Smyrna times., 1889-09-11

Neck lOr Ine ensuing year, and OthO
MARVEL Ofthe same vicinity, will move
to the farm so long occupied by the
late John Ferrell.
REV. R. K. STEPHENSON was oocu-
pied at Clayton all day Sunday, it be-
ing the second anniversary of St. Paul
church and Sunday School, and inter-
esting exercises occupied the services
OF the dNy. His place at Bethel was
supplied by Rev. J. V. Smith.
THE Real Estate of Thos. E. Jeffer.
son in this town was sold on Saturday
afternoon in front of the Delaware
House. The dwelling on lower Main
street was bought by Thos. jefferson,
Jr., for $1525. The store house bv
the same for 1915, and the lot on East
street by Mrs. S. H. Wilson, of Will
mington, for $3.50.
JOSEPH KENNEDY, residing near
.BlackistOn's Cross Roads has had
twenty-fOur visitors this summer,
mostly children and grand children,
and they havn't all reported yet. One
of his neighbOrs, Mr.. Gamble, had
eleven visitors at one time. Under
such circumstances country life can
hardly be accused of being lonely
SUNDAY was a big day with the col
ored people at the Bethel church camp.
There was no excursion on the rail-
road as formerly, because of the ad-
vance in rates by the new manage
ment, but from all the surrounding
country and from Dover and other
places they were here in all kinds of
vehicles, making a crowd that filed
the C church and the surrounding
grounds.
THE third quarterly meeting for
ApppOquinimink Circuit will be held
at Friendship NJ. E. Church next Sat
urday and Sunday, the 14th and 18th
instants.
Quarterly Conference on Saturday
the 14th inst at 10 AM.
Quarterly LOvefeast on Sunday the
18th inst, at g. AN.
Preaching by the Presiding Elder,
Rev. John France on Sunday at
103 Am.
OFFICER GRANT captured a "iug
tavern"-large valise with several
bottles of whiskey, most of which had
been emptied-in a corn field at the
lower end of 'Whopping" on Sunday.
The proprietor escaped before he could
get up with him. A man was after.
wards arrested, supposed to be the
one who was tresspassing on the
rights of the cOlored church camp as
we'll as violating the law, but he was
released for want ofsuHicient evidence.
THE w. C. T. u, of Kenton, will
celebrate its first anniversary next
Friday evening. September 18th, at
1.3O O'Clock, in the NJ. E. Church. On
this occasion Mrs. Julia E. Tomkinson,
noted temperance lecturer of Wash
ingtOn, will deliver an address. As she
is speaker of rare attainments all
will do we'll to hear her. Other
speakers are expected to be present.
All are cordially invited.
IDA NJ. WALKER, Cor. Sec'y.
IN the effort to amend the license
law last winter a long bill that COW
cred the details of the business was
substituted by a short one that only
dealt in general principles. This bill
did not except or specify for the drug
gists, and by a ruling of the courts
they are required to take out a license
to dispense medicine even on a doc
tors prescription. This is humiliat-
ing to the druggists but they will have
to stand it until the next Legislature
makes the proper provision for them.
The present seasons tomato crop is
large one, and wagons loaded with
the beautiful fruit, may be seen pass
ing to the markets and canneries.
The tomato has acquired its conner.
cial Importance during the present hall
century. Forty years ago the veg
etable was known as the "loVe apple. d
and was only grown as an ornament,
and there was scarcely a thought OF
using it as an article of food. It has
been greatly improved in size and
quality within the last TWENTY-FIVE
years, and is now one of the leading
articles of trade.
SMYRNA was visited on Friday af
ternOOn with the heaviest downpour Of
rain of the many heavy rains of the
season. 1t did not last so long as some
of the others, the time between hall
past four and five O'Clock, but the drops
were the largest, fell the thickest and
washed the streets the most of any
| preceding rain. 1t was a contest
between two clouds, one with indica,
tions of "a light rain was approaching
leisurely from the West when the ele.
ments took on a rantankerous condi.
tiOn in portion of the cloud with q
stiff wind from the northeast. This
brought the two movements in contact
with the usual result in such cases. OF
a double quantity of rain. A few miles
to the east, near the bay, the rain was
light, and at Downes' Chapel to the
West, hardly laid the dust. The
double cloud finally got in motion and
moved in the direction of Dover. The
rain on Friday was very much in sec
tions: at Middletown there was none
at Wilmington a good fall, but little
north of that place.
THE inability of some people to take
in newspaper paragraph other than
as matter of fact statement is vel
known, but the newspaper paragraph
ist generally seiZes on bit of humor
I bAOuSA ~ may bo GONcIbiy bbhlbQ, Wlbl
avidity. The editor of the Harring.
ton Sun is evidently derelict in this
quality, or reads too rapidly to take
the full bearing Of his subject, as the
following will show. Two weeks age
the Inder, of Dover, had the following
paragraph in its local items:
From the fact that Superintend
ent Handy conducts a Summer School
for teachers he might put up his sign
in this wise: IL. /. HANDY, Whole
sale Licker Dealer"
Last week the above was para
graphed in the Sun as follows:
"The Dover Inder says L. /. Handy
might be called q Wholesale LiQuo1
Dealer" "
There is wide difference between
licking or wallopping, obstreperous OF
dumgupils and standing behind a
bar sC''ns- li0nor-a fact that the Sun
man Law hpol. seems not 70 have
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