Smyrna times., 1898-03-16
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

SMYRNA AND VICINITY.
April 10th will be Easter Sunday.
Potatoes for planting are about
double the price of last spring.
Farmers commenced sewing clover
seed last week, and also plOwing.
If you want to get good looking you
must use the 'Belle of BrenfOrd. "
Jos. H. Wright has built an addi-
tional house at his lumber yard to
keep white pine dry.
The Smyrna Creamery received last
month, 81, ,649 pounds of milk, paying
so cents per 100 pounds.
I. B. Shreve will be in Smyrna to
handle horses and call sales after the
25th of March.
Ask your merchants for the "Belle
of BrenfOrd" -four, and note the re-
suits. W. Lee Springs, Proprietor. =
Rev. L. w. Layfeld will preach his
final sermon for the Conference year
next Sunday night at 7.3O P. NJ, at J err
man Chapel
A load of shad was in market yester-
day, from the Delaware. The height
Of the season is not with us usually
until the middle of April.
1t is rather early for daffodils. but
the advanced blooms of this favorite
garden flower served the purpose of
corsage bOquets on Sunday.
Last week the mercury got up in the
sixties, starting the grass, blooming
the maple trees and putting the bees
and other insects on the wing.
The Kings Daughters meeting will
be held at the home of Mrs. Lille
johnson tomorrow, Thursday even
ing, March 18th, at 7.3O o'clock.
SEc'Y.
Keiffers, 10000 left of the finest trees
and lowest prices in Delaware. Free
from all disease and San Jose Scale.
Call or write to G. W. Lord, Camden,
Del.
An old saying is ''three foggy morn
lngs and rain, )" but last week we had
four foggy mornings without rain,
albeit,it did make slight attempt at it
Sunday afternoon.
The Page Woven wire fence part of
Frank E. POstle's business is booming.
He ordered last week wire that in a di-
rect line would cover eight miles, and
also twenty wire gates.
A man who will tell lies in business
way will do the same on other occasions
Don't trust him. - The same writer
says if you can't trust business man
you certainly can't a politician.
One of our secret beneficial societies
has an attendance of 13 so often as to
excite the curiosity of some who are
not entirely satisfied about the unluck-
mess of the mystic number "13."
The Smyrna Brass Band. eleven
pieces, Will Stevenson leader. came
down to the "Four Corners" on Fri
day evening and played several tunes.
evincing a marked improvement.
The chairman of the Literary Com
mittee of the Century Club, Miss Mel
lie FAIRIES, wishes to call q meeting of
her committee at her home tomorrow.
Thursday evening, at z. 30 o'clock.
The warm south winds of last week
nFnrnqaH rrrnnIarfrr1 oIo = II
wheat fields, deepening their green.
and adding to their growth The
change is apparent also in the grassfelds
and willow trees.
The entertainment at Jerman Chapel
on Thursday evening, the program of
which, with cast of Characters. was
published IN our last issue, was execu-
ted nicely, and to the entire satisfac-
tiOn of the audience.
The "Chicken and Waffle Supper"
of the NJ. Z. Christian Endeayor So
clety last evening at the saloon of
Geo. NJ. Stevenson was well attended
and gratifying success in every wav.
The receipts were over $4,000 leaving
a net sum of about $21 90.
Edward Stats who is in the emnlov
of the Atlas Dredging Company on
pOsite Fort Delaware, has been homo
this week. Fort Mott on the Delaware
side he says is being made elective
for defence by placing heavy guns.
and also an artillery company.
Henry F. Kenney, General Supt.
of the p. w. & b. r. R., was in
Smyrna yesterday. Col. Geo. H. Raw
mond has been endeavoring to have
some improvements done at our depot.
which are badly needed. Supt. Ken
ney visited with this object in view,
but what impression was made is not
known.
If you want to get fat use the "Belle
of Brenford" hour, for it will surely
do the work. Will prove that by l..
VIM. Springs, who weighs $50 pounds
He uses the well-known ''Belle of
Brenford" -four. It's constant use
assures a contented and happy house
hold. II
Mathew Ford has a number of teams
hauling oyster shells from the Iron
Bridge to the causeway at Woodland
Beach-ten teams on Friday-to i'm
prove the road over the marsh. This
IS important for this thoroughfare
which in few months will have great
deal Of travel The steamer Ella
brought for this purpose, 45O0 bushels.
,. l.. Kahn is having important i'm
proYements made to the dwelling of
tne "kothwell farm" for the comfort
OF the family Of his new tenant-J ohm
M. Green. Mr.. Kahn, who with his
wife are now occupying rooms at
the Delaware House. will also make
his residence at the farm in the sum-
mer.