Smyrna times., 1889-07-17
Snvrna and Vicinity

1HE SUMMER WAS IdluGE ldJ6, Dub |
she is as ardent and gushing as ever.
THE small boy bather, in natures
simple bathing robe, is with us again.
II is now stated that the railroad to |
the bay will be ready to run over next |
week.
MEMBERS Of the society of Christian
Endeayor will picnic to-day at Wood !
land Beach.
THE Smyrna base ball club was
given treat of cake and cream on
Friday evening.
ST. PETERS Sunday-school is re-
hearsing for an evenings service on
Sunday night week.
Mrs. MARY A. KINNEY has ounce
tree that bears cucumbers. The vine
is so prolific that several of them are
twins.
ANOTHER month or so and all will
be activity at the canning factories,
providing nothing happens to the
tomatoes.
Ten thousand of the greatest faults
in our neighbors are of less Importance
to US than one Of the smallest in
ourselves.
THE young people of the neighbor-
hood of Collins Beach will have
Croquet party on Saturday afternoon
at ? o'clock.
So FAR this summer this has been a
very bad year with brickmakers, for
want Of sufficient weather to dry the
bricks for the kiln.
w. SCOTT REYNOLDS, of CLAYTON,
has been granted patent for a win
dow shade supporter, which it is hoped
will prove profitable to him.
THE first peaches shipped by the
steamer Ella was on Monday, a few
baskets Of fine grade prematures from
the orchard Of Thomas Lavender.
THE lecture of Rev. James Peyton,
announced last week, on superstitions
ghosts, fortune-telling. witehcraft,
&c.,-will be on Friday night of this
week and not last, as was stated, at
Bethel A. NJ. E. Church.
Or all the borcs one meets with in
society. the man who demurs to every
thing, the mere phrase catcher who is
always on the watch to trip you up on
technicality or correct yOu with a
bubble, Is the most detestable.-
THE return Of good weather is very
much to the liking of the feather ren.
ovating men who work so indus
triOusly to gather in all the beds in
the vicinity and make them sweet and
clean. If they havn't found you out
they will.
YESTERDAY some one cut tie bark
for space of six or eight inches around
two of the young shade trees at the
Odd Fellows Cemetery. We are
authorized to state that the trus-
tees will pay $500 for information that
will lead to the conviction Of the per-
son or persons.
The Centennial services at Union
church, near Blackbird, were largely
attended on Sunday, and it proved an
interesting day. Rev. T. Snowden
/ Thomas preached in the morning, Rev.
A. I. Scott made an historical address
in the afternoon, and Rev.9 r. c. Jones
preached at night.
The loud blowing of the car whistle
early on Sunday morning on the Bonn
bay Hook road, and then again Just
before church time was not, as many
supposed, for an excursion train. II
was for laborers to join a reconstruction
train with two loads of ties for the
regular work Of repairs on the road.
REV. HERMAN ROE preached for
Rev. r. w. Todd, of Chestertown, or
Sunday. Rev. Mr.. Todd has beer
unable to fill his pulpit since the fore
part Of May, and a great sufferer from
an liberation of the eyeball. He is
anxious to resume his work, and hope:
to be able to preach next Sunday even.
ing, Presiding Elder France preaching
in the morning.
Wheat is not turning out so badly a!
may supposed would be the case dur
ing the wet time from its blossomins
until harvest. The following are among
the reports of yields to Lewis & Price
among those who used their phosphate
Geo. +. Thompson, 16 bushels per acre
Frank GOotee, 20; John w. Colt, %
Jas. G. LeCOmpt, %, and Henry Pratt
near Dover, 80 bushels per acre.
The rains of last week followed b,
another heavy fall on Monday morn
ing was calculated to further depres
the farmers, but the brisk north wine
that soon followed, giving us a mucl
lower temperature and clearer skies
has been calculated to bring renewed
hope and courage in saving the hay
and oat crops and threshing the grain
1t looks like more settled weather thar
anything we have had
THE cholera mixture formulated b,
the Sun, which has for some wear
been in successful use, is made as fol
lows Take equal parts of tincture 0
cayenne, tincture Of opium, tincture O
Thubarb, essence of peppermint, ant
spirits Oi camphor, and mix well
Dose, 10 or so drops in a wine-glass O
water, according to age and violenc
of the attack. Repeat every Is or .
minutes until relief is obtained.
The firms of J. f. Tygert & Co
formerly of Smyrna) and J. J. Allen
Sons have combined their business q
manufacturing Fertilizers, and hav
f formed a corporation under the title q
, The Tygert-Allen Fertilizer Co., J. I
Tygert, President N. Penrose Allen
:, | Vice-President; Frederick J. Wands
Secretary and Treasurer. Each of tn
4 old firms will settle their outstandin
r accounts, and will remain at their oil,
8 Offices until the new Office of the Com
pany, at the southwest corner of De
aware Avenue and Chestnut Street
lentrance, No 2 Chestnut ST. is read
for occupancy.
c A NEW coat that was lost from a cal
f riage on going out of town on Satul
4 day and found by some boys, wa
= taken to the father of the loser as 500
I as they found out whose coat it wa
d This was the proper thing to do, an
j. stamps these boys as having in then
the qualities to make good, hone
men. There is a class of people wh
I seem tc be common to every cOmmJ
}, nifty who think that everything the
/, find is theirs, if the owner does NJ
discover it. Such people are actuate
y by the same feeling that prompts stea
G ing, and stand next in the row Of Gu
t prits to the common thief.
s TT is pleasant to meet on our tho
:, oughfares the thoughtful faces of Il
n students of our Summer School
g they 60 to and from their mental tasl
= or take an evening stroll for rest an