Smyrna times., 1939-03-02

Townsend on Monday.
A new street lamp is being
erected at the intersection of Del
aware and Frazier streets.
Philip Clayton, well known
Smyrna colored man, died yester-
day near this town, aged SO years.
James H. Morris, shoemaker,
has moved his business from Mt.
Vernon Street to Commerce street.
Charles H. Register is building
a large stable and carriage house
on his lot at the rear Of his dwell
ing.
Rev. James Hallon, an aged col
ored preacher residing in Smyrna,
lost his wife last week Her fun
eral was largely attended.
A. N McGaw Of Aberdeen, Nd,
has rented the new house of John
p. Hudson adjoining his own dwell
ing, and will move his family mere
in few days.
The leaves on number Of Wig
orous rose bushes in our garden
remained green all through the
winter until the zero weather of
this, the last week of it.
Washington Butler, who came to
this town eight or ten years ago
from Dover to pursue his trade as
boot and shoemaker, gathered up
his awl and returned to that place
last week
John Wilkinson, painter and
paper hanger, who sold out his
Smyrna business to John Stephen
son, moved his family to Philadel-
phia this week where he expects to
pursue his business.
A creamery at Leipsic is assur-
ed as about $500 worth Of stock
has been subscribed A meeting
will be held on Thursday, when a
company will be formed and a
board of directors elected. The en-
terprise will be owned exclusively
by farmers.
William s. Colpitts, ]. r. Don
ovan and E. NJ. Webb of the Train
Dispatchers department, and j. G..
Longfellow of the Train Masters
department, including w. q. Mer-
rick of Middletown, left Clayton
to ?day for Washington to assist in
the railroad work at the Inaugural
ton.
George r. Thompson Gear town,
gave reception to his friends of
the country and town on Monday
evening at his residence near the
big oak in commemoration Of
his recent marriage. There were
from forty to fifty persons present,
fifteen Of whom were from the
town. The table was amply sup
piled with good things.
J. w. Dawson, of Philadelphia,
a travelling salesman, who has
been visiting this Peninsula for the
past twenty years, was taken sick
at the Delaware House a week ago
with pneumonia, died yesterday
morning. His wife and daughter
learning of his illness came down
to attend him, and returned home
on the evening train, taking the
remains with them.
A Rainbow Tea" will be given
at the Opera House next Thursday
and Friday evenings, for the bene-
fit Of the Presbyterian Church or
gan fund. Thursday night there
will be musical selections by Mrs
Newton and Mrs. Clark, Of st.
Georges; ]. E. Hoffecker Of this
town, and others. On Friday night
the attraction viii be the Peak
Sisters from "Alaskey."
Those who got only a partial
supply of ice a week or so ago
were enabled by the cold snap of
this week to fill up with ice three
inches thick and more. The hous-
es that were intended are nearly
all filed, Charley Smith excepted,
who does not care to fool with zee
less than from six to ten inches
thick, and is making arrangements
to get a supply from Yankee land.
Fashion has decreed that musk
rat fur shall be fashionable, and
consequently muskrat skins have
been on the jump for a month or
so. Last fall they were only fif-
teen cents. often they are lower,
but they now sell as high as 25
cents. Not unfrequently a trap
per takes several hundred iu one
season, and the aggregate revenue
to the State from the skins and
flesh of these animals from cur
marshes, is several thousand dol
lars per year. The fur Of the
muslrat is dyed and makes a good
imitation of seal. Experts say
that many seal skin coats came
on the backs of muskrats.
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