The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-08-10
MARSHALLTON ITEMS.
What Our Correspondent Finds Of Interest
Write About.

MARsHALLToN, DEL. Aug. 7.-Perh apI
In tho duilness Of dog days, while ths
| powers Of Europe are intent ON watching
the cruel Turk, Spainand Japan are dc
batting whether they, will turn their war
grcss has adjourned aud left us to oul
own feeble resources for amusement, YOU
may not decline small portion OF you,
cnterprising and always Interesting paper
for a little summon diversion, especially
whom We have ON tho outing limo such q
lively fish rs our genial frisnt. Mrs Frazer,
who, although he pleads guilty to being q
crank. is most interesting and valuable
officer Of the State.
But so far as our beautiful little vlllsgo
OF Marshailton is concerted, with the
historic Red Clay Creek dividing its physi-
cal aud social factions, we, allow no out.
silor, however high.i in position or talented
in acqurements,t to slander or misrepresent
us without challenge.
AS Justice Gray truthfully s8ys among
and about ourselves Of course we talk. Not
only have our fair women been abundant.
ly supplied with this organ but they have
parted with u generous share to tho noble
lords and no citizen Is botter quail
fed to bear truthful evidence Of the abun-
dance Of this gift than our own aud only
Sammy, who not only runs law factory
for amusement, but conducts shoemaker
shop for business and whilo reading Black
stono he wields his hammer and awl and
thus In double capacity repairs the soles
and corrcc;s tho ways Of our wandering
Willies
But this outsider be he ever SO much ON
executive officer under commission from
tho great State Of Delaware, coming within
our borders fresh from the pig styes Of
Georgetown with the aroma Of the jail and
and tho brlstles OF the swine still clinging
to bis official garments, has no hight to
shake his clothes and clear bis tht1MS In our
midst midst and about our people, Hence we
We have very fow pig styes. Most of tho
little pork We use, both biped AnGQuAaru-
ped, comes from abroad and nos u shall
proportion from tho city Of Wilmington.
Butin regard to this slander on our
pretty though unincorporated village OK
MarshalltOn We appeal from tho learned
Frazer from his mental condition on
August 3rd to presumably 9Th, the same
learned Frazer on August 7th.
In tho REPUBLICAN, under date Of 3rd
iEst writing Of Marshallton, Mr.. Frazer
writes: "Ous houses did NOT have wells
under them and the eXcrement was oozlng
out Of two.t thirds Of them Pig pons au 4
garbage dumped In tho rear OF dwellings
added to the vile odor arising from these
neglected places."
In tho same Issue no has an article about
Georgetown wherein he describes o hosrt
bic condition Of hogs kept In the jail yard
and that evidently so impressed bis brain
that the flavor Of 1t affected tho rport OF
this placo as we have little hog difficulty
hero. But there 1t seems h0 has authority
as he says to servo "a written notice on
Attorney General White to remove and
abate the nuisance within ton days"
He also told Mr.. johnson, that 1t was
our duty to protect the people,"
But as for tho people Of Marshallton,
they were only to root hog or dio."
Why, friend Frazer, are the people of
Marshallton left to such desperate straits2
Under date OF August 7th, friend Frazer
says he did not examine either hog pen or
out house, but drank some water and
had no fault to f1nd. I concluded In my
own mind 1t was family quarrel between
an 1sraolite and Christian"
Evidently this officer has his Impressions
between the Bird and 7th Of August mixed
and entirely new and easy method Of OK.
amining water for impurities, and free
and original method Of stirring up negll.
gent people by mailing circulars to the
local physician.
We suspect he borrowed this latter de-
vico from the other humanitarian who re-
loved The suffering and hunger Of the poor
by sendlng tracts.
Some time at his leisure will Mr.. Frazer
Inform tho readers OF the REPUBLICAN,
what are che practical duties of the State
Board OF Healt besides testing water and
ssndin. circulars. Respectfully,
HORACE BRADLEY, NJ. D.