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EDWARD REYNOLDS, Editor.
MIDDLETOWN, DEL.
SATURDAY MORNING, OCT. 3, 1874.
Democratic Nominations.
STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR,
JOHN P. COCHBAN
!
OF SEW CASTLE COUNTY.
OR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS,
JAMES WILLIAMS,
OF KENT COUNTY.
NEW CASTLE COUNTY TICKET.
FOR SHERIFF,
WILLIAM H. LAMBS0N.
FOR CORONER,
BICHABD GROVES.
FOR STATE SENATORS,
White Clay Creek Hd.
Appoquinitnink.
James H. Ray,
Henry Davis,
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
Brandywine Hd.
Wilmington.
Mill Creek.
New Castle.
Red Lion.
St. Georges.
Pencader.
Isaac C. Pyle,
Thos. L. J. Baldwin,
Thos. Holcomb,
Thos. Bird,
Henry A. Nowland,
William P. Biggs,
FOR LEVY COURT COMMISSIONERS,
Geo. C. Medill,
Wm. L. Wier,
Wm. R.Bbight,
Wm. Polk,
James C. Wilson,
Samuel Roberts,
Mill Creek Hd.
White Clay Creek.
Red Lion.
St. Georges.
Appoquinitnink.
Democrat» Mass Meeting.
^Hfetg of the Democrats ef
■F' will be held in Middte
rsday, October 15tb, at 12
>A grand 1
New Castle
town, on - ,
o'clock, M.
Hons. T. F. Bayard and EH Sauisbnry,
and Hiester Clymer, of Pennsylvania, will b*s
present aad addre** the meeting.
Bv Order of the County Executive CommittMp
WM. HERägRT,
IAN.
jjj^
I Elect!
; election, for Inspector^
M Road Commissioners
• Turiftint. There
difference
•athy and
result ofdgm
eleeti
under*
think t
on,
il
ici
to
among so ''
election they give^theûiii»|n|jp^nffe
concern about it. This is mis,
take. The election, it is true, nHU
for few officers, bat in its bearing tip(|
the general election in November its
importance cannot well be overestima
ted. Were there no other officers to
elect than the inspectors, that alone
should be sufficient to induce a deep in
terest in the result. The inspector
should be a man well acquainted with
the duties of his office, aud with the
voters of the district in which he shall
preside. He should, moreover, be a
man of sound judgment and unyielding
impartiality. Of such character are
the gentlemen whom the Democrats
have placed in nomination, for the
coming election.
Against .the gentlemen nominated by
the Republicans, as individuals,we have
not a word to say, but as adherents
of the Republican party, we sincerely
object to the important office of inspec
tor being placed iD their hands. Not
that we think they would be guilty of
intentional betrayal of their trust, but
we very mush fear lest their exceeding
great anxiety to elect their candidates
should lead them to do that which with
different incitement they would not
think of doing. The great trouble in
the elections, at the present time, is
the negroes: They usually present
themselves under so many different
names; and it is frequently so hard to
recognize them, that is often exceeding
ly difficult for the judges of the election
to distinguish between those who have
voted and those who have not, and with
an fnspeetor whose sympathies would be
with' them, and of that party whose
success depends in a great measure
upon their votes, the temptation to se
cure additional votes would be too
strong to permit of a very strict inves
tigation, and, despite the protest of the
challengers, numbers of negro votes
would thus be polled illegally. On this
account, therefor*, it is hazardous to
risk, the election in the hands of Re
fy
to
tbe
tice
the
and
each
that
day
groes
party
in
publican inspectors. It is, then, a
duty which every man owes his State,
to leave his business and go to the
place of voting aud exercise his right
and privilege of suffrage, aud do his
part toward the election of the judges
for the coming election in whose hands
justice and impartiality will be insured.
To all Democrats we appeal, then to
lay aside their business and, without
fail, attend the election on Tuesday
next.
Let no minor considerations
keep you away from the poll
aside apathy and indifference. Remem
ber, much may, and often does, depend '
on a single vote. Your vote may be
the very one on which the election will e ^ ec
turn. You may be the means of throw- 8even
ing this important election in the hands i 80 ^
of the Republicans, or saving it to the '
Democrats. Do not run tbe risk of ; f° r
such responsibility, but go to the polls York
and cast your vote iu favor of justice,
law, impartiality, your race and
State.
Throw
s.
from
your
,
I ,
; for
; a
of the private character of the Demo
» ■ ,, j * i .Q.
craticcandidates by the Radicals, while States
it can do no possible barm to the gen- ,. 880
tlemen against whom it is directed, j ID ^
seryes enly to prove to the people how . A
little confidence these men have in the
... . ... , |i nd
political principles (?) which they pro
Political Abuse and Slander.
