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Do not work butter too much nor too
fast. Work slowly, and until all the salt is
thoroughly and evenly absorbed, otherwise
the butter will not be of uniform color.
Working it too fast will destroy the grain
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6,OOO PEACH TREES IN BUD,
OF choice selection as follows Troth's Early Noun
tain Rose Reeves Favorite MOor's Favorite, Yellow
Rare Ripe Reese's Choice, President Stouts Choice
Pullens Seeding Bears SmOck. So per hundred, So
per thousand.
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| SMYRNA BRANCH TRAINS.-Additional to those
| above, leave Smyrna for Clayton 22G 4.50 and 745
p N. Leave Clayton for Smyrna 725 and II 90 A. NJ,
| 240, $50 and $40. NJ. to make connection with
| trains North and South from Clayton:
| II. +. KENEEY, Supt
Smyrna times., 1878-12-25

WINTER PEAcHEs.-It sounds strange to
Northern ears to hear of peaches ripening
the first Of November The editor of the
Gardeners Monthly, in the November num-
Der of that excellent periodical speaks of
specimens of Harris Winter, Lady Parham,
and Baldwin's Late peaches (all free stones),
just received from North Carolina cores
pGnlnrt The Harris is described as new
peach that last year ripened November 1st.
1t is frost-proof, never fails to bear, has
larc" fo~e~- is very productive, and good
Etrrc- ...rg sometimes been kept until
D4l.s,mas. Why cannot Southern orchard.
lists make fortunes at growing these late
peaches for the Northern markets? II
seems to US, Southern peach orchards in this
way may become as profitable as Florida
orange groves. The peach has greatly the
advantave in that it comes into bearing
much earlier than the orange.
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MUSICAL INSTRUCTION

Miss MARION p. JONES OF the nssw7
Smyrna Institute, will give instruc- E9STEwlS IS W
tons on the Piano. Organ or Guitar to 7BW7ST
all parties outside of the school who X v v
desire it. Patronage solicited. TERMS-Sl0 per
quarter sep E2-9
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Phila., Viii. & Bait. r. r
DELAWARE DIVISION.
FALL ARRANGEMENT.

On and after MONDAY, Sept 23d. 1878. Sundays
excepted trains will leave as follows:
SOUTHWARK. NORTHWARD.
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INCORPORATED IS47.
The Kent County Mutual
Insurance COMPANY,
hnNER MI
Ensures Property generally against
loss by FIRE.

loss by Fare.
Since organization to Dee. 81.
1877, has received from it,
members for Premiums andfo.
Interest on Inyes.urI..S.......$&., .$&.,a...I.>3
HA- PAID
Losses by Fire amounting to.... il0N44E
Dividends "...... f~q.I -
Members on withdrawal........... l3.5445-
And had on Dec. 3lst. l>77. to
the credit Of its members pro
tecting their Deposit Note,
and payable on withdrawal. . S424l.qJ
Deposit -Iotcs hcLi to mat Ertrori.aqr
LoS<cS, $40, l7G.73.
The strctest Nutuality throughout thus furnishing
insurance at cost 10 each member
DIRECTORS:
GEORGE W. CUNMIN- i'rcsi lent.
Wm. ". ISchudy Dr. Henry RiFg-,y
John II. HoifCCkcr, James L. Hcyerin
George II. Money. John " C8I>vy
Jacob Williams. of ScafOrd. EN-Cilv. James Ponder
WM. DENNEY. JR., Secretary ana Treasurer.
Parties dcsirous of insuring in this Company will
call upon or address the following agents:
George b. Money. Del. City. George Moore. Fa'top
Jesse = HufingtOn, smyrna. e. A Rawlins Briigpyit
AleN. Jackson, Camden. LeElur W. Waples. Lewis
Rev -aT Wilams Milford H W. Baker seqfaII r,,-T"
CJ.Harrngton Farm nston. n. 7. Downing, GeOrEeiown
JOHN S.JEsTRR Genera! Agent, Dover.
AH5USinfSS co1anu1tjcd'ionS2 2hoD}dI, QE}r5,si.o
VIM. DENNEY, Jr., Sec'y,
March /, le7S. DOVER DEL
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Are the most eff
icctive and congo
nialpurgative ever
discovered. They
are mild. but eff
i2ctujl in their
opcia, ION. moving
the bowels surely
and without pain.
Although gentle
in ilr.il operation,
they are still Ihc
:l,o.i'h thorough and
Smyrna times., 1878-12-25
Ayers Cathartic Pills,

