Middletown transcript., 1874-06-27
Minor Topics.


Mr.. CT @. Foster suffered slight paralysis of
the tongue, on Tuesday, so that he could not
speak.
The Western beetle has arrived in countless
myriads and is playing havock with the potato
Vine. Good bye potatoes.
The Seaford Citizen says an extensive straw
berry shipper cleared just $l.0O above his ex-
penses this year. Profitable surely.
The Delmarvia and Sellers Fruit Drying es-
tablishments will 'propably commence Opera
tions, on small fruits, within week or two.
David J. Cummins, near Smyrna has straw
berry patch of fifty acres and employed during
the height Of the late berry season 800 hands.
A safe in the office at the R. R. depot at
last week, and robbed of between 5000 and
$500.
One of our merchants ragged out " buffalo
robes last Tuesday. Reckon he thought robes
were like whiskey good to keep out heat as
well as cold
At the strawberry festival at Glasgow, last
week, a cake was voted to the prettest girl in
Pencader Hundred. Miss Lille Cam had more
admirers than anybody else and got the cake.
There has been shipped from this Peninsula
the present season 1855, 100 crates, 7,a1o,4oo
quarts of Strawberries The present eeason's S
crop exceeds that of last year by near 5000, 900
| quarts.
| Seaford has an old lady 80 years Of age who
can see TO knit or sew without spectacles She
can dance a jig and knows all her neighbors'
secrets of the night before. She's a rara aris.-
| Keep her for the Centennial.
The premium for the prettiest baby in Caro-
line, Dorchester and SUSSEX al the fredericksburg
fair, last week, was won by a pair of twin
babies belonging to Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. NJ. Col
ineon. Mr.. G. is said TO be so years DID,
The Times says there will be no Blackbrd
camp this year. Two parties wanted the grove
and the ow ner thought he saw chance TO make
and advanced the price from S75 to 800 and
neither party would take it, Tho old story =
"The goose that laid the golden egg, etc."
Odessa Items.
| From our Odessa Correspondents
Raspberries are being picked this week.
The Mailly yacht has made voyage to Lewes
The potato bugs have begun their rayages in
our snrdens,
Bathing Is fayorite evening pastime with the
boys of our town.
The farmers are cutting their hay. A large
crop is the talk
A base ball club was organized on last We'd
nesday eve called q Beasten nine"
Another old building, Zone of the granaries OF
the Appoquinimink creek) is being rapidly tori
down.
Dueean is binding a stage to run hetweei
Rehoboth and Lewis during the camp meetin!
season.
Next Sabbath will he Childreu's Day, as til
regular session was postponed from the l4tf inst
on account of otter extra matters. rich fora
display may be expected.
The NJ. Z. church has been thoroughly cleanse
and looks neat and inviting. However som
persons who forget that u cleanliness becomet
the house of the Lord f." sit and spit tobacco juic
on the ,ionr.
Last Sunday was an evcntful day in Odessa
IN the morning DR.. Morris addressed us on tln
bearings Of the Bible on the Holy Land and til
Holy Land on the Bible" Gin the Drawyer
church) and in the afternoon the delivered n lee
ture to the children of the Sunday schools on tn
sights etc, of the Holy Land. The house WA
crowded both sessions, and all present wer
highly delighted with the Instructive manner i
which the Doctor spoke. In the evening D'
Crowel continued the services in the NJ. I
church on the subject q We would see Jesus,
which was marked sermon long TO be remen
bered.