Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-07-19


-. will be in market With the first
August will come those of the St. Jol
variety aud they are the first good peach
: we have. If St. Johns bring dollar
basket then the average for the VINO
crop this season will not be likely 10
: over fifty cents.
ALLOW me through your columns
/. thank our mauy friends and neighbo
{, for their kindness to my SON IN his lor
sickness. For iull year past they ha'
! done everything for his comfort an
:. pleasure that was possible. / wish, thl
{ publicly. TO thank them all for sue
T kindness. MRS RACHAEL HUDSON
ALL the world loves lover or lover
but when YOU are not one Of them viii
on earth seems funnier? It isiike dan,
ing When you watch others you woi
der If you ever INDUCED in anything S
foolish, but really it IS a sad time in OF
lives when such reflections are force
upon US. II is a very good sign tha
Father Time is getting the better Of as.
THE Presbyterian Sunday School vii
picnic at Slaughter Beach on Tuesda
July 90 The members of the church an
the parents and friends of the scholar
are requested TO 90 with the school Of
this day. All who are IN any way con
nected with the Sunday School or churcl
are requested to be present and hell
make the dag Que filed with pleasure.
Town COUNCIL has made some change:
III granting the right of way through the
town 10 the Dover and Milford electric
road, As the thing now stands the COM
pauy will not light the streets, and in
stead of paving between the rails with
stone they are allowed to use boards
They will also run their cars faster than
seven miles an hour. In short they are
granted all they asked for
A small twig Of an apple tree was left
at this Office on Wednesday by Mr. A.
Pullen, the nurserymau. upon which,
punched together, were 1--WE beautiful large
apples, of the Yellow Transparent variety.
The apples grew in the nursery row, OH
trees just large enough 70 set out They
promise to be very prolific and are far
above the average in size and beautiful
in color,-that Of light yellow.
IT cannot be denied that it is the am
bition ofevery Young woman to become
in time the ''sweetness and light" OF
home. No matter how important a field
in womauS education literature and the
fiue arts may occupy, it is of prime i'm
portance that woman should have an in
telligent comprehension Of the forces
which go to make up the comfort and
safety of the modern household.
A special train consisting of an engine
aud Superintendent Holidays private
car, bore a jolly party of gentlemen to
Lewes on Tuesday morning. They took
a cruise on Col. Ross yacht and about
ten o'clock al night came up 10 Milford
and remained until Wednesday morning,
The party included Governor Watson,
w. H. Bnrnite, Esq ,Enoch Moore, Esq,
DR. Gillespie, Col + T. Cooper r n
Williams, Esq, Supt. Holiday and Col
Ross
THg Rev Robert Watt, of Wilmington.
was tue guest Of friends in this town this |
week. He went to Slaughter Beach on |
Wednesday and Yesterday 10 Rehoboth. !
lie will return to Milford on Monday or
tuesday next and remain here s short
.eason. Mr.. Watt is resting for a short
ime from his labors and gathering new
strength with which to fight vice and sin
lpon hiS return to his church in Will
nington His many friends here were
dad to see him.
WILLIAM HUDSON, aged 80 years. died
II Thursday afternoon last of coBsunlp
ION. Deceased had been confined TO
lis home for over a year preceding his
D.. It'll,
im alive for many weeks. Two years
90 he gave up farming on account Of
liling health and moved with his wife
ito Milford. Funeral services were held
n Saturday afternoon last and inter-
lent made i'll Qdd Fellows Cemetery
-ev. DR.. Mariudale officiating.
S. 5 BROWN & Co, menhadeu oil :
of Lewes, nave started (;
ieir mill, and their steamers are bring :
e in large quantities Of fish caught off :
le Delaware capes. Not only menhaden :
ut all kinds OF food fish are caught aud =
;sd for their oil It is this aud kindred :
that are causing the scarcity 7
food fish in the Delaware Bay. There Z
lould be some way OF stopping the catch +
food fish by this company even if they =
id TO be compelled to cease business :,
together. =
THE Bridgeville base ball club defeated :
e Sealord team on the latter's grounds, 2
! Tuesday, the score being 9 TO o. The =
me was especially conspicuous by ire y
lent rows which ofteutimes nearly PIE p
nted the completion ofthe game After =
had been finished the trouble grew y
1rse aid it looked as though the Bridge. Z
lie team would be mobbed, but no one =
IS seriously injured Seaford seems de- -
-mined 10 keep mp heF puenviable rep =
alton for the miserable tTestment Of "
sting ball teams.
n is a crying shame to judge women til
the shoes and gloves they wear, aud d
we often see people sit up and de- III
ire they can tell ali about them. Now III
,st women love new shoes and gloves, a
d would indulge IN them Often II they &C
aid, instead Of blackeuing, mendWg aud a
lring those that have done long service b
course all women despise run over W
els, and everybody knows that white al
els" are positive disgrace yet we hear Sc
1t women lift handsome skirts aud dis &c
~ Just such defects. 1t is hardly fair SD
judge them by that. AS to gloves ey
i a soul of them who wear white gloves Il
uld have a shred Of character il they an
re always judged by them. en-
d.
N his sermon al Scott Church Viii. hi
ugtoH, on Sunday evening last the
V. Robert Watt, D. D., declared that an
merica is a nation of sweareTs and co
lmingtoR a city OF swearers. America, tn
said. contains the most irreverent PEG III
oil the face of the earth Every liz
lr that he is on the street he hears the FIJI
st terrible oaths, many of them from tn
ing boys. Many OF the men who wear T.,
e. coats aud brass buttons are the we
rst swearers He had heard more fai
hs in the city court room the short MI
e he was there than he had heard for
ne time. If he we're on a jury he
nld hesitate to take the oath Of an Fl;
,itual swearer A christian should not