Smyrna times., 1886-05-19

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MoOrton with their teacher, Miss Naomi
Simpson, had a delightful picnic
in the grove at the school house on
Monday. The patrons of the school
and invited friends also turned out
pretty strong to participate with them,
there being abOutseVenty-fivec carriages
hitched about the grove. The whole
company numbered about 200 persons
who surrounded a large round table
and were literally supplied with ice
cream, cake and confections.
A HoMEWARD bound courtlng man
received a genuine scare the other
night from two causes it was very late
after midnight-and the shot that
was fired at some dogs that were max
ing night hideous, he did not know but
would reach him by mistake, as moth
ing was expected on the street at that
time of night but dogs. He, however.
sought the protection of tree until
the firing was over and giving assur-
ance that he was a real biped, was al
lowee to proceed to his home and in
dulge in pleasant dreams about his fair
inamOrata.
DISTRICT Deputy Grand Master.
Hiram Reedy, of Dover, installed the
following officers of Morning Star
Lodge, No. 6, 1. o. o. F., last Friday
evening, for the ensuing term: N. G.,
Chas. B. Peregoey; V. G., Abel S.
FAIRIES; Conductor, E. NJ. Fowler;
Warden, Sam1 G. StinsOn; o. G., Geo.
y. Collins; l. G., John P. Patterson;
Il. S. to N. G., Chas. A. Barnes L. S.
to N. g., John G. Mannering; R. S. S.,
Chas. A. Beck; L. S. S., J. Frank
Pratt; Host, John r. Cameron, Jr.;
Chaplain, B. V. Weldon r. S. to V.
I. e., John R. Cameron, Jr.; L. S. to V.
G., Jos. H. Wright.
LAST week a young man set out from
Philadelphia to see his girl by agree
ment who was at Chestertown. When
he got to Clayton he found that the
last train for that place had gone. He
had started to see her who stood the
fairest in his eyes and was not to be
batfled by such small things as rail-
roads, so he came to this town and
hired team to take him to Millington.
where he engaged another conveyance
to ChestertOwn, finding to his dismay
and after an expenditure of twelve or
fifteen dollars that his girl had gone off
with another man. He returned home
" a sadder, but wiser man."
AUBREY VANDEVER has been elect
ed assistant superintendent of the M.
E. Sunday school with the duty of
experimenting the morning session.
He began his labors on Sunday morn
ing last. Mr.. Vandever is a young
man OF snap and vim and is thoroughly
alive on Sunday school work. He has
been for years prominently and actively
connected with St. Paul's Sunday
school, of Wilmington, also of Kings
wood Chapel, of the same city, and has
therefore an experience of much value |
TO MIN IN his present Office. He DUR
poses to make the morning session in
teresting and attractive outside of its
musical feature.
ONE OF our exchanges very truthfully |
says that the worst habit that bows can
fall into is that of lOafng around the |
streets at night. 1t is then they cast
Uheir lot In slippery places. All the |
good and noble lessons taught them bv |
their mothers are there counteracted |
and nullified. They learn nothingthat
IS good-everything that is bad. The |
boys who stay at home nights and
read good books are the future hone |
Of this Republic they will fill our |
Legislative and Congressional hallsand !
slC IN Judgment upon men and meas |
ures, while the boys who run the !
streets will fill penitentiaries, aims
houses and lunatic asylums.
DIR. CLOAK was the recipient of a
present on Monday which he prizes
very highly. 1t is human skull. It
was discovered by Mr.. Kronenburg the
proprietor OF Woodland Beach while
cunning on the beach six years ago, be-
fore he became the proprietor of the
property. The Doctor with party of
friends took supper there on Sunday
evening when it was shown him as a
curiosity. He fell in love with it and
wanted to buy it, but instead he was
made present of it the next morning.
he handles it as admiringly as a lady
would MalmaisOn rose. Its chief ser
vice otherwise is to keep his clerk COM
pany during the lonely hours of the
night.
WE have not heard of any of our
mill owners in this section procuring
lake shad for their ponds. Thev cer5
talnly y would be very good substitute
ior the mud shad, as the latter are not
fit for table use, and very
seldom eaten, while the former are.
Fish Commissioner, DR.. Short
lidge, IS furnishing other places with
them. The Milford Chronicle saws
The lake shad that DR.. Marshall mt
INTO his mill pond about six weeks ago. are
dolng well; When turned out they were
not more than half-an-inch in length. and
nave grown IN six weeks to double that
slze. 7e. II meal IS scattered in the pond
wnere they were put in, they gather in
arge numbers and eat vOraciOusly. and the
"hite scales are now very perceptible."
ONE day recently man from Middle
town stepped off the train at the deDot
lnd after regarding the stand pipe sus-
llclously for some moments inquired of
me man who hauls freight: "What is
mat a terra Gotta drain pipe adver-
llsementW mot much" was the
reply of the freight man, in a tone of
injured pride; that haint neither n
ezra Gotta drain pipe advertisement
nor new tower of Babel, nor an i'm
proved way for sendin' freight through
70 China. That belongs to our water
works" "Well," said the stranger
ooking curiously in all directions
where are the water works? ?" "Oh'
'hey're away down at the other end of
ne town." was the reply. "WelI !
!" he exclaimed, " if vour
water works are away at the other end
u the town, why, in heavens name 7
lsk, do you have the smoke-stack
lway up here"
SEVERAL of our exchanges have
;Opied our article about the champion
low man who made twenty-four peach
baskets in two days and had twelve of
mem condemned. The Smyrna Record
hlnks the rusting of the nails in his
lands was going little too strong but
ays, we do know of a Smyrna man
Vhose wife recently called him to $
breakfast and before he got down
tairs the supper dishes had been
washed and put away" The DeLa,Uqr- I!
an however, has the following:
We think that we have n man
nat can match him and 90 one
'etter. lie engaged to saw a cord of
reen wood for a gentleman in town and +
worked faithfully every day that was ft for Z
Oelng to be out, despite this fact a consid- !
raoie portion Of the wood rotted before !!
nS JoO was completed. No one in Dover 1
ans thls man lazy but all concede that he S
est" N"N '''iie " !
we are sorry to have been the un- ]