Middletown transcript., 1908-06-13


his home on South Broad street Monday.
Mr.. z. 7. Bradley has received the
contract to build the new home for Mr..
and Mrs. T.V. 1eonhart, on Railroad Ave-
nue., and will begin the work at once.
The Rev. F. II. Moore will preach in
the Armstrong Chapel on tomorrow (Sun-
day1 afternoon. Service beginning at
2.3O o'clock. All are cordially invited.
A very delightful afternoon company
was given at the home Of Hon. James 7.
ShalIcross, last Saturday afternoon, by
bis daughters, Misses Esther and Helen
Shallcross. The affair was in honor of
Mr.. Shalcross' daughter, Mrs. Bassett
Ferguson, who on that day celebrated the
second anniversary of her marriage. The
affair was largely attended, and delight
full afternoon passed.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. s. Jones entertained a
number of young people on Friday even
ing of last week, in honor OF the BIRTH
day OF their daughter, Miss Bertha, and a
very enjoyable evening was spent. Those
present we're: Misses Ada Scott, Lydia
Dockety, Ada Roberts. Ethel Sparks,
Elsie Boulden, Bertha Jones and Messrs.
Victor Jones, Taylor Barnett, Harry
Jones and others.
Next Friday will be "Tag Day." for
the pupils of the Middletown High School
and if you should find yourself tagged
on that day do not lose your temper, but
open your purse and be liberal. The
money raised will be for the piano
fund of the school, and if the children
get busy, they will undoubtedly increase
the fund sufficiently to buy fine in
strument.
Farmers in all parts of New Castle
county report that the hay crop this year
will prove record breaker, and that the
grass fields, both clover and timothy,
have not looked so promising for the last
five years. The weather last year was
the clover kind, the farmers say, and
the seed germinated nicely. After the
grain had been harvested the young
clover showed a good crop among the
stubble fields, and the result this spring
is most encouraging.
Some people think it mystery that
notwithstanding good advice their boys
grow up to be wild and reckless young
men. If these boys were taught from
infancy that home was the proper place
for them after dark, rather than prowling
around the streets, annoying well and
sick people alike, much of this mystery
might be explained, and young men with
better moral character and more intelli-
gent minds would be the result. No
parent need expect pure morals in
boy that prowls the streets at night, even
if he does go to Sunday school.
Leon Lewis, aged 10 years, is patient
at the Delaware Hospital, Wilmington, as
result of wounds he received in fight,
on the farm of Mr.. William Price; in
"Middle Neck" Cecil County, Nd, Sat-
urday afternoon, and James Campbell,
who slashed him with razor, is in Elk
ton Jail. Lewis was cut across the fore
head, and down the left side of the face,
his left arm being cut to the bone and the
man was badly sIsshed in other places
about the body. The injured man was
brought to MiddIetown and Drs. Vaughan
and Clark found him to be one of the
worst cut up men they ever saw.
1t will probably be an item of news to
most OF our readers that Postmaster Jolls
is not compelled to make change for you
when you make purchases at Uncle Sans
Office. This is a queer rule that not one
in thousand persons know. Buyers of
stamps or any purchasers at postofiCe
must furnish their own change; i. e., the
postmaster could insist on the buyer fur
nishing his own change if he sees fit to do
it; but usually the postmaster is glad
enough to get rid of his "chicken feed,"
and he is always ready and willing to ac-
commodate the public by making all the
change it asks for. II a man wishes to
buy fifty cents worth of stamps and has
but a silver dollar, he would be compelled
to buy dollars worth of stamps or 60
and get his silver dollar changed or do
without his stamps if the postmaster was
stubborn and refused to make change for
him. This is the law and a queer one &C.
cording to our way of thinking. And
postmasters are not compelled to take
more than twenty-five pennies at one
time, if they do not want them