Smyrna times., 1885-08-05

Will be pleased to know that thew arc
not going to leave this locality.
The scarcity of peaches here ha.
caused Messrs. Hardcastle & Jones t.
seek them in Maryland, where they
are more abundant, and they have
bought orchards on the Chestertowu
Road aggregating from 10000 to 10000
baskets. They are for evaporating OF
shipping, as the market may dictate
JACOB MCCLAREY's boys, on the
farm near the Big Oak " known as
the -" Garrison farm, recently found a
land terrapin having on it the letters
g E. G. 1859 "-the initials doubtless of
the boy who found it at that time.
This was 25 years ago, and the terra
PIN was possibly that old when the
lettering was made.
The following officers have been
elected for the ensuing term of the
Lodge of Good Templars Mrs. Her
man Roe, w. c. r.; William B. Start.
w. V. T.; George Carter, w. r. S. :
Miss MOllie Wells, WIS; A. Nudge,
w. T.. Edward Gilbert, w. G.: Frank
Pratt, w. M. Miss Laura Mcdowell.
|. G.; Frank Cameron, O. G. The
lodge is in hOurishing condition, hay
ing over fifty members.
HOME is the place of rest to which
the feet turn by instinct in each inter
val OF toll. Home is the treasury
where our most precious things are
garnered. Home is the place where
we guard the heir-looms of our sires
and the cradles of our little ones;
Other abOdes we are pleased to visit
IN the way of an excursion, but home,
after all, is the place to live, and home
IS the place to die.-Bishop Lay.
WILLIAM CLARK & Co., of New
York, are in the field with q new
brand of phosphate which they pur-
pose Introducing on the Peninsula and
have established number of local
agencies in different parts of it. John
X. Wilson, who has been a dealer in
phOsphates for the past eighteen wears.
IS the agent for this locality. The ad-
yertisement in another place fully sets
forth the merits of this new candidate
for public favor.
SUPERINTENDENT MILLS is certain
ly flower artist. He has had the
grounds about the Easton depot inn
proved with beautiful flower plots
now blooming with brilliant flowers
They attract a great deal of attention
and the people who live in that part of
the town, as well rs those whose bust
ness or pleasure calls them to the sta
ton are loud in their praises of Mr..
Mills thoughtfulness and love of beau
utul tlowers.-Edston Ledger.
For the benefit of those of our read
ers who take an interest in such things
we print below State Chemist Wolfs
analysis, just received) of Planet
Bone Phosphate, manufactured bv
PenInsular Bone Fertilizer Co, of this
town, the analysis being from samples
drown from trade packages found at
Stanton, Del:
Ammonia I QO
Available PhOsphOric Acid 918,
Insoluble PhOsphOric Acid .4S.
Potash -01O
The record Of good crops of wheat
sun continue to come in. Chas. H.
griffith, on Mrs. NJ. A. Cummins' farm
down the Neck" had yield of %
bushels by measure and "a bushels bv
weight per acre, on the entire acreage.
including stalk ground, &c. Theo. w.
Lavender reports % bushels per acre
from IL acres; Theo. Mannon, on Col.
Geo. w. Cummins' ROthWel Landing
farm, an average of 80 bushels to the
acre for his entire crop, one piece of
1--we acres cutting 81 bushels per acre.
A HALF dozen or more of the resi-
dents Of this vicinity Joined the VIII !
excursion up the Hudson
River last week and enjoyed them |
selves immensely; but one of the |
party says that the next time he goes
he intends to take his dinner. that ne
= never did eat with free niggers and |
don't intend to-" 1t seems that there |
were some cOlored people also going IN |
the river, and at the dinner in the |
handsome saloon on the boat, he got
5andwlched between two of them, a
position he will see does not occur
the next time he takes the delightful
trip.
THE P5Ougbshare, the new candidate
Tor agricultural favOrs, was issued on
saturday IN Wilmington, eight by ten
inches in size, four pages. The first
number, which lies before us, is rather
miscellaneous than special. but when
me editors fairly get down to their
work IN good earnest and come to their
)fnce fresh from the field, with their
lalr full of hayseed, they will be able
o enlighten our farmers about the
pest method to raise big crops of grass.
;orn, cabbage and turnips. The sub
icrptlon price is only 50 cents a wear
.eml-monthly, and the publishers will
doubtless make it well worth the price
PROF. WOLF, the State Chemist was
n town on Saturday in the pursuit of
lis business. He does not feel we
onnd IN an interview, very pleasant
lnder the structures of the press in re-
alton to the publication of the pbos-
'hate analyses, and thinks if theV had
my objections against publishing the
ISL as sent out it would have been
more courteous to have communicated
'ith him before pitching into" him
savagely. The Milford Chronicle
Ie excepted, because while direct. its
lnguage was not offensive, while the
thers were. The September list will
e published, but the papers in which
will appear will be chosen with more
are.
ESTIMATES have again been made bv
ne engineers for the Improvement of
ne Delaware and its tributaries. with
ne recommendation of appropriations
ggregating a large sum of money. but
luck Creek, with its active commerce
without sponsor in Congress. and
ence, without IA dollar Of that help
nat is lavished on other places
ieneral w. f. Smith, agent on I'm
rovements of Rivers and Harbors.
nder his charge in Delaware and
laryland thus briefly gives us pass
~ notice:
" Nothing has been done towards the )
Improvement of Duck creek. Della
are, during the past year. To com ,
lete the improvement would cost SI2.- :
W, which is more than the commerce ,
the district warrants" :
IN private note from Dover, Harry I
. Collins writes us as follows: I
see by your paper that you seem |
be favorably impressed with Mr.. !
idea of using the water I
over of the mill in supplying the !
'wn with water. / wish to give Won