Milford chronicle., 1908-11-27
ELLENDALE.

The shocking report of cunning acct
dent last Sunday, was enough to set the
parents of all boys against permitting
them to 90 a cunning; it was about
Horace Phillips who recently moved from
here to Bridgeville, who was fatally shot
on Saturday last. With a companion he
went ginning. and by an accidental dis
charge of the companions gun, Horace
was shot in the hip, and he died about
ten o'clock that night. 1t was an awful
blow to the parents, who have the SYM
pathy Of the entire neighberhoOd. Hor-
ace was a fine young boy of sixteen years,
and liked by all who knew him.
Well, there is another addition to the
citizenship of Ellndale, and it came to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. George Reed this
week; its a fine girl. George is a cOntrac-
tor and builder. and undertakes to prop
erly build anything from a tooth pick to
a mansion but after eight years of a
happy married life, this is the first addi-
ton to their home and family.
After so many trials the wonderful feat
of dislOdging the hawk we recently wrote
about, which built its nest in a tree so
high as to defy all efforts to kill it with a
shot gun, has been accomplished. Frank
" dllEu Was tue EuGEFH5lul Ollt 10 DIAuk
the hawk to the ground. The distance
was just seventy-five yards, and the bird
measured four feet four inches, from tip
to tip of its wings. 1t was of the "back
tailed" species, and Mr.. Warren is proud |
of his success.
Another Thanksgiving day is at hand, |
and the many cheerful expressions lndi- |
cate fond anticipation for the day, with .
70 rltar, N,r4Aafnaro v.fa and ftrs-
ciOus turkey. A few will 90 to church |
and properly give thanks in the proper
spirit, while others will 90 a visiting to
make themselves ana their friends glad,
while others will go to the fields gun
ming but by far the greater part will give
thanks by remaining at home and enjoy
ing an unusually good dinner with the
owed ones who come too us.
Howard Prettyman, q student from
and Miss Mary Dickerson
rom Bridgeville, are visiting their par.
,nts.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Wood are enter s
aiming Mr.. and Mrs. John Bales, of
ewes also their uncle, G. H. Archer
nd wife of Smyrna. He is a remarkable '
nan of IS years, and was the first to drive
Rural Free Delivery Route in Delaware; il
e is hale and hearty as a man thirty
ears younger.
Two women engaged in a battle here
lst Monday, and how they did make the '
IT fly. The bone of contention was a
now white cat which both laid claim too
he short fat woman went to the home V
her enemy, who is lank and lean and
rabbing the cat made off with it but n
le was not fleet of foot and she was over Oh
allied, when general hair pulling fol-
wed, with the result that bones and ii
usce won over the fat lady, as the lean
DIV returned triumphantly with the cat a
Our postmaster, Mr.. Whitney, has re-
rned from a visit to his old home in R
and gives a glowing account hs
the changes and prosperity there since sc
8 last visit twenty years ago.
John Ennis has a knack of transform de
g old things into something apparently hi
w and beautiful. Recently he pur-
ased an old building from S. f. Reed, l..
d since then he has remOdeled and re- tr,
fred it so that now it is an attractive
me, which will do any poor mans eyes de
cd to look upon as its owner tn
There is talk of starting a -four and
ID mill here, and it seems to me that =
ere is a good opportunity for some one
get at it. A man with little capital, -
tn energy and experience, will find an
ening. The Reed Brothers offer to
e a good site well located, and will saw y
: framing free for some man who will
1T the enterprise. PAUL PRY.