Smyrna times., 1893-05-31
Smyrna and Vicinity

smyrna and Vicinity.
len len average hens eggs weigh
GAS and kerosene stoves ara oo,,;.
briskly in use. " 'o'"'
Hot alum water is the best insec,
exterminatOr known. ''00
NEAT iron fences are taking tb,
place of wooden ones.
Mrs. A. H. SKINNER, at Clavton
mas duck which has laid a litter 81
black eggs. ~ VI
MEssRs. Lewes & Wheatman 70
celved a carload of harvesting macbin
cry Monday.
b. V. WELDON got his tax duplicat,
last week and is now ready to receiv,
the county taxes.
BETHEL Church, Smyrna circuit
will have its Children's Dav next SIM.
day, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ.
THE Smyrna Base Ball Club will
play the Conference Academy club at
Dover on Saturday June 10th.
A meeting of the Board of Trade has
been called for Friday evening at the
Transportation Co.'S. office at 7.8C
o'clock.
PICNICs will be held by the public
schools at Sunny Side, and White Hail
Neck and Green Spring next Saturday
afternoon.
A ripe apple placed in the cake.box
will keep the bread and cake there
from drying or crumbling. If this is
so 1t is something to remember.
THE ladies of Kenton M. f. Church
will hold strawberry and ice cream
festival on the Sth, 9th, and 10th of
June, for the benefit of the parsonage.
The strawberry is the GUant courier
of the seasons supply of fruits. After
it, there is n regular succession of ber-
ries or fruits of one kind or another
throughout the year.
The postal note is to go, and will be
replaced by more convenient issue
resembling an Express money order.
which will please everybody who has
occasion to use such cOnVeniences.
WE give elsewhere in this issue, the
spring analyses of phosphate by DIT.
R.WOlf, State ChemistIt will doubtless
be interesting reading to the makers
and users of commercial fertilizers.
INDICATIONS point to a hegira of the
servant girls of this town to the sea.
side hotels and boarding houses for the
summer. This is rather bad news for
the city visitors, unless they feel like
taking hand at turning omelets and
peeling potatoes.
PHILADELPHIA A. NJ. Z. Conference,
which met at Chambersburg, Pa, and
adjourned last week sent Rev. Christie
pher Jones to be the pastor of Bethel
church this town. He was present with
his people on Sunday and preached to
them, much to their edifcation.
JOHN P. JEFFERSON picked strawber.
ries a week ago, bringing 80 quarts to
this town Saturday afternoon from a
trial patch of early varieties-Mich-
ael's Early, May King, Logan &c.
The first named proved the earliest,
the Logan, though somewhat later, is
a larger, better berry. He has
over four acres.
A Wilmington paragraphist In a list
of "Knick Knacks,' has the following:
A young lady's nose often itches if
she wears a diamond ring.
A pratling or crying baby at a pub
lie meeting is like a good suggestion
it ought to be carried out.
Every dog has his day, and some of
them menOpOlize the whole night
BASKET mills are springing up in
unexpected places on the Peninsula, a
fact coming to US through our exchan-
ges, and it would seem there is not 90
ing to be a monopoly Of peach baskets
by any mill this year. The same
seems to be the case with canning fac.
tories, the results of which must bring
plethora in the market.
The drippy weather of the past |
week made an active demand for plants
especially sweetpotato. The latter are
scarce, and the beds of both Mr.. Revis
and Shane, advertised in these col. |
umns, were exhausted by Saturday,
until a new growth comes on. On |
Monday morning Mr.. ReVis had calls
for some 10000 plants, and none ready
for several days.
The canning factory, at Brenford.
heretofore noted in these col
umns, Is about completed, aud will
await the ripening of the fruit for the
minor details. Mr. Baylis, of Aber-
deem Nd, WHO will run the factory.
expects to have the labor done mainly
bE Bohemians, who will not be subject
to ehe temptations of going off on beach
parties one Or two days a week, to The
detriment of the business.
NEXT Sunday will be observed bv the
Methodist Sunday School as Children's
Day. The services will be held in the
auditorium, taking the place of the
morning sermon. The program will
be an interesting one, and will doubt
less attract large crowd. as it always
does.
Sunday week will be observed by the
Presbyterian Sunday School. The sec
Ond Sunday in June Is the day usually
by the schools throughout the
country, but the NJ. K. school here has
chosen the FIRST Sunday because ,he
roses are now in their fullest bloom.
WALTER Il. MASSEY was in the lead.
at least in quantity on the strawberry
line, having two crates on sale at Stew
arts grocery store Friday morning.
There may have been some in a day or
SO earlier, but in very small lots.
They went off very well at 10 cts. for
the medium size and 20 for the very
large berries, but others coming in dur
ing the afternoon sent the prices of the
irst named down to - cts. They are
now down to and 10 cts. per quart.
rhos. ]. Stevens, near Bryn Zion church 4
was only an hour or two behind Mr.. :
Massey, with full crate of berries. \
BISHOP COLEMAN, assisted by Rev. | e
Mr.. Adkins of Easton, (who has charge
# Christ church, Clayton, preaching d
here every two weeks, administered t
he rite of non6FmatiOn on Thursday
svening last 20 a class of six persons. s
An omnibus load of ladies and OeufIa- r