Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1938-06-16

driving horse last night with colo.
Theodore w. Lavender has one
of the finest fields of corn in this
vicinity.
Strawberry festivals will be held
at Clayton M. P. Church tonight
and tomorrow night, also at Union
Church near Blackbird.
The Pennsylvania Railroad is
having the Delaware Division thor
oughly inspected in all depart
ments, and everything put in read
mess for handling a tremendous
peach crop.
The trouble this season about
the June Drop, So much dreaded
and discussed by the peach grow
ers, seems to be that it will not be
large enough to relieve the over
burdened trees.
J. D. Scout sold his crop Of
gooseberries at the depot at S1.50
per bushel. He had over a hun
bred bushels and would have had
nearly 200, but for the ravages of
the current worm.
The proprietor of the Creamery
VIII give the farmers and their
wives who supply it with milk, an
ice cream treat on Saturday after
noon, the latter made in the same |
building by o. D. Hill.
June has given us very few real
ly warm summer days. The Their
mometer registered yesterday |
morning So degrees to which low
point it sank several times last
week and the week before.
The cherry crop promises to be
full one. The blush of the early
varieties are already coloring the
trees. The Early Richmond variety
was in market on Monday, and as
sour as they are handsome.
The Smyrna Opera House or
chestra went to Blackbird on Sun
day afternoon to assist the Sunday
School there in their Children's
Day music. Sunday was the first
day Will McKnown has used his
new flute.
Smyrna had its bandanna -four
ish on the nomination of Thurman,
the sturdy old Roman for Vice
President last week The selection
of Mr.. Thurman, which seems to
go down well with everyone, gave
several of our merchants a chance
to bring out from their bottom
drawers an unexpected party en-
blem.
BY advertisement elsewhere it
win be seen that Woodland Beach
will be formally opened for the
season Of 1888 this day two weeks.
The Steamer Clyde will commence
her daily trips the week before. /
Mr.. Lucius P. Campbell, the pro- ]
prietor, has been making improve I
ments to the place for the further ;
accommodation Of excursionists, i
picnics, &C. I,
o. D. Hill has extended an invi- i
tation for this evening to players,
umpire and scorer Of yesterdays
game Of Smyrna Baseball Club to
partake Of ice cream at his ex- {
pense. One Of our young men in
the excitement over Smyrna's vic {
tory over the Townsend Club yes
terday, got lost in Townsend,
though he had been there scores of
times before.
The small boy on the farm is
breaking his back now thinning
corn while the frisky partridge
mounts the fence and calls bob :
white" to him in the distance.
There Is no season so dreaded by /.
the farm boy as the corn thinning !
season: on the contrary, it is with /,
the partridge the season where he ]
revels Ia delight, with no thought /,
Of gun or dog. :
The contract for building the /
new bridge over Silver Lake on the I
Smyrna-Dover road near Dover, I
was awarded to r. j. Black, of Do !
FN@I -A0 bAa b1iA5 pOI<CL. WOIh y
to be commenced at once and the :
bridge is to be completed by Sep :
TENDER 20. 1t is to be 90 feet long '
with 30 foot roadway. The work G
is to be done under the supervision
Of William KINNEY, Of Whining
ton.
Where ice cannot be procured
water may be cooled by wrapping
the pitcher containing it in towel
Of loose texture which has been
previously impregnated with am
monium nitrate land dried and !
moistening this with water. The
Pharmaceutical Era, which recon-
mends this plan, says the same
towel may be used repeatedly. be-
ing dried thoroughly beforehand
each time.
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