For all the purposes of a Family Physlc.
and for curing Costlveness, J41na!cfe'
Headache, Erysipelas, RheumatlSn
Eruptlons and Skin Diseases, Bill
iousness, Dropsy, Tumors, Worms
Neuralgia, as q Dinner PM,
for Purifyin. the Blood,
Smyrna times., 1878-12-25

In Germany farms are systematically
drained without regard to the amount of
water on them. The object is to admit the
air into the soil to vendLate II, as it were.
The same thing has been done in some
parts of our own country with evident
profit.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-04-03

THREE GoOD LESSONS" One of my
first lessons said Mr.. Sturgis. the eminent
merchant, "was in 1913, when was elev-
en- years old. Nv grandfather had a fine
flock of sheep, which were carefully tend
ed during the war of those times. | was
the shepherd boy, and my business was to
tend the sheep in the fields. A boy who
was more fond Of his books than the sheep
was sent with me. but left the work to me
while be lay under the trees and read. |
did not like that, and finally went to my
grandfather and complained of it. shall
never forget the kind smile of the old gen.
tleman as he said:
- Never mind, Jonathan, my boy, if
you watch the sheep, you will have the
sheep
"'What does grandfather mean by that?'
said to myself | don't expect to have
sheep My desires were moderate-a
fine buck worth hundred dollars. could
not make out in my mind what it was, but
| had great confidence in him, for be was
Judge and had been in congress in Wash
ington S time; so l concluded it was all
right and went back contentedly to my
sheep. After l got into the field could
not keep his words out of my head. Then
[ thought of Sundays lesson: Thou hast
been faithful over II few things, | will
make thee ruler over many things l
began to see through it. Never you mind
who neglects his duty; be you faithful and
| you will have your reward.
Il received my second lesson soon after
| [ came to New York as a clerk of the late
Lysander Reed. A merchant from Ohio,
who knew me came to buy goods, and said,
Make yourself so useful that they cannot
do without you | took this meaning
quicker than did that of my grandfather.
"Well, worked upon these two ideas
until Mr. Reed offered me partnership in
the business. The first morning after the
partnership was made known, Mr.. james
Geery, the old tea merchant, called in to
congratulate me, and he said: You are
right now. have only one word of ad-
vice to give you be careful whom you
walk the streets with That was lesson
number three.
| And what valuable lessons they are!"
Fidelity in all things: do your best to
your employers carefulness about your
associates. Let everybody take these les
home and study them. They are the foun-
daton stone of character and honorable
success.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-04-03

JOLLY TARs ON A LAND CRUISE
During the autumn of 1886, the sailors of
afirst class frigate were paid off at the
Washington navy yard an unusual thing,
because 1t was not naval depot.
The city was taken by storm by the dis
charged men, and one may say that bust
ness was suspended for week. A party
would hire hack, fill it. and two or three
climb upon the roof, or us they termed it,
the deck, and ride about town occasionally
stopping ut Il groggery to " stow ballast"
OF course, they attended the lheatcr.
The old National, now no more was then
in its glory. One evening the play was
" The Bleeding Nun. when she came
upon the stage, and alluding TO the murd-
erer, exclaims: Alas, he has escapedr'
-" Non' sang out sailor in the pit,
there he is behind that door! wen catch
him for you!' and with that, leading a
forloru hope. he rushed on TO the stage
and dragged the trembling disciple of
Thespis to the footlights, and the interfer-
ence of the manager only prevented them
from summarily furnishing him.
President John Quincy Adams WAS
warm friend of the drama At this time
he was nightly visitor. The tars found
out, somehow or other, that lie was in the
house, and cheers were proposed. The
cheering lasted an hour, when, 10! u COM
motion was heard at the door, and in
comes Jack with waiter covered with
cakes and all sorts of confectionery after
him another, with waiter of ices; then
four or five, bearing walters, with every
kind Of liquors, all of which were passed
up to the presidents box. The old man
declined as long as he could, but had to
partake. Then the provisions were passed
around the audience, the play was disre-
garded, and loud cheering for the crew or
the - followed Mr.. Adams Slipped
out AS soon as possible, but the theatre was
not closed until three O'Clock in the morn
ing.
That evening the danseuse came very
nigh making her fortune, from the show
ering of gold pieces on the stage. She
danced between the pieces, and was encor-
ed thirteen times! The night will never
be forgotten in Washington.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-04-03

