Smyrna times., 1878-07-24

excursion to Collins Beach, on Delaware
Bay, on Monday, July 30. The excur-
sionists will proceed to the Beach on the
palace steamer Thomas Clyde. There will be
full brass and string band vocal and in
strumental soloists, and the Swiss Bell
Ringers. This will be new departure in
the way of river excursions, and the price
of the tickets, only fifty cents.
VIslTORs.-The visitors to Smyrna (those
formerly of this town in first paragraph
since our last issue are the following:
Mr.. VIM. f. Waters and wife, Philadel-
phia; Miss Zipporah Spencer, New Castle;
Mr.. Thos. L. Carrow, New York; Mr..
Richard Hastings, Millsboro; Mrs. Hannah
Sanders (nec Wilson,, Wilmington.
Miss Evelyn Malcolm Miss Ella Cramlet,
Miss Emma Stinson, Baltimore; Miss Lou
Troth, Mrs. I. Kahn, Clarence Arnold,
Mr.. Harry Green, Philadelphia; Mr.. Robert
Yardly and wife (nce Belly, Doylostown,
Pa; Mr.. ]. c. Farra, Wilmington.
Destructive FIRE.-William Leister on
the farm of VIM. Beck at the head of
Noxentown mill pond, near Townsend, had
his stack yard and outbuildings all burned
on Monday with about five or six hundred
bushels OF wheat and all his farming i'm.
plements, wagons, carts, &c. Tho fire
threshing with at tho tme the accident oc-
cured. The building was insured in the
Odessa Insurance Company. Tho only thing
saved was his carriage which was under II
tree in the orchard. The engine was also
saved but the thresher was burned. The
wind was blowing gale at the time.
FROM THE WEST TO THE EAsT.-Our former
townsman, Theodore 2. Haughey, President
| Of TnAi io
family; in company with COLI. w Raw, Prest.
indianapolis Savings Bank and family; Col
S. f. Gray and family, all of indianapolis,
with the family Of II. w. Hughes, of Cinci
natl, Ohio, are sojourning at Rehoboth for
the season, having rented the cottage of
j. j. Mccullough, deceased, one of the best
at this resort. Mr.. lIaughey has warm
side for Delaware, and his old Smyrna
friends are always assured of a cordial greet
ing. In response to the query of travelling
such long distance for place to rusticate,
he said they had beautiful Watering places on
their lakes, but they wanted the ocean air
and bathing, and there was no place on the
coast that suited them so well as Rehoboth.
He and Col. Gray returned to indianapolis
on Saturday on business, but will return
again to spend the month Of August with
their families.
DESTRUCTIVE LIGHTNlNG.-Th casualties
this year arc unusually numerous for the
amount of the electric display. A local
shower settled over small part of Duck
Creek and Little Creek Hundreds on Friday
afternoon and the result was, q colored
woman killed in crossing a field near
Cowgilrs Corner, destruction of a new barn
on a farm belonging to George Paris below
Leipsic, and the killing of three sheep in
the field Of f. S. Garrison. A tree stand
ing near Raymond's NJ. f. church in which
was fishing hawks nest, was also struck
and fired and was still burning on Sunday.
: The young birds were killed and the mother
bird sailed around the place for several
days. A shock Of wheat in the field OF
Theo. Mannings, near Serveson's church.
was also struck and burned. In White
, Hall Neck there was a severe hail storm,
the corn on the farm of Alex. G. Cummins
, especially being badly ribboned. During
the thunder shower on Sunday afternoon
a hay stack on the premises of Mr.. Argo
near Dover, was struck and destroyed.
The SMYRNA CIRCUIT SUNDAY SCHOoI. Gel
EBEATION, held yesterday in IIardcastle's
: woods, was a very enjoyable affair. Long
before ten o'clock parties began to arrive al
!, the grove, and in the afternoon not less
) than one thousand people, of all sizes and
ages were on the grounds. About eleven
o'clock the exercises were opened by
singing of the different schools of the Cir
cult, accompanied with an organ, followed
by prayer. The Rev. Edward L. Hubbard
of Camden, then entertained the audience
for half hour. The congregation was
often convulsed with laughter at the
, peculiar way in which the speaker pre-
sented pointed truths to them, and at the
close of his address were in excellent trim
] to enjoy their dinners in a regular picnic
!. style. At one and a-half o'clock, the con
gregation again quietly took their seats, anC
were entertained for an hour and a.half by
, short addresses from Revs. Gregg, Andrews
: Hubbard, Yingling, Foreman, Rawlns, anC
! others. Sixty gallons of ice cream had
been provided for the occasion, together
9 with bountiful supply of cakes, which
: were served out at the table, provided fo
:, that purpose, to the entire audience. W.
: heard no complaint by any one and al
seemed delighted with the exercises.
Il Town TALK.-Col. George w. Cummin
r with an orchard of 1000 trees will have t,
r. buy peaches to preserve for his own family
8 The same can be said of most of the othe
peach growers in this vicinity. One o
our town Sunday Schools had but on,
g teacher present last Sunday afternoon, anC
9 he the one that really had the best excus
n for staying home. 1t was indeed mon
y strous hot. The admonition in some o
y the papers that there might be a hottie
e place for delinquent teachers than tn,
Sunday School room, seems to have beel
q passed unheeded, as is usually the cas-
n when the future is measured with tn
is present.......Be ever active, and do what
a ever you undertake well, and you ma,
sr travel the world over, and never find your
|. self out of a place......When we allow al
10 ignorant and vicious population to grow u
in the community, we are punished by tn
example, the contaminated atmosphere
SC the injuries inflicted, the costly defenc
" against the evil, or the expensive machin
le cry for detecting and furnishing the crim
Is c nails. The school is cheaper and bette
Vi than the Jail; the Sunday School and tn
q, church are better than the police cour
Ell ......On Tuesday evening of last week as
party of our towns folks were standing O
st the beach watching Luna as she rose abov
le the waters, casting n silvery sheen acroS
Mt the dancing billows as far as the eye coul
er reach, the conundrum was propoundeC
be why is the moon called she? One an
q another gave a reason, but the questio
was settled by a gentleman who had ev
IDENTIFY been observing the habit of tn
Il, ladies replying "because she puts on he
Z; best dress in the evening". The peac
~ =. orchard of John H. Hoffecker is said I
a' show the best evidence of care and cultur
~ u, of any orchard in the "Alley.".
~ ~ vulgar to say that you sweat. The elegar
hC thing to say is, that YOU are being deprive