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Smyrna times., 1875-04-28

a splendid line Of Hats made to order
Just arrived. Elegant STYLES and bottom
price,. X. NJ. Il W. T. johnson.
The largest and most f,.'hiomAblc inc of
Clothing ever brought to Smyrna, ats.
Kahn's New Clothing Store. and are ngojny
to sell lower than anybody clsr-Iric., ne
object.
We are getting in fresh Shoes hy thcc.,...
every day and prices are lower. r. " 4
W. +. Johnson.
If you wish to expcnd money for Ca,r;a
gcq or Carriage work, 90 to VIM X. Ctho.n
d Son, Dover, ard get the worth oft.
WAxrED.-3O0,OO0 feet Of GOOD Elm and
Poplar Logs, drlivcredat the Clayton Bn,k.
Factory. The highest cash price viii H.,
paid.
johnson Brothers have just Received i,
prime lot of city made Lasting Foxrd PI,,
ton Shoes, also Plain Lasting. Call and -,
| them.
". F.. 4. WoodrocEs .Neq, ,L,cyl,g .u... ),
/ III, mast ci1gJn d, Doccr. lie has til. fines,
stock at the lowest prices.
Wanted, To bc delivered at thu ward ~
the Wordcn Mills, 100000 feet Of ro,I.,
and elm, in the log also large l,t nf
gum, for which tn" cash will BE- paid.
>. T.. NORbhN.
Quick sales and small profit for cash +.
the motto of Cahoon & Son, Dover pl
1t IS conceded that although h;,y. r,,
the finest place to display my Ils,, thu,
have the largest stock and the latest ,,yl..
/ n
buy lower than any competitor Gall and
inspect 5. l.. Kahn New Clothing store.
Wrwork cheap for cash-Wm. R. cahoon
& Son. Dover. f.b. lU-ly
Such beautiful line Of Shirts was lloy..,.
hnfor" seen IN Smyrna or Eny town IN ,Li-
vicinity, fine and common. plain ami f.ncv
something entirely new in the Shirt I'm. to
be found no where else, to which Vs.. call
the attention Of the young men. socks.
striped and plain, beautiful Tie and Bow.
all kinds Of Furnishing Goods. which am
I selling lower than others can sell. : l.
Kahn's New Clothing House.
C"hoon & Son Al Dover, is tn, plsr, of
I 20. To- buy Carriages or have them r,Ja.rr,l
Very large stock Of Trunks and Vall-c.
save you - cents on every Hat. and from
~ cents to one dollar on each Trunk and
Clothing. Shirts. and cyrIvthinKel, at sam,
p rate lower than others. Great many u-r
chants blow what they cannot substantial,
. in advertising, but ! mean to back up all
say as all inspection will prove. For in
stance. common working pants from -
cents up. also fin" Clothing nj same 10,
rates. My terms are strictly cash 80 cal
afford 10 treat all alike. Call and inspecr
:. :. l.. Kahn Clothing House
Smyrna times., 1875-04-28
CUT THIS OIT.
Il i[u.L .NL,s Lu.lr LII.

There i no person living but what suffers
more or less with Lung Disease. Coughs.
Cold, or Consumption. Vet some would die
rather than pay - cents for hottl. Of
medicine that would cure them. Dr. A.
Bo-rhrr's German Syrup has lately been
introduced i'll this county from Germany,
and its wondrrouS cures astonshcs every
ON" that try it. If YOU doubt what We say
in print cut this out and takc it to vouI
pruggi-t-.Ia.. =. lIotcckvr SMYRNA. and
get sample hottl,. for 10 cent and try H.
or a regular size for - cents.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-28

THE TIMES is published every Wednesday after
noon bv JOSEPH H. HoFFECKER, Editor and Proprie-
tor, at Smyrna Delaware.
FRMS-SrBscR1PTIoN-On year 500 in advance, or
S25Oif not paid till the end of the year. No paper
discontinued until all arrears paid-ony at the
option of the Publisher.
ADVERTISEMENTS will he inserted at the rate OF
Seven Cents line for the first inscrtion subsequent
insertions Three-and ahalfCents. Aliberal discount
made to quarterly, semi-annual and yearly advert
serS.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-28

