Smyrna times., 1889-03-20
Smyrna and Vicinitv

Smyrna and Vicinity.
THE month of March was named
from Mars, the Roman god of war.
HAVE you seen Mr.. Coles drove of
Kentucky young mules? +
THE popular idea is that there is no
evil in the evil that is not found out.
Buy the Syracuse Plow. the best in
the market, of w. F. & J. R. Clements,
Clayton. +
CHARLES WELLER has started in the
milk business for himself, and Charles
Jones has opened meat store on
Main street.
REV. E. E. WHITE delivered his
farewell discOurses at Bethel and Sew
erson's churches on Sunday and was
greeted by large congregations.
CLAYTON's Hardware Store is the
place to buy Farming Tools and Har-
ness of all kinds.
THREE men were arrested by Conduc-
tor Legates at noon to day supposed TO
be three OF the party who broke from
Cambridge Jail on Friday night.
The place to buy new and fresh
candy IS at tStevenson's, on Main Street.
His Ice Cream is always the best. Call
and see him, he will treat you well.
WE learn as we go to press that Sam1
"A. Armstrong, one of our well known
farmers, residing two miles north of
this town, died this morning, aged 65
years.
THOMPsON's Seed Sewers for sale
very law by w. F. & j. r. Clements,
Clayton, Del.
The high easterly winds accompa-
nying the storm of Friday and Satur-
day, caused high tides in our river
streams. Yesterday was in the same
order.
The good weather we have been
having makes farmers prepare for
Spring work and fishermen in good
humOr and full of profitable antic-
ipation.
CARDS are out announcing the mar
riage of Miss A Kate Deakyne to Wm.
b. HelvestOn, Wednesday morning,
March 9th, in Friendship Church, at
8 o'clock.
THOSE of our farmers contemplating
the purchase of pair of young mules,
would do well to select pair of Mr..
Coles upheaded youngsters before the
choice is gone. T
MACKEREL were never higher than
they have been this season. How
ever, let them go up as far as they
can; we will soon be reveling in rock
! fish and shad.
The amount of missionary money to
be reported by the Methodist church
of this town to conference is S6l5.
The conference collections will fall a
little below those of last year.
GEO. JOHNSON recently appointed by
| the Levy Court, collector for Duck
Greek Hundred, has resigned because
OF i'll health, and VIM. E. Riggs, Jr.,
has been appointed in his place.
THE farmers are all very busy at
present doing odd jobs before the la
boriOus work of blowing begins. Bon
| fires are very frequent and the or
charss are rapidly becoming cleared of
last years growth of underbrush.
Stop at w. F. & J. r. Clements.
Clayton, and see the improved South
Bend Chilled PlOws. Il
The daily papers report very heavy
damages from the storm of the past
week all along the coast from the
Breakwater to New York. At Long
Branch the high banks were washed
away in some places thirty feet.
GAMERS have commenced to make
! contracts with tomato growers for the
coming season. There has been a
much larger increase OfapplicatiOns for
contracts at the cannery of John H
Hotiecker for this, over former seasons.
FARMERS are likely to run up against
a corner in binding twine the coming
season. a trust has bought up all the
output of the factories for this year.
and twine which sold for cents last
year is now worth % cents, so SAYS
an exchange.
PETER B. AYARs, Commander De-
partment of Delaware, G. A. r, ac-
cOmpanied by Assistant Agt. Gen.
VIM. P. VOshell, and commander of
Dupont Post No. 2, Wilmington. Jo-
seph Duffy, paid Col E. Wilmer Post
No. 20 of this town, a visit last evening.
THE latest fads are cooking utensils
lined with silver or gold, introduced
by wealthy people who affect to be-
lleve that contact with iron OF. cOpper
/ hn Al
makes it unhealthy. People lose less
sleep from troubled conscience than
from poor cooking.
THE attention of persons in want Of
nursery trees-pear, peach or apple is
called to the reliable nursery of p. EN-
erson, Camden, Del See also ad
verIisements of w. G. Pierce's Phos-
phate; VIM. II. Carr's ice cream: Me
gears, Lenten requisites; J. G. Brintop.
); ii. Taylor, Geo. w. & S. Taylor Co.,
E. G. Walls and others.
NOW is the time when Supervisors
should put the country roads in good
order. Good roads put an increased
value on land, add beauty to the land
scape and attract attention from pros
pectiye purchasers. New comers will
often pay considerable more for land
when the roads are in good condition
all the year than when they are hub
deep in mud in winter and dusty and
rough in summer.
JOHN +. PHILLIPS met with a pain
ful accident on Friday that a little
more might have cost him an eve.
He had just sold two umbrellas. and
while in the act of replacing the re
mainder after the customers had left
by some means struck the end of one
against his eye, both binding him and
giving him very severe pain. 1t was
quite inhamed for several days but the
indications are now that nothing seri-
sus will result from it.
REV. W. r. MCFARLANE stopped in
Smyrna yesterday on his way to Con.
ference, to see his friends. It is lust
twenty-one years since he entered the
ltineracy, he and the late Rev. F. NJ
Chatham both of whom had been fol.