Middletown transcript., 1900-11-17
TOWNSEND NEWS BUDGET

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Thursday.
Edward Massey, of Masseys, Nd, was
in town on Tuesday.
Mrs. John Reeder, of Clayton, visited
here on Wednesday.
Representative-elect Richard Hodg-
son visited Wilmington on Tuesday.
The condition of Mrs. William Sharp,
mother of Charles Sharp, continues to i'm
prove.
James Morrow has been visiting in this
section for several days. He resides at
Elkton, Md.
Speaker of the Senate Charles B. Hous-
ton, of Millsboro, was in Townsend for a
few hours on Wednesday.
Mrs. Hess has been quite sick for sew
eral weeks, but is reported as being some
what improved at this writing.
Mrs. George Shockley nee Annie Guess
ford, attended the Gibson-Hutchison
nuptials last Wednesday evening.
TN. Mulford, travelling salesman,
was thrown from his buggy near here on
Monday last, and badly bruised about
the heshoulders.
A minstrel company billed to show in
Townsend on Friday night of last week
.'rbusted'' before it reached here. The |
community suffered no loss.
Messrs. ''Buck' Wells, Edward Rey-
nolds, Sereck Wilson and Lemuel Shock
lev, were among the local spoftsmen to
90 after "cotton tails'' on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Pollitt and
daughter, little Gladys, are spending
few days in this section, being guests of
relatives and many friends here. They
reside in Philadelphia.
It is generally believed here that the
next general assembly will be requested
to repeal the constitutional provision
which requires the payment of regis
tration fee of one dollar for each voter.
While in town on Tuesday Mr.. Isaac
Jones of Dover, called upon the TRAN
SCRIPT correspondent and had very in
teresting chat Mr.. Jones is well known
and popular at Dover.
Those who desire to engage in business
in Townsend are complaining of there be-
ing no stores for rent. On Main street it
is almost impossible to rent store,
while few years ago it was possible to
rent store had it been desired.
Mr.. William Daniels, of this place, has
voted at thirteen presidential elections
in 1852, Mr. James c. Wilson,
also of Townsend has voted at eleven
presidential elections, casting his first vote
for Abraham Lincoln.
A large number of sportsmen from Will
arrived here on Wednesday
evening, preparatory to beginning their
slaughter of rabbits, real early Thurs
day morning. Mostly the Wilmington
men left town before daylight, evidently
desirious of being on hand as promptly as
possible.
The local politicians are already talk
ing of the next election, although it is
quite ways off. From the manner in
which the Republicans carried the hun
1red on November 9Th last, there is no
doubt expressed of the Republicans being
able to repeat the dose to the Democrats
1t the next election. And so many of ,
'ur leading citizens are pleased over the
outlook in the political horizon.
Some of the local farmers while briefly
topping in town on various occasions,
elate some very amusing incidents ap-
to the life of the tiller of the
oil. Only day or so ago,a we'll known
armer said: "When I sold my wheat
t had powerful lot of weavil in it, but
t went to market, weavil and ALL" You 7
zee, he continued. 'Tt was all there and
he weavil brought as much as the wheat
nd so the weavil was very good thing =
fter alp 1t is needless to say that these 4
emarks gave much merriment to the Z
rowd of listeners IS