The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-04-19

Front yards are beginning to look
pretty.
-Shad in town this week selling from
40 to 80 cents.
-Shad and herring are becoming plen-
tiful. Prices fair.
The season OF white wash and kali
somine is at hand.
As Lent is past, the hens ought
to be allowed 10 rest.
The hen that laid on Sunday evil
IDENTIFY laid an Easter egg.
Good resurrection weather--haul out
last summers clothes.
Glory enough for one year to the
ladies--to have the house cleaned.
The weather viii soon be pleasant
enough to walk up the creek road.
Very few farmers have sown oats yot,
and 1t is about the middle of April.
Try C. G. Choate's May Bird cigars.
lie claims them to be the best in town.
There is considerable sport in shoot
ing snipe-prOvided you can find the
snipe.
The young man feels lauguid, lstless,
tired, weary, worn-ous, exhausted this
sort of weather.
The young America base. ball club
defeated the Academy club by score of
10 to II, Oh Saturday last.
Watson 81 Casho are fully prepared
to furnish farmers with all kinds of farm
ing implements. Their cucumber pumps
cannot be excelled.
We were favored this week with
call from j. T. Sutton of Wilmington,
one of our subscribers.
The warm overcoat and well-won
suit can now be buried amid camphof
and moth-proof paper.
Farmers will be compelled 10 work
early and late to gain time, and get the
crops in in due season.
Several new business stands have
opened here recently. Increasing pros
perity bringoth its fruits.
People know just where they can got
job work done chcaply and neatly. For
this reason we are always kept busy.
Farming is being done between
showers in this Section. Wheat looks
vol. Corn and oats-still in the BIN.
Tho churches we're well attended on
Sunday last. The flowers in st Thomas
Church were very pretty, indeed.
The Industrious housekeeper anx-
iously looks ever the house, and comes to
the conclusion that cleaning is needed.
Mr.. George G. Kerr has been granted
by Register Biggs, letters testamentary,
as executor named in the will of the late
Andrew Kerr.
1t is about time to select summer
resort. The season generally is short,
and the sooner one gets off the longer'one
has to stay.
Flowers that have been closely
housed and carefully nursed are allowed
to take the fresh air during the pleasant
part of the day.
w. T. Hall, living near Ogletown,
will expose part of his personal prop
erty at public sale on Tuesday, April
22nd See large posters.
MIR. John L Lewis is improving his
country residence, just south of town, by
raising the eastern end of tho building in
uniformity with the other part,
Now is the time to set plants, and
the place to get them, such as straw
berry, blackberry, etc, is at VIM. b.
Thornley's, at the east end Of town.
e. S. Gilmour has removed to his
new store rooms next to DR.. Kollocl $
office. lie has laid in u complete line of
hardware, harness, etc. Give him n call.
Mrs. S. A. r zach extends a cordia
invilion to her old patrons, and asks that
they give her call, as she is prepared
with all kinds of ice creams and water
ices.
If we can Judge from the small lots
undergoing the process of filling, there
will be more vegetables raised in and
about town than will be eaten in two
years.
For wo nder, the annual howl abou
the peach crop being killed, has not takel
place this spring. TO make good prices
for the fruit, let the cry of injured crop
go forth at once.
III ess and Mackcy will offer for sale
fine lot of males and ponies, at tn,
Washington House, this town, on Nj on
day, April 2s, 1884. Also some excellent
colts of trotting strain.
According 10 adjournment, Their
will be meeting of the School voters il
School house No. 80, this afternoon, al
1880. All interested in building schoo
house are invited TO be present.
The interior of the Washington
House is very inviting from its recon
dress of paint and paper. The Mess
Lewis, painters and paper hangers made
AN excellent job Of it.
Spring has indeed come. With
beautiful flowers. The front yards will
soon put on their prettiest attire. TIT
depot flower plot is already beginning tt
shine with beauty and splender
BARNES base ball club of Baltimor
promise some excellent playing this SET
son. They have made good shown
already. We trust they will make goo
light in the championship struggle.
&C. c. Choate appears in change q
adv this week. lie says the brands