Smyrna times., 1883-05-09

FLYING FIsH.-Lou Campbell in
hauling a seine on Bombay Hook on !
Saturday caught flying fish, great
curiosity in our waters, wanderer {
that came into the pay from the ocean.
1t was about 10 inches long somewhat I
like a mullet but. without scales and
had pectOral fins that opened like fan
and were about five inches long. The
flying fish are of two species, those of
the tropics being larger and capable of
flying to o greater distance. This
kind, (DaclyLOptera VoIitans) is said to
be able to sustain themselves in the air
for distance of twenty or thirty feet,
or so long as the membrane of the fins
keep wet.
VELoCIPEDE RACE.-There will be
velocipede race for the boys on Tues
day evening, May 22d, to commence
at six o'clock. The course will be once
around the square, starting in front of
the store of Z. NJ. Fowler, and around
Market Street to Methodist, down
Methodist to Main, down Main to Com
merce, and up Commerce to starting
point, and to the boy under 10 years of
age who makes the latest time prize |
of $3.50 will be given, I'd prize 81 90,
third prize so cents. Second race for
boys from 10 TO Is years, there will be |
the same prizes. Boys wishing to con-
test for the prizes or any further infOr-
nation will call on +. NJ. Fowler.
DEcEAsED.-NIrs. Elizabeth Lewes
wife of John B. Lewes of this town
died on Wednesday afternoon last after
a short illness Of pneumonia, and was
buried on Saturday afternoon in Glen
wood " Cemetery. Mrs. Lewes was
lady of gentle nature and domestic
habits and had the esteem Of her neigh
bors and friends and her untimely
! death in the midst of her usefulness
caused much regret Her maiden name
was Mcbride, sister of Daniel and
Joseph Mcbride, of Camden, and in
which vicinity she has mostly resided
until coming to this town four or five
years ago. She had reached the age of
! 64 years, 53 of which she had been a
member of the NJ. Church.
IMPROVED AGRICULTURE.-Our sur
rounding country in its agricultural as
poets never in any Spring has pre-
oCHCCby VIC UlllAlh, ~ SOOu cNl0HuCeS Ol
neat and thrifty farming as this. And,
despite the complaints of scarcity of
labor the season of planting corn has
rarely found them with their work
better ap and their fields, fence-rows,
and hedges in neater condition. This
is so in any direction one may go, but
some roads and some neighborhoods
are especially marked in their advance
: ment. The new labor saving devices
are being accepted as fast as they are
found adapted to our soil and methods
of tillage. The introduction and use of
commercial fertilizers has made a Won
, derful increase in our agricultural pro-
ducts. The best evidence of our agri-
cultural progress is the continued in
} crease in the value of our real estate.
AMONG the most successful and
' happy immigrants to Delaware is Robt
! Darrach who about a year ago bought
, the Gootee-Tygert farm located on the
: Middle Alley road about four miles
: west of Smyrna. Mr.. Darrach is from
. Petty's Island, Philadelphia. On the
e farm which he bought at " fair price al
y the time is thrifty young peacl
orchard and notwithstanding the glu
of peaches last year he realized from
: that source and other farm crops money
# enough to pay for half the cost of tn,
e farm. He has had built a fine larg,
e barn after the model so much approx
: ed in Pennsylvania which shows t,
$ good advantage from the road as yol
:, ride past His peach orchard is al
d neatly trimmed, we'll ploughed and gen
< orally looking healthy and in goo,
e order, while his Usage hedges look a
1t though trimmed by the use ola straigh
edge. Persons riding past the farr
will do well to squint their eye at hi
$ improvements and the general appear
| ance of the farm.
10 O'BRIEN's CIRCUs.-This circus 9TH
he same that was at Dover that was bill
,e ed for this town on Thursday last wa
ne on hand promptly and. as such show
ID 60, was n success. The train pulled u
ne along side Of the town unloading {
to Main street about four o'clock in til
e. morning, and before the most of til
,ir citizens had their breakfast were quie
ly encamped on the show groun,
There was less noise, confusion an
n, profanity than usual, and so far as v
a heard no improprieties of deportmen
70. Between eleven and twelve o'clock, !
NJ the parade was formed, and with Il
90 usual paraphernalia of such pageant
as marched through our streets to Il
id, music of two bands. 1t was bett
ur than expected, and thus mostly recei
to cd favorable criticism. The side shOV
IN were on hand but we heard of no sha
he tricks, card monte men or grab gam
ed such as was complained of so much
most places where they had been.
they were not on the stool of repel
he ance, or awed by the Dover mob, tn
he have been greatly belied by the pape
ny of the Peninsula. The menagerie W
of pronounced very meagre but the cirC
gill up to the standard. A large croV
was in attendance in the afternoon a
the the usual number in the evening. Th
in left as quietly as they came.