Smyrna times., 1886-04-28
Smyrna and Vicinity.
TINS is the corn planting season.

straw hats.
"a. P. GRIFFITH takes the lead in
having the prettiest yard Of grass on
Main street.
NJ. p. HANDY, editor of the Philadel-
phia Daily NeIUs, is announced to lee
ture in the Town Hall tonight.
A CONTEMPORARY says: "Half the
trouble in this country comes from call
ing crime by some other name."
IXDR. R. S. w. HIRoNs' Spring plant
ing of vegetables, it is said, take the
lead of those in any other garden in
town.
| 10. BOGGs, of MoortOn, has sold over
100000 Wilson's Early blackberry
plants this Spring and the. demand is
supplied.
Z THE first of May will find the shade
trees thick with foliage and wild flow
ers in bloOm-eYerything in readiness
for the typical May party.
THE busiest men in town are the
plumbers. The faster they work the
more the orders for putting in water
accumulate ahead of them.
\EAsTER Sunday was as soft and
pleasant as the preceding days were
dry and hot. The showers the uight
before were very refreshing.
THE Lyceum at Downs Chapel
has q vigOr that outlasts the cold
weather. 1t now meets mOnthly-the
last Saturday night of each month.
y ARE the pave washes to do away
with the necessity Of II street sprinkler? ?
If so, it will be a dusty season for the
many who do not sport these squirts.
The rate of assessment for the
school tax has been fixed by the COM
missioners at 81 80 on the $lOO, which
is five cents less than the rate last
year.
c. BOGGs, MOOrton, has yet few
hundred peach trees which he is sell
ing at half price, to close out this week
The celebrated Globe variety at thirty
cents each.
X THE blossoms of our fruit trees all
developed about the same time this
year, those of the apple especially
being two or three weeks ahead of the
usual time,
~ ASPARAGUS made its appearance il
force on Saturday. 1t usually comes
on in slight quantities at first, but the
high temperature of the week made
the plant do its best.
THE citizens of MoOrton are contem
plating the building of a town hall by
joint stock enterprise, ana they only
lack little over 500 in having the
full amount subscribed.
/ OUR literary page next week viii
contain articles from the pens of Mis-
Kate G. Woodruff, NJ. D., and T.
Start. " Rambler " furnishes u
another this week from Wisconsin.
u GEORGE BROCKsON, the new mer
chant Of Clayton, and Miss Naggi
Stephenson, daughter of Joseph Steph
enson, near Green Spring, it is an
nOunced are to be married tonight.
" JOHN VANGAsKEN is making quit
a considerable addition to his dweilin
in the way of new kitchen, inciudin!
bath room, sc. B. V. Weldon and
G. FAIRIES are also adding new bacl
buildings to their residences.
THE tile yard of Jerman & Cosgri
and the brickyard of Abel S. Rigg:
over the Landing, are each in activ
prosecution of their respective manu-
facture. The first-pamed are shippin
a large number of tile to fill orders.
HL. NJ. PRICE has bought of John {
Bailey a building lot on Methods
street, adjoining the new residence {
VIM. NJ. Lewis, 60 feet front, runnin
back 1S4 feet, for 81 $50. 1t is not Nj
Prices intention to build on it a
present.
n The warm weather brought out th
strawberry blossoms last week, abou
two weeks ahead of the time last yeal
As the time between the blossomin
and ripening of the fruit is from four I
five weeks, we may expect strawbel
ries the last week in May.
, TTHE annual election of officers fc
St. Peters p. E. Church, on Monda,
r resulted as follows: Senior Wardei
/ Geo. w. Cummins Junior Warden. /
t A. Evans; Vestrymen-JOseph KeI
2 nedy, VIM. Z. Cummins, Edgar SprI
ance, E. r. Sipple, r. Cummins.
A FARMER who said in Februar
that he hadn't live bud in his peac
! orchard now says that if One-quarter
! the buds mature good peaches, he wi
have satisfactory crop. He does n,
admit, however, that the buds Or,
nOunced dead came to life again, bl
says that he did not examine them
the tops Of the trees.
|FROM present indications there wi
be plentiful strawberry crop. The
, are arriving in the cities now from Il
= South. The New York Tribune
! Saturday said: Charleston strawbe
= ries are exceptionally fine this seasol
e Virginia promises to follow with exec
lent fruit. The warm weather wi
check further shipments from Florida
h EX-POsTMAsTER MCCONAUGHY.
! Clayton, has sold out his stock of sto
= goods to George BrOcksOn, who wi
;. continue the business at the old stan
?, Mr.. McC. had determined some tin
a since to change his business becau
4 with the increase of years it was ge
ting too taxing on him. He will gi,
e his attention to developing his real c
: tate in that town.
i X THE blossoms of the different kin,
v of fruit trees, starting with the peac
= followed by the cherry, the pear al
N the apple, the latter usually two
three weeks after the first named, q
e came out together this year, or sepa
8 ated only by day or two. 1t eou
it hardly have been otherwise with Il
y Summer temperature Of from 75o to 8
for a week. Our people do not
. member such a continued spell
d weather for April.
= SHAD have been so abundant Il
le past two weeks as to pass from the r
l. alive condition Of luxury to that
n common food, but while so cheap hel
\ SIX to seven cents per pound or fro
- forty cents to fifty cents a pair, O
2 prices have been considerable abo
le those of EastOn, St. Michaels a
ss other Chesapeake towns, where tn
20 were retailed at from twenty to twent
live cents per pair. But then the
was this difference, and with most
: people a difference Of some nome
m ours are Delaware shad.
N THE following resolutions and pI
on amble were adopted at the last meeti
le OF Moorton Lodge No. 10, /. o. G. !
or WHEREAS, Mr.. Ga1 w. Childs.
L. philadelphia, has rendered to Moori
h, Lodge No. TO- l. o. g. T., handso
DlDle Tor the use Of Lodge, be IL