Smyrna times., 1890-11-19

better for you than elsewhere.
THE most of the farmers are done
husking and housing their corn.
A. G. Moore, near town, hasn't
missed in twenty years before having
this work done by the last day of Oct
ober, but the wet weather of that
month ran him over four or five days
this year in November
JOHN PONZo, who has been wanted,
for some time for several offences
the last for breaking open
car and stealing two sheep at
MiddletOwn, was arrested on Sunday
night on the farm of w. P. Cummins,
by Constable Sattertield, of Townsend,
and taken to New Castle Jail
WIN. Z. LEGG, elected the Assessor
for Duck Creek hundred at the late
election, commenced his canvass last
week. As Mr.. Legg wishes to get
the name of every man on, entitled to
the right of franchise, he asks the aid
of all interested parties. He has to
complete his work by the first of the
year.
THE ladies of the Mite Society of the
NJ. E. Church are preparing for their
annual entertainment to be held
Thanksgiving evening. In connection
with the main feature of the evening,
a cantata will be rendered by the
young people of the town there will
be tableaux, solo, quartetts etc.
THE Shakespeare Club, numbering
about 30, met last evening at the resi-,
dence of Alex. G.. Cummins, for the
reading of the play of Hamlet. This
club meets every two weeks at the
house of a member, and have most
enjoyable literary, social and musical
entertainment, closing with refresh
mentS.
ONE thing is certain, and that is
that clothing is cheaper this fall than
it has been in many years-when quail
ity and IL e general get up is taken into
consideration. We noticed L. G..
Walls and others have suits of all
wool clothes that ten years ago would
have cost half as much again as they
are now selling for.
The popular impression of modern
people is that the ancients knew moth
ing about such modern appliances as
steam, railroads, etc. An editorial
copied from the Scientific american.
under the head of Job as Il Steam En-
gineer," " on our first page, has some in
teresting deductions to prove that way
back in the time of the prophet Job,
the engine was known and is described
by him in picturing Behemoth and Lee
viathan.
A POSTAL came to this Office one day
last week addressed to ~. Cooper" -"
The Postmaster put it in the box an
| swering the nearest to the address.
The latter on reading the card found
on it the modest request to please re.
turn the empty demiOhn and box" an
evident mistake in the mailing, as it
did not fit any Cooper here, so it was
remailed to Dover as the most likely
place to find the party intended.
The Society of Christian Endeavoi
with their fifteen invited guests, had
an enjoyable evening at the residence
OF Miss Florence Beck, on Fri
day evening. The boys and girls o.
the Loyal Legion had a good time al
their sOciable Monday evening, and the
ladies of the B. NJ. S. X. Club who me-
at the residence of Miss Flo GOotee the
same evening, think they had lovely
time, if no gents were in the company
AN attempt will be made next win.
ter hv the WOman's Christian Temper.
ance Union says the Milford ChrOnict,
to have the Legislature enact a Law
that would prohibit the sale of tobacco
in any form to minors, aud making of
tense against such a law a misdemean
or. This would cut off large sourc,
of revenue from tObaccOnists, and tn,
ladies will find them vigorous worker
against the enacting of such a law
There is no question but what the pro
hibitiOn of tobacco from minors would
be a good thing to accomplish, and W,
wish the ladies God speed.
The number of cans of tomatoes pre-
pared for market in Delaware will ex
ceed 100000. These are three pOunt
cans, which would mean 10000 90
pounds of tomatoes. A ton of tOma
toes as they come from the field, viii
Gil from 400 to 425 cans. On this hasi
a product of 12,500 tons of tomatoe
were purchased by the Gamers in thi
State this year. Taking $3.50 as a saf
average price per ton, it will be seel
that, with II, 800 tons as basis, $6S
$50 were paid to the farmers of thi
State by the tomato canneries. The
other sales will undoubtedly bring tn,
total amount received for tomatoe.
close up to 100000.
THERE has been a larger deman
than usual for Trespassers Notice
-placards fOrewarning persons wit
dog and gun trespassing on their prOp
eTty. 4 farmer who came into tn
; printing office after some of these nc
tices on Saturday expressed his opin
ion that the Game Protective Associa
tion laws will work about the sam
conditions here as in England, viz
the game will be held for certai
time for the privileged few. The fat
mers cannot, he says, kill bird or
rabbit on their own premises Onl
, when the laws of the Association saw
so, and then these gamesters Overru
the country. He says if they won
let him gun on his own property whe
, he wants to, they shan't when the
want to.
REV. DIR. ROBINSON, who with hi
/ wife has been spending several days /
Z Smyrna for rest and recuperatiOn b,
- fore entering on his new and heavy dU
b, ties at Patterson, n. j., was called upo
e by Mr.. and Mrs. F. e. POstles to bar
] tise their infant son, John VanGasker
on Sunday afternoon. Mr.. POstles
f connected with more points of th
/ Reverend gentleman's ministry tina
4 can usually possibly by the case with
/, layman: he heard him preach his firi
q sermon on entering this Conferenc
I was present at the church at whic
his wife made her debut aftt
their marriage in Baltimore, an
was under his ministry a part of th
. time at both BridgeVille and Milior,
and all the time In Smyrna. It wa
). very natural for him TO keep up the chai
p = of incidents by having him baptise h
70 son.
AN association of the younger men
bers of Society has been formed in thi
= town under the name of the Y. p. S. {
= Society. 1t has some of the features
: q social society and a lyceum. The