Middletown transcript., 1895-09-07

Are you going to the Cecil County Fair
next week If you miss it, you'll regret it.
-FoR SALE-Drop-foot carriage, nearly
new. cheap. Inquire at TRANSCRIPT Office.
School will open on Monday The
newly elected principal, who was expected
the first of the week. to arrange for the
years work, had not reported up to the
hour OF going to press last evening.
The Wilmington Crematory burned
1927 tons of garbage and city refuse during
the month of August. among which were
many barrels of condemned meat and fish,
wagon loads of water melons and other
fruits. premature peaches, spoiled eggs and
vegetables that, but for the crematory,
would be left to decay on the vacant lots
and fill the air with their poisonous odors.
Conference Academy, Dover, Del. stu
dents prepared for business, for teaching,
and for college. During the past year stu
dents prepared at the Conference Academy
have been in attendance at Harvard, Yale,
Princeton. Dickinson. Wesleyan, Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. Brown, Woman's
College, Wellesly and Byrn Mawr. For
catalogue apply to w. L. Gooding, Prin ci-
pal.
Secretary Herbert has decided to name
one of the new United States gun boats
Wilmington" in honor of the metropolis
of Delaware, and people of that city, are
taking quite lively interest in the matter.
A fund is already started to purchase a sill
yer service for the war ship and it is expec-
ted that one of Wilmington's fair daught-
ers will preside at the christening when the
craft is launched. It'll being built at New
port News.
The death of three noted Philadelphia
artists within brief period has led the
Academy of Fine Arts of that city to under
take memorial exhibition of their works,
accompanied by appropriate exercises.
One of the artists whose work is to be thus
honored, is the late Isaac 7. Williams who
was the last of the old American school,
and well known here. The others are
Thomas Hovenden and Peter f. Rother-
mel. AS it is desired to make the exhi-
bition full and representative one, the
Academy desires to hear from those who
own pictures by these artists.
The annual picnic of st. Annes P. E.
Sunday School was held on Thursday in a
beautiful grove on Mr.. H. B. McDowelPs
farm near old st. Anne's where the little
people and also the boys and girls of older
growth spent one perfect day. The spot
was. beautiful, with tall trees and bab-
bing brook, and having been specially pre-
pared for the occasion by the kind host,
was a very inviting place to picnic. The
cordial hospitality of DR.. and Mrs. Nc
Dowell was heartily appreciated by both
young and old. and many of the juveniles
are anxious to repeat the pleasures of the
day.
The eclipse of the moon on Tuesday
night was the astronomical event of the
season, and was great success. 1t came
offpromptly on time and was viewed by
both the man and the maid, and was
throughout one of the best managed affairs
on record, both in terrestrial and celestial
sense It was the second total eclipse of
the moon this year, but the other was not
success on account of the weather. Gu
Tuesday night however the weather was
perfect, not cloud visible, and when the
moon began to adjust her veil-her black
veil of darkness. all earth stood in awe.
The mundane people who went off to bed
before the performance began, missed
magnificent sight.
Rev. F. H. Moore will be home to-day
and will fill his pulpit in Forest Presbyter-
ian Church tomorrow. He sailed from
Southampton, August 2S on the North
German Lloyd steamer Lain, and arrived
safely in port September 8. While crossing
the English channel, some weeks ago, dur
ing dense fog, his craft collided with
another, and went to the bottom. but no
lives were lost, and the passengers, minus
their baggage and treasure store of curios,
were all rescued. News of the accident
however, caused Mr.. Moore's friends much
anxiety, and his home coming has been
eagerly anticipated for many days. He will
have a cordial welcome from the people of
this community as we'll as of his congrega.
tion.
An old lady complained to London
magistrate that because she was behind
with her rent her land-lady, after persis-
tent appeals and duns, followed her to
church and asked for it there; she even
came into the pew and sat beside her, and
during the service perverted the response
"lncline our hearts to keep this law to
"Incline cur hearts to pay our rent" But
the magistrate dismissed the case, saying
there was nothing illegal, no matter how
annoying in the land-lady's act. If it
could be ascertained that her prayer was
answered, however, there are doubtless
others similarly situated who might ap-
propriately take up the refrain, for instance
the editor might say 'Incline our hearts to
pay our subscription"