Middletown transcript., 1894-08-04
Clayton shut Leipsic out in seven inn
ing contest at Clayton last Saturday. The
score was Is to O.
The Reading Browns were beaten by
Dover in two games, Tuesday and Wednes-
day. The scores were to and to g..
LITTLE LOCALS.

Our little friend Cuthbert Peverley dis
played rare presence of mind in the run
away episode at Townsend on Monday, Q
which our Townsend correspondent give
an account
| The TRANSCRIPT came near having al
illustrated report of the base ball gam,
this week. Our artist furnished us cartoons
but they came too late to be engraved fo
this issue.
Water melons. Gantaloupes, apples
egg plant, summer squash, lima bean.
corn, tomatoes and lots of other things are
found in our market. on our streets and at
our stores, and yet our housekeepers
say there is nothing to eat.
Our Womans Column is so popular
with our young men readers, we have
about concluded to add a MANS Column"
devoted exclusively to the interests of
men. Of course the bachelor editor will
conduct this department of the paper.
-Middletown Council, No. 2, Jr. o. U. A.
NJ. made fraternal visit to the Cecilton
Council last night. There were about 20
OF them, and were delightfully."- entertained
by the Marylanders. who came for them
and brought them home with four horse
team.
1t was very welcome shower that
came on Thursday night, laying the dust,
cooling the air, and reviving and and re-
freshing the half famished vegetation. We
long for a soaking rain. Grain, and truck
are dying, and the farmers have more
things than the price of wheat to make
them blue.
Typographical errors are sometimes
very funny to every body but the editor.
A recent paragrapher in describing the cos
tune of a certain summer girl, possibly a
Middletown girl, wished to say that she
wore dainty shirt waist, and the typo
made it dirty shirt waist And now we
are listening to hear that the editor has
been sued for SANDER.
The hard times are visible in the tax
collectors receipts for school taxes. Thus |
far only about 5000 have been paid in while
about this time last year there was overS7O0 |
A rebate OF 8 p-rcent is given those who
pay within specified time so it will be |
m ,ney in the tax payers pocket to pay |
now if they have the wherewith to pay |
Read the notice in the paper.
1t Corner of smiles" that we have
now, on account of that new north win
dow through which various things are
waited to our ear on the midsummer
air, that keep our resibilities in constant
exercise. The other day we were almost
upon hearing someone ask the
druggist for pa raj yzed milk. We could but
wonder what the druggist would say,
and listened to hear him reply, in such
solemn tones, Il think sterilized milk is
oetter." ;,
Little Emma Kelley met with a very
serious accident on Wednesday evening by
he falling of large urn Of great weig ht
which she somehow managed to pull over
IN herself. At first it was feared that some
Internal injuries would follow, but we are
'lad to say there is now no apprehension of
my serious results from the accident, which
S marvellous, remembering the weight Of
he urn which is said to be upwards of a
hundred pounds.
Why not boom Middletown as summer
esort We have every attraction, as our
ummer guests indicate. Visitors from
'ew York. Washington. Baltimore, Anna
'olis. Philadelphia and Boston, besides the
ity cousins and the country cousins and
he real summer girl, are proof enough of
ur superior attractions, and we only need
0 add the fact that young men are also
lentiful to give the place a big boom.
beside large number of resident young {
awyers and doctors, the city bachelor is
ot an infrequent visitor, and our girls are |
aving delightful summer, and declare
hat home is the best place after all.