Middletown transcript., 1895-06-29

he absence OF the Rector, Mr.. Wllk1e, wi
is in New York.
There was large attendance at Il
annual services at the Old st. Anne's G
Sunday, the day was warm but pleasan
: The interesting sermon by the rector wi
: be found on the first page of this issue. NJ
only is it interesting in its historical refe
ences but it is helpful and elevating. Rea
it.
The dead body of VIM. Priest, a farl
laborer, was found near the race track {
Hare's Corner, Saturday morning. Fl
had evidently been dead several days
There was no evidence Of foul play, and hi
death seems to be mystery. He had bee
drinking and it is thought he may hav
been sunstruck.
Rev. Mr.. Sawyer, formerly the paste
of Odessa Presbyterian Church, will
ordained tothe priesthood by Bishop Cole
man to-day. Mr.. Sawyer who has served th'
P. E. Church..at Clayton for the past year
will take charge of the St. Thomas Parisl
| aI NEWARK, July lSC.
MIR. Thomas Fouracre was given sur
prise party on Tuesday evening at the resi-
dence of Mr.. Jesse Hyatt, on West Mair
street. There were about twenty guests
present, and the evening was pleasantly
spent in games, dancing and music, fol
lowed by refreshments.
| "A Middletown lady went to call upon
friend not long ago, and was met at the
door by q Topsey-like servant, who i!
doubtless well enough posted upon the us
ages in polite society, but is not so we'll uI
on form. Instead of asking my lady fol
her card, she said "whar's yo ticket2"
The funeral of Rey. Father Bradford
of Wilmington, took place at st. Joseph's
R. c. Church at duPonts Banks on Mon
day, and was attended by all the priests Of
the diocese. His body as it lay in state on
the previous day, was viewed by thousands
of people. The interment was at New Cath
edral Cemetery.
-" Why not p ut out shade trees?" is the
query that arises in ones mind when look.
ing at the neat piece of cobble paving done
this week in front of the Cochran Block.
Shade trees would add to the appearance
of the plaza and to the value of the ad-
joining property. The poor horses hitched
there these hot summer days appeal mutey
for shade trees. And why not?
Tomorrow will be Rev. f. H. Moore's
last Sunday previous to his contemplated
ocean voyage and continental tour. He
will preach at the morning and evening
service. During the month of July his pull
pit will be filled by Rev. DR.. Vallandigham,
of Newark, and during the month of Aug
ust, the church will be closed as usual,
preaching service being resumed on tn e
first Sunday in September.
-"Does next week ever Gomez" inquired
business man few days ago. In one
sense yes! why do you ask? Because" he
he said, "a man whom 1 have ever con-
sidered as disciple of George Washington
made promise some time since that he
would pay me bill "next week." and as
he has not paid l could only conclude in
justice 10 him that "next week" had not
come" And the reporter went on down
the street thinking of pie crust-promises,
next week and pie crust.
The rule in every well regulated news
paper office is to throw unsigned communi-
cations into the waste paper basket but an
exception is made of the following postal
card which came on Tuesday without sig
Eature or date but post-marked Middle
town: Mr.. TRANSCRIPT, can't you send out
a canvasser and get my neighbor to take
your paper. Mine is borrowed all the time
and cannot read it when 1 want to. Please
ask my neighbor to subscribe. I'll pay half
the cost to keep my paper home.
The single tax force have started out to
capture Delaw are to their way of thinking.
1t is the Henry George theory that only
land should be taxed. The advocates pro-
pose to concentrate their efforts on littl
Delaware, and have raised a fund to do
work. Unless the missionaries
are more successful and more forcible in
explaining their theories than the three
who appeared on wheels in Middletown
last Saturday, the millennium will have
come and gone thousand years before they
make single convert. 1t took two, it is
said, to keep the third straight in his state
ments.
John Paynter Wilson, a prominent
farmer of Bohemia Manor. just over the
Maryland line, met with an unfortunate
accident on Friday afternoon of last week,
which resulted in the loss of the thumb of
his right hand. He was assisting in plac-
ing some piling in the construction Of
fish pond on his farm, and got his thumb,
crushed so badly that it had to be ampu
lated. Drs. Horace Vaughan and R. B. Mckee
performed the surgical operation; Mr.. Will
son came to his mothers Mrs. Manlove
Wilson's in town, as soon as the accident
and remained until Monday.
His many friends express their interest in
his recovery, and are pleased to know that
the wound is healing nicely.
Among the many sins charged to big
sleeves, one is the lamentable falling Of in |
marriages. The men are filing their COM
,laints but the sleeves are as balloon like as |
ever. One young man in dolorous tones,
,ays those abominable sleeves are ever be- |
.ween him and the object of his desire If |
he once gets to sit anywhere |
near her, she exclaims, "Ohl Charlie, do !
sit further away, don't you see you are
MASKING my sleeves all out of shape" If |
hey go driving he must sit bias, on the |
edge. If they 60 walking, he has to. take |
he curbstone or the road, for the balloon |
sleeves have monopoly of the sidewalk. |
The only really happy men are the little |
ellows who don't reach sleeve high.
The efforts of any newspaper to build |
Up town is practically nullifed unless il |
s backed up by the business men. A
stranger turns from the news columns of a |
paper to its advertising pages, and if he
fails to find there the business card of the |
merchants and professional firms, he comes
o the conclusion that the publisher is not