Middletown transcript., 1881-08-26
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.

Mr.. N. Simmons has the frame OF his
dwelling up.
The time has nearly arrived for pre-
dictors to begin to predict hard winter.
-R.H. Eliason has made several al
terations and improvements to the interior
of his store.
Excursion season is about over and
the men who have had to carry the bas-
kets and babies are doubtless heartily
glad of it.
- Our farmers believe that a creamery
here will be a good and profitable thing,
and the early establishment Of one Is
highly probable.
= Mr.. Cochran's new building on Broad
street is being white coated this week, and
the frame work of the mansard roof on
his Main street building is in place.
IF you want to convey the idea that
something is very small, just compare it
to a load of Middletown fire-wood, after
one dinner has been cooked from it.
- We will wager all that is left OF the
semi-annual dividend on our bank stock
that the people who have stayed at home
this summer have had the most rest.
: The coach shop and lot on Lake ST.,
property Of the late John Townsend, will
lie offered at public sale at the National
Hotel at two O'Clock tomorrow, (Satur-
day.)
The Cecil County Mems has dis
covered that the Citizens National Bank
of Middletown has just put in an electric
alarm. Seems to us this occurred about
six years ago.
We must not forget the Kent county,
Nd, fair at Worton, beginning on the 18th
of September. Many of our people go
down to this exhibition every season and
invariably have pleasant time.
Nfiddletown is an excellent truck
market, and it seems to us there is good
opening here for an energetic trucker who
will give his attention to supplying the
local market regularly with fresh vege-
tables.
A large excursion of colored people
from Philadelphia went down the Della
ware and @. a. & X. road to Millington
camp, Saturday night and back on Sunday
night. 1t seems to have been very
orderly excursion.
Joe Gary has had Town Commits
sioner Moore out cunning again, and we
are sorry to learn that they came near
firing into a lot of ]. w. Mitchell's spring
chickens recently, under the impression
that they were killdees.
- Middletown's future prospects have
never been brighter than at present. Many
handsome and commodious business
houses and dwellings, and, what is of still
greater Importance, industrial enterprises,
are projected for next season.
A tract of land situated in Blackbird
hundred, estate of Rachael Wilson, de-
ceased, will be offered at public sale at
the National Hotel, at two o'clock on
Wednesday next The land is fully
described in our advertising columns.
-F.C. West has leased the Delmarvia
eyaporator for the season and will COM
mence operations at once on apples He
adyertises in another column for ten thou
sand bushels. Frank is an enterprising
fellow and will doubtless have successful
season.
- The summer of our discomfort is
weIl-nigh over, and pretty soon, when the
North wind begins to whistle around tht
house and the man comes in with the bill
for seven tons of coal, Well realize thai
summer isn't such disagreeable season
after all.
1t has been suggested by numbe
Of prominent farmers and business mel
that a meeting be held at the Agricultural
Room, Middletown,a at four O'Clock on Sat
urday afternoon, Sept. 3, for the purpose
considering means whereby a creamer.
may be established here.
= The Town Commissioners have dc
cided to 90 on with the work Of erectin
the water works at once. A location vii
probably be selected in the course Of fey
days. John Hayes is soliciting weekl
subscriptions toward sprinkling tn
streets and expects to start out with
fancy city sprinkler soon as the water SUI
ply is ready.
Though in the midst of dull season
Middletown enjoys very large trade o
SATURDAYS. Main street is usually packe
with people until after eleven O'Clock
m, having in some respects the appea
ance of Broadway, n. Y. Notwithstan'
ing these immense crowds, the best
order prevails, there not having been
single arrest for disorderly conduct tn
season.
Rev. w. l.. S. Murray preached to
large congregation at Cambridge, Nd, {
Sunday. He writes us that this pret
Eastern Shore town on the Choptank HI
greatly improved in the last three yeal
more than one hundred houses havil
been built in that time. Mr.. Murray w
be home to-day or tomorrow and will +
his pulpit on Sunday. He has been ha
ing pleasant vacation and lots of spril
chicken.
We have engaged an agricultu
editor at great expense, and his first CO
tribution, on "turnip culture appes
this week in another column. He is
specialist in agricultural matters, and 0
of the best Judges Of pumpkins (atter tn
are made into pies) we ever knew. Ag
cultural societies in want of an openi
address Iull Ol pEdC1ACdA HAAAt9 OiA"S Ae@a 40
never before heard-and will neN
want to hear again-should address 9
AGRICULTURAL editor, care of this office.
A Middletown man was fool enou
to go to Philadelphia with two coats,
Tuesday, when it was warm enough
make one coat of mosquito-bar burd
some. Coming home he slipped out
one coat, threw it up in the rack o
wrapped himself in meditation and
duster. When he got home and pull
off his duster his best coat was not the
It was making good time toward Harri
ton on the evening train, and the m
greatly excited at the prospect of hay
TO wear his duster all winter, rushed
to the telegraph office and overlook
runaway coat at Dover with dispai
Conductor Evans brought it back next d
Where an article is produced is
ALWAYS the cheapest place to buy it.
little addition Of railroad freight an
middle-man's commission seems