Smyrna times., 1889-09-18
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Smyrna and Vicinity.
TAKE day off and go to the State
Fair.
The West India cyclone was ahead |
of the moderate equinoctial.
THERE will be no gambling games
allowed on the State Fair grounds this
year.
THE machinery exhibit at the State
Fair will greatly surpass that of last
year.
A LUCKY dog indeed--aye, doubly
blessed-is he who can say with truth
There are no flies on me-"
A LEADING physician warns his pa
tients against eating potatoes which
are the least particle rotted.
THE Fall promises to be as queer as
the Spring and Summer. We had no
Spring and very little Summer weather.
The steamer Ella lay to both We'd
nesday and Thursday on account of
the storm, going up ON Friday as usual.
THE katydids and local weather
prophets have made up their minds to
have hard winter, but the signal SER
vice man is yet undecided.
The past has been nearly a lost
week to the farmers, who are admon-
ished by the season that wheat seeding
time is near, and to have the ground
ready.
THE high board fence at the Smvrna
House which was blown down bv the
high wind last week has been replaced
with new and stronger posts. Its
chief outside use is to post show bills
on.
GoRToN's MINSTREL COMPANY gave
an entertainment at the Opera House
on Monday night. The audience.
which was a good one, was we'll
pleased. The band attracted more
than the usual attention at the noon
parade for their fine playing. Hiram
johnson says there are no flies on that
band.
NEARLY $1,000 has been expended
in this vicinity, mostly between here
and the bay, for brush including labor,
for the jetty that is now being built
from Reedy's Island to Rays Ditch,
distance Of nearly five miles. About
1000 feet is placed in the bay each
year until it shall be completed.
THE storm last week made sad havoc
with the remaining pears and apples,
sending most of them to the ground.
Georg@Reed LoAand picked up sew
eral hundred baskets under the trees
of his pear orchard. Fortunately it
was near the picking time of the last
varieties. There is a poor show for
keeping apples this year.
The whistles that were very decor
Gus during the bad weather, let them
selves go yesterday morning, the first
as early as five o'clock. 1t was a sim
pie notification to the workers at the
canneries that the fruit was there, and
their services needed at an early hour,
on the principle that has come down
through the centuries, MAKE hav
while the sun Shines.
VIM. NJ. BOYER, residing on the
'VanGesel" farm, and in the narrow
peach belt that ran down from Bren-
ford, hadn't quite all of his pick of
thousand or more baskets marketed
when the hurricane struck us last
week. 1t seemed as if every peach
would be whipped off, but he found
enough Salways to ship a load on Sat-
urday and again on Monday.
The stormy days of the whole of
the last week kept thousands of dol
lars from the pockets of excursion boat
owners and the managers of county
fairs, that would have got there if the
weather had been balmy and pleasant.
The Delaware river boats, that in
tended to run until the 18th of Sen
tember, were put into winter quarters
during the early part of the week.
TOMATOES felt the effect of the long
wet and warm weather that followed.
cracking them open and causing them
TO spoil. This was particularly so
with the picking of Saturday and
Monday. On the latter day one
farmer who picked over forty baskets
only had seventeen from the lot con-
sidered fit to bring to the eannerv.
The quantity will be amply made up
from the later ones, if frost stays off.
S. WILMER BOYER, a gentleman
well known in Kent counties of both
Maryland and Delaware, has accented
the position of assistant manager of
the Clothing House of James Wilde &
Co., 10th and Chestnut streets, Phila-
delphia. For eight years Mr.. Bower
was with Brewing, King & Co., and
few men in any situation gained more
popularity and enjoyed greater conf
dence of his friends and patrons. He
will be happy to see his friends in his
new place of business.
SECRETARY BARNARD, of the State
Fair Association, received notice from
John Wanamaker's establishment that
they will present a handsome suit OF
clothes to the person making the finest
exhibit of corn at the coming state fair
the corn to be grown by the exhibitor.
This will wake up the champion corn
growers of the Peninsula. Another
feature Secretary Barnard and the
managers have decided on this wear
will be hailed with delight by the
ladies. 1t is that no names are to be
placed on any exhibit in the ladies'
exhibition building.
AMONG the vessels that rode out the
great storm last week at the Break
water was the schooner Harriet d
Brooks. This vessel was built a
Smyrna Landing in 1867 by Richard F
Hastings. 1t speaks we'll for Delaware
timber and workmanship that afte,
bearing the burdens of TWENTY-FIVE
years, the Brooks should hold her OWE
and come through safely during the
prevalence of one of the ugliest gale
Of the century. Some few years ag,
this same vessel distinguished hersel
by making the run from Boston, Mass.
to New Castle, Del, in 48 hours. thu
leading all previous records.
Miss SUE r. COLT has after mucl
patient experimenting almost rivaleC
the famous Lustred ware of Italy. by
indurating upon the different kinds O
porcelain found in use, the mos
exquisite conceptions being in flower
of gorgeous hue, supported by delicat
vining that after the fire tests. an
proaches next to nature. When it i
considered that the least flaw or incor
rect drawing will become painful,
evident after the fire is drawn from tn
kiln on the pieces, the fine artist
touch becomes at once apparent whei
the beautiful work is seen grouped il
every conceivable shape in porcelain
and each one faultless.
AT THE Quarterly Conference 70
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