Smyrna times., 1888-05-23

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HAVE you paid your town tax?
FINE weather for colds and neural
gia.
THE ice wagon has commenced its
summer rounds.
THE wheat fields are heading out,
and the most of them look very luxur-
liant.
The Presbyterian Sunday y-school has
commenced the preparation for Child
ren's day.
THE fields, hedges and gardens are
attractive objects to the eye in their |
summer dress.
The Good Templars organization of |
KentOn, like the church, is in a thriv-
ing condition.
The birds give their first and best
songs now before the hour of four
o'clock in the morning.
The Ladies' Benevolent Society will
meet Tuesday evening, May %, at
Mrs. Lydia McDOwelPs.
The young members Of the NJ. c. L.
Society will meet at the reading room
this evening at 81 o'clock.
THE talk now in certain circles is st.
Louis and C..ieagO, and are you going
to the National Convention?
WANTED.-A town boomer, or rather
a boomer who will boom some men
who won't boom themselves.
THE Nelson" school, near Kenton,
will hold a picnic in Mudges' woods,
near Clayton, OH Saturday, June ID.
THos. SHAW who has green house
near KentOn, supplies our ladies once
or twice week with Towering plants.
THE dwelling of Mrs. VIM. H.
Thompson is receiving a new dress of
paint, after the improved order of de-
cided colOrs.
ISN'T it time for the preachers to be
searching out from their barrel those
short, crisp sermons always seasOnabie
between strawberry and nutting time {?
HIRAM JOHNSON, with his new Cor
net Band and first public appearance,
serenaded Elmer u. Taylor and bride
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night.
SMYRNA has been challenged into
the base ball enterprise, and the ex-
ample of the larger ones is likely to
run down through the various grades
to the smallest urchins.
FLOWER VASES Of attractive designs
are now adOrning the yards, and most
or all of them will be in place by the
first of June. Some of the ladies seem
to be satisfied with any color, so it is
red.
THE real estate of the late Robert
Derickson, farm of 4Ol acres in Thor.
Oughfare Neck and a farm of 331 acres
near EastOn, Md, will be offered al
public sale in this town on Tuesday
June 18th. See advertisement.
THE mercury has been falling thu
past two weeks nearly to the frOs
: point, reaching it on Thursday morn
! ing and again, some claim, on Monday
, morning. In the meantime stoves ant
winter clothing are absolutely neces
D sary for comfort.
THE high east wind of the past tw
days, eliminating in a driving rain thi
G morning, has made it bad for trou
fishing on the bay shore, and there ha
been an absence Of trout as we'll a
+ shad in market this week, the latte
having about taken its departure.
4 The strawberry festival given las
. week at the Opera House for the benz
r. fit of the NJ. +. Sunday-School was we
i patronized by the school, but there wa
noticeable want OF interest on th
part of others. The children are assuI
e ed, however, a trip somewhere, bU
/. hardly to Colchester the next bout.
. The NJ. p. Church at Clayton is III
7. dergOing a decided course of improv,
$ ment A tower and belfry is bein
G erected on the front, in which a 500
! bell, orders for which have been givel
= will be suspended. The entrance wi
s. hereafter be through the tower at tE
centre of the building, instead of I'll
two doors as has heretofore been Il
case.
y REV. G.. S. SwEEzEY the popul;
+ young theologian who has been e.
c. gagged for the summer to minister
w the Presbyterian church will be abseI
> two Sundays before settling dow
Z among US, during which time he wi
;" have his place filled by other your
~ men. Mr.. Gabrillian. of Syria, Asia,
st recent theological graduate, will preat
= next Sunday.
lg STRAWBERRIES are mostly in mark
he by this time in May and sometim
II earlier, but the weather has been
~ cold the most of the time since blOssoI
H. ing as to make the growth and esq
rs cially the ripening process slow. Tn
re however promise TO be of large sil
81. and a return of warm weather W
-" hurry them for the market. The iii
nu berries from Laurel were shipped
We Saturday last.
80 BELMONT PARK has passed throu
&C. its Spring preparation of raking al
lot sweeping la task OfnO little magnituC
le- and is now in its most attractive su
nd mer dress, green predominating, set
here and there in cOnsummate tas
with red, white, blue-all the col,
that 90 to make up the flower kir
dom. The closely clipped grass, [
i've newly-harrowed drive-ways, the va
ion shaped evergreens, the budding a
mo- blooming flowers, the rich and vari
notes OF the feathered songsters fir,
we many bOughs and tree-tops makes B
ara mont indeed a most charming spot.
THE Base ball club (adults) "
ma have leased the lot between Lev
de- Hamilton's and the mill pond have be
as praclicing for several evenings prior
.ful thorough organization, so that af
~, trial they can the better assign
members effectively. The ground
ate the meantime will be scraped and I
ow- in good order. A second club (iunio
pht has been organized with the folIcwi
assignments: Thomas Coverdale,
Ed. Budd, p. Frank Startling, S.
act VIM, Evans, Ist Base, John Barr
enI I'd Base; Clarence FAIRIES, 3rd Ba
lCe' John Wick l.. F Davis Brown, 9.
on Willard Weldon, r. f.
as THE railroad is constructing wal
the road on the east side Of their track
the Clayton, running down to Jim Tow
J Of and a stone bridge is being built 0
nty the stream at the latter place, and r
hat ney street just below. Both Of th
re- streets are being thus prepared to b