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[ Written for the Transcript by one of the
most experienced farmers, gardeners and
fruit growers in the United States.]
TH> CODLING MOTH.
The codling moth, or apple worm,
destroys a great deal of fruit in many
orchards. In some States it is esti
mated that one-third of the apple crop
is destroyed. There has been no
plete remedy for the depredations of
this insect. Some farmers whose
orchards are extensive have adopted the
nlan of turning their hogs into their
orchards, when worm-eaten fruit begins
to fall freely ; and others keep a large
drove of swine in their orohards all
summer. They devour the fallen ap
ples, and the worms in them. This
lessens their numbers
wormy apples than'the hogs
oan eat, sometimes a flock of Bheep are
turned in for a day or two at a time to
eat the apples. In orohards that
not very extensive, the fallen apples
may be picked up daily, and when
h have been gathered to make a
arrels of cider, it is made, and
. vinegar is made of it If bands of
coarse paper, or made of hay ropes, be
placed around the trunks of the trees,
two or three feet from the ground, the
that leave the applet will go
under these to form their cocoons, or
to "hind up," as it is called, and many
be destroyed by removing the bands
once in ten dsys. Some persons claim
that this is the only remedy that need
be practiced.
com
If there
are more
are
enouj
few
worms
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SCIENCE IN FARMING.
The word ' 'science" in farming is not
a popular expression among the masses
of our farmers, because hundreds of
theoretical writers,after having obtained
a little knowledge of agricultural chem
istry, have thought that they were able
in a faw articles to revolutionize our
system of farming. Some 25 years ago
it was stoutly contended by these hum
bug teachers of "scientific agriculture,"
that every farmer should have the soils
of his different fields analysed, so ss to
know what particular fertiliser to apply.
These chemists felt a wonderful interest
in the subject ; and offered to analize a
gill of earth, and give "a letter of ad
vice" for $20 ! Then the world was
excited over what Prof. Liebig, the
great German agricultural chemist
elaimed to have discovered—which was,
in brief, that every erop grown required
* a special fertilizer ; and to ascertain
what this fertilizer should be, take the
dry straw, stalks &c., of a crop to an
agricultural chemist to be burned, and
tbeir ashes when analised would show
. from their chemical constituents just
wbst kind of a commercial fertilizer
each crop should receive.
I was going tossy, that*the true science
of farming lies in being well read, and
thoroughly "posted" on practical agri
culture in all its ramifications. No
man oan folly understand hia business,
in these progressive times, without
reading at least one good agricultural
paper. He will, of oourse, find much
in such a paper that is of no value ;
but in the end it will pay to read such
a publication, by discarding the chaff
and storing up the wheat against the
day to bring it into use.
bon't omit the turnips.
Turnips are a profitable crop, if
grown on rich land. Five hundred
bushels to the acre are often grown at
a cost of about $15, including gather
ing and putting them in a cellar, root
house, Or burying them, making the
cost only three cents a bushel. Some
varieties may be aown in July, the flat
variety in. particular, which is frequent
ly sown among corn, immediately after
the last hoeing. Care should be taken
not to sow the seed too thick, as thin
ning out is not generally practiced when
grown in this way ; nor is any weed
ing done. Tljis is decidedly the cheapest
way that a crop of turnips can be grown.
Cover the seed by a brush drag drawn
between the rows of corn. Some farm
ers object .to growing turnips to feed
to cows, on account of giving the milk
an unpleasant flavor ; but this is obviated
by feeding the turnips, either when
ilkiag in the morning, oV immedi
ately after milking, and no bad flavor is
imparted to the evening's milk.
To be brief,
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A HOOT CKLIiAR OB HOUSE.
In building a barn a good large root
cellar should be built under it. But
where no such cellar exists, one can be
made at a small cost. Suppose your
barn is near a hill facing the East or
the South It would be very easy to
dig out a cellar on the side of the hill,
walling it up, and placing some timbers
across the top, upon which place cheap
two inch pine, chestnut, or other dur
able planks to support the earth roof —
The door should be thick, and made to
shut very tight ; and then no frost
would enter, such a cellar, uoless in a
very cold climate, where two doors
would be necessary. If no such side
hill exists hear your barn a root house
can be built on, level ground. If you
cab dig down two hr three feet, and can
drain the house by laying drain pipe so
much the better. In this case you go
down say two feet, lay your walls and
bank four'feet outside all around ex
cepting where the door is io go. Put
a double pitch roof on it, shingled, and
across the plates lay joists to support a
floor. In tbe gable end, over the door,
a small door should be made to admit
hay or straw to fill tbe space well
packed. The bank around the build
ing should be sodded up in the spring ;
and you will have a root cellar, frost
of, and not uusightly. Such a cel
should bo made in summer after
haying, as you can spare time.
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DITCHING LANDS.
There are but very fetv farms where
ditching is required, and it must be
done iu dry weather. Let your crops
be attended to so that in August you
can put men to ditching where it is
needed. Many a swamp can be made
to be aB good aa any laud ou the farm,
by draining them inajudioious man
ner, and every man must be the judge
of how deep and bow far apart the
ditches should be made, according to
the quantity of water to be carried off
and tbe fall.
