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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

A farmer friend Of the writer. who
Is of middle age, is doing Just about
TWO mems work every day on his biz
Tarm. He is not doing it to rid himself
OF big mortgage, for he does not owe
any man cent and coEld sugar off any
day with $4,000 to his credit: he does
not do it because he really likes work
better than anything else. for he adj
mits that his life is little better than
civilized slavery, but he is doing If
solely that he may buy more land and
pie up more money. While he is our
friend, he is none the less an old fool
lie Is too busy to take any cOmfOrr in
living, to enjoy such social pleasures as
are within his reach, too busy to read
anything save the market reports and
the local paper, too busy to take an out
ing and mingle with his fellows. He
VIII have to find time to be sick some
day soon, and if he lives until he is
90 he will be a broken down old man
one who has made his pile and in the
making OF 1t has fixed himself so that
ne has placed it utterly out of his now
er to enjoy anything which money can
secure for him. Our friend is no freak
IN this matter, for his counterpart NAV
De found in almost every neighborhood.
ana they are modern types of the old
man with the muck rake so forciblv
portrayed by Bunyan, who ever delved
IN the mire, Indifferent to all the beou-
tful, enjoyable and elevating things
overhead and all around him. Life is
very short. Nature is most relentless
IN her penalties. Heirs are ever greedy;
lawyers legal vultures, watching the
last days of this slave of money. Have
sense enough to know when you have
got money enough, and get something
out OF life aside from the reputation
Of being a man who made. his Mia
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26
A BARBAROUs PRACTICE.

Shot at day by day from the time
they were Matched in some Manitoba
or Dakota swamp. in peril of their lives
every day as they slowly migrate to
the south in the fall, besct with pot
hunters all winter long in the bayous
of the south where they make their
winter home, the poor wild fowls ut last
start on their pilgrimage north only to
encounter continuous fusillade rs they
seek their northern nesting place. This
slaughter Of the birds in the spring
migration is the most pitiful and repre-
hensible sport INDUCED in by American
spOrtsmen. the birds being when killed
poor in flesh and Of little value as food
national law should absolutely pro-
hibit spring shooting Of wild fowls to
the end that they may not be utterly
wiped out of existence.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

be lobster chowder for dinner at Q
o'clock. Would they try a dip at the
short beach by the runway between
Elm and Elm, Jr.? They would-that
Is, the young people would, and Mrs.
Hart would watch the sport from the
beach.
Once in the water, Mary's spirits
seemed bubbling over and she was
soon daring Dalton to try a race to
dory moored a short distance from the
beach. He seemed reluctant at first,
and was sure it was too near the cur
rent of the runway, but to take a dare
from Mary and have her taunt him
with a lack of courage was too much
for young man Of his temperament.
She was wading toward the boat,
and when but a few strokes from it,
called back laughingly: "Will you
swim for it, Tom? If you reach it
first, I'll be your prize, SIR"
He was striking out after her as soon
as the words had left her lips.
She had nearly reached the dory and,
confident of winning the race, put her
hand up to catch the gunwale, missed
1t and suddenly discovered she was out
Of depth and in the runway current.
''Tom"' she cried, and then all Tom
saw was a pair of frightened upturned
eyes and a terror stricken face as she
swept under the surface.
A fine predicament for a lover who
was not a brave man and who had
barely learned to swim! Drawing a
deep breath, blind to all danger and
with no thought but to save her or die
with her, Tom struck out into the cur
rent and under the surface.
His heart thumped wildly as he felt
mass of that sun gold hair come into
his grasp, and in moment more they
rose to the surface. Through his salt
dimmed eyes Tom saw bit Of rope
and grasped it. They had come up I'M
der the stern Of the dOry, which had
swung into the current with them, and
he was now firmly gripping a bit Of
painter which hung over the stern.
In a few minutes more he had lifted
her over the side, clambered in after
and was chatting her hands briskly.
Mrs. Harris cries from the beach had
brought the Cobbs to the scene, and
Master Harry was running a dory down
the beach to the rescue.
1t had all happened in a very few
minutes. Mary opened her eyes, smiled
and said, You needn't rub all the skin
off my hands, sir"
"Thank God! She is all right" said
Tom fervently.
"Tom, dear, you reached the dory
first Kiss me, sir! You wont?
And then Master Harry's boat grated
alongside.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

