Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1891-09-16


J. G. ARMSTRONG, who was proprie-
tor of the Stoeckle House at Clayton |
last year, has leased the Delaware |
House, in this town, and went to Phil
adelphia to-day to procure furniture.
ISL PERKINS has been transformed
into a new creation by Frank Jones,
that comedian of comedians. The new
creation, however. is only an addition
TO the familiar Isl, and is known as
Jason Wheatley, who is introduced in
Mr.. Jones' new play, "Our Country
Cousin" at the Opera House on Fri
day night.
DANIEL w. MORRIS, residing on the
Isaac TTuax farm, has already had a
yield of 81 tons of tomatoes from two
acres. Following close ON this are the
yields of John Heitshu, Geo. T. Jones,
w. G. Dolley, James Startling, r. F.
Johnson, Jas. G. Robinson and w. o.
HOffecker. The latter thinks the
yield from his patch will be II tons to
the acre.
THE corner stone of the New Meth
Odist Episcopal Church in Leipsic was
laid last Sunday September 18th. Rev.
j. S. Willis preached morning and
evening to the delight of all. Rev.
Thomas E. Terry, of Dover, preached
at % P. NJ, very appropriately and ex-
cellently. The congregations were
good all day. Everybody seemed
pleased and happy. The giving was
cheerful and liberal, general COllec-
lions aggregating over $40O, about
half in cash. All are greatly delighted
with the financial results. none more
so than the anxious pastor.
Jour Country Cousin" is the title of
the new play written for Frank Jones,
whose creation of Isl Perkins" brought
him into such great prominence. The
author, Chas. H. Flemming, Esq, has
admirably drawn from the rural life of
West Virginia and has furnished a
play rich with a combination of DathOs
and comedy, and teeming with dra.
matte interest from beginning to end.
Much attention is given to the scenic
exhibition, and in third act railroad
scene is introduced with realistic and
telling effect The central character,
Jason Wheatley, is an elaboration of
Cl GIkluSf bdllSDOIlCu duk6b
who no one can help but become &C.
quainted with on account of his many
excellent qualities, and Mr.. Jones de.
picts these qualities with rare fidelity
to nature. Will be presented at the
Opera House on Friday evening next.
A FEW weeks ago we asked Mr..
Temple, of KentOn, for some intelli-
gence of the Delaware Terminal road,
of which he is one of the directors. He
hadn't time then nor has he had time
since to give the information asked
1t is matter that interests the com
munity, as the Terminal is to terminate
east of our town. The reporter of the
EUening journal, Wilmington, how
ever, has thrown a CLEAN of light upon
the obscure subject in the following
paragraph wherein he was sketching
the important persOnages who visited
the Fair: 1.-Two of the busiest men on
the grounds were John d. Hawkins
and Franklin Temple, the two Della
ware Terminal railroad magnates and
lobbyists, who did more to shape rail-
road and ballot box legislation during
the late General Assembly than any
two men in Kent county. Franklin
Temple carried a grip sack and in it
he had bottle filled with the kind of
water the Delaware Terminal Rail-
road Company will use in its track
tanks, as soon as the proposed railroad
is constructed. He showed it to a
large number of friends and they all
pronounced it good idea, especially
in such dry weather as prevailed at
the fair grounds.
REV. G. W. DAME preached
thoughtful and earnest sermon at st.
Peters on Sunday morning from the
passage of Scripture, St. Matthews,
sixth chapter, twenty-fifth verse, Take
no thought for your life; what We shall
eat or what We shall drink, nor yet for
your body; what We shall put on"
on Gods providences, dwelling espe.
cially on distrust - unnecessary and
anxious cares. The christian, he said,
should especially keep from anxious
thoughts. 1t is the ungOdly and
worldly who have reason for it. The
birds of the air are not endowed with
the means of providing food, but God
has seen fit to endOw them with the
power of feeding themselves. Many
people kill themselves worrying over
trouble that never comes. There were
more persons, he said, who died
from anxious care each year than were
killed from accidental causes on land
or lost by disasters on water. Anxious
fOrebOdings unfit many persons for the.
duties of social life and blocks up all
the avenues that lead to personal use.
fulness. We cannot, with all our
anxiety, add one cubit to our stature.
We, by worry unbalance the mind and
that ia turn undermines the whole
system and ruins it forever. Our
Heavenly Father knows that we have
need for food and clothing, and if we
trust in his goodness He will provide
for US as he has promised that if we
love him and try to live right in his
sight, he will take us to live in king
dom not made with hands, eternal in
the heavens.