Smyrna times., 1892-05-11
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ChesWold Items

One pleasant afternoon last week |
Misses Rebecca Moore and Kate Boggs |
secured the loan of horse and car
riage known to be gentle from a friend |
who had come to CheswOld on business |
and started Oft for a ride in great glee, !
perhaps feeling for once they were in
dependent of the sterner sex, but when |
barely out of town limits the bridle bit
parted and the bride slipped back on
the hOrse's neck. The ladies pulled
the rains in vain with sharp whoa !
but the horse quiekened his step
While the ladies screamed be struck
up a slow gallOp which they imagined
was fairly splitting the air; and cOntin-
ued screaming with greater violence
until the horse was stopped in front OF
w. c. Savin's half mile out of town,
one of them hatless and both thor
oughly frightened. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Savin supplied the horse with another
bride and gave them every assistance
| in returning to town. 1t was most for
tunate the horse was gentle.
Last Thursday evening a gay COM
| pany of seven ladies and five gentle
men concluded to make the most of a
moonlight night by taking a straw
ride. Securing a wagon with hay rack
nearly filed with straw, and provided
with a step ladder fer the ladies to
ascend and descend from the wagon,
they left Cheswold a most merry com
pany, Joking, and bent on fun. One Ci
the gentleman while out was called to
account repeatedly for squeezing his
No. II feet into No. 10 boots, while
the big foundation of his existence was
r | ull hai
seating space. Arriving in Dover they
all descended from the wagon fO
, cream, their gleeful spirits still having
full vent. While there their overflow
D in spirits attracted many and amOnj
r them a man who asked for their name
. This was a surprise that at first wa
: met with stout refusal, and while tn
/ gentlemen were trying to ascertain hi
;. intentions, the ladies were making a
o invoice of all that had been said an
3 done, wondering what the impuden
thing meant" &c, until relieved b
- the information that the gentlema
II was a newspaper reporter. Then th
5, ladies put in the objection: Yes, h
9 wants to parade our names in som
e silly newspaper" Once more loade
/. up and leaving Dover, it was SUI
d pe.ted that the young man Of the con
panywho supported so much leather ha
loaded up pretty well and had perhal
= better stop at the drug store but some
y the gentlemen interpOsing, felt assure
t. he would suffer no Inconvenience, a
" it generally took two or three plates
1T cream to fill his feet" Thus merrill
ID and eventually the evening was sper
le which no doubt will be remembered ;
L. little episode in the lives of each
IN the participants.
" w. ). Hardcastle has moved h
e family to Cheswold from the McDani
so farm lately sold. The stock and it
H. plements were publicly sold Tuesda
v and Mr.. Hazel, the purchaser has pu
bit session.
en- Assau Baines & Co., Gamers ha
Ir- received their machinery for packiI
nc peas, which is being put in place.
ne The new church is progressing ra
es, idly. The carpenters are about rea,
ey to put on the roof.
as A company or horseback riders co
,lf. sisting of ladies and gentlemen caI
nd over from Leipsic last Wednesd
ere evening TO take in Cheswold and
are spect the new Church.