Middletown transcript., 1898-06-25
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very red smile. Messers. King and Mat
thews are the artists.
If you are too busy to have your pho
tograph taken now, why not make an en-
gagement with Trinkelere.
The frequent rains this week has given
boom to vegetation and made the farmer
as happy as puppy with two tails to wag.
The weather has been quite cool this
week. The thermometer registered AZ
Thursday evening. 1t was warmer yester-
ter being 81 at noon.
by payment of town tax before July
1st five per cent. may be saved. No notice
has been given. President Naudain OF the
Peoples Bank is the collector.
-WANTED.-Man or Woman of good
church standing, teacher preferred, to take
charge of small Office here, attending to
mail resulting from our extensive adver-
tising Salary 5000 per year. Enclose
self-addressed stamped envelope to A. 2. L.
Elder, General Manager, 189 Michigan Ave-,
Chicago, ILL.,
The members of the last Legislature
are said to be disappointed. When the
previous session adjourned the members
were to meet again, and the railroad com
pany extended the passes so that they
would be good for the remainder OF the
year. This time it was expected that the
company would do the same thing, but no
order to that effect has been issued and
some of the statesman have been compelled
to pay railroad fare.
The largest elephant in the Barnum
& Baily show, recently exhibiting IN
Liverpool, having developed dangerous
characteristics, was put out of the way. A
long rope was wound around his neck
three times, and by the aid of pulleys and
ninety men the gigantic beast was strangled.
Curiously enough, the. rope used was ma
nila, the elephants name was Don, and
Barnum & Baily come from America.
The imam of the world" says: my
body is my house. live there"-and no
very high requirements are made of him.
But the man of the spirit-the Christian
saws: my body is temple of God; the
Spirit of God dwelleth in me-" The thing
NAV be no truer of him than of the other
man, but he processes it, and that makes
great difference as to the judgment of con-
duct, and great difference also in the ef-
feet of conduct.
The commencement exercises OF the
public school graduates at the Opera House
on Monday evening were very pleasant.
The decorations were abundant and pretty,
and the audience was large and enthusias-
tic. The graduates were Florence Gill, Lu-
cien Green, Elizabeth Hopkins, George D.
Jelley, Jr., Albert L. Massey, and Helen
Smith. The members of the School Board
and others were seated on the platform.
The singing was good, the Grafton and es-
saws were up to date. The feature was the
addresses to the class by William s. Hilles
Esqr. His talk was timely. patriotic, and
| full of good common sense. His closing
"ideals" was eloquence.
| AT meeting of the Board of Trustees
of the Conference Academy last week the
following faculty was elected for the ensu-
ing year: Rev. Vaughan s. Collins, prin'
cipal, English Bible, Ethics and Oratory
| Rev. John P. Burdettee, vice-principal
Mathematics and Science; John Levin
Sparklin, Greek and Grecian History; Cecil
| A. Ewing, Latin and Roman History; Miss
Emma R. Potter, French and Art; Miss
Isadore E. Cropsey, Vocal and Instrumental
Music; Miss Amy E. Conkling, Music; Miss
Mary R. Caldwell, English Literature and
History; Miss Annie E. Miles, English
Branches; Miss Estella L. Deakyne, Steno
graphy and type-writing; Mrs. Vaughan
S. Collins, Preceptress.
| Mr.. s. E. Massey did very feeling
though perhaps not very popular act In
reporting the cruelty practiced by som'
young men on a stray dog on Thursday at
noon opposite his mothers jewelry
store. They tied dynamite shooting
cracker to the dogs tail and set it off. The
boys called it fun" Mrs Massey ex
claimed how cruel. That was the first &C
and Mr.. Massey thoughtit it the last. Shortly
he heard the dogs cry again and goinl
across the street saw the young men in tn
"funny act" He protested again and re
ported to the squire with the result tha
: two of the participants paid a fine of on
dollar each and costs amounting to $4.2
each. That was act two. Mr.. Massey j
fond of dumb animals and is always kint
} to them. He did kindness to the youn
> men who forgot that wanton cruelty to th
brute is an unlawful act, small in the eye
5 of some but one that may lead to more an
greater cruelty. Mr.. Massey has the ap
: proval of duty done AMI the thanks o
feeling people.
of all the great fortunes Of Americ
one most distinctly and legitimateIy wa
fortune is that of the DuPonts, who for a
most century have controlled the manu-
facture of gunpowder in the United State
: In 1902 Eleuther l. DUPONT, a Frencl
: refugee, established himself in Delawart
: where he commenced in small way
manufacture explosives. The war of 1S1
K anu the MeAlCdl WdI ulu uuCu AOl tAo III
dustry which his descendants carried ol
4 In every generation one or more member
. OF the family have paid for the famil
riches with their lives through explosion
q in the mills, for the DuPonts must be thei
own chemists and superintenents and M
: chanics. The priceless secrets of the
q craft pass from father to son. During th
+ civil war their contract with the Govern
mept involved millions of dollors, and th
present war with Spain when the cost I
:. firing single projectile is enormous, wi
!; add greatly to their wealth, which is est
: mated to exceed 800, 900, 900.
It The following is the crop report Fl
"a Delaware for the week ending June 21s
# The only rainfall reported occurred {
Monday the 18th, in the form of light al
insufficient showers. The latter part of Il
week was cool. Fairly good progress
: crop growth was made, but transplantil
of tomatoes and sweet potatoes was pl
: vented by the lack of moisture and bak
"a condition of the ground. The pea crop b
!, suffered from the prevailing dry weatht
and unless more rain is received the or
will be materially shorteded. Corn is dol
lr | rondorafa1u u,ol Cultivation of fbn nr