The silly, personal abuse and slander '
fe ". t0 en , tertain - Aware Of the ünten
— ablllt y °' tbe ground upon which they
j stand they seek to make up for their
_ \ weakness in persona] slander. The
! Democratic papers at the opening of
—i ,h ° *•—
We besought our opponents to
meet argument with argument, and to
in
of
ly
ble
is
is
the
in
the
but
he
j unmanly and unargumentative proceed
ure.
deal with the public acts of the various
candidates, and let their private acts
and character, which no more effect
their qualifications for the office for
which they are running, than a know
ledge of Hebrew would effect the abili
ty of a negro to hoe corn, alone. In
stead of adopting this course, the edi
fbrial columns of their papers are al
most daily filled with petty tales about
things that were done, if done at all,
twenty-five or thirty years ago, and oue
of their editors, he of the Republican,
bas rendered himself ridiculous by con
stantly harping upon a petty act which,
he says, Mr Cochran committed some
thirty years ago. Scarcely a word,
cither in favor of the principles or of
the record of the Republican party, or
iu opposition to the declarations and
avowed principles of the Democratic
party, does its columns contain, but,
instead, to every protest made by the
Democrats against the outrages com
mitted, under the pretense of " recon
struction," by the administration party
upon the Southern States, the poor old
granny pipes out, " John P. Cochran
shot a cow !
Speak to the superan
nuated old man about the District of
ef
Columbia corruptions, or tbe participa
tion by some of the leading lights of
of the ' ' moral reform " party in the
Credit Mobilier thieveries and he shouts
back, with the air of one whose argu
ment (?) cannot be gainsaid, "Yes,
mit John P. Cochran shot
Talk of the folly of "mix
ed sol
tions
a cow.
d of your convio
H -4be Republicans
obtain a victory at the polls this fall,
they will certainly pass the " Civil
Rights Bill and instead of attempting
a futile denial
only chirps,
f si
your assertions, M
P. Cochran shot I
Poor ol<
s back to the
good
ti^Äphen he was the friend
w of Henry Clay, Jno. J.
■ and dher such noble South
l oMjjfWhig pariy, and sighs
et tljM they " come again no
ÖÜHi to keep pace with the
is " made by hi* chosen
ef the prçMfnt age, and to
Equality of races
government, he
and
!nl
ert
fl
com
mu
adopt their theoruM
and eoncentratiefji
endeavors to ma
live journalist in their ranks by slander
ing his opponents and trying to magni
fy into mountains every mole hill act of
their lives.
his place as a
It seems trivial to notice such a little
matter as this and sheer nonsense to
assay au explanation of it, but as the
Republican has had so much to say
about it, it is but just that he should
make a clear, honest statement of it.—
Ananias and Sapphira were slain, not
for telling falsehoods, bnt for keeping
back part of the truth, aud Upham, in
his mental philosophy, says that the
man who tells a thing and keeps back
portion of the truth and thereby de
ceives, is guilty of falsehood in regard
to the whole. The editor of the Re
publican, if he knows as much about
that affair as he would lead people to
think he does, is certainly aware that
tbe circumstances under wbieh that act
was done, were of such an attenuating
character as to make it no offense what
ever. If, therefore, he wishes to main
tain' a reputation for veracity, jns
tice demands that he shall tell the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but
the truth, about an affair which he has
takeo such pains tp bring before the
public.
a
Thanks. —We acknowledge, with
pleasure, our indebtedness to the .Kent
News, Cecil Democrat, WilmiDgton
Times, Cam
our ex
changes for kind and courteo.us notice
and favorable mention of our recent eaç
largement.
Advertiser, Smyrna
bridge Chronicle, and others ef
Political Notes.
In the Oregon Legislature I
pendents hold the balance of
tween the democrats and repub
each bouse; The three
nearly equally divided.
General Butler has at length
that he will be a candidate for Û
again. He opened the campaign
day evening, by a speech at Glee
Mass.
A Republican mass-meeting
groes at Wilson's Station, AJ
broken up by a rival faction of
party on Monday, and a negro
in the riot which followed. *
P°
pat
e ^ ec ^ f rom North Carolina,
8even times while a slave. He^wj
80 ^ more frequently in Con|
Henry Hathorn has been renomii
f° r Congress in the twentieth
York district by the republicans. j
Congressman Stewart L. Wood
John Hyman, colored, Congres
from the third New York distri
(Brooklyn) has resigned.
anr
„ . AO
D°* t0 P P r ys $3,500,000 per annum owing
for the support of her poor, enough, so te d
local paper thinks, to board all the
""withi^the 8 holders of the United
, nTn " 0ruer80t , u . . Q
States are 940 Young Men s Christian the
880 «> a tH>ns, 48 °' ®w? build- ] aD(
^ 8 0 16 va . °' $2.900,000. duetion
A fire at Crisfielf, Md., on Thurs- known
d ® stro i red several oyster houses
nd otber property to the value of
$100,000;
Address delivered by Charles Beas
ten, Esq., at the opening of the
Agricultural Fair at Middletown.