DO
While ft man wa« aiuging the other
i., '-Tb«r»V. Good-Ti».
another nan rose and said, Would
joa kindly fix tbe dite ?" * ,
The real work of the teacher consists
in so adjusting the relations between
the minds of tbe pupils and the matter
or subject of instruction that the condi
tions shall become the most favorable
for the appropriate exercise of the
learner's powers in tho attainment of
knowledge : then the desired mental
development will follow aa a natural
consequence.
tumorous.
the
and
The Bridal Chamber. —He was tall
and awkward, and she was short rad
bashful, but both wore a nervous aspect
of exceeding great joy. They entered
a betel in Chicago, and after he had
registered his name "and lady," he said
to the clerk :
"See here, mister, me and my wife
have just been spliced, and I am goiDg
to show Amanda Chicago, if it takes a
mule a day. Now give us one of them
rooms like the Temple of Solomon, you
know.
The clerk called a row-boy, and said,
"Show this gentleman to the bridal
obamber."
At this direction the tall rustio be
came instantly excited.
"Not by a darned sight! Ye shiny
haired, bile-shirted, dollar-breast-pinn
ed, grinning monkey, ye can't play that
on me ! IT I am from the country, ye
don't catch me and my wife sleeping in
your old harness-room." And they left
the hotel.
of
the
all
ap
are
to
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of
be
the
go
or
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are
Thu Republican Platform. —"It is
a very pretty platform,' says the World,
"and must bave taken'General Hawley
It is fall
a long time to write it out.
of correct sentiments and beautiful,
beautiful language To be sure it does
not explain where all the money bas
gone to, but we cannot expeot every
thing, even in a platform of aeventeen
planks. As the Western swell said:
'Although, gentlemen, as president of
the Yellville National Bank, our de
ceased friend did not account satisfac
torily for the funds of that institution,
yet bis remarks upon tba busting of the
same showed that his heart beat warm
ly for his native laud.'
not
of
to
a
an
;
if
at
is
The elephant in a traveling cireua in
Sau Francisco discovered a pooket in the
back part of a girl'a dress, as she was
leaning against the rope and looking
the other way. He reaohed in bis trunk
and brought out an apple, which he ate.
Another trial yielded a package of gum
drops, and a third some peanuts. Again
be essayed and got hold of a bottle of
ammonia, the contents of. which went
the way of the apple, the candy and the
peanuts. Instantly the reientful ele
phant obliterated the girl's bustle, fill
ing the air with bits of eloth, newspa
per and whalebone.
Lawyers are sometimes very particu
Tbe other day one was waited
upon by a young man, whp began by
saying: "My father died and made a
"Is it possible? I never heard
of such a thing," answered the lawyer.
"I thought it happened every day,"
man ; "but if there is to
lar.
will.
»»
said the
be any difficulty about it I bad better
give you a fee to attend to the busi
Tbe fee was given and then the
lawyer observed: "Oh ! I think I know
wbat you mean. You mean that your
father made a will and died—yes, yes ;
that must be it.
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ness.
Walking Off the Edge.-Au Amer
ican, who went over to tbe mother
country some time ago, was asked, on
goiDg back, how he liked great Britain.
"Well," he said, "England was a very
nice country, exceedingly fertile, well
cultivated, very populous, and very
wealthy; but," said tbe American, "I
never liked to take a morning walk after
breakfast, because the country is so
«pall that I was always afraid of walk
»
ing off the edge.
"And you think, darling, you could
be ooDtent to share my humble lot, and
live in a quiet way with love and me ?'
queried the blisiful lover, as he looked
fondly into her translucent blue eyes.
"Why, yes, precious; you have no
idea how ecouomioal I am. Pa gave
me one hundred dollar^ last week to
buy » new silk, and I saved enough out
of it to puiohase four pairs of six-but
tonod kids.'
A beggar recently applied for alms at
the door of a partisan of the Anti
Mendicity Sooiety of Edinburgh.- After
vaiBly detailing his manifold sorrows,
be was peremptorily dismissed by the
inexorable gentleman. "Go away,"
said he; "we canna gie ye naathiug "
"You might, at least," returned the
mendicant, with an air of great dignity
and archness, "bave refused me gram
matically."
A new reading—A man who was
reprimanded by a divioe for swearing,
replied that he did not aee auyhartn in
it. "No harm iu it,' said the minister,
"why don't you know the command
ments. 'Swiar not at all?" "I do
not swear at all,' said tbe man, "I only
swear at those who annoy me.'
The laziest man is on a Western
paper. He spells photograph "'Do
graph.' There have only been three
worse than he. Ooe lived in Kansas,
and dated his letters "llworth,' another
spelled Tennessee ''lOaC,' and the
other wrote Wyandotte ''Y&.'
A captain caught a boy in the middle
watch frying some pork and eggs he
had stolen from the ship's stores, to
whom the captain called out; ''You
lubber, you ! I'll bave none of that !'
