Middletown transcript., 1895-04-27
Local News.

Warm weather. $40 in the shade OF
Thursday.
-Shad are plentiful, cheap and very fin,
in the local market
Dusty roads and streets, make the hos
and sprinklers very welcome.
Cherry, peach and pear trees are all il
bloom, and Natures spring dress is pret
tiest of all.
Grassy butter and garlicky milk have
made their appearance, and spring has
surely come.
The first Strawberry festival is due
May 7th. The Ladies' of the M. E. Sunday
School are arranging it.
The Middletown public schools will
close this year on June IA, which is two
weeks earlier than usual.
Gov. Watson has appointed William
Deakyne, of New Castle, notary public, to
succeed Frank E. Herbert, deceased.
The Diamond State Brass Band will
have strawberry festival in the Middle
town Opera Heuse May 14th and 18th.
-"How does your garden grow is a
familiar salutation just now, and the
champion gardener is taking care of his
reputation.
Some of the local lovers of the dance
have formed Terpsichorean Club, and
will give the first of series of parties in
Reynolds Hall next Friday night.
The members of Miss Nellie Eatons
class in the Loyal Legion, gave her a sur
prise party on Wednesday evening. which
was much enjoyed by all participants.
"A company of young people. number
ing a. drove over here from New Castle
Tuesday night, and had dance party in
Reynolds Hall in honor of the 21st. birth
day of one of their number
Thirteen freight cars were wrecked on
the New Castle cut off on Thursday after
noon, mine of them being totally demolished,
the accident being caused by spreading
rails. Conductor E. M. Dunn was seriously
injured.
"
plant corn. Some have already begun, but
the more cautions ones will await the COM
ing of warmer Maydays, and will probably
have as early a crop as their swifter
neighbors.
Spring tourists, travelling agents and
tramps, are out in full force and are very
numerous this season, and, between the
two, with house cleaning thrown in, Mid
dletown house wives are having a trial of
patience.
The 113th anniversary of Frederick
Freoble, founder of the kindergarten
methods, was celebrated this week, the Will
mington school children having special
exercises appropriate to the memory of the
great benefactor.
Some of the Middletown ladies are
proving themselves TO be pedestrians
Quite party walked to Mt. Pleasant on
Sunday, among whom were Misses Mary,
Laura, Will and Eugenia Beas ten, and
Miss Mary Lipincott.
The matrimonial boom that always
sweeps the country at Eastertide, has not
struck this Middletown very hard, as
yet, this spring, and there are hardly we'd
dings enough to keep the preachers and
reporters in practice.
Rev. s. B. Wiley, ofNew Castle, preached
in Forest Presbyterian church last Sun
day, ana his hearers were much pleased
with the two excellent sermons that he
gave. Rev. F. H. Moore filled Mr.. Wiley's
pulpit at New Castle.
The season opened at the popular re-
sort, "Silver Lake Boat House." on Thurs
day. Mrs. ]. s. Crouch and family, Mrs. |
A. NJ. Brown, and Miss Bessie Reynolds |
made up sylvan party, and spent the af- |
ternoon and took tea ION the brink of the |
silver stream"
On account of the death of Mrs. Kum- |
pie, who was a member of the Presbyterian |
church, the Ladies Mite Society of that |
church, postponed the sociable at the
Manse, that was appointed for Thursday |
evening, and have arranged to have it |
next Thursday evening.
Last Sunday was a beautiful spring |
day, and the promenaders were numerous
accordingly. old and young taking advan-
tage of the mild air and sunshine. The |
streets and country lanes were thronged
with strollers, and everybody seemed hap
py became of the "Spring time O. the year."
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