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Milford chronicle., 1885-02-13
Kept to the Bargain.

The prettiest OF literary anecdotes has
been related by William Grimm. one If
the pair of famous story -tellers. One
day little girl rang their bell and met
him in the hall with the words. sYou
are the Mr.. Grimm who writes tbe prettv
tales?" Eyes, 1 and nv brofberS
''And that of the clever little tailor who |
married the princes ?" Eyes. certainly" "
wen, said the child, producing the /
oook, 1t IS said here that every one who
doesn't believe it must rs< yiz'.haSs
Now done L-is,-
Nv, ~ ~ HAYES, at the old stand on Carlis
Street, is prepared to do all kinds Of Blacksmit
ing HORsE-sHOING A SPECIALITY. A
, work guaranteed.
FOR RENT.-He also has for rent a goo
room adjoining his blacksmith shop, suitable 4
swheelwFight shop, l-l6t
Milford chronicle., 1885-02-13
"RailrOad Dlck.'

In one of the large towns on tba
Pennsylvania Railroad there lived. unfiI
year or two ago, an old negro named
"Railroad Dick"
Dicks self-appointed task in life was
TO see de trains in safe." In front of
the station at this place run eight or ten
tracks, which cross a busy thoroughfare
DICK made 1t his business to meet each
incoming train, and run before it TO
clear the track Of any chance impedi-
ment. Passengers would hold their
breath In terror to see the stoopinp. ra0-
ged figure, with white hair fying and
arms outstretched, running in a kind of
dog-trot before the engine, in the pos
slole danger OF being crushed to death.
NO remonstrance or reproof could com.
PEI Old DICK to give up his perilous
TASK 1t mad not been a useless one.
Twice he had removed distinctions |
from the track which would have |
wrecked the trains Once he had |
dragged a man, who had fallen upon fine |
rails, to a place of safety. and three
times he had saved the lives of children,
"Ole Dicks got his wohk. sab P' he
would say, when told of his dancer
He never left the station. The railway
made a protege of the old man.
and gave him a comfortable room in
which to sleep back of the engine-house
and standing order for meals at tbe
restaurateur's. But Dick preferred TO
take his bread and bone in his fingers.
% be eaten as he squatted on the floor
Of the station, --00-
Dem paid fellahs takes turns. but
Use always on guard, he said.
DICK probably grew feeble and stiff
rom old age, and the time came at last
which everybody had looked for He
vas caught by the cow-catcher of an en-
.ine, thrown against the rocks and car. I
led to his room dying. He fingered for
few hours. With each roar and shrek !
nat announced an incoming train, he Z
'ould struggle to rise. :
'De's lots of chillen on dem traeks !
iemme go Ole Dicks got his wohk
When told that he must die. he Law q
lent for a long time, and said finally. =
" Pears like de's nobody to take M >
s. my Wohk. But de LohdIl see to -
}" and so, closing his eyes, his work =
as over. - q
The toughest employees on the road 9
ere better men for having known this q
'or, unselish negro, who, simply and Ut
cording to his light, faithfully did his
ork which he thought had been given O
% to do. in
Milford chronicle., 1885-02-13

DURING 1884 2,7S9 new buildings
were erected in Brooklyn at a cost Of
So, 334. In 1888 the number was
$500.
Two OF the daughters of the King and
Queen Of Sweden have been dangerous
ly i'll from the effects of poisonous wall
papers.
LAST season San Diego county, Cal,
produced 2,177, 500 pounds of honey,
and San Bernardino county 1850, 900
pounds.
THE Massachusetts Legislature has
refused to allow a woman preacher Of
Nantucket to perform the marriage
ceremony.
THE Spanish government is planning
economical measures in Cuba which are
expected to effect an annual saving of
81. 900, 600.
Milford chronicle., 1885-02-13
Lost Faith.

