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Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

The well.known, old and worn-Out
waltz, "Whisperings of Love-" by
Kinkel, has at last been put on the
shelf, and is replaced by one much
prettier, easier to perform, same
time, adapted for organ as we'll as
piano. The title of it is, "Whisperings
of True Love-" Valse Lente, and com
posed by Ignaz Fisher, who is likewise
the publisher. Music teachers would
do well to try copy. 1t can be re-
turned if it comes not up or over their
expectation. Price only so cents, fol
sale at all music stores. IGNAZ FISHER
publisher, Toledo, Ohio.
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

WE are indebted to Rev. DR.. Roche,
of New York, for a copy of his life OF
DIR. John P. Durbin, one of the great.
est preachers of the Methodist Church
and a remarkable man in every way.
He was In the height Of his prime
when DIR. Roche entered the ministry
over so years ago, and knew him in
timately, as DR.. Durbin, though a wes-
tern man, where he won his first and
remarkable triumphs as q pulpit orator,
chaplain in Congress, President OF
Dickinson College, Missionary secre-
tary, SC, was 3 member of the Phila-
delphia Conference the latter part OF
his life. There are number OF per-
sous in Smyrna who remember the
great sermon Of Dr. Durbin preached
at the confeEence held in 1851, the year
DR.. Roche closed his pastorate. The
writer always does his best at anything
he undertakes, and 10 such rich sub
iect as DR.. Durbip, It is no wonder
that he has been awarded nnstinted
praise by all scholars who beye. re.
view his book. Il leads one al0ne
with the fascination of novel, while
dealing in every page with wonderful
practical results.
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09
No. 23RI.

No. 23S1.
EP0RT 0FTHE CONDITION OF
IL THE NATIONAL BANK OF SMYRNA"
at Smyrna, in the State of Delaware ut the close
of business, March l. 1892
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

FOR ALDERMAN
H. G. Budd, 80.
VIM. H. Baggs, 38.
FOR COMMISSIONERS:
John H. Hoffecker, So.
John B. Cooper, 40.
William FAIRIES, 76.
T. c. Moore, M. D., "a.
FOR Assessor:
George D. Collins, 127.
FOR TREASURER
James P. Hoffecker, 127.
The vote cast this year was 128r
against so last year,
The following persons constitute the
Bord of Commissioners James G.
Robinson, w. M. Lewes, l year; VIM
A. FAIRIES, Samuel Taylor, o. B. VOsh
ell, years; John H. HOffecker, VIM
FAIRIES, 3 years.
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

If you want to splice out your suit
to carry it through to spring with a
new pair of pants, Edward G. Walls
has very nice assortment.
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

SUNDAY was bright day, a thing
that had not been for several weeks,
and the churches in town and country
were we'll attended. Such day, to
people who have been imprisoned by
weather and other circumstances, is
q great treat.
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

TIE Chester Times has the following ::
Parties in Chester have found it much
easier to put their money into the wes-
tern building associations than it is to
get it out. When they have exhausted
all the means known to get out what
they have paid in without success, the
managers finally agree to give them a
paid up certificate which will bear inter
est, but they hang on like grim death
to the principal, and whether they
will give it up at maturity yet remains
to be proved. Home associations don't
promise so much as these western ones
but they fulfill every agreement.
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

THE congregation of Clayton NJ. E.
Church met Monday evening. at which
meeting Presiding Elder Smith was
present, to decide definitely whether
to ask to be set off from or remain with
Smyrna circuit, and they determined
to remain as now, with one preacher,
and especially desire the return of
the Rev. r. K. Stephenson. In the
return of the Rev. Mr.. Stephenson,
Bethel and SeversOn's heartily join
them.
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

CAPTAIN A. H. Smith says that in
his fifteen years of travel mp and down
the Delaware river he never saw as
many crafts anchored at one time in
the harbor below Reedy Island, as
was the case during the storm of last
week. They numbered from 40 to so,
among them II colliers. 10 a few
hours after the wind shifted to the
west there was not one remaining
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

THE bible Reading was held Monday
afternoon in the Temperance Room.
The subject of Mrs. Matlaek's talk was
"Christ in the Home" Two other
ladies made a few remarks: one of
them gave passages OfSoripture, prom
ises of Gods presence to his children.
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

