Smyrna times., 1885-01-07

JOHN P. HUDSON has purchased of
Mrs. Harris, at Clayton, piece of land
situated between the Office of w. G..
Hill and the store of w. A. c. Hard
castle, nearly half an acre, on the
front of which he intends to erect a
building for a hardware store, using
the back part for lumber yard.
WHEN u young man who is pretty
far gone, tears himself away for week
in fulfilling filial duty, gets home in
the FOWL train when chanticleer is
growing for day, and the next night is
so sleety that safety cOmpels further
separation from his best girl, he has
the warmest sympathies of the whole
cOurting population.
PERSONS in want of cheap carriages
will find good stock of various kinds
at the wareroOms of Joseph L. Beckett.
He wants to dispose of them in the
slack season of Winter, and those COM
ing during that time will get the best
bargains. Mr.. Beckett is putting up
from one to three new carriages a
week, and expects to have from forty
to fifty ready for the Spring sales.
WIN. ?. FROUDE, as will be seen by
announcement elsewhere, is at work in
the interest of the ladies in repairing.
cleaning and putting their machines in
complete order. He has already over
hauled number, and proposes to " do
up" the community while here and
leave the ladies in a better frame of
mind with theirsewing machines thanhe
found them. Orders may be left with
JOS. II. Primrose.
WHAT are Known as the hands
the farm labOrers, are beginning to as
semble together in small companies.
as if they were discussing prospective
business. The farmers say thev can
not pay the wages of the past two
years with the low prices of grain, and
as labOrers never like to cOncede any
thing, there is likely to be a wide
chasm between the two classes on the
wage question for the coming crops.
THE best news of the new year to a
large part of our population is the ad-
vance in the price of wheat and corn.
We should not have said a "large
part of our population, but rather.
the whole population, because those not
growing these staples are equally in
terested with the farmer in a paving
market price to the grower in order
that the equilibrium of trade be not !
disturbed. Prosperity springs out of
the ground.
Two weeks ago dogs got among the
sheep of Jos. c. Goldsborough. near
town, and killed one, when they were
discovered by Mr.. g., who emptied the
contents of a well-loaded gun into the
side OF one of the dogs. There were
two Of them at his place, but last week
an attack was made on the sheep of Eu-
gene Crow, on an adjoining farm. when
they numbered three, killing one sheep
OF tins flock before they were discov-
cred. The farmers of this neighbor-
mood should form themselves into n
detective corps.
PETER S. COLLINS has a well Dre-
served copy of the Philadelphia Ledqer
published fifty years ago. 1t is about
IOxl5 inches in size-a very different
looking sheet from the Public Ledqer of
to-day. He has also Spanish dollar
bearing the date of 1899, which was
paid him by the late Isaac Shorts of
Shorts Landing for muskrat skins.
IN 1881. Mr.. Collins was then Young
man and, like many others. spent the
leisure of Winter in trapping, which
brought in no inconsiderable revenue
Tor those days, which was "salted
away" to be used as the foundation
iOI IuIure settled business.
IHE ZINES Office acknowledges the
compliment from Mrs. William Brad
ley Of some excellent wedding cake as
"a memento of the wedding of her
daughter Bessie to Thos. Kirby, as an
nounced in our last issue. Ourmeagre
information prevented us going into
particulars, but the occasion was a
most pleasant one to the large COM
pany present, Rev. J. T. Umsted per-
forming the ceremony, Miss Mary
Bradley and Geo. A. Armstrong acting
as bridesmaid and groomsman. They
returned from their wedding tour the
last Of the week and have since been
receiving the congratulations of their
friends.