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Milford chronicle., 1885-06-05

"The only danger to the peach crop now is the
cuTculiO. This is black or dark brown bug. from
three-eighths to hve-eghths inches long, with a
prOboscis about One-onrth Of an inch long. il
may be known BY its habit Of appearing hfeless
when disturbed
They crawl up the tree and deposit their eggs in
the fruit. One curou1O is capable Of laying sew.
1 eral hundred eggs. When they finish LAYING their
eggs they die; but there in the peaches the in
! Vulnerable eggs which make the worms that do
their destroying work. and then return to the
ground, Whele tho next spring thew are ready
agan,as curcuiiOs, to destroy millions Of fruitn
The above was cut from a recent issue Of the
Raleigh IN. c. Nelrs and Observer. The cur.
culo mentioned is not the same as that which
iniests the plum, the nectarne, and more or less,
the pear, the ounce, aud the peach. The plum
curculiO is only about One.fifth of an inch in
length. The largest eurculio known 10 the South.
eru States, is one which sometimes makes fear.
tul destruction Of the pine trees, especially in
South Carolina. 1t lays It's eggs in the buds and
young shoots ofthe trees and the grubs,o or larva,
live under the bark, devouring the soft inner
surface and the tender, newly-fOrmed wood, sep. |
arating the wood from the bark Ia large patches,
and so killing the trees. This beetle is from 4
threeeighths to ive-eigbihs Of an inch in length.
Can it be that this species has begun to attack
the fruit Of the peach treei
The yelows and the plum eurenliO are greatly
dangers to our important peach
growing industry but lift is to be imperilled BY
the advent OF this destructive insect among Us,
The whole industry win be destroyed, the same
As plum growing has been destroyed by the
plum curculio.
The ignorant and stupid, both in and ont Of
he Legislature, speak contemptuonsly Of ento.
nologists as "buegisis,n and, indeed, speak in /:
he same way Of all agricultural scientists. II }
bis curculio should get here, the people would 9
'e very glad to have druggist" inform them I
to the habits Of the insect and how to destroy I
Milford chronicle., 1885-06-05

will be of frame, about sixteen feet
wide, thirty-five feet long and five feet
IN depth. The interior will be lined
with lead, requiring some four tons
to line it. The tank will be built in
the rear of their other buildings, and
pipes used 10 convey the acid from
this to smaller tank, to be located in
The main phosphate building. Iu ad-
dition to this, steam barge has been
purchased from Philadelphia parties,
and is now being converted into a
tank or acid boat, which, when COM
pleted, will contain four separate
tanks, (requiring some five tons of
lead for this purp0scl with a maxi
mum capacity Of l25 tons, and will he
used for conveying sulphuric acid 10
their works. This company have
heretofore been conveying their acid
In carbOys, but the increase of bust
hess has been SO great that they have
outgrown the carbOy system, land adopt
this more modern system as a help 10
their increasing trade. The actual
sales of the Peninsular Bone Fertiliz-
ing Company for the past season have
amounted to over twelve hundred
tons. This does not include any con-
signment sales, and the company re-
port this to be ahead of any thing ac-
complished by them in the past, with a
prospect of a still greater increase in
the fall trade.
Milford chronicle., 1885-06-05

THE Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has just issued its Summer
Excursion Route Book for 1885. 1t
is most elaborate work showing all
the routes and the pleasant and re-
markable places accessible by the
Company's system. There are illus.
trated descriptions of many of the
more noted resorts, and new map
showing the great range of the
cOmpany's lines, and the ease with
which, by them the Great Lakes and
the st. Lawrence can be reached on
the north, and every point on the
coast, from RehObOth to Sandy Hook.
Every information that can be re-
quired in regard to rates of fare, tick
cts, transfers, stopping over, bag
gage, hotels, ETC., is given in such
clear and lucid manner as to be easily
Indeed it is marvel
lOus hOwmuch information can be
found within its covers.
A copy can be procured by writing
to Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General
Passenger Agent, P. r. r., Phila-
delphia. 1t should be in the hands
of everyone who intends to make
even a short summer tour.
Milford chronicle., 1885-06-05
Georgetown trains connect with trains to ant
CONNECTIONS.