MEsSRS. K. NJ. Il w. T. JOHNSON moved
into their new storeroom in this town on
Monday. Without exception this is the
handsomest shoe store in the State, and our
townslolk feel proud of it. Its handsome
bronze moulding, gilt oorniccs, maple finish
and walnut trimmings, is luxurious to the
eye and elegant in taste, while the glass
front and marblcd cornices Of the exterior
give beauty to the street it never before
possessed. The large mirror and elegant
fitting-room add all the more to the elab
crate appointments Of the room, and put il
far ahead Of anything Of the kind on the
Peninsula. We say all this without aualiG
cation. At the opening on Monday even
ing the store was brilliantly Illuminated
with gas, and large numbers of persons
called to admire the handsome outfit and
congratulate Mr.. VIM, T., johnson, the
Junior member of the firm, under whose
supervision the improvement has been car
ricd forward. Mr.. JOS Wright was the
contractor, and the Messrs Evans did the
fine wood work. The painting and deco.
rating was by Hardy & Wilkinson.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-28

TnE Com SNAP.-Adviccs from the South
a. far as Montgomery, Alabama, and
Corinth, Mississippi, indicate damage to
wheat, cotton and fruit, and in Kentucky,
Indiana and Ohio, in addition to damage to
fruits, il is ,hought the tobacco is much in
iurcd. Snow storms prevailed throughout
Kentucky and Tennessee while ten inches
fell at Lancaster, y. II. Throughout the
Northwest extensive damage is done to
fruits and some trees killed. The hardest
freeze that has occurred in that section for
years occurred at Augusta, Ga, Saturday
night. A dispatch from Norfolk, Va,
reports snow saturday and Sunday, and the
killing of fruits and early vegetables, invol,
wing heavy loss to truckers.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-28

The Louisiana Leycc Company have
brought suit at New Orleans against
Thomas 4. Scott and II. :. McComb for
$2S2,0 for violation of contract. Ii is
charged that Scott and McComb agreed to
furnish the capital necessary to enable the
company at all times to perform its contract
with the State, but that they failed to do so.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-28

IIIDING IN JAIL.-A correspondent at
Dover sends this to the Ga>,nr: \ noted
character, negro, has been hiding i'll the
jail in this place since June last. The
william got up sham fight with clum
and got in Jail and at court was fined s..
which he did not att"npt to pay, but con
tnued on in Jail. He passes here under
the assumed name Of Edward Fitzgerald.
4 few years ago he killed a policeman III
Philadelphia. if we are not wrongfully in
formed. He then went under the name Of
Edward Gooden," which seems to be his
real name. Escaping from Philadelphia lie
/ took the name of ed. Evans and under
| that name robbed the tavcrn-kccper at Mid
| dletown. Some time during his Infamous
/ life. according to a statement he has made
/ to one Of the prisoners, he swore falsely on
case at New Castle, bv which a man was
convicted, the case being one where a re-
ward was offered. He got over a hundred
dollars for his perjury. He has recently
been making arrangements to 90 to Baltl-
more on his release. where he says he can
make money by enforcing the civil Rights
Bill alleging that he would swear that men
had refused him drinks whether they had
or not. Finding it difficult to keep hid
from his pursucrs and at the same time live
without work, he selected Dover Jail as an
asylum where he has Jared well and re
maincd unknown till the present.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-28

STEAMBOAT MEETING At LEIPSIC.-A meet
ing was held on Saturday i'll Leipsic. in the
storcroom of J. w. Fenimorc Esq. to de-
wise means by which II steamboat route
shall be established between that town and
Philadelphia. Mr. FenimOrc was called to
the chair. and Mr.. J. p. Lamb was elected
Secretary. The chairman stated the object of
the meeting, after which Mr.. w. G. Elason,
on behalf of Capt. Taggert, of Philadelphia,
stated that if the citizens of that town
would subscribe onc-fourth OF the capital
stock of a steamboat company, or forty
shares at 800 per share, the balance would
be taken by the company of which Capt.
Taggart is President. and a boat the
Lomok;,,) be put on the route at the earliest
practicable period. subscriptions to said
stock were then called for, when thirty
three shares were taken by the following
named citizens to wit: j. w. Fenimort
and W. II. Gracely, ) shares each; Rutrr
4 Raughley and Minos Conway, , each
! Henry r. IIoftcker and Henry Slaughter
, each, and A. Spear, &. 5. Clements, Sila
/ Snow, +. X. Taylor, VIM. Harrington, j
F. Harper, Andrew Keith. Sam'l Marshall
1 Vim. Seward. A. J. Wilson, John Raughle,
and Thos Kcrby, one each. 1t is quit
certain that the whole stock required vii
be secured.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-28

