Evening journal., 1900-07-21
SUPERSTITION
ABOUT FRIDAY
Campers Would Not Occupy
LaVinia Woods
WHEN DAY CAME ON JULY lS
Milton Has Lost Nearly Two Hundred
in Population in the Last
Decade
WHEN DAY CAME ON JULY l3

Milton. July Notwithstanding
the heat drought and dust, the camp
at Lavinia's woods opened on Sunday
morning. Families began moving on
Friday, but it was soon found out by
those who had forgotten il, that Friday
was an unlucky day, and to add to this
horror IL was also the 18th day Of the
month. When this was discovered NOV
ing was postponed until the next day,
and those who had already moved and
are In for It. are obliged to place an
old horseshoe that came off the left
fore foot of a black mare under each
corner Of the front Of their tents to
keep the hoOdoos away. There were
services on Friday and Saturday even
ings, but it may be said the camp did
not actually begin until Sunday. On
this day the attendance was not up to-
the expectations OF those having the
camp in charge, yet the chief Of stan
thinks the paucity of numbers ON that
day was owing 10 the unfavorable con-
dtion Of the weather, and the conse-
Quent dust accumulation. The Rev. n.
o. Grouse. of Baltimore, preached on
Sunday morning and evening The
Rev W. j. DuHadway preached in the
afternoon.
The Milton stores will be closed at S
o'clock p. m. during the camp
j. NJ. Lank formerly assistant post
master at this place. but now Of No.
1927 Market street, Philadelphia, is Wis
iting his mother, attending the camp
meeting.
Mrs Susie B. Davidson has been en-
/ gagged to teach the school i'm district
No. II for the coming Fall and Winter
term.
Il is said that the census Of Broad
/ kiln hundred is about $500, and the
census Of Milton between 1000 and
l,l00. According to these figures Milton
has lost nearly 200 population during
/ the last decade.
Mrs. Susie b. Davidson visited Mrs.
Maggie White, at Whiteshill, on Tues
! day
Theodore Conwell is at home with
his mother. Eight weeks ago Mr.. Con-
we'll while loading vinegar on the
steamer 1lks, of the Clyde Line. at
Quemens, on the Hudson river, fell
down the hatchway and broke one leg
and one arm. He was sent to the hos
pital in Philadelphia, where he has
about recovered and is now home on
crutches.
WILDER Hunter, of Harbeson, who
had a leg broken by the fall Of an ele-
vator at the Hotel Walton. during the
/ Republican Convention. at Philadel-
phia, was in town on Friday on
/ crutohes.
Oda Fleetwood after having delivered
some young women to their destina-
/ ton on Thursday turned his bus
around, and in so doing turned it over.
A teamster named Workman, ran
into the lamppost at the corner Of Fed
eral and Mill streets, last week. and
tore things up generally.
4 There rs a practice in vogue among
the eXcursionist of the Queen Anne
railroad on Sundays of snatching the
hats Of persons at the Milton depot and
carrying them away on the train. Three
parties lost their hats last Sunday even
ing in this manner. The persons doing
the work are supposed TO be Baltimore
roughs. Should the practice continue
somebody viii get hurt
The moonlight excursion Of Wednes-
day was the largest this season to the
sea. Eight coaches went down on the
excursion train and it took eleven
coaches. well packed to bring the
crowd back. Fifty-fve tickets were
sold at the Milton station
\ Captain James G. Palmer loaded O
car with cedar posts, in Milton. on Fri
. day, and shipped them to Pennsyl-
yania.
The amateur singing company that
was on the street a few nights ago and
which unstrung the nerves Of several
= persons, and nearly scared Jim Pal
1 mer's dog to daeth, had better take q
vacation-go to the camp meeting-fol
+, II seen, or heard again, they may no
4 escape so easy There are already
loaded for them several guns, matra.
], likeness, and an quantity of dynamite
J. The people Of Federal street have swori
that the next effort shall be the las
@ And the professor had better take heed
y The telephone line now being bull
t by eX-State Treasurer Atkins between
this town and Harbeson is nearly com
4 pleted. The poles are nearly ali ul
; and the wires will soon be on. Tn
phone-a long distance one, is in IL
proper place in Mr.. Atkins offices.
Edgar Lank, attorney-at-law o
Philadelphia, and John Lank. OF Cam
b den, N. j.. are visiting their mother