Smyrna times., 1889-08-07
Smvrna and Vicinity.

Oulp yOuA pOoOhCo ~ SbONLASA A4iA~'
THERE is a lull in the matrimonial
market for the present. MOre's the
pity
THE new post office at Blackiston's |
Cross Roads has been opened for busi-
ness.
BEWARE what you say. A good word |
is as easy said as an i'll one, and needs |
no mending.
THOSE who labor out of doors work |
between showers and run to shelter
when the rain falls.
The wet weather is playing hob with
picnics, excursions, social drives, and
other summer diversions.
E. G. WALLS makes his announce
ment in our advertising column about
the disposal of his summer stock.
PERHAPS the finest basket of toma-
toes in market was grown in the gar
den of f. c. FAIRIES, of the MikadO va
riety.
STEAMER ELLA leaves for Philadel-
phia Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days, and will get your fruit in for
earliest market.
II. P. HAZEL we are told will have
some 5000 baskets of peaches for mar
ket from the farm near Blackbird
campmeeting woods.
THE Smyrna creamery received dur
ing the month of July sixty thousand
quarts of milk from which they made
nearly 5000 pounds of butter.
FIRST class wheat is bringing 80 cents
per pushel. 1t grades from this all the
way down to 60 cents, as to its dryness
and quality. Corn rates at 40 cents.
The Delaware Keystone club, of
Middletown and the Smyrna Giants,
played a game of ball here on Satur-
day. Score Is to in favor of the
Smyrna Giants.
NEITHER the Episcopal Sunday
school from this town, nor the NJ. Z.
school of Clayton, "excurted" to Wood
land Beach last week as announced, q,
because of the weather.
THERE are few more entertaining
exhibits than a horse show. That of
Prof. Burk's, which is to be here next
Monday, we believe is the first of edu-
Gated horses that ever visited Smyrna.
The Conference Academy at Dover.
Del, Boarding and Day School for
both sexes, prepares for college, busl-
ness and teaching. Terms, 5000 per
year. For catalogue, apply to W. L.
GOOding, Principal. I
IT is calculated about half the
usual number of our citizens have
visited the seaside and mountain resorts
so far this season. August and Septem.
Der may bring the number up, but not
| likely to an average.
AT HIS BENCH AGAIN.. V. Smith
whose health has been poor for some
time back, is now at his bench and
wants fifty good watches to repair il
the next month. Work done at lowes
prices and in the best workmanlikt
manner. T
NEXT Sunday afternoon is Rev. R
K. StephensOn's appointment at Bethe
church near CheswOld, and he says b,
will be there and preach though therr
may be no more people in the hous
than there were in Noah's ark. Th,
people may go to the camp and far
worse.
Mr.. JOHN w. WEBB has something
to say to you about Planet Phosphate
He has been using Planet for severa
years alongside of other phosphate
that cost him more money, but Plane
always comes out ahead. He SAYS h
had better wheat this year where h
used Planet than where he used Othe
brands.
THE st. Louis Star in speaking of tn
educated horses says: 1.-Two good aud
ences saw Prof. Burk and his wonderfu
troop of horses at Pope's theatre We
, terday. The horses show remarkabl
, intelligence. They form a beautifI
and attractive group. 1t was a charm
ing, interesting and instructive pc
fOrmance."
SUNDAY was a cloudless day unit
towards evening but the sun shOne i
an Obscured way through an upp,
stratum of mOisture-very like as if
were passing through an eclipse. Mo-
y day morning however for sever
hours before breakfast the heavy shoy
: ers came pelting down, flooding Il
O earth as it has done so many times du
u ing the summer. The cloud was hoy
a ever not widely extended, but lit
j falling in Blackbird and not laying Il
= dust in Middletown.
= THE comet recently discovered W
d probably be visible in this latitude in
q week or two. It's motion is rapid
n northeast, equal to over three degre
" day, which will bring it to the cele
: tial equator about the end of Il
4 month. Its motion indicates nearne
10 to the sun and its direction shows Oh
10 it has completed it's circuit of that o
ia and is now on its return to space.
% is probably approaching the earth, al
~ as 1t is desc ribed as a "bright" com
le 1t may possibly be seen with the max
- - eye.
N SUNDAY was campmeeting day a
lie thither the campmeeting goers flock
at from all directions. It was the seco
w Sunday for the PenrOse camp in W.
r. Dover Hundred and the first for Ca
Id den camp. The people from this 8
of IiOn divided between the two,
m larger number going perhaps to /
id first named because it is somewl
x nearer. Neither was as largely after
ed ed as usual, resulting doubtless fir
nd the general unsettled state of alta
heavy roads, &c. There was still
n other camp, nearer than either OF
n" above, that was patrOnized largely
lal our colored people--Mount Friendst
ar near KentOn.
Ibt HENRY PRATT, a well-known citi
lly Of Western KentOn Hundred, died
re- his residepce yesterday near Blacl
Of toms Church, aged n years. Mr.. PI
ry- was a man Of q generous, hearty, gel
be temperament that made him popI
nd with his friends. In his earlier life
i've was q man Of large energies, but
ion years he has liVed retired rural
Of with just enough 60 see after when
cid wanted to, to keep the hands
ere thoughts employed. With his child
or growing up and becoming prosper
Ind farmers in the sight Of his own no
the Mr.. Pratt looked as he doubtless
re- joyed all these years life full Of
heir tentment.