The editor of an exchange has lost
faith IN the charmed efficacy of horse
shoe. He picked up one from the street
last Friday and nailed itover his sanctum
door. The next evening there came by
mail three duns and seven more forcible
than polite requests to ''stop my paper. "
his infant daughter fell down stairs and
broke limb, his COW got out of the
pastIlre-lot and broke into neighbor's
patch and ate up 81 worth of cabbaQes.
and a big man with a bad eye in his
head and a Colts revolver in his hand
poked his head cautiously inside Of tbe
sanctum door and demanded to hnov'
WHO wrote that piece about meS'
Milford chronicle., 1885-02-13
No. Q.

In the absence Of any instruction, we will
make as above. In ordering rive frji 1871 gi
ton Of what you want leave notbi9c 10 X
guessed at. ~ Ds
Parties unknown to us, ordering goods. will
be required to remit us one-third Inc yaire
delivery. " P"'u oii
Send for price list.
BALTIMORE TwINE AND NET Co.
VIM. j. Hooper 81 Son.
6 S. CALVERT ST., BALTIMORE, MD.
(Mention this paper.)
Milford chronicle., 1885-02-13
CENTRAL HOTEL,

'FiLLOUHBY sTINE. Proprietor.
bis hotel has been recently purchased. and
ias been newly furnished throughout. It is
ay intention to erect a two story addition TO
ne house as soon s the weather will permit.
pl 1 Will endeavor to give the people of Mil
0rd hotel managed on first-class PRINCIPLES.
me present hotel (formerly Union Hotel
'l be torn down next fall, when new and
iFt-class building will be erected. Everything
g ihe sleeping apartments. table or reading
aom, will be carefully attended to as lone
perience in the hotel business has enabled
b cater to the wants Of tel quests A
hAck will run to and : he DEPOT for
4pclnmodation Of CUES
er rermanent or mon tder's rata,
The ofioe.
Milford chronicle., 1885-02-13
Peck's Mills.
HOUSTON, DEL.

Jones: "No use - -
love and dIty and that st
am going to apply for a ~
can't stand it," ~
done p ~
Done? Why, man, she has scalded
me a dozen times with hot tea. Jnst
think OF it. When she gets mad at the
table she throws her cup of tea at me"
"Ohl, If that's all, you can easily keep
out OF harms way. Persuade her to
keep boarders."
What good would that do, pray ?"
clearinghouse tea is never hot
Philadelphia cal.
CAUSED BY COLD WEATHER.
"Another big failure" said Smith. as
he opened his morning paper.
ga big failure?" dueried his enouse
''Yes. A firm in Holland. who were
engaged in the wholesale sugar trade.
have failed for 81, 200, 600"
us it possible r exclaimed Mrs.
Smith. "Ihe recent reduction in the
price OF sngar caused their failure, didn't
it?'
Il don't know. said Smith. 'I guess
the reason Of their failure was because
the weather was too cold for anybody to
dig sand. "-Negman Independent.
CHANGED THE ADDRESS.
Irate Chicago dealer-'I shall stand
this triAing no longer, madam. If YOU
don't bring the" money for that iewelrv
within a week I will send the bill 10
your husband, and you know very well
what n row he will raise"
Fair Send it to him right
of. Do. Perhaps you think you know
his address ?"
81 know his residence. He lives
where you do, Of course.
'Oh no, he don't now. I got a di-
'orce from him yesterday, and this
morning he elOped with your wife. So
here now. ."-PhiIa. CaH.
AN AUTHOR.
want to be an author with an A,
Or journalistic writer with J;
I'd express my own opinion
Aud have it set in minOn,
Nor care q cent for kickers with q K.
Realization:
I'm an editor at last with an e.
Soon may be tramp W tn at
My ideas are rather scattered
Fer my hopes are rudely shattered,
And I'm hungry as Gehenus with G..
Boston Post.
GIRLS AT ENMITY.
First young woman Gin the role of
"Why don't YOU give
ay to Nellie little? l am sure she il
ady to meet you half way. NV nd.
CO is to kiss each other and say no
ore about it.
Second young woman (still warlike):
Kiss Nellie Jones, the mean, spitef1l
ing wouldn't kiss her if she had
ans hat and coat on"
AS GOOD AS MARRIED.
Bill Elder and Miss Helen Kindly. Of
OustOn, have been engaged to be mar.
d for some time. The other night.
Mrs. Kindly came into the parlor
lere the lovers were, and found them
)wling and fighting like cats and dogs.
my good gracious. Helen, how can
4 quarrel 50 with William People
on the street will think YOU are
rried already. - TEXAS SiftingS.
FUGITIVE.
There is q nugget of truth in the fol-
ing fugitive lines:
Little drops OF water,
Little grains Of corn,
Makes the festive whisky
And the morning horn.
And the little cocktails.
Humble though they be.
Make swe led heads and fill the
Pen-i-ten-tia-ry.
HIS CAPITAL.
mith-"Hello, Jones What are you
ow?"
ones-'Pm going to start a daily
er to fill long-felt want"
you know nothing about
nalism, and besides you have NOT
capital to employ those who do"
'nes-"True, but 1 have got about
a ton of old woodcuts. "-Phila.
'hia CiaM
ROTATION IN OFFICE.
are you looking at.
gal ?"
rs. Mulligan-'S 'Shure an I was
Kin how foine me by Moike will be
/ whin he gifts thin clothes on. -
Milford chronicle., 1885-02-13

