Smyrna times., 1879-01-01
As THE days begin to lengthen the cold
begins to strengthen, says the old saw.

Denney celebrates her l0l anniversary-an
age but rarely reached and still more rarely
finding the person in the full possession of
their faculties as in her case. She is inter.
ested in the events of the day and enjoys
the society of her friends with the zest of
former years and their meeting and greet.
ing to-day at the residence of Col. Geo. w.
Cummns must be an occasion of more than
ordinary interest to those participating in it.
| LECTURE.-The course of lectures an. |
nounced last week to be given by Rev. w. |
G. w. Lewes, at st. Peters Church, it is |
hoped will be literally patronized as they |
promise to be instructive and interesting !
| The first lecture will be delivered on Mon
day night next at y o'clock-subject the
Reign of Fire" Tickets can be had at
the drug store of Jas. P Hoffecker or of
the Rev. w. B. Gorden at the Delaware
House. Season tickets 81 single lecture
20 cts, which can be paid at the door.
SMYRNA's HOLIDAY MISUNDERSTANDING the
past week or two the following persons
have been visiting this town (former resi-
dents indicated hy starr, viz: Miss Bessie
Collins, Milford; Miss Molle Lindale,
Wyoming; Rev. DR.. s. B. Hayward,
*William r. Cahoon, jr., and wife, Miss
Blanche Cahoon, Wilbur Cahoon. Miss
} Cora Culbreth, Miss Laura Hargadine,
Dover; Miss Maggie Boggs, Miss Emma
Raughley, Leipsic; Miss Willie Walker,
Miss Della Hukill, John Hayes, Odessa
Miss Laura Roberts, Middletown; Mrs.
Emma Cliff, Sassafras Miss Ida Armstrong
Galena; James II. G. Moss, Harry c. Clark,
Kirkwood Horace johnson, Elkton, Nd. !;
s Misses *Alce, *Helen and *Sallie Hoffecker,
: Delaware City; *Miss Laura Doughten. Miss
r Sallie George, Robt. B. Mcdonald, Harry
# Van Gasken, *Eugene Start, *Thos. Wyatt,
Wilmington; Misses Winnie and Matte
. Lynch, Mt. Pleasant; Miss Sallie Lofland,
- Newport; Mrs. Anna F. Groves, Centreville,
u Del; Miss Maggie Maree, Stanton; #Olin
y Hough, Easton, Md; %Miss Bessie Mitchell,
l Greensboro, Md. Miss Lydie Day, Ken.
nedyville, Nd; Col. j. F. Hoy, *Richard S
J. Culbreth, Baltimore; Mrs. Emma Myers
d Miss Lizzie Myers, *Miss Lizzie Norris
IT Miss Annie Fairbanks, *Benj. A. HAZEL
n *James Stnbhs, Philadelphia; Mrs. Rev. j
.. S. Willis, Miss Lizzie Willis, New York
:. *Newton Morton. Florence, n. j.; Jas. F
&c Griffin, Chicago; Thos. c. Oakley, Winona
" Minnesota.
O. THE TEMPERANCE INTEREST generated by
re the State Convention, ran over into ant
predominated in the Sunday services
Rev. DIR. Hayward, from near Dover
- preached temperance sermon on Sunday
r
" " The DR.. Is a vigorous speaker, plants hi
=. truths with a master hand and carries hi
'' audience with him.
In the afternoon at the Town Hall an oveI
st flowing house met to hear Col Hoy. Afte
I'd the reading of the scripture lesson by Rev
OF | w. B. Gordon, and a fervent prayer b
'e Rev. Mr.. Haynes, Col. Hoy took the stag
cir and held the wrapt attention of the packe
audience for nearly an hour and hal
bo In the evening he delivered gospel ten
10 perance discourse from the pulpit dais an
IN was listened to by very large audtnC
1;s for over an hour without the least signs
l. restlessness. The beautiful dressing wit
which he clothes the most pointed truth
together with the candOr and nervol
on earnestness Of enunciation, places q
rk audience in direct sympathy with IL
Tas speaker in his fullest delneation of h
he subject. TO the friends of Temperance
las was indeed "red letter" day.
Too SHARP For THEM-The boys wi
we make up the band of calithumpians a
os' keen on a good subject, especially if
eS- "steals a march" on them. They tai
as little interest in hum.drum man tn
es, want n man of characteristics" to ri
Ied them zest. Mr.. Peter S. Collins, thou;
bordering on his three score and ten, in Il
en-. friskest member, and in addition, he Ia
,ess 'pOssumed" so much they had about p
At sed the subject Of matrimony with him a
lar. perpetual joke. Christmas-eve, the time
was all other to perpetrate joke. he becar
suddenly serious, called in the Dominic a
had the knot tied before there was q. brea
Ter of suspicion in the air. In fact tn
we thought, if ever seriously entertained,
on had sometime ago been waited away on
au' wings of the wind. OF course they 1--WE
Itry for him; y it would have been coward
lich under the circumstances not to give hin
e ''haze" But as might have expected VIII
hel Mr.. c. was concerned, they were not eq
to the occasion. They went the next mig
day to his residence with their horse fiddle a
,ick bells and horns for Jolly time, but Il
men were captured ere they had their hddle
for good tune. Mr.. c. threw open the doors a
and with the airs and graces of a Frenchm
IONS pressed them to partake of his hosptalil
uses and for good season cakes, apples, 4
ntIv circulated in profession. The boys W
ly is licked, the fiddle remained dumb, and
happy bride and groom had the night
:, oF peace.
bout Col. JOHN F. Hoy, now of Baltimt
visit formerly of Cincinnati, has been in
The town the past week entertaining our pee
OS''
s by He came as the guest of citizen '
after heard him with delight few weeks 81
was at Williamsport, Pa. 1t is his first visit
COM believe TO the Peninsula. Col. Hoy
of a man of rare elocutionary powers. lie
chews prosy logicI albeit he has cha
ogra. and tenderness almost feminine In
will quality, he at times swoops down on
= on audience in q torrent of dramatic po
lford that is almost leonine. AS limner,
low draws pictures to life, and he holds II
r his up before his audience in their most
: his pressive attitude. An artist might hav
tains these powers and not be effective, bu
the has passed through the "toils and spt
,pect with soul yearning for the fallen vic
rand of a dreadful vice. Those who have h'
the two say in style of oratory lie is
!, , similar to Cough. His first discourse
VI. L: was on Friday night, where he folio
mt oil Geo. NJ butcher of Wilmington. 1t is
Inc often that an audience is favored by
'as'or such speakers on the same occasion.
meet, D. speaks with persuasveness and m
ana on the tender sensibilities of his audiel
out Col. Hoy comes with that irresistible
IS the of "escape for your life." On MOI
ghtly night at the Town Hall he lectured on
'lsted Mistakes and Blunders of Life W
o Will he showed that his wit and humor
scarcely inferior to his dramatic pow'
ar of delineation. Last night he lecture(
Crat;. another crowded house on "The PowC
most Habit.n He has accepted an invit'
+. the and will speak in Middletown to-mo
,r the and Friday evenings.
n ex. Col Hoy was prominent lawyer In
learn cinnati when the war broke out Al
,sider call ITO arms" he, with thousands OF OF
this offered his services anu was yna t,i"no "a
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