Smyrna times., 1885-10-07

WtlA S0ll 1uS pcISOHdl properly or the
late Wilbur r. Glanden, at Duck
Creek.
The wedding ceremony of N. F.
Wilds and Miss Sallie G. Hill will take
place at st. Peters Church, this town,
next Wednesday, 14th inst, at IL o.
clock NJ. No invitations have been OF
will be sent to relatives or friends in
town or vicinity, but they are all cor
daily invited to be present at the
wedding.
JOHN w. FORD, of Severson's Neck.
had n field of wheat that was up
enough to give quite green shade over
it a week ago, while Chas. H. Griffith
had field at the same time that was
coming through the ground nicely. A
great deal of wheat was sown last
week and more will be this, with fav-
Orable weather.
The finest ounces by far that we
have seen this year were grown bv
Charles Jerman, of Camden, crate of
which were sent to his sister, Mrs.
John H. HOifecker, of this town, fiftv-
four of them filling o peach crate, a
single one measuring twelve inches
around it either way. Mr.. Jerman
grated the ounce on an apple
stock, which doubtless accounts for
both their perfection and size.
A, Il. CULLEN gave wedding recep-
ton at his residence at Duck Creek
last evening which was attended by
about seventy-fve persons from this
place, Townsend, Philadelphia, &c.
The house was decorated with Chinese
lanterns inside and out, and a gener-
GUS table supplied the complete wants
OF those present, including the Smyrna
Cornet Band, who went out to cele-
brate the event, and furnished unusu-
ally fine music.
The entertainment given by DR..
Wakentank and his squaw, of the
Cherokee tribe, at the Town Hall last
night was highly enjoyed by the fair
sized audience in attendance. A much
better idea was given of Indian life.
especially of the ceremonial in their
dances, than could possibly be OBJ
tanned from reading. The doctor and
his good looking wife are not of
the stolid, inexpressible kind that char
terizes the typical Indian, being half
breeds and possessing little of the saw
ageness of their race beyond their ira
ditiOns.
ON Wednesday evening of last week
the annual meeting of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society of the NJ.
h. Church was held at the church and
the following officers elected: Mrs.
DIR. w. I. Collins was elected Presi
dent; Rev. Mrs. ]. B. Quigg, First
Vice President; Rev. Mrs. John
France, Second Vice President Mrs.
i. b. Megear, Third Vice President
Mrs. James p. Hotfecker, Treasurer
Miss Mollie Thompson, Corresponding
Secretary Mrs. J. Fletcher Clement,
Recording Secretary, and Miss Bett
Smlthers, Solicitor for Heather WO-
mans Friend.
REV. JOHN f. SMITH had a trial of
his corn harvester last week, near
Wilmington, which met, he saws. his
fullest expectation, not missing a hill.
1t needs, he thinks, but little more adj
Justing to make it entirely adapted to
its present arrangement of cutting one
row at time-what is expected of the
machine being about ten acres a dav.
The statement that was made a few
weeks ago that he had been offered
S5O,OOO for his patent was unauthorized
and not fact, but Mr.. Smith has an
abiding faith in his patent both as a
successful machine and a source of
profit.
WHAT is termed cholera, the dis
ease so fatal to hogs, is thought bv
those whose judgments ought to have
some weight, not a disease Of that char
acter at all, but rather q fever that
might be designated typhOid-pneumo-
MIA. I. J. Lambdin, V. S., who has
given the disease some investigation. is
OF this opinion, and DIR. Il. c. Moore in
an examination that came under his
notice, found the lungs and other WIS.,
cera in a condition that would Indicate
that death resulted from a disease of
this kind. DR.. Lambdin in dissect-
ing examination of horse that died
with what is called " blind staggers,"
found the lungs the special organ in
volved, and with him the presumption
IS quite strong that the fatality comes
more from the lungs than the bowels.
THE same complaint existed this
year as last at the indefniteness about
car time at the Dover Fair; when
would they start? would there be
more than one train g.? &C., and with
no bills or placards to follow, the peo-
pie went on hearsay by inquiring one
OF the other. The Laurel Gazette thus
states the grievances of the down road
passengers: "A great deal of com
plant has been expressed of the bad
management i'll the transportation of
passengers, especially on the return
trip. Thousands were taken to Dover
on schedule time, and as no trains were
on hand when they wished to return
they had to get home the best wav
they could. The fair managers blame
the railroad company for this, but it is
the general opinion that neither party
gave the matter such attention as it re-
quired."
OUR farmers are wont to complain
that the staple crops are so much lower
now than in the former times that
there IS no pay in them. A statement
we published last week from q SMYRNA
paper published 36 years ago, hardly
pears this out. Wheat was then 81 90
and corn 60 cents per bushel against
93 cents and 48 cents respectively now.
with an increase of nearly double in
production. On the other hand there
mas been great rise in what are known
as the minor crOpS-butter. eOOs DOuI-
try, &C.; then selling, butter at I28
cents per pound, eggs at 10 cents Der
dozen and chickens at $1.5O per dozen.
while the prices now respectively are
butter at 20 cents, eggs at 18 cents and
chickens at 10 cents per pound or
about 5000 per dozen. The good wife
knows the difference in this regard
better than her liege-lord, who does the
talking.
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