Smyrna times., 1888-10-10
Smyrna and Vicinity.

THE bleak winds of yesterday were
followed by killing frost this morn
ing, mercury $50.
The circus tomorrow, and our town
boys are already performing gymnas-
tics over fences and -four barrels.
L. E. ANTHONY raised 400 baskets of
sweetpOtasOes from II acres. He ship
ped them mostly to New York state.
THE G. W. & S. Taylor Co., have an
exhibit of machinery of their manufac-
ture at the Hazel Dell Fair near Will
mington.
The CaspersOn mill property near
Clayton which was sold at Sheriff sale
last week was purchased by Abel Sevil
for $2OO5.
MEGEAR has and will keep in stock
now that the weather is cooler. the
popular potato chips that makes such
a nice relish for supper.
NATHAN MOORE sold his premium
| apples, that were on exhibition at the
State Fair, in our streets on Saturday
for fifty cents per basket.
REV. Mr.. SNOoKs preached at the
Presbyterian church on Sunday. Rev.
Mr.. Cation will preach next Sunday
and administer the sacrament.
REGISTER commenced the making of
sausage last week, and quite a number
enjoyed buckwheat and sausage for
their Sunday morning breakfast.
SATURDAY gave us another dav of
thunder showers, very heavy one in
the evening. Such weather particu-
larly interferes with the business of the
merchants.
1T is now time to pot flowers. Jack
Frost will soon be along and nip them
in the bud thatis those that have not
been stored and put away against the
wintery blasts.
This is the seeding wheat season,
and all the farmers want is fair wealth
er. There will be large crops of it put
in the ground, judging from the outgo
of phosphate.
A LOCAL weather prophet says No
vember will come in rough and cold.
No doubt of it, to some men whose
names now appear in large letters at
the heads of newspapers.
MEssRs. CARTER AND GRAwLEY the
battery of the Smyrna base ball club,
have returned to their respective
homes. It is probable they will play
with our club next summer.
THE following announcement has
been handed us: 1.-THE people of
Smyrna are invited to attend the COS
pei preaching at the Town Hall, on
Friday evening, at seven o'clock"
THE Odd Fellows are still improving
their hall bv the addition of venetian
shutters and new single light windows
and removing the old cellarway from
the front to the side of the building.
WITH the coal bin full and the family
flour for the winter snugly housed, the
housekeeper can face a frowning
world with more satisfaction than if
these essentials to life and comfort were
/ absent.
The people are asking who are the
| street committee any way2 Let the
| committee look into the mud holes.
and rise up and answer for themselves.
They received $4OO from the county
the past week.
SOME people will not pay bills ex-
cept on Saturday. Some make it a
rule not to pay any bills on Saturday,
and there are others who will paw
neither on Saturday nor any other day,
if they can help it.
THE subject for the consideration of
the Society of Christian Endeavor at
their meeting on next Sunday evening
will be, My besetting sin, how can 1
get strengh to overcome it." Heb. -,
IA, and lst, Cor. 9-27.
THE price ofhour had been previous
ly advanced, but last week a further
advance Of4 cents, and fifty centsaddi-
tiOnal was put on this. This continual
advance is not very good news for the
general consumer to begin winter with.
MONDAY and Tuesday the Philadel-
phia & Smyrna Transportation Com
pany, were offering $1.15 for spot
wheat but holders wanted more.
Wheat broke Tuesday and fell 81 cents
with outlook for another decline to-day.
OCTOBER is the month when a close
watch has to be kept on bird dogs to
keep them from the clutches of thieves.
A valuable dog has been thus stolen or
decoyed from Mr.. Speakman, for the
return of which he advertises a large
reward
THERE is considerable activity but
IN a quiet way in the Wolcott ranks
doing what they call missionary work
healing up the wounds caused by the
application of the Unit Rule " on the
Saulsburyites, and they say with graft
flying success,
THE Presidential election will be
over in little more than three weeks,
and everybody will be glad. News
papers will cease their scurrilous at
tacks on our prominent men, and will
be almost ready to acknowledge that
they didn't mean more than half they
said
THERE were four couples of brides
and grOOms in Smyrna on Sunday, two
OF the couples residents and two Visi-
tors. The young folks at the morning
service at the NJ. E. Church were on
the qui UiUe to see the entrance, as
they usually are, when newly married
couples make their debut in public.
THE Fair at Hazel Dell Park. Will
mington, is the most elaborate that has
ever been arranged for a like event in
this state. The railroads have made
arrangements to carry a large number
Of passengers to and from the fair.
Three thousand persons a day are ex-
pected from over the Delaware rail-
road.
WHAT was left of the tomato cpop bv
the frost of Thursday morning last was
efiectually fixed by the heavier one of
this. This will end the canning sea-
son. They have generally been able
to run through the most of the
month Of October, and several years
ago it was not until the 5th of Novem-
Der that the vines were visited BY a
killing frost.
THE ladies of the Benevolent Society
have decided to hold q festival on the
evening of the Both inst, for the pur-
pose of raising funds to relieve the
wants Of the coming winter. Thew
find themselves on the advent Of cold
weather entirely without anything in
the treasury and hence are under the
necessity Of appealing 10 our citizens to
I aid them through the means OF the pro-
posed festival.