Smyrna times., 1883-08-01
Smyrna and Vicinity.

hOAAA y l. AANO $4,000 y
This Summer is discounted at thirty
days, and no renewal.
HORSE owners, read the advertise
ment of ]. NJ. Boyd, VS..
You might stick pin in some people
and they wouldn't see the point.
WHY was this morning like an old
town in Florida? 1t sent August in.
A GREAT deal of fallow is now being
turned for the coming seeding season.
Now preserve your blackberries,
your huckleberries and your equsnimi-
AN exchange thinks there has been
enough sOda-water jokes. Well, soda
we.
Jos. E. CARTER, of this town, has the
contract for painting the new school
house.
QUITE O number of our citizens join
ed the Farmers excursion to Cape May
this morning.
FLY-TIME may be good time for the
frisky insects, but it is troublesome
time for us bipeds.
THE Tygert has been making the
time from Fleming's Landing to Phila-
delphia in five hours.
THE neighbofhoods of Moorton and
KentOn are well represented in the
Wednesday excursions.
QUITE large party of our citizens
are going to Cape May Point next
Wednesday to spend week.
WIN. RRADLEK's field of wheat in
Rich Neck" nearly seventy Rcres,
yielded him 81 bushels to the acre.
SMYRNA CONCLAvE, No. As, l. o. H.,
will hold a meeting this evening, at 8
o'clock. A full attendance is requested.
VENNOR says the latter part of
August will be exceedingly cold for
the season. Look out for a scorcher.
The business ON the Delaware Rail
road during the past month has in
creased between thirty and forty pei
cent.
THE base ball infection has caught
the colOred people of this town; we
hear club of young men has been
formed.
THE crop of tomatoes promises to be
very large this season. The weather
has been favorable and the vines are
very thrifty.
ONE of the best fruited peacf
orchards in Kenton Hundred, is that O
William Hutchinson out in the West
ern District" ..
VIM. Polk CUMMINs will about fin
ish his crop of blackherries to-day
realizing as his crop between S0, 600 apC
10000 quarts.
THE Bethesda Sunday School nea
Siaughter's Station, passed through
town this morning on their way t.
Woodland Beach.
OUR people have the advantages nov
of three daily lines of travel to Phila
delphia, two by steamers and one b,
cars, ON four different trains.
THE Sunday School of Raymond
NJ. e. Church and friends of the neigh
bOrhood had o pleasant day picnicin
at Woodland Beach on Fridays
GEO. w. & s. TAYLOR are maxim
in their shop the pattern for the bed c
: which their new engine will be cas-
, 1t is to be of about 80 horsepower.
THE trade dollar scare is nearly q
an end the merchants nearly every
where taking them at par The fiurr
was apparently an 4npecessary one.
CRABS are said to be getting abunt
ant between Long Bridge and th
mouth of the creek, but Just at tn
time the best catch is at the bridge al
pFoaching Collins Beach.
/ WM. 5. KEYs, a workman at Ge,
, w. & s. TayIoFs had three of h
fingers cut with a buzz palmer O
Monday morAing. 1t was Mario
( escape from losing them all.
JOHN H. CATHcART, JR., and h
] brother George, of this town, are
f Flemington, n. J., making peach basl
o. cts, The former went there sometim
ago and learned them how to put ug
Delaware peach basket.
y The Excelsior Musical Associatio
: of .ChestertOwp, Nd, viii give the
9 second annual excursion, next Wedne
i day morning, August Sth, to Cape Ma
Don't forget it, and go along with Che
and have good time.
= PERSONS wishing to enjoy one
= Campbells good suppers have the a
Ie vantage of train every Wednesd
3f evening, leaving Smyrna at 7P. NJ, q,
,Q returning leave the beach at ii p.
: Fare round trip fifty cents.
N TIE peach speouiatoFs are findi
the growers stiff in their prices, fre
u 40 TO 30 cents per basket, Notwjl
m standing the benefits obtained last ye
n, in crop sales it looks as IL orehal
I'd will be fully as hard to purchase.
Sc LEVI G. ANTHONY has shipped 81
re quarts of blackberries from 81 acres
Il ground This is the best yield {
~ year, reported, we think, per &C
" His field near town devoted to sm
wv J fruits looosxs 10 be in the best care.