Smyrna times., 1888-07-11


THE hay crop, a satisfactory one,
has been gathered in good condition
this year.
The oat crop now ready for harvest,
though not having so much straw as
last year, is a good one.
A NUMBER of people from the town
and country took advantage of the de-
lightful weather ofSunday for day at
Woodland Beach.
THE Bethel Sunday School will pic
mic at Woodland Beach tomorrow.
July 18th. Friends of SMYRNA are
cordially invited to accompany them.
THE Revs. Alexander, of Middle
town, and Sweezey, of this town, ex-
changed pulpits on Sunday. Mr.. Alex
ander greatly pleased his hearers here.
THE cOlored base ball club of this
town went to Middletown on Saturday
to play a game with the club there.
the score standing Smyrna, 26; Middle
town, l.
THE colored excursion here on the
4th from ChestertOwn was accOmpan-
led with a base ball club, who, in
game with the colored nine of this
town beat them in a score of II to 5.
CLAYTON Lodge No. 4, Knights of
Pythias, was installed Thursday even
ing by Vice Grand Chancellor More
land. After the installation refresh
ments were served to the members.
Two of the young ladies of the ex-
cursion party were so pleased with St.
Augustine Pier, or rather the party
that was to come off in the evening,
that they remained over to visit friends
in the neighbOrhood.
THERE was a man on the excursion
on Friday who delighted in eating up
the girls ice cream and cake. Thev
thought he did it to gain flesh, and
must have weighed two or three
pounds heavier the next day.
ONE of the excursionists on the
Iygert Friday who forgot his wife un-
they had landed on the boat, takes the
joking he receives very kindly. He
was immensely helped out of his awk-
ward fix by the aid of the telephone.
&. +. LIPPINCOTT who engaged in
business in Bristol, Pa, some months
ago, has moved his family thither dur
ing the past week. We regret Mr.. L
felt the necessity to move his business
and family from our town to another
place.
THE marketing of the raspberry crop
IS about finished; hardly an average
in quantity, but fair in prices. The
blackberries are now going to market.
E. w. Lapham got off his Early Har-
vest, a new variety, last week, and
realized good prices.
THE Normal School for teachers.
under the management of Messrs.
Handy and Lake, will commence on
Monday next in our public school
building and continue until the middle
of August. There are indications that
it will be well patronized
OUR school boys are nearly all
spending their vacation in getting out
new editions of the peach basket, at
a cent copy. The girls who haven't
the same chance to gather up pin
money, in the absence of anything to
do, are largely engaged in pressing
bricks"
The editor of the Record it seems
claims the credit of the architectural
designs in his handsomely reconstruc-
ted home. We did not know this
when we penned our item last week,
or the color of that blush might have
been heightened into the beauty of a
fair maiden's.
THE people who sleep on Main street
were particularly pleased with the last
as compared with the previous Fourth
when for two nights their slumbers
were badly broken. From the Com
missiOners proclamation or something.
they had quiet night-the first for
dozen years.
The second game of base ball be-
tween the Smyrna and Camden clubs
which was fixed for yesterday but could
not be played because of the rain, has
been designated for tomorrow after
noon at Camden. Both the Dover club
and the Glover Club, of Wilmington.
will play here in the near future.
THE absence of the young men from
attendance on church services, which
has been so noticeable for sometime,
could be accounted for on Sunday
evening last, at least. The "four cor
ners were so full of them discussing
base ball, that in some places it is
stated, they crowded the sidewalk.
Isn't it time that the needed i'm
provements at the Methodist Church,
frescoing, organ and carpeting, deferred
for good reasons until this season,
were being seen after? The year
starts out most auspiciOusly-abundan
crops Of everything, business and en-
ployment for every body-a year of
plenty.
The correspondents of the Whining
ton papers deserve a prodding for their
work of last week. They wrote to
them freely before, one of them
a letter a column long, but not a
line since about our grand Fourth of
July celebration, which excelled any,
thing on the Peninsula. In this re-
spect we were behind the other towns.
which were freely written up.
THE excursion of the PRESBYTERIAN
Sunday School on the steamer Tgqert
on Friday, was well patronized, and a
decided success. The day was perfect,
with not an incident to mar their pleas
ure. They stopped at Fort Delaware
bat were not allowed to land, orders
having been recently issued 10 that eff
feet. They landed at, and remained at
st. Augustine Pier, near Port Penn,
for some time.
AT a regular meeting of Union Castle
No. II, X. G. f., held Monday even
ing, the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted;
ResoLced, That the officers and members
of Union Castle, No. H. K G. E., hereby
extend their sincere thanks to the SMYRNA
COrnet Band for services rendered july Cd
ResotUed, That a copy of these resolu,
tlons be rendered to the Band, spread upon
the minutes of the Castle, and furnished
the local papers for publication
ONE of our mechanics, who though
too old for ball hitter, has the fever so
bad as to need a suporilic Of some kind.
His interest had become so intense that
he could not sleep Saturday night, and
he declared Monday that he would not
miss the game to be played between
the Smyrna and Camden teams the fol-