Milford chronicle., 1885-11-20

+. PUBLIC SALEs.-On Dec Jst, Il. q
"a. Belts will sell all Of his valuable stoc
on Of Alderney cattle at public sale; ais
nd farm implements. See ad.
q % Shoots sale Of hotel fixtures on d,
+ eember 10Th.
r. THE following letters are left un
t. called for in the Milford pest Office
I, Mrs. Sallie Davis, Mrs. Fannie ingram
3 Miss Maggie Scott, Mrs. Sarah Wright
Mrs. Eleanor Wheelbanks.
r. A. STEWARD, P. NJ.
WELL BoRING.-I am prepared Ia
b put down wells to any depth by drill
ing or driving. Good water guaran-
teed Orders left at ]. Oscar Browns
store will receive prompt attention.
JOHN p. CARMEAN.
CHRISTMAS presents would be more
appreciated if they were selected with
a view 10 utility, as well as beauty; so
} go thou to Brown, the slovenian, and
select present from his rapidly go
ing but constantly increasing stock of
cook. parlor and office stoves
THANKSGIVING services will be
held in the Baptist Church this year,
and Rev. w. S. Robinson will preach
the sermon. It has been a custom in
Milford for several years. to have a
union service, at which each minister
Of the different socts breaches in turn.
A LORDLY turkey was sitting on the
fence with despondent look. "Why
50 mournfu" asked a f,iend, "have
you been sold for Thanksglvlng?"
"That amt what hurls my feelings y
said the Old Tom, "it is because the
man who will eat me don't buy his
clothes of Treidler."
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THE festival held in the basement
of tile Presbyterian Church on Tues
day evening was a success. An excel
lent supper was provided, and the
crowd Of guests did full justice to it.
The financial results were satisfactory
to the ladies having it in charge as
they cleared about $50.
TIE practice Of singing old shoe
leather after newly-married couples as
they start upon their honeymoon trip
is old enough TO be respected, but we
respectfully suggest that there is more
practical sense in buying new shoes at
Persons shoe and hat store. He has
just received a new lot of goods.
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MILFORD will have another mail
service, which Will commence on or
about Monday next, that will arrive
on the south bound train at 9:07 n. m.
1t will be a lock pouch from Dover
and all points north. This is a con-
venience that Milford can thank Post
master Steward and the mail carrier
for.
WE were shown this week photo S
Of commission given to y
Joseph Gilman, over the signature of
George Washington, and dated Nov. i
Tlh 1876, appointing him Judge over t
he territory northwest of the Ohio \
liver. The commission is attested 10y /
Pickering, Sec'ty of State. f
signature is almost as C
lard to read as Horace Greelys. o
WE said last week that the ladies
would wear bright colors this winter, :
nd that the really new styles in bon =
lets as displayed at Mrs. S. i. Hud-
on's were up to the very latest y
We have been promenading :,
n Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, - =.
ONE this week. and we always love .
D look at the ladies and their pretty -
so we can emphatically in :,
Orse Mrs. Hudson's taste in selecting -
er new wiAter trimmings.
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IT is reported from Middletown that
ome farmers prevent trespassing on
leir lands by the gunners, by scatter
X poisoned meat through the - -,
-oOds and fields. A man that is y.
lean enough to kill an innocent dog -
/ this manner, when its owner is en- " :.
rely to blame. is little too mean to
2 tolerated. and the gunner would s,
ave the sympathy of The whole COM p
unity if he was to fill the guilty II
ians body full Of bird shot. =,
WHEN the wild fowl fly south in an
nusual numbers, or the wild geese to
me upon our marshes at an unus- ST.
lilly carly date, it is always "a very oil
,od omen TO predict for hard win en-
r. Ducks have been very plenty, I'll
I'd last Monday an extra large wild so
,ose was killed near the Mispillion ar
ght house by Capt Geo. Pretlyman, on
the schooner Governor Stockley. 1t on
eighed eleven pounds and measured an
K feet from tip to tip of wings. The is
,ptain reports lots Of ducks on the go
arshes near the light house. nj
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LINCOLN.-The Ladies Aid Society
i'll give an entertainment in the
lblic Hall of Lincoln, on Thanks pa
wing evening. A small admission fee ia
ten cents viii be charged, col
The re-opening services on Sunday sh'
st at the NJ. f. Church were largely fuI
tended and the sum Of $3.50 was sp'
ised. The entire expense of repair ter
g the church is now provided for, ien
d not one dollar of Indebtedness pl'
ings over it. ma
DR.. J. A. Stevens has been in New cot
1rk this week. pu
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TIE head Of the household in Mil MIA
Il can have no valid excuse for do