Smyrna times., 1895-07-03

lives, with indications Of being carried
under in the rising current for higher
grade of political method. Quay is
finding Governor Hastings and other
leading men great barriers in his way.
SMYRNA and Vicinity.
WHERE are you going to celebrate
the Fourth?
A seven pound German carp was
caught in the creek Saturday.
THE Fourth may be glorious, but
you needn't get in the same condition.
THE ice-man appears cool these hot
days, but he allows his business to in
tuence his feelings.
Do some men ninety and nine faVOrs
and decline doing them one more, and
they will be your enemy ever after.
THE Circle of Kings Daughters will
meet this evening at the home OF Miss |
Mary w. Thompson. SECRETARY.
DURING the thunder storm on Thurs
daV afternoon hail fell in several places |
in this vicinity, but without damage. |
OUR Street Supervisors are keeping |
our street in good condition. In fact, |
they are in better shape now than they |
have been for years.
LEwEs ,S WHEATMAN are placing a
drive well for the Messrs COunselman
at Smyrna Landing, and putting in L
hot air engine at Woodland Beach.
! The Christian Endeavors Society
will hold business meeting this even
| in the lecture room of the NJ. E.Church
at 80 o'clock. A full attendance re-
quested.
AT the school election last Saturday
there lacked any contest, and every
thing passed off quietly. Il resulted
in the reelection of B. V. Weldon and
y. F. Wlds as School Commissioners
for another term.
ENOUGH rain fell on Sunday morn
ing. if properly distributed through
the season, to make a corn crop. So
much water falling in June, the fear is
very natural that there may be de-
ticiency when most needed.
BRENFORD, if not its former, will
doubtless show a good deal of activity
this year in the peach season. One of
the largest shippers from this vicinity
will be Geo Reed LOhand, whose pro-
sptctive peach crop is estimated at
from 5000 to Z GOO baskets.
Mrs. ANGELICA COLT is making a
much needed Improvement by having
the pavement in front of her property
raised and relaid. When Mrs. Ray
mond gets hers in condition the pave
ment from VIM. f. Halls corner to
Commerce street will be as level and in
as good condition as any pavement in
town.
THE dozen fishermen VINO vent down
to the river Monday evening TO board
the steamer Havana for the fishing
T banks in the ocean returned yesteT-
day evening with one fish. But one
black bass FISH, what they went to
angle for) was caught by the 200 on
= the steamer. and that by YIN. H. Carr,
: of this town.
ROBERT MCAFEE has just completed
8 painting Mt. Friendship A. NJ. +.
church outside, with decorated ceilings
inside The granting of the pulpit,
] pews etc, presents a very neat ap-
pearance. He is nog painting the
Ewell NJ. z. Church at Clayton, yhich
is going through a course of very
material improvements.
D THE last week IN June, NOTICED par
e ticularly Saturday, brought from Our
8 adjacent country green apples, buckle
berries, black berries (of the early har
vest Variety, new potatoes. to say
! nothing of raspberries, beets, string
y beans, cabbage, etc. The heads of the
4 latter. under the effect of the abundan
e rains, are large and fine, and the de
= mand is well supplied.
ANOTHER avariciOus dreamer is afte
pot Of gold This time the supposed
place is on the farm of Robert Denney
n Duck Creek, and was discovered b!
his two sons George and Reuben
y The hole is OF considerable depth
i showing wh9re it had been dug. !
D superstition features was that arOunt
g the hole was large ring, inside o
=, which was sprinkled hne salt Tn
- boys dug down about five feet. bu
u gave up in dispair
ie 4 single page in a single issue of th
le Century taken for advertising cost
.b $500, Harper'S $500, and other maga
=, zines 500 to $3.50. 4 yearly advertise
~ meut Of one column in the Chicag
IriJuae cost $28 800 for the lowest, an
500 900 for the highest price column
sc These figures will probably astonis
ot men who pay from $40 to so yea
for advertising space, and seem
~ think they are liberal advertisers.
le is evident from the above figures whi
4 it does for the sbreWd business me
no who do not invest thousands OF dOlla
- without being well assured Of setis'a
~ tory returns.
HARVESTING this year, of both whei
and grass has been under peculiar diff
culties. From foggy mornings to beg
lsV with, followed by vet ones afterward
he from u half to tbreeyGuRrters of da
ms was about all the haTvesters could pl
nd in. The tendency was of course
prOlong the harvest; but the large
lsS part of the grain, we think, was C
lar and shocked by Saturday night. Sim
en- the heavy rainfall Of Sunday the tear
int would almost mire in the feld. VIII
- is now most needed Of anything else
'.u drying winds,
he THE Kings Daughters held a We
md enjoyable picnic in"Belmont Psrk"Dl
his Friday. The weather had been
threatening that the party did not
sRe out for a whole day, but instead, spe
ad the afternoon. Mrs. G. Peters
The Speekman kindly allowed them
ed full privilege of the grounds and
-. afternoon passed off very pleasant
nA0 Neatly arranged souvenir pTogra