Middletown transcript., 1877-05-05

bricklayer, takes things cool but does his par
Of the work prohptly and on time and does
it right too. So all are busy and consequently
happy.
An Unnatural Son.
He ATTEMPTS TO HANG HIS MOTHER BECAUSE sHE
REFUSES HIM MONEY.
AT Magnolia, small village in this State
near Canterbury on the Delaware Railroad,
an old lady by the name of Anderson re-
sides, who has saved up little money. OF
this married son has knowledge and he has
frequently extOrted money from bis mother
by beating her when she would gladly yield
10 escape the terrible punishments be would
infict On last Friday week be went to the
house and demanded money which the old
lady refused him, when he commenced beat
ing her, and she ran out Of the house. The
Rev. Mr.. Downing, pastor of that circnit,
passing BY al the time, made him desist.
Tuesday morning the minister while passing
the house heard noises within, and instantly
entered when he discovered the son in the act
of hanging his mother. he had one end Of
the rope around the old lady's neck, and
with the other end thrown over a rafter be
was attempting to draw her up when Mr.
Downing arrived. 1t is supposed that she
refused 10 give her son money when he deter
mined 10 hang her. Whether be intended 10
strangle her to death or merely 10 frighten
her is not known. This information was
brought by passengers who came up the road
Tuesday .-EUery EUsning & Commercial.
The Peaches and What to do with Them.
The present favorable prospect for the big
gest peach crop ever grown on the Peninsula
is making the growers knit their brows in an
anxious study to devise some means of dispo-
sing oft to an advantage to themselves. There
is not much danger but what enough, and en-
tirely too much, will be shipped to glut all the
city markets within reach, and the question
is to secure some other way Of disposing Of
the peaches. One way, and perhaps the best
that has been tried, is to dry them to be kept
for future use. This is pretty sure way of
making something cut of them, for fruit pro-
perly dried will always command fair price
There have been many machines invented and
put upon the market for drying fruit, some OF
which have answered the purpose tolerab!y
well, while others have proved total failures
Persons who contemplate purchasing dryers
will be anxious, of course, to procure a good
article To all such we cordially commend
earernl nernsal Of the advertisement of Messrs.
Jones Brothers, which appears on the fourth
page Of the TRANscRIPT this week Good ma
chimes are what are wanted, and these have
been thoroughly tested, and are said to have
neve= failed in single instance TO accomplish
their purpose to perfect satisfaction.
FRUIT DRYERS, &o.-About three years since,
Messrs. Jones Bros. of this place, set themselves
at work to discover the best method of drying
fruits, vegetables and other things by artificial
heat Being practical men, with large
amount of inventive talent, and with deter
mination not to rest satisfied until they had
fully accomplished their object they have
sl6Gull1 DIOBIG5ACu III lAAC laSC Vi pllOHE OppO-
sition, kept improving and taking out patent
after patent, until at last they have the proud
satisfaction of knowing that their dryers are
now taking the lead, and rapidly superseding
all others in the country. Fruit drying by
their process Of tfrapid hot air evaporation" "
although already large business, is destined
to be an immense one, and the man or firm who |
can produce the best machine for preserving the
,urDlus fruit of the country in this way is not |
only public benefactor, but has fortune in
store.
Messrs. Jones Bros. are old residents, and |
very favorably known as among our most GO
ahead and honorable business men, and the |
reputation of their dryers is spreading fast and
wide. In another column will be found COM /
nunication from Delaware peach grower, to |
The Middleton Transcript, in which reference
is made to the superior merits of the Jones
dryers to anything they have seen in that great |
peach growing region, where they know how |
10 appreciate such things.-Sturgis Journal
Times