Smyrna times., 1881-08-10


peach crop on their "Groven farm Cecil
county, Md The conditional price agreed
on was $14O per half bushel basket,
equivalent to $40 for the common
peach basket, to be delivered at Middle
town. The tenant, however, declared his
inability to haul the peaches so far, dis
tance of eighteen miles, so the sale was
not cOnsummated. The crop is estimated
at 10000 baskets. Mr.. Richardson in
tends, we hear, to procure if possible
%, 900 baskets.
i. f. ANTHONY, near this town, has |
during the small fruit season shipped
heavily of strawberries, mostly Cumber-
land variety; also of black cap and red
raspberries, and last though not least the
Wilson blackberry One has to give only
q glance at his well-kept weedless patches
to be assured of his success. His new de-
parture, the tomato culture, Judging from
size of patch to beseveral thousand plants,
means business. Mr.. A. has found the
Raspberry and Blackberry crops more
profitable this year than usual.
THE CAMDEN CAMPAIGNING was the
absorbing feature on Sunday last, as Black
bird Camp was the Sunday previous. The
morning was threatning and little rain
fell, but it takes more than threatning
cloud to prevent the young and not a few
of the older people from going to camp.
The rain of the previous evening'had laid
the dust and the drive was really pleas
ant one. The attendance was cOnse-
quently very large, and Camden Camp
will doubtless hold its prestige as being
the camp of the Peninsula. 1t breaks on
Friday.
SMYRNA was singularly fortunate in
having good shower of rain on Thnrs-
day when there was none anywhere else
the cloud exhausting itself over it and
two or three miles of the surrounding
country, mainly to the west. The gardens,
grass and corn were consequently greatly
refreshed. The fine corn fields of Robert
Denney, H. c. Douglass, Horace Spruance,
William n. Ransom, John Anthony and
others of the vicinity, with the following
rains of Saturday and Sunday were put
beyond danger. Mr., Denney says he
will be greatly surprised if his field does
not yield him seventy-fve bushels to the
acre.
PROF. SKINNER, of the Conference Acad-
emy at Dover, has taken an important
step in advance in instituting q college
preparatory course of study, for those
young men and women who have neither
the time or means to complete full aca-
! demic course of instruction but who de-
sire to enter college. The experiment has
! been tried in other schools of like grade
with much success and will no doubt
prove an additional attraction to the Pro-
fessor's school. 1t may be mentioned by
the way that the entire Indebtedness OF
the Academy has been reduced below
$4,000, and the prospects for the speedy
reduction of the debt below the danger
line are bright.
A BAD CHARACTER. Polk, Sol
of the notorious Mary Polk, was arrested
yesterday on a warrant issued by Esquire
Colt to Constable Weldon for disorderly
conduct at the Centennial Church on Sat
urday night. Before entering the door a
the Squire's Office the officer who had hin
in charge, Mr.. Slyhoff, saw Polk trying t.
pass something to a comrade which h
grabbed and found to be pistol, cooked
He had the trial last evening on tn
charge for disorderly conduct and wa
fined So and costs, $10.95, He was hell
on the charge of carrying concealed weap
ons and had hearing to-day before ESQ
Budd, who held him in 800 bail for ap
pearance at Court. Gone to see his nam
, ma.
THE WEATHER AND CRoPs.-The hea
of last week was the severest of the season
the thermometer ranging from 90' to 95
The atmosphere was close and threatenin
rain, but except shower over this tow
giving us none until Saturday evening
The rain that fell ON that evening an
: Sunday evening was light in compariso
to the needs, and throughout the countr
at large will do little towards making th
n corn crop. 1t did not wet the groun
y more than two or three inches deep fe'
/ miles either to the East or West of tn
e town. Kent county has received perhaI
s less than any other section of the Penir
: sula, and Kenton Hundred less than an
}. in it. The corn crop is badly burnt an
some fields will not yield more than
y half a crop.
ABOUT THE MALs.-Last year the ma
, was received and distributed with almoi
!, unvarying exactness by quarter or te
' minutes of twelve o'clock The first
!, this years the mandate from the Office
the Postmaster General requiring the Pos
master to stamp all the letters received .
j. well as those sent, delayed the opening
e the door until, and mostly past the moo
I hours, much to the annoyance of OF
: people who could not delay their dim,
= for the mails. During the past month OF
I citizens complain of great irregularit
: of the train, generally behind tim
J and as there is no peach OF other ext
pressure, they fear irregularity win be ii
rule rather than the exception. We hol
, not, because a prompt mail is somethil
: that in this day interests everybody, al