AT the annual election of the Asbury
NJ. E. Sunday School on Sunday the
following officers were chosen Super
intendent, John H. HOffecker; Assis-
tant Superintendent, Herman Roe
Superintendent of Infant Department,
Mrs. Lydia Mcdowell; Assistant
Superintendents, Miss Lizzie Mellow.
ell, Mrs. John A. HOffecker, Mrs. W.
o. Hoffecker; Lady Superintendent Ot
the Sunday Schools, Mrs. Mary j
Bewley Secretary, VIM. F. Brown
Missionary Treasurer, VIM. B. Start
Treasureg of School, John A. HOf
fecker; Chorister. w. o. HOffecker
Organists, Miss Mollie W. Thompson
Miss Nora w. Cotton; Librarians
John CosgrifT, E. NJ. Fowler.
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

Governor Brown has designated
Wednesday, April 9, as Arbor Day,
and by proclamation issued this week,
recommends that the same be observed
by the people of Maryland in planting
trees, shrubs and vines for the promo.
ton of forest growth and the culture
and adOrnment of public and private
grounds and ways.
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

MRS. E. REBECCA FAIRIES, widow of
I. II. FAIRIES, received yesterday $1,7OO
as part payment of his insurance in the
Rochester Mutual Relief Company.
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

A colOred woman of unsound mind,
named Cooper, was burned to death
near Cecilton, Nd, on Saturday. Her
mother and sister had fastened her in
her home while they went away to
work, aud before their return the
house was on fire and the woman
burned to death.
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

THE credit system is responsible for
good deal of worry in this age.
Credit is so easy to obtain. and there
are those in every community who
never think of settling day when they
are running in debt for something that
they could very well have done without
They all mean to pay. except the hard
ened old sinners, and think they will
have plenty of money hep the bill is
due. They rarely do, however. Then
the creditor tries to get what belongs
to him, and the worry on both sides
begins, for he cannot get what tbs
other hasn't.
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

The Junior of the Greensborough
Free Press IN taking match from his
vest pocket drew out a FIVE dollar
greenback which fell into the FIRE and
ended in smoke. Government five
dollars ahead.
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

CONSTABLE Weldon arrested four of
the six eOlOred young men, against
whom complaint was lodged for dis
turbing an exhibition 10 the Mission
Chapel at Clayton on Friday night
and they were put under bonds by
Esquire Cooper. The ring leaders
seem to lave been Edward Sheppard,
David Clayton and Stansbury Bedford
the two Rrst named of whom, have
not been apprehended yet. 1t seems
that these fellows make it a point tO
disturb every meeting of the kind by
cursing, fighting, ETC.. until it becomes
necessary to appeal to the law.
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

THE 10 shares of stock of the Far
mer's Bank at Dover, which were
sold at public sale there yesterday by
the executors of Geo. W. Cummins
were purchased by Thomas H. Howell
miller, near that place, at $65.5O pei
share.
MRS. AGNES A. SMITH, wife of W. Sol
omon Smith, died at the residence Ot
her husband in Spruance City las
Sunday, of cancer in the stomach aged
54 wears and s months. Her remain,
were inferred in the odd Fellows
Cemetery Saturday afternoon.
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

THE Ladies' Aid of st. Paul M. E.
Church, Clayton, will hold an oyster
supper and festival in Wright's base
ment, Friday and Saturday evenings.
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

The cost to Dover of engineering its
waterworks is 81, 200 per year, Smyr-
ma, $720. This is the difference ia the
systems, in labor: if coal is considered
it will be nearly as much more.
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

A. L. HUDSON, JR., quotes the fol-
lowing prices on lumber: White pine
boards (rOugh) $18 and up per thOus-
and; hemlock, SIS; flooring, $15 and
up; shingles, $4 to So. Z
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

The planning mill of L. E. Williams
& Co., in Salisbury, was burned early
saturday morning; loss $4,000 to
$4,000, insurance So, 400.
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

THE ten shares of stock of the Ma
tional Bank of Smyrna sold by the ex-
ecutors of Geo. w. Cummins, deceased, ,
on Saturday, were purchased by Mrs.
NJ. w. Culbreth, at $77 per share.
Smyrna times., 1892-03-09

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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-11-04
The Common Sense oft.

