Middletown transcript., 1880-04-10
Local Affairs.
To vyn Notes.

Politically, we are unusually quiet, jus
now.
Hon. E. R Cochran is still active in hi.
nursery.
Ice as thick as window glass was made
Thursday morning.
Rev. DR. Kennedy preached at Drawer:
Church, Odessa, on Sunday.
Mr.. Pennington is having quite brisk de-
mand for his agricultural machinery.
Miss Gertie Bunnell will probably read here
about the 22d o. The present month.
Some very fine shad, the first of the season,
were brought to Mlddetnwn on Saturday.
Rev DR.. Patton will preach at the chapel
at Armstrong;, on Sabbath afternoon nj %
o'clock.
Gardening is now being done by nearly
everybody who has a turn for that sort Of
amusement.
The company's painters have finished at the
depot, and the buildings are greatly improved
in appearance.
S NJ. Reynolds & Co. have put a Dig cofce
mill in their new grocery, the first one Of the
kind TO come to town.
We don hear much Of the Dover Fair this
spring We arise to enquire what has be-
come of its annual boom.
Sc 'eral advertisements are unavoidahly
crowded out Of this issue. In all cases the
number of insertions will be made up
Isaac Jones, jr las bought the prospective
fruit Of tharles Derrickson's peach orchard
containing about 5000 trees. Terms private
Cox 4 Bro are building large number of
very fine carriages this spring, and are encour-
aged by the number oforders already received.
Those wishing 10 advertise IN the annual
catalogue of The P A. & P Association will
please hand in their copy during the present
month.
party of serenaders paid their respects 10
a newly married couple, Tuesday evening,
and awoke every living thing iu the school
district
Miss F S. Chadhourne who gave our peo-
pie such an excellent entertainment Tuesday
evening, is announced TO read in the Odessa
Town Hall on Tuesday evening Of next week.
Friend X ties speaks rather discouragingly
about The ice-cream crop, but We have no
doubt that he will be prepared for US in
due season.
Thousands of dollars worth of new farm
machinery are sold here every season. A
great deal of this ought TO be manufactured
right at home Enterprise and capital would
do it.
Our farmers who intend 10 buy seeds this
spring will find the announcements Of reli-
able and cnterprising seedsmen in our adyer-
tising columns The seedsmen who do not
keep themselves before you in your local pa
per are not worthy Of your patronage
P W. Hall, Of Milford, while on his way TO
Philadephia last week, left his pocket-book,
containing SlO7 in gold and $3.50 sci Of diu-
mo md studs, lying on the counter Of the restau-
rant. Mr. Smith found it and returned it TO
the owner, refusing to accept any reward.
John Biggs, Esq now occupies an Office At
No. 4 West 7th street, Wilmington. We are
sorry to lose so popular a young man from
our Town and wish him all manner OF success
in the profession which he has chosen. Mr.
Biggs recently completed his course Of study
in the office of Victor Dupont Esq and pas
sing d most creditable examination, was ad
mitted to the New Castle county bar at the
November term Of Court. 1879.
As will be SEEN Dy announcement elsewhere
in our columns, we are TO have the comic
opera of ''Pinafore," on the evening OF the
27th inst The company which will bring
the opera embraces some Of the best musical
talent of Baltimore, and will give the ever
popular "Pinatore" with complete scenery
and all the ST ge effects. Though rather late
getting here, the opera will no doubt be well
patron ized and appreciated by our people
Manufacturers Of fertilizers who use our col
umns frequently ask us for little notice in
than direct attention to their advertisements
and allow the advertisers 10 do their own
talking to the farmers Of course, the aver
age editor knows about as much about the re-
lative mrri IS OF fertilizers as a farmer knows |
about making q newspaper, and no more;
and when the Aforesaid goes TO talking FER |
tilizer" the agricullurist smiles very deep |
and meaning smile. But We can say TO far
mers that they ought to use the fertilizers of
those manufacturers who are enierprisiUg |
enough TO use the columns of the local paper
of the section in which they seek trade.
Sometimes Il new and innocent correspOn
dent commences communication as follows:
"Uur euterprising feIlow-townsman, Mr.
Joshua p Squiggs, has just opened frst-class
dry goods and grocery store in Sciberville,
where be is prepared to see all his old friends
and many new ones. Mr. Squiggs is the most
popular merchant in all this section, and is
selling extremely low for cash or country pro-
duce. Give him q call before going else
where" 1t worth fifteen cents to see the
editor smile when ne receives some local news
like the above, accompanied by modest re.
quest TO send the aforesaid Squiggs marked |
copy Of the paper.