Middletown transcript., 1883-02-23
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Town Notes.

OF the Peninsular A. and P. Association
will be held at one o'clock tomorrow af-
ternoon, at the associations room.
DIR. w. F. Kennedy has been confined
to his home for several days by a severe
attack of asthma, but hopes to soon be
among his patients again.
= 1t is rumored that number OF st.
Georges hundred men who are fond of
practical jokes, will soon be called to
Dover on special business.
There have already been few signs
of the near approach of "gentle spring"
but all spring signs fail except the man
with the hand organ. He hasntappeared.
The steamer Clio made special trip
to Philadelphia on Monday for Lord q
Polk, and is now being painted prepara-
tory to resuming regular trips on her
line.
= The "water question" is discussed
almost nightly at the post-oftice and the
discussions are usually very entertaining.
Admission free; no extra charge for front
standing-room.
A very pleasant social hop, under the
management of number OF our young
men, was held in the Town Hall last
evening. About thirty couples participated
in the dancing.
= The subject of increased representa-
ton is but little discussed at Middletown.
The prevailing opinion, so far as we are
able to learn, favors constitutional amend
ment as the best means of securing an in
crease.
- David Warren has one of the finest
pairs OF oxen in the county. He drove
them on Isaac Jones' scales few days ago
and they tilted the beam at 4,242. They
are five years old and beautifully matched
in size and color.
One of the Mound City Feed Mills,
advertised in the TRANSCRIPT by Richard
Clayton, agent for New Castle county,
may be seen In operation at the farm of
R. L. Naudain on Monday afternoon from
one to two o'clock.
A resident Of Middletown heard the
Sweet Warbler of Wilmington warble in
church choir at Wilmington on last Sun
day evening. The resident of Middletown
is convalescing as rapidly as could be ex-
pected, under the circumstances.
: The Salem, New Jersey, fire appa-
ratus has been offered to our Commits
sioners at a very reasonable figure, but
the engine is believed to be too heavy and
unwieldy to be of much service in our
streets It's weight is said to exceed 1900
pounds.
u,t r,bl;o Schools yvare closed YES
terday, it being the birthday Of the Father
of his Country. A very little schoolgirl
asked us with much show of interest if
Washington were dead. We were forced
TO sadly inform her that the original and
only George is no more.
= Messrs. Hall, Jones and Crouch are
catching lots of fine fish in the mill pond
since they launched their new boat. The
constant counting of money, day after day,
is terribly wearing on ones system, and
our fishers are only able to bear up under
the strain by taking frequent diversion on
the mill pond after business hours.
= Those who were endeavoring to en-
gage R. J. Burdette to lecture at Middle
town during February, but failed to get
him on account Of his previous engage
ments for the month, now hope to secure
him for an early date in April. If Bob
comes, no one who wants to laugh the
cobwebs out Of ones liver should fail to
hear him.
That early spring songster, commonly
called the "Yellow Ned" has appeared
in abundance in the local market. The
Yellow Edward in not fish of remark
able fine flavor, but he is appreciated to
some extent on account of his previous
ness. our hired poet is at work on
poem to the Yellow Ned, which he hopes
to have finished before his subject is out
of season.
Two beggars passed through Middle
town on Wednesday, one OF whom had
paper representing him to have been one
of Arabi Pasha's soldiers. We are afraid
the paper lied, and that the beggars hailed
from the italian Quarter Of New York
citv. The walking has been so sloppy
between here and Egypt that it is hardly
probable that any of Arabi's soldiers have
vet reached the Land OF the Free and
Home of the Internal Tax Gatherer.
"A list of letters remaining in the post
office at Middletown, Del, for the week
ending February 18th, 1888: W. Il. r.
Atkinson. James Bard, Mrs. Arena Block
som Miss Eliza Dashield, William Essex,
Miss Annie Fossitt, Miss Amanda Green,
Mrs. Elizabeth Kale, Miss Frances King,
Robert Lightcap, Miss Emma Manlove'
William Middletown, Mrs. Geneva Pen
nington. Thomas J. Thompson. Persons
calling for the above letters Will please
saw they are advertised.
But very few of the new tlVe cent
coins have reached Middletown. The
coin is about the size of tive-dollar golo
piece, which, if gilded, it would resemble
verv much on the diverse side. But the
head of the Goddess of Liberty is plumper
on the five-cent piece, she probably being
a Younger goddess than our old five-doilai
goddess, However, the old five-dollal
goddess is plump enough for us, On the
reverse side of the five-cent piece is
large V, but the word cents is omitted
Owing to this defect in the design it il
thougbt that bad persons may have thu
new coins gilded and pass them OF
country editors and other guileless people
,nsuspicious of the wicked ways Of thu
world.
"A correspondent asks us if know
ANYTHING about the origin of the worC
uRlizzard.' We have seen solnewher
IN print that the word was first used il
the Northern VIndieat0r, about 1860. Th
VIndicator was a journal published in tn
officers quarters of old Fort Defiance, a
Etherville, Wisconsin. A genius know
on the frontier as " Lightning Ellis" VIII
was regarded as kind Ofweather prophet