Middletown transcript., 1909-04-24
Choice Seed Oats for sale at

Choice Seed Oats for sale at
Evans FEED STORE
A heavy rainfall visited this section
Wednesday and did much good.
Store room for rent Brockson's old
stand. Apply to THIs OFFICE
High-grade dental service. Examina.
tion and estimate. free. DIR. J. Alien
johnson, Middletown. Phone IS.
The heavy rains Of the past three days
have delayed our farmers with their
Spring work.
Our enterprising merchant, Mr.. ]. B.
Messick, is advertising q large number OF
saIesmen samples in to.day's issue.
Shad are more plentiful in she local
market at this time than for many years,
and are being sold at from 80 to so cents.
DR.. ]. o. Sites has removed his dental
office to the rrilding recently vacated by
the Westet ,i-::on Telegraph Co., next
door to J. L. Shepherds Office.
FOR SALE-2OO, 600 herring, Sl.OO per
1000, at Bohemia Bridge, Md. Apply 70
L. V. KIRK,
Middletown, Del.
The program for the meeting OF the
New Century Club on Tuesday will be-:
Rome-"The Eternal City," by Mrs.
Ta,.L.l n Cbo-I,a.1
Unclaimed Letters-The following list
Of letters remain unclaimed in the post
Office for tile week ending April 18th !:
Miss Jane Blackiston.
High grade dental service. Examina-
tion and estimate, free. DR.. j. Allen
johnson, Middletown. Phone l8.
Send your items and personal notices
into the paper, that is the way to help
make it interesting. Just sign your name,
we Won't publish il, and then the article
will be sure Of getting in.
COAL FOR APRIL DELIVERY $6 so
FOR GUARANTEED TON OF 224O
LBS. DELIVERED. PURE HIGH.
GRADE COAL. G. E. HUKILL.
FOR SALE-Rose Comb Rhode Island
Red eggs by the setting or in hundred
lots, eggs fresh and fertility guaranteed.
C. P. COCHRAN.
Middletown, Del.
We now have stored in our ware
houses, Middletown and Bear, DEL,
FERTILIZERS for all Spring crops BY
bag or ton. Also car of choice SEED
OATS. Phone 5. jesse L. SHEPHERD.
The Library hours are: Tuesday, 8 80 to
5 P. NJ; Friday, Z to $50 P. NJ; Satnr-
day, 8 to 5 P. NJ. The library will be
open on Tuesday evening for the school
exclusively.
FOR sALE-One slightly used top
buggy, with extra set one inch rubber
tire wheels, will sell for $75 cash. Used
only two months. Ask y. BUR-TAN,
Cor. Broad and Main streets.
While We are not yet making ice at our
own factory we are shipping the ice in to
supply all customers. If you want ice in
wholesale way We can furnish it. The
present price is six dollars per ton.
MIDDLETowN FARMS.
EGGS FOR SETTING.-W White Ply
mouth Rock eggs, I5 for 81. 90. Ny Rocks
are the Fishel strain, and none are better
Pekin Duck eggs, lS for $l.O0. Fertility
guaranteed. Mrs. L. G. ROGERS,
FELTON,, Del.
By direction of the Post Office Depart.
ment, on and after April 25th. 1909, the
mail formerly dispatched at P. NJ, Oh
Sundays, will be dispatched at 2 P. NJ.
JOHN A. JoLIs,
Postmaster.
Mr. E. J. Steele, the florist, left at this
Office on Tuesday ripe strawberry, which
lie had grown in one OF bis greenhouses.
The berry was very large, and Mr.. Steele
informs us is Of one Of the best varieties
grown in this section.
A prominent grower says he finds live
peach buds every few and far between"
The only live buds he has been able to
find are those that had not opened. |
Cherries and pIums are in about the same
condition and be finds pears considerably
injured.
UMBRELLA ExcHAEGED.-If the kind
friend who accidentally secured possess
Of the natural wood handle, with &C.
Collins" burned in the under side Of the
handle will kindly leave same at the
Transcript Office he will receive the thanks
Of the owner.
The Globe Clothing Store has a large
ad. on the fourth page Of this issue. Mr.. |
Rosenberg found it necessary to rent the |
room adjoining his old stand owing to his
growing business, and invites you to call
and look at his new stock.
We have been advised OF the shipment
Of several hundred tons (some of which is
now on track) Of our HIGH GRADE |
LEHIGH COAL. Owing to the fact, we
are prepared to make price for April de-
liver, al $6 50per ton delivered Phone 5. |
JEseE L. SHEPHERD.
The annual election of The Light and |
Water Commission, will be held at tie |
office Of Alfred G. Cox, on Monday, MAY |
Sd, from to O'Clock, P. n. The term |
OF Mr. w. A. Comegys expires on the
above date, and he will likely be elected |
for another term.
The Delaware Experiment. Station last |
year grew 33 varieties ofcoTn in test plats. |
The yield ranged from 40 10 70 bushels |
per acre, the highest being McAuley's |
white dent Rith per cent. Of unsound |
corn; Johnson Co. white dent 68 bushels,
II per cent. unsound: Leaning yellow 80 |
bushels, l6 per cents unsouad. a score |
Of other varieties yielded so 10 60 bushels
with II to so per cent. Of unsound corn. |
Tie great chad harvest, which means
OF dollars to those who 70 after
the finny tribe Of the Delaware, 10 now |
on in earnest. Philadelphia and New