Middletown transcript., 1898-06-18

1 81 @ksaass Atcs CAnss WOOk ana lowest prices.
SALARY.-To teacher or to man Or
woman Of good church standing, willing to
learn our business and then to act as our
Manager and State Correspondent here
Salary 5000 per year. Enclose SELF ad-
dressed stamped envelope for particulars to
A. 2. 7. Elder, General Manager, ls9
Michigan Ave-. Chicago. Ill.
-Children's Day at the M. e. Church
was observed last Sunday morning. and
was very pleasant occasion. At Forest
Presbyterian Church in the evening the
services were more elaborate than usual
and the singing under the direction of Mr..
George G. Rowe was excellent. The day was
warm, such as June often brings.
Mr.. F. II. Burgess returned on Thurs
day from New York where he was success
fIl In securing contracts which will keep
their six factories busy during the entire
season on shirts. The factory here has
been engaged for some weeks upon
making flags, and it is proposed to make
shirt waists. skirts, etc., SO that the en-
whatever is the most urgent.
The Eighteenth Pennsylvania Volun-
teers left Philadelphia at IL o'clock yester-
day for Delaware City. The regiment num-
bers 900 men. The men will encamp at
Delaware City to be ready to repel invasion.
Nearly 200 recruits for the Fourteenth
Regiment. encamped at Fort Mott, passed
through Wilmington yesterday to the Della
ware pier. where they were transferred to
boat and were taken to the fort.
The wsmen who vote at the sc hoo
elections this month will kiss their fans tol
Mr., Henry Ridgely, Jr., their real emanci-
pator. He is q young man of taste and ed
ucation. 1t is hoped that his head is cool
enough to bear this feminine popularity
temperately. 'Twould be pity to see
good man swept off his feet in teapot
wave Of faroma.-"Smyrna CALL
I'm the United States this year the total
wheat acreage is A. .000, 900 acres, or $780,
600 more than last year. An average Of
IL bushels to the acre would give a total
production of 516,000,000 bushels. An
average of 15 bushels would raise the total
to 645, 100000 bus. The government crop
reports place the average condition of win
ter wheat at co. as compared with 1876 last
year. The acreage and conditions. there
fore, indicate crop for the present year of
not less than 600 00O, 900 bushels.
j. Frank Brinkerhof, of Philadelphia,
Specialist in Lenses for the Eye, will again
be in Middletown at Mrs. Massey's Jewelry
store on Tuesday, June 21. No charge to
examine your eyes to determine if you will
be benefited by wearing glasses, or having
your present glasses changed to those that
fit you properly. If You have headache
that medicine does not relieve why not
have your eyes tested as that is likely the
trouble. Only properly fitted glasses will
relieve eye strain and headache
The anniversary at Old Drawers last.
Sunday was a success in every way. The
day was warm but so were the greetings
which the friends of the historic edifice had
for each other. The son-in-law and grand
/ sons of the Rev. George Foote occupied the
platform morning and afternoon. and
Foote Memorial Day was al success. Drs.
Vallandigham and F. II. Moore assisted,
and L. G. Vandegrift, Esqr., Judge Spru-
ance and Chief Justice Lore also spoke
briefly. The attendance was large.
The rule is that all anonymous articles
go into the waste paper basket. but here is
one worthy of an exception "The TRAN
SCRIPT. Can you direct attention through
your columns to unsightly heaps by side of
public road leading to Smyrna from your
town. Nature made beautiful rayine and
your town empties cellars and worse there.
Many visitors exclaim with surprise that 1t
is permitted. Do for sake of your town
complain of it.
Wilmington, June Is. '9S."
Farmers haye experienced considerable
trouble in getting tomato plants out this
season, owing to the wet weather at the
time for planting and replanting. The rose
bug has done considerable damage to the
plants and it is safe to say that there viii
not be more than half crop. Gamers are
offering from $6 to 81 per ton and it is said
Baltimore parties will pay 80 per ton. The
market is clear Of canned tomatoes and the
price will undoubtedly be high. Very few
growers are making contracts.-Dove
Index.
The Brown Cottage school closes to-day
for the summer vacation with picnic in
Mr.. A. II. Donovan's lawn. Miss Bessie
Anderson Is the teacher and for several
years the people Of the whole district have
Joined in the closing picnic where the par
ents become better acquainted with the
children of their neighbors, the playmates
Of their own little ones. The following is
the roll of honor for June: Minnie Smith,
Alberta Cochran, Louise Cochran, Daisy
Bender, Grover Bender, Elwood Padley,
Pierce Donovan, Albert Donovan, James
Lockwood.
Professor Wesley Webb, secretary Of
the Peninsula horticultural societ ty, says
that there is poor outlook for fruit this
year on the Peninsula. Last March he
says, there was good prospect for all
fruits. but the April storms about ruined
the. fruit south Of Kent county, Del. In
New Castle and Kent counties, DEL, and in
Kent county, Md, there win be fair crop
of apples and pears and q considerable
quantity of peaches, although the June
drop is causing loss Of the latter. The
strawberry yield has been large. but the
prices are SO low that some of the growers
are allowing the strawberries to rot in the
fields.
I'm his report to the government statis-
tician Mr.. James T. Shallcross put the crop
for May ut 100, but since the wheat has
headed out naarly all fields show q falling
off of .. least 15 points and some have fal-
len as low as 80 points. The ravages
of the Hessian fly have caused this condi-
| tion of the crop. Peaches, where the trees
are in health, are plentiful and promising.
The apple crop is failure. Mr.. ShalIcross
will have full crop of pears. Japan
plums are plentiful. All patches Of early
potatoes are looking well. Corn is grow
ing, and generally good stand. In few
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