Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-25
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For the neatest horse clipper com
mend us to Flavius Warner Of
Hsinesville, who is an expert in that
line. While 1 do not believe In
clipping a horse, yet Ifany one wants
a good job done call on Flavlus.
Tuesday visited the court room
at Newton and heard the Judge cali
case after case, and one side or the
other was not ready and the case
went over until next term. The
president judge was through in 10
minutes and returned to Morristown.
The public school building at New
ton was damaged by FIRE on Saturday
night. The upper part was badly
damaged and had the FIRE engine
been promptly on hand and fred up
the damage would have been much
less. Damage about $4,000.
Mark Layton and bride spent a few
days visiting relatives in .Sandyston
and Walpack last week. Mark is
employed in Paterson, N. J.
Help on the farm was never so
scarce as at the present time. The
fact is wages are too low. Seventy
five cents is too little compared with
the wages paid elsewhere and where
10 hours is the rule, and not from
daylight till dark as il is here.
New Jersey will hold an election
Tuesday of this week for the purpose
of voting on proposed amendments to
the constitution. II is q fraud all the
way through and will cost the state
neat sum for the election and, after
all, If the amendments carry they are
in nowise beneficial, but will provide
few offices for the friends Of those
in power.
So far as / know, there are only
two teachers in the Delaware Valley
who receive over s35 per month and
some teachers receive less than $50
per month. We cannot ridicule the
Pike county teachers any more, for
it has been reported that some of
them taught for board and clothes.
The new Pennsylvania law paying
all teachers not less than 50 per
month beats the Jersey teachers in
salary.
The g. A. r. encampments at it
last meeting in San francisco urged
congress to pass a law paying all
honOrably discharged soldiers who
have served over three months a
pension of s12 per month. 1 know
crippled veterans who served all
through the Civil War and are draw
ing from six to ten dollars per month
while / could name quite a number
who were in the service on an enlist
ment term Of 8 months and are draw
ing from 12 to % dollars per month.
This is not just to the long term
veteran.
1t is predicted that when the new
road iscompleted across the mountain
that some of our farmers will cart
their milk to BranchvilIe. The
prices paid at Branch vile are a good
deal more than are paid here.
Today we hold a special election on
constitutional amendments and it is
safe to say that not over 20 votes will
be polled as very few really under
stand what the amendments are, AS
it is a special election it is not legal
holiday.
Saturday morning, the thermome-
tiers stood only 10 above freezing and
Sunday morning So above the freez-
ing point. A severe frost now would
ruin the corn crop. The buckwheat
crop is so short, in growth, that it
will have to be pulled, it cannot be
cut with the cradle. Pancakes will
be luxury this winter.
The contractors building the new
road are hiring ali the teams they
can get to haul stone, dirt and
crushed stone on the road. They pay
$50 per day Of 70 hours.
Fishing is a recreation, on Sunday,
when the party works hard all the
week, a fact that was not aware Of,
but one thing / do not know, and
that is how many fish were caught,
they were probably suckers.
On the 22d inst in cutting some
raspberry vines 1 found one vine
with several clusters Of fine large
berries, some ripe and some green.
Rather odd time Of year for rasp-
berries isn't it.
Comrades don't forget the Reunion
Of the First New Jersey Cav. Vols.
at Trenton, N. j., Oct, 9Th.
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