Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-12-06
CORRESPONDENCE.
DlNGMAN's FERRY.

William Benson had turkey
shooting match Thanksgiving.
Milk maids feel more cheerful
Butter has gone up to 26 cents.
Hunters from the city who had
male arrangements to come and
spend "a few days as usual have can
csled their ngagemeuts on account
of that game law benefoial to no
body Our natives and our msr.
chants will have to hunt in another
direction for the long green We
hope they will find it,
IL is expected that Mr. Eilenberg-
er will remove 10000 ties from the
tract he bought in the rear of AL.
Dingman's in Delaware. The Isaiah
Hornbeck tract is nearly cleared up.
Levi Ludley, one of the tie max
ers. cut down on a 50 dollar bet 80
res dressed for market inside of ten
hours and worked alone.
G3orge Snyder will move on his
own fnrm next spring At present
he is located at Egypt Mills
David Uron expects to leave his
farm aud locate IN his cottage at
Dingmaus next spring.
Henry Wells has his tenant house
NJ on his farm The work is being
done by VIII Almer and Sam Hunt
in very worknanlike manner.
The price of beef has fallen and
no doubt pork will follow suit Po-
tatoes will keep mp as the supply is
limited
Miss Katie Titman of Westfall has
been visiting friends and relatives
in this vicinity.
Mrs. Cathariue Snyder of Lehman
is confined to the house with dropsy.
Dr. Smith of Bushkill is attending
her.
Harry Van Auken of Branchville,
N j., is visiting his parents at Cen
tire.
Thanksgiving is past Some had
turkey and some had none.
Well, that is good one. A man
has a right to shoot two deer and no
more, according to the law, but the
law does not say anything about all
the dead ones he may pick up. We
presume that is all right.
Hurry Jaeger has come home on
q weeks vacation from Jersey.
The last day of the deer season
was taken advantage Of by many
The day was beautiful and the snow
easy to travel on.
The mules, on account of elect riC
cars, have been taken off car lines
in Newark. Many Jersey farm boys
from across the river have gone
there to manipulate the electric
crauks The Pike county boys from
back on the hill have crossed to
Jersey to fill their places leaving
our farmers in summer without ad-
equate help to till their soil The
good ones seldom return but the
poor ones, like II bad penny, return
before their absence Is noted in the
papers That's one reason it seems
that we prevarioate sometimes.
We have heard that factory wai
to locate in Milford to produce fancy
goods out of elm trees. If such i.
the case Delaware township could
supply all the elm nseded so let il
start.
II this is the squaw winter we are
having tho Indian summer may
come ut Christmas.
Fire wood is cheaper than usual
in Dingmans this winter. The pric,
is the same but the loads are larger
That's good for one side Of the con,
tract.
Joe Snyder expects to have hi
lumber mill going in Porter town
ship this week.
Porkers are scarce around here
What remain are small in size.
Our school teachers are doinD
their best for the meagre pittanc
they receive as salary but we still
have among as that class of peopl
that begrudges them their daily
bread It is, we believe, very small
business for any one to circulate
paper to have one of them fired 70
the simple reason that he keeps or
der in his school and has made ul
his mind that order will be kept
They Cordially Agreed.
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