Milford chronicle., 1903-08-14
MILLION NEWS.
Rells a ringing all the day,
Money spent, and thrown away;


d rection. Some went TO Philadelphia
some to New Jers y, but by far the major
part settled in Nj ton, aud the suburban
districts. The camp is over, aud on Mon
day morning there was sick mess.
Their pleasures all over and they COM
peied to remove beck to town and
editate over pleasures past and glories
departed. Yet the breaking up of this
camp meeting was far different from that
I have witnessed in other days. Then,
there was religious service, marching
around the circle,a general hand shaking
aud an affectionaiea adieu; the associations
thus formed ere rudely broken and
many Of them never forgotten. The
breaking up of Lavinas camp was charac-
terized by a spirit of levily, a shooting of
guns, and other behavior not at all in
consouance with the spirit of, so called,
ehristiln gathering. The former meet
ings were those of spiritual success, the
one JUS CLOSED of a social nature. Every
one appeared mad, this morning, both
on the grounds and in town; this, we sup
pose, was because they-the mad ones
had had no breakfast. We infer this,
because on returning to town, about
O'Clock, the fumes OF frying bacon were
strongly emitted from the residences of
some Of the late t-nters, and their per-
son4l aspect was anything but joyful.
There was a notable lack of visiting
ministers, compared with former years;
and a superabundauce of "red headed"
girls. On Sunday morning the Rev. J
w. .Parr preached; on Sunday afternoon
the Rev. c. E.Redeker; and in the even
ing the Rev. w. J. Litsinger The last
Sunday of the camp dawned unpropitious;
and at noon there were but few people
on the ground. In the afternoon it rained .
tremendously hard, after which the
weather became clear, and the evening
brought a large concourse of people. The .
gate money approximated S57. The re-
ceipts from gate money aud the sale of
season tickets. is about $4,000. This, .
however, is unofficial. The hacks for
the early train were loaded with depart
ing visitors, but not until nearly noon was /
the ground depleted many of the fair
ones being loath to leave a place associ- /
ated with so many pleasing memories, .
and with the almost certainty of never .
meeting again under similar circum
stances. SO endeth the camp meeting
at Lavinias Woods for 1908.
The power of invita- ion is great; more
50, perhaps, in Milton lads and young
men than those of other towns. A min
lister from Baltimore, or somewhere else, I
made his appearance on the camp grodnd .
on Sunday with bush which had beeu
cut and its branches deuuded of the bark
and twisted in serpentine coils around
th main stalk. This he was using for a
cane. Before night many of the young
people of both sexes were armed with
the same kind Of a weapon.
Laviuia street leading to the camp
ground, was perfect slush on Sunday
afternoon. A mute witness to the wis
dom of the Town Board.
DR. w J. Hearn and family are occu-
pying their cottage at Broadkiln Beach
Milton furnishes its quota Of cases to 7
keep the detectives busy. There were
two calls made by this gentry lat week.
The cases we're uuimportant, but served
to keep the men busy,
1o3 Poles arrived at harbeson last week .
to work in the Broadkiln caunery-66
male aud female adults, and Al children.
The factory began work on corn the first
of the week.
Seeing some young ladies walking
along the street, a man said to me
"Where did the Milton girls get that
walk of theirs the forward lunge the
backward kick with the left foot, and the
swing of the right arm ?" "Oh, some of
our ladies went over to Jersey aud
brought home the style; and now it has
become epidemic. Pretty, isn't it?'
~ think not" "Well, I do; anything
the grls 10 in walking or talking I adj
mire" "Do your Well, have trav-
eled in most of the towns of New Jer-
sey ald Pennsylvania, and never saw
such a walk as your Milton girls have.
They didn't get it from those places"
We'll, if you have never seen it any
where else, give the credit of the inno-
vation to the Milton girls, and call it the
Milton Fling"
AT the intersection of Front and led
era s.reels, and also at the intersection of
Br ,ad and Union streets, aud perhaps at
OF Ter places, the cutters are a disadvan-
ia ge to passers with teams, and more par
ticularly TO those who are riding. A man
or woman coming into town, will, with
ont thought, continue their team at a re-
81 ectable gait, and in crossing these gut
tiers, the occupant Of the vehicle is thrown
bobbirg up aud down, and often nearly
ont ,,f the parriaOe There shouid he