Smyrna times., 1877-11-14
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

next Sunday.
The Bank of Smyrna has declared 9
semi-annual dividend of per cent for the
past six months.
SOME of our tradesmen are already LAYING
in their Christmas goods. Oscar Fisher
the jeweler, has big stock and big adj
See both.
THE Sunday School Worker announces that
a new book for Sunday Schools entitled
" Principles Of Teaching,' by Rev. F.
Stubs, will be issued soon.
Hon. JAS. WILLIAMS has been summonsed
from Washington to the bedside of his
brother in Phila. who has had stroke OF
paralysis and is thought to be hopelessly
ill.
FARM SoLD.-The Mancha real estate
agency here has sold for VIM. Surgen his
farm in Thoroughfare Neck, near the
{" Tent" $50 acres, to James l.. Billings for
$500.
LAST Saturday night a COW belonging to
James Mcdowell, of this town, was run
into by the train on the Smyrna Branch
and so badly hurt that she had to be killed.
She was good animal.
lHE ReV. arthur -. johns, OF Virginia,
has received and accepted a call to serve as
Rector OF st. Peters Church, in this town,
and will preach his first sermon ID. w on
the first Sunday in Advent-Dec. I'd, prox.
! Miss LoRING, the returned PRESBYTERIAN
missionary from Syria. is to visit this town
some time next week, it is expected, and
lecture in the Presbyterian Church. The
young lady is said to be an interesting
talker.
THE Sunday School anniversary of the
Presbyterian Church of this town will he
held on Thanksgiving Day, as usual, in the
Church. RehearSing for the exercises is
now going on. The anniversary will be
held Thanksgiving evening
w. Polk CUMMIxs, on his fathers farm
ID. J.s) near town, has raised this season
sixty-elght bushels of corn per acre on IA
twelve-acre lot, according to the neatest
calculation upon the measurment in the
ear. Can this be beaten?
JOHN II. WILLIAMS, farmer near town. on
the Budd farm at the Landing, had his foot
or ankle seriously sprained yesterday. He
was getting out the barn door with a bag of
wheat on his shoulder and stepped on the
side of his foot. The injury was of a most
painful character.
SAD memorial service was held by the
NJ. E. Sundty School of this town last
sunday afternoon, in respect to the
memory OF the late Mrs. Alice G. Koffackpr.
who was prominent teacher, and had
been,connected with the School almost from
childhood. See resolutions in the obituary
column.
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Lady's Mite Society of the NJ E. Church of
this town are to have an entertainment at
the Town Hall on the evening of Thanks.
giving Day. We are not advised as to the
character of the entertainment, but a
supper is to be one feature, we believe.
Something nice may be anticipated.
MAKING AN INsPECTIoN.-The Kent
Mutual, our home fire insurance Company.
has appointed J. 5. Ellington, John H.
Hoff' cker and W. w. Tschudy committee
to examine the insured properties in this
town, and see that the tlues, pipes. chin.
nles, and other heating AMI c0okinL ar.
fragments are in safe condition. All
reported upon unfavorably, the owners will
be required to make them secure. The
aim OF the Company is to make their
policy holders as safe as possible
The Teachers Institute for Kent County
Will be held in Smyrna during the first
week IN December. This is one OF the.
most cheerful and interesting conventions
That can be called together, and will be en-
tertalnlng to all, particularly to the patrons
OF our schools, either public or private.
Probably about one hundred teachers will
visit US, and our people will be invited To
entertain them for two or three days. We
know the request will be cheerluIy respon-
ded to, as our people are generally inter
ested in the work of education.
The TEMPERANCE MEETING in this town
last Sunday was conducted 10y Il delegation
OF temperance workers from MlddlelOwn,
a large audience being present. The visi.
ting delegation were Rev. /. f. Martindale,
/. +. Hurn, JAS r. HOtiecker, A. p. Croc.
kett, Jas. Cain and Chas. F. Anderson.
Three OF these gentlemen came as reformed
men, having signed the pledge during the
6 Fat temperance revival recently held in |
Middletown. Mr.. Cain and Rev. Mr.. Mar.
tlndale were the speakers. The former,
one OF the reformed men, has been induced
to take the platform. and is making dec-
ded progress as n speaker. lie had no
desire, he said, to tell his experience as a
drunkard; it was not to his taste nor TO
the enlightenment of the audience, becaus.. |
drinking EXPERIENCES were about alike in
every community, and they were too
numerous by far. But he Was there to saw
that he had abandoned those experiences, |
which had cost him so much and was now
giving his influence, whatever that might
he, tor sobriety and better life, hoping
the change would be for the public good ~ |
he knew it was for his own good. He
talked mainly in favor of personal example, |
expressing the idea that that was one of |
the greatest incentives to influencing others |
TO good, and insisting that even those who |
do not drink at all had done wrong in |
many instances by not signing the pledge, |
because their example had kept some one |
from signing who does drink. His remarks
were we'll received.
Rev. Mr.. M'rtindale reviewed the history
OF the temperance reform in Mildletown. |
lie said that from its very start, last sum.
mer, there was a seriousness about it that
was remarkable. He knew it meant some.
thing; he was satisfied it meant a revival. |
and it had so proven. From 500 to 600
persons in that town and vicinity had
signed the pledge, including some of the
most prominent men in the community
for h..l al