"Faith, captain, I've none for ye,' re
plied the lad.
A man with a large family was com
plaining of tbe difficulty of supporting
all of them. "But,' said a friend, "you
have sons big enough to earn something. '
"The difficulty is,' said the man, "they
are too big to work.'
A greenhorn arriving in town, on a
first visit, heard a boy calling "Oys
ters," and asked: "What's that?" "O,
only oysters," said his friend "Great
stars!' exclaimed the verdant one, "do
oysters bowl like that ?'
Dignity—"Did I aee you turn your
uoie up at me?' Impudence—"Don't
know, I'm aure!' Dignity—"Did you
turn it up?' Impudenoe—"Well, I
tried, and you make me think I suc
ceeded .'—London Fun.
be
or
to
—
to
a
so
go
a
;
be
is
the
to
off
A poet say*, Oh, she was fair, ut
sorrow came and left its traces there.
What became ofthe rest of tbe baroeas
be don't state
The most bashful girl we. ever knew
was one who blushed, when asked if she
bad not been courting sleep.
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''I» .b..t », r».
put&tion, sir! Yes, you always have
* , been particular about trifles.'
"Now,waiter,what's to pay?' 'What
''Three fish '
"I had
have you had, air?'
"Only brought up two, sir.'
three—two trout, and one smelt.'
the
of
JKiddlten Jimtorg.
CORPORATION OFFICERS.
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Town Commissioners — T. E. Hum, Presi
dent; Tuo 8. Massey, Jr., Secretary; Jas. h.
Scowdrick, G. W. Wilson, Wm. W. Wilson.
Assessor —C. E. Anderson.
TbeascreR. —Isaac Jones.
Justice of the Peace. —DeW. C. Walker.
Constable and Policeman. — L. B. Le».
Lamplighter. —F. Schreitz.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
John A. Reynolds.
TRUSTEES OF THE ACADEMY.
Hon John P. Cochran, Pres. ; Henry Davis,
Treas. ; Samuel Penington, Secretary ; James
Kanely, B. Gibbs, R. T. Cochran, N.Williams.
Principal of Academy. — T. S. Stevens.
OFFICERS OF CITIZENS' NAT'L
BANK.
Directobs.— Henry Clayton, B. Gibbs, B.
T Biees, John A. Reynolds, James Culbert
E. C. Fenimore, M. E. Walker, J. B.
Cazier, Joseph Biggs.
President. —Penry Clayton,
Cashier. — J. R. Hall.
Teller. —John S. Crouch.
son
DIRECTORS OF TOWN HALL CO.
is
J. M. Cox, Pres.; Samuel Penington, Sec.;
J. R. Hall, Treas.; R. A. Cochran, Jas. Cul
Ja8. H. Seowdrick, Wm. H. Barr,
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bertson,
CHURCHES.
Forest Presbyterian. —Rev. John Patton,
D. D., Pastor. Divine service every Sunday
at 10.30 a. m. and 7.30 p.m. Sunday School
at 9 a.m. Lecture on Wednesdays at 7.30 p.
m. Sunday School in the Chapel at Arm
strong's every Sunday at 2.30 p.
St. Annb's Protestant Episcopal.— Rev.
Wm.C. Butler, Rector. On Sundays—Morning
Prayer, 10.30 a. m.: Evening Prayer, 7:00
Sunday School, 9 a.m. Evening Prayer
Fridays at5 o'clock.
Methodist Episcopal, —Rev. L. C. Matlack,
D. D., Pastor. Service every Sunday at 10.30
a m. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday School at 9.30
a. m. and 2.30 p. m. Prayer Meeting on
Thursdays at 7.30 p. m. .
Colored Methodist. —Rev. N. Morns—
Pastor. Service every other Sunday at 10.30
p. m., 3 and 8 p. ra. Sunday School every
Sunday at 1 p. m.
m.
p. m.
on
MASONIC.
Adoniram Chapter No. 5, R. A. M. Meets
in Masonic Hall on the second and fourth Fri
days of every month at 8 o'clock, p. m.
Union Lodge No. 5, A, F. A.M. Meets on
the first and third Tuesdays of every month
at 8 o'clock, p. m. Masonic Hall.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Damon Lodge, No. 12 Meets every Friday
evening at 8 o'clock. Lodge room in the
Town Hall.
I. O. O. F.
Good Samaritan Lodge, No 9. Meets every
Thursday evening at 7J o'clk. Lodge Room
in Cochran Hall, No. 2, Cochran Square.
BUILDING AND LOAN.
Middletown B. ft L. Association. —Samuel
Penington, Pres.; A. G. Cox, Secretary. Meets
the first Thursday of every month at 8
o'clock, p. m.
Mutual Loan Association of Middletown.
—Jas. H. Scowdrick, Pres.; A. G. Cox, Sec
Meets on the third Tuesday of every
on
;
retary.
month at 8 o'clock, p. m.
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
Pinins* Agricultural and Pomological As
sociation.— Wm. R. Cochran, President and
Chairman of Board of Managers; J. B. Nau
dain, Secretary. Annual Meeting fourth Sat
urday in January. Next annual fair will be
held on October 4th, 5th and 6th, 1876.
