Middletown transcript., 1895-07-20

That the advantages of Middletown,
place of fsummer residence are being r
cogn ized, is seen in the number of person
who are summering here. Families frol
New York, :. Philadelphia, Baltimore. an
other places are domiciled here for the sun
mer, but there is still room for more.
| Among the many Middletown visitor
at Augustine Pier on Thursday, were Misse
Edith and Louise Reynolds and their guest
Mr.. William Metten, Miss Mary Cochran
Mr.. William Brady, Misses Derrickson, MI
Parkers family, Mr.. Gray Taylor. Mrs. A
M. Browne, Miss Bessie Reynolds and Free
Crouch.
DIR. Thomas Fl. Gilpin with the othel
members of Governor Watsons staff, had
delightful trip on the steamer Aurelia thi
week. The party were guests of Col. J. J
| Ross. They started across the Chesapeak,
to the Potomac, but on account of a very
heavy sea, were obliged to change theil
course and went up the Wicomico river te
Salisbury.
The housewife is busy making jellies,
jams, and other preserves, and the mid.
summer air is laden with the appetizing
ordors of many delicacies, The summer
months that bring vacation, rest and rec
reation to some only double the HOUSEWIFE Z
tasks, and from now until early autumn
she will be laying up store Of delectable
sweets for the winter.
The Church Camp, that has been in pro-
gress at Trinity A. NJ. E. Church, for the
past two weeks, closed on Thursday night.
The meetings were well attended, the
crowd on Sunday exceeding any previous
attendance. The new pastor Rev. James
Morris is to be commended for his efforts
to teach his people more rational religion
than has hitherto characterized their wor-
ship, but they are slow to learn.
Mr.. Gremminger of Odessa is very sue
cessful at bee culture, and the output of
honey from his 80 hives this season is very
gratifying. He has one hive which he
calls the Boss Hive of the lot. He put a
new swarm Of bees in it the last week in
May, and the first week in July he took
from it three supers or cases, each contain
ing "a boxes filled with beautiful white
honey, in all 72 boxes averaging nearly
lb. each.
Major John Jones Post %. G. A. r. has
moved its headquarters to Reynolds Hall
in Cochran Square where the members
have arranged their belonging as costly and
as possible. But there are
few who manifest any interest in the Post,
even among the members, that it is difficult
to maintain the organization in an abid-
ing place. The patriotic, social and frater-
nal spirit which it represents should keep
it from the lack of funds, even though its
are mostly poor old soldier
boys"
The Board Of Education. on Friday
evening elected Prof. De Keller Stamey, Of
Lees Cross Roads. Pa, Principal of the
Middletown Public Schools. He is per-
sonally unknown to any of the Board, but
bis recommendations were such as to give
very general satisfaction. He formerly
taught in Temple College Philadelphia. and
is highly commended by Rev, Russell Can
we'll and others. A letter Of acceptance
from Prof. Stamey was received by the Sec |
-etary on Wednesday. All the other |
eachers were reelected, and the different |
will have the same efficient |
md careful instructors of the past year.
The whistle Of the steam thresher is |
low heard in the land. and every farmer
Who can is getting his grain out in
he field, while others are having it
tackled. The yield is very fair, but the
yheat is yet quite damp from the late rains
nd there have been no shipments made
'et from this station. Among those whose
rops are garnered are Mr.. VIM. Taylor,
Who got 800 bushels, an average to the
ere Of 27 bushel Fultz wheat Michael
)ignam on the Polk farm has 900 bushels,
N average of 20 to the acre. The Shaw
Bros. on the Cowgirl farm got 1900 bushels
rom an 50 acre field, averaging lover %
'ushels. Mr.. HI. A. Nowland, near town,
ot % bushels to the acre. s. M. Reynolds,
rom his farm at Newark, got % bushels
er acre from 20 acre field.