Smyrna times., 1890-07-16
Smvrna and Vicinity.

Smvrna and Vicinity.
The Smyrna Creamery made S765
pounds of butter in June.
WHEN will the unmitigated, ugly
mother Hubbards" go out of fashion
The Taylor Machine Shops offered
for sale on Wednesday, were withdrawn
from inadequacy of price bid.
HEN LEE it is stated has sold out his
laundry business to his brother for the
purpose of visiting China.
The Summer school taught by Supt.
Handy and Prof. Shearer has about 20
scholars and more likely to come in.
THE scarcer and higher the ice the
more the people want ice cream
just the same as with any other lux
ury.
MISSES Mary E. and Lizzie Savin
had rare sight last evening in the
blooming of six Night-Biooming Ger
eus. Such a profundity is very unus-
ual.
The members of what is called the
"Colored NJ. E. Church of America"
will hold campmeeting in the woods
west of BlackistOn's Cross Roads, COM
mencing Sunday % inst.
THE raspberry and blackberry crops
have been materially shortened by the
long drought. In fact all farm and
garden supplies have felt the stress of
the weather.
THE Fruit and Vegetable GrOwer for
July, published by c. Boggs of Ches-
wold is on our table. This number
makes the strawberry the leading
topic.
The Sunday School of Bethel NJ. E.
Church near CheswOld has decided to
Picnic at Woodland tomorrow week
the oath. This usually means that the
people of the entire neighbOrhOOd who
can go that day will go to the bay
shore.
WHEAT this year presents plump
marketable berry. 1t commands 80
cents bushel from our local dealers,
but some of our farmers are holding off
for 81 90 bushel. 1t is commanding
at this time in Baltimore SO to SO cents
shipped by rail.
WHILE Dover water supply has
been running short, requiring in case
of emergency drawing on the creek,
the Smyrna we'll we are pleased to
state has shown no dimunition in its
supply. This however should be no
occasion for wastefulness.
DIR. Jos. VANGAsKEN, F. f. Pos
ties, and the ladies camping with
them at Woodland Beach, the past
three weeks, returned yesterday and
are succeeded for week or two by
VIM. D. Hudson, Geo. Reed LOAand,
Theodore F. Johnson and Isaac Truax
and their families.
THE first part of July has been
marked by the number of Sunday
School picnics to the bay shore, inclu-
ding the two Sunday Schools at Clay
ton, the Episcopal of this town, the
Methodist yesterday and the PresGy-
terian tomorrow. The outings mark
green spots in the memories of a larger
part of the little ones.
Mrs. MARTHA A., wife of DIR. John
A. Moore, died at FELTON, on Monday
DIR. Moore was practicing physician
in this town at the time of their mar
riage. Mrs. Moore was daughter OF
ex-senator Bassett Furguson Of Black
bird, and during the several years res
dence here before their removal to Eel
ton, won the regard and esteem of her
neighbors for her bright and amiable
qualities.
THE Presbyterian Church bell will
ring tomorrow morning 18th inst. at
7 o'clock for the Sunday School schol-
ars and members of the congregation
to start on their picnic excursion to
Woodland Beach. As ample accom-
mediation and arrangement are prom
ised let all be at the church and ready
to start on time, A. NJ. sharp. An
excursion train will be run by the rail-
road in the afternoon, to leave Smyrna
at o'clock P. NJ.
THE yield of wheat on the J. Frank
Denney Farm of White Hall Neck
was an average of over twenty-five
bushels per acre, for seventy-five acres.
Henry Slaughter has 14OO bushels from
20 acres-2O bushels to the acre. The
yield on the fallow field was 264 bu-
shells to the acre. A.G. Cummins has a
yield of 20 bushels to the acre on his
farm in the same neighborhOod. The
general report from the farmers of the
country is from half to two-thirds Of
a crop.
THERE is good deal of human ma
ture in subscription paper, viz for
the incidental affairs of life, to help
some poor unfortunate, for a Sunday
School picnic &c. There are men
who draw wide distinction between
men of moderate means and them.
selves, as men, but when it comes to
giving to some minor public benefit il
is found they then measure man fol