Smyrna times., 1878-10-16
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.


"To your pegs o huskers" is now the cry
of many farmers.
IT is now past the middle of October and
but one small frost.
THERE is talk of change in the time
table on the Delaware Railroad.
SOME of the merchants are taking down
their awnings and storing them away till
another season.
Rev. 7. H. HAYNES was called to Milford
on Monday to deliver a Sunday School An
niversary address.
THE mill ponds are SO low that many of
them are unable to meet the "grist" de-
mands upon them.
The sportsmen are getting their guns in
order, training their dogs and preparing for
the shooting season now only two weeks
off,
Col. GEO. W. CUMMINs has, we learn,
rented his store-house, cor. Main and Com
merce sts., to A. II. Hobbs, live merchant
of Kenton.
The delightful moonlight nights of the
past two weeks are shortening and darken-
ing, much to the regret of ye sentimental
JNNAAS A"Ny'
"CHARLEY' WILDs of our town, for some
| time a clerk at the American Hotel pre-
vious to its being closed, is now in the same
Office at the Girard House.
THE Greenback meeting announced for
last Saturday in this town was postponed
on account of the nonarrival of speakers.
| They still intend to hold one before the
! election.
SAUSAGE has made its appearance in
market, but we cannot say the same for
| buckwheat. "Buckwheat cakes and Jersey
sausage is an application particularly good
to crisp December morning.
Hon. J. S. GRAHAM, Republican Candi-
| date for Congress on the Eastern Shore and
Senator Bayard were both at Clayton on
Monday, the former on his way to Chester.
town and the latter to Georgetown.
CoRN-HUsKING gloves is a novelty which
VIM. Denny Hazel presents to our farmers
for the first time. There is no work SO
terrible on tender hands as corn n-husking in
frosty weather, and to persons who thu;
suffer these must prove boon.
BUSINESS NorIeEs.-M D. Tolson & Co
have opened an oyster and eating house
VIM. Wilds gives notice as Assignee o
Worden & Evans.
See also ady's of II. P. Hazel and the
Examiner d Chronicle and New York EUenin,
Post.
BY advertisement in another column il
will be seen that S. L. Kahn is spreading
himself this fall. lie has returned from
the city with full stock of ready-mad,
clothing and large line of cassimeres anC
sUitings for making to order. He give
this his special attention and guarantees Il
give his customers fits.
The sensitive olfactory nerves of ou
: citizens caused a complaint at our sho
makers for sending forth, last week, tn
miserable stencil of burnt leather chips
The latter disclaim the "soft impeachment
and say it comes from the harness makers
and if the latter cannot find a scape goat W
, shall think they are cornered.
CEMETERY IMPRovEMENT.-The Presbyte
} rian Society of this town-an organization
I which for unity and compactness challenge
admiration-in addition to the improve
ments of the past summer, have put thei
cemetery in a condition as clean and nea
: as private yard. The Episcopal Cemeter
. has also been improved by black coat t
q its fence and removal of weeds &c.
Q SOME of our exchanges have been notin
the remarkable properties of some tree
, during the past two or three weeks droppin
liquid as in q small rain shower. Nj
+ Dickson at Brenford has cherry tree tha
has been behaving in this way, and ther
g are others, mainly cherry and willow trees
that have been doing the same thing
1t is not uncommon in protracted drought
BEEF.-The Wilmington papers record
Third Street butcher as selling good stew
ing beef at 9 cts, good roast at cts. an
b steak at IL cts. per pound. This is abor
n the prices of the butchers at Odessa an
Milford. One Of our butchers here has bee
> selling at the above figures, another pr
b posed to the others to reduce the price
IT IL cts, but the majority still contend ft
l. IA cts. per pound.
h GRAND CoNcERT.-Mr. Chas. Clary, corn,
+ and violin soloist, assisted by Miss M. ]
Jones, Mrs. Groves, Misses Flowers, Water
Wilson, VanGasken, and the "Irma" an
"Lyric" Quartettes, will give an entertain
a- ment at the Town Hall, Monday evenir
It next. Mr.. Clary for whose benefit this CO..
cert is given is blind vocalist of Baltimor
- whose musical entertainments are high
70 spoken of by the Maryland papers. Fl
particulars see programme.