FIRE ARMs.-A man of ordinary cour-
age, who is neither afraid nor disposed to
quarrel, can travel anywhere in any civil
lied community more safely without
pistol in his pocket than with such weap-
on. The best defence in the worst parts
of Il great city or on-he frontiers, where
the widest and most desperate men are
found, is simple confidence, fearless and
unsuspecting. The people who get killed
in rows and are murdered by ruffians, are
generally those who are armed in prepa-
ration for an attack, while the man who
neither seeks nor avoids danger is almost
certain to escape. A bad habit has grown
up among the American people of certain
classes of arming themselves with con-
cealed weapons, and we hear of about as
many accidents from this cause as we do
of crime. There is text of scripture,
that He who taketh the sword shall per-
ish by the sword" and it is true that the
hilt is dangerous as the point. The Gus
tom of carrying pistols has reached to the
school children, and the result has been
that there have been numerous accidents,
and some dreadful deeds which were not
wholly accidental. We have had some
illustrations in our own community of
late. A boy with loaded pistol is more
dangerous animal than a panther, even if
the boy be of the best and most quiet dis
position. A quick or surly tempered boy,
SO armed, is more dangerous than royal
Bengal tiger. 1t is not a plaything for
school boys, and when found in their pos
session the best disposition which can be
made of it is the heat of a hot furnace, af-
ter being carefully taken apart to make
sure that it is not loaded. a pistol is not
proper weapon for II policeman. One
properly qualified for his duties can per-
form them just rs well without fire arms,
except in case of general riot, and will
have less temptation to use fatal violence.
The young men who "go cunning"
are largely OF the class who know little
more of The danger of fire arms than the
school boys. An old sportsman OF an old
soldier knows that the muzzle of loaded
gun is not IL safe place to occupy, but you
will see plenty of young men who are not
aware of this fact, us careless with a shot
gun AS if it were harmless as a broom
handle. In the army many suffered from
this nexperience and lack of knowledge,
and instances are frequent of sportsmen
shooting themselves and their friends.
Within a generation several promising
young men have fatally shot themselves by
careless use of guns, and several others
have been shot by their friends. Too
much care cannot be used in handling
these weapons, and those most acquainted
with them are the most careful.-NeDbu-
report Herald.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-04-03

One day Mr.. Bathurst entered the res
| taurant in which Mr.. Garthman piled his
| brush, and sat down in the chair to have
his boots cleaned. Mr.. Garthman kept his
face averted as much as possible, but Mr..
Bathurst observed him intently. He was
shined, paid his ten cents and went out.
In an hour he came back, and though his
boots were yet clean. he sat down again.
At the conclusion of the operation he re.
marked:
Ha? ha! Mr.. Garthman; this is the
polishing of calf-skins you do hal ha!
And taking coupe he fastened up
town full of the discovery. He had rival
in his power. Now Miss Lille would
throw Garthman over; now the elder
Pinckham would insist that all connection
between them cease, for, of course, be
would never permit his daughter to marry
Il boot black. And he lost no time in get
ting at the old man and telling his discov-
cry.
DO you pretend to say that John
Garthman is blacking boots in base
ment?"
Certainly, do. He has an old suit of
clothes, which he wears during the day,
and then when his work is done he puts on
his good clothes and comes up here, im-
posing himself upon us as gentleman.
He's an impostor."
He was a lawyer wasn't hep"
Yes"
"And when he didn't succeed he took
this upp"
Yes"
Lillie!" yelled the old gentleman,
somewhat red in the face, "Come here
You may take John Garthman, as soon
as you please. like the fellow. Bathurst,
if you had been fixed as he was, you would
have borrowed of your friends and thence
glided gently into dead beating, and end
ed finally as dealer of faro. John didn't
do anything of the kind. He set about
earning living honestly, and has sue
ceeded. That young fellow will get on.
Goodbye, Bathurst, you have done me a
favor Garthman won't black boots Il
great while"
And so the troubled John was pleasantly
received, and all restrictions were taken
off the meeting of the two young ones,
and Mr.. Bathurst quit the house in disgust,
and the twain are to be made one very
soon. Mr.. Garhman has resumed the
practice of law, and as Mr.. Pckham has
influence, it is probable that he will get on
very we'll.
This little romance ended properly. We
would not. however, advise all young law
yers to 90 to boot backing, for then that
profession would be overdone, and beside
all old gentlemen might not be as sensible
as Mr.. Pickham. However, few of them
might try it to the advantage not only of
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-04-03

