Smyrna times., 1879-08-13
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.


SMYRNA AND VICINITY.
Mr.. PRESLEY SPRUANCE, of this town, it
is stated, is an applicant for the Recorders
Office. There are twelve or fifteen others
desiring the place.
THE family excursion this morning for
Cape May was the largest of the season.
Over 500 were on the train-between 125
and 1875 from this town.
The frequent loads of tile passing through
the town from the yard of VIM. M. Bell
indicate that a considerable amount of
draining will be done this fall.
WE have on our table several punches of
ripe grapes from the garden of George NJ.
Stevenson of this Office. They are of the
Telegraph variety and spicy table grape.
ONE of our merchants, Capt. John Cosden,
has been what tar would call Gland
lubber," taking on Monday, it is said, his
first trip from here to the city on a
steamer.
THE first sweetpotatoes of the season
made their appearance in the market on
Saturday and were for sale by John B.
Cooper. They were of the red variety and
good size.
ROBT. DENNEY gathered last week from
his field an ear of corn of the Mammoth
Chester variety that was fully matured and
almost as dry as the usual run of corn al
husking time.
THE crop of early potatoes is not so large
or plentiful in market as last year, but
what is quite as important, the crop o.
late potatoes promises to be many times
better than last year.
THE seasonable weather of the past two
weeks has been fine for seeding turnip!
and turning fallow and the latter is mainly
accomplished and ready when the timt
comes for the wheat seeding.
PEACHES are coming into market for loca
use and selling for from 25 to 40 cts. pc
basket They are mostly better eatin,
fruit than those picked for city market
because too ripe for shipment.
A NEW time table went into operation oil
the Della. & Chesapeake railroad on Monday
Trains going south will leave Clayton a
1855 A. NJ, and S:l5 P. NJ; going north
leave Easton at T:30 and IL A. NJ.
MANY of the "peach plucks" are finding
work, now the push and hurry of the pick
ing season has come. A gentleman tells u
he hired four of them last week and in hi
language they were working boys"
! The water melons Of our own section ar
late this year and to supply the deman,
several of our dealers bought large quaint
ties in Philadelphia, but they were not vi
to the standard in quality if they were il
looks.
The largest crowd gathered at Collins
Beach last Thursday evening that has me
there any evening this year. The dancing
was kept up till late hour, the Ballroom
being crowded. Messrs. Inmann & Co. ar
running the beach energetically.
Gov. HALL has in about two months
successor to John B. Pennington to appoint
The Office of Attorney General is q rC
sponsible one, and we hope he will max
no mistake. The friends of George Ora
of New Castle, in this town, are workin
| dCllfeiy lOF ulLl.
JOHN L. JENKINS, former carrier of tn
TINES, now a resident of Philadelphia hs
been spending few days in his old haunt
He is successfully engaged in the grocer
business near the Baltimore depot, an
this is his first visit to his old home sine
he left some eight or ten years ago.
SELECT SCHooL.-By advertisement els
where it will be seen that Miss NJ Z. Jal
vier and Mrs. S. w. Raymond will open
select school in the house recently occupie
J by Miss Rivers. They are from New Cast
} County, and as will be seen by the refe
ences, come well endorsed. Smyrna shoul
support a good select school.
t N. T. UNDERWOOD showed usa fine samp
3 yesterday of new fruit, evaporated la
5 week. He expects to run his Boswe
s Heaters actively, and has employed NJ
s jackson who started with the first evapor
tor and has worked with them continuous
until the present time. He thinks IL
n peaches turned out by the Boswell the be
OF any machine that he has ever workt
: with.
i MINIsTERIAL.-Rev. J. c. Thompson, wi
left this town some sixteen years ago an
! is now pastor of church in PHILADELPHIA
b occupied the pulpit Of the Presbyteri.
4 Church on Sunday last morning and eve
!. ing. Mr.. Thompson has many warm DC
sonal friends in Smyrna who were bo
Q pleased to hear him preach again and me
It him socially. This is his second visit sin
:, he resided with us as pastor.
: Rev. Chas. A. Hill, of Princess Anne, 81
Of Presiding Elder Hill, has been spendil
. few days home and Sunday evenil
o preached for Rev. Mr.. Haynes to a lar
W and interested congregation.