i remember" says Uncle Ezekiel
when a boy that Uncle Josie johnson
while out cunning one day, got tired
and sat down by a large pine tree in
the Big Cove and fell asleep, but was
awakened by noise and on looking
down at his feet saw a large rattle
snake. Putting up his gun, he was
about to shoot when he saw fine deer
about eight feet in front of him. He
then took aim at the deer, when sud
denly he heard a great fiuttering over
head, and, looking up, he saw a large
flock Of wild turkeys. He no sooner
saw them than he heard another noise
In the bushes at his right, and, looking
round, he saw big bear gazing at him.
Fearing that he was about to be de-
vOured, he shot at the deer, when the
gun busted.
THE bullet killed the deer, the lock
fell down the rattler's throat and chok-
ed him to death. the barrels shot up in
to the air and killed the wild turkeys.
the stock killed the bear by striking
him between the eyes, and the concus-
sion threw Uncle Josie backward.
When he landed on his back in the
middle of a brush heap, he found he
had killed 40 rabbits. 1t took a two
horse team to cart the game home."-
Exchange.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26
BRANCH ROADS.

Delaware, Maryland q virginia R. r.
Leave Harrington for Franklin City and way
statiOus 10 30 a. m. daily and 6 50 p. m. week
days Returning, train leaves Franklin City
90 a. m. week and l.37 pm week days.
Leave Franklin City for ChincOteague fvia
4eamer) 33 p. m. week days. Returning,
axe ChincOteague 50 a. m. week days
leave Harrington for Georgetown, Lewes,
md RehOboth at 1888 a. M, $50 D. m. week.
days. Returning, leave Lewes 6.45 a. m.
and 3.03 P. m. week days.7.22 am MOndaysOnly
Leave Harrington for Berlin, 1898 a. m,
aud ESQ p. m. weekdays Returning, leave
erlin SO A. m. weekdays and 2.33 p. m.
Queen Anne & KenN R.R.-Leave Towns
end for Centreville and way stations d
a. m. and 81 p. M week days. Returning,
leave Cen1reville 7 81 a. m. and 2 % p. m.
week days.
Del. Chesapeake r. R.-Leave Clayton for
Oxford ana way stations at 8 38 a. m. and 5.58
p. m. week days. Returning, leave Oxford
700 a. m. and 58p. m. week days.
Cambridge & Seaford r. R.-Leave Seaford
for Cambridge and intermediate stations at
II IL a. m. and IS p. m week days Return
Ing train leaves Cambridge at 90 and $50
p m. week days.
CONNECTION.-At Porter, with Newark a.
Delaware City Railroad. At Townsend, with
Queen Annes q Kent Railroad. At CLAW
ton, with Delaware 81 Chesapeake Railroad
and Baltimore & Delaware Bay Railroad. AT
Harrington,with Delaware, Maryland 4 Vir-
ginta Railroad. At SeafOrd, with Cambridge
q SeafOrd Railroad. At Delmar, with New
York, Philadelphia & Norfolk, Wycomico a
Pocomoke, and Peninsula Railroads
J. b. HUTCHINSON, General Manag
J. R. WOOD, General Passenger Agent.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

~ all of the carnivOra show their
by growing, but chipmunks,
rrels, blue jays and parrots take
assure in scolding. The dog bowls
night or, as it is termed, bays at
e MOON" For what? Nothing. it be-
lg simply a hereditary trait peculiar
to his ancestor. the wolf, which bowls
at night to either call his mate or as
semble his fellows for foraging expe-
ditiOn. For the same reason the dog
will turn round and round several
times before he lies down. just as his
ancestor had to do in order to trample
down the grass to make place where
on to lie. Every action and look Of the
lion is reproduced in the domestic cat
when she watches for and catches a
mouse, even to the playing with her
victim after it is in her clutches.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26
THE GAMMA BED.

A bed Of cannas makes a very SNOWY
and attractive lawn decoration and nc
flowers are easier to grow and care for
Spade up a circular bed on the lawn
and fertilize it literally. If the soil is
clayey or stiff, add two or three wheel
barrow loads of road sand. Get for a
bed ten feet in diameter u plants OF
your florist Of five or six varieties, not
ing what he says as to the height each
variety grows. Set the tall growing
varieties in the center and the dwarf
kinds on the outside of the bed Plant
after all danger of frost is ever and
hoe and water literally. A nice finish
for the outside Of such Il bed is made
Of foliage plants of the coleus family.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26
NATURES KINDLY WAYS.

