Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-01-25
All Around the County.
DINGMAN'S FERRY

pie heVe not bought Mink plnds IT
our information is correct John
Schoonover, of Conn, wealthy
gentleman. proposes forming club,
and is purchasing lands around the
pond, aud probably club house
will be built there mex summer
What a racketabout the Bloom ug
Grove Park Association and its game
laws Well, it owns its lands, pays
its taxes employs native labor, i'm
proves the roads and benefits the
township generally Real spvrts
men as rule are gentlemen and
will not trespass OF poach where
they have no rights. The Associa-
tion deserves protection from the
loafers who have no respect for the
law The State owns nearly TWEEN.
ty-f9ur thousand acres in this coun-
tg and will acquire sixteen thousand
more. 1t pays no taxes, builds no
roads and employs very little labor.
Now why should any attempt be
made to deprive the Association of
its charter and the State be aided
in buying land with the public mon
ey?
The sick in this vicinity are all
improving under the care of DR..
Hughes.
All wishing employment can read
lily secure it on a lumber job Twice
as many as are now engaged could
procure work here. Some of our
boys are working for Yetter over in
Jersey.
Our Representative j b. Vest
brook has been quite i'll with grip.
Some people persist in breeding
small rabbits when they could with
the same expense raise Belgian har-
es which weigh from tSo to four
times as much, and would give them
the opportunity to sci lots of boned
turkey TO the city people.
At the recent Farmers Institute
he clief subject was green manure
1t was advised to SOW crimson clover
and COW horn turnips in the corn at
.he lust blowing, and then after
harvesting there would be a splend
id stand Of clover and tons Of turnips
which can be turned under either in
fall or spring as there may be time
This puts the land in excellent con
dion for the next crop.
A number of people have built
houses to accommodate city board
ers, but do not try to learn the bust
ness of keeping them. There is an
art in the trade as well rs in all
Others, and those who do not have
the ambition to learn it will not
succeed.
Many fields on which clover and
timothy were sown are bare because
the seed did not take. It hardly
pays to sow the grasses unless done
in just the right way.
A stage running between here and
Branchville would greatly shorten
the ride to the city for boarders
There would be considerable ex-
| press and light freight too.
The fifth annual report of the
Pennsylvania Department of Agri-
culture is good. Ask j. B. w. foi
a copy
The ministers Of Cincinnati, Ohio
are reproaching the Mayor for al
lowing a prize fight to be held IN
February in that city. In some
states there are laws that prize
fighters wear gloves, a better way
to do it would be to compel them tC
use brass knuckles Then they
would soon, be either Angels or vic
tors and che brutal exhibitions
would soon cease.
There is no visible effort being
made to supply the town with water
next summer. Perhaps the Dopula
tion is too large and a wedding our
would be of benefit.
The cemetery and Manor Hal
hills ought to he removed and We
are looking for a man with courag,
to tackle the job.
Another young man in this tow
lately started for better or worse tC
keep free boarding house wher,
he viii entertain, board, clothe, anC
make happy any little stars tina
come, pay doctor bills and incident
ais and be happy all the while, II,
got married.
If less dyspeptio food was prepar
ed and eaten the doctors Grade woulC
be 90 per cent sinecure. 1t is ni
more trouble, in fact less, to cool
properly than otherwise, but it is 4
trade to do it well. We might hav,
a department in our public schools
to teach the proper preparation o.
foods 1t is a pretty hard matter t'
really convert a person who is suf