Smyrna times., 1888-12-26

I personal property at public sale on
wednesday Jan. 10th, prox.
THE farmers are as much pleased
: with the stoning of Commerce street as
. the persons who reside on it, and Just
8 as glad to get rid of the mud.
The school holiday is being enioved
, this week by the teachers and children.
School will open promptly on Monday.
but the next day New Year's) will be
a holiday.
TO-DAY IS an unusually busy one
with the banks-receiving the demos
Its OF Christmas sales. The fine wealth
er gave our stOrekeepers more than the
usual number of customers.
JOHN P. JONES the assessor of
property. for Duck Creek Hundred
has been industriously working up his
business the past two or three weeks
and IS getting we'll over his field.
The julie Keen Comedy COMPANY in
Only German" " are to appear at the
opera House on Thursday night De-
cemoer 2Ith. This company is verv
highly spoken of and the show is first
class. All lovers of a good. hearty
laugh will do well to attend.
The goose bone prediction that the
weather between the 18th and 9th
instants would be the worst of the
winter IS by no means verified. The
TACT is that the goose bone is no better
weather indicator than the hog melt or
the left hind leg of the jack rabbit.
RI. REV. ALFRED A. CURTIS. ID.
Bishop of Wilmington, will celebrate
Mass at st. POlycarp's Church this
town, on Sunday January 9Th, 1889, at
1O o'clock A. NJ. In the evening. the |
1t. Rev. Bishop will give q lecture at |
!.3O o'clock. The public is cordially !
invited to attend.
GEORGE G. WRIGHT son of VIM
wright, OF Clayton, and Miss Frances
MAYOR; OF New Castle, were married
on wednesday afternoon last, the 18th
1nsti at the home of the bride, by the
heV' r. Il. Hubbard. After the cere-
mony reception was given by the par
ents OF the bride. The newly mar
RED couple left on the $50 P. NJ. train
on their wedding tour.
REV. Mr.. DAME Joined with Miss
Mary Spruance, teacher in the BEGIN
nlng department at the public schools
in making each of her pupils a Christ
mas present on Monday. 1t took Miss
Mary the larger part of the afternoon
TO receive her forty visitors as thew
came in singles, pairs and squads. each
departing with bright broad smile
fruit. ~ '''''
THE severe cold snap that set in on
Friday sending the mercury down to
10 Saturday morning, made ice suGi-
GENTLY strong on the mill pond to af-
ford skating, though but few of the
boys knew it. Those who did had
their first sport on the ice for the sea-
son except little enjoyed on the Per
slmmon pond Saturday week. Mon
GSay the skating was splendid and
highly enjoyed.
A LARGE congregation assembled at
friendship Church on Monday even
ing to attend the Sunday-Scho0l Ami
versary. The distinguished feature
was the bringing in a boat of three {
masts loaded with Christmas presents
for the children. 1
The Sunday-Schools of the two
churches at Clayton had also interest,"
ing occasions, the chief features being
the distribution of gifts.
The steamer Tygert had a singular
experience in coming into the creek on
Saturday night or rather SUNDAY
morning. The high wind had caused
low tide, carrying the ice with the :
water down to the mouth of the creek
while the incoming tide which imme. !
dlately followed, swirled it back. and :
packed 1t on the flats and across the J
channel until it filled up the space !
from the top to the bottom. When the !
lygeTt attempted to enter the month of
the stream she found herself imneded :
and stopped by this bed of slush ice as !
II running into mud bank. tt took :
Two hours OF backing and coming again
TO Iorce her way through. Capt. Smith 9
says 1t Is an uncommon experience !,
their usual difficulty being with sur /
face ice. "''- SUI
The old annual-the carriers adj t
dress-that was so potent in EXTRACTING t
Che hps, Ievles and quarters from the 0
wallets OF old-time newspaper readers a
mas become almost obsolete. In the
country office the ''devil" usually ner- \
formed this duty, and he would no h
more me thlnk ofstarting on his rounds at
christmas without an address, USUALLY d
written by the editor or some local
POetJ' IMAM he would expect to do b
W 'wlthout his Christmas dinner. With
DIS pony and full saddle bags he start a
ed OIL on his weekly trip on publication
Jay unmindful of wind or weather for v
. times in the year, but the Glad Il
Time of all the fifty-two was at CbTist.
Presents of clothing. MES is
5weetmeats and money were Given
llm, according to the liberaIity or 81
means OF the subscribers, and he came Ii
nome ladened with good things os if
le mad been to spy out the promised pu
ana. The vastly increased postal 70. in
'llltles made possible by the great mnI. in
lplcatlOn of railroads has done awav in
II great measure with the weakIy
'arrler. Now there is a postofice at is
iearly every cross road or small settle r
nent, and the work of delivery is dono
nueh more expeditiously, satisfactoriIv til
ma easier and. cheaper than under tbe NJ
ia plan. 1t was hard work both for u,
ne pony ane the devil" and while the Al
ueviF' OF the present day hasn't the ia
ard work, he is also deprived of the ST.
monuments at Christmas that his nra. Sr
ecessors received The newsnaner Fl
arrier's annual has gone to stav. de
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