Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1891-12-02

Nh. d.
able stock of hardware, and holiday
goods always in stock.
THE Ladies' Aid" at Cheswold have
struck upon a novel idea by voting for
a spelling bee for their next meeting.
COLDS are fashionable hereabOuts at
this season and many persons are en-
deavoring to keep up with the times.
GAMBLING is the desire to get some
thing for nothing. Most people who
practice it get nothing but excitement.
OUR merchants are beginning to
brush the old cobwebs from their win
dows and replacing them with the good
things preparatory to the holidays.
J. W. DENNEY, druggist, has the |
largest assortment of fancy goods he |
ever has offered to the public. Call |
and he will take pleasure in showing |
them. i
ELMER HoFFECKER received a deer
of ]. E. HendricksOn &C., Philadelphia
last week, which was readily disposed
of. 1t was killed in the mountains of
West Virginia.
THE Clayton Call, which has hereto
fore been set up and printed entirely
at home, comes to us this week with
it's outside pages made up of electro
type matter from the city.
'IF that's turkey yer given nae"
said a tramp haughtily to housewife,
take it away, for amt eat nothin'
but turkey this week. Just give me
some plain bread and butter"
THIS is the season of the year when
a man who owns now or ever did own
bird dog, likes to sit around the fire
in public places and tell of the wonder
full qualities of his favOrite hunter.
MATTHEW HINsLEY living with
James Lafferty near Leipsic was
kicked in the face by mule last week.
| His Jaw bone was broken and be was
otherwise injured. DIR. COnOway was
| called and rendered immediate atten-
| ton.
A FARMER living up the State road
brought 16 dozen of fresh eggs to mar
ket yesterday, and another living in
the Alley brought 124 dozen one day
last week. Seventy dozen came in
yesterday to one dealer.
PRICES of corn are 50 irregular in
the various markets for this cereal,
farmers in the vicinity of CheswOld are
at sea as to the price that ought to be
established at home ; consequently
they are holding their crops.
The farmers are nearly all don e
husking corn, unless we except the
big crops in White Hall and the other
Necks. The cold weather of this week
will hurry up the hog killing, the next
thing in order prior to long winters
rest.
THURSDAY morning dawned cloudy
and threatening, but that did not deter
:. number of gunners from starting Out
to try their luck. They must have
had poor day for about 10 a. M, a mod
crate rain began to fall setting il
strongly after one and continued
throughout the day.
The Ladies' Mite Society of the M
E. Church, at their last meeting unan
imously voted an expression of thanks tt
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter o. HofeckeF, anC
their assistants, to all who took part il
the exercises, and to the Drug Store
of the town for their kindness in sell
ling seats in connection with their re
cent entertainment in the Opera House
Dec. LIST, 1891. By the Secretary.
PARENTS wishing to enter their chill
dTen in the lowest grade Ofthe Smyrn
r Public Schools should do it at once
! December 1st is the usual time for tn
formation of q new class, but as schOO
was closed on that day, it will b
! formed on Monday. The next date G
+. admission to lowest class will be o
= April LIST. Scholars prepared for highe
grades will be admitted at any time.
+
The contractor Tor putting in th
: steam heating apparatus IL the publ
. school building, has not turned it owe
i to the commissioners yet. He went
+ Wilmington on Saturday, not returnin
until Monday noon, and there was cor
I sequently no school that day. TIL
j heat on Tuesday morning was sufi
70 cient for all the rooms but the Prime
q pals-a room that under all circun
stances seems hard to heat. Niue
. lost time has been caused a part
e the school by imperfect heating, and
10 is to be hoped the steam arrangemeI
will be made to remedy all defects.
q. WE are sending ship loads of appl
to England Just now, and they briI
better prices over there than the n
IT tive varieties. Apples are not Il
Of only articles we send. 1t keeps
L large feet of steamers busy in suppl
"A ing the mother eOuRtry with the goo
, Fittings we have an abundance of, al
Is if it wasn't for the fruitfulness of the
" once upon a time colonies, the o
t. mother would be put on short cor
. smOns frequently. But as she SEN
her gold in exchange for our oyster
wheat, corn, cotton and fruit, v
" will not complain.
+. AN informal ball was given in h
=. Opera House Friday evening. II
- Arion Orchestra furnished the mus
Among those present were: Villa
- s. Colpitts and wife, Clayton; Nj
';s Charles Allen, Mr.. G.. Davis Brow
~ Philadelphia; Misses Mabel ThOmpso
o. Margaret Blackiston, Alice SpruanC
Nettie Tschudy, Sue Culbreth, Ka
= Tschudy, Edith Collins, Florence Ha
- Nan HoiIeckeF. Minnie Allen, Ms
- Farrell, Cora Tschudy. The gent
- men were Messrs. L. o. Waller, He
:, - vey p. Hall, Harry HURT, r. ID. HI
- - fsckeT, Jr., w. @. Warren, Hire
4, Denney, Prank Bailey, Daniel Wei
~ WoOdlawn Hackett, Frank Striclar
by THE ladies of the NJ. e. Mite SocIe
to have well earned reputation
skillfal fnanceering. While festiv
we're a popular entertainment IA
y formed their Thanksgiving evening
ENTERTAINMENT, but they varied wi
- the popular mood and wisely, as t
-, 1925, clear of expenses COVERED il
their treasury on Thanksgiving eV'
Nb ina, mill faokifv Two vaara aOo