Smyrna times., 1888-05-23
THE following is the time-card of the
steamer Innert for the month of Inne .

*Friday, June 1st, and Monday, June |
4th, there will be no boat, as steamer
1ygert will be laid up for Spring paint
ing. Owing to the shallowness of water
in our creek it is about impossible to
get boat to put in place of Tygert.
THE old blacksmith shop which was
the last of the buildings connected
with the carriage shops on Market
street, all of them detracting from the
general appearance of the surround
ings, has disappeared, and in its place
at the rear of his residence A. L. Hud-
son is erecting two-rOOmed Office for
business purposes. This will complete
Mr.. HudsOn's improvements, which
with his handsome house and that of
Mrs. Riley's united by the graded and
terraced yards, the two more than COW
ering the space fronting the NJ. E.
church and parsonage, is one of the
greatest changes that has been in
town for some years. The improved
appearance will be still more manifest
when the grass gets well set.
REV. E. G. Mock who has served st.
Peters ?. E. Church as rector since the
| departure of Rev. VIM. B. Gordon for
| Mexico, has but one more Sunday to
| fill out his engagement for year, and
! is preparing to leave, no satisfactory
arrangement having been made for the
settled pastOrate. So far as we have
heard, Mr.. Nock's years oversight of
the parish has been both a pleasant
and successful one, giving his whole
! time and attention to the interest of
I h ic nh In 20 II
current expenses necessary for the
congregation, 1000 has been raised
dnring the year for the Episcopal or
Bishops Endowment fund, and the re-
cent class of candidates for confr-
nation was the largest in the past
twenty-seven years, or since the rec
tOrship of Rev. J. E. Grammer.
Two or three weeks ago Mrs.
Wynn, who came, she said, from Wis
cOnsin, applied to Robert Denney at
Duck Creek, for a house, learning she
said, he had one vacant. She was ac-
cOmmOdated, and duly installed'in its
possession in a day or two with hel
three children. Seeking employment
she found work in Mr.. Denney's fam
lily, and was found to be very efficient
Last Saturday a man turned up who
claimed to be the husband and father
paid the rents and other bills and OF
, Monday they all started for Michigan
where he said he has a farm. 1t wa.
gathered in her conversation that sh,
likewise had a farm in Wisconsin, anC
while he was off to Michigan, she solo
it and departed for the East. 1t wa
observed that a man unknown to tht
villagers frequently visited the hous,
5 during her two weeks occupancy, ant
t it is supposed, came with her from
2 Wisconsin.
In one of our Sunday schools ol
Sunday last the teacher was catechis
ing her class of little hOpefuls as t,
t who were the greatest men. She 90
= through with who was the wisest
s meekest, oldest, &c, successfully unit
{ she came to the strongest, and run
?, ming her eye up and down the line c
animated faces, she asked who was tn
strongest man. In an instant littl
{ Tommy was on his feet with that carr
u estness that characteristics a boy whe
+ he feels certain of his answer, with th
y exclamation-John L. Sullivan. Th
q teacher was for moment nonplusse
; at the ready and positive manner
the boy, but recovering from her su
o prise she explained that he was entir,
is ly OH-that Sampson was the strOnge
It man, that the bible said so. Tomm
IS did not contend out of Difference
IS the statement of his teacher, but il
er sisted that if Sampson lUds the strOnj
est man, John i. Sullivan came mex