EATING AND DRNKINd.-A properly
developed, fullgroWn man weighing 154
pounds ought, according to Professor
to consume daily 5000 grains
of lean beefsteak, 5000 grains Of bread,
2, 900 grains Of milk, 5000 grains of po.
tatoes, 600 grains Of butter, and % 600
port of the New Yo.-
!. G. II. TREAT &Uo.
Milford chronicle., 1885-02-13

The EYELEss FIsH.-Lady WORTHY
Montague, in notes of her visit TO the
mammoth caves of Kentucky thirtv-sjx
years ego, is found saying: zone Of the
most singular curiosities Of this stupen-
dous cave are the eyeless fish that are
found IN one Of the rivers. They are
not only destitute of eyes, but have not
the faintest, slightest rudiments Of tbe
organ or place for it. The shell is per-
Milford chronicle., 1885-02-13
% W. oIFFLE,
DENTIST.

oil upper and under Sets Of Teeth (either
be- world) from Ss to $40. All other wori, in
pfpportion. -i'
Preserving Natural Teeth speciality. Fx-
ifacting Teeth 25 cents.
Office 1874 Loockernan St., near Governors
Avenue, Dover, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1885-02-13

Postman-"What are you looking at.
old gal ?"
Mrs. MUlligan-"Shure an 1 was
thinkin' how foine me by Moike will be
lukin' whin he gifts thin clothes on. -
Life.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-06-05
SEEDLINGS.
What Is Necessary IT Now Varieties OF
Fruits he Originated.

