
r a. BILE, lie led the life of sober, honest, upri
,oes citizen. Still feeling gearing to know
: Of mother he determined to visit the town VIII
tbis she lived, TO see if she would yet acknowle
and him. But pride still outweighed maternal lo
,le,- She still refused to recognize or have anyth
aciI to say to him, and he came home sick and
! an appointed. Of course the lady is now old
m, But how the fruits OF youthful vices in al
years return to plcague us. They lncrei
with our years.
lew Very Complimentary. of the best
, IN | Delaware scholars, and gentleman who
ftbe thorough connoisseur of history, We are info
n On ell, told Mr. Charles Tatman, an eminent Il
the chant of Middletown, that Vincent's llstor,
een- Delaware, was the best and most correct 81
Ia i
~" in its issue OF the Sth of February, makes
:, same assertion. We are informed that Go
iht nor Ponder, anxious that any ackno wledgnl
'ace of the Stale should be Of a work worthy of
any consulted among others John O'Byrne, who
vi known to be a thorough historical student, {;
usI who possesses better library Of old and
me- works than any one in the State, and not
vi ceeded by many in the United otales.) In
D re- ply, he informed the Governor that for thoro
research, it was not exceeded by any hist
mo ever written; that the style was unpretent
gely simple and plain. This simplicity Of langu
imi- Is noted by all. Some think it shows acl
Vine brilliancy of style. One of our farmers
,ear- marked, that he liked it very well, but it al
ilors ed learning" as his "daughter," "girl of
who years old understood every word" But
Epis- was the aim of the author. He holds it a
the dinal principle that word as mere sound
pnla, a specified meaning, you should use the
lclat- known sound to express that meaning,
stead of sound that was less used, and co
mr. queDtly less understood Hence, he aly
reel, uses Saxon words, which are the words tai
Nv nj us by our mothers, instead of those der
ct from the French Greek or Latin. One re
dinps why this history is more generally correc
,lv or that the writers Of State history have gene
,ntre gone to old published works, thinking the
s real thors had examined all the sources Of infol
to he ton. This was certainly attended with
m the trouble and expense, for it is more cas-
No life take book read from it, and quote what
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