Smyrna times., 1894-12-26
ChesWOld.
BEAUTIFUL WEDDING-MEETING OF
FARMERS INsTITUTE-PERsONA
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BEAUTIFUL WEDDING-MEETI OF
FARMERS sTTrUTE-PERsONAL.
Special correspondence to Smyrna Times.
Last Thursday evening = pr ettv
wedding came off in CheswOld M. +.
church, when James w. SCARBOROUGH.
son of Mrs. B. f. smith, and Miss Ida
W., daughter of w. T. Sapp, of this
town, were fitted out for life VOYAGE
as partners. Promptly at s o'clock,
with Miss Anna r. Bernard at the
OTgap, the sound of the LOhengrin
wedding march announced the arrival
OF the wedding party, who advanced
to the altar railing, the bride leaning
on the arm of the groSm elect, where
they were met by Rev. W. r. Now
bray, who pronounced them man and
wife. The ceremony included the
ring. Messrs. w. S. Scarborough.
brother of the groom, and VIM. D.
Bishop acted as ushers and Misses
Laura +. Barcus and Laura +. Bishop
as maids of honor. The church was
neatly trimmed for the event by friends
of the contracting parties, including an
arch which nearly spapped the chan
Col railing, from which was suspended
a bell under which they received the
ceremony. The audience was large,
but most orderly and respectful.
reception at the home of Mr.. b.
F. Smith, Immediately followed the
service at the church, where about
/ seventy five friends assembled to ex-
/ tend congratulations and best wishes.
Refreshments were also served and the
good time incident to such events were
kept up to late hour. The display of
presents was quite large, notable
among them being tea set by the
Ladies Aid, of which the bride is
secretary, a tea set also by Assau
Baines Il Co., aud a set of solid silver
spoons by the Jr. o, u. A. NJ. Council,
of which the groom is a member. The
young cOaple will soon assume charge
of the home farm of the late Joseph
Moore. This is the first marriage in
Cheswold church.
The Kent County Farmers Insti-
tute as per announcement met in
CheswOld last Friday afternoon. The
attendance was good, about fifty being
present, Smyrna, Dover, the vicinity
OF KentOn and Leipsic being repre-
sented Mr.. Levi Anthony was called
to the chair and r. Webb acted as
secretary. The speakers announced
for the day, J. B Gilohrist and }. J.
Rosa, of Milford, were present. Mr..
Gilchrist read two papers, one on
strawberries the other on black berries,
dwelling chiefly on the variety, soil,
culture, the kind of fertiliZing most
profitable and the marketing. He
made the startling statement that the
little black beetle had never troubled
his strawberry patches and he knew
nothing by experience of its i'll effects
The greatest interest of the session
seemed to centre on a practical talk by
Mr.. Rosa on growing sweet potatoes
He said tor success the first requisite
was suitable soil, the best for which is
he thought, pretty we'll known. The
next is quality or variety. of which
there are thirty-six, but of this NUN.
ber he would select four viz. Nanse.
mond, Providence, Big Jersey and
; Fineless. Next, growing the young
, plants, for which he recommen led fire
heat, as preferable and more econom.
ical than manure for hot beds. He
would have two inches of dirt Of light
! nature above and three inches below
NuD iOOb DONohpCb III OGus HeNeF use
J the same bed the second time, OF
otherwise the fungus or shank rot will
seriously affect your crop. II youi
! plants grow too high cut them of; il
will not hurt them, but do them good
: He advocated early plOwing and
ground kept in loose condition by cul
: tivation until time for setting. He
3 advised not overly deep blowing no.
+, deep furrowing for the rows, gooC
1 stable manure as fertilizer, machin,
3 setting of plants, clean and almos
level culture to insure a crop of short
Q round potatoes. He denounced tn,
5 practice of tearing the vines up to pre-
! vent roofing in the ground ana named
e instances where by careful tests it haC
= been proven to be Injurious. Give tn,
l.. vines their own way. In digging b,
Z advocated the roller coulter style o
n digger as the best, and to leave tn
potatoes in the patch to dry in the SUI
n as long as possible, This is also th
l. time TO select your marketable an,
d seed potatoes. He had from four an,
" a.half acres grown 1910 baskets G
70 marketable potatoes. He had foun
Is his own market and he believed tn