| THERE WILL BE REST IN THE EvENTIDE
All day long the farmer may stand he
tween his plough-handles, turning the
yielding soil may endure the burden and
heat of the day; may be burned By the
scorching rays of the sun, or be drenched
by sudden, showers; but by ana by the sun
furls his banner of light, the birds cease
their singing and fly home to their nests
the eventide has come, and tired man and
weary beast find rest. All day long the
smith may ply his hammer, while huge
drops of perspiration roll down his smoke
begrimmed brow. He belongs to the class
that must toll for their daily bread, and
work with him has become second nature.
He likes the music of his bellows and clink
of his hammer, and as the huge sparks fly
off from the red hot iron, he can almost
imagine he is Jove forging thunderbolts
and revelling in the forked ightnings as
they wreathe and twine around him. But
us the sun goes down in the west, he lays
by his leather apron and washes the SCOT
and smoke from his face and goes home to
enjoy the society Of his family. For him
there has come rest at the eventide.
All day long the patient mother may
toll for her children, sympathizing with
them in their childish sorrows, calming
their fears and soothing their pains, until
she is worn out, soul and body; but as
night approaches sleep touches their eye
lids with its magic wand-and for weary
mother and tired child there has come the
rest at eventide. And for us all there will
come rest at eventide, it matters not what
our occupation be, nor where our foot
steps roam. Life with its ptiful joys and
bitter experiences, its feverish dreams and
empty ambitions, its hopes and fears, and
loves and hates, will be ended after a
while. As we grow older our trust dimin-
ishes, us one by one our friends fail us and
our expectations are cut off, the apples OF
Hesperides turn to Dead Sea fruit within
our grasp, and the idols we all, at times,
so wildly worship, lie shattered at our feet.
Oh, the follies and vanities of life; the
lessons we have to learn and unlearn; no
wonder we grow weary, many Of us, long
before the end of the journey is reached.
But all we can do is TO possess our souls
in patience, and press forward to the mark
of the prize.
For a faithful worker rest will come ere
long, though he may have to pass through
the valley of shadows and the gloom OF
the grave first; but to the upright death
should possess no terror. 1t is only COM
passionate friend that opens door through
which he may pass to grander work and
sweeter rest than he ever dreams of here
Then let us not falter in our onward
march, or look back, having put our hands
to the plough, but press on and strive to
earn the sweet rest when comes the even
tide.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-04-03

PLATFORM OF THE NATIONAL PARTY
A New York dispatch says the national
party have issued an address containing
the following measures, which it will adj
vocate to he adopted by the federal gov
eminent:
First Unlimited coinage Of the precious
metals; the same laws for American silver
as for British gold, and certificates for sill
yer as for gold bullion.
Second. Repeal of the resumption law.
Third. Repeal of the national banking
law; the substitution of full legal tenler
ereenbacks for national bank notes.
For immediate resumption of labor or
needed public improvement with the peo-
ple's money and for the nations benefit,
on such works as the improvement of the
Harlem and Hudson river, and the build
ing of Mississippi levees; the completion
of the James river and the Kanawha
canal and the Transcontinental railroad
1t urges the enrolment of workingmen at
their hall on 9Th avenue on Tuesday night.
The address also urges reform in the
state and municipal government; reduc-
ton in the state and city salaries; estab-
lshment of the state labor exchanges and
bureau of labor statistics under an elective
commissioner; all work to be done by day
labor; property owners to have term of
years to pay areas of taxes and assess
nents uniform excise law; graduated
taxation abolition of contract prison la
bor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-04-03

Work UNDER THE SEA.-With the in
vention of steam power and progress of
the mechanical arts, the deepening of
harbor has become a work as simple and
sure of accomplishment as the sweeping of
floor. The great steam shovels lift from
their depths, earth, shell, and stones, by
tons, conveying them beyond the track of
commerce. Wherever the earthly deposits
are of a nature to require. they are first
loosened by plowing. Impossible as it
may seem to run plow under the water at
considerable depth, this too, is easily and
successfully done.
Last summer the harbor of Belfast. Me-,
the bottom of which is tenacious clayey,
deposite, difficult of penetration by the
steam shovel. was to be cleared, and
huge Michigan plow was set to work,
wire rope connecting it with steam power
on shore. The plow was held by man
in Divers armor, who breathed through a
gutta percha tube connecting with an air.
pump on board vessel floating above.
When it suited him, he wonld leave his
plowshare in the mould, ascend to the
deck, doff his air-tight helmet, perhaps
converse with a curious visitor, then re-
turn to his submarine agriculture, fifteen
to twenty feet below the surface.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-04-03

