Smyrna times., 1881-07-20

DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.-HattieS Stubbs, |
aged twelve years, daughter of Rev. Enoch |
Stubbs, was severely burned on Monday
night last at Chester Heights camp meet |
ing by the explosion of coal oil lamp. |
Her right arm and right leg were terribly
burned.
In speaking of the Cape May excursion
last week, the first of the season, the Mid
dletown Transcript says GA passenger
car was attached to the early freight train
down, Wednesday morning, to connect
with the Clyde excursion to Cape May, but
nobody went from Middletown. The ex-
cursion was not advertised here, save by Il
bill in the depot, and consequently very
few persons knew of it. Excursion 'pro-
mOters' cannot get people to patrOniZe
their grand d-frst-and-only- -double-wi
yard-wide" summer trips unless they
make the particulars public, and there is
no other certain way to do this than
through the newspapers"
WANTED TO CHARTER.-A few days ago
Messrs. J. +. Tygcrt & Co. received
letter from Governor Hall asking if their
steamer could be chartered for five days
trip to Yorktown, Va, to convey the Gov
ernOr's Staff, State officials and Militia
about 300 persons i'll ALTO attend the
Centennial Anniversary of Corvallis
surrender to take place on October 18th.
The number was more than the Iygc1f
could comfortably accommodate for 50
long Il time, and besides the prOprietOrs
did not wish to interfere thus with the
regular business of the boat If the Gov
ernor succeeds in finding suitable craft
which he doubtless can, our State will
have very creditable representation at
the great and final Revolutionary Centen-
nial.
MINOR MENTION.--Nem predicted
cooler weather the latter half of July was
promptly OH time, Sunday and Monday
being delightfully."- breezy and refreshing
and the thermometer on the latter down
to 6O'.-Some men who made promises
on Il wheat crop greater by one fourth
than was the yield, will start IL circle of
Disappointment delightful notes
of the feathered sOngsters will mostly
cease i'll the next two weeks, but the graft
/ flying fact remains that those from John
sons Shoe ManutactOry will come down
the autumn and Winter.-SundaY was Il
good church going day-the wcll-filled
seats of the M. +. Church especially Civ
ing the place anything but the usual
aspect of Il midsummer church. In the
language of the MiddletOwn TrdAScriDt
''the Sunday-schOOl excursion is ripe"
We wouldn't be surprised, if our officers
were willing, thata very large second crop
couldn't be gathered.-The pastor OF
the NJ +. Church, as discoursed on sun
day, is Il decided believer in the difiusiyC
power of Christianity, that though it may
be working with less demonstration, the
forces are potential; the world is better
to-day than it was yesterday and will be
better tomorrow than it is to-day, and il
we could come back fifty or hundred
years hence we would find IL wonderful
advancement, especially in the eradica
tiOn from the State Of all licensed sinful
tratfics.-July has given us very little
! street sprinkling either of nature or art
Persons who delight in astral affair,
) can have Il rare sight by rising at the
: early hour of three o'clock to see the con
junction of the Planets in the Eastern
} sky. Several of our pdferfdmHids the pas
| week have been called up by ''conjunc
5 ton of circumstances at an earlier hOu
r than this to rejoice at the appearance o
l new stars in the family constitutions
I Kill the white and yellow butterflies tina
: sport over your cabbage and tomat,
l patches; they deposit the worms that ar
I so Obstructive to the crOps-COm i
not so forward as last year but the crol
$ promises well if we can have it scasonabl
e the balance of the eseasOn.-Been fishin,
: yet? Perch are biting pretty we'll off tn
4 steamboat wharf, and out in the bay. TIL
;. cold weather last winter killed off all O
the crabs, so that none of these are bein
= caught.--The hum of the wheat threshe
y and the sound Of the steam whistle is nov
= heard in almost every neighborhoOd.-
y About gardens potatoes are plentiful
II corn is coming into market; peas ar
played out; stringbeans are II cent ban
I rel; squashes boil beautifully; beets ar
IL all right for those who like them, and h
, who don't does not know what is good
;. cabbage need rain, egg-plants attract pot;
IL to bugs; tomatoes will be abundant in
week or two; Lima beans ought to pa
y pole tax; celery plants are now ready t
IL plant; cucumbers can catch collie an
cholera mOrbus; onions are abundant
'r turnips will be sOwn in August; youn
L grapeVines should be well watered from tn
well or with soapsuds during dry weathe
III Our carpenters all continue busy
Flies that tease horses are very numerou
"a -" Crank" is the coming tedious wor,