Smyrna times., 1886-12-29
The steamer j. f. 1ggert will run as
follows during the month of january .

EM1eunesday 20, l0I5" Friday 2S, SAM
WE are glad to learn that Mrs. Isaac
Pennewill, who from a stroke of paral-
ysls two or three weeks ago was en-
tirely incapacitated for walking. has
somewhat improved, with a prospect OF
a partial recovering of the power OF
locomOtiOn. Mrs. Pennewill has in her
atiiictiOn been receiving from her friends
a measure of that kindness which
through a long and active life she has
so generously bestowed on others.
THE bottle which was put into Will
lumsen's store window several weeks
ago to be guessed at was decided on
Christmas eve night. 1t held over a
Navigation of corn and beans, the per-
son guessing the nearest to the number
1t contained to receive a silver watch.
On count the number of grains it
contained was found to be 6.l2O. The
lucky guess was that of Chas. B. Per-
egoy, GIG. The lowest guess was
2,753. and the highest 1O, ,497. Thecon-
tents OF the bottle were counted by.two
persons in thirty-One minutes.
ONE of our young men, who has a
young wife and a young dog. but
nothing else to attract the attention of
p" Old Kriss " in his Christmas visit. flor
the jolly old gent does not stop where
there are no little children) concluded
he would act as "Old Kriss" himself
and have a tree all for his dog to make
the season pass more cheerily, so he
got a tree and hung it with bones.
douShnuts and other canine dainties.
ana In order that no deception should
be played off on "Old Kriss " as he
made his journey that night, he hung a
placard on it labeled, "This is for
doggy" 1t is to be presumed that the
animal enjoyed the occasion hugely,
WHILE the crowds surged through
our streets the day preceding Christ
mas and the masses were buoyant with
the joys incident to the occasion. there
was mourning in the house of Alex. H.
Wilson, because on that afternoon his
daughter, Hannah, wife of Walter B.
Sanders, of Philadelphia, was being
borne to GlenwOod Cemetery for inter-
ment. Her sickness was only of four
days duration, and the unexpected
blow fell on the family with a heavy
sorrow. The funeral sermon was
preached in Philadelphia bv the Rev
E. Stubbs (who had also united her
with Mr.. Sanders in marriage) before
the departure of the remains to her
fathers house and from thence to the
grave.
A PROPOSITION has been made to
widen Frazer street where it opens into
Main street. This would be esDecialIv
desirable, since Frazer. instead OF heinz
closed street, will be hereafter a5
outlet for what is now a new and an
parently rapidly developing part of the
town. When it was laid out wears
ago it was with ideas scarcely
rising above that of a back street or
alley, but it will hereafter hold a much
more digniiied place, and the widening
OF 1t between Delaware and Main ten
feet would lend an additional value to
every property in that part of the
town. And, if it is ever done. now is
the time TO do it.
A MARYLAND exchange of Saturday
under the head lines of aye Patient
Printer, saws
We wonder if the city editor has ever
dreamed of the admiration and envious
longing that sentence excites in the bosom
OF the average country editor He looks
gown ms subscription list, and as he scans
1t sees the name OF many prosperous sub
IlOer' VINO ne knows pays in advance for
his city daily, and yet has not paid him n
!"rthlhg 10, these many years. He doesn't
intend to detraud or iniure his neiphbOr
the country editor. Country editors are
generally lmpecuniOus fellows ANYHOW.
hey are accustomed to the habit of imDe-
cuniosity. The pittance l owe wouldn't
mitigate his condition or make him whit
happier Indeed, if we're to pay up. the
unexpected JOY inspired by the act might
make MN unpleasantly happy"
SOME of the boys who had planned
iOr the early Christmas morning SER
enade, being good sleepers, were Incer-
tain OF waking at the Concerted bonr
z o'clock, so they devised novel plan
WHicn was TO tie a string to their toe
ana thence under the window sash to
designated spot where cOmrade would
ma and pull it and thus arouse them
Inc plan seems to have worked we'll
except IN one case. Here the bow had
taken all the necessary precaution. viz.
tying one end of the string to his bio
toe and the other to the iron fence that
enclosed the yard, and went to sleen
At the proper time the leader in the
affair came where told to and pulled
and pulled at the string until it broke
and still the sleeper slept, and would
have missed the fun had not another
member of the family who heard the
racket aroused him from his slumbers.