Nature always deals kindly with the
waste places Here is a gravel pit
scoOped out to the depth OF 20 feet by
a steam shovel to the extent of two
or three acres. Unpromising spot this
for nature to work on, but the snow
drifts piled in in the winter. carrying
the rich soil Of adjacent farms and
the winds whirled in a harvest of
leaves. and the spot becoming a reser-
vOir for the surplus rainfall was en-
riched by the silt deposits. and so the
cottonwood seeds blown by the June
winds fell here ana there in the pit,
and in ten years from the time the
shovel left a thick grove Of thrifty
trees filed up the barren pit, and ma
lures beneyolence shrouded mans des-
ecration and spoliation as though il
had not been.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26
81 THOUsAND YEARs OF.


1t is a pity any man can be found
who could deliberately cut down trees
which are between 5000 and COCO
years old for such pitiful purpose as
to sell the lumber which can be made
from them, yet this is being done with
many of the giant sequoias of Califor-
MIA. Just think of destroying a tree
which was in its youth when Moses
ana the prophets lived which shaded
the Sierra hillside when Christ was on
earth; which, having survived earth.
quake, the soaring touch of the thun-
dercloud, fire, tepalsess-.Ind wind. con-
tempQrapRouS With the sphinx, the pyr-
amids. Babylon, the record of Sinai.
the wandering tribes in the wilderness.
still lives and rears its frOnded head
from its majestic trunk, kissed by the
breezes from the Pacific. the only Iiv-
ing thing left of all that dead past. Mt
last to fall victim to the greed of the
mercenary civilization of the twentieth
century! The heather Incas worshiDed
the sun. the aboriginal Indian the
Great Spirit, and it is left for civiliz-
ed barbarian to wantonly desecrate
tEese ancient temples OF the Creator
WANTS HIS KEIGHBORs STIRRED
UP.
We are in receipt Of a letter from A
reader down in the state of Ney
York who wishes we would say
something to stir up some Of the lazy.
shiftless farmers in his neighborhood.
lie says they are the worst sort OF
back numbers, keep poor stock. only
half feeding the stock they have, and
spend their time loafing around town
talking politics and chewing the rag
when they ought to be doing some
thing to improve their farms and their
condition. This is a hard proposition
TO tackle. There always have been
this sort and always will be as long
rs time lasts. There is not mucb
which can be done for them ANYHOW
They are of the same breed MS tbe
poor whites of the southern STATES.
\ mere living, and pretty poor one Mt
shat is all they will ever get in this
world. A bad feature of the case is
that they nearly always have LARGO
families and there is no chance for
running the breed out This sort are
not peculiar to New York by anv
means. They count at the polls. helm
fill up the cemeteries and stand for
just as much as better men on a CEN
sus count. 1t is of no use to waste
any time on the old fellows. The only
snow Is to try to do something for
their children, and such homes ne
theirs are hard places to bring nm
children in anyway. We would sug-
gest to our friend that instead Of
roasting them he try setting a good
example. Sometimes that will work
wonders. While this sort will always
envy their more prosperous neighbor,
they are not all proof against the in.
huence of newfangled ways, as they
term it, when such newer and better
methods show good profits.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

CONNECTIONS.-'a connects at Queen
Anne With the Delaware & Chesapeake Rwy.
"b connects at Greenwood with Delaware
Division of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and baltimore r. r for Seaford, Delmar,
Salisbury and points south.
sc" connects at Glendale with the Della
ware, Maryland & Virginia R. R. for George
town and Lewes.
sc" connects at Greenwood wi.h the Della
ware Division OF the philadelphia, Whining
ton q Baltimore r. r.
BALTIMORE AND QUEENSTOWN.-Be-
ginning SUNDAY, JUNE Is 1875 steamers
of the Queen Anne's Railroad Company will
leave QUEENSTOWN at 9:lO a. m, daily, ey-
Sunday and Monday.
Sundays at $50 a. m.and $50 p. m.
Az-For further information apply to
I. W. TROXEL, WA. ID. UHLER,
= lGen'l Manager Cent FRI & Pass. ACT.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

