Smyrna times., 1883-01-31

PERsONAL.-Mr. and Mrs. VIM. A.
FAIRIES will observe their "crystal we'd
ding fifteenth anniversary-onM Mon
day evening next, and cards of invita-
ton are out for the same.
John S. Hoffecker and wife of Viii
mington spent Saturday and Sunday
with friends in this town, Mr.. III. leav-
ing on Monday forsTexas and interme-
diate states. A
Mrs. Leavitte of Boston, who has
been engaged to deliver series of
Temperance lectures in the State made
short visit to Mrs. Martindale yester-
day, enroute for Laurel.
Capt. w. E. Appleton and wife, of
near Middletown have been visiting
relatives here yesterday and to-day.
The following young ladies have
been visiting friends in this town
Miss Addie Merritt, Middletown Miss
Tacie Duell, Wenonah, N. Y; Miss
Clara Burgess and Miss Mamie Furgu-
son, Dover.
PUBLIC SALEs.-The following per-
sons will sell their personal property at
public sale
Abel S. Riggs, on the road from
Smyrna to Bombay Hook, on Thurs
day, February 1st. t.
| John w. Stephenson, near the big
Oak" on Tuesday, February 9th.
Charles G. Boyer, near MOorton, on
Wednesday, February 7th.
Charles II. Register, on the road
from Smyrna to Bombay Hook, on
Tuesday, February 18th.
Mrs. M. G. Collins, near Taylor's
Bridge, on Tuesday, February 18th.
! George r. Ennis, near BlackistOn's
Cross Roads, on Thursday, February
4 18th.
Emily Warren and Abram Hayden,
Jr., administrators of George w. War
ren, on the Liston" farm, Thursday,
February 18th.
John Reynolds, i'll Dutch Neck, on
Thursday, February 22nd.
4 "BALD CREDENTIALs."-Wh the
article under the above head (which
we copied in our last issue) appeared
in the Middletown Transcript we laugh
ed at it heartily, as we would at any
well gotten off joke, though Ourself the
subject of it. But it seems that there
are some people who do not know how
to appreciate joke in print, and think
an editor can't lie, even in fun. Will
such people, Brother Ways humor wa!
: misunderstood. We did not suppose
anyone knowing us would think u
capable of such an imposition in fact
but the editors of the EUery EUenin.
and CentreVille Record had the Obtuse
ness to take the matter seriously, ant
the "bald headed" editor of tn,
Transcript had to box them as block
heads by the following slap about tn
ears in his last issue:
"Several of our exchanges have per
haps done an injustice to our esteemed
friend Hofecker, of the Smyrna TIMES
in the manner in which they have com
mented upon our little article of las
! week entitled, Bald Credentials O
course the whole thing was a joke a
Brother Hoffecker's expense, as ever
body who reads the Transcript we
D knows, but some of the things that az
. pear in this paper, intended for mer
= bits of pleasantly sound like they ha
g been written in dead earnest, afte
. they had been boiled down c
added to by some of our exchanges"
REv. NJ. A. RICHARDS, D. D., of S
Paul's Church, Wilmington, filled tn
pulpit of the M. f. Church of this tow
. on Sunday, most acceptably. The da
e was rainy and gloomy without, br
;, cheerful within, with the inspiratio
. mutually afforded by an unexpec
u edly large audience, and I've refle
flashes that came through the speakC
q from the sacred desk. His text w;
y taken from the parable of the neglecte
4 supper, 1T is done as Thou hast con
n manded, and yet there is ROOM" III
\ subject was the magnitude of God
n provision for the human family, r
p viewing mans condition and the cor
pleteness of Gods plan for his salv
l. ton, especially in that of the atom
:. ment, and the infinite mercy, like Il
,r wideness of the sea-" extended to a
10 who would come to the feast. III
D. entrance to this great domain was
h tingly compared to that of the scien
lg of mathematics which was by the III
"a straight line, but its capabiliti
were immeasurable. So the entran
IN to the kingdom of Heaven was throui
ne straight gate, way so narrow that
" would not admit of the load of sin pa!
'o ing through, but when the soul W
m freed of this slavery, the bounds we
n. measured only by infnity. The SEQ
a of thought was as broad as the subje
ne but never getting away from it, dev
oping rich mine of gospel truth, &C
-. veyed to his audience with an uncti
~ ~ that is a necessary accompaniment
IIo effective preaching. At night he spo
no to a full house from a passage
"a Proverbs, Fools make q mock
as 4: SIM"
Ill Friendship Church.