Smyrna times., 1937-09-16

William Walker made mister
and fell down his cellar last night
and this morning he is going about
ON one leg.
William DickerSon is building
himself a dwelling, % by 1s feet,
on the Smyrna-Clayton road, below
"Font HILL"
The regular meeting of the w. c.
IT. u. will be held at the Reading
Room, Tuesday, the Goth inst, at
3 O'Clock p. 10.
Several farmers in this vicinity
have had their young turkeys
killed by beagle dogs which 60 out
from the town.
Since the erection of the tele-
phone you can say 'hello" to a
friend in the city as often as you
please for 25 cents.
John NJ. Voshell lost a brood
mare last week with the blind
staggers, and j. Frank Denney a
mule with diphtheria.
J. w. Denney has in his window
a big sunfiower grown by George
F. Jones of Mount Vernon street,
that measures Is inches in diamet-
er.
Charles c. Boehmler, who has
been serving the town with warm
bread for breakfast during the
Summer, will discontinue his morn
ing trips after Saturday.
William E. Baker, who took the
position at Wanamaker & Browns,
oak Hall, Philadelphia, last
Spring, has recently moved his
family from Thoroughfare Neck to
the city.
A specimen of the Globe peach
grown on a two year old tree by
John r. Wilson has been attracting
the attention of peach growers in
J. w. Jones window for the past
few days.
superintendent Handy examined
am unusually bright class of appli-
cants for teachers positions on Sat
urday, numbering twenty-six. They
were about equally divided between
the sexes.
This variety started in Pennsyl-
vania and first claimed attention
here two years ago. In addition
TO being a beautiful peach it has
the other high quality Of being a
good keeper.
Richard Brown is serving a good
purpose in meeting the midnight
train during the Constitutional
Celebration in Philadelphia, with
his omnibus. 1t will be a great
accommodation to the travellers.
The editor of the Middletown
Transcript who visited Smyrna last
week says in the last issue of that
paper: Smyrna may justly feel
proud of her water works; and we
might add of her public school
building. The latter would be a
credit TO any town.
Fourteen baskets of pears to the
tree or 345 baskets from "a trees
was the quantity of the Sheldon
variety picked and shipped by
George r. Lofiand last week. This
was a large yield, but half the
quantity would have made better
fruit and been less exhaustive of
the trees.
One Of our financial clerks on
seeing the linemen yesterday walk
up the newly planted telephone ]
poles to place the wire thereon,
concluded that such a pair of nail
ed shoes would be good TO have to
climb chestnut trees. A good sug-
gestion for any October chestnut
ing party.
The boat makes last trip to
Woodland Beach to-day which also
marks the closing day of the hotel.
Mr.. L. P. Campbell, the proprietor,
Afc-o lCdSOn dLu-
date himself on his success this
year, the contrast being so marked
sn every way between him and his
predecessor.
The smock variety Of peaches
are now going to market, from
two or three going from our sta
ton. The most of the fruit from
the Delaware road for the past
two weeks has gone to Baltimore.
Prices from $1.1O to S1.3O per bas-
ket. About 1850 carloads have
gone over that road. Another
week will about wind up the crop.
A Philadelphia physician says
that a great deal of what passes
for heart disease Is only mild dys-
pepsia, that nervousness is only
bad temper, and that two thirds of
the so-called malaria Is nothing
but laziness. These are bold charg-
es to make. and we doubt very
much Ii that Dhysician tells his