Smyrna times., 1893-05-17

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1HE street sprinkler is now in order
The change from mud to dust is some
thing very sudden.
GEO. Nj. STEVENSON was away from
home several days the past week on
an advertising tour of his business.
MEssRs CUMMINs & COsGRIFF have
burnt kiln of tile, and are actively at
work IN preparing the material for an
other.
BOYER & Co., report demand and
sal es of Binders ahead of last wear.
AT the present writing the wheat crop
Is very promising.
CHAs. G. Ross, residing near Black
iston Cross Roads, had two perfect COS
Inns Matched from the same egg. They
lived three days.
A full line of pantaloons for dress
and business wear. Also the strongest
made working pants you ever put on
at Edw. G. Walls. #
PETER SHANE advertises tomato
plants. He has planting of between
two and three acres in a lot between
this town and Duck Creek.
The pulpits discoursed last Sunday |
morning on the Ascension. They will !
have next Sunday morning the Dav of |
PentecOst, at least, the Rev. Mr.. Stem |
gle will have it for his theme.
The wheat crop throughout the
county is said to be looking unusually |
well. Everywhere beautiful fields of |
green wheat are to be seen, and the |
country now looks cheerful and p~os- |
porous.
OWING to the the lecture by Col.
Balm on Friday evening the Probation
ers' meeting in the NJ. E. Church will
be postponed to Saturday evening at
eight o'clock. All the probationers are
requested to be present, and any
Others are welcome.
MEssERs Lewis & Wheatman and
Lewis u Co. are having attractive signs
descriptive of agricultural machinery
tor the one, and phosphate for the
otner, painted on below the awning
fronting their store and office. on
! Main street.
A strawberry patch of John c. Stock.
ly, an acre or more, presented a very
pretty rustic aspect last week in its
rlo0oned appearance, one row of the
Jessee, IN full bloom, and two rows of
Bubach, in green, the blossoms not
having developed yet.
Hul, l.
Smyrna Landing has been changed bv
the pastor, Rev. E. H. HynsOn, from
wednesday to Tuesday evening of
each week. The prayer meeting at
Jerman Chapel, Rev VIM. Fl. Now.
pray pastor, will continue on Wednes-
day evening, as heretofore.
A Recital under the auspices of the
colored school will be given at Bethel
Church, tomorrow evening. Miss Fl.
Agnes Tucker, and brother, Wilkes
barre, Pa, vOcaists, and Mrs. Beecher
Carter, Phila. Pa, and Miss Marcie L.
Cook, Washington, D. c., elocutionists.
will assist in the rendering of the
exercises.
On Wednesday evening, May slst, a
concert will be given in the Smyrna
Opera House for the benefit of the
high school library and apparatus fund
ochooi entertainments are always well
patronlzed by our people, and as this
one VIII Oner unusual attractions, an
unusually large audience is likely to
be attracted.
The cut-wOrm seems to be unusually
Voraclous this spring. A farmer in the
Alley who put out 230 cabbage plants
says there are not two dozen left, and
another who set out 130 tomato plants
says there does not look to be three
standing. 1t is probable that where
they are so abundant is on sod !
ground turned this spring, instead of
last fall. t
Do not forget tie lecture of Col. Balm a
on friday evening. 1t will be a treat 5
70 all who love to hear vigOr of thought
combined with wit, humor and the a
other intellectual delights that come 5
with oratory. Doors will open at 7.3O, !
speaking at s o'clock Tickets can be I
secured TOR the lower floor at Jas. P.
Hotecker's drug store and for the bal. z
cOny at Wm. F. Dunn's. Seats re. t
served if desired. Children can obtain c
tickets at the Opera House. I
A little girl was scared into eonvul.
sions where party of children were
assembled at the home of one of them |
one evening last week, by one of the 1
ooys suddenly appearing in the COM =
pany wrapped in a sheet, resembling a Il
ghost. The intention to have a little a
scare, ended more seriously than the Q
boy intended, as is often the case where b
there are representations of the SUPER {
natural v
THE base bail game between the 0
Cincinnati Reds" a club of voung v
women and like number from amonS =
the males of our town, tomorrow af f
North and Main streets, promises to l
excite a good deal of interest AMONG t
the young people. The ground will a
be enclosed with 1900 feet of canvas Il
which the visitors bring with them "
They are said to be game, and plav IN Il
WIN: They are also called the New
York girls.
We again call the attention of our b
people to the organ recital for "
the benefit of the young and sunerior n
Organist of the NJ. f. Chuycb-C Vir. o
gil Gordon, who has grown nm in b
our midst and deserves well of every "
member Of the community. It will be Il
on Friday night Of next week. at 81
O'Clock, interspersed with some choice e
vocal selections by members of the q
choir. il
The Epworth League at Friendship n
Church observed the anniversary of q
the fo* *nding Of the organization on y
Sunday the l4th. The service eonsis. n
ted Of interesting recitations by Young io
ladies. singing and address by the mas. "
tor. Geo. w. Mattiford presidino d
There vas good attendance. The q
following persons. Miss Kate Elliott u
Miss Laura Higgins. and the pastor q
Rev. +. H Hynson were elected dele. q
gates to represent Friendship League ie
at the District Convention to be held | "
at Centreville, Nd, on May 3lst and o'
June 1st.
WE publish on our first page a SER
mon on "Things seen VS.. Things On.
seen," preached by Rev. A. Stengle.
pastor of Asbury M. Il. Church tbis ri