Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-11-01
able to write again. We hope the i'm
provement is permanent and will remain

able to write again. We hope the inn
is permanent and will remain
so.
kind words are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood"
At least we have always found the above
quotation true.
Mr.. John Wilson went to Buffalo on
Tuesday to visit the Pan-Americau Ex-
position. He will return in few days.
Mr.. w. H. Warren this week attached
a gold, silver and nickel plating machine
to his already growing business, in the
Burton Block.
Emma, infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Jehu Clifton. living along the shore of
Rehoboth Bay died on Friday of cholera
infantum, aged months and 9 days In
terment and funeral services at Reynolds
NJ. P. Church on Sunday. The latter
conducted by the Rev. H. F. johnson;
the former supervised S. J. Wilson.
Dir. A. w. LIghtbourn, of Easton. Md, de-
livered a lecture in Academy Hall on Tues
day evening. Subject: 1.-THE Sunshine and
Shadow of Hindo Life" AS Mr.. Light
bourn is so well known throughout the
county, it would be useless for me to make
comments on the address. However, we
must say that the orator on this occasion has
not deprecated in elOquence from the young
man OF fifteen years ago. 1.-THE writer is any
judge OF oratory, or rhetoric, the reader will
believe us when we say the lecture was didac-
tic; Astounding in food for an intellectual
mind. II was like pearls falling upon the
calm surface of a crystal lake,sinking below
but leaving the beauty of their transit behind
them. In medieval history it is claimed that
Horace was witty man; Aristotle a learned
man, and Cicero an eloquent man; would il
be too much for us to say that in modern his
tory, Mr.. Lightbourn combines the qualities
of the three above nOmed.
r. C. Beardsley & Co., shipped on Tuesday
two carloads of bricks to Lewes to be used OF
the public Improvements of that town. Tn,
reputation of Beardsley & Co., as brick max
ers, is becoming generally known, as thei
many orders from different parts OF tn
county will testify.
The season for buying tomatoes at the Mil
ton Station is now closed. No more will b
received. Conwell & Co. have bought owe
. $1,000 baskets at an average Of2315 cents pc
basket, thus paying to growers Sll.750O,
This has also furnished freight to the raj
road, exclusive of the above amount; an
given employment to many, which must b
included in the amount Tomatoes hav
been paying business this year to the grow
ers, and this has been brought about partl
by the skill Of the buyer,in drawing the trad
! to this point.
A newspaper correspondent cannot be ub
QuitOus, whatever may be said to the COZ
trary. lift had been possible for the write
to have been present at what he has called
p in another part of this communication
prof c. b. Morris School Lyeeum," 1
> would not have written 1t thusly. He wou
d have called 1t the "Thespian Society of IL
II Milton Public Schools" and would ha,
c added that Miss Mamie Couner was elecIC
, president, and Miss Letitia Black secretar
Possibly this may not be exactly right;
u not, send us a correction.
t Quite an excitement occurred about thr
! o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, by she cry
;, "fire," People rushed to the home of MI
Hazard, across Union street west from Il
at Burton block The fire was discovered in
IS clothes press and extinguished without mu
pr damage. We might elaborate on this occU
renee, and say what might have been; b
we, on account of the length Of our letter W
y only state facts as they are. d. A. c