Middletown transcript., 1878-04-27
Local Affairs.
Straw hats are coming cautiously out

Is it not pretty near time for the Soda foun-
tain to begin to fzz?
The garden-seed man has departed but the
tree-agent is around
The song of the festive mosquito will soon
be heard in the land
Copies of the TRANscRIPT are for sale at Will
sons News room, also at the post-ofice
The Jury list, which was crowded out Of
our last issue, appears this week upon our first
page
Excursion tickets will be sold between Mid
dletown and New Castle during the May term
Of court.
Miss Mary A. Baker daughter of the late
H. p Baker has been appointed post-mistress
at Odessa.
book agent has been heard from in Kent
county and with malicious intent be approach
es our borders.
we had refreshing rain on Thursday
morning and a regular Eastern Shore fog on
Friday morning
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time for the appearance of the lightning-rod
agent draweth nigh
The ladies of the Odessa Presbyterian church
are preparing for a Strawberry Festival, to be
held early in the season.
A number:of small-fry peddlers have been
perambulating our streets during this week
frying tn disnosa or fbeir yvarnS
The organ grinder appeared on Wednesday
and ground out an assorted lot Of tunes much
to the edi6cation of the children.
The thunder storm of Monday night hardly
laid the dust in this section We learn the
rain was quite heavy north of the canal
We are informed that representative of the
Chesapeake Record was in town on Tuesday
but we had not the pleasure Of seeing him.
R. L Smith, flmiiarly known as spin pool
Smith, the watch mender, departed on We'd
mes lay last for other scenes and pastures new
The many friends Of Messrs VIM. Brady and
R. I Cochran will be glad to know that both
of these gentlemen have recovered from their
recent illness and are out again.
The new bath rooms which have been at
tacbcd 10 Wilson'S barLer-shop are neat and
comfortable. Having ''been there" we can
recommend them to our readers.
The time is now 1T hand when it is extreme
ly dangerous for Il fellow to take his adored
one within a square Of an ice-cream saloon un-
less he is prepared for the worst
Many young peaches having fallen from the
trees during the past eight days, the prospect
of even light crop grows gradually darker.
The early fears Of the peach growers were well
founded in this locality at least.
The warm weather of Tuesday caused many
Of our healthiest citizens to seek the shade Of
something. 1t was a warm day in the middle
and all around the edges, but it was only a
premonetory symptom Of what is to come.
Rev I. Riley of Buffalo, n. Y, former pas
tor Of the Forest Presbyterian Church, will
preach On Sabbath morning at lO4 o'clock, in
said church, and at Armstrong; chapel at p
Pm. Ali are cordially invited.
special train will be run on the Delaware
railroad, Monday next, to give the people an
opportunity of attending Barnum's show in
Wilmington. It will leave Middletown at
6:Q5, P NJ, and returning, leave Wilmington
at ll:l5, P. NJ. Fare for the round trip, in
Guiding admission to the circus, 81 %.
j. Henry Appleby, Artist, will be in Mid
dletown during next week taking orders for
Crystal Ivorytypes painted in oil colOrs from
ordinary photographs These pictures are
beautiful and the art is invaluable as a means
Of preserving the faded pictures of deceased
relatives Orders left at Thomas Massey
will be attended to-
''The Great West as seen by an Eastern
Shoreman, " is the title Of a series Of articles
written expressly for the TRANSCRIPT, the pub
lication of which will be commenced week 81
ter next. We think these articles will be in
teresting to our readers, particularly to those
who are dissatisfied with their homes on the
Peninsula, and are thinking Of better times
beyond the Mississippi.
At the clock prayer, on Easter morning,
the Episcopal Church was well attended by the
members of the various churches of Middle
town, and the services were impressive. The
choir, assisted by Messrs. Stiles, Price, and 9TH
ers, sang the Easter Anthem, which, it is need
less for Us to say, was sung with much spirit
and animation Alto O'Clock services were
held. as usual. in all the churches and the day
being beautiful and spring-like, large and ap-
preciative congregations were in attendance.
The renowned "South Carolina Jubilee
Singers, p ten in number, have been engaged
to give grand and varied concert in Middle
town Hall, on the evenings OF the 18th and
l4th Of May. Many of our people have ex-
pressed d desire to hear these plantation
''Songsters," and will be much pleased to
learn that the opportunity is So soon 70 be
offered them Further particulars next week
Thomas Schee Merritt, who died on Good
Friday, at the advanced age Of IS, was buried
at st. Annes Cemetery, Tuesday last, at one
o'clock, p. NJ, with the beautiful and impress
siye ceremonies Of the Masonic fraternity. Mr.
Merritt was the oldest member of Union Lodge
AF.&A. IT., having been made Mason IN
1921. By his death the fraternity loses an
old landmark in this community.
The Smyrna Tiges says if Middletown hasn'
enough girls to supply tile matrimonial market
we may inform the young men Of TINS secuon
that Smyrna gets them up in style and quan-
ty to suit" We know the young men Of TINS
town will join US in thanking our nelghOor
for this generous offer, but a scarcity OF loyely
girls seemeth not to be in this community
and the stagnation of the matrimonial Market
noticed in these columns last week. cannot be
attributed to that source by any means.