Smyrna times., 1891-05-20

The season of cast.off stoves has
fairly begun.
THERE are to be five changes OF
the moon this month.
The trees are turning over new
leaves in grand style.
BISHOP Coleman will preach at St.
Peters church Sunday week.
The number of bicycles and their
riders is being increased every week.
A RECENT book on etiquette sane
tiOns the carrying of fans by men.
ARIZONA, % cents per pound. Roast
ed every Friday by MEGEAR & Son.
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The Ladies Benevolent Society will
meet Tuesday evening May 26, tat the
residence of Mrs. T. B. Megear.
The place to buy your coffee is from
a coffee roaster. MEGEAR & Son
roast all their cOffees. 4
J. E. CARTER has painted during the
past week the residences of John H.
Hoffecker and Robt. D. HOhecker.
w. & J. Il. CLEMENTS, of Clayton
have already sold nearly ton of Blue
Stone for use as an insecticide.
ONE of our moneyed men refused to
vote yesterday because the holding of
a convention will cost the state a few
thousand dollars.
SAMUEL G. STINsON is ahead on the
pea line the pods are we'll formed,
and he expects to have them ready for
the table in a week or two.
JOHN r. WILSON has received a car
load of peacl baskets of ]. Colby
Smith, Willow GrOve-6OO0, at $42
thousand, delivered here.
WHEAT is coming out in head. If
the usual time between the heading
out and harvest, a month, elapses, it
will give us an early harvest.
THE Lime Kiln at Smyrna Landing
was started up again on Monday, the
demand on Messrs. Postles & Co., hav-
ing exhausted their stock of oyster
shell lime.
The strawberries to be served at the
Festival at the Opera House tonight
are not stale ones from the city, but
fresh ones gathered to-day, from the
vines Of this locality.
Il. Il. CANTWELL, who moved from
near KentOn to the "brick store Land
ing" farm in March, lost a favOrite
horse week or two since, from inju-
ries received by running into barbed
wire.
d. c. ROCAP's lost roll of money,
about $75, has been found. 1t was
found by member of his family day
or two after, on the floor of room at
his home on Bombay Hook, where
he had dropped it.
j. B. MAXwELL's g switchback railway
at Woodland Beach will probably be
completed by the 25th of this month.
This will make two of these amuse-
ments Mr.. Maxwell owns now, the
other one being at Augustine Pier.
MRS. l.. A. COTTON has word to
say on 'The Best Yet" in spring and
summer styles of Dress Goods, which
II fhea IL rannxr 70 chavur r.
She will have special sale of rem
nants on Saturday and Saturday nights
"a great deal for a very little.
Rev. J. T. HAMMOND has been an.
pointed to Bethel A. NJ. E. Church of
this town, Rev. James Peyton, pastor
for the past two years, having been
transferred to Freehold, N. ]. Rev.
VIM. Edwards returns to Mt. Friend.
ship
Do not forget the festival tonight
IN the Opera House in the interest of
the Public School A feature will be a
historical play at $50 O'Clock, entitled
the Landing of Penn" written. for
the OCCASION; the scene is laid in
Smyrna and will doubtless have some
local hits.
ATTENTION is called to the advertise
ment of John H. Armstrong, with
Sawyers & Co., general commission
merchants, 121 CallOwhill street, Phil
adelphia. He represents an old firm,
which does a large business, and we
commend him to the consideration
of our farmers.
WHILE the frost of yesterday week
did not touch number of places, it
struck a few others right heavy. The
strawberry path of r. H. Darrah, in
the ALLEY" which is good one, was
half or more blighted. The vines
were however very full, and with sea.
sonable weather will have good Weld. |
HARVEY B. STRWARF had the first
strawberries for sale from q distance. q |
week ago, large crate, at 90 cents
The first in market grown in this
was by Mrs. CHM, from Thor
onghfare Neck, on Friday. R. M.
Cooper brought three crates to market
his morning, picked from his patch.
WE make a speciality of fancy
groceries,. High grade cofFees,
Mocha, Java, Maraeaibo, &C., are care.
ully selected from the importer and
'oasted by ourselves every week, at
1rlces that will compete with city
markets. Our constant aim ia 10
please. T MEGEAR & Son.
The rehearsals for the grand choral
md orchestral entertainment which il
o come of in few weeks was com
9enced last week, and promises to 90
.loDg in good earnest. The meeting of
he singers on Monday night was in
he parlOr Of Mrs. JaGney, but here
.fter they will meet in hall Monday
md Thursday evenings,
The following is the time table of
he Steamer Ella for June.
londay j, at sJ5r Tuesday d5,S"'9s'Pf'q d n 3 Pm
thursday 4, 12H0OH Friday Sd II noon
londay 5. 12ROoR Tuesday g. pm
nurSQay II, l2n0On Friday x - /