Milford chronicle., 1896-06-19
MILTON.

e under the efficient management of our yer
i popular principal, Prof. J. A Collins, wit
: his four lady assistants, was we'll attende
by parents and friends Our citizens wei
i RECALLED with an entertainment that reflect
great credit upon its projectors and wa
, highly appreciated by all present Tn
$ entire entertainment was we'll planned an
effectively rendered and afforded mucl
pleasure and qualification to all present
These beloved teachers now have a vaca-
ton which they greatly need, bearing witt
them the love Of all their pupils. and tn,
warmest concentrations of the patrons ans
esteem of the entire community 1t is Il
be hoped that at the beginning Of the mex
school term they will again resume tht
places made vacant during the ensuing va
cation.
The Children's Day services which were
held last Sabbath evening in the NJ E.
Church, were a decided success. 1t is said
the children acquitted themselves with
credit The "cold water" service by the
infant class would be hard to excel Little
Miss Mary WEIGH. the Milton prodigy, in
tereSted the vast audience with vocal and
instrumental music to the delight of all
present The eight banners COTTON up by
Prof. John B. WEIGH, the worthy superin-
tendent, made the eye dazzle and were
beautiful to look upon The large audi
ence room was packed to OVERLOOKING All
this grand affair was under the manage
ment of Prof WEIGH. Truly it must be
right to hold Children's Day services as
they are, always.
Real, genuine June weather has at last
begun 10 prevail. The backward crops
throughout the country are surely in need
of it. Now it we do have few hot waves
we should not complain. A definite amounnt
of heat is needed every season in order to
properly develop crops. and thus far we
have not had the usual quantity.
Our college friend of the Dover Confer
ence Academy, Joseph Wiltbank, arrived
at his fathers house last Friday to remain
until the fall term. Joe intends to study
at home during the summer and at Point
Pleasant, where the family cottage is stu /
ated
Our next legal holiday is the grand old
Fourth of July which we will all celebrate
The two large deds of fragrant roses
used at the M. P Children's Day services
at the N. P. Church Sunday evening, were
sent as presents to Miss Clara Lambright
in Baltimore, and to Mrs Fannie Davidson
in Wilmington.
The YES of Milton are to hold STAMP"
reception at the home of Miss Mary Lof-
land Wednesday evening, the oath. Every
body is cordially invited, agd are requested
10 bring postage stamp with them. f.
On Tuesday an organ grinder with a
fancy dressed monkey canYassed Milton
for pennies.
Mrs. Ellie Birmingham, wife of Edward
of Gave Neck, passed into the
great beyond last Thursday evening. The
deceased was inferred at Whites Chapel
asst Sunday at p. m. Funeral services
1t Weigand's Chapel.
William Fowler will give up his bust
less at his old stand in Milton and move
o his farm lately purchased near Rennen's 1
station, about August next
Hon. John H. B. Mustard'S i'll health {
poken Of in my last weeks letter,pray let 1
ne add that our esteemed friend has al
ways been universally popular and pos
essed all the attributes of the conscientious
BUSINESS man, an enterprsng citizen and '
genial gentleman; and by indetatgable c
nergy and righteous economy he gradually
accumulated sufficient capital to furnish a +
modest home, and his many friends pray
e may be spared yet His great vivacity I
nd nerve will aid greatly in his recovery.
Thomas Mcgee. OF South Milton, who has f
cen a sufferer with consumption for quite 7
while, has at last given up his business
nd is confined to his bed, and at this writ 7
lg is dangerously ill. There are grave a
ears of his recovery. S
Really no home ever looked more de- 4
ghtfully clean and white-made so by II
me than does the M. P Parsonage this =
sason There's talk of the parsonage F
eng neatly painted soon it
The reason Clement F. Hart is home .
18th US again is because his work at Enoch +,
Ioore's shipyards has ceased t.
Let the pretty girls, for which Milton is
lmOus, put on their holiday attire on the
ourth and with laughing, happy faces
lake joyous all the PUBLIC places. 6
Eeight vessels are at our docks loading p
inc wood, box lumber and canned peas g
Rev w. T. Valiant and Frank Carey, 81
So, run their wheels to Broadl<iln Mon e.
ly morning, boarded the train for Milford
len to their wheels again for Smyrna, and pr
ack Tuesday evening - Thomas H
douglass, Esq in company with his wife
nd two children drove to Preston, Nd y
uesday-Mr. Douglass old home for a W
70 weeks outing Emory Mcgee, brother I
Thomas Mcgee spoken of in this letter {
also quite ill and has been for four weeks. H.
George Simpler, a farmer of near Hun W
rs Mill, has been for weeks very low "
it'll pneumonia, but is now conValescing. h
-Greensbury Walls and his estimable =,
life, of Lincoln City, gave Milton pleas "
ut call last Friday.-Mrs. Maggie Can it
n,of Camden, N J wife of our friend, +,
.aptain Chas. Cannon, is visiting her old d
ome in Cave Neck Capt. c. Frank
aceyis from Norfolk, Va, this week with
S familY.-Dr. Sheridan Manship, of
with his bride of few months,
ave his relatives and friends here a pleas
It call the first of this week G. w. A -
1 Handsome Book on Summer Travel.
The Baltimore 81 Ohio R. R. Co. has just T
sued handsome book descriptive Of the