Milford chronicle., 1893-10-20
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Asit has been quite while since your
sell or the readers Of the CHRONICLE
have heard from your old correspondent
sD A. cn and indeed, am not physi-
callv conditioned to write to you now
/ will direct to you a few lines to satisfy
a morbid curiosity that naturally arises
in the minds Of people regarding my 81
lence and whereabouts. For the past six
months I have refrained from writing, not
so much on account Of my eyesight-
for nv condition is such that I can write
better than I can read-but owing to the
condition of affairs in Milton. The local
news of my town, during that period, has
been such that I have been led to believe
that silence was and is yet golden.
Enough has been said by amateur cores
poudence regarding the internal dissen-
sious of its citizens to damn its hitherto
fair fame in the eyes Of the outside COM
munity and I congratulate myself on
having had nothing to do with it.
ON the first of this month I left Milton
and during this delightful weather am
euioyiug the delightful scenery Of Baiti-
more hundred. The October sun sheds
its mellow light over the valleys and the
iowlands, and tinges with sPlendor the
variegated beauty Of the fast decay ing
leaves of the forest trees with the charms
of the kaleidoscope. There is great
deal of natural beauty in Baltimore hum
dred and as far as have found, the peo'
ple are hospitable and courteous. The
natural resources of the country are great,
particularly in timber. but owing to the
want of proper Navigation, or the nearness
of railroad communication, it cannot be
developed with profit. The school houses
and churches are ofthe latest models, and
will compare favorably with any country
districts in the State. Between Frank
ford and Ocean View there is postofhce
for every three miles, and in some places
a store for every three hundred yards.
Last Sunday visited Ocean View
reach passing through Millville and
ocean View en- route. The latter place
was formerly the home of Robert Haz
zard the now popular caterer Of the Pom
der House at Milton; and who is a sam
ple of Baltimore Hundred men in polite
ness urbanitv aud avoirdupois.
i a. II O01HEl
that was continually being washed up on
the shere and carried back by each re
fluent wave. I imagined it was a box
and thought, perchance, it might be
filed with ducats or Spanish doublOons
OF possibly it might be some of the treas
ure of the oDe Braak" escaped from it
lang hidden realm, or more likely a box
of Captain Kidd's ill-gOtten, gains re-
leased from its moorings and wandering
along the beach looking for an owner.
resolved ko have it. And watching an op
port, y when it had canght on the
sasd / bounced upon it before another
wave had reached it, and grabbed it,
When touched it 1 knew it was no long
lost treasure, but brought it to dry land
and was disagreeably disappointed to
find it a brick. Now some people are
iqaorant enough to think brick won't
foat, but this one came ashore neverthe-
It is likely I shall be here for some
time, and if I catch any more floating
bricks I shall say nothing about it; butt
do find a box of ducats- or d0nbloons-
a real box of gold- will inform the
readers of the CER6NICLE of the good
,esnssof D. A. c.