Smyrna times., 1885-08-19
Smyrna and Vicinity.
BEAUTIFUL MOONLIGHT.

Smyrna and Vicinity.
BEAUTIFUL MOONLIGHT.
The vacation days are rapidly pass.
ing. i
A FEW sweet potatoes have appeared
in market
The NJ. f. Sunday school of Kenton
will picnic at Woodland Beach to-day,
REV. DR.. UMsTED returnes this week
and will fill his pulpit on Sunday next
as usual
JAMES A. COLLINS of this town has
grown a sun flower that measures u
inches across its disc
AN excursion of colored people went
from here by rail on Sunday to their
camp near Chestertown.
The peach crop in this section it is
now said will not average more than a
tenth of that of last year.
THE Salem NJ. p. Church will
hold a picnic in a grove near Thomas
Corner or Saturday next.
The school buildings are being
secured and cleaned preparatory to the
opening on the lst proximO.
A BASKET of nice pears from the
garden of Herman Roe was hugely en-
JOyed yesterday by our typos.
The TINES is issued this morning
instead of the afternoon, 50 that the en-
tire force can have a day at the bav
side.
OUR farmer friends come into town
with smiling faces, the recent copious
rains having saved the corn and potato
crops.
SHERIFF ROBINSON has appointed
Peter q. Robinson, of Dover, his deputy
IN the place of John V. Weldon, re-
signed
The Ladies' Benevolent Society will
meet Tuesday evening, August 25th.
at the residence of Mrs. E. Y. CoOper
at z! o'clock.
LAST Saturday butter sold for 20
cents per pound, the previous Saturday
80 cents. So much for the copious
showers of rain.
ONE of our city cousins who has
plump arms, but has bitten ALI her
finger nails off, scratches mosquito
bites with her teeth.
A FULL attendance of the members
OF Smyrna COnclave, No. 45, I.O.H.
IS requested this evening at s O'Clock.
Business of importance.
IT has just been discovered that the
troublesome and despised MOSQUITO is a
health-bringing visitant; it relieves the
human system of much impure blood.
THE matters of which our Dover cor
respondent writes about the water
works, have been all gone over bv the
Commissioners in their Investigations.
OUR public schools will open on the
first day of September-two weeks
from yesterday-and not on the first
Monday, the 9th, as some understand
HE attention of our readers is called
to the following new advertisements:
Pure Milk-RObert Denney.
DIR. Henley's Extract Of Celery, Beef
and Iron.
The steamer John +. Tygert is max
ing four trips a week now to accom-
modate the peach shippers. She leaves
her Mondays, Wednesdays, FRIDAYS
and Saturdays.
WIN. WALKER is fitting up his store
room preparatory to putting in a stock
OF boots and shoes. Mr.. w. will 90 to
Philadelphia, on Monday next to Law
IN an entirely new stock.
WATERNfELONs, imported and home
production, were quite abundant in
town on Saturday, for the first time.
and one merchant who had lot that
did not recover from the drought. sold
them by the basket.
ROBERT Y. WALLEN, for several
years school teacher in this vicinity
has united with r. Hopper Smith, of
Crumpton, Md, in the purchase and
running of the cigar store and pool
room opposite the Delaware House.
Chicago Sun
Ihe watermelon days are come.
The hottest of the year;
Are full of lager beer
Down in the hollow Of the grove
The spoons their love do make.
lney mink that LIES one huge lee cream
Mixed up with citron cake
SO MANY of our people have never
been away from home at a time before
on pleasure trips as during the present
month. The cry of hard-times hardly
seems in place unless these trips are
deemed paramount, on the score of
health.
If OUR police would take walk up
Main street to the Bombay Hook depot
on Sunday afternoon they might see
something there to engage their atten-
ton. Last Sunday it was the rendez-
vous of some forty or fifty disorderly
"darks."
PEAcHEs sold in New York on Mon
day at from IS cents to 50 per basket.
the latter for very fine fruit. Boston.
Sl.25 to 1925. McMulkin, of New
York sold 48 quart crate, containing
p baskets, consigned by VIM. G. Hill,
for $1,000.
The Middletown transcript asks if
the nsW hat of Prof. Herman Roe,
alluded to in our last issue, had a
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that needs no bricks TO keep it level.
The Transcript should remember that
all hats are not alike.
REYs. Herman Doe and John France
filed the pulpit at tbe NJ. L. Church
acceptably on Sunday, The pastor,
Rev. J. b. Quigg, who has been visit
ing his son and attending the camp at
Joanna Hights, near Reading, Pa, is
expected home next Sunday.
The excursion to Cape May to-day
promises 10 be a large one. Through
the courtesy Of B. f. Fleming, the
manager Of the road, Q BHmber Of edi-
tors and their wives who are 20 situat-
ed as to be able TO join the excursion
at Clayton will compose part of the
company.
JOHN MOFFITT residing on DIR. Il. J.
lambdin's farm ia ThorOughfare Neck
bsoFgbt to town on Saturday basket
Of Early EOse potatoes that were very
large and handsOns e--twO Of them
weighing p pounds. He paised 70
baskets from p Of planting lie ferti-
lied with Farmers Bone phosphate.