The PEACH CRoP.-lt is now pretty
generally admitted that the damage to the
peach crop, by the recent cold weather, is
not as serious as was at first feared. Tho
damage has been more severe in some sec
tions than in others. The orchards on the
Sassafras river have suffered loss Of three
fourths the crop in yellow varieties on trees
Of any age. The same report is made in
Kent county, Md. The crop near Cccitonis is
from three -fourths to nine tenths gone. 1t
is believed that peaches in the vicinity of
Townsend and the "I.eyels" are not materi-
ally injured. From Laurel two-thrds the
peaches on trees from three to five years
old are reported killed, and on older trees
One-third. At present the prospect for a
good crop from the Peninsula generally is
quite up to the average.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-28

REV. Dir. PHEBrs filled the Elkton pulpit
on Sunday, and to good audiences. He
will enter upon the pastorate there next
Sunday, the differences of the official board
Of the church with reference to the ap-
pointmcnt having been overcome. He was
kindly received by the congregation, and
on Friday next, when he moves hence with
his family, a formal reception will be
rendered them. We may say here that no
minister, OF any denomination, ever estab-
lishcd stronger ties Of friendship in this
community than DR.. PhTbus. His pastor
ate here was especially marked in this
respect, and in all his late embarrassment,
brought about as it was by no fault of him
self, individually, our citizens have shown
him the warm side to the fullest extent.
Smyrna's kindliest feelings go with him.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-28
VIM. p. Corsa (nublisbcr Of tbe Milford

VIM. p. Corsa publisher of the Milford
Nc'rS aad Adccrtiser) and wife were surprised
by their numerous friends last Monday
evening in the way Of tin wedding. u
speech was made by DR.. Davidson in pre-
senting tin prototype of the Webster's
Unabridged that might have been pre-
sentcd to him as champion spcller, if he
had won it. Mr.. Corsa replied. A pleasant
time generally.
Messrs. McCready. Bourne and others Of
the Old Dominion Steamship Co. and
Messrs. Reed, Baumgardner and Sheatf OF
the junction Il Breakwater Railroad Co.,
were in Georgetown on Tuesday evening e,
route for Berlin, Snow Hill and Cherry
Stone. These gentlemen have already
contracted for the building of the road to
the Virginia line, and are now prospecting
in regard to the entension to Cherry Stone
| The party left Georgetown on Wednesday
morning, on special train south. These
parties are building the lower connection
and they pay the cash down for the work
and the materials-,Sosser .Joraol Of las
,ceek.
| 1t costs money and takes time to cop!
indices. The ProthOnotary's records fo
New Castle county have just been ''copied,
or re-indexed, at the cost of $1,000 anC
nearly two years labor. 1t was a provision
of the law authorizing the copying (passe'
by the Legislature Of '773) that three law
vers should examine the induces after the
were copied, but the lawyers assigned for tn
work Harrington, DUPONT and McCaulley
think if they could each examine one indie
minute it would take them about 20
days to complete the job, They though
their labor would be worth $l5 per day, {
$1,000 each, making the work cost tn
county total of $4,000 The Levy Coul
, hcsitatcs about the matter, and of cour,
) the lawyers hesitate about it too.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-28
RUNNING HEAVY RETAIL STORES
SMYRNA and MILFORD,

And paying cash arr enabled Ia have all our shoes
made To order in tn-pair eases warranted and ." the
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-25
For the VERMONT Farmer.
Work.

