Smyrna times., 1889-07-31

Water melons are beginning to ripen
IN Kent and whiskey is always in
bloom in Dover. These two facts may
throw some light upon the origin of
the following yarn, which we find in
the columns of the State Sentinel, re-
lated in friend CannOn's most persua-
sive Style "a gentleman who has tri-
ed its vOuches for this story. Taking
gallon jug of whiskey, he passed a
string through its cork, which cord
dropped to the bottom of the Jug. The
tWine was then introduced into a
watermelon vine by Sitting the vine,
and the vine was allowed to pro-
duce only two melons. When the
melons were matured they were serv-
ed at private barbecue to six gentle
men. The effect was astonishing. The
gallon of whiskey got in its work. Not
drop of the liquor remained in the
jug when the melons were ripe"
FAILING CROPS MAKE A DEPLORA-
BILE OUTLOOK FOR THE FARMERS. -
Farmers in the neighbOrhOod of Laurel
are quite despondent over the finan-
clal returns from the blackberr crop,
which has been little better than straw
berries, by which many leading truck
erS lost money. Owing to the heavy
and continued rains the growers were
compelled to leave half of their crops
| to rot on the vines, while many of
those marketed failed to pay expenses.
Inc farmers say the frequent showers
OF early spring prevented planting and
the heavy rains of the past month have
rendered the low ground useless for
| cultivation.
a number of corn fields which are in
/ low ground have not been narrowed,
and are consequently filed with grass
which has smothered the corn. TAX
ing. all things in consideration the out
look IN Sussex county is deplorable.
THE STORM Down THE STATE
The most serious rains torn of this
year for the Peninsula began early on
Thursday morning and continued all
day Friday and q portion Of Saturday
The storm extended over the section
OF country south of Seaford and over
Worcester county Nd. A cloud burst
occurred between Laurel and Seaford
on Saturday, flooded the country and
caused all the streams to overflow theil
banks. Several grade cuts on the
Delaware railroad were badly washed
and one WashOut of the tracks occurred
near SeatOre. The damage to the
roadbed Is not serious and trains have
only been slightly DELAYED. Corn fields
and truck patches in the low lands be
tween Seaford and Delmar are flooded
and the crops destroyed.
s yvritar from, Col;rb,,,,- = >.
quantity of water that fell in that sec
tion between Friday aud Sunday wa;
ll4 inches, and that in many farmin!
sections the water was standing from
two to four feet deep.
TREAT IN GEoRGETowN.-A SUISSE,
COuntian in speaking to a Wilmington
paper of the Treat failure said: 9TH
closing of Sreats store aud his factor,
has made Treat difference There i
one thing and that is, the action of tn
Farmers Bank has made over tw
hundred votes for the Republican par
ty. There are three or four men inter
ested in the bank who have decided I
push Treat for gettin under the DemC
cratic party last year They can't fol
give him for that; but they have gOn
too far. Treat has been a great factO
for good in Georgetown He has en-
ployed and supported many peopl,
f and he has never failed to pay his hell
1t makes 10 difference If he did pa
them part in store orders-they g
r their living all the same. His work
have brought a class of people (
Georgetown who build their own hou
2 es and pay their taxes Further tina
: that, the sympathy for Treat extenC
| into The surrounding country. Tn
. year the country in Sussex is prett
. we'll flooded aud there will be but littl
corn or any thing else. The farme
have nothing to sell, but they mu.
live until next spring. They take a
: account Of their available material an
and make up their minds that all the
= have to dispose of are the gam tree
That is the way it looks now. TT
j people of Georgetown want the Ire
works to 60 on, and any one who a
tempts to prevent it will not be look,
, upon as a friend Of those who made
= living by working in the factory or
. those who sold wood to Treat" T.
! Democrats deny that politics had an
:, thing to do with the Treat affair.