:
-ifcSSttisyarwi;
incumbent upon me, and it is therefore
as president of this association that I
appear before you to say a few words on
the subjects which now engross our at
tention. My views have been thrown to
gether in a form which may be consid
ered somewhat crude and irregular, and
I am doubting whether I can say any
thing in this presence in a manner that
will be either edifying to you or appro
priate to this occasion, but in any event
I beg that you will appreciate my re
marks, in the consideration of the un
accustomed position I now occupy.
It is proper here to remark that an
agricultural address in regular order
will bo delivered here to-day by a dis
tinguished gentleman now present, and
that I have placed my views in a con
densed form so as to occupy as little
time as is practicable consistant with
the duty to be performed.
It affords me great pleasure to wel
come you here on this, the inaugural
day of our association, and it becomes
my duty to address to you a few re
marks on the subject of its rise, pro
gress and objects.
In the month of January of the pres
ent year there assembled at the office of
Mr. J. Thomas Budd, a few gentlemen
of Middletown and the surrounding
neighborhood, pursuant to a call by
postal cards, for the purpose of consid
ering the question oforganizing an as
sociation in the interests of agriculture.
That first meeting was small in num
ber but large and liberal in spirit, and
the gentlemen there present at once re
solved, that they would organize an ag
ricultural and pomological association.
At this first meeting and other sub
sequent meetings, a constitution and
the necessary rules for its government
were adopted, the proper committees
were appointed, regular officers elected,
and a full organization was effected.
It is but justice here to state that
eaoh committee has performed its duty
with intelligence and promptitude and
that the officers have not been found de
ficient in the performance of any duty
which circumstance required of them,
developments here to-day bear the
the fullest evidence.
In a few months from the date of the
first meeting much labor has been per
formed in obtaining subscriptions to the
stock, arranging the necessary premium
lists, procuring all the proper materials
for the inclosure, the construction of the
stand and other buildings ; in the erec
tion of the same and otherwise improv
ing and beautifying the grounds. And
though these arrangements and appoint
ments may not be in some respects as
extensive and complete as are to be
seen on some agricultural grounds of
elder date, it is hoped that they are
sufficient for the present exigency and
view of the short space of time allot
to their preparation we think they
bear testimony to the energy of the
gentlemen having charge of this branch
our operations and that all will agree
that they afford an encouraging pros
pect for the future growth and prosper
of our infant association.
It is contemplated, for our better
government, greater permanency and
the more efficient workings of
Ladies and Gentlemen
P
of
in
of
ed
of
of
in
ver
for
tle
the
ses
nual
ment
association in its various objects and
departments, to obtain a charter, at the
next session of the General Assembly.
This location is certainly a very fa
vorable one for the full development of
the objects contemplated by the gentle
men who have embarked in this most
laudable enterprise, and it is confident
ly expected that by the next annual
meeting we will have in full operation
puch an association as will be credita
ble to its projectors and managers,
worthy of the fine country in whioh it
is located, and gratifying to all who
have an interest in the development and
improvement of agriculture and pome
logy.
Our occupation as tillers of the soil
is certainly no less respectable or honor
able than any other which ever engaged
the time and attention of man.
If we consider the importance of agri
culture in its reality, that it is indispen
sible to the very existence of the hu
man race and indeed all animal life, its
dignity and honor cannot be over esti
mated and must be readily appreciated.
There is something in man's nature
which adapts him for and delights him
in the improvement and cultivation of
the soil.
It is wisely ordered that if he will be
but dutiful to our common mother,
earth, and nourish and protect her, so
as.to double or tripple the blades of
grass, or cause the growth of green
grass where poverty grass grew before,
he will be bafüSfe the coawBknaftftmt of
it
anr aosoruicijppeirograaingpp -
This fact, frit be a fact,^if doubtless
owing to too great an area being devo
te d to the culture and growth of
peacbes .
Th ! " U8t , bave 8 ° me , re8 '^* k "
expected to produce abundantly, and
the constant yearly cultivation of the
] aD( i ( wb i ob j s a necessity in the pro
duetion of fruit) is inimical to all
known rules of improvement, but is
positively a certain mode of impover
ishment. .