No. at franklin City with Steamer from Chin
colleague; az Berlin with the W. q p. r. r. for
Salisbury; at Georgetown with No. for Harrng-
tom at Georgetown Tuesdays and Fridays with
No for Steamer for New York
No. at George town with No. and No. 8 for
Lewes.
No ( at Georgetown with No. for Franklin
City and ChincOteague; At Lewes with Steamer for
New York Tuesdays and Fridays.
No. ard No. at Georgetown with No. for
Franklin City aud ChihcOteaue
Nos and Tuesdays and Fridays at Lewes
with Steamer that left New York at 3 p m, the
day before.
All trains to and from Harrington with trains Of
p. w. q b. K. X. going North and South
Train Leaves Lewes Station for New York Steam
er Tuesdays and Fridays at 90 p. m.
Steamer Leaves Lewes for New York Tuesdays
and Fridays p. m. arriving in New York early the
next morning.
Steamer Leaves New York for Lewes Mondays
and Thursdays at 800 p. IN. arriving in Lewes
early the next morning.
Steamer WidgeOn Leaves Franklin CITY for
Chincoteague at 2.32 D. IN. on arrival Of Train No
o.; Leaves Chincsteague at AS a. m to connect
with Train No. from Franklin City.
Thomas GROOM, Superintendent.
A. Brown, Traffic Manager.
Milford chronicle., 1885-06-05

him. They oughtto know that before he comes,
and pay the "buegistD to find out all about his
ways. When we have district representation,
We may perhaps have some few Intelligent men
in the Legislature who will know that agricul-
ture and fruit growing are, and always will be,
the foundation sources Of wealth in this State.
and will recognize its needs. How to raise taxes
is not the only business of Legislature. How
to enable the people to obtain the money to pay
them, is The FIRST and most imporiaHt sten.
Milford chronicle., 1885-06-05

toned to buying large quantities OF
bran for feeding their animals should
therefore not discard the roller bran
without thoroughly testing its value
BY actual trial and comparison with
the old process bran. It should be
remembered that bran has a high
manurial value in addition to its
value as food, and it may be profita-
bic to purchase it for feeding freely,
even though it is not perfectly di-
gested. The soil has more time
than the COW for getting the valua-
bic elements out of it. Feed it, first
letting the COW take what toll she
can, then apply the manure to the
land, and the entire value of the ma
terial will be utilized.
Milford chronicle., 1885-06-05

SINCE the introduction of the
"roller system" farmers that feed
bran have noticed that it looks to be
of less value for feeding, than the
bran from the old milestone system
Of grinding. It is coarser, and looks
and feels more like sawdust. Itmay
be a question whether cattle can di-
gest coarse bran as thoroughly as
fine; but it is probable that it is fully
as valuable for feed on the farm.
The Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton connected with the Wisconsin
University, has lately been looking
into this matter, and state that roller
process bran differs from sold pro-
cess" bran in containing more pro-
tein, so that the roller bran must be
more valuable as feed particularly i'll
fed with the ordinary coarse folders
Of the farm, which are deficient in
protein.
Qairymen who have been aecus-
Milford chronicle., 1885-06-05


ONE year ago the Philadelphia Re-
cord called attention to the exactions
of the companies supply ing that city
with coal, and engaged in deter
mined effort to put down the price.
1t did not confine its efforts to words
but made an arrangement by which
the people could be supplied from
the Record office, with coal ut $3.50
per ton; it was then selling at $3.50.
OF course the price of coal came
down to that figure; saving to the
people of Philadelphia over one mil
lion of dollars.
The Record commences the second
year ofthe contest with the announce
ment that it will fill orders for coal
at So per ton, and gives figures to
prove that then the coal and trans
pOrtatiOn companies have a fair mar
gin for profit.
The money saved is not the only
benefit derived from this movement,
it has aroused the people all over
the country, and called their atten-
ton to the wrongs from which they
are suffering from the over charge
for transportation and handling, not
only in coal but in many OtherO of the
OF life. The producers
at one end of the line, working for
starvation wages; the consumers at |
the other, unable to buy the product |
Of his labor on account of its high |
price, while between the two is an
army Of non-producers who grow fat
on the labor and suffering of both.
Success to the Record in its fight
for the peoples rights, and may it
long enjoy the prosperity it has so
well earned.
Milford chronicle., 1885-06-05

