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Smyrna times., 1875-12-29
For the Smyrna Timcs


DEAR TIMES.-Many years ago I ,yos on
occasional contributor and ALWAYS an oogo,
and interested reader of YOUR yaluoIIc
| paper. 1t was then the ctlstOm-noorI,,
| twenty years agO-to ~ritc far Tic 9apcce. and
suppose the usage is still allowed.
have been looking around me and am
strongly impressed with the appearance
OF your beautiful and time-honorcd VILLAGE.
In the lapse of the years have named.
many changes of course have taken plnce
| here, there and elsewhere. | notice man.
OLD land marks and many familiar faces
Among the new thingS-a town hall. not
large enough, imagine, for the uurroses
OF such community as find here. but
sun a real improvement and a credit TO
the men whose enterprise carried it on 10
completion. The seating. however. is anv.
slightly and ndaltOgetherinconvcn
and uncomfortable, and withaI inconsistent
with the general appearance of 50 fine
building Wards Hall twenty years ago
was more comfortable in this resncct.
new NJ. +. Church-at least i'm anDcar.
ance-greets my old eyes and carries away
with the past the old order of things. |
was able to recognize it, Notwithstanding
It's improved appearance, by the old and
Iaihlllar institution, common to this but
allowed in no other church of the village.
VIZ disorder, and loud talking by young
men grown men and halfgrown boys
not TO mention men who ought to roinoin
out of sight when in certain conditions
such as was shown but lately in the church
Last night ! had the pleasure to hear one
OF the most masterly addresses ever dc.
livered in the town by Hon. y. B. Smithers
before the Womans Foreign Missionary
Society. A large audience listened with
almost breathless interest for more than
one hour. Where was the committee of
order? DO the Trustees allow insults like
that OF last night TO be offered with i'm.
punlty to such a congregation and such q
speaker as that of last night. Remember
my age, | am fastidious in such matters
My respect for the house of God makes me |
probably over sensitive on this point. |
Aias am certainly growing old.
Smyrna times., 1875-12-29

Neck, was sold last week for S26. .65 ner
acre. John W. Clark, purchaser.
Thos. s. Bordley, Esq, attorney for the
mortgagee, sold on Tuesday the real estate
OF OF benJ. II. Startt, contiguous to Worton
IIelghts, heht CO., containing about I35
acres to John W. Startt, for $3,2OO.
ThTce Men Drowncd- On the 10th inst
threc coiored men, part of tie crew of
the schooner Var. DetYics, were drownod
near the mouth of the Pocomoke rivnr
somerset county. They were capsizcd in n
yawl boat. ''~e' III '
heV' Dr. Wilson, Rector of the Protestant
episcopal Church in Easton, will write o
series , OF articles for LippimcotfS Moqa-;oe for
1910, descriptive of the life and manners
INDUSTRIAL occupations, scenery, etc. of the
Eastern Shore of Maryland. ~
A number of property holders in Now.
town are considerably agitated over tho no.
port that man by the name of McNamaro
Is on his way from South America to This
county, TO lay claim to about one.ffth of
tnat town. 1t is stated that the prOpertv
T,lghtiully belongs to Mcnamara. althouoi
he was unknown as the heir when the
present owners made their purchases
S"o'o Hill Messenger. =
Il Horrible Grn,c.-Thos Warum q sboo.
maker by trade, who has resided in Still
Pond about three months. was comn;ttaJ
10 Jall on Saturday last by Justice Devices
on the oath of his daughter. on the charge
ol lorclble incest. Warum is 80 wears Of
age ana was born in Baltimore. He re.
moved 10 chesapeake City when quite
young ana has mainly resided there until
ne removed to Kent. He has Il wife and
Hine children now living, but has not lived
with MS wife for some time. The man hoe
every, appearance ola brute, as might he in.
lerred from the unnatural character of tho
crime with which he is charged. N1rr.
DON'T 60 Wcst-The Cambridga CZ,,,:.l.
says: We have been shown an extract from,
a letter to Mr.. j. c. Plummer of Cambridno
from one OF his Kansas correspondents. tLe
text OF which may serve to reconcile so,no
OF our dissatisfied grumblcrs. The unfortu. /
nate man has been making efforts 10 close
up !, ms business, sell out, and come to Mary
ilahd' out was interrupted by himself and !
MS whole family being proytrated fnr |
several weeks by the aguc fever. lie Los
eight hundred bushels of corn for sale Iut
Il Is only worth fifteen cents Der Lu.LI
Ills iour horses are all down with the c,,;.
,ootlc. lie has leo acres of excellent I,nJ
"eli timbered and watcred, for which he
Paid 100 live years ago, without build
hgs or Improvements which he has added
lnu he Is trying to sell it for 5000. that he
nay leave the country. Everybody is sell.
hg out who can. The truth is that tLa
market facilities of our Peninsula so greatly
'Xceed those OF the Western country. our
climate Is so much milder, and we are So FREQ
rom the great epidcmics that from time TO
lme affiict the country, that as these things
become known the tide of em;qrotion ,,,,St
necessarily set hithcrward.
Smyrna times., 1875-12-29
For Me SnlmMa TIme
The BOIL.

