Milford chronicle., 1905-11-24
Here and There.

mas rented his farm and will discor
tinue farming January 1st, 1906.
A revival meeting has been going o.
in Todd's NJ. E. Church, near Adams
Ville' for the last three weeks. Tier
were twenty-six conversions.
japanese ehestnuts are very profita
bic. G. M. Vibbert, at Rae's Mill. in
Sussex county, cleared S85 from the
nuts that he picked from twenty trees.
Fred G. Vincent, living near Green.
wood, killed five rabbits last Friday
and only shot four times. He killed
one under pile of brush with his foot
Woodcock are reported to be verv
plentiful by spOrtsmen who have been
hunting this fall in the neighborbood
OF Blanchard Station on the NJ, D. &
V. R r..
Charles M. Hammond real estate
broker. has pumpkin in his office thai
was grown this year by John Booth. a /
farmer near Harrington, that weighs
los pounds.
AT the last session of the Delaware
Legislature there was an act passed
making fine of $50 and two months,
for brsaking or cutting
single twig of holly OF evergreens
Without permission by the owners of
anne. There are many persons that
10 not know that an act like the above '
7as passed. l
There is a band of gypsies encamped :
Rogers Woods, between Milford and n
lincoln. A number of persons think =
nat these wanderers are no profit, but %
lat's aen error, for every band is COM
9lled by the laws of the State of Della. "
are to pay a license of $50 so to enter &C
e State, which gives them a privilege so
remain one year. WI
w. Hendricks, owner and R RIe
oprietor Of the Sunnyside Roller IL
Ills, three and one-half miles south-
st of Milford, has the reputation of
ng one OF the most up.to-date milIers 7
lower Delaware. The machinery in ba,
mill is the latest and most improved oar
l with his skill, is turning out verv an,
grades Of flour, meal and buck visI
eat. As he sells low for cash he is
lding up an extensive trade. 1
tow
M. Case, farmer and a gentleman in :
came to Delaware a few years ago the
bought farm between Rae's Mill dow
Staytonsville, is having verv bad The
with horses and mules. He lost a +ho
e and mule this year by death.
week be was driving over a bridge Vi
ae's Mill, when it gave way, iDiur- IoFe
MS mule so bad that it is of no use. matt
lmber Of his friends have advised day
to bring suit against the county Tues
amages, but that would not amount Wed
ythIng, as that law has been re. glvin
d, and the damage in such coses a. m.
llOwed by the Levy Court Com.
oners in the various counties Of
tate. M,
holas r. johnson, a prominent great
lghly respected farmer living near has n
ingtOn, has collection ofantioues cages
re worth thousands of dollars. In ment
he has a Colonial ms ahog- tice &c
hair with brass name plate on town
ok bearing the name of ChanceI- cell CT
cholas Ridgely dated 1882 He about
IS a set Of French china dishes mentiC
ieces in number, that General Of tow
e. Of Revolutionary fame. pre-. 1t is d'
to Miss Mary Vining, great stsntia
ltiOnary belle of Wilmington which
the year 1776. 1t was handed entitled
me generation to another and this lin
r. johnson is the proud owner woHld
A cup and saucer of this set was
ibitiOn at the Worlds Fair in 0''A' 'u
}. Among his collection of an At tn
) a raised picture, made of wax. colored
y M. Ridgely, Esq, and one of Brooks
st grandfather's clocks that the out Of a
as ever seen. ROVER. princips
" Sussex