Smyrna times., 1878-08-14

NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUs.-One of the
rarest of plants is the Night Blooming
Cereus, species of the cactus, whose great
popularity is that it blooms only at night
and decays before morning. Mrs. Joseph
Wells, residing near this town, had an ex-
hibition of this attractive flower on Satur-
day evening last. Shortly after dark it
began to open its petals, and so rapid was
its unfolding as to be plainly visible to
those observing it. 1t remained in bloom
six hours, and at o'clock in the morning
began to fade. 1t was shortly afterwards
cut and pressed before it should dry up.
The petals wero white inside, delicate
pink outside and feathery and very deli
cate in texture. The perfume was so sweet
and strong as to be almost siclkening.
Town TALK.-The pear slugs have been
again denuding the trees of their foliage.
The trees in Geo. w. Cummins's orchard
have especially suffered An attack was
also made on the orchard of Robt II. Cum
minis, but on discovering the ravages of the
little pests he made q syringe application
OF whale-oil soap and his trees now look
fresh and green and are mostly filled with
truit......The utmost we can hope for in
this world is contentment, if we aim at
and disappointment. A man should direct
all his studies and endeavors to making
himself easy now and happy hereafter.
Jas. p Hoifecker has on his farm near
town, under tenure of JAS Starting, an
eighty-acre field of corn that some Judges
estimate will average fifty bushels per acre.
......There is no way of improving a place
SO much as by encouraging good merchants,
good schools and good people to settle
among you......M Many a man who will 20 to
sleep while pondering over some grave
problem of life, will lie awake for hours
vainly trying to hit upon some plan by
which he can smash the stuffin' out of a
single mosquito. .Maloney-everyb body
knows Maloney-says, to ride over the
country and see how some men farm is
enough to convince one that some farmers
might benefited by the application of q
cowhlde. He further says that if he owned
a farm he would give it to Col. Geo. w
Cummlns and then rent It Of him for life
This IS only another way of saying Mr.. c.
| makes one acre grow as much as many
| men do two......ThiS is really perplexinl
weather; it is too warm to stay in the
| house, and too hot to 60 out. Like the ole
| darkey, who was asked where he would
flee on the day of judgment, it will be bes
| to "put for de woods" Sunday morn
ing was "damper" over the Peninsula, foI
| there was not square mile between the
| bays that hadn't the available vehicles
booked for camp meeting jaunt. If ole
| fluVlus had kept on pouring out his liba
tons the entire day, the most of then
would have been as we'll off......The arm,
| OF tramps IS not near so large as usual
Perhaps they are recreating at the seashore
Ah, well; we are all tramps at best; W,
stagger meath life's daily load yet on w,
trudge and hope for rest, q little furthe
down the road......That was the "cutest
thing OF the season--hJteel young ladies O
our town to ruSticate at the baysde will
only one gentleman attendant. So it cam
to the ears Of the reporter and so it got il
the ZINES, and see the result-a hockin;
thither Of the other young men like eagle
after desert prey. If fifteen of our youn
men were to exhibit as much brightnes
IN business perceptions, what mightn'
Smyrna ecome......Revolutions may neve
go backward but be careful never to sit OF
the tailboard of farm wagon. This is 70
the benefit of our town people who go int
the country. y......August is the month @
dissipations, and when it is ended, man
will find that they have come out of the ses
son very much worsted. Our bayside resort
offer premium to designations that excel
all others. The moonlight bathing, tn
midnight rides, the loosening of restraint
on all sides, renders it season of hazard
to the young that parents perhaps do nc
enough consider. To those who 90 fo
unworthy motives, the camp meetings ma
be also the occasions of dissipating tn
mind, and it is a matter of congratulate
that to all these things there is an end...
Nobody thinks of going to the dictionar
for definition of the word manners,
and most people would be surprised t
know that one of the words there given a
its SYNONYM is morals" 1.-The gauz
winged katydid is heard in the land, an
the weatherwise predict frost in six weeks
......It is singular that not a watermelo
has been in our market, though we are az
preaching the middle of August. The
have been at the camp meetings for th
past two weeks. Where are johnson an
Reese 2.....The eclipse on Monday evenin
attracted a good many sky gazers to tn
street though they did not have to loo
very high, for the moon rose in eclipst
which had nearly passed off before bein
observed by many..,...Pe People will at time
mount an economical hobby and ride it fc
a while-stopping a variety of little leak
In the family expenditure, which amour
to about nothing, and leaving the gres
slulce.ways open. There is many ma
too poor to put dime in the church co
lection who will spend three dollars for a
evenings frolic......The accidental catchin
, and burning of the gauze that covered th
chandelier while lighting the gas i'll til
parlor Of VIM. NJ. Bell, on Monday evei
ing, was alarming to the family at the tim
out was soon extinguished by persons WI
came to the rescue from the street. .Ot
town poet is thoroughly orthodox on Da
winism," as expressed in his poetry on I'll
, first page......The times, and especial
. during hot weather, makes people MOI
desirous of raising the wind......It is a con
mon saying that "every dog has his day
but the CANNES have too many of the
:; this summer......The man that never had
hobby will probably turn out to be rather
, dull kind of person.
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