Smyrna times., 1886-09-29


THE attendants at the Fair are hav-
ing dry, dusty weather.
A LOT of ladies' Fall Jackets at Miss
S. B. Collins. Special bargains T
The canning factory of John H.
HOffecker is near the end of the tomato
season.
J. B. COOPER's store is the author
lied State Depository of School Books
for the town and the adjoining coun-
try. 4
SEVERAL of our ladies sent articles
of painting and handiwork to the
State Fair yesterday and the day
before.
THE last week of September has
shown a willingness to make up for
some of the unseasOnably cool weather
of the Summer.
A GOOD, reliable watch, new and
fully warranted, jeweled, for $500.
We do not sell " Waterbury, watches.
WILMER B. SMITH.
ONE of the curiosites at the Dover
fair this year is a pair of twin oxen,
five years old, belonging to John P.
Collins. They are as much alike as
two peas.
NOTWITHSTANDING the number of
rains this Summer, the corn hills stand
as erect as so many soldiers on dress
parade, a feature that the fodder
savers greatly appreciate.
THE Temperament Reform Club will
meet in the room over the pOstofIice on
Friday evening. The Club now has 96
members and full attendance is re-
quested. GEORGE CARTER, Sec'y.
THE wonder of the age! Anew Jew
eled, stem wind and set watch-war-
ranted a close time keeper-for $500,
only at SMITH's Smyrna, Del Il
THE work of preparing the ground
and seeding wheat is now active
among the farmers. The most of the
fallow was turned early in the season
and the breadth Of the wheat sowing
will be large.
GRAND Chief Templar Whelen ad-
dressed the Smyrna Lodge of Good
Templers on Wednesday evening of
last week and number of the mem
bers of Morton Lodge are to be
guests of Smyrna Lodge this evening.
OUR friends just over the line in
New Castle county, especially in
Blackbird hundred, who have been
much exercised for some weeks over
candidates, now have q clear field be-
fore them with two full tickets to
choose from.
ONE of the first plants to change
from green to scarlet is the poison ivy.
Beware of it. Remember the poison
vine has three leaves in a cluster; the
leaves of the harmless wOOdbine are in
a cluster of five. Another gaily hued
plant of the early autumn is the poison
sumac.
THE hot spell-about as hot as any
of the Summer-which prevailed for
the past three days, was brought to an
end in the small hours of this morning
by refreshing north wind. The tele-
graph reports killing frosts in the West
and even freezing weather out in
/ Colorado.
THE publisher of the american Aq-
TicULtUrist will forward a copv free to
every person who has been a subscri-
ber to the american Agriculturist but
Is not now one provided they send
their name on postal cardl, to the end
that they may see the great improve
ments that have been made in this
periodical.
ELEGANT gold watches for both la
dies and gentlemen. Gold watches for
$4,000 equal to $65O0 club " watches.
Ladies' watches for $25 to $35. Watch
work and repairs as cheap as the Dover
cut rates-and no abatement in interest
or quality of material and work.
The "best place all the time, and so
you shall find it.
WILMER B. SMITH.
THERE will be Harvest Home held
in Hardcastle's woods, near Moorton,
on Saturday, October 9th, under the
auspices of Morton, Smyrna, Dover,
Kenton, Clayton, Hartley and Downs
Chapel Lodges of Good Templars, and
good speakers such as J. w. Now
bray Esq, and Rev. J. S. Willis will
probably be secured for the occasion
and the public will be cordially well
coined.
THE Talbot County and Kent
County Fairs both of which came of
last week at the same time were largly
attended, a number going from this
section, and were both fully up in finan-
cial results if not in excess of
the expectation of the respective man.
ayers of each The Fair at Easton.
was the first ever held there. and a
surprise to the visitors in the perfec-
ton OF its arrangements and the very
fine exhibit in all the departments.
Mr.. HOFFECKER, the gubernatorial
candidate of the Temperance Reform
party in two or three days visit to
relatives in this town the past week
very naturally came in contact with
many other citizens and was both sur
prised and gratified to find the strong
and growing sentiment Of temperance
and legal reform among the people
Greetings were cordial on all sides and
from many from whom it was not ex.
pected, expressing sympathy not only
with the movement but the conviction
that 1t will sooner or later become the
settled policy Of the American people
THE work of the dredgers at Collins
Beach is progressing favorably, two
and part of the time three machines
being all the time at work as the con.
ditlon OF the water from the tides NAV
suit. The handling of these machines
, require skillful mechanical tact thus
qexterously manipulated the clam
shell excavators dip into the earth will
7 great force, close in on two or three
tons of mud, lift it up and deposit or
the bank, repeating the operation will
astonishing rapidity. The American
Dredging Company, who have pur
! chased q large part of this overlown
} tract for the purpose Of reclaiming it
, intend having the work mainly done
by cold weather.
AGENTS for trees and shrubs-lik,
lightning-rOd men-as a class. hav,
: regulations for untruthfnlness. This 4
/ the time Of year when they are mos
) about, and it is well to remember tha
the agent who lives in your town O
, county is the person to deal with
You know of him-if not him-and i
} ne were to venture to deceive YOU
= there is fair chance of your having th,
wrong righted. The fellow that come
. round direct from some distant point
= and who, when he leaves yOa goes di
+ rect to some distant point, is aItopethe
t uncertain. He may be all right or h
4 may not. The home man knows bet
4 ter than to cut his stories out of th
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