Smyrna times., 1886-11-17
Smyrna and Vicinity


THE days Of the Thanksgiving tur-
key are numbered.
JACK Frost will soon write his name
on the window panes.
FOR sale cheap-one cellar furnace.
Apply to J. W. Denney.
CANDY toys il the store windows
show that Christmas is drawing nigh.
Wesley BRowN is building himself
a small twO-=tOry house on Monrovia
street.
JOHN 2. COOPEE and 7. 3. Megear
have each given their residences at
tractive colOrings-shades Of olive.
J. V. SMITH is purchasing from
Philadelphia New York and Boston a
fine lot Of Christmas goods for holiday
purchases.
Mss EFEIE CowGILL has succeeded
L. VI. Price on Main street, the latter
having gone into his new home on
Mt. Vernon street.
H. J. LUCE, Of Philadelphia, an
nounces that he will be in this town at
the Smyrna depot to buy poultry every
Monday from eleven till two o'clock.
G. 3. TAYLOR is Grand Secretary of
District Assembly No. l, Knights of
Rest, recently established in this town.
All applications for membership can be
addressed as above.
ONE Of our young ladies' men is so
lOVesOme and soft a. to cause a young
lady to remark on Monday evening that
she could stick her finger through him.
He must be mushy.
WM. A. DEyNIsH, who repairs sew
ing machines, puts cane seats in chairs,
Tnends umbrellas, &c, has removed his
shop to Cummins street, opposite the
store Of Mrs. Pennewill.
JOHN c. BAILEY is having shade
trees planted aud boxed in. fronting a
large lot on Main street beyond Glen.
wood Cemetery. The purpose for
which the lot is intended can be easily
inferred.
JOSHUA JONES, a colored man of this
town, a laborer on the gravel train
fell on Saturday from an embankment
striking his back against the car. hurt.
ing himself so severely as TO disable
| him from work.
THE u. E. Sunday School has taker
another step forward in the musica
/ line, 10 the purchase Of an excellen
cornet which will be played By JohI
/ Ransom. This with the two yiOlin
and organ will add greatly both to thl
harmony and volumn Of sound. OtheI
Instruments will doubtless be added il
time.
II driving the English always turI
to the left, Americans to the right
Some deliver into forgotten lore saw
this IS because our ancestors for the
most part used Ox-teams. Ia driyinl
these the driver walks on the left o
bis team. The right turn would il
such cases seem just the thing, bu
usually the English fashion would b,
much the best.
THR business Of embanking at Col
Inns Beach is progressing favOrably 10
wards completion. The road leadinl
thereto over the waste Of marsh fo
I WAA@t- 81 oPFAgptt4AAUu was VDbdiUel
from the Levy Court, is having broai
and strong foundations and will 500
be ready for the inspection OF a com
mittee from the Levy Court. tn
drained land is also being surveyed b.
a corps Of engineers Of Wilmington 4
fix the boundaries Of the difFeren
owners.
A VISITOR 70 a former Teachers In
stitute emphasized the importance Z
teaching local geography. As Oh
speaker justly thought, pupils ofte
knew more Of regions remote an
strange than Of those nearer home.
has long been a fault Of our publ
schools that they were apt to overloo
practical matters. Scholars are Il
J structed 10 things for which on leavin
school they have no use and are fol
I gotten. Necessarily this Is to the nef
lect Of more valuable things. Neithe
the sun, moon and stars, or even Asi
{ and Africa are as profitable themes ID
i the student a. bis own country, Stat
% county