Smyrna times., 1892-12-14
Smyrna and Vicinity.

Smyrna and Vicinity.
The lazy man aims at nothing and
generally hits it,
STREETS are already thronged with
Christmas shoppers.
RUBBER bands are displacing wrap
ping yarns for store packages.
QUIET people are thankful for the
rest from political excitement.
JOHN b. COOPER has u line of fine
groceries for Christmas purchasers
MANY a holiday secret is securely
locked in a corner of the bureau drawer
MEGEAR & Son will show Won a fine
line of china and glass ware for the
holiday trade.
4. G. WALLS notifies buyers that
money can be saved by purchasing
clothing at home.
A ls sometimes difficult to find pure
salad oil. Megear & Son have the
best that is imported. T
For fancy lamps, plush photograpb
albums, brush and comb case, pocket-
book cases and hand mirrors. 90 to
VIM. F. Dunn's drug store. T
IHE prOtracted meeting at Smyrna
Landing closed on Friday evening.
Two conversions. 1t was commenced
at Jerman Chapel, Monday evening.
DIR. g. W. SIPPLE. of HARRINGTON
has rented a dwelling and oiice on
market street, and will move here the
nrst OF the year to practice his profess
sion.
90 TO Dunn's drug store for choice
Christmas presents. He has a choice
STOCK OF bric-a-brac, china and glass
ware, elegant writing paper and |
etc.
MEssRs. Osborn & Bro, are making
a shipment of tomatoes this week
which includes all their packing exceDt
lew hundred cases. Their canned |
corn all went early in the season.
The Philadelphia Record Almanac
for 1893, is the first of the great dailies
to come to hand. Besides its mOntbIv
time tables IN large type, it is hand.
someiy Illustrated aud has much sta
'isticai information to Pennsylvanians.
LAST week, when they were having
Sucn blizzard weather in the far west
oeAlng up railroads in snow drifts
sno causing coal famines, we were en-.
Toying weather lks October, and so IL
has continued. % ~
WIN. Il. DUNN has made recent nur.
ehases Of plush, fine ware ana IIass
goods, advertises, and is selling the,,,
faster than he expected. The 6iyhest
price goods seem TO be the most salahIo
Our ladies should 20 and look at them
those apparent from a large window
are only a meagre part Of the stock.
They are still telling us of the won.
ders of electricity, but IL doesn't seem
to be utilized as quickly as the inven-
w." " CNAN AANC u3 uSAAoNDf Wnbu tue
secret Is first discovered. What seems
to be needed now more than ANYTHING
else in an electrical way, Is storage
battery that will give out the energy
Just as II Is needed-nO more, no less
and when II is at rest, one that will
have the power of retaining the article
until it is wanted, and not letting It
get away as leaky vessel does any
liquid. When that time comes, 10
many cases, the days of the horse as
beast Of burden, will be numbered.
A PAIR Of queer mules-mules that
went back on their record, were IN
town on Friday. They brought q load
of hay to market. The driver, who
was riding on top Of il, just as the
team was turning the -four corners
Blddenly came down with big bunch
of bay that slipped with him, landing
right ct the mules heels, and strange
70 say, It never seemed to occur to
them TO exercise a mules preroQat tive
IN such cases and give him kick
4 man who was standing on the cor.
ger, and knows good deal about the
mules character, said he would not
nave been ia the darkey's place for the /
estate OF Jay Gould There seems to
be exceptions to all rules, even mules.