1t is the wish Of many that more "kin-
dlings be sent from Factory Point if there
are any left of the same material. No one
will dispute their truth let it be ever so I'M
pleasant, truth will prevail, aud facts are
what we want.
Farmers wives have been silent on the
subject of overwork far too long, and now
let them speak freely. 1t would be useless
perhaps we're there no hope of reform, but
there is hope, and the evil will some day be
removed.
When farmers, as a class, are as well ed
ucated as the merchant or mechanic, but
choose farming because they are better fitted
for that occupation when the slack, indo-
lent and lifeless ones, who could not get a
living if it were not for their wife's labor,
are left widowers and thus compelled to give
up their title to farm and farming when
women themselves awake to the necessity Of
a reform-then we may hope to find enjoy
ment, refinement aud health inside the farm
ers' home.
1t is not the frst.class farmer who allows
his wife to become ga household drudge aud
slave !" it is the ignorant, shiftless" one,
who brings in all the mud his boots can ac-
commodate, aud then kindly allows his wife
to bring water for the express purpose Of
carrying it out again iu a heavy mop-tub.
1t is the man who says " farming don't pay"
that leans on some sickly woman, made 50
perhaps by serving as such a support. 1t
is to such men as these our appeals should
be made, and if such a thing be possible,
they should be made to feel what centempti-
BILE lives they are living, and be driven by
shame to manifest some sign Of manhood.
When l see q woman dragging out a mis-.
cradle existence, in the service of such a
man, l lose all patience. Note her reward /;
A boorish fretfIl husband and n hired man
who spend rainy days and evenings in the
kitchen, and for amusement expectorate to.
bacco juice on the doors of the cook.stove /;
several ill-bred, unmanageable children, and
as many COWS TO take care of,-this and con-
slant work are the items that constitute her
happiness, if that be happiness Should she
be pitied or blamed? Blamed, certainly, for
being led or driven by such a guide to neg
lect her children and become their slave and
his.
A determination to do no work beyond
her strength, a resolve TO train her children
properly at all hazards, would gain for her
the respect of friends, children and husband,
if he be 6t to bear that name.
Do not understand from this that every
farmers wife overworks herself in exactly
this way this is only an example of the
worst kind of treatment, and the cases are
not of rare occurrence. No one regrets this
more than l, and such subjects are not pleas
ing we all agree; but is it not the duty OF
all to do what they can towards benefting
such unfortunate ones, by pointing out a way
in which they may improve their unpleasant
situationf EDITH Ives.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-25
Happy Husbands.

1t is a mans own fault if he is unhappy
with his wife, in nine cases out Of ten. 1t
is a very exceptional woman who will not be
all she can be to an attentive husband, and a
more exceptional one who will not be very
disaRreeable if she finds herself willfully
neglected. 1t would be very easy to hate a
man who, having bound a woman to him,
made no effort to make her happy hard not
to love one who was constant and tender /;
and when a woman loves she always strives
TO please.
The great men Of this world have often
been wretched in their domestic relations,
while mean and common men have been ex-
ceedingly happy. The reason is very plain.
Absorbed in themselves, those who desire
the worlds applause were careless of the lit.
tie world at home while those who had
none of this egotism strove to keep the hearts
that were their own and were happy in their
tenderness.
No woman will love a man the better fol-
being renowned or prominent. Though he
be first among men she will only be prouder,
not fonder, and if she loses him through this
renown, as is often the case, she will not even
be proud. But give her love, appreciation.
kindness, and there is no sacrifice she would
not make for his content and comfort. The
man who loves her well is her hero and her
king. No less a hero TO her though he Ii
not one to any other no less a king, though
his only kingdom is her heart and home.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-25
Be Cheerful.

Look happy, If you do not feel so. Pre-.
sent cheerful exterior, though your heart
and mind be troubled. Never wear a face
which, as Sidney Smith says, sis a breach
of the peace" DIR. johnson used to OBJ
serve that the habit of looking at the best
side of a thing was worth more to a man
than Il thousand pounds a year, aud Samuel
Smiles observes 1--WE possess the power,
to a great extent, of 80 exercising the will
as to direct the thoughts upon objects calcu-
lated to yield happiness and Improvement
rather than their opposites. In this way,
the habit ofhappy thought may be made to
spring up like any other habit. Aud to
bring up men or women with u genuine
nature of this sort, n good temper aud a
happy frame OF mind is, perhaps, of even
more Importance in many cases, than to
perfect them in much knowledge and many
accomplishments"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-25
Novel Reading.

