Smyrna times., 1881-01-05

band returned the compliment with some
of their best music.
SALE OF PRoPERTY.-At the Executor
sale last week Of the property of the late
Joseph FAIRIES, the store house occupied by
E. c. FAIRIES & Co., was sold for $3.50; dwell
ling on Delaware ST., occupied by A. Hum.
phreys for $500; dwelling on South st. for
1910, and stable adjoining the same for $780,
all purchased by Jos. B. FAIRIES.
SLEIGHING.-In the midst Of the numer.
Gus turnouts, racing and in some cases
reckless driving, it is a wonder that there
has not been serious accidents, but thus
far nothing worse has occurred than a few
amusing upsets and one or two sleighs
come to grief. There are frequently OF
afternoons from IS to 100 persons standing
about the corners to witness the contests
OF speed up and down Maine street. Il is
as animated as the State Fair, and then
there is muffied beauty and the merry
Jingle Of the bells thrown in.
PERsoNAL.-The anniversary Of Mrs. Ann
Dsaney, l03 years, was celebrated at
Woodlawn" on the 1st. by the usual an.
nual dinner. Mrs. Denney has now enter.
ed her 10th year in good health, faculties
unimpaired, with fondness for reading and
the society of her friends as keen as in the
years of the past. She received congratu.
latory New Year cards from friends in
twelve States.
VIM. Pennell, Esq, of Milwaukee, Wis.
was guest of Col. Cum Riins at Wood
lawn" last week.
Thomas II. Denney, President Of the
State Fair, Dover, and Jacob r. Alice. Of
Tuckanoe Neck, Md, have been visiting
Smyrna this week.
The BlRDs.-The law to protect game
Will be OF particular significance should
the weather of the pest three weeks con
linue much longer. There are no bare
places for the birds to feed upon, and al
the feathPred as we'll as animal tribes hav.
had hard time OF it. We have heard d
several cases where larkS, doves, &C., have
been found dead near the farm buildinr,
from hunger and excessive cold. Il il
feared that the partridges will all perish
where not fed and protected. The crows
are III luck in having several fields of corr
to feed upon, and in Mr. Logan's field Is
I II
Peclally on the Hook, they hold festiva
every day. Mr.. VIM. Short tells us thai
some Of them have put their eyes out in
picking down into the corn shocks after
the grain. He came across two such in Tn.
road the other day
HE SIDE WALES We have an ordinance
requiring under penalty the removing o.
the snow from the side walks in a giver
time after the snow fall ceases, but it i,
only partially observed. Frequently tht
occupants Of the houses are not at HON,
and then again there are vacant lots he
longing to non residents. In the northern
towns, where they have heavy snow fall
in winter, the corporations, it is said, keeI
on hand snow plows, to clean the side
walks OF snow as soon as it falls. All tha
is necessary to be done, is to hitch hors,
to the snow plow and go up and down or
the side walks, to clear track wide enough
tor two people to walk abreast. The cos
of snow pillow is comparatively triGine
such an investment here would be erea
comfort to pedestrians, and certainly much
better than to have tine side walks blocked
with snow for weeks together.
BELOW ZERo.-There is usually in notin,
/ the weather much jest about the "oldest
inhabltant," but when that respectable in
dividual says that he never before in Della
ware experienced three consecutive DAYS o
such low temperature, he tells the truth
without exageration. January and Feb
ruary of $50 in their wintry aspect wer,
very similar 10 our weather of the pas
weeks, but there were no three DAYS ir
succession we think when the thermomete,
registered so low. On the three last dav,
OF last week the murcury ranged from 3 u
l3' below zere, as to location. The aver
age and proper record probably was, Thurs
day morning 81 below zero, Friday lOo anc
Saturday below zero. When we read O
its being 10 to 20 degrees below zero ON
West, we wonder how the people out ther,
can endure such cold but we in this region
have had personal experience of the matter
IN the last week. 1t is so seldom that zero
is reached here, that when told that it wa,
ten below that dreaded notch we couldn't
realize it. The atmosphere being clear and
dry, it did not feel as cold as when the
mercury was higher in the tube with q
moist atmosphere. This accounts for the
people out West being able to stand the
cold. Their atmosphere is dryer than ours
and when the thermometer notes 10 de-
grees below zero, they do not feel the cold
more than we do sometimes when it rates
at 10 above. II was cutting.
HE RAILROADS AND THE Snow The
SHOWS Of Sunday and Wednesday Of last
week were trying to the railroads, especially
the branch roads leading from Clayton.
The Delaware road has more powerful
engines which were kept in motion and
there was consequently but little delay Of
the trains On the Delaware & Chesapeak
the upward bound train got stuck near
Green'sOrough on Wednesday and did not
get through until Saturday. They put on
two engines but one of them jumped the