Smyrna times., 1883-07-18


A SHORT STAY-On Monday even
ing two men with their "traps" on |
their back were seen vending their |
way to the depot, using as they passed |
up the street expressive language. |
They came to sojourn with us some |
time, but they left at the end of a-half
day. They came to lay bricks for Mr..
Ruth on the new school house, arriv-
ingin the noon train, but when o'clock
arrived, from too free use of the
ardent they were in no condition to
work and so lounged about for the
afternoon. At the close of the day he
called them up, paid them for their
time and told them he had no further
use for them. Mr.. Ruth makes it
rule to employ no drunken wOrkmen
and they understood it when engaging
with him.
A BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN OF THE LILY.
One ofOur typos returning from a visit
to his home i'll Lebanon, day or two
ago, brought with him a curious speci-
men of pond lily from the waters of st.
Jones creek. 1t differs entirely from
our own native pond lilies. When
seven inches across it, has two rows
of large white petals, with a cone
shaped seed vessel in the centre yellow
in color and surrounded with fringe
beautifully shaded and is very fragrant.
The seed vessel after the bloom, grows
to large size and very much resem-
bles those of the Victoria Regid. They
seem to thrive and multiply only in
this one spot in st. Jones creek, and
we have been told that frequent efforts
have been made to transplant them
but without success. 1t is stated it
grows only in three states of the Union.
SAMUEL COLLINS, of Thoroughfare
Neck, has sent us big hen egg that
weighs something less than half pound.
Some weeks ago Mr.. Collins left copy of
the Transcript lying on his porch and it
blew out in the yard. One of his favorite
hens came along and in looking down the
local column saw where an egg weighing
four ounces had been laid by Kent coun-
| ty hen and sent to the Smyrna TINES.
Mr. Collins hen is proud fowl of extra
ordinary intelligence, and she said She
would beat that Kent county hen or die for
! her native land. The result i on our
table. The man vino beats lis ut big egg
lie will have to get up tolerably early in
the morning. -Mildietorm TianScript.
Yes, but our neighbor HASN'T got the
case up right. The egg of the TIMES
weighed 81 ounces, honest weight, in
stead of four as the Transcript has it,
and if one of our prominent NJ. ID. 5
hadn't broken it in trying to solve in
his mind a problem in the science OF
obstetrics, Jacob Maclary, the owner,
intended to send it to Barnum. The
editor if he is ambitious to have Mr..
Collins hen victorious, will have to
send her another Transcript to read.
A DUCKING.-John Robinson, VIM.
Davis and John p. GoldsborOugh made
a visit to Bombay Hook, Sunday after
noon, by carriage with ladies, and
while enjoying all that the beach offer.
ed, they were admOnished by the
gathering clouds to "get up and get. ;
They had dismissed the carriage that
took them there and proposed return
ing by RObinson's yacht Idcie, but
after getting up the creek a short dis
tance they got becalmed and the vessel
ashore. The Ominous roll of thunder
gave them an unpleasant idea of theil
Fix" and as a last resort the gent.
jumped ashore and planting themselve!
firmly tried an altogether" to shove
her into the stream. Well, it happened
to be altogether, for after much effor
she moved-moved quickly, and three
young men with all their SUNDAYS OF
were flOundering in the turbid creek
and three young ladies were lookin!
on from the side of the now freeC
yacht. But they all got home safe
and one of our jewelers. wants to know
what happened to those Watche.
brought to him to be put in shape.
VISIT OF RAILROAD MEN.-On Fri
day the railroad officials, Chas f
Pugh, General Manager of the Penn
sylvania Railroad; II. +. Kenney
Superintendent of the Philadelphia
Wilmington &c Baltimore Railroad; |
n. Mills, Superintendent of the Della
ware Railroad, with the engineer an,
his assistant spent two or three hour
in this town and vicinity in compan,
with d. j. Cummins, President of tn
National Bank and State Senate
Wilson T. Lavender. They expires.
ed themselves pleased with the tow
and country, but of course whateve
expressions they have to give in re
gard to the proposed loop or curve vii
first be made to the Railroad author
ties. General Manager Pugh will re
port to Vice President Green in two @
three weeks the result of the survey
: probable cost, advantages and disac
vantages, &c, when the subject will b
laid before President Roberts who's
decision is final. His action is suppo!
: ed to depend largely on the recommer
1 datiOn of the officials above named
D Our citizens could wish for favOrabl
!. report throughout,