Smyrna times., 1882-06-14
Smyrna and Vicinity.
THESE are beautiful June days.

Smyrna and Vicinity.
THESE are beautiful June days.
Work of all kind is unusually active. |
Mrs. SAMUEL REYNOLDS has n rose |
bush over forty years old.
THE peach basket is now the biggest
article Of speculative traffic.
IT TAKES some grit to make up a box
of strawberries after a heavy rainfall
like that Of Saturday.
J. B. COOPER's store since its new
dressing of paint is decidedly the most
Snowy store house in town.
DAVID REESE has a very promising
colt, for which he has already refused
$500, from Wilmington gentleman.
THE crowded condition of our col
umns by advertisements incident to the
season will only be for week or two.
MEssRs. MITCHELL & ARMSTRONG
have been over in Cecil county, Md,
and purchased considerable quantities
of Wool.
STRAWBERRIES fell on Saturday to
five and eight cents per box, according
to quality, and have remained at these
prices since.
Two more Sunday School excursions
from Wilmington are chronicled for
Woodland Beach on the Goth and 25th
of this month
MRS. WILLIAM STEVENS in the
Alley" has the finest variety and
show Of roses on the road to Blackis-
tons Cross Roads.
WE WERE favored last week with
some fine Early May Duke cherries
from Isaac Truax. They were perfect
ripe and delicious.
THE NJ. E. prayer meeting that ha:
been on Tuesday evening since thC
formation of the society, has beer
changed to Thursday evening.
THE advertisement of Messrs. G. w
& S. Taylor will not fail to attract tht
attention of the farmers. The claim
of their machine are fully set forth.
THE birds commence their morning
song now at half past three o'clock
and for an hour thereafter, give thei
fullest and sweetest notes of the day.
THE Green Spring school held ii
annual picnic in Blackbird camp meet
ing woods on Saturday, 1t was we
attended and much appreciated by tn
scholars.
THE strawberry, as an article {
transportation, is beginning TO rival tE
peach. Over one hundred car loads
day over the Delaware railroad
enormous.
A. G. CUMMINs has commenced ii
construction of a telephone line b
tween this town and Clayton. WhC
finished this will be the third line co
Meeting the two towns.
TRE army worm has made its a
pcarance in several places in this sc
j.on and is causing the farmers mu,
damage as they can soon destroy &
leaves and beard from a field.
THE u. S. schooner Ready is layi
in the creek opposite the Bombay Ho
light house. She has been there me
than a week taking soundings of t
shoals at the mouth of the creek
AN EXCITING race took place in Pop
Grove Park last Thursday evening
tween II. D. Beyer's sorrel horse jun
and George Coles sorrel stalli'
Jumbo won the single heat in 3 minut
J.B. EVANS & Co. have entered th
Esteriy Binding Harvester in
field trial to take place near Doyer,
a short time, under the auspices of
Delaware State Fair.
THE strawberry money will be
this week to find its way to the st
and shopkeeper. In consequence
the abundant crop and low prices,
piekers are likely to have almost
coed harvest as the growers.
THE luxuriaat growth ofsheep sol
now growing on our pasture fields,
in some instances interspersed am
the growing wheat crop, is subjec
remark amongst our farmers.
weather seems to haVe been speci
adapted to the growth of this noxi
plant.
REMEMBER that +. $. Phelps is '
Wanamaker & Brown, 9th and MAJ
st., Phila., go and see him if you
in want Of Clothing, good and chea