What Is Necessary IT Now Varieties OF
Fruits he Originated.
1t is only by raising seedlings that we
can expect to produce or originate new
and improved varieties of fruits. By
this method of propagation man has
been enabled to produce nearly all of
the choicest fruits in cultivation, and
especially those most esteemed by the
inhabitants of temperate climates. Our
most valuable varieties of the apples
are descendants of the wild crab ap-
Piles of European forests, and our most
delicious pears had an equally humble
origin; and although it has taken cent
urieS to bring about these great changes
in the character of some of the culti-
waited fruits, tho work has been so well
done that no one at the present day
| would care to exchange the improved
varieties for the wildings of the forests.
| The cultivators of fruits must have
made very little progress during any
one generation for a thousand years
after some of the earlier writers OH
horticultural operations boasted of their
dozens of varieties of apples and pears;
| it is doubtful if there were one-half that
| number in cultivation that we would
now consider worthy of propagation.
During all this time and in the cent
uries following the people of Europe
were constantly raising seeding fruit
trees, preserving and propagating the
best, and either destroying or allowing
| the others to die out. tar
Although budding and grating fruit
and other trees for the purpose Of null
tiplying and perpetuating choice varie-
ties was practiced by the old Roman
| gardeners, and the art has been handed
| down through successive generations to
the present day, farmers and landown-
ers have depended largely until quite
recently upon Seeding trees for their
country brought frut-tree seeds with
them, and all the earlier orchards were
planted principally with Seeding trees
raised in private nurseries. This prac-
tice was continued for several genera
tions in all the Eastern States, and
many of the earlier settlers in the West
ern States started their orchards with
seed, thinking no doubt that this was
the most certain as we'll as the cheapest
way of securing a supply of fruit 1t
may have been cheap way, if man
does not count the years lost in waiting
for the trees to grow, for as rule seed
ling pear and apple trees do not come
into bearing until they are fifteen to
twenty years old, and when they do
produce fruit there is no certainty of its
being what is wanted or even worth
gathering. 1t is true, however, that
seed taken from very choice fruit is
more likely to produce valuable varie-
ties than that from inferior sorts, but
the chances are largely in favor of
retrograde movement, the tendency be-
ing to breed back, as it is termed, to-
ward the wildings or original types.
This inherent tendency to revert to
original forms or types accounts, in part
at least, for the slow progress made by
man in his endeavors to improve the
plants and animals with which he has
been most intimately associated
through unnumbered generations. NJ
Y Sun
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-06-05
variety the splce of Life, !

There b variety In the letters received by
Mrs. Lydia Il. Pinkham, testifying to the
cures effected by her Vegetable Compound
and the great relief afforded to thousands
Of women in all sections Mrs. c., Of
Toronto, says: 81 have taken three bot
ties with very gratifying. results" Mrs.
Stephen B, of Shefflngton, Quebec,
says: 81 am now using the fourth bottle
and have derived great benefit already"
Sarah c., Of Eugene City, Oregon,
says: 1t is the best medicine for the fe-
of Santa Fe, says: "Your Compound has
done me great deal of good" Mrs. II. s.
D, of Portland, Me-, says: 1t has
done for me all it claimed to and cheer
fully recommend 1t to all suffering as
ington, Va, says: III have taken one bot.
tie and assure you l feel a great deal bot
ter, l feel strong as euer and I've never felt
pain In my back since the second dose.n
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-06-05
Competing Land For Corn.

On the question of the rationale OF
growing correspondent of the Ma.
ionat Stocbman has the following:
Corn wants dry lands even more
than wheat or other small grains, This
is in part because only as the soil is dry
can it be got to high temperature
early in the season. One of the impor-
tant advantages from planting corn on
sod, or over a mass of coarse manure,
is that these under the furrow keep the
soil porous, and thus admit the warmer
air to the roots. On any heavy soil the
plowing for corn should be shallow,
and after plowng, it should not be rolled
or otherwise packed, except as it is
necessary in cultivating to make mel
low seed-bed. i have often seen the
line where stone-boat was drawn
across field for corn after plowing dis
tinctly visible by the smaller plants
where the soil was too much compressed.
This was when rains had already suf-
flciently compacted the soil; bat this Is
the condition of most common lands
containing some clay. In a very dry
time. after planting corn, this result
might be reversed, but even then the
Improvement would be more due to bet
or tiith than 10 compacting of the sur
face. think much of the roller for
otner crops, but 1t is not adapted to
corn on land W heavy as most Of mine. "
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-06-05
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.