We have friend who owns a rooster
which has learned a new trick. The
sparrows swarm around the barnyard
where this rooster stays, and he has
got on to the trick, the sparrows not
being afraid of him, of shifting them
on the head with his beak and killing
them, thereby securing many a meal
OF toothsome fresh meat. We have
thought for some time that some agen-
cy would appear which would act as
natural enemy Of the sparrow, and
perhaps the rooster is to be it.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

A large mountain ash tree which we
nave occasion to pass every day car
ried over until this spring a number
OF punches of its berries, and we won
dered why this was. We have found
out. A big blizzard came up bringing
with 1t six inches of snow after the
robins had migrated from the south.
Just after the storm. when food was
hard to find, we saw a flock of 20
Dusily engaged in disposing of these
dried mountain ash berries, finding
them perhaps not so toothsome a NOR
sci as big fat earthworm, but still
better than no food at all
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

Where the writer lives onions are re-
failing at 81 per bushel this spring.
This shows that some fellow missed
the chance to make a nice little sum of
money by not having an acre or two
OF onions last year Onions are a very
profitable crop at 80 cents a busbeI
more SO than potatoes at so cents. as
twice as many bushels Of onions Der
acre can be raised as of potatoes.
We notice no end of small BOYS out
with air guns looking for something
to shoot at birds particularly. These
boys might crafty their love of snort
so called, and at the same time
render the general public service
by using the sparrows as targets.
These pests need thinning out Other
birds should be let alone, and the laws
Of the states which protect the in.
sectivOrOus and song birds should be
strictly enforced.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

We note the recent sale of a 800 acre
farm in Virginia, having good and COM
modious farm buildings and farm home,
for the paltry sum of 81 200. 1t would
seem as though it ought to have brought
more than this just for chicken ranch,
even if the soil was absolutely worth
less.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26
Queen Anne S Railroad Gumpand

Time Table in effect Monday Nov, s,h
4sOO LEAVES daily and sunday.) WI
Steamer connections bet,veen pio- IN Y...,..
street Wharf, Baltimore, and rsiIroeS as ~ ~
ion at Queenstown, Md. O''U uiNls-
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

The exports of corn from this coun-
try climbed up last year to O,3SG, 4S9
bushels, of the value of $S4,2S4, 1888. If
to this is added the value of exports
produced from corn, the total would be
immense. The crop of corn is the
greatest crop grown on earth, and no
other country can grow it save this.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

The large condensing milk factories
at Elgin, Ills, pay this year $1O5 for
April milk per hundredweight, 50 cents
for May, so cents for June, 90 cents
for July, S1.05 for August and $1.15 for
September
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

So many men make a mistake in set
ting out shade trees too near the house.
The trees look and are all right when
they are small but they grow very
and the mistake made is soon
- alized, but few have the heart to
cut down a handsome shade tree
which they have planted. so it is well
to look out for this thing when setting
out the trees.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26
IDaiiy. sOaily except Sunday.

NEW CASTLE ACCOMMODATION TRAINS
Leave Wilmington 8l3 am, BOB, 430, and
05S pm. weekdays. Leave New Castle SOL,
9.53, IL OF am, 6s'5 p. IN. week days
Express tfaiHs leaving Harrington 8. 10 4. m.
and arriving Mt 6.46 p. m. week days run
through solid to and from Baltimore via
Porter and Newark,
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

The past so years have done fully as
much for the development of agricul-
ture as they have for any other sci
ence or profession. The knowledge OBJ
tanned has but opened up newer and
larger fields Of research, and nature is
having harder time than she ever had
before to keep her secrets hidden from
man.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

An advertisement which has been 60
ing the rounds of the agricultural press
offering a recipe to cure cholera hogs
at the price Of 16 cents per head is as
near a shell game as could well be
found.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26
SAMUEL ,. WILSON
Funeral Director and EmbaIme,

,aW,ehty-nVe years experience in the abov
+. wilson, enables me to guarantee satisfac.
Llon. Everything first class with moderatc
SnItrgSs' black and white heAl 81 BODIES
Men black suits and robes; iad.ls' dresses
ana ropes ehildrens shrowds aiwavs in
soo 1c.H. NO extra charge made for nv wife's
services when required. All stviee az 90 ~ -
ana caskets constantly in stock.
Telephone and telegraph communication
promptly answered. No. extra charge for
Instance. Five per cent discount on M hills
paid within thirty days. Oii al pllIs
w ask for an examination of our Furni
this line any VhIHs IN
SAM'L. ]. WILSON MILTON M,
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26
A pEYEFAcToR cove.