\ Minnesota correspondent of the Coun-
try Gentleman, who believes thoroughly in
the agricultural revenues of that state, and
in the advantages which it possesses for
young farmers of small means, protests
nevertheless, against the stories which are
told OF impossible profits from wheat
growing there. He says:
"A recent writer mentions young man
who bought 100 acres of land for $1,000
and paid for the land with the first crop of
wheat raised thereon. 1t requires only
short meditation by any man versed in the
business of farming to find that il is abso-
lutely impossible to realize $1,000 net from
100 acres of wheat. If this young man had
sown his entire area to wheat and the crop
had returned yield of 20 bushels per acre,
at - cents per bushel, the gross receipts
would only amount to S2400. His cash ex-
penses, such as interest and taxes, seed,
feed for teams, hired labor, Irvine and
threSher's bill, and other items would be
not less than SlOO0-not to mention wear
and interest on horses and machinery, with
all other expenses of all kinds that will be
necessary on a well regulated farm. In
order to pay for the land this young man
must have raised not less than 80 bushels
of wheat per acre-an heretofore unheard-
of occurrence
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-11-04
The Massacre of the Aztecs.
Mexican village wiped Out Of Exist
ence After Desperate Battle.

A Mexican village wiped Out Of Exist
ence After Desperate Battle.
News has come from Mexico of the ut
ter determination of village of Aztecs by
Mexican soldiers. The village is, or was,
in the state of Chihuahua. The inhabit-
ants were industrious and peaceful until
driven to desperation by the extortions of
government officials When no longer
able to pay the taxes demanded they babe
defiance to their oppressors. Troops were
sent to subdue them. The assailants were
at first repulsed with considerable saugh-
ter. President Daz, it is stated, ordered a
larger force to the scene, with instructions
to annihilate the village unless its people
surrendered. The Indians took refuge
with their families in the church and
awaited the advance of the Mexican sol
diery, who outnumbered the Aztecs about
forty to one. The latter fought with a
courage worthy of the race of MOntezuma
and Gautemozin. Not a man of the Indi-
ans survived, but they are said to have
killed 3jS MeXicans, or about ten for every
Indian slain. History has no record of a
more heroic defence than that of those
brave and simple Indians, driven to des-
pair by intoerabe oppression.
The incident adds another dark entry to
the long list of crimes perpetrated by
Spanish mericanS against the native races
of this continent, and it is a sad blot on
the administration of President Diaz.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-11-04

of Massachusetts but all to no avail.
Mr. Lawler was hardly able to attend
to business and dcspaired of ever finding
relief, He had lost flesh and appetite,
strength. and ever desire for life. DR..
Kennedy prescribed Favorite Remedy,
told him TO follow closely the printed
directions and TO write him as to his con-
dillon in II few weeks
Mr. Lawler had little idea or hope that
the treatment he was about to follow
would start him anew upon life of
health and happiness.
To state from Mr. LAWYERS letter to
DR.. Kennedy, few weeks after
~ followed closely the directions, and had
taken only part of bottle when two pieces OF
stone passed fIom my bladder. Continuing the
remedy grew stronger and better daily. and
think that am now entirely cured. weigh I76
lbs, costiveness and rheumatism have entirely
left me. ] wish also to say that in every case
where have recommended FavoTite Remedy, it
has not in a single instance failed to effect
speedy cure
The case is a remarkable one and win
add still further to the reputation DIR.
Kennedy's Favorite Remedy has acquired
Many regular physicians are prescribe
Ing it, Persons suffering with these
diseases, or those run down either from
overwoTk, or the changing seasons, sleep
lessness, or nervous prOstration and
women suffering from the ills peculiar to
their sex, should obtain this medicine at
once. Relief is certain 10 be the result.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-11-04
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
LOSS OF 100000
300 Buildings Burned at Milwaukee,
Wis.

1000 People Are UOmeless---FIve Lives
Lost.--the Burnt Section VIII BE Re
built.
The worst fire of the year occurred at
Milwaukee, Wis, Friday night A sec
ton covering 46 acres and including 300
buildings was burned. Five lives were
lost and 5000 people left homeless. The
loss is estimated at 100000 with the in
surance at about one-half this amount.
When the fire broke out IN the stores of
the Standard oil company the fire depart
ment was at work in other parts of the
city, there being three fires in different
places. Because of these fires there was
delay of 20 minutes in the arrival of the de-
partmcnt. The fire began at the river south
of Detroit street and swept On to the lake.
Many wholesale houses, factories and dis
tilleries were destroyed, and also the large
yards of the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad, with hundreds of cars. Dyna-
mite was used to blow up buildings to pre-
vent the spread of the fire. The citizens
of the city threw open their doors and
cared for those who had lost all their pos
sessions Milwaukee is wealthy city and
its business men have already begun in
plucky way to prepare for rebuilding the
burnt district.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-11-04
One Kimd of Farm improvement.

