Smyrna times., 1884-01-23

THE Board of School Directors had a
hnal settlement with Messrs. Ferree &
Bro, of YOrklin, near Wilmington, the
contractors for the erection of the new
school house, last evening, the entire
mechanical work being completed, and
the mouse ready for the reception of the
| school furniture.
IN local notice written and put in
| type on the day of our last issue in re-
gard to Missionary Day." by an in
advertancy it was made to read two
weeks from that day instead of Sun
day, the day of the announcement.
Next Sunday is the day referred to
when DR.. John A. Roche will occupy
the NJ. e. pulpit in the morning and
DIR. w. Underwood, of SeafOrd, in the
evening. 1t will be day of decided
interest doubtless to the attendants of
the Church.
NOTWITHSTANDING the bad weather
last week the visiting committee to the
Presbyterian Church OF this town, Rev.
5. A. Gayley, D. D. and Rev. VIM. w.
Reese, had good and attentive
audiences to wait on their ministry.
The sermons were intended for heart
searching as well as head entertaining
and as such were calculated to arouse
and deepen religious impressions. Rev.
Mr.. Umsted was fortunate in having
DIR. Gayley to remain with him over
Sunday.
A LARGE quantity of ice floating in
the Delaware was forced by the wind
on the bar at the mouth of the creek
where it still remains piled up in some
places four and five feet. 1t has been
hoped that high tide would carry it
off, but this has not been the case and
the cold weather still keeps it intact.
The steamer Iygert started out the lat
ter part of last week but there was too
much ice to force through. An east
wind or a sudden rise of temperature
may bring relief any day.
JOHN CALVIN was a great man i'm
his day nor has the theological lustre
that has hung about his name been
diminished by the lapse of time, nor is
it any derOgation in the least to the
Rev. j. I. Umsted to say that when he
puts on his Winter cap that was made
TO meet the Winter wants of an Iowa
pastOrate) that he looks the very
picture of his great theolos cal proto-
type. Comfort is not theology, but the
latter would lack forcefulness if it
hadn't the genius to keep the head and
heart warm.
The most of the people believe that
blue birds go south in the Winter sea
son. 1t is true that they seek sheltered
places, but south wind and warm sun
will soon bring out their familiar notes. |
During the softening breezes Yesterday |
Il gentleman told w. he saw nearly a
dozen in his garden. The robin how
ever does depart, remaining until |
but one of them-a single bird |
one morning last week when the |
murcury was down to 12' and the |
ground covered with snow, sat i'm a
high branch of one of our trees and |
alter giving number of note calls |
without response, plumed its wings
and flew away. Coming at such time
it was certainly rara aris.
The cause of the after-glow sunsets
a great deal of speculation in |
regard to the cause among the scien-
lists, and while no definite conclusion
has been reached, the preponderance
Of opinion strangely attributes it to
volcanic dust thrown up in the air by the
great volcanic eruptiOns last Fall. An
says:
1t is reported that snow obtained in
Scotland, Holland and Northern Ger
many has been subjected to careful
examination, and there
has resulted the detection of minute
PARTICLES of volcanic dust. Similar re-
suits in various sections of this country
would prove almost beyond question
he accuracy of the Java theory of the
which have been noticed in
he skies for months past"