Use fiction as you would spices in your
diet. No man takes a quart Of cloves, nor
exhausts the cruet, at a single meal. These
things may be used with moderation to
season ones food with, but they are not to
be used alone and so 6%ctious, while they
are not to be resorted to exclusively, may be
used with discretion to season life with. If
you find that using them brings you back
to duty with more alacrity, with more cheer.
and with more aptitude, if you find that it
makes you better in your relations to your
fellow-men, then it does not hurt you, and
you are at liberty to use them. But if you
find that using them makes you morose if
you find that it gives you a distaste for
work if you find that it inclines you to run
into a hole that you may get away from
your fellow-men if you find that it makes
you unkind, disobliging, and selish-then
you may be sure that whether it Injuries
anybody else or rSt, it Injuries you'll. w.
Beecher.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-25

God meant when he made us, that we
should live in families, 1t is the only way
the two sexes can come together without inn
pairing virtue aud purity. There is no such
school of true religiono on the globe asa happy,
God-feariug home. No church is SO effect
i've for restraint from evil aud for growth in
all graces as "the church in the house"
There starts the domestic al tar There
speaks the word Of truth and authority on
every day in the whole season. There is
felt a religion which acts and molds from
the cradle clear to the Judgment scat.
II is a nursery for the noble life. 1t is the
earliest, the best, the surest preparation for
the home not made with hands, eternal in the
heavens.--Rep. DR.. CWyler.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-25
Married Men.

There is an expression in the face Of a
good married man who has a good wife, that
a bachelors cannot have. 1t is Undesirable.
He is little nearer the angels than the pretti-
est young fellow living. You can see that
his broad breast is a pillow for somebody's
head, aud that little fingers pull his whiskers.
No one ever mistakes the good married man.
1t is only the erratic one who leaves you IN
doubt. The good one can protect all the
unprotected females, and make himself
generally agreeable to the ladies, and yet
never leave a doubt on any mind that there
is a precious little woman at home worth all
the world to him.-Forney'S Press.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-25
For the VERMONT FARMER.
Looking Forward.


This is a time Of joyful anticipation. Ali
Nature waits expectant, yet II is not waiting.
for each hour, each moment, there Is some
new development, some new life born a leaf
has unfolded, a flower opened. New violets
bloom in sheltered places, and dandelions
sprinkle the fields like golden stars. BY
and by, roses will bloom and buttercups-
then the apple trees, n little while ago white
with blossoms, will be heavy with fruit.
What is now a seed will be fruit, or grain
or blossom. There will be ripening suns
and refreshing showers. nightly dews, days
Of clouds and days Of sunshine glorious
sun-risiDgs and gorgeous sunsets there will
be the same twiBkling stars looking down
from heaven and the moon to walk among
them lighting all things.
Other summers as full Of promise have
bloomed and faded-gone forever, leaving
no trace behind save perhaps a withered
flower, a memory Of ZONE sorrow or some joy
"A Joy then but a sorrowful memory now
a memory to be thought Of only in secret, as
it is too pure, too sacred for human eyes to
see 50 let us hide it from curious eyes and
let us look forward not backward Tor the
future is full Of promise. The past is gone
with its mistakes and follies and cannot be
recalled but the present is ours, and the fu-
ture let us claim it. Let us rejoice in these
days Of sunshine, these hours Of gladness.
Let US be happy, not a material happiness
but a spiritual Joy let us rejoice with the
soul Of nature, not its substance, not the visi-
BILE things alone but the invisible also.
There is work for us all to do. In the
economy Of Nature it is said there is nothing
lost. In this season that is coming there
will be countless wild flowers blooming ia
lowly valleys and upon Alpine SUBMITS where
no human eye can sec them to note their
beauty yet there they grow aud God gives
them nightly dew aud daily sunshine, until
they bloom a perfect flower aud they fad,
aud die aud the leaves are scattered by the
wind. But God secs them and it is enough
they have fulfilled His will and it suficeth
God appoitns to each his place. Lowly j
may be yet if you fAl it we'll it is enough
The lowly flower is as great as the sun il
heaven because made by the Lord and made
to fulfill His designs.
Nothing so mean and low but is created
for some purpose, to work out some CRANE
ful6llment. The seed does not say becaus
l am not a flower l will not live the flower
does not say because l am not a star l will
not bloom, but each, knowing the will O
God, is content to be what it is and see
and flower and star are alike precious in tn
sight of God. And so there is no discor
in His work, no rebellion against Him. Am
bition does not dwell there, nor pride, no
strife.
7, And what are we sowing to-day? Wha
shall our harvest be, good or evil? We kuo'
that what a man soweth that shall he ais
> reap. When the harvest time shall com
what shall we gather2 j. II. +.
! McIndoes Falls, W.