Milford chronicle., 1895-05-10
MILTON.

The past week has been disagreeable
the weather has been cool and chilly, rem
dering fires necessary for human comfort
The depressing effects of the atmosphere
have been felt BY everything possessing an
organic body. Men have been moping
around clad in oVercoats and shivering in
the diSagreeable mist and rain. Farmers
are behind with their work, and have
spent their time lamenting the peculiar dis
position of the weather Gardeners and
truckers are in the same predicament as thss
! farmer Those who had planted seeds be-
| fore the storm fear they will rOt, those who
| had not planted fear they are now too late
TO raise anything; and so the lament con-
tnues. 0, man, thou art a dissatisfied
being The Shad, that delicacy which at
! this season usually fill our market, also felt
the leaden pressure, and presumably went
in out of the rain, for the fishermen said, "It
is no use to go a fishing for the shad won't
bite Some may think the bad weather
was the fault Of the meteorological depart
ment at Washington. If this be true they
had better turn that weather man" out
and put in some one else. Perhaps they
have already done so, as tie clouds have
dispersed and the warm RAYS of the sun are
again enlivening the earth, and everything
will come out all right. We have the as
sertiOn contained in the latter clause of the
above sentence on the following, which the
reader will find somewhere in the book of
Genesis: "While the earth remaineth, seed
time and harvest, and cold and heat, and
summer and winter, and day and night
shall not cease"
To pass away their leisure hours, a few
of the young men of town are in the habit
of cOngregating in some one of the old
buildings along the dock and INDUCING in
games of amusement A few days ago
while engaged at their pestime, another
party on the outside nailed up their mode
of egreSS They were nOthOWever, doomed
to languish long but finally made their way
out That evening a wordy alteration Oc-
Cured on the street between the parties but
no one was hurt As the young men are
doing no one any injury why not let them
alone?
Thomas H Douglass, of this town, has
been appointed general agent for Sussex
county for THE Farmers and Merchants |
National Building and Loan Association of |
Delaware" the new company lately incor- |
porated by the Delaware Legislature.
Captain John Black has left Milton with |
the vessel Susie Derrick son for the Della |
ware Break water, where he will load with |
scraps" from the fish factory for Milford, |
and from thence he will proceed with a |
cargo of fertilizers to Barker's Landing.
Joshua Bailey our shoe and boot member
is suffering with a painful felon on the
thumb of his left hand
Samuel j. Wilson ofticiated at five fun |
erals during the past week from different |
places in the hundred
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Milton offers TO those who wish to live |
cheap and enjoy themselves in quiet way
This fact is being seen and appreciated by
others. and MANY who have left the town
are only too glad to return. John Como
way who has been engaged at farming for
the past two years has removed with his
family to his town property land we under
stand there are two families in Philadelphia
former residence of near here who will
shortly return to this place.
Isaac NailOr has received from the Gov
eminent, plans and specifications for the
building of marine hospital and guilt guar
antine station Ship Island, Mississippi MI
Naior will make an estimate on the build
ing and submit it to the proper authorities
On account of the death of Roderlck
REYNOLDS the Milton Comet Band post
poned its intended serenade in honor OF the
arrival Of the Rev. 6 H. Hodge, NJ. P.
minister, from the time intended until last
Friday evening; at which time it turned
out and gave the gentlemen the best it had
in stock.
1t was our first time on Sabbath morn
ing to listen to a sermon delivered by the
M E. minister of this town, the Rev w.
T. Valiant We are fayorably impressed
with the gentleman and predict he will SUIT
the majority of church going people OF the
town To intimate hewill please all would
not only be paralogy but an assumption
of that which we know cannot be done.
The personal property of Asa jefferson
was sold at public sale on Satur-
day last
William Mason lost one hundred and {
fifty pound hog last week of some unknown
disease, which also afflicted four others that
are now better.
Edward Walls and wife are visiting their
daughter at Lewes.
Tout made their appearance in town on
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