Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1938-07-07


throw out a challenge, but perhap.
he could, for the best square o
garden corn in town.
Jacob Leinberger will have in the
Industrial parade tomorrow, the
first wagon he started in bushes:
with thirty seven years ago.
We have just found out thai
there are twenty-six miles of sweat
tubes in the body of the average
man, they were all in full operation
every day during the hot weather
The rains of Thursday last were
worth millions to the farmers
They came just when they were
needed, except to the wheat cutter
and vegetation took on a new lease
of life.
The Centennial church people
will have a church picnic on their
church grounds tomorrow. An
excursion by rail from Chestertown
and intermediate places will help
swell the multitude.
Harry G. Blendt, of Blackbird
Hundred was severely kicked in
the stomach by horse on Friday,
and for some hours his life was
considered in danger, but at last
accounts he was improving favor
ably
The captain Of the Dover nine of
base ball players, like many others
who come in contact with the big
world before their time, is readily
acquiring its language of exple-
tives. It is said he can swear
squal to basket mill boy.
It isn't often that one is too hot
in church "a July day, but such
was the case on Sunday. For there
to be longing for shawls and
overcoats for sunny midsummer
day would seem strange, even in a
church ventilated by the almanac.
The base ball craze seems to
have gotten hold Of the young lad
les with as much force as the men.
Some of them have limited very
loudly, we understand, that they
would rather 60 to the base ball
match than to have two plates Of
ice cream
The Dover third nine base ball
club (boys from 10 to Is years.
came to Smyrna on Saturday to
play the third nine of this town.
The Dover boys didn't 60 home
hallowing much. The score stood
Dover, z; Smyrna, IA Now lets
have game Of babes.
It Is a late date, but tomato
plants were in demand by a num-
her of farmers after the rains last
week. Setting tomato plants for
cannery purposes has been serious
ly interfered with by the protract-
ed drouth, and unless the frost
next fall is late, many patches will
not have an opportunity to ripeD
the fruit.
The excursion Of the Pesbyter-
ian Sunday School on the steamer
Tygert. on Friday rext, the 9Th, is
likely to be well attended. The
prayer meeting in consequence Of
this, will be held the proceeding
Thursday evening. The children
will meet at the church at $50 |
O'Clock, boat leaving the landing
at 7.3O, returning in the evening at
6 o'clock.
The work on Gilbert Taylor's \
house on lower Main street, here /
tofore noticed, is about completed,
and it is justice to it to say that |
to the passerby, there is not a
house on the street which presents 4
the attractive outline it does. It is
striking fact in architecture,
what changes can be wrought in
converting a plain house into a
larger, more ornate and imposing
one.
The pupils and friends of the
Taylor's Bridge Public Schools,
will picnic in John Derrickson's
woods on next Saturday afternoon.
Prof. Herman Bessey, Superintend-
ent of School of New Castle Coun-
ty, will be present and will address
the audience upon the subject of i
Popular Education" Prof. c. w. |,
Andrew, of Philadelphia, Pa, will
be present and will enliven the oc-
casion with some Of his happy 4
songs. School closed June 20, 1888.
The Germaina Dramatic Clubs \
excursion of Wilmington to Bonn
bay Hook on the steamer Thomas
Clyde, took about 500 persons
Thursday. They did not go to
Bombay Hook, however, for the
river was SO rough that landing
was an impossibility. An attempt
was made to land at Augustine
Pier, but this, too, was unsuccess-
full. When the boat turned, one
side dinnad into tha tryo+ar Trbara