Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-11
DlNemAN's FERRY.

Sorry Dick did not come ont squarely on
the report Of that teacher to the school
committee. Maybe it is case for the
Board Of Health
Lucky scribes, in Montage, to get Christ
mas dinners and blank sweet valentines J
We got neither.
Sickness is fast disappearing here and
we are getting in working order
A new peddler from Philadelphia is go
ing around here with horse and wagon.
f.. P. U lazy John was one of that
class, If reports are true BY the way, we
hope r. p U. will soon return from his
vacation and again mount the cracker
barrel
Where is Sweet9 Fe must think we
have chosen the right men for Supervisors
this time. His ADVICE to c. seems to have
fallen in the water What alluslon does
he find in my article in the PRESS Of Feb
S5 to poor down trodden man that he
thinks it worth his while to take the de-
fensive do not feel equal to the task of
enlightening his understanding and will
leave that for some other scribe.
We were lucky here in not having an ice
storm to do any damage, just enough, as
people say, to make good fruit crop.
Fruit tree and small fruit agents are busy
here soliciting for orders, but the Demo
cratic times have made the people rather
shy TO invest Republican good manage
mcnt may cause the agents to wear a broad
smile.
Some of our people are borrowing trouble
by getting children from the charitable
societies. Who these children are and how
brought mp some of our people have learn
ed by experience. The children cannot be
blamed for the misfortune of being
brought into this world to become cast
Always and drudges among strangers, but
the cities should take care of their waits
and bring them up in the proper way to
some trade for which they may be adap
ted and then let them take care of them
selves The good country home cranks
should be suppressed for the benefit of the
unfortunate orphans. This reminds us
of another class Of persons sent out from
the city to the country and that is those
who are a dis grace to their families and
quasi criminals 1t is very convenient
oftentine' to have them rusticate among
the Innocent hay seeds, with the hope per.
chance that they will imbibe the virtues Of
heir pastoral surroundings and become
u IRE or less angelic
Mrs Anlrew Cron and son left for
)nnmore Tuesday to attend the funeral
IF the wife of Alonzo Cron, OF that place.
Did you see Piko's item in the Gazette
on the fish laws9 One good quality COW
ers multitude of sins, and in writing as
he did about the absurd protection of fish
he is right. Mr. Ford, the father of tn at
law is dead, and pity twas the law did
not die with him The protection of ifs h
is supposed to attract boarders to this val
ley, and what is the result? Eel racks
are forbidden and our substantial chops
are eaten by the bass, as Pike truly says
Eels are protected and they eat the shad
spawn, and the little shad that are hatch
ed become the prey of some sea fish We
have, in consequence, very few fish left 60
supply the boarders' tables. and most Of
the fish used for that purpose here are
stale ones coming from the city in barrels
every week. When they become too old
to sell in Port Jervls and Milford they are
brought here and we must buy or do
without fresh(?) fish Could the obnox-
ious laws be repealed and such omniyer-
GUS fish as black bass and carp be destroy
ed we might have fresh fish again for the
boarders Pike is right on the fish ques
tion, and we ought to send representatives
to Harrisburg with sufficient gumption to
have the obnoxious fish laws repealed and
allow the eel weirs and fixes to be used
CESAR