Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

| "ANiA NhSOOlNSliiS ACSIAlOSg W raise means lOl
| painting, repaving in front and otherwise
improving the parsonage, also much
needed. These several objects will REQUIRE
about $500, and it is Just as wei! to carry
| them along simultaneously, and viii! prove
in the end just as easy as to drag each
along singly. The ladies are already at
work at the parsonage repairs. They dc
many things towards keeping the parson
age and church in order that the mon
know nothing about, and, but for these
silent hands, would give them considerable
bother.
PERsOYAL.-Rev. j. T. Umstead was unable
to till his pulpit on Sunday and has been
quite sick for some days from an attack OF
quinsy.
DIR. r. S. w. Hirons, surgeon on the
steamer Pcnnsylrania, has been visiting hi.
old friends in town for several DAYS.
| Frank Wright, formerly of this town
now of Philadelphia, has been on a visit
here prior to his departure for Western
Kansas where he expects to engage in the
| business Of cattle herding. He represents
| 1t wild, isolated life, not seeing a woman
sometimes for months, but fall of the
! spice of adventure.
Hon. James Williams was home on 4
visit last week, and in Il visit to this town
on Saturday, was congratulated, by some
OF his party friends for voting for Fields.
the Republican Congressman from Mas.
sachuSetts, whom he honestly believed to be
| elected, whose place was contested by
Dean personal friend and who got in only
by the casting vote of the speaker.
Joseph Brnghurst, Esq, of Wilmington,
was guest OF Col. Geo. w. Cummins last
week
Samuel Patterson, wellknown citizen,
has been for some time in a precarious
state Of health.
The change in the pastors families has
been delayed by the sickness Of Mrs.
Stubbs. Mr.. Stubs and family expect to
leave fortheir Philadelphia home tomorrow
and Mr.. Haynes family are expected up
from Milford.
Town TALE.-The fishermen on the
coast had poor luck the last week on ac-
count Of the cold and blustry wcather.......
y telephone connecting the club room
with the outside world would afford in.
teresting voicings. The Trailing Arbutis.
the earliest and sweetest woods flower. is
now in bloom in Belmont Park. Not far
from where these modest flowers hide
Their excellence is an elevated inscription
having on it Does this bridge pay? Go
over and be toIed." The young lovers will
not be OF course to much absorbed to see
the "goak. '......We have had clipped horses
and clipped dollars: now we are nearing
the season to have clipped dogs. .Vegcta.
ton Is a month in advance Of the ayerare
season.. The Northern papers say about
this time look out for the annual 'howl'
from tho ,Naoob r. Al. II
he wind on that cold Sunday night did
the "howling." The peach growers are
saved the troUble.......The workers in the
art "keramic," thinking Jack frost has
| taken has leave, are putting things in order
| for a more extensive work before his return
| again, and Mr.. Co,griff at the New Tile
Yard of Wm. NJ. Bell, near the Landing.
will soon have the fist issue stamped and in
circulation. The demand for tie and tile
layers is more active this spring than
usual......The first April Fool Joke PLAYED
OIL on Monday morning, was by the boy of
whom certain captain said, "when he
dies man will be hung" The boy
enjoyed the fun nevertheless.
Little notes of nonsense
Little quips and jcStS.
Make the modern Joker
And his brother pests"
AhNAO 'AlC Atl SAICul6liOu counterfeit naIf
dollars, trade dollars and the new silver
dollars. They are closely in imitation OF
the genuine, and therefore calculated to
| deceive. There is, however, an appre.
cable difference in weight......" Peacock
Grenadine" is the latest excentrcity in
ladies dress goods. Inquire at the latest
new dry goods store.....The latest slang
phrase IS, don't slop over" Can we ret
along without slang? 1t seems not.....e.{t
Is said the pugnaclty of the English spar,
row Is such that the blue birds, robins.
orioles, DC, will not build or frequent the
same locality. If such be the fact, let war
be declared at once. As between their
harsh catter, and the clear melodious
notes OF the song sparrow and oriole, it
should not take one moment to decide which
should have the freedom of our ''burr." "
......One month more and Moore the oyster
man, Will become an austere MANN.
Sunday IS dry day to some of our land
tsh OF the sucker species. One of our old
topers remarked on Monday morning :
yesterday was long, long,-the longest
day ever spent" Why, was asked.
couldn't you get any liquor? "Not a
DROP" was the reply, "and | drank a
pitcher full of water" The trouble with
him was the water was in a strange place
and didn't feel at home. In his normal
state, he takes it straight without having
either water, sugar, or LaV mixed with
his'n...... .Messrs. j. f. Tygert e. Co. brought
out on Monday morning neat and attrac.
tive freight wagon to haul freight between
;he steamboat and the town. 1t was nicely
painted and had on each end of the drivers
box the inevitably trademark star. The
Gospel Temperance Meeting at the Town
Hall on Sunday afternoon (the Rev. Mr..
Haynes not being well enough to attend)
was addressed by two of our laymen, Jas.
e. Lassell and j. V. Smith. ....E. NJ. Fowler
takes column in our supplement that
may be Of interest to our men who want
| anything in the line of tailoring. The
new poetlcal genius who mounted "Pegas.
sus" and sent of the following effusion
must have been "nazing" over IIales Early
The succuent peach
Got into the reach
OF keen Jack Frost so hoary;
But let em alone
And they'll be grown
Repeating the old, old story.
The dollar of the daddies has been coup.
terfeited. 1t is little off color, but in
other respects looks pretty well. They are
both fraudulent, but as there is difference
in value, we will take the one that comes
the nearest to the honest dollar. Joseph
1 49, a.