Smyrna times., 1886-07-28
Smyrna and Vicinity.

LOOK out for the tramps. 1t is about
time for the annual influx.
THE Kenton NJ. E. Sunday school
will picnic at Woodland Beach to-
day.
L. IRVING HANDY is writing some
interesting articles for the Wilmington
Home Weekly.
WELCOME to our city cousins they
make things lively, and with more and
brighter colOrs than green.
The farmers have had excellent
weather for fallOw blowing, and that
is about all they can brag about.
THE firm of Wannamaker & Brown
at Oak Hall, Philadelphia, offer in
ducements to Summer purchasers of
clothing.
BLACKBERRIEs were never better
than they have been this year. The
quantity is what has been the matter
with the market.
IT is now that the careful farmer
cuts the briars and bushes from the
fence rows, and the carrots and this
ties from his fields.
c. B. JERMAN, of Camden. calls at
tention to his nursery stock. Mr.. J.
gives his personal attention to his nur-
sery and can be relied on.
GREEN corn is in market. Bv the
way, what would our housekeepers do
without this edible when the full crop
of Sum NOR vricifrr- eot- -,
DURING the thunder storm of Mon
day evening the dwelling of VIM. B.
Wilson, near Prices Corner. was struck
by lightning, but did no serious dam
age.
OUR ladies do not remember when
roses were so abundant in midsummer.
Many young bushes are almost as full
OF blooms as they were the first of
June.
The land Of the late James Jacobs.
OF KentOn hundred, sold at trustees
sale last Thursday, 81 acres of which
was bought by John c. Bailey for sos
per acre.
LAST week the administrators of
Thomas II. Denney, deceased, sold the
Clark farm Of 225 acres near Kenton at
public sale to Samuel n. Taylor. at
$3.50 per acre.
A STREET sprinkler this year would
have had either an easy or an unprofita-
Ole Tune from the frequent rains, if there
had been no wafer works. But it
won't always be so.
MISS CLARA FAIRIES had two very
fine specimens of the night-blooming
eereus to bloom out on Saturday even
ing, which attracted the attention of a
number of our ladies.
To MEET the demands of their custo-
mers, Lewis & Price have commenced
manufacturing a cheap low-grade fer
tlllzer known as i. & 2. No. , Soluble
Phosphate, which they have now on
the market.
SOME of the Watering place hotel
Keepers are complaining that the cool
weather is making it a poor season for.
them. But what a particularly ioIlv
season it is for the folks who have to
stay in town.
JOS. J.. LAVENDER has the contract
Tor moving the houses on Church street.
Tor the purpose of widening it. He
has also contracted with John Heitshu
near MoOrtOn and S. Walker at Ken.
ton for moving houses.
THIS is proving poor year for ex-
When the Bombay Hook
railroad was in order we used to have
one most every week the Summer
through, often two. Cape Nav. once
SO near, is now very far.
JAS. G. FARsoN, of the firm of JG
& H. NJ. Farson, of Brenford will
spend the peach season at Lambson's
Kent county, Md. in buving
and shipping peaches. Kent county'
Nd, has the monopoly of the crop this
To MEET the wants of MANY of their
customers Messrs. Jerman & CosgrifF
have increased the size of their tile
from seven to eight inches, to give lar
ger draining capacity. The heavy
ram OF this season has made it a good
one for tiles.
a CONTEMPORARY very properly asks
" What sort of civilized folks are we
anyway, when we have to be told to
clear up our dOOryards and waste MA
Ges! ana even have to be compelled to
10 ~ under threat of the law, when it
Is obviously for our own good?
TALKING about the great improve
ments OF reaping machines. steam
threshers, &c, close observer saws |
thaC Notwithstanding all the modem
improvements Of husbandry. the mat |
harvest is still gathered witb !
a cradle and threshed by hand.
IT is said that Geo. w. Cummins,
wheat field on the State road is fuller |
OI shocks OF wheat-gOOd-sized shocks !
loo-than any other wheat field he. |
tween MiddletOwn and Dover II il |
supposed he used Planet Phosphate ON |
IT, 4
"A MEETING Of the members of the
Fruit Growers Exchange was held in
5own on Saturday to discuss the sinh
ect OF a telephone from Clavton tn |
wyoming. No definite conclusion |
was reached and the meeting was adj
ourued until next Saturday after
noon.
SATURDAY was an exceedingly dull |
lay IN town, but it was a SUNNI dav
ma the farmers have learned this sea-
'On the peculiar force of the old maxim
o make hay while the sun shines y
lhey made up for it however at night
Vhen the streets were unusually
lively.
TODAY is Farmers davn at the
1ay side, and an immense number of
people from both the country and town
vent thls morning to Woodland and
'Taland Beaches. Some carriages
vent through the town as early as five
'clock, and it was kept up until a late
lour OF the morning.
REV. Mr. QUIGG had made arronoo
nents 10 hold an outdoors service On
sunday evening last but was prevent
q Oy the rain that fell between the
lours OF ten and three making the
round too wet. Next Sunday NAV
ring better weather, and if so. he pur-
'oses holding it then.
OUR ladies shopping in the citv are
invited by the enterprisinp firm of
cooper q Conard to give their largo
establishment call and see for them
ewes the quality and prices. They
.eep an immense stock Of everything
'anted In the way of wearing apparel. |
ouse furnishing, &c.
The members Of Smyrna Lodge No.
, l. q. q. IT,, are urgently requested
o be present at the meeting this even