Smyrna times., 1889-09-25
Smyrna and Vicinity

New goods at Mrs. S. B. Reynolds.
THE nutting season will soon be here.
and promises to be good.
AN oil lamp takes the chill off the
room in these anti-heater days.
A NUMBER of colored people went to
Dover on Sunday to witness the INNER
sion of five colOred baptists.
HARRY D. BOYER has taken the
wareroom of the late Taylor Company
to keep agricultural instruments and
hardware.
AN effort is being made to build a
colored church between Clayton and
Smyrna, near the former, as a mission
of Mt. Friendship church near Kenton.
TIE members of Smyrna Conclave.
No. As, l. o. H., are requested to meet
at the Odd Fellows Hall tomorrow
evening, in the interest of the Asso-
citation.
THE high winds of Saturday and
Sunday were, with the sunshine, lust
what the farmers had been wanting for
the previous two weeks to prepare
their fields for wheat seeding.
ABRAHAM PoULsoN, who was a resi-
dent of Smyrna ten or twelve years
prior to the war, died at the residence
OF his son, Rev. DR.. T. l.. POulson in
Brooklyn on Saturday, aged SO years.
THE Kent County Mutual Insurance
Company has finished rerating all their
policies to conform to the new law. It
is said to be the only company in the
state that has thus far complied with
the law.
THAT is a bright idea of drawing GUS
tom for a merchant or any other busi-
mes man living in one place going to
another for advertising, printing, or
anything else that his expected circle
OF patrons could furnish.
WILL WRIGHT has gone into the
buttermilk business with the. assurance
that the drinking of quart a day will
make him fat. He is already picking up,
and has the prospect of coming out Of
the Smyrna Creamery a thoroughbred
butter maker.
AT meeting Of the society of Chris
tian Endeavor last evening, the follow
ing were elected the officers for the en-
suing year: President, Miss Emma
Weldon; Vice President, John V.
Spruance; Secretary, Miss Hester Rut.
ledge; Treasurer, J. Ed. DeFord.
SEPTEMBER, except tho last day or
two, hasn't given US much of pleasant
weather to be in love with it. It is
usually very agreeable month-not
too hot nor too cold, and better than
July or August or November and De-
cember-but so far, and the month is
nearly gone, there isn't month in all
the year that could not excel it in all
the qualities that make life worth
living. This seems to be an off year in
weather as well as in politics.
SECRETARY FRAZIER, of Wilmington.
Of the State Board of Health, has been
visiting a number Of towns in the State
both above and below us, but passed
Smyrna by, evidently not having heard
OF our Slough of Despond." By the
way, the EUerg EUening in remarking
that Since cleanliness is next to God.
illness" that some of the towns
visited by the secretary have. in the
clean bill of health given them, reason
to be quite hopeful Of reaching their
mansion in the Skies"
Two years ago the past summer in
one Of Undertaken Faries' trips to the
country land or box terrapin was
seen and put in the wagon for the
amusement Of the children. 1t got out
Of the wagon after it had reached home
and disappeared from sight for several
days. II bad learned to take care Of
itself and be happy in its new sur
roundings, and never left the carriage
yard. It took care Of itself, that is,
hunted up its own food, and must
have been very successful at this, for it
grew astonishingly fast. The only
thing il was behOlding for was water,
when the weather was dry, at which
time when they would be pumping it
would go and drink to its full content.
When cold weather came it would
select place to burroW for the winter,
emerging again when the warm days
Of spring came. II has disappeared
nom the yard or rather from view the
past week and the supposition is that
II has got out into the street and been
picked up by some one.