Smyrna times., 1881-01-05
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

THE old fashioned sled as a vehicle Of
burden is coming into use again.
PETITIONS in favor of Local Option law
are being circulated and numerously signed.
THE reports of our two banks show an
aggregate of $2SO,l79.S8 individual depos.
its subject to check.
The snow, rain and sleet of the last
twenty'four hours has not added to the
comfort of street navigating.
Coal during the past week has vanished
much faster than the snow. One of our
dealers sold twenty-five tons in one day.
lee wstch.night meeting has been pro.
tractsd as is the usual custom land meet.
ings are held nightly at the NJ. E. Church.
The sleighing of the past two weeks still
continuous superb and the owners Of fas,
horses (they are all fast to sleigh are
having jolly time.
The Public Schools opened on Monday
after weeks holiday, and the visiting
students have nearly or quite all returned
to their respective schools.
The Annual election of the STOCKHOLDERS
OF the Smyrna Library will be held TO-
morrow evening, and the election for Bank
Directors will be held next Tuesday.
Oh the festival of the Epiphany, Thurs
day Jan. 9th at leg o'clock there will be
service in st. Peters Chapel, and sermon
explaining and illustrating the festival.
The penetrating frosts of last week wa,
too much for the window plants, even
where the greatest care was used A mum
her of our ladies have had their choice
flowers injured.
TIE English sparrows whose merry twitter
was silenced by the piercing cold of last
week, some Of them dying, have since
Monday recovered their life and activity
They have been humanely fed from many
window.
Our first page presents us New Year:
poem and continuation Of the interesting
"reminiscences of our town a half century
ago. In our last in speaking of the ideas
of dress. where good apparel was used, il
should have been gold and costly apparel.
The farmers who now have all the time
to read they want, and desire to be posted
up on that valuable animal the horse, can
find such in a book-Kendall's Treatise on
the Horse and his Disease-for sale nv J
B. Cooper and Jas. P Hoifecker at 25 cts
il volume.
1T seems to be a popularity Of heavy
snow falls to find the community bare o.
wood. 1t has been especially so for tbs
last two weeks and there has been consid
cradle discomfort in consequence. There
has, however, been a change for the better
the past two or three days
THERE has been a change in the time
t'bles of both the Delaware and Del. 4
Chesapeake railways. With the former the
trains leave six minutes later at noon and
five minutes later at night. On the D. &
c. the trains leave Clayton FIVE minute.
later. See time table on third page.
THIS is the "week of prayer" observed
throughout Christendom for the CONVEX
sion of the world. There has been M
unity Of action here as in some towns fol
this purpose, but Rev. Mr.. Umsted i,
holding services each afternoon through
the week at the Presbyterian Church.
On Saturday evening the hall lamp al
the residence Of Horace Mustard exploded
scattering the burning oil in all directions
1t very naturally caused alarm to the
females in the house, but two neiehber.
were promptly on call and smothered the
hames before any serious damage was done
IT is n common saying that when the
murcury falls six or eight degrees below
zero that the young and peach bearing
wood freezes. If that be the case the crou
Tor 81 has "gone up" but the peach has
repeatedly shown that it is governed by no
hxed rules or presidents and it will BE-
safer to wait to seq il the April suns de.
Velop blossoms before predicating the next
crop.
A GOOD REPoRT.-Rev. T. II. Haines.
pastor OF the u. Z. Church, on Sunday
morning reported the various Conferences
collections subscribed and the money nearly
all in hand. The assessed collections will
be fully up to the amount laid, and the un.
assessed considerably in excess of former
collections. These collections have all
been made without troubling the congrega.
ton with Sunday collections. This leaves
only the missionary collection yet to lin.
a NOTE from Mr.. Levi Z. Anthony.
dated JOhnsonville, N. Y, Dec. Both, says
" 1t was the coolest day of the season here
yesterday; 4o'clock, a. NJ, l30 below, 8
o'clock, l0' below. s o'clock, p. NJ, I0', Q
o'clock l3' and l0l o'clock. Ice below.
Middle OF the day, zero. Have had good
sleighing since Nov. 9th. Ice is inches ?
There Is usually a difference between us
end the section he represents OF. l0s to 20o,
but the late cold spell swept over the
South to a much greater degree than
usual. On tho day corresponding here J