Smyrna times., 1885-05-27

northwest, or garden side of his resi-
ence.
LOOK out for another one of those
fine young steers, at j. h. Williams
meat market, on Friday morning, at .
o'clock.
REV. D. A. RIDOUT, pastor of the
Centennial NJ. Z. Church, left to-day
for Salisbury, Md, where the annual
Delaware Conference cOnvenes to-
morrow.
THE Thomas CLYDE will make her
first trip this season on June Sd, having
been engaged by Philadelphia parties
for an excursion down the bay on that
date. She is now at Wilmington un-
dergoing repairs.
THE red-lipped strawberry is on
hand, and the redder and more luscious
and big he is the more certain he is to
be on the top of the box, trying to
apologize for his poor relations who
are hid at the bottOm.-Er.
THE rink will close tomorrow night
for the Summer with a tramp sociable,
wheelbarrow race and phantom Carni-
val. Two brass bands and the Cobb
and WescOtt Combination, fancy ska
tiers, will also be in attendance.
THE deep-throated whistle of
Tschudy & Cats basket factory, COM
menced timing the work hours on
Monday, indicating that the Summer
campaign looking to the harvesting of
the luscious peach, had opened.
GEORGE SAvIN, one of our boys who
has an idea of turning his time to prac-
tical account, is trying to get up a list
of subscribers for the New York Sun
dag Tribune that will leave that city
on the early morning train and reach
here about 10 o'clock.
BISHOP LEE will preach at St. Peters
church next Tuesday evening, which
will be really the prepara ory service
for the Diocesan Convention which
commences the next morning and will
be attended by about fifty ministers
and laymen from other places.
THE Bombay Hook fishery is send
ing some very fine trout to market
about twice the size of those coming
from kits Hammock. In fact, the
trout is an institution when it comes
fresh and of Il proper size, when set
down before Il man Of affairs possessed
with n keen appetite.
TIE Board of Directors of our public
schools have invited Rev. VIM S. Rob
insOn, Of Milford, to deliver an adj
dress ON " Educalion," in our Town
Hall, on the evening of June 26th, that
date being the close of the session when
diplomas will be granted to such pupils
as are entitled to them.
DAVID RICHARDS, while trimming
some bean poles one day last week
with hatchet, made Il miss lick, deal
ing the other hand "a very severe
blow, severing an artery and leaving
an ugly cash. " Uncle DaVy" is now
carrying it in II sling, and nurses his
pet with a great deal of care.
THE crack fields of wheat in Sever
sons Neck are those of G. II. Griffith.
Thos. Kirby, VIM. f. Spruance James
7. TruaX, VIM. +. Riggs, Jr., Theodore
MannOn, and nearer to town, on the
roads leading thereto, those of w. o.
HOfiecker, james Robinson, Mrs. Re-
becca Williams and S. p. Truax.
NEXT Monday is the first Monday
in June, and is therefore the regular
time for forming Il class Of beginners i'll
the primary department of the public
schools. As the room is already full to
overlooking it is difficult to understand
how the beginners will be seated. The
eighth room will be opened ut the be-
ginning of the Fall term.
A LARD can marked J. T. Roberts,
Smyrna, Del, is said to have been in a
field near Blacks Station, about twenty
miles from the former place, after the
storm on Wednesday, and there is no
doubt entertained by those who wit
messed the force of the storm that it
was blown to the place where it was
found by the wind. EIktOn Democrat
THE week Of east winds, cloudy.
threatening weather and but little rain,
ended yesterday, leaving the ground
below the surface, dryer than when it
set in. But it was just the thing for
the growing crops, and wheat and
grass have been doing their best to
make up for lost time. The result is.
the outlook for wheat and hay is moi
so gloomy as it was several weeks
ago.
THE jug breaking at Severson's
Church, on Thursday evening was al.
together a pleasant affair, well at.
tended and the results satisfactory
The aggregate amount of the money
collected was nearly thirty-six dollars
which the pastor, Rev. Mr.. France, ha.
been instructed to invest in new book.
for the Sunday school library. The
| school IS now contemplating the early
purchase of a cabinet organ.
LAST week man very different in
appearance from the ordinary tramr
was begging in our town. He repre
sented himself as being from Salisbury
Md. 1t was mildly suggested to him
that if Salisbury could thus turn out
beggars with a pretty good outfit, in
Guiding an umbrella, they could very
easily take care of them at home. Itil
never a good business stroke for a mar
troubled with impecuniosity of thil
kind, to carry an umbrella.
THE two boys we referred to a weel
or two since as incOrrigible bird-nesl
robbers, went to the residence of F.. M
Fowler, few days since, reinforced b,
two others, with the intent of robbini,
the nests in his martin box. Mr.. z
happened to see them before thev ha,
accomplished their object, and if the,
have any regard to promises, Will no
be found there again. Where "moro
suasiOn fails with boys it is generaIl,
found that " strap" persuasion sac
ceels admirably.
VIM. STILL has recently made sew
eral large hauls Of herring in the creeI
at Blacks Landing, just back of thi
town, about twelve miles from tn,
pay: They ran from 1900 to 500 at
haul. Notwithstanding the shad bav,
Oeen more abundant in the bav thar
usual, the catch above the Landing ba
been only about a quarter that of mas
seasons. This is attributed to a shoa
IN the creek at Rothwell's LANDING
which has been thrown up by the turn
ing of the steamboat.
Col. r. G. JOHNSON, residing nea
Massey's, Md, director of the Frui
Growers Bank, Of this town, brougb
with him yesterday three cancelIe,
checks that are a curiosity in that line
two of them being on the bankin,
house of Stephen Girard. and bearin,
that great iinancier's signature. Thet
were of the S5 denomination and hae
the date OF 1923. The other is a 81
note on the Commercial Bank of Phil