Milford chronicle., 1905-09-29
LINCOLN CITY NOTES.


Mrs VIM. R. Risler has returned from Whining
toa where Size las been for few days.
M'ss Georgia Arnold who has been quite sick is
now improving. Miss Arnold was unable to as
sume her duties this week as teacher in The Lin
coin Public school.
George Morrison and George Risler who have
been visiting friends in Newark n. j., and VIII
miugton, have returned home.
Miss Lon Wyatt has gone TO Dagsbmo, where
she is employed as teacher OF the public school
oi lhat town.
Nis. Kate Morrison, who has been spending
her vacation in Lincoln, has returned to Phia-
delphia.
These are an the items Of Interest this week,
and to make short letter long, I am going
to write about our state, county and town;
OF course, an school children can tell you
that Delaware ~ composed OF three counties
New Castle, Kent aud sussex. That the cap
itol is Dover, situated IN The centre Of Kent
county,and thdt Wilmington, where gun pow
der, paper, steam pipes, etc. are manufac-
tured, is the largest city. Those who have
risen to The dignity Of United States history
book, can Tell you something Of the early his
tory Of Delaware.
The surface Of New Castle county is rolling, !
t' AAtN A-lAletAuAGA ~ tAAI trAtAtI a. iAs+ -+ -
pancake as they say. Delaware is bounded
on the east by waterways, nemely the Della
ware river Delaware bay and Atlantic ocean.
All along the shore thereare summer resorts,
so that no town is very far from one OF these,
and all1overs can show you the road to the
beach. The soil is sandy, but under proper
management is very productive.
Any one travelling through the state on
Ia fnfF % mi. al
towns, with a rail- Dad ,tation, grocery store I
and one or two houses and a road leading !
into the country. Those who take the trOu- /
BILE to follow this road, Will be warmly wei
coined al some oye's home, and he will be ,
given all ihe fried chicken (which is better +
thar The fried chicken found anywhere else, q
so cur city cousins say, and Delaware biscuit h
or clab0e. biscuit tLat they can eat. And O
ifit is the right time Of the ear they will get r
"roaStln ears" which is sweet corn, and
many other good things. Have you not
heard those who have visited our little towns
say such things these, where is the town?
we can't see II because there is a COW in the
road and "do trains go through here oftener 81
than twice a week?" and maybe some one e
will look ont ofthe car window and say, ugh b
there isn't even a wheebarrow moving e.
around ia the daytime" Well, we just smile o
to ourselves AID answer them politely, be- "
cause we know that In their secret souls they Il
envy us, and wish they could get away from Il
a hot city office and "Far from the madden b
ing crowds ignoble strife" and come down il
here where there is peace and plenty, and ca
nothing to disturb the quiet except the drone !
OF the insects and the songs OF the birds, And, Of
well, there are mosquitoes and flies, but they g
bother us only IN summer, and summer is Il
EQt very long. b.
NV come 70 "good old Sussex county, 81
dswn In little Delaware" Georgetown is the az
county seat Of this county bi
Lewes is a very interesting town, for here "
Caesar Rodney was born; and the old house In g
which he lived is still standing in Lewes. A v
mum Der Of years ago when this railroad con- to
meet with the Old Dominion Steamship fc
Line, which made regular trips from Lewes el
20 Nsw York, ,Lewes was much larger town
thar q nov Is, for then all the fruit was sent NJ
to Legts and transferred from the trains 10 pi
the suips and taken tv northern cities.
re 15oth is a very popular sumner resort
Lastly, as The preacher says, am going to
give you a short account Of the history Of
our own town. Methinks Lincoln was settled
about the time OF the Civil War. Certain
SPECTATORS thought 10 have a large city here,
and Srote glowing descriptions Of the coun-
Try 10 induce people to come here and live,
There was no railroad in those days, and the
people came 10 Milford and we're net there
5y some one or came in the stage coach Peo.
pie fom New Eoglsnd and New York came
md what d'd . see? Imagine, where are
aow oar stores lbe station, and the roacs over
which carriages and wagOAs are continually
passing aAd AZ occasional automobile, being
Gods aud level patches Ofground over which
a bits aud ether animals roamed uumoles-
20. gylere we're one or two board shanties,
"a only one house which boasted cnim-
On top OF the other buildings could be
seo a piece OF stove-pipe sticking out OF the
- a road. on each side OF which was
yarm-eaten fence ran dlagonaliy across the
own There was 10 posioflice. but the stage
oaob witch made trips between Milford and
,sarsatoou Ii. brought the NATL hree times
.eek Well some Of the people who came
sre STAYED. and some did not. Mr. Jack
4, rennained, and his descendants are now
'r,na ia Liucoin. Ii. coin was not Lincoln,
~, thouah: bpt everett" At the time OF
ii assassination Of President Lincoln, ihs
ronerty owners thinking to raise the value
T rnroperty changed Tito Linco n, at What's
D a manner mi, did roi .duce peop.e 10