Middletown transcript., 1878-04-13
Local Affairs.
ow will be Palm Sunday

Tomorrow will be Palm Sunday.
The new spring hat will soon appear in The
Sanctuary.
Sanford's entertainments in the Town Hall,
this week, were well attended.
Shad are selling at so cents pair. One is
shad while the other is generally shadow
Mr.. T. E Hurn is improving his property
on Cass street with a new and neat yard fence
The many friends of Mr. VIM Brady will
be grieyed to learn that he has been indisposed
for some weeks.
Prof Dare, the ''man-hy," ETC., gave street
exhibitions in this town. on the tight rope at
eleven and two o'clock, Saturday last His
principal feat was walking head downward,
BY hooking his feet in loops attached to the
rope He took up his collection beforehand
but said he cnly received 81 so. This is a
dangerous way Of making ones bread and
butter. and almost as unremuneratiVe as PUB
fishing country newspaper.
That well-known and experienced landlord,
Mr. George " Orilip, formerly proprietor Of
the Niddletown HOTEL but more recently Of
Wilmington, has taken the United States Ho-
tel, at the P W. Il B depot in that city
where he will be glad to see all his old Del
saware friends, and will use his best endeayors
to make them comfortable, individually and
collectively. Read his card in another column
During this week we called at Rice's new
Bakery, on Main street, corner Of Church, and
found that city baker turning out the light
est and whitest Of bread and roles Rice has
made great improvements in this place, not
only in the oven and bake room, but in the
store room, which has been handsomely paper
ed and painted, and will be pleasant place to
refresh your loved one with half dozen plates
of ice cream.
There is certainly a good opening for phos-
phate manufactory at this point. The refrig-
orator building, which, we suppose. could be
converted into such factory with very little
expense, and as it already has a powerful en-
gfne in it and side track from the railroad,
it certainly seems well adapted for the purpose
Immense quantities Of phosphate and ''ground
bone are used by the farmers Of this neigh
borhood, who would Of course, be disposed TO
encourage home industry. For such an enter
prise there is no better point on the Peninsula
than Middletown and those who understand
the business and are seeking location, should
couoa and investigate at once
Saturday last stranger drove into town
with wagon load Of medicine drawn by
pair Of fine horses, and when the shades OF
evening had fallen he rose in his wagon in front
of Maxwell's hotel, stuck a grinning skull up
on a lead pencil and proceeded to expatiate
mon all the ills that human flesh is heir to-
His efforts TO eat cotton and spit fire where not
Successful, but his powders went off for while
like the proverbial hot cakes, and We presume
the Doctor was happy. When he had eEpend-
ed sufficient amount of his wind TO satisfy,
his audience, companion mounted the seat
and exhibited a pen intended 10 be 50 proof TO
abuse that you could dig fishing worms or pry
out the cork Of your pint bottle with It, and
not impair in the least its usefulness IN writ
ing an ode to spring or letter to your moth
er-in-law's aunt.
'!Centennial Sermon, by Rev John Patton
D. d. is the title of neat sixteen page pam
phlet just issued from this office for the Board
of Trustees of Forest Presbyterian Church 1t
gives an interesting history Of this church from
the original organization in 100 to the pres
ent time, and will be read with great interest
by all friends of this society. DR.. Patton met
with many difficulties in preparing this dis
course, on account of the meagreness Of the old
records but be has succeeded admirably in
laying before the community very full ana
concise history Of the organization and growth
Of his church. Next week We shall give some
interesting extracts from the sermon, relative
to the old church edifce and the building Of
the new one. Tie sermon can be had Of D.
L. Dunning at 35 cents per COPY Only .
limited number having been printed, We pre-
sumo they will soon be taken.