No department in the government
it is to be hoped, will show more ex-
travagance, corruption and misman-
agement than has the Agricultural
Department under DIR. Loring. it ap-
pears to have become rotten through
and through. The appropriations,
amounting to nearly three quaters of
a million annually, have been spent
to secure personal benefits, to pur-
chase costly but useless machinery.
and to conduct experiments from
which no good could result. Scores
of "dead heads" were on the pay roll
appointed for political purposes, and
the money appropriated for seeds
has been squandered in the most
shameless manner.
The new Commissioner has en-
tered on a hard task, but in his efforts
to reform the department he will
have the sympathy of the people.
Public opinion has for years con
demned its management aud it is time
a clean sweep was made and the facts
in regard to its seed business, flower
and the cost and benefit off
its experiments put before the people. |
The present administration is
pledged to reform and we hope Com
missioner COlman will carry out its
principles in his department.
Milford chronicle., 1885-06-05

The Nelo York Herald comment
ing on what has been done during
the first three months of President
Cleveland's Administration, says:
Gin Washington alone several hun
dred places made vacant by resiona-
tion or otherwise, have not been filled
because the public business can be
done without them. Four or five
hundred CANCERS and store-keepers
have been eliminated in various parts
of the country, who ate up taxes
under the Republican rule, but were
not needed. The entire "fraud rolf
has been dismissed. Still further.
important reforms. have been made
in the custom houses, which Will not
only, save a milisgs soir two to the
revenue, but enable honest merchants
to pursue their business on a surer
basis and without the competition of
dishonest ones. In all parts of the
public service rigid economy is being
established and when Congress
meets in December the country will
see, in the reports made to 1.-THE i'm
portant and faithful work which in
these three months has been well be-
gun"
Add to these the reform in the
management that will check
the drift towards silver payments,
the check that has been put on the
land grabbing business, and the check
put on Mr.. Roach and other con-
tractors, and we have pretty good
three months work.
Milford chronicle., 1885-06-05

FOULK & DELAMATER have de-
cided, in order to keep trade moving
these hard times, to make liberal
discount on all cash purchases.
We are now receiving a new
stock of the latest styles of Wall
Paper, Window Curtains, etc.
We make and hang Window
Shades at the shortest notice, and
guarantee satisfaction.
A large lot Of Lamps at greatly
reduced prices.
Milford chronicle., 1885-06-05

A CARD Mr.. Joseph A. Hudson has
accepted the position of Manager aud
Buyer for the ladies' ready-made cloak
department, with Messrs Marks Bros,
oth IL Arch Streets, Philadelphia.
His old friends will always receive a
welcome, either by letter or a personal
visit, and may safely entrust any or
der to his Judgement; for he guaran-
tees satisfaction aud prompt attention.
Respectfully yours,
4-5-3m JOS. A. HUDSON.
Milford chronicle., 1885-06-05
NOTICE.
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS.

The Annual Examinations of candi-
dates for Teachers certificates of sec-
Ond and third grades will be held ac-
eording to the following schedules:
Frankfort and Laurel, Tuesday, June
9Th; Georgetown and SeafOrd, Wednes-
day, June 10Th; Bridgevillc and Mil
ford, Thursday, June l1th; Harrington
and FELTON,, Friday, June 18th; Dover
and Smyrna Saturday, June 18th; Mid
dletOwn and KirkwOOd, Monday June
18th; Newark and Wilmington, Tues
day, June 10th. The examinations
will begin promptly at 0 O'Clock. All
those whose certificates expire before
October LIST, are requested to present
themselves fer examination at one of
the above named places
I. N. WILLIAMS, c.,,4,a
H. G. CARPENTER, oupt's'
DOVER. May 9th, 1855. :,
Milford chronicle., 1885-06-05