Mr.. EDITOR We have beautiful bell
lovely bell in our steeple, but its rincino
sometimes reminds us Of passage in Poe's
poem where he speaks of the g6ostlv neo.
PIE VINO live up in the steeple, and "take
pleasure in so rolling on the human hoort
a stone" Our bell has q voice. II almost
has a soul. it is full of melody and fcelin@.
and 1t cost a thousand dollars. Bnt tie
beauty of the bell is in the ringing,-oh, let
1t be rung as becometh such bell. Do not
hammer 1T like blacksmith's anvil. On
Christmas morning heard it,-instead of
beating forth a glorious anthem of re.
Joicin1g, with the dignity and power of
which 1T is capable, it rolled like the gong
OF foundry calling the men to work, I
symPathized with the bell, my heart bled
lor me Deli, on, the sweet bell 81 love it
so. Can not the ringer ring with a I;ttio
more care and skill, with little more
strength, and time and fulness?
Yours, for the bell. HERMoNIcrs.
Smyrna times., 1875-12-29

Charles Nordhoff, in the character of a
Methodist layman, enters a ringing protest
against the effort of any Methodist Bishop
to commit the Church to third term. He
says that Bishop Haven has done great
deal at the South to widen the breach
between Northern and Southern Metho-
dists, and to weaken the bond of brother
hood between the sections, or at least to in
crease causes of irritation. Hecloses a letter
to the Herald on the subject by a sharp COM
plant of the conduct of Methodist clergy
men, in endeavoring to usetheirinfiuence at
the White House for political purposes. He
says OF this course: 1T seems to me dis.
honorable, and they have undoubtedly and
within my own painful experience brought
contempt and disgrace upon the Metho-
dist name by such misconduct. In nv
judgement and in that of many other Meth
odlsts the favor in which our more proni.
nent clergy have been held at the White
House, and consequently in the depart-
ments, during number of years, has had
an evil influence upon them, and has
worked badly for the Church. For NV
part should be very happy if the next
PRESIDENT should prove to have an uncon-
querable aversion to all Methodist clergy
men. 1t would be a fortunate thing for
the denomination ~.
Smyrna times., 1875-12-29

