Milford chronicle., 1889-03-22
MILTON.

MILTON.
The Milton and Georgetown railroa,
sounds big, doesn't it? Aye, and til,
chirogFaphy looks big, too l think III
cut this headline off when It appears il
print and paste il in a scrap-book for fea
IN never see it again" sit this even
( ing and looking down through the din
vista to coming generations, ! see ageS
men whose flowing locks in SNOWY white
ness cluster in proiusion over their boweg
shoulders, standing upon the platform
which surrounds a magnificent depot or
the suburbs of Milton, and in a style o
architecture / wot not of, it belongs tC
an age peculiarly its own. Close to th,
crossing is seen a finger-board, on which
is painted the warning characters, Look
out for the train" While elevated at q
proper distance, and conveniently near
IS huge tank where water IS heated and
/ forced in by some subterrauean process
and invention, also, Of that age. Little
children IN tie heyday OF youth, are romp
/ ing and shouting III JOYOUS innocence,
their costumes 1 cannot describe they
might be Aztec bat this is the Milton
depot My ear now catches the sound OF
| the locomotives whistle, aud the train
comes laundering in. All is hustle and
confusion As the pouderous engine
stops, and passengers of all nationalities
alight from the superb palace cars, l APP
proach the ir 1n-horse and read engraven
in gilt English Milton and George
town r r. Co., engine Nc. A. built by
Putitoif & Procrasinatiol, a. d 2oo4. Z"
ooh, " exclaiu I, happy people of the
2Ist century your eyes now behold what
would have made other generations glad,
but twas not for their day p The op-
portunity once offered for such an enter
prise has been rejected, and since then
we haye sighed with Maud Muller:
''Of all the sad words Of tongue and pen
The saddest is, it might have been"
And should the bill now pending be-
fore the Legislature, relative to this pro
posed road pass, we fear that its beauti-
fIl appearance upon the Legislative Rec
ords OF 1889 is all that many decades will
ever know Of II.
Ex-Sherif Purnell sold OF Saturday at
the hotel of w. {. Loland, under execu-
ton process, the property of Greensbury
Belts. A farm of I75 acres was purchased
by c. f. Richards, ESQ. for Messrs.
Janey & Andrews, Of Philadelphia, for
SI6Io a lot at the end of Milton Lane
containing seven acres, with the improve
ments of two story dwelling, etc, was
purchased by the same attorney for the
mentioned parties at SOLO.
Mr.. Alfred II. King, son of the late
Cornelius II. King, who has been living
in Dakota for the past five years, has re-
moved to Delaware, and will reside on the
farm where his father lived and died
Mr.. Theodore Wilson, who removed to
Wilmington about one year ago, has re
turned his family to Milton. He will
continue i'll the eship-carpenteriug bust
ness in the first mentioned city
a temperance meeting was held at Sat
urday evening at the residence of Mr..
William Carey. An interview with one
who was there, reveals the fact that their
deliberations was of nature which they
do not wish to be made public. Show
your colors, gentlemen, il your cause is
Just. Any business done sub rosa, is de
testable; square dealing will make you
friends. Il we were going to kill a rat,
we would sooner 80 out publicly and
shoot it, than to secretly poison it.
Schooner Hettie J. Dormau, Of Draw
bridge, is loading piling at the Milton
wharf.
James Ellingsworth left home on Mon
day for Wilmington shipyards.
Sailing masters and watermen have
about made up their minds that i'll the
future they will not leave the wharves
with their vessels OH Sunday-believing
as they do, that it is as much a sin as for
mechanic to work with his tools on
that day. This has been the drift of
public sentiment for some time Capt
Lauk, Of the tug Irene, says he will not
leave the wharf with his boat to tow a
vessel down the creek on Sunday. Fur
ther developments will be carefully noted.
Rt. Rev DR.. Coleman, Bishop of the
Diocese of Delaware, preached in the
church Of ST. John the Baptiste, on Fri
day evening.
Through the courtesy Of the Rev. 7. R.
Creamer, we are enabled to give i'll an
epitomized form, his official report of the
years work of the NJ. Z. Church, now
ended: