Smyrna times., 1902-09-24
CHESWOLD.
Shipment Of Keiffer Pears Now OCCUPIES
the Attention of Cheswold Farmers-Ex-
perience Of Two Cheswold Visitors.


the Attention of Cheswold Farmers
perience Of Two Cheswold Visitors.
Special Correspondence to the TIMES.
CHEswoLD, Sept. 22:-Keiffer pears
are loading here to-day at 20 cents per
basket. w. S. Hardcastle has bought
three orchards of this fruit in this
vicinity at the above figure delivered
at the car. W. F. Mckee, south of |
Cheswold, is the leading keiffer pear
grower in this locality. Tomatoes are
falling off and prices took an upward
turn last week, bringing 2S cents per
basket Friday and Saturday.
Mr.. jeff Cooper is laying the foun-
dation for an eleven feet by 81 feet
addition to his store property. Mr.. A.
G. Baxter is also building farm house
on his land two miles south of Ches-
void.
Mr.. G. w. Hazel, near Cheswold, put
small belt on a rat to test its virtue
for driving other rats off his place.
He found it would not work as a
driver of the rodents and caught the
bell rat the second time in trap.
Two visitors in Cheswold from one
of the large cities on awaking Sun
day morning for the day, heard a
queaking sound mingled with tearing
of paper, when before they could in
vestigate the whole ceiling of their
room came down upon them. 1t is
said to have been a most comical ex-
perience when the husband extricated
himself from the mantle of mortar
bearing upon his outstretched form
and was in the act of raising window
to call for an ambulance when the
wife then emerged from it said: "wait
George until we see how badly we are
hurt" They both fortunately escaped
with only slight bruises, some sand
in their eyes, aud a much disordered
room.
Mr.. Daniel Keith, the assistant agent
at our railroad Office, had just set him
self up at housekeeping with us,is now
assigned to Hartley. Mr.. and Mrs.
Keith and little Naoma left this morn
ing for their new home.
Sunday was a dull day in Church
work. Pastor Roe preached in the
morning to a reduced congregation
from John IA and 81. The Junior
League, Miss Lulu Boggs supsrinten'
dent, will resume meeting Sunday
afternoons, October 5th.
Mr.. Harry Ross seems to be leading
in this section with big crop of toma
toes. Some think it probable he will
get so tons from so acres.
Personal. Frank Lodge anC
daughter Iva spent Thursday last will
Mrs. M. A. Casson. Mr.. and Mrs
George Dannenhauer of Philadelphia
were guests of J. H. Dannenhaue
Saturday and Sunday.-Mrs. Thoma
Keith of Little Greek, was a guest o
Mrs. Daniel Keith last week.-Mrs.
Donovan, daughter Edna and sol
: Walter of Atlantic City, are visiting
her parents, MI. and Mrs. Jacob Un
? ruh.-Mrs. Elias Elliott of Mills
: borough, was a guest at the parsonag
: last week. Mrs. Kate E. Smithers o
a Smyrna, was a Cheswold visitor las
: week when she met the ladies of on
w. G. T. o., in parlor meeting at th
parsonage and also visited the newl
% orgauized union at Leipsic. job
IS G. Cantwell and family and Miss Coz
'e Wright of Chester, Pa, are guests {
10 Mr.. and Mrs. W. s. Cantwell.-M
10 Moore Of Seaford are visiting Che
I. void friends. Masters Lawrence'ar
b Dawson Cooper are visiting their unc
lg Arthur Cooper, Philadelphia.