Smyrna times., 1876-09-20
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

Tue fodder crop will be as deficient this
year as tho hay crop was abundant. The
storm of Sunday nearly ruined the former.
THE storm on Sunday did one bad thing.
1t left the old wooden sheds stand that arc
intended TO substitute awnings in this
town.
JACOB RAYMOND has leased the Delaware
House, in this town, which is now being
painted and papered throughout, prcpar-
tory to reopening.
Excursion trains will be run on the Kent |
road from Clayton to the Worton fair
grounds next weck-26th, 27th and 2Sth. |
Mr.. Gerker has entered fast horse.
ALTHoUGH thousands Of peach trees were |
prostrated by Sundays storm, tho farmers
all agree that tho trees can be Strengthened !
up and made to thrive as nicely as ever
EIGHTEEN trees had to be cut from the
track OF the Kent County Railroad on
Monday morning before the train could
reach Clayton. 1t was delayed about two
hours.
AGAIN the old adadgc running at is an
i'll wind, &C.. comes up i'll connection with
the storm. The Presbyterians here in
| tended to take their stecplc OFF, but the
storm saved them the trouble.
JOHN P. COLLINS, near Collins Beach, has
q turkey gobbler setting. He insisted, and
he was given part of turkey hens con-
tract. They are sitting side by side, and
| the gobblor is the moro faithful of tho two.
The two steeples that were blown down
here by the storm of Sunday stood the
tempests for thirty years and over. The
| Presbyterian was built in 1913 and the
| Episcopal in 1915. The former was about
| so feet high and the latter I'D.
The Kent County Bible Society holds its
annual meeting here tomorrow In the
evening addresses may be expected from
Hon. y. B. Smithers, of Dover, and thrco
ministers from Wilmington, viz Rev. Mes
srs. Lattimer, Episcopal, Plunmer, Meth
odist, and Otis, Presby yterian.
MosEs PRICE, of this town had the hay
barracks on his "Clements farm" near
Rothwell's, demolished by the storm; Mrs.
DR.. Mahon also had the barracks on her
farm blown down, and ID. j. Cummins had
q shed - feet long demolished on his
Liston farm, in New Castle county.
SAYS the Salisbury Noren.au: We under,
stand that Rev. DIR. VIM. Uric, who has
been pastor of the NJ. +. Church Of this
, town since March 70, has resigned his pas
torship, and will make his future residence
in Smyrna, Del. DR.. Uric has been in the
ministry for about forty -fvo years, and is
) compelled to take this step on account o
: continued ill-hcalth.
Ii is noticed that nearly all the trees thai
were blown down on Sunday in this town
,, were silver poplars, willows and mulberrys
6 And although about so, in all, were swep
, by the blast, the town does not look a!
thinned out as the removal of that number
of trees would indicate. In very many
cases the PROSTATE silver poplars have beer
topped off and the trunks set back again
to grow.
e ALMOST the whole of Bombay IEool
r Island was submerged by the storm. Th
5 water was about two feet higher than wa
!. ever known before. Spruancc's Pior wa
n badly damaged, and several of the house
L had their first floors from one to two fee
O under water. The Wakeman House wa
?. not inundated, however. The beach, bot
n at that point and Fraland was badl
v washed. The greatest damage, however
d was caused by the breaking of the bank
is that dam the tides and protects the ISLAM
II from overilowing during the rise in tn
q river. 1t will take hundreds of dollars t
L | repair the DfcaclcS.
h COLLINS BEACH suffered terribly by tn
a storm. The pier was nearly wrecked, tn
r. pavilion and tho bath houses were swoI
l. away and the trees in the beautiful law
:. were badly thinned out, especially in til
r. lower part near the ball room. The ban
n (the path leading from the hotel to ii
of pier) was broken i'll several places, and ii
n. whole premises were submerged by frol
"a one to two feet of water. Part of the bat
ing-suit room, near the swing, was all
hoated off. Frank Collins, the proprieto
l., is damaged at least $1,000. The sight VI
- frightful for several hours. As tho foamir
e sea lashcd the stone pile that protects Il
- lawn, the spray was thrown to the We
l. roof of tho hotel. During the hight of Il
no storm it had the appearance of a blindil
~ snow drift. The brave old trees in front
od the hotel stood the storm, however, as tn
,st have done years and years before.
of The biggest thing in the serenade liz
to and at the same time one of the Odde
of was extemporized in this town on Mond
ch evening last for the purpose of complimel
ost ing Mr.. & Mrs. Gideon Speakman,
th. their return home to Belmont Hall, aft
nm their wedding tour up in the New Engla
ob. States. In tho first place a number
no. ladies and gentlemen walked out to 81
vas them a vocal reception; then the new
ed. organized string band followed to give thu
we some instrumental harmony; then follow
IAN tho colored band to give them brass cC
cir cord of sweet sounds, and lastly a
arv mostly, a calathumpian crowd put in
OK. appearance to give them haze. 1t n
IL. we'll be imagined that such a mixture
music made rather animated serenade,
it altornatcd from the sublime to the ridi
,h lous. But with oil its oddity Of harmC
Ill III, and discord the host and hostess fully tc
I nro in the unexpected situation and were
&c tirely equal to the occasion. They CAV
yo,r hearty reception to the party-crowd,
80 had better say-and there hospitality W
- out freely and abundantly to all ali
IL What made the affair all the more {
r,m was, that the host and hostess, who
49, boon home several days, were not exp
ond ing the parties Except the vocalists) |
'a1a tho parties were not expecting oach Otl
will
i, of THE STORM IN SMYRNA.-ln this town
heir storm of Sunday afternoon reached its