Smyrna times., 1880-09-08

EDITOR TINES AS copy of your valua.
BILE paper, through the kindness of some
friend, reaches our burg every week and
we are permitted to peruse its columns, we
thought perhaps some of your readers would
like to hear from Indiana. Paw Paw is
situated little north of the central part
of Indiana, and we think it and its sur
rounding country are very desirable places
to live.
Although it has been very dry here this
summer, the corn looks WELL Wheat aver
aged from twenty to thirty bushels per
acre. There has been an abundance of
blockberries, raspberries, Strawberries, Gran.
berries, huckleberries and cherries. The
apple crop will be large. Those who have
peach trees will have pretty good crop of
peaches, although we do not raise them
here as you do in Delaware. If farmer
has twenty or thirty peach trees here, they
think it is alarge number. Hogs are dying
with the cholera, but enough of weather
and crops.
The children of James NJ. Jones, who
was once a resident of Delaware, and son
of "Aunty JONES'" as you call her, oI
Smyrna, concluded that they would make
their parents a surprise on the forty-fourth
anniversary of their wedding day, the 4th
| of August. The old folks were preparing tc
thresh that day in the afternoon. So in the
morning the father went around and invi
| ted his neighbors to come in the afternoon
to help thresh, but his son George know
ing of the arrangement followed after hi
father. telling the hands that they were no
going to thresh, but were going to have
wedding. By 10 o'clock, A. NJ, all his chill
dren, grandchildren and great. t.grandchild
his sister Rebecca Mitten and other friend
were assembled at his residence and hat
brought baskets overloaded with eatables
The old folks were surprised but, as the say
ing is, they said they "smelt q rat" Abou
one o'clock they spread their dinners on
table nearly twenty feet long, and when
was all on the table it fairly groaned wit
good things. 1t was never our privilege t
sit down to such a table. On it we notice
eight different kind of pies, viz: peacl
blackberry, tomato, grape, apple, sugal
cherry and huckleberry. Nine differer
kind of cakes, viz: brides. cake, groom
cake, railroad, cocoanut, gold, silver, waite
melon, spong and white cake; three kind
Of bread, six kinds of pickles, six kind {
fruits, five kind Of desserts, chickens, bee
potatoes, tomatoes, tea and coffee, beside
many other good things too numerous
mention. The table was beautifully orn
mented with boquets of flowers and was
grand sight. After dinner the childre
surprised the old folks again by presentin
their father with a very nice arm chair,
which he can sit in his declining years an
remember his dear ones, and their moth'
with q nice Cashmere shawl. They wei
then completely surprised, but to pass
off their father took their mother in b
arms and sat down in his new chair ar
began rocking, hugging and kissing he
which caused great merriment, he seemir
as happy as a man just married. 1t was
day long to be remembered by all preser
Every thing passed of pleasantly, and
Grandmother Jones, Uncle William al
Aunt Mary Nelson, of Smyrna, and Au
s. Mary Richards, of Camden, Del, had be,
present the families JOY would have be-
complete. There were present betwe
fifty and sixty, and about five o'clock th
q all departed feeling that it was good to
there. As our letter has grown length
we will not weary your readers longer.
INDIANA GIRL.
PAW Paw, Ind, Aug. 80, 1880.