Smyrna times., 1875-07-14

ministry. They are not permitted to re-
main over one conference longer than two
years, they are then sent somewhere else.
Itineracy though attended with some in
convenences has been an advantage to the
Methodist church beyond doubt.-Sroo
Hill Messenger.
An ocean mirage of a most sublime and
awe-inspiring character was witnessed by
over three hundred guests at the Atlantic
Hotel, Ocean City, on the 30th ult., at about
6 p. NJ. exhibiting to the astonished gaze of
the bcholders not less than so vessels of
different descriptions in the atmosphere,
above the horizon, with an upper tier of
inverted ships corresponding to the lower
ones and presenting an Elusive ocean,
also,-or in other words, one above another
upside down. The scene lasted for over a
half hour, and was felt to be the grandest
and most sublime spectacle imaginable.
| The stories of phantom ships by nautical
fiction writer's could not interest any in
comparison to the sight witnessed from our
| beach as abOve.-tStoc Hill Shield
! Il Singular CtrcttnStahcc.-The EastOn Star
of yesterday tells this incident :" very
! pretty incident occurred during the thun-
der storm on Tuesday night week, not be
fore mentioned. When Mr.. Tallie Forman
was upset by tho lightning he was pre-
cipitated from the front porch of his
mothers residence to the back end of the
office. As soon as the shock was over he
picked himself up to see if he was hurt
The office window looking into the yard
was open. 1t was extremely dark, except
when the heavens were Illuminated by the
lightning. Just as he got on his feet, a
robin flew in the window and lit on his
shoulder, and commenced to cry with
alarm, and seemed to ask his protection.
lie took it in his hand, placed it under his
hat and turned it out the next morning to
its great delight We were not before
aware that birds were afraid Of lightning. =
Singular Death.-Capt. Jas. Morris died in
a singular manner at place called "The
Trappe" (nearly every county on the
Eastern Shore has place by this name)
in Wicomico co. On hi; way home from
Eden station, he stopped at the residence
of bis sister-in-law, Mrs. Twillcy, at the
Trappe, seeming as well as usual, except
, under the influence of liquor took a chain
i'll the yard and after conversing a while
took from his pocket bottle Of whiskcy
and took a drink, inviting Mr.. join
huntington, who was present, to take
drink with him. On Mr.. huntington re
filsing to drink, telling him he did no
: desire to, he said, No, you are all too gooc
: to drink whiskey, but l intend to drink i
0 as long as I live" Soon after he tool
another drink, reversing his position in th,
h chair so as to lean his head upon his hands
c which were clasped over the back of tn
n chair. As the family were about to retir
for the night, Mrs. Twilley called him, bu
!. huntington to wake him, when he wa
found to be dead. He had passed ava
without sigh or a struggle, his sstcr-in
law and his daughter being near him al
e the while, and observed nothing unusua
L until they were informed of his death
ct Capt. Morris has been man of powerful
constitution and great physical strength
; His age was about sixty. So says the Sail
n bury Adccrttser of Saturday.
'e ,Spelhag Bee and Fcst;cal at .H4sseys.-
y Spelling Bee and Festival was held
rs Masseys, Md, last Thursday evening, til
contest being between that town, Caller
R. and Middletown. There were sixtee
r. contestants and as soon as all were assen
IS. bled upon the stage, the pedagogue, Re
or J. y. Watson, opened the war wit
st picturesque and continued to give OF
ct. the most puzzling words in our languag
ay much to the dissatisfaction of those wi
of missed. The interest continued aS Il
ranks grew less, and when three were le
49, the audience became excited. Those tlIr
=. were Miss Susie Benny, Galena; J. j. LA
a' Masseys; L. ii. Lane, Middletown, and Il
!. last named was seated on plagiarism
:, leaving Masseys and Galena to finish t
~ contest. Miss Benny lost on the wo
g. "apropos," but was allowed to pass
,o+ another word, which she also missed, tn
'ho giving to Mr.. Hall the first prize, a cal
and to herself the second, the honor
being crowned with beautiful wreath
the flowers and receiving beautiful bouqr
lty of the same. William n. Wilson spell
ng- % oxidized and Miss Ella Simkins spell
al " libellant right according to Worcest
lrs' which was authority, yet they were rul
lay ont and Middletown does not acccde
as Masseys or Galena the honors they rcceiy
led unless they are won in a future bee. I
red Odessa Glcc Club sang some of their b
HdiLetown Transcript.
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