Milford chronicle., 1891-06-26
MILTON.

The school committee of the consolidated
school districts Of Milton after much hiRle-
hageiug-if you cannot find the last com
pound word in We'bster's Unabridged, just
put il down to the wTiter-have thrown the
plans and invited proposals for building the
new school house on the public. The build
ing is to be s5x6S feet inches, with what
other stipulatious 1 cannot at present get at
The committee are very reticent from the
facts which I will enumeTate. One wishes
to be very wise and will not express an opin-
ion: another is otherwise and wants to please
everyone in town; another has a lot to sell
and wants the committee to buy it; another
wants the contract for the job. and still an
other who holds an official position. don't
care a continental so we get a school build
ing. So much for South Milton. The four
in North Milton are as mad as HadeS or
! ShcOL. il doesn't make any difference which,
lust because four won't beat five. Remem-
Der. friends that in the Electoral Commits
sion eight beat seven every time: so in the
! Milton consolidation FIVE will beat four every
time. But, perhaps, / am celebrating too
much. The plans for the proposed new
school building were drawn and submitted,
as heretofore stated by the writer. to the
school committee free Of cost; but our school
committee presuming they had the ouus Of
an enpire on their shoulders, considered it
more grand and becoming the dignity of
their new found Office to employ another
architect. (For was not their Office created
/ by the grand and ever-supreme law-ms sing
power Of Delaware Bearing in mind that
| 'Distance lends enchantmeut to the view
they employed Mr.. Charley Jones, architect
of Characterization whom no better me-
chauic, polite nor affable man, can be found
to draw the plans. But borrowing Mr..
Nailor's plans, the gentlemen who had
kindly submitted them free Of cost they laid
them before Mr.. Jones Of Georgetown, who
has drawn his plans from them and charged
them an architects price, S35--if we are cor
rectly informed. The only difference in the
plans is, the building is fourteen inches
shorter by Mr.. Jones' plans. Mr Majors
plans being for house 55x7o feet, and the
plans as submitted to the public for bids as
above stated. Perhaps, in justice to Mr..
Iones,I should say that when the dTaughts
we're given hiui, one Of the committee told
him they were of his own getting up"
Appropos of the school business It is now
reported that North Milton is going to have
a hotel The gentleman who gave US this
information said con your side"-alluding
to South Milton you have two hotels two
churches, and now the new school building;
and if we can't have any thing else wen
have a hotel" But the gentleman finally
had the iudescretion to say, 1t is a poor
man who won't stick mp for his own side D."
Certainly" said we, "but FIVE beats four
every tune, and each one is sticking up for
his own side" See the point
In a future communication we shall have
something to say about the cost to the town
ofour new enterprise, its janitOr bill, teachers
fuel, electric light, electric bells, etc. etc,
by request. In consideration of this if |
each one has anything to say on the latter /
point will give us his oTher opinion on Mon- |
dav either verbally or through the postofice |
we will take occasion to notice It in our conf
muncatiou.
CAPTAIN John Morris brother of Prot. Chas. /
Morris and Miss Matte Morris came home
on the late train on Saturday. Captain Nor
ris has been absent from Milton for eight
years and if he has not gone west and grown
up with the country he has been to sea and
grown big. On Monday the captain left
home accompanied by his sister and friend
Miss Fayelta Bunting of Franktord-who
will make the tour of the eastern states tax
ing in the wonders of the Keuuebec, the
beauties of the Wiunepiseogee, and the
delights of Boston baked beans. Prof
Charles Morris who in company of Miss
Fayetta Bunting, who have been doing
Point Pleasant are returned, Mr. Morris
goes to Rehoboth this summer. Loath are
we to part with Charlie Is it possible that
the beautiful sight of the miiabile storm now
rising upon the white capped waves, and
again sinking beneath its depths, will no
more greet our eyes Z We cannot believe it!
Come back Charlie Are not we here ?
what are you afraid Off Is not Caeser here?
The Sunday School entertainment on the
Fourth of July will be held in Harris Park
he most beautiful place in Milton, in fact its
Effectiveness has been, and is now the sub
ect Of remarks, from the fact that Mr.. Hart
gives it free changes nothing for his lights,
tic. We are authorized to state that this
etreat will be open lighted and free of cost
o all who wish to see a ripple on the lake
II when the blast blows wishes to brave Nep
une at home,
Mr.. Peter Lank is very i'll.
Mr.. Thomas Black is convalescing.
D. A. c.