Smyrna times., 1884-05-14

teOk tne hfsl carriage ride of his life
The experiences of this ride and the
scenes he Witnessed In q several
miles drive in the country were all
novel to him. It is not at an surpris-
ing that many of the questions he
asked seemed strange to one ito the
manor born"
TIE Rev. J. B. Quigg, pastor of the
M. E Church of this town. who was
selected by the General Conference to
prepare memoir of the late Bishop
Scott, read his paper before that BODY
yesterday. Mr.. Quigg's long familiarity
with the Bishop made him eminentlv
fit for the task placed in his hands, and
the paper read yesterday was a yerv
full and exceedingly interesting one to
those who knew the late venerable
Bishop.
The colored people of this town are
arranging to organize a lodge of Odd
Fellows. They have already about
thirty names and sufficient funds in
hand for the organization. They are
lifting up room in the hall near the
Centennial NJ. E. Church, and within
two weeks will be fully organized with
officers properly installed and members
initiated. They will be known as the
James A. Garfield Lodge, 1. o. o. F.
FISHING at Blacks Landing. a point
on the Smyrna creek on the farm now
in tenure of Saml Truax. has been in
progress this year as usual. buf the
eaten has not been quite as large as
that OF last year, though the largest
aSui made this Spring exceeded that
OF last. Twenty-Five shad the fisher
men consider q good catch for a point
so far removed from the bay together
with the fact that there are so manv
nets set below it.
THE pulpit of the NJ. f. Church was
filled on Sunday last by local brethren.
In the morning by Herman Roe. and
evening by Jas. G. Lassell. Mr.. Roe
spoke very earnestly and with much
tervor on the subject of Christian work
holding up Christ as the great exam
pie. Mr.. Lassell in the evening for
about twenty minutes dwelt on the
character of the workers in the moral
vineyard, addressing himself especially
to the young men of the community.
CHARLES Z. GREEN is building on
his farm, near BlackistOn's Cross
Roads, barn the dimensions of which
are 6Ox70 feet. The basement wall is
OF stone % inches thick, and the brick
wall on top of the stcIe is 16 inches
thick. This is to be used as a stable
for his horses and cattle. The HEIGHT
is "a feet to the square. When com
pleted this will be one of the most con-
venient and substantial barns in the
county and is intended to hold every-
thing grown on the farm. The estimat-
ed cost is 5000.
COLLECTOR WELDON saws that a very
large number of our taxpayers took
advantage at the s per cent. discount
allowed if paid before the 10th inst, as
was advertised in the TIMES last week.
The total duplicate for this year is
$4,000, and the amount paid him pre-
vious to the 10th inst. was 81 600.
Nearly half of the taxes then. were
paid in three days. Had the School
Board advertised earlier it is almost
certain that a much larger proportion
Of the duplicate would now be in the
collectors hands.
w. A. FAIRIES & BRO, have had
placed in their well one of Gilbet's
force and lift pumps, manufactured at
Chambersburg, Pa. This pump with
the use Of hose will throw water over
the highest part Of their building and
IN case Of fire would be of immense
service to them. 1t will carry water
through a hose to their street front
with sufficient force to throw it across
the street. 1t is very convenient for
washing carriages as well as the manv
other uses to which they can put it.
These pumps are for sale by G. w. &
S. Taylor
THERE was quite a large audience
present at the Helen Potter entertain
ment on Wednesday evening last. but.
as IS usual with repeated entertain
ments, she was not so pleasing as on
her first visit. Her representations
were good, but the readings constitut-
ing the first part of the programme
were not Of the captivating style She
employed when here before. She was
announced for Saturday evening last.
but on reaching town on Saturday
morning and finding that onlv four
seats had been sold cancelled her en-
gagement.
1T is a noticeable fact in building
that shingles are not so generally used
IN roofing as formerly, tin taking their
place. Shingles are not cheap anv
more, slate, all things considered.
being cheaper and tin is less expensive
than slate, and has the additional adj
vantage Of protection during thunder
storms. The danger from fire is so
much less when either slate or tin is
used that in towns shingles ought to be
discarded altogether, and we doubt
not that there are a number of in
stances on farms where fire has occur
red that had the buildings been rooted
with tin they would not have burned.
OBEDIAH VosHELL, near Cloak's
Mill, lost a horse valued at 5000 yes
terday. He went down to Cranberrv
fishing shore, on Elk river. MARYLAND
driving pair Of fine bays, and in com.
ing home had them fed at Cecilton. It.
Is supposed they were Overfed or given
TOO much water, for one of them was
taken sick on the road and died soon
after getting home, it is supposed. from
spasmodic collie. Thisisthe second fine
driver he has lost within a wear
one being stolen and never recoved
Mr.. V. called in DR.. Bovd imme-
diately on his arrival home. but he Yves
unable to give the horse any relief.
AN exchange saws that the Is RaIti-
more q Delaware Bay r. RI alias the
smyrna, Delaware Bay & Kent
County r. r., alias the Bombay Hook
X. r., is soon to be put in thorough re-
pair, the piers rebuilt and massive
boats, with o capacity for CARVING
large trains, put on both the Delaware
and Chesapeake Bays, and that the
road will become what was originally
predicted, a through Southern route
We swallow this with the same aviditv
that we would dose of castor oil
We are little older than we were
when this road was built and we don't
enthuse on this subject like we used
70. we prefer the loop" or shin
canal.
AN umbrella blacksmith visited the
TINES Office one day last week. look
ing up business as we supposed, and
surely there is no place where he Il
likely to find more Of It than in the
average country printing office. pro-
xided he Is willing to take It on trust