Middletown transcript., 1881-09-16
Town Notes,

building.
- The proprietor Of the Middleton
Nursery is getting ready for brisk fal
trade.
- The regular monthly meeting of th
Mutual Loan Association will be held o.
Tuesday evening next.
Rev. W. G. w. Lewis has ros
bush in his yard that has grown fifteel
feet during this season.
Another canning firm will probabl.
erect a factory on Railroad avenue in tim'
for operations next season.
-A As will be seen by notice in oul
advertising columns, the county bridge al
Blackbird is up for repairs.
H HE iffsaff f phosphate is soon
to be commenced by a new firm in the
Woodall building, near the depot
Mr.. Watkins has been able to run
his Odessa cannery only one day this
week, because tomatoes are SO scarce.
A travelling vendor of "ague cure
delivered an open-air lecture in the square
Tuesday evening. His sales were small.
IS. M. Reynolds & Co. shipped an in
voice of goods to Florada last week.
Middletown seems to be extending her
trade.
Mr.. c. Watkins, the Odessa canner,
this week put in the necessary machinery
for canning apples. Mr.. T. w. Buckle did
the work.
Soon the gentle, mellow, soothing
voice of the hackman will be heard in
Middletown, yelling; "This way to the
Fair GroundP'
- The baldheaded editor will be on the
Fair Ground during much Of next week,
but business will go on at the TRANS
cRIPT office as usual.
- To-day we seem to be in the midst of
the usual equinoctial storm, though but
little rain has fallen. We are all glad to
have this storm before the Fair.
- The Fair always makes a deal Of
work for many people though we all look
forward to it with pleasurable anticipa-
tions and heartily enjoy it when it comes.
- Street fakirs, after season in Middle
town, must go away with the opinion that
the average Middletown boy is not of the
sad-eyed pensive sort they put in Sunday
School books.
We learn that two handsome resi-
dences are to be erected on Broad street,
south of Green street, early next season.
Middletown bids fair to grow southwark
at rapid rate.
The new fiag-pole for the Fair Ground,
presented to the Association by Supt. |
Smith, of the P. w. & B. Railroad, arrived
to-day, and has been repainted and put
up. 1t is handsome stick.
~ Nathaniel Williams, ESQ.,, will re-
cieve subscriptions for the relief of the |
Michigan sufferers. It is proposed to
raise sufficient money in this vicinity to
purchase a carload of wheat.
- DIR. T. H. Gilpin has been quite sue
eessful in bagging rail birds. He killed
$50 on Saturday, and this MORN
ing he got 81. The TRANSCRIPT is in
debted to him for bunch of fine ones.
If you come to the Fair next week,
gentle subscriber, call and see the bald
headed editor. If you don't owe him
anything he will be glad to see you, and
if you do owe him something he will be
more so.
49, Ex-Governor Cochran and H. r.
Foster went on a fishing expedition this
week but failed to report their catch to
the TRANSCRIPT. We presume, how
ever, that they had good luck. They
usually do.
- The report that the Pennsylvania rail-
railroad company furnished their station
agents with meerschaum pipes and Ha-
vana tobacco'is unfounded. Agent Jones
is still smoking the meerschaum he
bought last spring.
Mr.. Charles Beasten and Mrs. L. A.
Wilson have each purchased of Z. r.
Cochran, Esq, building lot on Broad
street, south Of Green, on which they will
erect handsome dwellings early next sea
son. Mr.. Beasten purchased the corner
lot.
: The well for the town water
works is done, a good head Of water
having been struck at the depth of 30
feet. To increase the supply of water,
deep-well pipes are to be driven at the
bottom, which will give supply that will
be almost inexhaustable.
The Sunday School of the Forest
Presbyterian Church propose holding a
picnic tomorrow at Cool Spring near Old
Drawyer's Church, if the weather prove
favorable. The school will meet at the
church at O'Clock and be taken to the
ground in wagons We trust they may
have good day and an enjoyable ooca-
sion.
- The following is list of letters re-
manning in the post Office, at Middletown,
Del, for the week ending September 18th,
1881: James NJ. Coons, Mrs. James NJ.
Ellison, William johnson, Felix Per-
kins, Miss Josephine Stephant. Persons
calling for the above letters will please
say that they are advertised. d. L. Dun
ming, P. NJ.
49, In justice to our friend, the lightning
rod agent, we desire to correct an error in
our article on his social call, . last week.
It seems we were altogether at fault in re-
gard to the price of rods. Our friend
erects them at from fourteen cents up
wards. We were aware that they went
upwards, but it seems they do not 90 as
high as sixty cents foot.
- Irving Lyceum will resume its meet
ings and literary exercises on the evening
OF the first Monday in October. The COM
mittee on room will meet in few DAYS
and complete the arrangements for rent
ing and furnishing permanent quarters
for the society. We have assurance that
the Lyceum will open its second season
with largely increased membership.
- The baldheaded editor Of the Middle
town TRANSCRIPT has been receiving
baskets of fruit from kind young ladies:
Consequence, sudden and painful loss of
some more hair ChestertOoa Traas- /
cript. The junior editor Of our Chester
town contemporary is at fault. Because /
his wife gently chides him at eventide by |
running her fair fingers through his scant /
locks, and sweetly caresses him with q I
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