Smyrna times., 1939-07-20

proved awning, that does not re-
quire posts.
1t is now stated that the railroad
to the bay will be ready to run
over next week.
Members of the society Of the
Christian Endeavor viii picnic to-
day at Woodland Beach.
The output for the Smyrna
Creamery for June was 10,695
pounds Of first class butter.
Mrs. Mary A. KINNEY has a
ounce tree that bears cucumbers.
The vine is so prolific that several
of them are twins.
w. Scott Reynolds, Of Clayton,
has been granted a patent for a
window shade supporter, which it
is hoped will prove profitable to
him.
Isaac Duff, colored, near Clay
ton, has been granted pension of
four dollars a month, and a back
pay of two dollars a month until
1865.
The first peaches shipped by the
Steamer Ella from Smyrna Land
ing Monday were few baskets of
fine grade prematures from the or
chard Of Thomas Cavender.
Fifteen thousand quarts of
blackberries were shipped from
Clayton yesterday. They are bring
ing 5 and cents in New York and
and s in Boston. This does not
leave much for the grower after
expenses are paid
The old organ in the Methodist
Church, in addition to a wheeziness
that comes Of age and long service,
has lately put on a levity produc-
ing air that has stamp of impiety
and it will have to go before the
new one is ready to take its place.
E NJ. Fowler is having his dwell
ing moved back to be in line with
the handsome row of houses on Mt.
; Vernon street, and will have some
minor improvements made. He is
occupying for the time the dwell
ing adjoining, while they are at
RehoOoth.
The loud blowing of the car
whistle early on Sunday morning
on the Bombay Hook road, and
then again just before church time
was not, as many supposed, an ex-
cursion train. 1t was for laborers
to join reconstruction train with
two loads of ties for the regular
work Of repairs on the road.
Rev. Herman Roe preached for
Rev r. w. Todd of Chestertown,
on Sunday. Rev. Mr.. Todd has
been unable to fill his pulpit since
the fore part of May, and great
sufferer from an liberation of the
eyeball. He is anxious to resume
his work, and hopes to be able to
preach next Sunday evening, Pre-
siding Elder France preaching in
the morning.
Mrs. Durham, an aged woman of
Smyrna who is several years past
her four score and claims to be SO
years old, was, on complaint made
by those about her and best ac-
qquainted with her habits, commit
ted to Jail last Friday by Esquire
Cooper in default of $50 bail This
was a roundabout way to get her
to the almshouse, the trustees of
the poor for this hundred not being
able to give an order to this effect
unless the subject goes voluntarily.
Mrs Durham has with her daugh-
ter been largely maintained by the
charities of the people and the
church, neither of whom being
properly capacitated to make liv-
ing. Hence this step was taken in
kindness as the best that could be
done in the case.
That must have been an exceed
ingly heavy charge of electricity
from the cloud battery that struck
the telephone between Smyrna and
Blackbird on Saturday. The bolt
descended from fifty to one hun
dred yards from the residence of
J. A. Cummins, and with sufficient
force to strike ten poles. Six of
the ten were shattered all to bits
and will have to be replaced with
new ones. The heat was such as
to melt the wire at these poles. A
goat that was tied to a tree in Mr.
Cummins yard was killed by the
expansive force of the fluid. The
bells were strongly rung at the Of
fees in this town, over four miles
away, though the connections were
cut off. No communication has
been had over the line until yes
terday afternoon, when the wire
was cnnected and temporarily sus-
pended until new poles can be OBJ
tanned
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