Smyrna times., 1891-12-30
Smyrna and Vicinity.


The Golden Rule is good one to
ny ones lines by.
THE young men will give hop at
he Opera House tomorrow night.
This is the time of the year when
BUSINESS men are getting their accounts
ogether for settlement.
'I'll tell you what it is" said man
who had touch of it, "the grip is not
/ thing to be sneezed at"
ONE of the men kept most cOntinu-
)usly on the move during the holidays
was expressman Reynolds.
THE open winter has made rock and
perch fishing good at Bombay Hook,
and some fine fish have been taken.
The Christmas treat for the Smyrna |
Landing and Jerman Chapel Sunday
schools both came off on Monday even
ing.
For SALE! Seventy five head of fine
ewes with lamb. Price reasonable.
Address at once, JOHN D. HAWKINS,
Camden, Del.
WATCH.NIGHT services will be held
at the NJ E. Church tomorrow night,
commencing at IL O'Clock, to welcome
in the new year.
THE election of officers of the Pres
byterian Sunday School Sunday, re-
suited in the re election of the old
board in the main.
THE black ghost that was a disturb
ing nocturnal element to so many peO-
pie. has so far as we know been laid,
and night Waterman Pratt need have
no Temptations now in his nightly
rounds.
THE Hosiery factory was stopped
from Thursday till Monday, Messrs.
Leusher & Bitter taking advantage of
the time the employees were enjoying
holiday, to visit their former rela-
tives and friends.
QUININE has become d necessary
article with our people and is very
effective in keeping off the grip"
You should not wait until the malady
has you in its clutches, but try it
as a preventative.
THERE came pretty near being one
person from Clayton at the Dixie en-
tertainment on Friday night for the
benefit of the Athletic Association
The receipts of the Association should
have been larger.
J. w. JONES and other local purchas
ers of the vicinity shipped 26 tons oil
turkeys to the cities before Christmas
and to-day, though a number are wan
ted, there is hardly a turkey in the
market for New Years dinner.
THE Smyrna creamery paid 3 cent
per quart or IL cents per gallon 70
milk for October and November being
from 3 to cents per gallon more thar
was paid by other creameries. Tn
butter made by the Smyrna creamer,
being of superior quality, command
the highest market price.
TIE interchange of presents is ;
marked feature of the Christmas tide
This custom is used as a mark of affeC
ton or esteem outside the family o
social circle, notably between teacher
and their classes in the Sunday schools
At the NJ. E. church Sunday afternOo
the officers and teachers manifested thei
regard for the Superintendent, job
H. Hoffecker, by the formal presents
ton of handsomely bound hymnal.
THE following officers have bee
elected to serve 10 the Loyal Temper
ance Legion of Smyrna, Company &c.
Captain, Kate Beckett Ensign, He
bert Farrell Secretary, Samuel HO
fecker; Treasurer, Herbert Farrell
, Organist, Edith Beck Recruiting con
mittee, Hetty Richards, Laura Lassel
Lookout Committee, Annie Stevenson
Edith Beck; Committee on Entertain
ment, Mamie Stevenson and Inez Phi
3 lips. Hour of meeting 7 o'clock
: the temperance room.
THE time of Walter o. HoffeckC
and his assistant is fully occupied !
. h;s increasing insurance business, an
specially has this been so the pa
week in receiving the premiums of u
Kent County Mutual. Mr.. Denne
the Secretary of this company, {
D Dover, has recently made calculate
J in an insurance which has run tweni
years in the company, and he fn'
: that taking the amount paid and to b
u credit as dividends, that bis insuran
p has been at lower rate than would
= taken by any stock company in d
y country.
= THE Department of Agriculture a
q nounces that after the LIST of Janua
q there will be some changes which 1t
e hoped will be improvements in d
i matter Of making predictions of t
r weather. The prOgnOsticatiOns W
II cover the time from midnight un
o midnight the next day. The pub
q will be informed on the evening befo
r. of the expected weather and will
n given an improved forecast the ne
|. morning, IL Improvement ia need'
v The most important change, hOwev'
y will be an effort to successfully predi
a for the second or third day in advanl
d THE "Big Oak" two miles belC
A. Smyrna, on the State road, one Of t
of most prominent old landmarks, "
err ere many years, be thing of the pa
d II has been showing signs of dec
for a quarter of century, and sol
wears since the top blew of, leaving
hollow trunk. During the past we
ic some irreverent persons built fire
or it presumably to smoke out an Op
:. sum. coon, or something that h
taken refuge there. It had bui
n. three DAYS when some Of the neil
st bors discovered and stopped the
is by piling up dirt at the ground
!. trance, thus cutting off the draft. ~
tree dates way back to the time Of
a, indians, before the white settlers W.
here. and has always been held in n
,'s erence by the thoughtful people Of
" vicinity. The men who were schl
al bovs at No. 4 fifty years ago, rememl
e. It as q perfect and majestic tree.