Smyrna times., 1886-09-01


they need only have a short nap.
WE have a communication from W.
Denny HAZEL, of Cecilton, stating that
he received at his store a basket of
peaches from Isaac H. Richards, of
Grove Point farm, forty-six peaches
making a heaping basket. The fruit
was of the Susquehanna variety. He
also states that Mr. Richards will have
altogether 10000 baskets, and his
brother, on Peach Blossom farm, will |
have 10000.
THE Temperance Reform party of |
Blackbird Hundred will hold a meeting |
in Blackbird on Saturday, September |
11th, for the purpose of nominating |
candidates for the offices of Assessor, |
Inspector and Road Commissioner |
also for the appointment of three dele |
gates to the County Convention to be !
held in Wilmington on the 18th inst,
and to organize a Hundred Central
| Committee according to the regulations
of the party.
VACATIONS, like all things earthly,
have an end Satchels, books, states,
| girls and boys were seen fitting all
| bound on a steamboat excursion or a
| lie school building, which had been in
retirement for two months, went on a
strike at nine o'clock for six-hours a
day. The schools opened for the year
with all the teachers at their respective
desks, and no changes in the corps.
On Saturday morning a little grand
| son of Jacob Leinberger was delivering
| meat out in the neighbOrhOOd of Bel
mont, when jumping off his horse with
a basket in his hand he was stopped by
two tramps who demanded his meat or
his life. During the boys detention the
horse started for home and the tramps
appropriated the meat from the basket,
about two pounds, and allowed the lad
to depart. The vagrants gain no SYM
pathy for their class by acts of plunder
like this.
A SMYRNA correspondent of the
EUery Ereniag is in error in stating
that heretofore our banks during peach
season have opened at o'clock and
closed at four, and that the reason for
not doing so this season is short fruit
and tight money market. The Fruit
Growers National Bank has never
varied from the rule of from nine to
three o'clock, and money in this Sec
ton has nothing to do with it as the
banks have force enough to do their
open work within these hours.
Two Philadelphia ladies who have
been visiting our town seeing how
much of the peach and melon crops
: they could consume before leaving
for the flags and cobbles of their city
home, said that they would be per-
I I fectly willing to leave If they could
have Delaware peaches and melons all
the year round and take two calf-eyed
Smyrna dudes along as parlor orna-
; ments. Is the calf-eyed Smyrna dude
a superior animal to the Chestnut
street masher QUILP.
e Mrs. MARY A. SUTTON died in
Philadelphia, August Goth, in the 83rd
o year of her age. Though not a resi-
: dent Of Smyrna for a number of years
, yet she had been identified with this
: town all of her earlier life. She was
% a sister of the late John NJ. Denning
Those who knew her best speak of hel
i CHEEKY, almost exhaustless spirits. II
:, her early youth she had chosen "that
i good part" and in old age she could
2 afford to be what her life presented, g
bright, happy christian.
1 THE Smyrna Record of last week
j. speaks of Leonard Revis and his incu
O batOr, with capacity of !, $40 eggs, anC
: closes by saying: "Mr. Revis ha!
had some experience in this line and
has been unifOrmidlIy sue in it,
e Now, has Mr.. r. been suckin' the incu
e batOr or the eggs? He can hardly ex
u pect to make profit in the egg bust.
Is ness if he is addicted to such habits as
I this. Or it may be that the editor wa
b dreaming of a habit that has Deen uni
2 formiaILy his own and thus wrought i
e in.
: WE believe only one of the teacher
al of Smyrna attended the State Teachers
Association, held at Rehoboth las
m week. The meeting, if it had beel
= we'll attended, would have been an oC
v casiOn of considerable interest. Blu
70 few teachers were present, perhap
~ partly on account of the fact that n
arrangements were made for reduce,
rates either on the railroad or at tn
N hotel. This annual meeting wa
II quite an attraction for the teacher
10 several years ago it is a great pit,
IS that it should be allowed to die out.
LEWIS & PRICE have received for tn
manufacture of their Farmers Bone
rs Phosphate for the coming season, per
ir haps the largest supply of pure bon
t., and bone tankage of any manufactur
of ing establishment in the county. From
ie these the body of their standard whea
of fertilizer is made, and they are takin
n special pains and pride in producin
for their growing trade the best phos
phate an respect to its drilling cond
OF tiOn and lasting effect they have eve
l. made; and defy competition in the re
q. lation of price to quality ofgOods; the
~ are working on small margin and fal
lg mers will find it to their best interes
Ill to inquire terms and examine thei
lg goods. r
The eclipse of the sun took place az
IL cOrding to announcement last Sunda
IL morning at 6.25, no postponement 0
In account of weather. 1t was no hal
ms way affair, only about One-twelfth
IN the suns surface being obscured i
q. this locality; the other eleven-twelftt
tn were hidden by light clouds We hav
nd not heard of many of our citizens gel
ting up earlier than usual for scientifi
observations. To have beheld th
ed eclipse total it would have been nece
it sary TO take position anywhere froI
to the northern part of the Isthmus
Jix Panama, extreme northern edge
ed South America, eastward across th
ry Atlantic ocean, over Africa to Mads
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