Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-09-13
ELLENDALE.

Tomatoes are having their day, and
they are the absorbing subject for con
versatiOn now. The common salutation
now is, "What did you get for your
tomatoes ?" On Monday prices started
at % cents per basket, and the roads
were full of wagons coming from all di.
recuons, but the buyers dropped offers to
20 cents, and during the day nine cars
were loaded, while fully 5000 baskets
were on wagons waiting for cars to an
load into No cars we're received until
the night train. and then only one came,
which was loaded in a few minutes The
balance sat in basket along side the rail-
road until Tuesday. That day the farmers
came with double decked loads OF toma.
toes, but not car was there until the IL
O'Clock train came. By that time the
town of Glendale was blocked with
wagons loaded with thousands of baskets
of tomatoes. Then the buyers combined
and offered only IA cents per basket, and
the farmers demanded IS cents per basket,
but the buyers would not yield. Many
of the Broadkiln district farmers hauled
their loads to Milton and received Is
cents per brsket for them there, and
baskets returned; while others went to
Lincoln and sold at from Is to 10 cents.
Harry Jester loaded two cars here at IA
cents from growers living nearby, and is
still offering that price for good tomatoes. |
The cannery here is not running this
year.
As some of the county papers have
stated in connection with the ChancellOr's
recent decision as to the legality Of the
town government of Glendale, that Esq.
Ellegood is the Mayor, we desire to cor
rect that error. He is not, and never was
Mayor of Glendale. He was once a
ustice-of-the-P Peace located here but
David H. Reed, OF E, is the Mayor, and
it is to him we are indebted for the many
Improvements we have.
Thomas Baker, a telegrapher for the
Queen Anne Railroad here, had an ex-
perience with a mule last week, he will
not forget soon. He mounted the ami
NAL to deliver a message to a man near
town. On the way the mule bucked and
fell into dith, carrying his rider into y
the mud with him. The night was
dark, but they managed to get out, and {
Mr.. Baker finally delivered the message, {
but he is sure he will not ride that mule a
to deliver messages again.
D. H. Reed has also had some unpleas- i
ant experience. On Friday last he was
standing alongside of freight car, when s
It's heavy door fell off and onto him, I
,atching him like a snow bird under
rap. HIS was assisted from his unpleas- j
INT position and taken home, where he '
mas been since nursing his bruises and t.
Ioar head. 1t was an unusual accident
lure. V
Jesse Walls, highly respected and an
excellent farmer, died at his home two Fl
niles east of Glendale, after an illness Of \
bout two years duration from bowel
roubles, He was about IS years of age. a
lis death occurred on Saturday last, and
lie was buried in the family burial grounds r,
n Slaughter Neck on Tuesday last. He $,
caves a widow and large family of
Town children.
Mrs, Ollie Jester, aged % years, died
asst Sunday, from a lung trouble. She
ras daughter OF Mr. Pepper Of George Vi
own, and her remains were buried on al
tuesday, in the Episcopal Church yard OF
hat place. She leaves husband and NJ
ably, one year old.
John Ennis is completing a nice resid-
nee for himself. pr
Mrs, Anna Morris and Mrs Lena Walk ne
r, two young and handsome widows, of
have returned from delight M
Il visit to Camden, n. J. Gu
Peter Wallus has returned to his bust w
ess in New York City. M
Walter Clendaniel, of Philadelphia, is W
sitting his parents, Sa
Miss Annie Birmingham has returned
her Baltimore home. l.
Sam Fisher relates a story about pick In
g tomatoes in which he says, that he
ent out to pick for farmer last Mon III
ly, and in patch of fifty rows, he gather
400 baskets from four rows, and did III
1t get them picked over, and it was all MI
one in four hours. This is a sure big I'M
lie for any person to believe, He must
ave had a steam shovel to gather them tel
it'll. WI
There is a shortage of baskets here,
ID our basket factory is running on full 20
me trying to supply the demand.