Milford chronicle., 1885-11-13

'oVN lne BOuu olu lluleS When all the Wea
''0' ing apparel was woven and made 4
at home. 1t sounds very pretty, bl
how would man, uOw-a-days, like
exchange one.of Treidler's perfect Fl
nm for Il suit made at home.
w. w. WERNINGER representa-
ds: John NJ. Root & Co., Philadelphia
with lot of splendid Family Bible
.iaI United States Histories, Webster
ak Dictionaries, elegant silk albums, ei
cyclor@dias, on the instalment plan
Dr.. will be fOra few days at Central Hote
nd -~--
AN oyster supper and festival will b
held at Houston hext Thursday even
eft ing, November 18th, under the aus
ed pices of the NJ. L. Church. Proceed
to be devoted to the Sunday School
A pleasant social time Is anticipated
-. =" to which the public are cordially in
sT vited.
THE managers of the Polo Rinl
have secured for the season the ser
10 vices of the Independent Cornet Band
~ that has been travelling for.the last six
u months with Frank Robbins circus
The rink is Open every night, with
n. music Wednesdays, Fridays and Sat
,v urdays.
Il HAPPY the man with wishes few,
who 'gainst his lot makes no com
: plant; who meier demands more than
10 that his wife shall buy her dress-goods
o and wraps OF Mrs. Reedy. She is the
leader in fashionable dfess-gOods and
ladies' wraps, and if you call she will
II treat you well.
WHEN J. w. Adkins, The grocer and
> w. e Hopkins, grower of small fruits,
turn themselves loose on fishing ex-
e cursiOn, they generally take the cake
: and the basin it was baked in. Last
- Monday they went to Cedar Greek
}. and caught 100 pike, with hook and
line, in about five hours.
r THE record on big potatoes was
4 broken again this week by Mr.. Jos
n Draper, who brought in five of the
Mammoth Pearl variety that weighed
eight pounds and seven ounces. The
' heaviest weighed thirty ounces. They
were smooth, round and entirely free
: from knots or irregular growth.
LAND is changing ownership on the
Peninsula rapidly this week, and it is
bringing good prices. At trustee sale
at Bridgevile last week, 427 acres of
very ordinary land brought $35O2 DR..
S. d. Marshall, of Philadelphia has
sold farm of 1GO acres near Milton, to !
Mr.. Charles Wilson, near Leipsic, Kent
county, for 81 $50 cash.
THE Town Commissioners have re-
ceived two carloads Of shells and are |
putting them ON Causey avenue begin
ming at the depot. The Commission
ers should pave the sidewalk from the
depot TO Mr.. w. F. Causey's before
cold weather. When Mr.. Causey gave
the ground for a sidewalk. the town
agreed to pave it, and it ought TO have
been dOneso atOnce.
NOTICE., w. II. SmoOt. will stop
hotel keeping in Milford on January
lst, 1886, and have a number of bills
on my books that must be settled by
December 1st. Ifthey are not, will
sell them at auction. I have a lot of
cunning material and fishing tackle
/ al 81
3w-Oct 80. w. IL. SMoOT.
SNowFLAKEs have fallen in the
CHRONICLE office this week that
weighed thirty ounces, and it only re-
quired sixteen of them to make a half
bushel. There was nothing frigid
about them, for they were planted last
June by Mr.. J. w. Boyce,in Slaughter
Neck, who raised a fine crop of this
same variety Of white potatoes.
A handsome Bible beautifully illus
trated by Dore, with the old and new
version, dictionary, concordance and
Bible history combined, has been pre-
sented 10 the Chapel Sunday School
by Messrs. John NJ. Root & Co, 722
Chestnut street, Philadelphia, through
their agent, Mr.. W. w. Werninger,
now at the Central Hotel, Milford.
A novelty in entertainment will be
offered to Milford on Monday and
Tuesday evenings next. 1t is COM
plete marlonette minstrel show, and
the figures and mechanism are the re-
suit of two years labor by e. A. Rowe.
Mr.. r. will make his initial perform
ance in Milford, and will then COM
mence tour of the Eastern States.
FARES have been reduced on the D.
NJ. and V. Railroad to the standard
charge, three cents per mile, to all
points along its line. The fare from
here to Georgetown is now forty-seven
cents; to Lewes forty-tbree cents, and
round-trIp tickets good for three days
10 Philadelphia are only S4.OO; to Will ,
mington $3.50, and to New York good
for six days, So.
NEXT Monday morning, and proba-
bly, sooner than that, the slaughter of
rabbits and partridges will commence,
and we would utter word of caution /
to the old sportsman as well as to the
novice; be careful-don'tp pull your gun
out of wagon or dearborn with the