Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-03-21
MILTON NEWS.

The commonplace sun in the commonplace
sky, =
lakes IN the commonplace day"
Thoughts will have their course and trend.
though we may use our utmost endeavors to
keen them in check. During the past winter
we have at times, been am used at the loquac'
Y of our old men, and at other times we have
had feelings of melancholy creep over us, as
we have thought on the career which many
of these men have made and now notice their
conditions We have many aged men in our
town. Some Of them have.during a long life,
accumulated competency to enable them to
live easy the remainder Of their lives; others
are in meagre circumstances; and yet Others
are dependent on their children and relatives
for support, or are sharing the munihcence OF
the government. We have particularly no
tieed these aged people sitting around the
fire of some store, and gazing into vacancy
their thoughts busy with the dim past, Eight
ing their battles of life over again, in mem
DRY. The most of our aged men are sound OF
memory, and can recant with correctness the
scenes oftheir early years. 1t is really inter
esting to hear them. However, age has its
many drawbacks, and when the hair begins
to whiten, those of younger age think the
older ones are "played out" This may be
true in some particular individuals, but there
are many who are as good at sixty as they
were at thirty-sOme better. But many O
them have performed their parts on the
arena of life, and are aware OF the fact; ana
are only waiting for the ''eXtra" that shall
take them over Treat them gently and
kindly while they may remain with you, in
consideration OF what they have DONE Re
member as age advances a sensitiveness de-
velOps that is more marked than in earlier
life Be kind to the aged.
1 Edwin p johnson left town last week tC
9 engage in the building OF the railroad from
e Queenstown to Centreville.
A heavy rain-storm visited Milton on sun
e day night
Il on Sunday morning at the NJ. E. Churcl
e there will be prayer service held by Mr.. Asa
l. +. COnwel Meeting in the evening held h.
IS the EpwOrth League. The pastor will not b
e present.
e Rev. l.. p. CorlIran left on Tuesday to atte n
t. the NJ. f. Conference, TO convene at castor
Md, this week
re At the annual election of officers of the
IN p. Church, held on Wednesday evening, IL
g following gentlemen were chosen: Trustee
ks b. B. johnson, j ohm Coulter, Prot. w. q. FCa
lie, ing, n. w. WhiteJ, b. Barker, George Dav
n son, Joseph Morris, John COnOway and JC
m eph Warrington Stewards, Mrs. Lucy A
~ kins George Davidson, Joseph Morris, Jol
ay Conoway. The reports of the various orga
izations were read and accepted. 1t was {
he cided to hold the camp meeting at Lavini,
ey Woods, beginning 1t on August 2nd.
is Delegates to the Maryland annual conf
fer ence, which meets at Centreville on AugI
no 2nd, is Prof. W. c. Fearing; alternate, Edit
at Crouch of the 'diltOn Times
in An adjourned meeting of the Quarter
'od Conference of the NJ. p. Church, will be h,
on the last day of the present month.
Last Saturday evening Eli L. Collins
signed his position as one of the members
the Town Board, to accept the Mayoral
Mr. f. W, Warren was appointed by
pei Board to fill the position made vacant by
ght resignation of Mr.. Collins. Atthe same ii
he David Dickerson was appointed lamp light
tor collector OftOwn taxes, town bailiff,and SUI
:, visor of the streets, at a salary Of sos
the year.
md Wheat is looking fairly well near our
oh urbs.
-, James Ponder, Esq, and wife are visit
Mr. Ponder's mother.
nat On Saturday night the ice broke loose
uld low the Falls of Lake Fanganzyki and ear
on. down the Broadkiln the lumber that som
nj our citizens had collected from the bay
=. brought to this port
"a The engine house is about completed.
)rO- Mr.. William Fisher, druggist, of Phila
ed, phia, is visiting his father, Capt John Fis
for his aunt and two sisters on Federal street
Messrs. Mason & Morris, who have C
Gan menced business in the Burton Block,
the opened in earnest.
me Pauline Lawson, wife of Henry b. Law
g..
consumption aged 81 years and % days.
ID leral services at ZOar on Wednesday. {
FUR quies solemnized by the Rev. N. W. {
anna way. ndinterment made in the Brother
adj Cemetery at Milsboro. $. J. Wilosn fui
~. director.
~ Peter J. Wilson, well-known and 70
now resident of this town, but late of Camde
SEN j., died in that city at the residence of j
,uoh Donohoo, No. 528 Pine street, on Monda
.,oo1 complication of diseases. The remains
i1NNO brought to Harbeson on the noon trai
IouS Wednesday. The body was met at tn;
ment lage by S. j. Wilson, funeral director,
mart whence the funeral cortege proceeded to
L.. yer Dam 81. P. Church, where the solem
- sequies were performed by the Rev. l
an Holland, and the remains were deposit
lb1an the cemetery nearby.
II be 5. J. Wilson & Son have opened their
.a,ob moth carriage bazaar and harness e.
Jun, and have on display the largest
price sion of their goods that can be found i
+ Al or any other town in the county. See
nmit- elsewhere.
,,,r n Isaac w. NailOr, one of the directors
W. Sussex Safe Title and Deposit Con
the made a business trip to Philadelphia Il
g so of the week.
de of Clarence WEIGH, principal of the f
q ore J. H. Seligman (the big store) has re-
with his lately married sweetheart
may property lately occupied by Henry NJ
II the Its Owner-who with his son and son
"these three and nothing more" have
;e az to Camden, n. J.
A social meeting of the w. c. T. U. W
CSuPF at the residence of Mrs. Lydia Con
senate Tuesday evening. An elaborate pl
enatOr was promised, and no doubt rendered;
Senate the event came off too late for this il
-. the paper, we cannot particularize nc
" Ills crate. The following delegates hav
laIOrS, elected from Milton to attend the
V an County Convention, of this Order to
vance at Georgetown on April Srd; Mrs.
/ 4lot Wntbank, Mrs. Lottie Black, Mrs. L. p
= 'l 70, ran. Delegate-at-laTge, Mrs. Mamie
Z With ingtOn.
: other s. W. Darby, Jr., with a friend from