We are requested to extend the thank,
OF the Smyrna Library Association to Mr.
j. Z. Worden, for donation of two vol
umes OF Gen. Sherman's Memoirs to the
institution. 'i''
The Middletown Transcript notices that
whether peach growing pays ANYTHING or
not, 1t is fact that there are MANY more
sheriff sales among the farmers of New
Castle county who do not grow peaches
than there Is among those who do.
Within the past two weeks Mr. Mancba
has sold live tracts of land in Talbot county
"a 80 acre farm of Judge Goldsborough;s s
for $3,6S0; tract of 53 acres for So. 500: n
farm OF y acres for ST. $50; another of 1914
acres for $3,l00, and another of 73 acres in
Caroline CO., for $1,000. Two of the pur.
chasers are from Pennsylvania, one from
Canada, one from Wisconsin and one from
Illinois.
The largest hop of the season took nloce
at the town hall, this town, last evening
1here were about forty couples, and Prices
Orchestra, of Middletown, rendered the
music. Some very pretty toilets were
observed among the ladies, a number of
whom were from surrounding towns. The
moor manager was John Wilkinson. ir..
assisted by VIM. Stevenson and Dennev
Clough. Committee on Invitation, Thos
jefferson and John Wilkinson, ir. Thirty.
TWO dances were on the programme.
Smyrna times., 1875-12-29

CHRIsTATAs IN SMYRNA had little or moth.
ing TO mark it this year over other similar
| occasions. People splashed around the
! muddy streets, drunk or sober, according
10 their inclinations for sensualitv or
soorIety, but those who, dog like, returned
10 their vomit, were not numerous nv onv
means. At the morning hour the usnoI
services were held at the Episcopal Church,
when Rev. Mr.. Wright, the rector, delivered
a good sermon. The church was modesto
9ecorated-tar more so than last vear-bnt
III elegant taste. In the evening both this
church and the Methodist gave Christmas
Iree entertainments to their Sunday Schools.
Large audiences were drawn to both. At
the former church the children were
treated to confectionery and oranges. The
.eacAeTS We're also called up and each given
" Shiali orange for good attendance. The
scholars enjoyed this episode hugely. The
scholars Of the Methodist School wcro oanI
presented with books, clrou,n1;c rnr,I. g.
As usual Il number of persons in tbn Ior,,o
congregation availcd themselves of tfis
tree to bestow presents to friends. A num-
Der OF useful gifts were thus conferred mon
persons IN need, as well as gifts in friendly
greeting, but the ludicrous side was unor.
most 1or the most part, after the Sunday
School gifts were finished up. The In.
dlcrousness seemed to run to doll babies
manly. Some persons, whose names were
repeatedly called, received only n LITTLE
pare emma baby each time they marched
to the tree. Several in the aud;o,,oa
(young ladies and gents) received as monv
as seven of these little TOYS during tLo
evening. Upwards of a peck of them was
Sold by our confectioners, during the dav
Tor this especial purpose.
Smyrna times., 1875-12-29

NEWSPAPER FALSE PRErENcE.-It hos
long been matter of notoriety. that cer.
tam newspapers priding themselves ON
thelr moral and religious tone have baon
seliing their opinions for the purnosa ~
leadlng the people into unsafe specuiations
On friday the charges against one of these
journals were proved in Philadelpbia- Mr.
EuWln Z M. Lewis, the assignee of jaw Cooke
20, testliylng before commissioner for
TINS state that Mr.. Henry C. Bowen editor
Oh the New York Independent, entered into
contract with that house to nnbl;sb
eultorial articles in his newpaper advis;na q
people TO exchange United States bopJS
1gr I19 those OF the Northern Pacific Railroad
~ ne are glad that this exposure has como in
Olilclal Iornl' Tor nothing can be more dan
seIOus tnan corrupt and subsidized
Press.. "hen newspaper sells its opinions
Ta lDt money IL becomes a public enemy
mere Will De no safety, even in matters of
business, business, II popular journal is permitted
20 :. miisirepresent Isl the condition of a cornora.
Ioh IKE the one in question with ip,r,,,,;t,.
Z Z rom the beginning the Northern Pon;Ec
i hairoad was chimera it was basad ,,I.a,,
nothIng and began and ended no1rG ~" p''n
All TINS was known when Bowen ooraaJ -
noid up It's claims to public confdenoo ~ ~
"eii as now that the whole scheme H." 's
Pl1dea. But for such assistance as it recei
'. Eea rom papers like the Iadcpendeot i
would We not have had any existence at oil y
d,'II ,nJsands 70 OF persons lost the SAVINGS tbev
could Ill afford to lose in an enternr;sss ones
;o,,n, mnlcn mad no foundation simply because q
journal they trusted counseIed Them MS 70 "a
course OF folly they pursued. No snooias NJ .Ae
u ialse pretense can be so bad as tbat of
! newspaper which agrees to puff donbts,i
!. s.,i91erprlses, and there ought to be remeJ,,
~ :. law as IN other cases Of obtaining nlnnay
Smyrna times., 1875-12-29

