Milford chronicle., 1904-01-22
MILlUN NEWS.

AS is generally the case in winter, there
is trouble being had in the schools near
town. One man complains of lady
teacher from this town keeping one of
his children fastened in the water closet
nearly the whole of cold afternoon last
week. While this is certainly not right,
it must be admitted there is in nearly
every country district two or three boys
from city institutions or reformatOries
who are curse to any school. and if the
teacher uses the "gad' in trying to pre-
serve order he is arranged before some
Justice-of the-Peace and fined and sooner
than throwing the case into court and
fighting it there, he pays the fine to get
the case off his mind. A teacher cannot
teach a school without first keeping
order, and it does look like a travestv on
education for the State of Delaware, or
any other State, to appropriate and pay
the larger part of the money for the |
maintenance of the free schools of the |
State, and after a teacher in doing his |
duty for the maintenance of order cor
rects or whips some unruly pupil ,arraign
him before an officer, appointed by the
state, and fine him for doing the very
thing that the State employs him to do.
Isn't it absurd to the locker on Isn't
it farce on education? Not so to the
teacher. 1t is a matter of stern reality to
him and his pocket book
Mrs. Ida Fox, who dislocated her
shoulder by falling on the ice the early
part of last week, is improving.
1t has developed that there are boys or s
LADS, useing an old granary on the wharf a
as a resort for card playing. They have
been "caught in the act" Rev. L. P.
Corkran touched on this subject in his b
sermon on Sunday, and during his re Il
marks he said that such resorts as that
and other enticements to allure the II
young are "toboggan slides leading down in
to hell" to
The cold and frozen weather has l
brought swarm of buzzards into town, Ia
possibly for something to eat. They are 10
n the yards and perched upon the roofs Sc
If houses and any where that they can 10
ind a morsel of something to pick up. in
John Welch, Jr., son of J. B. Welch,
he Milton druggist left the parental in
lome on Friday to seek his fortune
mid strangers in the City of BrOtherly
owe" Mr.. Welc1 is an expert in the tu
making of overall and has been engaged OF
With Messrs Douglass & White at the -
Milton shirt factory for some time. Like ,
i other young men he wants to Sc pal
he world. We wish him success. have
o doubt that at a future day he will III,
ONE home aud bring little pullet with hei
i'm No
Spot" the fox hunter of Broadkiln. }
Nobe' went out last week and got up pm
fox" and had seven hours run. They
id not want to den the fox, and called
lie dogs off. +
The ladies of the Evangelical Depart. pli
tent" of the W. c T. U. are holding II
,res of day meetings during the revival VIII
rvices at the day churches. viii
Schooner W. I. Simpson, loaded with 'nI ~el
'al and bound for Milton, is frozen up Of
New Castle. The coal is for w. w. bnl
orwell & Co. and more particularly for a
e consumption of the people of Milton ''e v
Speculation is rife regarding the NJ
disabilities for a good peach crop. 1t Mai
presumed the cold weather will backeu M
e buds,and prevent premature bloming. lu ~
S. ]. Wilson & Son have received this IA
EEK large invoice of wagons, dear graz
rms, etc Crusader. NJ
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