Smyrna times., 1878-11-06

changed their position. The wheelwright
shop is moved entirely back, distance of
about so feet, and the smith shop forward =
on line with and joining up to the shop 6
of Taylor & Bro. The last named shop is
to have a new and more attractive front
On the opposite side of the street Mrs. !
Sarah Cats is covering her dwelling with |
new tin roof.
MERE Observation-Disclosures down the
stream of time on which we are floating, is
a beautiful island called the " Bye and
Bye" but the road by the billiard and bar
room does not lead that way.......T The ques-
ton has been frequently asked why it is
that sections when the time comes to build
a fire in a church think they must always
close the windows tight, but satisfactory
answer has not been given to this day..
It's an i'll wind that blows nobody good
is an adage continually proved true. The
recent destructive storm has made work
for thousands of needy men. Our carpen
ters especially are buster now than they
have been for twevemonth......So
Of our farmers are still engaged in seeding |
wheat. Dogs, guns, and birds are now an |
interesting topic Of conversation among the |
knowing ones. They can spend more words |
in a graphic description of just how their |
dog "stood" covey of birds than the |
three verse text......Jas G. Lassell in his
stirring address last Sunday afternoon
noted as statistical fact that where one
dollar was raised in this country for the
purpose of evangelizing the human race,
ten dollars were spent for spirltuous liquors
| to debase it.....Some of our crack farmers
| should accept the offer of Thos. w. Wilson,
of Jones Neck, who challenges any one to
compete with him next year in raising corn,
| either on one or fifty acres. Our columns
are open for a reply. What has Col. --
| to say about it?....As the turkey roams
about picking up the autumn gleanings
and laying on fat he little knows how
much he is doing for the near future OF his
country .....Are we to have a stove manu-
factory here? Messrs. Evans & Co. are
making the castings for Underwood's Bos-
we'll Heater and do smooth, neat work.
Freight is cheap, the cost OF labor and
living Il considerable per cent cheaper here
than in the city, and such being the fact,
why cannot we ship stoves to the cities
instead of c;cc ctrSa.....The melancholy days
have come, the saddest of the year, when
taxes reach maturity and myriad bills ap-
pear...... Some persons seem to have no
power TO hear accurately. or to state what
they have heard correctly. Thvy may not
mean to lie, hut the effect Is the same as If
they did.......Our tailOrs are making up
handsome fall suits, but they are not so
busy rs to be unable to fill your order
promptly. Already five SHOWS are pre-
dcted for the coming winter, so prepare
for sleighng. The belief seems to be
: general that we are to have an early and
cold winter, but there are no more reasons
for such predictions this than any other
season.. Rev. II. L. Martindale, of Mid
! dletOwn, was at Seaford on last Wednesday
: and the Seaford Mdsr, Judging from his
! increasing cOrpulence, thinks he will soon
: be equal to some of our Bshops......
There was very heavy frost on Monday
) night, that gladened the hearts Of the boy:
{ because it caused the chestnut burs tC
= open and yield up their treasurers.-Dad
! ,rarcan. Has the editor new kind o
, chestnut in his section or, has he beer
:, living in green house for the past month
: The boys hGreabouts were wider awake, anc
tended to that matter a month ago and no
! II bur has been on the trees since this da,
" two week winds are signing
! so are many people over losses by the re
= cent storm......RepOrt says that there ar
n some pariOr chairs in town that seem t
= have an inclination to slide toward eacl
! other......The long evenings are at hand
and the young should improve them b.
!, reading and study.......FOr local and Stat
:, news read the MEs".....Chestnuts an
= walnuts have paned out well, and the pei
smmon crop is large.......The late varietiC
Of white potatoes did not turn out WE'LL.
Farmers have almost completed the wor
of gathering cOrn......The prOtracted meet
- ings at Kenton and Bethel on tn
-, Circuit, though largely attented were nc
:, y very successful spirtually"......A citize
!, started out twenty years ago to amass 500
y 600; he has got the 81, but the ciphers h
- is still signing or......Money is the missin
link between the editor and some of h
- subscribers .....SOme men are great Gecaus
= they are in q community of little peopl
- The times are hard-eyerybod says So
~ but the wages of sin continue the same
!; Delaware suffered more from til
M great storm than any other State frol
~ Florida to New England. Last Fridf
~ was the beginning of the dog-travellir
n season. Any number Of gunners and do
may be seen daily travelling over the Del
ware and lower Peninsula railroads. TT
ay fare collected for dogs last season on Il
mt Delaware railroad alone amounted
les several thousand dollars. ..... Yesterday vi
es the dullest day to the doubtful voter tn
of the oldest OF them remember "to ha
m. seed. Never saw sich dull times; not ev,
les money enough to buy chaw of tobacker
And they went home sad, in their ignC
ance Of the way laws are made-blameil
rd the "hard times. William Ph0bus, 81
of Rev. DR.. Phmbus, formerly of this tow
I3: is Photographic reporter at the Penns,
vania depot, Philadelphia...... mi
rs, chants are now in receipt of their fall al
j. winter goods, and as a consequence tn
id are driving brisk business. The styles
I h., L. g
quality. Those Of our readers who wish
have the advantage of making their sell
tions of fall and winter goods from laI
S. and varied assortments will consult tn
f. interest by examining the advertising c
iel umns Of this paper.......T. b. Megear h
81 out his card for buckwheat flour. .....T
"a. girls must be wonderfully beLtct down
ing Snowhill, as per the following from t
Messenger: g If the girls don't quit we
ing these abominaby wide belts, squeezi
G. will soon be one of the lost arts. No IN
ofdelcate feelings wants to embrace leatl
S. trunk even if there is woman III 1t. -
1t is noteworthy, that all the sales
nd, property through our real estate agent,
xis. p. Griffith, are not made to persons from
alb. distance-his three last sales having be
made to persons in this section. they
to this agency when they want property.
Tho election here yesterday was compal
am to poor mans frolic-not enough in it
cb. be Jolly over.......The store keepers W
on have been wishing for cold weather to
ton things in brs<er motion cannot compl'
of this week with its bright, bracing a
ted frosty atmosphere that comes sweepl
,rn. over the snow-clad plains of the North'w'
INV ......T The dispensing with the morning m
rtv. from Dover does not work to the satlsi
SO ton Of persons expecting matter from Z
Der quarter. many FARMERS ~ a ulSG"HO0 w