Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-08-28
sANDYsTON

rradesmens picnic at Culvers Hatur-
day had splendid weather and the
crowd attending was immense.
Everybody had a good time and It
was their own fauil If they didn't.
If reports are correct hard cider was
very much in evidence.
Prof. L L. Rosenkrans and family
Of Leonia. N. j., are spending a
fortnight visiting friends and rela-
tves in this town. Lester is getting
gray along with the rest Of us.
Edward Adams, wife and daugh-
ter came up Saturday to spend their
annual summer outing at Alsacia
Farm Mr.. Adams is an electrician
residing in Bloomfield, N. J.
The steam thresher of Samuel
Shook of Frankford is at work in
this town He has a good machine
and has all the work he can do.
Miss Bowman Of Elmira. N. Y,
who has visited with Mr. and Mrs.
Hughes at Layton, returned to her
home Friday last
Edward Raser of Sand yston and
Miss Sadie Garrison of Walpack
were married at the residence Of the
bride, Aug. 13, Rev. Samuel Jones
officiating.
The sheep damage of this town so
far will aggregate nearly 800, and
every owner of a dog should be
compelled to pay his dog tax or
shoot his dog, and shooting the dogs
would be about the right thing
anyhow.
Seth Shay and Claud Depue are
spending few days here visiting
relatives. Both are conductors Oh a
Newark trolley line.
The loose stone in our roads are
getting pretty numerous and the
law compelling their removal once a
month is being ignored. Those
attending the picnic Saturday found
plenty of them in crossing the
mountain.
The proposed new road up along
the Big Flatbrook was surveyed and
staked out Tuesday last by Samuel
Fuller surveyor Work will com.
mence on building this road as soon
as ali legal requirements are COM
piled with.
Sealed bids or proposals will be
received at the court house in
Newton Aug. % for maoadamizing
pieces of road in Sparta, Andover,
Saltwater, Vernon, Hardyston,
Vantage, Byram. Sandyston and
Montague townships. The pieces
are from half mile 10 two miles in
length and making total of 1O1$
miles. Anyone familiar with the
map of Sussex county will readily
see that those pieces of road are
miles and miles apart
Lester Sylcox, Jr., the little son
of Lester Sylcox and wife of Tuttles
Corner, died Wednesday last aged
about z months.
Somerset county, this state, is
moving in the matter of circulating
petitions to obtain five per cent of
the voters TO submit to the voters of
that county the question of having
three commissioners to perform the
duties of the board of freeholders.
The Hunterdon Republican says ut
will not be many years, we believe,
before most counties in the state
have adopted the act and substituted
the smaller and less expensive
boards of freeholders. 1t is safe to
say that board consisting of three
members would not be putting here
and there a piece of good road, as is
being done in this county and the
good Lord only knows when those
pieces will be connected.
Mildred, youngest daughter of
William and Laura Major, died
Tuesday last after a brief illness.
The sympathies of this community
go out to the bereaved parents in
their affliotion.
The girls who went footing horns
to the picnic Saturday attracted
general attention, but as they we're
bareheaded I cannot say whether
the hats were on straight or not,
but their white waists were as
beautiful as a pipe dream.
City boarders do not seem to
realize the fact that horses get tired.
Sunday a load containing twelve
Of these don't know what a load
is" passed through Layton on a
pleasure trip, and the horses looked
as If they would drop from exhaus-
tion Whether the party reached
their destination / do not know.
In repairing the various school
houses in this town it was found
that the desks and seats Of the
Bevans school were the worst ont