Milford chronicle., 1904-08-26
MILTON NEWS.


mcntable failure. But mod eru usage in
the upper part Of the State, docs not asso-
ciatc spirituality with sOciality. The
writer however, believes there is no line
Of demarkatiJn between the two. It
appears chat spirituality aud sociaity
are twin sisters to certain exteut-the
same as veracity and cOngeniality. In
fact, there must be a cOnsOnance OF dis
position where enjoyment Is had. But
the reader may enquire Why this cir
cumlOcutiOn 1t is. dear reader TO have
YOU understand that "b.rds of a feather
flock together" and that the 1904 camp
meeting was an ASSOCIATION of cOugenial
spirits that had success on every hand
While to the purchasers of privileges
the "dingbats" has not been satisfactory,
to the other fellow it has been all smiles.
Some Of our maldeus pronounce the
camp at Lavinia's of 1901 the dullest
they ever knew, while many "old fel-
lows say they never enjoyed better.
Strange conglomeratiOn Of opinion. But
does the reader know that SMILING
youth and wiutry age cannot see things
in the same light. Through the same
glasses, IL vOu please. We are persuaded
they cannot And yet there are some
old fOgies who will tell you Lavinia's
camp was miserable failure. True the
manapemeut have a plethora of cash
Prof Welch proprietor of the boarding
tent, counts his money in ten dollar
bills, but the other poor dispensers OF
coufectiOn cries, ice cream and horse
food, carried their pennies TO bank IN /
cigar box. Strange. But we must con-
slider this to be the way of the world. /
While some are going up others are 60
ing down. But az to what the camp OF
1901 at Lavinias has been, or may be
productive Of, it will be necessary to
await the developments of the future.
Coming events cast their shadows be-
fore u.s." It has been said, "a game Of
cards is never out until it is played out.
This may be the final result of the good,
bad, or Indifferent of Laviuia's camp.
Let US wait the developments of a few
months and we shall see. We did il last
year and saw the results in a shorter
time than we had expected. l will tell
you there is nothing that will bring
thing to perfection like a camp meeting
particularly La7inias.
Captain John Fisher, of Philadelphia,
paid "a -hort visit TO Milton last week.
Both the National Bank and the Trust
Company Bank have been rubbing up
Their brass the past week.
The swallows seem 20 be early in their
autumuai conference. They may be
seen now each morning III couhdention
Confah ou .he church spire NO doubt
planning for their migration. They
will soon leave.
The water in the upper lake has been
very low for a week past, and the skill ,
{ has had the chance 10 air himsclt
from The top of some long hidden stump
or ussock. The skIilpOts are large 1t
TINS lake.
Large quantities of corn are being
hauled through town TO Harbeson for {
canning purposes. We understand s.
per ton is paid for the cereal.
Arson Rought and family have re- {
moved into the Jones property on Chest
nut street, receatly vacated 10y D. c. /
Armstrong The property belongs TO {
the Jones heirs, of which Mrs, ROught {
is one
A part of the logs forming the dock a
at which the steamer stops, were carried a,
away last week. The logs were with
some difficulty gotten out to prevent j.
collision with the steamers propeller. a
Mr.. Culver station agent at the Queen
Anne's railroad, this town, who recently
sent his resignation to the company, in "
forms us that at the earnest solicitation
of the company, he will hold over dur "
ing the present month or possibly until a
a fitting man can be found as his sue o
cessor Mr.. Culver's other business IA
awaits him
Dr. Lowe and wife, of Belair, Md, a
Miss May Lowe, and Mrs. Lowe, of
Shrewsbury, Pa, have during the past 4
week been guests of l. w. Hartman,
junior proprietor of the "big store S,
The company left On Saturday after al
most pleasant visit for their respective II
homes
Mrs Alena Richardson of Dover has
been visiting her parents, ,ex-State Treas
urer and Mrs. Atkins.
George II. Dick, candidate for State
Auditor, on the Regular Republican ooll
ticket, has been a welcome visitor in town
for week OF
Mrs. Mary A. Hendricks and daugh- w
ter, two nieces and one nephew, are the
visitors of Peter R. Steve1son,a Steven W
sOnville. st
Mrs Sallie A. Walls succeeds her son
In the business Of a general merchandise pi
store at Steveusonville. III
That the reader NAV become more d.
acquainted with Stevensonville, we will, -.
perhaps, after next week give an epito- 'i'
mized situation of this town. OF
VIM Carey 49, famiiarly known as
Bill, - is now in Milton. Mr. Carey's DC
present home is somewhere in New vi
York State He is supposed to still be ,.,,.
unning the Prohibition PLATFORM "a sub =
ect he knows nothing about, and never II,
expects to know anything about 81,
DR.. Joseph COnwell, mayor of Vine %
and ~ j., left Milton on Thursday to
morning at s a. M. The writer met the
Doctor on Federal street, Milton, on Fri i
lay at about g. so. Doctor" said I; 81 his
bought we bid you goodbye for going ~
lone Z" "Ves," said this gentleman, tS
'but took an excursion, and 1 am now I'M
lere II;
May l.. Conner, colored, died last res
week aged o. years. J. R. Atkins in Fs
umed the body, after appropriate ser ~
ices by tile Rev. jackson, in the Bethel ~
near town. Of
Fred Welch's ice cream pavilion is the IL
Traction these hot sultry evenings.
The river cannery opened on Satur-
ay.
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