Milford chronicle., 1892-11-18
MILTON

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cents TO carry to church, and through the
week when 1 carried home turkles she
wouldn't clean 'em and told me to couk
my own vegetables And SO 1 am not
sorry" The above is part of a converse
ton said to have occurred between an
old darkey and his inierlocutor in Lewes
and Rehoboth hundred.
Apropos: The election is over and we
are not sorry. But as we sit among the
debris and write this communication on
the fragments of shattered gun car
riage we feel sorry for the fallen Around
us lie broken caissons. smothered fuses
aud torn aud tattered battle flags; all
the now useless paraphernalia of the late
contest is scattered around in endless
profusion, and we are sorry so much
good ammunition has been lost After
Burnside made his fatal mistake at Fred
ericksburg, he called a council of war, at
night, and it was decided to recross the
river The general then remarked "The |
country will never know how near we
came to success"
And we believe the casual observer
will never know how near we came to
success in Sussex County. But election
morning was very wet, and the fuses got
damp, and would not go eff, aud we went
under We have the most profound i
sympathy for the defeated, and no mall
ice, whatever, toward the vic,ors. May
they enjoy their hard-earned glories, and
make better use of their capabilities than
our own party might have doue. We
are almost tempted to say we will lay
down the political halbred and never en-
gage in politics any more. But it is all
oYerl And
Time claims his tribute Silence now is golden;
Let me not vCx thee too long-suffering Tyre;
Though to your love uHtiring sim behOlden,
The cnrfew tells me-e0ver up the fire."
The new voting system Is liked and
disliked. For two thirds of the day, at
the polls in Milton; there was a crowd
continually surging to see who could get
in the passage way first; and at several
times the officers were compelled to put
up the railing, and stand against it, to
keep it up. On this day we saw the need
Of barbed wire fence. It has been sug- ]
gested by an inventive genius that the
next legislature amend tke present law,
so that electors may vote by steam e. G.
a small track to be laid from the outer
end Of the passage way to the door, on a
which shall run a car; said car to run by f
steam Seat the voters on the car and '
run them to the door instanter, thereby I
saving much time. The motive power
TO be donkey eugiue,-one at each vot-
ing place--which can be purchased at
s5ss S. Of $2oo Or $500 each and would be
----aa@sara-a
~ consonance with the prover6ial econ q
omy Of the party in power
An attempt was made on night before
he election to burglarize E. N Lohaud's
tore in North Milton. Since the burg
ary Of few weeka ago,--at which time
,or siderable quantity of groceries were
AIKEN he has been sleeri G in the p
tore On the nightin question he had o
etired quite early, gone to sleep, aud
IYaked, he supposes, between eleven and
welve o'clock. He arose and lighted :
lis pipe, and sat down to smoke, with 10
light in the room save that elected from
he stove. the door OF which was open.
ne heard some one at the win
Ow trying to Pry off the sash stops, and
lso saw the outlines of man To get
d a better position and allow the would p'
e burglar to enter he arose with his p'
istol in hand and moved cautiously su
1ward one side of the room. IL doing
aus made caused the man 10 fee. Mr. u
,OAaud snatched open the door and
red two or three shots after him without -,
feet. On returning to the store he
,und beer bottle, which upon az
ivestigation proved to contain cual oil d
ir Lofand thinks the person intended Io
} rob the store, aud; then to cover up
is work, burn it.
Mr.. David Wiltbauk lost fine FIVE
ear old horse last week. An autopsy of sh
le brain revealed blood settled thereon. Bl
The schooner William P. Davis. owned u
y w. B. Tomlinson aud others, is hav- 81
lg a new foreniast put in. She is lying "a I,
ear the mouth ofthe river. =. -
Mr. John Ponder who liyes upon, and
lpervises his splendid farm. near town
summer has removed in town to spend
lie winter on
A movement has been inaugurated mi
nongst the congregation Of the NJ. P co
iurch under the leadership Of the Rev. SO
S Williamson, to raise money during "i
lie year to repair and remodel the church se
he m0dBS 0beyaHdi is simple, and a,
follows: Each person, who will
gn his or her name agreeing to pay
We cents a week for one year. Al
ady sixty have signed. There are no oct
.strictions as to church membership.
age, sex, condition, or
ationality. All are invited to sign, To
nd pay five cents week, FL
Extra meetings are being held this =
eek, commencing last Sunday evening, ~
the M. E Church, under the pastor Is
e of the.Rev. Z. P. Roberts On
The victorious democrats expect to
ave grand procession, and parade in
is town, on Friday evening, to eele -
'ste their reeept triumph. The de
ated party Willhave an oyster roast ON
e same evening, at Point Desolation,
small peninsula on the opposite side
Lake Fanganzyki. lisl
Miss Mary Black, teacher in the inter SOL
ediate department Of the public schools
sick.
The measles are yet epidemic in town
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