ELECTORAL CONFERENCE.-THE ,,ol;.,. -
the NJ Z. Church provides for the intro.
duction of laymen to a seat in tLo 'm[i0t ,'",.t
General Conference, which is to sit in Raj.
timore May lst, '76. Each circuit and sta.
ton Is required to elect delegate TO what
Is known as an electoral conference. to set
during the time of the Annual Conferences
These electoral conferences elect the two
Glaymen who are to represent the Annual
conferences ut the General Conference
Inc following are the delegates elected So
lar from Easton district to the WILMINGTON
electoral conference: Smyrna, A. Price
griffith; alternate, w. w. Nelson. Smvr.
ma Circuit. r. NJ. Cooper; alt, D. S. Clark.
Appoquinimink, Jas. Stats alt, C. FercI.
son: Galena, c. II. Layman alt, Rich'd S.
= Hnlghton. Cecilton, Rich'd Simmons; alt.
Smyrna times., 1875-12-29

REAL ESTATE ALE.-Last Thursday Sheriff
Cooper sold in this town the real estate oi
William Collins, located in "the NecL, .
between this town and Leipsic, as follows .
The " Martins Bridge farm" near Lcinsic.
l6O acres, to Joshua Boyd, for S4.63OLs9g
per acre.
The home farm, 90 acres, to Jos. +.
Disch, for A,025-$44.72 per acre.
The Raymond farm" $50 acres. to
Ephraim S. Garrison, for SG,OOO-$4O per
acre. F0'
The Marsh " or "Dutch Neck farm ~
200 acres of upland and 500 acres of marsh
to John c. Bailey, of this town, for s.. 2.5352
1892 per acre. Total amount of sale
SI7,l9O. The sales, upon the whole, were
encouraging.
Smyrna times., 1875-12-29

Public School No. 3, of this town closed
for the Christmas holidays with verv
pleasant entertainment in the Grammar
Department, under Mr.. Herman Roe. The
exercises consisted of vocal and nstrumen.
tai music, speaking, recitations and rending
by the school, closing with an appropriote
address by the teacher, and remarks NV
visitors present. The pupils of this school
are making good progress, and evidently
acquiring a taste for literary and artistic
matter which will be of great advantage TO
them. W
One OF Mr. Roe's boys, we'll up in geogra.
pny, but getting geography and finance
mixed, N bounds the State of Delaware thus
North by mortgages, east by supreme writs.
sputn ey promissory notes, and west by
Shcilu SdleSs NO. . Is alive 4
Smyrna times., 1875-12-29
MARYLAND rTEnrs

Mr.: Nathan Flowers, near Hillsboropob
slaughtered recently three 20montbs hoes
Weighing each 677, Gl0 and 40s lbs. e
Dramatic entertainments take nloca ~
Greensborough tonight and also on Fr;dav
night Given by the young people.
A colored woman near Denton who
stuck needle in her leg about TWENTY-FIVE
years ago, had to have the limb amputated
ias' week. It was taken off above the knee.
=, l,ana Sate:--A tract of land belonging n
.ne heirs OF the late Robert Thawley. con.
'ainlng 500f acres, situated in Tnekahoa
Smyrna times., 1875-12-29

