Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-04
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Z 4 idlluFe.
One net at Cedar Beach this week caught
27OO crocus.
A large eagle was seen near town one
day this week.
By actual count this town has five hun.
bred stray dogs.
The apple crop in this vicinity is con.
sidered immense.
The electric light globes on the poles
need soap and water.
Cement walks are being put down by a
number Of our inhabitants.
There is talk being made to organize a
town improvement company.
The public schools are being put in
condition for the fall opening.
Over a dozen people nave been en-
camped at Sand Point this week.
Chestnuts, walnuts and hickory nuts
are quite plentiful in this vicinity.
The cottagers along our shore have
commenced TO move to their homes.
The new cannery on Silver Hill, Mil
ford, owned by colored people, is idle.
Our farmers say potato bugs are more
numerous just now than in many years.
Our sportsmen are killing blackbirds
one gunner killed los one evening this
week.
Blackbirds, beach robbins and yellow
shanks are quite plentiful along our bay
shore.
One elamer in Milford Neck caught six
hundred clans on one tide at Big Stone
Beach.
Our junk dealers are going from house
to house buying up pint and half pint
bottles.
Quite number OF our farmers calculate
10 plant large number Of peach trees
this fall.
Raisers of chickens are complaining of
cats making feast on little
chickens.
Chicken and Fox grapes are being gath
'red by our people to be preserved for
winter use.
Indications point to a good season for
quirrels. The knowing ones say they
ire plentiful.
A man-eating shark vas caught at Fow-
ers Beach last week that measured six
cen feet long.
The storm Of last week did very little
amage along our shore, one eighty fathom
let being lost
The pack Of tomatoes this season with
ur canneries will only be about half Of
primer seasons.
Trout are still being caught by our fish
rmen crocus fish and channel crabs are
cry numerous.
There are no cases Of typhoid fever or
iphtheria reported in this section up to
le present time.
Our trout fishermen say this has been
lie best season for twenty-five years. Ali
ave made money.
W. B. Lowery of this town caught at
sdar Beach last week quite a large num-
II Of soft shell crabs.
Our farmers say the crop of white po-
toes will be very short while sweet po-
toes will be plentiful. =
The blackberry crop through this sec
N was immense and the growers say Cd
cd prices were realized. :;
The steamers City of Milford and the
are bringing and carrying =,
arge quantity Of freight. -
)ne or two persons have been attacked
degs this week. Our mayor should %,
ear in an official dog catcher. -
luite a number of our young men and
men are suffering with poison, con- &c
cted while outing in the woods. ca
Thieves the past week have visited the
hards Of some Of our growers and taken in
Az many baskets OF choice peaches. WI
iced and rail birds are said to be quite
ntiful on our river marshes. The sea- ma
for shooting these birds opened last
,sday. ar,
ONE Of our inhabitants are claiming nu
t the milk dealers are using too much
er. If such be the case they are liable be
Indictment To
ne Of our sportsmen killed this week n.
one Of the meadows a chicken hawk be
ch measured 8 feet inches from tip Z
p Of wings qui
lille other creeks and rivers are being 9th
olied with fish why don't the fisher ASH
of Milford make call for some for !
creeks and ponds. 70
le chasing Of rabbits by young boys con
I'D be looked after by the game asso- c
on. No less than a dozen have been frol
d by the boys this week. our
ippers of trout fish to the city mar "1 \
this week have realized cents per thai
ID, which means $500 per bushel sho
e the scarcity in our market. The
las Jester of Milford Neck has some +
nd valuable coins which he has from thl5 5
to time found along the bay shore. mai maj
is chance for the coin dealer. O.
sters are reported plentiful in our eaua
and Of good size and fine flavor. ored
; will be from twenty To thirty boata aOot