The production of peaches in former
years having been very profitable (like
all other branches o^jndustry similarly
remunerative in their effect ou produc
tion), has stimulated the enterprisiug
farmer to too great an effort in the pro
duction of this particular commodity,
and this fact must certainly, in seasons
when there is a crop, cause a redundan
cy of supply in the market, considera
bly exceeding any demand than can ex
ist at remunerative prices, and of
course with little if any profit to the
producer. And in seasons like the
preseut and past when we have no crop,
or a very meagre one, the returns are
no better; with a large breadth of land
occupied with trees, with small returns
if any, and a certainty that this land
thus occupied is constantly diminishing
in its real fertility and substantial
value, the question arises. What is the
remedy Î
I do not at all propose that we
should abandon the fruit culture but
would suggest a plan for the gradual
reduction of our orchards and an increase
of the number of acres for other
P oses -
Would not all our interests be pro
moted if each producer for himself
would gradually reduce the quantity of
land at present adapted to tbe produc,
tion of this fruit, and thus diminish the
supply for tbe market?
By this process we can give better
eulture to the remaining orchards, which
thereby will grow better fruit, can
gather and market it in better oondi
tion, and thus obtain better prices than
under tbe present system, in many cases
of neglected orchards and bad market
ing, superinduced by too great an
amount of work to be performed in the
short space of time incidental to tbe
culture of the trees and gathering the
fruit.
pur
It is well understood that peach trees
in the large amount of foliage and crops
of fruit some times produced extract
largely from the soil's fertility aDd re
turn to it but little substance of value.
The present plan of very large or
many orchards renders it necessary for
most farmers to plow almost all the
land each year, reserving only very
small division (from peach culture) for
purposes of pasture, with small
crops of wheat and corn, affording but
little forage for the stock and thus pro
ducing but little food for our overtax
ed and hungry soil ; tbe reverse policy
of the old system by whioh much larger
tillages afforded an abundance of land
food on a much larger scale. Tbe plan
of a gradual reduction of the breadth of
acres at present allotted to peach trees,
in affording a greater number of acres
devoted to rest and the growth of ce
reals, would enable us to grow red clo
ver and green grass, to a greater ex
tent; the former to be plowed uuder
for purposes of fertilization and wheat
production, n process so general and ex
tensive and so highly approved of in
former years ; and the latter for pas
turage for the stock, is one which I
think could be resorted to with great
advantage. We could then give a lit
tle rest to the earth which Deeds it so
much, have larger crops of grain and at
the same time horses and cattle of still
greater excellence for all useful
ses and for exhibition at our future an
nual meetings.
This question of a proper apportion
ment of the land for the different pro
ductions is, I think, worthy of much
consideration at this particular juncture
in our affairs, and it is all important
for us to determine whether if
would but bestow a greater devotion at
the shrine of Ceres, and less to that of
Pomona or Pomology, we would not
have a larger balance to our credit in
the bank, and preserve for ourselves,
and those who are to succeed us better
and more valuable landed estates, and
at the same time while we are benefit
ing ourselves, afford increased advan
tages to those on whom some of ns de
pend for their cultivation. Let us go
back to first principles, and draw a
comparison between the old plan of
wheat raising and land improving, un
der what might be denominated the
lime and clover system, with the new
plan, which I call the phosphate sys
tem ; this latter plan rendered necessa
ry by the too rapid culture of the soil,
and consider the present disparity of
the production of the present system,
whether it be per farm or per acre, as
compared with the old system, there
can be no other conclusion arrived at
than that we are at present progressing
in the wrong direction, and that if we
but reduce tbe dimensions of our orch
ards where they are greatly extended,
and increase the area of acres devoted to
wheat culture, rest and pasturage' (and
apply marl where it is attainable) and
buy more lime and clover seed and less
phosphate, considering also the great
uncertainty of a peach erop, and still
greater when there is a crop, of remun
erative prices ; we will have more mon
ey and better land. I have digressed
^^^hat from any design I had enter
UHjKgU to the proper subject or sub
yMpiè presented in this desultory
•Ät ^perfect address, if indeed my re
fln|ld be dignified by that ap
ÉÉWplHrrï^But convictions came irre
Énkiib me, as I have expressed
subject, which than any
" ■I'flSive to be of greater con
farming communities of
Iff'fTs|jiSih»and I would be faitlilesi
HHjlÈljÉhft^ïjl a citizen, and also to
- 4 MX 1 which has been pleased
Kapppob HI a position from which I
g®_wfey&si'jw this day to give utterance,
i '»|^jto«~an expression of views.
