Middletown transcript., 1891-06-18

also in attendance upon the com
mencement exercises at Delaware Col
lege, returned home last evening.
| Townsend Topics.
- Festival at Union, this and Friday
evening
Mr.. NJ. C. Webb is home for short
vacation.
= Miss May Enos of Odessa, is visiting
friends in town.
= Mr.. D. P. Hutchinson lost valuable
horse last week.
= Miss Lizzie Collins is the guest OF
friends in Philadelphia.
= Mrs. w. G. Knotts spent last Thurs
day with friends in Kenton, Del.
u Mrs. Sparks of Wilmington, is the
guest of Mr.. James L. Dickinson.
: Mrs. Fannie Rice of Wilmington,
is visiting friends in and near town.
: Willie Lyman was hurt by falling out
of a cherry tree Monday evening. IA
= Mr.. Winfield Lattomus and Mr.. w.
A. Scott, spent last Thursday in Philadel-
phia. --------- .--- =
- The Townsend track association are
putting their track in shape for the races
4th July.
= Mrs. Annie Townsend and her grand
son, Master Samuel Townsend, are visiting
friends in Philadelphia.
= Mr.. William Daniels employed by the
.B. q 0. R. R. Co., spent few days with
his parents near town this week.
= Miss Ella Schwatka returned home
on Saturday from five weeks visit to
friends in Crumpton, Md.
= Mr.. William Beck of Delaware City,
was the guest of Edward Hart Thursday
and Friday Of last week.
- Mrs. frankie Boulden of Wilmington,
was the guest of her mother, Mrs. VIM.
Alfree on last Friday.
Mr.. William Tmmons and daughter
of Wilmington, Del, were the guests of
Mr.. Thomas Timmons on Tuesday.
= Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fletcher and Mrs.
w. A. Scott, were entertained by Mr.. and
Mrs. W. G. Knots on the Levels, Wednes-
day.
= Miss Estella Vandyke and Miss
Emma Choate, returned home to-day from
Newark, Del, where they have been
spending few days with friends of Miss
Emma's.
= Rev. S. M. Morgan OF Hillsboro, Md,
. former pastor of Townsend M. E. Church,
spent few hours with old friends on Tues
lay. He was on his way to Rev. Mr.. Jones'
wedding at Elkton, Md.
Winfield Lattomus of this place, lost
black sack coat, nearly new, yesterday
afternoon on the road between here and
The finder will be suitably
'ewarded by returning same to owner.
- Do not forget the festival this even
ing that the ladies of Union M. E. Church
IRE holding in the beautiful grove near the
church; they will serve you with ice cream
md cake, which you can have brought to
7ou by the young Misses in charge of
ables. The festival will hold over until
friday evening; go and help on with the
,ood cause. eggeea
s. We got the potato raisers little
wrong last week, so it our friend George
will forgive US, we will try and fix matters
lp, so that every thing will be all O., K.
t seems that George NJ Watts raised the
arge potatoes instead of Mr.. Tinley.
ieorge had them the same day, and he
laims first honors because his were the
arger. We are unable to learn who dug
hem first, but dare say that honor goes to
1r. FINLEY, and we give to George the
redit of eating the first large new potatoes
= The Townsend public school was
losed on Friday to give the scholars and
eachers days enjoyment in the woods
nd on the water. They settled on Har-
lan's lake and grove as place for the
avs sport. The town was forsaken by most /,
stranger passing through town
ould have thought Sunday had come in
le middle of the week if the stores and
lops had not been opened. Business was
id aside for the day and the clerks had to
lase the little fly to keep awake. Every
ling went off fine, nothing done to mar
lyone's pleasure. Ice cream and cake was
rived to all, one can got so warm the bows b
ad to dash it overheard to cool it off; in
doing the boat also turned upside down,
I'd ice cream and boys could be seen bob n
g up and down in the water. Harry .
moving that if the cream went down he
Ould miss his share, so he gently foated
cam and boy to shore where willing
'nds helped to get it to dry land; so tax
g every thing all in all it was days en-
yment long to be remembered.
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