DIAMOND STATE BRASS BAND.
Meets for practice every Monday evening at
8 o'clock.
DELAWARE RAILROAD.
Passenger trains going North leave at 7.07
8.33 a m and 3.59 p m ; going South at 10.42
a m, and 7.34 and 8.52 p m. Freight trains
with passenger car attached, going North,
leave at 8.05 p m ; going South, at 2.40
POST OFFICE.
Office House. —Opens at 6 30 a m and
closes at 9 p m every day except Sunday
Mails for the North close at 8.15 a m, and
3.40 p m.
Mail for the South closes at 10 15 a n.
Mails for Odessa close at 10.23 am and 8.SO
p m.
Mails for Warwick, Sassafras and Cecilton
close at 10.23 a m.
a m.
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STAGE LINES.
Stage for Odessa, with U7 S. Mail, leaves
shortly after arrival of the 10.43 am and 8.52
p m mail trains.
Stages for Warwick, Sassafras and Cecilton
leave shortly after arrival of the 10.43 a m
train.
WE STILL LIVE.
THE OLD SINK
YET ON TOP!
The Oyster trade having closed, we have
commenced the Ice Cream season by putting
up a Horse Power, which enables us to supply
ICE CrR/ZEjA-IM.
IN ANY QUANTITY
that may bè desired—from 1 gallon to 100,
daily—upon short notice. Our
CONFECTIONERY, CAKE,
—AND—
FBUIT DEPARTMENT
is full, as usual. Children's TOYS constant
ly on hand.
On and after MAY 30th, we will sell
XOJS
to all who may want it to tbe amount of 5
lbs. daily, at our store from 8 to 9 o'clock in
the morning. No Ice sold after 9 o'clock and
none delivered without the CASH DOWN!
and in no quantity of less than 5 lbs.
E B. RICE & CO.
Agents.
may 6—tf
Independent in everything! Neutral in Nothing!
Opposed to all Corrupt Rings
In Municipal, State and National Affairs!
§lu <$imes.
A FIRST-CLASS MOHN l IV« NRW8PA
P*R>
Is published every morning, Sundays ex
cepted, and delivered in the City of Philadel
phia and surrounding Cities, Villages and
Towns, for TWELVE CENTS PER WEEK,
payable to the carriers. It contains all the
News of tbe Day, including the
Associated Press Telegrams,
Special Telegrams
, And Correspondence
ut . f rom a j| pQinjg 0 f interest, full and accurate
Local Reports, and Fearless Editorial Discus
I slons of all current topies. It is a firjt-class
f newspaper Ip evpry respect,
,
Are tastefully and attractively displayed,
^r-Tbe circulation of "THE TIMES " is
Ç
ception ofthe Ledger, and is constantly in
| creasing.
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ADVERTISEMENTS
®mtt Sites.
PHILADELPHIA, WILM WG TON A ND
BALTIMORE RAILROAD v
Delaware Dmsion. Time Table.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
O N and after MONDAY, MAY 29th, 1876,
(Sundays exceptedJ trains leave as fol
lows :
NORTH.
Del mar,
Laurel,
SEAFORD,
Bridge ville,
Greenwood,
Farmington,
Harrington,
Felton,
Canterbury,
Woodside,
Wyoming,
DOVER,
Moortou,
Brenford,
SMYRNA,
Clayton,
Green Spring,
Blackbird,
Townsend,
MIDDLETOWN 8 33 7 07
Mt. Pleasant,
Kirkwood,
Rodney,
Bear,
State Road,
New Castle,
Delà. Junction
Wilmington, nr 9 25
Philadelphia, " 10 45 9 35
Baltimore,
MIXED. PASS.
r.M. P.M.
2 55 1 00
3 15 1 12
3 40 1 27
4 09 1 42
4 24 1 52
4 39 2 02
4 59 2 13
5 21 2 25
PASS. PASS.
A.M. A.M.
5 50
6 02
6 17 .
6 32
6 42
6 51
7 00
7 13
2 30
5 28
7 18
5 36 2 35
5 52 2 44
6 08 2 52
6 28 3 03
6 43 3 10
7 23
5 50
7 37 6 00
6 10
6 16
7 40 6 00
8 00 6 25
3 00
6 59 3 20
7 09 3 25
7 24 3 33
7 43 3 42
8 05 3 59
8 34 4 09
8 48 4 19
6 31
G 40
8 16 6 47
7 18
7 30
4 21
7 32
4 30
7 42
4 33
7 45
4 42
9 08 7 55
9 39 5 00
11 00 6 15
8 15
8 10
11 10
PASS.
P.M. P.M.
5 15 6 15
3 00 3 00
MIXED. PASS.
P.M. A.M.
8 00
7 00 7 00
SOUTH.
Philadelphia) 11 30
Baltimore,
A.M.
