Smyrna times., 1880-06-02
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

soon be over.
The school children are counting the
weeks till vacation.
SPRING chickens are ripe when the young
chandeliers begin to crow. That time has
arrived.
The communication of our correspon-
dent "Web" is too late as an argument
and too soon as prophecy.
TEAR down your high, tight board fences
and make your home and surroundings as
cheerful and beautiful as possible.
JOHN II. HoFFECKER has commenced the
manufacture of cans at his caRnery for
putting up peaches and tomatoes.
PEoPLe do not like to 60 to night church
service in the day time. A half hour later
might make an appreciable difference.
EDGAR SPRUANcE has connected himself
with the commission house of Warner A.
Sharp & Co., 1918 Vine ST., Philadelphia.
THE Boston One-price Clothing House has
a large assortment of fine goods on exhibi.
tion at Megear's old stand. Go and see
them.
THE strawberries that were brought to
town last week were mostly sun struck. |
This was especially the case on Friday and
Saturday.
TIE spring circus has not yet put in an
appearance and the average small boy is
perplexed to know what to do with his
strawberry money.
BIshoP LEE drew a large congregation to
| st. Peters on Sunday morning last as he
always does. There was one candidate for
the rite of confirmation.
TIE rains of Thursday and Sunday, that
| fell so copiously in some places, were scarce
| ly more than sprinkles in this vicinity. a
| good shower was generally coveted.
V. E. HOLMES, the well.known clothier
of Wilmington, has opened store in T.
B. Megear's old stand for a limited time.
The window makes an attractive appear
ance.
II. F. OWENS, with his pupils of this
town, made a second visit to Dover on
Thursday night last and was again greeted
by full house at the colored Bethel
Church.
THE warm weather last week succeeding
the rain sent corn jumping and between
the thinning, tilling, berry gathering, &c,
it was pressing time with all out doors
employment.
"TuERE is as good a chance of making
a living in Smyrna as any other place" Is
the experience of Able S. FAIRIES after re-
turning from prospecting tour West as
far as Denver.
IT is astonishing the number Of Chris
: tians that are kept away from church by
the appearance of cloud. They even
search the heavens for an excuse from per.
fOrDoiDn tbaip ra1iryio1c flutioS
THE $500 subscribed by our citizens to
clean out the creek is being applied. a
mud machine commenced at the work OF
5 digging out the shoals on Monday, and
v will be at the work for some time.
\ THE spring setting Of strawberry plants
h had struggle for existence the past two
: months and thousands Of them succombed
= to the dry weather. 1t is tbe hoped they
u have entered on better days with the pres
g ent rain fall.
G WHEAT is already assuming golden ap
It pearance and harvest it is thought will b.
on in little over a week. Some field
will possibly do to cut by the 10th or 18th
's This will be about two weeks ahead Of th,
s average time.
IS JUNE, the freshest and prettiest montl
IS in the year is upon us, rich in its perfume
n Of Honey-suckle and roses June is 10 tn
n rest of the year like tho blush of youD
maidenhOod in comparison to the NOR
y matronly habits of maturer years.
o. THE "Olympic" Base Ball Club of Odess
N came down on Saturday to play gam
Ii with the Junior Club of this town and wer
10 beaten in score of 81 to 30. On the wa
home their vehicle broke down and the
had to foot it a distance Of some thre
, miles-making the result On the whole ur
'K satisfactory.
aS WOODEN WEDDING.-Guests to the nun
n Der of thirty or forty persons met on laI
te Wednesday at the residence of Mr.. Tho
n. j. Middleton and wife, nee Mary A. Ewel
to participate with them in celebratin
au their fifth wedding anniversary. At tn
he close of social evening refreshments wei
,st served and the event passed off most plea
ba antly.
- THE Delaware & Chesapeake Railwa
which has heretofore run only to Eastol
has been completed and on Monday cor
en- menced through trips to Oxford, the tern
sV- mus of the line on the Chesapeak Ba
les Going South the trains will leave ClaytC
OF at 1l:05 and o'clock, P. NJ. and returnir
M will leave Oxford for the North at 7:15 ar
en- ll:l5 A. NJ, arriving at Clayton at l0:1S al
on P. NJ.
hg The "baby" excursion on Wednesdi
IN last on the Iygert was well patronized, Il
passenger list numbering As, but the nur
he Der on Friday was swelled to 60 includil
zee a corps Of our teachers who left after scho
his hours on Friday, giving them the reere
ton of full day in the city and retu
'"O home in time for a Sunday morning brea
IRA fast and refreshed for all the privileges al
not duties Of the day,
the THE CENsUs.-The enumeFators CONNIE
atic ced the work. of taking the census yest
wa day. One months time is given the SUD
intendents of census within which to ma
Oou their returns to General Superintende
res. Walker at Washington, but the enumerat,
ise- will have to complete their work in ten
fifteen days. The census is to be the M
complete ever made and is to include !
only statistics of population, the age, 81
K ls and occupation of the inhabitants Of ca
lent city, town, village, county and district,
4 re. also the industries, manufacturing a
commercial establishments, with the ch
VI" acter of their trade, the number OF n
the employed, the capital invested, the mum
set of religious, educational and charitable
v Ia stitutions, the costs, &c.
if il MATRIMoEIAL.-Mr.O Oscar Fisher, iewe
- to for the past fifteen years a bachelor resid
of our town, has made up his mind to br,
are the monotony Of his single life by comu
'sans ting matrimony, and simultaneous with
dis going to press is passing through the c.
Re monies OF sealing the matrimonial b'
He anere !; aha asss,s spice et 2. romance n
as the young and tender are but pIaythi
State in the hands of the tickle goddess. Mr.
rs al never saw his bride until few weeks
rican but her image was mirrored on his sou
. of FIRST sight, and he was unhappy until
lican had declared his passion which he was
8 the slow in doing. In accordance will
king custom in tbs sFaderlandn of spens
IS the two or three weeks with the groom be
8 Mr.. marriage to Judge for herself of the 81
'ican ton, the bride has thus honored his he
lid of and being satisfied with him for her Y /
ystem lord,p their fortunes from this hour will
litical down the same grove in the path OF
"a the futuro lives