Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1892-04-15
ID. ofLewss, visited Milton on satnr

sd, ofLewes visited Milton on Satnr n
,e SIS Maud creamer, left home on Friday, 9
I ~ on a course Of study at Goldey's
81 college, Wilmington, Del
~ been suggested that the stores close
afsion ly hour on evenings instead ofkeep'
ihAree until eleven or twelve O'Clock to
acla no tbe two or three country families
VIII eial delight is TO come TO town
abcs eIaA rue The females win enter the
mosGe tollomt stores and engage in gossip
while'Sd. n aUl halves lounge around the
street coy ON pods boxes the stores are
thus conc y - % keep open, as no one will
be SO rude as to order one out of the store
or tell her it is closing time. Thus the
clerks get no rest, and will soon ''play out y
There is time enough in the day time, and
until O'Clock in the evening for every one
to do his or her dealings, and II every mer
chant in town will close his store at that
hour none of them will lose anything by so
doing There viii be as uisH'y goods sold as
now, and the salesnnen win be reeuPerated
by fresh air, and outdoor recreation, and
better allie to attend to tue demands Of their
trade.
81 Mrs. Jennie Creamer, president Of the W.
e c. T. o., of this town, and the following
e ladies are in attendance at the Sussex
county convention in session at Lewes this
: week: Mrs. Martha Wiltbank, Mrs Annie
/. Carey Mrs Lizzie Chandler, Mrs Hannah
Carey, Mrs. L. Fearing, Miss Lillian Cad'
and Miss Lydia Carey.
There is at the mouth of the Broadkilf
d a fleet often vessels, which have been there
n from one to three weeks on account Of thu
lie prevailing low tides. The schooner Jane
" Carey, ofthis place, aud Governor Stoekiey
Dr. Of Milford, arrived at the dock yesterday
Of the former came to Broadkiln bar on tn
e. 3 inst.
s. The ghost said to haye given so muel
m fright lately at the end OF Million lane,
still on the rampage, and it is not likely tina
a his ghostship will not strike his colors
ID is pronounced "a bear" by some of the e1
AZ cited ones; by others more imaginative a
= animal with Eve feet, while others say
J., has only one foot, and that is shod. Til
- theory of the superstitious is that Dan Ennis
ev Of this town, who was lately convicted
nv larceny, and on last Saturday whipped I
,ia Georgetown, has colleagued with the dev
he to torment his prosecutors. That his Satan
he majesty has furnished Dan with an amin
20 that has only one foot and the animal
he constituted that earthly things, weapon
,ss cts, have no power over, nor on it. Til
far animal, Dan-being an expert blacksmith
,l,, has shod, and turned loose to wreak ven
en- genauce on the people of Milton, On Nor
Ire day evening a crowd that mustered h'
70 double barreled shot guns. and I have n
no been informed how many pistols, went o.
to the end of Milton lane to reconnoit
TO every one being scared nearly to death.
a. was a cold but beautiful moonlight evenin
AZ. and the Precipitation that stood out on Il
nd faces of the ghost hunters glistened Iii
no.. beads on the bosom of some lovely dams'
MA In the short time the dogs that had
m. lowed struck the trail in the woods beyon
Der and his short ship concluding as the TOW
AT. had come out to hunt him, he would inva'
csc the town. And into the town he came f
de- lowed by the dogs which were makil
III night glorious of theft Yelps, one man wi
for Jumped out of bed and out Of doors. Sa
est cHloffs says, ut went by my house like
zoe streak of lightning" It eventually fetch'
is. up under James H Harringtons porch,
emit the upper end of town with grand final
of the dogs constituting the orchestra, It
sh. useless to add the short escaped, There
on class of persons in every community W
.ess are startled out Of their wits at the barki
INV Of a fox, or the braying of an ass, but Sc
his sible people allow no such things to trout
them Need I say more in explanation
the ghost story2
mar Last Saturday was a good business day
H. town. At Atkins it was the busiest day til
have had this spring.
And 50 James Wolcott, Esq, is 10 succe
to the chacellorship. Well Well We
If good looks and attractive manners W,
eon- necessary, qualifications for the pOsit
-age then would Mr. Wolcott be fortunate
an possessing these attributes but it ape
ton to the writer from careful survey Of
hin field, that there are ADLER men, and men
pre- greater capacity in the democratic party
alta. whom might fall the ermine of Bates,
may Harrington and Salisbury. However
iu- his appointment to the chancellors seat Ii
n it will be one aspiraut less to the United Sta
of Senate, and Governor Reynolds will h
> in the way clear to paddle himself in, if
orce D. A. {
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