Smyrna times., 1890-05-14
Smyrna and Vicinity

Smyrna and Vicinity.
The gardeners are now having their
day.
THE wheat which IS of unusual
growth, is beginning to head out.
THE frequent rains of this month
have kept the lawn mowers busy.
THE pear crop it seems has followed
the peach--the dead subject of the
April frost.
Hon. JAS. WILLIAMS of KentOn,
has sufficiently recovered to be able to
ride out on Monday.
If you want good paying work, read
the lad" in another column, headed,
"SdldrV and expenses" I
The painters are improving the ap-
pearance of several residences. Many
more need the same attention.
Windows in dwellings are not so
much intended for outsiders to look
into as for insiders to look out of.
The vanilla bean with which ice
cream is favored, costs our ice cream
makers from $3.50 to $1,000 per pound.
The influenza is again Tightening its
grip in London and Warsaw, Poland.
We may look for its appearance again
possibly in this country.
SHAD are perceptibly diminishing in
our market, but are abundant in the
upper waters of the Delaware. The
sea trout are having their day.
The can makers commenced work
last week in the factory of John H.
Hoffecker. and will be busy until the
packing season commences in Aug
usU.
THERE are two reasons why some
people don't mind their own business.
One is, that they havn't any mind;
the other, that they havn't any busi
ness.
II SAY doctor, you who know med
icine from A to lizard, what do you
do yourself when you have bad cold?
Physician whO does not believe in
giving advice gratis) Cough"
IT is now said there will not be a
full car load of peaches shipped from
Delaware this year. 1t will be as hard
on the railroad as the farmers only
that the railroad has a large reserve
fund.
ROSES commenced blooming out a
week ago, or at the end of the first
week in May, ten days or more in ad.
vance Ofthe usual time, are of course
the favOrite flower with the ladies fOI
evening wear.
REMEMBER, Norman Brand Phos.
phate is prepared especially fol
tomatoes and truck, and that the ad.
vantages gained in the quality and
price of Norman is quite equal to So pei
ton for tomatoes. I
ave must have class of men be-
tween the laity aud the ministry,
said Mr.. Moody, recently, "Snre, we
have them already" was the comment
OF the witty Irishman. "They are th'
women, God bless them"
The house of Mrs. Mary Fierce, th,
improvements on which were nOteG
while the repairs were underway, at
I VI eAlNo enO h9bCnkAOn Vi NnC DdS5GI9 UN
for the great improvement in the
changes made, and its very neat fin
ish.
THE Girls Broom Drill and BOy'i
Company of Smyrna cOlored Da,
school will repeat their fancy and 81.
lent drill in Bethel A. NJ. +. Church to
morrow night. The object is to rails,
fuu6c m Eaan fha oohoo1 ,vc;,s. ,,ot;
the end of the month.
TIE several Temperance Organiza
tiOns-W. G. T. U., Good TemplaFs
Loyal Legion and Band of Hope in
tend having picnic in the woods OF
Decoration Day." should the sehoo
children be given holiday, if not, thG
succeeding Saturday.
The second Sunday in June is tn
one usually appropriated for "Chil
drens Day, but in consequence of th
early blooming of the roses an
other flowers this year, the M. +
School of this town decided O
Sunday last to take the first Sunday
The residence Of John A. HoITecke
Is having q new kitchen erected i
} its rear, which will include in the SEE
Ond story a bath and an additions
sleeping room. e. M. Fowler ha
added to the comfort Of his dwell
ing by an enlarged porch on th
J Eastern side. Aek Na''A-
! THE Chapel moved to West smyEn
: several weeks since, was found aft
4 the severe ordeal it passed through
need new plastering, new weath'
(, boarding in part and a new coat
paint for the whole. This has bee
s completed including the seats insid.
ealcemined walls &c. and will probabl
be ReOpened for Sunday School wOr
Sunday week-the reopening aft
) some Improvements &C the Landir
a Chapel coming of next Sunday.