Smyrna times., 1886-06-02

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the N. E. Church on Sunday evening:
with just sense enough to spit tobacco
juice and throw lighted cigar stump.
on the pavement to beautify the trail
ing skirts of lady worshippers. Appli
cants will please repair to the churcI
pavement on Sunday evening next for
examination by the sexton. No ref
erences needed. Mothers who are in
| possession of such nice little darlinos
will please send them around early.
QUILP.
WHAT is called Children's Dav 1.-THE
time for which is selected when there
Is the greatest abundance Of flowers
especially roses), will be observed bv
the NJ. b. Sunday School of this town
ON Sunday next. The day will be de.
voted Sntirely to the interests of the
children. The audience room of the
church will be attractively decorated
with flowers, and the morning services
in addition to the singing will have a
short and appropriate sermon to the
children by the pastor. The evening
services Will consist of singing, respon-
sive readings, &c.
THIS season has been especially
adapted to the Sharpless, our largest
and best variety of the strawberry.
Willard f. Weldon and r. ID. HoGecker
have both grown them in their
gardens very recently weighing an
ounce each, measuring from 81 to G
inches around them, is to Is filing a
quart box. Jacob Leinberger went
one beyond this, however, producing a
berry that weighed one and a.uuarter
ounces. Nobody pretends to claim the
victory for this kind of berry until
Frank Collins, at Collins Beach. is
heard from, and his have not vet rip
ened.
The farm of f. Lower, near Brenford
Is a model of good husbandrv. The
large lawn is kept neatly moved, the
walks and rOadways scrupulouslv
clean and much the same care is shown
tor the field crops as is done for the
house premises. The corn field takes
the lead of all others and the wheat
lstalk grOund) ranks with the best fall
low fields. His vineyard of four or
five acres is very tlourishino and his
peach orchard of $500 trees is as fnIl
as IS desirable. Mr. Lower, has the
promise of having all made up to him
TINS year that was lost last year bv the
destructive hail storm and other causes
beyond his control.
SUNDAY was a perfect day, in this
respect an exception to the rule recent
ly. 1t was a day therefore to invite
people out from their homes. At the
Presbyterian Church Rev. Chas. Col
Inns, OF Philadelphia. preached morn
ing and evening, the pastor, Rev. DR..
Umsted, being in Minneapolis. MINI
Al the NJ. Z. Church Rev. Herman
II zoe preached in the morning and Rev.
+. Z. White at night, the pastor. Rev,
). b. Quigg, being down in Accomac
county, Va, dedicatiug a church. At
the Episcopal Church Rev. DR.. TuI-
lldge preached in the morning. the
rector, Rev. w. B. Gordon, being in
assisting the Bishop. At
night Right Rev. Bishop Lee preached
10 an OverhOwing congregation. after
which he administered the rite of con-
to six candidates who an
peared at the altar to assume the sol
emn VOWS necessary to church mem
Dership.
DR. w. L. COLLINS bought on Thurs
lay of last week through the real es-
ate agency of E. H. Beck, a lot ON
Methodist street 81 feet front and 184 |
eet deep for 1915. 1t is understood tn |
De Dr. Collins purpose to build q |
house on this lot during the present |
season. This was the remaining one of |
ne Mustard pasture lot between Della
ware and Union streets and as the
most OF those on the other side of the
" Mustard Mansion have been. sold
Methodist street in a year or so will he
,ullI up with modern, substantial
lwellngs on the north side nearly ont
o the depot. The ample cellar walls
u Il. NJ. Prices new house are laid aud
ne framing of the structure will follow
light on, and should John p. Hudson
'ulld this year, as is probable, in the
anne row, what was a pasture lot when
summer closed last year will have at
ne same time this, four attractive
dwellings,. '0
1T would make the heart of Berob
New York's great humanitarian tbTob
Vlth JOY II he could see one of Smvrna,s
married ladies chase n bIue-botfIe a.,
rom the back-kitchen window nm ~
ne window in the garret, corner II
mere, make several unsuccessful 0rabe
atch 1t gently, get halfway down
IaiIs ana let 1t escape, back to'the Oar-
81; ahotner capture, trip lightly down
talrs, throw wide the front scrao-,
oor, ana scare the poor little thing of
'mlo m Iroht Porch to the tune of "ShOo.
y don't bother me-" Yet. when !
oor' halt-starved, little orphan mos.
uiOo SITS on the bed-pOst in the silent
ours o. night and contemplativeIv
.ings verse of "The Muskeeter;s
loody Midnight Lay i'm four fIats bs
as TO omit the chorus and get mn and
ust IN double quick time for an nnns- (
ally large hole in the mosouito net -
eep from being waited into kinodono (
ONE on the loose end of a wet towel
WE give on our first page a story en-
tied The Influence Of a Home -
ON the pen OF Dover lady. They
ave IN Philadelphia a society called ,
Inc Children's Country Week Asso-
alton" whose object is to rive tbe :
lildren OF widows or those who have
ot the means to resort to the seaside !
I'D mountains an opportunity to GET /
le country air and country life fora ,
eek or two, that will do for them
nat medicine cannot do. The story
1ove referred to is an illustration Of I
y pnase OF life intended to reach and
sneII. y In the nine years the society /
IA y Dee1 IN existence, nearly 5000 I
illdren have thus been found homes
the country, and the benefit TO the n
.lle children has been incalculableI h
'Vefal Delaware names appear in the I
!. =. ot entertainers, among them Mrs. r
ltchell, Of this vicinity. The ex. L
snses are kept up by the contributions \
those interested in such henev0lences 4
"a the society, whose address is 1112 Q
Irard street, Philadelphia, will always d
ready TO hear from those willing q
ofn than -. o..--