Smyrna times., 1879-10-01
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

SMYRNA AND VICINITY.
]. B. COOPER is branching out for the fall
trade. See advertisement next week.
CADET SrAYToN closed his vacation last
week and returned to Annapolis. He
expects soon to be sent on a cruise to
France.
IT is stated that the Eureka Fan Company
sold 40 fans in this vicinity last week, 20 |
of them in ono day. They run four or five
wagons.
BARNUMs great show is coming to Dover |
on October 14th. 1t takes one hundred |
cars to transport it. See advertisement
next week.
KENToN shipped 100 car loads of peaches
besides a considerable quantity that was
hauled through this town to Tygert's
line of propellers.
THE Daily Fair published by the Ed. of
the Transcript is bright and we'll gotten up
little daily. The editor has Way about
him of always doing things we'll.
Our farmers say that Sussex County de-
serves the credit of exhibiting the best
stock at the Dover Fair. The principal
exhibit was by j. j. Ross & Co., Seaford
Mrs. MARY A. KINNEY showed us last
week collection of ten or twelve branches
of and leaf clover all grown from the
same plant from a seed dropped in her
garden.
JAMES w. JUMP, for some time clerking
for VIM. E. Hall, in this town, left on Mon.
day for Greenville Bond co., Illinoise to
enter the clothing store of T. w. Coverdale,
formerly of Kenton.
The Second Quarterly meeting will be
in Bethel A. NJ. Z. Church on Sunday next.
| There will be preaching in the morning at
lO3 o'clock, in the afternoon at % and in
the evening at y.
j. WILKsHELMs, Pastor.
AMONG the visitors to the town this week
are Mrs. John w. Oliver, Yonkers, n. Y. !;
the Misses Humphreys, Bryne Mawr, Pa. !;
Miss Ponder, Milton Miss Laura Painter,
Milford, and Mr.. B. J. Potter, Hutchinson,
Kansas.
OUR Agricultural column, fourth page,
contains an account of the Kent County
Exhibition 25 years ago when there was no
race course and the time occupied only
one day. The contrast between then and
now is interesting, in showing the develop
ment in that time.
REV. Mr.. RAwLINs intends to hold a vii
lage campmeeting at Kenton, beginning on
Sabbath the Goth of October. 1t will hold
several days and he will be assisted by a
number of other ministers. A protracted
meeting is now being held at Central NJ. E.
Church.
THE General Agent for the Champion
Reapers in Baltimore, for whom Geo. w
q S. Taylor act as agents in this State, had
a tent at the Dover Fair that became @
popular place of resort with the farmers
About 200 of them were lunched in this
tent on Friday.
Mr.. N. T. UNDERWOOD last week put uI
four of his Boswell Detected Heaters ir
Bridgeville, Del. Two of these were pur
chased by William Pattin who has large
house for keeping sweetpotatoes during the
winter. The house has a capacity fol
10000 baskets which he is now filling a
twenty cents per basket.
THE farmers who visited the Dover Fai
complained that one class of exhibits il
which they were most interested, agricul
| turai machinery, was thrust by the Di
rectors, Ito make way for Restaurants), il
the most remote corner OF the &c acre en-
closure and away from everything else
The Messrs. Taylor, of this town, who ha,
one of the largest collections ever exhibited
in the State, also felt their isolation in tn
great crowd.
RUNAwAY.-The team of the Eurek
3 Fan Company took fright at the cars at tn
a Depot on Monday afternoon last, an,
bounded down Commerce street, thoug
the reins were in the hands of a stron
Q man, at a fearful rate, creating an intens
| excitement for the moment. The drive
a kept clear of other vehicles until reachin
:, the centre of the town, there bazing tn
= carriage of Geo. W. Cummins and takin
/ the hind wheel off of G. Speakman's i
:, which was Mrs. Speakman, mother and
a lady visitor; the driver being thrown froi
his balance, the horses were suddenl
whirled to the side walk with their heaC
thrust through the large glass window {
y Eben Lurthy's sewing machine establish
:. ment. The casualties, which at one tin
e looked as il they would be very seriou
" fortunately turned out to be slight.
A. POCKETS PIcKED.-Pickpocket were pa
:. ticularly entsrprising at the Fair and vie
:" pretty strongly with the jockeys and gam
Q, lers in handling other peoples none
ID Their first operations were noticed in tryil
"a to relieve a Marydel gentleman, d.
Hether, of 81 500 pocket book (it is n
y stated whether he was banker for the col
OF munity or not) and three Of the lig
or fingered gentry were soon furnished boar
a ing at Sheriff Dunn's hotel. Peter
), Meredith was relieved of $76 in the Fl
7! and Jas Nicholson of Summit Bridge, of 3
In at the depot. Thos,J Davis Of Milford, g
lie and Mr.. Joseph of the same town, 81
III Mr.. Samuel Gillespie of Warwick lost
valuable watch and chain and many sir
re- lar instances of losses occurred. The M
dietown Transcript man says: No body
safe at q fair but a country editor
.he never carries anything in his pockets
.e an 'semp quad, stampy leadsPencil,
- order from an advertising agent for
ma pair of number Ii boots, and @ com
hat mentarv flc1xatsi