■KMgpHPiule they may be, which
BSjyMfEfHturely considered and are
MK3 E»Hi<Ttained.
, t i'-^Ron a g r ' cu l t;u ral produc
IjHpEmHHj^ greatest attention from
ilttlfo*"® 1 'ffrjP^lidns, because, without
8^8É0rS fHfcve bread.
^Hpmed by the earliest tra
■HHHlieD in uncivilized coun
found, as if by instinct,
?|j»fgç3j|£^K9btain a sustenance from
rC-f'.ifHWst in civivlized coun
v 1 -portion that civilization
in them, we discover
themselves have es
^^^^^^■Elents.on principles, the
THgigjfä$fi lad enlightened,for the de
^^psaAS.''rK-Hptprovement of all that
fSplNb for man's existence,
ft? harHBifoverninent is not behind
we
_•
In 6raat BritaiDi Franee and Ger _
man {' where populations are sustained,
equal or greater than we have within
ttfe limits of the United States, on ter
ritories not greater than one or two of
our central grain growing states, hus
bandry, from the force of necessity, is
an object of greater carefulness aud
more precise economy, than our circum
Stances have yet required.
HtrSts encouragement of this
important element in the
pe mo
Konal prosperity and indeed its very
existance.
na
W
"
will
In those countries, the greatest na
tional questions of peace or war or fi
of
nance are determined by the condition of
the crops, and in our own country, the
rates of exchanges in Wall street are'
regulated almost entirely by the amount
of cotton and grain going forward to
Europe, and the most extensive railroad
and canal systems in the world,
tending in almost every direction
throughout our great western country,
and other regions of neater approach
are based almost entirely upon the
enormous quantities of grain and other
agricultural commodities, with scarcely
any intermission, which are in transit
to the seu board.
ex
The subject of agriculture is illim
itable in its importance, but I have not
time nor is it uecessary to pursue it.
This subject has attracted the great
est attention from some of the gaeatest
minds, and many men who bave been
most distiDgnisbed in civil and military
life have been equally distinguished as
tillers of the soil, and he, who was first
in peace and first in war was also first
in agriculture.
Among the most noted men (his
country bas produced, especially in the
early period of our history as a nation,
were to be found those wbo had receiv
ed their educations, and whose tastes
and habits bad been formed in their
rural homes ; a constant communing
with nature seems to have ioculcuted
a more refined vit tue and imparted a
more practical and useful knowledge
than were to be found in other walks of
life, at a period, when such qualifica
tions were of tbe most vital cousequeuce
to this country, at the time of the
ganization and establishment of
or
our
government.
They were men whose great virtue
and wisdom, with a devotion to the ob
jects for which we struggled, were in
delibly imprinted on our institutions,
who would have been an honor in
any
age to any country, and who were, an
honor to their own age, their country
and humanity itself, and we may proud
ly claim them
own
as having been of our
occupation, conferring honor upon
us.
A liberal and generous rivalry in all
enterprises is the greatest incentive to
all human developments.
It is this spirit of emulation which
has brought out our skill, iu the great
art of shipbuilding, and has established
John Roach
as the greatest constructor
in America, and rivaling any in the
world, and it has also placed our loco
motive builders iu the front ranks of
all mechanics, whether they be in this
country or Europe, and bas rendered
that^branch of American skill and in
dustiy more
extensive and profitable
than probably any other. And not less
strikiug is this great lever of human
movement manifested, than in the pro
duction and improvement constantly in
process, in agricultural and all other
machinery 7 and also in manufactures
generally and the fine arts.
These thoughts and reflections
suggestive, and go.to show by analogy,
the laudability and even necessity of
this most important movement of
5}
aud
ses
are
ours,
whereby a concentration of ideas and
action may briug out
greater degree
of improvement and perfection in the
treatment and
and develop a higher degree of excel
lence in all our productions, whether
they be grain, fruit, flowers, hors
cattle, sheep or swine.
These are the prominent features by
which our interests are to be promoted,
and scaacely less important will be the
cultivation of kindly feelings
courteous deportments in an intercourse
made most agreeable in our association,
by the advancement of onr material
interests, and in making our social rela
tions more general and fraternal and by
a reciprocity of ideas, freely inter
changed, each will know what either
or others will think or know, and I
will here remark, that a man rarely
ever has an interchange of views with
any one on any subject however great
or trivial even,though he may be great
ly his superior in general information
without learning something he did not
know, on tbe whole subject,
brauch of it, and it is friction that men
need rationally, which metal
es,
aDd
or some
requires
physically in polishing to bring out its
beautiful an valuable qualities
Ladies and gentlemen, in the name
of the association which I have tbe hon
or and pleasure, on this occasion, to
represent, I have to thaok you for the
encouragement and support you have
extended to us by your presence, and it
is a source of the greatest pleasure to
behold iu this assemblage so large a
number of ladies wbo have been pleased
to grace this occasion, and who have
contributed specimens of their exquis
ite and valuable hundiwork, and beau
tiful floral productions to the Ladies'
department.