The Brazilian empire will yet occupy a
larger space in the worlds thought. The
interest of Christians in our own country
in the promotion of pure Christianity in
the countries of South America will not
always remain so slight and unworthy, us
it has hitherto. The empire of Brazil is
at any rate imperial in the grandeur of its
possibilities. Dom Pedro's indomtable
zest and personal search in finding out for
himself all that seemed most worth know
ing about our own country and the other
most enlightened nations, has not been for
nothing. On his return. after his long
absence, having waited patiently for some
three months, he dismissed his conserva-
tive ministry. and on the fifth of January
called upon the liberal leaders to agree
upon a new cabinet. The Emperor's
daughter, Isabella, who acted as Regent
during his absence, is an ardent Komanst,
Il devotee to all the claims of the papacy.
But one Of the leaders in the new minis
try, DR.. Silveira Martins. is IL bold op-
ponent of the Ultramontane pretcnsions.
1t was he who, three years ago, made that
courageous and impressive speech in the
house of deputies in favor of the govern =
ment maintaining its sovereignty as
against the recalcitrant Jesuit bishops.
He is now secretary of the treasury. AS a
gentleman. particularly well informed, and
now resident in Brazil, writes us. strong
hopes are entertained that now equal rights
may be secured for Protestants, and that
the separation of church and state may
follow before long. However that may
be, the widening opportunities for Chris.
lian enterprise are such as will surely APP
peal, not in vain, to some of the noblesl
minded Christian young men in our col
leges and seminalies, to place their lives
among the regene ating forces in that en-
pire.-AdUancG.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-04-03

PLAY FOR THE CHiLDREN.-It is natural
for the young to pass the greater part OF
their days in play. The kitten will tumble
and roll at the end of n string; the little
lamb will frisk about the fields, and the
young dogs are always ready for frolic.
Nature has decreed this law throughout
the world, and children are not free from
it. 1t is the essential thing to them, and
makes them better and stronger men and
women. Hard work and dignity are at
tributes of advanced age. Children should
have neither. The young body and mind
should have no weight to crush the body
or Cypress the soul. The recreation oi
children should be enjoyed principally in
the open air. Their play naturally calls
for considerable muscular exertion. and
there is no display Of muscular force with
out some waste of muscular substance
The blood is constantly at work repairing
the waste, and to perform its duty well II
should be thoroughly oxygenized. The
pure. open air does this. Let them run
and shout, and laugh climb trees ant
Jump fences, if their strength is sufficien
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-04-03

The HORSE AND His RIDER.-In the
history of Rome it is related that in 36l,
B. G., great chasm opened in the middle
of the forum, which it was found imposs-
BILE 10 fill. The soothsayers said it would
close when it contained what Rome pos
sessed of most value. and then the state
would be perpetual. A noble youth named
NJ Curtus, demanded if Rome had any
thing of more value than arms and valor.
He mounted his horse, richly caparisoned,
and amid the silence of the people, spurred
him over the brink of the tremendous
prpcipice (Uide Liv. /. Wis. 6.) | have seen
IL striking picture of this somewhere. 1t
represented the horse and rider after they
had passed the brink and were descending
to the unknown depths. There was re-
markabe contrast between the fright of
the brute and the unruffied self-possession
of the man. The limbs of the horse were
tigbtened to his body and the muscles OF
his neck drew his head to his chest and a
shuddering terror expressed itself in the
flash of his starting eyes. The rider was
serene and calm, with Il solemn expression
of majesty on his face, as of one who lived
with high thoughts. If were set to spir-
itualize this picture. | should say that it
was no mean representation of ripe
Christian departing this life The horse is
the body, and the rider is the spirit. Flesh
shrinking, spirit steady and calm and SOL
emn. Flesh dreading the terrible shock,
and spirit wrapt in the glory of action,
descending that it may ascend.-Cook.