a clear practical farmer makes a
suggestion of kind of farm work, or farm
improvement, that can be done more con
veniently and protitably during the next
few weeks, while the soil remains more
open, than at any other time:
Strange how thin and neglected the
average mowings are, even among intelli-
gent farmers-in striking resemblance to a
half-starved COW! We are trying to NOV
too much surface. Every ton of such hay
costs double what it would if the land were
producing to its fullest capacity. But lack
of fertility is seldom the whole story. It's
most interesting chapter is often a spotted
condition, made by cold, wet pockets that
need draining, gravel ridges, slate lodges,
messy knobs, sour slopes, where water
seeps through from higher levels and keeps
the feet of the grass too wet for health
and a dozen other unfavOrabe cirCum-
stances. all of which reduce the product
iveness of the acre.
"Many a rocky moving would be far
more profitable than now if fenced into
pasture. Many an acre would not pay to
clear up because adjacent acres, that are
easily worked, can be made to double their
yield with less cost than the clearing would
demand. In few words, it pays to i'm
prove good land, and it is Improbable to
do much, if anything, with bad land.
Fields naturally valuable, except for few
imperfections in the fabric, ought to be
put into profitable shape, when they would
soon pay for the outlay.
II can point to meadows within gun
shot of wel-tO-do farmers homes that
have been moved annually for quarter of
a century at a loss and never plowed. \
few weeks of work would drain them so
they would return money enough to edu-
cate every member of the family for a gem
Grafton. Sometimes the turning of the
course of a brook or tapping of half doz-
en- springs will make mellow plow-land of
present swale-grass area. Are there such
opportunities near you? Do not let them
90 unimproyed, and then say that farming
is not a profitable business. Success de-
ponds OH seeing and doing at the right sea
son -
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-11-04

The worlds visible supply of wheat is
now the largest ever recorded at this season
of the year, being in round numbers pa
100000 bushels larger than one year ago,
10000, 900 bushels more than two years
age and 37,O0O,000 bushels more than
three years ago. This ought to prevent
any advance in the price of flour.
work of dairy art that is claimed to be
the largest cheese ever made in the world,
is on exhibition at the big Food Exhibition
at Madison Square garden, New York.
1t weighs $3.50 pounds, required the milk
taken in one day from 5544 cows to make
it, and arrived in pomp from Montreal. 1t
stands nearly four feet i'm height and is so
broad that pair of skilled dancers could
easily waltz on its top.
Bees, according to statistcan, must, in
order to collect pound of clover honey,
deprive 81, 600 clover blossoms of their
nectar. To do this the ~, 900 flowers
must be visited by an aggregate of 3, 750,-
600 bees or, in other words, to collect
his pound of honey one bee must make
3,750,0OO trips from and to the hive. As
bees are known to fly for miles in quest of
suitable fields of operation, it is clear that
a single ounce of honey represents millions
of miles of travel
There are said to be 100000 cows in the
United States, and their average butter
production is less than 1870 pounds each.
And the oleomargarine manufacturers are
charged with putting upon our market
product that equals in amount that of 30O,-
600 cows, but this would only equal an in
crease of 20 pounds of butter to the COW,
and good COW ought to yield 300 pounds
Even if the average were brought up to
only 200 pounds annually for each COW,
there would be butter enough to take the
place of this oleo, and though prices might
be lower, the profits to the farmers would
be greater
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-11-04

