Daily Republican., 1879-11-19
ous DELAWARE UIrv LETTER
The weather anA WaSes-Cse4ass
snA the Laalss-A 1egeoeAe shas
dlda't CO0e O9-Cash esd Cee1st
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suA the Lsaiss-A ksseDsAe thas
dids'e Co0e O9-Cash oD1 CesAst
-0esslps-YeusS Men ana Girls.
Special Correspondence Of the Republican.
DKLAwARE CIrr, Nov. l6, 10.
This morning, Notwithstanding the
wind is very high, the weather 10 very
pleasant q II has been during the whole
OF the past week. The slight rain We
had In the early part Of last evening
was very acceptable, but w should not
have complained had few more hogs.
heads Of water been allowed to descend
TO the psrchsd earth. There is not OK
actly what you might call . drouth
here and in all the surrounding eoun-
try, and yet the long absence ofa first
Glass rain Is causing many wells TO DRY
up entirely, whilst others do not yield
q sufficisncy Of water for ordinary do
mestic purposes.
The croq uettests Of this town encoursg-
ed by the tilt they had with your crack
playsrs,-in which your team was
badly bsatsn-hsvs organised q regu-
lar club to be called the "Delaware
City Croquet Club" The officers are :
President, Clement Reeves; Vice Presi-
dent, John 2. Bslville Secretary,
Charles G. Ash Treasurer, Charles q.
Alexander. The Club has rented
Alexander Hall, and fitted 1t up with
all appliances for playing this interest
ing game. During the winter months
no doubt ladies' will be invited 10 par
ticipate in the games Of the club, which
will make 1t doubly interesting. The
club is composed Of some Of the finest
young men Of our town, respected by
all who know them, and no lady need
at any time hesitate about entering
the room, and either participate or
be mere locker on. Why notf Ladies
need and are entitled to recreation just
as much as the lords Of creation, and
| | know Of no game that would suit them
better than croquet; there is nothing
laborious about It, and there Is just
enough excitement attending the game
to keep up lively flow OF the animal
spirits. Ladies can become champions
in this game as we'll as men; indeed
have known ladies to bs such expert
players that champions who won their
honors proudly, hesitated and dropped
their heads in sulIen silence when Miss
go and so bantersd them for social
game. II | mistake not, croquet was
first inaugurated in this country by the
ladies', but men becoming enamored
with the game as much as with the la
dies, probably more SO with the ladies
in a short time began to appropriate
the game, and in many instances ap'
propriated the ladies also. Well, the
game is q pleasing and innocent one
and the more one knocks the balls
about, the more do they become infat
uated with it. These harmless games
in which ladies can play as we'll as men,
have the good effect Of divsrting men
away from places they should not visit,
and elevate them, too, In the mora
scale. Let the game 60 on.
The serenade which was to have CONT
off at the southeast corner Of Third and
Bsyald streets on Friday evening last
was unceremoniously checked by Mayol
Bigger. on account Of the continued Ill
ness ii Mr.. Won Culin. Mr.. G. is sub
iect TO spasmodic attacks Of nervousness
and this nervousness Is augmented
when anything unusual takes place
Therefore IL would have been very I'm
prudent to have allowed the conglomer
alton Of pandsmonium sounds to pro
oesd, Those who had been practicine
exactly how much noise they ooulc
give vent TO without bursting theil
lungs, we're Of course disappointed IL
not being allowed to make the nigh
bideous, but when matters were ex'
plaiped. there vas no acrid feelings
sngendered so the newly married cou
ple can thank Mr.. c. for not being dis
turbed in their billing and cooling. Err
the honey moon wanss and sets, they
NAV be the recipients Of music gotter
mn in the first style of the art OF cali
thumpiumism. Had the serenade roms
off, the bridegroom would no doub
have allowed the musicians to retire
b,th hungry and dry, at least am TOLD
mat this was his intention. Well
some people have peculiar ways OF doine
things. and however their ways are tt
the masses, they cannot make things
better by fault-fnding, and SO they
quietly accept the situation, and Keel
docile.
NV remarks about high prices, and
the same prices being exacted from
cash buyers that is charged to those
who deal almost exclusively on credit
have aroused some Of our mercha 1T
from the lethargic sleep into which
they had fallen. Some Of them do bus
| mess in q very slip-shod manner, and
so long as they make living and big
profits, they do not seem to care who
are the sufferers by their indiscrss'
mode Of charges. am glad to know,
however, that it is the intention of two
or three of our merchants to give this
IN matter their thoughtful consideration,
and draw a line of demarcation be-
tween the cash buyer and the rurchas
or who goes on credit, with not the
most remote idea of ever paying with.
out being compelled to do SO by law
co broad and plain that there will be
no mstaking it. There is class o.
persons who deal on credit and pay
promptly oncs = week, or once month,
unless some unforeseen accident pre-
vents them. These persons should bt
accounted as cash buyers, and not b.
put on a footing with the won't players
A discriminating and shrewd business
man can very readily tell who will and
who will not pay. What is most i'm.
portaut now 10 to get goods as cheap in
Delaware City as the same kinds Of ar
ticles can be bought in Philadelphia,
and retain the money here, where
will do the most good.
| 1uhorJ f;rst locatad here. II yOr