Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-04-18
MILTON NEWS.

s. w. Darby, Of Frederick, who is largely (,
engaged in the pillng business AROUND Ellen
dater and near Milton, was in town last week
+ A great many OF our citizens have been, |
land are yet, attending court There are sew
eraI cases from this town to be tried,i which
many people are interested.
l. Arbutus was much in evidence on Sunday.
+ 1t is pretty buttOn-hole ornament for men,
and a nice bosom ornament for ladies': fra
grant and pretty.
The engine house is being painted this week
by william T. Atkins.
The flour mill OF the WagamOn Brothers is
now doing its best work. Harry Robinson,
under whose charge the work is done, is an
adept In the milling business; and the pond
has full head OF water, and when this falls,
a plenty OF steam can be raised. All OF these
facilities and conveniences, combined with
good market and ready sale for ali other
manufacture, and plenty of custom work be-
side, makes this mill paying one to its own
ers. The Wagamon Brothers made q decided
hit when they built their mills in N Iton.
The cannery at the river is raised, and the
: Misunderstanding about all on. The one at
the depot is nearly completed as regards the
carpenter work
: The ties on the Queen Anne railTOsd are de-
caving fast. Particular, is this the case west
OF Milton: although section gang is kept
!, constantly at work replacing the old with
new ones. The bed OF the track has also been
widened at the trestles near town.
I'll From some cause the noon trains have
been late in arriving at this station r. gently
. one hour behind tine on Monday.
+ Shad are scarce and high. A gOOd catch
!, however, was made on Monday morning
i There are but few herring caught. They have
e been selling on the streets, from Indian rive
at eighteen cents per dozen. Nevertheless
with all the scarcity Of shad, people are ye
d making preparation and building ew seine
/, to catch them.
> Fred WEIGH is painting his dwelling Oh
IS Union street, North Milton.
Robins appear to be more plentiful thi
II spring than for years. They are chirpin
lie along the branches and In the woods; the
are singing in the trees of the town, and al
III preparing to build their nests in the fru
le trees OF the garden and elsewhere. ldr. RObi
:. is a pretty bird, II he does play havoc wit
AS the cherries and other small fruits. Som
ed people call him THIEF, but we expect he dol
as much good in the destruction OF insects,
az he does harm in stealing fruit Anyway, v
Up hope there will be a plenty Of them, for it
!, to be deplOred that our domestic birds a
d, has driven away our little domestic sparr D
= the blue bird is scarcely ever seen now-a-day
and a general scarcity OF all that were
le- plenty a few years ago is now applrent: al
4. the subject OF remark by those who mott
the fact, five can, by any means, detain &
ID, robin inthis latitude, and bring ba ok the OF
=, ers that have migrated hence. and extermi
ate the English sparrow, the pest tf garden
to 1t will be wisdom to do so. We lid not
oe pect to write n subject on "birds' for Il
issue, but being scarce of news and seeing T.
robins picking in our garden, aad heari
others elsewhere, we have been led into {
above train OF thought.
The townspeople have been busy in tn
~ gardens for many days, and though the W
.iIS Their has been unfavOrable for plant
IN Some have been compelled to put in tn
ad- seed regardless OF "the sign" and the phi
par OF the moon, or wait another four weeks, q
then iti will be too late ito raise anything
They are nearly all done planting, and WI
NIL they know they will raise nothing under
-Or- unfavorable conditions, they are par
70 happy in the knowledge that mush OF Ii
,et work is done.
Farmers are burning off the debris OF
OL years accumulation, sowing fertilizer
am blowing for the crop OF this year; tlnd we n
aral remark that farmers are using a great d
49,, of fertilizer around and near Milton. I
means better crops for them, and better b
dOl ness for others.
ana Some carpenter work has been done In
,ubt "Times' office this week.
la,,t Isaac W. Nailor is in Philadelphia mes
- ating for the erection of a large building t
use built for Philadelphia parties in Su.
rem county.
we Proceedings Of the Thirty-Fourth AM
the Meeting OF the Sussex County Bible Soci
=. that was held in the N. E. Church, in
aSIl- town, last year, are now in the hands
nom B. WEIGH, vice-presidentf for this hundred;
hey can be obtained on application. The
dav meeting will be held at Lewes, I'el., on
18th, Ofthe present year.
? Al The little boys, and some oldel. Ones
inst white and cOlOred-can be seen these sp
pro- days playing marbles on the sidew
The about town. And while some OF the {
- people object to these boys occupying
-HeA' sidewalks, and would like to deprive the
1ght fellows Of all enjoyment, the query natu
leral arises, did they not do the same when
ated were young? We presume they did Vi
.4 they were too lazy. D. A.
A spring cough is something to be abb
petty lis dangerous, annoying and aggrava
tr,,c. Why not. cure it row and be Gone wit
RamOn's English Cough Syrup will d