Middletown transcript., 1882-03-10
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.

Town Notes.
~ Farmers are getting ready for spring
work.
A band Of Gypsies passed through
town on Tuesday.
- Our friends in California have the
thanks Of the TRANSCRIPT for San Fran
cisco papers.
- The preachers of the Wilmington M.
E. Conference are certainly fine looking,
jolly set of fellows.
~ On account Of the Conference ami
versary, the Lyceum will not meet on
Monday evening next.
= The poultry supply in the local mar
ket has held out pretty we'll during this
week, but prices have been high.
: Some people think spring is come,
but we shall not feel sure about it until
the man with the hand organ arrives.
= The growing wheat around Middle
town, and throughout the remainder of
the county, we believe, looks remarkably
fine.
Miller, Stevens & Co., the contractors,
will. in a few days, begin building a fine
dwelling on Snnth Broad street for Mrs
L. A. Wilson.
We are unable to find a place for
several communications sent US this week.
We have not room even to say all we
wanted to say ourselves.
- Frank F. Cummings, of Wilmington,
Deputy Supreme Regent Royal Arcanium,
is endeavoring to organize council ofthis
beneficial order in Middletown.
= Books for the sale of one hundred
shares tenth series stock of the Mutual
Loan Association will be open on Satur-
day, March 18th, at o'clock, P. NJ.
~ The wood work on the exterior Of the
Town Hall needs painting badly. 1t will
certainly be false economy on the part Of
the managers to put the work off any
longer.
- Miss Addie M. Houston, who is in
structing class in oil painting, has on
exhibition at Dunning's store, two beauti-
ful flower pieces, after Lamden, and sew
eral pretty plaques.
Thomas Cavender, of Bohemia Manor,
has purchased lot of E. R. Cochran, on
South Broad street, on which he will have
a dwelling built during the summer, to
be occupied by himself next spring.
= The new board of Town Commission
ers met yesterday afternoon and organ
lied. r. H. Eliason was reelected
president and Colonel Joseph Hanson
secretary. No other business was trans
acted.
- The Wilmington Republican says
that everybody is making the annual
chicken jokes now in connection with
Conference, but the subject is exhausted"
This is a mistake. The subject is all
right; it is the chickens that are ex-
hausted.
The following bit of conversation be-
tween two negroes, tussling upon street
corner, was overheard by a man standing
near: Moke No. i: "You'd better take
care, Jim, or yell get rested" Moke No.
Q; "Not while Use got God Almighty in
Heaven an Anthony Higgins on yearth,
lookin' out for me!'' This is not fiction
it is solid, cast iron fact, without varnish.
= Colonel Hanson, who was on Mon
.dav reelected town commissioner by
the overwhelming majority OF ninety-tour
TO one, took his constituents into Rice's,
Monday evening, and made them happy
with ice cream, oysters and fruit. NOBODY
rneed come out against the Colonel next
time unless they want to get beat. We
might do worse than nominate him for
President in "a.
Our exchanges are discussing the
peach now, and figuring on the coming
crop. Of course the crop hasn't been
killed vet. but it is not out of the woods
and the TRANSCRIPT will not make its
estimate until the trees are in bloom. NO
matter how favorable the season, the crop
here cannot be anything like what 1t mas
sheeu in the past. Hundreds of acres that
a. few years ago were in trees, are now
green with wheat or ready for the plow
and the hills of corn. Still there are
enough trees left to make us all happy II
they do the fair thing.
Half score Of our old subscribers
down at Sassafras wrote us on Monday
threatening to come up and jerk the rest
fine hair of the mailing clerks head
bacquse they got no TRANSCRIPT on sat
When subscribers bee me that
..uoI = .,tached to newspaper it ought to
ra;so NJ IN description price and buy gold
booded cane and a plug hat for its editor
.al,ief ITpon inquiry at the post
aaoo NC learn that our Sassafras package
was brought back to Middletown in the
nal BAG Monday morning. The post
-,aastor down there will have to explain 10
,4bosa mad subscribers how this happened
We cannot.
: The Lyceum has engaged Miss H. D
arhadbourne, Of Boston, to read at an en-
tortainment on the evening ofMarch SUM-
The lady is a graduate Of the Boston
school of Oratory, the highest institution
.of5fs class in the country, and she mas
baen received with much favor wherever
she has read. BuE as she has already ap-
-,oorod before a Middletown audience, It Is
not necessary that we should dwell upon
bar talent. She holds high place in hel
,,rofession. and our people should give hel
such a reception as an artist OF her ability
ord attainments deserves. The entertain
r,ort Is for the benefit ofthe Lyceum, anc
+bo rnnsical talent of the society will glV'
a variety Of selections.
S-
wanted: A Town Officer
ono IF the first duties our newly IN
stalled board of Town Cominlssloner