12 55 9 30
6 30 7 40
Wilmington,
Del. Junction
New Castle,
State Road,
Bear,
Rodney,
Kirkwood,
Mt. Pleasant,
MIDDLETOWN 2 40 10 42
Townsend,
Blackbird,
Green Spring,
Clayton,
SMYRNA, (Ar.)
Brenford,
Moorton,
DOVER,
Wyoming,
Woodside,
Canterbury,
Felton,
Harrington,
Farmington,
Greenwood,
Bridgeville,
SEAFORD,
Laurel,
Delmar,
The Mixed trains will be rufl subject to de
lays incident to freight business. Trains will
stop only at stations where time is given.
H. F. KENNEY, Sup't.
9 40
6 48 7 59
1 30 9 52
8 01
9 54
8 12
10 03
10 06
2 05 10 14
2 19 10 24
8 15
8 24
8 34
7 34 8 52
7 43 9 02
-9 08
2 57 10 52
3 06 10 57
3 15 11 05
3 30 11 12 8 00 9 23
11 28 8 20 9 40
3 38 11 17
3 49 11 23
4 10 11 3i> 8 18 9 48
4 22 11 42
11 50 8 32
11 55 8 37
4 50 12 01 8 43
5 15 12 16 8 56
5 30 12 24 9 04
5 45 12 34 9 14
6 03 12 44 9 24
6 45 1 03 9 40
7 10 1 23 9 54
7 30 1 35 10 08
9 16
9 29
9 36
9 55
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FOB PHILADELPHIA.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENTS.
On and after Monday, JUNE 5th, 1876,
Steamer
MAJOR REYBOLD ,
Capt. W. Eugene Reybold,
Will leave Salem, N. J., every day (Sundays
excepted) at 6 a. m. Returning, leave Arch
Street Wharf at 3 p. m.
EXCURSION TICKETS
from Salem, Delaware City and New Castle,
good for ten days, 75 cents, good to return
on either "Reybold" or steamer "Perry."
Stages for St. Georges, McDonough, and
Odessa, Del., Sharpstown, Woodstown, and
Allowaystown, N. J., connect with Steamers.
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FREIGHT AT LOW BATES.
All lost goods must be reported to the
Captain within three days. •
Spring and Summer Arrangement.
On and after WEDNESDAY, MAY 10,
THE STEAMER
TRUMPETER,
will leave Georgetown, Md., at 7 o'clk, a. m.,
Shallcross' at 7:30, Turner's Creek at 8, Bet
terton at 8.30, and Buck's Neck at 10 o'clock,
every Monday, Wednesdays and Friday, ar
riving in Baltimore at 1 o'clock, p. m. Re
turning will leave Baltimore at 10.30 a. m.
every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
The "Trumpeter" has recently been thor
oughly overhauled and repaired, and is now
in first-class condition, furnishing excellent
accommodations for passengers ; and we sin
cerely trust that the friendly relations hitherto
existing between her and the public may con
tinue to exist, for which end we will ever be
found striving to the utmost of ourability.
marl- ly
• WM. CUNDIFF, Master.
Keister's dites.
REGISTER'S ORDER.
Register's Office,
New Castle County, May 10th, 1876.
Upon the application of William R. Cochran
and Charles P. Cochran, Administrators of
John Cochftn, late of St. Georges Hundred
in said County, deceased, it is ordered and
directed by the Register that tbe Adminis
trators aforesaid, give notice of tbe grant
ing, of Letters of Administration, upon
the Estate of the deceased, with the
date of granting thereof, by causing ad
vertisements to be posted within forty days
from the date of such Letters, in six of the
most public places of the County of New Cas
tle, requiring all persons having demands
against the Estate to present the same, or
abide an Act of Assembly in such case made
and provided ; and also cause the same to be
inserted within the same period in the Mm
dletown Transcript, a newspaper published
in Middletown, and to be continued therein
two months.
Given under the hand and Seal of
.,-.. Office of the Register aforesaid, at
•I L,S. V New Castle, in New Castle County
* w' ' aforesaid, the day and year above
S. C. BIGGS, Register.
written.
' NOTICE.
All persons having claims against the Estate
of the deceased must present the same duly
attested to the Administrator, on or before
May 10th, 1877, or abide an Act of Assembly
in such ease made and provided.
WILLIAM R. COCHRAN,
CHARLES P. COCHRAN,
Administrators.
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Address— Middletown, Del.
REGISTER'S ORDER.
REGISTER'S OFFICE,
New Castle County, June 5th, 1876.
Upon the application of Sbbbck F. Shall
CRosa* Administrator of HUGH FLEMING,
late OT St. Georges Hundred, in said County,
deceased, it is ordered and directed by the
Register that tbe Administrator aforesaid
give notice of the granting of Letters
of Administration upon the Estate of the de
ceased, with the date of granting thereof, by
causing advertisements to be posted within
forty days from the date of such Letters, in
six of the most public places of the County of
New Castle, requiring all persons having de
mands against the Estate to present the same
or abide an Act of Assembly in such case,
made and provided ; and also cause the same
to he inserted within the same period in the
Middletown Transcript, a newspaper pub
lished in Middletown, and to be continued
therein two months. n
Given under the hand and Seal of (Jmce
of the Register aforesaid, at New
Castle, in New Castle County afore
said, the day and year above writ
ten. s! C. BIGGS, Iftgisier.
is
fei
NOTICE.
