Smyrna times., 1884-06-25


c. ]. HALL, Clerk of the Peace of
this county, will be at the Delaware
House tomorrow to issue licenses.
CAPT. SCOUT has had some remark
ably fine cabbage in market this week
In the matter Of market gardening the
Captain does not suffer himself to be
beaten.
A MR.. VANDEVENTER, of Whining
ton, has been granted a patent for a
new fastener for stair carpets. Now
let him invent a method to wash dishes
and the ladies will raise a monument
to his memory.
THERE is n workman ut Tschudy &
Cats basket factory that makes about
| 200 baskets every morning and in the
afternoon he considers his days work
finished and hunts for cooler parts to
bathe his heated body.
THOROUGHFARE NECK seems to be
developing, to some extent at least,
mOnstrOsities. Caleb b. Lewis has a
duck with four legs, and Geo. r. DonO-
van, of the same neighborhOod, boasts
of chicken with but one foot. At
last reports both were doing well.
ONE of our fair sex a few evenings
ago awOke with the impression that
burglars were in her bed chamber and
reaching out of bed armed herself with
one of her shoes and struck-a light
and not the burglar, for she vows now
that it was only u fly she heard walk
ing on the head board of her bed.
BY advertisement it will be seen
that the steamer Clyde commences
her Summer trips to Woodland Beach
next Monday. The further gratifying
announcement to many of our citizens
is that IA train will run from this place
to the boat each trip, thus giving a
pleasant and cheap trip to the city.
A NEW schedule of time was made
on the Delaware Railroad Monday.
The trains will leave our station here
after as follows: 715, 8.53, 11.O5 A. NJ,
and 4.37 p. NJ, going north, and 1924 A.
NJ, and 2.l0, $40 and $40 and 7.45 p.
NJ, going south. The express train
now runs to Delmar instead of Har-
ringtOn.
SAMUEL CATS was out driving last
evening with his pair Of fine horses
when one of the animals "struck lame"
| and the nearest place to secure relief
was mile distant when a pair of PIN
GERS were obtained and ANAL extracted
from one of his feet. The animal this
morning is in great agony and serious
results may follow.
THEREwere about 300 people present
at the picnic of public school No. 81.
Miss Mary M. ROthwell, teacher, held
in Collins Grove, Thoroughfare Neck,
on Wednesday afternoon last. DR.. J.
w. lsenberg and Rev. w. +. Waddell
delivered interesting addresses. There
was bountiful supply of refreshments
and all had good time.
/. f. ANTHONY shipped on Monday
| 1890 pints of black raspberries. From
p acres he picked II 600 quarts of
Strawberries. His whole crop of straw
berries was l2,730 quarts from 3l acres.
Samuel ). Griffin, near town, reports
100 quarts from Il quarter of an acre.
There are doubtless other very pro-
life yields that would show good til
lage
OUR peach growers are making
active preparations for the coming
crop, judging from the load after load
of baskets that every day 90 through
our streets. Our factories are running
on full time, turning out large quantities
daily, but the farmers are hauling them
out about rs fast as they are made. The
experience of past years has taught
them to provide this needed article be-
fOrehand.
SEVERAL of our Peninsula exchanges
claim that heavy frost was to be seen
on Monday morning week ago in the
respective communities in which they
are published, and are complaining Of
the serious damage done to growing
crops. The TINES stated in its last
issue that while some parties here
| claimed to see frost, we had heard of
no damage Of any consequence having
been done.
ONE of our Philadelphia exchanges
in making up a list of names of those
who were victimized in bunco den
in that city last week has the follow
ing: II. a. Hukfelder, of SMYRNA.
Del" Inquiry at the post Office fails
to identify the imbecile as of this com
munity 1t is probably a case like that
of the Smyrna beauty in the Dime
Museum, one whom no one here knows
anything about
The TINES article of some weeks
back on the corn harvester interested
quite number Of our farmer readers
judging from the enquiries we yet as To
whether it will be put on trial this
Fall. We have also heard much
favorable mention of the Sulky Guilt.
vatOr manufactured by Geo. w. & s
Taylor, of this town. 1t is a great
labor saving implement and works
very satisfactorily.
THE remains of the first wife of Jesse
;. Huntington were removed yesterday
from the Episcopal cemetery to the
Odd Fellows Cemetery where his sons
have purchased a lot They were de-
posted in the bottom of the grave over
which the casket containing his re-
mains, will be placed to-day. 1t is the
purpose also to remove those of his
second wife and son from the old Meth.
| odist cemetery to the same lot.
THE weather last week worked IT,
self up until it got into the ninetics
which point it reached for three davs.
but Sunday it did several better and
reached 96' in the shade. About 4
o'clock in the afternoon brisk cool
wind set in from the east which greatly
refreshed sweltering humanity. con
tinuing through the night and next
day. Philadelphia had the distinction
on Sunday of being the hottest place in
the nation, the murcury reaching 1922.
The warm weather of last week
hastened the Tipening of wheat and in
several fields of the vicinity the har-
yesting commenced on Saturday.
Monday and yesterday the number
was greatly increased and to-day the
harvest is pretty general. The grain
seems to be well formed and the pro-
duct promises to weigh well. The
yield while not so large as our best
years, is one that should give satisfac-
ton except on some low land where
the wheat was drowned out.
The town Of Camden was visited on
Monday by disastrous fire caused
by one of the employees in the can
ming factory Of Stetson & Ellison un
screwing n gasoline lamp, to fix it.
when the gas escaped and ignited from
the fire which was in the building.
The factory was destroyed, together
with the dWellinUO Of Mr. L,lIiaonlg MI ;,L