Middletown transcript., 1902-02-08

NOTICE no FARMERS. w. 4. & :
WI. Preston will be at the National Hotel
Middletown, Del, on Tuesday, Februar!
! 18th, ct Q o'clock to contract with th1
farmers for tomatoes for the coming sea
son.
If you want to spend q pleasant even
ing, 90 to the Middletown Opera House
tonight. The musical and comedy
drama, Down on the Farm, has beer
drawing large audiences and pleasing the
people. Tickets on sale at Letherbury's,
Mr.. Thomas A. Smith has purchased
dwelling in North East, Nd, and last
week had Messrs. o. Z. Bradley & Son
60 to that place and take the building
down. Mr.. Smith had the material ship
ped to this town, and in the early spring
will purchase lot and have two modern
dwelling erected from the house he pur-
chased In the Maryland town.
Packing houses on the Peninsula are
said TO be experiencing more difficulty
this year than ever before in making
contracts with farmers and some Of them
are turning their attention to renting
land and growing crops themselves.
Gamers are now offering 81 per ton but
growers are slow to make contracts. The
general impression is that corn will be g
more profitable crop next season, there
fore there will not be near as many
tomatoes grown.
Mr.. Earle Grifenburg, formerly resi-
dent of this town, now Chicago, ,Ill.,is gain
ing quite reputation as an artist. He is
now visiting relatives at Summit Bridge.
He has been studying for the past three
years, having taken the Gold Medal IN
his class Of 1899, and again in 1900. He
has also received the fourth prize OF a
Gold Medal from the Paris Exposition
in 1900, and is on the way to most sue
cessful career as an artist. He has, while
East, made some fine sketches OF the
Brandywine, near Wilmington.
The New Castle County Farmers In
stitute will meet in the Gentlemens'
Club room on South Broad street to-day.
The meetings are free to the public, and
q large attendance is desired. The morn
ing session will begin at 10 o'clock, and
the afternoon session will begin at 2
O'Clock. At the morning session, Mr..
Edward Van Alstyne, of New York, will
make an address, his subject being,
'sFood and Care of a Dairy Herd. At
the afternoon session, the same gentle
man win again speak on Lessons from
the Model Dairy Pan-American, 1901. |"
Mr.. Van Alstyne was the Commissioners
in charge of the Model Dairy at the Pan
American Exposition, and is a very in
teresting and instructive talker.
Not for years have the people Of this
community enjoyed sleighing as they
have during the past ten days, and it may
be several years before the merry bells
will be heard again for 50 long time.
1t has afforded lots of sport for those who
have fast horses, and caused others who
Imagined they had flyers" to take a
back seat The young man who was for
tunate enough to own sleigh had little
trouble in finding one or more lady
friends, who were willing to turn out in
all kinds Of weather just to have sleigh
hride, and the less fortunate fellow had to
console himself with the thought,
there'll come time some day. So num-
erous were the fast steads that it would
be doing someone an injustice to name
the best horse in the lot, and it is fact
that cannot be disputed that we have
many good horses in this section.