Without their influence in some form
no human enterprise can attain any
considerable degree of success, but with
it we are afforded the greatest hope and
encouragement.
With the highest anticipations for
the future welfare of our enterprise, re
lying on the hearty co-operation of all
good citizens, we now inaugurate this,
the first annual exhibition of the Pe
ninsula Agricultural and Pomological
Association, and may we not indulge
the hope that it will advance the inter
ests, moral, intellectual and pecuniary,
of all, who are or may be either direct
ly or iudirectly, within the sphere of
its influence.
,
m î- ~ .
I WO HOYS AND A IxON—RESULT, One :
Boy and a Gun. —While Oscar KiDg
6 j
and Guersoy Willard, aged eight and
nine years, were playing with a gun at
u » . m t o ° l e /-\
Burlmgton, N, J., September 25, Os- j
car King raised it to his shoulder and
_• j .. , . . - . , .. j
aimed it at bis friend, asking him if be i
should shoot. Ho replied no, but the
gun was discharged and a wound in- i
flicted iu his bowels,
causing death soon |
after.
I HAVE ON HAND !
AND FOR SALE,
TWO HAMILTON
Phosphate and Grain Drills. !
L. V. ASPRIL,
Odessa, Del. !
!
Oct 3d-2t.
ATTENTION.
A LL persons having bills against the Pe
ninsula Agricultural and Pomological
Association are requested to present them im
mediately to
Middletown, Del., Oct. 3. 1874.
J. THOS. BUDD
Sec'y.
W A TVTTÏ'TV - ^AGENTS for the best sell
" ■*"* J *-?' D g articles in the world. $2
worth of samples given away to those who |
will become agents. J. BRIDE A CO.,
sep!9-4t 767 Broadway, N. Y.
Item Sldwriiscments.
THE FALL CAMPAIGN
AT THE
OF R. M. & W. T. JOHNSON,
At Smyrna and Milford, Delaware,
Has opened with the largest and cheapest
stock of goods on the Peninsula. They
spectfully invite the attention of the public to
the fact that they make the shoe business a
specialty, devoting their time entirely to it;
looking up the cheapest markets for 'the best
and newest styles of SHOES and buying their
goods for cash in such large quantities that it
enables them to purchase directly of the
Eastern manufacturers, thereby saving
least 25 per cent, which the Philadelphia job
bers and middlemen make on the genera'
trade. They are, therefore, offering special
inducements to buyers,and all orders to them
will receive prompt attention. Write just
what you want in quality, style and size, and
the goods will be sent by express, freight
mail, at the option of the buyer. Country
dealers will be supplied at astonishing low
rates. In order to let the public know what
we are doing, the following prices are given
of a few leading articles :
Gents best quality Kip Boots 20 & 22 inch legs,
$4 25 and $4 50.
Gents best quality Kip Boots 20 & 22 inch legs,
hand-made, $4 75.
Gents best quality split Kip Boots 20 & 22
inch legs, $3 50.
Gents Hand-made Calf Boots, best qnaiity,
$5 00,-$5 25, *5 50, $6 50.
Gents hand-made Gaiters, buttoned and plain,
*4 00, $4 50, $5 00.
Gents Heavy Boots, at $2 50, $2 75, $3 0 «,
$3 25, $3 50.
Ladies' first-class Tampico and Turkey Mo
rocco Button Gaiters, $3 00.
Misses' first-class Tampico and Turkey Mo
rocco Button Gaiters, $2 50.
Misses' Solid Grain or Pebble, $2 00, $2 25.
Ladies' " " " $2.00, $2 50.
" best American Kid Button Gaiters, $3.
Misses' " " " "
$2 50, $2 75.
Misses' best Glove Kid .Button Gaiters. $ 9 . 75.
Ladies' " " " $3 25,
$3 50.
Laced Shoes from 25 to 50 cents per pair
lower. Children's Shoes in proportion. La
dies' band-made Shoes, about $1 more per
R. M. & W. T. JOHNSON,
Smyrna and Milford, Del.
re
at
or
pair,
oct 3—tf
FIRST GRAND GIFT CONCERT,
Montpelier
Female Humane Association,
AT ALEXANDRIA, VA.,
NOVEMBER 23, 1874.
LIST OF GIFTS.