THE second Sunday in June Is eel
ebrated in the NJ. L. Church as Child
dren's Day. Among the church an
niversaries and special occasions, it
is known as "Red Letter Day" as
the Board of Education send out red
letters TO pastors and Sunday School
superintendent, explaining the OBJ
jects of the day and soliciting a more
general interest.
This special plan of the church to
have one Sabbath in the year set
apart for the children, is intended to
bring the children into closer con-
nectiOn with the church and to have
them feel a more personal RESPONSE
bility and interest in the work of the
church, as set forth by the Board of
Education, educating the children of
larger growth in the doctrine and
creed of the church, and preparing
for the ministry such as may depend
for aid upon the educational fund of
the church. The special collection
at the Children's Day service is for
this purpose and to give the children
an opportunity of making, in their
own name, an offering of their own
savings; to educate them in the ell
larged view of giving as privilege,
and especially to give for the spread |
of the christian work in the educa-
ton of young men called of God to
preach and yet unable to study with
out help.
In the NJ. E. Church in this town
Day will be observed on
next Sunday week and the sermon
and services will be intended especi-
lilly for the children and yet be in
5eresting to all who may attend.
The Church has had printed a special
service for this day and it will be
lsed at that time.
Knowing as we do the great good
icing done through the channel of
he Board of Education of the NJ. Z.
church and how important it is that
he children should be, day by day, q
aught to feel the need of an edu- 3
ated ministry, and that this Child '
ems Day service is thus tending, a
very year, to more and more en- a
lrge the ideas of the Sunday School
hildren under its influence, we Ii
earthly endorse this move of the p
hurch and wish it success common I'
lrate with its high purpose. y
Milford chronicle., 1885-06-05
Milford Chronicle.
AiLFoRD, DEL, FRIDAY, JUNE 9Th, 1856.
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FOR SALE.

a LOT Of good red cedar fence poles and fiat rails
II ieet long, for fencing Also a lot Of good red
cedar fence posts for mOrtising or board or wire
fencing. Those wanting, should call soon.
TnOMAs A. WATSON.
Near Milford. in Cedar NecE. Del.
Milford chronicle., 1885-06-05


FROM "Report of Exhibits Illus
trating Agricultural Statistics, at
the Exhibition at New Orleans, . we
find that the proportion of lands oc-
cupied by farms in the United States
is 1913 per cent. of the whole area.
The state most fully occupied is Ohio,
which has only six per cent. of its
land surface in town area, roads, or
waste lands. Delaware comes third
on the list, having 86.9 per cent. of
its surface in farms. Nine States
and all the Territories are below the
average, but large proportion of
the Western States now reported
unfit for cultivation, will probably
be brought in, in time, by frir'if s Ssi
and special culture. The farm area
has nearly doubled in thirty years.
the increase, of course, being mostly
in the West and South Notwith-
standing the new land taken up, the
proportion of unimproved land, to
land in actual use has been constantly |
decreasing. In 1850 it was Gl.5 per
cent, in 1880 46.2.
The increase in the value of the |
products of American agriculture
during the last twenty years has been
far greater than the increase of pop-
ulation. Meat comes first in impor-
lance, followed by corn, wheat, hay,
larry products, cotton and poultry
products. Twenty years ago cotton
was next to corn, now it is sixth on
he list.
The statement, "that other indus
ries increase farm values, y is proved Ii
~ facts that show that the mere in s
'rease of population does not pro- y
luce the highest values. Industry, d
lot population, creates wealth. Prices s
re not enhanced by the presence of a
aupers. Dense population, all en- :,
loyed in agriculture can never pro- y
uce prosperity as the same popula- ;,
on will do udiciously proportioned
mong other productive industries. II
q the States where II per cent, of r
le population is engaged in agrioul. II
Ire the value of farm lands is 1918 Ii
9r acre; where SO per cent, the as
llue is Sl3.53; where 40 per cent, pl
i0.55; and where only Is per cent
employed in agriculture the ave- y
ge value of farm land is $3.50 per ~
re. The farmers income observes 4, n
e same proportions. The price of Ss
rm labor is also higher in those as
Milford chronicle., 1885-06-05
TIE SPRINGFIELD ENGINE

built the same locomotive with Reverse Link motion
we are also Agents for the JUNIOR DEERING
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The ightest weight, The highest draft The sm1lost
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nave smear CARRIER superior to all others will attach when
desired, Deering Mowers a-Ydth cuts Binder Irvine
10 and II cents per ID. Send for circulars.
BELTS BROTHERS
MILFORD DELL
Milford chronicle., 1885-06-05

