Middletown transcript., 1909-12-23
Wheat sl.i2: corn so cents.

W neat SA.lzi corn " ceutss
II you are looking ior poultry or beel
call as ". 9 JOSEs'
Ask ior BIoME's CruIlers and Frui,
Cake.
Good pure lard, my own make.
W. G. JONES.
The scarcity Of butter is causing house
wives great anxiety over their Christmas
cake.
For basket Of fancy eating apples call
at VIC JONES.
Make the editor q Christmas present
Of that subscription money due for The
TRANseRIPT.
The public schools of the county closed
for the Christmas holidays Thursday. They
will reopen January Sd.
Home-dressed meats of all kinds, at
w. G. JONES.
II you want Pure Buckwheat Flour you
can get it at EVANS EXCHANGE.
Dr. J. Allen johnson will examine your
teeth and give estimate without charge.
am paying the highest cash prices for
all kinds of fur. w. G. JONES.
FOR RENT.-My dwelling on East
Cochran street. Possession given March
25th, 1910. Apply to
w. REESE PARKER.
DR.. ]. @. Sites has removed bis denta
Office to the rnilding recently vacated by
the Western lion Telegraph Co., next
door to J. L. Shepherds Office.
FOR RENT.-Store and dwelling at
Mt. Pleasant. Possession given at once
Apply to 7. E. CLAYTrN,
Mt. Pleasant, Del
George w. Ingram has sold for s. NJ.
Lockw wood his home farm, Sunny Side,"
adjoining MID lletown containing 81 acres.
to J. G. Aston. Consideration 5000.
Don't forget that We can supply you
with large or small quantities of Ice
Cream. All standard flavOrs."
MIDDLEToWN FARMS, Inc.
The mill ponds in this section are frozen
over to a depth of from four to five
inches, and owners of ice houses began
filling them Thursday morning.
A very pleasant church sociable was
held in the Sunday school room OF Forest
Presbyterian Church on last Friday even.
ing. Recitations and music were given
and treat of cake aud coffee.
Those having bills against the Estate #
G. F. Brady, will please present the samt
not later than December 3lst, 1909, as i
wish to make finaI settlement, with thr
Register. FRED BRADY, Executor.
After October first, the Library hour
will be as follows: Tuesday. $50 to 5; FIJI
days, to 8 80; Saturdays, 8 to 5. Til,
Library will be open on Tuesday evenings.
from z to $3.50, for school children excln
sively.
Unclaimed Letters-The following list
OF letters remain unclaimed in the pos,
Office for the week endIng December IL i:
Mrs. Mary q. Benson, Eipah Car, (Dean
Letter) A. Fl epeH Dead Letter) NJ
Harry William.
We have in STORAGE several hundred
tons Of HIGH GRADE LEHIGH ano
BITUMINOUS COAL. You don't have
to place your order beforehand as it is AL.
WAYS IN STOCK. We have just added
to our yard nice lot OF SAWED WOOD.
Phone5. JESSE L. SHEPHERD.
The Delaware Bible Society at q recent
meeting d,nated 200 more Bibles 20 the
artillerymen at Fort dupont and the
books will be delivered to the fort She
latter part OF this week. The society will
also donate number Of Bibtes to tile
Physicians and Surgeons Hospital 10
Wilmington at later date.
Constantly on hand, all sizes Of the
Best Veins and best prepared Hard Coal,
for Heaters, Ranges aud Cook Stoves.
Clean and iull weight. Prompt delivery
at lowest prices. Also Cord Wood sawed
to stove length, 81 90 for carttoad. Ii
you have not been using our coal, try ii
and be happy. 6. E. HUKILL
While skating on 'SiIver Lake" Tues.
day morning, Messrs. Norman Gill and
Charles Lewis venlured OH some thin ice
and broke through, but fortunately there
were several other young men near who
rendered immediate assistance by throw
ing one of them rope and the other
pole, and succeeded in pulling them out.
"We have a little secret we'd like TO
have You share, On Thursday morn aI
half past nine; We hope that you'll be
there" Thus read the invitations sent
by the pupils of Grades Nos !, 2, and
of the Middletown Public Schools, to
the teachers and pupils in the other de-
partments. The invitation vas joyfully
accepted and the little ones gave a very
delightful entertainment which was eli.
jlyed by the teachers, pupils aud visitors.
The Assembly room and the recitation
rooms were decorated with holly and
evergreen, and Christmas tree was trim-
med by Miss Lewis for the pupils in the
primary department. "0ldz Kris" has
been seen several times in the school
Fooms, no doubt looking up the record
of the children to see who deserves full
stocking and who an empty one. The
schools will close to-day for the Christ.
mas holidays.
The merchants of MiddletoEn have
made extensive preparations for the
Holiday trade. There is no need Of the
people Of this county going to the city
20 buy Holiday goods when our stores are
so we'll provided and the goods are 90
reasonable in price. There is no need
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