n FATHER ENDEAvORING TO GAIN Possrs
sIoN or HIS Two CHILDREy.-DurinS tb'
session OF the Legislature in 1928. the
wife OF William Lynch, of Wilmington. oh
tanned a divorce from her husband. and by
the decree OF the enactment was awarded
the possession of her children-two Girl.
ana BOY. Subsequently Mrs. Lynch died
and the children were cared for bv Mr
Bfatton, Mrs. Lynch's father. About a
year ago the boy died, but the two girls
the elder of whom is about Il years of aoe'
are still with Mr.. Bratton.
Recently Mr.. Lynch married again. and
ne is now endeavoaing to obtain Possession
OF his daughters. As Mr.. Bratton JecI;nod
10 rellnquish his charge of the girls Mr.,
Lynch resorted to legal measures, and the
case Will come up some time today. at New
castle, before Judge Houston in the Court
of Appeals. 001i
=, The plea raised by the defense is that
Mr.. Lynch, on account of his personal
habits and character, is unfit to assume
parental charge of his chldren.-Go-cDr
Smyrna times., 1875-12-29

Gov. Allen of Ohio is experiencing the
bitterness ofhuman infdelity. Hesmother-
ed his lifelong convictions and simulated
fondness for the rag baby because his
friends told him that was a sure way for
him to become President. Now those
same friends are convinced that the Cover
nor has outlived his usefulness, and that
George Ii. Pendleton is their ideal for a
Presidential candidate.
Smyrna times., 1875-12-29

SURPRISE VIsIr was made 70 tba NJ L
parsonage of this town last Thursday cvon'
lng' when Rev. f. Stubbs and family were
made the recipients of a number of dona.
tions. Besides provisions, dry goods. wear.
ing apparel, &c, the pastor was presented
with purse of $50 and a stldv cboir
valued at $50. j. II. Bewley was chosen
TO present the purse and |. ID. Hamilton
the chair. Mrs. Stubs was presented with
a neat breakfast shawl, and Miss MolI;a
StubbS, (siSter Of the pastor) was also kindly
remembered by number of the doners
frof. Robinson. of Baltimore, was present
and helped to enliven the occasion givinc .
MS musical talent its fullest scope to tbo1
end. With his clarionet, and Mr.. Stnbbs
at the organ. a number of Duets wcro
nicely rendered, while "Thc Ninety and
Nine and other songs were sung.
Smyrna times., 1875-12-29

ANOTHER OFFICE WAR IN SCssEX.--Tbo
once OF Register for Sussex county will be
vacant next August, and already tbe
struggle after 1t has commenced. Edwin
faynter Is said to be ahead so far. but tbroo
or tour others are after it, and instead of
| nGhtlng Tor themselves most of tbem oro
hghting against Paynter SAYS the Milford
Nc,cs: -''i''i" :"
In addition to this, the editor Of tba
,>'tsser Journal, VIM. Fisk Townsend Esn
late OF Maryland, is understood 70 hn
especially interested in defeating Mr.
Faynter, because he desires the a6point.
ment OF Clerk Of the Peace for himself
ana thinks if the Register comes from
georgetown II Is not probable that the an.
Pomtment which he desires can come from,
the same place. Mr.. Townsend. thourL
"carpet-bagger' and in consequence
especially offensive to his party, who have
"oly horfor OF such specimens of bu
l'y-heVeltheIess has managed to oh.
tam some influence in that county. moinI,,
through the patronage of G. G Stoni,Ia':! ,ii,iil'!
ESQ., VINO Is the CrIsOe to this man Fridov
and now desires to use him in forwori;ny
ms own aspirations for political prefermanff
IL Is generally believed and understood
tnat Judge WOoten is the head of the CON
oih3tion to defeat Paynter, and that he has
uSed ms influence to combine all the Other
candidates against him. The enmitv Of
the Judge against Paynter appears TO have
grown out of the fact that suit was entered
against the Judge as the administrator oI
executor of the estate of Roland povnter
the father of Edwin, for money claimed to
be due the heirs. Let this be as II nav
there seems to be no doubt but that tTe
Judge and all his friends are against
PSaynter, and that they will make a great
effort to defeat him. s'e"'
Smyrna times., 1875-12-29