Tho London Garden says that "tho
sooner tho notion is dispelled that roses,
in order to make them grow vigorously,
must be cut back to mere stumps, show
Ing two or three buds, tho better" ta
Lime, says an exchange, Is often Of
great value in n garden which has been
heavily manured for years, rs IL will
liberate the insoluble plant food which
has been deposited year after year in
the'manure.
1t is too often tho case that tho
garden is neglected on the farm. The
luxuries of the garden should be enjoyed
by the farmer, and the fruits should
also be given their proper place on the
farm. Blade.
Cream pie is made with bottom
crust only, and that not thick, but light
and ilaky. Take one coffeo-cupful of
thick, sweet cream, half cup Of pull
verified sugar, n tablespoonful OF flour,
one egg, flavor with lemon extract;
bake until you are sure the crust Is
brown and hard, so that it will not alb.
sorb the custard. The Household.
The aphis, or green fly, is some-
times very abundant on the young
shoots of roses during tho early part Of
sumner. They are not always dam.
aging, and sometimes disappear as
mysteriously as they came. A water
decoction of tobacco leaves or stems
sprinkled over the bushes will destroy
them. Detroit Post t....
The folly of storing farm products
when the price is already high enough
is shown in the fact that u lot of two hun
dred bales of hops of the year 1882 were
lately sod at Sheriff's sale at Schen-
evus, N. Y, at five to seven cents per
pound. The year they were harvested
they would have sold for upwards OF
one dollar q pound.-7roy Times.
Z. "A plain wire fence will contract and
expand so much as to become useless in
the course of time, because when it ex-
pands it stretches permanently. The
best time to make wire fence is when
the temperature is forty-five or fifty do
grees. The twisted and ribbon wires
do not suffer by contraction, as the
twist takes and gives sufficiently. Al
bany Journal.
Fruit snaps: One and half cup
fuls or sugar, one cupful of butter, one
half cupful of molasses, three eggs, one
teaspoonful of soda, one cupful of raj
sins, two cupfuls of currants, one table,
spoonful of ginger, one tablespoonful OF
cloves, one tablespoonful of cinnamon,
and one tablespoonful of allspice; mix
soft as can be rolled. These will keep
several months. Exchange.
"A correspondent of the NeW En-
gldnd Farmer saws that a New York
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-06-05
BETWEEN.

Forr loved ones-my four,
Two hero, and two moro
Thnt walt on tho Heavenly shore.
So lt Is that sccm
To 1.-Two ever between
The unseen and scon-
Ever betwoon.
Istund by that rivcr
Whose waters flow on
Prom hero TO Forever,
Wlierc tho treasured have gone.
lat to the low-lapping waves on The shore,
AS the boatman draws near, that carried thcm
] hear tho soft sound of tho loved footsteps
fall,
note the sweet tones of thelovcd voices call,
And oagcrly wait
BY the opon cato.
nut uoi
How can TO
whdn my heart Ia stlll nuchored here,
lourd to those hearts that are pulslng so neari
SO turn buck to thcm and look in their faces,
clnspug them CLOSE in loving embraces,
And thank God that I'm not quito bercft
1ha. stl have two precious ones loft.
isre-5r 20 ott Is, that seem,
q. TO live ever between
.y-f5 The unscon and seem
Z Ever between.
God grant that Mt last,
When time shall have passed,
When we that arc here cross tho bridge to the
wcshall all mcot again in that upper land fair
Ma tho homc-lipht then grace
Tie bright JOY in each face,
And the reunion DO
lor eternity.
Thus my heart shall be blest
Through thnt pence and that rest
And no longer Ill socm
To dwell ever between
The unseen and the seem
No longer between
Ella Dare, in Chicago Inter Occdn
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-06-05
A BUTTER TEST
An Infallible Method of Detecting Iml
tation Butter.

