Smyrna times., 1886-10-06

Miss NJ. E. SAvIN is in the city
purchasing her Winter stock of milli-
merry and will have them on sale Satur-
day.
SATURDAY is the day for the Har-
vest Home in Hardcastle's woods, near
Moorton, and addresses will be deliv-
cred by Revs. J. B. Merritt, G. S. Hard
esty, William L. White, L. w. Layfieid
and others. The public in general is
invited to attend.
WALTER T. MASSEY (whose mar
riage is recorded elsewhere) is having
a residence erected for himself on the
farm of his father, Henry 7. Massey.
Mr.. Massey the younger, has for some
years had part of the farm under his
management in small fruit culture, and
will continue to give his time and at
tentiOn to this business.
The chalybeate spring over the
pond which afforded so much pleasure
and doubtless benefit to many of our
citizens in the Summer has for some
cause recently ceased to flow. The
probability is that the iron deposit has
stopped up the pipe and thus Obstruct-
ed the course of the water. 1t ought
to be seen after by those interested in
it.
ELEGANT gold watches for both la
dies and gentlemen. Gold watches for
$4,000 equal to $65.00 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.
T WILMER B. SMITH.
THE wonder of the age! Anew jew
eled, stem wind and set watch-war-
ranted a close time keeper-fOr $500,
only at SMITHS, Smyrna, Del. I
On the first of October the special
delivery system heretofore in effect at
cities and towns having a population
of 4, 900 and upwards, was extended to
all pOstoffices. This new law requires
every article of mail matter to which a
special delivery stamp is affixed to be
Immediately delivered by the postmas-
ter or a trusted employee, within one
mile of the pOstOfice.
! CHRISTIAN WILLUMsEN, q Smyrna
boy, has pet in the shape of a tame
crow. The bird has an appetite for
strong drink and when given beer will
drink till so intoxicated it cannot
stand but staggers and turns round and
round just like a drunkard. No doubt
if its tongue was slit the bird would
soon acquire as strong a taste for pro
family, a natural result of drunken
ness.
THE injuries which it was stated Miss
Viola Ennis, of Thoroughfare Neck
had received to her eye from a pair o1
scissors, depriving her of its sight, we
are pleased to state were not as bad as
reported The hurt though very pain
full will not deprive her of its sight-a
fact that will give pleasure to everyone
who knew of the accident. But for the
fact that the sharp point of the scissors
has been broken off, the injury t
the eye must have been as serious a!
first reported.
THE whOoping cough appears to b,
making a steady inroad among thu
children, in fact there seems to be al
even race between it and the advance
of the chill Autumnal days. The fam
lilies it has entered into it has takel
hold of vigorously, one young couple
who have been married seven Oh
eight years, having five children un
der its influence. 1t is seldom tina
they all have the paroxysms at th
same time, but when they have there
whooping time.
A GENTLEMAN in New York State,
former resident of this town, sends u
the following paragraph which h
found in a New York daily paper;
specimen of the variety served in thos
great journals:
" A Methodist clergyman in Smyrna
Delaware, took these lines for his tex
upon a recent Sunday night: An
some cried one thing and some anothe
for the assembly was confused and tn
| more part knew not wherefore the
were called together There had bee
a Democratic primary meeting i
Smyrna the Friday before"
f THE Carolina poplar as a shade tire
f is failure. They really have but on
l thing to recommend them over othe
: trees and that is their fast growth
For this reason they have been plante
out in great numbers during the pas
five years, but not one person probabl
! in ten years will not regret that the
ever saw the tree. They commenC
shedding their leaves in July, making
constant litter in the yard, and by th
! time the frost comes in October, whic
4 is necessary to precipitate those of th
= maple trees, the Carolina poplar
/ nearly denuded. In addition to th
fault, like all fast-growing trees of tn
o poplar species, they are liable to thro,
up great many suckers. No prem
q ises can be kept in order with then
! and they are not the shade trees ths
the people want.
THE side shows spread a lara
:, amount of canvas at the Fair last weel
: in this respect the Dover fair rivalin
, that at Easton. But the instructors
the games of chance, where the fir!
lessons to many in the art of gamblin
i are learned, though not heralded
d picture displays, nevertheless had col
: spicuous places and were CONSTANT
: surrounded by large crowds of me
and boys. The tendency to take
q hand in such games is amazing-to g,
: money without earning it legitimatel,
p One of our most eminent jurists r.
:, marked after looking at one of thes
games on Thursday that if an indie
ment had been found against one
S these games instead of the policy WI
r ters of Wilmington, there would hay
5. been no difficulty in the way of COZ
'e Ticting the parties.
o The event among the cOlored peop
in the lower part of the town usual
l. designated " WhOpping," on Thursds
n last was a church wedding to tai
n place at Bethel A. NJ. E. Churah. at
L o'clock. The bride was Annie \
& Hemsley, daughter of Thomas Hem
ley and the groom VIM. H. Johnso
of The church was nicely dressed by Il
re friends of the bride, chief among whi,
7: was floral gate. The line betwe,
ie the invited guests and spectators W
r. designated by ribbon. The Ger
mony was performed after the usu
=. manner by the pastor, Rev. J. w. Nc
Is ris, the father giving his daught
a away, the bride and groom being 6
IN tended by Hattie M. Potts and Jol
Y Robinson. The church was well file
nt a number of the audience being whit,
and the house would have been crow
u n