1 Grand Cash Gift.
1 Grand Cash Gift.
1 Grand Cash Gift.
10 Cash Gifts, $10,000 each
15 Cash Gifts,
50 Casli Gifts,
100 Cash Gifts,
1,000 Cash Gifts,
1,000 Cash Gifts,
20,000 Cash Gifts,
.$100,000
. 50,000
. 25,000
. 100,000
. 75,000
. 50,0C0
. 50,000
. 100,000
50,000
. 400,000
5.000 each
1.000 each
500 each
100 each
50 each
20 each
12,178 Cash Gifts, amounting to
Number of Tickets, 100,000.
PRICE OF TICKETS.
$1,00,000
Whole Tickets.
Halves .
Quarters.
Eighths or each Coupon
5} Tickets for.
....$ 20,00
.... 10.00
5.00
2.50
100.00
The Montpelier Female Humane Associa
tion, chartered by the Legislature of Virginia
aud the Circuit Court of Orange Co., propo
ses by a Grand Gift Concert to establish and
endow a ''Home for the Old, Infirm, and Des
titute Ladies of Virginia," at Montpelier, the
former residence of President James Madison.
Governor's Office, Richmond, July 3, '74.
It affords me pleasure to say that 1 am well
acquainted with a large majority of the offi
cers of the Montpelier Fema!e Humane Asso
ciation, who reside in the vicinity of my borne
and I their
intelligence and their worth
and high reputation as gentlemen, as well as
the public confidence, influence and substan
tial means liberally represented among them.
James L. Kemper, Gov. Virginia.
Alexandria, Va., July 8, 1874._ * •
I commend them as gents of honor and integ
rity, and fully entitled to the confidence of
the public. * * *
R. W. Hughes,
U. S. Judge East'n Dist. of Va.
Further references by permission : His Ex
cellency Gilbert C. Walker, Ex-Governor of
Va.; Hon. Robt. E. Withers, Lieut.-Gov. of
Va. and U. S. Senator elect; Senators and
Members of Congress from Va.
Remittances for tickets may be made by
press prepaid, post-office money-order on
Washington, D. C., or by registered letter.
For full particulars, testimonialsf &c., send
for Circular. Address,
Hon. JAMES BARBOUR,
Prest't M. F. H. A., Alexandria, Va.
Reliable agents wanted everywhere.
oct3-4t.
ex
THE MASON & HAMLIN
ORGAN CO.,
winners of Three Highest Medals and Diplo
ma of Honor, at Vienna, '73, and Paris, '67,
now offer the Finest Assortment of tbe BEST
CABINET ORGANS in the world, including
new styles with recent improvements, not on
ly exclusively for cash, as formerly, but also
on New Plans of Easy Payments, the most fa
vorable ever offered. Organs rented with
privilege of purchase, to almost any part of
the country. First payment $9.90 or up
wards. Illustrated Catalogues and Circulars,
with full particulars, sent free on request.
Address MASON A HAMLIN ORGAN CO.,
oct8-4t Boston, New York or Chicago.
POSTPONEMENTS Impossible.
P
WILL BUY A
First Mortgage Premium Bond
OF THE
N. Y. Industrial EiUbiflan Compey
Aathorixed by the Legislature of the State of N. Y.
8d Premium Drawing,
3d Series Drawing,
Every Bond will be redeemed with a Pre
mium ns an equivalent for interest.
Capital Premium, $100,000.
Address for Bonds and full information.
DEC. T, 18».
JAN. 4, 187«.
MORGENTHAU, BRUNO & Co.,
Financial Agent«, 33 PAIlKHOW. BT. Y.
P. 0. Drawer 29.
oct 3—6w
AGENTS WANTED FOR
Prof. FOWLER'S GREAT WORK
On Manhood, Womanhood and their Mutual
Inter-Relations ; Love, Its Laws, Power, etc.
Agents are selling from 15 to 25 copies a day.
Send for specimen pages and terms to agents,
and see why it sells faster than any other
boob Address National Publishing Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
.
WANTED—Agentsforthe < 'Lifeand*Ex
VV plorations of Dr. Livingstone." Corn
plet ^' authenlic ! a fresh book. Price suited
to the times. Address, B. B. Russell, Pub
Usher, Boston, Mass. oct3-4t
oct 3—4t
R. P^DWAKDS,
TAILOR,
Transcript Building,
CIDER BARRELS & KEGS
MIDDLETOWN, DEL.
Oct 3d, 1874-tf
FOR SALE.
HAVE a fine lot of iron-bound Barrels, 5
and 10 gallon Kegs, which I will sell cheap
Cash. J. C. TO tVNSEND,
Proprietor Hotel, Townsend, Del.
se26-4t
NOTICE.
