Smyrna times., 1884-03-19

The days and nights are now equal.
RANDOLPH PETERS advertises various
plants and nursery trees.
The use of barbed wire for fencing
increases with each season.
THE rain fall to-day is the heaviest
of the many rainy days of the Spring.
THE communication from our New
York correspondent will appear in our
next issue.
The early bird catches the worm and
the early advertiser catches the
Spring trade.
WHEN are we to have the music of .
the frogs? They seem to be taking Il
longer nap than usual.
THE welcome sunshine of the past |
three days has improved business and /
made everybody feel better.
THE pleasant weather which came
with St. Patrick's $ day is causing Il visi-
BILE swelling of the peach buds.
THE y. w. c. T. u, will meet at the
residence of the Misses UOugh, ON Fri
day evening next, ut O'Clock.
THE work of the shovellers in pre-
pairing for the new gates at the mill
pond was commenced yesterday.
SMYRNA is honored with two out of
the three Delegates sent by the Will
mingtOn to the General Conference.
MRS. NJ. J. CLIFTON, of Clayton, has
commenced the erection of another
| dwelling near her present residence.
Il. B. MEGEAR has in his large lot of
Spring goods received good stock of
mating which he is selling at reduced
prices.
THE Ladies Benevolent Society will
meet Tuesday evening March 25th),
at Mrs. Il. B. Megears, ut Seven
o'clock.
The present outlook is for a fair
amount of building when Spring opens
with an increase with the progress of
the season.
THE Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet on Tuesday, the 25th
inst, at o'clock, ut the residence OF
Mrs. Mary Denney.
A CANARY bird came to the residence
of Jos. B. Benson, at the Duck creek
light house, one day last week. He
secured it in cage.
DURING the storm last week a wilC
) duck flew against the glass Of the ligh
! house at the mouth of the creek will
such force as to kill itself.
SMYRNA was again in luck last nigh
at the gold watch drawing of Samue
H. Baynard,-the lucky individual
being ]. Harvey Speakman.
Jos. f. CARTER has moved his nev
D store to the location wanted and is pre-
q pairing the foundation for his neN
dwelling where it stood.
. THE Society of Masons in this tow
" has made a large addition to thei
< membership in the past year, and wi
enlarge their lodge room shortly.
e THE first Spring marsh fire of I'll
IF season to illumine the Eastern horizo
J. was visible yesterday evening, but wa
n extinguished by the rain of to-day.
n OUR farmers are emphatic in til
r declaration that they have never see
= so many weeks of rain and so man
l. deluged fields in any Spring before
+ FARMERS in want of peach trees a.
NJ notified by advertisement that Jos.
d Cavender, agent for Ely's Nurser
e. is ready to supply them in any quant
10 ty.
Ut The hotel property at Clayton q
III vertised to be sold Oh Thursday last
Sheriff sale was not put up, the pen
,o ing difficulties being previously arran
. ed.
ia A WILMINGTON IN. c. paper pu
=. fishes list of marriagcable you
is' men to aid leap year proposals. WOu
III our young bachelor friends like for
". to thus put them Oh the market?
-, BECKETT & MACKEY have establi.
=, - ed the head quarters for their Easte
gu Shore sale of carriages at Church II
cy and Mr. Mackey will give it his p
lst sOnal attention during the Spring a
zee Summer.
'u' The people OH Smyrna Giro
pm expected 10 hear their new preach
ld- Rev. J. i. Merritt, ON Sunday, q
ed went out to the appointments, Bet
and Severson's, but he did not put
an appearance.
Mr.. COsGRIFF, manager of the 7
as works of VIM. NJ. Bell, has cOmmen
'nd the preparation Of the clay to be us
tip but the moulding will not be C,
on | menced until the middle of April
hey the freezing season has passed.
AN; HARRY J. WILSON has the cont
Vild for furnishing both the Railroad He
is at Clayton, aud the hotel of Terra
D is CaFvin, at KentOn, with mattres
about dozen each. The contract v
the latter also includes number Of
'"e lows and holsters.
any 60 :, ,,,. -. NIL.
=" CroSs Roads, raised the last sr;lsOI
and bushels of corn per acre on 20
of helai Inc MANURE o, was os u ,e prepara "a e
4. OF HtS own fplilpOSth Oi tDBitSU -
'uia, plaster and barn yard manure. 1t
/. in him about 81 90 per ton.
Dland 0UR farmers may be interested i
rela- article on our third page from
~ weekly New York Tribune ON the
'H'"' jeet Of comparison Of manure
you wood ashes. WIN. Geo. Hill is
asta- agent for the sale Of Rpleached y
ashes, advertised in another coium
{, i The fish pond on q Oakdaie"
y" ~ which was constructed some two ,
n OF ago by John Fraser but the farm
tside sold some months age TO j. p. NJ
who moved on IL the first of the m,
~ = was allowed for some reason TO bs
per- .oH the grgt Of the week, the fish,
tho man carp, naiaral gold fish, &c, e
ing to the midi strenl9 4igd theme
~ Lhe cause OF the broken gates. 10 the "
IA an of the creek The dam Of JQl
8 ~. Hudson's fish pond also broke
~ e's days ago caused by the burrowi
that muskrats.