Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-12-28
DTNGMAN'S FERRY.


will forget and neglect their work
bat not their grub
One o. the quickest and neatest
jobs evv DOM in this section was
when Laf. w Quiet rnisad his house
a story Everything S rehdyand
to the benefit Of Laf. I'd the jlv -
the contractor the roof was quirAly
raised
We wish Pierre Mills success in
his new venture in a Milford hotel
and expect soon to see an "adv in
the Press headed Hotel Mills.
People who have over ventilated
bedrooms will soon find the value of
paper to keep out the cold and keep
in the heat A substantial sheet of
paper between the mattresses will
keep cold from striking up to the
body and one between the blankets
will keep it from penetrating down
The fence club is not very happy
over the fact that not sufficient rain
has yet come to fill up the springs
and streams.
Irving andRalphAngle have begun
their fur route, The crop we fear
will be short for hunters are taking
advantage of the great demand for
help at numbering and are at work.
a steam grist mill in connection
with steam saw mill if properly
conducted might pay here. Water
is scarce to grind with at the mill,
so we have to purchase inferior feed
from the West, when our home
grown grain should supply the mar
ket.
Dir. P f. Fulmer is taking va.
cation and will spend month in the
city this winter Gilbert Heater is
caretaker at the hotel
The saw mill of Wolf Bros. at
Donaldsons makes boards very rap
idly
The doctor is kept pretty busy
now
Travelling along the river road one
day recently met a number of my
hoy hood friends and was surprised
to note what old looking faces they
wore, When | reached home hur.
ried to a glass and looked at cal
ender and saw too was in the class
George Wilson is improving in
health ard occasionally walks out.
Levi Howell's tannery and glove
making business is in full operation
He makes a first class old fashioned
fur glove.
A. d. Brown, on account of i'll
health, has rented his blacksmith
snop to Frank Gum.
A considerable sum yet remains tC
be raisd to pay the salary of the NJ
E. minister to April 1st, Who will
help reduce the amount?
Many can hardly realize how
quickly Christmas came this year
The dry summer and fall, lack o
cold weather together with sicknes
has rendered the flight of time un
noticed.
1t is reported that Club is nego
iatlng for the. purchase of
few tracts of land around Smith
meadows and that a club house will
be built there next summer.
Preparations are being made t.
get Mink's saw mill in running
order.
This county in spite of native in
dolence is fast fulfilling it's destin
: to become a general summer retrea
for city people Those who wi
properly arrange for them, Civ
them good cooking and considerat
attention need not goWest or becom
nenials TO city masters and mis-
tresses and live in closely crowde
tenant houses. Money can easil
be made here keeping boarders
intelligent care is exercised.
Laf Quick has shown what can b
, done in this direction. He did nc
re-shingle his roof but put a Who'll
new top on his house to better a'
commodate his rapidly increasin
business. His example might we
1 be followed by many in this county
A party from Port Jervis in con
pany with "Zack" Vandermark an
Ed. Darragh fished at Mink's po
dlast week and brought away
large pickerel.
A law suit between the Minks o.
eupied tie attention of Squire Fra
er last Saturday.
Frank Downs is clerkiug for Va
Etten Brothers.
Y : Reed Morgan is still very i'll wit
n typhoid fever.
o Isaac Smith who has been confine
= with ,ha,,,ofian, was raliavad nv
e few doses of DIR. Hughes medicin,