Smyrna times., 1881-04-20
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.
GARDENERS are busy.

TIE Kent CountyCourt commences next
Monday.
AN unusually large amount of sweet
potatoes Tor planting are III the market.
TIE event with Young America" to
morrow will br the coming in OI the circus.
TIE National Bunk Of Smyrna has de
clarrd IA semi.annual dividend Of per
cent.
J. W. JONES has flushed his shipment
vt iurs-23.000 muskrat hides and about
5000 Of other skins.
GREENS have come along month behind
time, tut make up the loss 10y holding
themselves ut double price.
The finest fields Of wheat on the road
from Smyrna I" K-nton are those Oi Henry
P. Massey and |. ). I.apham.
The Local Preachers and Exhorters OF
the NJ. Z Conference will meet in this
town My 18th, l4Ih and l5,h.
ME>sRs. 6. SPEAKMAN and WIN. Geo. Hill
with decays and duck call, went 1" B nI
nnv Hook OH Monday aud Lagged IS wild
ducks.
The car fare between Smyrna and Clay.
ton has been reduced from 10 To 5 cts.
| This will he n great convenience To the
| local travel brtw"en the TWO places.
The Woman's Christian Temperance I'm
| ION will meet at Mrs. W. W. Nelson's nh
Tuesday "fternmn April Both at 3 o'clock.
All the ladies are invited IT, attend.
THE wheel9ight anil blacksmith shops Of
VIM. H. Mannrring, which were sOld on
Thursday last 10y Sheriff Lrcey w"r'
knocked of TO Geo. W. Cummlns for 81 100.
MRs. HE>TER MITCHELL, widow Of the
late David Mitchell, who enlisted in this
town IN the Fourth Del Regiment, has re-
rrivrd pension from the government OF
$l700.
A PETITION almost universally signed 10y
our citizens asking the setting back OF the
dwelling "Pposit" the depot so as To wld"n
the street at that place awaits the meeting
Of the Town Commissioners.
. SHAD are unu-ually bate this Spring and
selling from 15 cts. To 81 tor pair of gnnd
sized fish. THIS Is aInuI double what they
, usually sell for in the soft aired NJ ~ days
Yesterday there was break in the mark eI
and prices are lower.
The farmers as rule are sadly behino
with their work cau>ed 10y the cold sh0wrrl
V days of the ir-t OF the month. We arr
S now within "a few days of corn planting time
II and not many farmers have got thei
ground half plowed.
CHARLES w EvERErr's field of wheat ol
!. the Raymunds Neck rOad il pronounced
4 enr Of the hc-t in New CS.lis or Kpr
r County. BY the way this farm since
is came under Mr.. ESerptts manag-men
,e has shown IA most marked improvement i
ITS appearance in every particular.
% The Lyric" Quartette. in tie main
n Summer institution, aud remarkable tor II
s. com lim~ntary regard for lady visitors I
to the town, has hp+n rporghnIz-d fnr III
as season by the follow ing .r,-t: u. + /. H.
es fpck+r, Soprano; W I. Massey. F ,S+Il
C; +. =. Start. Tenor Fl. l.. y. out, B 'Se.
Corn husking in the spring is ~ sight M
III seen by many in lite time, but on II
.e. road half way to K-nton the ri~srrs
us the past week have had the rare sight
lie TWO men begging away ut several r''wS
far corn rhOrk< Just like az is seen III Mover
a "pr. This is ''winter lingering in the IL
tut Of spins' verified.
AT the annual election on F tster No
nat day. the following gentlemen We're elect
ed Ia serve az War.l-ns ami V->trymen "f ;
his Peters ChuAch TOR the en-IIIIs wear:
IN W. Cummins, Sr. Warden. D.. VIM. Gu
ce Minis, Jr. Warden; w. +. Lavender, j.
ter Kennedy, Jas J. Turner. w. A. CuDmi
the aud E. r. Supple, V~strymsn.
leir
WIN. SPRUANcE. on the farm Of 70
.on NJ. Vnsh-lI, near Bombay Hook. hrOul
IN. To town this morning n branch OF n pea
MIA. limb two feet long that had % live buds
| of it nearly really To hhsSOIn. Ii was at
wp hlx-n variety, taken from the tor of I
1sm tree. Mr.. - says that about half Of
reer orchard of 700 trees show the same vital
uns- as the one this was taken from.
ten
AN old saving which has grown into
accepted fact with many (thry say fr
om's ''b-ervatiOnl is that whatever l"in;
con- wind blows from an E .strr day will he
} ar yr-vailing dirertion of the wind for
dith- following six weeks. If this il a fact
erve may expect cold northwest winds for
al next six weeks, the winI having prrvA
nent mninly from this point for the past
VI months. We have reason TO hope
. brtter things.
TAG farmers have at last got down to
:. solid work Of blowing in earnest, and
80, ur,lay being a goo'i day. the larger par
tho, them especially the labnr"rs did not
win in town until the evening. Fl ling the str
4 and and stores To rrpl~Iion. The Satul
nd-n. night campaign may thus be c"nsidrrr
bina- auRurated tor the season. anu III" un''
the crowds will frequently. doubtless. ~
other have heretofore, need the controlling
!. Of the Policemen.
re on Cot II. c. DOUGLASS. Of this town.
sSohn is the largest grain tuysr on the P-niT
ers OF AT rail. shipped from the 6 h of Mover
sr'nP 1880 to April 9th. 1881. inclusive, All
S. al grain, asgregatIns 1883 bushels
~ =, g. Cattell, jr.. Of PnilA., Is hi, hrHker,
t, Mi large part of mis- purchases are on ny
Iondav tnr M-s-rs. VIM. Lea & Sons, millrrs Z"
Ke,,v Bram'lvwinp, whn~e Inrular brands nf
GA cas-, New PrOcrss Flour, sold 10y j. w
Jones, on Main st.. have become ftT
AS household words TO all our houseke'
Senate IOwnsreople.
eading
the re- NEW BRIDGg.-As indicated last
ngland the Me-srs. rye~rt have fully dPrid
nd no place n temporary bridge over the
ents OF Trading from this town To their boat
motto. ing and phosphate works while III
count; me il being replaced with an iron b
le finds The hridg. will h- 100 feet long an
element coat them several hundred dollars.
party require three rows Oi driven pile "a
port, the length above indicated.
ru,Ao very heavy pxpen-e tn go to- for sonIe
ays: works. USE "". t"fiT "us"~sS '"trreS'
land are with the boat and phosphate wor
ing len quirs it.