Smyrna times., 1888-02-08

ILL AAc1 OA4O 1C11l1UYs
THE steamer Tygert made a trip to
Philadelphia yesterday.
GET your Valentines at the Smyrna
Bakery. II
GIRLS, it's leap year and a month
gone already! Get down to business at
once.
READ E. G. Walls advertisement on
our first page-what he is doing with
his goods.
VIM. GEO. HILL, at Clayton, has Just
received a car load of clover seed
which he advertises at Wholesale or re-
tail.
THERE is no use hurrahing until we
are out Of the woods. The backbone
of Winter isn't brOken--Only sprained,
as it were.
The iron work on the new County
bridge at Duck Creek will be so nearly
completed this, as to admit of travel
over it next week.
SOME friends you lose by lending
them money; others get mad if you
refuse them. Verify, this is a world of
many men of many minds"
JOHN B. COOPER received Yesterday
an invoice of peas, beans, corn, &C., for
planting purposes. This is a better
prophecy of Spring than the goose
bone.
DOCTORs say that drinking large
quantities of water will produce fat.
To show its absurdity, look at a fish.
It fairly lives in water, yet why is it so
bOny.
AT a vendue down the Neck" last
week-ten months credit being given
side meat sold for 2OI cents per
pound, nearly double the price it can
be bought for cash at the stores.
THE revival services at the Metho-
dist church continue with good attend
ence and earnest efforts. The seekers
are not so numerous as desired, but
conversions are from time to time re-
ported.
THE Musical Association of oul
town was called to Dover last night to
make the music for a social party at
the residence of Mrs. George Paris.
They were cOmplimented on their per-
fOrmance.
THE warm spell that set in on Friday
has nearly taken all the frost out Of
the ground, making the travelling des-
perate. Gas filters found frozen
ground yesterday to a depth of eigh-
teen inches.
A FULL attendance of the members
of Morning Star Lodge, No. 6, /. o. o.
F., are requested to be present on Fri
| day evening next, at % o'clock, at the
opening of this hall.
GEO. M. STEVENSON, P. S.
A MARYLAND FARMERS CLUB has
| given the cost of raising acres of
tomatoes at $500 net profit per acre at
$23.38 and the cost of raising 5 acres
of sugar corn 1920, net profit per acre
| $27.95. The yield of the tomatoes was
| placed at ten tons and the sugar corn
at four tons per acre.
UNDER the ministry of Rev. James
Conner, $500 has been paid on Leipsic
M. E. Church this year. thus freeing it
from all debt, and the debt of $1,000 on
the church at Little Creek has been
reduced to $3.50. The pastor is hopeful
also that his benevolent collections
will also come up to the standard.
As A result of the January examina-
ton the following have received the
three highest grades in each class of
the high school:
A class.-lst, Ralph Hoffecker, 9.57 /;
| End, Alice LippincOtt, S.73; 3rd, Paul
Jefferson, $3.50. b class.-1st, ]. v.
Smith, Jr., 0.1O; 2nd, Sallie Pratt, 600 ;
Bird, Sallie Cosgrif, S.43. G class. list,
Harry Cotton, DAB; End, Daisy Dor
man, 9.25; 3rd, Harry Tschudy, 9.21.
THE ADA GILMAN troupe gave three
performances here last week" Fan
chOn" on Thursday night, "Sweet-
hearts" and "Tom Cobb" on Friday
night and the Factory Girl" on Sat
urday night. The audiences were
highly delighted with them in all their
presentations, and the attendance good
except on Saturday night, when per-
haps from this cause, an act was omit
ted, and to harmonic their acting
with the announcement, the manager
stated the third act on the programme
was mistake Of the printer" They
staid over Sunday, and both on and of
the stage impressed themselves favor
ably on our people. They expect to
return again in the near future.
The following from a contemporary
Is as applicable here az elsewhere:
1t not only shows disrepect, but a
lack Of good raising, for persons who
attend public worship TO commence
putting on their wraps before the min
lister has closed the benediction. 1t Il
equally disgusting to see a row Of
young men strung along the gutter
like a curb-stone market, peeFiug into
peoples faces to the disgust Of every
one. Young men, II you haven't
respect enough for young ladies to take
them to church aHd cit with them, dc
not string yourselves along The pave.
ments like a row Of blackbirds on 2
: fence rail. Quit tie habit, for It is nOi
! disgraceful but disgustingn