Smyrna times., 1894-05-09
Smyrna and Vicinity.

Smyrna and Vicinity.
CoNUNDRUM suppers are new fads.
They must be made of hash.
NOTHING needs reforming so much Ec
as the habits of other people.
A new stock of straw hats, any style an an
or prices you want, at Edw. 6. Walls. uo rTa
The work of repairing the wharf at
Woodland Beach was completed yes er,
terday. - wi
EVERY mother should see the stock pc
of Galatra wash suits for boys, at Edw.
G.. Walls. t
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HARDCAsTLE & JONES are in the da
market for the wool crop, as per ad- fol
vertisement elsewhere.
THE Kings Daughters will meet this oy
evening at the home of Miss Emma IA
Hudson at 7.30 o'clock. SEC. Ca
AFTER her trip on Monday next the
steamer Ella will be off the rest of the fir,
month undergoing repairs. 40
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THIS warm weather is promotive of
the curculio, Colorado beetle, currant
worms and other destructive insects. ne
IF you want easy fting and well nS
made everyday pantoloOns, shirts, Sd
overalls, etc, at low prices, go to Edw.
G. Walls. t
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The rain and warm weather has w
been Just what the strawberries I'll
wanted. Very early ones will be be- I'll
ginning to ripen in from two to three
weeks.
PINK daily roses were in bloom in er
some gardens Saturday, and several hi
graced the table boquet at the church e
Sunday This is a week or more ahead NJ
of the usual time.
THE pastor of Asbury M. e. church IL
will next Sabbath evening preach on b
"Noah," which will be the third SER e;
mon of the series on the historical in
characters of the bible. b
J. w. WEEB and E. Lower expect to -
replant their corn this week. The rain y
that followed the general planting last o.
week will give corn an early forward o
movement. The hay harvest will be u
on in little over month. IL
ALFRED ROBINSON, ,one of the cOlOred =,
employees in L. M. Prices phosphate :,
factory at the Landing, had one of his p
hands severely lacerated and bruised ;,
by foolishly catching hold of the piston :,
rod and getting it jammed while in
the act of stopping.
THE Sunday school at Walkers was -
Ie-organized on Sunday week with =
Daniel Davis as superintendent, Geo. y
w. Mattiford, assistant and John E. y
Latta organist. The teachers were
! selected last Sunday and the classes
filed up with a good attendance.
THE Misses Hudson of MI. Vernon '
! street, have a datura plant of thirty to ;
40 long funnel shaped blooms, which o
| graces the Market street porch. These {
plants do not usually bloom until the
latter part of the summer, but this has
been growing all winter in their con-
servatory.
The Deering wheat reaper and ,
binder has been a favorte harvester
with its patrons for some years, but ,
Messrs. Lewis & Wheatman have it ,,
this year with still another improve
ment-ball- bearing arrangement for
the wheels. Being thus rugged like
bicycles, it will run with astonishing
ease in the field
THE Principals of the public schools
of this State, will have a meeting or
convention Tor whatever it may be
designated, being the first) in the Pub
lie School building, Friday and Satur-
day. 1t is for the benefit of the prin-
cipals, as the yearly Institutes are for
the advancement of the teachers
Twenty-Five or thirty are expected to
be present.
The papers Of Monday gave accounts
of damage by wind, rain, hail and
lightning in a number of places attend
ing the advance of the low pressure
across the States from the West to the
Eastern coast. There was some hail
here in the closing shower of Sunday
night, but not enough to do any harm,
while the rain fell in sufficient quantity
meet the wants of the farmers.
THE electric pOwer-house, during
the warm nights of the past two or
three weeks has been infested by a
myriad array of bugs and insects, at
tod hxr hn f,Ia af hn |
. lights. They have been quite annoy
3 ing to engineer Redman, hundreds of
which have been crushed by the belt
which runs the dynamo, keeping both
belt and dynamo in a filthy condition.
q The town authorities are going to try
= and prevent this pest by placing
screens on the windows and doors.
THE popular fad in Smyrna at pres
9 ent is to deck your residence with
D new coat of paint. This has been
= going on quite extensively throughout |
the town and very needed improve
ment it makes, too. Besides this many |
?, of our citizens are having verandas
( placed in front of their residences, |
b. fences fixed, Outbuildings whitewashed |
and before Conference eOnvenes here |
next year we will be in as nice a con- |
z ditiOn to receive them as any town of |
j our size.
r A CAROUsEL on Herring Hill" is |
the attractive feature at present. 1t |
came here from Middletown, where it |
has met with decided success, and will |
s now grind off few tunes before con.
tinuing down the State. The small
boys form the delighted spectators
; and are always seen watching and
} waiting for an opportunity to ride
. bareback. This amusement is located
u in the old lumber yard recently occu-
I, pied by John VanGasken, where it
7 will probably stay two or three weeks.