All persons having claims against the Es
tate ofthe deceased must present the same,
duly attested, to the Administrator oa or be
fore June 5th, 1877, or abide the Act of As
sembly in such case made and provided.
S. F. SHALLCROSS, Administrator.
Address—Middletown, Del.
junl7-2m
PRINTING!
:
Transcript Office,
MIDDLETOWN. DEL...
BOOK, CARD AND GENERAL
JOB PRINTING.
Haring just added another supply of new and hand
some types to our stock, we are now better
than ever before prepared to execute
promptly, neatly and at
moderate prices
M Printing: of Every Description
—SUCH AS—
CARDS,
CIRCULARS,
BILL HEADS,
LETTER HEADS.
CHEQUES,
NOTES,
DRAFTS,
LABELS,
DODGERS, and
COMMERCIAL PRINTING
GE!Nli;UAI.I.Y.
—WE ALSO PRINT—
PAMPHLETS,
PROGRAMMES,
STOCK CERTIFICATES,
CATALOGUES,
REPORTS, Etc , Etc.
And cordially invite all persons who may have need
of any of these things, or any style or kind of printing,
to favor us with a call and learn our prices. We give
especial attention to the printing of
POSTEES,
SALE BILLS,
Etc., which for attractiveness and beauty we think
cannot be surpassed, if equalled, anywhere else.
Having every facility for the prosecution of the
PRINTING BUSINESS,
in all its varied details we respectfully solicit the pa
tronage of our friends and the public.^
0UB PBESSES
are the latest improved kind while our stock of dis
play TYPES, CUTS, &c., cannot be surpassed by any
office on the peninsula. Employing skilled workmen
and giving our own personal and constant attention
to our business, we feel satisfied of our ability to give
satisfaction to all who may favor us with orders, and
invite an examination of the style and quality of our
work.
Order« bjr mail, or otherwise, will re
ceive prompt attention»
E. BEYN0LDS.
WHITELOCK'S
VEGETATOR.
it
!)
»*# v£.
t* VEGETATOR
♦7** BALTIMORE * **
** 160 J*
THE
LEADING FERTILIZED
OF THE W0BID.
UNIFORM IN QUALITY.
GOOD FOR ALL CROPS.
W. WHITELOCK & CO.,
44 SOUTH STREET.
BALTINOHE, MD.
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PELIÇM
idO
REGISTERED TRADE-kiAilK.
$38.00 per ton.
S0LUABLE MARINE GUANO
i
Reduced to $48.00 per ton.
Circulars and analysis mailed free on application.
For sale by Dealers generally and by the Imiorters
and Manufacturers,
JOSIAI1 J. ALLEN'S SONS.
No. 4 South Delaware Ave., Philadelphia.
J. B. CLARKSON, Agent,
Middletown, Del.
J.E.TYGKKT Ac CO
MANUFACTURERS OF
STAR BONE
of
j
, , am prepared t0 accommodate permanent
| and tra i sie ' nt gucsts at reasonable rates,
T , )e Bar is = t a „ times stoe ked with the
choicest Wines, Liquors, Tobaccos and Se
, g
j B Afipe Livery j s a i s0 attached to the Hotel,
w j ]ere teams are to be had at reasonable rates,
PHOSPHATE
AND
Pure Ground Bone,
Also dealers in Fertilising
Materials of all kind.
, j 42 South Delaware Avenue, Phila., Pa.
\ Smyrna, Delaware.
KUK
TMOE
OFFICES :
TOWNSEND HOUSE,
Opposite hail Road Depot,
TOWNSEND, DELAWARE
Come and See Me.
WM. B. HOLLIS,
Proprietor,
-
April 8—tf
WANTED,
By a Lady, a situation at Dressmaking and
all kinds of Sewing, in Middletown or the
county. Address LUCY BIRD,
j June.lO-lm Middletown, Del. I
Jrç (goods and (groom
1776 POPULAR CORNER. 1876
GREAT REDUCTION
IN PRICES!
TREMENDOUS SUCCESS,
All hail ye people, for and near.
Of Popular Corner you now shall hear :
With goods piled up from door to door,
And sold for less than heretofore.
Just received, a large and well se
lected assortment of Spring DRESS
GOODS for ladies' wear, at greatly
reduced prices ; French and Amer
ican
Cloths and Gassimeres
for men's and boys' wear, very
cheap ; 300 pieces of Choice
New Prints
from 5 to 8 cts. per yard. The best
makes of bleached and brown MUS
LINS, Table Linen, Flannels, ftc.,
kept constantly on hand and sold at
prices to suit the limes. The largest
assortment of LADIES' SHOES in
town. Hosiery, Gloves, Ties, Hand
kerchiefs, Trimmings and Edgings
generally in great variety. .The gro
cery department will bear inspection
as to quality and prices.
