Smyrna times., 1889-04-24
IT is the time for light overcOats and

AN Univ A"4 'piiuS SdIu6ulug.
W. f. &o J. Il. CLEMENTS. CLAYTON
sells the best Grow Corn Planter il
the market.
GRANULATED sugar is now selling al
y cents per pound, and it is expected
that 1t will soon go to 10 cents.
HARMONY LODGE No. 13, A. f. and
A.. M. of this town, has purchased a
cabinet organ, and will have it in
place this week.
OUR town is indeed a favored local.
ity. Real estate is low in price, and
society is high in grade-some of it toe
high for common people to reach.
CLAYTON's Hardware Store is the
place to buy Farming Tools and Har-
ness of all kinds. 4
THE young Peoples Society of Chris
tian EndeavOr will have a sociable this
evening at the residence of Miss Hettie
Megear, at which all the members are
expected to be present.
Stop at w. F. & J. r. Clements.
Clayton, and see the improved South
Bend Chilled Plows. T
THE peach, the cherry, pear and
plum trees have all been in blossom
the past week, and now the apple
blossoms are opening, two week S
| ahead of their usual time.
CHAs. c.. BOEHMLER has opened his
Ice Cream ParlOr and will be glad to
serve his patrons with the best of Ice
Cream, Water Ices, &c. It
IF any writer of our town feels that
his province is to lill the role of local
Arthur Richmond" the general ex-
pressed opinion is that now is the
time for him ts migrate to Oklahoma.
If the ladies will take the trouble to
examine the stock of Miss S. B. Col
lins-White Goods, Embroideries. &c.
they will find that it was never more
complete than at present. t
BETHEL A. NJ. and the Centennial
Churches fell into line with the other
churches on Sunday in Easter decora-
tions. They each had handsome COL
lections of pot, and cut flowers and
evergreens.
The opening peach blossoms have
started the commission dealers, and
they were all the way from Boston,
New York and Philadelphia last week,
roaming over the Peninsula and pros
pecting for future deliveries.
AFTER Wisconsin public school
teachers have done faithful work for
twenty-One years they retire with a
pension. If anybody needs a pension.
it Is the school teacher who has given
the best part Of his or her life to the
wearing duties of teaching.
The pretty little bronze boy who
stands at the top of the new fountain
that adorns the handsome enclosure of
the Fruit Frowers Bank, as if in the
attitude OF blowing soap bubbles, was
set to work yesterday and looks quite
cool in his shower bath canopy.
THE members of the PRESBYTERIAN
Choir wish, in this manner, to express
their gratitude to the ladies who so
kindly assisted in the rendition of the
Clntata LaIla also to the orchestra.
the ushers and others who aided in
making the event successful.
The high temperature of Sunday
was very naturally followed bv a cor
respondlngly low one, frost being re-
ported both yesterday and Monday
morning. Yesterday morning the
mercury marked 407 at sunrise. but
some parties from the country report
ice.
A LITTLE item in a newspaper will
sometimes make man an enemy to
the paper for life; but it don't stop him
from reading it. 1t merely changes
him from subscriber to a borrower
Every publisher can recall the names
OF some citizens that come under this
head.-Er
AN Episcopal chapel is to be erected
at Clayton at once. The lot has been
donated by I. n Mills, near St. Paul
NJ. +. Church, and the frame for the
same by e. Fleming of Harrington.
and VIM. Taylor of Middletown. The
enterprise is under the charge Of Rev.
G. W. Dame of this town.
w. 5. SMITH has built a porch at the
residence Of J. F. Clements, covering
the front Of the house. Jos. Stephen,
son has painted and repapered the
residence of ]. V. Smith. The Della
ware House has been undergoing a re-
painting. The ancient dwelling on
lower Main street, the residence of
Mrs. Geo. Williams, is undergoing
some important changes.
HERE'S a remark by PENNSYLVANIA
farmer to which we are sure some of
our farmer friends will respond.
"them's my sentiments exactly :""Just
say for me that the fellows who hang
upon the fence and hinder nv men
who are in tie field had better, to put
1t mildly, be otherwise engaged. Thev
talk by the half hour, and upon Ieav-
ing say, Good day Joe, don't work
TOO hard. Such men are generally
good for nothing fellows not far above
a tramp in wOrthlessness."
THE clerks are just now exercised
over the question of closing early. It
IS matter that belongs to their Dro-
fessiOn, and must be settled among
themselves as they would settle anV
other policy Of business. 1t is entirely
natural that they should want to
shorten the hours of the long summer
days: the thing is to bring about bar-
mOny, and especially unity in getting
II into good working order. The
larger part of the merchants have ex-
pressed a readiness to acquiesce in the
movement, but there are two or three
who have not, and these thew want
everybody and the press especially to
pitch into"
MEssRs. Thielens and Dondo. of
Philadelphia, who are interested in the
Collins Beach steamboat enterprise. as
well as the talked of resuscitated Del.
aware Bay Railroad, were down YES
terday and went to the Beach. Il ia
stated they regard Collins Beach as
better place for depth and smootbness
OF water to Bombay Hook, while nearer
TO BaysIde, on the opposite bank of the
river, and are debating the question of
running the railroad north of SMYRNA
Landing to that point. They reason
That pier could be built $4,000 cheaper
mere than at the present terminus
which would 90 long ways in grad
ing new road.
CELEBRATIONS, centennals. wedding
anniversaries, and so on, seem TO in.
crease, and we shall soon have as
many holidays and high days as thew
have in Europe. All work and no
m n HlNrt II II.