Smyrna times., 1888-05-02

Smyrna and Vicinity.
ELECTION of Democratic delegates
next Saturday.
The last OF the song birds are put
ting IN an appearance.
TERRANcE CARvIN at Kentop. is
having his hotel reftted.
. Down with the dust" has been the
order from the pave washers.
CORN planting is the order of the
day with the farmers this week.
The fruit trees of nearly all kinds
are blooming together this year.
BOEHMLER commenced to serve hot
bread from his wagon yesterday.
BLACKBIRD HUNDRED was the first
to make its appearance last week in
straw nat.
GEO. w. & S. TAYLOR Co., advertise
what they consider the best drag har-
row made.
THE Smyrna Opera House orchestra
went to Milford on Friday night to
play for a ball.
JOHN f. PHILLIPS has received this
week, a new stock of clothing and fur
nishing goods.
JOHN R. WILSON has a ptach of over
2OOO cabbage plants which he chal-
lenges the county to beat.
The teachers of our public schools
have purchased an outfit of Archery
for outdoor exercise and diversion.
Two DRUMB fish, the largest
weighing about sixty pounds, were
brought here yesterday with a load of
trout.
REV. J. K. KILBURN. of Yale Col.
lege, who preached at the Presbyterian
church last Sunday will fill the pulpit
again next.
HERMAN Roe, Chief Templar, will
make an effort to reOrganize the Good
Templar's lodge at KentOn. to-mor-
row night.
The scissor grinder is as much an
evidence of full blown spring as the
orlOle, and the warm weather of this
week brought both
WHEN nature is in the mood it can
DO things in a hurry, as in the change
from almost a winter to a summer
aspect the past week.
New tomatoes, of better size and
color than those usually coming from
the extreme South, were on sale at
Clements store on Saturday. They
sold at 20 cents per quart.
JOHN w. GRAHAM residing half a
mile beyond KentOn, is furnishing milk
Tor the Smyrna Creamery, fifty quarts a
day at present, which will be more than
doubled when the cows get on grass.
JOHN Z. PHILLIPS has the appliances
to make a hOmely young men rather
good looking. This is a matter of con-
sideratiOn, at least for Sunday appear
ance. And it will not take long to do
POLICEMAN GRANTS pay has been
advanced $40 per month. This is be-
cause of the extra night work required,
the lamps being now lighted every
night in the month except the four at
the full of the moon.
TWENTY or more candidates for
teaches certificates were in attendance
on Superintendent Handy's MONTHLY
examination Saturday and put in a
solid day wrestling with the knotty
problems, some not being through by
evening car time.
The step from freezing weather to
summer was only q week, Among
the other evidences all around were
those of both asparagus and sea trout
IN the market yesterday, the first of
May. A change yesterday brought the
temperature down again to the point
where IRE was comfortable.
b. +. G. ROTHwELL has resigned the
Office of collector Of Blackbird Hun
dred in favor Of John Lockerman,
whose appointment has been confirm
ed by the Levy Court. Besides having
a large force Of farm hands to see after,
Mr.. K. is giving extra attention to
dairy purposes in producing milk for
the creamery. and he feels it will pay
him better TO be at home.
1T is stated that man and his wife
residing several miles IN the country
have separated because by mistake she
sweetened his coffee with salt in
stead Ofsugar. Both were on the table,
aud IN intending to put in two tea
spoon fulls of the latter Inadvertently
pat 10 two Of the salt This excited
his indignatiCn and caused her to
change her boarding house,