Middletown transcript., 1895-01-12
LITTLE LOCALS.

The Christian EndeavOr Society will
have sociable at Misses Anderson's next
Thursday evening.
Miss Lillian Budd will lead the Chris.
tian Endeavor prayer meeting Sunday eve.
ming in the Presbyterian church.
For the first time this winter we heal
complaint on account of bad roads. The
thaw has wrought this cause OF complaint
The Young Mems Republican club oi
Wilmington have arranged for special
rates to Dover on Tuesday the round trip
ticket from Middletown being 80 cents.
The damp and dreary weather is in
G eat contrast to the bright crisp days of
last week, when skating and shedding were
INDUCED in by old and young with
such extraragant delight.
The sound of the church going bell has
been heard very generally in our town this
week. The week of prayer in NJ. E. and
Forest Churches and the regular services of
the season in P. E. church have given every
one chance to be religious.
The Inaugural exercises will be at
tended by number of Middetown peo-
pie. Mrs. NJ. B. Burris of our town with
other ladies will grace the governors
reception and great m any ofour young
people will attend the Inaugural ball,
The merchants are now offering great
inducements to buyers. and the mid-winter
clearing and reduction sales are attracting
the shoppers. We call attention especially
to S. NJ. Reynolds & Co.'S advertisements in
this issue, also to Strawbridge & Clothier's,
both of which are full of suggestion to the
housewife.
-Middetown is to suffer quite loss on
account of removals from town in the
spring. Besides large number of R R
men who will move to Townsend, there
are number of families who will 90 to the
city. and others to the country, so that the
indications are that we will have room and
to spare for an influx of good citizens.
Mrs. v. L. Culbertson had the misfor.
tune to fall on the slippery pavement Sum
day evening as she was entering the M. E
Parsonage, and sustained painful injuries
that have quite disabled her ever since. She
was compelled to remain at the parsonage
during the whole week, and is not yet able
to walk. She has the sympathy of many
friends in her affliction.
-"Mis'able" as the weather has been, it
was lovely to sit by the glowing fire, and
dive deep into the literary sweets of the well
stocked library table. where the Century,
the Cosmopolitan. the Review of Reviews
and various others popular periodicals lay
in tempting array. Our magazines furnish
library in themselves, and happy the man
or woman who has the time to peruse their
pages.
We are sorry to learn that Middletown
will not be able to secure the University
Extension Course of Lectures this winter.
A recent letter from the Secretary to one of
our most zealnns workers for intellectual
advancement states that every night but
two is taken for the next three months.
which fact gives an idea of their popularity
We hope to give our readers some informa-
ton in regard to these lectures next week.
and another season we may be able to Sc
cure them.
-"Old Farmer Hopkins" said to be one
of the brightest rural dramas ever written,
will be produced, January 10th. by the
well-known comedian, Frank s. Davidson,
and an excellent company. Special scenery.
mechanical effects. specialties Of high
order, all 60 to make "Old Farmer Hop
kins" the great success it undoubtedly is.
Speaking of its presentation in Pittsburg
the Leader says: "At the Opera House last
evening that irresistible and quaint come
dian. Frank s. Davidson, kept a large
audiecne in good humor for three straight
hours. He is one of the rising comedians
of the day."