A. Brown, Traffic Manager
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-09-25
Eelerf Reaning.
He Fined Himself.

"Did you ever hear of the Judge who
(ined himself?' asked lawyer the
other day, seated with a circle of old
friends. Never did," was the unani-
nous response. That happened in
Buena Vista. The trial had almost
terminated and a young and obstrep-
erous lawyer was arguing to the court
to make a certain charge to the jury.
The proposed charge did rot strike
the judicial ear with favor, and he de-
clared himself against it. The lawyer
insi-ted with such intensity that the
court got angry. In those days it was
the custom to call a Il aiding lawyer to
the bench if the Judge desired to GO
out and get a drink. and the case went
on Just the same. Well, he who wore
the judicial ermine in Buena Vista
called a lawyer to preside, and jerking
off his coat, descended and thrashed
the lawyer. He then resumed his seat
on the bench, announced that he fined
himself twenty five dollars for con.
tempt Of court, and pulling out the
money, handed it to the clerk and bad
the order entered on the record"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-09-25
Wonderings of a Lover.

Somehow | am never tired of watch
ing the girl l am going to marry. 1t
is so odd to think that she and | are
to pass the greater part of our lives
together. | watched her for al hour
last Sunday at Consy Island. as she
sported, unconscious, on the beach,
and when she came back to my
side and closed my eyes in reve-
rie, | wondered if she would wake me
in the morning with sweet kiss, or
whether she would pull the pillow
from under my head with jerk and
make me feel | had fallen down pre-
cipice nineteen thousand feet high.
Will she be readyt to open the door and
receive me kindly when | come home
late, or will she call me hard names
and threaten to 60 home to her ma?
AS l take her soft palmin mine and
kiss the tips of her pink fingers, |
wonder if they will ever give me box
that will make my ears tingle. She
has a pretty little mouth and pearly
teeth !; and will she ever put them to a
bad use by reading me curtain lectures.
Will those mild, blue eyes flash in an
ger at me, and will that wealth of au-
burn hair, so neatly coiled, ever hang
in frouzy disorder down her back !?
She has cunning little feet. She says
they get cold very easily. Horror!-
Will she ever put them on me when
they are cold? Will she waste all my
hard earned savings in Jim cracks?
Will she give me cold dinner? Will
she pick all the change from my pock-
cts? Will she neglect the house and
gossip with all the neighbors:- 7own
| T11I.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-09-25
Wit and Humor.

Your beau seems very bashful, %
said DAYTON avenue mamma to her
daughter. "Bashful!" echoed the girl.
"Bashful's no name for it." "Why
don't you encourage him little more?
Some men have to be taught how to
do their courting. He's good catch" "
encourage him." said the daughter,
"He cannot take the most palpable
hint. Why, only last night when !
sat all alone on the sofa, and he perch
ed on a chair as far away as he could
get, asked him if he didn't think it
strange that mans arm and wo-
mans waist seemed always to be the
same length, and what do you think
he did ?" "Why, just what any sensi,
BILE man would have done-tried it..
"He asked me if could find piece ol
string so we could measure and see il
it was true. Amt he horrid?"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-09-25
Out Pensioners of the Comfy.

The following is list of the persons who re.
ceive pensions from the county and who do not
reside at the aims house. The list is official
from the report of the trustees of the poor as
furnished to the clerk of the county commits
eioners. 1t will be we'll if al interested in the
taxes of the county would read carefully this
list and ascer' ain if any not actually in need Of
charity are receiving these pensions. Those
marked with an astersk ~ are colored:
Amount paid to out pensioners in lst collec-
ton district, James A. Owen, collector.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-09-25
sen ENTU DISTRICT.
Persons ne,rly registered and striche.
from the lists Of qualifed rOters.

Persons newlV registered and stricken
from the lists Of qualifed rOters.
NEWLY REGISTERED.
Alexander, James Lewis
Brown, Joseph
Bowie, George II
Clark, Henry
Clement. Warren A.
Flood, William G..
Harding, William II.
HackerSon. Josias
lIannon, Sherrod b.
Knott, William y.
McCluskey, James
Mattingly, Francis T..
Pye, Washington
Queen, Albert
Swami, John W.
Thomas, Richard
Wood, John f.
Woodland, Cornelius
Transferred
Huntington, Lemuel
Dixon, Jerome
Robey, Henry f.
Thomas, William w
hereby certify, that the above are cor
rect lists of persons made out in compli
ance with Section s of Chapter 249 of tn
Public General Laws, passed by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, at Januar
session, 1876.
VIM. II. cox.
officer of Registration.