The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-08-11
IN TOWN NEWS.

no Ec'N seCNaAaH fhAn 0NRNhNA
-"Pay as you co." is sage advice. Get
paid for what you do is just as sensible.
The colored brass band of this town
practices nightly, and are now making
good music.
DO you know that some men are so
mean that they hate TO see their shadow
following them.
This hot weather is very favorable
for sickness. Newark, however, has but
few people sick.
Farmers are busy blowing prcpara-
tory to fall seeding. Recent rains will
make the work easy.
The Presbyterian Church members
and others went to Brandywine Springs
on Friday, picnicing.
No man ought to be accused Of lazi-
ness. II is midsummer, and it won't be
along again for another year.
The members of Head of Christiana
Church held picnic in the grove adjoin-
ing the church on Thursday.
Take holiday on August 23d, and
attend the meeting at the Homewood
Driving Park in the afternoon.
Small excursion parties leave here
every few days for Cape May, taking
steamer Republic at Wilmington.
This is the season of the year that
man wants to be so thin as to stand
twice in the sun to make a shadow.
1t is an easy thing to pay debt
when you have the money. When you
haven't the money then comes trouble.
Especial attention is called to the
farm for sale known as the Jonathan
Bee farm, situated in Pencader hun
bred.
Every patron of THE LEDGER should
not forget that our job office was never
better equipped for doing work. Give
us a call.
The new annex to the college bull
ding is rapidly nearing completion.
When finished it will present neat APP
pearance.
considerable building is being done
in Newark. This is a sign of prosperous
times. Now let some enterprising manu-
facturer locate here
--Gouley's excursion went through
here on the b. & o. Thursday, to Toll
chester Beach. Several persons went
from here. We didn't.
Harvest Home in Whiteman's woods
on Thursday next. All day meeting.
Prominent speakers will be present.
Take day and go the picnic.
The weather is almost too hot to work.
Everybody is now trying to get along
without work. Only doctors and print
ers are forced to keep going.
Nowadays persons must exercise
care in buying vegetables. To be on the
safe side, you should buy vegetables
fresh each day, from b. O'Rourke.
This town is visited by traction
engine about once a week. The whistle
is sounded very often, to the sorrow of
those who are driving spirited horses.
1t is not so much for home trade
that people care for. It is where they
can buy the cheapest. You will say this
is so. WE'LL then read our advertise
ments.
During the heavy blow ON Wednes-
day colored man was asked: ''Do YOU
think we will have cyclone?" "Oh
no, sab dere will be no acorns here dis
ebenin."
We have seen several good big
strings of fish caught at Dayett's mill
pond. They were of good size; in fact,
much larger than generally caught in
small streams.
James Ii. Clark has sold his farm,
near Barksdale, Cecil county, Nd, to
Joseph Edwards of Chester, Pa. Mr..
Clark has not fully decided what to do
since he sold the farm.
The toot of the steam thresher is
heard on the lots adjoining town. If
they thresh as much wheat as they loot,
they certainly tally several thousand
bushels a day.
Josh Dobson has some of the incest
cream-ice cream we mean-you ever
ate from spoon. II is cold, and after
you have INDUCED in plate you feel as
though you had been struck with bliz-
zard.
The excursion to Brandywine Springs
on Friday of last week given by the NJ.
Z. Sunday School of this town, was a
pleasurable event, especially to the little
folks. About 300 persons went on the
excursion.
Mrs. s. A. Roach still maintains her
reputation for making delicious ice
cream. Large plates ten cents each. All
flavors, not forgetting the luscious peach.
Go tonight and try plate of her peach
ice cream.
One morning this week two gentle
men were kept in bed later than usual.
The trouble was, the washwoman had
forgotten to bring around shirts belong
ing to the poor fellows. Explanations
were loud and expensive.
Grabbing parties are numerous ON
the Elk river. The catches are indiffer-
emit. Several gentlemen from this town
went down the river recently and
brought home three crabs. The trouble
was, they didn't catch tide"