Smyrna times., 1894-08-15

o take hand at digging for sewerage
mains.
Jos. r. JEFFERSON, near town. has
Ifter all, a profitable peach crop. The
'ield will not be so large-frOm $50 to
100 baskets-but the price makes up
he difference. His returns for those
Old have been 500 for II gallon car
'iers, or clear of all expenses 81 cents
Der gallon. JOS B. FAIRIES, on an ad.
dining farm, will have about a hun
lred baskets.
A merchant of our town in speaking
Of the w. G. T. U. fountain, says it is
IN absolute shame for the Town Coun-
ill to have it turned off. He says he
thinks he is safe in saying that on
fully 100 or 16O teams
stop to get water going to and from
Woodland Beach. The suffering horses
need it, but are obliged to go on. The
of the Board should note this.
THOROUGHFARE NECK has suffered |
more than many neighbOrhoods by the |
drought of the summer. Since the |
excessive rains in the last half of May |
they have been avoided by the showers |
that have beer. so beneficial to many
sections. They have had nc rain to go
to the root of things, and the corn and
other crops must be short. This is the
third summer it has been measurably
dry with them.
A lawn party will be given by the
members of the Friendship Epworth
League to be held on the grounds sur
rounding the Friendship church on
Thursday evening August 23rd. A
cordial invitation is extended to all.
The ladies are requested to donate
cakes and the gentlemen are requested
not to leave their pocket books home.
BY ORDER OF COMMITTEE.
AN organization of "The Patriotic
Order Sons of America was instituted
in Smyrna on Monday evening at
COoper's Hall. They will meet weekly.
Their object is patriOtic-tO stand by
"Old Glory"-the flag, in the inculca-
tiOn of pure American principles and
reverence of American institutions, the
preservation of the constitution and
the advancement of our free public
school system.
THIS is clover sowing time. Robert
Hill has sowed IA bushels on his three
farms-11 bushels scarlet clover, and 3
bushels of the common red clover The
clover seeded at this time is intended
for fertiliZing purposes, to be turned
under next year. This is particularly
so of his pear orchards, allowing no
other crop to mature in it,and hence has
escaped the blight that has deteriorated
so many orchards.
WE quoted one of our good citizens
two weeks since who attended baseball
for the diversion it affords, as a harm
less amusement free from betting and
bad language. Through the most oi
the summer they had been by home
teams without the usual harmful as
sociations of hired performers, betting
and the attendant excesses incident TO
| excitement, and he now confesses that
the latter part of summer has brought
a considerable relaps in this regard
He finds the fences of propriety con
siderably thrown down.
We have received the oath bulletin
of the Delaware College Agriculture
Station. 1t is on the subject of straw
berries and gives the result of careful
tests of SO varieties of the plant. Thes,
were grown on the station grounds
under the direction of the horticulturis
of the station, Prof M. H. Beckwith
The plants were set out in the sprinj
of 1898, in rows three and half fee
apart and two feet apart in the row
Twelve of each variety we're planted
the ground not being subjected to ex
cessive fertilizing. A table of infOrma
tion gives the dates of the first bloom
first ripe fruit and the relative iniurl
to each variety by the blight. Mucl
other information on the plants is givel
and the result can not but be valuabl
to Delaware fruit growers.
THE swallow usually flies high but i
is a popularity of this bird to dip nea
the ground in cloudy and damp weathe
such as that of the past few days. Th
swallow is entirely an insectiverou
, bird, and it thus drops down to th
ground in heavy weather because th
insects they feed upon do likewise
Over the milldam at such a time tn
birds fit to and fro, keeping for houl
in the same circuit. Complaint come
q to US that a set of "ornery" boys wit
e long rods or sticks in hand stand @
s the dam and strike the innocent birC
r down just for the cruel sport it afford
g They may do it thoughtlessly but IL
d most of them are old enough to thinl
and ought to be above such cruelt
Besides, they are violating the la'
d there being fine we think of $500 f
(" the wonton destruction ofinsectiverol
< birds.