Milford chronicle., 1903-11-20
AIlLlUN NEWS.


On pleasant afternoon last week the
writer. in company with j B. WEIGH
went out for stroll We made our way
to the Ponder Cemetery, situated at the
southern portion OF Mrs John Ponder's
farm. and along the upper part of the
lake. Tne cemetery is perhaps sixty feet
square and enclosed by a brick wall about
three and a half feet high. There are
several large trees within the enclosure
among them Que white pine. Here lie
burieu the father and grandfather, and
the mother and grandmother of ex-
Governor James Ponder, with several Of
their children; also the first wife of Mr.
John Ponder and two of his children.
The oldest internent was made in 1925
Leaving the cemetery we continued our
course farther on until we came to the
'overgoiug" BY fording this we would
reach Lavina's woods and make Iearer
route to t1wn. This we as-ayed to do
or Mr.. Welch did the writer W tied to
see the result of hi effort. Now the old
logs that formed The haif-crazy footway
were in bad condition, but John having
armed himself with a pole proceeded
little way and seeing a log in the stream,
which he though would he valued ac-
QUESTION to the footway, he reached out
in an attempt to get it. Ia doing 80 he
got careen, and throwing his p Ie for
word to sustain his equilibrium, the pole
broke, and Johu-wen, Jonn said he did
not know how deep it was but he knew
that water is water and he was wet.
suggested at this stage that we take off
our shoes aud stockings aud wade the
stream; but Johns mlshap appeared to
have opened his eyes, not only as to tie
wisdom Of depending ON rotten pole.
but as to the depth of the stream. lie
declared it was TOO deepto wade, aud I,
seeing how melancholy he was, and wet
besides, gave in, and we retraced our
steps to Milton by little different route
that which we came. Arriving at Mr..
Weich'r home, went in by kis solictla-
tiou aud explained to Mrs. Welch the
nature OF her husbands faux pas" and
the reason why he came home in this
unhappy plight "exeunt."
n. ]. Messsick, of near NAPLES, in
forls us he has raised from one Irish
potato plant IS putatoes; 10 Of the largest
ones weighing seven pounds and the re-
manning six weighing one pound, making
eight pounds in weight, and about A
gallon in messure.
Tie Queen Anne's Railroad bed is iu
a splendid condition from the Milton
station westward. The rotted ties have
been removed and new ones put in their
places, and the road guttered on each
side of the track. 1t is evident that this
company has in mind theeretrenchment
of expenses, as it has discharged a part
of the section gang at this point. And
this may be one cause why it has reduced
its passenger traffic to one train daily
each way; as the less number of trains
the less chances of killing men, and this
it cannot afford to do, even at the small
price of $4,000 apiece.
William Mears, the barber. returned
on Tu s1ay from lengthy visit South.
Mrs. Thomas I1gram left on Saturday
to Visit her daughter, Mrs. Maggie Nc
Illsaue, at Camden, N
Mr.. Markel. of Shrewsbury Pa, senior
partner at the Big Store, accompanied
by his wife and Mrs. Lowe, mother of
Mrs. Hartman, are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hartman.
Isaac w. Nailor has an excrescence, or
as he no doubt considers it,a troublesome
superAuity, on the back of his right hand
He has been carrying it around very
teuderly for The past few weeks in sling
The front of the big Store has been
repainted during the past week by Cover
dale & Smith; DIT Atkins has repainted
he roof of Prof Johu A Collins dwelling
e. B, Walls Il Brother are enlarging
their store at tStevensonville to the north
of town-and will reopen with a new
stock of goods about the 25Ih. john H..
Bell, of the same suburb, is also enlarg-
ing his dwelling.
L B Chandler has trimmed the shade
trees around his lawn during the past
week.
Rev. Giles B. Cooke, of North East,
Md, preached at the P. E. Church on
Sunday, both morning and evening.
Johnson & White have about 100 Of
the 500 hens they want as layers, in their
new business of raising eggs.
Schooner RamDo, Captain Rogers, has
arrived at Milton dock with cargo of
lime.
Captain "Jack" Vent says he is con-
jared. He says there are two women in
this town who are furn .shing the s'stuff"