Smyrna times., 1882-08-23

WoRToN FAIR.-The annual fair of
the Kent County Agricultural Associa-
tion at WOrton will be held this year
on September 18th, 18th and 18th.
Liberal premiums are offered and we
doubt not that the association will have
q pleasant and successful exhibition.
Purses are offered for two trials of
speed on each day of the fair, as follows:
First day, 5000 for 2.48 class $50 for
four-year-Ol Second day, 500 for
$50 class; $500 for a 2.3S class. Third
day, $3.50 for IL three minute class
$400 for a 2.24 class
OUR peach evapOrators, who are put
ting so much of dried fruit in market
may get some comfort in the fact that
the apple orchards of the Northern
States will not be able to supply the
demand of fruit to eat Mt good prices, /
much less furnish stock for the evapo- |
rators. The apple crop is virtually a
failure in much of that section, and |
consequently not much of this fruit will |
be evaporated, which will make it |
better for our dried peaches in keeping
up the prices. AS new enterprise in
the North, the demand for machines
WOulu DdNC DCCll OJllCIMlSC DCNOllO lIC
capacity of the manufacturers.
ONE of our young men who went to
the MillingtOn camp on Sunday, found
getting home the most difficult thing
of the day to do. He came of course
under the cover of night, and after
riding long distance in one direction,
concluded he had lost his course, or
the North star had got out of position.
On inquiry he found he was hard on
the way to Templeville. He then took
another course as directed, but thought
after long ride it did not lead towards
home, awoke party to find he was on
! the way to Sudlersville. He then in
| quired the road to MillingtOn camp,
and drove from thence to Millington
the road from which to this town he
was familiar with, and consequently
not so hard a road to travel. At n late
hour, we will not say how late, he ar
rived home, cheered in his long travel
no less by the hOoting of the owls in
the lonely forests than by the gentler
voice of his travelling companion.
THE steamer Republic met with an
accident by the breaking of the cross
head of her engine about noon Monday
that caused intense excitement with
the friends of the 800 eXcursionists in
Philadelphia and Wilmington, as
nothing was heard from the boat from
the time she left Philadelphia, Monday
morning, until past Z o'clock next
morning. The steamer when the acci-
dent occurred down the bay was IS
miles from everywhere, with no craft
in sight and it was not until late in the
afternoon that small tug came in
sight When the latter was attached
and the Republic began to move, sigh
of relief was given that resembled the
soughing of hurricane through pine
forest. The movement was mere
crawl, reaching Wilmington, at 7.1j
next morning. Everything on the
boat was eaten up but few cakes and
bananas, and the happy condition OF
the crew through the long night
children and all, can be imagined.
| RETURNED.-Frank G.. Bell, son OF
VIM. NJ. Bell, who went to California
six years ago half grown boy for the
purpose of learning a trade, returned
: home last week, fully developed
man. To leave home at his early age
2 for such q distance and so long a time
evinced a plucky resolution that Is no
often endured where there is not al
enforced necessity. His object was tC
! learn the trade of architecture anC
!, building with Edward Farrell, wh'
, went to California over thirty years ag'
( with the late Henry VanGasken, who's
y 4 daughter he married. Specimens o
: Franks architectural drawings ar
familiar to many of our readers, haV
3 ing been on exhibition at the Dove
fair, where they have taken the pre-
q MUM for two successive season. Franl
Z brought back with him a number c
,; specimens of ore from the mines, WOO
% from the forests and shells from tn
= Pacific coast. Perhaps the most curiou
" specimens of his collections are dres
4 worn by princess of the Navigator,
,e Islands who married a gentleman frOI
!, Maryland named Willis, and q table
cloth 7x4 feet, both made from tn
inner bark of a tree. The Navigator
d Islands are inhabited by cannibals bU
ID the whites have got footing o
i. Samoan Island where Mr.. Farrell
n men went to put up Il large cOtto
lg house.
~ AN ADDITIONAL MAIL.-POstmastC
le Swiggett, of Wilmington is heartily
10 favor of an afternoon mail on the Del
ware Railroad, and says when ii
~ petitions are all in he will go to Wasl
an ington and present them to the prop'
50 authorities himself. The mails, i'll IL
in event of the petitions being granite
an would be conveyed on four instead
% two trains as now, the additional co
he to the Department being comparative
of small, as mail matter is carried
oh weight. AS it is now, a shipper cam
IT. receive mail matter and answer it Il
same day; by an afternoon mail m;
down as far as Pennington receiVil
Ir- his mail as late as 1888, by promptne
lie. can return an answer on the up m;
lu- at Alb. In the fruit season, and pa
RS ticularly during the time of the shi
er- ment of peaches the number of lette
six over the Delaware road increases ful
nd fifty per cent. to New York, which
he cludes all points North of Philadelphi
to twenty-five per cent to Philadelpl
to and ten per cent to Baltimore. i
nature of the peach and other FRI
DuSluCSS unnecessarily IC1uilCo OhO hi'
n.y. prompt attention to all mail mat
Ter connected with it, and the afterno
md mail would otherwise be a great des
rd- eratum to the most of the towns aski
ii: for it, as they now receive but O
ted mail day.
.ity
'ra- PERsoNAL.-Dr. Wm II. Coll
a spent several days of last week
Ios- Spring Lake near Ocean Grove, n.
ges Miss Lottie Leon, of Philadelpl
has been visiting her father Thon
ton Maloney in ThorOughfare Neck.
last John Wilkinson, Jr., and John
1at- Cathcart are on tour up the Huds
zoe Mrs. William M. Bell, Mrs. Rae
oir Hohecker, Mrs. 7. B. Megear, Fra
,hla G. Bell, Mrs. Sarah Cats, Miss Al
sor0 Cats, Rev. II. E. Martindale and "
oon and Mrs. Joseph Smithers, are visit
,re- Ocean Grove
= . es Prof Groves, Mrs. Martha Cummi
!. ~ Mro Auu;a (y,tn1uninc Mice Mary