Smyrna times., 1878-10-09
The time for sore throats approacheth.
and causes considerable anxiety.


and causes considerable anxiety.
AMONG the articles on exhibition at the
Dover Fair were three pair of STOCKINGS
very nicely knit by Mrs. Ann Dennev. of
this place, now in her l0l year. Thev
were put on exhibition by a friend at Dover
to whom they had been made present.
We may say in this connection that Mrs.
Denney retains her faculties to a remarka.
BILE degree, and in reading and conversation
keeps fully up with the affairs of the day.
CLAYTON CLEAvER's CLEAvER.-An old
negro named Clayton Cleaver was picked
up on the streets yesterday by officers
Richards and McIlheney, for his exceed
lngly reckless conduct. He was very drunk
and had corn knife in his hand with
which he was slashing the air in manner
that was as needless of the lodgings of the
passers-by as Clayton himself was oblivious
to what he was doing.
The above, from the Morning Herald of
Wilmington of Friday, evidently refers to
the man of the same name we'll known to
our citizens as a wood sawyer. 1t is to be
hoped that Clayton may like them so we'll
about Wilmington as to take up winter
quarters there.
AUTUMNAL ADvICE.-As the season of
autumn advances, the heat of the noon day
is relieved by the GOODNESS of the evening
and night, and there is strong temptation
to sit out of doors, in search of comfort
But the evening air is damp and heavily
laden with the condensation of the yapor
which the suns heat evolved in the dav
time. The vapors are, for breathing,
simply malaria" or unwholesome air !;
and 1t must be high state of health which
can breathe such air with impunity, while
the body is in repose. The frame is ex-
hausted with the work and heat of the day,
and is, therefore, peculiarly susceptible.
Sit IN doors, or under shelter. If you must
so out for GOODNESS, aoalk.
The MAILs.-The dissatisfaction at the
mail management on our Delaware r. r.
still continues. The two mails within a
few hours of each other and both in the
morning while there is an afternoon train
that the second one could be sent on, does
not suit our people at all. They want an
opportunity to answer a correspondent in
less time than "a hours, and a petition
signed by every business man in town has
been forwarded to the Department asking
that it be remedied.
The following letter to Postmaster Baggs
was received just before going to press
RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE,
OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT OF % Div,
New YORK, N. Y, Oct. Sth, rs.
SIR Your letter of the 7th inst, en-.
closing petition of citizens of SMYRNA
asking for an afternoon despatch of mail,
has been received and referred to Capt
Jas. Belger, c. II. c. of N. Y. & Wash. r.
T. o., with instructions to arrange for the
despatch as requested in the petition.
Respectfully, R. C. JACKSON, Supt.
BUSINESS NoTIcEs.-E. NJ. Fowler opens
this week full stock of Fall goods of
cloths and cassimeres and other store
goods. He reports his sale of "sutings"
already commencing briskly. Mr.. F. keeps
full line of store goods, but makes his
tailoring department speciality.
+. ii. Beck has opened at Clements
Corner new store Of general merchandise
and calls attention, by advertisement, to
his full line Of goods of which he asks an
examination.
j. 6. Brinton calls attention to his stock
OF new stoves which he proposes to sell be-
low any one else.
A. II. Worden advertises an auction sale
of store goods.
Raymond advertscs "bargains" to pur.
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n. T. Underwood, near Kenton, claims
for his Boswell heater properties superior to
others. The air is detected and thus by a
process peculiar to it, the temperature in
the distant part of the room is the same as
that near the heater. The air does not
strike the stove as is the case with the
ordinary stove thereby burning the oxygen
out Of it making it dry and disagreeable,
but retains the properties peculiar to sum-
mer temperature. Its merits were tested
the past winter with much satisfaction.
The MIDDLETowN FAIR.-This Fair, as
was the case with our Kent County Fair at
Dover, was a success beyond the expecta.
tions of the stockholders, the attendance
amounting in the three days it was held to
about 10000. Both fairs were remarkably
fortunate in not being interfered with by
rainy weather. The display of vegetables,
cereals, &c. was fair in quantity, but more
remarkable i'll quality, the most of the
products being very fine. The Ladies De-
partment exhibited some fine specimens of
needle work and cooking in the former,
however, falling considerably below the
Dover Fair in quantity and variety, but
making up for it in the latter, the exhibit
in the culinary art being remarkably large
and excellent. The exhibit of stock was
undoubtedly the finest that has ever been
in the State, especially of cattle, sheep and
hogs. The Berkshire hogs at both fairs
largely predominated, showing this breed
to be now in the ascendent, but a pen of
Chester Whites made a splendid show. At
Dover, with the cattle, nine tenths of the
large exhibit were of the Alderney stock,
full blooded or graded. At Middletown it
was just the reverse, nine-tenths of the
very large exhibit being of the Short Horn
or Durham stock. With the former the
chief object is butter with the latter beef
the farmers about Middletown evidently
thinking the latter more important in o
financial way than the former. The Dur
ham while fair mixers make wonderfully
rapid development; some of those exhibited
as yearlings being as large as many of our
full grown COWS of the common breed.
The finest sheep exhibited was the Shrop.
shire Down, but the exhibit was mainly
composed of the South down.
The machinery exhibit was very much
the same as at Dover. A farmer in passing
an hour among them could not but be
prohted. We might particularize several
but we will confine ourselves to one,-AN
IMPORTANT MODE OF SEEDING WHEAT,-by a
wheat drill, which was sadjucted with asquare
novel and ingenious contrivance for seed
ing wheat, so that it can be cultivated
during the spring season of the year. 1t
was exhibited by John A. Jones, near
Mount Pleasant, who has secured the
patent right for this Peninsula. Any
ordinary eight spout drill can be adjusted
for the purpose. The drill on exhibition
was an eight spout, every other spout hav.
ing been taken of, leaving but four spouts
so adjusted as to be an equal distance from
each other and sixteen inches apart. On