Smyrna times., 1894-06-20

Smyrna and Vicinity.
The dogs which have been killed are
not missed.
POSTAL NOTES will be discontinued
after July LIST.
yard. l.. A. Cotton. IL
THE luxuries of iced-tea and iced
soup now rank with ice-cream.
THE summer hotel landlord now be-
gins to wear his blandest smile.
COME and see our 10c stockings, re-
1uced from 25c. L. A. Cotton. 81
BOMBAY HOOK mosquitoes reached
US yesterday in considerable force.
THE members of Smyrna Grange
have contracted with Boyer & Co. for
binder twine.
THE Kings Daughters will meet this
evening at the home of Mrs. Laura
Temple, at 7.30 o'clock. SEC.
THE last of the strawberry crop was |
in Monday and yesterday,-a full |
month from first to last.
JOHN PRICE, in charge of the Smith |
ice wagon, reports increased sales with |
the advance of warm weather.
THE Dover Sunday school are to go
round about way of New Castle.
The days are now at their longest,
and the farmer can see to labor for six
teen hours, if he wishes to work so
long. -
PROBABLY from the large output for
several years, the number of new har-
-
year as usual.
DR.. LAMBDIN, who has been eating
potatoes out of his garden for two
weeks, dug two Monday that weighed
twelve ounces.
A soliciting committee has been ap-
pointed at Clayton to raise money for
display of fireworks on the evening of
the 4th of July.
THE congregation at Jerman Chapel
will hold festival on Friday and Sat
urday evenings next, and ask to be re-
membered by the people.
OUR thanks are due the Sons of
Delaware for the courtesy of visitors
ticket of admission to their news quart
ers in the Betz Building, Philadelphia.
THE promised showers of the past
three days did not reach Delaware,
giving us this morning a cooler and
bright atmosphere. A growing shower
would have been benefit.
FARMERS complain of hard times
one way out of the difficulty send
your wives to Mrs. John w. fuckers
and 10 cent store to compare prices
and they will be sure to buy.
IT was a fortunate thing that new
potatoes were along so early this sea.
son, as old ones were out of reach in
price of many consumers, and scarce at
that. The large demand for late plant.
ing caused the scarcity and advance.
THE Bombay Hook roads have beer
, seriously interfered with by the storm
inundations of this season, which it i;
now hoped are over, and John L. Boyd
Overseer, commenced on Monday witt
a force to put them in travelling con
dition.
. FRANK BAILEY has added pumps
,, window glass and roofing paper to hi
: stock. He is prepared to sell anything
in his line at very low prices. YoU
will save money by giving him a call
for $1,000 per hundred. I
9 THE absence of rain for nearly tw
weeks has made excellent hayinl
! weather, but comparatively little ha!
r been cut. The hay harvest used to al
: ways precede that of wheat, but they
f seem to have changed places.
IT is time for our Board of Health,
y we have one, to become vigilant whe
!, the thermometer gets into the nineties
y Old Sol is both a disinfecter and
. disease producer when not properly d
,. rected. He is a good servant, but
= bad master.
n REV. A. STENGLE will preach ne1
q Sunday morning on "the raising ,
Samuel by the witch EndOr-an OffshoC
q of his discourse On"Saul" Sunday ever
q ing, curtailed because of the heat, an
N to give it the proper elaboration needle
e in discussing the subject.
n The lawn party held at the res
dence of W. H. Janney last evenin
for the benefit of the Auxiliary Societ
le of st Peters Church, was a success
"A every way. The dancing around Il
May Pole, INDUCED in by the your
ie folks, was feature of the evening.
THE chief item of farm merchandi
be leaving town the past week has beC
en- binder twine. This means harvest.
o few commenced cutting wheat Mo
" day, and to-day the rattle of the reap
Il, is the music that comes from all poin
Iri of the compass in our agricultur
v. districts.
n A. LEE CUBiMINs, who has had
new ice wagon built at the Boy
ct shops, put it on his delivery route {
se latter part of last week. It is paint,
lie white, has Diamond Ice'(the name
a the make he handles) painted on &
80 sides, and dFawn by Clydesdale hor
60 with tintinabulating bells, does q
ne fail to attract attention.
'st The agricultural papers of the cou
IRE try have for nearly a year past be
S. showing the farmers the advantages
ba potatoes over grain as a money pr
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