Smyrna times., 1881-08-31

results" Nothing else will prove it.
The peculiarities of this drought is that |
ii is the first one remembered that was not |
ended by rain.
KENTON seems to be central in the point !
Of the dryest belt. Hon. James Williams, /
who resides near there says they have
had no rain comparatively since wheat
harvest and not enough at that time to
drive the men from the fields. The corn
he thinks in that section will not be much
over third of a crop.
AMONG the other worriments of the
farmers is that of follow plOwing. The
time of wheat seeding is near at hand
while the acres turned to receive it arc
very limited. A few are trying to turn
the sod, but they find it dull work. 1t
looks as if they will be forced to rely
mainly on the corn fields.
! THE storm that was promised by ''Old
| Probabilities" last Sunday seems not to
have got much further up the coast than
Charleston. 1t was looked for anxiously
but did not put in an appearance or show
any signs of it, While we are burning up
in the States, Nova Scotia and England
are deluged with rains, and the harvests
running.
IT needs not VcnOrite to fOrtell the
success of the Delaware State Fair. The
extensive preparations making by stock
raisers, manufacturers and fruit and grain
growers forbodes grand exhibit and dis
play; while the efforts of the managers of
the association are of themselves sure
prestages that the Fall meeting will this
year "cast i'll the shade" all former fairs
held on the Peninsula. Prepare your eX-
Aihitc ou6 boI-a tbaOo ara6 at Onna
See advertisement.
DROwNED.-ClaudeW Williams son of B.
f. Williams, aged 10 years, was drowned
at Fleming's Landing on Wednesday morn
ing last while bathing, and the body was
not found until Saturday evening, having
been carried down the creek distance
of some four miles by the course of the
stream and out in the bay, and when found
was on the beach nearly n mile below this
stream. The body which was consider
ably decOmposed was buried the same
night at Friendship Church.
THE Eighth Annual Exhibition of the
Peninsular Agricultural and Pathological
Association will be held ut Middletown
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
September goth, 21st and ODD. Every fair
this association has held has been sue
cess, and there is every reason to believe
that the exhibition of this year will, in the
way of attractions, surpass any that has
been held at Middletown. Premiums ag-
/ gregating $1,000 are offered for exhibits,
, and no entry fee is charged.
MORE than the usual number of oul
people have taken their summer vacation
this year at Ocean Grove and there is but
one testimony in regard to its atmosphere
Says one, in population of 10000 there
was not in the whole time the slighes
evidence of Intoxicating drink or its effect
no misery or apparent unhappiness, anC
the people who were there necessarily fO
work had more tidy appearance than il
usually found elsewhere. The inferenc,
is, what it is, other places may by the sam
means become.
A HALF dozen of our amateur fishermen
II went down to the pier at Woodland" an,
had even luck, three caught all and thrc
I, none. The statement in regard to th
4 latter, however, is hardly correct, for on
of them did catch great big trout 4
first he thought, he said, his hook wa
i caught in a log, but his eyes dilated o
le seeing instead three or four pound trou
The fish laid in his lap unusually passiv
until the hook was removed, when wit
lg one tremendous fOunce, it broke from hi
lie grasp and was lost in the briny deep.
is said he looked solemn enough when
b thought of his supper.
a SUMNER with its dissipations is abor
lr over. The school boy and girl are calle
back to their books, the teacher to til
II desk, the preacher to the pulpit, I'll
vi lOunger from the drinking resorts, til
Ie goddess from their bay-side Sabbath des
!" cratiOns, and those truly seeking healtl
full relaxation to their legitimate emplo,
m ment The lines of regidity are tightene
:" all along with the advent of the fir
~ Autumnal month. But with many by I'll
lOsening Of the screws, the abandon
July and August undOes the work of IL
NJ. previous ten months. With such, it is
i'll happy thing to again get down to bus
on ness.
APRIsONER UNExPECTEDLY.-On Mo-
w day Constable Weldon had occasion to s
ed out in the country several miles, havin
,. under his carriage seat a pair of haT
cuffs, which were left there unintentiO
- ally. man accidently spying them al
slt e1 wondering how prisoner felt with a pa
~ on, let curiosity seduce him into a tri
'ci on his own wrists. The thing went
with click and there he was, a prison
,as to his own curiosity, rather than Il
nd majesty of law" Mr.. w. hadn't the K,
u with him and having some distance to
in another direction, there was nothing
the man to do but wear the manacles un
cal the key could be had, which was not IL
,ut til after night had set in. He return
M home from the town rejecting on t
air danger of meddling with instruments
the law.
ty, New York FRUIT MARKET.-The Ne
9th York Tribune in the report of the mark
to says " Peaches continue scarce and hie
ia The fruit in the Hudson Valley has so
proved a failure. The peaches that $
for 10 cents quart are little better tn
wO those ofFarad Of tba game nr;ca sow,
of ,-ooII, ooo .ond oood noocbas oro ,,,o,
the from 20 q baelet inward Poore !
n q plentiful and fne. s,,oar ,aors ara Z 90,
asst = o,,ort ond fno 2ort1ottd ond o1bo,. 40
grades are about the same price. Plu
blo are offered in all varieties from 10 to
90 cents a quart. Among small fruits, blat
not berries are l5 cents quart, and whort
I reJ berries Is cents, Concord grapes are 81
not in Washington market three pounds
25 cents. A large quantity of Muacat a
Tokay grapes arrived during the we
nto from California. They are $3.50 for
,ast pound boxes"
ued
,Ids ANOTHER FISHING INCIDENT.-Wehf hf
oJo had several items to chroicle i'm regard
IN our amateur fishermen, Their luck d
not forsake them with the progress of
season. On Friday, Messrs. e.
urs- By and J--s went a fish