Middletown transcript., 1895-05-11
Local News.


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-Planked shad is the popular peninsula
delicacy just now.
A beautiful rainbow was visible after
the showers on Tuesday.
Everybody should feel happy at the
prospect of plentiful fruit crop through
out the State.
Strawberries are quite plentiful in the
Wilmington market, retailing at Is and 1S
cents per quart.
With Lilacs, Shrubs and appletrees in
bloom, the air seems laden with the very
breath of heaven.
The Presbyterian Manse is having inn
provements in the way of new paper and
plant and other inside decorations.
There are number of Middletown
gardens that have already yielded a plenti-
full supply of radishes and lettuce.
singer who can sing and won't
A long-felt want must fill;
She's so much better, don't you know,
Than the one who can't and will.
The gasoline stove is found of great
value since the warm wave swept the earth
and every body who has one is glad to use
it.
The ladies of st. Pauls M. E. Church of
Odessa will hold Strawberry Festival in
Town Hall, on Wednesday and Thursday
evenings. 22d and 23d inst.
Now that the base ball season is on,
and the summer girl in sight, we may
have little rest from Napoleon and
Trilby. Anything for change.
For sALE:-The property on the South
west corner Broad and Green streets, the
residence of the late Charles Beasten. Ap-
ply on the. premises after May 25.
Eight new subscribers this week, six the
week before and twelve. the week before
that. Thanks, good friends. Come again.
The most cordial welcome awaits you.
The Wilmington school mains and
pupils have enjoyed May day holiday of
a weeks duration, this week having been
given up to recreation and the study of Ma
ture.
Charles Schulmaster, carriage trim
mer, in Wilmington, aged so years COM
mitted suicide on Monday by drinking
laudanum. Domestic trouble was the
cause.
The old blue flag, the Iris, is blooming
in all its royal beauty. The dandelion too,
and yellowviolet. have joined the galaxy Of
spring beauties and other flower friends
are soon to follow.
The out o door season has come, and
old and young are enjoying the porch
rocker and hammock. Who would live in
land where there were no front porches
or warm summer evenings?
Grace Orchestra, of Wilmington, will
give concert in the Pencader Presbyter-
ian church, Glasgow, on Thursday evening
May 10th to which they iuvite all their
friends and the general public.
The copious rains of last week followed
by the warm sunshine of this week, seem
to have put new life into every living
thing. Plants never seemed to grow so
fast, nor leaves to unfold so rapidly.
The only fault one could find with this
weather is that it is not "mejum" enough
The thermometer is away up in the ninties.
and still getting higher. and the tempera-
ture is more like midsummer than early
May.
Rev. L. 1. Wood will preach on the
following subjects at the NJ. E. Church to-
morrow: At 1880. "The Talents" Mat rs
IA. At 7.30 1.-THE Gospel and the cry of the
Masses" Acts 16-9. You are cordially in.
vited to the services.
There will be three fair girl graduates
at the Middletown Schools this year: Misses
sallie Jolls, Mary Maxwell and Hattie
Barnard. There were also three girls in
last years class, and the inquiry comes
"where are the boys"P
The birds from the sunny south which
summer in this region have nearly all ar
rived, and the air is pulsing with their
song of joy. Of all the wild whistling war
blers there are none more welcome than
the black bird and thrush.
There were great many visitors in
town last Saturday, and the merchants
were busy all day. In the evening the
Plaza was lined with teams. and the streets
thronged with pedestrians, and much OF
the old time activity seemed to have re-
turned:
The lawn fete and strawberry festival
to be given by the Diamond State Band on
the school grounds, next Wednesday and
Thursday evenings, bids fair to be very
enjoyable affair, if the weather is favorable,
The "boys" are worthy Of liberal pa
tronage.
The Marshallton public school OF
which Franklin Brockson is Principal,
will have flag-raising this afternoon,
which will be great event in the history
ofthe school. The flag staff is said to be
the tallest unspliced staff in the state, ii
measures 70 feet above ground. The flag
and staff are furnished by the pupils.
Fruit growers have been somewhat
exercised over rhe reported injury to
peaches by the recent rains and continued
damp cloudy weather. Several growers
near Bridgeville report their crops serious
ly damaged. and in various sections down
the state the buds are said to be badly
burt But the crop bids fair to be good.
Gov. Watson has appointed Willard F.
Smith, County Superintendent Of Public
Schools for New Castle county. Prof
Smith is a native of Newark, graduate Of
delaware College. and for the past two
wears has been principal Of the Delaware
City Schools. lie Is young Hsh shu =
well spoken Of both as man and an edu-
Gator.