Smyrna times., 1882-08-30

for observation can ma much OF inter-
est everywhere if he will keep his eyes
open. The sidings at every railroad
station were lined with cars receiving
load after load Of large and beautiful
peaches. The results of Il full crop are
seen from one end of the road to the
other, and the rich harvest that must
come to the railroad company whether .
it does to the farmer or not, shows .
that the necessities of the road de- /
mand double track to safely convey
the commerce that a rapidly developing
country is preparing for it..
Local industries are giving evidence /
of thrift everywhere, i'll the canning
factories, eVapOratOrs, basket mills, &c.
There is not station that does not
exhibit progress Of some kind, some of
them very marked. Houston showed
a busy thrOng of WOrkmen in canning
peaches and green corn. Georgetown
likewise in its placquc factory, while
Milford, Dover and Harrington have
larger industries that are not so readily
seen from the car windows.
Harrington is increasing its limits and
population faster i'll proportion than
any other towns perhaps, but to the
observer from the railroad, it looks as
if without any systematic plan. The
houses appear as if dropped from Il
balloon on narrow streets as irregular
as a spiders webb and sunk into an in
firm foundation. There is considerable
enterprise in the town however, and if
they do not reduce it to more regular
angles and put it on stills, they may
pave or plank the streets.
Milford leads in the manufacture of
Winter peaches, viz, preparing them
for Winter use, and Lincoln in making
crates and boxes to ship them in. This
town by the way has not out grown its
first garments, which were made very
large: boy in mems clothes. 1t had
| big intentions, but somehow they have
never been carried out. As for beauty
of situation however, no inland town
of Sussex can equal it.
/ To Il citizen of New Castle or Kent
counties, Sussex presents much careless
farming from the car windows. One OF
the curiosities of farming, below Lin
coin, is the cultivation of field of Sas-
safras bushes with corn growing about
in it. In n number of fields, persimmon
bushes are grown apparently to brush
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Much of the soil is capable of grow
ing the peach, but the art of clean
culture is understood only in excep.
tional cases. But Sussex is happy her
great staple crop is abundant. Judge
COmegys says he has been passing
through the county for the past ter
years every Summer, and he has never
before seen so good crop of corn. The
rains have Just suited the swamp lands
and the crops in them will be immense
The most noticeable industry in Sussex
is the saw mill. When section has
been exhausted, the mill is moved tC
another quarter leaving rick of saw
dust as large in dimension as the build
ing. The best timber is fast being ex
hausted.
The approach to Lewes is indicated
by higher land, good buildings ant
, enterprising farming. Here and else
; where throughout the county there ar
some fine farms. AS seen from tn
cars, Lewcs has the finest public schoo
; building of any town in the State
: Here at the depot stood Col. c. c
Stockley, candidate for Governor, talk
7 ing carelessly with a friend or two
: His face was not wreathed with tn
. smiles that usually adorn the face o
: the candidate for high honor; it wa
: rather the earnest serious look of
e captain pulling up anchor and wit
| PROV towards the sea, in the face of
threatening storm.
Y The State Teachers Association, com
: ing as it does at the end of the season
/ closes August with II gala week. Th
v Bright House was overrun, the surplu
= having to go over to the Douglas
c House, that has in comparison n Qua
ker-like demeanor and responsibility
# The Bright House is really bright in il
|. attractions for the young. The AssC
Y citation, the sessions Of which were hel
in the new chapel, tScOtt's) was we
o attended. Scholarly papers were rea
# by Drs. Purnell, Duval and FairbairT
e and Messrs. Carpenter, COnwell, Hand,
e and others. The ladies were prom
e in attendance and evinced commendi
BILE interest. Prof Il. n. William
n made Il stirring address on the "Obst;
% cles to the Success of Public Schools
7 and advocated radical changes, anon
It which were doing away with the annu;
1t school election every April; to levy I'll
school tax by the Levy Court and hay
1, a county school board who shall Fl
4 the time the school shall be held, the pa
s, and status of the teacher. Also tn;
appropriations should be made fC
le cOlored children, as for any other class
ii citizens. His views had u hearty el
Of dorsement apparently by all the men
bers of the Association.
a. The pleasures of the place were M
y. forgotten. Bathing in the mornin
W dancing in the evening (by the eli
re boarders1 social converse and possib
d. flirtatiOns and love whisperings maud
BILE to all others, in the never ceasiI
e. roar ofthesurf. Wateringplacesar are pr
L. eminently social institutions. Frien
Id ships land lasting ones too), can
st formed at them more readily in wet
ut than at home in a year.
Judge Houston has been spendil
On the Summer at the Douglass HOus
nd and Judge COmegys ut his cottage clio
m by. Seated in the cool breeze playil
through the veranda Of this house, '
ms had from Judge Houston some intere'
as ing history of, this part of the Stat
He says Rehoboth was first spell,
rs Rehobah (the Indian name) then Reh
&C. ba and finally its present spelling whi
ID. was the act of one of the early Reco
ut der of Deeds.
off Judge Comegys talked of our ag
ITS cultural prospects and especially
ps timber as Familiarity and intelligent
ny as he would of law. There are ft
ta- men working in timber all their liv
ar who know so much about il as he. ]
cts takes great interest in forestry, al
he has studied the value for differe
purposes as we'll as the effect, VIII