Smyrna times., 1882-06-21

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STRAW hats are a booming.
THIS is the longest day in the year.
THE pear slug has made its appear
ance.
THE opening at Woodland Beach
will be this night week.
WIN. P. LEGG had new potatoes from
his garden for dinner last week.
The merchants during the past week
have mainly put up their awnings.
THE steamer j. E. Tygert will make
three trips week on and after July
10th.
This is the season for planting out
tomato plants intended for the canning
crop.
THE opening at Collins Beach on
Thursday evening last, was well atten-
ded and orderly.
MARTIN B. BURRIs is the Middle
town agent for the sale of J. E. Tygert
& Co., phOsphates.
ALARGE drove of some fifty or sixty
fat cattle passed up the road last week
from Baltimore hundred.
THE steamer Thomas Clyde made her
first Sunday excursion to Woodland
and Collins Beach on Sunday.
THE trout. that has furnished such a
plentiful and good supply Of food,
comes now only occasionally.
The 4th of July comes on Tuesday
this year. Thus far we have heard OF
no preparation for its celebration.
The steamer Maid of Kent will make
an excursion from Leipsic to Whining
ton on the 4th of July, fare round triI
75cts.
THE steamer Thomas Clyde will star
on her regular trips between Philadel
phia and Bombay Hook on Monday
June Goth.
REV. 7. ID. VALIANT, president Q
Maryland Conference, M. 7. Church
will preach at Clayton on Sunday mex
at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
COMPLAINT is made down the Stat
of another pest to trouble the farmer
"A black flea that destroys the newl
set tomato plants.
WHEN YOU are uncertain about whf
YOU want, run down the items in }.
Cooper's advertisement and it will
strange if you can't find it.
H. --.-1 e NJ ~ n ITx,apatt n
the Raymond's Neck road, if not
elaborate, as some nearer town,
decidedly neat in appearance.
THE field of corn of G. Speakman, {
the State road near Hoffecker's mill,
perhaps the best in the country eXceI
ing that of Mr.. Ransom's near town,
Soon the excursion season will be
full blast, and Summer temperatul
breaking waves. sunlight, moonligf
music and good fare will be in order.
MEssRs. Hardcastle & Jones are e
larging their drying establishment
Gently purchased at Clayton, with t
intention of putting in three evapol
tors.
The heads of wheat in the field
the VIM. Denney farm in Raymon
Neck, in tenure of l.. 7. Johnson, 6
noticeable for their more than us'
large size.
THE responsibility of boy corr
pondents is a. question that has bt
up for solution. Several opinions
in, but we haven't yet heard from
whole of 'em."
DIAMOND DICK hired the Indepel
ent Cornet Band who paraded
streets last night with him at Il
head, displaying some fine specim
of hOrsemanship.
the Fultz wheat, which as a vari
was 80 popular some five years age
now only occasionally seen. What
fields there are, are seen mainly
KentOn hundred.
GEO. REED LoFLAND in ThOrou
fare Neck has two fields of corn al
60 acres, which is superior it is said
most corn in that section. He
about the same acreage in wheat wi
is also very fine.
THE wheat is ripening to the hary
The warm weather the past week
developed it rapidly, and some fl
will most probably be cut this W.
by next Monday the machines
begin in earnest.
THE farmers in the neighbOrhOoC
Blackiston's Church have been loo
considerable numbers of chickens
of Draft TaHtfrn he
about 200. Since some dogs have
killed, the loss Of the chickens
ceased.
THE strawberry season Is about
and will be followed very soon by
raspberry, and in two weeks by the
berry and huckleberry. A succe
of fruit crops of great abundan
likely to follow until the return OF
weather.
AMONG the social events last v
interesting to the young ladies
gentlemen were excursions to
country residences Of l.. NJ. Price
RothwelIs Landing and the y
Heitshu near MoortOn where pie
evenings were spent.
The basket men have stepped
little on the peach growers, and
want cents per basket. The
seem to. be the disinterested party
are standing off looking on, !" cl
their own terbacker." The form'
expecting q repetition off rs VIII
get q supply was a favor, but the
see twice the zaechanical faciliti'
production since then,
REMEMBER that +. s. Phelps j
Wanamaker & Brown, 9Th and N
st., Phila., go and see him If yo
in want of Clothing, good and ch