Apnejr for Mme- Demorest'a re
liable Patterns of Fashion. •
But we'll not tax your minds any longer by telling
Of the many cheap goods that we are now selling,
But come one! come all! and all come in time.
To the Popular Corner of G. W. W. Naudain,
Middletown, Del.
( H G. RILEY.
Assistants: ■{ S. J. TOLSON,
[ J. DAWSON.
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THE BEST GOODS
For the Least Money !
—AT THE—
Main Heal far BARGAINS!
GRIND SPRINB
OPEITItT C3- !
ELIASON BROS.
Middletown, Del*
Having concluded that large sales and quick
returns will not only pay better than having
the goods lay on tbe shelves, but enable us to
constantly show a greater variety, we have
marked all our
GOODS DOWN,
to a very low figure. We have now in stock,
and are prepared to show the inhabitants of
this town and vicinity a magnificent line of
Dry Goods,
Fancy Goods,
Ready-made Clothing,
Hats, Caps,
Boots, Shoes,
Notions, etc., etc.
EVERY ARTICLE NEW.
Y'our patronage is solicited, and you will
be dealt with right.
Money may be scarce with yon, but remem
ber that our prices will be in proportion to
your purse ; and if you bave the money to
spend and want our goods, do not fail to see
us soon. We adhere strictly to "Popular
Prices," and the
is that no goods
>opu!ar verdict on our prices
of the same style and work
manship can be bought anywhere else for the
same money.
WE HAVE WITH US
W.GEO. MABREY. -
Jan 8—tf
JR. TOWNSEND,
TOWNSEND, DEL.,
WITH
A. STEWART & SON
COMMISSION DEALERS
IN
PEACHES, &c.,
NO. 29 ft 31 FULTON ROW, WEST WASH
INGTON MARKET,
NEW YORK.
P. S.—Shippers written to daily, and pro
ceeds sent promptly each week, and between
the close of the peach season and Christmas
we will pay for lost baskets. We shall also
cart peaches over the ferry from Jersey City
to New York for 3 cents per basket and 5
cents per crate.
Mr. WM. N. WILSON will be our shipping
agent at Middletown, during the coming
peach season, and will be assisted by Mr.
ASBURY PFNNINGTON.
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ST. ANNE'S SCHOOL,
MIDDLETOWN, DEL.
The second session of 1875-76 will begin
on the 18th day of February. Apply to
WILLIAM C. BUTLER, Rector
PEAÇH BASKETS.
50,000 Stave Baskets. J. E. WORDEN'S
make, Smyrna, Del., for sale, at 91 cents.
W. N. WILSON,
Middletown, Del,
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t**S A I j JHjJ Y | |'
I
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Neatly Printed at this Office.
(Çarriajgfs, ISfepts, &t.
1776 YE CENTENNIAL. 1876
JAMES AND ALFRED COX,
J. M. COX ft BRO.,
—OF YE TOWNS OF—
MIDDLETOWNE, DELAWARE,
Give notice to all y* people thnte they are
still making
CARRIAGES!!
of everye kinde, ye price of which will be
moderate in consideration of ye harde times.
A good lie number will be founde on bande
for ye publick to look at ft such lyke as ye
people of this country may wante. All ye
Carriages are goode ft warranted to please.
Repairing also done* with dispatebe and
carefulness.
REMEMBER YE PLACE!
Which is next door to Mr. Geo. W. Wilson's
Coffin Sbope, and opposite ye Bank,
where money is kept.
apr 2$3m
ESTABLISHED 1832.
ODESSA WAGON WORKS.
Constantly on hand a large stock of well
seasoned materials, from which those desiring
Wagons can be accommodated at short notice.
Also, a large stock of
PLOWS,
HECKENDORN, MOORE, CONCAVE,
WILEY, ETC.
Harrows, Cultivators, Rollers, k
Farmers' Attention is called to the
celebrated
PI0NEEB STUMP PÜLLEB
3
which has met with universal favor, having
been tried in nearly every State.
REPAIRING neatly and promptly attended
to.
We are selling low for cash.
L. V. ASPRIL & SON,
ODESSA, DELA WARE.
Janury 15th, 1876—tf.
H ARRISONS'
TOWN AND COUNTRY
i
•BE
m
u
r*
PAINTS
to
I
IN GALLONS, HALF GALLONS, AND QUARTS.
Require No Thinning For Use,
Made only from Pare White Lead or Oxide
of Zinc tinted with the purest and finest pig
ments and thinned with perfectly pure Lin
seed Oil, prepared to dry qnickly with a beau
tiful gloss. Get sample card of
J. B. FENIMORE k CO.,
of
Opposite the R. R. Depot, Middletown, Del.,
Dealers in Lumber, Hardware, and
GENERAL BUILDING MATERIAL,
Agents for Middletown and vicinity.
Jnl 17—ly
WOOL.
WOOL.
The highest market price will be paid for
WOOL, either iD large or small quantities, de
livered at L. P. McDowell's in Middletown,
Del., on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays,
commencing on Thursday, MAY 25th.
my 20 GHEEN ft McDOWELL.
