Milford chronicle., 1901-07-05

Joshua Carey has the largest onion
patch of any we have seen near town.
David M. Conwell lost large sty hog =,
on Saturday night Cause unknown. =
The hog was apparently well enough :
when last seen OH Saturday, but was :
found dead on Saturday morning. The 8
remains were conveyed to the usual re-
pository for dead animals near Milton. .
The camp meeting atLavinian's Woods
will commence on August Il. A grand
social time is anticipated. Sam Jones
will not be there, and the patrons Of the
camp need not come expecting to be dis
appointed Other preachers, however,
will be on the ground, who, while they
NAV not contain as much wind rs Sam,
will deliver better sermons and respect
the sacredness Of their calling in higher
degree than does Mr. Jones.
Harry J., infant child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Helons, died on Saturday, near
Chaplins Chapel of cholera infantum,
aged : weeks. Funeral services at Chap /
Inns Chapel on Sunday afternoon, and /
interment in the Hellen's Cemetery. S.
]. Wilson funeral director.
Mr.. James AIathisen and wife, of Lara
mic City. Wyoming are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. D. T. Atkins The visiting lady
is a niece Of Mrs. Atkins.
Mr.. Ralph Seligman is visiting Mr..
Clarence Welch.
: Mr. $. B. Darby, of Frederick, is in
5 Milton at present in the interest of the
: piling business, which has become a great
: source of revenue to owners Of pine TIM
S Der and haulers thereof. At the present
. rate of cutting for piling, and burning
s for charcoal it looks as though the supply
= in Sussex would soon be exhausted. And
G the sooner the better. Undoubtedly
II Sussex county would be in a more -four
d ishing condition to-day had there never
e been a stick Of pine timber in it. For
s years past tenants have rented land
e merely for the pine wood they could gel
If from it. They titled but little of the
is ground, and raised barely enough to sup
port their families, with the help thu
IS pine wood brought The landlord go
E. no rent, and expected none. Happily
u this is in a great measure changed. Blu
y little pine wood is now taken at tn
at stores; the wharves arc generally bare
1e but not all; few persons yet deal in tina
We currency because they are forced to d
as so. When the pine forests of SUISSE
III are thing of other days, then will tn
a farmer improve his land and make
of Weld abundantly. a few are doing S
ID, now, but not all Many Of them are "
-er bound to the traditions of their father
'er they believe in signs and wonders
all the phases Of the moon and the ca
W wind; that potato bugs are a special Wis
IDS tation from God, and the happiest ms
re- in the world is be who has the most PHI
OF timber. This set of people may be rigf
or at least they are happy in their belle
On but we believe that young man of thir
ka, wears ago. should he live thirty yes
"a longer. will look back i'll his renel
md brance to his boyhood days and to
the customs then prevailing, and wonder wi
o2, manner of people lived during the cl
OF ing wears of the nineteenth century, a
ana the initial years Of the twentieth.
'ec- On account of the hot and sultry d
ana few persons attended the churches
ul- Sunday, preferring to take their e
IN within the shade of home. where
tam balmy breezes. could fan their bro
nan and sleep, quiet, invigorating, forget
loI sleep, would Danish all care from Il
De mind.
ehe Miss Hettie J. Conner returned fl
re- a visit to Wilmington on Monday.
ere Abel Pettyjohn, town bailiff, is h
helI ing his dwelling painted, as is,also, {
{ 10 tain Frank Outten his front fence.
'tate Captain John Fisher, Jr,, spent
- ~ day in Milton.
Contractor l. w. Nailor made a
a 81. to Baltimore on Monday.
UNI Schooner Golden Rule has arrive
lile Milton dock with cargo Of crus
ma stone for the streets. The supervise
'uSn having it hauled and applied to 10
- -.l ties where needed.
-'ioli The hot, dry, and dusty weather
~ e,ie superseded by welcome chang
~ Tuesday afternoon; The themon
leaiis 5 in thirteen minutes, fell 230 and a
ai,N tie rain did much to revive the par
~, and dying vegetation. During the
s ~ tric storm, the display of which
- 80 quite vivid, in mid-afternOon, the
y fire, u NV ,'ll,ad ont No otber do,
IS by mei' ,a ~, -
Miss Edna Johnson is visitir
Washington. ID. A.