Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-08-07
sANpYsTON

was as follows as per the Weather
Bureau instruments: Average maxi
mum temperature s1.13o. Average
minimum temperature 5e.t60. Ave
rage maximum set 72.0Oo. Rainfall
for the month 4.67 inches. Highest
maximum Ole. Lowest temperature
89'. Number fair days 27, partly
cloudy 8, cloudy 1.
The Vantage Recorder is not
shouting for good roads aud Is point
ing to the cost Of building the roads
and attendant expenses with an ex-
preston Of, ''I told you So" am
Of the same opinion regarding atten-
dant expenses and if they keep on
piling up they will be pretty costly
roads.
There Is not a newspaper in Sussex
county that will speak out and favor
the 8 commissioners to conduct county
affairs in place Of the present board
of freehOlders. If we had three
commissioners in place Of the cum
brous freeholder board it is pretty
certain that our good roads would be
in one piece instead of mile and
mile pieces scattered over the county.
But the three commissioner system
will come after awhile.
Dysentary is epidemic at Bevans
and number Of little folks are down
with it. Earl, the little son Of VIM
Titman died of this disease on the
28th ult and his little daughter is
very low at this writing.
Shay Vanness is getting the neces-
sary lumber for repairing the school
houses on the ground and will begin
work this coming week. 1t is time.
Farmers have been sowing buck
wheat for nearly a month and while
one piece is cut the next is in blossom
and the next is piece just sown.
And this is the case all through this
valley.
J. J. Vansickle started for Ohio
Sunday via Port Jervis. He and
friends have had a jolly good time
but business was pressing and he was
obliged to return sooner than he
expected.
A certain Milfordite goes through
our streets at 2.15 clip and some of
these times he may get dose similar
to that Jerseymen get in Milford
when feeling deliriousIy happy.
At the service at the Layton M.
E. church Sunday there were just %
present and not married person in
the lot. Where are the married
patrons Of the church Sundays?
Chas. A. Hill of the artillery arm
of the service and now stationed at
Fort Wadsworth, N. Y, harbor is
spending his furIough with the Stoll
brothers at Alsacia Farm. Charley
served 8 years in the Philippines ahd
came back hale and hearty and
entered the artillery service when
re-enlisting.
On Friday last De Alton Dilllstin
of Branchville and w. @. Hursh Of
Layton drove to Milford and had a
pleasant time. Stopping at the Brick
House the two correspondents taught
a couple Of the natives a good
example of how QUOT pitching was
done and they were satisfied. A
future meeting was arranged.
Blaze Cole, who was recently
graduated from Princeton College,
will enter the Medical College at
Philadelphia at its opening in next
September. Blaze has a host Of
warm friends who wish him unlimit-
ed success, and he will get there too.
The social at Porter Layton's on
Thursday evening brought out a
goodIy number OF young folks and
had a pleasant time. Almost 20
dollars was the net receipts.
The collector of this county at a
recent meeting Of freeholders said
that the $4,000 set aside for bridge
building would not be enough. II
other townships are building as many
bridges as sandyston better double
that appropriation if they wish to
come out square. Our county ex-
penses are getting TO be enormous
and the people are beginning to think
that the three commissioners in place
Of freehOlders would reduce expendi-
lures. would like to see IL tried.
AgamOmermis culieis is the name
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