Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-05-20
LAYTON.

People who desire to commit a dirty act
do not always find newspaper that will
become party to it, and when they some
times do, they feel ashamed to have their
hand appear in it, so they delegate it TO
some puddin head like the so called Hon
est(P) John" to pull their chestnuts out of
the fire Somebody who has little discrimi-
nation, and less wit, but is ready made
and willing tool for the vicious and evil
minded, who may feel disposed 80 use him.
Knowing this, whatever he may say has
little attention paid to 1t by those who
know him, and them.
All the patients afflicted with Append
citis are progressing finely Mrs j Y.
Clark is convalescent; Andrew Norris rap
idly recovering and Mrs. Madison Shay
doing so well that she will be brought
from the Port Jervis hospital in few davs.
Farmers are trihe behind with their
work on account of the incessant rainy
weather, but they are becoming rather
philosophical over it, and realize that
If it was as extremely dry as it has
been wet it would be much harder to
bear The darkest hour is just before the
dawn, and brighter days and sunshine are
sure to come. Thanks to the rains, the
grass and grain has grown rapidly, and
the fields are clothed with living green.
Hustle when the propitious time comes
and all will yet be we'll.
The hatchery at Pine Hill farm has got
o1t enough chicks to replenish the stock
of laying fowls, as usually kept, and the
incubators are now filled with 300 eggs
for Benjamin B. Hursh, of Hainesville,
and 300 for Emmett H. Bell, of Walpack
Centre. After these are out, the incubators
will perhaps be retired from further opera
tions this season.
The villagers in Layton feel the pulsa-
tions in the arteries of progress, and as
sensible people in a village should do,
are disearding the unsightly fences between
their residences and the street.
One of our artists of the paint brush
went off in the stage last Saturday to help
Mckinley out of his trouble with the
Spaniards. Frank evidently prefers a
war in Cuba to a skirmish at home.
The Branchville and Milford Gun Clubs
held their third tournament at the grounds
of Shay J. Van Ness on Saturday last
Branchville won with 13 points in the lead.
We beg to suggest that the heavy firing of
the Gun Clubs, and De Alton Dillistin
being along with them was responsible for
the rain that followed on Sunday. A
friend suggests also that the Branchville
Club is invincible with Dillistown on
deck. Sort of a mascot, you see.
There seems to be diversity in the re
ports of the action. of the Borough Cour-
Gil, of Branchville, in regard to the setting
of poles In that town, by the Hudson Riv-
er Telephone Co. One report being that
the Conncii would permit no more poles
to be set in the town limits This would
be a very short-sighted policy indeed, and
] cannot believe that Branchville would
permit any restrictions on any enterprise
that would tend TO better their conditions.
and facilitate business as the H r. Tele-
phone line would certainly do. Influence
Will not be lacking to obstruct, but the
Council owe it TO themselves, and the peo-
pie for whom they act not to commit them
selves to such a narrow line OF business
policy. have confidence that they will
not do It.
The high price of wheat -four is going to
bring the home made rye bread Of our boy
hood days, to the front again 1t will not
be an unwelcome guest on nay table, as
we have not lost our hankering for it.
A rumor that has persistently repeated
about here that the II. r. Telephone Co
had offered the Sussex Co. a 1916 advance
on the cost of their line, and that the latter
would not sell for less than 25& is fake,
at least as far as concerns the first part Of
the story The Hudson River Co. has no
possible use for il, and have authority
for saying that the idea Of buying that
lIne tickles their funny boneimmensely.