Smyrna times., 1888-06-13

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Thus giving full day.
J.D. Scout sold his crop of goose
berries at the depot at S1.50 per bushel. |
He had over 100 bushels and would |
have had nearly 200, but for the raw
ages of the currant worm.
THE trouble this season about the
" June fall" ," so much dreaded and dis
cussed by peach growers, seems to be
that it will not be large enough to re-
lieve the Overburdened trees.
THE Pennsylvania Railroad is hav-
ing the Delaware Division thoroughly
inspected in all departments, and
everything put in readiness for hand
ling tremendous peach crop.
JUNE has given us very few really
warm summer days. The thermometer
yesterday morning registered 53', to
which low point it sank several times
last week and the week before,
THE cherry crop promises to be a full
one. The blush of the early varieties
are already colOring the trees. The
Early Richmond variety was ia market
on Monday, and as sour as they are
handsome.
THE proprietor of the Creamery
will give the farmers and their wives
who supply it with milk, an ice cream
treat on Saturday afternoon, the lat.
ter made in the same building by o. D.
Hill.
THE friends of the Rev. VIM. B.
Gordon will find on our first page a
report of the Advisory Committee in
relation to his work in Mexico that
shows the broad field for usefulness
that lies before him.
THE Smyrna Opera House orchestra
went to Blackbird on Sunday after
noon to assist the Sunday School there
in their Children's Day music. Sun
day was the first day Will McKown
has used his new flute.
IN THE organization now on foot to
encourage athletic sports it is desired
/ to have a full membership of active and
non active members so as TO have a self
| supporting club independent of sub
scriptiOns or outside contributions.
THE members Of the Loyal Legion,
| desire, through this medium, to eX-
press their thanks to the gentlemen
who so kindly furnished them with
cOnveyances for their picnic, also to
the gentlemen who allowed them the
privilege of the woods on Saturday
June 9th.
THE real estate of the late Robert
Deriekson, of ThoPoughfare Neck was
sold at public sale at the Smyrna
House, yesterday. The home farm o.
4O1 acres was knocked off at $l1 900
and the farm in Talbot county, Md.
331 acres, at $500, Samuel G. Derrick.
son being the purchaser in both cases
| SMYRNA had its bandanna flourish
on the nomination of Thurman, the
sturdy old Roman for Vice-Presiden
last week. The selection Of Mr.. Thur
man, which seems to go down wei
with every one, gave several of ou
merchants a chance to bring out from
their bottom drawers an unexpected
party emblem,
THE small boy on the farm is breaking
his back now thinning corn while th
frisky partridge mounts the fence ant
calls bob-White" to him Ia the dis
tance. There is no season SO dreade,
by the farm boy as the corn thinning
season: on the contrary, it is with tn
} partridge the season when he revels il
delight, with no thought of gun or dog
, BY advertisement elsewhere it vii
be seen that Woodland Beach will b
formally opened for the season of 1873
this day two weeks. The steape
= Clyde will commence her daily trip
E the week before. Mr.. Campell, tn
proprietor. has been making improve
= ments to the place for the further az
cOmmOdatiOn of excursiOnists, pic-nic'
&c.
PRESIDING ELDER FRANCE will hol
the Second Quarterly Conference fC
b Smyrna station on Friday evening {
e this week for Appoquinimink Circu
at Union Church, on Saturday at
o'clock A. NJ, and for Smyrna Circu
, at Clayton Saturday afternoon at 2.S
y o'clock. He will preach at Union o
8 Sunday morning and at Clayton in th
q evening,
3 WHERE ice cannot be procured w'
q ter may be cooled by whipping IL
= pitcher containing it in a towel Of lOos
q texture which has been previously in
y pregnated with ammonium nitrai
/; land dried) and mOistening this wit
:, water. The Pharmaceutical Era, whiC
Z recommends this plan, says the san
towel may be used repeatedly, beiT
4 dried thoroughly beforehand eaC
- time,
n WE give ia another colunln an a
'e count Of the dedication Of the new
IS i. Church at Clayton. It would
'r nothing more than simple justice
al say that the erection Of this church
a. almost entirely the result Of the ind
" fatigable pluck and energy Of Aubr,
D. Vandever, in starting the society fro
N nothing and completing n church fr
ID Of debt in less than a year Chapla
IL MeCabe could not have done better
:. A SKETCH Of Bishop-elect Colemi
~ for this diocese thus describes his pl
- pit qualities The bishop-elect
- Delaware is better known for
Il strong sympathetic nature, culture a.
N refinement than for any definite Orat'
ical gifts. His sermons are more pri
tical than Of horid rhetoric and tepd
- impress the listener more with per
Ii nent suggestion OF application to da
ms need than Of high-hown pulpit e
,as quence.n
'm THE Dover correspondent Of
ed PeninsuLar NelUs says: 1.-THE SO
on Capital Club played the Smyrna Cl
n. on Saturday and won by score Of
liS to 8 but the Smyrna boys are su
IN poor players that the victory is J
gi- highly esteemed. A return game y
.ed be played on Saturday the 10TH" &
(. boys viii nave the opportunity to sh
he and how much of reaeatiorl there IS
IN ! the above efnfnnnnf