Smyrna times., 1882-04-05

zine has been purchased and the other
leavy machinery is waiting to be put in
place, when the peach crop is assured.
PUBLIC SALEs.--Wm. f. Duhadaway
will have a public sale of horses, mules,
wagons, &c., at Elackbird, on Saturday
next, 8th inst.
J. G. Robinson near Millington, Md,
ON Wednesday next, April 18th, of stock,
farming utensils, &c.
Walter S. Reynolds, administrator of
James Dawson, near Prices Corner, on
18th inst, household goods,
&c.
EVAPoRAToRs.-Mr Sprout, one Of the
of the Williams EvapOra-
tors at Muncy, Pa, has been canvassing
this section the past week and sold evapo-
rators conditional on there being fruit
crop as follows: John H. Hoffecker, two
Voshell & Jerman, two; Hardcastle &
Jones, two; A. L Hudson, two; John p.
Hudson, two; Horace Spruance, one;
several others are contemplating purchas-
ing eVaporators of this or SOME other kind.
There are already in use in this vicinity
nearly twenty evaporatOrs which, with
the new ones to be erected will have Il
drying capacity of 5000 baskets a day, or
twelve car loads. If the. same proportion
exists throughout the country it will have
q material effect or the quantity shipped
to the city markets while it would mater
tally enhance the demand for labor, a
problem that will have to work its own
solution.
SCHOOL ELECTIONs.-At the school cleo
tion on Saturday, in this town, VIM. NJ.
Ill al oA Tnh m NJ
in the place of VIM. II. Carr, term expired.
Jas. p. Hoffecker was reelected by the
Board the 7th Director also Treasurer, DIR.
z. NJ. Cloak, Secretary. The elections
in the other Districts as we have heard
them are as follows; Clayton, Horace
Spruance, tax $3.50; Carrotown, Edward
Spruance, tax 1926; Green Spring, Daniel
Davis reelected, tax $3.50; Garmans, w.
c. Webb, tax $3.50; Pattersons, Ia new
districtl, VIM. Vandyile, tax 5000; Van
dykes, William P. Reynolds, reelected
Blackbird, Colon Furguson, tax $175;
Spruances, Joseph r. Jefferson, tax $175;
Raymonds, Isaac Slaughter, tax 1915; No.
4, Samuel Griffin. reelected; Collins
Beach. John p. Collins, reelected, tax
$780, Walkers, John Latta, reelected
clerk and Caleb Lewis, in place of VIM
Jones removed, tax $500; Taylors Bridge
Abraham Hayden, Jr., tax Sl75; Morton
John II. Bishop, reelected.
THE PEACH PROsPECT.-Peach trees are
beginning to blossom, not developing after
all, as was expected at the close of Winter
before the average time. In another week
the bloom will perhaps be complete OIL
most trees. So far the young germ i:
healthy and abundant on the trees, anC
everything indicates full crop. AH esti
mate of the crop Of the Peninsula puts i
at SO per cent. below that of 1915 whel
every section had its fruit, or from 1000,
600, to 100000 baskets. Many tree
have since gone out of bearing withOu
a corresponding planting of new trees
enough to make the difference. Th
/ Winter preceding the past was especiall,
| destructive Of old orchards. In the neigh
| borhoods of Odessa and Middletown tn
yield can scarcely la any event be NOR
than half of that of 1875. In this section
there is not near this difference, new OF
chards being planted out nearly as fast a
the old ones were removed. The singula
feature of this Winter and Spring is tha
not once has the cry been raised that tn
crop had been killed
A DAY.-Sunday was sundOWner.
The temperature which had been quit
cool for several days, under the iAfluenC
Of fresh breeze from the South rOs
rapidly on that morning to Summer hes
and three degrees beyond-78'-and thOs
who had to meet the requirements of til
day felt the sweltering effects of the " do
days" The open air was everywhel
sought; in fact it was an Outburst of Sun
mer. The hyacinth, violet, periwinkl
trailing arbutus, magnolia, over whiC
the frosts of March had held checl
rein, opened their petals Of beauty an
fragrance in very gladness at the mo-
than ethereal mildness." Even the peaC
blossoms, in sheltered places, yielded
the same inspiration. 1t was on the who
a day of disappointment. old PrOhaSil
ties" who is seldom very wide of tn mar
promised us rainy Sunday-a cool, W
day Of lazy lOunging. 1t was just the +
verse. The warm wave ended as it can
for during the night the thermOmet
made rapid descent of $40 and rendert
fire just as comfortable as it had bee
before this warm breath from the MeXici
: plains came sweeping over us.
not pleased with the " inventory of the
business enterprises given last week, al
it would be surprising if they were. v
simply stated the facts as they are, as tn,
come under eur eye as local iournali:
Said one of them your paper is circulat,
widely and if you publish to the wor
that we have so many rum holes, men wi
families will not want to come to our toy
m Two 10 be,T int n,,1
we have aroused the citizens there to t
fact that if they wish to make their tov
grow they must make it attractive rath
f than repellant to settlers, we have do
, them a service. This fact is obvious al
needs no argument. AS a community o
interests are identical the larger businC
. Of the place is conducted by residents
q our town and no good citizen wishes
see deteriorating influences that will iniu
y prosperity in any part The fault exi
in the fact--should it become so by t
action of the cOurt-and not in our stati
n it as an apparent thing. 1t is d
0 to the property holders, with a few G
e ceptions) and the leading business men
Y Clayton to say that their names are not
n the petitions, but that the latter are ma
s up largely Of temporary residents, sey
2 al ofthem signing their names with mai
d The law originally required the petition
a to be property holders, but was changed
e order to make licenses more easily alta
l. ed. The right of remOnstrance alwf
goes with the right of petition, and I
people of Clayton owe it to themselves
: keep good name before the public a
r makeita desirable place for settlers. n
y Uerr0nS.
a A CHURCH STAMPEDE.-A clap of thu
E der and the cry of fire are always startl
p and more especially when they have
Y been heard for some time. The people
VI SeVerson's church experienced this