A MEETING of the Stockholders of the l
Middletown Building and Loan Associa
will be held on Monday Evening, Octo
5lh, at 7 o'clock, in the usual place. As
business of importance will come before the
meeting, a full attendance is requested.
oct3-lt.
A. G. COX, Sec'y.
printing:
THE FALL
We respectfully call HI
friends, and the pH
to the new
increased
OF THE
FOR PRINTING.
Haring recently erected a
NEW & COMMODIOUS OFFICE,
And added a large amount of
NEW TYPE, PRESSES,
A«f other material to onr stock,
fully prepared to do
we are
1 toidg of |rintinfl,
• r
*
CE,
AND ON ;
ew Camp"
fUBk
fUBk
POWER PRE
W .'U * jggjp 1
Enables ns to print
Posters, Sale Bills,
Ac., any size from the largest to the
smallest, in any color, or
VARIETY OF COLORS,
!
AND OF ANY NUMBER,
AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE.
CIRCULARS,
BILL HEADS,
LETTER HEADS, CARDS
CHEQUES,
NOTES,
PAMPHLETS,
PROGRAMMES
LABELS,
TAGS, Ac.,
Are done in such style and at snch prices
as
Guarantee Satisfaction.
WITH OUR
We can do every kind of small work with
the greatest promptness, and at
as
#
LOW PRICES
As can be done at any other office
tbe Peninsula.
on
AS
TRY US
AND YOU WILL NOT COMPLAIN.
% (Hoods, (Brotemg, &t.
iYNOLDS has purchased this column
for on* year from Oct. 1.
INS
RE!
500 dozen Clark'* O. N. T. spool Cotton, four
spools for 25 cts.
1000 yards PRINTS, fast colon, only 6}, 8,
and 10 cents per yard.
1000 yards COTTON FLANNELS, at 12}, 15,
18, 20, 22 and 25 cents per yard.
1000 yards Black ALPACAS, at 25, 30, 35,
40 and 50 cents per yard.
2000 yards MUSLIN, at 8, 10,12}, 14, 16, 18
and 20 cents per yard.
1000 yards GINGHAMS, at 10, 12} and 15
cents per yard.
500 yards WOOLEN FLANNELS, at 25, 38,
35, 40, 45 and 50 cents per yard.
1000 yards n«w style Cuaimeres for men and
boys' wear, at 60c, T6c, 90c, $1, $1 25,
$1 50, and $1 75 p«r yard.
500 yards Kerseys, at 40, 50, 7b cts. and $1
per yard.
100 Men's Caasimere COATS, at $4 50, $5 00
and $6 00.
100 Men's Cassimere PANTS, at $2 and $2 50.
500 pairs Ladies' Cotton HOSE, at 10c, lie.
and 12c. per pair.
500 pairs Gents' Cotton HALF-HOSE, at 10
and 12} cents per pair.
A large stock of all the new and most fash
ionable Hats for gents, boys, youths aad
children at prices as low as the lowest.
500 pairs Women's SHOES, at $1 50, $1 75.
$2 00, $2 25 aad $2 50 per pair.
1080 pairs Misses and Children's SHOES at
50c, 75c, $1, $1 25, $1 50, $1 75 to $2 50
per pair.
1000 pairs Men's Heavy BOOTS, at $ 3 ,
$3 50, $4, $4 50 and $5 per pair.
500 Boys' BOOTS, at $1 50, $1 75; $2, $2 25,
•2 50 and $3 per pair.
Our Boots and Shoes are all. made to order,
and every pair warranted.
?000 pounds WHITE SUGAR, at 12 and 12}
cts per pound.
2000 pounds BROWN and YELLOW
SUGAR, at 10 and 11 cts. per ponnd.
1009 pounds Rio Coffee, at 26c. per peund.
100 pouhds Black and Green TEAS, at 50c,
75c, and $1 per pound.
2000 gallons COAL OIL, at 20 cts. per gallon.
SOLE AGENT FOR
PEBKINS & HOUSE' N0N-EÏ
! PLOSIVE METAL LAMP,
The beat in the market.
We still adhere to tbe eastern inaugu
rated by us of deducting 10 per ceat. on Dry
Goods and 5 per cent, on Groceries for CASH.
S. M. Reynolds.
■0
NOTICE.
ALL CUSTOMERS
WHOSE BILLS HAVE
BEEN PRESENTED
WILL PLEASB
can
AT ONCE,
AS I MUST HAVE FUNDS TO CONDUCT
MV BUSINESS.
S. M. REYNOLDS.
Oct 3-ly.