Smyrna times., 1878-09-04

sSue has truly been week OF EXCURSIONS. =
Dur Wednesday one to Cape May per rail {
and steamer 1Hos Clyde; on Thursday to
Ocean Grove; on Friday to Rehoboth
(colored) to Philadelphia via rail
and steamer Artisan Sunday (colored) to
Easton, Md, and Tuesday to Ocean City.
The quantity of money expended in these
excursions, that can be counted since the
of the warm weather by the
dozen, must be very considerable The
have found it a large source Of
profit. The colored people are large
patronizers of these railroad frolics, in fact,
one of the roads has expressed q preference
for them as they went in larger numbers.
They seem to be best able to afford it. The
colored women get about dollar day
(nearly double what the men get) and as
there is very little laying up for rainy |
day, they have the cash in hand to respond |
to every call of the posters. One spas,
modic attempt has been made and we shall
yet expect to see feminine rebellion OF
capital against labor.
VIsIToRs.-Though our list Of relatives and
friends who have come to visit us since our
last issue is lengthy and above the average,
it is considerably behind last weeks. Our
friends who have not yet visited Smyrna
needn't be at all alarmed, as we have
q
soon be ripe. Come and see us, and we'll
give you hearty welcome. The names OF
those this week are as follows, a star being
placed before those Of former Smyrnians
*NIiss Carrie Scout, *Miss Lizzie Scout,
Miss Rebecca Straus, Miss Fannie Straus,
! Miss Sue Scofed, Mrs. Wilbur Ii. Myers,
*Rev. f. Stubbs, Philadelphia; *Dr. VIM.
| Davis, *Mrs. Jennie Brisbane, Camden, n.
j.; %Mrs. Jane Pitman, Orange, y. j.;
*Theo. P. Haughey and wife, indianapolis,
Ind; Miss Bell Rigby, VIM. Voshell, wife
and child, *Harry VanGasken, Miss Eta
Russell, Gerson L. Kahn, #Jos. Vandegrift,
Wilmington; Miss Annie Johns, Sassafras,
Md; Jno. Appleton and wife, Odessa; Jos.
Day and #wife (nec Carr, Kennedyville,
Md; Miss Kate Denney, Miss Sallie @.
Stevenson, Miss Gertie Stevenson, Dover /;
Mrs. Malvina Stevenson, Wyoming; JOS.
Arnold, Solomon Arnold, IA. I. Hotfeckcr,
Milford; *Mrs. Mary L. Fieroe, Green's
borough, Md.
A WONDERFUL CHERRY SToNE.-Robert
H. Cummins, of this town, has had re-
marllable experience with cherry stone,
that perhaps is without recorded parallel
in the medical journals, that is, the removal
of cherry stone from his left ear after its
lodgment there for more than forty gears
1t was slipped in his ear when he was q
small boy while attending the District
school by a mischievous playmate who i:
now the President of Bank in a Western
city. 1t was during the cherry season anC
at the time the cherry seed was put in hi:
5 ear he was lying on the school room floo
: asleep, when his playmate Just for fur
dropped the seed in his ear and with hi
: finger pushed it Just beyond the orifc,
. | ,vbara ~ hoe raD1oip oil avap CipOn until III,
last few days. He went to DR.. S. NJ. Fisle
!; at the time to get it removed, but with onl,
:, q partial attempt at removal abandoned tn
;. effort with the consoling assurance that i
would never trouble him and it never ha
s during the whole time, except OCCASIONAL
/ when troubled with Il cold in his head hi
hearing in that ear would become littl
dull About twenty-five years ago 4 slliliu
7 surgeon in New York city, made an a
II tempt to extract it, but without success a
II the time, and the operation being so pair
9 full Mr.. c. determined to abandon the a
;. tempt at removal preferring the seed to r.
J main quietly in his ear rather than sulft
the pain caused by the effort of the surgeo
II Il at removal. The case was so remarkable
to cause doubts in the mind of the surgeon
y as to Mr.. C.'s correctness until the seed W.
actually grasped in his ear by his instrr
'e ment. Last Thursday, however, in syrin
IL ing his ear with soap suds, an applicatio
8 he had never tried before, the seed by SON
u peculiar chemical action Of the suds W;
a forced out of the ear and dropped into IL
'e wash basin much to the surprise and d
~ light of Mr.. Cummins, who at first coul
y scarcely believe his own eyes.
30 He has the seed now in his possessiC
Vi and when shown to the writer it locke
d as perfect in appearance as when that bo
ay all for fun, put it in 0Oer. forty gears ago.
IN The opinion of all medical men, we b
ne lieve, has been that foreign matter cou
he not exist for any length of time in livii
at organ without producing inflammation, al
ed the fact that it has is what makes it an
1T teresting case in medical science.
NJ THE EXCURSION TO CAPE MAY last We
no nesday via Bombay Hook r. r. and steam
,r Ihos. Clyde was one of the most enioyat
nj of the season. The company, numberi
.er between 800 and 1000, composed mostly
or residents of New Castle and Kent CO., NJ
ns with good representation from this S,
81 ton, was such as to assure good companio
ot ship. The day was most delightful, al
nv there was not a rude or unpleasant thi
or. during the trip. In addition to the mu
la. of the boat the Kent Cornet Band of CHI
'ce tertown played number of popular al
he An incident occurred, however, that car
M near having a sad ending.
% A boy about ii years of age, and one
the excursionists from New Castle, ma
n.y. a narrow escape from drowning 1t "
ch about o'clock and past the "bathi
II, hour;" the life.boats had been broug
on ashore and the crew scattered; lar
be number of the eXcursionists were still {
Irt- joying the bath, when cry was heal
s Bring the boatm Looking in the dir
BILE ton it was found to proceed from the b
eX- above mentioned, who was seen struggli
lily against the strong current, far beyond
lbs. depth, and rapidly drifting farther out.
IO,- Two expert swimmers went to his
rop sistance and endeavored to rescue him, |
ant found they were all three being carried
OF to sea, and they deserted him and swan
OF the piling of the pier for safety. The bo
md feelings must have been terrible at t
'est moment; he gave two or three cries
be distress only, but struggled manfully
his keep his head above water. A number
Ugh the bathers rushed to the shore and
ted stantly the life.boat was at the waters ed
IAN but to launch it was no easy task to al
ped teurs; the heroic spirits, however, b.
upon saving human life, were equal to
all. emergency. Congress Hall pier, near
the was availed OF, its piles used to brace
an. men in their effort, and the boat 81
the dragged out and over the surf. The n
.nb leaped in and manned the oars and 81
leh quickly to the fast sinking boy. The CT
two needed not the inspiration, "pull hard m,
ow. coming from the unfortunate boy,
rev when he was reached he grasped the S
I'M of the boat with such grip that it
nm. hard to release it. He was carried to
IL Il