Smyrna times., 1885-02-25

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L. A. CoTToN, as will be seen by ad.
vertisement, is the first in the market
with Spring goods, having received on
Saturday large stock of black and
colored silks, dress goods, table linen,
&c.
SENATOR LAVENDER introduced in
the Legislature last week bill to allow
the Town Commissioners of Smyrna to
Issue bonds to the amount of $4,000
for the purpose of erecting water
works.
I. B. HAZARD, who returned from
this vicinity to Canada two years ago,
his former home, in letter last week
to a friend here said that the thermom-
eter had fallen to 40 below zero there
six days in succession.
WE are indebted to State Superin-
tendent Z. N. Williams for a copy of the
Ninth Annual Report of the Free
Schools. 1t is very complete in details
and contains many valuable sugges-
tiOns. Many of these have been given
in a former issue of this paper.
THE skaters have had several weeks
of weather cold enough and icy
enough for the sport, but skating has
been much interfered with by frozen
snow on the ponds. Small places have
been smOothed, but the field has been
too restricted for satisfactory move
ment.
JOHN P. HUDSON has opened his
lumber yard at Clayton with a good
stock of lumber, which he says is NOV
ing off more rapidly than he expected.
He wants chance to figure on esti-
mates of prices for those building
houses or wanting lumber for other
purposes.
WIN. ii. DAWSON who has had the
position of clerk in the Philadelphia
and Smyrna Transportation office the
the past two years has bought the farm
of Mrs. Margaret Maree, near Stanton,
so acres, for S., 800 and moved his fami-
ly there to-day. Mrs Maree will move
to this town.
THE farmers sociable and oyster
supper was held last week at the resi-
dence of VIM. E. Spruance, down the
Neck" The one for this week will
come off at the home of r. Lewis
Truax, near NIiddletown, to-day.
This is compliment paid Mr.. T. for for
mer associations, being until two or
three years ago u resident of the
" Neck"
AT DIR. II. w. Stout's vendue which
occurred on Friday, bitter cold day,
the stock sold as well as could be ex-
pected, one pair of mules selling for
S4OO and another pair for $4O1. With
such weather as we have been having,
it is presumed that the sales, which
have been occurring almost daily, have
been attended only by persons who
went for business.
THE banks were closed on Monday
in obedience to a legislative act to do
honor to the Father of his coun-
try" by observing his birthday
(which occurred the day before) as a
holiday. There were some people who
haven't got the run of these legal holi-
days who just don't exactly under
stand why patriotism calls for so many
more rest days now than it used to.
NOTWITHSTANDING the rough wea-
ther we have had this Winter we have
been exceptionally exempt from
sleighing. The snow of Sunday week
promised all that could be desired, but
the lovers of the sport found it disap-
pearing the next morning before
a heavy rainstOrm. The snowfall last
night of from six to eight inches gives
promise of a good sleighing season at
last.
WE have received a copy of the
Northern Christian AdUocate containing
an able review of DR.. Wiley's Centen-
NAL Conference paper on the Episco-
pacy by Rev. DR.. John A. Roche. our
former townsman. The latter combats
the view of the former that the NJ. Z.
Bishops are a separate and distinct
order in the Methodist economy, hold
ing that they are simply presbyters or
elders.
SUNDAY was what is called Mis-
siOnary Day" in the NJ. E. Church. In
the Sunday School the collection was
S1O1, which with the previous monthly
collections amounts to $341. This was
$34 short of last year, but better col
lection when the changed condition of
circumstances are considered. The col
lection in the school and congregation
will foot up about $3.50, against s518
last year.
NEXT Monday a new class of BEGIN
ners will be formed in the primary de-
partment of Onr public schools. All
childrdn over six years of age who
have never been to school will have an
opportunity of starting. The children
who started last December but have
been kept home by bad weather and
sickness should come and join the new
class. Another new class will not be
formed until June.
The new pipe organ (made by Jar
dine, Of New York, at a cost of 81. 200
for st. Peters P. f. Church, of this
town. was put in place last week and
in its fulless and richness of tone pives
we are told, entire satisfaction to the
congregation. It's first use for divine
worship will not be perhaps until Eas-
ter Sunday, when the work of renova-
tion will be completed and the reop-
ening services held.