The death of Mr.. John Stewart at
Spokane Falls recently will receive only
passing comment still he should be
credited with laying the foundations of
the present cooperative creamery sys-
TEN, which has completely revolutions
lied dairying in this country. When in
1876 he took his own and his neigh
bors' milk and set it in cans in cold
water and made the butter which Won
first prize OF the Centennial exposition
at Philadelphia. he made possible the
vast wealth which the dairy interest
has since realized all through the west
eln states. Such a man deserves some
thing more than a gold medal.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

Rape will not seed much if anv north
OF the latitude Of southern Missouri. It
Is of the cabbage family and does not
go to seed the first year, and north of
the latitude mentioned the roots are
Killed by the frOsts of winter This is
written in reply to several inquiries as
to whether there was any danger of its
seeding the land sOwn with it to the
detriment of subsequent crops.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26
Are You Using ALIENS Foot.E...2

shake into your shoes Aliens Foot-Ease.
a powder. 1t cures COrns, BuniOns PainfnI
oiLi.lfllngt Hot, Swollen feet. At an Drngl
glsts and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample Free IS
uEeAsa Allen ). Olmstsada Leroy, n. Y.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

Pacific coast hop growers are refus-
ing offers Of II cents for the 1901 crop
Of hops.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

Some road supervisors do not seem
to know that water will not run up hill.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

When the writer was a small boy on
the farm, it was the common practice
to furnish the hired men with a ration
OF whisky, and the man who would not
do so was regarded as stingy and
cranky. The expense was not very
great, as whisky then could be obtain
ed for % cents per gallon. The farms
are few and far between where this
practice obtains today.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

The corn cannerles are contracting
for 80 per cent less acreage of corn for
the pack of the coming season. The
business is overdone.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

Liquid air has lately been given a
test as to its value as a refrigerator for
the overland fruit car lines. The test
is reported to be a success, both as to
cost as compared with ice and effective
ness.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26
HARNESS
THIS ISN'T POLITICS,

We don't political when that every harness
dealer needs protection We refer the protection afforded by
absolute guarantee of the maker of his goods
If he buys goods guaranteed that the manufacturer
OF the quality and he give the strongest
satisfaction his thus offer
tain kind.
But the guarantee is known
to 'mean something by it.
1t probable that have been led trial goods
sold by W. H. Murphy Pennington from the strength his
There is no equvocaOn about it. Everything absolutely satisfactory
all the time will be That's strong promise there's
doubt Of its being daily fulfilled by this odsabshed
ul concern ask for correspondence what
can assuredly give them-u nvarying satisfaction.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26
.c~Nay be
the yarC
N.A%Sovino moro 8

! that ne had for two years. The veter-
mary surgeon and the owner were par
alyzed, the surgeon finally remarking
that if a bottle of chloroform were
kept in the barn and properly used the
old horse was good for a whole lot
nnnrn cnt.t-icn
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

It is a or way to test seed corn be
hind the Kitchen stove.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

j.. II. HUTCHINSON, Gen, Manager
WOOD, Gen. Passenger Agent.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

It takes some salt to keen the Amer
lean people from getting too fresh,
there being produced last year 2O905,-
0T9 barrels, worth $G,471,O98.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

There are a good many sections of
the west where it will not pay to To-
cate, even should the first crop pay for
the land. 1t may be five years before
another crop may be obtained.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

The October options on fax are S1.10
which indicates that buyers are already
discounting the very large acreage
which will be sown this year.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26
ID: M. 81 ". branch.


At Georgetown trains connect with trains
to and from Franklin City.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

Barbed wire and woven wire have
effectually settled the hedge question
all through the country. Hedges have
ceased to be regarded as available as
method of fencing land.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26

Penitentiary and tramp forced labor
should in every state be diverted to the
improvement of the public highways
just SO far as it is possible to do so.