Smyrna times., 1886-03-17
TRERE is a man in town who never
loses anvthing bY politeness.

IRERE is man III GOWH WIN hO'SA
loses anything by politeness.
The farmers were in town on Satur'
dav in force. They are little later IN
getting their hands" this Spring |
than usual The latter have had to |
make some concessions in wages on ac-
count of the general low price OF farm
products.
THE Shahan farm situated near |
BlackistOn's Cross Roads, which was
offered at public sale on Saturday ala
not sell, the heirs declining to let 1t go
at the highest bid offered, $50 per acre.
| 1t contains 85 acres. The value put omit
by the appraisers was $97 per acre.
PRESIDING Elder France, from the
text "Be not filled with wine, where
in is excess, but be filled with the spir-
it &C." Sunday night, drew some strong
pictures of the one side of the subject,
and then placed in contrast with it the
haDDv influences that followed
from Obeying the admOnitions of the
apostle.
A NOTE from A. P. Griffith, says:
1--WE are having nice weather as rule,
but some cloudy days and had frost on
the 11th, inst. We think that inValids
and pleasure seekers have struck this
season an unprecedented cold time,
= and many complaints are heard on all
sides. But Florida has fine climate,
a poor soil, and is a paradise for old
: men aUith yOung lUiUes." Mr.. Griffith
has changed his stopping place from
Belleview, to Windsor.
Orchard and Garden, monthly pub
t lished by J. T. Lovett, Little Silver,
5 M, has a striking engraving under
: the heading of "a Contribution from a
n Delaware Fruit Grower" 1t repre-
n sents a train of cars under full head
v way and heavily loaded on its way tC
. the office of the above publication. Il
e was drawn by Julian G. Emerson, o
,s Morton, a practical fruit grower, wh(
n has manifested in this engraving con
e siderable skill as an amateur draughts
d man.
OUR citizens, visitors and all are de
Y lighted with the water furnished b!
D. the water works. 1t is prOnOuncet
r about as near perfect as water can be
ID The quality of the water for drinking
k and use is the first and chief desidera
e. tum in the planting of water works
m the mechanical and minor difficultie
es can all be properly adjusted in du
A. process of time. Our commissioner
re we repeat. have been attended wit
,e- singular good fortune in the erection
to our water works. Mr.. Coon, the COZ
tractor, has had too many - irons in tt
fire " to give his contract here the fu
ND and complete attention he shOul
DsC in perfecting his work but until he doe
De- the responsibility and the loss is hi
'ce 1t is however what in common pa
OK lance is called all done to finishing
itb THE resolutions adopted in the Coz
en Templars Lodge, in relation to t.
oer death of John B. Cough which occurr
nee several weeks ago, did not find the
err way to the TIMES last week for Il
DOR best of reasons, we were not asked
publish them until the day before o
issue, ,six days after they had be-
rec passed in the Lodge, when a pressu
'Ia' of fresh news was upon us-the conf
me ence proceedings and appointment
xeS local happenings, &c, when we cot
old not possibly have gotten in these re-
-aIe lutiOns that concerned only the gett
ana up ofthem without leaving out matt
Win pertinent to the that time concern
rest our entire mass of readers. Between
rev two, and especially as they had alrea
ann been published, we gave our space
loW was our duty to do, to that which '
the most important to our readers.
utn, AN appreciative audience assemb
ami at the M. E. Church on Thursday e
'wn, ming last to hear an address from n
goI Julia Lore McGrew, and were hig
linS entertained by the narration of her
ring perinece in HindOstan in the dOu
Flng. work of physician and missionary
G OF that country where cast and super
own ton predominate. The homes wi
the the light of the gospel has penetra
resi- were drawn in strong contrast to II
Ihey where they were still clinging to
eater worship and the traditions of the P
Mrs. McGrew gives evidence of d
earnest soul work to bring r.
cam through the the mission of the CHI
1rhl- ian religion to her degraded sex in
lload country so otherwise full of capabili
ana Mrs. Z. B. Stevens, of Whining
aster followed in an appeal for the sup
rum of the Woman's Foreign Mission
NTni1 1T,,i Society.