Middletown transcript., 1891-09-24
Townsend Topics.

: friends in Kent county, MO.
= William Hurd of New Castle, is the
guest of his aunt, Mrs. William Daniels.
Miss Mary Todd of Philadelphia, is
visiting her brother, Charles Todd.
= Miss Matte Short of Odessa, has been
the guest of Doctor Enos for several days. :
= The one little item looked lonely
Townsend notes" Odessa Herald "-last
edition.
= Miss Estella Vandyke has been the
guest of her aunt, Mrs. w. A Scott, for
several days.
= Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Enos Of Odessa,
were entertained by DR.. Enos and wife, on
Thursday last.
= Messrs. Hornie and Ingram moved
their merry-go-round to Clayton on We'd
nesday.
= Mrs. W. A. Scott and Me ssrs. John
Simpson and Richard Hodgson are on the
sick list for this week.
w. H. Hornie and Harry Ingram's
merry go-round was well patronized. Good
order prevailed at all times.
= Miss Mable Watts of Cecilton, Md,
was the guest other uncle, Geo. NJ. Watts,
several days last week.
: Why not the citizens of Townsend
make an effort to form Board of Trade,
and try and boon the town.
Nv al,
car load of tomatoes to Baltimore, Md. last
Thursday, the most of them his own rails
ing.
: Mr.. Edward Hart is building an addi-
tion to his residence on Gray street. Mr..
David Wells and sons are doing the work.
= Mrs. J. H. Parvis, Miss Mable and
little Grace of Middletown, were the
guests of Mr. Edward Hart on Sunday
last.
- Mr.. Gus Gill has returned home from
Bridgeville and has accepted a position in
Wilmington. He will leave for mis- new
home in few weeks.
= Geo. M. Watts, our Main street
butcher, wish es to inform his friends and
the public in general that he is dealing in
live stock; highest market prices paid for
calves. George moved into his present
new quarters last spring and has as fine
shop as you need wish to look at. Give
him call.
= The W. C. T. U. held fish fry and
oyster supper in the school-house Hall
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings of this
week. Fish fresh from the Appoquini-
mink waters, oysters in all styles, ice
cream and cake was served by the young
Misses in white and other colors. Lovers
of good things and the boys with their
best girls were in attendance and enjoyed
the eatables.
On last Friday J. C. Clayton and
Thomas Bratton, Jr., removed the peach
shed which was built at the beginning of
the peach season. So this ends one of the
greatest peach seasons that Townsend has
known for many years. 1t has not been a
success to the farmer, as they got very lit
tie out of their peaches after expenses were
paid. They had to pay big price for
baskets at the end of the season and most
of them were not returned to the shippers,
so the baskets were dead loss. Messrs.
Hart and Lattomos are no better off
than when they started the season. Messrs.
Watts and Duhadaway might have had
better results if the season could have last
ed q month or two longer. The laboring
man, or peach pluck as he is generally
styled, is the only one to be benefited very
much by the late peach crop.
BIG BLAZE NEAR TOWNSEND.
The stack yards of Frank Lattomus on
Lattomus Bros. farm, about one-quarter
mile from town were destroyed by fire in a
few hours last Friday The fire was dis.
covered by Percy Othoson who was driving
by and saw the blaze. He awoke Mr.. Lat
tomus's family and Eddie Lattomus was
sent to town on horse to give the alarm,
but some had seen it before he got in and
were on their way out. The straw stacks
which were about 200 yards from the barn
were totally destroyed. At the back of the
barn were stacks-of hay and when Mr..
Othoson arrived three of them were in a
blaze. The citizens of Townsend soon re-
sponded and upon arriving at the fire went
to work to save the three remaining stacks
of hay and the barn, which at one time
seemed almost impossible. Some one was
dispatched in to town for buckets and bar
rels of water, as the pumps on the farm
gave out. The fire was gotten under coz
troll after an hour of hard work. The
three remaining stacks of hay and the
barn were saved. The fire is supposed to
have been the work of an incendiary. The
loss of twenty tons of straw and fifteen
tons of hay is very disastrous to Mr.. Latto-
mus, as he is now without feed to supply
his stock through the winter. Rock.