An InfallIble Method of Detecting Imi-
tation Butter.
"By that means convince my custo-
mers that don't sell oleomargarine, :"
said white-aproned butterman, point
ing to two china sauce-boats that stood
in conspicuous place on his counter in
the Farmers Market. In each sauce
boat lay coil of common lampwick,
one end of which hung out of the nose
of the vessel. "Now," said the dealer.
pointing to two firkins, lone of those
contains oleomargarine, made in Con-
necticut, and the other holds salt-packed
butter from Ohio. See if you can detect
the genuine from the imitation" The
reporter tried and failed. In flavor,
smell and appearance they were identi-
cal.
The butterman continued: "The oleo-
margarine will deceive nine buyers out
of ten, but I will expose it for you"
He dropped lump of the oleomarga-
rine as large as an egg into tin cup,
and in another cup he placed similar
sized piece of the salt-packed. The
cups were held over blazing little
charcoal furnace until their con-
tents were melted. Then the oleo.
margarine was poured in one
sauceboat and the butter in the other.
The wicks were lighted. Both burned
readily, and the burning butter sent up
a faint and pleasant smell. From the
oleomargarine, however, came the nasty
and unmistakable stencil of burning
rancid grease. "Since began showing
the difference between butter and oleo,
margarine" said the dealer, as he
snuffed out the wicks, my business has
doubled. philadelphia Times.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-06-05
Had a Dreadful Courh.

and raised a considerable amount of blood
and matter; besides, was very thin, and
SO weak could scarcely go about the
house. This was the case of man with
consumption arising from liver complaint.
use of DR.. Pierce's "Golden Medical Dis
covery." Thousands Of others bear SINH
lar testimony.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-06-05
The story about a Chicago lad

The story about Chicago lady's
dog being run over in New York and
the body being shipped home in rose
wood coffin costing one hundred dollars
has got loose again as fresh para
graph. The "event" was written up in
all the papers here lChicago) over .
year ago ~ Chicago Herela
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-06-05
SISTERS of Notre Dame, Govanstown
Md, say Red Star Cough Cure is beneficial

A DOUBTFUL compliment: Mrs. Smith
fear Pm failing fast" Mrs, Jones
"Nonsense! only hope shall look as
well whom I am Of your age" Mrs. Smith
Tho hateful old thing !"--Boston Tran.
script.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-06-05

Delicate diseases, affecting
male or female, however induced, speedily
and permanently cured. Illustrated book
three letter stamps. Consultation froe.
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo. N. Y.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-06-05

DESERVING OF CoNFIDENcE.--There is no
article which so richly deserves the conti-
dence OF the public as Browns BRONCHIAL
TRocHEs. Those suffering from Asthmatic
and Bronchial Diseases, Coughs and Colds,
should try them. Sold only in boIes.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-06-05

Laughter Is tho poor mans plaster,
Making every burden light;
Turning sadness into gladness,
Darkest hour to May dawn bright
IT'S the deepest and the cheapest
Cure for ills of this description,
But for those thnt womnn's hoir to, .
Use DIR. Pierco's "Favorito Prescription"
Cures all weaknesses and irregularities,
"bearing down" sensations, informal
fever" bloating, displacements, infamma-
tion, morning sickness and tendency to
cancerous disease. Price reduced to ono
dollar. By druggists.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-06-05

WHY is IL dangerous to be out In spring.
Because tho grass has blades, the flowers
pistiis, the leaves shoot and the bullrushes
out.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-06-05

THE way to make an ovcrcoat last is 10
make tho undercoat first.-Lynn Union.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-06-05

A DENTIST is no chicken. He is always
pull-it
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-06-05

PIXIES TooTHAcHE DRops curein minute go.
Gtenn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. 25c.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns BunionA
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-06-05

THAT was very conscientious humor-
ist who broke off an engagement because
his girl had chestnut hair.- The Ratchet.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-06-05
tcopvrioht Secured Al Rights Reserpcdl
Driven From Sea to Sea,
Or, JUST A CAMPIN'.
BY @. O. POST.

PUBLIsHrp ny PERMISSION OF J. e. DowNEY
g. Co., PUBLISHERS, CHICAGO.