Smyrna times., 1891-06-24
Smyrna and Vicinity.


Smyrna and Vicinity.
The best article extant on American
tin plate, is cherry pie.
THE Ladies Benevolent Society will |
meet at the residence of Mrs. T. B. |
Megear, June 30th.
THE reason why it is so easy to bOr-
row trouble is, that everyone has more |
of that article than he wants.
New apples from the srround ing |
country appeared in market yesterday. |
June is an early date for apple pies.
JAS. G. ROBINSON has twenty four
acres of his town lots in tomatoes, con-
contracted for by one of the Gamers.
THERE may not be much dignity in |
straw hat or Il seersucker coat, but |
they are very comfortable in hot |
weather.
The Smyrna district letter read at |
the Peach Convention at Middletown |
Thursday was-200, 900 baskets from |
Clayton, 100000 baskets from BrenfOrd. |
SATURDAY, was binder-twine day,
those farmers who had not gotten it |
before, taking home with them a stock |
for the wheat harvest that is general /
this week.
BOATING and bathing casualities |
have commenced, but none have taken |
place in this neighborhOOd, thank OF
tune, neither has any case of sunstroke |
been reported.
H. d. BOYER dug ten baskets of new |
potatoes from his farm near town, on
Friday, which he sold for $1,000. His
grapes, pears and peaches are all load
ed with fruit.
THIS is the gladstone season when
the papers are called upon to record
the death of the woman who attempts
| to fill up the oil stove whHe IL is
lighted. Also, of the Atlant c City fool
who thinks he can swim tQfEurOpe.
Z. w. LAPHAM has Kept his vineyard
| Wcll-SpIdltN4 auU gAAS. RAOoBCO1 lOI q
yield Of good fruit is excellent. Two
vines which stood eff from the rest,
have aot been sprayed at all, and are
showing unmistakable evidence of the
rot setting in.
THE most notable event to the Red
Men of Clayton, since their Organiza-
ton, was the fraternal visit of Minqua
tribe, No. s, of Wilmington, ON Friday
evening. The citizens of the town
Illuminated as a welcome.
On Monday evening as several little
boys were playing "hOrse" on Mount
Vernon street, Howard Johnson, son
| of Thomas J. Johnson, fell over an
other boy, striking his head against a
| brick with such force as to knock him
insensible. in which condition he lay
| for some moments.
ABOUT 500 excursionists from Will
mngtOn, Philadelphia and elsewhere
| came down TO Woodland Beach in the
boat Sunday, and despite the heavy
rain, things were lively around the
Beach all day. A hack load from Mid
dletOwn also went down and spent the
day.
THE directors of the Leipsic cream
| cry met last week and closed up all
| business. The stockholders were paid
81 ce' for each share that was origin
ally worth $25. The creamery has
been sold to Messrs. Marvel and Pleas
anton, who are now operating it.
The promise OF d great crop Of
peaches this year will be welcome It'd.
ings to thousands of people TO whom
the dainty fruit was last year unattain-
able. The same feeling will also be
shared by the growers, who have of
late years suffered many and serious
| disappOintments.-P PhiIa. Record.
The school bell was given loud
| ring by the boys at o'clock yesterday
as a signal that the study hours were
| over, and the summer holiday had
commenced. The faces of the boys
! and girls were wreathed in smiles as
they trudged home with their heavy
load OF books.
JOHN FARRELL, one of the old and
! Al6 ny AOS BNGbGA ItAlENus VI AnOAOukN-
! fare Neck, died near Deakyneville, on
Friday, in his seventy-eighth year.
/ His remains were inferred at Friend
ship on Monday. He lost his wife a
! year or so ago. They were old people,
/ of tbe single-minded, pure tpye.
/ WN. w. WRIGHT, who has been in
charge Of the Smyrna Creamery for the
| past year or so. has severed his connec-
ton with it to take charge of the new
creamery at Crumpton, Md. whittier
/ he goes tomorrow. B. F. MattifOrd.
who for the past nine or ten years has
been head man at Bailey's lumber
( yard: succeeds him.
/ For the Smyrna Times
The gentlemen who so kindly fur
nished teams for the temperance pic
mic held in Blackbrd Woods Friday,
June 18th, will please accept the
thanks of the ladies of the w. G. T. u,
/ for the pleasant day thus afforded the
boys and girls of the L. T L., the Band
of Hope, and themselves.
4 MEMBER OF The TEAM COMMITTEE. j
Smyrna, June 23d.
A PENINsULAR contemporary ex-
presses the editors relation To the fruit
crop as follows: We have been waiting
very patiently for the fruit crop to
bring money to our readers hoping
that many who are in arrears for sub
| scriptiOn would settle up. COnsidera-
bic money has been circulated among
the strawberry growers and we hope
those of them who are owing us will
remember there is no better time
to attend to these bills than when YOU
have the money.
THE following is the timetable of
the Steamer Ella for July:
. Smyrna Landing. Pbiiadelphta.
wednesday ], az Pm Thursday Fat II AN
Friday 3, No Boat Saturday 4 No Boat
Monday g. " 121IP N Tuesday 4 PW
Wednesday s. IL AN Thursday 9, 4
FFiday 10, II Saturday II. 4" IL AN
Monday II ! NJ Tuesday a. 10
Wednesdayl5, " Thursday l6 q" II
fr.dHy u, Saturday 49, IL
u nday 2O " - noon Tuesday 2l pm
-Wpd'gd'v % - 1l[p n Thurqdovy Oq - o. a.