NOTICE.
Tbe Board of Commissioners will meet in
their office on the Second and Fourth TUES
DAYS of each month.
Persons having Bills against the Town will
present the same at their regular meetings, as
no bills will hereafter be paid unless properly
passed by the Board,
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T. E. HURN, Pres't.
Valuable Real Estate
IN SASSAFRAS, Kent Co., Md.,
to
AT PRIVATE SALE.
By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Conrt.
This property consists of a large
m
TWO-STORY BUILDING,
brick front and a frame back building two
stories high, containing nine rooms in ail,
with a good cellar under the main building.
A good pump of water at the door. There is
also a good STABLE and Carriage.House and
a lot containing one acre and thirty-seven
E erches. The location is desirable as tbe
ome of a Physician, as the death of Dr
Clift, the former owner, leaves the whole
neighborhood without one.
This property will be sold upon very rea
sonable terms, and those wishing to examine
the property or obtain further information as
to price and terms, will call on or address
R. S. GRIFFITH, Adm'r,
Sassafras, Kent county, Md.
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Reciprocity Shirt!
ALL MADE,
5
With Exception of the Button Holes
Made of Wamsutta Muslin and
2100 Heavy Linen!
We feel confident that we are giving intrinsi
cally
TIIE CHEAPEST,
BEST MADE and
BEST FITTING SHIRT
THAT HAS EVER BEEN OFFERED FOR *1.25.
.The Recipbocity Shirt is superior to most
of shirts, first-class, (so-called) for the follow
ing reasons :
Our Collar Bands are Linen, and are Three
Ply.
Our Cuffs are Linen, and are Three Ply.
Onr Bossoms are Lined with Heavy Linen,
and are Three Ply.
Our Back Facings are both upper and un
der ; made wide, giving Strength and finish,
jas-To the people that have been accus
tomed to buy materials for shirts, and have
them made up at home, we particularly call
to their notice onr Recipbocity Shirt. Ail
made but tbe button holes, and only $1.25
each, at
J. P. DOUGHTEN'S,
Wo, 410 Market Street.
(grain, Junte, Jccd. &r.
Ift&â® lOHBBt ft.«
GRAIN DEALER,
Middletown, Delaware.
AGENT FOR
Wm. Lea Sç Sons ,
BRANDYWINE MILLS.
Highest Market Price
PAID FOR GRAIN
On Cheiapeake and Delaware Wann
OR ON DELAWARE R. R.
And its Connections.
Jan 1, 1876-tf.
WILSON,
W.
1ST-.
Wholesale and retail denier in
Grain, Feed,'
FLOUR, FRUITS,
AND
FARMING IMPLEMENTS,
Has on band fresh from Robert Buist's Seed
Store, of Philadelphia, a large and well select
ed lot of
GIRDER SEEDS,
LAND PLASTER
Furnished by the Ton or Bushel.
Also, PEAS and BEANS by the quart,
Agent for the sale of the following Agricul- '
tural Implements from the well-known
bouse of J. C. Durborrow ft Co.,
Baltimore, Maryland :
The Harman patent steel-tootb Horse Rake,
manufactured by the Taylor Manufacturing
Co., Westminster, Md.
Cider Mills of the Keystone, Buckeye, Excel
sior, Sr. and Jr., and Hutchinson patents.
Grain Fans of the Montgomery, Van Winkle
and Randall patents:
Lawn Mowers, Plows, Harrows and Cultiva
tors. All Orders promptly attended to.
Agent for Riggs' patent
TWO-HORSE GANG PLOW.
Croquet sets from $4 to $20 per set, manu
factured by Howes ft Bebee, Rochester, N. Y.
The most reliable manufacturers.
ON MAIN STREET,
MIDDLETOWN, DELA WABE,
(Wear tbe Depot.)
Apr 22—tf
~ 1 y
WM. A. COMEGYS.
j: B. FOARD.
FOARD ft C0MEGYS,
Grain Commission Merchants,
AND V^JOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Lime, Fertilizers,
COAL,
FLOUR, MEAL, FEED, &c.,
)
ALSO,
Agricultural Implements.
Sole agents for
HAMILTON'S CELEBRATED GRAIN AND
PHOSPHATE DRILL.
Also, Sole Agents for the
SOLUBLE PACIFIC Guano,
Wbann's Raw-Bone Super-Phosphate and
SUN GUANO,
BUSSELL COE'S PHOSPHATE,
J. M. Rhodes' Genuine Phosphate,
Which we can sell on terms to suit tbe tight
ness of the times.
All kinds of COAL constantly on hand, and
for sale at the very lowest cash rates.
STANTON MILLS
BEST BRANDS OF FLOUR.
sept 12-ly, (
Isaac Jones; Jr
• 9
MIDDLETOWN, DEL.,
Commission Merchant
AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
coal t lime, flour,
FEED, SEEDS,
FERTILIZERS,
Agricultural Implements, &c.
Best Lehigh and Schuylkill anthracite no&
Cumberland bituminous Coals on
hand at all times.
• Jan 1, 1876-tt