Smyrna times., 1886-09-22
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WHeaI crops InlS week.
THE Ladies' Benevolent Society will |
meet on Tuesday evening next, the |
2Sth inst, at Mrs. E. ]. Colts.
WHAT has become of the chicken |
crop? Chicken eaters have complained |
of their scarcity for a week or two.
JOSEPH STEPHENSON moved his family |
to Centreville, Md, to-day. John c. |
Mannering, one of our painters also
goes with him.
The approach of the autumnal sea-
son is indicated by the lowering of the |
murcury-yesterday morning 49o this |
morning so.
THE residence of James r. Clements |
and the places of business of VIM.
Farics and VIM. p. Legg have been
newly painted this week.
This week is the beginning of the |
Fair season, those for Talbot and Kent |
counties, Maryland, both of easy access
to our people, commencing yesterday. |
FRANK THOMPsON's horse, "Dela-
ware Dude" won the race yesterday
at WOrton Fair in the $50 class, max |
ing the three heats in 3.43, 3.41 and 9.42.
THERE will be novelties and i'm
prOvements in farming implements on
exhibition at the Delaware State Fair
that will profit the progressive farmer
to see.
CHILDREN's DAY, on Tuesday of the
State Fair will be observed. All school
children under y years of age will be
admitted free. and special attention
will be given to their entertainment.
A SPECIAL meeting of Harmony Lodge,
No. Is, A. F. A. NJ, will be held to-
morrow evening, September 2Srd, at 8
O'Clock. A full attendance is request
ed. GEO. NJ. STEVENSON, Sec'y.
THE Temperance Reform Club held
its first meeting after organizing on
Friday night in the johnson building.
1t was well attended, and enthusiasm
characterized the individual members.
THE Ladies' Department at the State
Fair continues to improve and increase
so that the present building used for it
will hardly hold the exhibits. The
growth of this department is simply
wonderful.
THERE was almost a failure of the
White Heath preserving peaches this
year. The trees were generally we'll
set with peaches, but they rOtted as
bad at ripening time as the Hale's Ear
ly, an unprecedented occurrence.
A. P. GRIFFITH, real estate broker,
has sold the fruit farm of G. B. Satter-
fields, near Blackbird, containing 27
acres for $4,000, to B. w. Melvin, of
Philadelphia. Mr.. M. expects to take
possession of the farm in the Spring.
THE attention of our people visiting
Wilmington is called to the advertise
ment of G. WOrrell-carpets, upholstery
goods, curtains, blankets, linens, and q
full line Of housekeeping goods. This
is an old and reliable house that can
always be depended on.
The Trustees of the Odd Fellows
Cemetery and the Road Commissioner
are putting in on each side of the large
gate that lead into the cemetery, cul-
verts three feet wide and one foot deep.
This is desirable improvement to pre-
vent the wash that the heavy rains
have occasioned here.
A MEETING of the Young Ladies'
Missionary Society will be held at the
usual place on Thursday evening, Sep
tember 23rd, at 62 o'clock. All the
members are requested to be present
as there is business of Importance.
NORA COTTON, President.
NETTIE TsCHUDY, Secretary.
MEssRs. J. T. MULLIN & Son. of
Wilmington, whose advertisement ap-
pears in another column, will have an
| exhibit at the State Fair at Dover and
they will have there troupe of colored
jubilee singers who will give free con-
certs every hour. The enterprise,
courtesy and fair dealing of this firm
certainly cOmmends them to their fell
low Delawareans.
THE restaurants at the State Fair will
have facilities for feeding $4,000 peo-
ple.- Wilmington Republican,
Is not our cOtempOrary little steep
in the possible number to be fed at the
State Fair? 1t may be pardonable in a
city paper in their large ideas of num-
bers to put the figures at 5000, but a
country paper might take so per cent.
off this and then be nearer the truth.
The free rum for which somebody
was responsible at the late primary
election, Tapped over in it's conse-
quences on Saturday night last in a
more than usual tendency to drunken
ness and disorder. So much for un-
corking a demon that in a good many
homes had been bottled up. One dealer
alone On Saturday sold over a dozen
glass bottles (of the kind usually used
for pocket cOmpaniOns) whatever rea-
son might be given for their use, were
evidently intended for fire-water.
WE are indebted to John T. Jakes. OF
Wyoming, Grand Marshal of the Sover-
eign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, who
is attending the annual session. which
met on Monday in Boston, for a copy
of the Boston Sunday Herald, a mann
moth paper of twenty pages. The
parade, which will take place to-day,
is expected to have over 10000 men in
line. George NJ. Fisher, Grand Repre-
sentative, also of Wyoming, accom-.
panied Mr.. Jakes. There are about
twenty Delawareans in attendance, the
rest being from Wilmington.
REV. A. N. KEIGwIN, of Wilmington
who exchanged pulpits with Rev. r. ]
Umsted on Sunday, preached in the
Presbyterian Church of this town both
morning and evening. Besides the
regular congregation, the reverend
gentlemen attracted a number of Othel
visitors who were delighted with hi:
strong, lucid and spiritual discourses
Mr.. K. gives the impress in everything
he dOes-whether in reading a HYMN
explaining the scriptures, prayer Oh
preaching--Of a vigorous christian
character, that comforts with anC
adorns his profession.
The peach evaporators have abou
finished drying for the season and the
work of packing has commenced. Hard
castle & Jones and James w. ANTHONY
have been running their evaperatorl
most of the time, but A. l.. Hudson, E
w. Lapham and the FarsOn brothers
at Brenford did not start up until som,
three weeks ago or after the decided
fall of prices in the city markets. TIL,
high prices Of the fruit the first half O
the season deferred many of the owners
OF evapOratOrs from starting their ma
chimes who would had done so haC
they known the prices would hav,
been so low the latter part of the sea
son.