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tor, at Smyrna Delaware.
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Seven Gents alne for the frstinsertion subsequent
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Smyrna times., 1875-12-29

DOVER ITEMs.-Writes the Dover corres.
pondent OF Erery Eteniag.
On Saturday last J. w. Hall Of this plaeo
was committed to Jail on a capias for SELLING
liquor without license. Monday. Frances
FOLK, Hester Sordon and Mary Green. col.
were also "jugged, y charged with stealing
cider from the still Of +. S. Shaw. of HaF.
rington;; John Allen was also committed
tor 70, the larceny of boards belonging 10 Mr.
owing TO- :" little unpleasantness' be.
tween the sheriff and DIR. West, the latter
does not ENJOY his former liberties. but is
kept confined 70 his cell. But one month
hence will sec the Doctor free man as he
term of imprisonment will exnire on the
2Sth Of January next.
Christmas vas not generally observed
here. Our stores were open the creater
portion Of the day. s's"'s'
Smyrna times., 1875-12-29

Mr.. Donald G. Mitchell ithe writer
better known as TX Marvcl'1 had nm
amusing anu encounter with snobbish Yale
StuGrhe Srile recently; A correspondent of the
springfield Rp"Jlcan gives it as follows
A Yale student, riding out to cali Iateiv
on the charming bevy of daughters thai
cheer the heart and home of the farmer of
Edge%ood. 3 Mr. Ms country scat) found a a
INA ma" t urtssed III rough clothes at work near
fellow, hold my horse cried YaIension o,"
Are the ladies at home? 2 said he. as the
person addressed took hold of the omimnI
:,i as the rider dismounted. NO, Sir: vo1
Will VIII nol ma them at home, said the sup
posed pose: gardener. We'll, then, here's p
dime .ri for you, said Yalensian. remountipG
he money was declined, and the student
rode away utterly ignorant of the reason
why W. he did not find the ladies in, which he
!, @ suspected, when he learned that
u ms conversation had been with the autbor.
farmer himself. '"'''oi
Smyrna times., 1875-12-29

Local PsRsoNAL.-The following Smvrna
boys" came home to spend Christmos
Robert II. Hill, E. Morris Cloak, Charlie,
X. Clements, George NJ. Reynolds, Harry
Beck, BENZ. b. Ferguson, John A. Caven.
der, Thomas Parrot, Thomas Z. Hum, Hum.
Phreys and Lewis Clawson, all of Philo.
delphia; DIR. George S. Culbretb. T. Sc s
Navy, Norfolk; Rich'd S. Culbreth, Yale
College Benz. A. HAZEL, Texas James r,
Black, of Maine, (now of Phila. y lanes
Griffin, Chicago; Walter Cummins and
Harry VanGasken, Of Wilmington Frank
Evans, Bridgeton, n. j.; &c. We NAV
slso name some . girls u: Miss Emma JET.
ferson and Mrs. Kate Buchanan, Wilming.
ton; Agnes Cummins and Allie Smith
" from school," 'i'''
Parties are looking after the Collectorsbin
Tor this Hundred. Mr. Spruance's sue.
ceSssor VIII be appointed by the Lew Court
IN February. The applicants are r W
weldon, Joshua T. terman, Jos. +. vii.
iiams and John A. Cavender.
Smyrna times., 1875-12-29
For The S,o,o.po T;,,,..

@"' -" ''"'BfHd ltNcs.
y MR. EDITOR How would it do for tho
odessa and Smyrna dramatic amateurs 70
exchange courtesies, Smyrna giving an en-.
Iertainment there and Odessa one here
i.I ! nave heard number say they wouId
hke to see the latter, and some benevolent
scheme in each town might be greatly ON
haneed by such an arrangement. Find
out what Odessa thinks of il. =