Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-01-17
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Bank EIecfiOn-A Beautiful Dream
UnfuI1iIied-nuccr Results OF the

special correspondence OF O-4stte and journal.
SRAfoRb, Jan. lO-At the annual meet
ing to dry ot the stock holders of the
First National Bank OF Seaiord the fol-
lowing gentlemen were elected as the
OJsrd Of directors for the ensuing year :
Daniel Hearn Isaac Il. Wright, Joseph
Neal, Michael CoulbouTn, Philip L. Car-
non, Ebert W. Layton, Samuel W.
Kinder, William A. Corbln and Henry l..
Hopkins.
The board at once organized by elect
ing Daniel u.arn president and l. R.
Wright vice president. The board de-
clared q semi annual dividend of per
cent, payable on demand. They also
ordered that the safes OF the bank he se-
cured by the latest improved time locks.
good old lady OF this locality some
time ago dreamed that three OF her we'll
to do neighbers each gave her 81 600. So
strOug WAS her faith in dreams and in
the realization OF this particular one,
that early on the day following she
mounted her suorting Bucephaius and
undsr d lively 90 anttrhury gallop,"
struck bet line for the home OF one of
the gentlemen Who had given her, in her
atram, II ,000. She made known to him
her dream, aud sively assured him that
her eonhdencs in his iberality was
such as to lead her 70 believe
that he would cheerfully do his
part toward the tuldm-ul OF the pleasant
dream The sail@Lt spu :leman replied
bat hs w0ald with much cntertulness>
.f.u fer o. her II ,uUO Of his surplus
assD, provided tue other gentlemen would
r.lr down with their thousands.
W W--reupou tue good old lady hurrisdly
fa1- p,. ,u gentleman No. ,, and relsted
lsr ireSm tu hun No 2 assured her
Inst his $1,000 Should be promptly
| forthcoming il ,he two other gentlemen
would hand over theirs Buoephalus
ua= soon ou tn. rosi 10 house Il man
NJ. =, eao upsallsutly pleaded
| Lat his lNuk account was so
la1 JLat he could afford to
| gave her puiy 5iuO end on condition
that bs,A t.e otA,r ueu would give her
! sl.uoU hal tle two gentlemen first sp-
| prosDh-i Wer- iiil-Nitle and would give
| ouly according 10 'hrtl OF girsl promise.
| pl uouEae ih- ul7Iot vas .h8t the cred
! ulou5 GlH ally never realized the fulfill
uls4t Of tlaL h,sg.iful dream. Two Of
the g-utieH-a hgye slUc, bteu quite sick,
one ut thei- IyilF lua the tliri is great
suliersr iru. .aal IL. mstAcan vulture,
The snawiu- !y-p+psia. And the simple
old lady t-j jafrs that their silctions
were put upol tA-m ty su even handed
sni gatcugu Providence Ia punish them
far crue.ly allowing ler lovely dream to
50 uutnltilrd
The rec-ut cold weather las rudely
exposed tue quality OF some OF the
whisky ald brandy sold in this place.
Daring tA- 60 lest says and nights it is
said that clear and b. -autifrlly taperiug
.eicles were to be seen psuient from the
speoss Of the barrels III which the popu-
lar beverage is kept. Aud gentleman,
who ought 10 h. al excellent Judge
OF brandy In sll sorts Of weather,
cold, hot and medium, declares
that lie was badly taken in when he laid
in his last supply of apple jack, for the
late freezs. pe says, thorough congesled
all that he usl Oh Laud al the time. The
moral is that the men in the liquor bust
ness shonii closely walcd the weather re-
ports, and not water SO copiously when
frpr2t4 il urrjlrtpi