Milford chronicle., 1903-01-16
MILlUN NEWS.

Last week our August Town Council
resolved to remove Federal street, or that
portion of it which is superfuous, and
since being placed thereon has become
a nuisance. The reason for this wise re-
solve follows Two or three years ago, a
part of the streets of Milton we're macad-
amized - among these we're Federal
street, the principal thoroughfare of the
town--it was then the boast of Milton,
and the remark of visitors. that we had
the finest streets of any town on the PEN
insula. Town Council, however, not
being satisfied with the condition OF
things, or having more money in the
exchequer than it knew what to do with
or to give the supervisor of streets EN-
ployment-- supervisor is a big name,
isn't it ?"-ordered lot of clayey earth
hauled upon Federal, Wharton and Null
berry streets. During the winter, this
superogatory matter has been bearing
its Legitimate fruits of mud and mire,
much to the disgust of pedestrians and
travellers. Hence, the resolve to remove
the superintendent earth. Therefore,
on Thursday morning, the supervisor
with hoe, mattock aud shovel, appeared
upon the scene of so much comment,
and commenced to delve in the hard
frozen earth. The stuff" came up in
chunks, and he was advised to desist for
the time. The day previous the earth
was soft, and might haye been removed
with little trouble; but backward, turn
backward" appears to be the motto of
Town Council. The work will doubt
less be resumed at a future day.
On Sunday morning the Rev. L. 2.
Corkran, read from the pulpit leaflet
from the State Temperance Alliance,
urging the voters to sign the petition to
the Legislature, now in circulation, ask
ing that body to grant to the people the
right to vote upon the question of Local
Option, and to make such laws as will
place she temperance people on an equal
ity with the saloon keepers before the
courts of the State. Mr.. Corkran's ex-
egesis followed the reading OF each arti.
Gle, and his remarks on the whole were
fair and conservative, poignant and true
Rev. w. w. W. Wilson, formerly Of
this town, but now pastor of a church al
Danhury, Conn, came to Milton OF
Thursday to visit friends. Mr.. Wilson
/ has recently succeeded in liquidating {
debt of over $22, 900, which has long beer
standing against his church at Danbury
and his officials have granted him de
served and needed vacation. Mr.. Viii
son laments the ignorance of the EN-
ployees of the Delaware railroad. HI
wished in coming down, to stop off thu
noon train at Dover, and continue hi
journey on the evening train. Their
was not an employe on the train, !" b.
remarked, "that could tell me whethe
the Delaware train made connection
with the Queen Anne's in the evening
or not, at Gre enwood, and II was com
PEELED for want of information, on tha
point, to forego the visit to Dover, ant
come through to Greenwood on the nooi
train" Mr.. Wilson left Milton the earl
part of this week, to visit friends else
where.
There certainly can be no greater hum
bug the Government at Washington
maintains than the distribution of seeds
Its annual send-out has already com
menced, and the postofice is becoming
crowded. Milton averages about so
packages annually. These package
contain five papers of seeds each, and ar
sent to parties whose names have posi-
bly, been filed in the offices of the Seua
tors and Representatives from Delawar
for years back. Many of the parties t,
whom the packages are sem, have movet
away long ago,and others are dead; o
the latter distribution can be made &C
cording to the law of primogeniture
But you may ask where the humbul
comes in? We answer: That people
have become convinced that MANY 0