Milford chronicle., 1885-09-18
MILTON.

Last SaDDath morning, III company Win q
| friend, / walked a short distance in the cOun-
try and worshipped in grander temple than
ever fashioned by human hands do not
wish to incur the charge of pantheism, but
do delight to roam over the pleasant fields,
enjoying the beauties of nature and admiring
the grand handiwork of natures God. On
this especial morning, and in this notably
beautiful locality, with the blue September
sky smiling upon us, freed from all miasmatic
influences by the late atmospheric changes,
and the cool, bracing north wind just enough
to invigorate without chilling, all combine to
improve our mental and physical condition
and send the blood coursing through our
veins producing an exuberance of spirit
scarcely excelled in the sunny days of boy
hood
Along our line of walk the farmers are bus
lily engaged in taking down their fodder, and
the corn looks remarkably well.
Most of the peach orchards are stripped Of
their fruit, save few scattered ones that re-
main-tlie major part having found their way
into their owners pockets This has been
rich harvest to the owners of peach orchards
the evaporators having used so many-but
of that we will write at some future time
when we have interviewed the proprietors
and received from them the statistics of their
business.
Our walk did not continue long, so we were
back in time to worship in a temple fash
toned by human hands, and to draw fine
contrast between the freedom we had seen
enjoyed in our rambies, whefe mo peHt.up
Utica" obstructed, and the stern laws of con,
ventionalism were for the time ignored, and
all drank in the pleasures of nature as fully
as natures Cod intended; and the constrained
and assumed manner of some of the devOtees
of certain islns and schisms, who, in their
swallow camel"
Rev. DR.. Underwood, during his pastorate
here, is endeavoring to bring about better
arrangement in church affairs. He is hav-
Ing a hard time, however, in grinding down
the rough points and jagged edges that have
been allowed to crop out by the mai-admin- |
istration of his predecessor. We have no
doubt he will be successful, for we believe |
he possesses a peculiar ability for that kind 1
of work; and more particularly do we believe
that better understanding will be reached,
and more solid financial basis laid fine sue
ceeds in arousing from their stupendOus leth-
argy those who should be, and are, 'ex-ofi-
clio, his supporters and lieutenants. In mil
ltaFy and civil life, a good commander labOrs
under a serious disadvantage, and is often
in the accomplishment OF pnr
pose by the hardness or iil-timed support of
his subordinates We suppose the same
.ruism will hold good in ecclesiastical af-
fairs.
The new M. +. Parsonage is now being
Dlastered, and the completion of this job will
about end mechanical work for the season.
Already the cry Of ''hard times" is heard, and
indeed the outlook is by no means inviting
yet we are so apt to borrow trouble that we
iail its advance, and oftentimes court its en-
brace instead of fighting it bravely and never
uccumbing until the inevitable is forced ;
ipon u.s. Though the future be dark, and the {
present unpropitious,
"Let us sing Of the days that are gone, Maggie,
When you and / were young"
The Milton schools opened an the 18th
Inder corps of teachers all Of Milton. The /
are the names of teachers aud the
,laces at which they will teach, as far as t.
.nown, in this locality: Miss Sallie Black,
IehobOth; John Wiltbank, West Hill; Harry
'aylor Sugar Hill; John Manship, Lower /;
,edar Greek; William Morris, Upper Cedar
,reek; D. A. Conner, Morris Grove Semi I;
airy; Theodore johnson, Donovan's; Miss
lillian Thompson, Beaver Dam; George Z
ones, Broadkiln. d. A. c. a