An electric railroad to run 100 miles an
hour between Chicago and st. Louis is
projected.
There are 100 cases of typhoid fever
among the operatives in the rubber works
at Millville, Mass.
The United States steamer, Mohician,
which has been in service but eight years,
and cost 81, 100000. has been condemned.
There were severe storms on the great
lakes Saturday which caused a loss of sew
eral hundred dollars to shipping interests
Four little children of Mrs. Morrier of
Alexandria, Ont, were burned to death
while their mother went to visit neigh
Dor.
Advices from China state that the raw
ages from cholera at Chung King are APP
palling. The deaths there are estimated
at from 100000 to 40, 000
Lieut.. Frederick Schwatka, the Arctic
explorer died at Portland, o., Wednesday,
from an overdose of laudanum, taken, it is
believed, with suicidal intent.
Twenty persons living on a farm at Croft
sy, Poland, have been poisoned by eating
the flesh of cow that had suffered with
a cattle plague and 10 have died.
The Euclid avenue opera house at Cleve-
land, Ohio, the finest structure of the kind
between New York and Chicago, was
burned Saturday, causing loss of $780,
600.
j. Malcolm Forbes, the owner of Nancy
Hanks and Arion will give $4,000 to the
owner and $4,000 to the driver of the first
horse to trot a mile in two minutes on
regulation track.
The bursting of boiler in the steamer
Wakefield on the Potomac river off Mary
land point Sunday resulted in the ueath of
three cOlored men and the fatally scalding
of three others, all members of the crew.
Henry ID. Lees, a prominent PrOhibi-
ZIONIST, dropped dead at South Norwalk,
Conn, Saturday, while addressing pub
lie meeting. His last words were: "Breth-
rem, let us dwell together in peace and har-
mony."
The British steamship Roumania was
wrecked near Peniche, Portugal, AIDES
patch received at Lisbon says lib persons
were drowned and only nine saved. OF
those on board - were passengers and 81
the crew.
Asa p. Potter, president of the defunct
Maverick national bank of Boston, has
been held for trial on indictments charging
false certifcatiOn of checks. Col. j. H..
French and Thomas Dana, directors of the
bank, were discharged.
Homestead, Pa, is still in a turbulent
condition. and the non-union men are vic
tins of acts of violence every day The
sheriff and his force seem powerless to
maintain order. A company of the state
militia may be ordered back.
The collapse of the Liberator Building
| society, simultaneously with the downfall
of the London and General bank, is likely
to prove one of the most gigantic financial
sensations of the generation. Fifty mil
lion dollars are known to be missing.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-11-04

- pm - n iAiNhl
at Rondout, y. Y,
and stated that he
was troubled with
inflammation of the
kidneys, vel
and rheumatism, he
had tried about all
the standard rem
edies, had been
u n der the treat
ment of the best
medical authorities
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-11-04
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.



Heap high the farmers wintry hoard
Heap high the golden corn
No richer gift has Autumn poured
From out her lavish horn!
Let other lands. exulting. CLEAN
The apple from the pine,
The orange from its glossy green.
The cluster from the vine;
We better love the hardy gift
Our rugged wales hestow.
To cheer MS when the storm shall drift
Our harvest fields with snow
Through wales of grass and meads of flowers
our ploughs their burrows made.
While on the hills the sun and showers
OF changeful April played.
We dropped the seed DER hill and plain,
Beneath the sun of May,
And frightened from our sproutng grain
The rObber crows away.
All through the long bright days of June
Its leaves grew green and fair,
And waved in hot midsummer noon
Its soft and yellow hair.
And now. with autumns moonlit ewes,
Its harvest-thne has come
We pluck away the frosted leaves,
Aud bear the treasure home.
There richer than the tabled gift
Apollo showered of old,
Fair hands the broken grain shall sift,
And knead its meal Of gold.
Let vapid oilers Toll in silk
Around their costly board;
Give MS the bowl of samp and milk
BY homespun beauty poured
Whereer the wide old kitchen hearth
Sends up its smoky curls,
Who will not thank the kindly earth,
And bless our farmer girls
Then shame on all the proud and vain
Whose folly laughs to scorn
The blessing of our hardy grain,
our wealth of golden corn
Let earth withhold her goodly root
Let mildew blight the rye,
Give to the worm the orchards fruit,
The wheat-lie to the fly:
But let the good old crop adorn
The hills our fathers trod.
Still let us, for his golden corn
Send up our thanks to God,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-11-04
Pronounced Hopeless, yet Saved.

From letter written by Mrs. Ada T. Hurd of
Groton, $. D, we quote; WAS taken with bad
cold which settled on my lungs, cough set in and
finally terminated i'm consumption. Four doctors
gave me up, saying | could live but a short time.
gave myself up to my Saviour, determined If /
could not stay with my friends on earth | would
meet my absent ones above. My husband was
advised to get DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con
sumption, Coughs and Colds | gave it trial,
took in all eight bottles: it has cured me. and
thank God | am now a well and hearty woman"
Trial bottles free at +. II. Holden & Co.'S drug
store. Regular size 80 cents and 81. ~
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-11-04
Another Carload of Horses

Arrived Thursday, Nov. 3, at My Sta
bIes on the Putney Road, Br"ttle-
bOrO.
Have 80 to select from. There are several big
pairs that weigh from $500 to 1900 pounds. Have
two pairs of gentlemen's drivers that must be
seen 10 be appreciated. Give me a call. Can
suit you in price and quality, and with any kind
of horse. j. ii. CHAMBEhLAlN'
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