Smyrna times., 1892-06-08

members of an old band, and have NJ
heir instruments. CT
r. S. MARIN, near Salem Church, hi
lad valuable young horse badly in
ured last week by running away with
l cultivatOr attached to it.
MRS. NJ. C. Davis, residing near ~
POcOmOke City, has a chicken hatched r,
from an egg which was never laid. So 6,
she writes to a person in this town. +,
THE Loyal Temperance Legion is 4
very interesting programme I
for their closing night exercises Mon =
day evening June Goth. Look out for it,
THE annual meeting of the Stew '
ards of EastOn District will be {
held in the NJ. E. Church of this town
tomorrow, Presiding Elder Smith pre- i
siding. -
THE choir of the NJ. E. Church
Leipsic, will give festival and supper
at the old church on the evenings of
June II and 18. Supper commences
at P. NJ.
A fisherman named John Kerns was
drowned at Woodland Beach last
Wednesday. He fell over the side of
the boat, it is said, in state of intox-
ication.
REV. VIM. H. THOMAS, pastor of
Centennial Church, participated in
"grand rally" at Middletown Sunday,
for the erection of a new church there,
the result being $500.
The steamer Clyde makes four ex-
cursons to Woodland Beach this week. |
Maxwell has opened the 'Switchback"
| for the season, and a razzle.dazzle is to |
be one of the attractions.
| RICHARD Brown has larger and
new hack in the place of the old one,
to run to the depot. 1t is neatly let
tered, Smyrna Transfer" In jingle
of bells and other features except the
tramwey, it takes the place Of the
city horse cars.
THE conference of the A. NJ. E.
Church, held in Wilmington, adjourned
yesterday. Rev J. Il. Hammond who
was Statistical Secretary of the Confer
ence, was returned TO Smyrna, and
Rev. Elijah Byrd is sent to Mt. Friend
ship, near KentOn.
WE spoke last week of the large and
fine collection of roses Of Mrs. J. Henry
jefferson. Since that time a rose that
= has never bloOmed before has come
out and beats them all for size. 1t
measures over inches across its disc,
and is very properly named Her
Majesty"
d THE ssrenaders alluded to last week 3,
f whose singing was so much admired,
t were out again one night last week
and Monday night of this. The
people are gladly willing to have the
: midnight hour broken with music
when the strains are of rich and iiOw-
ing melodies.
THE farm of John p. Collins in Thor
! Oughfare Neck, in tenure of Alex. and
u Robert Deakyne, takes the lead il
corn in that section. 1t is thinned, j:
y nearly knee high, and has had its thirC
cultivating. Mr.. Collins field of whea
also stands as a challenge to any Othel
in that section.
- STRAWBERRIES have been very abun
dant in market the past week, selling
"A from six to eight cents per quart. Fiv
~ hundred crates were shipped from
Clayton on Monday to the city mar
kets. This will give some idea of tn
-, extent of its cultivation as a market
is ing crop. The acreage will be cOnsid
-. erably larger next year.
THE Presbyterians will have thei
,r Children's Day exercises next Sunda
- morning. The subject which the e2
~ ercises will elaborate is entitled tn
'ii "Unspeakable Gift" under the div
i1ns of The Gift, The Giver, The r,
.. ceiver, five minute sermon, and specit
D Children's Day offering. The ChurC
9 of course will have the usual dressin
he of flowers.
uo I THE graduating class of the SmyrI
~ High School have issued neatly printe
cards of invitation to their friends Fl
the commencement exercises on We
"a ia nesday evening June Goth. The graz
~ ~, yates are: Fannie G. Shaw, Grace
ny Swinney, Nellie Stevenson, Eva
Swinney, Mary A. Stewart, Charl
n. Burrows.
he JOHN B. COOPER had peas for sa
nts on Saturday grown by 4. NJ. COopt
near Cheswold. Geo. HeinOld al
had peas in market Monday, and ye
ere terday Jos. T. Stevens, residing ne
go. Kenton, brought in several peach Of
not kets full. His first picking of peas Ia
year was ten days earlier than tn
which is a measure, somewhat, Of t
lrm difference in the season.
ave
hat THE houses of John Cosgria, NJ
Louella Buck master, DR.. ID. I. Smii
ers and residence of Mrs. Thomas NJ
in, dleton owned by Mrs. Carr have ca
k, a been recently painted. house
and Mrs. John Mccoy, on Delaware str,
ON has had a new porch erected spanni
its front.-The pavement in front
!, the residence of DR.. G.. o. Swinney
been raised and renewed.-A. l.. HI
son Jr., is erecting a porch in front
cely his residence on Main street.
zap
IL SOME persons are puzzled to kn
men why the rose, the most beautiful
got flowers. should be intermixed "
sharp thOrns, but the same persons
more puzzled, or more correctly stat
on vexed to the point of feeling Outral
'tate at the devastation of the slugs q
out rose bugs. The more delicate d
cess beautiful the bloom the more it SCI
son. a prey for the bugs which gather
quantities and bury themselves in
have ere it has opened its fragrant petals
b.
cale THE warm sunny weather otthe
. y. ten DAYS has produced an unus
eted state of activity among the potato b
and the farmers who do not keeI
close watch on their potato pate
8 70 stand good chance of losing u
lngs, vines by these voraciOus insects. w
umn the Colorado beetle made its app
page ance here seventeen years ago, a
town was a new conner. never having b
Unity in this section before, it was nc
that it would soon run its race o: Q
,an's destruction by q parasite, but the
seem more abundant than any time
about several sea sons.
the
yrna. AN animated canvass is going OF
town New Castle county IN the DemocI
Far party for the sheriHalty, and Geo
oner- Rothwell, residing in Blackbird !
}. It dred near this town is one Of the ii
cal a steppers, and feels he will be in
Fell lead when they come under the
in the last heat, Mr. ROthWell ent