Middletown transcript., 1899-02-25
Local News.

Remember that J. F. McWhorter d Son
! have full line Of carriages and agricultural
Implements on hand
Shirts, lOc; Cuffs, 4c; Collars. &c. All
work guaranteed to be the best.-Lee Sing,
North Broad Street.
--latest style wedding invitations printed
expeditiousIy and eheaply at the TRAN
SCRIPT office.
Don It forget the entertaining and in
structive Bethesda Epworth League. Meet
ings every Sunday evening at 6.45 o'clock.
Copies made from Tin Types or any
other pictures of any description at Trink
lere's Studio.
Joseph Dawson died at his home in
Talleyville, Del, on Monday, 18th inst, ag-
ed rs years. Interment was made in Lom~
hardy cemetery on Saturday.
Always calm after Storm" Sunday,
Monday, Tuesday. and Wednesday were
delightfully."- pleasant-just the opposite OF
their pi edecessors of the week before.
IF you are going out of town for an out
ing leave your address at The Transcript
Office and the paper will follow you. 1t is
the only way to keep posted on town
affairs.
Ash Wednesday occurred on the 14th
instant; last Sunday was the first Sunday
in the Lenten season. March 26th will be
Palm Sunday, March 31st, Good Friday an
April I'd Easter Sunday.
DO you want the 'best farm wagon
made?" If so, buy the Milburn. Do you
want to double the profits from your COWS?
If So buy the American Separator. The
above are for sale by
J. F. MGWHoRTER & Son
-Middletown made a fair disDlay of
bunting Wednesday in honor of George
Washington's birthday, and the flag of
the greatest nation on the globe nnfurled
herself grandly, proudly and gracefully to
the balmy air.
Henry G. Morse. late president of the
Harlan and Hollingsworth Company Will
mington, with number of Baltimore CAPT
talists, has organized company to estab-
lish new shipyard in the latter city. It
will require .000. 900 to start the plant.
The outlook for strawberry crop on
the peninsula was never better, and as
many new and fancy varieties were set out
last spring. farmers are looking forward to
the crops with unusual interest. The recent
storms have helpel the crops wonderfully.
The great Atlantic coast storm broke
tie record. Special weather bulletin issued
by the United States Bureau says the storm
was the severest that ever swept over the
country, and that it will ever be remember
ed as the greatest storm in the history of
the Atlantic States.
In the list of the persous killed in the
the name of Walter Hanson. He was grad
uate of the New Castle High Schoul, and a
son of ex Mayor Wilmer Hanson, of that
city. During the summer young Hanson
enlisted in the regular army
Mrs. Mary Connor. who has been keep
ing house for Leonard Lewis, on the Sterling
farm, near Newark was found dead in her
bed, Wednesday morning. She was about
55 years old, aud had retired the night be-
fore she was found dead, apparently in
good health. She has a son in Wilmirgr
ton.
One of the young men employed in our
Office has been singing The Old Sow Died
With the Measles in the Spring. for the
past two weeks, and strange to relate this
young man is suffering with severe attack
of the measles. We hope our young friend
will soon be with Us again. We miss his
smiling iace.--Newark Ledger.
Delaware Gamers are haYing great
trouble in securing contracts from tomato
growers of this state. Now that the Queen
Anne's Railroad has been opened. farmers
ship their tomatoes to Baltimore, receiving
el2 to $l5 per ton for them, while the price
psid by state eanners never exceeded $3.50.
In Wilmington, too, very good prices we're
paid for tomatoes last season, and growers
find that shipping them never fails to pay
20 ne week ago the streets OF Middletown
contained more snow than had been seen
on them at any one time for at least quar-
ter of century, and now almost all
that snow has disappeared. Thus it is that
the forces of Nature serve to adjust them
selves. We have passed through, within
twelve days. blizzard. crisp winter days.
oceans of slush, drenching rains aud mild
spring weather. Great and glorious oil
nate this.
Backward, turn backward @ time in
your fight, give me that nose that breath
ed through last night Bring back the
smellersthat two days ago, knew not The
torment of continual blow. Wipe from
my moustache the moisture of sneeze, put
wooden splints on my poor weakened knees,
rub my red nose as you oft have done be-
fore, with tallow. dear mother; oh, it is SO
sore. Back ward, flow backward, o tide of
the nose. am so tired from my head to
nv toes; tired out with mopping, and cough
Ing, and sneeEingj weary from handker;
chiefs constantly seizing; have grown
weary Of sniffie and snuff, of wiping my
buEIe until il b rough. Stick my poor head
In big pillow-slip, and sew it up, mother
for 7 have Ia erippe.-our Sergeant.