Smyrna times., 1881-09-14
Smyrna and Vicinity.

THE canning factory has had a full sup
ply of tomatoes the past week, and is
making good time.
OUR young men and lads, "where do
they spend Sundays?" is becoming an
anxious question with many.
E. BLAIs will make sale of horses,
cows, carriages, &c, at the Smyrna House
next Saturday afternoon at o'clock.
A SPECIAL purse of 81 900, free for all
PAGERS, will be offered on Tuesday, Sept.
81. The purse will be divided into four
moneys.
THE weather this week has been de-
lightful in its clear, bracing air; in con-
trast with the light air and willing heat of
last week.
H. c. MURPHEY, of the Alley Mills"
went out the other morning for some di-
version with the squirrels, and returned
with nine i'll his game bag.
BY advertisement it will be seen that T.
B. Megear has entered on the fall cam
paign at its very start and means business.
He has laid in a full stock of goods.
The Seaford Inder in noting the state
ment in regard to our School Directors
and the Bible i'll the Schools says emphat-
ically, Gentlemen don't give up the
Bible"
WHEN the Morning NeWs learned that
Smyrna had seven pigs wise enough when
hungry to suck COW that didn't object,
it declares that this town is never tired of
producing prOdigies.
REV. G. II. WATERS has got his music,
composed for the jubilee occasion recently
held ON the liberation of the Centennial
Church from debt, copyrighted. 1t is well
spoken of by critics.
Mr.. BENJAMIN, the popular ticket agent
and telegraph operator at Clayton, and
Miss Fannie Foust were quietly married
on Monday at the residence of f. H. Beck
and took the train the same afternoon for
Niagara Falls.
J. II. PRIMROSE, of Wilmington, and
formerly of Smyrna, will return to this
town about the 26th inst, to engage in his
former business of selling boots, shoes,
hats, caps, and mems furnishing goods,
when he will have full line in every de-
partment.
THE rain of Saturday seems not to have
been general over the Peninsula. The
towns way down the country are still
calling for rain. John r. Griffin of Tuck
ahoe Neck says they had none of the rain
Of Saturday, and but small rain ON Sun
day evening,
F. $. PHELPS, proprietor of the Boston
One Price Clothing Store, who has been
here for the past year and a-half, is having
the stock of goods removed to Wilmington
to-day. John E. Phillips has rented the
store room for the purpose of keeping
| clothing and Gents. furnishing goods.
THOSE boys who visit North Street every
night and swear, blow horns and fight,
would greatly oblige the citizens if they
would ''gO West" They make more noise
than q drove of 400 mules, all braying
at once. Is there not any law in Smyrna?
If so will not the city Fathers see it en-
forced? X.
| THIS season has demonstrated that corn
planted in good ground and well titled
can be grown almost without rain. Green
corn was brought to market last week
that had the benefit of only two or three
little showers from its planting and many
fields have matured with the same
quantity.
THE steamer Clyde stopped yesterday
and the train connecting her with the
Delaware Railroad ditto. The latter was
we'll patronized, the train carrying filled
car nearly every trip each way. The ex.
cursiOns it is said were not so profitable as
last year, but the daily travel has been
more profitable.
DIR. LAMBDIN has several peach trees
in his garden that were not apprized in
the winter this was the "off" year. Al
any rate they have all bore the usua
crop, delicious as we can testify anC
enough TO keep the DIR. and his family
luxuriating on peaches and cream nearly
all the Summer
SATURDAY, after the rain, was a gooC
day for rail bird shooting. Three of oul
gunners, on PattersOn's meadow near thu
Landing, killed an even hundred inside o
two hours, viz; Speakman 38, VOshell 70
b. SO and Bell 90, The tide was VI
among the reeds. which is always the bes
time for rail shooting.
The third Quarterly Meeting Of Smyrn;
Circuit and Station will occur mex
Sunday. Presiding Elder Martindale will
preach at Friendship" ThOroughfar
Neck, in the morning, Severson's" il
the afternoon and this town at Eight
The quarterly LOvefeast will be held a
9 O'Clock, before the morning services.
IT takes nature but a little time to re
pair its losses. A week or more ago tn
J grass plats were as brown as nuts and tn
flowers faded and wilted. To-day tn
!, former are FeclOthed in their beautiful
dress of emerald aEd the latter are decke,
in their gayest and brightest bues. In n
: place is this more apparent than jp "Bel
mont Park" whose acres of Verdur
showed the serious effect of the season.
FODDER saving is never healthy seaso
and 1t is not to be wondered at, such al
, one as this OF the past two weeks wher
the thermometer ranged for days betwee
9O' and 1902 that many laboring me
should suffer from its effects. We heal
however, of no extreme cases, and tn
4 evidence Of ehills and fevers is not nea
| SO great as is complained of in man
, places.
: JOHN ANTHONY is testing bis new eyaI
orator on apples, from his own Orchar
and what he can by buying, and is turn
> ing out some as beautiful fruit as is eve
seen in market. He Is not running to til
$ full capacity of his machines, which ca
a cure 800 baskets of peaches per day. ii
has been evaporating about 100 baskets {
apples per day. We hope that favors
8 BILE season next year may test his evapC
t rators to their fullest extent on peaches.
: THE Penjasular Fair at Middletown wi
I open on Tuesday, September goth, an
continue three days. il will doubtless b